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The Commoner.
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made of the whites of flvo eggs
beaten stiffly with five tablespoonfuls
of powdered sugar and flavored with
a scant teaspoonful of any desired
flavoring. Take caro that the Ice
cream and the edge of tho dish on
which it rests are entirely covered
with the meringue. Sot tho dish oh
an asbestos griddle or board In a hot
oven and lot the meringue brown
delicately not moro than five
minutes at the outside, ) ut less will
be better. Servo at once. If
properly done, tho ice will not bo
melted.
Slate Pencils
boards, and these aro sot up in tho
school houses. The smaller pieces
are made into tho little handslatos
which nearly every school child in
tho world whero schools are taught,
has at somo timo carried. Unless
dropped, or otherwise broken, these
slates will do good service as long
as a family of children needs a slate.
Somo of these pencils are much softer
than others, and while some are
black in color, others are gray.
I wonder how many of our school
boys and girls know whero and how
tho slate pencils are made. There
is only one firm in America engaged
in making them, as they can bo made
and imported from Germany much
cheaper than in this country. This
firm has its quarry in Pennsylvania.
At the quarry, the rough slabs of
slate rock are sawn into pieces of
suitable size by machinery, and from
each piece a machine made especially
for tho purpose cuts six pencils of
standard length fivo and one-half
inches. The pencils como from the
machine rounded, but not sharpened;
the work of pointing is done by boys
who take three or four at a time and
point them at an emery wheel which
Is revolved rapidly by machinery.
The pencils are now ready to be
packed for sale, and this Is done by
putting them in pasteboard boxes
which contain one hundred poncils
each; these are then packed in
wooden cases which contain one hun
dred of the pasteboard boxes. The
Bchool slate is made of the same kind
of rock, only a little finer, than that
commonly used for roofing. Immense
slabs are carefully cut for black-
"PROUD AND GLAD"
sulphorous anhydride, carbon bisul
phide, or hydrocyanic acid. If this
bait is not taken, I used rod herring
Instead of bread. Tlieso poisons,
when properly administered, oat up
tho rat's body Until nothing Is loft
but skin and bones. Tho English
government used this method ex
clusively In fighting bubonic plnguo
In India. Tho drugs mentioned are
very poisonous, and should bo used
with great caro."
'Because Mother . Looked So Well
After Quitting C61Teo
An Ohio woman was almost dis
tracted with coffee dyspepsia and
heart trouble.
Like thousands of others, the drug
i caffeine in coffee was slowly but
steadily undermining her norvous
system and interfering with natural
digestion of food. (Tea is just as
injurious as coffee because it con
tains caffeine, the poisonous drug
found in coffee.)
"For 30 years," she writes, "I have
used coffee. Have always been sickly
-had heart trouble and dyspepsia
with ulcers In stomach and mouth so
bad, sometimes, I was almost dis
tracted and could hardly eat a thing
for a week.
"I could not sleep for nervousness,
and when I would lie down at night
I'd belch up coffee and my heart
would trouble me. It was like poison
to me. I was thin only weighed
125 pounds, when I quit coffee and
began to use Postum.
"From tho first day that belching
and burning in my stomach stopped.
I could sleep as soundly as anyone
and, after the first month, whenever
I met any friends they would ask me
what was making me so fleshy and
looking so well.
"Sometimes, before I could answer
quick enough, ono of the children or
my husband would say, 'Why, that
is what Postum is doing for her'
they were all so 1)roud and glad.
"When I recommended It to any
one I always tell them to follow
directions In making Postum, as It
is not good to taste if weak, but fine
when it has the flavor and rfch brown
color." Nam given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "Tho Road
to Wellville." In pkga. "There's a
teason."
Ever read the above letter? A
tew oae appears from time to time.
They are genuine, trao and full of
kumax interest.
Useful Information
A remedy often used for cramps,
or spasms of tho stomach is water,
just as hot as it can bo sipped, a
cupful at least, and two is better.
Nervous persons are frequently sub
ject to these distressing "spasms. "
and tho water remedy is not only
effectual, but Is harmless, and leaves
no bad after effects, and doctoring
more and moro through common
sense methods, and by the use of
nature's own remedies earth, air,
water and diet. It pays to study
theso things.
