The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-31
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CONCERNING HAIR CU1TINa.-She Is
8, mother, but she does not know how
to cut the children's hair. This Is
pity, because 1t Is expensive to send
20 tho barber, and Papa neglects the
job. Besides, the children do not like
their hair haggled, and 1t is not nice
TO look at either. The trouble often is
the scissors are dull now, this SHOULD
not be. A woman ought, above all
earthly things, to have sharp SCISSORS,
especially whore whole family is to
sew for. Next In Importance to hav-
ing plenty of dry ktndling wood and
lively yeast, Is having sharp scis sors.
Given sharp scissors, she cannot then
cut the children's hair. She makes
their heads catsteppy; for the life of
her, she can't help 1t. The trouble is
she does not manipulate the cont b pro-
perly. Let her push this instrument
through the hair in a direction oppos-
tte to which 1t lies on the head, and
clip OF those hairs that pl otrude through
the comb, DO this, little by little,
taking hold Of fresh hair continually,
and soon the Job is completed as beau.
tifully as though the barber had done
1t. Don't cut of the child's ears.
TO the sick thirst is most important
and distressing, often causing much
restcssness and irritabilIty-these in
their turn often increasing the fever.
The urgent thirst must, therefore, be
allayed; but If left TO themselves, to
satiate their craving, patients will al
ways drink to excess, which Is very
liable to disarrange the stomach, I'M
pair digestion, produce tlatulenco and
even diarrhea, Theory and expert
ence both show that drinks, made
slightly bitter and somewhat acid,
slack thirst most etiectually. A weak
Infusion Of cascarrilla or orange peel,
acidulated slightly with hydroohloric
acid is favorite thirst-allaying drink
for fever patients. Raspberry vine-
gar Is a useful drink. Sucking ice is
very grateful.
CHEAP DYEs.-A lovely dark brown
can be obtained by using catechu and
bi-cromate of potash, two ounces of the
potash and four of the cateohu. A
lighter Yellowish brown, can be color.
ed by making strong tea of hemlock
park, and putting In tho goods while
not. a correspondent says that last
TALL she sent some muslin to be colored
in the watts at the tannery, and was de-
lighted with the shade-a yellow
brown, and free from spots. Soft maple
bark with copperas added, makes a
lovely dark purple. 1t will wear well,
and bear washing If dried in the
shade. Hickory bark and oopperas
VIII make dull dark green. White
Glover blossoms and alum produce
bright yellow.
STARCH FOR SHIRT BosoMs.-Take
two ounces of fine gum-arablc powder
put into l,itcher, and pour on pint
Of boiling water, according to the
strength YOU desire, and then, having
covered 1t, let It stand all night; in
tho morning pour 1t carefully from the
dregs into clean bottle, cork it and
keep it for use. A tablespoonful of
gum water stirred into pint Of starch
made IN the usual manner will give to
lawn, either white or printed, a look
of newness when nothing else can re-
store them after they have been
MOLD or COLE MEAT.-A pound
or a little more of cold meat beef,
mutton, anything except pork-two
ounces OF maccarOni, one tencupful of
fine bread crumbs, tablespoonful of
butter, one egg, pepper and salt. Cut
the meat very fine. Wash the macca-
roni III cold water then boil for half an
hour, drain and cut into inch len gths.
Mix with the meat crumbs, butter,
pepper and salt, mix thoroughly, bind
together with the beaten egg and pack
into a well-greased basin or bowl and
steam for an hour. This is very nice
Tor breakfast or tea, sliced and eaten
cold.
LAWS of life say it does not neces-
sarlly follow that a person with all
or peculiarly shaped
chest wall should have consumption.
one great primary cause of oonsump-
tlon Is the want Of imitation of apices of
the lungs, whether fro N habit, ,occupa-
'aon, inattention OF whatever cause.
fhis tact is the primary cause of more
consumption than anything else. 1t
opens the door for the onset OF the dis
easo under any exciting cause, as cold,
congestion or pneumonia.
CABoTTEs LA FLAMANDE-When
parboiled and drained, put the carrots
into saucepan with piece of butter,
pinch Of sugar and as much water as
may be necessary for sauce; add some
tnely-minced parsley and white pep
per, and salt to taste. Let the carrots
simmer till done (about fifteen min
utes), shaking them occasionally.
Beat up together the yolks Of two eggs
ana half gill Of cream, stir this into
the carrots off the fire, and serve.
FOR cholera morbus, take black pep
per and grind it tOlerably limo. Then
put in glass tablespoonful OF this
and a tablespoonful of salt, and fill
about half full with warm water, then
fill up the glass with good cider vine
gar, and stir it. up. Now take ono
tablespoonful, and then wait little
and take another, and keep on STIR
ring and using it while the vomiting
lasts. If one glass does not cure, try
another. -
BACHELORS CAKE,--One pound -four
half pound sugar, one-fourth pound
butter or lard, four wine glasses Of
milk, half pound currants tho same Of
candied peel, one-tourth Of nutmeg,
two tcaspoontuls ground ginger, one
of cinnamon, and one OF carbonate Of
soda. BLK well together and bake
slowly for an hour and half.
EVERY DAY FRUIT CAKE.-One cup
OF buttor. two cDna suunr fyuo o,,o,