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JANUARY 27, 1905
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Any Woman
can make
Better
Bread
from
Any Tlour
with
Yeast Foam la tho yeust that -raised
the First Grand Prize ap tho J?t IMia
Exposition, and 1b Hold by till grocers at
Be a package enough for 40 loaves.
Send a postal card for our iow Illustrated
book "Gooi Bread: How to Make It."
NORTHWESTERN YEA8TOO.
Chicago, III.
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rections which accompany them, and in
cutting out your garment, cut just with
tho pattern, observing the indicating
notches, crosses and other holes, malt
ing the markings for each onthe gar
ment as on the pattern. Be careful
to lay the pattern on the goods accord
ing to .the indications for cutting with
the thread, on the bias, etc If thi3 is
jnot dphpr, the h finished garment will
soon -get out of shape, ,
If the garment is to be trimmed with
piping, cut on a true bias strips an
inch or more wide, join the lengths on
the straight thread at the ends and
press the seams open flat. Fold the
edges evenly together and place them
even with the part to be .trimmed. If
the edges of the parts to be trimmed
are straight, hold the piping just even,
holding it rather full around all outward-turning
corners, and hold it tight
at the inward curves. At points and
corners, the piping is to be folded diag
onally on the raw edges to form a
point or angle of the folded side.
Baste carefully and turn the seam
down and stitch about one-sixteenth
of an inch from the folded edge of the
piping.
Most of the new coat sleeves are
full at the shoulder, both the leg-o-mutton
sort, which is plain at the
wrist, and those that are gathered or
plaited into cuffs, are equally correct.
A great variety of styles of sleeves are
worn, and most of them are well
adapted to the soft, clinging materials
so much used this season.
Simple gowns for home wear are
much in vogue made with skirts that
clear the floor and blouse waists. The
skirt may be one of the seven-gored
ones, laid in box plaits to conceal the
seams.
glass may bo produced by applying a
saturated solution of alum in water.
Emma K. The suggestion concern
ing Santa Claus is good, and will be
taucn up in season. If discussed now,
it will be forgotten before it could be
put into practice.
Hattlo Bell. For a bedroom, tho
color should bo cheerful and the pat
tern of tho wall-paper should never
be striking or conspicuous. A carpet
of plain filling,, with a few bright rugs,
would be best."
E. B. Perhaps your health is at
fault. Health conditions have much
to do with tho hair and complexion.
I have referred your question to a spe
cialist. . Mr. N. M. I know of no simple cure
for catarrh. Catarrh ig a stubborn dis
ease, and generally calls for constitu
tional as well as local treatment. Much
also depends upon the care the patient
takes of himself.
Housewhe. Colored linen, and flax
threads make very pretty and' durable
insertions and edgings in tatting, knit
ting and crochet work, and may be
used for many decorative articles, that
are washable.
Mrs. J. B. Old' chandeliers may be
renovated by giving them several suc
cessive thin coats of black paint thin
ned with Japan dryer and spirits of
turpentine one part of the former to
two parts of the latter.
H. M. There 13 such a thing as
condensed eggs. Eggs are deprived of
surplus water, sugar is added, and
they are packed in cans and hermeti
cally sealed. When wanted for cook
ing, a little water is added and the
mixture is quickly beaten. Personally,
I know nothing of their merits.
Z. M. W. As you did not state what
the article to be cleaned wa3, I hardly
know how to answer you. Care must
be taken in using the following recipes,
and none of them may be satisfactory.
Carefully scrape the axle-grease off
the silk, and sponge the spot with
gasoline, benzine, ether, or spirits of
wine, beginning at the outer edge of
the spot and working toward tho mid
dle in order not to spread the stain,
renewing the cloth or sponge often to
prevent soiling. If the article will
bear washing, it is recommended to
rub clean lard into the spot, let stand a
few hours and wash in a suds made
with pure soap; or, rub the lard well
into the grease and sponge as above
with benzine, ether, spirits of wine
or gasoline.
ing tho spoon when omptjed on a sau
cer Instead of putting it back into tho
batter to stand until tho next relay of
cakes aro to bo cooked.
Tho hanging wardrobo is an excel
lent idea. It consists of a wooden top
to which a row of hooka and a cur
tain rod aro attached; the top is fas
tened to tho wall preferably In a re
cess, and curtains of art muslin or
cretonne are suspended around it from
tho rod. It costs but a trifle. is easily
made and put up, and never has that
stuffy odor so common in a closet filled
with worn clothes.
Furs may bo freshened up and im
proved by . cleaning them with bran.
