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The Commoner.
before applying and applied with a
woolen cloth, rubbing well in; then
polished with a dry cloth. Another
recipe, which is highly recommended
for taking out stains, covering marks
and giving a fine polish, is one quart
of paraffino oil (not wax), ten cents
worth of wood alcohol andone quart
of vinegar; shake this well, apply
with- a woolen cloth, then dry with
a soft cloth and polish with a chamois
skin.
Home, or the Boarding House?
One of . our "newly-weds" asks
whether it is best for a young couple
with a small salary and, on the wife's
part, little eperience in housework,
to attempt to keep a private home,
or stay at a boarding house for a
time. The solution of such a prob
lem will depend pretty much on the
young people, themselves. Unless the
couple have ready means to fit up
and furnish a small house or flat,
it is cheaper to board, and study the
subject of housekeeping and furnish
ing seriously. Debt should be
shunned as a plague by the begin
ners, as the "installment plan'.' is
costly, and generally by the time the
furnishing is paid for, it is worn out,
- or out of date, and if misfortune
should overtake them, it might be
lost .through inability to keep up the
payments. Then, too, buying on
credit, one is apt to buy too much
and pay too much for it. A boarding
house furnishes light, heat, shelter,
food and service for a1 stated sum,
and many things could be studied
and adapted while .waiting for the
new home; whereas, a private home
would mean high rents, expensive
grocery bills, fuel, lights, water and
many unexpected demands upon the
purse which would make it impos
sible to know just what living would
cost from month to month, while the
inexperience of the woman would bo
s very 'discouraging, ffactojr, waljng
the living still more costly, How
over, it all depends, and no one can
decide for them.
Patting up Sausage to Keep
This recipe has been sent in by a
southern sister, and she asks that
you try it. "If you wish to have
sausage for next summer's eating,
here is a safe way to put it up. Grind
the meat fine, and to fifteen pounds
of the meat add one cupful of salt,
four level tablespoonfuls of ground
black pepper. Mix this well with the
hands, make into cakes and fry
nearly-done. Place the fried cakes
where they will get cold this is
Important. After they are cold, pack
them In a tin can closely, and pour
the surplus lard fried out over the
packed cakes, and if there is not
enough lard to cover the sausage
half an inch, melt more. Consider
able of the lard will drain down into
the sausage, so plenty of well melted
lard must be used. Cover the tin
can close and keep In a cool place.
When you open the can next sum
mer, scrape the lard away so you
can get out what you want, taking
from the top layer, then press it
back carefully so as to exclude the
air, doing this every time the can is
opened. Small cans should be used.
No sage or other seasoning is used.
Bits of Information
Replying to M. R., we again give
the following recipe: For cider
iauce, cut one slice of the boiled
Jam; mince this and brown in the
baking pan from which the ham has
?u8t been taken, adding a teMerooon
ful of browned flour; add a cupful
if perfectly sweet cider; if not per
fectly sweet, it should be half water,
SasJn with salt and pepper, strain
S?ough a sieve and serve very hot
FriST foods are not objectionable
If w&rly cooked. The fat should
Lffi not without scorching be
fore anything is put into it. A piece
of doughnut dough should brown in
three-fourths of a minute, or un
cooked dough in one minute. Put
the meat, fish, or vegotablos into tho
deep fat, so it 1b covered, and this
will seal the outside so as to retain
the juices inside. Do not pierce with
a fork, in lifting or turning. When
done, drain on paper and servo at
once.
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Requested Recipes
To broil oysters, metal skewers
should be used, and these can bo had
at the house-furnishing department
of large stores. Wash the oysters,
drain and dry on a soft cloth, then
string six oysters on each skewer;
have ready a bright, clear bed of
coals, and do the broiling quickly;
have in a dish molted butter, salt,
pepper and chopped parsley, and lay
the skewers with the oysters on in
this. Help each guest to a skewer,
and the oysters are to bo removed
as eaten. Tho broiled oysters may
be used with broiled beef steak or
lamb chops, or by themselves.
Chicken Jelly Cook a nice
chicken in water enough to a little
more than cover it, stewing it gent
ly until the meat drops from the
bones and the broth is reduced to
about a pint; season it to taste with
a little salt and pepper; strain and
press tho juices through a colander,
then strain again through a coarse
cloth; this will get all the strength
of the juices. Set over the fire and
cook again a few minutes. Turn it
into an earthern vegetable dish, and
let harden. If made in hot weather,
keep in ice box; if in cold weather,
set in a cold place. Eat cold in
slices; nice made into sandwiches
with thinly sliced and buttered
bread. If liked, add the chopped
meatpf the fowl.
