The Portland daily press., 1892-01-04
THE HOME.
HOMEMADE CANDY.

Peach Pdste.--Take half pound of
sweet, dried peaches cut in small bits
and put in teacupful of water. Boil
until tender; strain through sieve and
boil down. Stir in pound and half of
sugar and boil until a thick paste. Pour
in a pan when partly cool, mark off in
squares. When cold, take UP and roll in
sugar.
Cream WaInuts.--Take two pounds Of
sugar, a teacupful of water and boil un-
til it threads Take from the fire and
stir until white and creamy. Have wal
nut meats ready; make the candy in
small, round cakes, press walnuts III the
sides and roll in graduated sugar.
Cream, Candy:--Four cupfuls of white
sugar, one of water, half cupful of vim
egar, one cupful of cream, a tablespoon
full of butter and pinch of soda. Let
boil until brittle and take from the fire;
favor with vanilla. Pour in buttered
plates and pull.
Butter Scotch:-Take three pounds of
sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter, a
teaspoonful of cream of tartar and the
juice of lemon; add water to dissolve
the sugar: boil until brittle. Pour in a
large, shallow pan and when stiff work
sff in squares.
Hoarhound Cdndy:--Boil handful of
hoarhound in a pint of water. Put two
pounds of sugar in a kettle, pour the
in buttered dishes; when partly cool,
mark off in squares.
M0lGsses Candy:--Boil two cupfuls Of
molasses and one cupful of sugar until
thick, add two cupfuls of butter and
half a cupful of vinegar; boil until brit
tie. Pour in creased dishes, let cool and
pull.
TG6y:--Take pound of sugar and
four ounces of butter, boil with enough
hot water to dissolve the sugar Just be-
fore it is done add tablespoonful of
vinegar. Pour in buttered dishes; when
cool, pull and form in little cakes.
sPoNGING OUT A HEADACHE.
In case of the ordinary nervous head
ache from which women suffer SO much,
says an authority, remove the dress
waist, knot the hair high upon the head,
out of the way, and, while leaning over
the basin, place a sponge soaked in hot
water, as hot as can be borne, on the
neck. Repeat this many times, also APP
plying the sponge behind the ears, and,
if the assertion of the writer is not mis-
taken one, in many cases the strained
muscles and nerves that have cansed so
much misery will be felt to relax and
smoothe themselves out deliciously; and
very frequently the pain promptly van
ishcs in consequence.
Every woman knows the aching face
and neck generally brought home from a
hard days shopping, or from long
round of calls and afternoon teas. She
regards with intense dissatisfaction the
heavy lines drawn around her eyes and
mouth by the long strain on the facial
muscles. and when she must carry that
worn countenance to some dinner party
or evenings amusement, it robs her of
all the pleasure to be had in it. Cosme-
tics arc not the cure, nor bromides or
the many nerve sedatives to be had at
the drug shop. Here again the sponge
and hot water are advised by the writer
quoted, bathing tho face in water as hot
as it can possibly be borne; apply the
sponge over and over again to .hc tenn
pies, throat and behind the ears, where
most Of the nerves and muscles of the
head centre, and then battle the face in
water running cold from the faucet.
Color and smoothness of outline return
to the face, an astonishing freshness and
color results, and. if followed by nap of
ten minutes. nil trace Of fatigue vanishcs.
Health and Home.
CARE OF MATING.
In sweeping the pretty and economical
straw mating that is growing to be very
popular with housekeepers during warm
weather. do not use q broom, for it will
fear the strands in short time. A writer
in tho Housewife says: ga long handled
bristlc brush, such as is used for oil
cloth, is the incest and will remove the
dust best, for the soft bristlcs can go in
to creyices that broom would miss.
Always, when possible, brush the mat
ting the lengthwisc of the grain, and the
strands of straw will not wear and break
as quickly as though brushed across.