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VOLUME 12, HtJtf&Eft 15
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Now and Never
Not all tho .music In the world
Sung o'er so sweet and clear,
With all the master's magic wrought,
Can thrill tho silent ear.
Not all tho sunBhlne in tho sides,
Though falling tenderly
With kiss like lilies' breath, can light
Tho oyo that can not sco.
Not all tho lovo tho groat world
holds,
With deepest longing said,
And fraught with all that lovo can
mean,
Can reach a loved ono dead.
Speak now thy word of lovo and
cheer,
Thy heart its sunshine spread,
Swift bo thy lips thoir song to sing,
Ero lifo and lovo have fled!
A. W. Poach in Farm Journal.
To Our Friends
Friends, do not send money to
your Homo Department editor for
bestowal upon tho needy. Tho Com
moner can not assumo tho responsi
bility of investigation in such mat
tors. If you have any clothing, or
bedding, or such things that you are
willing to bestow on tho homestead
ers in tho sparsely settled counties,
wo will send you any address at hand,
that you may personally pursue tho
correspondence; but wo would much
profor that no money be sent to tho
Homo Editor.
Helping the Housewife
arrangements and greatly lessened
labor for tho housekeeper. If in
addition, tho kitchen is sui.plied with
the necessary utensils and mechani
cal conveniences, ono can "bo happy
oven though a housewife."
For tho Toilet
For tho removal of tho odor of
perspiration in the arm-pits, directly
after washing with cold water and
soap, pour a few drops of toilet am
monia on the wash cloth and use on
tho armpits: do not wipe very dry,
and powder with a mixture of two
parts boric acid and one part lyco
podium; repeat several times during
the day and always at night. Do not
uso warm water in washing the parts.
A soap cream which is especially
good for tho hands is made by shav
ing an ounce and a half of best white
castilo soap into thin strips and put
it into an ounce and a half of
strained honey: add an ounce of
white wax and set them over hot
water to irfolt. When quite dis
solved, add a third of an ounce of
the tincturo of benzoin and the same
of storax. It should be soft enough
to run from a tin tube, which is the
best way to put It up; if it istoo
stiff, add a little more honey. "Use
at night for face, neck and hands;
it is very cleansing. Tho correct
camel's hair brush with a pure,
hygienic soap, is the best known
means of cleansing tho face, and will
not harm the texture of the skin.
A safe way to remove superfluous
hair from the face is to take pure
peroxide of hydrogen and dab it on
the affected part with a bit of cotton,
and allow it to remain until it stings,
repeating until the hair is bleached;
after using the peroxide, apply a drop
of ammonia; the peroxide will bleach
and weaken tho hair and "the am
monia will eventually kill the con
stitution of it. Another safe way
is to get a five cent cake of fine
pumice stone, soap the hair well, and
rub tho pumice gently over the
growth, and it will be worn off Do
not rub hard enough to irritate the
skin, and if made red, apply a little
cold cream. Best to use it at night
just before retiring.
For scant eyebrows, use red vase
line, two. ounces; tincture of cantha-
rides, ono and one-eighth ounce; oil
of lavender, 15 drops; oil of rose
mary, 15 drops; mix thoroughly;
apply to eyebrows (not eye lashes'
with a tiny brush once a day until
mixture will cover a square yard if
properly applied. It answers as well
as oil paint for brick or stone, and
is much cheaper for out houses,
fences, walls, etc. Medium small
brushes should be used, according
to the neatness of the work required.
Coloring matter may be used, mak
ing it any shade wanted, except
green, which should not be used with
lime, as the limo destroys the color,
and the color has a bad effect on the
whitewash, making it crack and peel.
This amount is for a large surface,
but by keeping the proportions, a
larger or smaller amount may be
made. It is claimed that if coloring
matter be dissolved in whisky, it will
tho more readily assimilate with the
wash. It is claimed that this will
last twelve to twenty years.
