The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

 dle on the back of the stove.
 All that is good in the tea will be gradually extracted from it; then, when brought to the table, one may well echo De Quincey's wish for an "eternal tea pot"
 BREAKFAST.
 Dinner may be pleasant
 So may social tea.
 But yet, methinks the breakfast
 Is best of all the three
 Anon. Many housekeepers pay very little at tention to the preparation of breakfast dishes, or the appointments of the table, and some think it great weakness to think so much about eating, though they are sure to enjoy well prepared meal as much as other people. They regard it the acme of thrift to hurry scurry through in time to get husband and children of to business and school. Time-saving is not always thrift The wise housekeep- CT understands that an appeti2ing break fast on a table with fresh linen, bright silver, glittering glassware and crockery, etc, brings better results in all ways. She not only puts the husband in good humor with hers.lf, but he goes to husi- ness in heartier way and is more apt to win success. The children are in- spired with greater zeal in climbing the rugged heights of knowledge, and are better sustained in the effort, if the food is of good quality, the dishes selected with judgment and prepared in whole some manner. There are many house. keepers, the majority of those on farms, think, who have not the right appre- citation of the fitness of things in regard to the table, and do not know the differ ence between breakfast dishes and those for dinner and tea. There are some things which should be excluded from the breakfast table, Cakes and pies and all trifes for breakfast are at variance with and war against good taste, although they taste ever so good, and should be reserved for the dinner.
 REMEDY FOR DIPnTHERIA.
 The following letter from physician in Washington contains prescription which he says he has tried for diphtheria and found never to fail. 1t may prove useful to parents who have no physician within immediate call, and is worth the trial of the medical class:
 From the reports of the bulletin of the National Board of Health, and from what the daily papers say, should think your readers needed knowledge of some pre- ventive against the spread of diphtheria, which l send you. have used it for over four years, with uniform success, no case where it was used ever contracting the disease, no matter what the com munication and contagion may have been. 1 believe that it will prevent the spread of the disease, except where there is some very virulent local poison; even then it will modify and weaken the in- tensity of the poison. If successful, will you be kind enough to send me particu- lars:
 Sub-sulph. of iron or Mousel's salt of iron, drachm.
 Water, 6 ounces, or l4 gills.
 Sugar, to suit the taste.
 Mixed.
 The dose varies with the age and the virulence of the contagion. For child from one to five years, one fourth of a teaspoonful in water, from one to six times each day; from five to fifteen, half teaspoonful from one to six times each day from fifteen upward, one teaspoon ful from one to six times q day.
 MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES.
 MUuLAGE.-To make mucilage in stick
 
 hot water to form a sirupy liquid, add little cloye oil, and thicken with pow dered gum dextrine; mold and dry slowly. To SOFTEN BoNE.-Bone may be soft ened so as to be cut into any size or shaped piece wanted, by boiling it in muriatic acid diluted with two parts of water, and afterwards the piece so cut hardened back to its original hardness by digesting in lime water,
 PoTATo CAKES FOR BREAKFAsT.-Save from dinner soup plate of. mashed po- tatoes, add to it half saltspoonftll of pepper, the same of nutmeg, little salt, and the yolk of an egg; form into small cakes, put into buttered baking pan, brush the top with the white of egg, and brown in quick oven.
 MIYcE.MEAr FOR PIE.-Shred and chop very fine two pounds of beef suet; by dredging the suet occasionally with flour it chops much more easily and does not clog; boil slowly, but thoroughly, two pounds of lean round of beef and chop fine, mixing all the ingredients as they arc prepared; stone and cut fine two pounds of raisins; wash and pick tive pounds of ourrants; cut fine half pound of citron; chop two pounds of apples; weighing them after they have been peeled and cored; tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, a grated nutmeg, salt spoonful of allspice, half as much cloves, half an ounce of essence of almonds, a pint of brandy and pint of cider. This may be kept in a cool place all winter. If too dry add more cider.