Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
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VARIoUs SouPs.-For oyster soup,
open the oysters and strain their liquor,
put it into . saucepan with some
butter rolled in -four. and when this is
melted add the oysters and q little
cream; directly it is upon the boil,
serve with the addition Of some lemon
Juice. Beaten mace and white pepper
may be introduced, if approved of.
French cooks also employ little shred
parsley and lemon peel. For pigeon
soup, take eight pigeons, cut mp two OF
the worst, and put them on the fire
with as much water as will make large
tureen of soup, adding the pinions,
pecks, gizzards, and livers of the others;
boil well, and strain. Season the whole
pigeons within with mixed spices and
salt, and truss them with their legs into
their belly. Take a large handful Of
parsley, young onions and spinach !;
pick and wash them clean, and shred
small then take handful of grated
bread, put lump of butter about the
size of a hens egg in frying-pan, and
when it boils, throw in the bread, stir
ring we'll until it becomes Q fine brown
color. Put on the stock to boil, and
the whole pigeons, herbs, and fried
bread, and, when the pigeons are done
enough, dish up with the soup. For
giblet soup, the giblets should be well
washed in warm water two or three
times, the bones broken, the neck and
the head, also, should be split in two.
If goose-giblets are used, a couple of
sets should be dressed but if duck
giblets are cooked, four sets will be
wanted pint of water is to be al
lowed to each set. Put them into cold
water, let them boil up gradually, take
off the scum, and, when they boil, add
some sweet herbs, pepper and salt,
mace, and an onion. Let the whole
stew an hour and half, or two hours,
until the gizzards are tender take out
the giblets, strain the soup, and thicken
it with little -four and q bit OF butter,
and -four it with q tablespoonful of
catsup, or Harvey's or Reading sauce.
Serve up the giblets and soup together.
How TO ALLEVIATE A CoUGH-The
London Lancet, which ought to be
good authority, says: Anodynes, mar
cotics, cough mixtures and lozenges,
are practically of no good, and but too
often increase the debility and hasten
the fatal end. The best method of
easing cough is to resist it with all the
force of will possible, until the accumu-
lation of phlegm becomes greater, then
there is something to cough against,
and it comes up very much easier, and
with half the coughing. A great deal
Of hacking and hemming and coughing
in invalids is nervous, purely nervous,
Or from the force of habit, as is shown
by the frequency when thinking about
It, and the comparative rarity when the
person is SO much engaged that there
is no time to think about it, and the at
.ention is compelled in another direction.
STAIR CARPETs.-To prevent the pile
from separating at the edge of the stair
and wearing of, pads are used. These
are made of low grade of cotton,
covered with the cheapest muslin. A
quilt or comfort that has seen service
will answer the purpose of stair pads.
In addition to increasing the lease of
usefulness of the carpet, the pads pre-
vent noisy clattering of feet, and in
case the baby should fall down stairs
the injury would be materially lessened.
When first laid down the carpet should
be several inches longer than is needed,
that it may be disposed after each
so that fresh place may come
to all the edges. A wisp or small dust
ing broom is the best for sweeping
stair carpets. After thorough sweep
ing, a wet cloth may be used to good
advantage In removing all dust.
CARE OF THE HAIR.-Brushing the
hair every day, the more the better, is
to those who crave a
luxuriant and handsome growth. III it
is very oily wash it occasionally. with
lotion made by mixing one drachm of
soda with half pint of water and add
ing the well-beaten yolks of two eggs.
A teaspoonfnl of ammonia in a quart of
rainwater makes good lotion for the
hair wash it in this frequently, dry it
well, and brush it long time; if the
ammonia is too strong 1t will bleach the
hair and injure it. The use of a lead
comb will darken 1axen and red hair,
and so, it is Said on good authority,
will water in which potatoes have been
boiled. Hair oils and pomsdes are an
abomination, and are, as they should
ever be, entirely out of fashion.
Do NOT ON any account take meat
teas, or allow any in your household to
indulge in this pernicious practice. All
agree that tea, whatever
virtues it may possess, interferes with
the digestion of meat, and hence the
meat tea eater, if he suffers from dys-
pepsia, has only himself to thank.
People who have been out all day and
nave not taken a regular dinner, fancy
that a cup of tea with their meat when
hey go home will prove refreshing.
This is worse than q delusion the
digestive organs are impaired, and the
iood passes out of the body without
having given to the system scarcely any
ECONOMY IN THE USE OF TEA.-The
of work house, at
Wolverhampton, England, according to
he Pal Mall Gazette, has discovered
/ method of making more than the
isual quantity of tea from any given
Quantity of the Leaf. 1t has been salts
investigated by number OF
,ersous. The whole system consists
n steaming the leaf before sleeping.
By this process fourteen pints of q good
quality may be brewed from one ounce
II the tea The method OF steaming is
lot described, but any smart housewife
an devise one for herself, and if the
esult is a good one it will be paying
A Worn ScREw.-The american
Builder says Very often screw hole
,ets so worn that the screw will not
tay in. Where glue is handy, the
egulsr carpenter makes the hole larger
nd CLUES in large plug, making a nest