The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
DOMEsFIC RECIPES.

tie5AAN N4pStb anti SilQht Win DIlltl-
stone for ten minutes or so.
Don't use carriers for the children
or fee yourself, either, for that mat
ter. OF course. if you have any re-
gard for comfort and appearances, the
stocking sGspenderS are the thing for
the children who are out of unmen-
tionables.
The + EEDING OF INFANTS.-Dr. Y.
Poulain believes that the reason that
cows milk so often disagreeS with
children is to be found in the fact that
cane-sUgar is used to sweeten it. He
says that for thirty-three years he has
used the sugar Of milk with the best
results.
How TO TAKE TINCTURE OF IRON.
10 disguise the taste Of tincture Of
iron Dr.. lIaner recommends that
tincture Of the Sesyuichloride of iron
ne mixed with simple syrup, and then
with milk. This mixture will not
Affect the taste, nor will the styPtic
taste be apparent.
Goldfish cToquettes are excellent for
breakfast. Take boiled goldfish, pick it
to pieces, add an equal quahtity of
mashed potatoes and Of bread crumbs,
pepper well. adding a little salt if
necessary. Flour your hands, roll in
shapes like sauSages; drop into very
hot lard, and fry till brown.
SOUsE.-Clean the ears and feet of
the pig well and boil in salted water
until tender. Pack in a stone jar and
cover with a pickle made of two
quarts of vim gar, two tablespoonfuls
OF white sugar, three dozen cloves,
boiled five minutes. The souse will
be ready for use in three days.
STEWED CIEESE.-Grate two
ounces Of cheese, put it into bowl
and mix with it an egg beaten and
strained. Put into small saucepan
an ounce Of butter, or less if the
cheese be very fat; let it melt, then
stir in the otheE ingredients and boil
until well incorporated. Serve hot,
either Il little Drowned or not. This
relish is nice eaten on toast.
GRAHAM PUDDING. - Have two
quarts Of boiling water in an iron or
stone kettle. Put in tablespoonful
Of salt. and sift in flour through the
fingers, stirring it all the time, till it
is so thick that the spoon viii stand
in the middle. Let it boil slowly
twenty minutes and serve in saucerS,
with sweet cream and sugar. 1t is
very palatable breakfast dish.
BREAD STEAKS.-Beat up an egg
with little milk, salt, pepper. and
spice ii liked. Cut some bread into
slices AL OF the same shape and size,
dip them into the mixture, and fry
them u light brown in either butter or
oil. Lay them on paper to have the
surplus oil absorbed, and serve them
n tow OF A how
is to dip the slices Of bread il milk
only, and then cover them with
mixture of egg, bread crumbs, lemon
peel, sweet herbs and Clipped parsley.
SAND BAG FOR THE SICK ROOM
One of the most convenient articles
| TO he used IN sick room is a sand
| bag. Get some clean, fine sand; dry
it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove.
Make q bag about eight inches square,
of flannel, fill it with the dry sand,
sew the opening carefully together
and cover the bag with cotton or linen.
This will prevent the sand from sift-
ing out, and will also enable you to
heat the bag quickly by placing it in
the oven or even on the top Of the
| stove.
SHAAIPanIN"-I DECLARATIONS "A
correspondent inquiries for the chem
/ zeal name of the salts Of tartar" the
solution of which is used by many
barbars for shampoOing the head. The
salt is simply carbonate of potash, and
| is Objectionable for the purpose on &C
count of its alkaline character, espe-
cially when employed in so strong a
| solution as is often used. A teaspoon
full Of powdered boraX in quart of
water forms q safe shampooing liquid !;
but still better is the yolk of an egg,
worked thoroughly into the hair, ap-
| plying Il little at q time, and then
washed out. The egg will leave the
hair surprisingly clean and the scalp
soft and free from dandruff-
Dr.. Stocker, the German Jew batter,
has had hearing in London, and he
has taken advantage Of it to give the
Jews 4 severe Over-hauliIg. But he
makes Americans think better of
them by declaring that they control
oppose Bismarck's policy. His abuse
Of the Jews in London, where every
] body, from the royal family down,
and respected Jewish gentleman, Sir
| NlOoIO lCfluClO
singular and not calculated to win
| converts to his cause.
Mrs r. i. Hayes husband is very
fond of pumpkin pies andSWeet cider,
but Lucy always bars out the cider,
and substitutes glass Of sweetened
water and ginger, as more eXhilarat-
ing but not as Intoxicating. AS we
were saying, Lucy's husband really
dotes on pumpkin pies. But let it
pass. Mr.. Hayes first love is Il free
railroad pass or an order of free ad-
mission to a real good circus show.
lIesays he got taste for this sort Of
thing when the visiting statesmen
were practicing ground and lofty
tumbling down in New Orleans, and
the electoral commission were dis
porting in their great trapeZe act.
Prince Napoleon's eldest SON has
been for some time pupil at Chel-
tenham college, in England. His
studies have, however. been suddenly
cut short, as he has just been sum-
moned back to France in consequence
of his having been drawn il the con
-cription.
No Life on the Four Outer Planets,