Chapter XV: Part 15

Best Turkish rhubarb, one ounce; gentian root, bruised, one-half ounce; columbo, one-half ounce; orange peel, one-half ounce; fennel seed, one-half ounce; best French brandy, one quart. This will bear filling up several times.

FOR WHOOPING-COUGH.

Drop a fresh, unbroken egg in lemon juice. When dissolved, sweeten and give a spoonful occasionally when the cough comes on.--_Mrs. E. I._

AN EXCELLENT REMEDY FOR COUGHS.

Boil three fresh lemons till quite soft. Then slice them on a pound of brown sugar. Stew them together fifteen or twenty minutes, or till they form a rich syrup. When cool, add one tablespoonful oil of sweet almonds.

Take one spoonful or more when the cough is troublesome.--_N. A. L._

REMEDY FOR COUGHS.

Boil one ounce licorice root in one-half pint of water, till it is reduced one-half. Then add one ounce gum arabic and one ounce loaf sugar. Take a teaspoonful every few hours.--_N. A. L._

_Remedy for Coughs._

Boil three lemons for fifteen minutes. Slice them thin while hot over one pound of loaf sugar. Put on the fire in a porcelain-lined saucepan and stew till the syrup is quite thick. After taking it from the fire, add one tablespoonful of oil of sweet almonds. Stir till thoroughly mixed and cool. If more than a small quantity is desired, double the above proportions.--_Mrs. J. D. L._

REMEDY FOR ASTHMA, SORE-THROAT, OR A COUGH.

Cut up two or three bulbs of Indian turnip, put the pieces in a quart bottle, which fill up with good whiskey. Dose, a tablespoonful, three or four times a day. It is especially desirable to take it just after rising and just before going to bed. Wonderful cures of asthma have been effected by this remedy, and many persons living near the writer have tested its efficacy. The bottle will bear refilling with whiskey several times. Great care must be taken in procuring the genuine Indian turnip for this preparation, as there is a poisonous plant much resembling it.--_Mrs. M. L._

REMEDY FOR POISON OAK.

Make a strong decoction of the leaves or bark of the common willow. Bathe the parts affected frequently with this decoction, and it will be found a very efficacious remedy.--_Gen. M._

_Remedy for Poison Oak._

Forty grains caustic potash to five ounces of water. Apply to the eruption with a small mop, made by tying a soft linen rag to a stick. Often a speedy cure.--_Mrs. S. T._

CURE FOR JAUNDICE.

Fill a quart bottle a third full of chipped inner cherry bark. Add a large teaspoonful soda, and fill the bottle with whiskey or brandy. Take as large a dose three times a day as the system will tolerate. If it affects the head unpleasantly, lessen the quantity of bark. It will be fit for use in a few hours.--_Dr. B._

CURE FOR BONE FELON.

One ounce assafoetida in one pint vinegar, as hot as the hand can bear. Keep it hot by placing the vessel over the top of a teakettle. Use it frequently through the day, an hour at a time. A painful but effective remedy.--_Mrs. J. D. P._

FOR TREATING CORNS.

Apply night and morning with a brush one or two drops of protoxide of iron for two weeks.--_Mrs. W._

CURE FOR CORNS BETWEEN THE TOES.

Wet them several times a day with hartshorn, and in a short time they will disappear.--_Mrs. W. B._

CARROT SALVE FOR BLISTERS.

Scrape two carrots and stew in two tablespoonfuls hog's lard. Add two plantain leaves. When the carrots are well done, strain.--_Mrs. E. I._

LINIMENT FOR RHEUMATISM.

Half an ounce gum camphor, half an ounce saltpetre, half an ounce spirits ammonia, half a pint alcohol. Old-fashioned liniment, good for man or beast.--_Mrs. T._

A GOOD LINIMENT.

One egg beaten light, half a pint spirits turpentine, half a pint good apple vinegar. Shake well before using. Good for sprains, cuts, or bruises.--_Mrs. H._

A GOOD TREATMENT FOR CROUP.

When the child is taken with a hoarse, tight cough, give it immediately from ten drops to half a teaspoon of hive or croup syrup, or if you have not these, use ipecac syrup, though this is less rapid in its effects. Put a mustard plaster on the wind-pipe, and let it redden the skin, but not blister. Put the feet in mustard-water as hot as they can bear it. Then wipe them dry and keep them covered warm. A child from three to six years old will require from ten drops to half a teaspoon of the syrup every half-hour till relieved. From six to twelve, give from a half teaspoon to a full teaspoon, according to the age of the patient. Croup requires very prompt treatment. If home treatment does not relieve, send immediately for a physician.--_Mrs. P. W._

TO TAKE QUININE WITHOUT TASTING IT.

Put a little of the mucilage from slippery elm in a teaspoon. Drop the quinine on it, and put some mucilage on top. This will make the quinine slip down the throat without leaving any taste.--_Mrs. J. A. S._

DRESSING FOR BLISTERS.

The first dressing should be of collard leaves, prepared thus. With a sharp knife carefully pare smooth all the stalk and veining. Then scald and squeeze each one to a pleasant moisture, keeping them blood-warm until applied. Second dressing--pure lard or mutton suet spread evenly and thinly on a soft linen rag.--_Mrs. S. T._

AN EXCELLENT AND SIMPLE SALVE FOR BOILS.

Melt together, in equal parts, the white rosin that exudes from the common pine tree and mutton suet. This makes a good plaster for the boil, both before and after it breaks.--_Mrs. S. T._

FOR BOILS.

Slippery elm flour wet with cold water, and put in a soft muslin bag, and applied to the boil till the inflammation subsides, is an admirable remedy. Then apply carbolic salve spread on a linen rag, which is a good dressing for the boil, both before and after it breaks.--_Mrs. S. T._

TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES WHEN THE CLOTHING HAS TAKEN FIRE.

First, throw the person on the ground to prevent the upward flames from being inhaled. Then quickly roll the person in a carpet hearth-rug or blanket; if neither is at hand, use any woollen garment, such as a coat, overcoat, or cloak. Keep the blaze as much as possible from the face, wrapping the woollen garment first around the neck and shoulders. Jumping into bed and covering up with the bedclothes is also a good plan.

FOR WEAK BACK.

Two tablespoonfuls finely powdered rosin, four tablespoonfuls white sugar, whites of two eggs, one quart best whiskey. Dose, a tablespoonful three times a day, either before or after meals. Excellent also for colds or weak lungs; will stop an irritating cough. Taken half a teaspoonful at a time.--_Mrs. G._

POISONS AND ANTIDOTES.

