The Commoner.
MAY 14, 1909
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particle of dirt should be taken off
and the frame should look like new.
Where fly specks are to be taken
off of paint, use a weak suds of pure
white soap, dip therein a flannel
cloth, wring it out and dip it into a
saucer of powdered dry chalk, then
rub the fly-specked paint briskly
with this.
For restoring the polish of the
piano, make a mixture of equal parts
of ammonia', alcohol- and cider vine
gar, and two parts linseed oil. Ap
ply with a clean piece of old cotton
flannel, polishing with the soft cloth.
For cleaning rope portieres, the
services of a professional cleaner
must be called in, as home cleaning
is generally a failure. Carpets may
be cleaned and the colors restored
by going over them occasionally with
a broom dipped in warm water to
which has been added a spoonful of
turpentine.
To brighten oil cloth, try wiping
with a flannel cloth wrung out of
clear warm water to which has been
added a little coal oil, or half as
much skimmed milk as water. Lin
seed oil must not be used liberally,
but should be applied warm with a
flannel merely moistened and spread
it very sparingly over the surface.
Simply rub the oil cloth over the
oily cloth, then polish off until it
shines, but has no trace of oil.
"Baker's Ammonia"
A Reader asks us what "Baker's
ammonia" is, and says a druggist
told her it was a very deadly drug,
and its use in cakes or bread would
disastrously affect the health of her
family. I have referred her letter
to several druggists, and they won
dered where that particular drug
gist got his information. This is
what I have gathered concerning
"baker's ammonia," which is used
in breads and cakes.
"The carbonate of ammonia is an
exceedingly volatile substance. Place
a small portion of it upon a knife
and hold over a flame, and it will
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almost immediately develop into gas
and pass into the air. The gas thus
formed is a simple composition of
nitrogen and hydrogen; no residue
is left from the ammonia. This
gives it a superiority as a leavening
power over soda and cream tartar
when used alone, and has induced its
juse as a' supplement to these art
icles. A small quantity of the am;
monia in the dough is effectivo in
producing bread that will be lighter,
sweeter and more wholesome than"
that raised by any other leavening
agent. When it is acted upon by the
heat of baking, the leavening gas
that raises the dough is liberated,
and in this act it, as it were, uses
itself up; the ammonia is entirely
diffused, leaving no trace of resi
duum whatever. The use of am
monia gives a light, flaky appear
ance to biscuit which Is much sought
after. Ammonia carbonate is one
of the best known products of the
laboratory, and the handsomest and
best bread and cakes are now large
ly raised by the aid of ammonia,
combined, of course, with other
leavening material."
dates are considered the best, when
clean and fresh, as they are the most
easily digested, and besides are the
least expensive. What is termed
date c off go can bo mado by adding
one quart of water to one and ono
half pounds of fresh dates; allow
to soak for ten minutes, then with,
a potato masher, or something of
the kind, break up the dates until
the water has reduced thom to seeds
and fibre; strain the water, heat it
to near the boiling point, then add
cream or milk according to taste, but
about half milk makes it splendid.
To those who lack energy, this will
often help to bring about surprising,
results. Physical Culture Magazine.
After using laxative and cathartic
medicines from childhood a case of
chronic and apparently incurable
constipation yielded to the scientific
food, Grape-Nuts, In a few days.
"From eaTly childhood I suffered
with such terrible constipation that
I had to use laxatives continuously
going from one drug to another and
Buffering more or less all the time.
"A prominent physician whom I
consulted told me the muscles of the
digestive organs were partially par
alyzed and could not perform their
work without help of some kind, so
I have tried at different times about
every laxative and cathartic known,
but found no help that was at all
permanent. I had finally become
discouraged and had given my case
up as hopeless when I began to use
the pre-digested food, Grape-Nuts.
"Although I had not expected this
food to help my trouble, to my great
surprise Grape-Nuts digested imme
diately from the first and in a few
days I was convinced that this was
just what my system needed.
"The bowels performed their func
tions regularly and I am now com
pletely and'permanently cured of this
awful trouble.
"Truly the power of scientific food
must be unlimited." "There's a
Reason."
Read "The Rdad to Wellville," in
pkgs. , .
Ever rcajjLthe above letter? A new
.one nppeajrs from jfcimc to time. They
are genuine, true,. and full of human
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To Cook Cheap Meats
Take one pound of round steak,
and run through the meat chopper;
mix it thoroughly with an equal
quantity of rolled bread crumbs, sea
sop well to taste, add bits of chopped
suet, mix thoroughly and bake in a
deep pan that will just hold it with
out running over. When -done, turn
out on a hot platter, garnish with
radishes, lettuce or parsley, and send
to the table to be sliced as wanted.
Good cold for luncheon.
For a piece of flank, get a long,
narrow strip, sufficient for the meal,
rpll tightly and wind a cord around
it to keen it in shape. Put into an
iron kettle lard, or meat drippings
enough to well grease the bottom
and sides of the kettle and let get
smoking hot. Put the rolled flank
into this and turn as you would a
pot roast until every part is seared,
watching carefully to keep it from
scorching. Then, when well seared,
add a pint of boiling water, draw
back from the heat and let slowly
simmer until tender, which will be
several hours, adding water sparing
ly as needed and salting when near
ly ready to take out. When done,
set aside to cool in the liquor.
When wanted, slice thinly and serve
cold. Soups can be mado from the
stock, or gravy made and served
with the meat while hot.
Sea Salt for the Bath
Tho American Medical Journal
tells us that ordinary sea' salt will
cure Incipient rheumatism and grow
ing pains in children. Place a quar
ter of a pound of salt in a tub of
tepid water, and let about half tho
salt dissolve, Let tho child bo
plunged Into this In the morning and
rub with the salt wator and the un
dissolved salt, rubbing the limbs and
joints, as hard as you can. Hub.
steadily across tho abdomen,- In a ro
tary manner. This practice, kept up
for a week or ten days whenever tho
child complains of muscular pains,
will remove them, and In time pre
vent their return. If one can not
get sea salt, the common, coarse bar
rel salt Is excellent. The sea salt
can be had at almost any large gro
cery store, and is cheap.
For any one, a salt bath, followed
by a "salt-rub" using common coarse
salt, rubbing It well into tho pores of
the skin, then rinsing well, Is very
tonic. After tho bath, rub tho whole
body with handfu'ls of wet salt, as
you would soap, then rinse and dry
thoroughly ,wlth Turkish towels.
Some Fruit Recipes
Spiced Currants Stem and wash
the fruit carefully, and for each four
pounds of currants, take two pounds
of brown sugar, one pint of cider
vinegar, one tablespoonful each of
ground cinnamon, cloves, mace, nut
meg and alsplce. Make a syrup of
the suKar. vinegar and spices; put
in the fruit and boil all together for
one-half hour, fill into wide-mouthed
bottles or glass jars, lay a 'paper
wet with vinegar over the currants
and seal, or tie up with waxed paper.
Keep cool.
For pineapple filling for cakes,
add one cupful of chopped pineapple
to the stiffly beaten whites of two
eggs and one small cupful of pow
dered sugar. This is delicious.
Dato Coffee"
It is claimed that dates can right
ly be termed condensed energy.
They contain a very large amount of
fattening and energy-producing ele
ments, though they are far too rich
for most stomachs unless very thor
oughly masticated. A date should
bq masticated absolutely to a liquid
before swallowing. The, Persian
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