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CooKIEs.-S cups of flour, 2 of sugar, l
of butter, cup of sweet cream, eggs,
teaspoonful of baking-powder; sift white
sugar over when rolled for cutting. Flavor
to taste.
CHLoRAL HYDRATE AND CAMPHoR IN
NEURALGIA.-It is said that the intimate
mixture of equal parts of hydrate and
camphor will produce clear fluid which
il. of the greatest value as local applica-
ton in neuralgia.
COMPOSITION CAKE.-1 pound of sifted
flour, with teaspoonfuls of baklng-pow-
der well sifted through it, pound of su-
gar, ! pound of butter, J pint of sweet
cream, and l gill of white brandy. Bake
in slow oven. Flavor to taste. Citron
or candied lemon improve this cake.
TREATMENT OF BURNs.-The New Y ork
Medical Record states that at the Roosevelt
Hospital whitehead paint has been found,
after trying almost every plan OF treat,
ment hitherto proposed, to be the best ana
cleanest application. Mix as for painting,
but considerably thicker, and apply with
brush. A very neat and satisfactory
dressing in superficial burns consists IN
coating the surface with mucilage, and
then covering it with powdered lycopo-
dunn.
GLACIERS PUTTY AS A SURGICAL DRESS
IyG.-AccOrding to the Medical Press and
Circular, ordinary mixed putty has been
found by Mr.. Couvoll to be the softest and
most applicable means of treating excres-
cences or tumors of various kinds where
compression is desired, as it molds itself
so neatly to the skin. He believes 1t to be
superior to dextrine, silicate of soda, or
plaster bandages. 1t is cheap, and always
attainable.
MINUTE PUDDING.-Bon y pints OF
sweet milk, taking great care 1t does not
burn. Mix 5 large tablespoonful OF flour
into pint of cold milk, with teaspoon
full of salt and half of a nutmeg grated.
When well mixed stir this into the boiling
milk, letting it boil one minute; stir con-
stantly; then remove from the ire, ana
when cool add three well-beaten eggs. Set
back on the fire, and stir till it thickens.
Turn into molds, and serve with wine or
cream sauce.
LEMON PIE.-Make a custard of the
yelks of large eggs, cotfee-cup OF white
sugar. of sweet milk with 3 teaspoOnfuls
of corn-starch dissolved in it, the grated
rind of large lemon, also the pulp and
| Juice, after rejecting the white strlngy
parts and seeds. Fill pie plate prevl-
Ously lined with puff-paste with this Gus
tard, bake till it is thick, like a custard PIE.
Beat the whites of the 3 eggs to still
froth with tablespoonful OF white sugar
and cover the pie, return it to the oven,
and finish a light brown.
CEMENT FOR KNIFE HANDLEs.-The
| D17tgoists' Circular says: The best cement
| for this purpose consists of l pound OF
colophOny (purchasable at all the drug
gists) and ounces of sulphur, which are
! to be melted together, and either kept in
| bars or reduced to powder. One part OF
| the powder is to be mixed with half part
of iron filings, fine sand or brick dust, and
! the cavity of the handle is then to be hlled
with this mixture. The stem OF the knife
or fork is then to be heated and Inserted
| in the cavity, and when cold it will be
found fixed to its place with great tenaclty.
PEACH JELLY.-For table ornament
nothing is more elegant. Dissolve in
! sufficient water ounce of isinglass; strain
it; halve dozen large peaches and pare
them make a sirup of pound OF fruit
sugar and pint of water. Into this put
the peaches and kernels; boil gently 10
minutes, then place the fruit on a plate,
and cook the strip 10 minutes longer; add
| to it the Juice of 3lemOns and the isinglass.
A pyramid mold is very pretty for this.
Fill part full of jelly, and when set, put In
One-quarter of the peaches. Place on ice,
and let it harden; add more jelly, harden,
etc. until full. Let the base of the mold
be jelly.
| How TO CLEAN SOAP-SUDS.-lt Is well
| known, says an Australian paper, that
! little alum dissolved is very effective in
cleaning muddy water; but a short time
since, some alum was applied in manner
which, from its novelty and its valuable
results, is worthy of notice. In a place
where water is scarce at present, little
alum was dissolved in hot water, and
thrown into tub of thick sOap-suds. In
moment the soap curdled, and accom-
panied by the muddy particles, sank to the
| bottom, leaving the water perfectly clear,
pure, and devoid of smell. This water
was found very useful for washing cloth
| inc again, when poured off the sediment.
| A similar result was attained in quick
manner, by filling boiler with sOap-suds,
placing it on fire and throwing bit OF
alum into it. When the suds boiled, the
scum went over and left the water clear,
soft. and as useful for washing clothes as
it had originally been.
CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-First get a good
kind of cucumber, then proceed as fol-
lows: Be careful in picking not to bruise
them, wash them clean; pack them in
stone jars, as they are far the best, with
quart of salt to every peck ofpickles, and
| u gallons of water to every gallons OF
pickles; also lump of alum as large as a
hen'si gg to every gallons OF pickles.
Wien your jar is full put a clean flannel
cloth over them with weight heavy
enough to keep them under the brine, and
keep the cloth clean and free from mold.
Now in soaking them for use, the quicker
it is done the better your pickles will be.
When freshening keep plenty OF fresh
water on them. Now scald in brass or
copper kettle, using weak vinegar for the
purpose, and about enough to cover your
pickles, adding lump of alum large as
quail's egg to every gallon OF pickles.
Scald slowly until they get scalded hot,
but do not let them boil {; take them out
and lay them in a stone jar, using CHINA
mon or cloves 10 suit the taste. Spread
l large coffee-cup of sugar to l gallon OF
pickles over them then pour vinegar mot
too strong) also over them. This vinegar
will do for use again. If made in this
way they will keep for months and be as
plump and sweet as the day they were
put up. Your vinegar should not be too
strong, as that would make them soul
and destroy the taste of the sugar.