told me that the soapstone griddle was getting 
rough and uneven for our buckwheat cakes. 
“Frying,” said one, “Oh! that woul 1 never 
do.” I went to the rack where the papers are 
kept, and selected one with the remark: 
“We have as high an authority as Miss 
Parloa in this matter, for she says: ‘Since 
many people fry much of their food, informa¬ 
tion as to the l>est methods of frying seems 
desirable. The first thing to lie considered is 
the fat. If expense did not stand iu the way, 
olive oil would be the best liquid to use. Any 
pure, clear fat that is free from strong odor 
will do. 1 Her method of cleaning the fat 
from impurities is simple, but thorough. She 
tells us to put it on the stove in a frying-pan 
as soon as possible after skimming it from 
gravies, etc., and heat it slowly; when melted 
set it where it will bubble, and wheu all 
motion ceases, the sediment will have fallen 
to the bottom of the pan and the fat will be 
clarified. In frying doughnuts, she tells us 
that they require a heat of Mftfl degrees, and it 
is indicated by a smoke in the center of the 
tat. It a piece of stale bread dropped in re¬ 
quires one minute he become brown, it is of 
the right, temperature for frying articles that 
require three or four minutes for cooking. 
Fried potatoes need 10 minutes’ cooking and a 
temperature of 370 degrees; they should stand 
in ice-water before cooking, and be dried iu a 
clean cloth quickly before putting them iuto 
the grease, as the least particle of water sends 
out little sparkles of grease over stove and 
fingers, and these are very trying to the 
cook. The smoke and the bread tests are 
quite reliable as to the readiness of the fat for 
the food.’” 
Miss Tarloa speaks of the “frying basket,” 
and I think we must procure one for the 
Amateur Cook. It is made of fine wire, and 
the articles to be cooked are placed in it, and 
lowered gently into the fat. When they are 
cooked, it is lifted out, and the fat is allowed 
to drip on to a plate. Food cooked in this way 
will not have any of the clinging grease that 
weak stomachs refuse, and I should thiuk pork 
rolled in flour and cooked iu such a manner, 
would lose much of its objectionable quality’. 
If the melted fat is strained through a piece 
of cheese cloth, it cau be used over again for 
many things. Of course, oue must use her 
own judgment in this matter. 
“It is a case of Mahomet and the moun¬ 
tain,” said the Epicure, “if folks will not 
give up frying, we must try to make frying 
less injurious.” 
“But that does- not help my griddle,” said 
the cook, and so 
felt in such a way that they will come be¬ 
tween the points of the long strip. Feather¬ 
stitch these around, and tip each point with a 
tassel. If you have bits of velvet or silk of 
different colors, such as old-gold, cardinal, 
dark and pale blue, and black, they may be 
arranged alternately with good effect, and 
crewels may be used instead of embroidery 
silks. A very pretty and inexpensive lam¬ 
brequin was made of dark-cardinal plush 
(cotton flannel), with the points in old-gold, 
and the embroidery in blues and black. A 
breadth of an old woolen dress, washed and 
dyed at home with Diamond Dyes, could be 
used, but it should be lined with something 
stiff. Old muslin starched would do, but the 
ends that hang over would require to be lined 
with the same material as the outside. 
The writer was admiring at a friend's house 
a very rich-looking pair of window curtains. 
They were of dark red with a deep border of 
old-gold prettily embroidered. There was 
one wide curtain at each of the two windows 
suspended by the usual rod and rings. They 
were made from two old dresses—one, a pale 
blue much soiled, had been dyed red ; the 
other, a child’s white nun’s veiling, was dyed 
old-gold. The border at the top, bottom, and 
sides, was made long enough to make the cur¬ 
tains of the right width and length. It was 
put on with fancy stitches in crewels, using 
cardinal for the old-gold border, and old-gold 
for the center, and the work was done so 
neatly that the curtain needed no lining. 
Many different designs were outlined on the 
border and put in with the etching stitch in 
different colored silks and crewels, a great 
deal of black being used and producing a 
most effective whole. MRS. M. a. foster. 
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TIDIES. 
Pretty tidies are made of white swiss or auy 
kind of fine white goods. They simply re¬ 
quire to be hemmed, and a design iu silk 
worked in the center in outline stitch. There 
is a kiud of silk for embroidery especially 
adapted for wash goods, that, will uot fade or 
run w-hen washed. The newest shape in tidies is 
the ‘ ‘scarf. ” They are suitable only for the backs 
of easy stuffed chail’s, should be a. trifle longer 
than the chair is wide, and gathered up in 
the middle and fastened with a pretty bow of 
ribbon. Iu this case the design should be on 
the ends, which may be either hemmed or 
trimmed with lace. Alice. 
This h«n4ioimi Brush ,\n.t Comb S«-t. which Is very Impcrfcctl y 
•howii in <nir»m.ill uiuslraiimi. conulKla of a line Wrotrlc Wire 
Hair Brush.£4 Ioi’Ihw ,on<, wlUi nickel rim arnl poltatmi :,ar.| 
W 1 KI.I hail IF, Iu Wire brlstl -• tlraw it Uimnch a dcxlble rubber 
ham-. [HIM civ tax It -Ustn-lcy and alrauicth ; also a cuo.! 
Priuwiuc C..mg 6 A Inehe, long, oi real hort,. wilii enunn- and line 
UM'th ,n,| wlilt a ile, iiruted lube buck, which omamutiu atul pro- 
lefts ic tuch-wl l, parked In a strong, aubaMntUi box. Thu 
It * very pout and 4.-, I rattle Tollel Set. and Is fully gu.iraMttd 
Ii r “7' i ifurnowr,. . M.- I.uhlmh The Cricket oil the 
CRAZY-QUILT PORTTERES. 
