Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-19

nice If split and put together with thi
Jelly. 1t is also very nice as filing for
layer cake.
Very many devices are in use for bright
ening carpets at sweeping time. Some PEG
pie use wet newspapers, torn up into little
bits; others use tea grounds. A mixture
of Indian meal and salt sprinkled upon 8
carpet and brushed off with stiff broom
is also good.
Keeping one or two oyster or quarry
shells in a teakettle almost entirely pre-
vents its becoming incrusted. If kettle
is badly coated, it will nearly ali scale oil
by drying and slowly heating it on the
back of the stove. 1t must be turned from
side 10 side as it cleaves of,
A mirror laid fiat on its back and edged
with flowers and moss is the correct thing
Just at present for the table at evening par
ties. 1t looks so much like pond that i'm
agination makes the guests feel as if they
had caught the malaria, and that is aw-
| fully ashionable.-[ Boston Transcript
Pretty comforts for the beds in summer
| are made of the so-called barbette vellings.
| which can be bought for few cents yard
! The scarlet make very pretty ones, if tufted
with white and button-holed around the
edge with Germantown or some similar
wool, after being cut in deep and good
sized scallops.
| For the filing of an Grange short-cake,
! take two large, oranges, peel them, chop
| them fine, remove the seeds, add half of a
| peeled lemon, and one cup of sugar
! Spread between the layers Of short-cake
while it is hot. This may be used for
| layer-cake filling also, but in that case add
the well-beaten white OF one egg.
A good breakfast dish is made BY chop
ping some ham quite fine; put it into
trying-pan with lump of butter; season
with black pepper; when this is hot pour
over II enough eggs, that you have broken
in bowl, to cover the ham. When these
are done take the eggs and ham out on a
platter; do this carefully SO that the eggs
VIII be on the top.
Some housekeepers have adopted a new
method in putting up fruit They can il.
using little sugar; then when cooler DAYS
come, and they are not hurried. they make
jam or preserves. The method is highly
recommended for those women who do not
have sufficient help, and are obliged TO put
up fruit hastily and with many inLerrup-
tons, or not at all.
Delicious fritters may have stale bread
for the foundation; if care is taken in re-
moving amy or all of the crust that is dark |
brown, the fritters will be lght-colored |
and very inviting in appearance |
Eggs are q good addition in the |
proportion Of four eggs TO one quart |
Of sweet milk, saltspoonful of salt and /
four or five slices of bread are also required. |
The bread should lie soaking in the milk |
for two hours. 1t can be broken into small
bis, and then it will not be lumpy
Vinegar is said to be better than ice to
keep fish over night Housekeepers who
are obliged 10 be economical should have
their fish sent home toward night, and
then, by putting q little vinegar on the
fish keep it perfectly well, even in very
hot weather. Fish is really improved in
flavor under this treatment Fish which
has been kept in ice during the night, and |
been exposed on the shop-board during the
day, being frequently watered to make it
look less stale, undergoes changes which
destroy both favor and nourishment
A good starch for shirt-bosoms is made
thus Take two ounces of fine gum arabic
powder, put it into pitcher, and pour on
a pint or more Of boiling water, according
to the strength you desire, and then. hav-
ing covered it, let 1t stand all night; in the
morning pour it carefully from the drcgs
into a clean bottle cork il and keep it for
use. A tablespoonful of gum water stirred
into a pint OF starch made in the usual
Will gave 10 lawn, either white or
printed, look of newness, when nothing
else can restore them after they have been
washed.
A correspondent asks how fruit should
De prepared so that the juice can be used
or favoring and coloring ice-cream The
way in which most housewives do this
S to allow the whole berries TO stand
or about three hours, if they are
resi-, with sugar scattered over them
hen the berries are mashed and
he juice is strained; sugar should be added
until it suits the taste, and the juice may
hen be mixed with the cream. One quart
If fruit is the usual allowance for one
quart Of cream. One pound of sugar is not
90 liberal an allowance Of the sugar
1t is a bad plan to make up the beds
after breakfast, The sleep
ng apartments in house should be thor
'ughly aired every day. Beds should be /
'pened every morning to the sun and to the
Do not be in too much haste J
o get the chambers in order Several hours
hould be devoted 20 their ventilation after
he night. Let the sheets and blankets be
pread over separate chairs, the mattresses {,
fitted apart, and the pure morning air be :
flowed TO get into every nook and Granny
f the room before the beds are made ,
letter endure little untidiness than loss of !,
ealth