The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-25
FlRESIDE FRAGMENTS.


If flannel cloth dipped in kero.
sene, then wrung dry, be used in rubbing
off dirty finger-marks from paint, the
grateful housekeeper will repeat the
experiment often.
-Tisane: This is favorite beverage in
France. Chop fine cupful of dried
fruits, such as figs, dates or prunes, and
steep for an hour in one quart OF water.
Strain and sweeten to taste.
Feather Cake: One cup sugar, one
cup -four, one egg, half cup sweet milk,
one tablespoonful melted butter, one
teaspoonful baking powder, very little
salt, one teaspoonful lemon. Home.
stead.
Peach Cream: One cupful of thick,
sweet cream. one cnpful of sugar; beat
smooth and add the whites of two eggs,
beaten stiff. Have dish of sliced. ripe
peaches. Sprinkle with sugar and pour
the cream over. Serve very cold
Ladies Home Journal.
Tomato Breakfast Dish: Remove
the skins from "a dozen tomatoes; cut
them ND into saucepan, add a little
butter, pepper and salt; when sufficient
1y boiled, beat up five or six eggs, and
just before you serve, turn them into
the saucepan with the tomatoes, and
stir one way for two minutes, allowing
them time to be thoroughly done.-
Housekeeper.
delicate Biscuit: One quart of sweet
milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
deT, half a cupful of best butter, one
teaspoonful of sugar, and -four to make
soft dough. Roll out half an inch
thick, and cut out tiny biscuits with a
small baking-powder can. Bake in a
very hot oven.-Demorest's Monthly.
Granger Pie: One cup of molasses,
same OF water, one tablespoonful of Gin
namon, and one-half teaspoonful of
soda; stir it until it foams. Line four
tins with crust and divide the mixture
among them, then mix thoroughly two
cups of -four, one of sugar, ,and a good
sized lump OF butter-say one-half cup.
ful-sprinkle evenly over your pies and
bake Boston Budget.
Pressed Chicken. Stew two chickens
until the meat will drop from the bones.
Chop fine, season to suit taste; a very
little sage is an Improvement In some
cases. Place in deep jar, cover with
plate after moistening with the LIQUOR
In which the chicken was cooked Weigh
down with stone or fat-iron. 1t will
be ready to cut in ten hours. Ladies'
Home Journal
britannia, metal and copper articles
add to the bright appearance of the
kitchen. To clean them they should
first be washed with hot water, TO re-
move any grease that may he on them,
and then rubbed with the following mix
lure; Finely powdered and sifted rotten.
stone, soft soap and turpentine mixed
to the consistency of putty. This mix
ture must be rubbed Off with leather
which is kept for this purpose alone.
Separate busters, cloths and feathers
should be kept for every thing, and a
rule should be made never to use them
but for the purpose for which they are
intended. d.-Household Monthly.
"A German wood-polish is thus de-
scribed: Three Kilograms of shcllac dis
solved in pure spirits: then some COLI
lodion is to be put in flask and moist.
ened with sulphurie acid and some
camphor added. These substances are
to be stirred well together, after which
spirits are poured in. Now both solu-
tions are to be poured together and
shaken we'll. This polish is to be
rubbed in with an oil prepared in the
following manner. S0n,e ca rpho~ A. Az.
solved in good rose oil-as much of the
former as the oil will hold in solution.
The polish already prepared is diluted
with spirits of benzine and reduced at
pleasure, so long as it retains sufficient
body to give the desired result.