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spoonful of molasses, one cup of
flour, one cupful of corn meal, mix
ing all together well. The batter
should bo thin enough to drop with
a spoon, and should be fried in hot
fat. Baking powder and sweet milk
may be used, but is not so satisfactory.
Some Timely Recipes
Delicious Apples Take smooth,
nice red apples, do not peel, but
scoop out the cores, leaving the ap
ples whole. Wash, and put into a
granite or porcelain sauce pan, and
nearly cover with cold water. For a
dozen apples, use about three cup
fuls of granulated sugar. Bring to
a boil slowly, and keep simmering,
closely covered, for two or three
hours. They should not cook to
pieces, and if done right, they should
be red and whole when done, the
juice and syrup making a nice jelly.
Let cool and serve. Try them.
Persimmon Pudding. Remove the
seeds from the persimmons, and
chop fine, or run through a meat
chopper. To one pint of the chopped
fruit add one cupful of sugar, two
thirds cupful of sour milk, teaspoon
ful of soda, scant teaspoonful of
baking powder, and one teaspoonful
each of cinnamon, cloves and ginger;
flour enough to make a batter stiff
enough to hold its form. Put into a
pan and steam for one hour and a
half, serving,, when done, with a nice
cream sauce. M. C, Montana.
Split Pea Cutlets This is called
"vegetable beefsteak," and is made
thus: Soak one and one-half pints
of split peas over night in cold water
adding a pinch of soda; put into a
double boiler with water enough to
cover, in the morning, adding a sprig
of thyme, two cloves, one small red
pepper from which tho seeds have
.been removed, and steam until the
peas are tender; then drain, and
partly mash them. Mix with the
mashed peas a very littlo minced
onion or celery; form into balls like
fish cakes, shake over them a dash
of pepper, dip first into a beaten egg
and then roll in corn meal and fry
in hot fat until brown. Dried lima
beans may bo prepared in tho samo
way, except that a littlo tomato or
minced parsley may bo used. Either
of these dishes Is very substantial,
but not every one can eat peas or
beans with comfortable results.
Ella S., Missouri.
NEW IiIFE
Found in Change to Right Food
After one suffers from acid dyspep
sia, sour stomach, for months and
then finds the remedy is in getting
the right kind of food, it is some
thing to speak-about.
A New York lady and her young
son had such an experience and she
wants others to know how to get
relief. She writes:
"For about fifteen months my lit
tle boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We were unable to
retain much of anything we ate.
"After suffering in this way for
so long I decided to consult a spe
cialist in stomach diseases. Instead
of prescribing drugs, he put us both
on Grape-Nuts and wo began to im
prove immediately.
"It was the key to a new life. I
found we had been eating too much
heavy food which we could not di
gest. In a few weeks after com
mencing Grape-Nuts, I was able to
do my house work. I wake in the
morning with a clear head and feel
rested ana nave no sour swui.u. j
boy sleeps well and wakes with a
laugh.
"We have regained our lost
weight and continue to eat Grape
Nuts for both the morning and open
ing meals. We are well and happy
and owe it to Grape-Nuts." "There's
a Reason." ...
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creelr, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true,- and full of human
Interest
To Get Rid of Rats
Rats are so destructive about
buildings that any method promis
ing their extermination is worth
heeding. One farmer tells vs that
ho put about half a" teaspoonful of
molasses on each of a number of old
shingles, and on that, with a pocket
knife bladOj he scraped a small
amount of concentrated lye. He then
placed tho shingles about under tho
stable doors and in the runways of
tho rodents, and tho next morning
he found many dead rats. Ho con
tinued the treatment for a few times,
and his farm was cleared of them.
He says ho has never known it to
fail. It is an accepted claim that
rats will not eat anything that bears
the smell of the hand, and by this
method, their "medicine" is clear of
tho human odor.