_Acids_--_Sulphuric_, _Nitric_, _Muriatic_, _Phosphoric_, _Oxalic_, _Citric_, _Tartaric_, _Acetic_.--Give freely of magnesia or soap-water (half an ounce white soap to two quarts tepid water). Also very weak solutions of carbonate of soda or potassa may be used. Give demulcent drinks and milk-baths, cataplasms, antiphlogistics. Avoid lime-water.

_Alkalies_--_Caustic_, _Potassa_, _Soda_, _Lime_, _Strontia_, _Baryta_, _and their Carbonates_.--Give diluted vinegar in abundance, four ounces vinegar to one quart water. Citric or tartaric lemonade, whites of eggs with tepid water, milk, sweet-oil. Baths, lotions, fomentations.

_Arsenic._--Prompt emetic. Give freely of hydrated peroxide of iron; dose, half an ounce, frequently repeated. If this is not at hand, give magnesia in large quantities of tepid water. Demulcent drinks, baths, and counter-irritants over the stomach to relieve spasms.

_Carbolic Acid._--Saccharated lime in water; also demulcent drinks.

_Chloral._--Keep the patient warm in bed, with hot blankets and hot water bottles, the bottles also to be applied over the heart. A warm bath may be of advantage. If respiration threatens to fail, maintain it artificially, and apply galvanic battery (induced current), one pole over pit of stomach and the other over lower cervical vertebræ.

_Chloroform._--Draw out the tongue, if retracted. Give plenty of air. Raise the body and lower the head, till the body is almost inverted. Maintain artificial respiration. Use the galvanic battery as above directed.

_Copper_, Salts of.--Cause vomiting, and then give freely of whites of eggs and water, demulcent drinks, soothing clysters, lotions, fomentations. Avoid vinegar.

_Corrosive Sublimate._--First, cause vomiting, then give whites of eggs in water, four whites to one quart water. Milk, demulcent drinks, and gargles.

_Gases._--The antidote for chlorine is to inhale ammonia. Asphyxia by other gases, treated by cold applications to the head, plenty of air, artificial respiration.

_Glass_, in powder.--Farina or light food in abundance. Then an emetic, then milk and demulcent drinks.

_Iodine._--Starch-water containing albumen in large quantities, or starch-water alone.

_Lead_, Salts of.--White of eggs, epsom salts, or sulphuric acid lemonade. (One drachm diluted acid to a quart sweetened water.)

_Nitrate of Silver_ (lunar caustic).--Give salt water freely.

_Opium and Salts of Morphine._--Cause free vomiting by sulphate of zinc, sulphate of copper, and tartar emetic, and use the stomach-pump. Then administer one-sixteenth grain atropine, hypodermically, and repeat with caution till the pupils dilate. Also give strong coffee or tea. Keep the patient awake. If depression and drowsiness are extreme, bleeding may do the patient good.

_Phosphorus._--Emetic, then water with whites of eggs, magnesia in suspension, milk. Avoid oils.

_Prussic Acid._--Affusions of water over the cervical vertebræ. Cause the gas from chlorine water to be inhaled. Give from twenty to forty drops of Labbaraque's solution largely diluted, also coffee.

_Strychnine._--Cause vomiting. Give ether or chloroform by inhalation, and chloral internally. Insufflate the lungs.

_Tartar Emetic._--If there is vomiting, favor it by giving whites of eggs with water in large quantities, then give infusion of gall or oak bark. If vomiting is not free, use the stomach-pump.

_Venomous Bites_, Serpents.--Apply a moderately tight ligature above the bite. Wash the wound freely with warm water to encourage bleeding, then cauterize thoroughly. Afterwards apply lint dipped in equal parts of olive-oil and spirits hartshorn. Internally give freely of alcoholic stimulants, with liquid ammonia, largely diluted.

_Rabid Dogs._--Apply ligature as above described, wash the wound thoroughly with warm water, and cauterize immediately with nitric acid or lunar caustic, leaving no part of the wound untouched.

HOUSE-CLEANING.

Do not clean but one room at a time, as it is a bad plan to have the whole house in confusion at once. It is best to commence with the attic.

Before beginning on your spring cleaning, remove the curtains, all the movable furniture, and the carpets. With a broom and dust-pan remove all dust from the floor. Then with a wall-brush thoroughly sweep and dust the ceiling and side-walls, window and door frames, pictures and chandeliers. Then go over the floor again, removing the dust that has fallen from the ceiling and walls. Then proceed to wash all the paint in the room. If it be white paint, use whiting or such other preparations as are recommended for the purpose in the subsequent pages. If it be varnished, or in imitation of oak or walnut, wipe with a cloth dipped in milk-warm water. If the wood work in the room be of unvarnished walnut or oak, wipe it off first, and then oil it, rubbing in the oil well.

Then with a soft flannel rag and a cake of sapolio clean every piece of marble in the room. Next wipe the mirrors carefully with a flannel rag, wrung out of warm water and dipped in a little whiting, or you may rub a little silver soap on the rag. The gilding must be merely dusted, as the least dampness or a drop of water will injure it.

The windows (sash and all) must then be washed in soap and water, with a common brush such as is used for washing paint. A little soda dissolved in the water will improve the appearance of the windows. It is unnecessary to use such a quantity of soap and water as to splash everything around. After being washed, the windows should be polished with newspapers. Except in a general house-cleaning, windows may be cleaned by the directions given above for mirrors.

The metal about the door-knobs, tongs, etc., may be cleaned by electro-silicon, and the grates may be varnished with the black varnish kept for the purpose by dealers in grates, stoves, etc. Every chair and article of furniture should be carefully cleaned before being brought back into the room, and linen covers should be put on the chairs. If you are going to put down matting, do so before bringing back the first article of furniture. Some housekeepers, however, allow their matting to remain during the winter under their carpets. Spots on matting may be removed by being scoured with a cloth, dipped first in hot water and then in salt. This, however, will cause wet spots to appear on it in damp weather. After the spots are removed, scrub the matting with dry corn-meal and a coarse cloth. Sweep it over several times, till all the meal is removed.

For persons who do not use matting in summer, a recipe is given later for beautifully coloring the floor with boiled linseed oil and burnt sienna. Where different woods are used alternately in the floor, this oil answers better than revarnishing the floor every spring.

As soon as the carpets are taken up, have them nicely shaken, swept, and brushed on both sides. Every spot should be carefully washed and wiped dry. The carpets should then be rolled up smoothly, with tobacco sprinkled between the folds, sewed up in coarse linen cloths, and put away till autumn. A cedar closet is an excellent place to keep carpets as well as other woollens. If you have no cedar closet, however, a cedar chest will serve to protect your woollen clothes against moths, and it is better to preserve them in this way than to sprinkle them with tobacco, which imparts an unpleasant scent to them.

WHITEWASH FOR OUTDOOR USE.

