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FEBRUARY 19, 1909
The Commoner.
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blue in suspension evenly, and no
ppecking of the clothes will be seen.
D. J. To clean the hair brushes,
make a suds with some good borax
soap powder and wash the bristles
in this, keeping the back dry. When
the bristles are clean, rinse well in
clear coal water and dry with the
back up. Clean the comb with the
same, dislodging everything between
the teeth.
Housewife If the hardness of the
water is from impregnation of lime,
boiling it for a time, or even expos
ing it to the atmosphere for a day or
two, will tend to soften it. For
laundry purposes, wood ashes turned
in a barrel of water will be effective;
but the ashes must be all from wood.
A wooden pail full of ashes will
soften a barrel of water, unless very
hard.
Seamstress A good quality of silk
is best for lining, but if you can not
afford this, buy a good quality of
mercerized cotton, such as sateen or
percaline. Linings are called by
many fancy names, but are, after all,
most of them mercerized cottons.
Hazel The ingredients for oat
meal bath bags are five pounds of
ground oatmeal, "half a pound of
powdered castile soap, and one
pound of fine Florentine orris
root powdered. Mix thoroughly, and
sew in cheesecloth bags about foiir
inches square, with double seams.
Less quantity can be made by keep
ing these proportions. Use one bag
for the bath, using no soap.
Stomach Gases
and Torpid Livers
Give Way Before the Peculiar Puri
fying Power of Stuart's
Charcoal Lozenges
A Trial Package Sent Free
The foul gases of the stomach and
the torpid action of the liver are
easy victims for charcoal to over
come.. This great-natural cleaner and ab
sorbent will most certainly be relish
ed by a system afflicted with gaseous
or sluggish tendencies.
Charcoal has long been known as
a great absorbent of gas. A panful
of charcoal will positively, purify a
room filled w-ith foul odors and de
cay. Its absorbing ratio is one hun
dred times greater than its own
volume.
The ancients gave charcoal for
many human ills successfully. The
North American Indians used it for
snake bite, poison from eating wild
herbs and cured what they called
"stomach mad medicine" with it.
Willow charcoal seems to be the
best product for human use, and no
doubt the peculiar curative property
of the willow is represented in a
chemical quality in its charcoal.
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are
pure willow and sweet honey blended
by tremendous power and compres
sion into a very palatable lozenge.
Two or three lozenges eaten after
meals will prevent the process of di
gestion from producing noxious
gases. They will vivify a lazy liver
and aid every organ which is most
likely to be overcome through its
contact with impurities.
They cleanse the stomach and in
testines, bring purity and sweetness
out of fermentation and decay and
aid digestion by allaying gas. They
will aid you and your stomach. The
beneficial effects are made evident
after each meal when you use char
coal as Stuart prepares it. To allay
gas at night they are excellent and
one arises in the morning without
that terrible nauseating bad breath
which destroys appetite and renders
one miserable.
All druggists sell Stuart's Char
coal Lozenges, price twenty-five cents
or send us your name and address
and we will send you a trial package
by mail free. Address F. A. Stuart
Co., 200 Stuart Bldg., Marshall,
Mich.
For the Toilet
A mild soap for cleansing the pores
of the skin is made as follows: In
a double boiler (suchas cereals are
cooked in) melt together fifty grams
of pure strained honey, forty grams
of pure white soap (castile is good)
and thirty grams of white wax, and
when mixed, add ten grams of tinc
ture of benzoin and the same of
storax, mixing thoroughly. Use a
little of this, with a little water, in
stead of soap when cleansing the
face and hands at night; dry well
and apply some simple cream.
The cold weather renders it very
difficult to keep the hands in good
condition. One of the most impor
tant remedies for the rough, red,
swollen appearance is the use of the
right kind of soap. Do not use high
ly scented, strongly alkaline soaps,
as the scents are generally used to
cover up the poor oils and fats used
in making, and the alkali extracts
the natural oil from the cuticle and
leaves it frightfully dry. Use only
the vegetable oil soaps, even though
they cost a little more, and do not
use any more of even the best than
is absolutely necessary. Little bags
filled with oatmeal, or with bran, or
a little almond meal, will largely
take tho place of soap as a cleanser.
