The national course in home economics

ORANGE AND LEMON JUICE. A fine preparation for an invalid is made of orange or lemon juice, strained and boiled with an equal weight of loaf sugar and then bottled and corked closely. It is an agreeable and valuable addition to gruel and other warm drinks. It takes fifteen minutes to boil. A dessert-spoonful of lemon juice must be added to one-half of a pint of gruel. M. S. Bonnie. CELERY FOR RHEUMATISM. Celery has medicinal qualities above the average. It should be used extensively by people suffering from rheumatism and nervous diseases. AN INVALID'S DINNER. Select a good chop from a loin of mutton and trim all the fat from the meat and put it in a covered jar (a salt jar does very well for the purpose) with three tablespoonfuls of water; stand it in a moderately hot oven, steam it one-half hour, and a few minutes before serving add a pinch of salt. Serve very hot, with the gravy poured over it. Steak or chops cooked in this manner are very tender and easily digested by the weak and delicate. Bertha R. FIBERLESS BEEF FOR INVALIDS. For those who are fond of beef steak and whose stomach will not permit of the regular broiled steak try the following method of cooking it. Take one pound of fresh juicy round steak and with a dull knife scrape out the beef, leaving the fiber by itself until all the meat has been scraped out. Now put just a trifle of butter in the bottom of a frying-pan, let it get hot and put in the scraped meat. Turn two or three times, salt slightly and serve hot. It is delicious. Dr. Rockwell. BALTIMORE PUNCH. One quart of Jamaica rum, one quart of brandy, one quart of port, one-half pint of Curacoa, three cupfuls of white sugar, one dozen lemons, one quart of strong black tea. To mix: To the tea while hot, add the sugar and lemon juice; mix thoroughly and strain through cotton cloth. When cool add the brandy, rum and Curacoa. If to keep awhile, bottle and seal it. To Serve: Over a clear and clean cake of ice in the punch bowl place your stock, adding three pint bottles of soda (aerated water) to each quart bottle of stock. Stir gently and serve at once. The ice maybe put outside the bowl; it keeps the strength of the punch much steadier. The tea should not draw long enough to become bitter. A bottle of champagne with each three bottles of soda, or in place of them, enlivens the punch. Mrs. T. R. Smith. A LIGHT CUSTARD. Break one egg into a teacup, beat it up and sweeten as liked. Add milk to fill the cup, mix once more, and tie a piece of linen over it. Set it into a shallow pan one-half full of water, and boil ten minutes. J. D. T. APPLE WATER. Roast two tart apples until they are soft; put them in a pitcher, pour upon them a pint of cold water and let it stand in a cool place for one hour. It is used in fevers and eruptive diseases, and does not require sweetening. Rush Medical College. SAGO GRUEL. Take two tablespoonfuls of sago and add one pint of water. Boil till it thickens, stirring frequently. Wine, sugar and nutmeg may be added. Doctor John. SAGE TEA.