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The Commoner.
APRIL 3, 1903.
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Say-'Tm Sick"
And I Will Supply You With
a Cure.
I ask for no money just a postal;
just say that you need help.
I will mail you an order good at
any drug store for six bottles Dr.
Shoop's Restorative. You may take
it a month on trial. If it succeeds,
the cost is $5.50. If it fails, I will pay
the druggist, myself and your mere
word shall decide it.
Over half a million sick ones have
done what I ask of you; and 39 in each
40 have paid for the treatment gladly,
because they were cured.
I don't know your condition, nor
how difficult your case. That doesn't
matter. If. you will make the test,
and be fair with yourself and me, I
am willing to take the risk.
My success comes from strengthen1
ing the insid nerves, which operate
the vital organs. I have spent my life
in learning how to do it A weak or
gan means weak nerve power. It is
like a weak engine that needs more
steam. To doctor the organ is use
less; 'what it needs is power to act
My Restorative alone brings back that
power, and in most of these diseases
no other way can cure.
My book will tell you why.
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Simply tato which
book you want, and
address Dr. Shoop,
Box 515 Badne, Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, aro often cured by
ono.or two bottles, druggists.
or small camel's-hair brush, dip it in
whisky or alcohol somewhat diluted,
and touch the insect with it; then
take a sponge and soap suds and wash
the leaves, rinsing well in clear water.
If you have a hydrant, shower the
plant after the scrubbing, to carry
away the loosened insects. After it is
clean, kill every insect as it appears;
spray often with clear water. Hot,
dry air is favorable to insect-breeding.
Thanks for kind words.
Gertrude. Here is a good candy
recipe: Three and one-half pounds
of granulated sugar; one and one
half pints of water, one teaspoonful
cream tartar; mix in a vessel large
enough to hold the candy when ex
panded by the heat; boil over a brisk
fire, taking care that it does not' burn.
The heat should be applied at bottom,
and not at sides. After boiling fifteen
minutes, remove a small portion of
the melted sugar with a spoon, and
cool by placing in a saucer set in
cold water. When cool enough, take
a portion between thumb and finger,
and if it forms a "string" or "thread"
as they separate, the process is neaTly
done, and great care must be used to
control the heat so that, the boiling
may be kept up without burning. Test
frequently by dropping a little into
cold water placed near; if it becomes
hard and brittle, snapping apart when
bent, it is done, and must be removed
at once, and the flavoring poured in.
Pour into shallow dishes, thoroughly
but lightly greased, cool until it caj.
bo handled; pull, roll into sticks, or
make into any desired shape.
Will give other recipes next week.
Worth Knowing,
Peas or beans, cooked in hard wa
ter which contains lime or. gypsum,
will not boil tender, because these
substances harden vegetable caseine;
many vegetables, as onions, boil near
ly tasteless in soft water, because all
the flavor is boiled out; the addition
of salt often checks this, as in the
case of onions, causing the yegetable3
TO CURE A COI.D IN ONE DAY
Talce Laxative Bromo-Quinino Tablets. This
signature rtV. f. on overy dox. zoc.
to retain their peculiar flavoring prin
ciples, besides such nutritious matter
as might be lost in soft water. For
extracting the juices of meat to make
broth or soup, soft water, unsalted and
cold at first, is best, for it much more
readily penetrates the tissue; but for
boiling where the juices should be re
tained, hard water, or soft water
salted, is preferable, and the meat
should be put in while the water is
boiling, so as to seal up the pores at
once.
Rest is all right in its place, but in
overdoses it is enervating and weak
ening, and work of any sort is usual
ly at a discount when a hammock or
lounge and an interesting book is al
ways available; and our girls should
remember that these resting places
would be very comforting to their
tired mothers, if they would but shut
them out of the kitchen several hours
every day while they put their young
strength to the "test in doing the
housework. The good, hard-working
girl may not be able to make as fine
music, know as much about games,
or hve as many accomplishments as
the idle girl, but she knows how to
work, how to care for her homo, how
to honor her parents and to comfort
her mother, and if she marries, she
will be far less liable to make a fail
ure of her life and the life of the
man who is so fortunate as to win
her.
One great reason for the popularity
of the pansy is the ease with which
it may be grown, and the plenteous re
turns it gives for the care spent upon
it. In the house, seeds may be started
in February; the soil need not be very
rich good garden loam will answer;
fill the box with fine prepared dirt,
nearly level with the top; make tho
top of the' soil level and smooth and
scattered the seeds as ovenly as pos
sible. Over them sift some soil un
til they are- covered about a quarter
of an inch deep; next give a light
sprinkle of water, then wet a piece
of spongy paper, or brown wrapping
paper, and put over the top of the box,
set in a sunny window free from drafts
and in about eight days expect to see
the first tiny shoots appear. Do not
pour water over the soil, but let all
moisture be given through the paper,
which should be frequently sprinkled.
Plants nipped? They may be, un
less you intercept Jack Frost's possi
ble advances. March is often
a treacherous month; some days
will be perfectly delightful, but the
nights will be "stingers." A newspa
per securely tucked in around the
windows will be a great help, and a
pail of water set in the room will
lessen the danger.
The pretty custom of throwing the
slipper originated in France. An old
lady, seeing the carriage of her young
king, Louis XIII., passing on its way
from the church where he had just
been married, took of her shoe and,
flnging it after the coach, cried, "It
is all I have, your majesty, but may
the blessings of God go with it"
Women who are fond of gardening,
can earn a supply of money by rais
ing herbs for druggists and market
men, if they live close to a market
Lavender, sage, thyme, mint and hoar
hound are perennials, and will not
have to be replaced for several years.
