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The Commoner.
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menting a few times will teach you
tho right amount; but be sure there
is enough, and that it is applied to all
ttho surface. When the loaf is put to
- b".kc, the oven should bo "just right"
-hot enough to at once begin baking,
the loaf turning brown gradually and
evenly. Let it cook until done no
longer. You can soon learn to know
when tho proper point is reacned;
some tell by the weight, some by rap
ping the crust sharply with the
knuckles. Turn your loaves out of
the pan, onto a clean walnut table or
bread board, and, if properly baked,
the loaves will fall apart of their own
weight. Let cool a few minutes, then
lay them carefully on end in a tin
bread box or can previously lined with
a clean bread cloth; leave the box
open for a few minutes, then close,
and set in a cool (not cold) place. We
never have "heels" to our bread, it is
all moist and tender and sweet. If
put directly from the bread pans into
the box, while hot, the loaves are apt
to "sweat," and the crust become
wet and soggy.
Young Housewife wishes to know
what sized pans to use for her bread.
A size which gives general satisfac
tion is slightly flaring in shape, to let
the loaves drop out readily, Gy2 inches
by 12 inches on the top; 2 inches
deep; bottom, 5 by liy2 inches. In
each of these three nice sized loaves
can be baked, or two square ones, and
the shape of the pan is such that the
dough cooks evenly on all sides. The
pans should be of sheet iron, and will
cost, in department stores, not more
than ton cents each. They will last
many years, if taken care of. Three
of them fit nicely in an ordinary
range oven, two, lengthwise, and one
across. Do not use your bread pans
for any other purpose, keep them al
ways clean ana1 hung up in a dry
place. Have several of various sizes,
for roasting meats or baking pud
dings, but let each have its own ap
pointed use.
Protecting: the Rosebushes.
It is now time to think of adding
winter protection to the roses, and
other tender vines and shrubs. The
best method of protection is to cover
the bed with evergreen boughs, or like
material that will admit the air while
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People Know How Useful It is In Preserv
ing: Health and Beauty
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal la tho
safest and moat eflicinnt disinfectant nnd pnri
fler in nature, but few realize its yaluo when
takon into the. human system for tho same
cleausin? purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more you tnko
of it tho better; it iauot a drug at nil, but simply
absorbs tho casos and impurities always pros
ent in tho stomnch and intostinoa nud carrios
them out of the systom.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking,
drinking or after eating onions and other odor
ous vrgetablos. ...
t'harcoal effectually clears and improves tho
complexion, it whitens the tooth and further
acts as a natural and eminently safo cathnrtic.
It absorbs tho injurious gasoi which collect
in the stomach and bowels; it disinfects tho
mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form or an
ether, but probably tho best charcoal and tho
most for the tnonoy is in Stuart's Absorben
Lozenges i they are composed of tho finost pow
dered Willow charcoal, and other harmless an
tfaeptics, in tablet form or rather in the form of
large, pleasant tasting lozenges, tho charcoal
being mixed with honey.
The daily use of thoso lozenges will coon toll
In a much improved condition of tho gouoral
health, better complexion, sweeter breath and
purer blond, and the beauty of it is, that no pos
sible harm can result from tholr continued use,
but on the contrary, great benefit.
A Buffalo physician in speaking of tho bene
fits of charcoal, says: "I adyiso Stuart's Ab
sorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering from
gas in stomach and bowels, and to clear the
complexion and purify the breath, mouth and
throat; I also believe the liver is greatly bene
fitted by thedaily uso of thsmj they coBt but
twenty.flvo cents box at drug stores, and al
though in some sense a patont preparation, yet
1 believe I get" more and bettor charcoal in
Btuari's Absorb'entLozengea tbn in any of the
ordinary charcoal tablets.'' . .
it covers tho plant If overgrecn
boughs cannot be had, cornstalks may
be used, or small branches of trees,
piling dead leaves on them.
Small boxes, with both ends re
moved, or barrels, or even old bot
tomless pails, will answer, to set over
the bush or vine, filling in around it
with dead leaves, and heaping tho
earth about the bottom.
Another plan is to hill tho earth
up to the roses, after the weather has
become quite cold, then, if the top
dies down, the plant will send up vig
orous shoots in the spring. Do not
cover until tho settled cold weather,
and then do not uncover too early in
the spring. It is the frequent freez
ing and thawing that kills the rose.
