The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-05-12
FlREs,pE FRAGMENTS.

" your coal fire is low throw on .
tablespoonful of salt, and 1t will help It
very much. ..--
The juice of half q lemon ms tea
cupful of strong, black coffee, without
sugar, will often cure sick headache.
"A teaspoonful of kerosene does as
well as a bit, of white wax in boiled
starch, and mutton suet is as good a.
either to make plain gloss.
The following process is said to re-
store to a waterproof the original soft
ness: Dissolve teaspoonful of best
gray lime in half pailful of water.
wipe the cloak we'll with soft cloth
wrung loosely out of this mixture, hang
to dry and repeat the operation in two
hours.
Wood may be fastened to stone by
the use of a cement made of four parts
of pitch, four parts of pounded brick
dust or chalk, and one part of beeswax.
Warm it before using and apply thin
coating to the surfaces to be joined
Detroit Free Press.
-Cauliflower With Cheese.-Shorten
the stems of cold boiled cauliflower;
place it on a fiat dish and set it in the
oven; when little warmed pour over it
about an ounce of hot clarified butter
mixed with some grated Parmesan or
other cheese; put it again into the oven,
and let it brown; serve immediately
Boston Budget.
-Cocoanut Custard.-Beat well. with
out separating, the whites and yolks
four eggs, add to them scant quart of
milk, half a cup sugar, tcaspoonful
of butter, little grated nutmeg and
half cup of fresh grated cocoanut.
Bake in a steady oven until the custard
is set. Serve very cold.-Household
Monthly.
Raised Cakc.-One cupful of raised
dough, one cupful of molasses, one cup
full of sugar, one-haf cupful of butter,
one cupful of sour milk, a little grated
nutmeg, a cupful of raisins. a teaspoon
full of soda, two teaspoonfuls of Gin
namon, one.haf teaspoonful of mace,
one teaspoonful of Glove. three and one
half cupfuls of -four. Bake slowly
Good Housekeeping.
English parlor-maids wear dis
tinct livery, not often, though occa-
sionally, seen in New York houses
This consists usually of plain long
black or dark wooden skirt, loose.
open jacket of the same material, and
either white vest with gilt or orna-
mented buttons, or vest made of liv-
cry stripes. With this are worn cap
and apron.--N. Y. Times
Paste for Toast and Broiled Birds.
Mix equal parts of curry powder,
or powdered truffles bread crumbs and
Drowned flour, the yolk of one hard
boiled egg, grated rind of one-half d
lemon, one tablespoonful chilli sauce.
little butter and a teaspoonful of lemon
juice. Season with salt, cayenne pep
per and nutmeg to taste. Stir over q
slow fire until quite brown and thick
Ladies' Home Journal
AS all housekeepers know, eggs
tarnish silver and the black tain of I.
hard-boiled egg, which is due to the sui
phur developed in boiling them, is some
times quite troublesome to remove with
soap and water alone 1t can be easily
removed with common table salt: but
salt is apt to scrat ch the silver A safer
remedy is bicarbonate of Soda Apply
it dry with a chamois to the stained
metal. Half teaspoonful will clean a
dozen spoons. The silver should after
ward be thoroughly washed and pol
ished with a dry cloth or chamois. IN.
Y. Tribune.