NuMseR TrfRee. f C. I. H-OOD & CO.'S LABORATORY. It may truly bo said that the new Laboiatory of C. I. Hood & Co., in Lowell, Mass., is already one of the prominent landmarks of the city. Bes- idents of the thriving municipality, in showing visiting friends the places of interest, with great local pride point to tlve Laboratory of «. I. Hood & Co. as INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE of the wonderful success of the great- est blood purifier of the age. Hood's Sarsaparilla. The new building is in a location which can hardly be sur- passed. The lot of land, which em- braces 70,000 square feet, is situated on Thorndike Street, near the heart of the city, on a high elevation ; fronting on the east, the beautiful South Common, the largest of the city's BREATHING PLACES ; adjoining, on the south, the expan- sive and well-kept grounds of the Middlesex County Jail, which is one of the most suttstantial and finest stone buildings in the country; overlooking* on the nortk, the elegant residence and beautiful gardens of Mrs. Paift R. ©eorge; and touching, on the west, the line of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, from which a branch track is run directly to the rear of the Laboratory, so that freight facilities are all that could be desired. The building is in full view of all passenger trains running over the railroad betv»'een Boston and Montreal, and is viewed and commented upon daily by thousands of passengers. THE LABORATORY is in size 100x50 feet, four stories high, of brick, and constructed in as thorough and substantial a manner as the ledge upon which it rests. It is apparent to the most casual observer that it is constructed without regard to gaudy display, but f®r the purpose of doing hvsiness, thoroughly, quickly, con- veniently, and well. Inside the building everything is found to be arranged with this object in view. The basement of the building is used for storage, reception of freight, and shipping by rail; con- nected witli the basement, but in separate building, is a boiler soom, li which is a 40-horse power boiler usei for heating, power for elevator, etc! The first story is used for a printing- office, storage of packed goods, anc shipping by express. On the second floor are rooms for bottling and pack- ing ; a large counting-room, where fifteen or twenty clerks, having charge of the adj^ertising and other branches of the business, are employed ; and an' elegantly fitted up private office. Elec- tric calls communicate with every desk, and there are speaking tubes to all parts of the building. On the third: floor is a large room for the massive tanks holding the Sarsaparilla. There are in actual use, six tanks, having a| capacity of 90,000 bottles. On this flooi there is also a bindery, where the printed sheets for the celebrated HOOD'S COOK BOOK, \ Hood's Latest, Hood's Item, and otheri publications, ai-e folded and bound ; and also rooms for the manufacture ofj Hood's Tooth Powder, Hood's Olive Ointment, and Hood's Vegetable Pills. The fouith floor is devoted to the manufacturing department or labora-; tory, and the storage of roots, herbs,; etc. Everywhere the utmost neaHiessf is observed; and the excellent .system of the proprietors is closely adhered to. THE GREATEST CARE is used in the manufacturing processes, and from the first, there has been a constant, determined, and successful effort to make every bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla as perfectly reliable as though it had been specially com- pounded by an expert pharmacist from a physician's prescription. A brief sketch relating to Hood Sarsaparilla will be found on the thii page of the cover of this Cook Book, and an engraving of the Laboratory is, given on the fourth page. Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by druggists. Price $1 a bottler, six for $5i One Hundred Doses One Dollar. HOOD'S Cook Book NUMBER THREE. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE LADIES OF THE UNITED STATES. PUBLISHED IN RESPONSE TO THE DESIRES OF THOUSANDS WHO HAVE USED, WTYll PKE-EiVaNENT SUCCESS AND ENTIRE SATIS- FACTION, THE RECEIPTS PUBLISHED IN Hood's Cook Book IS^umber One, AND Hood's Cook Book JS'umber Two, AND PRESENTED FREE OF CH.iRGE TO EVERY HOUSEKEEPER. This Book contains an entirely new collection of Receipts, none of which have been published in previous numbers of Hood's Cook Book. Copies may be obtained of Druggists, or by sending address on postal card to the Publishers. COPYRIGHTED AND PUBLISHED BY C. I. HOOD & CO., APOTHECARIES. LABORATORY: THORNDIKE STREET, LOWELL, MASS. \^ 1- y ydf- OBJECTS OF HOOD'S COOK BOOK Cooking has of late yeai-s been made a matter of so mucli thought ancl%tudj' and skill, that it may now be considered a science. The growth of the American people in general education, in refine- ment, and in wealth, has demanded an improvement in every conceivable direction. Homes are more artistic, are better built, are better ventilated, are more convenient, than ever before ; metliods of travelling are more rapid, safer, and more comfortable than in the past ; clothing for both sexes is of better material, better appearance, and is more perfectly adapted to seasons and personal peculiarities. With this general march of improvement, it is a matter of course that considerable IMPROVE^tEXT IX COOKING has been demanded, and our kitchens have been constructed and arranged with the object of making the work of cooking for the household as con- venient, as easy, and as perfect as pos- sible, so far as mechanical appliances are concerned. But there is something beyond and above conveniences and utensils, necessary to make the kitchen department a success. It is the general education, the good judgment, the delicate skill, and the experience of the housewife, which makes her de- partment the complete success which is necessary to the happiness of every household. To aid in achieving this success is one of the two objects of HOOD'S COOK BOOK, nnd we are confident that every person who reads these lines will agree with us that it is a laudable object. In these pages will be found many receipts, all of which have stood the test of repeated trial, and, If intelligently followed, will bring about most satisfactory results. The second object of the publication of Hood's Cook Book, and one which we believe fully equal in import.-incc to the one alluded to in the first coltunn, is to place l)efore the people the claims of Hoofl's Sarsaparilla upon their confidence and patronage. The record of euros effected by Hood's Sarsaparilla unmistakably i>rove its curative \Mlue. The public arc not deceived by the unnatural and unrea- sonable pretensions with which news- paper advertisements are filled. We believe the honest course pursued by us, in all things pertaining to Hood's Sarsaparilla, is the only road to per- manent success. We solicit a complete and impartial investigation of what riOOD'S SAK8ArARILLA has done and is doing, leaving the result to the sturdy conunon-sense and generosity of the public. We challenge any i)rei)aratiou to show a home appre- ciation so thoroughly vouched for. Thirty of the leading druggists of Lowell, Mass.. testify as follows: — "We sell more Hood's Sarsaparilla than any other sarsaparilla or blood purifier. Its sale with us has been un- precedented, and present demand indi- cates that the sale this year will exceed that of any previous year." If you are suffering from Scrofula. Salt-Eheimi, Catarrh, Biliousness, Head- ache, Dyspepsia, or any other blood dis- ease, and are desirous of obtaining MORE INFORMATION regarding the value of Hood's Sarsapa- rilla, we shall be glad to send you, upon receipt of address, a book contain- ing a few of the wonderful cm-es. Ver>' truly yours, C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, MaSvS. Hood's Sarsaparilla — 100 Doses One Dollar HOOD'S COOK BOOK |-|G.3 Mocl-es of Folding To Fold the Mitre. If the napkin ))e square, lay a fold on one side, so that It may become an oblong, one tliird longer than wide. Lay three folds, like the letter Z, preserving the length. Fold both ends to the middle, meeting miderneath. Turn the left- liand iip])er eurncr square to the lower edge, and the right-hand lower <'orner square to the upper edge. You should now have Fig. 1. Now fold in halves th.e long way; open the points of the mitre, and you should have Fig. 2. Bpud the left-hand point to the right, and tuck in a fold, and the right-hand point In the opposite direction and ruck in. You should now have Fig. 3, or the Bishop's Mitre. nc 10. the Table Na/phin. i To Fold the Calla. Fold a square I napkin like a half handkerchief. Fold the opposite points to meet on the centre point. Roll the bottom corner as in Fig. I 4. Turn the napkin over, and roll point [ a to near the centre ; tuck ])olnt h in a I fold. Raise it and you should have I Fig. T). Turn the corners down and tuck in as ;it Fig. G. I To Fold for Cakes. Fold the cor- ners of a s(iuare napkin to meet tlie centre; turn each corner back to the I edge as in Fig. 7. Turn over carefully without unfolding ; turn two opj)Osite edges to the centre, as in Fig. 8. Turn It over and meet the other two ends hi the middle, and you should have Fig. 9 Insert cakes, tarts, etc., as In Fig, lo. Hood''s Snrmparilla — Pei of a small onion. Put butter in frying-pan, cut onion in small pieces and brown ; add 1 can tomatoes and cook l hour ; pass through sieve, return to fire and add the stock and flour. Season with salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Serve hot. Hood's Sarsaparilla sharpens the appetite. French Stew. Put a little butter into a spider. Slice a small piece of onion and brown in the butter. Cut carrot and turnip into fancy shapes and cook in water until tender. Put the gravy left from the roast into the spider, cook a few minutes and strain. Now cut nice slices of the cold roast meat and put into the gravy. Cook lo or 15 minutes; put in the carrot and turnip. Pour on to a platter and serve. French canned peas may be added. Hood's Sarsapa- rilla invigorates the weak and delicate. Three Peculiarities. The superior qualities of Hood's Sar- saparilla are secured by three peculiar- ities, namely : — First. — The combination of remedial agents used. Second. — The proportion in which they are mixed. Third. — The process by which the active medicinal properties are secured. These are peculiar to Hood's Sarsapa- rilla, and are unlike any other. The result of these peculiarities is a medi- cine of peculiar strength, which effects cures hitherto unknown. A trial, or even a glance at the article, inspires confidence, because it bears unquestion- able indication of a thorough