nces of sugar, (two cents,) and a half a pint of milk, (two cents;)
the total cost six cents.

One quart of cocoa can be made from two ounces, or eight tablespoonfuls
of cocoa shells, (which cost two cents,) with half a pint of milk, and
an ounce of sugar, (at four cents more;) we have a quart of good,
nutritious drink at six cents. It is all the better if the shells are
boiled gently two or three hours. Of course the nibs, or crushed cocoa,
and chocolate, will both produce a correspondingly nutritious beverage.

=Beer.=--Very poor families sometimes spend every day for beer enough to
buy them a good, wholesome meal, because they think it makes them
strong. Beer, like all other liquors, is of no value whatever in making
strength; it only nerves you up to spend all you can muster under the
excitement it causes, and then leaves you weaker than before. What you
need when you crave liquor is a good, warm meal. The best doctors say
that a man cannot drink more than about a pint and a half of beer a day
without injuring his health; and that healthy people, during youth and
middle age, do not need it at all. Let it, and all other liquors alone
entirely, and you will be better off in health and purse.

=Beer for Nursing Women.=--It is generally believed that women who drink
malt liquor are able to nurse children to greater advantage than those
who do not use it. The fact is that while the quantity of milk may be
increased, its nourishing quality will be impaired. There may be more
milk for the child, but it will be poor. The effect of all malt liquors
is to promote the secretion of the fluids of the body, but not to enrich
them. Do not drink beer for the sake of your child, but try milk, or
milk and water instead, and see if after a fair trial you do not have
plenty for the baby, and if it does not grow strong and fat. If milk
does not agree with you, or you cannot afford it, use barley water; it
will not only give you plenty of milk, but it will nourish you as well
as the baby. You will get from it all the nourishment that you may fancy
you get from malt liquor, with this advantage: in the barley water you
will get all the nutriment of the grain unchanged, while in the form of
beer the fermentation has destroyed part of it. The following is a good
receipt:

=Barley Water.=--Thoroughly wash two ounces of pearl barley, (which costs
less than two cents,) to remove any musty or bad flavor, put it over the
fire in two quarts of