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RICE WATER

Wash four table-spoons of rice; put it into two quarts of water, which boil down to one quart, and then add sugar and a little nutmeg. This makes a pleasant drink. A pint or half a pint of milk added to the rice water, before it is taken from the fire, gives a nourishing food suitable for cases of diarrhea. Sago, tapioca, barley, or cracked corn can be prepared in the same manner. BEEF TEA. Take a pound of juicy lean beef and mince it. Put it with its juice into an earthen vessel containing a pint of tepid water, and let the whole stand for one hour. Slowly heat to boiling point, and let boil for three minutes. Strain liquid through a colander, and stir in a little salt. If preferred, a little pepper or allspice may be added. MUTTON TEA may be prepared in the same way. It makes an agreeable change when the patient has become tired of beef tea.