The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-21
Facts of Interest
To Women Readers.
Symposium of Information, Partly Grave,
Partly Cosby and Partly Gay.

Sally Lunn.-Sift into pan one ant
one-half pounds Of -four. Put in twt
| ounces OF butter warmed In q pint o.
new milk. one saltspoOnful Of salt. thre'
eggs well beaten and two tablespoonfuls
Of good yeast. Mix well together ana
put the whole into a tin pan well CREASED
| and let rise over night. Serve with tho
addition of two tablespoonfuls Of sugar.
Clam Stew.-A well-made clam stew T.
| such a delicious dish and so cheap tina.
| It Is strange It Is not oftener seen on on
tables. Take fifty small clans Of any goot
variety and steam them In their shells fo'
about five minutes. When the shells begir
to open. remove them from the fire an6
open them. saving all the Juice. Heat
| three cups Of milk over the fire. Mix two
tablespoonfuls Of butter with two eve
ones Of flour. and stir in the milk. Whei
| 1t boils. add the clam Juice. When II
boils thoroughly again. add the clans
Season with little pepper and let l.
| boil again for two minutes. Then re
move It at once from the fire and serv
In soup plates over well-browned slice
Of white bread. II 1t boils any longe
after the clans are put In they will b
toughened. 1t Is as futile to attempt t'
boil clans tender by extra cooking as tc
| boil eggs soft by the same method.
Pickled Oysters.-Boil the liquor of =
! hundred oysters and pour It over them
| When they have stood q few minute
take them out and boil the LIQUOR again
with q gill Of vinegar. a few whole black
| peppers and two or three blades OF mace
When this IL cold pour 1t over the oys
ters and cover them closely. This Is q
very good way to keep them.
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HEALTH HINTS:
The fumes of turpentine are said to re.
lieve the worst paroxyms Of whooping
| cough.
A lump of sugar saturated with vinegar
| Is highly recommended as q remedy fol
hiccough.
| If you wake with a headache ever,
morning, try as a remedy the better ventl
lation OF your bedroom.
DO not attempt 10 dye gray hair; all dye:
to darken the hair contain lead, and are
very hurtful to the health.
Neither milk nor water that has beer
standing in a sickroom should be swal
lowed by the patient or by any one else
There is no safe medicine" to make
one thin" Exercise-dance. Eat no po
tatoes, rice. corn starch. oatmeal and bu
little bread. Eat no sweet foods, preserve:
or candy. Let your diet consist Of lear
meats, fish, oysters, all kinds OF fresi
fruit and green vegetables. Eat an orang,
before breakfast every morning.
Many persons are unable to bathe (slt
| In tub of water; hot-water baths ar.
very exhausting; two or three minute.
is quite long enough to remain in the tub
A sponge off every day--in a warm room
will not injure any one. One shoult
bathe portion of the body at u time; dr.,
the part and clothe 1t: In this way 1t 1:
not possible to catch cold.
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~, IL burn is treated by the externd
application Of saturated solution Of
| picric acid, the pain ceases at onceS nc
blisters will form and It will heal in foul
to five days; the yellow color which this
acid gives to the skin may be removed
with boric acid. He suggests that a small
quantity of picric acid should always bt
kept on hand wherever workmen are sub
| jected to the possibility Of being burned
DR.. Naegeli, a Belgian physician, has
discovered that yawning has a salutary
effect in complaints of the pharynx ant
eustachian tubes. According to his view
yawning IS the most natural form of res
piratory exercise. bringing into action al
the Respiratory rmuscles of the chest and
neck. He recommends, therefore, that
every person should have a good yawn
with stretching Of the limbs, morning and
| evenig, for the purpose Of ventilating the
lungs and tonifying the muscles Of res.
piration. He claims that this sort Of gym.
nastics has a remarkable effect In reliev.
ing throat and ear troubles. and says thai
patients suffering from disorders of the
throat have derived great benefit from it
Many persons Of both sexes are troubled
with cramp in one or both of the legs. Il,
usually comes on suddenly. and while Il
| lasts the pain is acute. Most people jumI
out of bed-the cramp nearly always
comes on just after going to bed or while
undressing-and either rub their leg or ge
some one to do IT for them. There 1.
nothing easier than to overcome the
spasm. and the method suggested Is a,
follows: Provide good strong cord
a long garter will do II nothing else Il
handy. When the cramp comes on tax,
the cord, wind 1t around the leg over tn,
place in which the pain Is felt, and tax,
an end In each hand. and give It sharr
pull, one that will hurt a little. Tn,
cramp will cease instantly and the suf
ferer can 60 to bed assured that 1t will
not come again that night.