Climbing roses bloom on the last
season's wood mostly, and one wishes
to preserve the long limbs. This can
be done by laying them down on the
ground and covering with cornstalks
or small brush, with leaves piled on it
Herbaceous perennials are all tho
better for a dressing of coarse 3table
manure as soon as the ground freezes.
The bulb bed can also be covered
with the same material to very good
advantage, and, indeed, all hardy
plants, roots and bushes will repay
protection.
Little Helps.
If there is any corn, or oat meal
mush left from breakfast, reheat, then
pour in a square dish or cake tin, and
allow it to settle smooth. Cover and
keep cool until time to prepare it
for supper, then cut into slices, roll in
Hour and fry in hot lard until brown,
and serve with maple syrup.
Use bits of jelly to enrich puddings.
Small quantities of preserves servo
the same purpose. Even half a cup of
berries or jam adds a delicious flavor"
to a quart of ice cream. Save the
left-overs or syrup from cans of fruit
for gelatine desserts, sherbets, creams,
puddings, sauces, stale bread or cake,
or to pour over French pan-cakes.
.
Roast pork bones make an excellent
brown stock, almost as rich as that
from roast beef. Trim the scraps
from the bones and consign them to
the soup kettle. Cut with a keen
knife all the fat- from meat that is not
to be served cold. This fat makes
excellent drippings, when rendered
down, in which to saute potatoes.
Chop it, set it in a covered pan In
the oven and allow it to melt; strain
and put in the drippings jar.
Table oilcloth, or, as it is some
times called, enamel cloth, makes an
excellent covering for school books,
and when soiled, may be readily
cleaned with a sponge, -or wet cloth.
Many pretty designs are to be had,
and the cover may be artistic and at
tractive as well as useful.
To cleanse a chamois vest, put it
into a glass jar and cover with gaso
line. Let it stand over night, tightly
covered. A half-gallon self-sealing
fruit jar will answer the purpose ad
mirably. In the morning, gently rub
the soiled spots and rinse In clean
gasoline Dry in open air. The wash
ing must be done In a room with no
fire in it, or, better, out of doors in
the open air.
Dainty neckwear, which cannot bo
washed in water, will look as nice as
ever If put to soak in gasoline over
night, in an airtight vessel, and care
fully dried the next morning. Rib
bons also can bo easily cleansed with
gasoline. In using gasoline, however,
orohr rnrfi must' be taken to have no
fire in the room or anywhere about J
when It is being used. Out-doors is
tho best place.
Lemon Pie.
An excellent lemon pio Is made as
follows: For ono largo pio or two
small ones, take four eggs, ono table
spoonful of butter, ono cup sugar,
scant tablcsponful of corn starch, rind
and juice of two lemons, one-half tea
spoonful of baking powder. Set aside
whites of two eggs for meringue; beat
the four yolks of eggs and the sugar
together until light, add tho corn
starch and beat until perfectly smooth,
add the juice and grated rind of lem
ons, and tho butter, warmed; stir in
the baking powder as rapidly as pos
sible, then add tho stiffly beaten
whites of two eggs. Bake in a shell
of pastry that has been previously
baked; when the custard is set, add
the meringue to tho top of the pio
moringuo made by beating the re
served whites of two eggs until stiff,
beating into this a little at a timo,
three tablespoonfuls of powdered su
gar, and one-half toaspoonful of va
nilla; place in oven just to "sot" tho
meringue.
Old Fashioned Hominy.
Home-made lye hominy is greatly
superior to tho manufactured article,
and, in early days, was held in high
esteem as a nourishing dish. To make
it, select the most perfect ears of uew
white corn, and shell. Boil fresh
wood ashes in a sufficient quantity of
water to make a strong lye, strain off
into an iron kettle and put in tho
shelled corn. Concentrated lyo may
be used, but is not liked so well. Cook
the corn in the lyo until the hulls
come off readily, which, if the lyo is
strong enough, should bo in about
two hours.
