The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-26
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tomatoes ass nice With cream and
sugar.
Sugar Loses part Of its strength >,
Sugar should b Drowned in q dry
pan for sauce.
Wrap fsri. jars with paper 70 keep
Wet and -four we'll tho inside Of
pudding bags.
Figs are rood boiled five minutes
and served hot.
Never wash raisins; wipe then,
with dry cloth.
Keep preserves in dry place; seal
with -four paste.
Benzine answers admirably for
thinning gold paint.
Boil coffee In salt sack, it Is nicer
than egg to settle it.
Put soda in sour fruit for pies and
they will require less sugar.
A little sulphate of potassa added to
preserves prevents fermentation.
After pairing fruit drop IL in cold
water to prevent it changing color.
When sauce boiles from the side of
the pan the flour or corn starch is
done.
Glaze the bottom crust of fruit pics
with white Of egg and they will not
be soggy.
Salt will remove the stain caused
by eggs from silver. It must be mn.
piled dry.
To whiten silver: Cream Of tartar
l o., common salt 2 or, water SO o.;
total, s. OF.
Always put little soda in milk
that is to be boiled. as an acid is
formed BY boiling.
Seal the juice left from canning
fruits In small bottles aud keep for
making fruit pudding sauces.
For convenience il cleaning lamp
chtmneys, nothing is nicer than a
small sponge attached to the end of q
stick.
To remove tarnish from jewelry:
Carbonate Of soda l o., bleaching
powder ! o., common salt o.,
water 8 OF.
To clean walnut stairs: Milk, sour
or sweet, we'll rubbed into black wal
nut stairs with an old soft flannel will
make them look perfectly new.
A pretty bangle.board is made in
the shape OF crescent. 1t is COW
cred with pale blue satin and has a
design Of daisies painted on it.
A simple cake is made of ono cup of
sugar, half cup of butter. one-third
of . cup Of milk, three eggs, ono cup
and half of flour, and u teaspoonful
of baking powder.
An effective .'chair back" is of pale
yellow pongee with design of spider
webs and copventionalizei wild roses,
The webs are worked in white silk
and the roses IN pale pink with golden
stamens.
A bit OF porous paper is better for
polishing eyeglasses and spcctacles
than anything else. The sort of paper
upon which newspapers are printed is
the best Moisten the glasses aad rub
dry with the paper,
Salt pork may be broiled or fried in
the same manner as bacon, and by
many Is considered more wholesome.
Cut the pork in slices; parbOil it in
boiling water; broil or fry and serve
with slices of lemon.
molsqletaire gloves. but use them for
decorative purposes, painting them
with any fanciful design. They will
be serviceable for covering sachets,
boxes ard other articles.
Rats arc said to abhor chloride of
lime and will leave any place where
tits, As it il harmless, housekeepers
may place it in the heunts of these
denominations without fear of the pet
dog or cat suffering from ''cold pisen."
A cement said to be excellent for
alabaster and marble, is made as fol-
lows: One part iNfusorial earth, six
parts fine lead, SIX parts slaked lime,
and twelve parts Portland cement,
mixed to u thick paste with silicate
of soda.
A handsome splasher has the CEN
ter OF linen or sgriM, with a Gesig d
Of grasses in outline stitch. The Dor.
der is made of squares of antique
lace edged with antique lace. 1t is
placed over a back ground of colored
cotton cloth.
Put away the milk at once when it
Is served. In five minutes, an authors
ty says, milk that is left uncovered
and standing near any drain or on the
bricks by garbage pail will imbibc
enough impurities to make it spoiled
for the baby's use.
A very simple and nourlshing dish
is made of two pounds Of lean round
steak, finely minced, and simmercd
for three hours in one quart of water,
sailed to taste. Serve with boiled
rice. If liked, curry powder may be
added to the gravy.
Some designs for d'oylcys are con-
veutionalized flowers, honeysuckle,
harebell, jasmine. etc. The borders
are not fringed or drawn, but are
hemmed and have a running design
in harmony with the center embroid.
cry, WhieHis also convcntiopalized.
A beautiful bed-spread is made Of
old gold satin stripes. alternating with
deep maroon velvet. In one of the
satin stripes is embroidered hop
vine; in the other, scarlet peoples and
lotus blossoms and fruit are arranged
tremendously, while the center stripe
has the legend. ''Sleep knits up the
raveled sleeve of care"
The Fatal State Department.
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