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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

BIsCUIr.-One pine Of flour, one tea
spoonful Of cream tartar, one teaspoon
full OF lard, little salt; rub we'll to-
gether; stir In cup of milk in which
has been dissolved one-half a teaspoon-
ful of soda; roll quite thin; cut out
with fine biscuit rings and bake In Il
hot oven.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

RICH JUMBLEs.-Rub to cream q
pound of butter and pound of sugar ;
mix with pound and half OF -four,
four eggs and Yory little brandy; roll
tho cakes In powdered sugar, lay them
on flat buttered tins, and bake in quick
oven.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

SNOW CUsTARD.--Beat eight eggs,
leaving out the whites of four add them
to one quart of milk and five ounces of
sugar; have shallow pan Of hot water
IN the oven, set tho dish into it, and
bake till the custard is thick; then take
1t out and set away TO cool; beat tho re-
naming whites very light, add half a
pound Of sugar gradually and a tea-
spoonful of lemon juice. Whom the
custard Is cold, lay the whites over
the top In heaps, but do not lot them
touch.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

INDIAN PUDDING. = One flat Gu d
yellow Indian meal, one quart boiling
milk poured upon it; allow it to cool
and add two eggs we'll beaten, and
one teaspoonful OF baking powder; a
meringuc top if liked; bake twenty
minutes.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07
DOMESTIC.

HINTS ON COOKING PoULTRY.--Steam
Ing Is preferable to boiling for tough
fowls. Remove the threads before
sending rough fowls to the table. In
winter kill the poultry from three days
to week before cooking. Poultry and
game are less nutritious but moro di-
gostible than other meats, SINCE with
alcohol instead Of paper--a teaspoonful
Is sufficient for either turkey or chicken.
hemember, much Of tho skill of roast
Ing poultry In the best manner depends
upon basting faithfully. TO give roast
birds frothy appearance, dr( dge, just
before they are done, with flour, and
baste literally with melted butter.
When onions are added to stufflng chop
them 50 fine that in eating the mixture
ono does not detect their presence by
biting into Il piece. Ladies' doing their
own marketing will do we'll to remem-
Der that young poultry may be told by
the tip of the breast bone being soft,
and easily bent between the fingers and
when fresh by It's bright full eye, plant
feet and soft moist skin.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

II HAD no time TO stuff the chicken"
apologized landlady to her boarders.
"Never mind, madam; it's tough
enough as 1t ls," replied one of them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

WHITE ROSE CAKE.-Sugar, 'one-half
cup; whites Of six eggs, one-half cup
sweet milk, one tablespoonful cream
tartar, one-half teaspoonful soda, two
and half Cups flour; beat the eggs
first, then sugar, with one-half cup
butter; dissolve the soda in the milk !;
lemon to taste.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

COTTAGE BAKED PUDDING. 1.-Two eggs
two cupfuls of sugar, half cupful of
butter, Que teaspoonful Of soda sifted
IN two cupfuls of flour and three cup.
fuls of buttermilk. Stir this last into
the Hour, etc., and mix lightly. Bake
an hour in a pudding dish.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

"How shall we train our girls p"
asks an exchange. "Train 'em with
about twenty-five yards of black silk.
II you want to please your girls. A
silk velvet train would also make them
happy"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

APPLE BREAD.-To one quart of meal
put one pint Of ripe chopped apples,
one egg,,a small piece Of butter, little
salt, and fresh water enough ito make q
stiff dough. The apples should, of
course, be peeled and minced very fine.
Some persons like little sugar in the
dough, but 1t Is generally preferred
without. This Is favorlte with Chill
dren.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

ga SLIPPER in the hand is worth two
on my feet" says the stern mother, as
she doubles her youngest into a para
bolic curve across her knee. Then he
set up a howl.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

ALMOND CAKE.-One pound of butter,
ono of sugar, one of butter, two of sweet
almonds blanched and pounded, half a
pound of dessicatcd cocoanut, the juice
and grated rind of one large lemon, ten
we'll beaten eggs and u gill of wine or
brandy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

If YOU ARE NERVOUS AND DEPRESSED take
HooFLAND's GERMAN BTTTERs.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

