Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-24
humblest kind in hearty and appre-

4 clatiye manner.
When a patient is suffering from
fever and the skin is hot and dry, a
saleratus bath is often found to give at
least temporary relief. This bath can
be given to the patient in the bed,
without removing the bed-clothes, or
his own clothing.
Snowflake Cakes.-Half cupful
each of butter and lard, two cupfuls Of
powdered sugar, one cupful of milk,
whites of five eggs and three cupfuls
OF flour; favour with vanilla and bake
in small tins
Wine Whey. Boil one pint of milk,
and when about TO run over add one
wineglass of white wine; let it boil up
again, and then remove it from the
fire; let it stand about ten minutes, and
romCve the curd, pour the clear whey
into a glass and sweeten to suit taste.
Babies cry for water and are cram
med to repletion with milk instell,
and cry the more, for which they get
paIagoric, nauseous OIL etc. They
need wster as much as older people,
both physiologically and feelingly. and
should be regularly supplied with all
they will drink.
To prepare lime water fer use in
milk put lump about the size of an
egg in a glass bottle (frult jar is CON
venient); add water until the lime is
Stacked and of the consistency of
cream. The lime settles to the bottom
leaving the water clear. Three or four
teaspooufuls of this may be added to
a goblet of milk.
Summer Mince Pie.-One cupful of
chopped raisins, one cupful of rolled
crackers, one cupful of molasses, one
cupful of brown sugar, one-half of a
cupful Of vinegar, one-half of a tea
spoonful of cinnamon, one-half of
teaspoonful each of allspice and cloves
che-half of a nutmeg, one-fourth of a
cupful of melted butter Bake in two
crusts.
One of the most satisfactory wax
finishes for wood is made by boiling a
quarter of a pound of white wax with
one ounce of pearl ash and one quart
of water. 1t is to be stirred while boil
ing, the stirring being afterward con-
til red until cold The composition is
to be applied with paint brush,
after which the surface is rubbed until
dry with velvet plush
Spiced currants, to serve with meat.
are an agreeable relish. To four
Quarts of currants, washed and stem
med, add two and one-half quarts of
light brown sugar, one spoonful of
ground cinnamon, one of ground cloves
and a half a spoonful of ground all
spice, also che pint of wine vinegar.
Mash the currants, stir often and cook
slowly for two hours.
\ Good Stew.-Take a pound or more
of lamb or veal cut from the best end
of the neck. Cut this into small ME
say an inch square or less, put it over
the fire and let it simmer a quarter
OF an hour, adding to every pound of
meat pint Of fresh green shelled peas
1 ana sufficient water Just to cover them
When nicely done, season with salt
Topper, butter and cream.
German Puffs. Put half Mound of
futter and teacupful of milk on the
IRE; have ready in bowl a cupful of
slited flour; when the milk and but
ter nave boiled stir the mixture grad
ually into the flour and beat till per-
iectly smooth. Beat in six eggs, leav-
ing out the whites of two; add three
tablespoons of sugar and a little lem
on rind. Drop the batter into small
patty pans and bake the puffs in n
moderately hot oven.
Light Pudding. - To a pint of water
add the juice and thinly pared rind of
a lemon, and boil in a saucepan: re-
move from the fire and stir in half 4
pound of butter and a cupful of sugar,
then mix in very gradually and
smoothly half pound of -four, and
let it cool; then add sin well beaten
eggs and teaspoonful of baking pow
der, half ill some huttered cups and
bake for twenty minutes in quick
oven. serve with a wine sauce and
currant or any kind of jelly desired.
Mushrooms with toast Rub the
tops of your mushrooms with a piece Of
flannel dipped in salt. Have some but
ter heated in a saucepan into which
put the mushrooms with ssIt, cayenne
and ground mace; let them stew gently
until the butter has almost disap-
peared, when add cream and the
grated rind of a lemon Set back when
they Will only simmer until quite
done Have toasted bread cut in
rounds, serve the mushrooms on them.
and put a squeeze Of lemon Juice over
each.
Apple Meringue Hessert-Pare and
core enough tart, easy-cooking apples
10 make quart when cooked. Put
them into a shallow and broad-bot-
toned saucepan, so that they shall not
be piled deep upon each other. Just
cover the bottom of the saucennu With