When the hulls will slip off, take
the corn to water running water Is
preferable and wash It, changing the
water repeatedly until the grain i
quite white, rubing vigorously with
tho hands. When quite clean put it
into a large kettle with plenty of fresh
water, and cook for several hours over
a slow fire, changing the water as fast
as it "tastes" of the lye. The corn
will swell as It cooks, and allowance
for this must be made i:i tho size of
the vessel it Is cooked In. Our mothers
used to cook it in the wash boiler.
By tho time it 1b real tender all the
"lye" taste should be pretty well
boiled out of it, and, if one likes, it
may be soaked over n'ght in sweet
milk, to make it white soaking only
the quantity to be used during tho
day. It is usually then fried in pork
fat, salted, or in meat drippings; or, it
can be seasoned with butter, peppor,
salt and a little cream and cooked in
tho oven. It is an excellent dish, If
rightly prepared.
The Farmer's Library.
A few of the philanthropic women
of Ft. Worth, Tex., have started a
movement which is likely to play an
important part in the cultivation of a
love for literature in the rural com
munities. It is not a charitable enter
prise, but is intended to furnish to the
people of the country as far as possi
ble the advantages which the public
library gives to the residents of our
cities.
Mrs. R. M. Wynne, who was one of
the originators of the plan and who
gives one day each week to the work,
thus describes the plan of the movement:
"The farmers' library was organized
under tho auspices of a club of women
known as "The Cosmopolitan Maga
zine Club." Each member was made a
committee of one to solicit magazines,
periodicals, any and all religious pa
pers', etc., the accumulation of which
really becdmes a burden in our homes.
I Will Cure You of
Rheumatism
Else No Money Is Wanted.
After 2,000 experiments, I havo
learned how to euro Rheumatism. Not
to turn bony joints into flesh again;
that is impossible. But I can cure cho
disease always, at any stage, and for
ever. I ask for -o money. Simply wrlto
mo a postal and I will send you an or
der on your nearest uruggist tor six
bottles Dr. Shoop's iihounmtlc Curo,
for every druggist keeps it Uso it
for a month and, If it succeeds, tho
cost is only ?5.!0. If It fails, I will
pay tho druggist myself.
I have no sam. es, because any med
icine that can affec Rheumatism
quickly must be drugged to tho vcrgo
of danger. I uso no such drugs, and
it is folly to tako them. You must
get tho disease out of tho blood.
My remedy docs that, even in the
most difficult obstinate cases. No
matter how Impossible) this seems to
you, I know it and take tho risk. I
havo cured tens of thousands of cases
in this way, and my records show that
39 out of 40 who get six bottles pay
gladly. I havo learned that people in
general are honest with a physician
who cures them. That is all I ask.
If I fail I don't cxpsct a penny from
you.
Simply write mo a postal card or a
letter. I will send you my book about
Rheumatism, and an order for the
medicine. Take it for a month, ns it
won't harm you anyway, if it fails,
it is free, and I leave Uo decision
with you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box C15.
Racine. Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, are often
cured by one or two bottles. At all
druggists.
Wo secured a room in tho court house,
fitted it up both as rest room and li
brary, and placed such reading mat
ter as we deemed good for the youth
in our country In our cases, sent out
invitations to the farmers and their
families to come and get them; also
advertised for tho country teachers to
place them on shelves In their school
rooms to bo distributed to tho chil
dren. They wore not long in taking
hold of the opportunity offered and to
day hundreds of our farmers and their
wives and children are enjoying these
books, who never before read any
thing more than the country paper.
The books aro not to be returne'd, but,
when read, given to other persons who
want them and hi this way they are
kept constantly in circulation."
Smooth Scheme.
"Johnnie" McGaw was a bit of a
character in a country village In the
north of Scotland. He lived on tho ,
charity of tho villagers, but some
times found it particularly hard work
to do so.
One day, when the springs of sym
pathy seemed to have dried up, "John
nie" made his way to the house of the
local doctor and said:
"I've come to get a' my teeth 'taken
out, doctor."
"Dear me!" said the medical man.
"What's wrong wi' them?"
"Oh, they're a' rlcht. but I've nae uso
for them; I've naething to eat."
"Yes," said the doctor, who saw tho
joke; . ere's sixpence for you to get
a loaf." Pearson's Magazine.
A Boomerang Effect.
The trial of John Mitchell seems
likely to result In convicting the prose
cution. Chicago Chronicle.
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