Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-02
ABOUT THE HOME.

A pretty card receiver for the hall table
or hat stand is in the form of an oval oil
oblong tray it is covered with plush, and
has rosebud embroidered in each corner
or spray of hght-colored flowers in one
corner.
Cucumbers peeled and boiled until soft
are served with chickens roasted. Season
the cucumbers just as you do summer
squash and add a very little sweet cream.
Serve in vegetable dish or put around the
chicken on the platter as garnlsh.
To make violet perfume, put half an
ounce of orris-root, broken into small
pieces, place in bottle with two ounces OF
| alcohol; cork it tight and shake well.
After four or five days few drops OF thus
on handkerchief will leave the odor OF
fresh violets.
A good way to purify sink is: To one
pound of common copperas, that can be
bought for few cents pound, put one
gallon of boiling water, and when dis
solved pour the liquid into the sink or
! drain, or wherever required. 1t must be
remembered that copperas IS poisonous.
Our Swedish sisters bring us another
mode of using pie-plant. The red stems
are steWed gently with sugar and water
enough for the consistence of lemonade.
Then strain and use the liquid to flavor
| and color buildings of corn-starch, blanc
| mango and the like, to be eaten with sugar
| and cream.-[ Exchange.
For lawns nitrate of soda is clearly and
| effective fertilizer. Sprinkle broadcast at
| the rate of half to three-quarterS of pound
! to the square rod, it promotes the growth
| of the grass, imparts vivid green to the
color, and is free from the objections to
guano or other animal fertilizers. The best
| time to apply it is just after the rain
Prairie Farmer.
A pretty cloth for the tray, or, in fact, to
put on at either end of the table, is made of
toweling of good quality, with band of
turkey-red calico putOn around it. Feather
stitch the upper edge, and button-hole in
medium sized scallops the lower edge. For
this use the canary-colored marking cotton
or light blue is very pretty. The effect of
these on the white tablecoyer is good.
Fruit jellies are made by so combining
the Juices of fruits with sugar by boiling
that the product when cold becomes quiv-
ering, translucent mass, the consistent of
which is neither that of a solid nor liquid
To make perfect ielly-we speak now of
perfection in regard TO its transparency and
pretty ppearance-clarified sugar should
be used, but the best grade of refined sugar
will answer every purpose of the house
hold, and produce results quite gratifying
to the eye as well as the palate.
One of the small economies, which if
constantly practiced will result in a large
saving in the course Of a year, is to purchase
soap in large quantities and allow it to dry
before using it. Almost ell the soap found
in the stores is freshly made and the great
waste grows out of the fact that when soft
ii will dissolve rapidly in water. In the
course of the Mondays wash large part
of the bar will melt away with no percep-
tible result, unless indeed an unnecessary
reddening and softeninS of the hands is
taken into account.
Strawberry ice is very refreshing at the
close of heavy dinner. Mash two quarts
Strawberries, and add two pounds OF sugar
mix well and let this stand for two hours
Strain the juice through a muslin, squeez-
ing it well. so that nothing of value will be
lost. Add an equal quantity of water to
the juice and freeze. Some good authori-
ties in fancy cookery advise the addition of
the beaten whites of eggs; they should be
used in the proportion of three eggs to one |
quart of juice and water, and should not be |
mixed with it until it begins to stifIen in the |
freezer. They should of course be faith |
fully stirred into it.
The strings on the baby's bonnet are a |
never-failing source of trouble to mamma |
and to the nurse girl also. When every |
other article of dress required for the baby's |
airing is spotess, if the bonnet has been
worn once the strings are sure to be soiled |
4 bright thought occurred to a mother last |
week, and she tried this experiment: For
the Mother Hubbard Of embroidered mus
lin she made three pairs Of strings, in one
end Of each she worked a button-hole, |
doubling the muslin; then on each side of |
the bonnet where the strings are usually |
sewed on, she put fiat, cloth-covered but |
ton-a very small one answers nicely, and |
if properly put on it will not disturb baby's |
repose, should he go to sleep with his bon
net on.