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SEPTEMBER I, 109,
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these with clean panes of window
glass and set In strong sunshine all
day, bringing into the house at night
before the dew falls, but not uncov
ering. Repeat this for three days,
until the fruit is transparent and
tender. If a rainy time should set
In, place the plates in the oven, which
must be quite cool. Fill the tumb
lers by lifting the fruit with a per
forated spoon; boil the syrup down
until quite thick and pour over the
fruit, sealing tight. To do this well,
practice and care must be had.
For crystalizing fruits, boil one
cupful of granulated sugar and one
cupful of water together for half an
hour; dip the point of a skewer into
the syrup, then into cold water; if
the thread formed breaks off brittle,
the syrup is ready. The syrup must
bo boiled , slowly and not stirred.
When done, set the sauce pan into
boiling water to keep the syrup from
candying. Have the fruit prepared,
and take each piece up on the point
of a long needle a new hat-pin, fine
knitting needle, or long darning
needle will do; dip into the syrup and
lay on a buttered dish. Oranges
cut into eighths, cherries, grapes,
and other small fruits used whole;
cherries stoned or not, as one
chooses; pineapple peeled, sliced and
cut into sections, and many other
fruits may be used. When finished
and cold, sprinkle with powdered
sugar, and pack in paraffin paper.
Query Box
Mrs. C. C. B. Have been unable
to find the words of the" old song for
you.
Mrs. J. T. I fear I can give you
no more information regarding the
use of baker's ammonia than has
been given. It does not seem to be
in general, or oven common use.
I. M. For keeping the stove or
range clean, melt an ounce of bees
a clo'th dipped in the mixture, once
a week. On other mornings, rub
with a crumpled newspaper, or with
a cloth wrung out of the dish
water. "Subscriber" and Others In an
other column I am giving you tho
methods for removing vermin from
the hair. Children carrying the pests
should be excluded from the schools
until clean.
G. 0. B. Tho recipe for carron
oil is here given: Tako a piece of
unslacked lime about as largo as an
egg, for one quart of water. The
water will hold only a certain quan
tity of lime in solution, so It can not
be too strong. When the lime is
slacked and settled, pour the clear
water carefully from tho sediments,
and into this water beat enough lin
seed oil to form a creamy emulsion;
then bottle and keep for use. When
applied to burns it will draw out
the fire, case the pain and heal.
W. H. C. This may not be the
recipe you wanf, but it Is "Just as
good." The taffy sold in stores Is
"pulled" by machinery. Two toa
cupfuls of granulated sugar and one
half cupful of water; ono tcaspoon
ful of vinegar, ono tcaspoonful of
cream taTtar and one tablcspoonful
of butter. Boil without stirring for
twenty minutes. If stirred, the
syrup will return to sugar on cool
ing. Try tho syrup as you would
any other, and when cool enough
pull until white, working In any de
sired flavor a few drops at a time
while pulling. If allowed to boil
too long, it will bo brittle.
Have the vegetable thoroughly
heated In this mixture, then put into
Jars or bottles and seal, though they
will keep without; but it is always
better to be sure.
Odds and Ends Pickle
For the "odd lots" pickles, use
tiny ears of green corn, small cu
cumbers, florets of cauliflowor, tiny
carrots, cup-up hearts of hard whito
cabbage, tendor snap and wax beans,
small silver onions, radish pods, small
radishes, small creon tomatoes, a few
green peaches pulled before the stone
hardens, small green muskmolons, all
kinds of small green peppers, nas
turtium seeds, martynlas, garlic,
horseradish, and any other vegetables
at hand, but all must be very small
and' very tender. Tho vegetables
may bo ridded to tho jar at odd times
as you have them. The vinegar may
be prepared to suit one's fancy, either
plain, spiced, with
the Indian pickle, to ono gallon of
vinegar add two and one-half ounces
of salt, one-half pound of ground
mustard, two ounces of tumeric,
thrco ounces of sliced or pounded
whito ginger, one ounce of cloves,
one-half ounco of mace, black and
whito popper, each one-fourth ounco
of cayenne, four ounces of pooled
eschalots and ono ounco of garlic.
Put tho vinegar on to heat; when
it reaches tho boiling point add tho
mustard and tumeric mixed nmodth
with a little cold vinegar, and stir
until It is well blended with tho
vinegar, then take from tho flro and
add other ingredients. When cold,
pour into a stono Jar and put in such
vegetables as you may havo ready:
Then tie tho Jar very closoly As
you have othor vegetables, opon tho
jar and add thorn as they come In
season. They should all be so small
that they do not need to be soaked
in brine. Just wash well, if needed
or without tu
moric or mustard as for yellow, or land put into tho Jar of vinegar.
an maian picKio may ho used. Fori Good Housekeeping.
