River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-10-29
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Damp salt will remove the discol-
Grafton of cups and saueers caused by
tea and careless washing. Detroit Free
Press.
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.
For a simple tea. jam sandwiches.
thin. dainty, and devoid of crust. piled
lightly on plate, with spread napkin.
are .elished sweet.-N. Y. Times.
When your face and ears burn so
terribly battle them in very hot water,
as hot as you can bear it. This will be
more apt to cool them than any cold
application.
India ink is made from fine lamp
black eompacted and cemented with
glue. The finest black is derived from
pork fat The glue is made from buff
falo ide.-Scientifc American.
Mock Lemon Pie: One-half cup
vinegar, one-half cup water, one-half
cup brown sugar, one tablespoon but
ter. Bake in lined pie plates, and when
baked add the whites of two eggs. well
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and return to oven and brown. Detroit
Free Press
Ginger Snaps: One large cup mo-
lasses; put in pan, set ON stove, add two
heaping tablespoonfuls butter and two
of ground ginger; when it boils and the
butter is melted take off stove, put in a
teaspoonful of cooking soda, and while
il is hot sift in -four enough TO roll out
thin; cut and then bake.-Old Home
stead.
-Marblehead Chowder: Fry several
slices of pork. and break mp a dozen
hard crackers: cut fine four or five
onions Take out the pork and lay in
half the cracker and half the onions.
then lay in the slices Of fish cod is pre-
ferred. and cover with the rest of the
cracker and onion; season with salt and
pepper. and cover with boiling water
Cook slowly an hour.-Boston Budget.
Cinnamon Bun: One pound -four, a
little salt, quarter pound butter, half
/ pound sugar, half pound currants thor
oughly washed and heated dry in the
oven. half cake of compressed Yeast,
and sufficient lul1ewarm water to make
+ a dough; mix well, cover. and put in a
/ warm place To rise; bake in shallow
/ pans in moderate oven, and just be-
/ fore removing from the oven dredge
/ powdered cinnamon and fine sugar over
/ the top. putting it back in the oven UNI
/ til the sugar melts.-Old Homestead.
-Sauteing: To ''saute" anything
means to dress it quickly in small
/ pan, with very little butter, oil, lard
/ or dripping. doing one side at a time;
/ two spoonfuls OF oil win be enough to
/ saute a small chicken in; the art of
( sauteing well consists in doing it quick
/ Is, to keep the gravy and succulence in
/ the meat; it is an economical mode of
/ dressing small things of every kind OF
/ food: it is very different from frying,
which is really boiling in hot fat, and
requires a greater quantity of butte r,
/ oil, etc-Boston Herald.
-Sweet-potato pie and Irish potato
/ pie are both well-known desserts. To
make the sweet-potato pie boil mealy
sweet potatoes till about half done, then
4 CRATE them. Beat q half tcacup OF but
/ ter and a teaeup Of scear to a cream.
/ Add the beaten yollSs of four eggs, the
/ juice and grated rind of a lemon, and b
degrees the grated potato Then add a
4 wine-glass of milk. Line the pie plates
with this MIXTURE and cover with the
merangue. White-potato pies are made
in the same way. with half the quantity
of butter.-N. Y. Tribune.
"A simple method of curing sunburn
is TO bathe the face before retiring
with solution of tincture of benzoin
/ and cold water, in the proportion Of a
I teaspoonful of the tincture to "a cup OF
water. Let IL dry on the face for .
few minutes. then rub it with sweet
/ cream. Wipe it off soon after with a
/ sof. linen towel. In the morning battle
the face in water as hot as you can
+ bear with a sponge aud then battle ii
+ ia cold water. drying it thoroughly.
+ Before applying the benzoin at night
be careful that all dust is removed, and
that the skin Is perfectly clean and
/ pure. Take special care to get no ben
zoin in the eyes, as il is very painful,
+ Treat the face in this way for several
+ DAYS and all traces of Sunburn viii dis
I appear y. Y. Tribune