The Bossier banner., 1891-11-05
ElREslDE FRAGMENTS.

Salad is much easier served and
much more appetizing WREN placed on
individual plates.
in washing blinds and dark paint
always add several tablespoonfuls OF
ammonia to the water, and when dry
rub the paint With kerosene oil.
Keep thu stove or range free from
SCOT in all its parts. A hot-air passage
clogged up VI It'll SCOT will prevent the
oven from baking well.
Orange Pudding: Juice and pulp
of eight oranges and the juice of two
lemons. Dissolve one ounce of gelatine
in a cup of boiling water; cool, and add
it to the oranges with pint of clarified
sugar Stir and pour in a mold.-HOuse-
keeper.
when you get your shoes wet at
picnic or summer excursion, try the
new, or perhaps old, remedy for pre-
venting them from becoming hard and
stiff. AS soon as you take them off
stand them up in good shape and fill
them with oats. These will draw. the
moisture out of the leather, which will
dry out soft and leave the shoe in good
shapc.-N. Y. World.
To increase the growth of the hair
take of mutton suet, one pound; best
white wax, four ounces; essences of ber-
gamont and lemon, of each three
drachms; oils of lavender and thyme, OF
each one drachm Mix the suet and wax
over gentle fire and add the perfumes.
Detroit Free Press.
"a Housekceper" writes that sau.
sage or fresh pork may be kept sweet
and nice in summer by frying it as if
for immediate use and packing it in
large jars in lard. In harvest and other
busy times when it is desirable to have
hot meat for supper, and it is too warm
to have heavy hot fires, some of this
meat may be unpacked and heated up
on an oil stove to the satisfaction of
evcryone.-N. Y. Tribune.
breakfast Shrimps: Put two plates
of raw shrimps into a large sa1ce-
pan of boiling water, well salted. After
fifteen minutes strain and leave to cooL
Now, wrench of the head, twist OF
the tail, and, see! they slip out whole
and firm. Place these in an ecru or pale
green dish--harmOniOus background for
the rosy semicircles. With our break
fast dish OF snowy hominy they are SIM
ply delicious. Home Journal,
To make a cup of coffee or chocc~
late look most inviting it is only nece5-
sary to whip up the whites of eggs with
n tablespoonful of powdered sugac
They must be beaten until stiff The n
put large spoonful upon the top of tits
beverage and serve. If you have crea n
so much the better; in that case add tEc
white of one egg, the same amount az
sugar, and whip until it is stiff before
putting on the chocolate or coffee
Bread Omelet: Beat we'll one egg
and stir it into q pint of milk; add q
pinch of salt. Break into small pieces
the bread, but do not mash it, and drop
into the milk. Pour it into a frying
pan, in which there is a plentiful
amount of melted butter. When brown,
turn over as you would potatoes, until
the pieces are brown all over. This
makes nice breakfast dish and can
be prepared in a few minutes.-Detroi.
Free Press.
Dreamed Walnuts: The white Of
one egg and an equal amount of cold
water, one teaspoon of lemon or "a
nilla. Beat until thoroughly mixed,
then beat in confectioner's sugar, siftc'l,
until the dough is stiff enough to moia.
Break off pieces the size of a nutmeg,
/ roll them till smooth and round. Press
| the halved walnut meats on each side,
| letting the cream show SLIGHTLY be-
tween the meats. One egg will require
about a pound and quarter of sugar.
Boston Budget.