Take good quick-lime in lumps. Slack it with hot water, and while slacking add to what will make a pailful one pound tallow or other grease, free from dirt. It may be rancid, smoked, or otherwise unfit for kitchen use.

When the violent slacking is over, stir thoroughly. All the water should be added before the slacking ceases, and the mixing together should be thorough. Do not dilute with cold water. If well made, it will be very smooth and but little affected by rain.--_Mrs. E._

INDOOR WHITEWASHING.

We have recently seen recommended in a journal a fine and brilliant whitewash preparation of chalk, called "Paris White," and said to be admirable for whitewashing walls. It sells in paint stores at three cents per pound, retail. For every sixteen pounds Paris White, get half a pound white transparent glue. Cover the glue with cold water at night, and in the morning heat it, without scorching, till dissolved. Stir in the Paris White with hot water to give it a milky consistency. Then add and mix well the glue. Apply with a common lime whitewash brush. A single coating will do, except on very dingy walls. Almost as brilliant as "Zinc White."--_Mrs. S. T._

TO OIL FLOORS.

To one gallon boiled linseed oil add half a pound burnt sienna. The druggist who sells these articles will mix them. If economy is necessary, instead of employing a painter to put it on, dip a large woollen rag into the mixture, and with this wipe over the floor.--_Mrs. S. T._

TO DYE FLOORS A PRETTY COLOR.

Make a strong decoction of the inside bark of red oak. Set it a dark color with copperas.

Have the floors well swept and cleaned of spots. Then with a cloth rub the dye in well, taking care to wipe up and down the floor, so as to prevent streaking.

Let it dry, then wipe over with weak lye, and as soon as this dries off, rub with a waxed brush.--_Mrs. Dr. P. C._

TO CLEAN PAINT.

Wring out a clean flannel, take up as much powdered whiting as will adhere to it, then rub the paint. Wash off with clean water and rub dry with a soft cloth, and it will look new. Not for paint in imitation of oak.--_Mrs. R._

TO WASH OIL-CLOTH.

Wash oil-cloths with salt water; say, one pint salt dissolved in a pailful water. When dry wipe over with a little milk and water.--_Mrs. H. D._

_To Wash Oil-Cloth._

Sweep it well. Wash with cold water, using a brush. Then wash with milk and wipe dry. Never use hot water.--_Mrs. R._

TO WASH CARPETS.

Shake, beat, and sweep well. Tack firmly on the floor. Mix three quarts soft, cold water with one quart beef's gall. Wash with a flannel, rub off with a clean flannel, immediately after putting it on each strip of carpet.--_Mrs. R._

Carpets should be washed in spots, with a brush or flannel, one tablespoonful ox-gall in one or two quarts water.--_Mrs. A._

TO REMOVE INK FROM CARPETS.

Take up the ink with a spoon. Pour cold water on the stained spot, take up the water with a spoon, and repeat this process frequently. Then rub on a little oxalic acid and wash off immediately with cold water. Then wet with hartshorn.--_Mrs. R._

TO CLEAN MARBLE SLABS, ETC.

Sal soda, four ounces; powdered pumice-stone, two ounces; prepared chalk, two ounces. Mix well, add sufficient water, rub well on the marble, and then wash with soap and water.--_Dr. E. A. C._

Sapolio, rubbed on a flannel rag which has just been dipped in hot water and squeezed, is also good for cleaning marble.--_Mrs. S. T._

TO REMOVE GREASE FROM WALL PAPER.

Dip a flannel in spirits of wine and go carefully over the soiled places once or twice.--_Mrs. R._

TO CLEAN FURNITURE.

One-half pint linseed oil, one half pint vinegar, one-half pint turpentine. Apply with a flannel rag, and then rub with a dry flannel.--_Mrs. H. S._

TO CLEAN VARNISHED FURNITURE, MAHOGANY ESPECIALLY.

Wash the piece of furniture with warm water and soap, and then rub dry; afterwards take a flannel rag, and rub with the following mixture: equal proportions of vinegar, sweet-oil, and spirits of turpentine, in a bottle which must be shaken before using.--_Mrs. McG._

AN EXCELLENT FURNITURE POLISH.

Alcohol, three ounces; linseed oil, boiled, two ounces; oxalic acid, one drachm; gum shellac, two drachms; gum benzoin, two drachms; rosin, two drachms. Dissolve the gums in the alcohol, and then add oil and oxalic acid. Apply with a woollen cloth.--_Dr. E. A. C._

_Furniture Polish._

One pint of alcohol, one pint of spirits of turpentine, one and one-half pint of raw linseed oil, one ounce balsam fir, one ounce ether. Cut the balsam with the alcohol, which will take about twelve hours. [That is to say, dilute the balsam with the alcohol.] Mix the oil with the turpentine in a separate vessel and add the alcohol, and last the ether.--_G. C. W._

TO CLEAN SILVER.

There is nothing better for this purpose than Colgate's Silver Soap, and Robinson's Indexical Silver Soap, made in Boston. After the silver has been cleaned, according to the directions accompanying each package of the aforementioned kinds of soap, wash it in a pan of hot water in which a tablespoonful of ammonia has been poured.--_Mrs. S. T._

_To Clean Silver._

Make a paste of whiting and spirits of wine. Put it on with a soft cloth, then rub it off also with a soft cloth, and polish with chamois skin.--_Mrs. R._

TO REMOVE EGG STAINS FROM SILVER SPOONS.

Rub with salt, and it will entirely remove the discoloration produced by eating a boiled egg with a silver spoon. Rubbing with salt will also remove the grayish streaks that collect on white tea-china by careless usage.--_Mrs. M. C. C._

TO CLEAN BRASSES, ETC.

Electro-silicon, manufactured by J. Seth Hopkins & Co., Baltimore, is the best article that can be procured for this purpose. The price is twenty-five cents per box, with full directions for use. It may be procured of any druggist. If not convenient to get it, use powdered brick-dust.--_Mrs. S. T._

FOR THE KITCHEN.

Sapolio, manufactured by Enoch Morgan & Sons, should be in every kitchen. It is invaluable for cleaning tins, iron-ware, knobs, and is so neat a preparation that it does not blacken the hands.

THE DOVER EGG-BEATER.

Is indispensable to housekeepers. It froths eggs in less than a fourth of the time a spoon or an ordinary egg-beater requires to froth them.--_Mrs. S. T._

TO REMOVE RUST FROM KNIVES OR ANY STEEL.

Rub very hard with a piece of wash leather, dipped in powdered charcoal, moistened with spirits of wine. Rub off quickly, wash in hot water, and renew as may be necessary.--_Mrs. K._

TO CLEAN KNIVES, TINS, ETC.