understand- ing by those who originated it. Another peculiarity of Hood's Sarsaparilla, is 100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR, an unanswerable argument as to econ- omy and strength. If you are sick, try this excellent medicine; it has given health and happiness to many, and you may reasonably expect it will to you. The cures effected by Hood's Sarsapa- rilla speak volumes in its praise, and are constantly adding to its influence. No better evidence of its worth is needed than its enormous sale. An article with- out merit cannot attain the popular de- mand which this medicine has reached. Substantial Evidence. The following letter tells its own story, and bears on its face the in- telligence and good common-sense of the lady who wrote it. We are pleased to publish such substantial evidence of the merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla: — "Unsolicited I send only such recom- mendations as Hood's Sarsaparilla de- serves. Spring and fall we use one or two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla in our family of four, with most satisfactory results. My little girl of two and a half years, a strong, healthy child, but very full-blooded, and a hearty eater, was troubled greatly with styes on her eyes. We tried various remedies, but witli no lasting effect. At last I resorted Rood's Sarsaparilla — 100 Doses One Dollar. HOOJrS SABSAPARILLA. to Hood's Sarsaparilla, and from the first of May, when I had used it first for that purpose, she has not had the least vestige of a sty. By keeping the blood in a pure condition, the whole system is purified. So, both for econ- omy and comfort, we use Hood's Sar- saparilla." Mrs. Charles Brewster, 19 Park Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Cream Potato. Cut 1 (juai-t of cold potatoes in very thin slices. Put a teaspoonful of butter into a frying-pan, and when it is hot, add a teaspoonful of flour. Stir until smooth; do not let it browoi. Add a cup of milk, or cream, gradually, keeping it hot all the time. Let it come to a boil. Season the potatoes with, salt and pep- per, and pour them into the sauce. Cover, and when the potatoes are hot, they are done. Serve without delay- Hood's Sarsaparilla is excellent. Escallaped Potatoes. Peel and slice potatoes thin, same as for frying. Butter an earthen dish, l)ut in a lay-er of potatoes, and season with salt, pepper, butter, a bit of onion chopped fine; sprinkle a little flour. Now put another layer of potatoes and the seasoning. Continue in tliis way till the dish is filled. Just before put- ting into the oven, pour a cup of milk over. Bake ?i of an hour. Potato Puff. Two cupfuls mashed potatoes; 2 table- spoonfuls melted butter. Stir these, with a seasoning of salt, to a light, fine creamy consistency. Beat 2 eggs sepa- rately, and add with six tablespoonf uls of cream. Beat all together, well and lightly. Pile in an irregular, jagged form in a dish. Bake in a quick oven, till nicely colored. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best spring medicine. The wise and i)rudent know this. The excellence of baked potatoes depends upon eating them as soon as done, and not before. They are worth- less till cooked, and dry rapidly so soon as baked through. Spring Medicine. Varied and diverse as are the poisons capable of swimming in the current of the blood, and distinct as are the diseases and disorders they give rise to, Hood's Sarsaparilla, by its positive quality of purifying and clarifying the blood, is the one best remedy. Take it in season at the first symptom of lassitude, weariness, or weakness. Don't give the poison time to concentrate and attack some vital part. It is the first step which tells. The enfeebled condition warns you of the presence of the poison. Dislodge it while the patient has strength. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla till its vitalizing I effects produce a return of your good { health and your buoyant feelings. You are run down. No specific dis- ! ease has manifested itself, but the ; condition of your system is low, and ; your blood is in a disordered state. Try Hood's Sarsaparilla, the vitalizing effects of which upon the entire human organism render it a most effective spring medicine. It has kept hundreds from subsequent disease. It will give you an increase of appetite. It will promote digestion. It will unload the blood of its impurities, thus improving the circulation. No other preparation tones and strengthens the system like Hood's Sarsaparilla. Sold by druggists. Price $1 a bottle, or six bottles for $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. That Terrible Latiguor. " I regard Hood's Sarsaparilla as the most reliable and best spring medicine. I had tried many others without good re- sults, and consequently condemned all alike, until I gave Hood's Sarsaparilla a fair trial, when I was convinced it was superior to all others. Every spring I take three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and know nothing of tiiat terrible lan- guor so prevalent at that season of the year. I have just finished my first bottle for 1883, and already feel mucb im- proved." Mrs. J. M. Carter, Boston. Hood's Sarsaparilla — Peculiar to Itself. HOOD'S COOK BOOK. Hash. Chop the cooked meat and twice as ranch potatoes, cold, in separate bowls. Pnt a little water, boiling, and a bit of butter into an iron saucepan stew- pan, or spider ; bring to a boil. Then put in the meat and potatoes, well salted and peppered. Add other vegetables, if desired. Let it cook through well, under cover, stirring occasionally, so that tlie ingredients be evenly distrilv uted and to keep the bottom from sticking to the pan. When done, it should be not at all watery, nor yet dry, but have sufficient adhesiveness to stand on well-trimmed and buttered toast, on which it should be served. Hash from cold poultry can be made same way. In the spring take Hood's Sarsaparilla, to purify and vitalize the blood. BeefsteaTx. The first requirement is not so much a tender and juicy steak, though this is always desirable, but a glowing bed of coals, a wire gridiron, — a stout one, with good-sized wires, and double, so that you can turn the steak Avithout touching it. The steak sheuld be pounded only in extreme cases, when it is cut too thick and is " stringy." Attempt nothing else when cooking the steak ; have everything else ready for the table ; the potatoes and vegetables dished and In the warming-closet. From 4 minutes onward is needed to cook the steak. The time must depend on the size, and you can easily tell by the color of the gravy which runs from the steak, when gently pressed with a knife, as to its condition. If the mas- ter of the house like it " rare done," it will be safe to infer that it is done enough for him, Avhen there is a suspi- cion of brown gravy with the red ; if, as is generally the case, the next stage is the favorite one, remove the steak from the gridiron the instant the gravy is of a light brown. Remove it to a platter, pepper and salt to suit your taste, put on small lumps of but- iwr, and then, for two brief moments, cover it Avith a hot plate, the two mo- I ments being sufficient to carry It to the ! table. One absolutely essential factor I in the preparation of good be-efsteak is that it must be served at once. ! Talce It Now. i This is the month to purify the bloiw^ JfonrVs Sar.^apaHUa — 100 ZM.rpv Onf T^lJar // O (J ir s S A li >S J F. i Li 1 1. L . I Potting Surphus Meats. Rather tJiau malntalu an eternal succession of hashes, or stews, pot your surplus cooked meats, thoroughly- pounded, with all unbroken fibres re- moved. They will keep a long while, and be excellent for lunches, picnics, or >>andwiches. Add sauce of any desira- ble kind before potting, if agreeable. Use Hood's Vegetable Pills, the best family cathartic. Ham, Beef, Veal, EU-. Chop and pound iu a mortar, mixing lean ^^^th fat, and se;ison to your taste with cayenne or black pepper, mustard, curry, salt, and a speck of butter. When done, place each meat by itself in an earthen or crockery dish, and bake for half an hour. Pack, well pressed, in small jars holding sufficient for single occasion ; cover with a quar- ter inch of lukewarm, clarified butter ; and paste papers over the top. Label each and set away for lunch or picnic. Pound In a mortar \K lbs. cold tongue, skinned, with spices and 6 oz. of butter, adding a little roast veal, or the white meat of roasted poultrj', and pot as above. In the spring take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Potting FowLs. For potting fowls, birds, or game clean the meat from bones, and pound with spices ; boil the bones to a glaze, and moisten the pounded meat vnth this. Before potting, run th(^ mass through a sieve. Press the meat firmly into the jars, and set them in boiling water iu a covered stew-pan; steam thus half an hour. Press the meat down again firmly; \\ipe dry and cover with hot butter, or a coarse flour pa.ste. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best mexli- cine. It sharpens the appetite and makes the weak strong. The best of a potato is just under the skin ; therefore, pare very thin. Cover with cold water and boil gently till don«. SoroftUa Is au inherited disease, and conxmou to the children of scrofulous parents. That bodily ailments should be transmitted to descendants is not more remarkable than that resemblances in body and mind should b<;. Eveiy where the inheri- tance is very marked and veiy sure, the greatest encouragement may be taken that Hood's Sarsaparilla will ex- tirpate the absolnte germs of this in- sidious malady. No other medicine has so great corrective power. When early made use of, and continued after all external signs have disappeared. Hood's Sarsaparilla will rectify what- ever is injurious in the blood, leaving the vital fluid pure and free from all elements of disease, so that the patient will feel entirely renewed. Scrofula may be acquired, as well as inherited, mainly from want of pure air and lack of exercise. An y badly ventilated atmosphere, saturated with steam, such as prevails in the IMMENSE FACTORIES OF TO-DAY. is highly favorable to the devel- opment of scrofula. Workshops, poi- soned by animal effluvia or the prod- ucts of putrefaction; boarding-schools, prisons, and hospitals, where the in- mates are too closely confined by rig- orous, coercive rules ; all are liable to seriously contaminate the blood. All coarse diets, bulky but not nutritious ; riotous indulgence in food or drink, unless carefully selected ; employments in unliealthful climates; exposure, when half clad, etc., develop the seeds of an otherwise dormant scrofulous condition, or produce scrofula originally. In all such cases, Hood's Sarsaparilla is val- uable as a preventive, and will surely check and drive back* the humors ami the lumps on membranes, joints, and bones, which characterize scrofula. 