The new Annie Dennis cook book

Three sheets of gelatine put into two cupfuls of water. While it is dissolving, mix two teaspoonfuls of arrowroot with a little cold water; pour two teacupfuls of milk (rich as possible) on the arrowroot and stir the milk and arrowroot into the boiling gelatined water. Stir the mixture frequently until it just comes to a good boil. Remove immediately and add two lumps of cut sugar. By saying rich milk, I do not mean milk that the cream has risen on, but fresh milk from the cow. After several weeks the milk can be slightly increased, and the arrowroot decreased to one teaspoonful. By no means increase the arrowroot, as too much starch will be harmful. Should the sheet gelatine not be used, two teaspoonfuls of shaved gelatine can be used. This is sufficient food for a day for a baby under a year old. Excellent Remedy for Coughs One heaping tablespoonful of flax seed, boiled in two quarts of water until it thickens well, and there is one quart of tea; squeeze into this the juice of three lemons. Have powdered fine, five cents worth of rock candy and five cents worth of licorice; stir into the the tea and dissolve thoroughly. Strain, and keep in a pitcher. Take a wineglassful when a coughing spell comes on. This will not keep any length of time; make fresh whenever necessary. Hot Sweet Milk When thoroughly chilled, hungry or tired, drink a cupful of hot sweet milk, and you will feel like a new person. It is as stimulating as wine. Croup Vaseline given in doses of an eighth of a teaspoonful every few minutes, until relieved, is a sure remedy. For Acute Tonsilitis Mop the throat with a weak solution of caustic, gargling immediately with salt water; meanwhile rub outside with turpentine and vaseline, and then apply a brown paper, saturated with chloroform; hold to the throat until it bums intensely; remove until it cools, then if not relieved, apply again. Cover the paper with a cloth. This gives very quick relief. For Severe Cold At night, take a very hot foot bath, drink a tumbler of hot, strong lemonade — a lemon to a tumbler of water — and get immediately into bed. If the chest or throat is sore, rub with turpentine and bind around the throat, or place on the chest a flannel cloth, on which sprinkle two tablespoonfuls of turpentine, melt two teaspoonfuls of mutton suet and sprinkle one of camphor. To Cure Itching Dilute (the medicinal) hydrocyanic acid, and sugar of lead, each two ounces; alcohol, three ounces; distilled or soft water, one pint. Dissolve the lead acetate in the water, then add the acid, and shake well; then the alcohol. Wet cloths, and lay upon the itching part, or apply with the finger — as the case will allow — frequently. The acid is poison. This is claimed to be magical in its quick relief of any itching. Do not use on open sores, or where the skin is broken. For the Hands One ounce of glycerine, one ounce of lemon juice, and onehalf to one 'drachm of borax. For Bed Bugs Crude carbolic acid, applied frequently, with a feather, to every infected part. Fine, Kerosene Emulsion The following is Prof. Riley's formula for kerosene emulsion, with particulars of manipulation by the same authority: Kerosene — ^Two gallons, 67 per cent. Common or whale oil soap — ^Half pound. Water — ^One gallon, 33 per cent.