New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-02
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

For burns, bind on moistened bak.
ing soda. 1t will give prompt and per.
manent relief.
For bites and stings, apply instant
ly with a soft rag, most freely, spirits
Of hartshorn.
Good red-wash for brick pathways:
Red ocher, five pounds; water-glass,
half q pound; dissolve the latter in
boiling water and add the ocher-to
form thin wash. Apply with a stiff
brush, preferably while hot.
To make the air of room heated
by furnace moist and more agreeable,
hang a wet cloth in front of or over a
register; so that the air will have to
pass through it. OF course the cloth
must be wet frequently, but if only
done few times q perceptible relief
from the dry air will be experienced.
TO wash mourning calico, put the
dress into boiler half full of cold, soft
water; place on the stove and when
the water becomes as hot as you can
bear your hand in it, wash out the dress.
Use hard soap. Rinse thoroughly and
in the last water put in bluing and q
little dissolved glue. DO not use milk
or solt-and-vater for calicoes
TO Cream Potatoes, heat one
tablespoonful of butter in saucepan,
add one teaspoonful of flour, cook I'M
til smooth, but not brown, then add
gradually one large cup of cold milk,
stirring all the time until it boils up;
put in the potatoes, which should be
cut up fine and sailed and peppered;
let them cook about three minutes in
the sauce, just enough to heat them.
Cosmetic gloves. - (For night
weary: Yelk of two fresh eggs, two
tablespoonful; oil of almonds, two
tablespoonful; tincture benzoin, one
dessert spoonful; rosewater, one table,
spoonful. Beat well together. Keep
tightly corked. Paint the inside of the
gloves every night, and do not wear the
same pair longer than two weeks. Use
kid or dog-skin gloves, if you cannot
get India rubber gloves, which are the
BEST.
~Cocoanut-C Creams One pinl q,
milk or water, piece of butter size of an
egg, one cocoanut grated fine Tor one
cup OF desiccated cocoanut), three pints
Ct coffee or granulated sugar. two tea
spoons t1avoring. lemon OF vanilla; boil
slowly until stiff when tried in water o,
on snow; then take fork or knife and
beat as the whites of eggs, until stiff
like frosting. While yet warm make
rapidly into small balls with the hands,
and place on buttered plates and set in
a cool place to stiffen. This recipe will
make about 200 creams, and if made
properly they will be creamy on the in.
side and as nice as those we buy. be-
sides being much fresher.
Baked Indian Pudding.-One quart
4 milk, boiling hot; stir in gradually
seven tah1aspoonsfuls of corn-meal, one
cup OF molasses, two-thirds of cup OF
suet, one cup of -four, nearly one tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in little hot
water, a little salt and cinnamon, and
a few dried plums, cherries, raisins or
currants. Bake very slowly three OF
four hours. This is also good, but
should be steamed instead of baked:
One cup sweet milk, two cups sour milk.
two cups corn-meal, one cup of molass-
es, one cup of flour, one teaspoonfu]
soda and a pinch Of salt, with spices
and fruit to suit the taste. Steam in q
closely-covered pail for four hours. Set
the pail in kettle of cool water, and
let 1t come to boil, and keep boiling
four hours. Care should be taken that
the water does not boil over into the
oail.