The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-30
MONTHLY CALENDAR.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

SODA should be bought in small guam
titles, then powdered, sifted and kept
tightly corked in a large-mouthed bottle.
1t grows damp if exposed to the air, and
can't be used properly.
CALIFORNIAN CREAM.-The whites of
two eggs, two spoonfuls of loaf sugar,
two of raspberry jam, two of currant jel-
ly; all to be beaten together until so thick
the spoon will stand alone in it.
BLANC MANGE.-(Excellent and easy.)
= One quart of milk, one ounce gelatlne,
sugar to sweeten TO taste; put it on the
fire and keep stirring until it is all melted,
then pour it into bowl and stir it until
it is cold; season with vanilla; pour it
into mold, and put it into a cool place
to stiffen
If you desire little curiosity on your
flower stand, take an old sponge, place in
a glass vase or stand, and sprinkle on it a
quantity of grass-seed. Moisten it every
day, and in short time your sponge will
be beautiful and green. The seed grows
fast, and the whole thing is inexpensive,
while at the same tine it is pretty.
WEAK EYEs.-Bathe your eyes night
and morning in tolerably strong solu-
ton of salt and water. We have known
some remarkable cures effected by this
simple remedy. After bathing the eyes
daily for about week, intermit day or
two, and then resume the daily bathing,
and so on till your eyes get strong again.
Science Of Health.
BRoNCHrrTs.-A simple, but oftentimes
efficacious remedy, is this. 1t may afford
relief; Sirup of tolu, one ounce; sirup of
squills, half an ounce; wine Of ipecac,
two drains; parcgoric, three drains
mucilage of gum arabic, one and halt
ounces. Mix. Take teaspoonful three
times day.-RuraJ Ne,o Yorker
WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE.-Onc pound
OF white sugar, one teacup of butter, halt
a cuptul Of sweet milk, the whites of ten
eggs, half a teaspoontul of soda, one tea
| spoonful cream of tartar, three cups OF
flour. Flavor with vanilla or almond
Bake in jelly cakc-pans with icing be
| tween. Icing for the cake: One pound
of fine white sugar, the whites of three
eggs. The flavor of a grated cocoanut is
very nice in 1t.
PERU CUsTARD-Make a custard with
one pint Of cream, two eggs, one cup o.
sugar. Flavor to suit the taste. Place il
in glass dish and lay sliced cake over it
Whip whites Of eggs to froth, stir in pull
verified sugar, and spread over the cake
ornament with colored sugar sand. Or
instead of the whites Of eggs, stir pow
dered sugar into ounce or apple jelly and
| spread over the cake.
| Mock CREAM TOAST.-(A delicious side
| dish at breakfast). Melt in one quart OF
mornings milk about two ounces of but
ter: a large teaspoonful of flour freed
| from Jumps, and the yolks of three eggs
| beaten light; beat these ingredients to-
| gether several minutes; strain the cream
through a fine hair sieve, and when want
ed heat it slowly, beaten constantly will
a brisk movement; it must not boil, or il
will curdle and lose the appearance O.
cream; when hot, dip the toast; if no
sufficiently seasoned with butter, ado
salt; send to the table hot, the cream no
taken up by the toast, in a gravy-bowl.
| A MOST excellent ointment for hands
that are scratched, burned or sore is thus
prepared: Take three drains of camphol
gum, three of white becswax, three o
spermaceti, two ounces of Olive-oil-pu
them together in cup upon the stove
where they will melt slowly and form &
white ointment in a few minutes. If the
hands be affected, anoint them on going
to bed, and put on pair of gloves. 4
day or two will suffice to heal them Fol
chapped hands, instead of washing the
hands with soap, employ oatmeal, anC
after each washing take little dry Dat
meal and rub over the hands, so as to alb
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