Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — TUB HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

TUB HOUSEHOLD.

JlouHtiltold Rule*. Cream and acids do not curdle, whilo milk and adds da To prevent layer cake from sticking, grease the tins and dust in a little flour. In roasting meat, turn with a spoon instead of a fork, as tho latter pierce* the meat and lets the juice out. If sponge caka Is mixed with cold water it is yellow, but If the water bo boiling hot tho cake will be white. A teaspoonful of corn starch mixed with a cupful of salt will remove all po*~ slblllty of dampness In the shaker. When making white cakes use a half teaspoon more of cream of tartar than soda, as this extra quantity of cream of tartar makoH tho egg whites stiffen. Scald the bowl In which tho butter and sugar aro to be creamed for cake; the hot dish heatea tho butter so that it will blend much easier with tho sugar. If doughnuts an? cut out an hour before they are fried to allow a little time for rising they will bo much lighter. Try cutting at night and frying in tho* morning. Gravy will generally be lumpy If tins thickening is poured In while the pan ij, over the lire. Set the pan off until tbc thickening Is well stirred in, then set # on the fire and cook thoroughly. To keep tho bread-jar and cake-bos sweet, rinse after washing with boiling water in which a lit tle common soda hat been dissolved; then set out of doors i» tho sun for a few hours.

Icing for cake may be prevented frov cracking when cut; by adding ono tablespoonful of sweet cream to each unbeaten egg. Stir all up together, theu add sugar until as stiff as can be stirred. A valuable salve for cuts or wound* of ail kinds: Boil one-half eup of thick, sweet cream ten or fifteen minutes, stirring constantly; when cold, beat it thoroughly, when it will be a creamy paste_ Bottle and cork tightly or make fresht every time. Keep sewer pipes, connected withi stationary stands, clean and wholesome by scalding once a week with boiling water in which washing soda lias been dissolved, remembering that many cases of diphtheria have been attributed to foul sewer pipes. Solution for cleaning silver and bras H—to one quart of rainwater add two ounces of ammonia and three ounces of precipitated chalk. Bottle and keep, well corked, and shake before using. Wasli silver in hot, soapy water aud rinse In hot water. A good cement for mending broken china. Dissolve a little gum arable in » little water so that it is rather thick, put enough plaster of pai Is into this to make a thick paste. Cement broken pieces of china together and in half an hour they cannot be broken in the same place. Hot. water seems to make It more' firm.