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The Commoner.
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I Will Cure You of
Rheumatism
Else No Monty is Wanted.
After 2,000 experiments, I have
learned how to euro Ithetomatlsm., 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 write
me a postal and I will send you an or
der on your nearest aruggist for six
bottles Dr. Sh'qop's itheuniatic Cure,
for every druggist keeps it Use it
for a month 'arid, if it succeeds, the
cost is only ?5.50. If it fails, I will
pay the druggist myself.
I have no sam: .es, because any med
icine that can affec'. Rheumatism
quickly must be drugged to the verge
of danger. I use no such drugs, and
it is folly to take them. You must
get the disease out of tho blood.
My remedy does that, even in tho
most difficult obstinate cases. No
matter how impossible this seems to
you, I know it and take the risk. 1
have 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 have learned that people in
general are honest with a physician
who cures them. That is all I ask.
If I fail I don't expsct a penny from
you.
Simply writo me 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, as it
won't harm you anyway. If it fails,
it i3 free, and I leave tuo decision
with you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box 515,
Racine, Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, are often
cured by one or two bottles. At all
druggists. '
thor of "Lazarre,-" and other historical
romances, and well known as a writer
of magazine articles, died at her
home in Chicago, 111., on the evening
of December 26, 1902, aged 50 years.
Her death was due to cancer. She
wrote for a generation, but her repu
tation rests on tho historical romances
written within the last fifteen years.
She went forward steadily from the
work of Mary HarUYfill, the girl writer
of short stories, to the established
fame of Mrs. Catherwood, the novelist.
Kitchen Carpet.
Now that house-cleaning time is so
near, here is a recipe that may help
out some economical housewife. Take
any old carpet that is whole, but too
shabby for use, clean thoroughly, and
tack it down smoothly on the kitcher
floor. Make a gooti, thick boiled
starch of flour and water. Rub a coat
of this starch into the carpet with a
whitewash brush, and in twenty-four
hours, or when the starch is thor
oughly driod, give it a coat of paint
any colors desired; dark red is a good
color for a kitchen. When the paint is
dry, give it a second coat, and let
dry. You will thus have a cheap, dur
able floor-covering, equal to lineoleum,
at about one-fourth the cost. By giv
ing it a coat of paint once a year, it
will last for years, and is easily kept
clean. Exchange.
possible with a soft cloth. The shoes
should then be filled with dry oats!
cotton or crumpled tissue paper, to
absorb the moisture. Do not set them
by the fire, but let them dry slowh
as too rapid drying is liable to caue
them to crack. After standing several
hours change the filling for some that
,i T1' and let stand aSaIn- Oats,
slightly warmed, are preferred by
many for this purpose.
When well dried, rub them with
vaseline to soften and preserve the
leather, and allow them to absorb as
much as possible. Next rub well with
a soft cloth to remove any vaseline
that may be on the surface and apply
a good liquid dressing.
Care should be taken to use only
the best kinds of shoo dressing, as
many of tho cheap kinds sold in th
stores will injure the leather, caus
ing it to crack. One of the best, as
well as the mo3t economical may be
made at home, as follows: Dissolve
two ounces of borax and four ounces
of gum shallac in a quart of hot wa
ter. While still hot dissolve two
packages of diamond slate dye in the
liquid. Strain and bottle for use. Ap
ply with a piece of sponge or clo';h
the same as other liquid dressing.
It i3 well to rub shoes occasionally
with vaseline to keep them soft and in
good order, especially if one walks
much when dew is on tho ground.
Exchange.
Food products that are prepared
with the utmost care by automatic
machinery from the best materials,
and put up in sealed packages, may
be bought from retailers anywhere,
with the feeling that they are both
pure and clean, and free from the con
tamination of handling. Consumers
realize that not only adulteration, but
disease, may be transmitted in food
that is kept in bulk and frequently
handled.
' Water Soared Shoes.
It sometimes happens that one is
caught out in tho rain and his or her
shoes become water-soaked. If mere
ly pulled off and left in that condi
tion to dry, the shape as well as the
leather will bo injured. Any mud ad
hering to tho shoes should be washed
off, and the leather wiped as dry as
TO CUItK A COED IN ONE DAY
Tnkp Laxativo Bromo Qulnino Tablets. All
wr wgot' rofund tho money if it fails to cure.
" NY. wrove't Bignaturo is on eftch box, '25c.
An Invaluable Accomplishment.
