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gages, (cost fifteen cents,) put them in a glass dish, sprinkle them
over with a pound of powdered sugar, (cost ten cents,) and let them
stand in a cool place four hours, until a nice syrup has been formed.
The dish is delicious, and costs about twenty-five cents.

=Pine Apple Julep.=--Pare and slice a very ripe pine apple, which in
season will cost about ten cents; lay it in a glass dish; pour over it
the juice of one orange, (cost two cents,) the juice of one lemon, (cost
two cents,) a gill of any fruit syrup, (cost about five cents,) and two
tablespoonfuls of rum, (cost three cents;) sprinkle it with a little
powdered sugar, cool it on the ice, and serve it cold. It will cost
about twenty-five cents.

=Lemon Snow.=--Soak one ounce of gelatine, (cost eight cents,) in one pint
of cold water for half an hour; peel the yellow rind from three lemons,
(cost six cents,) and squeeze and strain their juice; put the rind and
juice of the lemons into a saucepan with eight ounces of loaf sugar,
(cost eight cents,) and stir until the sugar and isinglass are quite
dissolved; pour it into a bowl, and let it cool, and begin to grow firm.
Then add the whites of three eggs, (cost three cents,) and beat to a
stiff froth. Pile by the tablespoonful high in the centre of a glass
dish. It is pretty and delicious, and costs only about twenty-five
cents.

=Melon Compote.=--Make a syrup by boiling one pound of sugar, (cost ten
cents,) with half a pint of water. Pare and slice a spicy musk melon,
(cost five cents,) and put it into the syrup with a little wine, (cost
five cents.) Boil gently for ten minutes, take up the melon in a glass
dish, cool the syrup a little, and pour it over the melon. Serve the
_compote_ cold; it is delicious, and costs only about twenty-five cents.

=Orange Salad.=--Peel six oranges, (cost twelve cents,) slice them, place
them in rings in a glass dish, sprinkle them with three ounces of
powdered sugar, (cost two cents,) pour over them a little wine and
brandy, and let them stand over night in a cool place. A good dish full
will cost about twenty cents.

=Orange and Apple Compote.=--Pare and slice very thin three oranges, (cost
six cents,) and three apples, (cost three cents,) removing the seeds
from both: lay the slices in rings in a glass dish, cover, with the
following syrup, and cool. Boil the orange peel in half a pint of water,
with four ounces of sugar, (cost four cents,) until the syrup is clear;
add a