Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03
HOUSEHOLD MEDLEY.

Mallsrd duck or any kind of game
should be served with grape jelly.
In buttonhole stitching the bottom of a
flannel skirt, double the flannel az if to
hem it, and haste it in place. This will
give frmness to it, and it will last twice as
long
A simple, stylish and inexpensive pres
ent for lady to give gentleman friend is
| baud to mark his hat or cap. Take a
ribbon that may suit the fancy of the giver
and either paint or embroider the owners
name upon it. These are much used on the
caps that are now worn.
A beautiful handkerchief case may be
made out of pale blue, pink or garnet col
ored satin, to be marked off into small dia-
monds with pearl beads. Tnis case is made
alike on both the outside and inside, and
the marking can be accomplished on both
sides at once. This is pretty for birth.
day or wedding present.
If the bars of your wire gridiron are too
far apart to hold oysters, you can remedy
the matter by getting two pieces of the
wire netting found at hardware stores or
tin shops. Have them cut the exact size
of the gridiron. Lay the oysters on one
and cover them with the other, and place
between the double gridiron.
Cold boiled parsnips, cut in slices and
fried in butter, make good side dish. Ii
the family is large, and 1t is of Importance
to economic butter, take one or two thin
slices of pork and fry them. When they
are almost done. put the pieces of parsnip
in the frying pan with the pork, and
brown them. A lump of butter can be
added to give flavor to the fat.
While ink stains are yet wet upon the
carpet, sponge them with skim milk thor.
oughly; then wash out the milk with a
clean sponge dippsd again and again in
clean, cold water. Exchange this presently
for warm, and then rub dry with cloth.
If the stain is upon any article of clothing,
or table or bed linen, wash well in the milk,
afterward in the water. Dry ink stains can
be removed from white cloth by oxalic acid.
A plain tapioca, suitable for delicate
stomachs, is made by boiling half tea
cupful of tapioca in half pint of water !;
when the tapioca is entirely dissolved or
melted, add gradually half pint of milk !;
Just before taking from the fire land, by
the way, this should not be done till the
milk is thickened with the tapioca), add a
well-beaten egg, and sugar and flavoring
to suit your taste. This is nice, either
warm or cold.
1t is not always convenient to hold
bulky piece of velvet over a teakettle,
when the pile has been fattened by shop
wear or by water spots. An easier way is
to wet towel thoroughly, and fold it over
hot iron. Hold the iron, wrapped in
this way, directly over the spotted part Of
the velvet, so that the steam will reach
that part. Do not let the iron touch the
velvet, as it is only the steam that is
wanted to lift the matted pile.
An excellent way to stop bleeding at the
nose is to give vigorous motion to the jaws,
as in eating. La the case of a child. give
it wad of paper to chew, or a cracker,
aud the motion of the jaws will usually
stop the bleeding. If not, take piece Of
paper-.he margin of newspaper will do
and roll it into a long, narrow wad, and
crowd it between the upper lip and the
teeth. This acts as compress upon the
blood vessels and checks their flow.
Good gravy can be made at any time if
you have some nice pieces of cold roast
meat. Pat them in saucepan, and pour
about pint of boiling water over them
cover the saucepan, and let the meat and
water simmer on the back of the stove for
an hour or more then strain it through a
fine sieve, add butter, pepper and salt
thicken with flour. If lamb or mutton.
make the foundation of the gravy, flavor it
with tablespoonful of Worcestershire
sauce, or with the same quantity of pars.
ley, chopped fiue.
Cut some cabbage very fine, on slaw.
cutter, if possible; salt and pepper, stir
well, and les stand five minutes. Have an
iron kettle smoking hot, drop one table.
spoonful of lard into it, then the cabbage,
stirring briskly until quite tender; send
to table immediately. Ansgreesble change
is to put one.balf cup of sweet cream
and three tablespoons of vinegar-the
vinegar added after the cream has been
well stirred-into the cabbage after taken