SOME Nevada mines that used to 90
down are going up.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

HIRsKELIis TETTER OINTMENT will cure all
alb by or scaly diseases of the skin.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07
A PartlnI Blockade

or the main avenue for escape Of refuse from
tho human system Is utterly subyersive Of
regularity among the othor organs. Let coh-
stipation become chronio, AMI, leaving out the
imminent danger Of Inflammation Of the
bowels and their total obstruction occurring,
taundloe is almost certain to ensue, the liver is
liable to be como engorged, the blood and urine
are poisoned by the bile. which also yitiates
tho juices Of the stomach, and other unhappy
consequences follow. Hostotter's Stomach
Bitters, prime tonic alternative, prevents or
case may require. and is also sgnally effica-
cious in overo ming fatulence, heartburn and
variable as we'll as constipated action Of the
bowels. 1t renews nerve power improves the
appetite, STAYS the progress Of early decay,
relieves the lnfirmitics OF age. and is pleas-
ant appetizer.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

A New PoTATo.-The Commissioner
of Agriculture having heard of Il varl-
c;y of the "Irlsh potato which is raised
near Lima, Peru, procured a supply.
OF these, he has already distributed
some for planting in California and
elsewhere southerly; the remainder
will be carefully preserved until next
spring, when they will be distributed
among careful and competent farmers
In different States. In order to be sure
that the potatoes received were the same
variety which had been report ted to
him, Gcueral lie Duo invited his infor-
mant to go to the department and in
spect them. He did so, and after Sc
lecting three Of the best, had them boil
ei III the laboratory. When broken
open they were found to be of the kind
he had described. They were ola deep
yellow color and delicious flavor, en-
tlrely different from that of any potato
ever seen by any Of the gentlemen pre-
sent, and all agree that If they could be
grown In this country, 1t would I'M
doubtedly be agreat public benefit.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

GINGER SNAPs.-One quart molasses,
one pound butter, one pint sugar, one
pint sweet milk, one and half ounces
soda, one-half ounce ginger; flour till
atiff
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

YOUNG mon who intend having their
hair cut close to the scalp or shaved
this summer might produce quite a
picturesque effect by having their heads
frescoed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

HlEsKELL's letter Ointment will cure Sore
Eyelids Sore Nose, Barber's Itoh on tho face,
or Grocer's Itoh on tho hands. 1t mover fails.
90 conts per box sent by mail for 60 cents.
... johnston, Holloway l. Co.,
Coz Arch st., Phla., Pa,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07
AGRICULTURE.

CURRYING Cows.--When you see a
cow scratching up against tree, be
| sure that she needs currying. She will
stand the operation as kindly as kitten
will stand stroking. A COWS needs as
much currylng and cleaning as a horse
does, and the result will bo found in
tho milk pail. The R,Wal World has
the right idea when it says that you
should treat tho cows you milk with
tho greatest kindness. Never bawl at,
or kick or strike cow. If COWS are
treated kindly, they will readily yield
their milk. If abused, they will hold
1t up. Most cows are ruined when he'll
ters, A rough, passionate man attempts
to break them to milk. They are fear
ful they will be hurt, hold up their
milk, kick, will not stand still, and the
man who breaks them kicks and NAL.
treats them, and they kick in return,
anu are, perhaps, permanently ruined
as free, kind mixers. Calves and heif-
ers should be petted till they give milk.
They should be taught that man is their
friend, not enemy. They should be
we'll fed, because they can not give
milk without eating the material to
furnish 1t. Is given warm stables and
warm beds their systems do not re-
quire 50 much food In winter ~ keep
the animal heat, and they will give
more milk therefor. For family COWS,
heifcrs with their first calves should be
MIXED until within few weeks Of
their coming In again. Ever after they
will continue to give milk up to the
same time. If dried off early they will
always dry up their milk early.
iNsECrs.-Precautlo against IN
sects OF all kinds should be adopted
early IN the season, because whom they
are allowed to become developed to ma
turtty they propagate eggs In such
abundance that it is almost impossible
to keep them under. The destruction
of one early moth is far better pre-
ventlve tLhn killing u hundred cater
pillars. The simplest way of prevent
Ing the ravages of the canker-worm is
to put strips Of thick tarred paper about
four or five inches in width about tho
tree, and cover the same with tar, or
what Is better, cheap printers ink.
These substances will need to be re-
newed often, as they glaze over and
allow the insects to run up over the
same. 1t depends something upon the
weather as to how often the tar or ink
should be renewed. One must watch
and see. Sometimes when the insects
are very numerous they fill In and
bridge over the tar or Ink with dead
bodies, so that their comrades have q
passage-way. Another way, and a
very good one, Is to have zinc, iron or
wooden trough filled with some cheap
oil, over which they cannot pass. This
trough needs looking after o see that 1t
does not get filled up, and that the oil
does not get low. It should be protec-
ted from the rain. These appliances
can be purchased or ordered Mt the
agricultural warehouse, both of iron
and zinc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

