Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-07-08
The far,n aud fireside,
COFFEE MAKING.

woman All that this man meant was, that
since ninety-nine women in a hundred did not
not know how to make coffee, the brewing of it
would bring trouble to them in reproaches
from the men.
Now Miss Juliet Carson very kindly comes
forward in defence of her sex, and is willing
to tell how coffee is made. We recommend
most particularly the receipt which is called
Coffee with Stick It is perfectly posi-
BILE to make the lest coffee in this way, provi-
ding there is coffee, a pot, stick and hot water,
Having tasted coffee made with stick we
declare it to be admirable. We are sure that
this Summer MANY of our readers, when in the
woods, will make their coffee "with stick, y
and will thank Miss Carson for having added
to their comforts.
May we as simple commentators on coffee,
say that Turkish coffee is excellent. There
is a very stupid prejudice against the grains
in coffee. Just you take, reader, some day,
any little copper vessel which will stand tire
and will hold about half a glass of water, and
pounding your coffee as fine as you can get
it. adding a lump or so of sugar, put in your
water and bring up quickly to the boil, then
let it stand minute and drink it. Now tell
me if it is not barbarOus, but good? A few
coffee grounds do no harm. Turks deem the
sediment an admirable tonic, and thus drink
it in Stamboul.
The best coffee is a hot, clear, fragrant in
fusion, aromatic and eXhilarating. 1t can be
made in any rather deep vessel either coffee
pot, a tin pail an earthen pitcher or an iron pot
will answer the purpose, always providing the
utensil is clean. Intense heat is required to
develop all the valu ,ble properties of the berry,
but actual boiling dissipates its delicate vo-
latile oil and extracts it's tannic acid the ac-
tion of this acid upon the cream or milk gener-
ally used with coffee is to harden their albu-
men into an indigestible compound which IL
ritates the sensitive membranes of the diges-
tive organs.
The strength of coffee must be decided by
taste One ounce, or two heaping tablespoon
fuls, of ground coffee will make quart of
pleasant well favored beverage, suitable for
breakfast. Cafe noir, or black coffee, used
after dinner, requires cupful OF water. Glo-
ria, or burnt coffee, needs a like proportion of
coffee and water. French coffee, as served on
the continent, requires six ounces of coffee to
each quart of water, and the addition Of three
quarters of an ounce of chicory. Below we
give receipts for all these beverages:
Coffee with a stick-Have ready the guam
tity of water actually boiling if you use a
pitcher, heat the coffee in frying pan, stirring
it over the fire one minute. If you use pot
or pail, heat the coffee the same length OF time
in that. For one quart of water use two
heaping tablespoonfuls of ground coffee. When
the coffee is hot, pour the boiling water upon
it and stir it with stick or spoon for one
minute; let it stand by the side of the fire
where it will keep hot, but not boil, for one
minute then stir again for one minute keep
it by the fire for two minutes to let it settle,
and then pour it into cups carefully enough
to leave the grounds at the bottom of the YES
sci. The object of stirring is to thoroughly
Saturate the coffee with the boiling water,
so that the grounds will sink to the bottom
with their own weight.
Cafe Noir-Proceed as above, allowing one
cupful of coffee to each quart of boiling water;
if you use coffee pot with percolator, or
strainer, put the coffee into that and pour the
boiling water through it gradually let it stand
near the fire while you are pouring in the
water, do not stir or shake the coffee pot, and
serve the coffee as soon as you have added all
the water.
Gloria-Make the same as cafe noir; sweet
Ell it almost to syrup, and pour little
brandy into each cup over the bowl of spoon,
set it on fire, and when it is half consumed,
blow out the flame and drink the coffee.
French Coffee-Stir together over the fire
six ounces of coffee and three-quarters of an
ounce of chicory until hot; pour over it
one quart of boiling water, set it by the side of
the water for ten minutes, and then serve it
With milk anu sugar.
NEW TREATMENT OF CANCER.-The LOn-
don Lancet gives some particulars of investi-
cations at Queens Hospital, Birmingham, by
DR.. John Clay, touching new method of
treating cancer. A study Of the pathology of
cancer led him TO the opinion that carbohy-
drate of some kind might prove beneficial, and
for several reasons he decided that Chian tur-
pentine might prove the most suitable. Mr..
Clay reports several cases in which remarka-
BILE benefit evidently resulted, with every
prospect of permanent cure. The new rene
dy was administered in pills as follows Chan
turpentine, six grains flowers of sulphur,
four grains; to be made into two pills, to be
taken every four hours. In case where the
turpentine could not be digested in pills, twas
made into an emulsion. An ethereal solution
of Chan turpentine was prepared by dlssolV-
ing one ounce of turpentine in two ounces of
pure sulphuric ether (an;esthetic). Of this
solution, one-half ounce; solution OF traga-
canth, four ounces; syrup, one ounce; flow
ers of sulphur, forty grains; water, sixteen
ounces; one ounce three times daily. The
maximum dose Of the Chan turpentine which
can be safely and continuously given is twen-
ty-tive grains daily. 1t is advisable to discon-
tinue the remedy for a few days after ten or
twelve weeks constant administration, and
then to resume it as before.
Commenting on the effects of the new med
icine, DR.. Clay says "The turpentine appears
to act upon the periphery of the growth with
great vigor, causing the speedy disappearance
of what is usu lily termed the cancerous infil-
tration, and thereby arresting the further de-
velopment Of the tumOr. 1t produces equally
efficient results on the whole mass, seemingly
destroying it's vitality, but more slowly. 1t
appears to dissolve all the cancer cells, leaving
ha fN hc1Omp cnhopOnQntIV 1trOnhlpn
and the frmer structures gradually to gain a
comparatively normal condition. 1t is most
efficient anodyne, causing an entire cessation
of pain in few days, and far more etfectually
than any sedative that have ever given. In
the cases l have described no sedative was
employed in any instance, although in some
cases where great pain had existed previously
to commencing the treatment, large doses had
been given. Whether this arrest of pain arises
from the death of the tumor, or is due to there
being no longer irritation of the sentient
nerves lin consequence of tension being with
drawn by the removal of the cells), the fact is
the same.n
WATERING GARDENs-In the summer
drouths which now and then occur, it is COM
mon to see persons everywhere at work water
ing the gardens to keep things alive until the
regular rains come. 1t is, however, the eXpe
rience of all that the more garden is Wa
tered the more it wants, and thus on the
whole it does little good. Yet water can be
so given as to be free from this objection. 1t
is the hardening Of the surface which causes
the evil, and hard compact surface always
dries out faster than loose one. The proper
way is to take the earth away for a few inches
around the plant to be Watered, so as to make |
sort of basin, and into this pour the water,
letting it gradually soak away. After it has |
all disappeared and the surface getsa little dry,