To become a good cook, one musl
have more than a recipe and the ma
terial it calls for. Even the most care
ful directions, followed implicitly, wi i
not save one from failure, unless there
is the most careful attention to details
outside of the cook book. "So man
things make a difference" in cooking,
as in everything else. There must bo
a fund of experience back of tho trial
and the cook must know, not only how
to measure out the different quanti
ties, but tho strength and freshness
of the goods, the quality of her flour
and the trustworthiness of her range
oven.
Tho writer of the recipe may have
dono just as she tells you, in her re
cipe, and succeeded in all she claims
'o have done, yet there have been
little bv-ways into which her pen can
not lead you, the way into which you
must find out for yourself; little
tricks that expe-rience alone will teach
vou and trifling matters, seeming'y
upon the observance of which the
good or bad result of your endeavor
depends.
Good bread cannot bo made of poor
flour, oy tho averago cook, yet there
aro housekeepers who can work up
even a low grade of flour into very
fmntfug breads, cakes or pastry.
Many cooks can take a cheap, tourfii
piece of meat and so cook it that it
will meet every demanu imiuiauw.,
healthfulness and tempting appear
ance A woman may have the best
of flour, the freshest of yeast, a goou
?ange and satisfactory fuel, an '
feed her family upon a .tough, soggy
indigestible mats not. even fit lor u o
nie: lien. The one great cause of so.ir
E gead?s unclnanliness in moMnp. or
Hi utensils used. A crock, or jai, u
2; win Hour her bread dough b
cook will sow uei " . propev
will use too much flour, or knead with
too heavy a hand-literally thumping
the life out of it.
An experienced cook usually knows
at once when there is "just enough"
S?nr W,rkc,d ln' and w, Immediately
proceed to knead with a light, springy
motion, quickly and lightly, and htr
&hM,,,,!.rcel 1Ike velvGL when s"c
has laid it in the pans to rise. Bread
must not bo baked too long, else it .s
?.Lt0 , ' w n,le t0UBh aml tastelosB.
Just right" is a condition which no
pen can illustrate experience aloio
will show you the exact poiut.'
,,M.a1f women who frankly confess
that they detest cooking, are among
pur very best cooks. Their success
is due to their conscientious pains
taking; their desire to do all things os
perfectly as possible, and because
their own self-respect would shame
them if they allowed themselves to do
their work ill. The waste of excollen;
material by poor, careless, or indiffer
ent cooks is appalling. A really good
cook, or careful housewife, seldom Ins
any "scraps" to make over,, because
she does not allow her viands to get
"scrappy," and if at times unshapely
pieces, odds and ends and remnants,
do accumulate, they aro straightway
turned into dishes "fit to set before a
king;" and, whether she be a new
woman, or an old one, "tho heart of
her husband doth safely trust in her
so he shall have no need of spoils."
There is no accomplishment which
has so marked an effect upon the hap
piness and well-being of a family a
that of being a good cook, and, as
"We may live without friends; we may
live without books,
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks "
it is one of the studies which should
earnestly engage the thought of every
daughter, whether she hopes one day
to be a wife, or not.
Query Box.
J. A. F. Sorry I cannot give you tho
recipe for "regular store grahari
crackers." The commercial article is
a little out of the housekeeper's line
being made at the cracker factories by
special and very expensive machinery,
and it would be impossible to give you
a recipe by which to make them foi
home use, which would work with any
degree of satisfaction. Can supply
you with a good domestic cracker ro
cipe, if you wish.
Mrs. O. H. Here are two recipes for
the use of rye flour: One quart or
warm water, one teacup yeast, thicken
with rye flour, put in warm place to
rise over night. Scald one pint corn
meal, and when cool add to tho
sponge with rye flour till thick enough
to knead; knead but little, let rlsu.
mold into loaves, place in deep tins,
or small pudding pans, let rise again
and hake. "Wheat sponge, instead of
rye, is preferred by some.
One quart of rye flour, two quan.s
of cornmeal, scalded (merely wet it
but not enough to make into batter),
one-half teacup molasses, table spoon
ful of salt, teaspoonful of soda, one
teacup of yeast; make as stiff as con
be stirred with a spoon, mixing with
warm water, and let rise all night;
then put In a -pan, smooth the top
with tho hand dipped in cold water,
let it stand half an hour and bake
five or six hours.