Jumbles Cream together half a
cup of butter and one cup of sugar,
and. add one w.eli-beaton egg and a
'tablespoonful of sweet milk; mix
enough powdered cinnamon and nut
meg to half fill a teaspoon and grate
as much yellow rind of lemon as you
have of the spices; mix into the bat
ter and then add a scant teaspoonful
of baking powder, sifted with a cup
and a half of flour; roll thin, using
as much more flour as is needed, cut
in strips, fold into circles 'and roll
each piece in powdered sugar; bake
in a hot oven to a delicate brown.
Afflicted Ears
"Aunt Abbie" tells us that she has
much trouble with her ears, aching
and smarting, and spells of poor hear
ing. One of the simplest remedies,
which is also a good one, is to use
the salt solution a teaspoonful to
a pint of comfortably warm water,
and either use a nasal douche, or
"snuff" the fluid up the nostrils from
the palm of the hand. This is the
beginning of deafness one of the
worst afflictions known.
A. FIGURE OP CLAY
M. J. Riordan, Flagstaff, Ariz. In
your issue of November 24th, Mr.
E. A. Fitch, of Wilmington, Vt, un
fortunately places tho name of
Ernest Haeckel 'In his collection of
scientists, and includes him in the
statement: "They really have made
some discoveries and enunciated
some important truths that tho world
of today should recognize." I beg
to suggest that in so far as this sen
tence applies to Haeckel, if other
great scientists are to be bolieved,
It might very well be made to read,
"He has made some forgeries and
enunciated some important fakes
that tho world of today should
"The late Dr. Thomas Dwight, who
was Parkman professor of anatomy
at Harvard, In his book recently pub
lished, distinctly classed Haeckel
among scientific quacks. He says:
"If asked where is the one who. has
done the most in the last half cen
tury to dogrado science, and is, there
fore, her greatest onemy, I should1
ook toward Jena," tho context plain-!
ly indicating that ho rofors to,
Haeckel. Ho nfinonla no inmnnJ
strated tho well-known charges of
falsification of illustrations lodged
against Haeckel by Profossor "Wll
helm His, tho groat ombryologlBt,
and by Professor Rutlmoyer. Ho
suggests that, "If anyone would know
what tho late Alexander Agasslz
thought of Haeckel, let him consult
Agassiz's report on the expedition of
tho 'Albatross' in tho Bulletin of tho
Museum of Comparative Zoology at
Harvard college, Vol. XXIII, 1892,
p. 32 to p. 40. His tone is not that
of one arguing with an equal, but
of one exposing a knave."
Tho Literary Digest of Soptomber
9th, last, gives extracts in rolatlon
to Haeckel from Professor Elio do
Cyon's article, "God and Science."
Among other things ho is quoted as
saying that " 'Among Haeckel's in
numerable works published in all
tongues and issued in thousands of
copies, one searches in vain for a
single thought emanating from him
which is worthy o preservation,'
He quotes Professor Chowlson, tho
eminent physicist of St. Petersburg,
'all that Haeckel explains and affirms
concerning questions of physics is
.false, and shows an ignorance of the
most elementary problems, which is
hardly believable,' and F. Paulsen,
the late Berlin University professor,
'I have read tho 'World Riddlo' of
Haeckel, and have reddened with
shame at tho thought of tho gonoral
education of our people. That such
a hook should bo ponsiblc, that it
should bo writton, printed, bought,
road, admired and takon seriously
by tho nation of Kant, Qootho, and
Schopenhauer, is a sad fact, In
deed.' "
Do Cyon, according to this oxtract,
speaks of Haeckol's falsifications of
plates rccontly discovered by Dr.
Arnold Brass, and of othor similar
falsifications written about by Pro
fesBor Semper of Wurzburg, and Pro
fessor His, and uses this strong lan
guage in regard to him, "for decades
this mountebank (Haeckel) has Im
posed on tho International public as
a king in tho world of thought."
I bellovo that if there Is ono thing
true of Tho Commoner It Is Its un
hesitating opposition to tho faker,
whether ho Is political, religious or
scientific, or simply tho kind found
at tho country fair. Since this is
so, I think It would bo only fair that
Mr. Fitch's attention bo dlrocted to
tho opinion held by real scientists
about ono of his scientific Idols. If
those I have quoted are correct Mr.
Fitch has set up for himself at least
ono figure of exceedingly soft clay.
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