Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-06
PRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

y-bananaS and Lemons. Serve ba- nAnas sliced down, and eaten with cream, into which has been squeezed n little lemon. Too much lemon will turn the cream
 --You can sweaten and dry a damp closet by placing in it pail half full of quick lime; it will slake slowly and may then be still useful if thrown on damp, sour land or on the compost heap 4 pan of charcoal wifi serve much the same purpose in the close.
 A rubber clothes wringer should be kept i'll as even a temperature as possi- ble, and especially not exposed to se- were freezing In cold weather it should be warmed before using, by placing it over a pan of hot water or near the range.
 Veal dwiehes.-These are al most as good as chicken, and much cheaper, and the water in which the veal is stewed may go towards the next days soup Boil the veal until tender and when cold chop fine. Mix with it a good mayonnaise dressing and spread between slices of bread.
 With Cheese. Break boiled cauli- flower into sprigs and arrange these neatly in a baking dish; season each layer with pepper and salt, and cover with pint of white sauce, to which an ounce of grated Parmesan or other nice l cheese has been added. Dot the top | with bits of butter and bake until nicely Drowned.
 Chester cloth is desirable cotton for summer use, as 1t may be laundered 1 perfectly, and is only fifteen cents and l twenty cents a yard. 1t comes in a great variety of colors and designs If used for curtains it should be lined with itself or silesia in single color In pillows and cushions it is as desira- ble as for bedroom curtains.
 The Philadelphia Record" says that powdered soapstone and salt in 1 equal proportions wet with water will 1 make an everlasting and fireproof mend | ing for the lining to stoves; it is much less expensive and troublesome to pro- cure and put in place than new fire bricks Don't let fire spoil the stove because the brick needs mending
 A coffee pot that filters is best if one is experienced i'll that art, but an l old black Maryland cook can make the 1 beverage in 8 plain. common tin pot and haveit fit for the gods. She puts | the ground coffee in the pot and then shakes it about on the stove till thor oughly heated and then pours on the boiling water. Tn this way the heated 1 ground coffee imparts to the fluid an 1 extra pungency of flavor and richness. Farm, Field and Preside.
 Blackberry Pudding.-One quart l blackberries; two cups milk; two eggs; four cups flour; one-half yeast cake dis solved in four tablespoonfuls warm water: one seant teaspoonful soda; one 1 half teaspoonful salt. Beat the eggs with the milk; add to this the soda dissolved in little hot water, the salt, the flour, and the yeast. Beat well, and set to rise in a warm place for four hours Dredge the berries with flour and stir them into the risen bat l ter, and bake in a buttered pudding dish for an hour. Eat with a hard sauce.
 -Cauiifiower Soup. Melt four ounces of butter in saucepan; and three dessert teaspoonfuls of curry powder; a l large caulifiower sliced, large onion minced, three stalks of celery minced very fine and tablespoonful of boiled beans, if you happen to have them; fry gently five minutes, add three pints oi 1 water, simmer until reduced to pulp
 mash through sieve, return to the saucepan and season with salt and l pepper. Serve with croutons in the tureen; a spoonful of boiled rice must be placed in each plate by the hostess --------~