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SEPTEMBER 4, 1903.
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tost method. Wind tho veil carefully,
with edges even, around a clean
broomstick; lay across a boilei, or
pan of water and- steam for about
three-quarters of an hour. Leave on
tho stick to dry, and all dust and dirt
will bo gone, giving it a new stiffness.
To dry-clean hair brushes, take the
brush by the handle, and -gently but
firmly strike tho whole face of the
bristles on a board, or other smooth
surface.; after twenty-five strokes you
will find that the dirt has nearly all
gone, and the woolly stuff that gathers
at the base of the bristles has corns
down to the ends where a comb will
quickly remove it; keep this up, un
til the brush is clean.
Fall mushroom.; may be washed and
canned in the same way as other vege
tables. Pack the jars very full, put
en tho covers loosely, set the jars in
a wash-boiler with nearly water
enough to cover them, bring to a boil,
and boil for one hour and a half. As
the mushrooms shrink, fill the two
jars with the contents of a third; ster
ilize for thirty minutes longer, seal
one at a time, without lifting the
cover. Mrs. Rorer.
For a tonic effect on excited, trem
bling neVves, two or three teaspoon
fuls of the tincture of English laven
der in a cupful of hot water, with a
slice or two of lemon in it, makes a
restorative dritfk that acts like magic,
and puts a woman in possession of her
best self, ready to take up her burden,
bo it work or pleasure. Another ex
cellent drink for nervous exhaustion
is -a quarter teaspoonful of extract of
beef dissolved in a teacupful of boiling
water, and drank hot, with a dash of
salt in it
Here is a good idea for a light to be
left burning all night, when occasion
demands. Take a piece of candle,
weight it, so it will float upright in a
bowl of water; this will last several
hours, and will burn until the wick is
below the surface of the water; wnen
burnt out, it will simply fall over into
the water and be quenched, without
giving out any objectionablo odor,
with no danger of smoking, or setting
anything afire.
Garments that come in contact with
the body absorb in perspiration vari
ous fats and acids, which in time un
dergo chemical changes, thus produc
ing a dirty, yellow stain on what had
seemed a clean fabric Shake all the
dust from a garment that does not ap
pear to require cleaning; fold the
skirt and pin it in a sheet; make a
mixture of powdered starch and mag
resia; place the waist on a clean
cloth; spread the powder on the neck,
under the -arms, and on the sleeves at
the wrists; fold in such a manner that
the nowder will remain In place. The
powder will absorb the fattysubstance
held in the fabric Ladies' Home
Journal.
When preparing for children's sew
ing, house dresses and other ordinary
wear, it often pays, when shopping,
to look over thp remnants and goods
left over from the season, which may
be gotten very cheaply, and will serve
&8 well for the garments wanted as
the newer goods, at a much less cost.
But, if new colors and weaves are
wanted, remember that new goods
command a fair price in the begin
ning of the season, and will always
bring it
flee, and with a little nitre or saltpotro
to delay their combustion. Linden
alder and willow charcoal are tho best
for the purpose. The following for
mula is for aromatic sticks, easily pre
pared, which, when slowly burning,
rerfume a room delightfully. I copy
from the Ladies' Homo Journal; tho
ingredients must all be powdered:
Santal-wood and benzoin, each two
ounces; olibanum, ono and one-half
cunces; cascarilla, cinnamon cloves,
nitre, each ono ounce; charcoal, seven
ounces. Dissolve tho nitre in suffic
ient gum tragacanth to mix tho whole
into a stiff mass mingling tho other
powders thoroughly together first
Pull out and mold into three sticks;
they can be thrust into tiny silver
taper-holders, or in a small, narrow-
inroateu vase, when burning. Santal
wood is often erroneously called sandal-wood,
but the latter is without
fragrance. It is of a reddish-brown
color, and is sometimes used by the
chemist to tint cosmetics, but it is of
most value to the dyer and the cabl-ret-maker.
This distinction is made
by an authority on perfumes and their
compounding.
with another crust Put in tho oven,
and when nearly done, raiso tho crust
and pour in sweet cream enough to
mako a gravy when done. Rub melted
buttor over tho top, sprinkle with su
gar, and finish baiting. To bo eaten
warm.
S. M. A good remedy for bilious
ness Is to drink all tho hot water you
can. Begin when you first get up, and
henovor you think your stomach will
stand a littlo more, try to swallow an
other pint, or quart. If you think
you are hungry, tako another hot
drink, and do not overeat. Lot your
diet bo very light; real fasting won't
iurt you. uivo your stomach a good
rest, with plenty of wash water, and
you will find it will do you Kood.
