The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-08-15
ODD ITEMS.

of fruit put three pints of scold water
bring to boil, then boil rapidly fol
thirty minutes. Strain. and to ever,
pint of juice allow one pound of loal
sugar. return 10 the pan, and agar
boil rapidly for thirty minutes.
1t is better to die than to lose ones
reason, and yet the murderer prefers
insanity TO hanging
A Vermont man has lost goose
that was said to be 100 years old. Ii
has probably gone TO join the Michi-
ganders.
SCRAMBLED Eaus. This is nice
breakfast dish for a hot sumner morn.
ing. Peel large, firm, fresh tomato
and chop it up small, chopping with il
small bit of delicate white onion; put
into hot saucepan with plenty OF
fresh butter and pepper and salt to
taste. Stir on the fire until the onion
and tomato are thoroughly cooked;
then pour in four well-beaten fresh
eggs and stir quickly until the eggs
are nearly set. Serve quickly on hot
dish surrounded with little dice of
bread fried in butter.
If certain article of dress worn by
woman is basque, should the same
article worn by little girl be called a
basket
"Therc's wisdom 10 the cask," sings
an old poet who knew how to have a
good time. And he is right. A cask
has two heads.
A FINE WnITEwAsu.-T The follow.
ing will be found fine whitewash for
walls: Soak a quarter of pound of
glue over night in tepid water. The
next day put it into tin vessel, with a
quart OF water, over fire; keep it
there till it boils, and then stir 1t until
the glue dissolves. Next put from six
to eight pounds of Paris white into
another vessel; add hot water,
and stir until it has the appear.
ance of milk and lime. Add the sizing
and stir well. Apply in the ordinary
way while still warm. Except on very
dark and smoky walls and ceilings, a
single coat is sufficient. 1t is nearly
equal in brilliancy to zinc white, far
more expensive article.
Somebody heard Boston girl say !:
81 think he looked like perfect raw
ing angel in his uniform lie was aw-
full heavenly
A French writer estimates that the
world contains 193,600 doctors, and
there is not one of them that can de-
fine what malaria is.
A Rich DEssERT-Pare smoothly
half dozen good-sized tart apples,
scoop out the cores boil the apples in
sugar and water until they are soft
enough to be pierced with broom
splint, but be careful enough to have
them keep their shape. When you
cut the cores, cut out little less than
one third of the apple, separate it from
the core, and after stewing it, mix it
with some cold boiled rice, the yolks
of two eggs, sugar and spice to suit
your taste. When the apples are done
fill the centres of the apples with the
rice, etc. beat the whites of the two
eggs to stiff froth, adding the two
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar as you
beat them put spoonful of this on
the top of each apple, and send to the
table. These are delicious, either warm
or cold.
The Puget Sound oysters are some
times two feet in diameter, and weigh,
inclusive of the shell, as much as sixty
pounds. Two of these gigantic mol
lusks were lately transported and plant
ed in the South Bay. Either the trip OF
the new habitat disagreed with them,
as both died few days af:erward.
The number of dogs kept in Grea,
Britain appears from the returns of the
dog licenses to be decreasing. Last
year, as compared with 1882, the licen
ses fell from 908,36O to S94,903. Since
| the increase in the amount of this tax
and its more systematic enforcement
the keeping of dog has become a lux
ury.
| DELICIOUS CHoCo- CREAMS. - Take
one and one.half gills of cold wate
and mix with il two ounces of Bermu
da arrowroot and twelve ounces o.
pulverized sugar. Stir up smoothly
and boil about ten minutes, stirring al
the time Take off the fire and sti
till a little cool, put in few drops o
vanilla extract and continue to stir un
til it creams. Then roll into little ball
and put aside. Cut up some best va
nilla chocolate into bits and melt owe
steam (csn pnt on dish over boiling
teakettle). Pat in no water. Whel
the cream balls are thoroughly COLI
roll them one by one in the melte'
chocolate and put them on buttere,
place to cool. Part of the cream,
desired, can be mixed with grated &C
coanut or with chopped almonds Q
pistachio nuts.
CoooANUT CANDY.--Place in a
earthen pipkin pound of best loaf ST
gar cut as for table, with breakfas
cupful of cold spring water. Let it r,
main until the sugar is dissolved an
then set it on a clear fire to boil fo
about five minutes, or rather more. A
the scum rises carefully skim it ava
I, until the sugar looks quite white an
> thick, and then stir into it quarter {
a pound of grated cocoanut, takin
, care that it is a nice fresh one. Agai
!, set it on the fire, and with woode
: spoon stir it continuously until it rise
= quite up in the pipkin, then at ono
y spread it out on well-dried sheets
writing paper, which should be warn
!. ed before putting the cocoanut upc
!, them the paste should be rather moi
= than half an inch thick. Let it rema
q in this way until nearly, but not qui
! cold, when the paper must be remove
and it can then be cut up into smf
squares. Let it get thoroughly dry b
fore storing it in tin boxes for use.
!. is an Improvement to give it slight
i pink color by adding few drops
n cochineal to the sugar just before pu
!. ting in the cocoanut Some peop
, CRATE this and spread it out for d.
q or two before it is used for candy.