River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-02-13
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

"A strip of flannel or napkin folded
iengthwise and dipped in hot water and
wrung out and then applied around the
neck of a child that has the Group, will
usually bring relief in ten minutes.
-Whisk-Broom Holder: Cover two
pieces Of cardboard about six inches
square with red silesia. Then with
maciame twin crochet piece in shell
stitch just large enough to cover it all
over. Make row of scallops top and
bottom. Use ribbon for handles and
bows at the sides.-Toledo Blade.
Washington Jelly Cake: One cup OF
sugar, one tablespoon butter, yelks of
two eggs, nearly two-thirds of a cup OF
milk, two and one-half cups flour, and
two tablespoons baking powder. Bake
in fat tin, spread with jelly and frost
with an icing made of the whites of two
eggs and one tablespoonful of sugar.
Place in the oven and brown slightly
The Housekeeper.
"A cheap grade of licking, or heavy
unbleached cotton cloth, are the best
materials for covering heavy tacks to be
used over mattresses, husk or straw
beds. All mattresses should have a
cover to slip over them made of I'M
bleached cotton cloth. Cut them in box
shape, as mattress is, have one end
open and tie together with tapes.--
Household.
Caramel Frosting: One cup of sugar,
six tablespoonfuls of milk, piece of but
ter the size of walnut; put on the
stove, and when 1t boils see that it does
not stick to the dish, and boil seven
minutes; take from the stove, and add
two teaspoonfuls essence of vanilla; stir
until cool enough to put on the cake. II
1t should seem too hard, and crumble
before putting on the cake, add cold
milk, dessert-spoonful at time, and
stir, not putting on the stove again.
This will frost one cake.-Yankee
Blade.
-Marshmallows may be made by dis
solving one-half pound of gum arabic in
pint of water and adding one-half
pound of sugar, stirring constantly I'M
til the strip is smooth and of the con-
sistency of honey. To this the whites
of four eggs, well beaten, should be
added, stirring the mixture until it is
somewhat thin and does not adhere to
the finger. Flavor to taste and pour
into tin busted with powdered starch.
When cool divide into small blocks.-N.
Y. World.
Stuffed Cabbage: Take head of cab
bage and pour boiling water on it until
the leaves wilt sufficiently to be turned
back without breaking, remove the
heart and chop it fine, add an equal
quantity of cold ham and chicken,
chopped, also two hard boiled eggs.
chopped, a teaspoonful of salt, tea
spoonful of pepper, one teaspoonful of
butter, quarter of a teaspoonful of
mustard; stuff the cabbage, tie the
leaves to preserve the shape, place in
muslin bag, boil in salted water two
hours, and serve witch drawn butter
Boston Pilot.
Apple Short Cake: Make crust as
for baking powder biscuit; butter pie
tin, take piece of dough sufficient to
press out with the hands to half an inch
in thickness and the size of the tin;
place in the tin and spread the top with
butter, mould out similar piece and
lay on the top of this and bake. Pre-
pare tart apples, as for sauce, adding a
piece of butter the size of a hickory
nut. When the crust is done, carefully
divide the layers, spread with butter,
and put the hot apple-sauce between.
Serve with sugar and cream, or other
sauce as nreferred