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sassafras oil, one pint soft, warm water. Shave the soap fine and dissolve in part of the water, add both of the oils and the ammonia. Mix well with the hands, put in half of the whiting — which must be sifted through a flour sieve Mix thoroughly with the hands, and add the rest of the whiting gradually and the water very sparingly, until all the whiting has been worked in. You may think, for awhile, that it is not going to mix and a little more water may be necessary, for it will be very crumbly; but if you keep at work it will gradually soften and mix all right. When you get it into a solid mass, knead it on a board like bread dough. Roll it out about an inch in thickness, cut into cakes any size desired and put on a board in a dry place, till thoroughly dry, then pack in a box. The above will cost you about 75 cents; and will make twenty- five good sized cakes. So you see it would not cost you more than 3 cents per cake. Stuffed Apples — Shell and blanch twenty-four al monds. Chop them fine. Seed and chop a quarter of a pound of raisins. Measure and pick over a half cup of dried currants. Put the almonds, raisins and dried cur VALENTINE & COMPANY. VARNISH & Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors. Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors. rants into a saucepan, add a half cup of water, a half cup of sugar, with a teaspoonful of lemon juice, and the grated rind of the lemon. Simmer gently for at least thirty minutes. In the meantime, pare and core six large apples, keeping them perfectly whole. Stand them in a baking pan, sprinkle over about two tablespoonfuls granulated sugar, and bake slowly until the apples are tender and slightly brown. Take from the oven, put them in a glass dish Now, boil the fruit mixture and syrup together for at least ten minutes; that is, boil it hard. Take it from the fire, fill in the spaces from which the cores of the apples have been taken, and baste the syrup over the outside. Stand away to cool. When ready to serve, heap around the outside of the dish, banking it up towards the apples, cream whipped to a stiff froth. Dust the whole with powdered sugar and serve. To prevent cake from burning, set a pan of water in the oven. Put a lump of butter in a pan, and when it begins to brown add a little chopped onion. Cut veal kidneys in VALENTINE & COMPANY. VARNISH & Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors. slices and saute them until a light brown. Eat with lettuce, dressed with French dressing. To remove the tops of fruit jars that cannot be started by hand, dip a cloth in very hot water and apply to the outside of the cap. This will cause it to expand. A little lemon juice stewed with prunes adds flavor to them. Always boil maccaroni, tapioca, etc., before putting them into soup. Soak gelatine in cold water; dissolve it in boiling water. TESTIMONIALS. After giving the Cameo Baking Powder a fair test, I do not hesitate to say that hereafter in our family we will use no other, when Cameo is to be had. Mrs. Irwin Simpson. I cheerfully recommend Cameo Baking Powder. Mrs. H. L. Humphrey. We use Cameo Baking Powder and like it very much. Mrs. G. W. Hoyt. The best baking powder which I have ever used. Mrs. J. B. Daniels.