The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30

been soaked by snow and rain,
though the greater amount of heat
that the burning coal sends out
makes the loss less obvious. When
coal is used for fuel it should always
be kept dry until it is ready to be
used. The saving of heat by this
will we'll repay the cost of providing
the necessary shelter.
Rub curtain pole with Kerosene
oil until it is perfectly smooth, using
woollen cloth for the purpose. The
pole rings will run much easier if
the pole is treated in this manner.
Fine cotton, such as may be pur-
chased in braided 5kein in assorted
! colors, is much better than silk for
mending gloves.
In making Indian-meal mush,
cook it with milk in place of water,
or part water and part milk if not
convenient to use all milk. The
pudding will be much richer, and
when fried will more readily take
nice brown.
Fresh eggs sink to the bottom Of
I pail of water. Stale eggs float on
top. Eggs between these stages in
dictate their ages by the depth to
which they sink.
When adding cornstarch or any
thickenin9 to hot liquid, mix it
smooth with enough cold water to
make it fluid. Pour it slowly into
the hot, and stir constantly until it
becomes clear.
Carpets are frightened, and their
cOlors preserved, if wiped with clean
cloths wrung out of salt water.
Soak silk handkerchiefs in cold
salt water for ten minutes; wash out
OF this water and iron Immediately.
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Tried Recipes.
CHEESE STRAws. Mix two ounces
-four, three ounces grated cheese,
one-half teaspoon of salt, dash of
red pepper, and an ounce of butter.
Beat the yolk of one egg with a
tablespoon Of ice water; add to this
the flour and cheese. Knead all
into smooth paste. Roll thin, and
cut in long strips. Bake a light
brown in a moderate oven.-MRs.
ROBERT PILLOW.
FRUIT HARLEQUIN.-3 bananas, 3
oranges, and small pineapple; peel
and slice very fine. Place alternate
layers of each in fancy glass dish,
sprinkling each lightly with sugar.
Continue the process until the dish
is filled. Set on ice, and serve with
sponge cake or lady fingers.
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You certainly. have our sympathy,
Barbara" being surrounded as you
are on all sides by boiling polit-
ical pot. But, be patient; just "a
short time now, and the battle will
be fought. Il will be a hard, close
one, and, perhaps, bloody one, but
we'll be content if the Free Silver
Knight comes out on top. When
the shouting is over, you will, per-
haps, have rest on politics. Tell
that gold-bug mother that she is,
usually right on all topics, and she.
must get right on the financial ques-
ton. We're glad that the VOting
part of the house is o. k. Next time
we go your way, We'll call. This
time the trip was brief, and more
business than social, The frequen
coming Of certain drummer, we
surmise, has something to do with
your dream ring" even if it was
silver.
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How saddened we were when we
learned that the Culleoka Academy
was thing of the past; but what
memories remain. There are said
to be six important days in a
woman's life-one, her first day at
school. 1 look back with a smile
and a sigh; the first inspired by the
eager anticipation for months before
it really came, and the second by
the disappointment when it was
over, to my first school day. 1t was
spent at the Culleoka Academy, and
no palace seemed so fair to queen,
going first into it as her own, as did
that school building to me. The
Webb Bros. seemed a veritable mine
of knowledge, and even the scholars
knew much more that ever hoped
to learn. / said that the old Acade-
my was gone---and it is true that the
house that stood there and its mate
Trial surroundings have vanished.
But the best part of it abides; all
that belonged to it that really felt
the touch of educational and moral
influence, though scattered far, sur
wives. Fl
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"School Girls" welcome was
greatly appreciated,