Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

FARA AND HONE.
TART PAsrE.-Rub half 4 pound Of
iresh butter iAto o pound Of -four; add
the yelk OF an egg, aittle lump sugar
ana enough milk TO mix it properly.
To CLEAN CoLeRED Snx.-Wash in
warm soap-suds, rinse in clear. warm
water, dry quickly, and iron the wrong
side while vet rather damp. If there
are grease spots on the silk, press with
q toierable warm iron under brown
paper. @9t 'I fuN I'lq i -
BAKERS GRAHAM BREAD.-Make
sponge ~ for white bread with wheat
Hour, say one square of compressed
yeast to two quarts of water: when
light, make up the dough with Graham
flour and one-half teacupful molasses;
let stand to rise again; then make IN
the loaves with the hands, and when
light bake. y s4'. ~
ORANGE JELLY CAKE.-Juice and rind
OF two oranges, thickened with pow
dered sugar; stir in one packet of desic-
Gated cocoa.nut, leaving enough to
sprinkle on top layer; four eggs, half a
cup OF butter, two cups sugar, one cup
OF water, and flour enough to make the
batter. bake as for jelly cake, spread.
- the dry cocoanut on top layer.
BLEEDING AT THE NosE.-Two small
arteries branching up from the main ar
teries on each side of the neck, and
passing over the outside of the Jaw
bone, supply the face with blood. II the
nose bleeds from the right nostril, for
example, pass the finger along the edge
of the right jaw till the beating of the
artery is felt. Press hard upon it five
minutes and the bleeding will cease.
STEwED BEEFsrEAK. Peel and chop
two onions, cut into small parts four
picked walnuts, and put them 1t the
bottom OF the stewpan. See that the
rump steak, be cut off proper thick
ness, about three quarters of an inch.
and beat it flat with rolling-pin. Place
the meat on top of tho onions; let il
stew for an hour and a half, turning it
over every twenty minutes. Ten min.
utes before serving up throw in dozen
oysters, with their liquor strained
through \ fine seive. .....,
Snow FLAKE PUDDING. box of
gelatine, the whites of three eggs sugar
and vanilla to the taste. Soak the gel
atine in enough cold water to cover it
for an hour; then add a teacupful Of
boiling water. After it is dissolved, add
enough cold water to make pint of it
altogether Strain this OH platter, put
the whites of three eggs in it, and beat
it until it is stiff foam. When half
beaten, sweeten with white sugar, add
the vanilla to this, and finish beating;
then put it in cups. When moulded in
the cups, turn them out and eat with
cream.
THE destruction of weeds should be
constantly attended to, for, like insect
pests, they multiply enormously. A
weed plucked before it goes to seed will
prevent the growth of hundreds the
following year, or here the old adage il
uncommonly true, that Zone year,
seeding causes fifteen years wedding.
The Cow.-If civilized people were
ever to lapse into the worship of animals,
the COW would certainly be their chief
goddess. What = fountain of blessing
is COW She is the mother of beef,
the source of butter, the original cause
Of cheese, to say nothing of shoe horns,
hair combs, and upper leather. A gen.
tie, amiable, ever yielding creature, who
has no JOY in her family affairs which
she does not share with man. We rob
her of her milk, and we only CAFE for
her that the robbery may be perpetu-
ated.-Holsehold Words.
EARLY MADE CHEEsE.-The american.
Dairynsan says: "The early-msde skim
med cheeses that have appeared on the
market this spring, are not meeting
with the most cordial greeting; while
full creams are sought after and com.
mand top figures. Fine old cheese finds
ready sale, often at a fraction over quo.
tations; but that which is inferior, or in
any way impoverished by the use OF
the skinner, drags heavily, and las
to make concessions to the buyers
These are among the indications which
factory men had better heed, Throw
away the skinner before it throws you
away. 1t has no legitimate business in
the cheese factory"
LARGE POTATOES FOR SEED.-In the
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Soci-
ETY. of New South Wales, is the follow.
ing experiment relating to the differ
ence in yield from the sets of large and
small potatoes planted: In the month
of September, q relative Of mine (who
was at the time com mandinX one of the
regular traders to this port gave me a
small quantity of very fine potato
which he had brought from England. l
selected two of the finest, which weigh
ed one pound two ounces, and these
were cut up so as to make thirteen sets.
In row next to them planted SINH.
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