The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
FlRESlDE. FRAGMENTS.

Give children oranges before break
fast and thus pleasantly anticipate tho
use Of sulphur as spring medicine.
Salt pork sprinkled with red pepper
bandaged around the throat is an excel
lent connter-lrrltant for diphtheritic
sore throat.
--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 teaspoonfnl OF cin-
namon and one OF cloves, half tea-
poonful Of allspice; boil one hour.
Glazed Ham: Boil 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 a 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 ten per cent.
solution Of quinine, freely and frequent
ly, and take four or five times a day
a pill made az follows: Quinine, three
grains: camphor, onc-half grain; extract
Of bclladonna, one-fourth grain.
The dyeing OF feathers and hair is
effected by first cleaning the feathers or
hair before dyeing, or bleaching. If nec-
essary. by lnkewarm 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 fol-
some time.
The temperature Of milk is Of grea,
| 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 OF
custom. and it applies with particular
force to milk. There is much in that fol
the stomach to digest, and therefore II
needs to be assisted rather than ham
pered. -I,oston Globe.
--Regularity in the hours Of meals
can not be too strongly insisted on. The
tomach should not be disappointed
then it expects to be replenished. II
, disappointed. even diminished amour,
OF food will be taken without appetite
which causes the sccretions to injurt
the stomach, or else impair its muscular
action. Any changes in the time o.
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. Ever
where gas is in the house, many people
prefer the light of lamp to read o.
work by. Hanging lamps are the bes
if there are small children in the house
as they very much lessen the danger o
any accident happening. To insure ,
good light, the lamp must be kept clean
both chimney and burner, and filled ant
properly trimmed. The only right tim'
to attend to this is in the morning
Have the chimneys bright and shining
and the holes in the burner kept opel
to admit air.-The Home.