Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18
DOMESTIC HINTS.


ton the stronger and chicken the
strongest.
Soup should never be boiled, for
then it is spoiled soup. Let it simmer
If you'd have it good for dinner.
The scum which rises on meat when
boiling, and which the cook removes
and throws away, is of the most nour-
ishing character.
There is nothing so conducive to
health and longevity as an even,
cheerful temperament, and nothing
disturbs and irritates like indigestion.
Tile-iinished walls are now made in
many shades. They begin above the
base with a color almost matching the
floor ard gradually become darker
and change to another color, the first
reappearing in the freze.
General Scott used to say Of terra
pin: This is the best food vouch-
safed by Providence to man. and he
loved it better than all the creatures Of
the air, earth or water, but he believed
there were only three cooks in the
world who could prepare it properly.
For rice pancakes boil half Il pound
of rice to a jelly. When cold mix with
ii pint of cream, four eggs, Il little
salt and nutmeg. stir in eight ounces
of butter just warmed, and add rs
much flour as will make the batter
thick enough. Fry in AS little lard as
possible.
An old lady, who had lived many
years very happily with her husband,
accounted for it by saying, "You see,
Ialways feed him well. When | was
young won his heart, and now | am
old have won his stomach, and so
he is never cross; and therefore we
live happily together"
Pretty crochetcd holders for feather
busters are made in the shape of Il
shield, with loop fastened to one
side of the broad end. Worstcd balls
are pendant from the side, and two
hang from the point; and Il bow, set
on one side just above the point, has
ends long enough to conceal the dustcr
handle.
"Give me- says Professor Pope,
yorkshire pudding under all roast
meat, for know then that but little of
the goodness will be lost. Commend
me to the old. fashioned, double dish
of carthcnware; meat on the tripod,
potatoes underneath and the pudding
rising up to share the luxury of the
rich brown gravy
The beverage of the Orient is tea, of
which there are scores of kinds. 1t is
served several times Il day at the hO-
tells, and in the native stores of China
and Japan, as necessary hospitality,
whether you purchase or not. Mocha
coffee answers the same purpose
throughout the entire Lcvant and
Greece, being served in very tiny
cups.
Carpets covering the entire floor
are no longer fashionable. When the
floor is not Of fine polished wood oil
handsomely painted it is covered with
Il good quality of Chinese mating,
which is now brought odt in artistic
shades OF red, blue, yellow and Ori
entail mixtures, and covered with rugs
Oriental, French or American.
TO make almond custard take {
quarter pound of almonds; blanch and
beat them very fine, and then put them
into pint of cream, with two spoon
fuls of rose water; sweater to youl
palate. Beat up the yolks Of four egg
very fine, and put them in; stir all to-
gcthcr one way over the fire till it i,
thick, and then pour it into cups.
Many great cooks make cXtri
trouble in preparing Il force-mea'
stuiling for turkey, of veal, ham
bacon, onions, potatoes or bread
crumbs, and all sorts of things. Bu
the ordinary, old-fashioned stulllns
for turkey is generally liked the
best. Take the soft part of good
light bread (not the crusD, and do no
wet it as is usually done, but rub i
ury and fine. Some good cooks, who
are ruled by taste, and not by books
add to 4 stuiling like the above larg,
chestnuts, boiled. The chcstnuts ar,
put on fire in n saucepan or spider t
burst the skins; they are then boiled il
very salt water or stock, then mixeC
with the stuiling whole. Serve with
chestnut sauce.