DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-09-11
HOUSEHOLD BREvlTiES.


Spruce pillows which havo lost their
fragrance may be renewed by subject
ing them to steam and then drying
To give a good oak color to pine
floor wash iii y solution of one pound of
copperas dissolved IN one gallon OF
strong lye.
-Gingerbread Pudding.-Ono cup OF
molasses, one cup OF sour milk, one or
two eggs, teaspOonful soda, little ginger;
mix not quite as stiff as Gingerbread
Steam two hours.-Boston Globe.
Baked Ounces. Bake ripe ounces
until done md worry soft when colu,
strip off the skins, place them in deep
dish and sprinkle with sugar and serve
with cream. Ladies' Home Journal.
A mixture that is said to brighten
the colors of a carpet and remove sur
face dirt is made from putting one pound
of fine tobacco in a pail of boiling water
Allow it to partially cool and apply it tc
the carpet with a soft brush.
"A delicious dish, easily prepared,
may be made by lining large fancy
bowl with slices of stale cake and fill
ing it with floating island, which is
simply nice custard, the top covered
with the beaten whites that have been
slightly scalded over the fire in hot milk
to prevent them from losing their light.
ness and form by standing. old Home
stead.
Angel Food, -Threo gills of sugar,
two gills of flour one teaspoon cream
tartar, pinch of salt. Sift all five or six
times thoroughly together, then add the
whites of eleven eggs beaten 5tiH. Bake
IN long tin well Toured mot butteredJ
OF tin made for the purpose, which is
round, with opening in the enter and
quite deep. II requires a medium oFen
Detroit Free Press.
The best way to remove the smell
of paint is to first render the room as
nearly as possible air-tight by closing
the windows, doors and other openings.
Pace vessel of lighted charcoal in the
room, and throw on it two or three
handfuls Of juniper berries. After
twenty-four hours the smell will have
entirely disappeared. Another method
| VI uUlDR buF ShllN tlllIlS - w Pi''- -
handful of new hay into pail of water
and let it stand in the newly painted
room.
Pretty Salad. -Take enc medium
| lobster and one pound of cold boiled
turbot; cut the meat into small pieces;
sprinkle one tablesnnnnfnI Of lnrnon
sieve; peel three apples and cut them
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slices; have as many slices OF tomato as
ample: arrange in the salad bowl alter
nate LAYERS of the meat, apple, toma-
toes, chopped onion, thinly sliced
cucumber and capers; pour over tue
whole good salad dressing and over
the top sprinkle chopped celery and
crisp lettuce leaves and sliced hard
boiled eggs.-Boston Herald.
Snow Souffle Take half of small
box of relatine, dissolve it in pint
bowl half filled with cold water. When
quito melted fill the bowl with boiling
water and stand it on the back OF the
range; thon add one cup Of white sugar
and the strained juice OF two lemons
Whom all is dissolved and cooled, begin
to beat in large basin the whites OF
two eggs, and add, as you do SO, one
TABLESPOONFUL at time of this geLatlnt
mixture; continue this process slowly
till all is mixed. A great deal depends
on putting in the mixture by slow de
grees and steady beating 1t should bt
, quite stiff and white like snow Set II
a mold on ice till stiff. This will make
one quart OF ielly.--Boston Budget.