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The Commoner,
AUGUST 21, 1903.
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can bo given, and In this, the cook
must exercise judgment
Buttermilk Biscuit. One quart of
flour, unsifted, one teaspoonful of so
da, teaspoonful of salt, heaping table
epoonful of lard, two iupfuls of nice
tuttermllk, or other sour milk; sift
the flour, soda and salt together; mix,
make out into biscuits with the hands
and bake in a moderate oven.
Another. Three teacupfuls of flour,
unsifted, heaping tablespoonful of lard
or butter, half-teaspoonful of soda,
teaspoonful of salt, one cup sour milk;
sift flour, salt find soda together; rub
ehortening lightly in the flour,- add
milk, and stir with a spoon until stiff
enough to handle; knead as little as
rossible; roll out three-fourths inch
thick, cut into biscuits and bake in
moderate oven.
Cream Biscuit One quart of flour,
pint of clabered cream, teaspoonful of
soda, teaspoonful of salt Sift flour,
salt and soda together, mix with the
cream, work into smooth dough, roll
out to half-inch thick, cut with bis
cuit cutter, and bake quickly. No
shortening is required.
Breakfast Biscuit Two quarts of
flour, one cup home-made yeast (or
half cake compressed yeast, in which
case it must be set very early in the
morning), one large tablespoontul of
butter, one egg, half-teaspoonful of
salt, and enough milk to make a soft
dough; mix over night; early in the
morning roll into thin cakes and when
light, bake In quick oven and send to
table hot
Bread, Unleavened. Mix equal quan
tities of coarse unbolted wheat flour
end coarse oatmeal with enough water
to make it of necessary consistency;
let it stand about two hours, (pour it
into tins when mixed), then bake it
well, but not too fast; no yeast is
ABOUT COMPLEXIONS
Feed Makes Thein Geod or Bnd
Saturate the human body with
strong coffee and it will in time show
in the complexion of the coffee
drinker.
This is caused by the action of cof
fee on the liver, thus throwing part
of the bile into the blood. Coffee
complexions are sallow and muddy
and will stay that way until coffee 's
given up entirely.
The. sure way to reffover rosy cheeks
r.nd red lips is to quit coffee and
drink Postum Food Coffee which
makes red blood. "I had been for
mere than 20 years an inveterate cof
fee drinker and it is absolutely true
that I had so completely saturated
myself with this drug, that my com
plexion toward the last becamo per
fectly yellow and every nerve and fibre
in me was affected by the drugs in
coffee.
"For days at a time I had been
compelled to keep to my bed on ac
count of nervous headache and stora
Ech trouble and medicines did not give
me any relief. I had never consulted
a physician in regard to my headaches
and terrible .complexion and 1 only
found out the cause of them after I
commenced the use of Postum which
became known to me through Grape
Nuts. We all liked the food Grape
Nuts and it helped us so we thought
Postum must certainly have merit and
we concluded to try it We found it
bo delicious that we continued the use
altogether although I never expected it
to help my health.
"After a few months my headaches
were all gone and my complexion had
cleared wonderfully, then I knew that
my troubles had been caused by coffee
end had been cured when I left off cof
fee and drank Postum in its place.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum will change the blood of any
coffee drinker and rosy cheeks and
health take the place of a yellow skin
nd disease.
vsed. It is said to be the most
wholesomo food that can bo eaten, and
very palatable.
Indian Bannock. Into one pint of
Indian meal stir a pint of sour milk,
half teaspoonful of salt tablespoonful
each of melted butter and molasses,
add two well-beaten eggs, and then
stir in a pint of wheat flour; thin to
the consistency of drop-cakes, add two
teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in a
little water, pour into buttered tins
and bake. The mixture should bo an
inch deep in the pans.
Whole Wheat Bread. Half a cake
of compressed yeast dissolved in a
cupful of lukewarm water; add to this
one tablespoonful of butter and two
of sugar, and teaspoonful of salt
Then one cupful of milk and the same
ot water just scalded and cooled, and
enough first-class entire wheat flour
to make a fairly stiff batter. This
should bo started in the morning
early, and after a thorough beating
should bo put In a warm place to riso
to double its bulk, then poured into
pans, let rise to double its bulk again,
brushed with melted butter and baked
forty-five minutes, or until done. In
case the compressed yeast cannot be
had, I give another for home-made
east:
Two quarts of whole wheat flour
one and one-half pints warm water,
one taDlespoonful of sugar, tablo
ciioonful of butter, half tablespoonful
of salt, half cup of home-made yeast,
or one cake dried. Measure flour be
fore sifting; sift into a large bowl,
setting aside a teacupful to bo used in
kneading; mix all together, beating
with a spoon until smooth; sprinkle
the board with flour, turn out the
dough and knead twenty minutes
adding more flour as needed; return
to bowl and set to rise over night
In morning, divide into loaves, niouid
ttem smooth, place in buttered tins,
let riso until twice its bulk, then bake
in moderate oven for one hour, or un
til done.
