The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-10-05
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

HSWE 3UbNto AMI 6ELFS.
To drive away ants place hand
ful OF green walnuts in their hannts.
Reaches do not like their odor either,
and will leave; it is probably too clean
a smell for them.
Sugar Cakes: Two teacupfuls of
sugar, one and one-half cupfuls of lard,
one and one-half cupfuls of water, one
teaspoonful each of soda and cream of
tartar Farm, Field and Fireside.
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 cur of
water, half can of tomatoes, two
small onions minced, and season with
cloves, pepper and salt; cover closely
and simmer gently four hours.
can Agriculturist.
Canned Ounces: Use a strip made
of pint of water and teacupful of
sugar for three pounds of fruit. Cook
the fruit in the water till tender, then
drain. Use the water to make the
sirup. Let the fruit simmer in the
sirup twenty minutes, or even longer,
and a beautiful color will result.-Ohio
Farmer.
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 -four, 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.
Rice, barley, sage and dozen other
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 little cream.
Season nicely, and serve at once. The
rice may be sifted or not, as preferred.
-Cultivator and Country Gentleman.
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 a 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 Bazaar.
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
and makes the gums hard and rosy. 1t
is good gargle for sore throat, and
if taken in time, will benefit. if not
cure, diphtheria. 1t will stop bleeding
of the mouth, and in warm water is a
good emetic and remedy against sew
eral poisons. There is nothing better
for sore feet and hands than salt and
water, and for ordinary sore eyes,
though a painful application, will often
effect a complete cure.-Liverpool Mer-
curry.
-Waffles: Sift one pint of -four three
times and add one teasp0onful of salt.
Beat the yolks of two eggs until very
light; add to them one cup of rich milk;
add this to the -four, 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 a pitcher,
have the wafle-iron very hot and thor
oughly CREASED. 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-
ponds upon the even and quick baking
as upon the recipe used.-Ohio Farmer.
Summer Wells.
White wells are the fashion of the