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DELICATE CAKE.-2 cups Of white sugar,
"a cups of butter, cup OF milk, the
whites of eggs, ! teaspoonful of soda,
teaspoonful of cream-tartar. Flour to
taste.
PANApo.-A nice dietetic preparation for
the sick can be made, according TO the
DRUGGISTS Circular, by taking of wheat
bread, ounce; cinnamon, dram; water,
/ pint. Boil them till well mixed, then
add a little grated nutmeg and sugar.
Wine or butter may be added if liked.
PoTATo PUDDING.-Peel.. boil and mash
pounds of potatoes; when ready, take 3
eggs and well beat them; now gradually
add pint of milk, or more ounces OF
moist sugar and a pinch of powdered all
spice: finally blend the whole well to-
gether and bake for three-quarters OF an
hour. Serve with or without sweet butter
sauce, to which a tablespoonful of rum or
two of sherry is an improvement.
A GOOD USE FOR CHICKEN EATHERs.-
Gather the feathers that lie so plentlfully
about the hen house. Cut the plumes
| fl ON the stems and put the former In a
coarse bag. When the bag is full. close it
and let it be kneaded thoroughly with the
hands. In five minutes the feathers be
come disaggregated and felted together,
forming light and homogeneous down,
which can be used in various domestic pur-
poses.
BLEEDING AT THE NosE.-The health OF
persons subject to bleeding at the nose
should be improved by nutritious food.
Violent exercise will sometimes bring 1t
on. Plugging the nOstrils with lint or
cotton wool soaked in strong solution OF
alum will be found to be efficacious.
Where persons are often troubled in this
way regular practitioner should be con
suited. Applications of iced water to the
forehead and face are also good.
BRoILED MUTToN CHoPs.-Cut the chops
from a well hung tenderlOin of mutton, re-
move portion of the fat and trim them
into nice shape; slightly beat and level
them: place gridiron over bright, clear
fire, rub the bars with little fat and lay
on the chops. Whilst broiling frequently
turn them and in about eight minutes they
will be done. Season with pepper and salt,
dish them on very hot dish, rub piece
of butter on each chop and serve hot ana
expeditiously.
TAKE CARE OF THE GRINDSTONE.-A
good grindston. is worth saving If you
leave it in the sun, the top gets hard and
CLASSY. If the lower portion is kept In
trough of water, the portion so saturated
will wear fast, and, consequently, become
fiat. If you have the stone hung true, land
keep it under cover, it will remain as sound
as it came from the quarry; that is, II II
was uniform in quality then, it will remain
so. If YOU have water-tight vessel, sus-
pended over the stone, with faucet OF
other arrangement for letting the water on
the stone regularly, to be graduated al
pleasure, it will be found not only ecOnOm'
ical but very much more pleasant for grind
ing on than stone as usually kept. Lei
our readers try it. There is yet time be
fore q new stone is ruined by hot weather
l-WesteTp Rural.
OATMEAL AS INFANTS FOOD.-lna com
munieation to the SOciete MedicGte de!
Hopitaur, NM. Dujardin-BeaumetZ ant
Hardy made known the results of the EN-
ployment of oatmeal on the alimentatlor
and hygiene of infants. According t(
them, oatmeal is the aliment which, by
/ reason of its plastic and respiratory ele
ments, makes the nearest approach to hui
man milk. 1t also is one of those which
contains most iron and salts, and especi
ally the phosphate of lime, so necessary fol
infants. 1t also has the property of pre-
venting and arresting the diarrhGas which
are so frequent and so dangerous at tins
age. According to the trials made by NJ
Marie. infants from four to eleven months
of age fed exclusively upon Scotch oat
meal and cows milk thrive very nearly a
well as do children of the same age sucked
by a good nurse.