M. E. M. says she has trouble cook
ing liver; it will stick to the pan and
burn. . x, ,,
Try this, Sister: Cut the liver into
slices half an inch thick, and let lie
in salt water half an hour; take out
and lay where it "will drain a few
minutes, then roll In plenty of flom
and lay on a plate; have ready. in
vour skillet on the stove plenty of
fat or nice drippings, and let it get
smoking (not scorching) hot. Into
this lay the pieces of floured liver
ouickly, and when the last piece is in
the fat, the first should.be ready to
turn Turn each piece two or three
times, and then draw the skillet to
tho back of tho stove; tho liver wilt,
have eoolcdtho fat no It will not'
burn, hue will havo scared tho out
side surfaco, thus rotalnlng the mois
ture. Let It cook about fifteen min
utesor less, If it Is from a young
animal. When tho liver is dished up,"
drop Into tho hot fat two or three
pieces of potato, which will clarify tho'
fat, so It may bo used again.
An Interesting Tabic
It Is said that a Harvard professor
worked out the following tnble, but
afterwards ho could not sleep, for tho
reason that his hair curled so tightly
that ho was unable to shut his eyes:
1 times 9 plus 2 equals 11.
12 times 9 plus 3 equals 111.
123 times 9 plus 4 equals 1111.
1231 times, 9 plus 5 equals 11111.
12345 times 9 plus C equals 1111 11.
123450 times 9 plus 7 equals 1111111. x
12345G7 times 9 plus 8' equals lUUltl.
12345078 times 9 plus 9 equals 111111111
1 times 8 plus 1 equals 9.
12 times 8 plus 2 equals 98.
123 times 8 plus 3 equals 987.
1234 times 8 plus 4 equals 9870.
12345 times 8 plus 5 equals 987G5.
123450 times 8 plus 0 equals 987054.
1234507 times 8 plus 7 equals 9870543. -12345G78
times 8 plus 8 equals 98705432
123450789 timcs8 plus 9 equals 987054321
The Test He Imposed." '
"Lot's go havo a drink, Smithers."
"No, I've sworn off this week for a
test."
"Why, what are you testing?" . ,
"Myself. As long as I find I can
stop I won't stop, but as soon as I find
I can't stop, I will stop." Town
Topics. '
Hates Gossip.
Tommy "1 think mamma Is an aw
fur gossip." ;
Ethel "Oh, Tommy, how can you
say such a thing?"
"Well, she is; everything J do sho
immediately goes and tells papa. I
hato gossip." Tit-Bits.
On January 7 it was reported from
Sacramento, Cal., that George C. Perk
ins had been renominated for United
States senator to succeed himself by
the republican caucus.
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People Know How Useful It Is In Preserv
ing Itenltli and Beauty
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is tho
safest bihI most eflicicnt disinfectant and puri
fier in nature, bnt few realize its valuo when
taken into tho human system forstbo eame
cleansing purpose.
Charcoal in a remedy that tho more yon taka
of it the bettor; it is not a drug at nil, but simply
absorbs tho gases and impurities always pros
out in tho stomnch and intestines and carries
tiicin out of tiio system.
Charcoal sweotenfi the breath after smoking,
drinking or after eating onions and other odor
ous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and improves the
complexion, it whitens the teeth and further
acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic.
It absorbs tho injurious gages which collect
in tho stomach and bowels; it disinfects tho
rnnutli and throat from the poison of catarrh.
All drujrgiKts soil charcoal in ono form or an
other, but probably tho best charcoal and tho
most for the money Is in Stuart's Absorbent
Lozenges; they aro composed of the flnost pow
dered Willow charcoal and other harmloss an
tiseptics, in tablet form or ratbor iu tho form of
large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the charcoal
being mixed with honey.
Tho daily ueo of thoso lozenges will soon tell
in a much improved condition of the general
health, better comple zlon, sweeter breath and
purer b'lood. and iho beauty of it is, that no
possible harm can result from their continued
use, but on tho contrary, great benefit.
A Buffalo physician in speaking of tho bene
fits of charcoal, says: "f advUe Stuart's Ab
sorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering from
gafc in stomach and LowoIb, and to clear tha
complexion and purify the breath, mouth and
throat; I nleo bofiev tho liver lt greatly bene
fitted by tho daily use of them; they cost but
twenty-flvo cents a box at drug stons. and al
though in some sense a patent preparation, yet
I believe I get moro aud bettor charcoal In
Ktnnrt's Absorbent Lozenges than in any of the
ordinary charcoal tablota.
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