Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

beef marrow is excellent for frying
purposes.
1t Is never safe to remove wool
stockings from an infant till it has
passed its ''second summer" or cut its
canine teeth.
oil may be taken out Of any carpet
or wooden stuff by applying buckwheat
plentifully, and carefully brushing it
off after q short time, and putting on
fresh until the oil has disappeared.
Sugar Cookies.-Take one cup Of
sour cream, one cup of shortening, one
cup of sugar, one egg, a little salt and
nutmeg, one teaspoon of soda dissolved
in = large spoonful of sour milk; roll
out and sprinkle white sugar on each
cookie before baking. Don't have too
quick an oven.-Farmer's Wife.
"A cook renowned for the excellence
of her doughnuts says she makes them
as follows: Four pints of flour. four tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. one grated
nutmeg. one tablespoonful of butter,
salt and one pint of sugar. Beat up
four eggs in a pint cup and fill 1T up
with sweet milk. Mix and kncad well.
IN. Y. World.
Three Remedies for Chilblains.,-
The modern remedies for chilblains are
legion-more almost than the sufferers
therefrom. Three of the best are: raw
onions sliced and bound upon the sore
spots; oil of peppermint well rubbed in;
and thirdly, tincture of iodine, applied
with feather or camel's-hair brush
Ladies' Home Journal.
-Buttermilk Pudding.-Two eggs,
two cupfuls of sugar. half cupful OF
butter, one teaspoonful of soda sifted
in two cupfuls of flour and three cup
fuls of buttermilLS. Stir this last into
the flour, etc, and mix lightly. Grease
a pudding dish and bake an hour. To
he eaten with sauce.-Prairie Farmer.
Swelling of the feet, when OF. such
character that a little hollow. or spit, ="
islsft behind after a few seconds pres
sure of the niger, should always excite
alarm, as it is an indication of n condi-
ton of the system which may be seri-
Gus. This kind Of swelling may be duo
to disease OF the heart or the kidneys,
or it may arise simply from a condition
Of an;emia, or poverty of the blood. In
either case it is n condition that should
lead to n careful investigation by COM
petent physician.
over with port wine, season with pep
per and salt and mace, put it into an
earthen dish, and pour over it half a
pint of port wine; add one pound of but
ter, and place it in the oven; if shout
der of venison, let it remain in the oven
all night; in the morning remove the
meat from the bones, and chop it and
mix with it the fat from the gravy;
should the seasoning prove not to be
enough, add more, with clarified butter;
beat it all until it becomes a fine paste,
then place in jar, and keep in cool
place until desired for the tablc.-Bos-
ton Herald
Hollow teeth, and the bad odor
by them. could easily be avoided
by proper cleansing of the mouth. The
teeth should be protected from vegc-
table parasites as well rs from the ac-
of tartar; these should be
as quickly as possible. or their
bad effects countcractcd. After each
meal the teeth should be brushed with
alcohol or water, to prevent the parti-
cles of food remaining in the mouth
from decomposing. After this some in
noc,'ous powder, such as chalk, egg
shells. bicarhoaate of soda other
alkali, may be used with the brush, in
order to prevent the formation in the
mouth of acids which will attack the
teeth