Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-08-06
THE HOUSEHOLD.


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II seems certainly true Of u mno
ssthat OF the making Of coYee-potsth there Is
no end" Probably there Is no country,
England possibly claiming the honor Of
IN exception, where such Enthusiastically
bad coffee 10 the rule. Yet there Is no
country where yearly 30 many patents
are granted for coifee-pots. All the
coRee-pots patented In the last de-
cade depend for their success, with
few exceptions, on the recognition
Of the fact that there Is but one way to
make perfect cofFee-that Is by percOla-
ton, . method which has been used In
French kitchens since coffee was in
troduced. There Is not the slightest
complex mechanism needed for dripping
coffee. Any tin cup holding . pint, with
. perforated bottom, which can be set
down in . porcelain or faience coffee pot
is all that is needed. The coffee, pow
dered fine, should be laid in q bag or
square Of cheese cloth, fitted into the
cup. Fresh boiling water Is now poured
slowly on and allowed to drip through.
Tin or any other metal is unfit for .
coffee pot. Even the beautiful silver
cafetiere, decorated In niello work, Is .
delusion and snare. Porcelain or pottery
IL the only material that can be kept
clean, as the acid Of coffee readily unites
with any metal and forms . coating on
its sides that is u~nwholesome and I'M
clean. A pretty blue and white Dwarf
coffee-pot, which differs In shape from .
teapot in being tall and slender, will not
cost half what 10 charged for patant tin
ones. The cup with aperforated bottom
is sold at Is cents In the heaviest quail
ity Of tin, so 1t Is . small item. Very
pretty c~offee-pots are made Of Carlsbad
ware, decorated with shields and gull
loches in color on . creamy ground.
The Berlin and Dresden factories make
the most beautiful ~cofiee-pots from
models Of . hundred years ago; these are
imported into this country o. chocolate
pots, porcelain dealers not daring to risk
the absurdity Of Offering such dainty
cofee-pots to . nation that boils its
coffee. The double section In French
s'biggin" may also be found In brown
stoneware and in blue and white ware in
house-furnishing stores In the city
N. y. Tribune.
EsA Before 0slng % DsA.
Most students and women who are
troubled with insomania are dyspetic,
and they should therefore eat before o
ing to bed, having put aside work en-
tirely ct least IN hour before. II they
are not hungry they should simply be
instructed to eat, and II they are hungry
they should eat whatever they want. A
glass Of milk and . biscuit is sometimes
oil that can be taken ct first, or mashed
potato buttered. II possible, the night
meal should be taken in another room
than the sleeping apartment and for
men In the city It will be found advan-
tageous to 30 out to . restaurant. Be-
fore eating. however, . bath should be
taken, preferably cold or cool, which
should be given with . sponge or stiff
brush, and the body thoroughly rubbed
with . coarse towel Afterward. The
bath need not be more than hve minutes
In duration. Further thsn this, the
patient should go to bed at tho same
hour every morning. There 10 = popular
superstition, that grown people should
mot eat Immediately before going to
sleep; that II will give them indigestion
nightmare, or both. Tho writer can not
rec why adults should be- 20 very different
In this respect from babies. The average
person should be In bed seven Of eight
hours, which 10 time enough for the d.
gestion Of almost anything edible. In
our American life, he thinks, the diges-
tion carried on through sleep probably
NJ The better chance for th0eOuGh1oqk-
Joxssas " ~ AmNsoan As6tcdtA ~
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