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of your druggist a package of apple
tree bark, if you have no trees of
your own from which to get it; it
Is the white inner bark that is used.
Put a heaping tablespoonful of this
bark in a granite sauce pan, pour
boiling water over it and let boil for
Ave minutes. Strain when cold, and
drink instead of other liquids. The
taste is not bad, and some persons
grow to like it. For food, use only
cereals or rice for the first week or
two, gradually adding to your meals
one easily digested article at a' time,
using the apple-tree bark tea all the
time as a beverage. In a month's
time, it is claimed that one can eat
almost any plainly cooked whole
Bomo food.
appear on the metal. The melted
wax and tallow will prevent the acid
from reaching tho metal except
where it is wanted.
Engraving Farm Tools
Saws, axes, hatchets, spades, hoes,
plows, and all such farm tools can
be easily engraved, and thus many
times loss may bo avoided. Clean
off a place where it is desired to
make the engraving and coat it with
a mixture of beeswax and tallow
melted. Scratch tho name, initials
or number desired through the wax
with an awl or any sharp-pointed in
strument. Then pour a few drops
of nitric acid (which can bo obtained
of any druggist) over the characters
thus made, and in a few minutes
peel off the wax; the lettering will
SENSE ABOUT FOOD
Facts About Food Worth Knowing
It is a serious question sometimes
to know just what to eat when a
person's stomach is out of order and
most foods cause trouble.
.Grape-Nuts food can be taken at
any time with the certainty that it
will digest. Actual experience of
Canning Peaches "Without Cooking
Mrs. L. B. sends in the following,
which she recommends from experi
ence: Select good, fully ripe peach
es, just right to eat out of hand.
Do not use any with bruises. Have
ready a kettle of water, boiling;
make a good, rich syrup and set on
tho back of tho stove whero it will
keep just at tho boiling point, but
do not allow to boij. Peel the
peaches quickly, removing only the
thin skin of covering which, in quite
ripe peaches can generally bo
stripped off readily. As fast as
peeled, and halved (to romovo tho
pits), pack them at once, into good,
clean self-sealing jars until you
have half a dozen filled, and then
set the cans in warm water and fill
to tho brim with the boiling hot
syrup, put on the covers and rubbers
and screw down tightly, then set
immediately in a large wooden pail
and quickly cover the jars with boil
ing water from the kettle on tho
stove. Turn a pan, or othor cover,
over the pail and throw over thiB
an old, clean piece of carpet, quilt
or something of the kind to keep in
the heat, and let stand until tho wa
ter gets cold, usually overnight. In
the morning take from tho water,
wipe dry and store. If the- covers
need tightening, screw them down.
A larger quantity may be dono at
one time by using a tub to set tho
cans in, and a' wash boiler to heat
the water. Peaches put up in this
way have a most delicious flavor.
ways leaves a tell-tale line closo to
tho scalp, and ono can scarcely hide
tho fact that a dye is used. If you
will send mo a stamped, addressed
envolopo, I may be able to give you
a better method of restoring tho
color, which Is preferable to dyeing.
Mrs. C. B. Q. -After thanking you
for kind words, will promise the
recipes called for next week, Wo
are in tho midst of pickling Just now.
(2) Tartaric acid should not be used,
as cream tartaT is better, being
harmless. (3) To set tho blue in
cottons, put ono ounce of sugar of
lead into a pail of water and soak
tho garment In tho solution for two
hours and let dry before putting in
tho wash. Some recommend that
tho goods should bo rinsed out of tho
lead solution in an alum solution of
tho same proportions (one ounce to
a pailful of water), and then quickly
washed in warm soap suds, hung
wrong-side out in a shady place, and
when sufficiently dry, roll, and iron
without furthor sprinkling.
Requested Iteclpcfl ,
Lemon Butter Sauce Put two
tabloupoonfiita of powdered sugar
and half that quantity of corn starch
In a sauce pan; grate the rind of one
lemon over the top;then add half a
pint of boiling water, the Juice of
tho lemon, and a pleco of butter
about tho bIzo of a hickory nut,
When these ingredients are blended
thoroughly add, little by little, tho
beaten yolks of two eggs, being care
ful to stir tho mixture constantly
during tho mlnuto or two that It
must remain over tho fire; other
wise, tho eggs will be certain to
curdle.
Hard Sauce Beat together ono
teacupful of sugar with half a tea
cupful of butter, flavor to taste and
form to suit tho fancy.
