The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Chocolate Caramels and Orange
Custard-Home Helps.

A Good Fruit Cake.
How to make fruit cake hat will last
a year or more is important to every
should be washed and drained Thoroughly;
n pound of raisins should be likewise
treated and then chopped finely aft er all
the pits lave been taken out; chop also
a half a pound OF citron. Leave this fruit
until the last. Make the cake part as
follows: Beat five eggs and two cups of
brown sugar together, one Of molasses,
half a u Of soul milk, aud spices to suit
the taste. Stir six cups of Hour in this
mixture, and then add fruit, mixing an
other half cup of -four at the same time
to prevent setting.
Orange Custard.
Put one pint sweet milk on to boil in a
custard Kettle. Molsten one heaping
tablespoonful cornstarch in a little milk,
add the well beaten yelks of three eggs
and two-thirds of a cup of sugar, aud
stir into the boiling milk. Peel and cut
fine four oranges and place In custard
bowl and pour over them the custard. hrst
s~weetening them with one half cup of
sugar. Then make a frosting OF the
whites of three eggs. spread over the top,
brown slightly, and put in a cool place.
Serve cold. Delicious.
oOUu ShoCol9to NaihhCASs
One and q half cups of grated choco-
late, four cups of brown sugar, one and
a half CUPS of cold water. an egg-sized
piece of butter, and two tablespoonfuls
of acid vinegar. Boil this mixture on a
stove over a brisk fire until it becomes
brittle on immersion in water. Do not
stir, but shake the vessel while boiling.
When finished pour into a buttered and
Toured dish, divide off into even squares
while soft. A dash of lemon or vanilla,
say two t~ablespoonfuls, gives the cara
mels a dainty flavor.
Useful Hints.
Wash dusty furniture with warm. not
hot, white %soapsuds, in which drop an
ounce of linseed oil in a pail of water;
wipe dry before polishing.
Tie a piece of stale bread in a white
muslin cloth and drop it into the pot
with your boiling cabbage; it will abb
sorb all the offensive smell.
The skin OF a boiled egg is the best
remedy for a boil. Carefully peel it,
wet aud apply to the boil; it draws out
the matter and relieves soreness.
For simple hoarseness take a fresh egg
beat it md thicken withpulverized ugar.
Eat freelysof it and the hoarseness will
soon be greatly relieved.
When your face and ears burn SO ter
TIDlr udUu6 Iuem III very HOb Wdloi, uS hot
as you can bear it. This will be more apt
to cool them that any cold application.
Turpentine is the best known sub
stan &c for removing stains of paint, and
If it is possible to apply the liquid at once
not a vestige of the spots will remain.
There is nothing that proves so effect
ual III relieving congestion of the lungs,
sore throat, or rheumatism as hot water
when applied thoroughly and promptly.
Horseradish cut in thin strips length
wise and a dozen or more of these strips
placed on the top of each keg of pickles
will keep them from becoming stale or
moldy.
Anyone can add strength and weight
to his body by rubbing well with pure
olive oil after a warm bath. Oil baths
are> particularly beneficial to delicate
children.
Those who suffer from a sensitive skin,
subject to frequent irritation and rough
ness, should never wash in hard water.
Boiled water will often prove of benefit
O de licate complexions.