Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1892 — HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN.

Th* Family Doctor. Felons. —Many persons are liable to extreme suffering from felons on the finger. The following receipt is recommended as a cure for the dis-

tressmg ailment: Take common rock salt, such as is used for salting down pork or beef, dry it In an oven, then pound it fine and mix with spirits of turpentine in equal parts. Put it on a rag and wrap it around the part affected, and as it gets dry put on more, and in twenty-four hours you are cured —the felon is dead. Croup. —Bi-chrotuate of potassa in minute doses—as much as will rest on the point of a penknife—given every half hour till relief is obtained; It is the best remedy we have ever tried. Mustard plasters on the ankles, wrist and chest will draw the blood from the throat and relieve it, cloths wrung frum hot water and placed about the chest and throat and wrapped with flannel, give relief. A teaspoonful of alum pulverized and mixed with twice its quantity of sugar, to make it palatable, will give almost instant help. Another remedy is the following; Take equal parts of sbda or saleratus and syrup or molasses; mix and give a teaspoonful for a child 2 years, a larger dose for older children, smaller for nursing babies. Repeat the doses at stiort intervals until the phlegm is all thrown up. and upon each recurrence of the symptoms. Boos.hold Hint*. Egg stains can be removed by rubbing them with common table salt. Ease tired feet by bathing them in warm water In which a few lumps of saleratus have been dissolved. Use a wire frame for boiling potatoes, and see how much of vexation it saves and how satisfactory the result. To remove stains of blood, saturate the spots in kerosene and let stand a time, afterward wash out in warm water. To keep flies off gilt frames, boil three or four onions in a pint of water, then apply with a scift brush to the frames. By rubbing with a flannel dipped in whiting the brown discoloration may be taken off cups which have been used for baking. A pretty lamp screen may be made by sticking an ordinary palm leaf fan Into a long-necked bottle and cohering the whole with some bright colored figured silk. A simple cough remedy Is made of an ounce of flaxseed boiled in a pint of water, a little honey added, an ounce of rock candy, and the juice of three lemons, the whole mixed and boiled well.

Lamp-wicks must be changed often to insure a good light, as they will soon become clogged, and the oil does not pass through them freely. A clear flame will be certain if the wicks are soaked in vinegar twenty-four hours before using.

Practical ttmlpM. Baked Pudding for Invalids.— One pint of milk, three eggs, sugar to the taste, two tablespoonfuls of flour. Beat the eggs, add the sugar, and stir in the milk gradually. Butter a pan, pour in the pudding and hake it. ' Apple Sauce. —rare, core, and slice your apples, put them in a kettle with water enough to keep them from burning, cover them, and as soon as they are soft mash them very tine. When they are nearly cold, sweeten them to the taste. Sugar Biscuits. —Three-quarters of a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, one pint of milk, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, flernr sufficient to make a dough. Melt the sugar, butter, and soda In the milk. When the milk is lukewarm stir in the flour till it forms a dough. Knead it well for a very long time, them roll it out in sheets, and with a sharp knife cut it in squares, butter your tins, and bake them hi a hot oven. Rice Cup Puddings. —Pick and wash a teacupful of rice and boil It In a quart of milk till it is very thick and dry; add to this whilst it is hot a pint of rich milk or cream and two ounces of butter. When it is sufficiently cool, add three eggs, well beaten, and sugar to taste. Butter your cups, pour in the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven. Grate nutmeg over the top and serve them with cream.

Lemon Bolls. —Take three pounds of flour, one pound of butter, one pound of fine sugar, six eggs, half a pint of milk, quarter ounce of ammonia and sufficient oil of lemon to flavor; make these ingredients into a dough; roll it out Into long, round strips and cut crosswise, slantingly, into diamond shapes; scallop the tops with the back of a knife; bake on greased tins in a hot oven. Omelette Souffle. Break six eggs separately; beat the yolks of four, one teaspoonful of flour, threfe tiblespoonfuls of powdered sugar, a pinch of salt, and flavoring together; beat the whites till stiff; mix all lightly; pour into buttered dish and place in a hot oven. It is done when risen and lightly brown. Roll out on a hot dish, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

• From the age of forty to that of sixty, a man who properly regulates himself may be considered in the prime of life. His mature strength of constitution renders him almost impervious to the highest attocks of disease, and all the functions are in order. Having gone a year or two past sixty, however, |ie arrives at the critical period of his existence. The river of death flows before him, and he remains at a stand-still. But athwart tfiis river is a viaduct called the “Turn of Life,” which, if turned in safetv, leads to “Old Age,” around which tlxe river winds, and then flows without a doubt of causeway, to affect its passage. The bridge is, however, constructed of fragile materials, and it depends upon how it is trodden ;whether it bend or break. Gout, apoplexy and other maladies are also in the vicinity to waylav the traveler and thrust him from the pass; but let him gird up his loins and provide himself with perfect composure. To quote a metaphor, the “Turn of Life” lias a turn either to a prolonged walk or into the grave. The system and power having reached their utmost expansion, now begin either to close, like the flowers at sunset, or break down at once. One injudicious stimulant, a single fatal excitement, may force it beyond its .trength, while a careful supply of props and the withdrawal of j all that tends to force a plant will sustain it in its beauty until night lias ; nearly set in.