St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-02

berry or strawberry juice will color it pink,
and the grated rind Of an orange strained
through q cloth will color il yellow.
Two ounces OF soda dissolved in quart
OF hot water will make ready and useful
solution for cleaning old painted work pre-
paratOry to Tepainting. This mixture, in
the above proportions, should be applied
when warm, and the woodwork afterward
washed with water to remove all traces OF
the soda.
Chop pineapple quite fine, take some
cake which is q little dry. rub it fine in your
hands or crush it on a kneading board; put
II into pudding dish in alternate layers
with the pineapple, sweeten abundantly.
moisten with cold water and bake in
moderate oven for an hour and three-quar-
tiers.
One of the best and most convenient re-
ceptacles for table cutlery is 4 canton fam
mel knife case tackled to the inside of cup
board door-to be so constructed that there
will be separate compartment for each
knife or fork The flannel is sure to absorb
any moisture left on a knife by careleSsness
or by accident, and the whole affair is Or
namental
Wax beans make delicious salad. Choose
young beans, remove the strings, break in
inch long pieces and cook in salt and water.
While still warm cover them with dress
ing of oil, vinegar. salt and pepper. Be
sure aud remember in mixing salads the old
saying, "A spendthrift for oil, miser for
vinegar, wise man for salt and a mailman
for mixing" Use at least twice as much oil
as vinegar.
To Serve Cold MeatS.-Cut or chop any
kind Of meat, season with salt and pepper,
and place in mold. Boil the bones and
bits OF meat with an onion or two cut fine.
When boiled enough. strain. dissolve one
spoonful of best gelatine, and add 10 it,
Pour over the meat, ana set away until the
next day. Sometimes roll cracker or two
and add, with little melted butter. Nice
for tea.
A house at Schenectady was for a long
time infested by reaches and water bugs.
Last fall a servant, hearing that tOads were
All antidOte, caught three ordinary hop tOads
and put them in the kitchen. Not a roach
or water bug can now be found in the house
! The tOads have become dOmeSticated, never
wander about the house. and are so clearly
and inonenSiye that there is no objection to
their presence.
Two years ago several large iron spikes
were for some purpose driven into a very
old apple tree, near Clyde, y. Y. that for
years had been nearly barren. Last year it
was filled with large fine apples, and now
the blossoms are plentiful enough 10 warrant
good supply of fruit. The owner believes
that the spikes restored 10 the tree its Origi-
nal prolific qualities. and is now trying the
| experiment ON other trees in his orchard.
For Crab Salad.-Boil dozen hard-shell
crabs % minutes, drain and let them cool
/ gradually: remove the upper shell and the
tail, break the remainder apart and pick out
the meat carefully. The large claws should
not be forgotten, for they contain dainty
mOrsel, and the creamy fat attached To the
upper shell must not be overlooked. Line
q salad bowl with the small white leaves of
/ two heads of lettuce, add the crab meat,
| pour over it a mayOnnaise, gamish with
crab claws, hard boiled eggs, and little
mounds of creSs leaves. which may be
mixed with the salad wnen served.
Silver spoons that have become discolored
! from contact with cooked eggs may be cas-
| lily frightened by rubbing with common salt.
| A lump of gum camphor in the closet where
silver or plated ware is kept will do much
towards preventing taTnish. Coal gas, and
near the presence of rubber In any form. are
two things that cause silver to tamish very
quickly. The rubber ring around the necS
of a fruit jar viii tamiSh whole closet full
of silver in the space of one night, while g
silver spoon left, for one hour in the mouth
of such jar will be found possessed OF true
| rainbow tints next day.