The Osceola times., 1880-04-10
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Cookery vs.. Braihs-Heaith Hints-Dome--
tic Receipes.
COOKERY VS.. BRAINS.

COOKERY VS.. BRAINS.
According to paragraph IN the New
York Tunes the chsfe in French cookery
are paid most exravagant salaries. 1t Is
true that some of the work which they
do is high art" and il is easier to COM
pose a new poem than new dish; TO
design piece Of statuary han TO con-
coct an original sauce or gravy. But the
salaries paid TO these artists of the
kitchen viii still help TO explain why 1t
is that many better men, OF higher and
nobler aims, are left sometimes to starve.
In New York these cooks salaries are
much higher than in Paris, but then you
must pay your CHEZ for the pains and
penalties inflicted upon him by expa-
triation. The Lotos club pays its cook
$1,000; the New York club $4,000; the
Union League a 500; the Manhattan
II, 700; the Union 900; the Knlcker-
booker s. 500. Among the hotels, tie
n. eyoort pays $4,000 the Buckingham
$4,000, the Clarendon 81 800, the Metro
politan $4,000; the Astor, st. Nicholas,
Delmonico and Broadway the same, and
the Fifth Avenue 5000. The salaries
are higher than those paid to the ma
jority of ministers Of the gospel, college
professors and government employees.
HEALTH HINTS.
A DRINK prepared as follows is said to
be good for the lungs: Wash clean &
few pieces of Irish moss; put in pitch
er, and pour over it two cups of boiling
water. Set where it will keep at the
boiling point, but not boil, for two hours.
Strain, and Squeeze into it the Juice Of
one lemon. Sweeten to taste. II the
patient cannot take lemon, flavor with
vanilla or nutmeg.
The Druggists Crcltlar says: Extra
ordinary stories are told Of the healing
prop rites of a new oil which is easily
made from the yolk of hens clgs The
eggs are first boiled hard, aud the yolks
are then removed, crushed then placed
over fire, where they are carefully
stirred until the substance il just on the
point of catching fire, when the oil
separates and may be poured Off One
yo.k will yield nearly two teaspoonfuls
of oil. 1t is in general use among the
colonists OF South Russia as a means of
curing cuts and bruises, etc.
TIE exciting and stimulating proper,
/ ties of pure oxygen are well-known. and
every one has ielt the invigorating infiu-
| ence of fresh air, yet no practical appli-
/ cation has been made of these benefi-
I cial properties of a substance so cheap
and universal. When the body is weak
the BRAIN fatigued, and the whole system
| in a state Of lassitude, just 20 into the
open air, take afsw vigorous expirations,
and the effect will be instantly perceived.
The individual irving the experiment
will feel inyigorated and stimulated, the
blood will course with freshness, the
lungs will work with increased activity,
I the whole frame will feel reyiyitied,
and natures stimulent will be found the
best.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Home Cup Cake-Two cups sugar, one
cup of butter. one cup of milk, three
eggs, three tablespoonful cream tartar,
one of soda, flour TO m Ike It proper con-
sistency.
Com and Tomatoes pleasing variety
for the table may be made by taking OF
corn and tomatoes each one can, place
together in a saucepan, season, and allow
to stew just lolg enough to be we'll
cOoked-do not add water.
A Nelr DiSh.-A Frenchman has in
vented a new dish and Paris has gone
crazy over it. Take head of celery and
boil the heart in vinegar water for a
quarter OF an hour, wipe it dry and place
it in a sauce made of sugar favored with
lemon jui.e. Serve it cold at desert. Ii
is called crystalized celery.
Apple SouHe.-Boil some apples with
very little water, plenty Of lump sugar
and a few cloves or little cinnamon,
until well reduced marmalade is OBJ
tanned; pass it thr ough hair sieve.
Mix a very little corn starch with gill
Of milk, stir it over the fire until ii
thickens. add the yolks of four eggs, and
as much apple marmalede as will make
a mixture Of the proper consistency
work it well so as to get OF uniform
smoothness, then add the whites of six
eggs whisked TO stiff froth, mix them
in quickly with the rest, pour into a
plain mould, and put into the oven at
once.
House Pldnts-A. L. +. asks: "Will
some reader please tell me how | shall
treat the Passion Flower, Cactus and
Fuschia when insects that a careless OBJ
server would take to be white mould
are sapping their vitality; also the exact
/ proportions Of sulphur and water to be
used for killing vermin on plants and
how it is to be applied and what kind OF
animal life it will eXterminate?" For
worms and flies infesting house plants
several readers recommen watering
them with lime water. Close the open
ing at the bottom of the pot, fill with
lime-water and le, it stand for an hour
or two, then remove the plug at the bot
tom and drain off. II one application is
not sufficient try second.