100 Doses One Dollar. Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by di'ug- glsts. Price $1 a bottle, or six bottles for $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, 3Iass. Mood's Sarsstparilla — Peculiar to lUelf. HOOD'S COOK BOOK. Corned Beef. If dinner be at 12 or l o'clock, corned beef should be put on to boll as early as 7 o'clock. If boiled gently for this length of time, it will be very tender, have a line flavor, and will cut easily and gmoothly. Eat with mustard or vinegar. Hood's Sarsaptirilla cures in- digestion and dyspepsia. Pressed Chicken. Boil 1 or 2 chickens in a small quantity of water, with a little salt; when thorouglily done, take all the meat from the bones, keeping the light and dark meat separate ; chop fine and season. Put in a pan a layer of dark and light meat; add the liquor it was boiled in, which should be about a cupful. Press with a small weight. When cold, cut in slices. Hood's Sarsaparilla is pleasant to the taste. Kidney Fritters. Four eggs well beaten, 1 teacup of cream or good milk, pepper, salt, pounded mace, chopped parsley, and mushrooms, or mushroom catsup. Chop 2 or 3 pounds of kidneys line, and mix all together. Pour into a buttered pan and stir over the fire tlU cooked and browned to taste. It should not be too moist. 100 doses Hood's Sarsaparilla, $1. Fried Lamb Kidneys. Boil the kidneys until quite tender. Then quarter them. Put a small onion in a spldei;, with a generous amount of butter. Fry until quite brown. Season a Utile. Hood's Sarsaparilla is prepared in a manner peculiar to itself. Boile-d Pea Pods. Boil pea pods in a small quantity of water, skim them out and add the peas, when tender, butter, cream, pepper, and salt ; time, }i an hour. Canned peas should be rinsed before cooking, and boiled In sugared water. If you are sufEering from headache, dizziness, or falntness at the stomaola, Hood's Sarsa- parilla Is tlio remedy to bring you relief. Poisoned "with Scrofula. '•For a number of years my blood has been poisoned with scrofula. The roof of my mouth was about all eaten out ; I had no appetite, and my body was completely covered with blotches and blisters,— in fact, my blood was in a terrible condition. I have been using about everything ; but instead of getting better I continually grew worse. About a year ago, seeing the large num- ber of testimonials from people similarly afflicted as myself, I decided to give Hood's Sarsaparilla a trial. The first dozen doses I took made me sick. I told my wife Hood's Sarsaparilla was not the medicine I wanted, and I should not take any more. She advised me to use what there was in the bottle, and I kept on taking it. After a while I began to have a good appetite, commenced to gain strength, my mouth healed, and my food had some taste. The blotches and blis- ters also began to disappear. I have taken foiir bottles. It is remarkable the good it has done me. I have not felt so well for years. My wife, seeing it did me so much good, thought it would help our daughter, as her blood was full of scrofula. She was deaf in her left ear, and had to breathe tlirough her mouth, as the passage through her nose was completely stopped. She was getting worse every day. She only took one bottle, and to-day she can hear as well as any one, and I consider her as free from all blood disorders as a person can be. I have recommended Hood's Sarsa- parilla to many people, and they all say it is a good thing." Samuel J. Philip, Van Wert, Ohio. Cancerous Humor. " I was a member of a scrofulous family and was afflicted with scrofulous and cancerous hwmor from infancy. My mother, my sister, and my brother, each died of this ten'ible disease. During the past thirteen years, I have taken hundreds of dollars' woilh of medicine, including all kinds of sarsa- parilla. I received no benefit whatever HoocVa Sarsaparilla — 100 Doses One Dollar. no Ol)\S SA R N.J PA R ILL A . 9 till I began to use Hood's Sarsapa- lilla. Before I h;ui finished the first bottle, I found T was improving, and I am sure that my imjjrovement con- tinues." H. J. Stkakns. Willimantic, Ct. Cream Oysters. One pint cream, a little more than a pint of oysters, 1 tablespoonful of flour. Salt and pepper to taste. Let the cream come to a boil. Mix the flour with a little cold milk and stir into the boiling cream. Let the oysters come tt> a boil in their oa\^i liquor ; then skim care- fiuUy. Drain off all the liquor and turn the oysters into the cream. Dyspeptics find relief in Hood's Sarsaparilla. Fried Oysters. The oysters should be large and the cook not hurried. Drain the oysters in a colander ; sprinkle pepper and mix well, and set them in a cold plat^e for 15 or 20 minutes before cooking. Roll, separately, each oyster in sifted crumbs and then in a batter, made of the yolks of as many eggs as you have dozens of oysters, beaten with a little clarified butter, or salad oil, seasoned with a pinch of cayenne pepper and salted. Dip each oyster from the crumb into this, and repeat if cinuubs enough do not adhere. Fry in very hot fat, and have enough to cover the oysters. They will brown beautifully, without turning. More bottles Hood's Sarsaparilla sold last year than ever before. Ih'opped Eggs. The water should be well salted. Slide from a saucer, singly, the broken eggs into it when simmering. Unless muiflu-rings are used to keep the eggs separate, cook only one at a time. Dash with a spoon a little water over the egg, to keep the top white. ^Vlien done, and do not let it harden, lift with a, skimmer, and slip it on thin, but hot, buttered toast ; trim to your fancy. When all is ready, dust a little pepper and salt over each. Hood's Sarsaparilla sharpens the appetite and improves the digestion. An Holiest Medicitie. I "About seven years ago a scrofula I humor made its appearance on my body, more particularly about my hands and I wrists, feet and ankles. I became so ! bad that I went to see a seventh-son I doctor, who made a specialty of treating ■ scrofula. After examining me, lie said ! salt-rheum had got uppermost, and he : would not treat me. Two years ago I j met a lady from Amherst, N. H., who had I been benefited by the use of Hood's I Sarsaparilla, and advised me to try it. , I took that season two bottles, and it ! helped me as nothing else had. This ! last spring I took two bottles more. My I humor has ceased to trouble me ; my i sores are all healed ; my health is ex- 1 cellent, so that I have stopped taking it. I I believe Hood's Sarsaparilla to be just I what it is lecommended to be, — an ; honest medicine. I most cordially rec- I ommend it." Mrs". J. McClure, Revere, I Mass. I Corroborated. i A lady friend from Amherst, N. H., 1 speaking of the above case, says: " I am i very intimate with Mrs. McClure, and j never saw such a sight as her arm was before taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. It ' had to be dressed very often, and we all I thought it would have to be amputated. ! I feel sure that her life was saved by I Hood's Sarsaparilla." l^ar loose Veins. " This certifies that I ha-ve been i troubled with varicose veins and a scrofulous humor for the past twelve or fifteen years, — at times so severely as to compel me to use a crutch, or to abstain from business entirely. About four months since, upon the recom- mendation of one of my neighbors, I commenced using Hood's Sarsaparilla, and have, up to the present time, used two bottles and a half of it. My leg is entirely healed, I gain daily in strength, and have at all times a good appetite." C. M. French, Franklin, N. H. Hood's Sarsaparilla is unequalled as a blood purifier. 100 Doses One Dollar. Hood's Sarsaparilla-^ PecMliar to Itself. 1© MOOD'S COOK BOOK. Ontelet. A hot fixe ; put any clean, smooth iron- pan or spjder on tJie fire to heat ; mean- while, hreak 5 eggs into a basin, pepper and salt, and beat with a spoon, vigorously, 12 times ; put a piece of butter, the size of an egg, into thfe heated pan, turn so tliat it will moisten the entire bottom ; just as it begins to boil, pour in the eggs ; hold the spider- handle in your left hand, and, as the eggs whiten, carefully, with a spoon, draw up lightly from tke bottom, till all be equally cooked ; shake with your left hand, till the omelet be free from the pan, when turn with a spoon one half of the omelet over the other ; let it remain a moment, but continue shaking, lest it adhere ; toss to a warm platter held in the right hand, or lift with a flat, broad shovel; the omelet will be firai aroimd the edge, but creamy and light inside. Jf vegetables are to be added, they should be already cooked, seasoned, and hot; place in the centre of the omelet, just before turning ; so with mushroom, shrimps, or any cooked in- gredients. Hood's Sarsaparilla restores vitality, renews animation, and creates an appetite. Try it this spring. Cold Eggs for it Picnic. Boil hard ; halve them lengthwise ; re- nK)ve the yolks and choj) them fine, with cold chicken, lamb, veal, or any tender, roasted meat ; or with bread soaked in milk, and any salad, as pars- ley, onion, celery, the bread being half the whole ; or with grated cheese, a little olive oil, drawn butter, flavored. Fill the cavity in the eggs with either of these mixtures, or any similar prep- aration. Press the halves together, roll twice in beaten egg and bread criunbs, and dip into boiling lard. When the color rises delicate, drain. The testimonials to Hood's Sarsaparilla deserve a careful reading. Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by drug- gists. Price only $1 a bottle, or six for $6. