The state capital., 1892-01-02
FlRESIDE FRAGMENTS.


--Stewed Pears: Peel, quarter and
remove t.ls core from ripe 1all pears;
make q rich sirup, drop the fruit in.
cook iiiitii yisar and tender. Farm and
F;residc.
Every Day Dark Cake: One-halfcup-
full each of sugar, molasses and milk,
small one-half cupful of butter, one
fro, r1le s.tpftt Of choPpad raisins, one
teaspoonful Of soda, spice 81 all ksrds;
and -four enough to make a stiff batter.
Bake in a deep tin. having slow fire.
food Housekeeping
Coffee Rolls: Work into a quart
of bread dough rounded tablespoon
fui Of butter and half q teacup of white
htigaf: add sonse dried eurrapts well
washed and dried in the ovenj, s,ft
some flour and sugar over them, work
into the dough thoroughly, make into
small, long rolls. dip them into melted
butter, place in the pan, let it rise a
short time and bake. Boston Budget.
-Turkes Dressing. -Rnb TO crumbs
loaf of stale bread from which the
crust has been pared or removed. Sea-
son sharply with salt and pepper, and
moisten until sufficiently rich with
melted butter. This will make light,
dryi digestible stuffing acceptable to a
majority of tastes but oysters, celsfv;
sage, thyme, basil or other f1avoring,
can be added with the salt and pepper.
| if fdesired.-Boston Globe.
-Braised Beef-Take piece of rump
steak an inch thick and fry slightly in
butter On both tides; aid enough hot
stock to just cover the steak; season
with pepper salt and a sprinkle OF
herb; add also carrot and sliced
onion; let it simmer slowly an hour
and half or two hours; put piece OF
butter and some -four in another sauce
| pan and add the gravy in which the
steak was stewed and little tomato
catsup; lay the steak in a platter, ar
ranging the carrot neatly around it, then
pour over it the hot sauce.-Boston
Globe
"A sandbag is one of the most useful
of household articles. Its virtues are
equal If not superior to the hot watei
bag, and the cost is considerably less
The sand should be fine and clean; ant
should be thoroughly dried out before
being ''bagged." It is better to covei
the flannel bag which holds the sane
with cotton one, as this prevents the
sand from sitting out. A bag not larger
than ten inches square is an availa blt
size Mothers whose children are sub
iect to the earache will find these bag!
invaluablei they hold the beat a Ions
TIME and their composition is such tina
they are easily adjustab BILE to the affected
parts.
"A Good Plum Pudding: One ant
one-half pound raisins, one and three
quarters of pound of currants, on
pound of figs two pounds moist sugar
two pounds of bread crumbs, sixteel
eggs, two pounds finely chopped suet
six ounces mixed candied peel, on
ounce ground nutmeg, one ounce groun'
cinnamon, ene-half ounce bitter al
1ionds, one-half pint molasses. Mix al
the dry ingredients together and moist
en- with the eggs; when all well mixed
flour strong pudding bag; put in pud
ding, tie we'll and boil eight hours
nice sauce is to take one cupful of swec
cream, whites of three eggs and thre
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugrr
When the cream is chilled, whip an
put in cool place, beat the whites stii
and add sugar and cream. Any flavor
ing may be used. Ladies' Home journal