Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1875 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Anne Page C axe —One pound of butter, two pounds of flour, one pound sugar; baked like ginger cake. Cor Game-—Nine cups of flour, four cups of butter, six cups of sugar, two cups of milk, three eggs, spice. . When blinds and doors do not close snugly, but leave cracks through which* drafts enter, the simplest remedy, recommended by Mr. Schuetse, Building Commissioner in Dresden, Germany, is this: Place a strip of putty along the jambs, cover the edge of the blind or door with chalk, and shut it. The putty will then fill all spaces which would remain open and be pressed out where not needed, while the excess is removed with a knife. The chalk rubbed on the edges prevents the adhesfon of the putty to the blind or door, which then can be opened without adhesion, and the putty is left in place, where it soon dries and leaves a perfectly fitting jamb. : ; ' - . . Cream Cake. —Make a batter of one cup of sugar, one cup of flour, twoeggß, four tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, half teaspoonful of the best soda, one teaspoonful cream-tartar or better, 6ne and a half teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake this in three thin cakes on shallow pie-plates. For the cream take half a pint of milk and, scalding it, stir in two teaspoonfuls of corn starch wet with cold milk. Beat one egg and stir in with one tablespoonftil of sugar. Lay the thin cakes one above another when Cold, with the cold cream spread between them. Some would prefer the cakes made like sponge cake, to avoid the soda and cream-tartar. In cases of ordinary sore throat the simplest and best treatment is the wet pack, using a linen cloth wrung from cold water, and over this a knit or crocheted yard band, four feet long and four inches wide. Apply this two or three nights in succession, unless it is a very serious case, when the pack should be be kept on during the day. If taken off in the morning, wash the throat in very cold water and rub dry with a coarse towel and with the hand. This will prevent taking more cold. The more friction used the better; let it be a sort of squeezing of the parts so as to affect the deep-seated tissues. Sore throats may be prevented by these means from becoming chronic. —Herald of Health. Most of your readers have a coffee-mill in the Abuse. Most of them can get a little bag of wheat. Any sort of good wheat will serve them. The most of people can grind coffee at home. Anybody who can grind coffee can grind wheat in the same mill, and then the rest of the way to make a breakfast fit for an Emperor is very simple. When the wheat is run through the coffee-mill steep it in water; set it on the stove and let it burst its already broken sides all the afternoon, at convenience. The next morning cook it about half an hour, like any other mush, with plenty of salt. Set it on the table hot; serve with it a bowl of milk; or, still better, milk and cream; and there is the richest and most wholesome meal that can be produced. No tampering with sugar or anything else. After that there is no need of any beefsteaks for half a day or longer. It is called cracked wheat. It is the perfection of nourishment for work.— Cor. Cincinnati Times.