The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
FiRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

AN easy and simple wy to exterrri-
nate rats is to fill a cask a third or half
full of water and put tempting bait
on light floating board and scatter
some chaff on the water. Then cover
the cask, leaving a hole in the cover
about four inches in diameter. Make it
easy for the rats to get on the barrel.
To make fine hair wash take one
ounce of pulverized borax and camphor
powder; dissolve them in one quart of
boiling water When cool the solution
will be ready for use Damp the hair
frequently. This wash not only cleanscs
and beauties, but preserves the color,
prevents badness and strengthens the
hair-Detroit Free Press.
Fried Apples Fried apples make a
nice relish with roast and fried pork,
and are generally very acceptable with
other kinds of meats. Cut them unpeeled
in slices of moderate thickness across
the core. If very sour sprinkle them
with a little sugar while frying. Fry to
a nice brown in lard and butter, or in
all butter if preferred. They may be
used as garnish or be served in dish
by themselves either is delicious
Orange Judd Farmer.
Cold Slaw. Take half of a large,
white cabbage, shave it fine lay it in a
salad bowl, seasoned first with salt and
pepper, and pour it over this dressing:
One egg beaten with teaspsonful of
cold water, boil one-haf cupful of vim
egar, one cupful of cold water; blend
one tablespoonful of -four IN a little
cold water and thiclen in the sauce;
add piece of butter the size of an egg
and season to taste. Pour it over the
cabbage and set it away to cooL-Good
Housekeeping
Cabbage Salad Shave fine with a
sharp knife large solid head of cab
bage. When ready to serve stir through
it the following dressing, which should
be very cold: Boil two well beaten eggs,
two tablespoonfuls of butter, two table
spoonfuls of sugar half teaspoonful
of salt, two even tablespoonfuls of flour
wet in cold water and half cupful of
vinegar, until it thickens and is per-
fectly smooth Let it cool before plac-
ing in the ice box, so it will not melt
the ice.-N. Y. Observer.
-Sweetbread Pie.-Parboil five or six
sweetbrcads, cut them into two or three
pieces, stew them ten or fifteen minutes
in a little white stock with some
chopped shallot, bit of butter rolled
in flour, some salt and white pepper
and good many mushrooms; put them
into pie dish with some asparagus
tops, force meat balls and hard boiled
yolks of eggs, and slices of fat bacon on
the top; cover it and bake it till the
paste be done enough, or it may he put
into vol-au-vent and served upon "A
napkin, or baked in a plate. Boston
Budget.
Coffee is used for mixing backing
for the stove, in order to make it stick
closer and last longer Most house
keepers prefer the old-fashioned black
ing to any of the cements, because of
it's lasting qualities. The cement is
easier to apply as it requires no labor
in polishing. No stove should be
BACKED more than once a month, but it
should be kept clean by instantly wip-
ing off any clots of grease which may
be spilled upon it. The fues of stove
should certainly be cleaned as often as
once month";. Y. Tribune.
Soft Gingerbread.--For very nice
melting, soft gingerbread, made with
out eggs, butter or milk, use half cup
full of fat from the frying kettle large
cupful of dark treacle, a teaspoonfuI OF
ginger, one Of soda, half a cupful of hot
water, and -four enough to make stiff
batter. This only difficulty is in getting
the batter stih enough, yet not too stiff,
and in good baking. The oven must be
hot but not so furiously hot as to
scorch. All cakes made without eggs
require to be somewhat sitter than
when eggs are used. 1t is difficult to
give exact quantity, as both treacle
and flour vary somewhat in this respect
Good ginger cookies are made after the
same receipt. OF course they must be
made stiff enough to roll out without
sticking. Household Monthly.