Crystal Kitchen Soap, manufactured by Eastman & Brooke, Philadelphia, is excellent for this purpose, being so neat a compound that the knives and coffee-pot, as well as the tins used in the preparation of breakfast, may be quickly cleaned at the table while the tea-china is being washed.

When not convenient to obtain the Crystal Kitchen Soap, knives may be cleaned with ashes either of coal or wood.--_Mrs. S. T._

TO WHITEN THE IVORY ON THE HANDLES OF KNIVES.

The ivory handles of knives sometimes become yellow from being allowed to remain in dish-water. Rub them with sandpaper till white. If the blades have become rusty from careless usage, rub them also with sandpaper and they will look as nice as new.--_Mrs. S. T._

MIXTURE FOR SHADING GLASS.

Spanish whiting, one pound; white glue, one-quarter pound; litharge, one ounce; alum, one ounce. Boil the glue and alum in a sufficient quantity of water. Let it cool, then add the whiting and litharge. Stir well and use at once. It may be washed or scraped off, if desired.--_Dr. E. A. C._

CEMENT FOR RUBBER AND GLASS.

Pulverized gum shellac in ten times its weight of strong spirits hartshorn.--_Dr. E. A. C._

TO DESTROY BEDBUGS.

Dissolve one ounce corrosive sublimate in one pint strong spirits. Put it on the bedsteads with a feather, and it will destroy the bugs and their eggs also.--_Mrs. Dr. P. C._

BEDBUG POISON.

Alcohol, two and a half pints; camphor, one ounce; spirits turpentine, one ounce; corrosive sublimate, half an ounce. Mix and dissolve. If the scent is not objectionable, two ounces commercial carbolic acid will greatly improve the above.--_Dr. E. A. C._

TO DESTROY BUGS, ANTS, ETC.

Dissolve two pounds alum in three quarts boiling water. Apply boiling hot with a brush. Add alum to whitewash for store-rooms, pantries, and closets. It is well to pound alum fine and sprinkle it about beds infested with bugs.--_Mrs. S. T._

REMEDY FOR RED ANTS.

Kerosene oil is a sure remedy for red ants. Place small blocks under a sugar barrel, so as not to let the oil touch the barrel.--_Mrs. J. W._

Cayenne pepper will keep the store-room and pantry free from ants and cockroaches.--_Mrs. S. D._

REMEDY FOR MOSQUITOES OR OTHER BLOOD-SUCKING INSECTS.

Uncork a bottle of oil of pennyroyal, and it will drive them away, nor will they return so long as the scent of it is in the room.--_Mrs. S. D._

For the stings of insects, wasps, hornets, bees, etc. Apply to the place soda, hartshorn, or arnica.

RATS.

Mix a little powdered potash with meal and throw it into the rat-holes and it will not fail to drive the rats away. If a mouse enters into any part of your dwelling, saturate a rag with cayenne in solution and stuff it into his hole.--_Mrs. S. D._

CONCENTRATED LYE SOAP.

All fat and grease from the kitchen should be carefully saved, and should be made into soap before accumulating and becoming offensive.

Boil for six hours ten gallons of lye made of green wood ashes. Then add eight or ten pounds of grease, and continue to boil it. If thick or ropy, add more lye till the grease is absorbed. This is ascertained by dropping a spoonful in a glass of water, and if grease remains it will show on the water.

If hard soap is desired, put one quart of salt in half-gallon of hot water. Stir till dissolved and pour into the boiling soap. Boil twenty minutes, stirring continually. Remove from the fire, and when cold cut in cakes and dry. A box of concentrated lye may be used instead of salt, as it will obviate the necessity of using more dripped lye to consume the grease.--_Mrs. P. W._

A WASHING MIXTURE.

Mix and boil twenty minutes one gallon soft soap; half a gallon of weak boiled lye; four ounces sal soda; half a gill of spirits turpentine. Soak the clothes overnight in milk-warm water. In the morning, rinse and wring them. To every gallon cold water add one pint of the above mixture. Stir it well in the water. Open the clothes and boil fifteen or twenty minutes; rinse out of those suds. If the articles are not thoroughly cleansed, rub a little of the mixture on the soiled places, and the result will be satisfactory.--_Mrs. Dr. E._

RECIPES FOR RESTORING OLD CLOTHES, SETTING COLORS, REMOVING STAINS, ETC.

FOR CLEANING CLOTHES.

Castile soap, one ounce; aqua ammonia (34), a quarter-pound; sulphur ether, one ounce; glycerine, one ounce; spirits wine, one ounce. Shave the soap into thin pieces, dissolve it in two quarts rain (or any other soft water). Then add the other ingredients. Rub the soiled spots with a sponge or piece of flannel and expose to the air.--_Mrs. B._

SOAP TO REMOVE GREASE FROM CLOTH.

Detersive soap, three pounds; alcohol, two pints; oxalic acid, half an ounce; essential oil to flavor. First bring the alcohol to a boil, then gradually add the soap (pared in thin shavings) and stir constantly. Then add the acid and oil, pour into moulds while hot, and let it cool. You may, of course, make it in smaller quantities, observing the same relative proportions.--_Dr. E. A. C._

_To Remove Spots from Cloth._

Aqua ammonia, two ounces; alcohol, two ounces; spirits camphor, one ounce; transparent soap, one ounce; rain-water, one quart.--_Mr. E. C., Jr._

TO WASH BLACK CASHMERE.

Wash in hot suds, with a little borax in the water. Rinse in bluing water, and iron very damp.

TO RESTORE THE PILE OF VELVET.

Heat a large flat-iron, place it in a pan, and lay on it a wet cloth. The steam will rise rapidly. Hold the right side of the velvet over it. If this does not restore the pile, wet it on the wrong side. Have a smooth flat-iron very hot. Set it on the edge of the table, upright. If it is a narrow piece of velvet, it may be easily ironed by passing the wet side against the iron. If a large piece, have some one to hold the bottom of the iron upwards while the wet side of the velvet is passed over it.--_Mrs. S. T._

TO RESTORE OLD BLACK SILK.

Pour one pint boiling water on two tablespoonfuls gum arabic. When a little cooled, add one teaspoonful spirits turpentine and the same of spirits ammonia. With a large sponge wipe the silk on both sides with this mixture. Then lay the silk on an ironing-table, place over it a thin piece of colored rice cambric, and iron it very hard with a hot iron. This makes old silk look like new.--_Mrs. S. T._

TO FRESHEN OLD BLACK SILK.

Boil one ounce crushed soap bark in one quart water till reduced to one pint. Strain it; sponge the material with the liquid, and while wet iron on the wrong side. Good for black woollens also.--_Mrs. M. E. L. W._

TO RENEW BLACK CRAPE VEILS.

