Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1875 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Kerosene lamps if kept full will, it is said, never explode, as there is no room in the lamp when it is full for the accumulation of explosive gas. Vert good apple-jelly can be made from good, sour dried-apples. Stew them till tender, pour off the water and boil it down; put in as much sugar as you like. Harrison Cake.—Five cups flour, one and a half of butter, two and , a half of sugar, one of molasses, one of cream, four eggs, one pound raisins, citron and mixed spice. Gold Cake.—One coffeecup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, five eggs (the whites stirred in last), three tablespoonfuls of baking powder, one cup of sweet milk; flavor with lemon. Kringles.—Beat well yelks of eight and whites of two eggs, mix with four ounces of- batter, warmed, one pound flour, and four ounces sugar to a pastet', Roll into thick biscuits and bake on tin plates. Steamed Indian Bread, Extra. — Three cups of buttermilk, three cups of sweet milk, three cups of meal, two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of soda; put in a greased pan and steam three hours.

Oleycooks.—One pint milk, one-quar-ter pound butter, two eggs, one tablespoonful brewer’s yeast, one-half cup sugar, a little salt and nutmeg. Stand over night till very light and fry in boiling lard. Tea and chocolate. Indian Pudding.—Boil a quart of milk and stir in four tablespoonfuls of Indian meal and four of grated bread or crackers, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, four eggs, a piece of butter as large as a walnut, and a little salt. Bake it three hours. To Mend Glass.—Soak a small piece of isinglass in water until quite soft, let it boil gently until it forms a strong glue, warm the article to be mended, apply the isinglass, join the broken surface carefully and keep in close contact for a few hours. Ginger Cup Cake.—Five eggs, two teacups molasses, two teacups brown sugar rolled fine, two teacups butter, one cup milk, five cups flour, one-half cup powdered allspice and cloves, one-half cup ginger, one-half teaspoonful soda melted in vinegar. If those who smoke would thump off their cigar ashes into little ash trays they would utilize to some extent the useless habit of smoking. Cigar or pipe ashes are excellent to sprinkle over the earth of flower-pots, both as a manure and an insecticide.—Rural New Yorker.