The clarion., 1883-04-11
HOusekeeper's Help.

meal, one cupful of -four, one PIN
Of sour milk, soda to sweeten it.
two eggs, two large spoonfuls of but
ter, one cupful of sugar.
JOHNNY CAKE.-Two eggs, Cne.
half cup of sugar, one half cup Of
butter, one quart of sour milk, one
teaspoonful Of soda, one teaspoonful
Of salt and enough corn meal to make
a thin batter.
To KEEP JUICE OF Pie FROM
BOILING OvER.-Wet the edges Of
both crusts press tightly together
stick a fork several times through
the upper crust to allow the steam to
escape.
To DESTROY Morn OR CARPET
BUGs.-Sprinkle plenty of powdered
borax under the carpet before it is
tackled down, then sprinkle plenty
all arouno the edges of the carpet
after tits tackled down and blow or
shove it under the surface.
ROAST OF BEEF.-A roast of beef
is much nicer if, when you put it in
to the pan to bake, you set it on the
hot stove; let it brown on one side
and turn and brown on the other ::
then add the hot water and season
ing and bake in a hot oven, and tho
juice is retained in the meat.
To MAKE A PERMANENT WHITE
wAsH.-To every pail of whitewash
prepared in the usual way, add a
pint of -four made into starch or
paste. To the whitewash for, the
hen~house, add gas tar, one gffl to a
paleful. This will prevent or dis
perse lice. Chloride of lime scat
tered about where rats and mice fre-
quent will drive them away.
The BREAD.-Pare and boil six
common-sized potatoes until well
done, pour off the water, salt and
mash fine, pour on about two quarts
OF water, have it about milk warm
strain it through colander, add one
cup Of yeast and flour enough to
make batter, stir it up thoroughly,
set 1t where it won't freeze, cover up
with a cloth. Next morning knead
1t up stiff, work it for one hour-the
longer you knead it the better the
bread, let it rise again and knead it
into loaves, it need be kneaded but
very little this time, let rise and bake
II you do not have good bread it is
not your fault.
STEAK!-Beefsteak should ALWAYS
be cut thick and cooked rare. Beef
that is cut from threee.quarters Of
an inch to an inch thick will general
ly be good. First salt, -four and
pepper, if pepper is used in cooking
broilod meats. Use double broiler
Turn often, DO not cook one side and
then the other, but cook both sides
at the same time as nearly as may
be, DO not stick knife or fork into
the meat to try it. Next to a gas
stove, n charcoal fire is the best for
broiling meat. Unless she can eet
the right kind of a rump steak, Miss
Parloa prefers the round. Steaks
and all kinds of broiled meats should
be served on warm plates.
To INDUCE SLEEp.-There are
times whom sleep forsakes us and n
wretched nervous feeling takes pos
session, and the more we trv, the
more we can't go to sleep. A RENE
dy easily to be tried, and which often
proves successful, is to lower the
characterization, by taking slow and
deep inspirations-say twelve to fif.
teen minute. BY this means the
action of the heart will become slower
and teebler; less blood is thrown into
the brain, and very soon a quiet feel |
Ing, ending in sleep is induced. As
by a slight effort of the will any nav |
Try this, we leave the question of its |
value to the test of actual experiment, |
II this fail, rise from the bed, throw |
PACK the covers of the bed, rub the |
limbs briskly with the hand, and |
walk the floor with quick step for
loout ten minutes and then Jump in |
'ed and cover up close don't begin |
o think, and the first thing YOU
'now you won't know nothing.