The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Give children oranges before break
fast and thus pleasantly anticipate the
use of sulphur as spring medicine.
Salt pork sprinkled with red pepper
bandaged around the throat is an excel
lent counter-lrrltant for diphtheritic
sore throat.
1t is said that reaches may be ex-
terminated if powder thoroughly
mixed, consisting of thirty-seven parts
of borax, nine parts of starch and four
parts of cocoa is literally sprinkled in
the cracks and corners of their rendez-
vOuS.
-Spiced Cranberries: Wash and care
fully pick over four pounds of cram
berries; add to them one pint of vine
gar, four pounds of sugar, One-half acup-
full of mOlaSSes, one teaSpOOnful OF Gin
namon and one of cloves, half tea
spoonful of allspice; boil one hour.
Glazed Ham: Boil a ham and re-
move the skin: wash the surface with
beaten egg; moisten one cupful of pow
dered crackers thoroughly with milk;
add one teaspoonful of melted butter,
and work the whole to paste; spread
this evenly and thicklv over the ham;
brown delicately in slow Oven.-Al-
bany Journal.
Prescription for treatment of Rus
sian influenza, or grip, published by the
New York Board of Health: Spray the
affected membrane with a ten per cent.
solution of quinine, freely and frequent
ly, and take four or five times day
pill made as follows: Quinine, three
grains: camphor, one-half grain; extract
of belladonna, onefourth grain.
The dyeing of feathers and hair is
effected by first cleaning the feathers or
hair before dyeing, or bleaching, if nee
essary, by lukewarm sOda-water-one
part soda and one hundred and twenty
parts water. For dyeing, all neutral
dye-stuffs suitable for wool-dying are
employed in the same manner as for
that fiber.
Egg Sandwich: Take the hard
boiled yelks of twelve eggs, two ounces
of butter, two ounces of anchOvy sauce,
and salt and cayenne to taste. Pound all
together in a mortar until it becomes
the consistence of paste, and then spread
in the usual manner between thin, tri-
angular slices of Well-buttered bread.
This preparation will keep fresh for
some time.
The temperature of milk is of great
| Importance to all persons. Hot liquid
stimulates every digestive agency, and
cold liquid has the reverse effect. That
| is the whole secret of hot water cure or
custom, and it applies with PARTICULAR
force to milk. There is much III il that for
the stomach to digest, and therefore it
needs TO be assisted rather than ham,
pered.-BostOn Globe.
Regularity in the hours of meals
can not be too strongly insisted on. The
stomach should not be disappointed
when it expects to be replenished. If
disappointed, even diminished amount
of food will be taken without appetite,
which causes the secretions to iniure
the stomach, or else impair it's muscular
action. Any changes in the time of
meals should be made gradually. Med
ical Journal.
Good Lights: During the long, winter
evenings, nothing except cheerful COM
partnership adds more to the attractive
ness of home than good lights. Even
where gas is in the house, many people
prefer the light of lamp to read or
work by. Hanging lamps are the best
If there are small children in the house,
as they very much lessen the danger of
any accident happening. To insure
good light, the lamp must be kept clean,
both chimney and burner, and filled and
properly trimmed. The only right time
to attend to this is in the morning.
Have the chimneys bright and shining,
and the holes in the burner kept open
to admit air.-The Home.