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The Commoner.
JUNE 2, 1905 .
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healthful salts. Even if the animal
cules are dead, the dead matter re
mains. Filtered water will, in a meas
ure, correct this. (2) There are nu
merous filters on the market. Some
are made of the natural stone, and
others are made of artificial stone,
porous, similar in appearances to
sandstone.
Marion. The best preventive of
freckles, it is claimed, is a very thin
gauze veil of a light tan color. An
orange-color would be more effective
but, being so unbecoming, few would
wear it. The yellow rays, it is claim
ed, are non-actinic. Tan is largely
yellow in its composition, and does
not permit the freckle-making rays to
reach the skin.
John L. D. Coin can be safely sent
by mail in this wise: Take a piece of
pasteboard the size of your envelope,
cut a round hole in it the size of the
coin you 'wish to send, put the coin
in the hole and paste paper over it
on both sides of the pasteboard. In
sert the pasteboard in the envelope,
see that the address on the envelope
is correct, and it will go all right.
Coin cases, ready made, may be had
at the postofllco. 'Only fractions of
a dollar are supposed to be sent so,
as a silver dollar would be pretty
heavy, and paper money is much more
convenient.
Mrs. L. S. This recipe is recom
mended: For every twenty pounds
of beef, take one pint of salt, one tea
spoonful of pulverized saltpetre, a
quarter of a pound of brown sugar;
mix well. Divide this mixture Into
three equal parts, and rub the beef
well with one part each day for three
successive days, which will use up
all the mixture. Pack in a jar and let
lie in the pickle it makes for six
days, then hang up and dry.
Gray Hair
Hair is rendered thin, brittle and
prematurely gray - by illness, worry,
anxiety, and living in hot, ill-ventilated
rooms. Any cause which dries the
scalp tends to produce falling, fading
hair and the various forms of scalp
disease. Hair which shows a tendency
to turn prematurely gray should be
exposed to the sun and air as much
as possible. Our best authorities say
that hair which has once turned gray
cannot be restored by anything out
ride of a stain or dye, and once this
is begun, the person is a slave to the
process, for it requires daily atten-
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tion. Two Gorman- physicians- claim
to have restored gray hair to the origi
nal color by giving sulphur and iron
internally' and shampooing the hair
with the yolk of an egg frequently.
The yolk of an egg contains iron and
sulphur, and the white, a mild alkali,
which unite with the oil of the scalp
glands to form a lather, and is ex
cellent for an impoverished scalp.
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Floral Notes
Plants intended for winter bloom
ing should not be allowed to bear
flowers during the summer. If al
lowed to bloom during the summer,
they will bo so exhausted by the sea
son's work that it will take them all
winter to recuperate. Go over the
plants you intend for the house, and
cut away at least half their branches
shorten them to about half their
present length. They will then branch
out and become bushy and compact,
with many more branches on which
to bear flowers. If they are out in
the border, pot them not later than
July, doing the work carefully so as
not to shock them too much by the
transplanting. Let them take their
own time for getting established, giv
ing them good care meanwhile. When
they begin to grow freely, give them
moderate applications of some good
fertilizer, but do not try to force
them by stimulants. Six or seven inch
pots are large enough for even large
plants, as they should be rather re
stricted as to root room, if bloom is
expected. If buds form, remove them
until, at the least, September, but
will be better not to allow any buds
to become fully developed until De
cember or January, as it is in the lat
ter part of the winter that their
bloom will be the most appreciated.
This applies to geraniums, principally,
and if properly cared for, there is no
plant which gives such universal sat
isfaction as the geranium.
It is never too soon to begin and
teach the little child the absolute need
of caring for the teeth. Very soft
brushes may be bought and the little
milk-white teeth be keep like pearls.
The neglect of the mouth and teeth
is said to be responsible, in a large-
degree, -in many cases for some gum,
tonsilitis, and many more or less se
vere throat troubles. If the teeth are
not. frequently cleaned, they accumu
late tartar, tissu. and food, and the
germs of disease will find a resting
place there to breed and multiply.