Latest Fashions for Readers of
The Commoner
For Parasites in tho Hair
Answering "Subscriber" and Oth
ers: Got ten cents worth of flsh
berries at the drug store, put them
into a pint of whiskey or alcohol and
let stand over night. Wet tho scalp
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and h'air well with the liquid next
mnn w,n m i 4i morning, or if preferred, tho next
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T WORKS
The Laborer Eats Food that Would
Wreck an Ofllco Man
Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food
that would wreck a man who is more
closely confined.
This is illustrated in the following
story:
"I was for 12 years clerk in a
store working actively and drank cof
fee all the time without much trouble
until after I entered the -telegraph
service.
"There I got very little exercise
and drinking strong coffee, my
nerves grew unsteady and my stom
ach got weak and I was soon a very
sick man. I quit meat and tobacco
and In fact I stopped eating every
thing which I thought might affect
mo except coffee, but still my con
dition grew worse an'd I was all but
a wreck.
"I finally quit coffee and com
menced to use Postum a few years
ago and I am speaking the truth
when I say my condition com
menced to improve immediately and
today I am well and can eat anything
I want without any bad' effects, all
due to shifting from coffee to
Postum.
"I .told my wife today I believed
I could digest a brick if I had a cup
of Postum to go with it.
"We make it according to direc
tions", boiling it full 20 minutes and
use good rich cream and it is cer
tainly delicious."
Look In pkgs. for a copy of the
famous little book, "The Road to
Wellville."
"There's a Reason,"
Ever read tho above fetter? A new
one appears from time to time They
sure genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
enough. A strong tea of the ber
ries, using water, is said to bo good.
The next day, wash the hair well in
vinegar (it will not hurt it), and
this will dissolve the gelatine cover
ing, of the nits and kill them, and
the hair will he clean.
Another: Rub powdered cevadilla
wall into the roots of the hair. A
decoction of stavacre seeds (bruised
and steeped in vinegar) will kill
them; a tablcspoonful of tho tincture
of stavacre in a half pint of water
and the head well washed with this
will kill both lice and nits, and stop
the intolerable itching which the
parasites cause.
2904 Ladies' Shirt Waist, with
long or seven-eighths length Blcovos.
Sheer white batiste was used for this
charming model trimmed with Inser
tions of Valencinnes lace. Seven
sizes 32 to 44.
2911 Boys' Suit, consisting of a
blouso with neckband, and slcovcs
plaited at bottom or finished with
wristbands; and knickerbockers.
Adaptable to serge, flannel, linen or
duck. Five sizes 5 to 13 years.
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2881
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2913 Misses' Bathing Suit,, clos
ing In front and having Empire back,
consisting of a blouso having an ap
plied plastron yoke, a three-piece
plaited skirt joined to tho blouse,
and separato chemisette and bloom
ers. Flannel or mohair are the best
mediums for suits of this descrip
tion. Three sizes 13 to 17 years.
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Mustard Pickles
Several of our readers have asked
for this recipe. Clean two quarts
of green tomatoes and cut into
eighths; remove the leaves from ono
large bunch of celery, scrape the
stalks and cut into three-fourths
inch nieces: wine six green peppers
and cut in slices, removing seeas;
slip the skins from one quart of but
ton onions; remove tne sialics irom
one head of cauliflower and soak,
head down, in cold salted water to
rover for twenty minutes, then sep
arate the florets and parboil for five
minutes, and drain; mix the vege
tables and pour over them a brine
made of two cupfuls of salt and four
quarts of- water; cover, and let stand
nVor nieht. In the morning let the
vegetables simmer In tho same brine,
taking care that the vegetables do
not ,get over-cooked, and when ten
aot. iimfn. Mix one cupful of flour,
eight tablespoonfuls of mustard, and
one tablespoonful of tumeric, and
add cold vinegar slowly while stir
ring constantly until a smooth paste
is formed. Then add one cupful of
sugar and two quarts of vinegar and
cook tho mixture over hot water, or
In a double boiler, stirring constant
ly at first, and afterwards occasion
ally, the same as boiled custaTd.
2881 Misses' Shirt Waist, with
one-piece plain sleeves or regulation
shirt sleeves. A very neat model for
linen, lawn, madras or China silk.
Three sizes 13 to 17 years.
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2905 Boys' Russian Suit, consist
ing of a blouse with permanent turn
down collar, and sleeves plaited at
bottom, or finished with wristbands;
and knickerbockers. Serge, flannel,
chambray, linen or duck all develop
well in this style. F6ur sizes 2 to
5 years.
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2882 Ladies' Princess Combina
tion Corset Cover and Open Drawers,
closing at front or back and with cir
cular or straight ruffle. A very
dainty model for Persian or Victoria
lawn, Jaconet, nainsook, batiste or
China silk. Seven sizes 34 to 46.
2882
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