Wring two large towels out of water. Then put the veil (folded across the middle, lengthways) on the lower towel; spread the other on top and roll the veil, when between, in a small tight roll. Let it stand an hour, or till it is damp through. Take it out and air it a little before it dries. Fold it then in smooth squares, put it in a large book, such as an atlas, put heavy weights on it, and let it stand an hour or two.--_Mrs. M. C. C._

TO SET COLORS.

Wash in strong salt or alum water and rinse in water in which Irish potatoes have been sliced and boiled, to stiffen.

A strong tea of hay or fodder preserves the color of brown linen. One spoonful gall to a gallon of water will set the colors of almost any goods. A teaspoonful sugar of lead in a gallon cold water (some say a tablespoonful in a quart soft water) will set colors. Let the material soak in it an hour.

A teacup of lye in a pail of water will improve black calicoes.

TO RESTORE COLORS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.

Rub the spots with hartshorn and place in the sun till dry.

TO KEEP BLUE CALICOES BRIGHT AND FRESH.

The first time they are washed, put them in water with a cupful spirits of turpentine to each pail of water. This will set the color, and they will always look well.

MILDEW.

Moisten the mildewed spot with clear water, then rub over it a thick coating of castile soap. Scrape chalk with the soap, mixing and rubbing with the end of the finger. Then wash it off. Sometimes one coating suffices, but generally several are required.

LABARAQUE SOLUTION.

Will remove mildew, ink, or almost any fruit stain from cloth. The solution should be washed off soon after applying, as it may injure the cloth.--_Dr. E. A. C._

TO PREVENT FRUIT STAINS FROM BEING PERMANENT.

Wet the stained spot with whiskey before sending it to wash, and there will be no sign of it when the article comes in.

FOR REMOVING FRUIT OR INK STAINS.

Two drachms chloride of lime, two drachms acetic acid, one and a half ounce water. Mix well.--_Dr. E. A. C._

IRON RUST.

Salts of lemon applied to the place and exposed to the sun will remove all iron rust in linen, etc.

MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES.

AMMONIA.

No housekeeper should be without a bottle of spirits of ammonia, for, besides its medical value, it is highly useful for household purposes. It is nearly as useful as soap, and its cheapness brings it in the reach of all. Put a teaspoonful ammonia in a quart of warm soapsuds, dip in a flannel cloth, wipe off the dust and fly-specks, and see how much scrubbing it will save you.

For washing windows and mirrors, it is very desirable. A few drops on a piece of paper will take off every spot or fingermark on the glass.

It cleanses and brightens silver wonderfully. Dip your forks, spoons, etc., in a pint of suds, mixed with a teaspoonful spirits ammonia. Then rub with a brush and polish with chamois skin.

It will take grease spots from every fabric. Put on the ammonia nearly clear. Lay blotting-paper on the place, and press a hot flat-iron on it a few moments. A few drops of it will clean and whiten laces, also muslins.

It is highly useful and refreshing at the toilet-table. A few drops in the bath will remove all offensive perspiration and glossiness (if the skin is oily). Nothing is better for cleansing the hair from dust and dandruff. A teaspoonful in a pint of water will cleanse the dirtiest brushes. Shake the brushes through the water, and when they look white, rinse them in water and put them in the sunshine or a warm place to dry.

For medicinal purposes ammonia is almost unrivalled. Inhaling it will often cure headache and catarrhal cold. Ten drops aromatic spirits of ammonia in a wine-glass of water is excellent for heartburn or dyspepsia. The ordinary spirits of ammonia may be used also for the purpose, but it is not so palatable.

Ammonia is also good for vegetation. If you desire roses, fuschias, geraniums, etc., to become more flourishing, add five or six drops ammonia to every pint of lukewarm water you give them. Do not repeat this more than once in five or six days, lest you should stimulate them too highly.

Be sure to keep a large bottle of ammonia in the house, and use a glass stopper for it, as it is very evanescent and is injurious to corks.

[The above remarks on the usefulness of ammonia were furnished and endorsed by Mrs. A. D., of Virginia.]

BORAX.

It is very desirable to keep borax in the house. Its effect is to soften the hardest water, and it is excellent for cleansing the hair. Some washerwomen use borax for a washing powder, instead of soda, in the proportion of a handful of borax powder to ten gallons boiling water, and they save in soap nearly half, whilst the borax, being a neutral salt, does not injure the texture of the linen.--_Mrs. S. T._

RED INK.

Bicarb. potash, half an ounce; cochineal, half an ounce; bitart. potash, half an ounce; powdered alum, half an ounce; pure rain-water, four ounces. Mix, and add ten drops creosote.--_Dr. E. A. C._

BLACK INK.

Extract logwood (pulv.), two ounces; hot rain-water, one gallon. Simmer over water-bath one hour, till logwood is dissolved. Put into a bottle the following: bichromate potass., one hundred grains; prus. of potass., forty grains; warm rain-water, four ounces. Shake till dissolved, put into the logwood solution, stir well together, strain through flannel, and, when cold, add corrosive sublimate, ten grains; warm rain-water, one ounce. Dissolve thoroughly, put with the above, and add pure carbolic acid crys., one drachm. This makes the best black ink in the world, at a cost of about ten cents a gallon.--_Dr. E. A. C._

COMMON BOTTLE WAX.

Rosin, eighteen ounces; shellac, one ounce; beeswax, two ounces. Melt together and color to suit the fancy.--_Dr. E. A. C._

GRAFTING WAX.

Rosin, two pounds; beeswax, one pound; tallow, one pound. Melt together, pour into a tub of cold water, and work with the hands till pliable.--_Dr. E. A. C._

LIQUID GLUE.

Acetic acid, one ounce; water, half an ounce; glue, two ounces; gum tragacanth, one ounce. Mix and dissolve.--_Dr. E. A. C._

SHOE BLACKING (_equal to Mason's_).

Ivory black, twelve ounces; molasses, four ounces; sperm-oil, one ounce; oil of vitriol, by weight, two drachms; vinegar, one pint. Mix the black, molasses, and oil, and add the vinegar gradually, stirring all the time. Then add the oil of vitriol very carefully, stirring constantly, till effervescence ceases.--_Dr. E. A. C._

LIQUID BLACKING.

Ivory black, in fine powder, one pound; molasses, twelve ounces; sweet-oil, two ounces; beer and vinegar, two pints of each. Mix thoroughly together.--_Dr. E. A. C._

WHAT MOST OF THE BAKING POWDERS ARE COMPOSED OF.