All disease and decay in the teeth
begins from the outside, so their pre
servation becomes a matter of daily
and persistent care.
Contributed Recipes
Raised Biscuit. One quart of milk,
three-fourths cup of lard, or half and
half lard and" butter may be used;
three-fourths cup of yeast or one cake
compressed yeats, two teaspoonfulls
white sugar, one teaspoonful salt, flour
to make a soft dough; mix over night,
warming the milk slightly and melting
the butter; in the morning, roll out
into sheets three-fourths of an inch
thick; cut into round cakes; set them
closely together in a pan; let them
rise twenty minutes; bake twenty
minutes.
Corn Cake. Sift together two cups
of corn meal, and one teaspoonful each
of salt and .soda; beat three eggs; add
two cupfuls of butter milk and two
tablespoonfuls of melted lard or but
ter; stir the liquid into the dry in
gredients and pour into a buttered,
shallow pan; cut two or three slices
of nice, sweet bacon into small
squares and sprinkle about over the
top of the dough not too close to
gether. Bake half an hour in moder
ately hot oven.
Ham and Asparagus. Take equal
parts of cooked ham (scraps will do)
cut into cubes, and coo'ked peas or
asparagus ;for each cupfulof the ma-
terial raako a sauco of two tablo
spoonfuls each of butter and Hour, a
cup of the liquid in which the vege
tables were cooked, a teaspoonful of
lemon juice with salt and nutmeg to
taste. Add two beaten eggs, also the
ham and peas or asparagus; turn into
a casserole or buttered cups; cover the
tops with buttered cracker crumbs,
and bake in over to a golden brown.
Serve as a luncheon dish or as an
entree.
Strawberry Short Cake. Tako a coffee-cupful
of cream or rich sour milk,
beat into it a little salt and a small
teaspoonful of .soda, and before it
stops foaming stir in enough flour to
enable you to roll it out; be sure not
to get it too stiff. Roll into three cir
cles, spread butter on top of each and
place one on top of U other. Bako
till well done, then pull tho three
layers apart, butter one and cover
with strawberries previously prepared
as follows; into three pints of ripe
strawberries mash a cupful aud a half
of granulated sugar; then butter the
second and lay it crust down, over the
first; pile more strawberries on tho
second and cover with the third, on
which berries may be piled, or a nice
meringue spread, after which heat in
the oven a few minutes and serve hot,
with or without cream.
The Clothes Moth
Very early in tho spring the worms,
which up to that time have remained
torpid, are changed into chrysalids
and remain in that state for about
three weeks. After that they are
transformed into winged moths and
during tho months of May and Juno
these moths fl.- about the ouso in
the evening, depositing their eggs in
some place favorable for incubation,
and then die. Their sole aim is to
multiply and replenish the earth. Two
weeks after they an deposited, the
eggs are hatched, and tho young
worms begin their work of destruction
continuing until winter iaduces tor
pidity. With the return of tho cold
weather, the housewife will find
many a drawer or trunk full of wool
en clothes, feathers or furs that were
packed in the spring in good con
dition, riddled by the ravages of this
detestable little pest.
Experience has shown that the only
successful way to combat the pest is
by giving the house a thorough clean
ing early in the spring, or no later
than May or June. The most effec
tive way of rendering a house moth
proof is to give It a thorough and gen
eral cleaning each recurring spring,
repeating it if possible in the fall.
Cleanliness is one of the arch ene
mies of the moth, and light is an
other; The moth loves dirt and dark
haunts, and shuns tho light. AH stor
age rooms and attics should be well
ventilated and well lighted. After a
thorough cleaning early In the spring
garments may be put away for tho
season with no other precaution than
wrapping them securely in stout pa
per, in order to secure them from tho
approach of some belated femalo
which is seeking a place to lay her
eggs. Everything about tho house
that might serve for the purpose
should be carefully shalcen and aired,
and if possible exposed to tho hot
sunshine for several hours. Furs
should be given a thorough combing
with a fine dressing comb in order to
rout any possible torpid worm or
eggs; then, after beating and airing,
inclose them in a package that will
prevent the access of the moths to
the garment Inside.
