Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-07-11

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Rub the tea skeltle with kerosene
and polish with dry flannel cloth.
Ammonia will usually restore col
ors that have been taken out BY acid.
Black wash goods are freshenesl by
rinsiIg in water containing a cnpful
Of lye.
j A Tablespoonful Of tnrpentine boiled
with white clothes will aid in the
whitening proceas.
Ceilings that have been smoked by
q kerosene lamp shouId be washed off
with soda water.
To attempt hard work or close study
within an hour after eating invites de-
rangements Of the digestive organs.
A fine polish Cor steel articles can
DO got by using pure lime mixed with
alcohol and applied with a piece Of
leather.
The latest treatment recommended
for diphtheria comes from Konirsbsrg.
East Prussia, where DR.. Arthur Hen.
ming has had very successful results
from the use Of lime water and ice
bags.
An excellent way of cooking eggs
is TO break them in boiling milk, with.
out beating; cook slowly. stirring now
and then. When done soft. pour into
q dish and add a little pepper, salt
and butter.
When you boil cabbage tie bit
oil dry bread in a bag and put il in
the kettle. French cooks say that all
the unpleasant odor. which mall. .s the
house smell like an old drain, will ba
absorbed by the bread.
Cold beef cut in slices and laid in
vinegar over night, and then dipped
in beaten egg. seasoned with salt and
nutmeg. and rolled in dried bread
crumbs, and fried in butter a delicate
brown. is an appetizing entree for
lunch.
Meat Croquettes.-ons poand Of
minced raw beef. one egg, ono onion.
chopped fne. one bunch Of chopped
parsely; pepper aud salt 10 taste; .aix
alb together; form into small cakes,
dredge with -four and fry ia butter.
A wash which will remove the sun.
burn acquired by outdoor sports il
made by adding to twelve ounces of
elder water six drachms OF common soda
and six drachms of powdered borax.
Applied to the skin IL will make it
clear and soft.
Cheese Toast.-Grata some rich
cheese. and pepper to taste, beaten
egg and sufficient milk 10 make it of
the consistency of thick cream. Warm
the mixture on the FIRE, and when
quite hot pour it over some slices of
not buttered toast; serve Immediate
ly.
In washing butter attention should
be given to the water used. Hard
lime water should not be nsed, and
water containing soda or magnesia In
worse still. Filtered rain water or soft
spring water in the best. The brine
should not be very strong.
An excellent paste can be made by
boiling rice powder in water until il
attains the proper consistency. Il is
better than -four paste and costs very
little more. II ia a clean paste TO
work with, and is largely used in
scrap pasting.
Perhaps it may help some house.
keepers to know that one can CRATE
horseradish without very badly af.
'fecting TIE eyes by grating il in front
Of the FIRE. Place ii on the hearth
o"h ~Poh suedfont stove doors. ALSO
prepare onions in the same way. Try
sit-you will find it a great help 10
your eyes.
Milk Soup.-Four potatoes, two on.
ions, two ounceseof butter. one-quar-
ter ounce salt. pepper to taste, one
pint of milk, three tablespoonful
tapioca. Boil slowly all the veeeta.
bles with two quarts of water. Strain
through a colander. Add milk and
tapioca. Boil slowly and stir con.
stantly for twenty minutes.
/. Lemonade.-Make lemonade by us
ing four lemons to pint of water,
also sufficient sugsr to make il sweet.
Strain carefully through cloth and
then add one-half box Of gclatine. af.
ter having dissolved il in a little wa.
ter; strain several times, then put in
molds and place On ice TO become sol.
ID. This is delicious served with
whipped cream.
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