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R .')'. j 5 rff APRIL. 29, 190.4;- The Commoner. . goods and other boxed offer attractive possibilities. Many conveniences may ic made of thorn, and if they serve your purpose or lighten your labors, whose business is it but your own? Do not think too much of what "thy say." , . Whllo House-Cleaning While straightening out the closets and corners at house-cleaning time, do not forget to look after the fruit jars. Fruit preserving time is not so far distant now, and it will greatly fa cilitate matters when the hurry time comes if everything is in readiness for use. Always put the metal cap in hot waterrand boil well, adding to the water a teaspoonful of soda; let them cool in the same water, rinse and dry. Wash the jars well, rinse and dry, and give them a good sun ning and airing before putting them away; drop a bit of charcoal in each before loosely. screwing the top on them. Do not use the old rubbers a second time. In looking over the jars you will find the odds and ends of the jellies, pre serves, jams, pickles, and syrups. Un less hopelessly fermented, put them all into a , porcelain-lined kettle to gether, heat, and if too thick, thin with a little water, lift out the pieces of fruit and add a cupful of vinegar to each quart of syrup; stir in a tea spoonful of mixed spices and boil up, skimming well. When well cooked, pour over the pieces of fruit, all in one jar, cover while hot, and you will have a nice sweet pickle relish for your lunch table and Sunday evening ropast. A sliced lemon boiled with it will be an improvement. In looking over your toweling, select all that have "seen their "best days," but are' not too' badly worn to be still serviceable, and take them for wiping and polishing towels for jxjur china and glass ware, replacing them with new ones for therbath and toilet. Old, soft towels are much better than new for tea-towels. s!"' To cook calf's liver, melt a piece of butter in a frying pan over a bright fire and when hot put in the sliced liver, brown quickly on both sides, sprinkle with salt and pepper and draw back from the fire where it 111 cook slowly for a few minutes; when done arrange on a dish; return the pan to the fire and to the gravy add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, let boil and pour over the liver. To Clear Soup-Stock. When the meat is cooked enough and taken out, remove the fat and al low the white and shell of one egg for every quart of stock; if you wish to flavor the stock more highly, add half a salt-spoon of celerj'-seed and the thinnest possible shavings of 'the rind of half a lemon. Add also the juice from the half of lemon, and more salt and pepper if desirable. Mix celery seed, lemon, egg, etc., with the stock while cold, and beat it well; the stock must be cold when the egg is added, or the egg will hatden before it has done its work; this is the- point where many fail. Set it over the Are and stir all the time until it is hot to keep the egg from settling; then leave it to boil for ten minutes; By this time a thick scum will have formed, and as it breaks the liquid will be clear and sparkling, like wine, and darker than before; draw It back ron the stove and add half a cup of cold water; lot it stand ten minutes while you are getting" your jar, colan der and fine napkin ready for strain ing, wring the napkin out of hot wa ter and lay it over the colander; put the finest wire, strainer on the nap kin and pour all through; the strainer will thus catch the scum and shell which would otherwise clog the nap kin. Let it take its own time to drain, but if ou must hasten it, raise the napkin first at one corner and then at, another, and let the liquid run down to a clean place; this 1b better than squeezing. It Is now ready to serve as a clear soup by simply heat ing to the boiling point; serve with it in the tureen thin slices of lemon, a glass of sherry, yolks o'f hard-bolidd eggs,' or delicate, force-meat balls.. Or put on each plate a poached ess', or a spoonful "of Parmosan cheese, Gold Medal" Cook-Book. oral cultural demands. Even in tho outdoor garden, wo must not try to have more than wo can care for. Even the plants most indifferent to culturo aro thankful "for small favors." WILL you buy, a separator Just bo- cauHoiae agent is a "goou iui low?" Somo-hGoniodo. WehoDOBUch will read this. The Tubular talks for Itself and Id bought for Itself. If Yeu llavt a -Brand Hew Separator not a Tubular, put it in tho garret. Wo will sell you a Sharpies Tabular, guaranteed to make enongU more butter than any other, from the same milko pay 85 per cent yearly dividend on the -whole cost of the ma chine. You teat them side by clde. Plerpont Morgan is hunting a "placo to put money at 6 per ucui: noroisaKuaran-tcea25narconttn'unn. Whllo this dividend jpays your bills tho xuouiar makes jyour llfo moro pleasant by juuaHinsr yourwne, A WaiSt lOW .TYlHlcl Vat Saves vnnr Via Mr. Slmnlo bowl ostr in washthe only one that is so. Auto- j "mww uuiog; tne oniy one inain&s. slor .to, turn , than others and safer. CaUlog'A-gWearolatns better Tta SfcwtfH fa. ' . . M. SMrjIu CMtt, W. W WMt ttHtK. ra, Forecasting. Now is a good time to make ar rangements for an interior window garden, since the work can he taken up anctier .autumn just where it was left off in tho spring, and the plants purchased quite inexpensively at the end of the cold weather will add to the appearance of the porch, veranda, street-window or even the outside gar den all summer, gathering fresh strength and vitality meanwhile, and return to the window garden all ready to do their hest for the coming winter. A small sum invested in the small standard plants at this season will give good results, as the plants will make the needed growth in size and heauty during the summer months, and plants of like size with them at the end of summer will be ex pensive to buy. Besides, the plants you have yourself attended to all sum mer will not require so much care and coddling as those supplied by the florist when you take your window garden inside. Many plants very desirable for the indoor window garden, and which cost considerably more than we llKe to pay for them if purchased in thc fall, can he just as well raised at home, and by cool weather will, , u properly cared for, be large, thrifty specimens when the time for trans planting corner They may be grown in boxes or pots, or many kinds do well if grown in the open ground; but it would be well to start the seeds In boxes that proper attention may be given them until large enough to shiit for themselves In the border. Do not forget that, to have a suc cesssion o flowers care must be ex ercised in the selection of kinds, giv ing thought totheir different season S bSlast ng-qualfties and gen' Floral ChtMs. A thrifts' nalm is a houaeholfl orna ment greatly to be desired, and very few ornamental plants' are easier to grow and care for. A package of half to a dozen seeds can bo purchased of any florist for ten cents, and tho seeds germinate readily, if treated like you do your canna seeds. The young plants grow rapidly, though at the first stage of growth the leaves are disappointing, being long, straight and slender; but the character leaves soon begin to appear, and with care it soon becomes a large plant. Palms prefer a rather rich, heavy soil with some sand; a deep pot suits it best. Water only when tho soil is dry, and then water thoroughly; this may bo done by setting the pot In a larger vessel of water until t.hn Roll 1r thor oughly soaked. Be sure tho pot has good drainage. Do not repot often; in the spring is the time to make the change, however, and the roots should be as little disturbed as pos sible, taking away only such soil as can bo removed from the hall With out touching the roots, and filling the eniargea pot with rich now soil, firm ing it well. Set the plant in a place sheltered from the wind and hot sun, keep well watered, and free from such insect enemies as attack it, and it will thrive nicely; by autumn these will be much finer plants for room decoration than when set out in the ground. A layer of sphagnum moss laid over tho soil about the plant tends to preserve an even moisture. Do not let the plants suffer from want of water. The wasnmgton, or iqiarera palm is a very satisfactory and rapid growing palm. The Latonin,. "Rnrbonlca is al ways a favorite, and nearly evei'j body can have "good luck" with these two.- . Get My Book, If Sick Dot't Sei4 Peinj. Doe't send a penny. Just wilt till you aoo what I cm do. Let mo tako tho risk. 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