The Commoner.
ftJNE 3, 1904.
try the same for bleaching the switch,
drying in the .sun, and repeating if
necessary.
Middle Age. The simplest, and one
of the best -tonics for fading and fall
ing hair is strong sago tea in which
eomo nails haye been allowed to rust.
Apply to the scalp two or three times
a day.
H. S. M. The question referred to
cannot be discussed in the Home De
partment, as its "airing" in the fam
ily reading is not popular, although
such a necessity is unquestioned.
Busy Bee. Coarse salt should be
used for the brine, a pint of salt to a
gallon of water jn oak cask is best.
The brine should be strong enough to
float an egg when the vegetables are
put in.
Helen M. Remove all stems and
seeds from the raisins, put into a por
celain vessel and cover with boiling
water; boil slowly until about all the
water is gone, cool, and stir the rais
ins into the cake mixture. This will
prevent the tearing and toughness in
cutting.
Alma. Eight pounds of cotton,
lmotted as you would a comfort, will
make a mattress easy to handle. If
the best cotton is used, it will not
pack, and it will not hurt it to be
washed. Make the size of the inside
of the bedstead, nd knot it closely.
L. E. L. For announcing the birth
of the baby, this form should be used:
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. L.
a son (or daughter),
June First, Nineteen-hundred-and-four
Pompon.--A nice colored spread is
not objectionable for breakfast; nap
kins should be used at every meal.
For dinner, the table napery should be
all white. Large napkins, nicely
ironed and folded, but not starched,
should be laid at each plate.
Anxious. The best- food for the
baby is breast-milk of its mother;
next best, that of a healthy wet nurse.
Cowts or goat's milk comes next, the
goat milk being especially easy of di
gestion and nourishing. The ques
tions you ask would call for a column
of reply, and will be given later.
Gussie. Where gas cannot ne nau,
but, owing to its inflammable nature,
its use should be condemned unless
in the hands of a very careful person.
The "new process" stoves, whore
cooking is done by the burning vapor,
is safer than the old way of lighting
directly from the oil. The "blue
flame," wickless oil-burning stoves
are liked by many.
Nurse. I think this is the recipe
you ask for: Two quarts of the juice
of ripe blackberries, one pound of loaf
sugar, half an ounce each of nutmeg
and alspico; boil together for ten
minutes, then strain. When cold, add
one pint of fourth-proof brandy, bot
tle and seal. Dose, for bowel trouble,
teaspoonful to a wineglassful, accord
ing to age of patient,-until relieved.
Daisy M. To clean your roast, do
not wash in water, but wipe with a
wet cloth. While cooking meats, do
not pierce them with a fork, if you
would preserve the flavor. The ap
propriate sauces for roast beef are
tomato catsup, grated horse radish
and mustard. The roast is served on
a larce nlatter and the hot vegetables
are brought on in their separate
dishes.
For The Feel
If you are intending to visit the
World's fair this summer, it will pay
you to cut these items out and paste
them in your hat, or some other get
atablo place for ready reference:
When the feet are fatigued from
walking or standing, give them a bath
in soft water, with plenty of soap;
even soak them in water as hot as can
be borne; dry them and rub them well
with alcohol. Do this twice a day un
til they become less tender. Rub
them frequently just a gentle mas
sage, if they will not stand hard rub
bing. Scrape callous parts with pum
ice stone and rub with a softening
cream or healing salve.
An excellent remedy for aching,
itching1, burning feet is to take hot
water in which salt enough to make a
weak brine has been dissolved, and
bathe the feet in it. It may be pain-
For the sting of a hornet, apply the
common dooryard wood, plantain, to
the wound; bruise tho leaves in your
hand until tho juico starts, then lay
it on tho affected part.
For sprains and bruises there is
nothing better than hot water, as hot
as can bo borno, for bathing, after
which apply tlncturo of arnica or
witch hazel; or use tho wormwood us
ually found In tho country; steep It
in vinegar and apply hot, using old
cloths for bandaging, as It leaves a
stain.
