The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
rIREs,pe FRAGMENTS.


If the solcs Of pcggcd boots or shoes
are occasionally oiled the shoes will be
easier, the solcs will last longer and the
pegs will not get loose In the leather.
The addition of lemon juice 20 the
water In which rice Is boiled will in
crease the Wilderness, and the grains
will readily separate when thus treated.
Fried Sweet Potatoes. Bake foe
half an hour, then pare and cut in slices,
and season with pepper and salt. Heat
In u pan some pork, ham. or chicken fat.
Cover the pan with sliced potato; brown
on one side, hen turn and brown on the
other. Serve hot.-Good Housekeeping.
strawberry Acid. dissolve four
nccs of t~artaric acid In two quarts Of
water and pour IL 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 u glass Of Ice water makes n de-
lightful drink.-Boston budget
A recent writer gives n good sug-
gcstion 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
u 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 ta~blcspoonfuls Of
sugar and three tcacupfuls Of milk.
Use any favoring you may prefer.
Pour into cups, place the cups in a pan
OF hot water and bake In n well-hented
oven. Serve cold in the cups. Three
eggs, three tnblcspoonfuls Of sugar and
three teacups of milk Is u very good
proportion for all custards, and is easily
remembered, being n tablespoonful of
sugar and n cup of milk for each egg
Ohio Farmer.
Sandwich cs for Picnics. Boil four
eggs hard and mash the yolks until
smooth. Then rub in carefully u table,
spoonful OF olive oil. or ifbuttcr be pre-
fcrred u can be used melted. Add q
pinch of salt, n little cayenne pepper.
and II mustard spoonful of mixed mus
tard. Rub them all together until per-
fectly smooth. Then spread the mix
ture on thin slices of buttercd bread
and turn them together. II fond of the
white Of egg, cut the whites into very
thin rings and put N layer In each
sandwich.-Demorests Magazine.
-Becf Olives. Have about one pound
thin steak cut In four or five pieces,
brush them over with egg, and sprinkle
with n tablespoonful Of minced savoury
herbs, n little pepper and salt, and roll
mp the pieces tightly. fastening them
with n small skcwcr. Put them with
} n pint of stock into n stewpan that
/ will exactly hold them, that they may
! keep their shape better. Stew them
! gently for an hour and u half, take
l them out, remove the skcwers. thicken
: the gravy with butter and -four, and
add a little catsup to flavor 1t, pour over
the meat and serve. -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 a
physician, it will save pain and black
and blue spots to keep u soothing lotion
i in the house, which will reduce the
local inflammation. The most effectiv.
and simplest remedy is n part arnici
10 five parts water. When a seriou,
bruisc has been sustained, Of course
clear arnica may be applied, but this /
n not necessary for ordinary cases. l
IL should be remembered, however, tina
arnica is poisonous, and for that rcasol
NJ should be labeled and kept safely locke
u out of reach Of people who make mis-
le takes and of meddlesome children
10 n. Y. Tribune.