The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02
FiRESlDE FRAGMENTS.

Clusters OF clover, ifhuny In a room
and left TO dry and shed their perfume
through the room, will drive away
flies
-Soups.-A few sliced potatoes and
any other vegetable convenient, with n
little rice and an onion added TO tho
soup stock will make u good soup With
very little time and trouble. Season
carefully to suit taste. -Housckceper.
-Picklcd Salmon.-Soak the salmon
twcnty-four hours, changing the water,
put In boiling water with a little vinc-
gar. When lone and cold. boil your
vinegar with spice and pour over the
fish. Home Magazine.
To hasten the cure Of u burn or
scald, there Is nothing more soothing
and effective than the white Of an egg.
IL Is contact with the air which makes
n burn so painful. The egg acts as a
varnish and excludes the mir complete
ly and also prevents inflammation.
TO restore steel blucd by heat. dip
II into pure muriatic acid. Test by dip
ping u piece of refuse polished steel
into IL; IL II destroys the polish reduce
theencid with rain water until IL will
not Then dip the article to be re-
stored into the weakened acid.-Detroit
Free Press.
Cottage Chccsc.-Sct u pan Of clat-
bcrcd sou milk over the fire, scnld un-
I'll the whey separates, pour into u
straincr and squeeze dry, put in a dish,
season with salt, u tablespoonful Of
butter and sweet cream enough To
vnntStn,, ,,,tN ,n.lI ...l.s s.A. It'll. -
set In u cool placc.-N. Y. Observer.
Cherry Charlottc.-Stonc and stew
some Morclla cherries; to each pound Of
cherries add thrcc-quartcrs of u pound
OF sugar and nc tcaspo, nful Of -four,
mixed smoothly with a little water.
When the frnit Is done, butter some
bakers bread, lay II on q dish, spread
some OF the stcwcd fruit over u, then
put another layer Of bread and fruit;
cover the top with the fruit. This 10
very nice served with cream. -l}oston
Budget.
Nickel Plated Tableware. One sub
scribcr asks mo about nickel-plated
tableware. Several years ago I bought
n dozen nickcl.plated tablespoons TO use
In my lectures, because they seemed 10
much stronger than plated ware. I
found that the nickel melted and peeled
off when exposed TO "a high tcmperu-
turc, making the spoons rough and un.
slightly. A dealer told me u few days
ago that this ware il not made now be-
cause of this tiaw.--Ladies' Home Jour.
nal.
Apricot lcc.-Ton quart Of fresh,
ripe apricots allow n quart Of clarified
sugar OF about II pint and one-half Of
simple sirup. Crate or press the april
cots through II sieve, mix them with the
sugar and freeze. Then add the whites
OF two eggs that have been stifiy beaten
and swectcncd with two ounces Of
sugar, mix the meringuc thoroughly
into the ice, and set the latter away
carefully packed, for an hour before
using.-Good housekeeping.
Rice Cream. Bake an ouncc Of rice
in half q pint Of milk with q little cin.
namon; when done, remove the skim
from the top. Dissolve one-fourth ounce
Of gelatine, previously soaked In two
tablespoonfuls Of cold milk, In half q
pint Of boiling milk, add the yolk Of an
egg, four tablespoonfuls OF granulated
sugar. stir over the fire for Ave minutes,
mix with the rice, pour II into n mould
and let II remain until set. More or
less sugar may bc used as d csired; the
above quantity will make tho cream
rather swcct.-Good Housekeeping.