The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-07-08
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Facts for Housekeerers.
WIDOWS CAKE.

Facts for House keepers.
| WIDOWS CAKE
! Two cups Indian meal, three cups of
wheat flour, one pint of buttermilk.
four tablespoons of molasses, two tea
spoons of saleratus. To be eaten hot,
with butter, for tea or breakfast.
EGG STAINS ON SILVER.
Toremove the stains on spoons caused
by using them for boiled eggs, take a
little common salt, moist between the
| thumb and finger, and briskly rub the
stain, which will soon disappear.
SOLVENT FOR OLD PUTTY AND PAINT.
Soft soap mixed with a solution of
| potash or caustlc soda; or pearlash
and slaked lime mixed with sufficient
water to form paste. Either of these,
laid ON with an old brush or rag, and
left for some hours will render it easily
removable
TO REMOVE GREASE SPOTS FROM WOOL
In removing the grease from wool,
use very weak alkaline solution as
substitute for soap, because if the So
luton lis too strong it Will act chemic
| ally upon the wool, tending to dissolve
1t, and thus impair It's strength and
lustre.
TO PREVENT FLIES FROM INJURING PIC
TURE FRAMES, GLASSES, ETC.
| Boil three or four onions in one pint
OF water; then, with a gliding brush
do over your glass and frame, aud the
| flies will not alight on the articles SO
washed. This may be used without
! apprehension, and it will not do the
least injury to the frames
BOILED BREAD.
Two cups of Indian meal, two Guns
of rye, one of -four, two thirds cup of
molasses, pint and half of milk a
! little salt, and teaspoonful of salera
| tus; pour it into a long tin pail; put
| It into pot; have Just enough water
to keep it boiling; cover tight, and do
not boil into the pail, and keep it boil
ing three hours, and you Will have
loaf of bread without any crust
POTATO PoULTIcE
Perhaps it is not generally known how
much pleasanter and more agreeable.
as well as more etfacacious, is a pouI-
tlce made of potatoes than one made of
bread. 1t keeps heat lon er and can
| be reheated several times and does not
wet the clothing. Peel, boil and mash
the potatoes; lnclose In a muslin bag.
and apply to the affected part. To boil
| them III hot water has very soothing
effect, and enhances their value. 4
poultice made of boiled beans is pv
some thought to be better than pota-
toes, but both are worthy of trial.
TO KEEP JAMS, JELLIEs, AND pREsEsvFs
FROM MOLD.
! The closet IN which sweetmeats are
kept should be perfectly dry and cool.
Ii that Is the case, and the following
recipe used, preserves will keep Tor
/ years. Cut a round circle of writing
paper, the size of the interior of the
| pot, and one about an inch and half
/ larger. Take the white of an egg and a
paste brush, and lay a coating of white
| OF egg over the surface OF the smaller
circle, and then lay that piece on top of
| the Jam, with the untouched sides of
the. paper next to the Jam. Take the
! large piece and coat that on one side
with white of egg, and let the surface
! thus coated be the one turned inward.
! This circle is to cover the pot, and the
white of egg renders it adhesive, and
pastes it firmly down all around the
/ edge of the crack.
A REMEDY FOR GROUP.
The following remedy was given by
! Professor Bronson: "Let a healthy
person fill his lungs with pure air, then
slowly breathe upon the patients throat
and chest, commencing at the point OF
the chin, and moving slowly down to
/ the bottom of the wind-pipe Repeat
/ for a few minutes, and it Will give re-
/ lief III cases where all other means fail. .
s. A mother, writing to a medical Jour
nal, says in relation to that recipe
my boy was always subject to Group
came near dying with the rafting, noisy
! kind at about eleven months old. |
saved him with water, and ever after
preventing a serious attack by watch
/ iulness and water. But when three
years old, [ let him play in the brook
one warm, rainy day, and he took a Sc
we're cold, and had the still kind OF
Group, the first aud last time he had it,
/ In spite Of all | could do, he grew con
stantly worse, until he could only gasp
and breathe with his head thrown back
! We thought his last moments had
come, when | thought of and applied
/ Bronson's remedy for minute. When
| stopped, he looked up and said, g Do
so again, mother, do, !" though he could
/ not speak when | began You may be
assured | did so again, and believe it
saved his life
/ PAPER-FANGINGS AS \ MEANS OF DECoRA-
TION,
! In discussing on this subject TO the
/ Edinburgh Architectural Society, Mr.
/ Thomas Hall gave the follow ing practl-
cal suggestions. As to the selection of
/ patterns for bedrooms, the paper
/ should be cheerful, with a little light
! ground, tinted to suit the aspect of the
room the designto be cheerful, either
n chIntz pattern, or a conventional
flower, or a plain wall of watered or
! diapered pattern, surrounded ON each
wall with a nice floral or ornamental
border. For drawing-rooms, the pa
per should also be light, and just sug-
gestive of richness, without giving the
impression of extravaganza either in
gold or color Gliding is one of the
most dangerous as well as one of the
most seductive elements at paper
stainei's disposal.