CHARCOAL Is good food to make hens
lay. Burn few corn cobs, and wet
them out as soon as they arc in coal.
Feed to hens and soon their combs will
turn red, and their busy songs will be
heard, and eggs Increased.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07

FLAx RAIsING.--A light sandy soil Is
the best to raise flax on. Plow your
ground as early in the spring as you
can, and, after putting 1t In good order
sow your seed; the earlier tho better.
| For, If there comes a frost after the
flax is up, 1t will do 1t no harm. In
deed, if the main stalk Is killed, it will
shoot out moro branches and make a
larger yield. Sow from two tn three
pecks Of seed to tho acre broadcast Cor
any way you choose). After the seed
is sown, pass over the field with
heavy roller, to cover tho seed. AS
soon as 1t Is ripe cut it down. with
self-raking reaper, in small lunches.
After 1t becomes perfectly dry, haul 1t
to u convenient place and stack it as
you would hay. If it is properly stack
cd 1t Will save we'll. Thresh with u
threshing machine, and you will have
your seed ready for market. Flax
yields from ten to twenty bushels per
acre, and it is profitable crop. You
can SOW your flax In the spring, and in
BLOOD PURIFIER.-To be given to
horses twice year-spring and fall.
This will keep your horses from having
distemper, coughs, colds, heaves or
farcy, and keep them in good health.
Gentian root, pulverized, 81 oz.; sass
afras bark, OF; elecampane, . or. {;
sknnk's cabbage, oz.; cream tartar,
o.; saltpetre ~ Or; ginger, 2 on. {;
root, e d;achm. and buchu leaves, l
drachm; mix altogether we'll. If your
horse Is In bad health, give him tea
spoonful twice a day in bran mash; or
to prevent all internal diseases, give
one teaspoonful In spring and fall, once
day for l5 or II days.
SwEENY OR SHOULDER JAM, WHIRL-
BONE JOINT LAMENEss, OF STIFLE OR
ANY srRA1N.-Oll flrewced, Is oz.; oil
of wormwood, Loz. ammonia. 2 or.
oil of turpentine, or. oil of hemlock,
oZ.; tincture of myrrh, o.: oil of
spikes, ~ o.; tincture cantharides,
| ~ o.; alcohol, o.; mix all. First
wet the parts with hot water five or six
minutes; rub on medicine well; then
cover the shoulders or hips with as
many blankets as you can; leave them
on about eight hours; do this once in
three days, until you have done it four
times; then once In six days until you
have done 1t three or four times. AL
ways bath the shoulder or hip with hot
water first.
CHARCOAL Is good food to make hens
lay. Burn few corn cObs, and wet
them out as soon as they are In coal.
Feed to hens and soon their combs will
turn red, and their busy songs will be
heard, and eggs Increased.
! YOUNG mon who intend having their
hair cut close to the scalp or shaved
this summer might produce quite a
picturesque effect by having their heads
frescoed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15
A Burman Dandy.
entailed.

lie really is very becomingy attired, but
it is pity he feels so vain of his appearance.
1t quite spoils the beauty of his dark face
when one sees the look so plainly asking for
admiration that CLEANS out of the bright
black eyes peering from under his snow-white
turban, made of the finest Of book muslin.
How complacently he looks at his long shirt
and full trowsers of equally white and fine,
but more substantial, jaconet muslin. And
upon his girdle, made by winding about his
slender waist nine or ten yards of light blue
plaided silk, fastened in front by knot,
from which long ends hang gracefully down
almost to the feet, which are shod with the
prettest of green sandals. No doubt he
thinks himself the most worthy to be admir-
ed of any dandy in all Burmah, as he steps
lightly along under the shadow of his broad
palm-leaf umbrella, smoking his cigar.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15
Children.

