Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-25

keeping your nngef and thumb tightly
on. Take needle and thread, secure
the string at each end and fasten well.
Then, with needleful of worsted, work
round and round till the ball is covered,
passing the needle under, and then turn
over each piece of string to form ridge
all the way around. If the needle is
merely passed once ever the string the
surface remains smooth and the effect is
not SO pretty. Odds and ends of wool and
zephyrs can be used in making circles of
color; and bits of chenille or arrasene
worked in adds to their richness. Try it.
FOR THE COMPLEXION.
One of the best methods of improving
the complexion is not by clogging the
pores with oils and powders and cosmetics,
but to keep the pores well open by judi
cious use of soap and water Have rain
water, well warmed, and with white CASTLE
soap make good suds, with which wash
the face thoroughly just before retiring.
After this washing, rinse in clear warm
water and dry with a soft towel In the
morning, wash in clean water, omitting
the soap. If necessary to go out at once it
Is better not to use warm water but cold,
as the sudden change will be likely to
roughen the face A few drops of ammo
MIA in hard water will make it soft and
assist in cleansing the skim but be careful
not to use too much or it will render the
skin dry and harsh. Borax is better, and
is healer as well as cleanser. A quar-
ter of teaspoonful to basin of water is
about the proper quantity-of course using
the powdered borax. A few drops of spirits
of camphor put into the water once a week
is good to whiten the skin. And OCCASION
ally half teaspoonful of cider vinegar
put IN instead, will give tone and softness
to the skin.
TID-BITs FOR THE TABLE.
A pretty lunch dish for this hot August
weather Is made by simmering teacupful
of rice until tender in about pint and
half of milk, sweetened to taste. Press
into small cups while quite soft, and when
thoroughly cold turn out into saucers.
strew fresh blackberries around them and
pour over sweetened cream. A good way
to treat blackberries, especially for the
sensitive stomachs of children and dys-
peptics, is to get out of the berries the
quantities of young wood they contain in
the shape of seeds, by rubbing them
through a wire sieve or cheese cloth. The
pulp and juices may then be stewed, or
eaten fresh.
To make blackberry wine, take one
quart of cold water to three quarts of Juice
and three pounds of white sugar. Put
these into jug and leave out the cork.
putting over the top piece of lace. Set
it in the cellar, shake occasionally, and
next spring draw off carefully into bottles,
which must be kept carefully corked The
longer it is kept, the better it will be.
To make elderberry wine, boil FIVE gall
Ions ofr1pe elderberries in ten quarts of water
for about quarter of an hour, then strain
through seive, not pressing the berries.
Measure the liquid, and to every gallon
add three and one-half pounds of brown
sugar, the peels Of five or six lemons, and
let it boil twenty minutes. When scald-
ing hot, add the whites of six eggs, well
beaten, a little cayenne, the Juice Of one
lemon, halfa teaspoonful of dry mustard.
two tablespoonsful of vinegar, stirring the
liquid well. Fill the cask full. When
the whole is sufficiently cool, put over the
bunghole piece of toasted bread spread
with yeast. When clear and ready to be
bunged up, hang in the cask half pound
Of bruised ginger tied in a cloth. In two
months it will be fit to bottle. =
Cut from piece of leg of veal some
steaks quarter of an inch thick, and cut
them pear-shape to the size of outlets.
Sprinkle thin both sides with pepper and
salt, and lay them in a well-buttered flat
tin. Put buttsred sheet of paper on top
Of them and bake quickly in a tin oven,
just long enough to thoroughly cook the
outlets. Dispose them on dish in a cir
Gle around puree of tomatoes, and serve
hot.
HINTS TO THE HoME-MAKER
Are you not rejoiced that the DAYS of
paper shades-green, gray. brown and
blue-are done forever? From paper we
"evoluted" to buff holland (how sacred to
kitchens), then to the dazzling whiteroller-
blind, which still occasionally puts ones
eyes out by its high light in glaring rooms.
In the larger cities, the next flight of fancy
was daring one-red parlor blinds shone
down every aristocratic avenue only for
brief season, when they were relegated to
quarters impossible to polite acquaintance.
The very best and most artistic STYLE is
just now in yogue-that of soft. natural
holland, embroidered in Byzantine colors
on the lower borders, producing subdued
lights and giving an effect of sober ele-
gance. The striped linen blinds Of this
summer reflect foreign tastes, and are very
pretty, especially for country houses, in
the leafgreen and flax stripe, or in the
cool blue and white, or red and mixed
white, the colored stripes giving a subdued
loveliness to the long, dim summer sitting
rooms.
Instead of hemming the sides of these
shades, narrow silk binding should be
stitched on and pressed very fat, which
adds finish and gives better on the
roller. Plain hens on the lower edge are
preferred to fringe. These heavy linen
blinds are not supposed to need washing
or renewing for eight or less wears Practi.
caliy, with the attentive care due. good
furnishings they never need renewing. In
English country houses suites of furniture
800 years old are shown in good keeping.
But, perhaps, when we Americans can
command things as stanch and solid. we
Will be able to preserve from generation to
generation. At any rate, soiled curtains,
broken chairs and shabby furniture are
powerful witnesses against the good breed
ing of family. We may not be able to
have elegant things. but we should at
least keep fresh and neat those that we
have. Don't crowd your rooms with
knick-knacks until they look like curio
stores or pawn-shops; and don't oyerdo the
drapery business in the way of unnecessary
hangings and portieres. They catch dust
and vermin, get moth-eaten and scatter
thenew generations of insects, to the ruina-
tlon of your carpets and rugs. and they
impede the circulation of air.
Ewes GREAT-GREAT-
GRAND-DAUGHTER.
"THE MIDNIGHT PRAYER"
Alone she prayed, while DER the sleeping earth
Night threw her shelterinp wing and the nale