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. I>yspepsia^ Generally speaking, makes cross and irritable a person of naturally pleasant disposition. The theory of cure by starvation is still held and practised by many. Most cases of dyspepsia are, as it were, weak stomachs yearn- ing for something to do, — willing, but unable to do their duty. For instance: the dyspeptic eats a hearty meal ; the stomach cheerfully reaches out to ful- fil its office, but from lack of strength and vitality, it is forced to let go, and the result is that the undigested meal, unnatm-ally imprisoned, strug- gles for freedom, and in his terrible PALN AND MISERY the victim declares, " I will never eat another thing." We suggest a simple plan of relief, which has proved so successful that while It Is hardly probable It will cure every case, has actually cured so many that it is worthy a trial by every sufferer. First; Take Hood's SarsapariUa, a medicine which contains the proper tonics, stimulants, and correctives, that will give tone and strength to the diges- tive organs, and the ability to perform their natural functions. Second: Use reasonable moderation in your demands; eat wholesome food, and plenty of it, but do not cram or overload the stomach, so that it will re- sent abuse and get beyond all benefit. The peculiar combination of vegetable tonics, specially effective in toning up the stomach, embodied in Hood's Sarsapa- rilla, have given it wonderful success with dyspepsia of almost every form. The most ardent friends of Hood's Sar- saparilla are constantly surprised to observe what a charm it seems to hold over this class of ailments. New patients are continually trying it, and with the most remarkable success. Reader, why suffer longer when relief is close at hand and easUy attained? Thousands of sufferers from dyspepsia testify that they have been benefited by Hood's Sarsaparilla. JfloocVs SarsapariUa — 100 Doses 0n4> Dollar // (J o jrs s A n sAr A u j l l a U stewing. Stewing is excellent, wholesome, and economical, and is best done on a stove, over a slow fire. Keep the lid of the 9tew-pau closely shut, and simmer the contents steadily. Never bring to a boil. Np remedy now before the public is of so much value in curing sick head- ache, biUousness, iudigestiOH. and dys- pepsia, as Hood's Sarsaparilla. Time to Roast. Turkey, 10 pounds, stuffed, 3 hours; over 10, 4 hours; under 10, not less than 2 hours. After stufflug, let the bird remain some time Ivefore cooking. Heat through, gradually, before bringing to roa,st. The chief secrets are to have the bird warmed through, the fire bright hot, and to baste often. Large fowl, l hour ; small do., *4 hour. Duck (be sure it is yoimg), 50 to 60 minutes ; duckling, 25 to 35 minutes. Capon, good size, a full hour. Chicken, 20 to 30 minutes. Goose, IX hours. Pigeon, 20 to 25 minutes. Beef, 8 pounds rib or sirloin, 45 min- utes, to be rare ; to be well done, 65 minutes, about 8 minutes per pound ; add 10 minutes for every atlditional pound ; add 20 minutes for a rump. Yoal, 2% hours. Lamb, lyi hours, or 6 lbs. to the hour. Pork, if a spare-rib of 10 pounds, 2>3 to 3 hours ; a chine requires another hour. Glaze is simply strong stock boiled (lo\m almost to a thick jelly. Plain joints I'oasted make their own gra\T. except lamb, which also requires a mint sauce. For fowis, make a gravy of the gib- lets. For game, a bread sauce. Hood's Sarsaparilla — take now and it will give you sul)stantial benefit, cleanse your blood, and tone up your system. Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by drug- gists. Price $1 a bottle, or six bottles for $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass. j Im/pure Blood. j A very common error In the troat- ment of blood diseases consists in not I niaking use, at once, of a medicine of , positive qualities, like Hood's Sarsapa- j rilla. Rouse the appetite by regular. I moderate doses. What you may now ; cure with a single bottle of Hood's Sar- ' sa pa rilla, next month will require two, because of the advance made in the disease, and its stronger hold on you. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla for the blood. Two Brothers. •'• 1 have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for impurities and bad state of my blood, and I am sure I have derived much good from it. My brother, who is a victim to salt-rheum and a humor, which brings ringworm all over his face, seeing how much I was helped, connnenced the use of it. He has been so much benefited, that his eyes are no longer affected. He is still using it." L. E. Howard, Temple, N. H. Pxirify Tour Blood. If you would avoid foul eruptions and painful sores, thrown to the sur- face by your corrupt blood, take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Scatter your tumors, your boils, and your ulcerous swellings, before they break into running sores, by using , Hood's Sarsaparilla. As they reduce, continue to use \ Hood's Sarsaparilla. and dress the in- ! flamed parts with Hood's Olive Oint- i ment, which will immediately have a soothing influence, and will leave the skin smooth, soft, and healthy. Hicli Headache aud Dyspepsia. " I was a great sufferer from sick head- ache and dyspepsia. There was a con- stant misery in my stomach. By ad- vice of my neighbor. ^Vlrs. O'liourke, I made use of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and ', I can say, with truth, I am free from ! headache, and my food does not dis- ! tress me. I used two bottles." Mks. P. ! O'GoRMAN, Grand Ave., Brooklj-n. N. Y. Mood's Sarsaparilla — Peculiar to Itself. 12 HOOD'S COOK BOOK, Chicken and Macaroni. One chicken boiled until very tender ; take all from the bones and pick up very fine. Boil K pound macaroni until tender, but keep it whole ; cut in small pieces l inch long. Butter a two- quart Charlotte Russe tin and line with the pieces of macaroni ; put in a layer of chicken, seasoned with the liquor boiled down ; salt, pepper, and a very little butter ; then a layer of macaroni, and so on until the dish is filled. Pour a cup of cream over the whole, and bake half an hour. Serve on a platter. Chicken Salad. Boil a tender young chicken ; when cold, strip the meat from the bones, and cut into small cubes, — not too small. Cut the white celery stalks into pieces X of an inch in length. Now mix 3 tablespoonfuls of vinegar to i of olive oil, salt, pepper, and spice to your taste, and pour this over the chicken and celery mixed. Let it set in a cool place 1 hour at least, 2 will not hurt. Pre- pare a Mayonnaise sauce, and inunedi- ately before serving, mix all in a dish, leaving an abundance of the sauce to cover the mass, which is highest in the centre, dished in the form of a flat dome. At the top insert a bouquet of fresh, green celery, and lay a row around the edge of the dish. If lettuce be pre- ferred to celery, do not put the lettuce in till the last moment. When on the table, mix thoroughly as served. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood. French Salad I>ressing. Mix 1 salt-spoon of pepper with l of salt ; add 3 tablespoonfuls of olive oil, and 1 even tablespoonful of onion, scraped fine ; then 1 tablespoonful of vinegar ; when well mixed, pour the mixture over your salad and stir all till well mingled. Hood's Sarsaparilla forti- fies the stomach. The merit of a salad is that it ^should be cool, fresh, and crisp. For vegeta- bles, use only the delicate white stalks of celery, the small heart leaves of let- tuce, or tenderest stalks and leaves of the white cabbage. Keep the vegetable portions crisp and fresh, until the time for serving, when add the meat. For chicken and fish salads, use the Mayon- naise dressing. For simple vegetable salads, the French dressing is most ap^ propriate, using onion rather than garlic. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures the most distressing cases of dyspepsia. Eat and Enjay It. " For three years I was a sufferer from dyspepsia, there being hardly any- thing that I could eat without causing me great distress. My husband was con- stantly buying different advertised dys- pepsia cures, without obtaining perma- nent relief. In the fall of 1882 I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. I took it regularly, according to directions, until I had taken six bottles. I am most happy to say the result was entirely sat- isfactory. I can with comfort eat any- thing desirable for me to eat and enjoy it. I do not know what else Hood's Sarsaparilla may l)e good for, but I at- tribute the help of my dyspepsia entirely to its use. My husband, knowing well what I have suffered, and how much better I am now, will fully corroborate my statement." Mrs. J. S. Bailey. Mr. Bailey is the popular keeper of the Government Light House on Marble- head Neck, Mass. He fully endorses what his wife writes. He considers the money spent for Hood's Sarsaparilla one of the best investments he ever made. A Great Benefit. Henry Dickson, wholesale grocer, and proprietor of Dickson's Opera House, Kenton, Ohio, writes: "My wife has been troubled with indigestion, and her blood has been in a poor condition. She has used several bottles, of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it has been a great benefit to her." Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists. Price $1 ; six for $5. Pre- pared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothe- caries, Lowell, Mass. Moocf/s Sarsaparilla— 100 Doses One Dollar. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA. 13 Sauces. The two main sauces are the Espagnol and the Voleute ; the first is brown, and beef its foundation ; the other white, and veal its foundation. A spoonful of Madeira wine improves it. With boiled fish make the sauce Hol- landaise. With beefsteak, tomato sauce always. With chicken or lobster salad, sauce Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise Sauce. Put the yolk of a raw egg into a cold bowl ; beat it well with a silver fork ; then add 2 salt spoonfuls of salt and 1 of mustard (powdered). Work them well a minute ; then mix a little good olive oil, a few drops at first, alternating with a few drops of vinegar. When it assumes tjie appearance of jelly, instead of the vinegar, alternate with a few drops of lemon-juice. When the egg has ab- sorbed a gill of oil, finish by adding a pinch of cayenne pepper and l>^ tea- spoonfuls of good vinegar. Now taste and add what appears to be deficient. For lobster salad, bruise lobster coral, pass through a sieve, and add to the above, with a little cayenne pepper and another spoonful of mustard. For fish (cold boiled), add, Avhen hot, any green extract, such as green peas, boiled and mashed, or the juice of spin- ach pounded, and boil till it thickens. Hood's Sarsaparilla sharpens the appe- tite and greatly improves the digestion. A Hint for the Table. Sew a coarse flannel over the bowl of a broken goblet. Wet the flannel and sprinkle as much flax seed, or canary seed, as will stick. Set this in a glass dish of water in a warm room ; as the water soaks into the flannel, add more. In two weeks, you will have a most beautiful centre ornament for the table. Debility and indigestion are easiest corrected by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Never wash macaroni. The cooking water will dissolve everything undesira- ble. Hood's Sarsaparilla is purifying. Indigestion. Distress in the stomach arises from overworking that important organ, or rather from irregularly feeding it, —too little time allowed for food, and too close attention to business cares. Per- haps improperly cooked food assists and often indulgence promotes. This system of treatment and attack upon the stom- ach results in disorder of its functions; a sense of weight and fulness is felt, which is rather the deficient energy of the coats of the stomach made sensi- ble ; the food sours before digestion, I)roducing foul breath, nausea, and heart-burn, or water-brash. THE MAN IS SICK, though he does not know it ; or, if he knows it, refuses to own it. With- out relief by Hood's Sarsaparilla, im- perfect digestion follows ; the counte- nance assumes a hard and painful ex- pression ; the skin looks dry and un- wholesome. My friend, beware ! if you have got so far, halt ! Think it over. Sit down and reason with your- self. This state of things should not continue. Unnourished you cannot con- tinue. You are positively expending MORE THAN YOUR IKCOMJE. Reform your habits. Assist your disa- bled stomach by a mild dose of Hood's Sarsaparilla, taken in a little water, ten or fifteen minutes before eating. Its tonic properties are what you require. Its stimulative qualities are gentle, though energetic. Try a bottle; you will be perfectly satisfied. Internal Hunioi\ " I have been troubled with internal humor several years, causing a burn- ing sensation in my stomach, distress from my food, and fainting spells. I could not sleep nights. Hood's Sarsa- parilla has relieved me of my troubles. I sleep well now and have no difficulty with my food. I take pleasure in cer- tifying that Hood's Sarsaparilla certainly helped me." Mrs. S. A. Edmunds Warner, N. H. Hood'.'f Sarsaparilla — Peculiar to Itself. 