The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


Mustard improves lobster, but
ruins chicken salad.
Cream tartar will cleanse white kid
gloves by rubbing 1t upon them.
When sponge cake becomes dry it is
nice to cut in thin slices and toast,
Glaze the bottom crust Of fruit pies
with white of IN egg and they will not
get soggy.
Hellebore sprinkled on the floor at
night destroys cockroaches. They eat
it and are poisoned.
Clean straw mating with a cloth and
salt water. Wipe dry. This keeps 1t
from turning yellow.
Cover plants with newspaper before
sweeping. Also put n little ammonia
upon them once week.
Delicious Molasses Cakcs-One cup
molassos, ! egg, cups flour, cup
cream or sour milk, ! cup lard, lemon
peel grated.
Boxes for holding slippers or odds
and ends may be ornamented with thin
cheese cloth. covered with wooden lace
the shade of the boudoir curtains.
To keep insects ont of brd-cage5 tie
up little sulphur in a bag and sus.
pend it in the cage. Red ants will
never be found in closet or drawer II
n small bag OF sulphur be in those
places.
A carelessiy kept coilee-pot will inn
part rank flavor TO the strongest in
r.. e q. -, Mach tho
cofiee-pot thoroughly every day. ard
twice week boil boraX and water in it
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 tasscls, balls,
or brass ornaments
In9tcal ri drinking 50 much green
and black tea. that tends to make wo-
men wakefu!, nervous and irritable,
try beet tea. Take lean meat, cut it
up small and boil several hours; skim
of the grease and serve hot and well
seasoned in cups.
Delicate Cakc--Two cups of sugar,
cup Of butter, p cups of flour, cup
of milk, the whites of eggs and lit
tie almond llavoring, pinch of salt and
teaspoonfuls of good baking powder.
The same receipt, substituting the yolks
for the whites Of the eggs and adding
cup of curraiits, makes an excellent
plain fruit cake.
To Cook Rice Nicely--Onc tcacupful
of rice and one quart OF milk, place in
steamer and steam from two to three
hours, when nearly done | Stir in 4
piece of butter nearly as large rs the
yolk of an egg and Il pinch Of salt
You can use sugar if you like. The
difference in the time of cooking de-
ponds on your rice, the oder the rice
the longer time il takes TO COOK -- Good
Cheer.
Orange WATERS Beat the yolk of four
eggs very light; stir into them one-half
pound of white sugar. one.quarter
pound of flour, the ju &c OF one lemon,
the grated rind of II half one, and the
white of the eggs, beaten to Il stiff froth.
Drop this batter from teaspoon upon
buttercd paper, and bake in quick
oven. Spread orange marmalade on
the under de, and place two together
Picked Peaches After the peaches
are peeled. allow onc-half pound OF
sugar to each pound of fruit. With as
little water rs possible make syrup OF
the sugar; when the syrup is quite
clear, Just scald the peaches in it, and
then place them carefully into medium
sized jars; sprinkle plenty of stick Gin
namon and a few cloves between the
fruit. Let the syrup boil for five min
utes longer, then add pure vinegar, SUI
ticicnt to give pleasant sub-acid taste;
let it boil up again, and at once pour
over the peaches. When cold, tie up
WELL and store in dark, cold place
-Americ0M .40ricNiLurisk.