The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1892-09-29
FIResIDE FRAGMENTS.

IF the so1es of pegfed boots or shocs
are occasionally oiled the shoes will be-
easier, the soles will last longer and the
pegs will not get loose in the leather.
The addition of lemon juice to the
water Id which rice is boiled will in
crease the whiteness, and the grains
will readily separate when thus treated
Fried Sweet Potatoes. for
half an hour, then pare and cut in slices.
and season with pepper and salt. Heat
in pan some pork, ham, or chicken fat.
Cover the pan with sliced potato; brown
on one side, then turn and brown on the
other. Serve hot.-Good Housekeeping.
strawberry Acid.-Dissolve four
ounces of tartarie acid in two quarts of
water and pour 1t over two gallons of
ripe Strawberries; let stand twenty
four hours and drain the liquor off; to
every pint of juice add one and one-half
pounds of loaf sugar; boil, let stand
three days and bottle. A few spoons
full in a glass of ice water makes de-
lightful drink.-Boston Budget.
"A recent writer gives good sug-
gestion concerning the washing OF
glass or china with gold decorations.
Such should never be put into strong
soap suds Or water with washing COM
pounds. They should be washed with
a sponge in clear water and dried on
soft linen cloths or with tissue paper.
In this way the gold will never wear
of.-N. Y. Times.
Cup Custards.-Beat thoroughly
three eggs; add three tab1espoonfuls of
sugar and three teacupfuls of milk.
Use any fiavoring you may prefer.
Pour into'cups, place the cups in pan
of hot water and bake in well-heated
oven. Serve cold in the cups. Three
eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sugar and
three teacups of milk is a very good
| proportion for all custards, and is easily
| remembered being tablespoonful OF
sugar and a cup of milk for each egg
| Ohio Farmer.
Sandwich es for Picnics four
eggs hard and mash the yolks until
smooth. Then rub in carefully table
| spoonful of olive oil, or if butter be pre-
| ferred it can be used melted. Add a
! pinch of salt, little cayenne pepper,
and a mustard spoonful of mixed mus
| tard. Rub them all together until per-
fectly smooth. Then spread the mix
ture on thin slices of buttered bread
and turn them together. If fond of the
white of egg, cut the whites into very
thin rings and put one layer in each
ndwich.-Demorest' Magazine.
| Beef Olives. about one pound
thin steak cut in four or five pieces,
brush them over with egg, and sprinkle
with tablespoonful of minced savoury
herbs, a little pepper and salt, and roll
up the pieces tightly, fastening them
| with a small skewer. Put them with
one pint of stock into stewpan that
will exactly hold them, that they may
keep their shape better. Stew them
| gently for an hour and half, take
them out, remove the skewers, thicken
| the gravy with butter and flour, and
add a little catsup to flavor it, pour over
the meat and ve.-Housekeeper
| Active children are very apt to tum.
BILE about in summer, when they have
free privilege to roam out of doors, and
they sometimes sustain severe bruises
While they are too trivial to require q
| physician, it will save pain and black
and blue spots to keep a soothing lotion
in the house, which will reduce the
| local Inflammation. The most effective
and simplest remedy is one part arnica
to five parts water. When a serious
bruise has been sustained, of course
clear arnica may be applied, but this is
not necessary for ordinary cases. II
should be remembered, however, thai
Rrnica is poisonous, and for that reason
should be labeled and kept safely locked
out of reach of people who make mis-
takes and of meddlesome Children
n. Y. Tribune.