The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-12
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Keep your sleeping-rooms at fifty -
sixty degrees in winter.
1t is said that one or two apples
placed In cake-box will cause moder-
ately rich cake to remain moist for .
long time. provided the apples are re-
ncwed when withercd.
Chocolate Candy: Two cupfuls Of
sugar. one-half cupful Of milk. one table,
spoonful Of cornstarch. two tablespoon.
fuls of grated chocolate and small
piece of butter. Boil until it will harden.
Boston Budget.
Hunting Nuts: One pound of flour,
half a pound o. brown sugar, one large
cupful Of molasses. two tablespoonfuls
Of butter and a dessertspoonful Of gin-
ger; mix these ingredients well together;
make the dough into small nuts, and
bake in . buttered baking tin.-Boston
Herald.
Little Plum Cakes ito keep q long
while)-Dry one pound of flour and
mix with six ounces Of fincly-pounded
sugar; beat six ounces of butter to q
cream. and add to three eggs well beat
en-. half pound Of currants. washed and
nicely dried, and then the -four and
sugar. Beat ell for some time; then
dredge flour on tin plates and then drop
the batter in them the size of walnut.
If properly mixed it will be stiff
paste. Bake in brisk oven.-Detroit
Free Press.
A correspondent of the American
Agriculturist writes that the proper way
to lay plank in walk is with the lines
OF the grain curving downward instead
Of upward. A glance at the end of .
plank will show what is meant. In the
one case the grain forms succession Of
overlapping roofs. and all liquids perco-
late through the loose grain and drain
away. allowing the plank to dry quick
ly, while in the other. with lines curv.
ing upward. the grain forms successive
cups or cutters. which catch and hold
the rain-water. and in consequence tho
wood rapidly decays.
A delicious home made candy Is
made of maple sugar and walnuts.
Take one cupfnl Of water and two
cupfuls Of maple sugar nicely pow.
dered. Cook these together without
stirring, and when nearly done, put
in q small piece of butter. Try in
water, and when it begins to harden,
take of and stir rapidly until it be-
comes of the conscience of wax. Then
make into balls. put halves of English
walnuts or hickory-nuts on either side
of the balls and leave them on CREASED
plate to cool. No manufacturers can
dies can exceed these in delicacy and
richness.-N. Y. Ledger.
Breast of Lamb a la Milanaise:
Breast of lamb. quarter of pound of
macaroni. one lemon, half pint of wa
ter; place layer of thin slices of ba-
con in a braising pan: lay the breast u
lamb on them: peel the lemon and cut
in thin slices and place the slices on the
meat: cover these with . few moro
slices of bacon; add an onion cut fine and
half pint Of water; also salt and lit
tie pepper: cover closely and let it sim-
mer slowly about two hours: prepare
the macaroni and place it upon plat.
ter and tn. breast Of lamb on ii, make
rich gravy from the drippings and
pour on the whole. e.-Boston Herald.
Persons who have had new windows
to wash will be sure to recollcct the
botheration caused by the st.eahs o1
putty oil and drops of paint. More than
half the labor of removing these may
be saved by taking wet cl,th. dipping
1t into ordinary baking-snla. ard rub.
bing the paste thus made thinly oycr
the glass. After this has remained
about fifteen minutes il can be easily
removed by washing in warm. scft wa.
ter. without soap. bring oil and stains
with it. If the glass is then rubbed dry,
and afterward polished with dry whit
ing and chamois skin. the most fastidiou.
eye can discover no blemish.-Dostou
Beacon,