Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-05

The French method OF administering
castor-oil to children, is to pour the oil into
a pan over a moderate fire, break an egg
into 1t, and stir up; when it is done, fla
vor with little salt, or sugar, or currant
jelly.
To stop bleeding, If from cavity in the
jaw after q tooth has been extracted
shape cork into the proper form and
size to cover the bleeding cavity, AID
long enough to be kept firmly in place
when the mouth is closed. 1t has never
been known to fail.
To polish knives use brick-dust
rubbed on with a raw Irish potato or
turnip. Keep board and dust near by;
lay the blade of the knife fiat on the
board and ruh-you see bearing on the
point of the blade might loosen the rivets
in the handle. This method of rubbing
knives is so easy that one can afford to
polish at least once a day.
When an artery is cut, the red blood
spurts out at each pulsatiOn. Press the
thumb firmly over the artery, near the
wound. and on the side toward the heart.
Press hard enough to stop the bleeding,
and wait till a physician comes. The
wounded person is often able to do this
himself, il he has the requisite knowl-
edge.
SIMNEL CAKE-One pound of butter
made into cream with four eggs,
pound OF moist sugar, IL pound of
currants, / pound sultana raisins. ,
pounds Of flour, . teaspoOnfuls OF sal VIOLA
tile, 1 pound of ground cinnamon, of
grated ginger, , of mixed spice, . ounces
of canied peel. ounces Of citron. mixed
together, form it into the shape Of plate,
bake in moderate oven for one and half
hour. Glaze it.
Over-eating is believed 20 be one of the
causes of Bright's disease; eating too
much improper food, drinking spirits and
fermented liquors. All these things
greatly aggravate this disease in its first
stages. So many of our public men die
Of this disease that il is eminently proper
that the public should be guarded in their
use Of liquors, especially fermented ones,
which are very impure,as frequent analy-
SIS has recently proved
A bread-crumb omelet ia excellent II
served with roast lamb or veal: one pint
OF bread-crumbs, large spoonful of pars-
ley. rubbed very fine, half tiny onion
chopped fine. Beat two eggs light, add
teacuptul of milk, a trace of nutmeg. and
pepper and salt literally; also lump of
butter the size of small egg. Mix all
together, and bake in slow oven. on a
buttered pie plate; when light brown,
turn it out Of the plate, and serve at
once.
APPETIzING sauce for fab is made by
mixing two tablespOOnfuls of flour with ,
ounces of butter; add half pint of hot
water; season with one teaspoontul OF
curry powder; add a Qood-sized cucumber
pickle chopped very fine. If this does not
make the sauce tart, add a teaspoonfui
and halt vinegar; stir this until it
thickens. If the flour should be of the
quality which thickens more than is com.
monty the case, and hot water until the
sauce is of the proper consistency.
A salad dressing much used IN Italy is
made in this way: The yOlk of one egg,
6 tablespoonful Of oil, 8 of vinegar; nut
this into bottle and shake it until it is
white and creamy looking. When this
simple dressing is used 1t is necessary to
dry the salad after washing. A wire bas-
ket is a convenient receptacle to put the
salad into after washing, as it will drain
perfectly there, and can be lightly shaken.
All salads, whether simple or plain, would
be improved if care in drying sufficiently
were observed.
Rheumatism is something caused by
oVer-eating. and especially by Oyer-lndul-
gence in meat, which is certain to cause
an excess of uric acid, and render the
body liable, on exposure TO wet or cold. to
an attack. Old people are proYerbially
liable TO rheumatism. The reason for this
is that their joints and ligaments are
harder and sitter, and very often contain
depOsit-urate of soda; and as a rule,
people up in years eat more than is neces-
sary to support lite. The wear and tear
of tissue is but trifling compared to what
it is in earlier manhood, hence far less
food is required. If an elderly person
would live long and be free from aches
and pains. he or she must live more or
less abstemiously.