Latest Fashions for Readers of
The Commoner
Chili Sauce
boiling water
Pour boiling water over twelve
people is valuable to anyone interest- ripe tomatoes, remove skins and cut
ed In foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: "I
had suffered with indigestion for
about four years, ever since an at
tack of typhoid fever, and at times
could eat nothing but the very light
est food, and then Buffer such agony
with my stomach I would wish I
never had to eat anything.
"I was urged to try Grape-Nuts
and since using it I do not have to
starve myself any more, but r can
eat it at any time and feel nourished
and satisfied, dyspepsia is a thing of
the past, and I am now strong and
well.
"My husband also had an experi
ence with Grape-Nuts. He was very
weak and sickly, in the spring.
Could not attend to his work. He
was put under tho doctor's care, but
medicine did not seem to do him
any good until he began to leave off
ordinary food and use lirape-wuts.
It was positively surprising to see
the change in him. He grew better
right off, and naturally he has none
but words of praise ror urape-iNuts.
"Our boy thinks he cannot eat a
meal without Grape-Nuts, and he
learns so fast at school that his
teacher and other scholars comment
on it. I am satisfied that it is be
cause of the great nourishing ele
ments in Grape-Nuts."
"There's a Reason."
It contains the phosphate of pot
ash from wheat and barley which
combines with albumen to make the
gray matter to daily refill the brain
and nerve centers.
It is a pity that people do not
know what to feed their children.
There are many mothers who give
their youngsters almost any mna 01
food and when they become sick be
gin to pour the medicine down
them. The real way is to stick to
proper food and be healthy and get
along without medicine and expense.
Ever read the above letter? A new
no appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full erf human
Interest.
into slices. Chop two largo green
poppers and one large, onion. Put
ono pint of good cider vinegar, one
tablespoonful of salt, one teacupful
of brown sugar, one teaspoonful each
of allspice, cloves, nutmeg and ginger
in a porcelain-lined kettle, add the
tomatoes, pepper and onion, and boil
all together until all is soft. Seal.
Ripe Tomato Catsup
Mrs. L. R., of Missouri, says she
does not use spices in her catsup
especially cloves and allspice, as it
makes it dark. Here is her recipe:
Chop fine nine large ripe tomatoes,
three large onions, and three large
green peppers; add to this three cup
fuls of vinegar, ono cupful of brown
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of salt, a
tablespoonful of celery seeds, and a
teaspoonful of ginger. Boil ono hour;
strain through a colander, bottle,
cork and seal.
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298C- Ladies Shirt Waist. Heavy
linen, madras, lawn or taffetas make
up well in this model. Seven sizes
32 to 44.
2984 Ladles' Six Gored Skirt,
closing under an inverted box-plait
at center-back seam, and in short
sweep or round length. A good
model for any of tho season's suit
ings. Sir size 22 to 32:
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2992 Ladles' Semi-Princess Dress
closing with buttons down the front.
Heavy linen, rep, mercerized poplin
or oergo are adaptable to this model.
Six sizes 32 to 42.
3000
Query Box
S. G. and Others See recipes In
another column. Do not hesitate to
ask for what you want, and if we
can produce it, you shall have it.
F g. M. Use the chicken feathers
for a sofa or porch pillow. After
make a slip of good, firm muslin and
wet It in stiff starch; while wet, put
in the clean, dry feathers, shako
won. sew un tho slip and put it in
the wind to dry. The down will coat
the wet sides of the muslin and when
dry, tho slip will not shed feathers.
L, l. For delicate fabrics, use
naptha, which does not leave a stain
of its own, as turpentine and gaso
line are apt to do. coarse Drown
paper, a piece under and over the
grease spot on the black cloth, and
a hot flat iron passed over it, is ex
cellent, as it absorbs every paTtlcle
of grease and leaves no mark.
W A. K. in aye lunmieu i
Ib not injurious to either hair or
scalp, but any dye Is unsatisfactory,
as the constantly growing hair al-
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3006 Ladies' Semi-Fitting Coat,
In 42-inch length and with or with
out shawl collar. An excellent model
for serge, cheviot or broadcloth. Six
sizes 32 to 42.
2007
2997 Misses' Five-Gored Skirt
with plaited flounce. Navy bluo
Three sizes 13 to 17 years.
3001 Childs' One-Pieco Dress,
closing at center-back. A good model
for lawn, batiste, challls or cashmere.
Four sizes 1 to 7 years.
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