Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-11-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Mustard improves lobster but
ruins chicken salad.
Cream tartar will cleanse white kid
gloves by rubbing it upon them.
When sponge cake becomes dry it is
nice 10 cnt in thin slices and toast.
! Glaze the bottom crust Of fruit pies
with white of an egg aud they viii not
gel soggy.
Hellebore sprinkled on the floOr at
night destroys cockroacheS. They eat
il and are poisoned.
Clean straw mating with cloth and
salt water. Wipe dry. Tbs keeps it
from turning yellow.
Cover plants with newspaper before
sweeping. Also put Il little ammonia
upon them once a week.
Delicious Molasses Cakes One cup
mo!asses. l egg. > cups -four. ! 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 out of brd.cages lie
up little sulphur in bag aud >us-
pend it in the cage. Red ants will
never be found in closet or drawer if
a small bag OF sulphur b. kept in those
places.
A carelessly kept cOtiee-pot will im-
part a rank flavor to the strongest in
fusion OF the best Java. Wash the
cOtfce-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 tassels, balls.
or brass ornaments.
Instead Of drinking so much green
and black tea, that tends to make wo-
men wakeful, nervous and irritable.
try beet tea. Take lean meat, cut it
up small and boil several hours: skim
on the grease and serve hot and we'll
seasoned in cups.
Delicate Cake-Two cups of sugar.
cup Of butter. 2! cup, OF flour. cup
of milk, the whites of > err. and Il lit
tie almond fayorinG. pinch Of salt and
: teaspoonfuls Of good baking powder
The same receipt, Substituting the yOlkS
for the whites Of the eggs and adding
O cup Of curraltS, makes IN excellent
plain fruit cake.
To Cook Rice Nicely-One teacupful
OF rice and one quart of milk. place in
q steamer and steam from two 10 three
hours, when nearly done | stir in
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 older the rice
the longer time it takes TO cook. - Good
Cheer.
Orange Wafers-Beat the yolk of four
eggs very light stir into them one-half
pound OF white sugar, One-guarter
pound of flour, the juice of one lemon.
the grated rind of Il half one, and the
white Of the eggs. beaten to stiff fro,h.
Drop this batter from teaspoon upon
buttered paper, and bake in quick
oven. Spread orange marmalade on
the under side, and place two together.
Picked Peaches-After the peaches
are peeled. allow one-half pound ef
sugar to each pound OF fruit. WiiIrr. t
little water as possible make syruI =
the sugar; when the syrup is !.
clear, just scald the peaches in it.
then place them carefully into medium
sized jars; sprinkle plenty of stick cid
namon and n few cloves between tn,
fruit, Let the syrup boil for five min
utes longer. then add pure vinegar, su
iicient to give II pleasant sub-acid tast
let it boil up again, aud at once pr
over the peaches. When cold, tie
well. and store in dark. cold pl
-AmertcaY .igriealturist.