The Rugby news. (Rugby, Morgan County, Tenn.) 1890-189?, 1891-01-10
FiRESlOt FRAGMENTS.

Dip brooms once week in hot suds
and they will wear much better. W
When acid of any kind gets on cloth
Ing, apply chloroform to restore the
color after wettiHg in ammonia water.
Thick sweet cream swoetened and
favored, and thickened with little
flour or corn starch and baked between
two crusts is excellent .uo
Lamp chimneys may be cleaned by
holding them over the steam from a tea
kettle and then rubbing them with
soft Gi tth. Polish with newspaper.
Breakfast puffs: Ingredients-The
whites Of five eggs; yelks Of five eggs;
one quart o; -four; salt. Beat yelks
we'll, add beaten whites mix with -four
and bake in gem pans in quick ovsn.-
Detroit FREQ Press.
To take Jhs rust out of Steel rub
the steel with sweet oil; in day or
two rub with finely powered unslacked
lime until the rust all disappears. then
oil again, roll in wooden and put in .
a dry place, especially If it be table cut
lery.
Mashed Turnips: Pare the turnips,
cut in thick slices. and let them stand
in cold water half an hour, then put
them on to boil until tender; drain
them and mash through colander; add
salt, butter and cream and pepper; mix
thoroughly and place in hot dish
Boston Herald.
To make pretty bedcovering, cut
twenty squares of butchers linen-six
inches is good size and on each work
floral design in yellow or red wash.
silk. Connect these with TN insertion
of Russian lace and finish with wide
frill of the same. Narrow fellow or red
ribbon may be run through the inser-
ton If desired
Steamed Oysters: Cal efully pour
the liquor from a can OF fresh oysters
into a porcelain-lined kettle. Into it
put small bits of butter, with salt and
pepper to suit the taste. Now heat this
to almost the boiling point. Into it
pour half-pint Of sweet cream, and
drop the oysters, one by one, into the
steaming mixture. Let them barely
cook through.
The latest fad Of wealthy and fas-
tidious ladies is craze, not for crazy
quilts. but silk sheets, daintily en-
broidered Sachets. filled with some
delicate perfume, are fastened in the
corners, and flower, corresponding to
the one with which the sachets are
filed, is EN- broidered over the sheet Old
fashioned 'puffs" or eider-down quilts
are filled inside with delicate perfumes,
and one reclines not on, but under, a
bed of roses
Yeast that will not sour: One pint
each of sugar and sifted -four, one-half
cup of salt and one large spoonful of
ginger; mix we'll together, add little
warm water and stir till smooth; then
stir in five pints of boiling water in
which large handful of hops has been
stepped and strained out. When cool
enough, put in one-half cup OF yeast or
one yeast cake softened in warm water.
With potato sponge one cup of this
yeast will raise seven large loaves of
bread. 1t never fails Try it.-House.
hold.
-Lobsters with Curry: Remove the
meat from lobster and cut into small
pieces. Make sauce by melting two
tablespoonful butter, add one table.
spoonful chopped onion and fry until
yellow; mix two tablespoonful -four
and one teaspoonful curry together and
add; then pour on slowly one pint hot
milk. Strain, add one teaspoonful salt,
one tablespoonful pepper and the lobster;
simmer ten minutes. To test the fresh.
ness of lobster bend the tail back and
if it springs again to its place the lob.
ster is fresh; If the tail remains
stretched out the lobster is stale.-Bos.
ton Globe.