The Springdale news., 1889-05-24
DOMESTIC DRIFT.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE once said: "On" can cleanse the whole body more thorough ly with quart of hot water than with tubful of coldn
 RosEwooD is the most bear;ifui and last ing of all the woods used for furniture, though IL is costly. If carefully treated It retains it's good looks for a long time, and lt should be kept well polished in order to se- cure this end. No wood combines more beautifully with plush than this.
 SMALL. or pan fish should always be fried in deep fat. Fish fried in this way will be dry and brown, and far different thing from fish which has been fried in fry pan with little fat, first on one side and then turned over and fried on the other, leaving the first side to cool and absorb the fat.
 THE best covering for books is made of American leather or glazed lining. The materials can be purchased in nice, dark colors. They serve a double purpose, as they keep new books in nice condition and hide tho decayed looks of others Stitch the flaps across from point to point to keep them in place.
 WILLOW chairs, yellow and shaky with use, can be metamorphosed, so to speak, by wrapping the shaky part with copper wlro or the easily procured broom wire, and painting the whole with gray or green paint, then drawing ribbons of a contrast ing color through the open work, finishing with bow at the top. They make attract i've porch or lawn chairs.
 CACTI may be propagated by means of cuttings, offShoots and seeds. Seeds germinate readily and amply repay the years attention that must be given them before they can trough it." OffshootS will drop off when shaken. These root easily if laid on the surface Of the soil. They must not be put in the earth, or they will rot. Cuttings root freely in dry earth or sand.
 THERE is more economy ln good furniture than in poor and it has the merit of looking better, too. Some of the furniture sold is simply stuck together, 1t is not made; some, again, is constructed of unseasoned wood, while great deal is faulty regarding the stuffing and covering. Veneered fur niturc is undesirable, as the veneering is always falling off. Good, solid furniture is the best
 USE as little water as possible in cooking green peas, only enough to prevent their burning Cook from twenty minutes to half an hour according to the slze of tho peas; peas that require to be cooked Tor an hour or require sugar or sofa to make them tender are too old for the table. Salt peas and all vegetables when half done, not at first, as salt hardens the water and flinders the process of cooking. IT takes but a few moments, with good fire, to make the following: Over a quarter of pound of highly favored cheese, thinly sliced, pour half pint of sweet milk. Put in a frying pan, and add good plnch each of salt, pepper and mustard, and piece of butter the size of an egg. Stir the mixture | constantly, and cook moderately fast. Roll three soda crackers very fine, and sprinkle in gradually. It will then be about the con sistency of an omclet. Roll up neatly, turn upon hot dish and serve at once. ASPARAGUS OMELET.-For a small om- elet take twenty five heads of young and tender asparagus, boil the heads and cut them into small pieces, taking also the ten dercst parts of the green stalks, but no stringy portions; mix them with the yelks and whites of three eggs, which have been previously thoroughly well beaten; heat some fresh butter, about one ounce in a small pan; when 1t fritters, put in the omelet mixture, seasoning 1t with a llttl salt and white pepper; fry until golden brown, and serve very quickly with sharp | butter sauce.