FRICASSEE OF RABBIT.

How to Prepare This Delicious and Nutritious Dish.

Cut a young rabbit up into joints and I neat pieces. Wash the meat well and j dry it. Put two ounces of butter or , clarified dripping into a stewpan with ! one onion sliced, two or three sticks of j celery cut into small pieces and a ; slice of fat bacon. As soon as the but- | ter or dripping has melted put In the i pieces of rabbit and let them fry gen- I tly for 20 minutes. Turn the meat | constantly and take care that it does ! not acquire any color. At the end of the time put the rabbit on a plate and keep it hot on the rack. Stir two ounces of flour Into the pap Containing the vegetables, mixing it well with the fat fiThen add by de grees a quarter of a pint of white stock or water, storing quickly all the time, and then pour in balf a pint of boiling milk. Continue to stir the satice until It is smooth and thick. Then draw the pan to the side of the stove and let It eimmer. Season the sauce with salt, white pepper, a little blade of mace and a few thin strips of lemon peeL Place the pieces of rabbit in it, cover the pan closely and let the meat stew gently for an hour. Dish it up on a hot dish, let the sauce boll up, and after removing the pan from the stove add a few drops of tarragon vinegar and pass it through a gravy strainer over the meat Garnish the dish with little three cornered sippets of fried bread and rolls of crisply fried bacon or little balls of herb farce.

How to Make Cabbage Salad.

Chop the cabbage fine, sprinkle witli salt and let stand, overnight Heat one egg thoroughly and add to one-half pint boiling vinegar. Rub two table- Bpoonfuls mustard Into more vinegar to form a smooth paste and add this to the boiling vinegar. Pepper and sugar to taste. Let all come to boil and pour over the cabbage, stirring thoroughly.

How to Make Crabapple Jelly.

This, if properly made of good ripe fruit, is nearly equal to the delicious guaVa Jelly of the tropics. Take any quantity of apples you wish to use, freeing them from wormy spots, halve each apple and throw into a preserv ing kettle. Stew with sufficient wa ter to cover till reduced to a pulp and then pour into a jelly bag and drain off the tjuice. To eveiy pint of juice allow a pound of sugar and set It In the oven In earthenware pie dishes to heat, bnt not discolor. While the sugar is heating boil the Juice for Just 20 minutes. When the sugar is.added to the juice, It should be so hot that it hisses. Stir all together till perfectly dissolved* Then pour into glasses, cov er with paper dipped in brandy, and then with white paper brushed over with white of egg cross the top of the glass.

How to Make Molasses Candy.

57W0 cups of molasses, ono- of white sugar, one tablespoon of vinegar, a Binall piece of butter. Boil from 20 minutes to one-half hour. Try it by dropping a little into cold water. If It hardens, it is ready to cool. Pour into a flat, buttered dish and work with the hands when It Is cool. The longer it is worked the better it is.

How to Stew Calves' Feet.

Procure a couple of prepared calves' feet from tlie butcher, joint them and place fn stewpan. Cover with water, bring to the boil, simmer for five rnln ptes and then drain dry. Replace the feet in Cue stewpan, cover with milk and water, add a teaspoonful of salt, a head of celery, half an onion and a small strip of lemon peel. Simmer slowly, and when the meat ts quite tender, so that the bone can bo re more<l» plftco ft oo a dish. Strain the gravy through a thick sieve, thfcken it with butter and flour, boil up thor oughly season with a dash of pep per and powdered maco. Garnish the dish wtto crescents of toasted bread and slices of lemon and pour the sauce over the meat.

How to Prevent Rust.

In laying aside knives or other steel Implements they should be slightly oiled and wrapped in tissue paper to prevent rusting. A salty atmosphere Will in a short time quite ruin all steel articles unless some such precaution is taken.

How to Clean Chamois Gloves.

Make a strong suds with white eas tlh soap or any otner kind of good white soap, and to two quarts of suds add one teaspoonful of borax dissolv ed in half a pint of hot water. When the suds are cold, put the gloves on the hands and wash them slowly and gently, as If washing the hands. Rinse In the same manner in clear water. When draw off gently and hang in a shady place to dry, drawing them into shape when they are almost dry. When perfectly dry, rub them between the hands to soften them.—Ladies' Home Journal.

