The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-15
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

"A damp cloth dipped in common
soda will brighten tinware easily.
Glaze bottom crust of fruit pies with
white of an egg and they will not be
soggy.
-Horse-radish is much more irritating
than spice, and if used in excess may
induce very disagreeable feeling of
the stomach, lasting for several days or
| perhaps causing illness.
Eggs boil more tender if put into
cold water which is allowed to gradually
reach the boiling point just consider
what an egg is made of and you will see
the philosophy of this.
To remove fruit stains from linen,
rub the part on each side with yellow
soap, then tie up piece of soda in the
cloth, and soak well in hot water, after
wards expose the stained part to the
sun and air until removed. Boston
| Budget.
Fruit Salad: One pineapple (cut
fine), four oranges small pieces, three
bananas (sliced), grated cocoanut. In
deep glass dish, alternate layers we'll
Sugared. just before serving cover with
whipped cream.-Good Housekeeping.
Cream Cakes: a cup butter, one cup
cold water boiled together, add one cup
| flour, simmer short time; when partly
cool add three eggs, one at time, with
out beating; drop on pan desert
spoonful. Bake thoroughly in very
! hot oven: when cool fill with fcream
made as follows: Two cups milk, q cup
sugar, two eggs, two small tablespoon
fuls of -four. Flavor with lemon. -Bos-
ton Globe.
Pretty punllahs or East Indian fans
are converted into face screens by STAIN
ing some pretty color and adding tas-
seled fringed pompons corresponding in
color. Shaded beads festoon the fans,
mingled with the tassels, and the effect
is barbarically beautiful. Satin and
velvet ribbons cross and recross each
other on the handle, ending in large
bunch of tassels at the end When not
in use, this screen makes lovely wall
ornament.
There is no better or healthier drink
than hot or warm boiled milk. In many
houses where they pride themselves on
their good coffee only cream is used in
the mixture. Coffee with cream is de-
licious, and the lovely color it takes on
as the thick yellow substance drops
down into it is a joy forever, but it is,
alas, indigestible. Many people who
have decided that they can not take
coffee would find themselves nouriShed
and strengthened without injury by
equal parts Of we'll made, strong coffee
and hot boiled milk.
Many housekeepers Of the present
day arc entirely ignorant of the appear
anccs of their kitchens and leave the
care of it in the hands of incompetent
servants, who frequently neglect keep
ing it clean and tidy, which an occa-
s;onal visit of inspection from the mis-
tress would often Obviate. Any dust or
cobwebs or vile odors about the kitchen
are sure to get into the food and so help
to poison the human victims fed there
| by, but the breath Of a kitchen fire and
of healthy cooking are as invigorating
as arg thing short of an ocean breeze
Old Homestead.
"A great deal Of attention should be
given to the proper airing of the mat.
tress every morning, and at least once a
week a stiff brush shonld remove the
dust which Will accumulate. even in the
best ordered house, and under the tufts
of cotton, or the bits of leather, or
whatever is used to tack the mattress
with. Attention should also be directed
to the edge of the mattress, where the
braid is sewed on, for dust sits under
that. Where the bed room is also the
dressing room, dust can not be avoided,
but it may be at least changed, and it
need not be allowed to accumulate.