If were to choose among all gifts and
qualities that which, on the whole, makes
life pleasantest, should select the love of
children. No circumstances can render this
world wholly solitude to one who has this
possession. 1t is freemasonry. Wherever
one goes, there are the little brethren and
sisters of the mystic tie. No diversity of
race or tongue makes much difference. A
smile speaks the universal language. ''lf l
value myself on any thing" said the lonely
Hawthorne, sit is on having smile that
children love-" They are such prompt little
beings, too; they require so little prelude.
| Hearts are won in two minutes at that frank
period, and so long as you are true to them
they will be true to you. They use no ar
gument, no bribery. They have hearty
appetite for gifts, no doubt, but it is not for
these that they love the giver. Take the
wealth of the world and lavish it with coun-
terleted affection, will win all the child
rem hearts away from you by empty-handed
love. The gorgeous toys will dazzle them
for an hour; then their instincts will revert
to their natural friends. In visiting house
where there are children 1 do not like to
take them presents it is better to forego
the pleasure of the giving, than to divide
the welcome between yourself and the gift.
Let that follow after you are gone.
To love children is to love childhood, in
stinctiyely, at whatever distance; the first
impulse being one of attraction, though it
may be checked by latter discoveries. Un-
less your heart commands at least as long a
range as your eye, it is not worth much.
Tho dearest saint in my calender never en-
tered a railway-car that she did not look
round for baby, which, when discovered,
must always be won at once into her arms.
Ii it was dirty, she would have been glad to
bathe it; if ill, to heal it; it would not have
seemed to her anything worthy the name Of
love to seek only those who were wholesome
and clean. When think of the self-devo-
ton which the human heart can contain
Of those sanity souls that are in love with
sorrow, and that yearn to shelter all weak
ness and all grief-it inspires an unspeakabe
confidence that there must also be an instinct
Oh parentage beyond this human race,
heart Of hearts, cor eordium. AS we all
crave something to protect, so we long to
feel ourselves protected. We are all infants
before the Infinite, and us turned from the
cottage-window to the resplendent sky it was
easy to fancy that mute embrace, that shad-
owy symbol of affection, expanding from the
narrow lattice till it touched the stars,
gathering every created soul into the arms
OF Immortal Love.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15

the moon on the cold roadbed of the
Northern Pacific. And yet in spite Of
cutting rates, and rascally or incompe-
tent managers, they have staggered
along, in some instances heroically, for
these several years. These one hundred
and thirty-two roads represent loss of
$72S, OO0, 900 to those who put their trust
in the prophets and were beguiled into
investing their means in these delusive
enterprises.
Yet while hundreds of the original
stockholders are ruined the railroads re-
main and the country at large will be
more or less benefited by them. 1t is not
always that the man who plants the crop
reaps the harvest. The great influence
of railroad interests before the panic of
1878 was one most potent cause of the
past few years of business depression. 1t
is reasonable to calculate that the penalty
of former extravaganza has been about
all paid up, and that these very works
will help much towards restoring the era
OF business prosperity.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15
Veils.

Alas for wells! From the tiny infant in
the nurses arms to the ancient widow in her
weeds, the whole sex is veiled Wells answer
many purposes. They conceal defects, they
heighten beauty, they cover grief, and so We
see 2 whole race of women of every age,
style and condition, laying foundations for
diseases of the eye through an almost need
less fashion. These blinders are of every
conceivable style, from white dot on the
child to the English Grape on its grand
mother. The best oculists give testimony
against this wholesale wearing of wells, and
we think they should make protest against it,
even at the risk of injury to their calling.
At least let the mothers of to-day look to it
that they will be held responsible, in another
generation, for suffering their little ones to
20 yelled, as the matrons of past genera
ton were for allowing tight lacing and all
the evils which that distressing practice
entailed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15
Self.Mutilation.

