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j mi ,nim mpi,i.,twpJui pnuPM-iw 0 The Commoner, FEBRUARY 27, 1903. 9 ipiiwf i ymmmpummw m s,-A TW'.fl . it; : r x;y n How to Cure Catarrh. A Rarhady That Has Proved Success ful in Thousands of Cases of 'Catarrh, Bronchitis and Asthma. Dr. Blosser,the celebrated Catarrh Specialist, offers a trial sample of his valuable remedy to any one sufferipg from Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma, Ca tarrhal Deafness, etc The remedy is to be smoked and the medicated smoke-vapor penetrates into every dis eased part of the head, throat ahd lungs. Wonderful success has attended the use of -this remedy. Thousands jof cases have been cured many of them were of 15, 20, 25 and even 40 years' standing. ..Mr. I. V. Morgan, Riverside, Ky., writes: "After suffering from catarrh for five' years, am sound and well." Dr. L. .li. Murrey, Archer, Tenn., writes: ' "Cured my boy of chronic throat trouble." Mrs. B, M. Nevins, Wakefield, N. H., writes: "Cured ca tarrh and asthma of 20 years' stand ing." The cost of a month's .treatment is only $1.00. A three days' trial sample will be" mailed to any sufferer who will write to the Dr. Blosser Company, 371 Walton St, Atlanta, Ga. ; greatly to,, the advantage of boL mother and child. A healthy child may be weaned at nine months old, but this should be gradually done: abrupt weaning is -neither huhiane, or wholesome. The practice, of cramming infants who suckle with gruel, panada, or other aliments of the sort is highly baneful. The colic and crying occasioned by these messes are often mistaken for ,the calls of ., hunger, the dose repeated, and the mischief done; the foundation for dyspepsia is often thus laid, the administration of "soothing" and 6th er syrups begun, and baby gets real ly sick. Nature will usually correct errors of diet, if let alone, but how few" mothers are willing to leave her to her own resources. The best food for a weaned baby is the milk from a fresh, healthy young cow, with rice, sago, arrow-root, good home-made bread, very stale. The mother must use judgment in the proportioning of these as no fixed rules can be laid down. Sweetmeats are had for the baby, and. over-feeding a prolific source of disease. Accustom the baby gradual ly to the fresh air, and let them have as much of it as the weather will per mit Don't use pins as fastenings for their clothes, and do use common sense in your care of the, dear little things. " Flower Talks. Do not forget the flower seeds. Even the busiest woman may have some beauty about her and should. If you have time to attend to it, and "fav orable conditions," (which means sunny windows and warm rooms), now is the time to start your window boxes. If you cannot give the hoxes care, wait a month or two longer. A ten-cent packet of mixed crozy canna seeds, planted now and given proper care, will give you many plants which will blopm from July until hard frost The seeds germinate as readily as com; which the young plants resemble, but they do not al ways come "true," though generally most of tljem are desirable. If you are particular as to color or kind it is best to order of your seedsman, as the roots are cheap, and, with care as to TO CUBE A COLD IN ONJ2 DAY Tako LaxaMvo Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH srnBffisti rofund tho money if it fails to.cnro. E. W. Grovo's signaturo is on each box. 25c. water and sunshine, a small root will soon make a largo clump, sending up spike after spike of bloom-stalks Plenty of water, rich, strong soil and a sunny situation, with a good mulch ing of coarse material, Is what tho canna wants. Do not order tho roots too soon, and when they do come, do not "kill them with kindness." Keep the soil only well moist, if in pots, and keep in a warm place until growth starts; too much water while dormant will cause the roots to rot Tho perennials "are the plants for the busy woman, especially on tho farm, as the spring work allows lit tle leisure. Many of these may be .grown 'rpm seeds, which you can buy of the seedsman in mixture for 3c to uc pr packet, and these packets will givo you a large variety of colors. A 10c packet, all kinds mixed, will sup ply you with a variety of kinds. Many of these will not bloom the first year, but will make large plants or clumps ready for business .the second season, and for many seasons thereafter. There is a continual surprise await ing one, as plant after plant shows its color, and many of them are so very beautiful. I have a bed of peren nial nopples, planted last spring, which gave mo a lev blooms, and tho plants are green and growing under their light covering of straw, ready