Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-14

CIPES.
PIECES OF CHEESE CLOTH make the very
best kind OF busters. Hem the edges and have
large enough supply, so that one set can be
washed each day.
MAHOGANY FURNITURE should be washed
with warm water and soap: application of
0eeswax and sweet oil upon soft cloth, and
polished with chamois gives rich finish
To RESTORE GLIDING TO picture frames re-
move all dust with a soft hrush and wash the
gliding in warm water in which an onion
has been boiled; dry quickly with soft rags.
OYSTER SALAD.-Take raw salt OYSTERS mix
them with an equal quantity of crisp celery cut
very fine, and served with a mayonnaise dress
ing. The oysters may be cut in halves or be left
whole.
To TAKE RUsr OUT of steel rub the steel
with sweet oil; In day or two rub with finely
powdered unslaked lime until the rust all dis
appears, then oil again, roll in WOODEN and put
In a dry place, especially if 1t be table cutlery.
TEPID WATER with a little bOrax dissolved
In 1T is good to wash oolored table linen in.
Nice table-cloths and napkins should not be
allowed to become much sOiled. so that they
will require vigorous rubbing with soap or in
hot water.
To MEND CHINA or broken earthenware
take very thick solution of gum arabic i'm
water and stir into it plaster of Paris until the
mixture becomes of the consistency OF cream.
Apply with q brush to the broken edges of the
ware and join together.
ANISE SEED CAKES.-Stir. not beat, four eggs,
with one pound ofpowdered sugar for half an
hour. Add one tablespoonful of anise seeds.
Then add slowly, stirring constantly, pound
of flour sifted through a sieve. Put the mi xture
on q bread board, roll il and cut in different
shapes Place them on tin sheets creased; let
them stand in warm place for twelve hours Or
longer. Bake slowly.
MINCED VEAL.-Halfa teaspoonful of minced
lemon peel, one onion sliced; simmer in pint
of water for an hour, rub some flour into little
butter; add this to the gravy. Minee the veal
very finely, put it in the gravy, and let it get
warmed through gradually, add the juice of
one lemon and half IA pint of milk, and when
1T is on the point OF boiling, pour on dish, and
garnish with small pieces of white corn meal
mush. fried, or sippets of toast.
A RECIPE FOR CRULLERS.-TwO coffee cups
Of sugar, one of sweet milk, three eggs, heap
ing tablespoonful of butter, three teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder, mixed with six cups of flour,
half a nutmeg and a teaSpoonful of cinnamon.
Beat the eggs, butter and sugar together, add
milk, spices and flour; put another cup of flour
upon it, and knead until you can roll it out to
quarter OF an inch in thickness: cut this into
squares, making three or four incisons in each
square, drop into hot lard and fry as you do
dOushnuts.
For A Coon, hot, bread cake. take two table
spoOnfuls of Indian meal. two of mOlasses, one
not at all heapiBg, one of soda. one and half
teacups OF buttermilk, good pinch Of salt:
thcken this until ii is about like thick paste
with rye flour: bake i'm moderate oven for
thirty-five minutes. Another way, both recon-
mended by an excellent authority, is to start
with pint Of wheat bread sponge. Mix with
this two quarts of Indian meal and water
enough TO wet it: then stir i'm half a pint of
wheat flour and tablespoonful of salt: let this
rise then kneGd it well and put Ii in tins; when
light bake it for an hour and a half.
CACLIFLOwER makes a pretty side-dish If
boiled whole and then put stem down in
round vegetable dish; but 1t is necessary that a
vigilant and keen eye should look the cauli-
flower over before cooking it. for there is dan
ger of tiny insects being left on the stalk; it
should be carefully washed also. Heads that
are not perfect can be cut into small pieces and
be baked. The caulfiOwer should be put into
an earthen puddingdiSh, in layers, with hard
boiled eggs Chopped and seasoned with dress
Ing made of half a pint of milk, with two table
spoonfuls of flour rubbed smooth in n little of
the milk. two teaspoonfuls of salt, one of white
grated bread or cracker over the top with little
bits of butter here and there. and if there is
probability thatit will not brown nicely wet it
over the top with milk. An hours time should
be given to this dish in a hot oven.
