Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-10-15

their mutual benefit. II you make useful
discovery in tillagc Of the soil, the culture of
any particular crop, the care Of stock or any
other subject of interest, give us the par,icu-
lars for publication.
SAVING HrRBs.-IIillsides are fragrant,
hcaths are full. meadows are lavish, noun
tains luxurant, all around and about us,
with herbs the most valuable for either
cooking or cures and yet how very few
avail themselves of these pure 7anaceas of
natures bestowins-the true tonics which
aid appetite aud Danish disease, worth
more than all the nauseous nostrums ever
invented. In the good old times of our
grandmother, in the sunny scenes of care
less childhood, how herbs were gathered
and garnered as if worth their weight in
gold, when from girder to rafter they hung
in the garrett, pcnt up prodical perfume
floating through the room all winter long
from camomile, catnip, parsley, sage and
thyme, sweeter and stronger in irradiated
incense than the boosted balm which Pha-
Ion pretends is the concentrated essence Of
q thousand flowers. Now, only few here
and there think it worth their while to
gather them. Herbs for kitchen use
should be gathered on dry day, immedi-
atcly we'll clcansed, and then dried in the
heat of the stove or Dutch oven; then
pick off the leaves, pound, slit, and put
them into stopped bottles, labelled for use
and kept in dry place.
To KEEP THE CREAM.-Stone jars are
swceter for cream, in our estimation than
tin ones. When the first sbimming of
cream is deposited, add one teaspoonful of
salt, and one heaping teasroonful of salt
petre. Al every fresh skimming, mix the
whole contcuts of the jar thoroughly, TAX
ing care that no particles shall collect
around the edges. A clean cloth should
be used every morning to wipe the inside
perfectly dry down to the cream.
Half of the cream is spoiled before it is
made into butter by neglcctins this precau-
ton. The saltpeter prevents any tendency
to mold or bitterness. We consulted the
highest chemical authority in the State as
to its properties, and were assured that a
teaspoonful in six quarts of cream could
not be in the least degree injudicious. 1t
makes no difference in the taste of the but
termilk, which is used for many culinary
purposes aud drank by several members Of
the family, but it does improve the purity
and sweetness of the butter. Small stone
jars are preferable to large ones. They can
be kept in the ice house when filled, and if
one skimming filled a jar, We should think
it better to use small one.
When the jar is cleaned, a tablespoonful
Of saleratus is added to the warm suds and
sweetens it perfectly. A cheesy smell
about milk utensils is utterly fatal to sweet
butter Agriculturist
-Cranberries for pots and hanging bas-
kets. A correspondent of the California
Farmer makes the following suggestion !:
II do not sec how any one, who has ever
noticed the delicate foliage and flowers of
the cranberry, even when wild and uncul-
tivated, could fail to be struck with its
beauty. But my object now is to call the
attention of your readers to its value when
cultivated in pots, in the house. or what is
still better, in hanging baskets. When
thus grown, the long, slender stems, droop.
ing from the basket, together with the
rich fruit, form most beautiful object
Let those who mourn that they cannot af-
ford to purchase foreign novelties make a
rustic basket, and put few cranberry
plants in it, and hang it in the window,
and they will say they never saw anything
more beautiful"
Somebody gives the following good ad.
vice to girls. We think the ideas are very
correct:
"Meu that are worth having, want wo.
man for wives. A bundle of gewgaws, tied
together with string of flats and quivers,
sprinkled with cologne and set in car.
mine saucer-this is no help for man
who expects to raise family of BOYS on
veritable bread and meat. The piano and
lace frames are good in their places, and so
are ribbons, frills, and tinsels, but you
cannot make dinner of the former or a
blanket Of the latter-and awful as such
an idea may seem to you, both dinner and
blankets are necessary to domestic happi-
ness. Life has its realities as we'll as fan.
cies; but you make it all decorations re.
Numbering the tassels and curtains, but
forgetting the bedstead. Suppose man
Of good sense and Of course good prospects,
70 be looking for wife, what chance have
you to be chosen? You may tap him or
you may trap him, but how much better to
make it an object for him to catch you.-
Render yourself worth catching, and you
will need no shrewd mother or brother to
help you find a market.
Coop ADvIcE-The following advice
from the Scientific american is good. Let
fathers act upon it, and see that boys have
tools to work with:
Every man who can afford it should
supply his boys with tools and room,
where they may be used and cared for. A
boy takes to tools as naturally as to green
apples or surreptitious and forbidden
smasements; and ten to one if he had a
chance to develop his mechanical tastes