Tested Recipes
Old Fashioned Spice Cake Two
cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of but
ter, yolks of five eggs and the whites
of three, one cupful of sour milk,
one teaspoonful of soda, two tea
spoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoon
ful of allspice, half a teaspoonful of
cloves, half a teaspoonful of grated
nutmeg, and three and one-half cup
fuls of flour, sifted. Beat all well
together and make in a loaf.
Cream of Chicken and Celery
One pint of chopped celery cooked
until tender and nut throuch a sieve.
one pint of chicken stock, and one
pint of milk or cream; thicken this
with one teaspoonful of flour mixed
smooth in a littlo of the milk, when
it begins to boil. Season to taste
and serve with thin slices of lemon.
To obtain a supply of chicken stock,
crack and boil all chicken, turkey
and goose bones, and when well
done, strain, season with salt and
pepper, and set away to jelly. This
will keep several days in cold
weather.
tho only water to bo had, one should
have two barrels, and in o..ch of
them there should bo two faucets
one as closo as possible to tho bot
tom of the barrel, and the othor six
or eight inches higher up. If ono
must do without the faucet, uho a
plug in each hole, but have tho holes.
Fill tho barrels with water, and use
the borax and alum in tho above pro
portions three ounces of borax and
ono ounce of alum to overy ton gal
lons of water, stirring thoroughly
down to tho bottom. Let tho water
stand for several hours, or over
night, and the sediment will fall to
tho bottom. Tho water can be drawn
off from this through the upper fau
cet, without disturbing tho layer of
Impurities, and when tho barrel Is
nearly emptiod, It can be washed out
inr.ough the lower hole. By having
two barrels, ono barrolful can bo
"softening" while the other Is be
ing used.
A Sign
of poor Mood circulation Ik shortness
of breath after walking, going up
stalrn, nwccptng, singing, excitement,
nnger, fright, etc. Poor blood circula
tion means a nick heart, find a sick
heart Ih tho remit of weak and im
poverished nerves.
ISveryono known tho rosultM of poor
blood circulation, but everybody do en
not know that tho quickest and safest
treatment In I Jr. MIW ' New Heart Cur.
If you find these Kytnptoinu present
you nhould not neglect them, but at
onco procuro a bottlo of
Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure
It will cure, and nt a very Uttlo ex
pense, compared with doctors' bills. Wo
arc ho sure of It, that If the first bottlo
docn not benefit, your druggist win re
turn your money. It will do for you
what It han done for thousands in llko
instances.
"For two months I walked on tho
edge of tho tomb from weak heart, poor
blood circulation and nervoun prostra
tlon, Dr. At lion' New Heart Cure, and
Nervine gave me back my health."
RBV. W. A. ROBINS, Port 13lgin, Ont.
For tho Laundry
No woman should attempt to use
hard water for laundry purposes
without having first "broken" it with
some chemical. Soap used in such
water is wasted, and the clothing
gets a gray, dingy color and a hard
disagreeable "feel." The lime in the
water kills the soap. One of the
best compounds for "breaking" the
water is three parts of powdered
borax to one part powered alum,
neither of which is expensive, the
borax costing by the single pound
about twelve cents, and In five-pound
boxes, it sells for 40 cents per box.
This amount will last a long time,
and it is useful for many purposes
b'esides the laundry. Powdered (or
ground) alum will cost five cents a
pound. Mix the above proportions
mi rap-fourths borax and one-fourth
alum) thoroughly, and dissolve four
ounces of the mixture in a little
warm water, adding the solution to
each ten gallons of water to bo soft
ened and stir well. The water will
"curdle,' and if left to stand a few
hours, all the impurities will settle to
the bottom of the tub or barrel, and
the soft, clear water should be care
fully drained off. The best way to
get soft water is to have a cistern,
Kf .hn tho water in the cistern
gets low, as it does when rains are
long withheld, it is apt to become
hardened, and will need breaking for
best results. Where hard water is
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