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ing from II previous dinner Take some
slices of cold beef or lamb, season them
with pepper and salt and brol them take |
some raw potatoes, and after taking off
the skins pare them or slice them as you |
would pare an apple dip these thin par
ings into II batter made of flour and milk |.
then fry them delicate brown in good, |
liberal allowance of very hot lard. This |
is served on IA platter, The meat put on
first and the potatoes laid over it.
FALSE RABDIT.-rhis is German dish,
the rule for which is sent by "a correspon-
dent to the Caterer. Chop, rs fine AZ for
croquettes, one pound of lean beef and
one pound of the lean Of fresh pork, and
mix. Add four raw eggs, u number Of
5ifted bread crumbs. half small nutmeg
grated, two tableSpoonfuls of black pep
per, II tablespoonful of salt, Il small onion.
parboiled, and minced very fine, little
chopped sweet savory. parsley and thyme
to suit the taste knead into loaf in
flat, roundish form. Roll the loaf in egg,
then in bread crumbs, and place in
dripping pan with small piece of salt
pork on top scored with Il sharp knife
Basic occasionally when in the oven.
Test with IL fork. When done it is a good
dish served hot, and when cold it is better
still.
PCFF PAsTE.-One pound of butter,
one pound OF flour, one scant teaspOOnful
of salt, one cup of ice water. The treat
exception OF rolling the dough from you,
and guarding against rolling to the very
edge of the dough, thereby preventing
the air cells being broken, which insures
success.
Pneumonia, writes Il gentleman TO the
New York llOrldD who says he has been
twice down with it, can be cured if the
person will apply promptly over the
lungs pOultice or draft. made of mustard
and ilaN-Sced meal. keeping quiet and
warm in bed. Prompt action is of vital
Importance, and there is no occasion for
waiting for the arrival of an 'Old-fashOned'
or neW-1aShlOned' practitioner when 50
simple II remedy may be applied by any
one, and II taken in season will, ! think,
always be effective. In my first personal
experience, my determination not to give
up business, even for Il day came near
costing me my life. The case was neg
lected 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, Il fact of which
| was already pretty well aware. but the
mustard and iiaX-Sced pOultce mastered
the disease and restored my lung to its
normal condition. rs good as new. In the
second attack, {. year later, the case was
taken i'll hand quite promptly, the poultice
applied, quiet and warmth maintained.
and speedy recovery ensued without Il
physician being called.
WATER POULTlCEs.-A water poultice
for the throat may be made as follows /:
Take four thiCkneSseS Of old cotton cloth,
three or four inches wide, and long enough
to extend from ear to ear Dip it III water,
hot or 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 a strip
of waterproof cloth or oil-silk. Apply to
the throat, and keep in place by ban
dage. This pOultice, if cold, will induce a
local sweating, that will relieve the mu-
cous membrane, or inner lining of the
throat. When nearly dry, wiring the four
folds of cotton cloth again in cold water
and repeat the application for two or four
nights, if necessary. 1t may be wise to
keep children who are thus treated within
the house for II few days but if they
must go out ON the following morning,
wash the throat with cold water, Just be
fore the patient leaves the house. The
water poulticc should be cold in all cases
| in which Inflammation may exist, but
should be hot ii liberation or Suppuration
exists. y sore throat needs cold water,
but suppuration needs hot, as the diseased
throat of dphtheria, or scarlatina in alb
Sctsses. y sponge poultice has some ad-
vantages above all others, and is made rs
follows Make IL flannel bag three inches
wide, and as long as any given affection
requires, Fiil this bag with very small
bits OF sponge ; then soak in hot or cold
water, as the case may need Cover the
outside with layers of cotton batting, and
over this some waterproof material. This
! pOultlCe is elastic and may be kept con
stantly near the skin, and will keep the
| throat at II uniform temperature-a very
/ important point in diphtheria and scarla-
| tina and all other maladeS III which sup
puratlOn exists. Cold sponge poultces
may be applied in the early stages of scar
latina ana dlphtherla, to lessen the ten