for bus iness as - soon as the spring opens. Many other things are hidden about In cernors, only awaiting the warm spring rains, to show me how grateful they are fqr, tho little space and care i give them. )o, dear mothers and sisters, gather these beautiful things about you. "Scrupulously Clean." One of the hardest lessons to teach the average housework girl is that ofthe importance of absolute cleanli ness in the culinary department of the housework the imperative neces sity of keeping tho cooking vessels scrupulously clean. There are few things that are more vexatiouB to tho careful housewife than," when called by accident, choice or necessity into the kitchen to help out the cook, to have to wait for the scouring or wash ing out of every dish or vessel she may require in the work she under takes to do; the measuring-cups, roll-frig-pin, mixing pans, etc; more or less covered with patches of dried dough; the flour or meal bins used as dumping-places for remnants of vari ous baking-days fn all stages of fer mentation; tho cooking-spoons, ladles, chopping-knives, beaters, all bearing evidence of their last usage, while -pots, pans, bowls, pitchers,' boilers in fact everything, testifies to the "slack" (to call it mildly) methods that obtain in every cup-board and corner intrusted to the care of the girl or woman who resents, as a direct insult, . any attempt at over sight or supervision on the part of the woman who pays her wages. When one comes down to the real facts of the case it is surprising how few women really do know how to wash dishes well, or realize that dirt in the cooking vessels means disease. It seems impossible to impress them with tho importance of sanitation in the handling of vessels in which the food for the family must be cooked. There seems to bo a fixed and uncon trollahle dislike to dish-washing, which is their excuse for the miser able, slip-shod way in which the work is generally done. One cannot make them understand that it is easier to do things well than to do them ill that work well done Is twice dono, and will give them twice the. leisure possible to be obtained by slighting.it They refuse to. recognize that half-washed vessels always impart, to whatever Is next cooked in them a disagreeable flavor which quite spoils e'vpn the best material, and that the distressing frequency with which .the family Is served with burnt or scorched vict uals is largely tho result of tho slat ternly dish-bashing to which tho cook ing vessels are subjected. Qutry Box. A ReaderColclesser, Nob. I do not recall any poem containing tho words you mention. Mrs. F. L., Oklahoma. Old-fash-ioned ginger snaps are mado thus: Rub half pound of butter thoroughly into two pounds of flour, then add half pound of sugar, a tablespoonful of ginger and a dash of cayenne pop per; mix well, and moisten with a pint of good molasses; knead, and roll very thin, cut with a small round cutter, and bake in a moderate oven until light brown. To have theso cakes perfect, they must bo rolled as thin as possible, and cooked until crisp. Mrs. H. L. M.. Dead wood. S. D. Try tills to brighten your linoleum: For a room ten feet square, break two eggs into a vessel, beat them enough to partially mix them, and add about a quart of water. After washing the linoleum, dip tho mop in this pre paration, go over it thoroughly and leave it to dry in tho air. An old linoleum treated thus will look al most new, and like It had been var nished. Bees-waxing it is also rec ommended, not only for looks, but for better wear. Katherln. Enameled waro should bo cleansed with hot water In which a little soda has been dissolved one ounce of soda to a gallon of water and let boil twenty minutes; if tho stain does not all come off, scour with sapolio, or brick dust, rinse well In hot water and wipe dry. If tho con tents have burned on the kettle, empty at once, fill with water, put in wood ashes in proportion of a pint of ashes to two gallons of water, and boil half an hour, then clean with sapolio or brick dust as above; in either case, if the .first effort fails, repeat To clean a brown porcelain kottle, roll peeled potatoes in it N. N., Hillsboro, Ore. To remove Ink-stains from linen, dip the goods in boiling tallow, let cool and wash in warm suds. Or, soak in very acid buttermilk; or, rub salt over it and expose to the hot sun. Either your pop-corn has not been well dried, or it is not. tho popping kind. For graham wafers, see answer to J. D. C, in Query Box of Feb. 13. J. E., Oakley, Kas. For salt-rising bread I give you the recipe used by myself, when I make it; but saft-ris-ing is not so certain as "yeast-raised dough, though simpler, as only