Training-Day Cake. Cream one
lalf cup of butter, adding the other
ingredients in their order, beating
thoroughly between; one cup granu
lated sugar, one egg, one cup New Or
leans molasses; dissolve a teaspoon
lul of saieratus in one cup of sour
milk, a tablespoonful of ginger and
ihree cups of flour. Beat all well.
Pour in buttered tins, bake in a mod
erate oven, and when wel! done, give
it a coating of raw molasses and re
turn to oven for a short time to set
the glaze. Good Housekeeping.
Simple Home Remedies.
Many of the old-fashioned, home
remedies, made use of in our mother's
days, are very effective, and well
worth remembering. The ingredients
have at least the virtue of being near
ly always at hand, and are harmless,
if not curative.
For inflamed eyes, nothing is better,
in ordinary cases, than bathing them
frequently in a solution of one tea
spoonful of table salt In a pint of
lukewarm water. This is cleansing,
disinfecting, and healing, as well as
strengthening.
Another old-time remedy which was
very effective, is to take a lump of
alum and with It stir the white of a
fresh egg until of a creamy consist
ency, then spread it between'two very
thin folds of old linen and lay over
the inflamed eye, binding It on to
keep it in place. Best applied at night
Cold tea, made quite strong, is an
other remedy, bathing the eyes often
with the liquid, and binding the
steeped leaves in form of a poultice,
over the eyes at night One should not
wear bandages, or anything heating
ever the eyes during the day. The
light is, in itself, very strengthening,
ond unless painful to tne eye, snoum
not be shaded.
An old physician advises using sa
liva for weak and inflamed eye-lids,
as the saliva is antiseptic, but should
bo usod only when fasting, or sorao
hours after m'nls. A dumb brute
cleanses and heais Its wounds by lick
ing them. Ho also recommends "fast
ing spittle" as being of great beneft
if used in the early stages of cancer.
It will cost nothing to try It
Another treatment Is boracic acid, o
teaspoonful of tho powder to a tea
cupful of water, used as a bath.
Citrino ointment, which comes In
small round wooden boxes, and can
be had of any druggist, la very heal
ing when applied along tho edges of
tho lids. When tho eyes are tired
f-om long use, bathing in hot water,
followed by cold, is quite relieving.
Roosevelt and Burton.
A dispatch to tho Chicago Tribune,
under uate of Emporia, Kas., July 11,
says: William Allen White, In his
newspaper here, says that Senator
Burton has aroused the anger of Pres
ident Roosevelt by irnlng a personal
letter to advertise a private exhibi
tion scheme at St. Louis.
"A few weeks ago," he says, "D. W.
Mulvano went to Washington to press
the claims of Charles Blood Smith as
a candidate to succeed Judge Hook.
He told tho president that as Senator
Long and Mr. Leland and Governor
Bailey had been recognized in the ap
pointment of Judge Hook to the cir
cuit judgeship, it was only fair that
Senator Burton and Mulvane and that
wing of the party should be recog
nized In tho appointment of Hook's
successor. Otherwise, Mulvano repre
sented, it would be apparent to tho
people of Kansas that the president
favored tho Leland faction as against
the Burton faction. Mulvano did not
get on well in his Interview with tho
president He got little encouragement
and wired Burton, who sent him back.
"This spring Burton called at tho
Whlto house and told the president
that ho (Burton) was interested in
tho high class Christian exhibit -at
St Louis to be an exact reproduction
of the city of Jerusalem. Ho repre
sented to tho president that the
scheme would enable many religious
people to see Jerusalem who could
not afford the trip, and that It would
give thousands a stimulation to Bible
study who might otherwise not have
it
"Tho president was enthusiastic
about the matter and gave Burton a
letter to some friends speaking high
ly of tho Idea as a moral agent There
on Burton takes tho letter, which was
a personal and private one, puts it
in tho center of a big advertisement
of the stock of the Jerusalem scheme,
and sends it to a magazlite, making
the president, by the wording of the
advertisement, advise people to buy
stock In Burton's scheme.
