The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-09
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Gum camphor will speedily clear
tho house OF cockroachcs.
-Grcat Improvement will DO found in
tea and coffee if they arc kept in glass
jars instead of tin boxes.
Artificial complcxions arc said to
be on the increase. Very likely; sincc
where they arc once adopted tho wcarcr
soon has no other to speak or
Mashed Sweet Potatoes. Wash tho
sweet potatoes and boil them till thcy
are tender, then take off tho skins and
mash them, adding salt pepper and but
ter. Put them in dish in a hot oven
for five minutes before serving.
keeper.
Cream Pic.-Bcat four eggs with
tcacupful OF sugar, add half a pound Of
butter, two Tablespoonful of flour and Il
pint of milk: mix we'll and pour over
pint OF boiling milk, stir until cool,
flavor with extract OF vanilla. Bake in
deep pans lined with rice crust.-Indian-
apolis Sentinel.
Horse Radish. Dig the young, ten
der roots i'll the spring and CRATE fine.
Place in glass cans and pour over SUI
ticient good cider vinegar to cover it.
stirring it we'll that the vinegar may
penetrate thoroughly from top to bot
tom of can. Seal and keep in cool
cc.-lIousckeeper.
Melon Salad.-Slicc a muskmclon:
Jay slices of onion between and cover it
closely and keep in cool place half an
hour; remove the onion just be fore scrv-
ing, and add pepper, salt, little cay
emo and one tcaspoonful lemon Juice TO
one tcaspoonful of vinegar and two Of
suct oil, mix all wcll together and pour
over the naturalization Herald.
The terrible thirst that tormcnts
tho sufferers from many forms of dis
ease is ono of the things nurse has to
exert her thoughts to relieve. Pure,
cold water. even when iced, docs not re-
licvc thirst 50 we'll as when there is
some sort Of substance added. Lemon
AIDE. toast and water, apple tea. or bar
Icy wafer. arc preferable in many cases,
as they all have Slight degree OF nour-
ishncnt. food llousckccpcr
Picked Cucumbcrs. Wash and vine
six hundred small cucumbcrs. and two
quarts of peppers. Put them in tub
with one and Il half cupfuls of salt, and
piece OF alum as large as an cgm. Heat
10 the boiling point three gallons OF ci-
der vinegar and three pintS of water
Add quarter of Il pound each Of whole
cloves. whole allspica. and stick CHINA
mon, and two ounces of white mustard
seed, and pour over The pickles YAM
kcc Blade.
+ -Alabastcr figures arc cleaned with
the following mixture: ono ounce of
boraX and quart OF boiling water
When cool, wash tho figures gently. and
dry with Il silk handkerchief If badly
stained, try Il paste OF quicilimc and
water. and let it remain on for day:
then wash oily in soap and water. Olive
oil, occasionally applied with Il soft
WOODEN cloth. keeps buhl cabinets and
ormolu ornaments bright. First clean
! oil all Of the dust. -I;oston budget
"A Swedish scrvant-maid. finding that
| her mistress was troubled with sleep
lcssncss, told her OF a practice of the
| people of her country who are similarly
afflicted 1t was TO take Il napkin, dip
| in icc-cold water, wiring it slightly and
lay il across her eyes. The plan was
followed, and it worked like IL charm
The first night the lady slept four hours
without awakening, something she had
not done for several months At the
end OF that tmo the napkin had become
dry. BY voting it again, she at onco
went to sleep and it required consider
able force To arouse her i'll the morning.