Above all, don't allow yourself to
think you are sick; just determine
that you will bo well. I believe strong
lj in tho efllcacy of mental healing.
Mind has a wonderful Influence over
matter. Try tho hunger cure, drink
copiously of hot water, think cheerful
thoughts, and let drugs alone.
when ono has onco grown tbcm, thoy
will not willingly do without them.
Aftor thoy aro done blooming, let them
grow as long as they will, then let tho
bulbs dry in tho pot, and tho next Sep
tember or Octo' ir plant thorn out in
the garden, whero thoy will bloom the
following spring. Tho mixed bulbs
aro much cheaper than the named ones
and aro Just as good, tho only objec
tion being that you cannot tell, until
thoy bloom, what colors thoy may bo.
As thoy are all beautiful, you can
haraiy make any mistako as to color.
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER,
Dill Plcklts.'
There are different recipes for mak
ing dill pickles, but the ono given be
low is the old-fashioned one, to which,
if liked, a littlo sugar and rpices may
be added to the vinegar. Place a layer
of dill in the bottom of a stone crock
until you have a thickness of about
three inches; over this sprinkle a half
inch layer of salt, repeating the alter
nate layers of dill and salt until the
rock is full, making the last layer of
salt Cover the crock and set away In
a dray, cool place for a week. Then
uncover the jar, .turn off all tho water
which has accumulated, and throw
the dill into fresh water; let it lie in
this for several Lours; drain, and put
It into a jar, pour over it enough vine
gar to cover it; set it away to ripen,
which will take it some weeks, before
it is fit to use. Mrs. Christine Ter-hune.
When ordering bulbs, do not foruct
tho crocus; these bulbs aro very cheap
sometimes forty to sixty cents per
hundred, and you can scarcely havo
too many of them in tho yard, as they
bloom before tho snow Is well off the
ground. They come In many colors,
shades and striplings, the mammoth
yellow blooming in clusters of from
four to a dozen. The ground often
freezes hard while they aro in bloom,
tut a little thaw and sunshine brings
them out all rljht A bed of bloom
ing crocuses would make an optimist
ot tno bluest grumbler, If only ho or
she would heed the lesson taught by
these bravo, bright, hardy littlo heroes
of the capricious spring days.
Perfuses.
Fumigating pastils aro made of pow
dered charcoal and aromatic sub-J
stances, beaten up with some binding
mucilage unless there is sufficient resin
in the compound to perform this of-
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in thousands of cases (with a record or 60 per cont.
Permanently cured, and desiring to rellovo human
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Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Bronchitis and ner
vosa diseases, this reclpo in German, French or
EBgllsh, with fun dlrecUons for preparing and using.
wat by maU. Address with stamp, naming this
wr, W. A, Noyee,847 Powers Block, Bocbestor.N. Y.
Offcry Bex
C. G. F. Recipe for canning sweet
corn without preservatives was given
in The Commoner of May 1, this year,
which see.
P. H. If you will put a few drops of
carbolic acid in the water in which
you bathe the little folks every morn
irg, seed-ticks and chiggers will not
be so troublesome.
H. C. B. If you will scatter slacked
lime over the floors of all outhouses,
bar all animals out of them for a few
days, and repeat the dusting if onco is
not sufficient, you will get 7 id of fleas.
For the house, take up all carpets, put
away anything the lime will hurt, and
dust the floors thickly with the liino,
also the porch floors and walks, and
leave the lime lie for a da. 6r two,
scalding all blankets, and wearing ap
parel that you can, then wash up the
lime on the floors, leaving plenty in
the cracks and corners, you may safely
put down your carpets again. When
tha -carpets are down, dust each car
pet thickly with insect powder, and
dust matresses with the same. Take
care to catch and kill every flea possi
lle. It is some trouble, and the lime
is disagreeable to have about but not
half so much so as the pest of fleas.
This I know, from experience, to be a
sure remedy. A farm family may en
tirely rid themselves of fleas in a
very short time, by this method, but
ii will not be easy if you live in the
village, where swine runs loose
A. C. S. To n.ake sweet potato cob
bler, cook sweet potatoes until ten
der, make a rich biscuit dough for
crust; line the pan with the dough;
slice in potatoes until the dough is
covered; sweeten to suit the taste, and
grate on a little nutmeg; drop little
lumps of butter over, lay a thin crust
Bulbs Per the Window.
