The Osceola times., 1880-10-02
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Warming Potatoes q Sc eond Tlmc--u,.,
Making-variety IN Daily Food-
RectDes.

in twenty-four hours time, but wben
they fry them over a second time I boya
no sympathy with such economy Wba,
is the use? Potatoes are az chean as
anything we eat, and see no necessitv
of eating what properly belong 10 the
pigs. Potatoes should never be left in
open air after boiling. if you want them
nice to Try over. j have been so annoved
for years with su N practices that de
termined to speak against them 10 10.
mind the perpetrators of their error.
NUsH MAKING.
/ was rather amused the other even.
ing when one of my neighbors came in
just as ! was preparing to make mush in
way that was so different from hers
that she staid TO see me make il, / nnt
the kettle on, pouring the boiling water
from the tea-kettle. which had preyi.
ously filled for the purpose; salted tho
water, and taking my pan of corn meal
which had stirred to so thick batter
with cold water that it would Just pour
Using about half as much meal as I
wished OF mush. poured it in slowly
stirring the while; it became too thick
so ! added water from the tca-kettle.
little at time. Having good fire. the
water had scarcely stopped boiling. and
in about fifteen minutes | set up the
kettle, rinsed some dishes in cold water
so the mush would not stick, and took
t up, done and not a lump in it. Nv
visitor thought il was done neatly and
easily, aud she said she would 90 home
and try my plan. Ms. NJ. D. N.
VARIETY IN DAILY FooD.
The proper variety Is one made up Of
fruits, vegetables, grain and animal food.
the latter consisting of healthy meat egg
or milk in its various forms. With
palatable graham or oatmeal prepara.
tions, especially where milk is freely
used, meat Is seldom carved or found 10
be necessary to high health aul strength,
but when starch, sugar and fat prcpon-
derate, as in the common fare of white
bread and butter, potatoes. pie and q
little sauCe-beef ESPECIALLY steak often
seems an absolute necessity TO one who
has to put forth strength. Coffee can
not possibly supply its place. 1t does
not give strength, but only stimulates it,
or calls it out, making one feel strong
while under its influence. Nourishng
lOOUS really StfcHGlntllS us.
You would hardly believe until YOU
try it. how heartily plain and nourlsh-
ing variety of food is enjoyed by those
who live with reasonable simplicity. II
is easier in every way. All feel m1cli
better and more good naturei, with no
unreasonable craving for confectionery.
pickles or stimulents. II lIghtens the
care of children wonderfully. 1t makes
the cooking more simple and easy, and,
last but not least, il saves the doctors
bills.-Edih Rochester, 1grjcuituria.
RECIPE.
PuFFs-Beat very light the yolks Of
six eggs add pint Of milk, pinch of
salt, the whites Of the eggs beaten to .
iroth. and flour enough to make the
batter like thick cream. Bake in cups
in quick oven.
CoCoANUT CAKE.-Take half cup of
butter, a cup Of sugar, two eggs, bali a
cup of milk, half teaspoon of soda and
whole one of cream Of tartar two
scant cups of flour. Bake in three Jelly
cake tins. Ice the cakes and while the
icing is still soft cover thickly with
grated cocoanut Pile the cakes To-
gethor and cover the loaf with cocoanut.
Our rostofices Compared with the English
Department..
Following the example of the English
Postofiice Department, the department
at Washington has made an attempt by
counting the mail matter for one week
to get a rude guess of the number OF
pieces annually mailed by the United
States. The first seven days in Noyem-
Der was the week selected, and the re-
turn then made multiplied by 50, gives
the total mail of the country for one
year at 2,2l7,06s, ,l29 pieces. The En-
elish postal system Is simpler than ours,
aiiordlng only three varieties OF postal
matter; comparison between the re-
turn now made for the Original" post
office business in this country and that
in England, for the year ending March
81, 1879, is as follows:
Lettcrs....................., s6s,ig372 I,W5 5moe1
Postal tal-cards.....;..",..... 276il6,dl lllr"1"
Newspapers aud print
ed matter..-...........liOl 9,i9},%D Sl'"HHW
Tha last item in this county, besides
newspapers and magazines, includes,
under books, circulars and misccllane-
Gus printed matter" 3OO,Si5, ,4SO pieces
Of which much the largest share are
circulars, reckoned in the English return
as letters is about the same in the two
countries The return of mail matter for
the United States includes, in addition
to the items given above, ARTICLES OF
merchandise" to the amount Of 22,63i,-
456. The ten states in which the largest
amount of mail matter originated are as
follows:
New York, SIS. $50, ,724; Pcnnsylvanla
POI, l96,0S0 Ohio, 1866, 800; Illinois,
l67, ,944;s6s Massachusetts, ll5,973S6l;
Missouri, 92,057 $50; Michigan, 81 l35,-
364; Iowa, 81, ,297 $50; Indiana, 81 w.
POS; and Wisconsin, AZ 9i3,06i Nearly
80 per cent. of the mail matter reported
Originated in the fifty prlncipl cites OIL
the country.