There are a-number of compounds
that may be used if desired. Pulver
ized camphor gum, or cedar dust, or
tobacco leaves, or, in fact, anything
that is highly aromatic, may bo sprink
led freely among the folds. Printers
ink is said to be highly objectionable
to moths, and I' is recoimuended that
garments be wrapped In newspapers,
or paper sacks made- of- them -by past
ing tho prlntod sheets togothar It In
claimed to bo safo to storo blankotw
In such rocoptacles provided- nlwnyu'
provldod that tho blankets arc por.
foctly cloanod before being stored. If
all stored nrtlclos arc scrupulously
cleaned, then, and only then, can ono
bo sure that no torpid worms arc bc
ing housod, ready to cat their way
through tho fabric. In addition to tho
newspaper packing, r any lino tho box
or trunk in which tho garment or art
Iclo Is to bo stored with t r-lmprcg-natod
paper, or other mixturos which '
aro all moro or loss objectionable cri
account of tho disagreeable odor. Dr.
Recdor, in Inter Ocean.
Ohio Republican Convention
Tho Ohio republican convention
mot at Columbus on May 2i. Gover
nor Ilerrick was re-nominated by ac- '
clamatlon. Others nominations wcro:
Lieutenant governor, A. L. Harris (by
acclamation); Judge of tho supremo
court, William C. Davis; attorney gen
eral, Wade Ellis; state treasurer, W.
S. McKInnon; membor of tho board
of public works, William Kirtloy. Tho
platform reaffirms tho stato and ia
tlonal platforms of 1904. Tho conven
tion also heartily endorcod President
Roosevelt for "tho enforcement of re
publican laws against monopolies,
combines and trusts in restraint of'
trade."
FROM SAME BOX
Where the Foods Come From
"Look here waiter, honest now,
don't you dip every one of theso
flaked breakfast foods out of the samo
box? "Well yes, boss, wo duz, all
'cept Grape-Nuts, cause that don't
look like tho others and people know
zackly what Grape-Nuts looks like.
But there's 'bout a dozen different
ones named on tho bill of faro and
they aro all thin rolled flakes so it
don't make any difference which one
a man calls for wo just take out the
order from ono box."
This talk led to an investigation.
Dozens of factories sprung up about
three years ago making various kinds
of breakfast foods, seeking to tako
tho business of tho original prepared
breakfast food Grape-Nuts. These
concerns after a precarious existence,
nearly all failed, leaving thousands
of boxes of their foods in mills and
warehouses. These were in several
instances bought uj for a song by
speculators and sold out to grocers
and hotels for little or nothing. The
process of working off this old stock
has been slow. One will seo tho
names on menus of 'flaked foods that
went out of business a year and a
half or two years ago. In a few cases
where the abandoned factories have
been bought un. there is an effort
to resuscitate the defunct, and by
copying the style of advertising of
Grape-Nuts, seek to Influence people
to purohase. But the public has been
educated to tho fact that all theso
thin flaked foods aro simply soaked
wheat or oats rolled thin and dried
out and packed. They aro not pre
pared like Grape-Nuts, in which the
thorough baking and other operations
which turn the starch part of the
wheat and barley into sugar, occupy
many hours and result in a food so
digestible that small infants
thrive on it, -whilo it also contains the
selected elements of Phosphate of
Potash and Albumen that unite in tho
body to produce tho soft gray sub
stance in brain and nerve centres.
There's a reason for Grape-Nuts, and
there have been many imitations, a
few of tho article itself, but many
more of the kind and character of
the advertising. Imitators are always
counterfeiters and their printed and
written statements can not be expect
ed to be different than th'.r goods. .
This article is published by the
Postura Co. at Battle Creek. Addi
tional evidence of tho truth can biv
supplied in quantities. ' ?
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