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The Commoner.
Oct. i7, 190a
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hang it up by; nails or hooka hero and
there over its surface, on which to
hang spoons, skimmers, ladles and
other necessary kitchen articles that
are in almost constant use; little
leather straps nailed on in which to
slip the knives and forks, and a hook
or two at the bottom on which to hang
holders. This should ho hung on the
.wall over the cook table.
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For the laundry, take a piece of
smooth board, 8x16 inches; bore a
hole in one end to hang it up by. On
one end, tack a covering of screen
wire, such as is used for doors and
windows; over the other half tack a
pad of several thicknesses of cloth.
When the starch "sticks," rub your
flat-iron, holding both over the cloth
pad which should catch all dripping
wax; rub the flat-iron over the pad;
and then over a clean cloth, and see
how beautifully smoo.i it works.
' Whenever changing flat-irons, re
peat this, and always keep your board
hung up and clean when not in use.
When the cloth pad gets much soiled,
or burst, replace it with another.
Shuck Hats.
A writer in Farm and4 Fireside says:
"For some years there have, been
women in the country districts of
Southern Georgia who made for
themselves and their friends very
pretty every-day hats from the inner
and whiter husks of the Indian corn.
The process is very simple merely
to cut a stiff paper the size and shape
of the brim desired, a narrow, long
strip of which to make the side of
the crown, and a small circle for the
COFFEE VISE
Holds Fat Until You Get a Knock-Down.
"I had used coffee moderately up to
six years ago," writes a lady from
'Piney Creek, Md., "wen I was seized
with an attack of nervous prostration,
and was forbidden coffee by my phy
sician. I was constantly under treat
ment for nearly three years. After
my recovery, I once took a cup of
coffee ,and it made me so sick I did
not want any more.
After the nervous prostration, my
stomach was very weak, so that I had
to be careful with my appetite. As
soon as I would eat certain things, I
would have an attack of stomach
trouble sometimes lasting several
weeks, so when I was attacked by
erysipelas two years ago, my stom
ach was immediately out of order.
I kept getting worse until nothing
would stay on my stomach, not even
rice water, or milk, and I was so
weak I had to be fed with a spoon.
I had a craving for something like
coffee, but that was impossible, so
father Nwenb to town and got some
Postum Food Coffee, and when he
asked the doctor it I might have it,
he quickly answered, 'Yes.' Mother
made it exactly as directed, and
brought me part of a .cup and it was
delicious, satisfied every craving, and
best of all, stayed on my stqmach
without distress, giving comfort in
stead. For several days I lived on
Postum, gradually increasing the
amount I took until I could drink a
cupful. Then I began to take solid
food with it, and so got well and
strong again. I now use it constantly,
and I am entirely free from any
stomach trouble.
Father and mother both use It
Coffee made mamma nervous and dis
agreed with her stomach so that she
would taste it for hours after drink
ing. Father had stomach trouble for
five or six years, and used to be de
prived of various articles of food on
account of it Now he can eat any
thing since he quit coffee and uses
Postum. Father says that it. is bet
ter than Mocha or Java," Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
top of it The husks aro then cut
Into strips about half an inch in
width, folded together into a point,
and laid on the edge of the paper
crown, where it Is stitched down by
the sewing machine; another point is
placed exactly by it, and stitched
down, and tho process is so contin
ued until there is a row all around tho
brim. Then a second row is begun,
with points coming between those in
tho first row, and so on with the third
and fourth rows, until tho entire
frame is covered, when tho hat Js
sowed together that is, tho crown
and brim. After this is done, tho
paper may all be torn away. Tho
points may be small or largo, as de
sired, and can bo trimmed with flow
ers of simple design, also made from
the husks, or a band of black velvet
only may be used.
An enterprising young merchant,
attracted by the beautiful ones made
by a lady of his acquaintance, intro
duced them into the millinery depart
ment of his store, and has since pat
ented a machine for their manufac
ture, and they are now made pretty
enough to look well with almost any
toilet, and they aro used all over the
country."
1
Care of Clothing:.
Every mother owes it to her
daughter to sew neatly, honestly and
strongly; to put together the different
parts of the pattern so they, will
"stay put," with reasonable cer
tainty, when worn. In tno nome,
there should bo a careful looking af
ter the small economies, and a girl
who is proficient in the use of her
needle will be able to save many a
dollar.
If a eirl can cut and make her
own clotnes, even the plainest of
them, she can afford much better, ma
terial, and the work will be much
more satisfactory than if entrusted to
the uncertain hands of a hired seam
stress. To be dressed inexpensively, one
need not wear ill-fitting or ugly
clothes, and only by a personal use of
the needle can one's garments be kept
in good repair. Very few things look
so unlovely on a young girl as an ar
ticle of clothing which merely hangs
together, as, if by protest, by half
done sewing, gaping with rips along
the seams, torn-out button holes,
rents puckered together with pins,
or drawn into conspicuous "sloven
spots" by ill-set stitches. A patch
or a darn is not a sign of poverty,
but of careful, economical habits; a
garment properly cared for will last
twice as long as one that is allowed
to get into holes and tatters, and good
patching and darning is fully as or
namental In its place as are embroider
ies or laces in theirs. How often does
one see, among girls, a daintily fitted
garment, of good texture and becom
ing color, spoiled by a frayed, or torn
trimming, a rip, a missing button, or a
torn-out button hole!