For poison Ivy, wash tho hands as
quickly as possible in salt and water;
if the flesh begins to swell, sugar of
lead, a small quantity added to wator,
forming a weak solution, will relievo
it if used in the early stages; when
applying it, keep tho oyes closed un
til the solution dries on the face.
Glycerine and oatmeal made into a
paste with rose water, constitute an
ideal face lotion for removing the ef
fects of cold winds. As an addition
to the bath, glycerine, scented with
rose perfume, will impart a delight
ful freshness and delicacy to tho skin,
tho proportions being four ounces of
glycerine to one quart of water.
Always, before retiring at night,
give tho face a good washing with
warm water and pure soap, to remove
all the soil and dust of tho day's
gathering; then bathe the face and
hands with a good quality of vinegar,
to remove all effects of possible alkali
in the soap. Then use a good, sooth
ing cream, or lotion.
ful at the first few minutes, but the
the cheapest of all fuel is gasoline, pain will soon cease, and a few ap
plications will cure tne reel, uo not
- XGiT&Cl M
BOTH JAWS SHOT AWAY.
Still a Suocossful Business Man.
A man who had both jaws shot away
had trouble eating ordinary food, but
found a food-drink that supplies the
nutriment needed. He says:
"I have been an invalid since the
siege of Vicksburg, in 1866, where I
was wounded by a Minie ball passing
through my head and causing the en
tire less of my jaws. I was a drummer
boy and at the time was leading a
skirmish line, carrying a gun. Since
that time I have been awarded the
iuedal of honor from the congress of
the T'nited States for gallantry on the
field.
"The consequences of my wound
were dyspepsia in its most aggravated
form and I finally proved ordinary
coif e 3 was very hard on my stomach
so I tried Postum and got better.
Then I tried common coffee again and
got worse. I did this several times
and finally as Postum helped me every
time I continued to use it, and how
often I think that if the government
had Issued Postum to us in the Army
how much better it would have been
for the soldier boys than coffee.
"Coffee constipates me and Postum
does not; coffee makes me spit up my
food, Postum does not; coffee keeps
me awake-nights, Postum does not.
flhere is no doubt coffee is too much of
a stimulant for most people and is
the cause of nearly all the constipa
tion. "This is my experience and you are
at liberty to use my name." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
-Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, '"The Road to Wellville."
have the brine too strong.
Before going out, if the toe-nail
inclines to "in-grow," soak the feet
as above, and wet a piece of medicated
or other clean cotton, in alcohol, or
saturate with carbolated vaseline,
and, with a tooth-pick, or other point
ed article, push the cotton up under
the corner of the nail, as much of it
and as far as it will hold. Put a thin
layer of the cotton between the toes,
if yQU have soft corns, and at night,
after bathing, wrap a piece of the
cotton treated with the carbolated
vaseline around the afflicted toes.
Keep the cotton under the nail, and,
as the nail grows, trim it square
across, and you will have less trou
ble. Simply changing the shoes, wear
ing one pair part of the days, and the
other pair the rest of tne day win
greatly relieve the aching feet, and
render your sight-seeing more com
fortable. For a corn or a bunion, the feet
should be bathed every morning in
water to which a little alum or vine
gar has been added. This Is sooth
ing for swollen feet, also, and leaves
a nice sense of freshness. Feet that
are inclined to corns or bunions
should be sponged at night with lav
ender water, or very slightly diluted
vinegar. People who suffer from
weak ankles should put plenty of salt
in the water in which they bathe their
I feet, and should use the ankhvjjath
COIU.
Tho Tviltl-Fnjttl Jevr.
Take a large, smooth, wide-mouthed
jar of stoneware, and into it put a
quart of tho purest alcohol obtain
able; into this put a half-gallon of
largo, ripe, perfect strawberries, with
the stems left on. Add an equal
weight of nice sugar. Add any otner
fruit in season, although the seeds of
raspberries, blackberries and cur
rants render these somewhat objec
tionable. Pare, stone and slice
peaches; stone apricots, cherries and
plums; slice, peel and seed oranges
and lemons, adding with each an equal
weight of sugar no more alcohol.
