The Lake County star., 1877-06-14


bright. delicious writings rave ma s,r
suspecting that che had az IN her A. aw ,"r
billion In the'cuiinary line TIM prune
pudding
Mrs. Frank Blair declares her snec.
ialty to lie Ewes pudding-of AZ Iles.
OF course.
A correspondent Of the -Chioayo
! THbune 0ivss The yeceipe fhjri n caEs
and says IL failed but once and then
salt was substituted for sugar:
| Two cups Of sugar; three-ouarter,
cup OF butter; three cups and one
handful OF flour; one cup OF milk.
whites Of twelve eggs, beaten to q stiff
frOth two teaspo0nfuls of baking DOW
der. The beauty Of the cake depends
upon the length Of time you cream the
sugar and butter-at least One-half
hour. Put In eggs and baking-powder
last. Afterwards stir only enough to
mix nicely.
KEEPING CARPETS AND FURNI-
TURE.-Carpets and furniture can be
entirely protected from moth by care,
cleanliness and turpentine. Nice car
pets should be well beeten to remove
dust and moth; papers vet with spir-
Its of turpentine should be placed over
the seats and backs Of stuffed furniture
and the whole sewed DIP In cloth. The
most delicate material will not be In
jured by applying the turpentipe In
this way. For carpets, o. free use of
tobacco leaf or stems Is desirable. Pa
pers dipped In turpentine here and
there will do their share, ana for out
side packing EACH osrpet should be
sewed In burlap.-G. ID. Il.
A good way to clean black kid gloves,
nays the Scientific American, Is to take
q teaspoonful Of salad oil [sweet oil,
drop few drops of Ink In it and rub
1t over the gloves with the tip. Of
feather; then let them dryin the sun.
TABLE OF DOMESTIC MEAsuREs of
fluids for medicinal or other purposes.
so drops, l teaspoonful or I dfHchm:
? teaspoonfuls, dessertspo6nft,l 2
deesertspoonfuls, tablespoonful or
half an ounce; 4 tablespoonftlls, l
wineglassfll: 2 wineglassfuls. / tea
cupful or one gill = T,efpiiA
To make ribbon cake: t1srrss
TAketwO cupflls sugar. one chpful
butter, one cupful milk, four cupfuls
nour, four eggs, one teaspoon full cream
tartar, half teasp0onful soda; have two
tins ready Of equal size, put one-third
In each and bake. To the other third
add three teaspoonfuls molassa9 one
cupfhl cufrants, and little eitron and
spice to suit, and bake In came size
tin when done put layer Of light,
then . layer. Of Jelly, then dark, then
jelly, then light; lay q piece Of paper
on top, and turn IL over on one Of the
tins and press It with two fat:irons
PACKING A ALIBRARY.EBOOks should
be packed in small boxes, as they are
30 heavy. u Shoe, boxes nre suitable for
The purpose. Books Handsomely
bound should be wrapped sssugly in
paper. Other books can be backed,
edge downward, as closely as possible,
and all interstices stuffed with paper.
q. ID. II. '+lk a'HhiE1 .iSi
For Scotch curraptI bsna the follow
Take one pint soft yeast, oneAquart
ukewarm water, ONE teacupftil of
lard and BUTTER two, tea
:upsfull Of brown sugar, one pound
Try currants, one pound raising cnt in
'wO, One-quarterp0und of citron. Take
'ix eggs, beat them and put in allspice.
'ugar and butter first then, 6dd eggs
md fruit, then yeast, water and flour,
md mold out into three long loaves,
10 you would do In b&kis4k ordinary
caves Of bread. taking abopt,tbe same
of -four then set To- rise,
which will take aboutf0u hours;, then
AXE In an ordinary heated oven about
ne lh0urs . -rrm5YYA