(_One of the Best._)

Cream tartar, twelve and one-quarter ounces; bicarb. soda (Eng.), six and one-half ounces; tartaric acid, one and one-third ounces; carbonate of ammonia, four-fifths of an ounce; good wheat flour, four ounces. Mix thoroughly, and pass through a fine sieve.--_Dr. E. A. C._

TO DRY HERBS.

Gather on a dry day, just before they flower. Put them in an oven, and when dry take them out, pick off the leaves, put in bottles, cover tightly, and keep in a dry place.--_Mrs. R._

TO KEEP WEEVIL OUT OF WHEAT.

Put the wheat in barrels, smooth it, and sprinkle a layer of salt over the top. Keep the barrels well covered by tying cloths over them. A sure preventive.--_Mrs. Dr. P. C._

FERTILIZER FOR STRAWBERRIES.

Nitrate of potash, one pound; glauber salts, one pound; sal soda, one pound; nitrate of ammonia, one-quarter pound. Dissolve the above in forty gallons of water, one-third to be applied when the leaves begin to appear, one-third ten days later, and the rest when the vines begin to bloom. This quantity is for forty feet square.--_Mrs. R._

RED LIP SALVE.

Oil of sweet almonds, two ounces; pure olive-oil, six ounces; spermaceti, one and one-half ounce; white wax, one ounce. Color with carmine, and perfume with oil of roses.--_Dr. E. A. C._

LOTION FOR CHAPS.

Borax, two drachms; strong rose-water, twelve ounces; glycerine, three ounces; mucilage of quince seed, ten drachms. Mix.--_Dr. E. A. C._

COLD CREAM.

Rose-water, half an ounce; oil of sweet almonds, half an ounce; pure olive-oil, two ounces; spermaceti, half an ounce; white wax, one drachm. Melt sperm and wax with the oil by means of water-bath. Then add the rose-water, and stir till cool. When nearly cool, add oil of roses or any other perfume desired.--_Dr. E. A. C._

CAMPHOR ICE.

White wax, two ounces; spermaceti, two ounces and two drachms; camphor, six drachms. Melt, and add olive-oil, five ounces and five drachms; glycerine, three drachms. Make into eighteen cakes.--_Dr. E. A. C._

CAMPHOR SALVE FOR CHAPPED LIPS, HANDS, ETC.

Spermaceti, two drachms; white wax, two drachms; pulverized camphor, two drachms; washed lard, half an ounce; pure olive-oil, half an ounce. Melt in water-bath, and stir with it, while cooling, two drachms glycerine.

_Note._--This is excellent, will relieve almost instantly, and will cure in a few applications.--_Dr. E. A. C._

TOOTH POWDER.

Prepared chalk, two pounds; powdered orris-root, two pounds; powdered white castile soap, quarter of a pound; powdered white sugar, quarter of a pound; powdered pumice-stone, half an ounce; powdered carmine, half an ounce; oil of lemon, half an ounce; oil of lavender, half an ounce. Powder the carmine as fine as possible; then add to it the pumice-stone, then the sugar, then the soap, orris, and chalk in succession. Then add the flavoring drop by drop, mixing it thoroughly with all the ingredients. Sift through the finest apothecaries' sieve.--_Dr. E. A. C._

_For the Teeth._

Van Buskirk's Sozodont, manufactured by Hall & Ruckel, N. Y., is all that it claims to be. I have known it tried ten years consecutively with the happiest results.--_Mrs. S. T._

CHARCOAL TOOTH POWDER.

Powdered charcoal, six ounces; gum myrrh, one ounce; pale Peruvian bark, one ounce. Mix thoroughly.--_Dr. E. A. C._

HAIR-OIL.

Pure olive-oil, six ounces; perfumed with oil of jessamine.--_Dr. E. A. C._

_Hair-Oil._

Castor-oil, ten ounces; pure alcohol, six ounces. Perfume with oil of bergamot or any other perfume preferred.--_Dr. E. A. C._

HAIR TONIC.

Glycerine, one and a half ounces; tincture cantharides (95 per cent.), half an ounce; sulph. quinine, twenty grains; alcohol, four ounces. Mix together; perfume with oil of roses.--_Dr. E. A. C._

_Another Hair Tonic._

Claimed to restore falling out hair, when baldness is not hereditary. Tincture of cantharides (officinal), one ounce; glycerine, one and a half ounce; rose-water, three and a half ounces.--_Dr. E. A. C._

HAIR DYE, NO. 1.

Pyrogallic acid, one drachm; distilled water, three ounces. Dissolve.--_Dr. E. A. C._

NO. 2.

Nitrate of silver (crystals), one drachm; aqua ammonia, strong, two drachms; distilled water, six drachms. Mix.--_Dr. E. A. C._

HAIR RESTORATIVE.

Sugar of lead (chemically pure), one drachm; milk of sulphur, two drachms; rose-water, four ounces; glycerine, one ounce. Mix.--_Dr. E. A. C._

SHAMPOO LIQUOR.

Bay rum, three quarts; tincture cantharides (officinal), one and a half ounces; carb. ammonia, half an ounce; salts of tartar, one ounce. Mix. Thoroughly cleanse the hair with clean water after using.--_Dr. E. A. C._

ROSE BANDOLINE.

Gum tragacanth, six ounces; rose-water, one gallon; otto of roses, half an ounce. Steep the gum in the water a day or two. Agitate frequently while forming into a gelatinous mass. After standing forty-eight hours, strain through a clean, coarse linen cloth. Again let it stand a few days, and then strain a second time. When the consistency is uniform, add the otto of roses, and color with carmine.--_Dr. E. A. C._

ALMOND BANDOLINE.

Is made as the above, except that no coloring is used, and it is scented with quarter of an ounce of oil of bitter almonds instead of rose.--_Dr. E. A. C._

TO CLEAN THE HAIR AND HAIR-BRUSHES AND COMBS.

Dissolve one ounce borax and half an ounce camphor in a quart boiling water. For cleaning combs and brushes use two teaspoonfuls supercarbonate soda dissolved in half a pint boiling water, or else use one teaspoonful hartshorn dissolved in a little water.--_Mrs. R._

TO REMOVE DANDRUFF.

Wash the hair thoroughly in rain-water with a good deal of borax dissolved in it.--_Mrs. C. C._

TO REMOVE BLOOD STAINS.

Make a thin paste of starch and water. Spread over the stain. When dry, brush the starch off and the stain is gone. Two or three applications will remove the worst stains.--_Mrs. D._

INDEX.

BREAD.