When the jar Is full, cover and let
stand until time for winter stores to
be used. The contents will be found
delicious for several purposes.
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. For The Outing.
When the poison of mosquito bites
is very painful, nothing is better than
to batho the spots with a weak solu
tion of ammonia; salt and water, or
cooking soda are not strong enough.
For Baby's Welfare.
The nursing bottle needs special at
tention, now-a-days. It should be oval,
with no corners or rough places in
which milk may lodge and sour. Do
not use the complex nipples with glass
and rubber tube attached, as they are
hard to keep clean, and will encourage
in the baby a habit of going to sleep
with the nipple in the mouth, which it
never should do. The best pattern to
use is tho plain black nipple to slip
over the mouth of the bottle. It is
wcH to have two or three bottles and
nipples, that one may be sunning and
airing when the other is in use. If
this cannot be dene, cleanse thor
oughly with boiling water after us
ing, and let He in cold water in which
a little baking soda has been dis
solved. A child at all delicate should wear
a thin flannel shirt all summer, and it
may be very thin in hot weather.
During the hot months give the child,
frequent drinks of pure, fresh water.
It will not drink unless thirsty, but
it is often thirsty for water when
its crying is attributed to other
causes. Give no laudanum, soothing
syrups, paregorics or teas unless di
rected by the family physician. Of
ten a wet compress, warm or cold, as
the symptoms may indicate, with
proper dressing, is' all the child needs
to cure bowel troubles.
AND
5KR
makes street, light, well-
raised bread, and brinm
out the fine flavor and
nutritious qualities of the
wheat. Have you lost your
Bread
w lUiiCK
Use Yeast Foam; it will
make your skill greater, and
your bread better than ever.
Tlte secret is in the yeast.
All grocers sell it at 5c a
package enough for 40
loaves. Send for our book,
"How to Make Bread, "vr.
NORTHWESTERN YEAST CO.
CHICAGO.
The Quiet Tip.
The quiot tip in Now York ia that
Parker is a dead cock in tho pit.
Cleveland is tho bird that is expected
to do the business at St. Louis. '
But nothing-is to be said openly on
this head for tho present. In the in
ner councils it is frankly admitted
that - Parker Is absolutely impossible.
And so New Jersey did not tie her
hands in advance. Sho is expected to
sound tho Wall street signal at the
proper moment at St. Louis and the
whole reorganlzer force is thought to
bo prepared to respond with a Cleve
land whoop and a stampede to the
Sage of Princeton.
Certainly nothing better than this
could happen if indeed the democrats
have decided upon a "return to san
ity." If they have mado up their
minds to repudiate their recent record
and if they are bent upon falling into
lino under tho Wall streot banner,
then surely Cleveland of all men is the
fitting leader.
There could then be no gafnsaying
what they meant. There could be no
dispute concerning the measure of re
action. It would all be plain sailing.
Fair notice would be glven ,to tho
world that all for which democracy
has stood since 1896 has been tram
pled ruthlessly under foot and Wall
street could haveno possible excuse
for refusing Its powerful influence and
its plethoric resources.
No one knows anything at first
hands about Judge Parker. At least
he has no public record by which his
standards may be gauged. He is the
unknown quantity in the democratic
equation. Yet apparently private ad
vices In certain quarters seem to have
satisfied syndicated greed that ho Is
"safe," "sane," and 'patriotic."
But ho will not do, if quiet New
York inside tips may bo trusted. If
Wall street is to regain control of the
democratic party at all it wants to
do so with a man at the helm who
has already been tried and who can
bo trusted to steer the old ship by
Wall street chartlngs.
Cleveland is therefore the man. His
is the looming figure behind the Par
ker stalking horse. And democratic
democrats may reasonably rejoice that
the issue Is thus so clearly and unmis
takably to bo drawn. Johnstown
Democrat
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