The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-01

rina; add sliced carrots. onion and soup
herbs: salt slightly. cover with butter
paper. and when OF golden color add
pint OF white broth and cook for forty
minutes in the oven. lifting the paper ana
blasting from time to time. Cooked in
this way they are now ready to be served
with any kind of sauce A sOubise gar
nishing Is made by cooking white onions
In broth or water. pressing through
sieve and mixing with a bechamel sauce.
Maryland Corn Bread.-The good old
fashioned way OF making corn bread
seems to have gone out Of style; people
the proper length of time for "swseten-
Ing" so called. In Maryland and Vir-
ginia, the home Of corn bread. the batter
is made over night so as to assis, S in nth, the
sift well and add two or three pinches
of salt. Take two eggs, beat them for
few minutes until well mixed. Then take
half pint OF sweet milk. add a little
warm water. pour the milk into the meal
and stir the mixture well until all the
Jumps are well dissolved. add the eggs
and beat the batter for some time. Cover
the bowl well and put in a cool place. for
the night. In the morning stir the batter,
pour In a little more milk so as to thin 1t.
take a teaspoonful of melted butter. stir
1t we'll in. Grease your pan with butter
and bake in quick oven. Serve hot,
Philadelphia Record.
HEALTH HINTS:
When you travel carry flaxseed In your
pOcketbook. They will find cinder or
speck or dirt in your eye in a moment al
most. and save you a world OF pain;
Saleratus wetted and applied immediate
ly is the best thing in the world for a
burn. 1t will prevent blistering and is
u magical 'painkiller."
An excellent cure for hoarseness Is to
roast u lemon until 1t is soft all through;
do not allow it to burst. While still hot
cut piece from the end and I'LL the lemon
with as much granulated sugar as 1t Will
hold. Then eat 1t while hot.
Never eat hearty meal when very
tired unless you want to invite indiees-
tion. Take Il cup of not very strong but
very hot tea. freshly made, and eat y
cracker or Two. ten minutes before sitting
down to the table. 1t Will rest and refresh
you wonderfully.
A simple disinfectan. to use in q sick
room Is made by putting some ground cof.
fe in saucer and In the center a small
piece of camphor gum. Light the gum
with match. AS the gum burns allow
the coffee to burn with It, The perfume
Is refreshing and healthful as well as IN
expensive.
Make your own cough medicine after
this recipe. and you will know Just exactly
what the baby Is swallowing: Slice half
q dozen gOod-si2ed onions and stew TIL
tender in a quart Of vinegar. and when
done strain the juice and pulp through
cloth rs for jelly. To the liquid add q
coHee cup Ol sugar anu poi uowH oHe.
half. Bottle and keep In cool place. a
few drops will cure the baby of the snit-
f'es. and a teaspoonful will loosen the
cough of an older child. An adult may
take two teaspoonsful.
Hot water is always recommended for
people with weak digestion, but there are
people who cannot drink hot water at all
Try this. In that case: Have the cup hot.
and into it put one teaspoonful of sugar
and a tablespoonful of milk--just plain
mill,-then Oollr over this the boiling
water. 1t takes away the insipid taste
of the water. and does net injure the di-
ges;ioi either. The quantity Of sugar
might be lessened just enough to make
ii slightly sweet. Very delicate diges-
tiOns have found this to be beneficial.