To clean and brighten a shabby
carpet, cut an ounce of yellow laun
dry soap into small bits and pour
over it a pint of boiling water, stir
ring until dissolved Add to tho
lather a quart of water and an o .nee
of borax; place tho mixtu-e on the
range and bring to a boll; then re
move It and when quite cold add an
ounce each of alcohol and ammonia
and half an ounce of glycerine. Stir
well. Dip a clean flannel In this mix
ture and wipe over a small portion of
the carpet at a time, rubbing vigor
ously, until all spots are removed
and the color revived; as tho flannel
gets soiled, turn repeatedly, and If
It gets badly soiled, get a fresh cloth.
When you have finished the whole
carpet you will find quite an improve
ment. To darn tablo linen, use, if pos
sible, a raveling from the goods. If
there is an actual hole, put under it
a piece of the same damask, carefully
matching the pattern, then darn back
and forth with tho raveling. If tho
work is carefully done, tho patch
should not show after laundering,
except by the closest scrutiny. If pos
sible, darn before a hole really appears.
For Fall Planting
Many things mny bo planted now,
and tho seeds will gorinlnato and
grow for somo time, If tho winter
does not shut down too severely.
Many other things should bo lifted
from tho seed-bed and set In tho cold
frame. If pansles are put In tho cold
frame and kept covered they will
glvo bloom all winter. A spent hot
bed, with a canvas, or even a board
covering, protected In very cold
weather with a heavy blanket or old
quilt or pieces of carpet, Is an ex
cellent "winter garden" for many
growing things. Many salad plants
wanted In early spring may be
planted now, and bo ready for uso
very early In tho year.
tho man who Is up Is freolng himself
from a bunion that would elso draff
him down. Strango as It may scorn,
it is still true that tho world looks
moro Interesting, moro hopeful, and
moro flllod with God's provldonco
when you are at tho bottom, look
ing up than whon you aro at tho
top, looking down."
From a Philosopher
Booker Washington says: "Ono
man can not hold another down In
tho ditch without staying In the ditch
with him. It Is Just as true that, In
helping tho man who Is down to rise,
Washing Gloves
Wash gloves aro much cheapor
than kids, and can ho mndo "llko
now" with very Httlo Iroublo when
soiled. Wash In tho usual way, using
a pure white soap; then, after rinsing
them quite clean, dip them In a final
bath of fresh water and rub plenty
of tho soap Into them, drying them
without rinsing this last soap out;
the soap left in tho gloves makes,
them very soft and thoy do not need
to bo rubbed to get tho board-llko
stiffness out of thorn. When tho soap
secret Is onco learned, wash gloves
will bo better liked. Thoy can bo
washed nt night nnd In tho morning
will bo ready for uso again.
When Govornor Stubbs of Kansas
offered to give, personally, a reward
of $1,000 for a cure for tho horso
plague he Httlo guessed tho troublo
ho was getting Into. Only about
1,400 or 1,600 "euros" have been
offered to date and tho "dlscoveror"
of each "euro" wants the reward.
Every stato In the union has fur
nished Its quota and a fow foreign
countries holpcd. Ex.
LATEST FASHIONS
FOR COMMONER READERS
The Window Garden
Many plants which grow well in
pots during tho summer, are failures
for the window garden, and unless
you know something of the culture
of flowers and plants, it Is well to
seek advlco of tho florist. "So many
things make a difference" with plant
culture, as well as with child-culture,
that wo are apt to become dis
couraged at first starting out; but,
like children, the plant must be
studied. Plants need food and water
and shelter, and if neglected for a
time, may need doctoring. Study the
needs of the plant, and read all you
can about the care of tho window
garden; but do not forget that experi
mental knowledge, whether your
own, or your neighbor's. Is to the
reading what salt is to tho season
ing. See that your plants aro clean
of Insects when brought Into the
house, and see that you keep them
clean. It Is the first army of Insects
that do the damage. If tho first are
all killed as soon as thoy appear,
thero will probably not be any second.
Tho magazine advertising columns
aro full of glowing descriptions of
plants for sale, but unless you have
the right conditions In which to grow
them, you would better confine your
buying to tho kinds known to reward
even careless care. Bo good to your
plants.
Destroying Rata
This Is tho method of destroying
rats adopted by scientists who are
fighting the pests: "My method is to
spread pieces of bread doctored with
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CHEMISETTE
Cut in flvo sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40
and 42 inches, bust measure. It re
quires 2 yards of 44-inch material
for a 36-Inch size.
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