Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-12-16
Housewives Helps.

A little water in butter, when d I'd
for frying, will prevent it from bd n-
ing. u
Grease spots in cloth may be tai Pn
out ty applying . solution Of salt in
alcohol.
A glass Of pure cream or glaAstp
fresh milk, with q salt cracker ofk .
crust of fresh bread, is . good lunch =
tween meals for . hungry conval
cent
Liniments and ointments should +
ways be applied to the patient with q p
hand; if applied with cotton or clio
the coed effect obtained from the I'd
ton would be lost.
Tea should never be boiled. It shou
be made in u china or porcelain teapd
for the chemicals in it will act updh
tin. not only causing the beverage u
lose its flavor, but making it injurious
to the system.
Coughs and sore throats may be
much alleviated by glycerine and lemon
juice diluted with water, taken At
night. Hot flaxseed tea with lemon
juice, sweetened with rock candy, is
excellent also.
Pans and kettles will last much
longer if they are placed before the fire
a few minutes to get thoroughly dry
inside. II put away in q damp condi-
tiCn they soon become rusty and in q
short time are quite unfit for use.
A remedy for reaches can be OBJ
tained by mixing gum camphor and
powdered borax to equal parts and
scattering it around freely, but in small
quantities, which must be swept up,
unless, replaced, until all have disap-
peared.
One of the best household remedies
for bruises, where the skin has not
been broken, is arnica and sweet oil.
Oyster shells laid on the hot Goals iu
a stove or range will loosen clinkers on
the fire brick 90 that they may be taken
off easily, and stove that is rubbed off
with newspapers after each meal will
not need polishing so often.
RECIPES.
Baroness Pudding. - Cream two
ounces of butter with six of sugar; add
half pound of stale bread crumbs and
Elk ounces of suet shredded and
chopped fine with eight ounces of
seeded raisins; mix with q pint of milk
and boil four hours in q mould or
cloth.
Mexican Omelet.-Heat . dozen
shrimps and the third of a minced.
peeled green pepper, from which the
seeds have been taken, in little good,
white sauce of any kind; simmer for
three minutes to cook the pepper and
Told half in an omeIet of six eggs,
pouring the rest around.
Entire-Wheat Pudding-Two cupfuIs
Of entire wheat flour. one-half teas
pOonful each of salt and soda, one
round teaspoonful of baking POWDER
one cupfu. of milk, one-half cupfa of |
nolasses, one-half pound of raIsins |
stoned and cut into pieces, one-half
;upful of nuts. Flour the fruit. Boil
hree hours.
Lemon Sauce.-Two cupfuIs of sugar,
wo tablespoonfuls of cornstarch. one
able spoonful of butter, two cupfuls of
polling water. Sir for eight minutes,
Add juice and grated rind of one lemon.
I should be quite thin.
Grape W:ae Sherbet.-One quart
ach Of wine and water, the juice of two
emons, two and one-half cupfuls of
ugar. Freeze.
Peptic Bread.-Fill a quart measure
o within one-eighth Of an inch of the
op with graham -four, and the rest of
'hlte -four. Two teaspoonfuls of
aking powder, salt, two teaspoonfuls
4 sugar. Stir with water till not quite
hin enough to pour out. Bake one
nj one-half hours in q very moderate
ven. /