Now that the rage for era?.}’-quilts has some¬ 
what abated, ladies may find their erazv 
embroidery a drug on their hands. It is very 
handsome and effective, however, in many 
kinds of decoration. A wide strip on the top 
or bottom or both, is very elegant for por¬ 
tieres. Used in this way, a piece of stuff that 
would otherwise be too small, ran tie helped 
out by the addition of the strip. It makes a 
pretty chair covering, alone or combined 
with some plain materal, and if the materials 
and work are handsome it, makes a rich and 
Japuuese-looking border for a window cur¬ 
tain. A plain cotton plush table cover may 
lie embellished with squares of any size, ap- 
pliqued on. It is also pretty for edging the 
ends of the plush “scarf tidies” that are now 
so fashionable. NELLIE. 
as w-e survey its indentations, 
and find our pancakes do not have such an 
even surface: w’e send this question to the 
wise Rural, which among its stores of wis¬ 
dom may know how to improve a soapstone 
griddle. 
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,r,i\ original purpose, it is set up as 
shown at Fig. 111. Around its 
[AJW jfl rim is first glued a strip of cot- 
ill • r ° U and this should be 
\]i3, thickly sprinkled with sachet 
powder. The face of the iron 
is covered with plush, which 
Fig. in. should lie drawn smoothly over 
the edges and bo glued to the 
iron iu the groves near the back surface. If 
neatly done, it will lie smoothly and there will 
he no wrinkles. The back-side should then be 
covered with plush of a different color, which 
may l>e nicely stitched to the front eoveritig, 
close by the edge made fast to the iron. Two 
little pockets for holding postage stamps may 
la? stitched side by side near the lower edge 
of the face, as shown in the cut. A uumiture 
thermometer may la: fastened near the point 
of the face and the space on each side of this 
and between it and the pockets may be filled 
in with any suitable design painted or em¬ 
broidered upon the plush. The handle should 
he neatly painted iu black, and ornamented 
with gold or bronze to suit the taste. It 
won’t cost much and is tasty and handy. 
UNCLE j. 
Saves half the labor of 
other wringers, and costs 
bat ttuip more. 
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FRIED POTATOES. 
Try this for a most delicious lunch or sup¬ 
per dish. Chop very fine some raw potatoes 
that have been peeled and washed; add half 
the quantity of cold boiled fowl; they should 
both be chopped as fine as grains of rice, and 
dredge a very little flour over them with a 
pinch of tine salt: put a tablespoonful of but¬ 
ter in the frying-pan, and when it is hot 
putiu the mixture and stir constantly with 
a wooden spatula until they are fried to a nice 
golden color. Send to table at ouee on a hot 
plate. This may be varied by using cold 
hoik'd ham or tongue in place of the chicken, 
omitting the salt._ mgllik. 
SWEET POTATO CAKES. 
A VERY nice dish for lunch or tea is this: 
Sweet potatoes are often poor aud watery at 
this season, and this is, perhaps, the most 
edible way of preparing them. Boil them, 
remove the skins, mash flue with some butter, 
ami form into little round cakes. Fry brown 
in a little hot butter or dripping. " r. b. 
HOW TO BROIL MEAT. 
In broiling all meats it is essential that the 
surface should not be cut or broken any more 
than is positively necessary. The meat should 
be exposed to a clear, quick fire, close enough 
to sear the surface without burning, in order 
to confine all its juices. If cooked slowly over 
a poor fire, or seasoned before it Is cooked, it 
will la? comparatively dry and tasteless. 
To cook a beefsteak nicely . see that the hoi’s 
of the gridiron are smooth, grease them 
slightly, turn it frequently so that it cannot 
burn, until it is done to your likiug. In order 
to ascertain this do not cut it. but press the 
tips of the fingers upon it; if it springs up 
again after the pressure, it is rare, but if it 
remains heavy and solid, it is well-done. 
Spread over it a tnblesooonful of butter that 
has been rubbed together with a teaspoonful 
of tuiucod parsley and a little lemon juice; 
season with suit, awl pepper aud sec iu an 
oven for one miuute. m. j. a. 
I Solid While Rnhber Rolls. 
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PRESTON’S WYAND0TTES! 
„ 15 GRAND BREEDING PENS FOR I8$t>. 
EGGS from Two Pens of First Premium Stock, heaiied by “Earl ami Truston." at $5.00 per 18; $10.00 per 89. Eggs 
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8.1.10 tier Kggs from one pe« each of fine Langshans, Light Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks and R. and S. C. Brown 
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THAT THE 
COOLET CREAMERS 
MANTEL LAMBREQUINS; CURTAINS. 
There is nothin 
ig new- iu the idea of a 
man ltd lambrequin, but every one does uot 
know how cheaply and effectively an un¬ 
sightly mantel may bo draped, l do not 
sjx*ak so much of old-fashioned wooden man¬ 
tels, for to my mind no wooden structure cau 
be os cheerless and uninviting as the ordin¬ 
ary marble mantle, which is suggestive only 
of graveyards. 
l’o hide from view such an affair, take a 
strip of dark olive or cardinal felt half a yard 
longer and a quartet'ol’ u yard wider than your 
mantel-shelf. Cut it iu points on the lower 
edge. Cut some material of contrasting color 
in diamond-shana HlAPAfi H ltd til flumi tlia 
PERFECTION IN BUTTER MAKING 
