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lie on a silver dime, and then stir in half as much tartaric 

 acid, and drink at once. 



HoNBT Cereal Coffee. — Fresh wheat bran, 5 lbs. ; 

 mix with 2 lbs. of rye flour 2 lbs. of alfalfa honey. Mix the 

 honey with 3 pts. of boihng water. After the honey and 

 water have come to a boil, pour into the bran mixture. Stir 

 thoroughly, and knead to a very stiff dough. Put them 

 through a domestic meat-grinder to separate them. Dry in 

 a warm oven. Brown the same as coffee. For a coffee flavor, 

 add 2 lbs. best Mocha and Java. Have it all ground and put 

 in air-tight cans for future use. W. L. Porter. 



HoNEY-TAFFT. — Boil extracted honey until it hardens in 

 cold water. PuU until white. Any quantity may be used. 

 One pound requires about twenty minutes' steady boiling. 



Mary C. Porter. 



Dyspepsia Remedy. — Dr. McLean, San Francisco, 

 California, recommerds this for the cure of dyspepsia. Mix 

 a drink of honey and water to suit the taste, then add a small 

 quantity of myrrh (just a few drops), and drink every morning 

 on rising. 



Honey-paste to pttt Labels on Tin. — Take two spoon- 

 fuls of wheat flour and one of honey. Mix the flour and 

 honey, and add boihng water to make ij the right thickness. 

 This is fine for labels or wall paper where paper will not stick 

 with ordinary paste. W. L. Porter. 



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