The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-23
. USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Vanity Cakes. --Yelks of eight eggs
and one cup OF sugar. Knead with
flour, and fry in hot fat Roll them
and cut in fancy shapes before frying.
Cracker Pie. To common-sized
tin, allow one cup of cracker crumbs,
One-half pint of water, one teaspoonful
of tartaric acid, one cup of sugar and
spice to suit the taste. Bake with two
CrustS.
When color on q fabric has been
accidentally or otherwise destroyed by
acid, ammonia should be applied to
neutralize the acid, after which an APP
plication of chloroform, will, in almost
all cases, restore the original color.
An old-time remedy revived is that
OF smoking a horse with cotton rags
likes to inhale the smoke. and it should
be continued till the water runs from
his nostrils. A similar method used to
be resorted to to restore young chick
ems. When apparently at the last gasp
they were held, not merely near the
hearth fire but over it, in the smoke,
where they would soon revive, not APP
parently choking. Perhaps some mi
mute enemy is Killed, as aphides and
thrips are, by the Immigration.
"A Mold of Cold Meat.--A pound or
little more of cold meat-beef,. mutt
ton, anything except pork-two ounces
OF maccarOni, one teacupful OF fine
bread crumbs, q tablespoonful of butter,
one egg, pepper and salt. Cut the
meat very fine. Wash the maccaroni
in cold water then boil for half an hour
drain and cut into inch-lengths. Mix
and salt, mix thoroughly, bind together
with the beaten egg and pack into .
well-greased basin or bowl and steam
for an hour. This is very nice for
breakfast or tea, sliced and eaten cold
Christmas Plum Pudding. A pound
Of suet cut in pieces, q pound of cur
rants and pound of raisins, stoned,
four eggs, half grated nutmeg. an
ounce Of citron and lemon peel, shred
fine, ateaspoonful ofbeaten ginger, half
pound of bread crumbs, half q pound
of flour and pint of milk. Beat the
eggs first, add half the milk, beat them
together, and by degrees stir in the
flour, then the suet, spice and fruit, and
as much milk as will mix it together
very stiff, then take clean cloth, dip
in boiling water and squeeze dry; while
the water is boiling put in your pudding
and boil five hours.
1t is not necessary that the feet
should be actually frozen to produce
chilblains. Children often suffer in
tensely from this cause; after playing
out doors in the snow and getting their
feet very cold they come into the house
and warm their feet by the fire. These
sudden changes produce an unhealthy
condition of the skin of the feet, the
proper circulation is interfered with,
and there is intense itching and burn
ing. The following was popular chill;
blain lotion some years ago: saf-ammo-
MAC half o.. water one gill, alcohol half
gill, and muriatic acid one dram. We
have seen the application of kerosene
highly commended for painful chill
blains, but have not had occasion to try
it.-Anserica,s AgricuAurist.
The finest furniture will be soon
defaced if it do not receive careful atten-
ton very often. The very best will not
be injured by washing with q soft
sponge wet in clear cold water. Squeeze
the sponge gently so that the water will
not drip, and then rub the furniture
with it. penetrating into all the fine
carving; then take soft chamois-skin,
and wipe and rub as dry as possible,
taking care to dry all the moisture from
every seam and crevice, even if neces-
sary to get at it by wrapping the
chamois-skin on the point Of blunt
stick or ivory crochet-needle. As the
rubbing and drying proceed, when the
chamois becomes quite damp, wiring it
between two dry cloths to absorb all
the moisture possible, and polish of
lastly with q clean dry akin.