PAGE
Batter bread, 56
" " 2d recipe, 57
" " 3d " , 57
Brown bread, 40
Biscuit, beaten, 42
" " 2d recipe, 42
" " cream, 42
" " French, 41
" " excellent light, 43
" " light, 43
" " soda, 42
" " thick, 43
" " thin or crackers, 43
Box bread, 40
Bunns, 39
Cakes, Virginia ash, 61
" batter, 55
" " 2d recipe, 55
" " made of stale bread, 55
" " cheap recipe, 56
" old Virginia batter cakes, 55
" " " " 2d, 56
Cakes, Boston cream, 53
" breakfast, 50
" buckwheat, 51
" " 2d recipe, 52
" " 3d " , 52
" " 4th " , 52
" buttermilk, 54
" corn, 58
" cream, 52
" " 2d, 53
" " 3d, 53
" farina, 54
" flannel, 51
" " 2d method, 51
" " 3d " , 51
" Indian griddle, 56
" Madison, 50
" orange, 50
" rice, 54
" sour milk, 54
" velvet, 50
Corn-bread, plain, 61
" " light, 59
Crackers, Huntsville, 44
" soda, 43
" water, 44
Cracklin-bread, 60
Egg-bread, 60
" " old-fashioned, 59
" " soft, 59
Family bread, 29
Graham bread, 40
Grit or hominy bread, 58
" " " 2d recipe, 58
Henrietta bread, 45
Indian " , 60
Lapland " , 45
" " plain recipe, 45
Leaven, 27
Light bread, 31
Jenny Lind bread, 46
Loaf, cottage, 39
Loaf bread, 29
" " old Virginia, 29
" " 3d method, 30
Lunch bread, 46
Lunn, quick Sallie, 36
" Sallie 2d, 34
" " 3d, 35
" " 4th, 35
" " 5th, 35
New bread, 45
Old maids, 39
Muffins, 36
" 2d, 37
" 3d, 38
" bread, 38
" corn, 57
" cream, 38
" white egg, 38
" Parker House, 37
" salt sulphur, 36
" soda, 38
" superior, 37
" sweet spring, 36
Mush bread, 59
Pockets, 34
Pone, St. Nicholas, 58
Potato bread, 39
Puffs, breakfast, 46
" nun's, 44
Rice bread, 60
Rolls, hot or cold loaf bread, 31
" French, 31
" " 2d, 32
" " or twist, 32
" pocketbook, 33
" velvet, 32
Rusks, 40
" egg, 41
" German, 41
Salt risen bread, 47
" " " 2d, 47
Turnovers, 33
Twist, 34
Wafers, 44
Waffles, 47
" 2d, 48
" 3d, 48
" corn meal, 57
" mush, 49
" rice, 49
" " 2d, 49
" superior rice, 49
" soda, 48
" another recipe, 48
Yeast, 25
" alum, 27
" another recipe, 26
" Irish potato, 26
" that never fails, 26

COFFEE, TEA AND CHOCOLATE.

Café au lait, 63
Coffee, to make, 62
" " 2d, 62
" boiled, 61
" dripped or filtered, 63
" " " 2d, 63
" to toast, 61
Broma, 65
Chocolate, 65
Cocoa, 65
Black tea, 64
" " 2d, 64
Green " , 63
" " 2d, 64
" " a good cup of, 64
Iced " , 64

MILK AND BUTTER.

Butter, to secure nice for the table in winter, 67
Butter, putting up, 67
Clabber, 67
Cottage cheese, 68

SOUP.

Asparagus soup, 83
" " 2d, 83
Beef " , 74
" " 2d, 74
Beef's head, to prepare as stock for soup, 74
Calf's head soup, 75
" " " 2d, 75
" " " 3d, 76
" " " 4th, 76
" " " 5th, 77
" " " brown, 77
Clam soup, 72
" " 2d, 73
Chicken soup, 78
" " 2d, 79
Crab " , 73
" " 2d, 74
Giblet " , 79
Gumbo " , 80
" " 2d, 80
Okra " , 79
Ox-tail " , 78
Oyster " , 69
" " 2d, 70
" " 3d, 70
" " economical, 69
" " purée of, 70
Pea " , 83
" " green, 84
" " 2d, 84
Potato " , 84
" " 2d, 84
Terrapin soup, mock, 72
Turtle " , 71
" " 2d, 71
" " 3d, 72
" " mock, 72
Tomato " , 82
" " 2d, 83
" " clear, 83
Veal " roast, and chicken bone soup, 79
Vegetable soup, 81
" " fine, 80

OYSTERS AND OTHER SHELL FISH.

Clam or oyster fritters, 90
Crabs, to cook, 94
" devilled, 94
" " 2d, 94
" hard, to devil, 95
Crab stew, 94
" soft, 95
Lobster curry, 95
Terrapin, 96
" or turtle in batter, 96
" " steaks, 96
" " stew, 96
Turtles, to cook, 96
" stewed, 96
Oysters, broiled, 90
" to cook, 86
" " , 89
" devilled, 88
" " , 88
" fritters, 89
" " , 89
" to fry, 89
" fried, 89
" " 2d, 90
" to fry, 90
" " 2d, 90
" to keep alive and fatten, 94
" pâtés, 92
" pie, 92
" " 2d, 92
" pickled, 91
" " 2d, 91
" " 3d, 92
" raw, 93
" to roast, 91
" sausage, 93
" steamed, 90
" shortcake, 93
" scalloped, 86
" " 2d, 87
" " 3d, 87
" " 4th, 88

FISH.

A la crême, 98
Cat fish, 99
" " or hog fish, 99
Cod fish balls, 104
" " boiled, 104
" " salt, to dress, 105
" " Nantucket, 105
Chowder, 99
Chowder, 2d, 100
Drum or sturgeon, 104
German fish stew, 107
Halibut, 98
" 2d, 98
Mackerel, boiled, 105
" to broil, 105
" salt, to cook, 106
Perch, to fry, 104
Rock fish, baked, 101
Rock, to boil, 101
" boiled, 2d, 101
" pickled, 102
" to stew, 101
Shad, baked, 102
" to barbecue, 103
" " broil, 102
" " fry, 102
" potted, 103
" to roast, 102
Salmon, to bake, to boil and steak, 106
" to pickle, 107
Sheep's head, to bake, 100
" or rock, to boil, 100
" to bake, 2d, 100
" " " 3d, 101
" boiled, 100
Sturgeon, baked, 104
" cutlet, 103
" scalloped, 103
Trout, to fry, 104

GAME.

Duck, wild, 111
" " to cook for breakfast, 111
Fowl " " roast in a stove, 110
Goose " , 111
" " 2d, 111
Partridges, to broil, 112
" and pheasants, to cook, 112
" to roast, 112
Pigeon, to broil, 112
" pie, 113
" to stew, 113
Rabbit, barbecue, 109
" roast, 109
" stewed, 109
" " 2d, 109
Reed birds, to dress, 113
Sora, ortolans and other small birds, to cook, 113
Sora, ortolans, robins and other small birds, to cook, 114
Squirrel, to barbecue, 108
Turkey, wild, 110
" " simple way of preparing, 110
Venison, haunch, 108
" " of, 107
Venison, stewed, 108
" " 2d, 108

MEATS.

