River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-16
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

"A couple of figs eaten before break.
fast is an excellent laxative, especially
for children.
I'm baking cake with granulatei
sugar You should use a little less than
the recipe calls for.
Graham Gems: One cupful of flour,
two cupfuls of Graham flour. little mo-
lasses; soften with water; three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder.-Good
Housekeeping.
"A good way to discover the pres
ence of moths, and also to destroy them,
is to place lighted candle IN basin
of water. The moths will be attracted
by the flame, and will drop into the
water.
Dreamed Baked Potatoes: Peel a
quart of potatoes, slice them and put in
layers in baking dish with half-pint
of cream, season with salt, pepper. but
ter and nutmeg; bake in quick oven
and serve hot.-N. Y. World
-Squashes: Slice some nice bacon,
fry it slowly, and remove from the
spider. Have quart of thinly sliced
summer squash. Put this in the hot
gravy Season with pepper and salt.
stew slowly for one hour. = House
keeper.
Tea Ice Cream: Make one pint of
very strong tea, mix il with half gal
Ion of new milk, add one pound of sugar
and one teaspoOnful of extract of CHINA
mon, set it on the stove, and let it sim
mer slowly until the sugar is all dis
solved, then set aside to cool, then
freeze.-Boston Herald.
"A remedy for that distressing dis
ease neuralgia, is given in southern
paper 1t is this: Take an egg and
break it INTO bottle; fill the shell full
of spirits of turpentine, add to the egg;
also shell full of apple-vinegar, and
one of spirits of ammonia. Cork and
shake well, and apply to the afflicted
parts"
-Caramels: One-half cup of butter,
one cup of sugar, one cup of milk, one
cup of molasses. Boil fifteen minutes,
or until it hardens in cold water. Pour
into creased pans and cut into squares
or diamonds before quite cool These
may be favored with vanilla, lemon or
cinnamon to suit the taste.-Detroit
Free Press.
Baked Eggs: Place a small piece
of butter in each compartment of a
common gem or muffin-pan and set it
on the stove until the butter is melted
Break an egg into each compartment,
taking care not to break the yolk. Set
in "a hot oven, and in two or three min
utes turn the pan around. Bake just
long enough to solidify the white of the
eggs (about five TO seven minutes in ALI.
If baked too hard they are not good.
-Sugared Orange: Select the lightest-
colored oranges for this purpose, as they
are more acid than the dark. Peel off
the rind and slice them, latitudinally or
crosswise, about the eighth of an inch
in thickness. Strew over them some
powdered white sugar in the proper
ton of teaspoonful of sugar to each
slice Let them stand fifteen minutes.
They are very palatable in fevers, as
they serve to cleanse the mouth and
keep it cool.-Boston Budget
To Conserve Peaches: The best
peaches for drying thus are soft
peaches, perfectly ripe. Peel them care
fully, cut in rather thin slices and
weigh them. To every pound allow
half pound of white sugar. Boil the
sugar to a strip, and when it is nearly
done put in the peaches part at time
and simmer them for ten minutes. Re
move from the sirup to fiat dishes and
set them in the sun, covered with wire
gauze or muslin on frames. Boil the
sirup down thick, and every day pour
over the peaches some of the strip I'M
til it has all been absorbed and they are
thoroughly dry. Then pack them away
in jars, sprinkling sugar between each
layer.-Ladies' Home journal.