flour, water (milk Is not essential) and salt are used; this bread requires greater care, from start to finish, and should be made oftener, as it dries out quicker than that in which potatoes are used. The unpleasant odor In rising Is the result of acetous fermen tation, and the stronger the smell tho more sure you are of having good sweet bread when baked. The dough requires less kneading than yeast raised dough. Here is the recipe: One pint of new milk (or water) and half as much water, heated to a tempera ture of about 90 degrees, one tea spoonful of salt, one of sugar, and soda the Blze of a large pea; mix wU In a perfectly clean bowl or pitcher, stirring in a tiblesnoonful of cornmcnl and flour enough to make a stiff lather; beat up thoroughly, and place In an Iron kettle containing enough quite warm, water to allow the pitcher hamlv to rest on the bottom of the kettle. Cover closely, and lnv on the stovo all nleht, whoro It will Veep quite warm for several hours, but not scold, as a little too much hmi will niln It: if vou have a hot-watnr roHprvofr. tho top of that Is a splfudld place for the kettle. If tho pitcher Is not Inrre. and vor nur good, It will prohablv be full in the morning; If not well-raised, add a .tablespoonful of warm flour, stir well, ro-heat tho water in tho kettle, replaco tho pitchor, cover and keep warm un til light, which should bo in a few hours. Havo ready two or threo quarts of sifted (if In wintor, warmed) flour, mako a hojo In tho -center, put in a teaspoonful of salt, a tcacupful of nearly boiling water, ono pint of now milk (or water), and stir a bat tor lh tho center, and add the empty ings from tho pitcher and stir well the thorough stirring is important There will bo considerable floor around tho batter; draw a portion of tho flour from all sides over the bat ter, cover well, and keep warm until light: it should rise in an hour or maybe less time. With tho hand, work tho rest of tho flour into tho sponge, knead until smooth, mould in to loaves, put into well greased pans, and sot in a warm place to rise; grease the tops well with warm but ter, and when well-raised, put into tho oven, which should be hot enough to sear tho loaves in five minutes, but should not begin to brown tho loaves for twenty minutes. The oven should gradually cool after th.e first twenty minutes. . Dq not leave tho loaves in the pan t to sweat, but turn them out at once, . when done a perfectly clean walnut table is a good place to lay them on; when well-cooled, put thorn In a stono Jar, with close-fitting cover. I have been thus elaborate in my u.rections, because so many fail with this kind of bread, which, when well made and well-baked, is perfectly de licious. In cold weather, if your rooms are cold at night, it is best to set your "emptyings" very early in tho morning instead of at night Mrs. McB., Charlotte, Mich. Your query properly belongs tb the adver tising department Sent you answer by mail. BUILDING NONES Of Great Importance That Children Have Proper Food A child will grow up with weak and small bones or strong and sturdy frame, depending on the kind of food given. That's why feeding the youngsters is of such great importance. The chil dren do not select tho food tho re sponsibility rests with the parent or guardian, or with you if you select the food for a boy or girl. The scientific selection of this food should begin as early as possible. That's when tho delicate little plant needs the tenderest care. A well known lady of Calistoga, Calif., says: "About two years ago my little nieco was taken sick. When medical aid was called one physician pronounced the case curvature of tho spine; an other called it softening of the bones and gave but little hope of her recov ery. For weeks she had been falling before her parents thought it anything but trouble from her teething, "She had been fed on mushes and soft foods of different kinds, but at last her stomach could retain scarcely anything. At this time she had be come a weak little skeleton of human ity that could not much more than stand alone. "The doctors changed her food sev eral times until finally she was put on Grape-Nuts which she relished from tho first and ate at almost every meal and her recovery has been wonderful. She has been gaining ever since in strength and weight "She has eaten dozens of packages of Grape-Nuts in the last year and a half and the child is now a rosy cheeked and healthy little girl, still clinging to her Grape-Nuts.. "It is plain the food has saved her life by giving her body the needed material to keep It well and the bone material to build with." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich- ; j "?l