"Tho magazine to which It was sent
is a thoroughly renutablo one. and
seeing an alleged letter from the pres
ident booming a stock scheme, before
printing the advertisement' wrcto to
the president to learn if It was gen
uino. Ho got that letter the day Mul
vane was to call tho second time to
urge the Smith appointment as the
Burton candidate.
"Roosevelt was In a full-blooded
rage. His language was cracking the
paint on the White house and the
cool young Mulvane ran into some
thing that seemed like a cross between
a cyclone and a volcano. He was told
that for the last time the Dresident
was done with Burton, that Burton
had betrayed his confidence, and had
attempted to make the president boom
stock which he knew nothing about
More than that, ho demanded the let
ter which Burton obtained and Mul
vane did not get to the Smith matter
at all. Mulvano wired the facts to
Burton, got the letter back, and the
president summoned Senator Long to
a conference."
accounted for, cost him his position.
If, as will be tho caso, It is passed
through tho proper channels to tho
city treasury, formalities and red
tapo, legally set forth In tho charter,
will taue up the timo and attention of
as many officials as would bo involved
in a municipal transaction of magni
tude. Tho nlckolnvas paid to the secretary
of tho department of taxes and as
sessments under tho provisions of sec
tion 1,G45 of tho charter. A certified
transcript of tho records of the de
partment in regard to tho last assessed
valuation of a city block was needed.
The section of tho chnrter was in
voked after ono of tho commissioners
had insisted that tho board had never
authorized tho Issuo of such certifica
tion, preferring to have tho assess
ment books produced through a sub
poena duces tecum.
Tho section was found to be manda
tory in regard to tho question at is
suo, and to provido that tho fee bo
five cents for every ono hundred words
contained In tho transcript So, with
the co-operation of the commissioner,
tho head of a bureau and a stenog
rapher, a typewritten certification of
tho record of less than one hundred
words was prepared. This had to. bo
submitted to the secretary. He signed
It and made a wry face when ho re
ceived tho fee, remarking that ho had
to receive tho money under the law,
and that tho transaction would put
him to no end of trouble.
Nov, under section 1,550 of the char
ter this fee of 5 cent3 must, under
penalty of .criminal prosecution and
forfeiture of office, be paid to tin city
chamberlain with a full explanation
of tho transcript and certificUion, and
tho chamberlain must issue a receipt
for it
Bofore the secretary can bo entitled
to draw his- next salary he will bo
compelled to mako under 'oath, & full
return to the controller. dotnlHnf? nrwi
explaining tho transaction and produc
ing the chamberlain's receipt for tho
nickel. These formalities complied
with, tho record of tho certification
and the fee passes to tho labyrlnthlan
system of accounting In tho tax, cham
berlain, and controller's departments.
New York Times.
Much Work for Five Cents.
Five cents paid the other day to a
city official would, were the sum not
Uncle Sam's Vacant Farms.
The rush of Texan homo-seekers to
secure choice portions of 3tJ,0UO acres
of state land recently opened for set
tlement recalls similar scenes at th3
opening of Oklahoma and of tho
"Cherokee Strip" and serves to remind
us how vast are the areas In tho
United States still untenanted and un
filled. Tho Texas land would not mako
many ranches of tho wasteful dimen
sions common in tho southwest, but
It would divide into 3,000 good farm3.
Tho largest ranch In tho state, the
famous Farwell tract, consists of
former public lands which tho state
bartered for a new capltol building.
And there is still more Texas land
available, all of which belongs to tho
state, not to the nation.
Excluding Alaska, much of whoso
soil is available for agriculture, tho
country has more than a billion acrea
of public lands, besides those belong
ing to the states, enough to make 7,-
tw,uw quarter-section farms it all
were available for use. which mav ho
doubted. Last year over fourteen mil
lion acres, nearly 90,000 quarter sec
tions, were taken up. This was an
amount almost 50 per cent greater
than in 1901, three times as great as
in 1897, and greater than in any prev
ious year of our history except 188G
Not only has Uncle Sam plenty of
farms left, but some of them are good
farms in active and increasing de
mand. -New York World.
AN OLD AND WILL TRIED HEMEDY.
Km. Wwslow'8 Koothing Stbup for chtldrea
teethiaar should always bo used for children while
teeiblBe. It sotUsm the gums, allays an piB, care
wind colic and la the fees remedy for dlarmce
Tvreaty-flvfl ceata & bottte. it to Um bMt.
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