It seems incredible that any human being
will resort to self-mutilation simply that he
may avoid working for livelihood by ap-
pealing to the compassion of his fellow men |;
yet this is often done in China. Chinese
beggars will main themselves in various
ways, cause ulcers to form On their bodies,
and actually destroy their cyesight. In
short, the Chinese beggar seems to stop at
nothing which he thinks will have the effect
of attracting the attention of the charitable
to his forlorn and miserable condition. In
Pekin-a city in which lonthsome cripples
of all sorts are horribly numerous-four men
were seen one day crawling on their hands
and knees one after another on the ground,
and calling on the passers-by to give them
money. They had lost their legs few inch
es below the knee; the stumps were thor
oughly cicatrized, but were pyranidal and
very tender, the cicatlix of the skin being
drawn tightly over the bone. On inquiring
into the cause of this surprising loss OF the
lllnUS, Vie uen Sdlu ~ dioSo Hou Ill a0Oi-
dent which occurred at fire, where their
legs had been burned off. 1t was ascertain
ed, however, that beggars in the northern
province of Shan-tung were in the habit of
removing their limbs for the purpose of ez-
citing sympathy, and that the operation
was performed by a beggar who made it his
profession. lie takes off the leg by first ty-
ing piece of cord tightly round the calf,
and when the time arrives for so doing, the
cord having gradually cut through the flesh,
he saws through the bone ! Many die under
the operation, but those who live are con-
sidered worthy of conyratulation, as having
gained by this voluntary mutilation an in
crease of fortune from the contributions Of
the benevolent.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15
A Sell, Not q Sale.

Amiable shopkeepers deserve to be can
onized. Here is an illustration Of the trials
to which they are constantly subjected. One
midsummer day, when Asolus slept, and
the thermometer stood in the nineties, lady
entered store not thousand miles off, and
inquired for parasols. The obliging pro-
prietor spread out before her samples of a
large and varied stock.
"Have you any of this shade sizelarger?"
said the lady.
The size was produced.
81 think on the whole prefer the size
smaller
The size smaller wasspresented.
"Ilaye you any of this size lighter
shade of blue?"
The required shade was brought out.
"Haven't you any of this kind with a
crooked handler"
The shade with the crooked handle ap-
peared.
"Ilave you any with the crooked handle
not quite so heavy?" said the lady, and so
continued her inquiries for every conceiy-
able size, shade and weight possible in the
line of parasols.
After nearly an hour had been consumed,
the fair shopper gathered up her handker-
chief and gloves, and moved for the door.
"Can't l sell you parasol?" inquired
the exhausted proprietor.
"Oh, dear, no." replied the lady, 81 was
merely inquirng the prices. am going
into mourning myself, and have one for
slle."
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15
A Reasoning Fox.

A certain Jagare, who was one morning
keeping watch in the forest. observed fox
cautiously making bis approach toward the
stump of an old tree. When sufficiently
near, he took high and determined jump
onto the top of it, and after looking around
awhile, hoped to the ground again. After
Reynard had repeated this knigatly exercise
several times, he went his way, but presently
he returned to the spot, bearing pretty
large and heavy piece of dry oak in his
mouth, and thus burdened, and as it would
seem for the purpose Of testing his vaulting
powers, he renewed his leaps on to the
stump. After time, however, and when
he found that, weighted as he was, he could
make the ascent with facility, he desisted
from further efforts, dropped the piece Of
wood, and coiling himself upon the top of a
stump, remained motionless as if dead. AT
the approach of evening, an old SOW and her
progeny, five or six in number, issued from
neighboring thicket, and pursuing their
usual track, passed near to the stump in
question. Two of her sucklings followed
somewhat behind the rest, and just as they
neared his ambush, Michel, with the rapidity
of thought, darted down from his perch upon
one of them, and in she twinkling Of an eye,
bore it in triumph on to the fastness he had
so providently prepared beforehand. Con-
founded at the shrieks of her offspring, the
Old SOW returned in fry to the spot, and
until late in the night made repeated, des-
peate attempts to st,rm the murderer's Is
stronghold: but the fox took the matter very