How to Make Mexican Coffee.

To two cups of drip coffee add one cup of rich chocolate. Heat it and serve with whipped cream covered ,\vitis pcrodered sugar.

How to Make Spanish Stew.

Wipe a email rabbit carefully with a damp cloth, divide it with a sharp knife into small pieces, skin and scald two small onions, cut them in slices, place them at the bottom of an earth enware jar with a little salt and pep per, then put a layer of rabbit and a layer of onion, and so on until all is in. Place one-quarter of a pound of bacon cut into thin slices over the top and cover all with a^well greased paper. Cook in a moderate oven or a saucepan of boiling water for two hours.

How to Dry Flannels.

When drying flannels out of doors, always plase them in the shade, as the fierce sun is apt to shrink them.

CARE OF THE FEET.

How to Prevent Corns, Bunions, Chil blains and Other Ills.

I Wo are perhaps somewhat given to neglect of our feet, and yet a beautiful, small and shapely foot is "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." As a preventive of corns, bunions and ' swollen feet, which in nine cases out of ten are the result of wearing boots either too tight or too loose, the feet should be bathed daily. To add a little 'dum or vinegar to the water is an ex cellent plan. At night the feet should Jbe sponged with vinegar or lavender water, which will tend to keep them iSinall and to prevent corns. 1 j Those who suffer from weak ankles [will derive great benefit from bathing them in sea salt and water. The feet should always be wiped thoroughly dry. And, where one suffers from * cold feet, plenty of friction with a rough towel is most desirable. The toe nails should be just as ac curately and carefully trimmed as those of the fingers. Cut to correspond with the shape of the toe tips, what ever that may be. The wearing of i narrow boots deforms the toes, crush j ing and crowding them up one against ; the other. One's boots should always , be broad enough to obviate this, and a I new pair should be at least a quarter 1 of an inch longer than the foot to al low of its working forward, which it will inevitably do. Where the feet are liable to become tender or blister powdering with starch powder Is an excellent thing. Thick woolen stockings should always be worn when a long walk is taken by persons who suffer from these things. Corns are troublesome things to cure, and by far the best plan of curing them Is to have them properly extracted by a pedicure or chiropodist. It Is dan gerous to cut them oneself, as there is always the risk of cutting too deep. In mild cases, however, burning with acetic acid often gives relief. The acid should be applied with the point of a wooden match, and great care should be taken to prevent its dropping on or coming in contact with the skin.

Perspiring feet are very unpleasant. In some persons, indeed, it almost amounts to a disease. One of the sim plest and best remedies is to bathe the feet night and morning in soda and wa ter and then to powder them thorough ly with pulverized alum and tannin, equal parts. The stockings should be changed daily—ln fact, oftener if nec essary.

As a preventive against chilblains, to "wash the feet in alum and water is a capital plan.—Boston Globe.

How to Utilize Coal Dust.

Householders who find that they have been supplied with an undue pro portion of dust with their coal may thus utilize It: Take three or four handfuis of common washing soda, and, having well wetted a bushel of coal dust, thoroughly mix the soda with it. Let It partly dry, and it will answer excellently for burning when a slow fire is required.

How to Freshen Oilcloth.

When oHcloth has been down for a few months and is losing the shiny surface, it can be renewed easily, and it will last twice as long. Melt a little ordinary glue in a pint of water, let ting it stand on the top of the oven till dissolved. Wash the oilcloth thorough ly and let it dry- Then at night, when the traffic of the day is all over, go over the whole thing carefully with a piece of flannel dipped in the glue wa ter. Choose a dry season of the year for doing it, and by morning the glue will be hard and will have put a fine gloss, as good as new, on your floor. To preveiit the edges fraying make a stronger solution of glue, and whilo it Is hot paint the edges of the oilcloth all round with a small brush.

How to Make Molasses Doughnuts.