Backbone or chine, to cook, 120
" pie, 120
Bacon, to cure, 125
" curing, 125
" fried, 130
" and greens, 129
" shoulder of, 129
Chine, to dress, 121
" roast, 121
Ham, baked, 127
" " 2d, 128
" or tongue, bake, 127
" broiled, 129
" of pork, to cook, 121
" for curing, 125
" Virginia mode of curing, 124
" to boil, 126
" " " 2d, 127
" weighing 10 lbs, 126
" fried, 129
" an improvement to, 126
" relish, 131
" spiced, 129
" stuffed and baked, 128
" to stuff, fresh cured, 128
" toast, 131
" " 2d, 131
Jowl and turnip salad, 130
Lard, to cure, 124
Leg of pork stuffed, 121
Pickled pork, equal to fresh, 130
Pork royal, 122
" steak, 119
Sausage meat, 122
" " excellent recipe, 122
" seasoning for, 122
Salt pork, how to cook, 131
Spare ribs, 119
" " pork, 119
" " 3d, 119
" " 4th, 119
" " grisken and short ribs, to cook, 120
Souse cheese, 123
" to make from hogs' feet, 123
Sweetbread of hog, 123
Tongue or ham, potted, 131
Barbecue shoat, 132
Forequarter of shoat to roast, 132
Head of shoat, 134
" " " to stew, 135
" " pig to hash, 135
Head and jowl of pig to stew, 134
Jowl of shoat, 133
Roast pig, 133
" shoat, 132

BEEF AND VEAL.

À-la mode, 140
" " 2d, 140
" " 3d, 141
Boiled beef and turnips, 141
Brine for beef, 154
Brains, croquettes, 151
" to dress, 150
" " fry, 150
" " " , 150
" " stew, 150
Collaps, beef, 146
Collar, 142
Cow heel, 153
" " fried, 153
Corned beef, 154
" " 2d, 156
" " 3d, 156
" " and tongues, 155
" " or pork, 155
" round, to cook, 158
" beef, how to cook, 159
" " tongue, to cook, 158
Cure " for drying, 159
" " ham, 160
Daube Froide, 163
Dry beef and tongue, 160
French dish, 153
Frizzled beef, 144
Fricasséed beef, 145
Gravy brown, 152
" for roast beef, 152
Heel of beef to fry, 153
Hunter's beef or spiced round, 156
" " " " " 2d, 157
Heart of " , 147
Kidneys, broiled, 148
" fried, 148
" " 2d, 148
" grilled, 148
" stewed, 147
" " 2d, 147
Liver, 149
" fried, 149
" to fry, 149
" to fry with onions, 149
" dried for relish, 149
Ox-heart, to roast, 147
Roast beef, 138
" " 2d, 139
Rib roast of beef, 139
Round of beef, to spice, 157
Rump " " to stew, 145
Steak, broiled, 142
" " 2d, 143
" how to cook, 143
" fried, 144
" to fry, 144
" fried with onions, 148
Stew, Lebanon, 146
Sausage, beef, 152
" bologna, 152
Smoked beef, 159
Spiced " , 157
Tongue à la terrapin, 146
" toast, 147
" to stew, 146
" to pickle, 155
Tripe, 151
" 2d, 151
" to fry, 152
" " prepare, 151
Calves' brains, 167
Cake, of veal, 164
Chops, veal, 161
Cutlets, veal, 162
" " 2d, 162
" " 3d, 162
Cold veal, dressed with white sauce, 163
Daub veal, 167
Feet, calf's, dressed as terrapins, 165
Head, calf's, 167
" " to bake, 167
Liver, bewitched, 166
" broiled, 165
" to fry, 166
" " 2d, 166
" simple way of cooking, 166
Loaf, veal, 163
" " 2d, 164
Loin of veal, stewed, 160
Minced " , 163
Roast " , 161
Steak " , 161
Sweetbreads, 165
" " 2d, 165
" " 3d, 165

MUTTON AND LAMB.

Broiled, 170
Chops, mutton, 172
" " 2d, 172
" " 3d, 173
" " broiled, 173
Corned " , 171
Leg of mutton, boiled, 170
Leg of mutton, boiled, 2d, 170
" " roast, 169
Roast mutton, 169
Saddle of mutton, to cook, 171
" " " , 171
" " iced, 171
" " to roast, 170
Shoulder " corned, 172
Slices, grilled, 174
Stew, 173
" 2d, 173
Tongues, sheep, 174
Lamb's head, 175
" " to fricassee, 175
Roast lamb, 174
Shoulder of lamb, to grill, 174
Decorations and garnishes for cold meat and salads, 175

POULTRY.

Chickens, 183
" to boil, 184
" " broil, 187
" " dress with tomatoes, 186
" " fricassee, 187
" fried, 186
" " 2d, 186
" pie, 187
" " 2d, 188
" pudding, 188
" " 2d, 188
" " with potatoes, 188
" to roast, 184
" smothered, 185
" to steam, 184
" " stew, 185
" " " , 185
Ducks, young, to prepare, 190
" to stew, 190
Goose, devilled, 189
" to roast, 189
Turkey, boiled, 180
" " 2d, 180
" boned, 181
" devilled, 181
" hash, 181
Turkey, meat jelly for, 183
" roast, 178
" " 2d, 178
" " 3d, 179
" " with truffles, 179
" to steam, 180

SALADS.

Celery salad, 196
Chicken " , 194
Chicken salad, 2d, 195
" " 3d, 195
" " 4th, 196
" " for 35 people, 195
Fish salad, 192
Irish potato salad, 198
Lettuce salad, 198
" dressed, 200
" " , 200
Lobster salad, 192
Oyster " , 191
Potato " , 197
" " 2d, 198
Salmon salad, and lobster, 191
Slaw, 199
" cold, 199
" " 2d, 199
Terrapin salad, 192
Tomato " , 197
Turnip " , 197
Turkey " , 193
" " 2d, 193
" " 3d, 194
Veal and potato salad, 197

SAUCES.

Anchovy sauce, 202
Apple " , 204
Cod's head, " for, 201
Fish " , 200
" " 2d, 201
" " 3d, 202
" " or sauce for salad, 200
Dutch " for fish, 201
Horseradish sauce, 202
Maître d'Hôte sauce, 202
Mint sauce, 204
Mushroom sauce, 203
" " , 203
Nasturtium " , 204
Onion " , 204
Pepper vinegar, 203
Tomato sauce, 203

SAUCES ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR FOWLS.