Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-08-02
Aa- transient EMBELLISHMENTS PAYABLE INVARI
FARd AND PRESIDE.

the care OF their infants, which, it is Sug-
gested, if followed must have a very great
effect in diminishing the death rate among
infants
Nursing of Infants. does
more harm than anything else; nurse an
infant month OF two old every two or
three hours.
Nurse an infant six months and over, five
times in twenty four hours, and no more.
II an infant is thirsty give it pure water
or barley water, no sugar.
On the hottest days few drops of whis-
key may be added to either water or food :;
the whiskey not to exceed teaspoonful in
twenty four hours.
Feeding of Intants.-Boil a teaspoonful
ofpowdered barley ground in coffee grim
der) and gill of water, with little salt,
for fifteen minutes, strain, mix it with
half as much boiled milk, add lump of
white sugar, size of a walnut, and give it
lukewarm from a nursing bottle. Keep
bottle and mouthpiece in bowl of water
W hen not in use, to which little soda NAV
| be added.
| For infants five or six months old, give
| half barley water and half boiled milk with
salt and lump of sugar.
For older infants give more milk than
barley water. a
For infants very costive give oatmeal in
stead of barley. Cook and strain as be-
fore,
When your breast milk is only half
enough, change off between breast milk
and this prepared food.
In hot weather, if blue litmus paper. ap-
piled to the food, turns red, the food is too
acid, and you must make a fresh mess, or
add small pinch of baking soda.
Infants of six months may have beef tea
or beef soup once day by itself or mixed
with other food, and when ten or twelve
months old a crust of bread and piece of
rare beef to suck.
No child under two years ought to eat
at your table.
Give no candies, in fact, nothing that is
not contained in these rules, without a
DOCTORS orders.
Summer Conaplaint.-It comes from
overlooking and hot and foul air. Keep
doors and windows open.
Wash your well children with cold wa
ter twice day, and oftener in the hot sea-
son.
Never neglect lOoseness of the bowls in
an infant; consult the family or dispensary
physician at once and he will give you
rules about what it should take and how it
should be nursed. Keep your rooms as
cool as possible, have them well ventilated
and do not allow any bad smell to come
from sinks, privies, garbage boxes or gut
tiers about the house where you live. See
that your own apartment are light. Where
an infant is cross and irritable in hot
weather trip on the water will do it a
great deal Of good and may prevent chole-
"a infantum.
ORANGE SHORT CAKE.-There is very
good substitute for strawberry short cake
In orange short cake.-For good sized
family and guest or two, take four oranges
take Oft the peel and slice the fruit in very
thin slices in deep dish, with plentiful
sprinkling of white sugar. Let them re.
main an hour or two this way. Make up
the dough for the short cake, roll out quite
thin, lay it on tin and place on it layer
OF the slices of orange, only one layer in
thickness; then another layer Of dough and
another of orange; then the top layer of
dough. Bake it carefully, but well done,
and it will be fully as satisfactory as straw
berry short cake.
COMMON SENSE IN HORSE SHOEING.-
Usually needless amount of the hoof is
pared away. In perfect foot all that
should be cut off is the lower surface on
which the shoe is to rest Sometimes. to
render the tread level, one side wants cut
ting away more than the other, and often
there IS excessive growth at the toe, and
amewhat at the heel, which excess should
be cut away. The shoe should be fitted on
On the foot, and not the foot to the shoe.
as is usually done. A healthy frog should
never be interfered with. The purpose of
the frog is to mitigate the Earring produced
by the bringing of the feet to the ground.
RATS AND MICE will 20 into trap
much more readily if piece of looking
glass is put in any part Of the trap where
they can see themselves. They are social
little creatures, and where they can see
any OF their tribe, there they will 60. Our
informant says: I am quite sure of the
effect the looking glass has, as 1 properly
Dated my trap Tor whole week without
being able TO coax one of the depredators
in; bit the first night after putting in the
ooklng-glass caught two-one very large
and one small rat; and every night since
The device has made one or more prison.
ers.
GREEN BEANS FOR WINTER UsE.-T
gather them the same as if was cooking
Them. Spread out on cloth, and dry in
The shade, where the wind can blow on
'hem. They are better if the bean is large
n the pod. Soak, the night before cooking
hem. Put on quite early in the morning.
or it takes longer to cook them than
fresh beans.
To STIR FLOUR STARCH.-A little old
visp, made of some pieces of old broom.
led firmly together. is an excellent thing
O still -four starch with; it removes the
jumps, and makes it perfectly smooth. AL
Ways pour boiling water on the flour. after
settlng with little cold water, and allow
to scald before using.
TEA is best made in an earthenware tea.
of which should be kent dru fo, n