' One tablespoon sugar, one scant cup molasses, two well beaten eggs, one teaspoon melted lard, generous pinch of salt, one-half cup sweet milk. Boat all together thoroughly and add flour to make soft dough, two teaspoons baking powder mixed well In flour.

How to Cook Eels.

■ Skin a medium sized eel and cut it into lengths of six inches. Lard them with bacon- and lean ham in two straight rows down each side of the back. Put the pieces into a shallow etewpan and cover them with white wine. When they are thoroughly blanched or parboiled, take them out and place them upon a dish, screened with gravy that has been simmered to a caramel. Add the liquor in which the collops were blanched and set the Jdish In a hot oven until the fish are a •ricl) brown. Send them to the table upon the dish in which they were cook ed Garnish them with lemon slices and- dust them with cayenne.

How to Make Fruit Salad.

i !fwo bananas, one orange, two pears and other kinds of fruit which may be In season. Out in slices and place in aish in alternate layers. Over all pour a colored sirup and serve. It may be served with whipped cream.

How to Care For the Cellar.

! £. pailful of unslacked lime In tlie cellar will overcome slight dampness. rAs soon aa it is reduced to fine powder

it should be replaced by fresh lime,

Cellar windows should not be closed until there is actual danger of frost, as

Vegetables will sprout unless they are kept in a cool place. 'J£ clean, dry cel lar is not only necessary in order to preserve vegetables and fruits which I may be stored there, but as a safe guard against sickness in the family.

How to Make Ambrosia.

Peel and slice enough oranges to fill a dish and remove all seeds and tough ekin. Put the slices in layers and cov er each with grated cocoanut. A little sugar can be added if needed.

THE ASHBTTRTON GPaBDUN .- O.HTIRSmY, ■ /PRIL 5,

Printed and published by Henry Willis o Pater Street, Ashburton, for the Proprie tors, at their Printing Office, Burnett Street, Ashburteit, THURSDAY, April 5, 1900



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INTEREST IN LEASE IN PERPETUITY AT ALFORD FOREST. I HAVE for Sale th<) intereab in a small Grazing Run of 321 acres, 3 roods, 20 perches at Alford Forest. The run in securely fenced on three sides with seven wires and on the other with six wires. The improvements have coat £150, bub owing to the continued ill-health of the owner he ia prepared to accept £100. Full particulars on application. F. FERRIMAN.



FOE BaLE DOBSON STREET, ASHBURTON. I HAVE been instructed to Sell Town Sections 373, 374, and 375, either singlj or in one lot. The ground ia of good quality and is an excellent site for building purposes* F. FERRIMAN. HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON I HAVE been instructed by Mr P Keller to sell his very desirable Property, sitaated in Havelock Streeb, comprising a well built brick housa of nine rooms, wash house, coalhouae, and also a very convenient stable, together with £ an acre of excellent land, well laid out in fruit trees. Within two minutes' walk of Railway and Post Office. Full particulars on application. P./PERRIMAN.



FOR S&LS, AX - LAURISTON. HOUSE OF FOUR ROOMS AND OUTBUILDINGS, AND TWO AND A HALF ACRES OF lAND. T HAVE been instructed by Mv William Buchan, who has leased a farm, to sell the above Property, situated close to the Railway and Pablic School. A working man can always find em ployment in the District. Full particulars on application. F. FERRIMAN, ANTED KNOWN—That our old pra miaes will be closed on and after Satubday, March 10. Caatomera will find ua in New Shop, Burtetti Street.—Mitohblli & Turner. ',



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WAKAISUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, ASHBUBTON On and after October lee, I shall,be pleated to supply you with first-clans ROLLER ILOUR, WHEAT MEAL.BRAN & SHARPS, at lowest current ratal* FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF FARMERS DOING GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Floor Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the N.Z. Farmers' Association, West Street, where Farmers, Shareholders or non-Shareholders can leave their Wheat and get Floor, Bran, and Sharps in exchange. TJiOMAB~ROUITT. WAK&.NOI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, 9 285 ASHBUBTON.



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