The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-12
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| WASHING CLOTHES family of
six, cut into thin shavings one and one
half pounds Of good bar soap, and dis
solve it in q pail of boiling water.
with warm water, aud add pail of hot
suds-half each. Put the clothes In
for twenty-four hours soak-those
most soiled IN ono tub by themselves.
The following morning nothing will pc
necessary but to put them through the
wrlnger, through two waters, the blue
ing in the last. a neat housckceper
will observe if any specially soiled
spots-wristbands, cuffs and the like
need little chatting with the fingers
before going through the wringcr.
Clothing washed in this way will come
cut 10 the satisfaction Of the most fast
| idious, and all the time usually spent
scrubbing and boiling ana filling the
house with steam saved, bcsides-a
prime Observation-Disclosures will wear
more than twice as long, MS It is evil
dent that five minutes scrubbing will
wrench out the garments vastly more
than ordinary wear. Flannels may be
| cleaned in the same manner-whito
Ganncls turning out white and soft
except that it is believed that tho suds
and tho rinse water had better be cold
for tlannels, wherever the process Of
washing, to prevent shrinking, "A little
gentle pulling, both ways, when first
hung on the line, will prevent flannels
shrinking. An acquaintance Of ours, a
very particular huusekccpcr, has done
her own family washing in this man .
ner for year past, without either boil
ing or scrubbing or fretting, and she
declares that washing has lost its old
time tcrrors. And her husband savs
that, instead of II "pickcd-up dinner" ,"
she gets the best dinner OF the week OH
Menday.
TIDES AND TABLE f,LoTHs. s.-Who con
ceiycu tho idea OF dividing a square of
strainer cloth In two parts, inclosing
the upper with bands OF garnet velvet
stitched with orange, working flower
lister of orange, silk across tho lower
half and putting q bright little Japanese
| fan in the sinister bascp 1t loohs as if
IL might be Il Japanese banner, bat 1t is
only atidy, or rather, chatr-back, to
speak, as one of the cstheticallr-m mind
ed. Here is another in which Chinese
mandarin, cut from one of the French
patterns, is fastened upon back
ground of blue flannel with an orange
border embroidered with Chinese char
actcrs that may hide whole poem from
profanc occidental eyes. In table
cloths, the simplest arc those bOrdercd
with three bands Of flannel Of different
colors stitched Oil with silk of mapy
hucs, and tho most beautiful are those
Of dark olive with deep borders OF KEN
sington work. LambrcuuinS are orna-
menteu with Il great mauy OF tho small
full tasScls that look almost like iuver' =
ed fans, and haIuun'He perfectly with
| The embroidered fans among Which they
are intrrSpcrSeu. \ beautiful lambra-
! puin In olive and turquoise blue has
| JwO rows OF these tuSsrlS and three O.
wrought fans, alttully arranged in
Il Japanese pattern. Aucthcr, intended
for bracket, is of stralucr cloth work
cd in peacock feathers and frinocd with
linen and wOrStcd.
| For COOhs.-Mr. Dclmonico, talking
| about eulror!, says that Americans
ought to copy tho French method OF
utilizing small bits Of raw meats and
| fowls end ofrc cooking all kinds Of cold
joints and pieces Of cooked moat which
| remain day by day from every dinner
in almost every family. The success or
"Ich dishes depends mainly on the
sauce, which is best made from broth
Tho following ia his receipt fora favor
itn sauce: "Takc an ounce Of ham or
bacon, cut it up in small pieces, and
fry it III hot fat. Add an onion or car
ROT, cut up, thickrn with flour, then
add pint or quart Of broth, according
! to quantity desired; season with pep
per ai.l salt, or any spice or herb that
IS re,iShcd (better, though, without the
! Spice). and .It simmer for al hour,
skim carefully and strain. a wine.
glass OF any wine may be addou iI
liked" Cold roast or broilcd beef or
mutton may be cut into small squares,
fried brown In butter, and then gently
stewcd iii the sauce above described.
| Baron BGrtheiemg maintains that snails
arc capable Of rendering valuable SER
Ticc In most chest complaints, bronchit-
| Is, asthma, etc., because, In his words,
they contain "animalizcd aulpher, a
little phosphate Of lime, and especially
carbonate, anim.lized, in solution and
| In a nasccnt state in their mucilagc.''
Ills preparations of the article comprise
what are termed snail syrup, snail bon
oons, and helicinc, rs mucilage and
powder. For these the edible snail Is
used, being collected in he vineyards
III the south Of France during the fall,
and carefully preserved and led during
tho winter. NJ. Barthclcmy l&ys great
stress on this feeding, and altrit utes
!he reason that these sDals arc not
more GENERALLY used as an article OF
diet to the fact that their flavor Is only
properly developed where they obtain
suitable food, as, for instance, in thu
vineyards Of southern France and Ita-
ly.
| E0SeeAeEaztHF-sEEEzsxnn
| FOR ALLAYING HoARSENEsS and Irri-
tation of the Throat it is daily proved
that "Bromn's bronchial TrochsS" are a
mild remedy yet very etlicacious.
| TRUTH AND HoNoR.-Query: What
Is the best family medicine in the world
to regulate tho bowels, purify the blood,
| ranOve cpativanGss cOI hiliopspaas otj