Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1875 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Warts may be removed from hands by the application of hartshorn. German Toast.-To one egg, beaten well, add one cup sweet milk or cream; season with a little salt and pepper. Cut slices stale bread and dip in the milk to moisten, and fry in butter on a griddle; is an extra nice dish for breakfast. Aunt Lucy’s Spice Cake.—Two cups of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, two egga, one cup of buttermilk, one teaspoonful of soda, one of cloves, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one-half of a nutmeg, one teacupful of raisins; flour to make thick. Remedy for Diphtheria.—Bake Irish potatoes, turn them out of their skins, strew thickly with salt, moisten with strong spirits of camphor, apply to the throat as hot as’ can be borne. This simple remedy has cured severe cases of this disease.—- Cot. Aural New Yorker:

German Waffles.—Half a pound of butter stirred to a cream, the yolks of five eggs stirred into half a pound of flour, half a pint of milk gradually stirred in, and lastly the whites of the egg beaten to a stiff froth and added to the butter. This recipe furnishes very rich and delicious cakes. To be baked in well-greased waffle-irons, as usual. Vinegar.—Molasses one r art, jeast one pint, warm rain water tL ee gallons; put ail in * keg and tie a piece of gauze over the bung to let in air. Set in a warm place, and in three weeks you will have good vinegar. If it commences to die add molasses, yeast and water in the same proportion, and you will always have good vinegar.— Cincinnati Timet.

To Refasten Lamps.—ls the fountain, 6r the 'ass globe that holds the oil, has come loose from the standard, i> is very easily remedied by the use of plaster of Paris. Mix a small quantity with water, making it as thick as cream, and fill it in between the glass of the fountain and the hollow in the top of the standard as quickly as possible. As it sets immediately everything must be done with promptness. If the fountain is broken in pieces and there is a whole bronze or brass standard remaining it will pay to purchase a new fountain and set it upon the old standard in the manner described above. The brass top can be fastened on in the same way.