Little Falls transcript., 1886-11-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

Mustard improves lobster, but
ruins chicken salad.
! Cream tartar will cleanse white kijs
gloves by rubbing it upon shem.
When sponge cake becomes dry If is
nice to cut in thin slices and toast
| Glaze the bottom crust of fruit 3; Is
with white of an egg and they VIII !.<.s
get soggy.
| Hellebore sprinkled on the floor It
night destroys cockroaches. They ca!
It and are poisoned.
Clean straw mating with cloth aa>,
salt water. Wipe dry. This ke,ns It
from turning yellow.
Cover plants with newspaper before
sweeping. Also put little ampGu;a
| upon them once a week.
| Delicious Molasses Cakes-One a4,,
molasses, J. egg. 2 cups -four, J CHI.
cream or sour milk, ! cup lard, iemva
peel grated.
Boxes for holding slippers or od;s
and ends may be ornamented with 4i;;::
| cheese CLOTH covered with WOODEN lacs
the shade of the boudoir curtains.
TO keep insects out of bird cages t3a
up a little sulphur in bag AMI sus.
pend it in the cage. Red ants W,
never be found in a closet or drawer. i
a small bag of sulphur be kept in t:.v$4
places.
A carelessly kept cotfee-pot will in.
part q rank flavor to the strongest III
fusion of the best Java. Wash the
coffee-pot thoroughly every day, ard
twice q week boil borax and water in 1t
for fifteen minutes
Daisy tides of rick-rack, with strips
of ribbon painted with daisies and
wheat are very pretty. The ends OF
the ribbon and the web of daisies are
pointed and finished with tassels, balls,
or brass ornaments.
Instead of drinking so much green
and black tea, that tends to make .go~
men wakeful, nervous aud Irritable,
try beet tea Take lean NJ at. c,,s 1t
up small and boil several hours; SKIM
Oil the grease and serve hot ;sn, we'll
seasoned in cups,
Delicate Cake--Two cups Of sugar:
l cup OF butter, p cups OF -four. cua
OF milk, the whites Of 5 eggs and 4 TX
tie almond FLAW voring, a pinch Of salt I'D .
teaspoonfuls of good baking powder
he same receipt, substituting the >r.ks
for the whites Of the eggs and ai,!ij,.
a cup of currants, makes all excoI!out
PLATA fruit cake
TO Cook Rice Nicely-One teacnptj,.
OF rice and one quart Of milk, place IL
Il steamer and steam from two to three
hours, when nearly done | stir ii. =
piece OF butter nearly as large a> Iii"
yolk OF an egg and pinch Of Sast.
You can use sugar Il You like. l.t,.
difference in the time of cooking &c-
pends on your rice, the older tAo rice,
the longer time it takes to cook.
Cheer
Orange WafersBeat the yolk oi four
eggs very light; stir into them orla-i,alf
pound OF white sugar, one-puarter
pound Of flour. the ;u .ce Of one leunu,
the grated rjnd of a half one, and tie
white Of the eggs, beaten to . stiff flu;:,
Drop this batter from I, teaspoon unon
bui'ered paper, and bake in q 4ucA.
oven. Spread orange marmalade on
the under SIDE and place two together.
Picked Peactes-After the pcac hes
are peeled. allow one-half pounu OF
sugar to each pound of fruit. Wit, IS
little water as possible make syrup cf
the sugar; when the syrup is quite
clear, just scald the peaches in it, ard
then place them carefully into meo i'm
sized jars; sprinkle plenty of stick Gin
namon and a few cloves between he
fruit Let the syrup boil for five nm
utes longer, then add pure vinegar, SUI
flc'ent to give Il pleasant sub acid tas:c:
let it boil up again, and at once po4r
over the peaches. When cold. tit, up
well, and store in a dark. cold place.
-An1cytcGn 4IgricuJtuyiu.