14 UOOU'S (JOOK BOOK Mayon/naise Dressing. A tablespoonful mustard, 1 cup sugar, 1-10 teaspoouful cayenne, 1 teaspoonful salt, the yolks of 3 uncooked eggs, tht^ juice of hz lemon, L\ cup vinegar, 1 pint best olive oil, and 1 cupful whipped cream. Beat the yolks and dry iugre- tUents until light and thick. Place the bowl, in which the dressing is made, in a pan of ice water during the beating. Add only a little of the oil at a time. Wlien the dressing becomes so thick that the beater turns hard, add a little of the \inegar. When the last of the oil, and of the vinegar, has been added, the dressing should be very thick. Now add the lemon juice and whipped cream, and place on ice till needed for use. The cream may be omitted without injurj'. Hood's Sarsaparilla has helped thousands ; it will help you. Pickled Lettiofis. Take 8 lemons, thick skins; 1-2 lb. fine salt ; 2 qts. vinegar ; 1-4 oz. each of cloves, nutmeg, mace, and cayenne ; 2 oz. mustard seed ; a small onion. Put all this in a muslin bag, the whole to be put in a tight, covered jar. Set in a kettle of boiling water and let it remain till the lemons are tender. It is better to keep them three months before using. Use Hood's Tooth Powder. Spiced Mackevel. Twelve fresh mackerel cut in slices, 1 cup salt, 1 cup sugar, l tablespoonful whole cloves, 1 tablespoonful ground doves, 1 tablespoonful black pepper. A layer of fish, then a layer of the mix- lure. I'ut in an earthen pot and cover with vinegar. Bake four hours in a. moderate oven. Hood's Sarsaparilha invigorates the appetite. MuMard JP^lckl^. One peck green tomatoes, }i as many onions, 3 or 4 cauliflowers -, boil until tender ; slice, cover with salt, and drain over night. Add IH boxes mustard, 2 or 8 red peppers ; cov&r with vlnegax, and simmer all day. Yoti/ng Persons Who are of somewhat dyspeptic habits, weakened by excesses, exhausted by care and anxieties, protracted work, I watching at night with inadequate I sleep, where the nutrition was evi- I dently impaired before difQculty of di- 1 gestion Avas experienced, will flud j Hood's Sarsaparilla of very decided I effect and value. In cases where 4he j stomach is intensely irritable, Hood's ] Sarsaparilla, from its light dose, is very ! serviceable. Occasionally it will be j found to be the only nourishment the stomach will bear kindly. In dys- pepsia arising from change of habits, where the stomach has long accustomerayu?n JfMtter. Djfawn Butter, sometimes absurdly called Melted Butter, as the foundation of many excoDent sauces, requires care In its preparation. It is siuiple, agreeable; <^amiot be made of flour and water ; but use only sufficient butter to cook tbe flour well. A squeeze of a fresh lemon improves it for some. Cook in the thickest of saucepans and stir with womleu spoons only. It should be pre- pared within L'O minutes of being served. If, from waiting, it becomes decomposed, simply add a little clear, cold water in the winter, or a spoonful of ice in the summer, and work the sauce briskly, with a spoon, when tbe oily appearance will disapi)ear. Put 2 oz. butter mto a stew-pan. and, when it bubbles, sprinkle in an oz. of tk)ur ; stir well with a wire whisk (egg- heater), until the fliour is thoroughly crooked, without coloring (about 20 min- ut^is), then mix in a ^4 i)int water, or stock, stirring quickly. Take it off the tire, pass through a strainer, and stir in another oz. butter, cut in pieces. If It appears oily, add, now and then, a spoonful of w-ater, or a small lump of ice. This makes a pint of sauce. If de- sired to be slightly acid, add a few drops of lemon juice, or good vinegar. Hood's .Sarsaparilla re-creates an appe- tite, and Invigorates the entire system. Drawn Butter' for Fish. Proceed, as dii-ected above, till you t^'ike it from the fire ; then stir in gradually the beaten yolks of foiireggs; return the sauce to the tire for aminule to set the eggs, without allowing it to boil ; again take froin the fire and stir in the juice of half a h'lnon and fresh butter the size of a walnut, cut into small bits. Stir smartly with a whisk til] well melted. When you feel weak and debilitated in the spring, you should take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood'fe Sarsaparilla is prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. Price $1 a bottle, -or six for $5. Sold by all druggists. Bolls. The worst feature about boils rs that they have successors, and not one only, but often a dozen or two. The only ^ reasonable course to adopt is to ; purify tbe blood. The pure-blooded I have no boils. To purify, cleanse, and I strain the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is ! the best medicine wthin reach. Begin j ^vith half teaspoonful, three times a day, till an impression is wuule upon I the system. You may not cure the i first boil, or the second, but you will j cut oft' the succession, and by keeping I the blood in pure condition, you will j not be again troubled with boils. Some j people advise frequent poulticing of a boil, in addition to the caution to avoid i taking cold, and to keep from irri- i tating the sore place. But all the ' benefit to be derived from the poultice i rests in the softening of the skin. ! through which the boil is forcing, or I has forced, its way. If an opiate uv narcotic be mingled with the poultice. it can onl*' operate as an anodyne, to deaden the sensibility of the contiguous nerves, that you may not be consciotis 1 of so much |)ain. I Retired BMsltiess Man. The following is the testimony of Mr. ; George W. Trump, a retired business i man of Canton, Ohio, and well known all \ through the section in which \\v. lives. I Mr. Trump writes: "I have been suffer- 1 ing Avith 2 cups sugar, according to the sour- ness of the apples, tUl it becomes a syrup, adding water, jis necessary-, lest it be too thick. When the pie is done, but still hot, pour the syrup carefully tJirough the opening in tJie crust. One hundred doses Hood's SarsapariUa one dollar ; it is an Invaluable spring medicine, toning up the system, and quickening and purifying the blood. Apple Croutes. Peel and core tlie apples, halve them equatorially. Take haLf slices of bread, spread thickly Avlth butter, sprinkle \vith sugar, lay M apples on bread, core down, sprinkle on more sugar .'ind any kind of spice preferred. Bake. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures biliousness, and regulates the digestive organs. A Private Statement. Tlie attention of tlie reader calletl to Hood's Sarsaparilla, by the printed publications in the newspapers of tlie day, may occasionally effect the sale of a single bottle. But such are the pos- itive medicinal qualities concentrated in Hood's Sarsaparilla, that its use results in the successful restoration of the sick to health. It is the fame of these cures, spread abroad in a com- mmiit>', and their proof, which have produced and maintained the greatest success ever bestowed upon a propri- etary medicine. The sick are eager to get well. Few can afford to be sick, and none are willing, where they can be restored to health, promptly, for a dollar, the pric« of one bottle of Hood's Sarsaparflla. We receive many letters like the following, which is genuine and on file at the office of Hood's Sarsaparilla, in Lowell, Mass.:— - '' Messrs. C. I. Hood & Co. Gentle- men : For over two years I suffered with a complication of diseases, till this summer found me a confirmed invalid, — blood poor, appetite gone, bowels out of order, and I was mis- erable in mind and body. I read of such wonderful cures performed by Hood's Sarsaparilla that, at last, I thought I would tr>' a bottle, as, if it didn't make me better, it oou'.d not make me worse. It did make uie better, and now I am on my third bottle. I find myself almost a new woman. " I do not want this communication published, but I wUl gladly make a private statement to any lady, and con- vince her, as I have proved to my- self, that purifying and enriching the blood, which Hood's Sarsaparilla does to perfection, is the best constitutional treatment, and, in many cases, does away with all local treatment in tJio many diseases with which women are afflicted. Yours truly, ." The address of this lady will be given to any one desiring an interview. HoocVs Sarsaparilla— Peculiar to Itself. 