The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

PooR MANS CAKE.-Two cups OF sugar,
eighth pound Of butter, rind Of one lemon,
one cup OF milk, two eggs, teaspoonful OF
baking powder, three cups Of -four; beat
sugar and milk together, then the eggs,
add milk last; then the flour and baking
powder, sitting It in; mix well, and bake
in moderately heated oven.
FRIED BREAD CAKES. Take bits Of
bread you may have left after meals, soak
them in milk, or milk or water, until per.
feCtly soft; mash fine; add two eggs, pinch
oil soda, salt to taste, and enough flour to
make them Try nicely; drop the spoonfuls
into hot butter or lard. These are mex
pensive and good, and better way to use
dry bread than in puddings.
To BAKE EGGs.-Butter clear, smooth
saucepan, break as many eggs as will be
needed into saucer, one by one. II found
good slip 1t into the dish. No broken yolk
allowed, nor must they crowd so as to risk
breaking the yolk after putin. Put small
piece OF butter on each, and sprinkle with
pepper and salt, set into well heated
oven, and bake till the whites are set. II
the oven is rightly heated it will take but
few minutes, and is far more delicate
than fried eggs.
The Bedford Inquirer says that tea
spoonful OF kerosene to gallon OF water
will destroy currant worms, green flies,
rose worms and other insects without in.
jury to the most delicate plants, even fu-
chias, geraniums, callas, ETC., Il applied
with a sprinkling can two or three times a
week. We learn from another source that
corn cobs saturated with kerosene and
hung upon the limbs OF plum trees will
keep away the curCulio, and also that one
ounce OF gum camphor dissolved in one
pint OF alcohol mixed well with one pint
OF turpentine, and applied with brush
all over the bedstead, is sure remedy for
bedbuGs.
NEURALGIA AND RHEuMArlsN.-A very
simple relief for neuralgia is to boil a
handful otlobelia in half pint Of water till
the strength is out OF the herb, then strain
of and add teaspooniul Of fine salt.
Wiring cloths out Of the liquid as hot as
possible, and spread it over the part al.
fected. Itacts like charm. Change the
cloths as soon as cold till the pain is all
gone; then cover the place with soft dry
covering till perspiration is over, 80 as to
prevent taking cold. Rheumatism can
often be relieved by application to the
painful part Of cloths wet in weak solu.
ton OF sal soda in water. II there is in.
aammation in the joints the cure is yery
quick; the wash needs TO be lukewarm.
CARE OF BRooMs.-There Is an old say.
ing to the effect that a woman's house
keeping capacity can be told by the state II
which her broom is kept, Our plan Is keeT
q separate, broom for the parlor, dining
room, sleeping room and kitchen. Wher
the latter Is too much worn for use In thu
house send it to the yard; take the seconC
best for she kitchen, the broom from W
stairs for the dining room and the parlo
broom for the chambers, and lot the new
one be kept for psrlor and hall. Many
servants have the habit Of leaning heavily
on q broom when stopping to pick up arti
cles and while sweeping. This results II
bent and broken splinters and a WORTHLESS
broom. When q new broom is purchased
, provide way for hanging 1t up in thi
wise: With small gimlet bore a hol
, through the handle, about an inch from
!, the top; draw piece Of strong, wake,
Irvine, long enough when tied In a har
knot to form loop three or four inche
long. Ifbrooms be dipped in clean, he
/ suds once every week and dried quickly
, they will last twice as long.