The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-02-19
The Huuseh Ill,

ornaments, that have not been guilt or
lacquered, may be cleaned. AMI very
brilliant color given to them, by wash
ing them with alum boiled in strong
lye in the proportion of au ounce to
pint, and afterward rubbing them with
q strong tripoli.
PorATo crust for meat pies is made
by adding one teacupful of cream to six
large potatoes that have been boiled
and mashed fine. Add -four enough
to roll and little salt and handle rs
little as possible.
A REFRESHING beverage for an invalid
is made by slicing n tart apple after
p, cling it and adding small piece of
lemon peel and three humps of sugar
pour boiling water over it and strain.
CoRKs may be made air and water
tight by keeping them for five minutes
under melted parafline. they must be
kept down with wire screen. These
corls have perfectly smooth surface
and may be introduced or drawn out
easily and seal perfectly.
A NICE breakfast reli sh may be made
by slicing cold sweet potatoes and set
ting them in the oven to warm. Thicker
some milk or cream with little -four
and season with butter, pepper and
salt. When the potatoes are hot pour
the sauce over them and serve.
ScoTcH short bread made by this
recipe is recommended: Half pound
of butter and quarter of pound of
sugar mixed to a cream add one wound
of stiffed -four, knand and roll it half an
inch thick. Bake slowly. If the cake
is preferred very sweet use six ounces
OF sugar.
ANY kind of cold boiled fish may be
utilized for breakfast or lunch. Pick
the fish into flakes and put it into q
saucepan with enough milk to moisten
it, seasoning with pepper and salt
Add little butter. and when quite hot
pour it on buttered toast, garnishing
with hard-boiled eggs, cut in slices.
Pretty and useful blotters NAV he
made of heavy blotting paper, the outer
leaves being of the same lark tint.
One recently made had the covers of
peacock blue blotting paper. On ono
side charming design of Narcissus was
painted and on the other the conven-
tionalized blossoms in neutral tint out
lined with gold. Leaves and cover
were held together by bow of gold
colored satin ribbon.
A correspondent sends this recipe
for waffles Mix together one table,
spoonful of butter aud one of sugar,
and add the yolks of three eggs which
have been we'll beaten. Beat thoroughly
and mix with one quart of milk. adding
-four enough, in which has been put
two tablespoonfuls of baking powder,
to form stiff batter. When we'll mixed
add the whites of the eggs, which have
been beaten to stiff froth, and bake in
the waffle-iron delicate brown.
AS bonnet pins are necessity. and
are unsightly objects upon the pretty
toilet cushion, an ingenious and tlecora-
tive receptacle for them is made of
Japanese paper mats. Two mats have
layers of wadding between them, and
are then stitched together with colored
silk, just leaving the futed edges for
border. at two opposite ends loops
and ends of inch wide satin ribbon, in
the colors of the paper, are fastened
The cushion is suspended by ribbon,
which is stitched in with the cotton.
SATISFY may be fried in this way:
Scrape the roots and lay them in cold
water, one by one with few drops of
vinegar When all are scraped move
them about in the water and then put
them in boiling water with little salt
boil until tender and drain. Then dip
each into batter and fry them in hot
fat. Take them out with q skinner,
lay them on q warm colander, sprinkle
o little salt over them and serve hot.
TRY this lemon pudding: The juice
and grated rind of one lemon, one table
spoonful OF butter, three eggs, one cup
of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of corn.
starch and two cuDS of milk Put the