Satre and narsley are the most com-
Lmonly planted, but tho others are as
easily raised and pay very well, much
pf the green growth can be sold dur
ing the summer to market men, and
the balance not usqd in this way can
be carefully dried and sold to the
druggist. Most of these common herbs
are hardy, lavender being the least
so; it can be protected in the fall,
however, so that many plants will live
over winter. It is a good plan to sow
a few seeds of these perennials in tho
homo garden each spring, for use in
the homo kitchen. They transplant
easily, and may bo cut soveral times
during the season, and one can thus
have tho dried article much better
than it can bo bought
One beautiful custom is that tho
bride, immediately after the cere
mony, flings her boquet among her
maiden friends; the one who catches it
will be the next bride.
Often-Time Simplicity.
In these days of over-worked wives,
burdened housekeepers and almost
impossibility of securing house-help, it
is refreshing to take a look into tho
kitchens of our great-grandmothers,
and realize with how few things house
keeping was conducted in tho days
"when grandmamma was young."
The furniture was strictly home
made and warranted to wear. Tho
table was made of a split slab, sup
ported by four round legs, set in augur-holes,
bored in tho ends of tho
slab; some three-legged stools, made
in the same manner, served as chairs;
pins of wood were stuck in augur
holes bored in the logs of which the
cabin was builded and served to sup
port some clap-boards on which the
table furnishings were kept A
forked stick, placed with its lower
end in a hole in tho floor, and the up
per end fastened to a joist, served for
a bedstead, by placing a pole in the
fork, with one end through a crack
between the logs of the wall; this
front pole was crossed by a shorter
one within tho fork, with Its outer
end through another crack; from the
front pole, through a crack between
the logs at the end of the house, tho
boards were put on which formed
tho bottom of the bed; some other
poles were pinned to the fork, a lit
tle distance above these, for the pur
pose of supporting tbq front and foot
of the bed, while the walls were the
support of the back and head.
The furnishings for the table con
sisted of a few powter dishes, plates,
and pewter and horn spoons; of wood
en bowls, trenchers and noggins; if
these latter were scarce, gourds and
hard-shelled squashes made up the
deficiency. For knives, the hunting
and scalping knives were used. Iron
pots and if there were any knives
and forks were brought from the older
country, across the mountains, along
with salt and iron, on pack-horses.
These an icles of furniture correspond
ed very well with the articles of diet
on which they were employed; "hog
and hominy" were proverbial for the
dishes of which they were the com
ponent parts. Johnny-cakcand pone
were the only forms of bread known
to many families; milk and mush was
a standard dish; when milk was not
plenty which was often the case, ow
ing to the scarcity of cattle or want
of proper pasture for them tho sub
stantial dish of hominy had to suffice.
Mush was frequently eaten with sweet
ened water, molasses, bear's oil, or
the gravy of fried meat
The men wore hunting shirts made
of linsey, sometimes of coarse linen,
and a few were made of deer skins;
a pair of drawers or breeches and
leggins were the dress for the thighs
and legs, and a pair of leather moc
casins, or coarse pack-shoes answered
for the feet muck better than shoes.
The linsey bedgown and petticoat were
the universal dress of the women, and
the children were all clad in home
made cloths made of linen, cotton or
wool; they all went bare-footed in
warm weather, and in cold, wore
moccasins, cobble-shoes or pack-shoes.
The coats and bed-gowns of the wo
men and the hunting shirts of the
men hung around the room on pegs
.fitted into the log walls, and the
wealth or poverty of tho family was
thus announced by tho quantity of
clothing displayed.
Every family was under tho neces
sity of doing everything for them
selves that they could. Almost ev
ery family ownod a loom, home-made,
and almost every woman was a weav
er. Linsey, made, of flax and wool,
was tho warmest and most lasting
cloth made; but the crops of flax of
ten failed and tho sheep woro eaten
by wolves. Almost overy family con
tained its own tailor and shoemaker;
the women did tho tailor work. Many
of the puncheon floors were very neat,
with tops even and smooth; many of
them wove excellent a"s well as
sightly cloths.
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The Lee Statue.
Hon. A. K. McGluro of Philadelphia
recently made a speech before tho
Pennsylvania legislature urging tho
appropriation of $20,000 for tho eroc
tion of a statuo of General Leo on
Seminary Hill, at Gettysburg, a com
mission to be appointed by tho Penn
sylvania legislature to act in con
junction with a commission appointed
by tho Virginia legislature. Tho idea
is a splendid one.
Gettysburg was ono of tho groat
battlefields of tho war and tho valor
displayed there by tho soldiers of
both sldc3 is tho nation's heritage.
It is certainly appropriate that the
confederate side should be represented
there by tho statue to General Lee." A
speech was made in opposition to tho
McClure bill, but it is to be hoped
that the legislature of Pennsylvania'
will rise above partisan considerations
and devoto money for tho statue.
The legislature of Missouri has ap
propriated $10,000 for a state exhibit
at tho Lewis and Clark exposition in
Portland, Ore., in 1905.
.BOfS
We have started over three thousand
boys in various parts of the country
in a profitable business on their own
account. We want a boy to represent
Tlie vSatmrday
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In every town. The work can be done
after school hours and on Saturdays. It is
pleasant, as well as profitable. The maga
zines are sold among neighbors and friends
in offices, stores, as well as in homes. .
Ho Money Required to Begin
The first week's supply is sent free. These:
are sold at five cents a copy and provide
the money to order the following week at
wholesale prices.
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