The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-06
MORNING STAR AND CATHOLIC MEssENaFR.
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1865
AaTs, SCIENCES, ETC.


Arts, SCIENCES, ETC.
How TO HAVE A CHEAP Hor DINNER
We happened to be present in May last al
the Polytechnic Institute of London while
Prof. Pepper was conducting some very
interesting optical experiments to q crowd
ed and appreciative audience.
This Institute Is one of the most valuable
and instructive in London, and we trust
that in due time we shall have something
like it-and even better-in this city.
A large hall in the building is devoted to
the exhibition of novel inventions, many
of which were remark&bleEfoy their inge-
.nuity. At the time Of visit, a very
voluble little parsonage was summeHiDg the
visitors to examine a small continuance,
which he called the Norwegian Cooking
Apparatus. 1t consisted of tin vessel or
stew pan, having ely.fitting cover, and
into which a piece of mutton or beef, pota-
water at the boiling point. The vessel is
covered so as to be water-tight, and then
carefully enclosed in a felted box, and the
lid sealed. The apparatus before US had
been shut up nearly three and a half hours,
and when opened in our presence, we were
invited along with other half hungry visi-
tors to eat of the viands thus prepared,
which we found we'll cooked and very pala-
table. The lecturer On the cooking appa-
ratus remarked, that the peasants Of Nor
way, wise in their generation, were great
eaters of .porridge. They found that, by
and then Immediately enclosing the sauce
pan, all hot, in little feited box, the ac-
Quired heat was sufficient to complete the
cooking of the porridge and to keep it hot
for many hours,
The Norwegian Government, it appears,
took a leaf out of the peasants book, and
adopted the same plan of cooking, which has
proved success.
The lecturer went on to say that two gen.
tlemen-perhaps himself was one of them
started from Paris with one of these little
felted sauce-pans full of mutton, and upon
reaching London, after eleven hours ride,
the felt covering was removed, the stew
opened, and the inner man regaled with as
choice a morsel as ever Englishman ate, as
sisted, of course, by generous pot of beer,
to which it is said Englishmen are some
what partial.
Now, for working man there is nothing
like good-hot meal. 1t adds force and
power to human muscle. Therefore, in
every farm, in every cottage, let the kettle
be boiled every morning-let the sauce
pans containing the provisions for the days
dinner be placed to boil for five minutes,
box, well fitted inside with cheap felt, and
the family need concern themselves NO
more till the dinner hour afrivee. At that
time it will be found well cooked, and with
the addition of some salt and pepper it will
constitute dish fit to set before king
The laborer can as easily carry the little
Norwegian stew-pan to the field, as he can
his little tin pail.
CoAL.-The oldest coal field in America
is that known as the Richmond or Chester
field Coal Basin, which extends on both
sides of the James river, to within fifteen
or twenty miles above the city of Richmond.
This mine, during the last century, afford
ed the only supply of domestic coal in the
country. It is said to have been discovered
by a little boy, while digging for craw-fish,
and is semi-bituminous.
Fully two thirds of all the coal consumed
by the whole country comes from the State
of Pennsylvania. This, in the main, is an
thracite. A considerable portion is, how
ever, of bituminous character.
How TO TAKE CARE OF TEETH.-We
pie pay too little attention to their teeth
and the result is that dentists find plenty
of employment, and numerous are the dis
eases of the teeth and gums. The teeth
should be cleansed at least twice a day with
a soft tooth powder (precipitated chalk is
the best) and little soap. Unless this
care is taken, tartar is liable to form upon
them, and if suffered to accumulate it
causes Inflammation and absorption of the
gums and gradual lOosening of the teeth,
which can only be prevented by observing
the above simple practice. When tartar,
which is deposit of salts OF lime and Or
ganic matter from the saliva, is allowed to
accumulate, it becomes hard and can only
be removed by the scaling instruments of
the dentist.
KILLING MADE EAsY.-A CHASTITY scien-
tific discovery is reported from Turin,
where Prof. Casturani, the celebrated ocu-
list, has, it would appear, found a way of
killing animals, by forcing air into their
eyes, within the space of q few seconds,
and, it is thought, almost without causing
them pain. Experiments were made at the
Royal Veterinary School, and it is said that
they have fully proved 1.-THE truth of the pro-
fessor's inyention.z~
IMpoRT&NT,-Pur air, fresh water, early
hours, abundant outdoor exercise, proper
food, and appropriate clothing, have great