PNEUMONIA. writes a gentleman Ito the New
York World who says he has been twice down
with it, can be cured if the person will "apply
promptly over the lungs a poultice or draft
made of mustard and faxseed meal keeping
quiet and warm in bed Prompt action is of
vital Importance. and there is occasion for
waiting for the arrival of an 'old-fashioned' or
'new-faShioned' practitioner when so simple
remedy may be applied by any one, and if
taken in season will, 1 think, always be effec-
tive. In my first personal experience. nv de-
termination not to give up business, even for
day, came near costing me my life The case
was neglected till an eminent Boston physician
said that my right lung would be of just as much
use to me out on the table as in the condition 1t
then was fact OF which was already pretty
well aware, but the mustard and. fiaxseed poul-
tice mastered the disease and restored my lung
TO its normal condition, as good as new In the
second attack, year later, the case was taken
IN hand promptly, the poultice applied, quiet
and warmth maintained, and speedy recovery
snsued without physician being called"
Hot WATER FOR INFLAMED Mucous SUR
FACE--Dr. George b. Shepherd, of Hartford
adds his testimony to that of many others by
saying in the Medical Record: 81 have used hot
water a gargle for the past six or eight years
having been led to do from seeing its bene-
nciafefects in gynecolOgy. In acute pharyngitis
and tonsilitis. if properly used at the com
mencement of the attack, it constitutes one of
our most effective remedies, being frequently
promptly curative. If used later in the disease
or In chronic cases, 1t is always beneficial,
though perhaps not So Immediately curative
To be Of service it should be used in considerable
as hot as the throat will tolerate. 1 have seen
many cases of acute disease thus abOrted and
can commend the method with great conf
dence. believe il may be taken as an estat-
lished fact that in the treatment of inhamma-
tons generally, and those of the mucous men,
brane In particular, moist heat is of service,
and In most cases hot water is preferable to
steam. All are familiar with its use in opthaI-
mia and conjunctvitis as also In Inflammation
of the external and middle ear, and feel con
ndent that those who employ il for that most
annoying Of all slight troubles to prescribe for.
Al a. al,
dom think Of using the irritating drugs mem
toned in the books, nor of inducing q complete
an4sthesia with chlorofOrm in preference tn
the hot-water douche."
WATER PoCLTICES.-A water poultice for the
throat may be made as follows: Take four thick
nesses of old cotton cloth, three or four inches
wide. and long enough to extend from ear To
sar. Dip II in water, hot c. cold, as the throat
may require it. Over these folds of cotton cloth
apply layer of cotton batting an inch in thick
ness, and long and wide enough to cover the
cotton cloth Over this place q strip of wafer
proof cloth OF oil-silk. Apply to the throat and
keep in place by bandage. This pOuItice n
the mucous membrane or inner lining of the
throat. When nearly dry wiring the four folds
d cotton cloth again in colo water, and repeat
he application for two or four nights If neoes-
sary. IL may be wise to keep children who
are thus treated, within the house for n few
DAYS; out II they must go out the following
morning, wash the throat with cold water iusf
before the patient leaves the house The water
poultice should be cold in all cases i'm which in
eeration or suppuration exists. A sore throat
needs cold water, but suppuration needs hot as
the diseased throat Of diphthera or scaria-
tina in assesses.
A sponge poultice has some ADVANTAGES
Above all Others and is made as follows N.ISe
flannel bag three inches wide and as long as
any given affection requires. Fill this bag with
very small DTS OF sponge; then soak in hot or
colo water, as the case may need. Cover the
outside with layers OF cotton batting, and over
this some waterproof material This pouItice is
elastic and may be kept constantly near the
SKIN, and Will keep the throat at a uniform
temperatures very important Doiut i'm, 1inh-