18 HOOD'S CWOR BOOK. Balced Apple I^tdding. Fill a 3-quart earthen dish with pared and quartered apples. Sprinkle on these 1 cupful sugar, a. little cinnamon, J tablespoonful butter, imt^ hz cupful of wat«r. (3over, and hake 30 minutes. Make liaUf the rule for chopped paste. ItoU a piece of the paste jnto a strip about 2 inches wide, that wUl reach iiroond the pudding dish. Roll the re- mainder t^ cover the dish. Take the pudding dish from the oven, slip the strip of paste between the apple and the dish, and put on the top crust. Return to the oven and bake another hour. Serve with a cream sauce. See a nice one in Hood's Cook Book No. Two, page 8. Enrich your blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. the blood purifier. Coeoa/tiut PuAdi/nn. Dissolve a scant cupful of sugar in almost a pint of rich milk and place on five tire ; dissolve in the remainder of the pint of milk 2 tablespoonfuls of corn starch. When tbe sugared milk begins to boil, add the starch. Stir constantly till it becomes a smooth paste ; then as the above when made, first rtavoruig the whole with vanilla. In a kettle add a bar of chocolate, softened, mushed, and dissolved in a little milk, to the %. Put lialf in the bottom of a mould, still wet with cold water. Smooth the top and add a third of the white vnidcUng; smooth it and add the remain- der of the chocolate pudding. Divide in other proportions if you please. Serve in the whipped cream, or a boiled custard, made of the yolks of the eggs and flavored. Hood's Sarsaparilla pro- motes digestion, and tones the system. Cata/rrhM Catarrh in the head Is mor© previir lent than many are aware of. Besides the imcomfortable and disgusting flow from the nose, there are ringing and bursting noises in the ears, pain on the to}) of the head, an offensive breath, with inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the mouth and throat. Severe nervous prostration fol- lows, with a miserable, tired feeling generally. How readily relief from catarrh may be obtained by the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla, is shovra by the following letters. They prove that Hood's Sarsaparilla, acting through the blood, effects a permanent cure of this almost universal disease. "For many years, begimiing so far back I don't remember when, I had the catarrh in my head. It consisted of an excessive flow from my nose, ringmg and bursting noises in my ears, and pains on the top of my head. The hawking and spitting were most excessive in the morning, when the baek part of my mouth would be swollen and i>uffed ; my tongue would be thick with a white fur, and there would be a bad taste in my mouth. Sometimes the hearing in my left ear was affected. Five years ago, about this season of the year, I began to use Hood's Sarsaparilla, I was helped right away ; but I continued to use it I till T ;felt myself cured. My general i health has been good ever since the I cat^arrh left me." Mrs. E. H. Caul- I FIELD, Lowell, Mass. I " Having been a sufferer from catarrh I for six or eight years, and having tried I nejirly all the wonderful cures, sure [ cures, inhalers, etc., etc. and spend- ! ing nearly a. hundred dollars without benefit, I accidentally tried Hood's Sar- I saparilla. The discharge from my nose was greatly increased the first bottle ; then it gradually became less, and jj] taking less than three bottles I find myself greatly improved." M. A. Abbey Worcester, Mass. HoorPff Sarmparilla—WO Doses One Dollar. HOOU'S SAliSAJ:*AHlLLA 19 NcuntucTcet Berry Ihtdding. Wet with niilk (or water) l pint of grated cold potatoes, 1 pint of flour, 3^ of a pound of butter, a tea spoonful of salt, to the consistency of soft biscuit- dough; roll it; sprea<:l with any berries, even dried ones, or Zante cm-rants. Roll again and fasten in a cloth. Steam an hour and a quarter. Eat with any sweet sauce. To get rid of that extreme tired feeUng, use Hood's Sarsaparilla. 100 Doses One Dollar. Rice JPuddifig. One large coffee cup cooked rice, 1 large cup milk. Put into a double boiler ; when hot, add 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, a little nutmeg and cinnamon. Beat the yolks of 2 eggs very light, and add to the rice, stirring thoroughly. Then pour into a buttered nappy. Beat the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff froth, add 2 tablespoonfuls sugar and }-i teaspoon- ful vanilla. Spread over the rice and brown in an oven. Hood's Sarsaparilla. Banana JPuddinif. Cut sponge cake in slices, and, in a glass dish, put alternately a layer of cake and a layer of bananas sliced. Make a soft custard, flavor with a little wiue, and pour over it. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and heap over the whole. Biliousness is corrected by Hood's Sarsaparilla. I>i8tve8s in tlie Stomach. As a rule, persons who grow fat and remain so under good living, are healthier than those who do not. The latter usually become ultimately feeble, pale, and thin, as if they sustained a severe and grave affliction. We can- not promise that every lean dyspeptic shall grow fat under the influence of Hood's Sarsaparilla, but we know that many have increased their weight while taking it, and the improvement of the appetite and of the low-spirited show that the happiest results have been experienced where Hood's Sarsaparilla w-as taken In moderate doses. Cofiaum/pHon. Certainly one out of every seven, often one out of every five, of all deaths result from consumption. In nearly one half, dissection detects the presence of the nutritive disorders from which consumption pro(^eeds. ajid these are scrofulous. From this miiy be seen why Hood's Sarsaparilla arrests con- sumptiou. If taken in season. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood, and acts as a specific upon the scrofulous taint and corruption. That corrected, and blood, in a pure state, supplie^ cup] butter. Beat them well together and add a cupful of strawberries, well mashed. Hood's Sarsaparilla brightens the complexion. RJieiintatism. The most reliable symptom of nms- cular rheumatism is the stretching or tearing pain accompanying it, which is worse as evening approaches, and dis- appears in the morning. Its usual seat is the back or shoulders. At times the stomach is very painful after coughing fits. If lower down the back, when it is called lumbago, it is noted for its se- verity and frequency. Often the suf- ferer cannot move the lower portion of the back without contortions of the face,^ outcries, and attempts to favor the location affected, by most ludi- crous and peculiar attitudes. Tlieir condition is often as amusing as pitiful. Acute rheumatism, chronic rheuma- tism, muscular rheumatism, rheumatism of the joints, and rheumatic gout, are different phases of the inflammation, or congestion of the deep-seated fibrous tissues ; a result of the impu- rity or poverty of the blood. Whatever the form and cause, relief can always be found in Hood's Sar- saparilla, the great blood purifier. Whole Systetvi Benefited. "I have been troubled at times with rheumatism, the cause of which I tlimk I must attribute to a want of proper action of my liver. Among other things, I had pain and great soreness in my left side. At night I could seldom lay on that side. Last spring I took Hood's Sarsaparilla regularly, accord- ing to directions, with an occasional dose of Hood's Pills, until I used seven bottles ; It did me a great deal of good. My general health has been good through the summer, and I have had but little trouble from rheumatism. My side does not pain me, and indeed I think I sleep now more on my left side than on my right. I think it did my whole system good." Mks. E. A. Nichols, Boston, Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla is prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. Price $1, six for $5. Sold by druggists. A penny a dose. Hood's Sarsaparilla — Peculiar to Itself. tl HOOD' IS COOK BOOK Cream, Sauce. To make a bowlful, take a piece of butter, size of a small egg, and beat it with % cup powdered sugar until it is a light cream. Put 1 coffee cup full of water in a small tin saucepan, and add 1 teaspoonful of flour rubbed in a little cold water ; cook till it is like a thin starch. Pour it slowly into the creamed butter. If the beating be not stopped, the whole sauce will x'ise and be foamy as sea-froth. Flavor to liking. As a blood purifier. Hood's Sarsaparilla is unequalled by anything in the market. ANOTHER. One cupful powdered sugar, 1 egg, 2 cupf uls whipped cream. Beat the white of the egg to a stiff froth. Add the yolk and sugar and beat well. Flavor with vanilla, lemon, or wine, and add the cream last. Hood's Sarsaparilla ex- pels all cutaneous disorders and impuri- ties of the blood. Try it this spring. A Cheap, JPlai^i Satice. Into o>2 cups of water, stir a paste made of a tablespoonful of corn starch , or flour (rubbed smooth with a little cold water) ; add a cupful of sugar and the yellow rind of a lemou and a bit of stick cinnamon. Gook well for 2 or .t minutes. Take from the fire and add the butter ; also the flavor, if other than lemou be use^ teacupful of sugar in a small stew-pan. Place the saucepan into another containing boil- ing water over a fire. Beat briskly with a whisk while you pour in grad- ually a scant >2 teacup of sherry. When the egg begins to thicken, re- move and add the juice of M of a lemon. An excellent pudding-sauce. As a positive cure for any of the numerous ailments which arise from an impure state or low condition of the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is pre-emi- nently superior to all other preparations. I Gone in Two Months, Capt. Forrest H. Mitchell, master of the barque AntoLne Sala, in the New York and Havana trade, was brought in May, 1882, to his home. No. 791 Mon- roe Street, BrooklJ^l, entirely helpless with rheimiatism. He was immediately placed under the care of a physician, a skilful man, who, apprehending that' I Captain ivtitchell's rheumatism was j complicated with malaria, advised his removal to the country. He went to the Catskill Mountains, accomi^anied by his wife. After tAvo months* faithful j doctoring, he felt that he was not get- j ting along as fast as he desired, and I that his medicine did not helj> him a,s much as he expected. At his wife's I request. Captain Mitchell made trial of ! Hood's Sarsaparilla, as no permanent ' benefit was yet received. He conunenced ' to improve right away under the influ- [ ence of Hood's Sarsaparilla. and was ; soon able to return to Brooklyn. In j two months from the time he began to j take Hood's Sarsaparilla his rheuma- I tism was gone, and he sailed in com- j mand of his vessel a well man, Jaking j with him Hood's Sarsaparilla. I In communicating these facts, his j wife MTites : "My husbau5 pints boiling water, l pint sherry, l pint sugar, tlie juice of 1 lemon. Soalt tbe gelatine 2 hours in the cold water, then pour in tlie boiling water and stir imtll dissolved. Add the lemon juice, sugar, ;ind wine. Straiii throngli a napkin, turn into moulds, and when cold plac<) in ah ice chest for (> or 8 hoiu-s. One good waj' t^ mould this jelly is to ]tour some of it into the mould, harden it ;i little. ])ut in a layer of strawberries, pour in jelly to set them. After they have set, another layer of jelly, then another of berries, and so fill each mould, alternating with jelly aud berries. