Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Bread crumbs are really better for
breading oysters and outlets than
crackers, for they are not so tough
and take up less grease than cracker
crumbs.
A New Wart Cure.-Chromic acid,
100 grains to the ounce, applied fre-
quently with toothpick, will remove
small warts or similar growths.-Med-
ical Summary.
A very effective table cover for a
small table is made of sage-green
linen, irregularly scalloped in white
with embroidered sprays of white
chrysanthemums scattered here and
there over the whole surface.
For sudden chills or colds purchase
a nickel's worth of powdered blood
root and inhale pinch through the
nostrils. Draw it we'll into the head,
then take a cup of hot milk or water.
This is also an invaluable remedy for
catarrh.
When any foreign substance gets
into the eye, beat up the white of an
egg with about teaspoonful of pow
dered alum, spread this paste on a
cloth and lay it over the eye. This
will collect any foreign substance and
bring it to the surface.
Nux Vomica for Cut Flowers.-Dr.
Dixon states that tincture of nux
vomica added to the water in which
cut flowers are kept, exercises stim-
ulant effect upon the flowers. Cut
chrysanthemums on which he tried it
held their freshness for an unusually
long time.-Er.
Not speck of flour should be
kneaded into bread after it has once
been set to rise. Kneading more flour
into the dough only adds unleavened
flour to the mass, and is almost sure
to make the bread heavy, leaves the
bread dry, and all because the yeast
has no time to reach it.
A case made OF dark cotton flannel
for cutlery is excellent to absorb the
moisture and prevent rust. 1t should
be made with q separate compartment
for each knife. The case for the
knives in daily use may be tackled in
side pantry door, and the others may
be rolled and kept in drawers.
Substitute for Fire Grenades.-A
common quart bottle filled with o
saturated solution of common salt
makes O cheap and efficient substitute
for the ordinary hand grenade. The
salt forms a coating on all that the
water touches, and makes it nearly
incombustible.-We Western Druggist.
Sweet Peas and Flies.-The odor of
the sweet pea, according to contribu-
tor to the Medical Record, ais so often
sive to flies that it will drive them out
of the sickrOom, though it is not
usually in the slightest degree dis
agreeable to the patient" 1t is there
fore recommended that sweet peas be
placed in the sick room during fly
time.
Here is q dish called "sponge pud-
ding" of which Southerners are very
fond: Beat seven eggs till they are
light as seafoam; add six tablespoon
fuls OF sugar, and beat for five minutes
furiously. Sift into this seven table
spoonfuls of sweet corn meal, one
tablespoonful of salt, grated rind of
half lemon and its juice, freed from
seeds. Stir quickly and bake in
sponge-cake pans, serving hot with
hot sauce, or creamed butter and
sugar, Will uutlleS.
Planned Tomatoes.-To pan toma-
toes, cut the tomatoes into halves,
place them in baking pan, skin side
down, sprinkle lightly with salt and
pepper, and put in the center of each
q tiny bit of butter. Bake slowly un-
til soft. Dish, and add to the liquor
in the pan one pint of milk. Moisten
two level tablespoonfuls of flour with
little cold milk; add it to the pan,
and stir constantly until boiling. Add
q teaspoonful of salt, dash of pepper,
and pour it over the tomatoes. Garn-
ish with squares of toast and serve
Ladies' Home Journal.