A girl who is slovenly about her
clothes will be slovenly about every
thing she touches, and ono of tho
easiest ways to induce slovenly hab
its is to allow her 0 grow up in ig
norance of the imperative necessity
of a practical knowledge of the art
of patching and darning, and a per
sonal application of that knowledge
to the needs of her own wardrobe.
Ono cannot begin this useful
branch of knowledge at too early an
age. Give the little daughter need
les, thread and thimblo and scissors,
and insist on her making a proper use
of them. Give her little tasks in
hemming, and see that she does it well.
Let her "piece dolly a quilt," and in
sist that the pieces be put together
properly and -ecurely; pay her a few
pennies, when she does her task par
ticularly well, and let her learn the
Importance of "taking pains."
H. W. McV.
Items of Interest
Named in order of market sales fish
captured by Now England flshermon
aro cod, haddock, hako, pollock, hali
but and mackerel.
Tho records of tho Great Bank of
Newfoundland show that tho cod leave
thero entirely two months every yoar,
December and January.
Spearing swordflsh on tho Atlantic
coast is ono of the most exciting and
daring occupations of tho ocean
farmer. These fish bring good prices.
That natural sloop is due to tho
drugging effect of accumulated car
bonic acid in the body Is tho vlow
taken by a French physiologist, Dr.
Raphael Dubois.
The island of Newfoundland a ter
ritory as largo as tho state of New
Yorkhas only about 250,000 inhabit
tants, and these aro sprinkled along
tho coast line.
For 30 years tho United States com
mission of fish and fisheries has been
making a study of Uncle Sam's salt
water farm, its products and tho men
who work it
Tho northermost railroad in tho
world has its southern termlnuB in
Lulea, a town of almost 5,000 inhabi
tants, in northern Sweden, near the
head of tho Gulf of Bothnia.
Tho loftiest steamboat route in tho
world is doubtless that Just opened be
tween Puno and Chilaya, Peru, on
Lake Titicaca, 1,300 feet high, or twice
the altitude of Mt Washington.
A physician of Monto Carlo, Dr.
Guglielmlnettl, in a recent report,
notes that dust consists not only of
tiny bits of sand and soil, but also of
living organisms, chiefly germs, and
of dead organic matter, both animal
and vegetable
According to the last report of tho
United States fish commission Uncle
Sam spent $175,000 in ono year in pro
pagating fish for tho benefit of tho fish
eries of various kinds. The fish and
eggs distributed in a year numbor
more than 1,000,000,000.
In the New England menhadden fish
ery tho record seine haul produced
1,300,000 fish. A single seino of tho
largest size costs more than $5,000,
and more than 1,000 men have been
employed in the seining business of
Albemarle Sound alone during ono
season.
The photophone, invented by A.
Graham Bell in 1880 and since im
proved in various ways, has never
been more than a scientific toy, but
Ernest Ruhmer, a German experiment
er, has now transmitted articulate
speech a distance of four miles by its
means.
Until recent years mackerel were
taken at sea only with hooks. There
is no more stirring picture of the sea
than that of an old-timo mackerel
fleet in tho midst of a school, with the
men at tho rails, snatching tho fish
from tho water and slatting them into
barrels with a single swoop of tho
line.
It Is asserted by Dr. Charlton Bas
tlan that he has seen tho egg of ono
species of infusorian hatch out into
an individual of an entirely different
species. Ho calls this phenomenon
"het 'ogenesls," which ho defines as
"tho production, from tho substance
j of organisms or their germs, of alien
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Books Received.
Mrs. May D. Russell Young, widow
of the late John Russell Young, has
issued through F. Tennyson Nealy,
114 5th ave., Now York, a two-volume
edition (price $5.00) of the personal
memoirs of her husband. The work is
l entitled "Men and Memoirs," and is a
valuable contribution to tho year's
publications. Mr. Young's wide per
sonal acquaintanco with eminent mon,
his great ability as a writer and his
conspicuous connection .with tho in
teresting events of tho years covered
by his life all unite to givo historic
as well as literary valuo to his me
moirs. His wife has rendered tho
public real service in collecting and
presenting the sketches, articles and
correspondence included in the work
F. B. DIckerson & Co., of Detroit,
Mich., havo issued a book entitled
"A Dictionary of Thoughts," being a
cyclopedia of laconic quotations from
tho best authors of tho world, both an
cient and modern. It is edited by Dr.
Tyron Edwards, and alphabetically ar
ranged by subjects. Tho readers of
The Commoner will find this a valua
ble book for references. It is not only
a great tlmc-saver, but it brings with
in tho reach of Its possessor a col
lection of sentiments and wise sayings
which but few could avail themselves
of if compelled to search through tho
libraries of tho world.
The Difference.
Several of tho coal road president
had the impudence to say to the pres
ident that President Mitchell of the
miners' union represented criminals
and anarchists.
Even if this were true there is an
important difference between the
presidents of tho coal roads and the
president of tho miners' union.
As is clearly stated in the report of
the interstate commerce commission
and in the findings of the industrial
commission, the coal road presidents
not only represent criminals but they
are criminals themselves.
No organ of the United States gov
ernment has yet stigmatized John
Mitchell as - a criminal. Chicago
Chronicle.
To Prevent Accidents.
It will be noticed that the simpler
the operation is tho more doctors it re
quires to perform It Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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