Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 33, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 December 1895 — Page 7

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —If you want your cream to curdle In your coffee you can generally ob* tain the wished-for result by putting the cream and sugar into the cup and then pouring the hot coffee in. The way to avoid having it curdle is to pour the cream in first, then the coffee and the sugar last of all. ^ —Liver Croquettes.—Bake a calf’s liver on a piece of paper the day before. ' When cold chop fine, season with salt, pepper apd the piece of an onion. Add one well-beaten egg and two heaping tablespoonsful of cracker crumbs. Form into coquettes and fry in hot butter.—Farm, Field and Fireside. —Plum Pudding.—Eight crackers rolled fine, four eggs well beaten, one quart milk, three-fourths cup sugar, two tablespoons butter, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-fourth nutmeg grated, one-half teaspoon cinnamon, one pound raisins, seeded. Mix all but eggs, then add them beaten very light; bake in a moderate oven about one and a half hours.:—Orange Judd Farmer. —Caramel Custard.—Turn one-fourth of a cup of sugar into a stewpan and stir it oveW.be fire until it becomes liquid and ofnvn. Scald a cup and a half of milk and add the browned sugar. Beat two eggs, thoroughly, add to them one-half cupful of cold milk and turn the mixture slowly, stirring constantly that no lumps form, into the scalding milk. Continue to stir until the custard thickens. Set away to cool and serve in glasses.—Good Housekeeping. » —Lemon Pudding.—Make a nice twolayer cake, any Jcind you wish, and for a filling (which is the pudding) make a custard of two eggs whipped very light, one cupful of white sugar, one large lemon; grate tiic yellow rind and press out all the juice and pulp, ands add to the eggs and sugar. Place this in a double boiler, stirring slowly until it thickens; spread it between the layers of cake. Have both cake and custard hot Serve warm with whip-4 pei cream sweetened and flavored with lemon.—Ohio Farmer. —Almond Cream Cake.—Two cupfuls of powdered sugar, one of sweet milk, three of Hour, one-fourth of a -cup of butter, whites of four eggs, well beaten, and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and half’a teaspoonfui of vanilla, llake ih four tins and put together in layers, with cream made as follows: Whip one cupful of cream to a froth and stir gradually into it half a cupful of powdered sugar, a few drops of vanilla and one pound of almonds, blanched and chopped. Spread thick between the layers. Frost the top and sides.—4v. Y. Ledger. —Fine Beef Jelly.—An excellent food for invalids and convalescents. Put a pound of lean beef, cut fine, into a porcelain-lined stewpan, with a pint of cold water. Let it stand half an hour, and then put it on the stove, where it will heat gradually. While boiling hot skim carefully and put it where it will simmer gently for half an hour. When this is cooking, put a third of a box of gelatine in two tablespoonfuls of cold water. Salt the broth to taste, and strain, boiling hot, over the gelatine. Stir till dissolved. Strain into cups or moulds. Set away to eooj^—Mary Mason, in Bostor Budget. _

WET-BLANKET PEOPLE. Those Whose Very Presence Is s Menace to Happiness. The \get-blanket disposition is on© of the most unfortunate elements that can be introduced into social or home life. It is demoralising1, depressing and irritating in the extreme to sensitive organizations. We all of us know of plaees and people where there is a continual cheek upon everything that proposed or suggested. If some one has a new idea, there is an objection to it; if a new theorj- is advanced, a sentence from these wet blankets is shot through it, and it collapses like a punctured tire, taking the heart of the * speaker, metaphorically, into his or her boots. Somebody comes in, full of , a new project, in high spirits and with all colors flying, and before the introductory sentences are finished, slap goes the wet blanket. There are few things that so quickly and easily make life a burden as a constant succession of rebuffs of this sort. Especially is a course of this Hind injurious to nervous and high-spirited Mehildren. Many a little life has been darkened, many a mind been warped, and many a heart broken b3’ repeated rebukes of this description. If one has a treasure prized above all things there is always something to be said against it, or some one else has discovered that it really doesn’t amount to much. If there are great ambitions in a certain direction and the child fancies that it can reach a desired point, it is crushed by some brutal remark hud * driven back upon itself with a chill r that it takes many an hour to recover from. There are people who pride themselves on their ability to do this sort of crushing. For some reason or other they seem to think it is a little bit 6tnart, and they parade it on all occasions, regardless of whom it hits or how much it hurts, A blow in the face with the hand would be considered a serious affront, but it is wellbred, merciful and commendable as compared with this eternal wet-blanket habit that many persons indulge in, r- and the worst of it is they do not seem .to realize that they are doing anything very dreadful. It is a notable fact, however, that these same persons are exceedingly touchy if similar responses are accorded to their ideasv. There is likely to be a good deal) of fuss and feathers when somebody ridicules or protests against some of their pet theories. It would be a good plan if all children and young people could take a thorough course of training fh consideration for the feelings of their associates. A stroke that causes physical pain can find redress in some way1, but there is neither law nor gospel that i? l *ble to restrain the malicious or sarft eastic tongue of tha wet-1 >Wnket fiend Lx. Y. Ledger,