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the strongest, the purest, tljie most eftieient blood purifier and invigorant known. Ijenuyn Jelly. Cut «; bananas lengthwise. Slice f. oranges. Dissolve a little more than >2 box of gelatine in % pint of cold water ; then add }^ pint of boiling wa- ter, the juice of 3 lemons, and sweeten to taste. In any vegetable dish, place a layer of the cut bananas ; then a layer of the sliced oranges ; sprinkle a little sugar over them ; fill the dish in this order. When the gelatine has cooled a little, pour it over the bananas and oranges, and serve. Correct impurities of the blood by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Macedoln^s. Suspend in the centre of the jelly mould :i bunch of grapes, cherries, berries, « r currants on their stems, sections of oranges, pine-apples, or brandied fruits, rnid pouT in a little jelly when quite 2 cup of sugar, follow with* the paste, and stir, over the fire, 2 minutes, or till the paste is surely cooked. Remove from the fire, and stir in the beaten yolks of 3 eggs, hold over the fire again for a min- | ute to set the eggs. Remove from the i fire, take out the cinnamon stick, and I stir in a piece of butter as large as a ( hickory nut, and }2 teaspoonful of va- nilla, and pour into a buttered plate enough to be H of an inch in depth. Let this cool and stiffen ; then cut into pieces, 3 inches long by 2 wide. Roll j carefully in sifted cracker-criunbs, then in slightly beateji and sweetened j eggs, then again in cracker-crumbs, j Dip in lard, boiling hot, and when yon | get a good color, remove and put in a i hot oven for 4 or 5 minutes. Then 1 sprinkle with sugar and serve directly, j Hood's SarsapariUa is doing wonders. Fritters. | Beat 3 eggs well together, add alter- | nately flour and jiiilk (salted), till a I pint of each be used, beating quickly ' all the time. To the above add imme- diately a pint of presented fruit and drop spoonfuls into boiling hot lard. If oysters or clams be used, chop, not too fine, about 25, and mix as above. So of green corn, ripe or canned ap- ples, pears (cored and halved), or stoned peaches. When the fritters are done and drained, sprinkle sugar over them. Waffled. Put 1 pint of milk into each of two pans. Warm one so as to take off the chill, and melt in it y pound of butter. Set this aside to cool. Beat 8 fresh eggs and mix in the other pan, stirring in K pound of flour A\ith salt to taste. Then mix the contents of the two pans and add a tablespoonful of good yeast. Set in a warm place. When quite light, have the waffle-irons well heated ; butter the iron and fill with the batter. But in the fire. When ^ cup milk, 34 teaspoonful soda, }z teaspoonful cream tartar, i>^ cups flour. Bake in two sheets in a moderate oven. Burns are cured by Hood's Olive Ointment. THE CREAM FOR FILI.ING. One c"up powdered sugar, hi cup hot water. Let them simmer. Beat white of an egg and mix with the above ; when cold, add K cup chopped raisins, ^ cup chopped walnuts, 1 tablespoon of grated cocoanut. Flavor with vanilla, j Never keep house without Hood's Olive j Ointment, the best cure for sprains, etc. | THE FROSTING. | White of 1 egg, 1 cup powdered sugar, i Beat the white to a stiff froth, add the ] sugar gradually. Frost the top of the I cake ; when stiff, line off in squares or diamonds, and ornament each centre ; with half of a walnut. Hood's Olive I Ointment, 25 cents per box. Sent by j mail, on receipt of price, to any address. 1 Hood's Olive Ointment Is a family salve of such power and merit that it should be kept constantly in tli(^ house. It is clean and pure, and lias healing properties which are peculiarly beneficial for the rough knocks and petty hurts of every-day life. It is a positive cure for cuts, burns, flesh wounds, inflammation, si»rains, chilblains, salt-rheum, chapped lips and hands, hard or soft corns, frost-bites, sore nipples, and all cuta- neous diseases and eruptions. Hood's Olive Ointment cures by absorption ; it soothes the inflamea' tea.spoonfuls cream tartar, i teaspoonful soda. Beat sugar and eggs together. Rub 1 pt. berries in additional flour. Bake in l tin. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla, the best spring medicine. Sa/ratoga Corn Cake. We gave this recipe in Hood's Cook Book, No, 2, and have ourselves found It valuable ; but some friends have not had the same success. So far as we can learn, the cakes bake excellently well in tin, while in an iron pan the trial results, eveiy time, in failure. With this explanation, we renew the recipe, and hope all will find it deli- cious and satisfactory : — Four eggs, H lb. of sugar, mixed to- gether with a wire beater ; melt V lb. of butter and add to it l qt. of milk, hi oz. of baking soda (dissolved in the milk), and a little salt; add it all to the first mixture, stir thoroughly; then add 1 lb. of white com meal, l lb. of flour, 1 oz. of oream of tartar with which mix before adding to the other ingre- dients. Bake in tin, in a moderate oven. Sa^t-Kheunu Mrs. Rachel F. Hathaway, Marblehead, Mass., says: "I have been troubled all i my life with salt-rheum, and suffered ! very much fi-om it. At times my very < life was despaired of. My whole body I seemed filled, aft'ecting my eyes and my I hands so much that they were sore and j often cracked. I spent a great deal of i money doctoring for it, but was not : cured. I also tried several preparations ! of sarsaparilla, but none of them seemed j to reach my trouble like the bottle of j Hood's Sarsaparilla which I used last 1 year. It revived and strengthened me j so much that I felt almost afraid to ; take it. It seemed as if I could do my I work with almost the vigor of youth. I Indeed, I felt like a new person. I was ( entirely cured by Hood's Sai-saparllla." j Bry»lpelas and Salt-Rheum. I "I have been a great sufferer from ' erj'sipelas and salt-rheum, at times so I bad that my hands would crack open, I the ends of my fingers would bleed and ( itch terribly; my skin was so dry it i would peel off, and it caused me intense 1 suffering. I have used ointments, salves, ! and various preparations,— in fact every- thing I saw advertised I bought ; but my I hands were no better. The trouble was j caused by handling tobacco. Seeing ! Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised, I In- 1 quired about it, and found several of my I friends using it. They induced me to try I it, and after taking a bottle and a half, I was greatly pleased with the result. I have now taken four bottles and am entirely well." William Spies, firm of Spies & Sage, cigar makers, Elyria, O. . '^Oh, What Ha/ppine8S!'f " I have been a great sufferer for twenty years with the salt-rheum ou my hands. Each winter they were nearly raw, full of <;racks and chaps, so that I could not work. After tak- ing one bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla my hands are free ! Oh, what happi- ness ! I shall continue to take it In the spring." Mrs. A. Hart, Holden, Me. Mood's /Sarsaparilla — 100 Doses Chie Dollar. HOOD\^ ^ARSAPAItlLLA Angel CaTce. Wc take great pleasure In furnishing i the receipt for making "the cake of the j day." By carefully following all Its do- ! mils, you will have "good luck" and a. i most beautiful cake. AVliites of 31 eggs " beaten to a stiff froth ; i measure of j sugar, or 9>4 oz. ; l measure of flour, i or 5K oz. ; 1 teaspoonful cream tar- ' tar, sifted in with the flour ; 1 tea- '• spoonful extract vanilla. Don't butter • the tin. Bake 40 minutes. Keep a pint i dish of hot water iu the oven, while j baking. Don't open the oven door for j at least 20 minutes after being put in. i Avoid jarring the oven wliile the cake j i;; baking. When the 40 minutes have ' passed, take out the thi, turn it bottom ■ side up, and leave the cake to fall out itself. New life by Hood's Sarsaparilla. ■ P-VX FOB ILVKIXG A>«E1. C.\J£1-:. The pan is a tubed pudding pan, ji ' mches in diameter on top, 8>4 inches \ on bottom ; height, 4'r^ inches. Three i legs, equal distances apart, to project i IK inches abo\e top of pan and riveted ; to the outside. Tube 5>a inches long. Use this dish for no other pui'pose, and insist on having Hood's Sarsaparilla. i Spon.ye Cake. One cup sugar, l cup flour, 4 eggs, 1 even teaspoonful cream tartar, s^ tea- spoonful soda, dissolved in 1 table- spoonful milk. Sift the flour before measuring ; put cream tartar Into flour and sift, and a pinch of salt. Beat sugar an orjinges sUced and the slices quartered, i lemon cut fine. Sweeten to taste; add 1 Avine- glassl'ul of Sherr>' or Madeira, and set away untii very cold. Hood's Sarsa- parlUa, lOO JJoaes One Dollai-. Scroful2 cups flour, % cup sweet milk, and 2 tea- spoonfuls baking powder. Bake in lay- ers, with filling of the fig paste. If preferred, use % figs and ji stoned raisins for the paste, and soak over night in brand|^, wine, or cider. This will make a paste which will spread Mke a thick custard. You will find Hood's Sarsaparilla wortliy of trial. Corn Custard. Cut corn from the col), mix it Avitli milk, not too thin, 2 or 3 eggs, pepper, and salt. Bake half an hour. Serve as a vegetable. The great blood puri- fier is Hood's Sarsaparilla. All Hun Doujn. "About a year ago I commenced taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. I was run down, had no appetite, my food would not digest, and I was troubled with nervous debility-. After taking the first bottle, 1 commenced to feel the effects of it at once. I have now taken four bottles, and can say I feel like a new man." J. H. McCall, Rochester, N. Y. "My wife was troubled with dizzi- ness and constipation, and her blood has been in bad order,— in fact, she has been all run down. Hood's Sarsa- parilla is doing her a wonderfu'. amount of good." F. M. Baldwin, druggist, Blanchester, Ohio. Could Not Sleei). " I could not sleep, and would get up in the morning \\\ih. hardly life enough to get out of bed. I had no appetite, and my face would break out with pimples. 1 bought a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and soon began to sleep soundly ; could get up without that tired and languid feeling, and my appetite improved." R. A. Sanford, Kent, Ohio. What the JPresideut Says. " I have used Hood's Sarsaparilla for some time, and have derived benefit therefrom. It gives me an appetite, and strengthens the whole system. I can cheerfully recommend it to all who need a regulator of the bowels, or a building up and strengthening medi- cine." JosiAH W. Cook, President Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany, 555 Main Street, corner Norfolk, Cambridgeport, Mass. Druggist's Ejcperience. "Last winter, after recovering frdin a severe illness with diphtheria, and feeling the need of something to build me up, I took two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla. I felt good results from the first dose. It seemed to go from my head to the ends of my toes." G. H. Stratton, druggist, West!ield, Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla— 100 Doses One Dollar, HOOD'S TOOTH POWDER. 