The Russellville Democrat., 1880-02-19
HUME TUPICS.
Correcting Children--Uuseiul Hiits-- Recipes.
CORRECTING CHILDREN.

CORRECTING CHILDREN.
 It Is of the highest importance how we commence to train our babies to obey our wishes, for as a rule, the method we first adopt we shall follow through all the years of their childhood. If we be- gin by slapping their little hands when they are eight or nine months old, Tn our endeavors to make them mind, the blows will inevitably become more severe and frequent with every added year, in order to bring about the same result. For the use of physical force In controlling children has the same effect that 1t does in governing men and women; it arousesa defiant, rebellious spirit, ,stim- ulates passion and strengthens their powers of resistance.
 Little ones are possessed of all the mental qualities of their elders in var ious stages of development, and what ever calls into action any of these quail ties is means of increasing it's power. Every faculty of the mind IS stimulated by exercise, just as the muscles of the arm IS strengthened by use.s. 1t is law ot our whole being that action strength ems and inaction weakens. According to this law every time we arouse child's anger we increase it's irritability, and every occasion that brings to it's lace the IHsr of defiance that mothers know so well hssteus the growth of that ever-to- be-dreaded tr:it.-lArs. 4. s. 4. in the Womdn's Journal.
 @ct1tE USEFUL HINTS.
 GUM camphor is speedy remedy to clear the house of coackroaches.
 To clean teakettle of lime, scrape all the lime of that you can, and SCOUT the kettle thoroughly with soft soap; then put an oyster shell i'll the bottom, and k, ep it there, and 1t will keep the kettle free from lime. .s ts.a
 AN experienced housekeeper says the best thing for cleaning tin ware Is com mon soda. She gives the following di- reclions: Dampen cloth and dip in soda, and rub the ware briskly, after which rub dry. Any blackened ware can be made to look as well as new.
 To take the brown discolorations of of cups in which custards are baked: Rub with damp flannel dipped in the best whiting. Silver spoons darkened by ac ids, or from using them for boiled eggs, can be frightened by taking a little moisted salt between the thumb ana tin- ger, and briskly rubbing the stain, which will soon disappear.
 To wash fine cambric handkerchief, embroidered in colored silks, so that the colors do not run, the secret is to wash in a soap lather very quickly, wiring thoroughly, and then iron 80 that It dries at once. There should be no soak ine. and the embroidered corner should ta.s 4 hn tf-u Q l 4 r.G sible. A little alum will make the pro cess more sure.
 RECIPES. g '
 Hos.iny MuDins.-rake two cups of very fine bominy, boiled and cold; beat it smooth and stir ill three cups of sour u1ilI, half cup of melted butter, two tablespoonstul of salt, and two table spoonsful of white sugar; then add three eggs we'll beaten, one tablespoon of soda dissolved in hot water, and one large cup of flour; bake quickly.
 Scotch Cake.--Stir to cream pound of sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter, add the rind juice of a lemon, seperate the yolks and whites of nine eggs and beat to a froth; stir into the cake, add a pound of sifted flour, stir tif- teen minutes, and just before putting into empty cake pans, which must be lined with buttered paper, add a pound of seeded raisins; spice to suit the taste. Bake one hour.
 Oatneal Mush.-Boil a coffee cup of raisins in quart of water until perfectly soft; add water enough to make quart or more, as the first will have boiled away good deal, stir some of the oat- meal into cold water aud put in the boil ing water; let it boil; skim, add a bit of butter and more oatmeal, When done it should be of the consistency of corn meal mush. It is simple and healthful. Serve with sweet ssuce.