Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1878 — HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

Yeast. —Five potatoes, one cup of white sugar, four table-spoonfuls of flour, with a little salt and yeast to raise it. Layer Cake.— Three cups of sugar, one cup butter, six eggs, four cups flour, one cup milk, four teaspoonfuls of yeast powder. Pickles. —Pickles should be touched only with a dry spoon or ladle. A few drops of water, or the introduction of a wet spoon, will sometimes spoil the entire contents of a pickle jar. Soot and Salt. Salt will remove soot from the carpets. Brush the soot off as much as is possible without rubbing it into the threads of the carpet, then scatter salt, and sweep with a stiff broom. Cleaning Silk. —White or light silk may be cleaned by rubbing it on both sides with Indian meal, and carefully dusting it with a bit of silk or a fine handkerchief. The same process may be used on kid gloves. Indian Steam Loaf. —Two cups Indian meal and one cup wheat flour, two cups of sweet milk and one cup of sour milk, half cup of molasses and one teaspoonful of soda; to be steamed three hours, and is good hot or cold. Beef Loaf.— One and one-half pounds of beefsteak chopped very fine and free from gristle; two cups of rolled

crackers (fine); one cup of cold water; one-half cup of butter; salt and pepper to suit the taste; bake till done. A Stakch to Preserve Colors.— For starching muslins, ginghams and calicoes dissolve and add to every pint of starch a piece of alum the size of a shellbark. By so doing, the colors will keep bright for a long time, which is very desirable when dresses most be often washed, and the cost is but a trifle. Economical Fruit Cake. — Two enps sugar, one of butter, three of flour, one of milk, two of chopped raisins, one of currants, one es citron, two eggs, one teaspoonful. of soda, two of cream of tartar, two teaspoonfuls each of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, one teaspoonful of mace, and two teaspoonfuls of brandy.