Use soft water, if it can be had; but
if not, soften the water by boiling,
and by dropping a little borax in it.
Rain water caught from the eaves of
a roof covered with coal srrioke set
tlings is bad for the hands.
A bath of aromatic salts is almost
a medicine, as it refreshes and acts
as a carminative on the usually ner
vous woman. It is not expensive,
and this is recommonded: " Crush a
spoonful of carbonate of soda and
sprinkle it with a few drops each of
essence of lavender, rosemary and
eucalyptus; add a very little of this
to the bath water, and it will per
fume and render it very invigorating..
One ounce of ammonia to a tub of
water is strengthening when a wom
an is exhausted; but ammonia should
be used sparingly, as it will dry up
the skin worse than even hard wa
ter, and do more harm than good.
and knead, and set to rise over night.
Next morning add one well-beaten
egg and enough milk or lukewarm
water to make a stiff batter; set in a
warm placo to rise, and when light,
drop the batter on a' hot griddle, mak
ing the shape round; bake very
quickly, and serve hot.
Materials
Cotton crepe at fifteen cents a
yard makes up satisfactorily in
blouses or shirtwaists, and little
trimming is required. It washes well
and requires no ironing.
Mohair of good quality may be
had as low as fifty cents a yard,
single width, and is excellent for
shirtwaist suits, children's school
dresses and underskirts. It sheds
dust, and spots are easily removed.
It comes in many colors.
Many mercerized goods make up
beautifully and wear a long time, and
are quite inexpensive.
You'll Know
whon you got tho grip, but you won't
know-how It happened no one doos.
You won't card'. You will bo too mis
erable. Hut you will bo Intensely In
terested in how to get rid of it.
How to Htop thoHo cold chills from
chasing up find down tho spine, tho
Incesmnt pains In the limbs and back,
nauaoa, coughing fits, snoozing, dls
chargo from tho oyoH and iioho, muscu
lar palnH, and that brain-wracking
headache.
The befit treatment known for thl
dreadful affliction Ih
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Dr. MileH' Nervine cureH by building
up tho nervous HyHtem, and doKtroying
tho gormH which polHon tho blood. If
taken When Hrst HymptoniK appear in
almost a sure preventive.
"I suffered several weeks with Grip
and nothing I took seemed to bcuollt
me. I suffered almost death, until I
tried Dr. Miles' Ucstorallvc Norvino.
From the first day I felt bettor, It
relieved my misery and pain, and gave
me an appetite, and in a few days I
had fully recovered." MRS. OKO. B.
HALL, 1-19 Leo St., Jackson,. Tcnn.
The first bottlo will benefit, If not,
tho druggist will return your money.
Contributed Recipes
Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce Put
a quarter of a pound of spaghetti 'in
to boiling water, enough to well cov
er it; boil rapidly for half an hour;
drain, cover with a pint of stewed
and strained tomatoes, add a tea
spoonful of salt, cover and cook for
half an hour, then add a quarter of
a pound of grated cheese, a table
spoonful of butter, and heat until
the cheese is melted; serve hot.
Emily F.
Old Fashioned Battercakes Heat
one pint of milk to near the boiling
point, and stir into it one table
spoonful of butter; stir gradually in
to the scalding milk one pint of sift
ed corn meal and one scant teaspoon
ful of salt; when cool, add two eggs
beaten light without separating the
white and yolk, and one tablespoon
ful of sifted flour. Beat the batter
until thoroughly blended and light,
and it should be quite thin. Have
the griddle very hot, but not so hot
as to burn the batter, and it must
be well greased with lard. Pour the
batter on the griddle by generous
spoonfuls, and turn the cakes as soon
as the under side is browned. They
should be thin, and quite brown
When done, and should be eaten with
pork gravy or butter. Mrs. C. P.
Crumpets To one quart of good
flour add one tablespoonf ul . of lard,
one tabjespoonful of . salt and two
tablespobrifuls of yeast. Mix well
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