The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-24
DOMESTIC.

6uoulO uOt 1O{SoG tAat COlQ 6norV ateS
more than want of food. A person
starves by cold rs much es by want of
food, and it is perfectly correct when
one says he is starved with cold. Food
wrrms the body, and moro food is re-.
quired IN cold weather than in warm.
because there is greater waste of heat
from the body in winter, and this oon-
sumes the food. If, then, one is ex-
posed to great cold tho body becomes
stunted and starved. This is the reason
why animals do not grow in the winter,
and children and persons are quite as
subject to these Influences as any other
animal. The lower limbs, the stomach,
and the back between the shoulders are
the parts most easily and injuriously
affected by cold. Young children should
have tight fitting garments and double
thickness Of flannel stitched into the
back or the upper garment of either old
or young will protect the lungs and
save great loss of heat. The feet and
ankles should be kept warm and dry.
Those who are required to go out into
the snow should have their boots made
water proof, and wear a thick and dru
woolen knitted stocking. Socks are an
unfortunate fashion. The long stocking
Ii much better protechon, and If the
drawers OF children tic or button close.
~ below the knee they will be we'll pro.
tected from the oolu. UnderclothinR ls
better than extra over clothing. The
warmth is required at the skin, and the
skm il better md more regularly and
constantly warmed by underoloth1ng
than by outer garments, whloh arc
sometimes thrown off wheu they should
be kept on. This is particularly worth
noting by women who are so often
required to go out from a warm room
into the cold outer air when the keen
wind Is blowing and who will not be
bothered to put Oh shawl or q warm
jacket.
THOMAS JKFEERsoA's PERs1hMoN
BEER.-As the Georgia persimmon crop
promises to be exceedingly good this
year, we give the following receipt of
lie great founder Of the Democratic
party, Thomas Jefferson, for the manu-.
iocture OF persimmon beer: Sweet, ripe
perslmmons, mashed and strained, one
Dushel; wheat bran, one and O half BUSH
els. Mix we'll together and bake in
loaves OF convenient size. Break them
III II clean barrel and add twelve gallons
Of water and two Or three ounces of
hops. Keep tho barrel in q warm room.
AS soon as fermentation subsidies, bot
tle oft the beer, having good, long corks,
and place the bottles in low Temporal
ture and it will keep and improve for
twelve months.
COTTAGE PUDDINa.-Three eggs, two
cupinls OF pulveriAed sugar, four large
tablespoonfuls of butter, half q pint of
sweet milk, one pint OF flour, and two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder. Work
the butter to the hahtest possible
cream, bent the eggs separately, and
mix the pudding tie same as in direo-
tlons Tor cnke-making. Bake half an
hour. This quantity will make two
cakes OF the proper size. There is no
better reolpe than this for this favorite
pudding. To be served hot, with bran
dy or other sauce.
!HE panadas or broad jellies are good
adJuucts to the caudles and nourishing
drinks when the system is not in q con-
dltlon to receive solid foods, aud Yet
requires other than liquid nutriment
They are bland and digestible foods,
suitable in nearly all stages of illness,
and nutritious AMI stimulating in accor-
dance with the admixtnre Of other in
gredlents with the bread used in making
them.
WHEAT CoFFEE.-Wheat coffee. when
properly prepared, makes u wholesome
and nutritious beverage. Wash the
wheat through two or three waters.
then boil till quite soft, drain the wa.
ter off, and brown Ill skillet, stlrrIny
al fhn f1toon
brown color. If one-fourth genuine
coffee is added, 1t is superior coffee;
both rich and finely favored.
WHEN flowers are not to be had. a
lovely mass of green may be produced
by taking small branches from any tree
III fresh leaf and putting the out ends IN
jars with water and charcoal; the mouth
of the jar ID then closed with q lump of
potter's olay, and the branches arc kept
clean and beautiful for long time.
Hot alum water is the best insect do
stroyeT known. Put the alum into hot
water and let it boil till it is all dissoly
ed; then apply the solution hot to all
cracks, closets, bedsteads and other
places, where any insects are found.
Ants, bedbugs, cockroaohes and Creep
ing things are killed by it; while there
is no danger OF poisoning tho family or
ln1uring property,
CURRIED CHICKEN, - Gut q chicken in
pieces; put the pieces in stewpan with
one onion, in which you put o Glove,
Add some white Lroth, sufficient to Gov
cr the pieces. The chicken being
cooked, make your sauce with tho broth.
Beat two inches Of curry with two yolks
OF eggs and Tablespoonful of cream,
and thickon your sauce. Arrange your
chicken Oh plate with border OF rice.
You can, if you like, mix the rioe with
the stew. Some people prefer it.
MAKING CaFETE.-Thef favorite recipe
at Delmonicos: Heat the grounds hot
in % messpan, one tablespoonful for
each person. and one for the pot or ket-
tie; then pour on boiling water, ono
cupful for eaoh spoonful of coffee.
Cover tight and stand where it will kaee
hot, but not boil, for fifteen or twenty
minutes. Then strain into the Guns.
The coffee should never be boiled.
"Coffee boiled is coffee spollod."
To PRoTEoT An IRONING BoARD.-To
protect the ironing board from dust,
take two paper flour sacks, cut the bot.
tom off from one, and paste this one to
the top of the other to make the reuuir-
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