Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

LIN
ANNE PAGE CAKE.--One pound of
butter, two pounds of flour, one pound
sugar; baked like ginger cake.
Cup CAKE.-Nine cups of -four, four
cups of butter, six cups Of sugar, two
cups OF milk, three eggs, spice.
SOFT Pound CAKE.-One pound of
sugar, one pound of flour, half a pound of
butter, one ~teaspoonful of soda (even fulD
TWO teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, five
eggs, one cupful of sweet milk. This
makes two good large loaves. l generally
put currants or citron in one loaf; flavor
with nutmeg or vanilIa.-Cor. Detroit
Tribune.
WHEN blinds and doors do not close
snugly, but leave cracks through which
drafts enter, the simplest remedy, recon-
mended by Mr.. Schuetse, Building Com
missioner in Dresden, Germany, is this:
Place a strip of putty along the lambs,
cover the edge of the blind or door with
chalk, and shut it. The putty will then
fill all spaces which would remain open
tAAN - IAS0CSo O0G WHICH, lOl nGeIPu
while the excess is removed with a knife.
The chalk rubbed on the edges prevents
the adhesion Of the putty to the blind OF
door, which then can be opened without
adhesion, and the putty is left in place,
where it o 20 dries and leaves a perfectly
fitting jamb.
CREAM CAKE.-Make a batter of one
cup of sugar, n cup of flour, two eggs,
four tablespoonful Of sweet milk, half
t~easpOonful of the best soda, one teaspoon
full cream-tartar or better, one and a half
~teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake this
in three thin cakes on shallow ~pie-plates.
For the cream take half d pint Of milk
and, scalding it, stir in two t%easpoonfuls
Of corn starch wet with cold milk. Beat
egg and stir in with one tablespoonful
of sugar. Lay the thin cakes one above
another when cold, with the cold cream
spread between them. Some would pre-
fer 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 III succession, unless it is a
very serious case, when the pack should
be be kept on during the day. If taken
of in the morning, wash the throat in
very cold water and rub dry with a coarse
towel and with the hand. This will pre-
vent taking more cold. The more fric-
ton 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.-Heya1d Of Health.
MOST of your readers have a coffee-mill
in the house. Most Of them can get a lit
tie bag Of wheat. Any sort of good
wheat will serve them. The most of peo-
pie can grind coffee at home. ANY body
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 EN-
DerOr is very simple. When the wheat is
run through the 'coffee-miIl 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 ar 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 hat
there is nc need of any beefsteaks for half
a day or longer. 1t is called cracked
wheat. 1t is the perfection of nourish-
meat for work.-Cor. Cincinnati Times.