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Put a quarter of a pound of mixed cloves and allspice, some ginger, and cinnamon, on a quart bottle of the best brandy ; let it stand in the sun, or by the fire, for a few days, till all the goodness is drawn out of the spices. Dose for an adult, one teaspoonful ; for a child, ten drops in wineglass of water ; or dropped on hot flannel, and applied externally, it will be found very effectual also. HI HOME REMEDIES. HOME REMEDIES {continued). FOR STYES. Beat up the white of an egg with alum till it forms a paste. Put in a muslin bag, and apply. rOR TOOTHACHE. Two drops of glycerine and one drop of pure carbolic, on cotton wool, put into the cavity of the affected tooth. Excellent. ANOTHER. Equal quantities of table salt (powdered) and alum, mixed dry on cotton wool. Put in the tooth on cotton wool. TURPENTINE PLASTER, OR " VERDWYN PLAISTER." (Mrs. Hopley. Dutch Recipe.) Ingredients. 9 tablespoonfuls of Olive Oil. 2 tablespoonfuls Beeswax. s tablespoonfuls Spirits of Turpentine. A piece of Resin the size of a walnat. Melt the wax, stir in the olive oil, the resin, and lastly the turpentine. Stir till cold. Excellent for bruises, sprains, sore breasts. In cases of cancer it has given relief, being very soothing to pain. FOR WHOOPING COUGH. (Mrs. Fleming's Recipe.) Sunflower seeds, browned as you would coffee, made as you do coffee. Sweeten the decoction, and let the child drink it freely, and especially at night. FOR WHOOPING COUGH — AN EXCELLENT LINIMENT. (Mrs. Myburgh.) Ingredients. I tablespoonful of Rum. \ a tablespoonful Spirits of Turpentine. I tablespoonful of Honey. Mix well together, rub on chest, back, and soles of feet three times 3 day. tCE.—See Cream (Chocolate;, Iced. ICING FOR CAKES. (Mrs. D. Cloete's Recipe.) Ingredients. t lb. Icing Sugar. Whites of 3 Egga Whisk the eggs to a stiff froth and gradually sift in the sugar. Beat the mixture well, until the sugar is smooth ; then with a broad knife lay the icing equally over the cake, laying on one layer first, and allowing it to get firm in a cool oven before you put on the next layer, and so on. The icing may be coloured with a little cochineal or currant juice. Spinach juice gives a nice green colour. For a sponge cake the icing may be flavoured with orange or vanilla. Dry the icing in a cool oven before sending to table. For ornamental icing put layer of white sugar icing first, then mix a little cochineal with some icing. Make a kind of cornucopia of paper, leaving a small hole at the bottom; fill with the red icing, and press it out at the hole, when it can be guided into patterns or raised in dots, etc. Or ornamental squeezers can be got at ironmongers' for this purpose. For a sponge cake flavoured with orange, it makes a nice change to put a layer of marmalade over the cake, and the icing, also flavoured with orange, over that I] ICING FOR CAKES (ALMOND)— ICE CREAM. ICING FOR CAKES {ALMOND). Ingredients. I Bk Almonds. i lb. finely pounded Loaf Sugar. Whites of 2 Eggs.