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the London tufeFcr |. Never boil fat
with bones or meat for stock for gravies
or soups. 2. Place all fish, salt or fresh,
to cook in boiling water. 3. All fresh
fish to have vinegar and salt added to the
water. 4. Never let fish boil fast draw
it to the side of the fire, and only let it
boil slowly. .. Place all meat to boil in
boiling water, then the same rule as 4,
6. All vegetables to be cooked in plenty
of boiling water, with salt, and be rapid
ly boiled. I. All greens, as broccoli,
cabbage and sprouts, to be cooked with a
little soda and salt in plenty of boiling
water. 8. Carrots, parsnips, sea kale
and celery, artichokes, beet root, vegeta-
BILE marrows and onions to have fat boil
ed i'll the water, with salt no soda. O..
All things to be fried to be first well
dried, well iloured or egg crumbed and
cooked in boiling fat, and plenty Of it.
Strain through tin strainers all sauces,
gravies and soups. II. Dripping can be
used for fish twice it should not be dis
colored. but while hot be strained into
lard or butter for basting and for pastry.
1t should be noted that stewing and sim.
mering are not Synonymous terms for
boiling. A thermometer will soon show
the difference between the two processes.
Boiling point is not reached under 212
degrees Fahrenheit, whereas simmering
requiresNnly lSS degrees.
Take Care of n Cold.
Hardly day passes in this climate OF
ours, between the chilly days of autumn
and the month of June, that the commu-
nifty is not startled by the announcement
of the sudden death of some prominent
man, who has been at the head, perhaps,
of vast enterprises. We feel almost cer-
tain, before making the inquiry, that the
immediate cause Of death was pneumo-
mia. The obituary probably repeats that
thre0dbare untruth about the ''inscruta-
BILE mysteries of Providence. There is
really no mystery about it. Business
men, and particularly Americans, are Sc
intent on pushing their business that they
lose sight of all else. They think they
have no time to be ill, and in many in
stances they only realize the danger Of
delay when the shadow of death is upon
them. Had they less ambition to "die
rich" they would be more likely to heed
the warnings of danger that are always
given and then not one case of pneumo-
MIA i'll one hundred would prove fatal.
Any person-apd particularly one oyer
forty years of age--who neglects n severe
cold at this season of the year is in dan.
ger of pneumonia. The l"ly safe plan
ls to remain i'll warm, comfortable
room, or, i'll severe cases, in bed, employ
ing such remedies as may be prescribed
by a competent physio,nu. If there il
delay in taking care of ones self unit
the inflammation is established, there il
prant 1npunr ,,f IA fatal rn.ult
For the Family Scrap Book.
Hot irons should never be used for EN-
broidery.
In beating butter always take the bacl
of your spoon.
Spiral mignonette is used in great pro
fusion for flower decorations.
Camelias in pots are much used in dec
Grating hall, drawing and dining aoom.
Alum is one of the best additions t.
make whitewash Of lime that will not rul
off.
An orange eaten before breakfast cure
the craving for liquor and improves n dis
ordered stomach.
If you wish TO produce glue that vii
resist water, boil one pound Of glue il
two quarts of SKINNED milk.
Folding screens for holding eight or tel
photographs are handsome when covere,
with plush or velvet.
To prevent sausages from bursting
when cooking, never make II hole in then
with fork while turning them.
The rage for Japanese ornaments OF al
kinds for rooms, halls, parlors, chamber
and boudoirs is on the increase.
Among house decorations none are S
popular as jardiniers Of fine ma ajolica fill
ed with artificial plants and flowers.
: A thin coat Of varnish applied 10 stra'
, mating will make it much more durable
anu keep the mating fresh and new.
Filling lamp while it is lighted
something that ought ncr,r be done.
can be avoided by filling it in the mon
: ing.
There is danger, MS many people hav
found to their sorrow, of gossumer W;
terproof cracking when stliltned by cold
, so before putting it ON, i'll severe weathe
warm it before the fire, both outside an
in, and this danger is saverted.
| When colcr ON fabric has been ace
dcntally or otherwise destroyed by aci,
ammonia is applied to neutrallze IL
same, after which an application of chl
q roform will, in almost all cases, restoi
, the original color. The application
/ ammonia is common, but that of chlor
/ form is but little known
: Whenever oil of turpentinc, benzolc ,
$ ether is used to remove grease spots {
;, cloth, the application should he made {
e the reverse side oi the cloth by moiste
It ing it with the solvent in a circle sil
i rounding the spot, 80 as to approach
l. gradually, having blottiug paper in co
tact with the spot of grease TO absorb Il
fat Immediately otherwise the solve
will have the effect of spreading Il
grease over larger surface instead
driving it out of the cloth, In the app
y: cation of hot iron to one side and bic
II ting paper to the other, the heat W
drive tine grease out of the cloth into Il
lie paper, because the fat has a tendency
&c move from the hotter parts iowa til
u cooler.
miscellaneous Recipes.
~ Ii you have plain, boiled rice for di
\. ner, and have little left, it is by
e means necessary that this should
ri thrown away it will help to make dc
cious fritters add milk and flour and o
IS egg for the batter if you have fruit
le put in, so much the better; drop
,e spoonfuls in hot lard and Try till de
ID cate brown little sugar in the bait
is helps to give ii II brown tinge,
Indian-meal Cruel can he made SO til
ID it will be appetizing MS well as nouris
v ing. Take one tablespoonful of sift
I'll meal, and rub it smooth in little co
water Il third of teaspooniul of 81
'e should be added Pour slowly over til
IL pint of boiling water ; stir TIE me
IN while adding the hot water, SO that
" Jumps will form then put it in n sauc
C. pan, and let it boil slowly for half
hour. Then, if the patients stoma
LII will henr II whom Nnu mt IL in the ln