Any ono who will take the trouble
to go through tho kitchen of the
dining car on any of our lines of rail
road will see at a glance what are
the possibilities of economy of space.
Tho entire stores for scores of people
may bo prepared in a space of but a
few feet square, and at tho same
time everything can bo kept clean
and orderly. It costs but little when
building a houso to provide sensible,
practical conveniences in the way of
pantries, cupboards, and lockers, and
tho most trifling outlay may save any
amount of hard work and time which
will go far to making for tho health
and happiness, not only of tho house
wife, but of tho whole family. "Re
cently I hoard a farm wife say she
had spent weeks of time carrying
every drop of wasto water through
tho kitchen and over the entire
length of a long porch to throw it Erowm i stimulated
into a drain which drew flies by gromu ls stimulated.
the thousands because it was un
covered. It would have cost perhaps
three or four dollars to run a pipe
from tho kitchen sink (supposing
there was ono provided), under tho
porch to tho covered drain which
' should be long onough to convoy tho
slops and wasto water to a distance
from tho house; but this was deemed
an unnecessary expense; so the wo
man had walked a dlstauco of over
thirty feet and back from kitchen to
drain on an average of eighteen to
twenty times every day, only to form
a breeding place for flies and foul
Bmolls. In summertime, the walklnc
was much increased. The waste of
time and strength this involved,
"whoever the worker might bo, meant
just so much taken from tho things
that toll on the immediate comfort
"6f the family. Tho day of tho big
kitchen is passed, and the built-in
closets and furniture is taking its
place. women- are Beginning to
Coloring Whitewash
When using the government white
wash, Spanish brown stirred in. it
will make red or pink more or less
deep according to quantity used. A
delicate tinge of this is very pretty
for inside walls. Finely pulverized
common clay, well mixed with
Spanish brown before it is stirred
into the whitewash, makes a lilac
color. Lamp black in moderate
quantities, makes a slate color very
suitable for the outside of buildings.
Lamp black and Spanish brown,
mixed together, produce a reddish
stone color. Yellow ochre stirred -in
makes yellow wash, but chrome, goes
further, and makes a color generally
thought prettier.
For the amount of coloring matter
used, it is difficult to make a rule,
but tho darkness of the shade will
depend on the amount used. To get
the color wanted, try experiments on
a shingle and let dry. When walls
are badly smoked, and you wish to
have them a clear white, squeeze
indigo (not laundry blue) plenti
fully through a bag into the water,
stirring it thoroughly to mix well be
fore pouring into the mixture, and
stir the whole mixture well after
adding the bluing.
eight ribs w'fll form only a1 small
crown, and 'usually two racks or seta
of ribs are b'bught and fastened to
gether to make the crown largo
enough. Thel'size of the crown roast
required may. be readily determined
by counting, the number of people to
be served 'Usually two ribs to a
person, buti often one is all that is
desired to each portion. . Tho ends
of the ribs are trimmed so as to bo
of even length, and the bones are
scraped; the trimmings and fat may
be rolled oyer and over backward
and left on the roast, or may be re
moved and cooked separately. Each
of the racks are then shaped into a
semi-circle with the bone on the out
side and the flesh inside, and the
two pieces are then tied or skewered
together to form a circle or crown.
The flank portion which covers the
upper part of . the ribs is often cut
away and kept (after being weighed)
by the butcher; hut it should be re
quested by the buyer. It may bo
used in various ways. If put over
the bones of the roast and skewered
into place it will protect the bones
from burning and help to keep tho
meat moist .and juicy. Pieces of
fat meat, or paraffin paper may be
used on the hones. If preferred, the
ribs may be stood downward in the
pan, and the fleshy part up, thus in
suring the cooking of the meat and
preventing the scorching of the
bones. To cook, put into the oven
and cook from ten to fifteen minute3
in a hot oven, then reduce the heat
and cook for forty-five to sixty
minutes, basting, frequently, keep
ing plenty of water in the roasting
pan for hasting purposes.. . When
done, remove skewers and pieces of
meat, fill the center with prepared
vegetables, garnish and serve.
