The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-09-27
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

To drive away ants place hand~ ful of green walnuts in their haunts- Reaches do not like their odor either, and will leave; it is probably too clean smell for them.
 --Mush Cakes: One pint of corn meal mush, not very stiff; one tablespoonful of butter or cottolene, melted if mush is cold, and one beaten egg. Beat all together and bake on hot griddle.- American Farmer.
 Tomato Beef: Take a thick cut from round of beef weighing six or eight pounds; pour over it cup of water, half a can of tomatoes, two small onions minced, and season with cloves, pepper and salt; cover closely and simmer gently four Iours.-Ameri- can Agriculturist
 Fried Salt Pork: Cut in rather thin slices, and freshen in cold water or milk. Roll in four and fry till crisp. Take up the meat and make white gravy as follows To two tablespoon fuls of the fat, stir in while hot one heaping spoonful of flour, then add . pint of rich sweet milk, little pepper, salt if necessary. Let boil up stirring all the while. Do not pour over the meat, but serve in separate dish Orange Judd Farmer.
 Rice, barley, sago and a dozen other cereal adjuncJs may be made useful, day by day, but with delicate vege- table soups, they should be added sparingly. A tolerable rice soup with out meat may be had by boiling the rice very tender, and when done, in sufficient water, adding two yolks of eggs stirred smooth with l. little cream. Season nicely, and serve at once. The rice may be sifted or not, as preferred.
 Peach Mangoes (Pickle): Lay the peaches in salt and water two days, then take them out, wipe them dry and remove the stones. Fill the cavity with grated horseradish, white mustard seed, celery-seed, cloves and sliced gin- ger root well mixed. Tie or sew up the peaches with thread, and strew over them cloves, broken pieces of cinnamon and turmeric, mixed with little vine gar. Season cold vinegar sufficient to cover the fruit with made mustard, ginger and nutmeg; scald it on the fire and pour over the peaches while hot Add sugar according to your taste.- Harper's Bazar.
 The Value of Salt: Common salt is one of the most valuable remedial agents the world contains. Used as a tooth-powder, alone or with little prepared chalk, it whitens the teeth op1 ,,,alrac tho ,r,,,,,c ba rd opd ,-oeu Tt is good gargle for sore throat, and if taken in time, will benefit. if not cure, diphtheria. It will stop bleeding of the mouth, and in warm water is a good emetic and remedy against sev- eral poisons. There is nothing better for sore feet and hands than salt and water, and for ordinary sore eyes, though painful application, will often effect complete cure.-Liverpool Mer- cury.
 -Waffles: Sift one pint of flour three times and add one teaspoonful of salt. Beat the yolks of two eggs until very light; add to them one cup of rich milk; add this to the flour, with one table spoonful of butter melted, and beat until light and smooth. Beat the whites of the eggs to stiff, dry froth, add to the butter and beat again. When ready to bake add one teaspoonful of baking powder, put the batter in pitcher, have the waffle-iron very hot and thor oughly greased. Pour in the batter carefully, and, as soon as the edges are set, turn the iron and bake the second side. In making wafies as much de- pends upon the even and quick baking as upon the recipe used.-Ohio Farmer.