While hyacinths will bloom under
almost any treatment, thoy will give
better satisfaction if treated well. Any
good garden soil will do, as a soil too
rich will produce an excess of foliage
at tho expense of the flower. Good
drainage is absolutely necessary and
iray bo insured by putting a layer of
broken crockery, charcoal, or pebbles
In the bottom of the pot or can. Over
this, lay a little mo2S, or grass, which
wm prevent the sou washing down
ana clogging the drainage hole.
II Cared Himself of Harlem fltomnoh
Trouble, by Getting Down to First
Principles
A man of largo affairs In one of our
i.romlnent eastern cities by too closo
attention to business, too little excrciso
and too many club dinners, finally bo
gan to pay naturo's tax, levied In tho
form of chronic stomach trouble; tho
failure of his digestion brought about
a nervous irriiauiiiiy mailing u im
possible to apply himself to his dally
business and finally deranging tho
kidneys and heart
In his own words ho says: "I con
sulted ono physician after another and
Giich one seemed to understand my
case, but all the same they each failed
to bring about tho return of my for
mer digestion, appetite and vigor. For
two years I wen from pillar to post,
from one sanitarium to another, I
fe'ave up smoking, I quit coffee and
oven renounced my daily glass or two
of beor, but without any marked Im
provement. "Friends had often advised mo to
try a well known proprietary medicine,
Stuart's Dyspopsi , Tablets, and I had
often perused tho newspaper adver
tisements of tho remedy, but never
took any stock in advertised medicines
ror could believe a fifty-cent patent
D.erllclno would touch my case.
"To make a long story short I final
ly bought a couple of packages at tho
nearest drug store and took two or
three tablets after each meal and oc
casionally a tablet between meals,
when I felt any feeling of nausea or
discontent
"I was surprised at the end of the
first week to note a marked improve
ment in my appetite and general
bealth and before the two packages
Fill
the pot within an inch or two of the
top with sifted soil; in this hollow out were gone t wa8 certaIn tnat Stuart's
faUuiuB 01juv;u, put m u. iuyur ul r.vnonnln T.nhlntR wan en ni? to cure
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sand, and set the bulb in this, pressing
- soli about it. The crown of the
bulb should be level with the surface
of tho soil. If tho bulb is not well
planted, the strong, thrifty roots will
push it up out of the soil. Do not
press tho bulb down in tho soil. Af
ter .planting, water thoroughly with
tepid water; this can best be done by
setting the pot or can in water, and let
it absorb it until the surface of the
soil is wet Set them away in a cool
dark cellar or closet, look at them oc
casionally, and if the soil appears to
be drying out, water them again, as
before. Do not keep them too wet,
or thoy may decay. A moist soil is
all that is required.
Six weeks is none too long to keep
them in darkness and if they do not
throw up vigorous shoots, leave them
longer. When the foliage is well
started, bring them out, and accustom
them gradually to the heat and light.
A cool, sunshiny room is better for
hyacinths than a warm room. Even
light frost will not hurt them, though
it is not commended. They will thrive
and bloom in any well-lighted window,
oven without sunshine. When in
bloom, they should be kept in as cool
n tmosphero as the room affords, in
orIcr to keep them perfect as long as
possible. I have had them frozen
stiff, some night when the atmosphere
grow suddenly cold, but, if left alono
in a cold room, they thaw out and
aro as bright as ever.
Hyacinths bloom in the softest,
- tutr, nnA aM mnrfl notfltoeS. SU
"" wter and nutmeg; pour in a richest, most delicate shades of pink,
SSli teSinto I of watir, and cover white, blue, yellow, and purple, and
completely and they did not disap
point me. I can eat and sleep and en
joy my coffee and cigar and no one
would suppose I had ever known tho
horrors of dyspepsia.
"Out of friendly curiosity I wrote
to the proprietors of the remedy ask
ing for Information as to what the
tablets contained and they replied that
the principal Ingredients were aseptic
pepsin (government test), malt dlastape
and other natural digestives, which
digest food regardless of the condition
of the stomach."
The root of the matter is this, tho
digestive elements contained in Stu
art's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest tho
food, give the ovr worked stomach a
chance to recuperate and the nerves
and whole system receive the nour
ishment which can only come from
food; stimulants and nerve tonics never
give real strength, they give a ficti
tious strength, Invariably followed by
reaction. Every drop of blood, every
nerve and tissue is manufactured from
our daily food, and if you can insure
iti prompt action and complete diges
tion by the regular use of so good and
wholesome a remedy as Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets, you will have no need
of nerve tonics and sanitariums.
Although Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
have been in the market only a few
years yet probably every druggist in
the United States, Canada and Great
Britain now sells them and considers
tbem the most popular and successful
of any preparation for stomach trou
ble.
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