The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS. S. A. NETTLES.

10 lake INK OUT OF CoLORED IAhLE-
covER.-For a large ink stain, dissolve
a teaspoonful Of oxalic acid in a tea
cup of hot water. Pour it into a
bowl, and dip into it the part that is
stained by the ink, rubbing it we'll in
the solution If the ink does not
come out well, mix some fresh oxalic
acid and hot water, and add it to the
first. Rub the stains while longer;
and when the ink has all come out,
dip the part Immediately in water that
is warm, but not hot Rub it well in
the water, to get the oxalic acid en-
tirely ont.
COLD BEEFsrEAK-May if rather un-
derdone be nicely prepared by chop
ping very fine with some finely grated
bread crumbs and minced parsley and
moulded together with little rich
gravy and a beaten egg Have cake
tin creased with butter, in which put
the hash firmly and put it in quick
oven, rendering that the second cook
/ ing OF all meats must be done quickly,
and let it get Drowned, when turn out
carefully, garnish and serve.
MEAT BALLs.-Take scraps of meat
(uncooked pieces being better than
cooked, together with small bit OF
sweet salt pork, and chop them very
fine; also a small onion, if liked, and
add to two cupfuls OF meat one Of
fine bread crumbs, salt and pepper to
taste, little minced parsley if you
have it, and an egg to bind all to-
gether. Drop into very hot lard, and
serve on a bed of fresh, crisp water
cress.
In CUrrlN4 UP CH1cKENs.-Be sure
to use knife to disjoint them, instead
of choppine them. Also care should
be taken with all meats not to use a
hatchet, as the fine splinters and sliv-
ers of bone which are exceedingly
sharp, may cause serious trouble if
taken into the mouth and stomach.
It is cooks place to look carefully
over all meats, taking our all small
pieces of bone, especially lamb, veal,
and mutton.
Frank Buckland used to say that ne
found eating onions at supper the
surest help to sound sleep. We used
to think this fancy of his, but we
are reminded of it by reading a state
ment by an American magistrate, Mr..
Clymer, of Reading, Pa, who says:
Onions inhaled cause sleep, rest, and
repose. The soldier on his march and
the exhausted iron-worker get great
strength from eating onions. Tie a
fresh onion around the neck, and
bruise it to make its odor thorough,
and you secure sound sleep from its
nightly inhalation.
HUMog IN THE FaMnY.-Good hu-
NOR is rightly reckoned a most valua-
bic aid to happy home life. An
equally good and useful faculty is a
sense of humor or the capacity to
have little amusement along with
the humdrum cares and work of life
We all know how it brightens up
things generally to have a lively, wit
ty companion who sees the ridicu-
lous point OF things, and who can
turn an annoyance into an occasion
for laughter. 1t does great deal
better to laugh over some domestic
mishaps than to cry or scold over
them. It is well to turn off an impa-
tient question sometimes, and to re-
gard 1t from a humorous point of
view, instead of becoming irritated
about ii. "Wife, what is the reason
I can never find a clean shirt?" ex-
claimed good but rather impatient
husband, after rummaging all through
the wrong drawer. His wife looked
at him steadily for ID moment half in
clined to be provoked; then, with a
comical look said: 81 never could
guess conundrums; I give it up"
Then he laughed, and they both
laughed, and she went and got his
shirt, and he felt ashamed of himself
and kissed her, and then she felt hap
py, and so what might have been an
occasion for unkind feelings and hard
words became just the contrary, all
through the little vein of humor that
cropr ed out to the surface. Laugh
ter is better than tears. Let's have q
little more of it at home.
Housework is healthy, and many
physicians recommend it to women
who need exercise. Walking is not
enough; it exercises only the legs,
while busting and sweeping bring an
entirely different set of muscles into
play. It will be found, too, that
many girls will take more interest in
their homes if encouraged to assist in
the care of them.-Arfhur's Home
Magazine.