Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-09-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

THE rice-paper plant Of China, with
palmate leaves, is being cultivated as q
door-yard adornment in the warm parts
of this country. 1t is from the pith
of this plant that the Chinese make q
sort of drawing paper.
BECAUSE our fertile fields have con-
sented to send abundant returns 50
many years, it does not follow that
they will continue to do so forever.
The soil being a manufacturer it cam
not produce the perfect articles Of
commerce if the raw material becomes
exhausted.
AFTER your geraniums have finished
Towering cut them back at least one
half and place them in cool, shaded
place. Water them very sparingly I'M
til new shoots begin to start, when
they should be repotted with fresh soil
and brought to the light, and watered
more abundantly as they attain growth.
POTATOES are hard to digest in
young stomachs. Boiled potatoes are
much more indigestible than roasted
or baked. They should be we'll washed
and the outer skin rubbed off and then
baked on a wire CRATE. That part of
potato which grows next the inner
skin is by far the most nutritious, con-
tanning large percentage of nitrogen
Gus matter. -EGch072ge.
PEACH BATTER PUDDING. Pare the
peaches, set them closely together in a
baking dish; make batter of four
eggs, the yelks and whites beaten sep
arately; one pint of milk, six table
spoonfulS Of -four mixed, until perfect
ly smooth, with the yelks; add little
salt, turn in the milk, and then the
whites; stir all together and pour over
the peaches; bake slowly until done.
To be eaten warm, with sauce.
"MoTHER's LEMON PIE. Juice
and grated rind Of one lemon; one cup
white sugar; one tablespoonful of but
ter; two tablespoonfuls sweet milk;
four eggs. [ mix it all as carefully and
thoroughly as cake. If the mixture
is not sufficient to fill your pie-plate,
add more milk. If you want it super
excellent, beat the whites of two eggs
with two tablespoonfuls Of powdered
sugar for meringue; spread it on
smoothly after the pie is baked, and set
back into the oven to brown slightly.
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
FISH CAKEs.-Take one pint bowl,
full Of salt Goldfish picked very fine, and
two pint bowlfuls of whole raw peeled
potatoes; put together into cold water,
and boil until the potatoes are thor
oughly cooked. Remove from the fire
and drain off all the water; mash with
potato masher; add piece of butter
the size of an egg; two well-beaten
eggs; pepper and salt to taste. Mix
well, and fry in hot lard, butter or
drippings. Do not freshen the fish be-
fore boiling. These cakes meet with
much favor whenever made.
A CASE of severe burning of the
hand, the surface being almost cooked,
was treated by covering the hand
with white lead ground in oil, which
had the effect Of relieving the excru-
tiating pain in five minutes time. The
applications were changed as soon as
they became dry. On the fourth day
the surface commenced to slough: a
poultice of lilseed meal and pulverized
charcoal was applied warm three
time daily then for three or four
days. A linen rag, creased, was next
used, and the hand healed rapidly with
out leaving scar.
THE white portion of different eggs
may be almost pure albumen in both
| instances, in chemical point of view.
Every one who has taken observations
concerning the taste of eggs after they
| have been cooked knows that there is
an immense difference in their flavor.
Hens fed on clear, sound grain and
kept on a clean grass run will produce
much finer Favored eggs than hens
that have access to stable and manure
heaps and eat all kinds of filthy food.
Hens feeding on fish and onions will
flavor their eggs accordingly, the same
as COWS eating onions or cabbage, or
drinking offensive water impart bad
taste to the milk OF butter. The
richer the food the higher the color of
the eggs. Wheat and corn will give
eggs the best color, while buckwheat
will make them colorless, rendering
them useless for some confectionery
purposes. Fresh meat, milk, scraps
of bread and other garbage of a similar
character will make eggs Of the richest
quality.-N. 7. Herald.
Fall Planting.