Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-21
RECIPES. ETC.

Coffee Cake-One cup sugar, one of
molasses, one Of butter or lard, one of cold
coffee, two teaspoonflls of soda, one-half
pound raisins one-half pound currants, a
tablespoon cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.
! Corn Starch Cake-Two cups white
sugar, one cup corn starch, one-half cup
| butter, one and one-half cups flour, one
cup sweet milk, one teaspoon cream tar
tar, one-half teaspoon Of soda and the
whites Of eight eggs beaten to stiff frOth
Flavor with lemon.
Cure for Headache-Put a handful of
salt into a quart of water, add one ounce of
spirits Of hartshorn and half an ounce of
camphorated spirits Of wine Put them
quickly into bottle, and cork tight to
prevent the escape Of the spirits. Soak a
piece OF cloth with the mixture, and apply
1t to the head; wet the cloth afresh as soon
as it gets heated.
DIR. Die Lewis gives the following
cure Tor dyspepsia: Have a right good
talk, with a funny anecdote or two, and
half dozen hearty laughs with each meal
This eating alone at a restaurant, and shov-
cling in the provender in solemn silence,
will give dyspepsia to an ostrich, and
create feeling of dependency in the
stomach of quartz mill"
Almond Custard Cake.-One pound
Of sugar, one-half pound butter, cream
well five eggs, one cup sweet milk, one
teaspoonful soda, two tablespoonfuls
cream tartar, one pound flour; flavor with
lemon. Bake in three pans, as for jelly
cake. The dressing is-one cup thick,
sour cream, two cups white sugar, one
pound sweet almonds blanched and chop
ped fine; flavor with vanilla; mix and
psread between the layers
Husk Mats-A correspondent of the
| Agrscutturist says: "Take an inch plank
OF the size desired, and bore three-quarter
inch holes through it, with their centres
TWO inches apart. Draw into these damp
ened corn usks, and trim off about two
| inches on Zach side This mat can be
used either side up It is. easily made
and every one can keep his boots clean,
much to the qualification Of the house
keeper
Milk as a Medicine.-An interesting
article recently appeared in the London
M9tk Journal, concerning the value of milk
as remedial agent in certain diseases
Several physicians of high standing re-
gard it as a specific for diarrhea, dysen-
terry, and incipient cholera. The milk
should not be boiled, but heated sufficient
ly to be agreeably warm. 1t is also rec
commended as Of great value in typhoid
fevers-as cooling and nourishing, and as
promoting sleep.
-Rizena Pudding.-A new food prepar-
alton of rice has appeared, and the Amer5-
can Agr5c1ltot7'5st tells how to make nice
pudding from it:-"Mix four large spoon
tuls OF rizena with a pint of cold milk,
and STIR 1t into quart of boiling milk
until 1t tboils again; then remove, stir in
butter the size of an egg, and little salt;
let 1T COOL and add four eggs, well beaten,
two-thirds of cup white sugar, grated
nutmeg, half wine glass Of brandy, or
other f1avoring if preferred; bake in a
buttered dish twenty minutes. To be
eaten hot with sauce" But we think a
plain rice pudding, made in a similar
manner, is not to be beaten.
TO Relieve Ingrowing Nails.-A cor
respondent of the British Medical Journal
writes About twenty years ago l applied
bit OF compressed sponge to afford tenn
porary relief, and was delighted to find
| that it effected radical cure. [ made the
sponge as solid as leather, by wetting and
then winding string very tightly round it
and drying in thoroughly. Of this I cut
a small pyramidal piece, less than grain
OF rice; this L insert beneath the nail, and
secure it by strips of adhesive plaster, ap-
piled longitudinally, to avoid compress
sion. The sponge soon becomes moist
and swollen, keeping the nail from the
irritated flesh. Any granulations should
previously be destroyed with strong nitric
acid. have adopted this plan upon
many occasions, and have never found it
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