FARM AND GARDEN, HOUSES AND- ROADS. Why the Road yu«*«Uon Most Be Solved by the Country People. Gen. Torrence, who is a Chicago man. is building a country house within 21 miles of the city of New York. The house and its appurtenances will cost near $2,000,000. The cost of maintaining such an establishment cannot be less than $100,000 a year, and it is likely to be more thuu that. Gen. Torrence’s house will be but one of very many costly summer residences that adorn the neighborhood of New York. Let us note a few consequences of the erection of such suburban palaces. 1. Land that, intrinsically, is worth but $100 an acre as fartuingground becomes worth fabulouaSums. 2. The adjacent farmers find a near and very profitable market for their produce among the rich residents. 3. The tone of society is elevated, and the farming community is benefited thereby. ' Now, let us ask why New York is surrounded by such palaces, while some of the best building sites within 20 miles of Chicago go almost a-begging. The answer is plain: New York is surrounded by godd roads while Chicago is not. Where the streets and boulevards of Chicago end, a region of undiluted mud or of overwhelming dust begins. The man ,vvho is willing to spend $50,000, $100,000 or $1,000,000 on a country home is a kcejier of horses and carriages, and he needs a country through which he can drive with pleasure. The neighborhood of Chicago does not furnish him with such a country. On the northern and southern limits of Chicago are stretches of country from which magnificent lake views can be had; but the roads are wretched. A few miles westward of Maywood the country becomes hilly aud picturesque, but, the roads are abominable. ^ There are men in Chicago, and plenty of them, who would delight in a country home, but the unsolved road question troubles them. The suburbs are, for the most part, connected with the city by good, or fairly good roads; but suburban homes are not country homes. The good-road question must be solved by the country people. It is vital throughout the state, but especially sc in neighborhoods situated between 20 and 40 miles of Chicago.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

A GOOD INVESTMENT. Wherever Good Honda Are Built Property Increases In Value. The matter of building- good roads has passed the stage of mere agitation in some states and the work of construction has been commenced and with very satisfactory results. At the Good lloads congress recently held in Atlanta. Ga., the testimonials ottered in regard to the actual money profit to farms and other property along which good roads have been built v\ as astonishing. Farms that were slow sale three years ago at a low price were readily sold since rock roads had been built at an advance that bail more than paid the total expense of building'the roads through the farms and the payment for the road construction is not due for yes& yet, and is then distributed over a Series of years so that the burden will l>e very light to the new owners. The past season has been so dry throughout so large a part of our country that the necessity and benefit of hard roads have not been appreciated as much as they would have been had the season been one of ordinary or extraordinary wetness. It is not at all ! likely that the future will give us all dry seasons and it is better to improve the roads now while they are dry and labor and material is cheap. In states* where there is not proper legislation to further the building of i good hard roads it is a good time to work on public opinion and push the claims of good roads upon such legislatures as may be in session the coming winter. Good roads are needed, good roads pay, and good roads can be had if all who should be interested in them will work them.—Farm, Field-and Fireside Butter That Always Sells. There are a great many butter makers who never cause dealers any trouble. Their butter is fine, and te beautifully • packed. Its appearance is always a guarantee of its excellence, and a dealI er takes pride in showing it to his cusj tomers. If one maker of fancy butter | can have his butter always |»erfectly : packed, another maker of fancy butter | can do the same thing, so there seems to be no excuse for the “accidents.” Some of these makers of fancy goods have so established themselves thatconsumers know the shipping days. They | know when the butter will reach the • Chicago market, and have it ordered in j advance; or, if they happen to be busy, { order by telephone. It is not necessary | for them to test the butter; they know | it is good and are never disappointed.— Chicago Produce. Sowing Orchards to Gras*. Some people believe that a grass pasture keeps in the moisture. Experiments made in Nebraska have proven this to be a fallacy. The orchard was divided into three parts. Two of them were in grass, one mowed and the other pastured; and the third portion was cultivated. It was proven by. actual analysis that for every 100 barrels of water contained in the first 20 it ehes of pas- ( ture. a like ampunt of ground cultivated during the entire season contained over 140 barrels. The pastured portion contained a littfe more moisture than that mowed; but only 5 per cent. more. Apples from the cultivated land averaged nearly 14 per cent, larger in weight than those from pastured land, and over 17 per cent, larger than those from mowed land. A vessel of water kept steaming on the Btove will keep the atmosphere in a good condition for house plants.

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