The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-08
PRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

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common yellow soap on it, then salt and
starch over that; rub all in well and lay
in the bright sunshine
"A good remedy for damp, moist
hands is four ounces of cologne water
and one-half ounce of tincture of bella
donna. Rub the hands with this sew
eral times a day.
When your face and ears burn so
terribly, battle them in very hot water,
as hot as you can bear. This will be
more apt to cool them than any cold ap-
plication.
-Steaming the face at night over a
bowl of very hot water, and then bath
ing it with very cold water, is a simple
method of giving it Russian bath, and
will tend to make the skin whittier and
smoother and the flesh firmer.
For lemon sauce easily made take
one cupful of sugar and one-half cupful
of butter, beat till creamed; squeeze
the juice of one lemon into one-half
pint of water, stir together and let it
boil up once or twice.
For chocolate pie, beat together the
yolks of two eggs, six tablespoonful of
sugar, three tablespoonfuls corn starch
and four tablespoonfulso of grated choco-
late. Mix the ingredients and stir in Il
pint of boiling water. Bake the I'M
dercrust, then add the custard, and,
when baked, put the beaten whites on
top.-N. Y. World.
Dreamed Oysters.-One pint of milk;
when boiling, add two tableSpoonfuls of
cornstarch, salt and pepper, and one
tablespoonful of butter. Take fine pow
dered crumbs, and scatter over the bot
tom of well-buttered dish. Put
layer of oysters, then layer of cream,
next crumbs, then oysters, cream, and
so on, having crumbs on top. Brown,
or rather cook as for escalloped oysters.
1t is change from the latter dish. -
Boston Budget.
-Colorcd tennis flannels should be
washed in water about the temperature
of the room they are washed in, with
good white soap of any kind, and rinsed
thoroughly in water of the same tenn
perature, and wrung out as dry as posi-
bic. They may be hung up for u short
time in the house, but should be taken
down while still damp and ironed dry.
Some laundresses never hang them up,
but wiring them so dry that the iron
completes the drying.
Eggs with fine Herbs: Boil five or
six eggs about five minutes, then plunge
them into cold water, and afterwards
take off the shells, cut the eggs in two
and pour over them whilS hot the fol-
lowing sauce: Mix smooth two table
spoonfuls of butter and one of flour, put
it over the fire in a saucepan with lit
tie finely chopped onion and parsley.
salt and pepper; heat it and moistcn
with enough white wine vinegar to
make of the proper consistency
Orange Judd Farmer.
Orange Custard: Peel and slice four
oranges in an earthen dish you wish to
serve it in. Sift fine sugar over each
layer as you slice them. Make a Gus
tard, using two whole eggs and the
yolks of two more, well beaten, one
quart of milk and two-thirtlS of cup
full of sugar. Flavor with vanilla;
steam until DONE then pour over the or
ange. Beat the whites of two eggs and
sweeten with fine sugar, pour over the
custard when cool and set in oven five
minutes. A little vanilla or orange
juice in the frosting improves it.-House-
keeper.
Puff paste may be made with butter
for shortening, or by using onc-half
butter and half lard; an extra teaspoon
full of salt will be required if lard is
used. Stir the heated yolk of an egg
into half a cupful of ice water and with
this moisten the flour, into which one
half pound of butter has been chopped,
making a stiff dough. Use for the
whole one pound of shortening to one
pound of flour. Roll out the paste:
haste with one-third of the remaining
butter, fold closely and roll out again;
repeat the process till the butter is used
up. Roll very thin and set in a cold
place for ten minutes before using.
Brush over with beaten egg while hot.
N. y. World.