The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-31

| water.
Helpful Hints tor Housewives.
To REMOVE Warts. Simply apply
carbolic acid few times for few
| days. There is no pain.
| To MAKE Doors WATER PRooF.-
! Warm little beeswax and mutton suet,
| and while it is liquid rub some of it
slightly over the edges of the holes
where the stitches are.
CHICKEN CHoLERA-A little sulphate
of iron III the drinking water of chick
| ems, and a change of food, is said to
prevent the spread of cholera in
flock, but does not hurt the i'll ones.
Mrs. II. s TEA CAKE One cupful Of
sour milk; one cupful of sour cream
or butter; one teasoonful of soda; one
cup of sugar; a little nutmeg with or
without egg bake until DONE
SwEETENED DoUGHNUTs. One pint of
sour milk and seven tablespoons sour
| cream, soda to sweeten, one teaspoon
salt, one coffee cup of sugar, one egg
| well beaten with the sugar, nutmeg or
| other spices to suit the taste, flour to
knead well and hard Will make a
heaping six quart pan of doughnuts
PoTATo SoUP.-For family of six,
CRATE five good sized potatoes, add two
quarts water, and place over the fire
and boil slowly half an hour before
| wanted for the table ten minutes be-
fore taking up add half cup of sweet
cream. a large spoonful of butter, and
| salt and pepper to taste. To those who
are fond of onions, a small one grated
with the potatoes adds much to the fla
vor of the soup.
TO RELIEVE IMPROVING NAILs.-This
is painful annoyance, and is treated
with advantage in various ways. The
most successful is to pare down the
centre of the nail from root to end
Let it be worked down quite thin, SO
as to relieve the pressure at the sides,
which causes the soreness. Keep the
end of the nail well pared down in the
centre, giving it the concave form, just
the reverse of the natural edge.
To MAKE CoCoANUT CANDY.
very fine scund, fresh cocoanut.
spread it on dish and let it dry ma
turally for three days. Four ounces
Will be sufficient for a pound of sugar
for most tastes, but more can be used
at pleasure. Boil the sugar, and when
1t begins to be very thick and white.
strew IN the nut; stir and mix il well,
and do not quit it for an instant until
it is finished. Keep the pan little
above the fire to prevent the nut from
burning.
ALL kinds of poultry and meat can
be cooked quicker by adding to the
water in which they are boiled a little
vinegar or a piece OF lemon. By the
use of an acid there will be considera-
bic saving of fuel as well as Of shorten
ing of time. Its acid is beneficial on
old tough meats, rendering them quite
tender and easy of digestion. TAINTED
meats and fowls will loose their bad
taste and odor if cooked in this way,
and if not used too freely no taste of it
will be acquired.
Corn MEAL BREAD-Pour over a
pint of nice corn meal one pint of hot
new milk; beat this well and add a
little salt; then stir in q large spoonful
of nice sweet lard; beat two eggs very
light and stir i'll also; this must be we'll
beaten, and of the consistency of thin
batter; add more milk if it should be
| too thick, then mix III n large tea
spoonful of yeast; butter the pans
and set 1t to rise in them: when
risen, have the oven of moderate heat,
and put them in it bake twolhonrs and
a half to light brown. Serve hot,
REMOVING TAR SPors.-rhe old re-
medy for removing tar Is butter when
this Is left on the tar spot for some
time, both butter and tar are easily
washed out by sponge, with soap and
water 1t is the same with the resin.
Gus wagon greese. Recently DIR. Brlk-
erd announced that he had discovered
that creamy mixture of powdered ex-
tract of liquorice, with oil of anisseed
will easily dissolve tar. resin, pitch,
Venice turpentine, etc. 1t is afterward
washed out with soap and warm water.
Don't wash your vegetables until
Just before you are ready TO cook
them. At least one quarter of the value
III sweetness, vivacity, and aromatic
element is lost by the too common
practice of having it washed clean of
the natural earth adhering to its tibres
and surface during growth, and which,
when roughly dug,is put into the cellar
or pit of the countryman for winter
keeping. Did that countryman wash
each beet carrot, pototo, etc, as is
generally practlced, for sale to the
dealer, and by the consumer desired,
he would never be able to
keep his product single month.
The receiver of clean washed vegeta
bles, according to the new established
law of refinement, never vet ate of a
good natural flavor, and these same
people, once they leave their city homes
and go into the country farm house.
rarely fail to note the superiority of
the vegetables. 1t is not because of
the better knowledge of cookery, but it
is from the fact that the earth is a pre-
sentative and absorbent of the volatile
element of the root, which as soon as
washed evaporates rapidly into air and
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