The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03
DOMESTIC.

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First-Takc one pound sal soda; one
half pound unslacked lime; five quarts
rain water; put in an iron vessel aud
simmer till the soda dissolycs; lot it
settle till clear, then drain of. Put
white clothes to soak, the night before
| washing, In boiling rain water. without
rubbing In cold water, In which put Il
spoonful of fluid for every pail of
water; boil half an our, then wash
and rinse as usual. Second - One
pound of potash, one ounce salts Of
tartar, one ounce muriate of ammonia.
Dissolve the potash in two quarts of
hot water, add the other ingredients,
| and two quarts more hot water. When
cool put In jug or glass fruit jars. 10
| use 1t put one teacup Of the fluid to
| three pals Of water, and add teacup
of good soft soap Cor it's equivalent of
hard soap shaved fine). Place the
least-soiled clothes in the boiler in
cold water, with the fluid and soap,
and boil aftecn or twenty minutes after
| they begin to hoil-this without pre-
vious rubbing. Put the remaining
| clothes In tub, with just water enough
to thoroughly wet them, in which put
little fluid; soap each article rs it is
placed in the tub. When the first
clothes are removed from the boiler
lift in those from the tub without
wringiRg. Afrer boiling wash in warm
water, using as little soap as possible;
rinse and hang. Third-Half a pound
of sal soda, quarter of pound Of borax,
dissolved In one gallon ofhot soft water:
let 1t settle; pour off in bottles. One
gill of this mixture with a pint soft
soap, or half a bar Of soap dissolved in
hot water, is enough for n washing.
Fourth-Pour twelve quarts of soft
boiling water on two and one-half
pounds Of unslacked lime dissolve five
pounds sal soda in twelve quarts soft
hot water; then mix, and let them
remain from twelve to twentv-four
hours; pour Off all the clear fluid, be-
ing careful not to allow any of the sedi-
mcnt to run off; boil three and one half
pounds clean grease and three or four
| ounces of rosin in the above I've till the
| grease disappears; pour int, Il box, and
let 1T stand day to stiflen, and then
cut In bars. 1t Is we'll to put the lime
In all the water, and then add the soda.
After pouring of the fluid, and two or
three gallons of water and let it stand
with the lime and soda dregs a day or
| two. This makes an excellent washing
| fluid to boil or soak clothes in, with
olc pint In boiler of water. Costs
| fifty cents.
TAKING CoLD.-IIow shall a person
| who is sensitive to cold. who takes cold
whenever door Is opened or Il window
ratscd--hOw shall such person acquire
that hardlhood which will enable him
| to endure exposure and avoid taking
| cold? In the first place, he should
spend considerable portion Of each
day out OF doors. He should do this at
all seasons Of the year and in all kinds
| of weather. Secondly, he should watch
| with the greatest care the temperature
of the room IN which ha spends the re-
mainder Of his time-both the living
room and dormltory. Thirdly, he
| should each day bathc his chest and
neck, and, 1t lie can bear 1t, his whole
body In cold water, and follow this
| with vigorous rubbing with coarse
towel. What Is called the splash-bnth
Ia. perhaps, better than any other for
this purpose. 1t consists simply in
dashing water against the body with
the hand. This causes slight shock to
| the skin, which brings tho blood to the
| SURFACES while 1t causes an Involuntary,
deep inspiration Of mir, which expands
the lungs and increases the force of the
circulation. This can all be accom-
pllshed In few minutes, and should be
followed by n little brisk exercise in
cold room or In the open air. or course,
| " P>i on" 10 lIllS SllOllt
not commence In cold weather; but,
beginning in the summer, he will find,
MS the winter approaches, that his abili-
ty to endure the bath will increase with
the falling Of the thermometer, and
that his susceptibility to changes of
temperature will be greatly diminished.
TABLE silver should be cleaned at
least once or twice a week, and can
easily be kept In good order and pol
ishcd IN this way. Have your dish
pun half-ful of boiling water; place the
silver IN, so that it may become warm
then with soft cloth dipped into hot
water, soaped and spinkled with pow
dered boraX, scour the silver we'll
then rinse In clean hot water, soaped
and sprnkled with powdered borax,
scour the silver well; then rinse in
clean, hot water; dry with clean,
dry cloth.
| DlGESTIBlLITY OF MEATS. - The d.
gestibility of different meats Is accord
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