29 Fmiit JelJ/y. Prepare a quart of wine jelly. Put a little on the bottom of a Charlotte Kusse mould, which, during preparation, keep in a pan surrounded with ice. Into it (h-op. here and there, small pieces of gold-beater's skin. Have ready 12 fresh strawberries, 12 grapes, 12 cherries, ana 1 peach cut in 8 pieces. Put 8 strawberries on the bottom with a l)iece of peach between each two. Cover these with jelly. When the jelly is set, Ijlace in another row of fruit, proceed- ing as before, till the mould is full. Do not place the fruit too close, and variegate it as much as possible. If in winter, use 3 small apples, which cut in quarters and put in a stew-pan with the piece of a lemon and l oz. of pow- dered sugar. Set over a slow fire to stew until tender, then cool. Peel and take the pith from 2 oranges, cut in (juarters. Arrange these with candied cherries and malaga grapes, tastefully, in the mould, filling with jelly, as be- fore. To obtain the effect of layers of variegated colored jelly, take half the wine jelly and put in a little cochineal (to be had of any druggist) ; this will give a red color. In filling the mould, alternate the layers of jelly, one of wine and one of red-colored. Any kinds of fruit can be used. To the re- mains of a jelly, add lemon juice, and beat until it is white. Then remould. Hood's Tooth Powder is approved by some of the best dentists. Chocolute. In preparing chocolate, cut off 2 inches in length of the cake to 1 quart of water. Stir it in a little cold water till soft, then pour on the boiling water. After it ha« boiled a short time, add a pint of milk, brmg to a boil, and then serve. The French put 2 cups of boiling water to each cup of chocolate. They tlirow in the chocolate, just as the water commences to boil. Stir It with a spoon so soon as it boils up, add 2 cups of good milk, and, when it has boiled sufficiently to cook, sei-ve. Hood's Tooth Powder, Having established itself as the best known dentifrice, is continually grow- ing in popular favor. It preserves, cleanses, and beautifies the teeth, and hardens the gums, giving them a bright, healthy color. It leaves a cool, re- freshing sensation in the mouth, and gives to the breath a pleasing sweetness. Made by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Small bottles 25 cents ; large size .50 cents. Sold by all druggists. What the Dentists Say. "I have made a critical examination of Hood's Saponaceous Tooth Powder, and can assure the public that it does not contain anything that can possibly injure the teeth, either mechanically or chemically." G. A. Gerry, D. D. S., Lowell, Mass. ' I have used Hood's Tooth Powder j in my family, and recommended it to my patients, for several years, with excellent satisfaction to them and to j myself. As a preserver and cleanser of the teeth, it cannot be surpassed. My knowledge of the materials of which it is made, enables me to assure the public that it is impossible for it to do any injuiy to the teeth or gums.'' Thos. Cogswell, D. D. S., Lawrence's Building, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. " It gives me much pleasure to com- mend Hood's Saponaceous Tooth Powder to the public. In my profes- sion, it has worked like a charm ; in my family and among my friends, it has proved itself satisfactory in the highest possible degree. Delightful to use, and so efBcacious in cleansing the teeth and hardening the gums, that I predict for you a sale that will rap- idly increase, as its real worth be- comes more generally knowaa." C. H. Gerrish, D. D. S., Exeter, N. H. "i have used Hood's Saponaceous Tooth Powder in my practice for sev- eral years, and can assure the public that it is an article worthy theli- en- tire confidence." O. M. Eice, Dentist, Chelsea, Vt. Hood'. 9 Tooth Powder — The Best, Dentifrice. 30 HOOD'S COOK BOOK. Coffee. In making coffee, allow oae large tablespoonful for each person and one •'for the pot" ; stir an egg with the dry coffee and pour on boiling water, allow- ing 3 pints of water to 7 spoonfuls of coffee. Boil gently lo minutes. Before serving, let it settle. A Good Cup of Tea. To make a good cup of tea, take a clean kettle, never used for any other purpose, fill it with fresh water, the harder the better, boll quickly, and pour upon leaves fresh from the can- ister. Let it stand four or five minutes, and then drink. If more is needed, place fresh leaves iu a cup and pour fresh boiling water on them. In a few minutes, add to the pot. Peanut Cand^y, Two cups sugar, K cup water ; let it boil; then add % teaspoonful cream tar- tar, dissolved In a little cold water. Cook mitil, when dropped in cold water, it is brittle ; then add a small piece of butter, siie of an English walnut ; cook a few minutes longer. Pour over the shelled nuts, already spread in a but- tered tin, and set away to cool. Preserves. Evei-y article of this sort, or confec- tionery, should be made of the best of sugar ; small fruits, for jams, should be boiled to" evaporate the water, before measuring or weighing. Melt 1 pound sugar in }i pint water, and ])ut into every (juart jar of fruit. Place the jars or bottles in cool water and raise to hoili)ig ]ioiut. Steam the corks, and jiare tbem to a close fit, driving them in witli a mallet. Use the following wax for sealing : 1 pound resin, .'$ oz. bees- wax, l>2 oz. tallow. Use a brush in covering the corks, and as they cool, dip the mouth into the melted wax. Place in a basin of cool water. Pack in a cool, dai'k, and dry cellar. After one week, examine for flaws, cracks, or signs of ferment So soon as pared, drop pears and peaches In cold water. How to Enjoy Good Coolcery. To fully enjoy tl)c delicious cookery, in aid of which the choicest receipts are given iu Hood's Cook Book, re- quires a state of perfect health. An active body and a sprightly mind en- sure a good appetite and good diges- tion. So do Hood's Vegetable Pills. Impair, clog, debase, or enervate the functions of the body ; overcloud, em- barrass, or obscure the processes of the mhid ; and you limit, just so much, the enjoyment of your dinner and other meals. Good digestion makes certain a good appetite. Hood's Vege- table Pills ensure good digestion. The fruitful source of evil in this di- rection is constij)ation, or a sluggish digestion. When resulting, as it often does, from profligate habits and unwise indulgence, relief can be directly, safely, and judiciously obtained in the use of Hood's Pills, a gentle laxative,, which promptly aid nature to dlsbm-- den the oppression. Neglect leads to a variety of disorders, diseases, and disasters, whicli it is best to avoid and prevent, when it can be so easily done by these raiid. l)ut efQcient Pills. Price only 25 cents; five boxes, $i. Sent by mail to any address on receipt of price. Made only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell. Before Eating. If, while taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, tlie tongue should assume a brown or white coating, a dose of Hood's Vege- table Pills a half hour before eating, and, in troublesome causes, on going to bed, will relieve the stomach and clean the whole intestinal canal. "jHood's Vegetable Pills are the best 1 ever used." Mrs. E. Masox, Hamp- t /. .s' . ;n Tomato Satcce. Put in a stew-pan a quart can of to- matoes, 2 cloves, a sprig of thyme, 2 sprigs of parsley, half a bay leaf, 3 pepper-corns, 3 allspice, 2 slices of car- rot, 1 small onion, and boil about 20 minutes; then strain through a sieve. Now, melt in another pan i}4 oz. of butter, and as it bubbles, sprinkle in ':. oz. flour ; stir till well cooked. Mix with tlu- tomato pulp, and it is ready for the table. Hood's Vegetable Pills are sold by all druggists. Tomato Ketchup. Iloil ripe tomatoes 1 horn- ; strain through a sieve. To 1 qt. of juice add 1 tai»lespoouful cinnamon, 1 tablespoon- I'ul l)lack pepper, >a tablespoonful cay- t'lme. 1 talilespoonful ground mustard, '{ cup salt, 2 onions chopped fine. Boil .•; hours. Then to each quart of juice add I j>Int cider \anegar and boil half an hour longer. Bottle hot. Ont^ cent ;i dose — Hood's Sarsaparilla. Xo vegetable can Ket<;hup with the tamato. Xo Sarsaparilla with Hood's. Macaroni with Tomatoes,. Boil macaroni in a little water with a piece of beef until tender. Take out the meat ; season the gv^xy \\1th salt and pepper ; thicken with a little flour, and add the tomatoes strained. Hood's Vegetable Fills are gentle in action. Stewing Totnatoea. In stewing tomatoes, pour away the surplus water, so soon as they begin to boil, and add a small piece of butter, a very little sugar, pepper, and salt ; cook about 15 minutes, when stir in bread crumbs, if you like them. Hood's Veg- etable rills cure constipation. Entirely Cured. ■ I see many people have been cured by taking Hood's Safsaparilla. I can say for one more that I have been entirely cured of scrofula by taking two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla." maa. E.WHTTEHrLL, Mclndoes Falls, Vt. Hood's Veget€U>l,e JPiUs Positively relieve and cure costlveness and constipation. Their action is gentle, and the channel is left in a perfectly natural condition. They do not purge, but operate without pain, and never gripe. All dniggi.sts keep them ; but to parties not convenient to a reliable drug-store, they will be sent by mail, on receipt of price and address. A costive habit may ensue from inattention and neglect, or from debil- ity of tlie intestinal canal. Tlie intelli- g(HU control of the first is in the power of the sufferer himself. The other is never cured by will power, however intelligent. In either case the obstruc- tion fosters an irritated and irritable disposition, as well as produces a foul and loathsome odor from the skin. You are sick, and discontented with yourself. You are odious and oft'ensive to others. Get a box of Hood's Veg- etable Pills. They are compounded of the choicest laxative and cathartic principles, are promjd to act. and that without interruption to your business or your pleasures. Avoid purging and purgatives. If you have trifled with your costive habit, carry a box of Hood's Pills with you, and take one or two as a dinner pill, daily, till the normal condition of the bowels i.s restored They are in large request by elderly persons for this very purpose. Many cases of neuralgia proceed from constipation. Because of the de- tention of waste tissue in the lower part of the canal, nutrition is but partial, awl an irritation create