The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-13
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

Keep a dish OF water on the pdcA Va
a tight stove, to purify the air.
To take coal oil stains out OF the
floor. If left alone the stain will come |
out of itself, but if in hurry cover
with thick blotting paper and rub not
iron over it.
Dried Beef Salad.-To one-quarter
of pound of shaved beef, slice small
onion very fine. Sprinkle with pepper
and add one-fourth of cup of vinegar.
Ohio Farmer.
1t is well to remember, for use In
cases of illness where the burning thirst
of the patient cannot be assuaged py
cracked ice or water, that a teaspoon
full of glycerine will afford prompt ana
comparatively long relief.
Hardwood floors, if polished with
shellac or varnish. may be first washed
with soap and water, and then thor
oughly rubbed with cloth wet with
oil and turpentine or kerosene and
water; this will make them look as well
as when new. Floors finished by the
vaxen method of our ancestors may be
revived by the use of turpentine.
-Mayonnaise or Kippered Herring
Open a can of herring and free from
| oil. skin and bones; cover the bottom
of a dish with sliced tomatoes; range
on these the herring; lay slices OF toma-
toes about the edge, and pile thick
mayonnaise on the center, garnishlng
with capers and stoned olives
tian Inquirer.
Sunshine Cake.-Cream one cup o.
butter; add two cups of sugar and beat
to a cream; then add one cup of milk
the yolks of eleven eggs beaten very
light, and three cups of -four, which
has been sifted three times; beat unit
light and smooth, add two tablespoon
fuls of baking powder; turn into
creased Turk s-head, and bake forty
five minutes in a moderately quicl
oven.-Prairie Farmer.
-Spiced Currants.-Eight pound
ripe currants, five pounds sugar, on
, pint vinegar, two ounces each allspict
cloves and stick cinnamon. Boil nearl
or quite an hour. / prefer to boil th
a fruit alone for half an hour. breakln
. it slightly until the juice runs sun
. GENTLY to prevent burning; then ad
: the sugar, etc, and cook until it jellie
q The spices may be tied in thin musli
: bag if enc prefers. Spiced elderberri
q are made in the same way, except Thu
q less sugar is required, four pounds
i nine pounds of fruit being about II
a right roportion.-Country Gentlema
An ingenious mother tells in Il
n Philadelphia Times of her method
% induce good behavior in her little fal
4 ily: '.We have quantity of brig
colored stars, and when the childr
have been good all day we paste one
- the stars below each of their nam'
!; which we have written on white pap
!. and fastened in convenient place
IN the. nursery wall. When they ha
- been better than usual, or done ga
erous or very thoughtful act, we pas
or on gold-colored star, and you cam
n imagine how they work for them
NJ how disappointed they are at mig
Il. when they get no star at all. >
Roast Beef.-Select nice pi
suitable for roasting; place it in
roasting pan and pour over it enou
lss boiling water to cover the pan to
inn depth of half an inch. This will S
ar over the surface of the meat and
of Juices will be retained. Sprinkle lit
of ally with salt and pepper and over
in slice an onion: then place immediat
ct in hot oven, allowing one hour
to every two pounds of meat Basic
lge auently. When done remove from
Ter pan and add boiling water to that
not the pan sufficient for gravy, and a pi
nat of salt. Thicker with flour or c.
pod starch moistened in water. Wha
ich left from dinner is very nice served
ave tea or lunch, sliced thin and garnis
I'm LII sl;aos Of 1ornon -Ohin Earmer