Government Whitewash
Take unslacked limo, one-half
bushel; slack It with boiling water:
cover it during the process to keep
In tho steam. Strain the liquid
through a flno sieve or strainer, and
add to it ono peck of salt previously
well dissolved in water; three
pounds or ground rice, boiled to a
thin paste, and stirred into the lime
boiling hot; one-half nound of
powdered Spanish whiting, and ono
pound of glue; dissolve the glue by
soaking it well until softened, then
hang It over a slow fire in a kettle
immersed in a larger kettle contain
ing oouing water, until dissolved, be
fore adding it to the lime. Stir this
well, and add five gallons of hot
water, stirring until thoroughly
mixed; cover from dirt and let stand
a lew days, it should
bn mif rn
the surface hot, and for thin nnr.
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Cleaning Smoky Wall Paper ',
Take a piece of wood the shape
of a scrubbing brush; nail a handle
on the back, then upon the face nail
a piece of dried sheep skin with the
wool on it; or flax tow, or cotton
flannel will do, using several thick
nesses, but the wool is best. Dip this
brush into dry -whiting and rub the
smoke stains lightly with the briish,
cleaning tho upper portion first.
Either take the carpet up, or protect
with a covering of paper, sheets, or
matting, as tne whiting is hard to
remove by sweeping. A bunch of .old
stocking tops makes a good brush for
this work. Any whiting that re
mains after the walls are clean can
be easily brushed off with a clean
soft cloth. The walls should not; be
damp, and the whiting must be dry.
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A Crown Roast of Lamb
Ono of our readers asks what is
a crown roast of lamb, and how it
is cooked. We copy the following
directions from Good Housekeeping
Magazine: The part of the carcass
which forms a crown roast in fhnf
which is ordinarily cut from the loin
and sold as. chops. As a rule, ,the
first eight ribs and tho loin are cut
muu viuuijo, uuu wuen me tain b0nes
of these rib-chops aro trimmqd' land
Peanut Butter
Where peanuts can he raised satis
factorily, the butter can be made for
less than 15 cents per pound, and
this will take the place of the almost
impossible-to-get cow's butter, for
bread or sandwiches. In using tho
nut kernels, care must be taken to
remove every shred of b.rown skin so
there will be no trace of bitterness
in the food. If the unroasted nuts
are preferred1, remove tho brown skin
after shelling' and steam tho kernels
until cooked,- then run through a
meat chopper, using the fine knife,
salt to taste, and if not oily enough,
add a very little olive oil and thor
oughly blend. Another way is to tako
two quarts of peanuts, measuring
before shelling, shell and remove all
imperfect kernels and the brown
skin that envelopes the nut; grind
through the chopper, using the finest
knife, and mix to a past9 with four
tablespoonfuls of butter fcr each
pound of peanut butter desired. If
roosted flavor is desired, the kernels
may bo roasted before chopping.
Odds and Ends
A new use for the vacuum cleaner
is to rid a house of fleas. It can also
be employed on the dog rand tho
house cat, and it may be possible to
carry the exterminator to the poul
try yard and the barn. This is an
age of discovery.
For a home-made sweet, shell
English walnuts, or any other nuts
preferred, and lay the kernels on
waxed paper; -soften sweet chocolate
in a double boiler and pour this over
the kernels. This is delicious, easily,
made and ' Inexpensive.
If waxing the floor Is to be done,
have the wbod thoroughly cleaned
and dried; Ihen rub a thin coat of
prepared wax4 On and allow it to par
tially dry, hon use tho polishing
brush vigorously. French floors are
polished wife beeswax; but parafflno
and turpentine is more easily -applied.
scraned un to who , VnnTik- 7 uuu lurPenuno is more easny appneu
SS are LJvvJk nw l blu8' and less sticky. After the wax haa
tney are called French chops. These 'been nnmwi n Hhm,irt h used
These been applied, no oil should be used
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