The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-25

L n - fiNuS MOWERS, SHRUBS ana vlneN about
tho house to add to its attractiyeness,
and otherwise improve and ornament
your surroundings.
1t is not only an economy for home
makers to keep an account book, but it
is great satisfaction to know, from
| year to year, exactly what has been OK
pended.
keep clasp knife or knife with q
handle different from those in common
use for tho sole purpose of peeling
onions, and SO avoid tho flavor and odor
of them whore it is neither expected or
desired.
Save stale pieces of bread, and when
an easy day comes, dry them thoroughly
in an open oven, and with 4 rolling-p pin
crush as fine as dust. These, then, will
always DO at hand for preparing oysters,
outlets, croqucttcs, etc.
"A little powdered potash thrown
into rat holes will drive tho rodents
away that are so annoying in cellar or
Kitchen; cayenne pepper will have tho
same effect on rats and coclroachcs, and
Il mouse will never gnaw through u
piece OF cotton sprinklcd with cayenne
that is stuffed into his hole.
--llucklcbcrry Toast. Wash and stem
pint of berries, add sugar to taste, and
pour over layers Of thin buttorcd toast.
Cover with ~ plate, and let them stand
half an hour before serving, on tho
range or in moderately cool oven 1t
may be baked in pudding-dish and fin
lshed with a lemon favored meringue.-
Demorost's Monthly.
Dainty Spring Chicken. Clean caro-
Il,
to taste. Mako a rich batter of half
pint OF flour, pinch of salt, two eggs
beaten light half gill of butter, and
milk enough to mix thick battor. Dip
each piece of chicken in tho batter and
drop in boiling lard. To DO eaten as
soon as done.-3oston Budget.
Chocolate Calkc.-One cup of sugar,
ono-half cup Of butter, two eggs, one
half cup of milk, onehalf teaspoonful
OF soda, one tcaspoonful cream tartar,
two cups of flour. The cream is mado
thus: One-third cake of chocolate. ono
half cup of milk, yelk of ono egg, sugar
to taste; boil until stiff; when cold
spread over the cakc.-Boston Globe.
-Stewed Sleeps Head Procure a
sleeps head, wash thoroughly, remove
the brains, and let them soak in cold
water. Stew tho head gently for three
hours, i'll three quarts of water. Take
the head out of the pot, remove all the
meat, and return 1t to tho broth Put
the bones aside for the stock pot. Chop
the brains, and add them with two
chopped onions, a thinly sliced carrot,
turnip, a bunch Of parsley, a little SUI
gar, pepper and salt. Let it boil gently
an observation-disclosures
There is no reason why women
should tire themselves in squeezing
juice from fruit for jelly or in stoning
cherries, when there are several patent
processes for doing this work with per-
feet success, enabling tho worker to 20
through preserving time with unstaincd
hands and uncXhausted patience. There
arc enough necessary things to do in
household which can not be done by ma
chincry Ilousckeepcrs should take adj
vantage of every chance chat offers for
genuine help in their work
l. Chicken Curry.-Cut up very
/ young chicken, wash it and cut it into
small pieces, chop one onion, put half Il
cupful of water into a saucepan. add
| two tablespoonful of butter, half a
teaspoonful of sugar, the juice of one
lemon, and tho onion and chicken and
salt, cook gently twenty minutes, then
mix ono tablespoonful of flour and one
tablespoonful of curry powder together
with cold water and add it to tho chick
en-, stirring it until it boils; serve with
boiled rice or baked pota tocs -Boston
Herald
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