The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20
HOUSEHOLD.

IHE hANDS.-lu OTueI tO preserve the
hands soft and white. they should always
be washed in warm water, with fine soap,
and carefully dried with a moderately
coarse towel, being well rubbed every
time to insure brisk circulation, than
which nothing can be more effectual in
promoting a transparent and soft sur
face. If engaged in any accidental pur-
suit which may hurt the color of the
hands, or if they have been exposed to
the sun, a little lemon juice will restore
their whiteness for a time; and honey
soap is proper to wash them with. This
can be procured at any respectable
chemists. Almond paste is of essential
service in preserving the delicacy of the
hands. 1t is made thus: Blanch and
beat up four ounces of bitter almonds,
add to them three ounces of almond
Juice, three ounces of almond oil, and q
little weak spirit of wine. The follow
ing is seryiceable pomade for rubbing
the hands on retiring to rest: Take two
ounces of sweet almonds, beat with
three drachmsi of spermaceti, put up
carefully in rose water.
How TO GIVE CHILDREN AN APPETITE.
Give the children an abundance of
out door exercise, fun and frolic; make
them regular in their habits, and feed
them only upon plain, nourishing food,
and they will seldom, if ever, complain
of lack of appetite. But keep them
overtasked in school, confined closely to
the house the rest of the time, frowning
down every attempt at play; feed them
upon rich or high seasoned food. can
dies, nuts, ETC., allow them to eat be-
tween meals and late in the evening, and
you need not expect them to have good
appetites. On the contrary you may
expect that they will be pale, weak, md
sickly.
Don't cram them with food when they
don't want it, or have no appetite-for
such course is slow murder. If they
have no appetites, encourage, and If
need be, command them to take exercise
in the open air. Don't allow them to
study too much, and especially keep
them from reading the exciting literature
which so much abounds in our book
stores and circulating libraries. In ad
dition to securing exercise for the chill
dren as above, change their diet some
what; especially if they have been eat
luS uuo LOuI, CutuSc W COuIoS VI Ola
ham flour.
Sickness is the most expensive thing
ON the face of the globe. There may be
instances where it makes people or chill
dren better, but generally it makes them
selfish, sad, misanthropic, nervous.
mean and miserable. The best way to
make children happy and good is to
keep them well.-Boston Journal Of
Chemistry.
COFFEE CAKE.-One cup sugar, one of
molasses, one of butter or lard, one of
old coffee, two tablespoonfuls of soda,
one-half pound raisins, one-half pound
currants, tablespoon cinnamon, and
nutmeg to taste.
JENNIE LIND PUDDING.-One cup su-
gar, one egg, one spoonful butter, one
cup sweet milk, one pint -four, two and
one-half teaspoons baking powder. Bake
three-quarters of an hour, and serve
with sauce.
GINGER SNAPs.-One coffee e-cup of su-
gar, one coffee-cup of molasses, one cof
fee-cup of butter, one-third coffee-cup of
sweet milk, one tablespoonful of ginger
and one tablespoonful of soda. Rubsug-
ar and butter together, add cinnamon,
cloves and little -four, then add molas-
ses and ginger, then the soda dissolved
in the milk, and last add -four to maxi
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