Heat the bran In an oven, and when
quite hot rub it woll into the fur with a
piece of flannel., Let it remain in tho
fur for an hour, then shake well and
brush..
Deaf People Now
Hear Whispers
Listening Machines Invented
by a Kentuclrian.
Invisible, When Worn, but Act
Like Eye-Glasses.
Query Box
II Katherine. It would be more satis
factory to yourself for you to ask your
book-dealer to supply you with a book
of parlor games.
Carrie S. It will be right for you
to express your pleasure for the atten
tion. Always thank one for services
rendered.
Builder. An imitation of frosted
AN OLD AND WELL TRIKD BEMEDY.
Wits. Winskow'8 cootjuno Brum for children
teething should always bo used for children while
teething, it Boftons the gums, allays all pain, cure,
wind chollo and Is the boat roinody for diarrhoea.
Twonty-flvo cents a bottle.
Bvickwhctxt Cakos
1. To one quart of lukewarm water,
add one teaspoonful each of salt and
sugar, a half cup of hop yeast and
flour enough to make a thin batter.
Mix the batter in the evening and leave
it in a warm place over night. In the
morning dissolve a half-teaspoonful of
soda in not water and stir into the
batter and bake by spoonfuls on a
well-greased griddle, and serve imme
diately. Some like to mix three parts
buckwheat flour with one part white
flour. Leave a cupful of the batter in
the crock, fully covered, to use in
placo of the yeast in the next batch.
2. Take one pint of cold sweet milk
and pour into it ono pint of boiling
water; put half this mixture into a
stone crock or jar, and add five teacup
fuls of buckwheat flour; beat until
perfectly free from lumps, add the rest
of the milk and water, a teaspoonful
of salt, and last, a teacupful of good,
home-made hop yeast, or a yeast cake
dissolved in a little of the water. Mix
well and let stand overnight. In the
morning, bake on well-greased grid
dle and serve at once with nice butter,
good molasses or maple syrup. If the
cakes are wanted nice and brown, add
to the batter at night a tablespoonful
of molasses or brown sugar.
Some cooks object to stirring the
buckwheat batter after it has risen,
but dip it out with a large spoon, plac-
Iiow Salt Is Obtainod
Tho salt of commerce Is obtained in
three waysr By evaporating tho waters
of tho ocean and inland lakes; by evap
orating tho" waters' of natural salt
springs or deep wells; and by mining
salt out of solid material, or rock
salt. Sea-water is still evaporated in
China, Spain, Italy -and the southern
part of France; but by far the greater
part of tho calt of commerce is ob
tained from brine-springs, natural or
bored. Powerful engines pump out the
brine into large open tanks, where it
Is evaporated either by artificial heat
or the heat of tho sun. The evapo
ration i3 carried on until the propor
tion of water h too small to hold the
mineral in solution, when it soldiflcs
in the form of crystals. 'These crystals
aro allowed to accumlate until the
solid matter in the pan is equal to
about three-fourths of its contents. In
making table salt, the crystals are re
moved from tho pans, permitted to
consolidate, and then dried in a stove.
Very coarse salts aro simply drained
and then completely dried by heat. In
making two tons of common salt it is
necessary to burn about one ton o
coal.
Rock-salt is mined very like coal,
but the salt-mine is In no way like the
coal-mine as to color or comfort. The
air is dry. sweet and cool. The mine
walls and tho pillars of salt by which
they are upheld display a thousand
iridescent hues, so that they appear to
be literally studded with beautiful,
sparkling gems. To one with an im
aginative turn of mind, the sight of
one recalls the fabled splendors of the
magical palaces of Aladdin. Selected.
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Care of Rugs
Do not use a carpet-sweeper on a
rug, and do not beat it on the back,
which breaks the threads. Orientals
never beat tneir rugs as we do In this
country. They never step upon them
with tho shoes worn in the street.
When they become mu2h soiled they
wash them and spread them in the
sun to dry. The best way to clean a
rug in your own home, if small and
dyed with vegetable colors, is to put
it in lukewarm water in a tub, soap
it well and brush with a clean brush.
In the summer, rugs may be hung on
a line or railing and tho hose turned
on them. For vhe daily or weekly care
of rug's, keep a clean broom, not too
hard, for their especial use. Sweep
the rug with the pile with tho dry
broom, then sweep gently against the
pile; lastly, dampen the broom in salt
water or ammonia water and sweep
with the pile. In the winter, the
sweeping Is best done out of doors.
After shaking the rug,, or beating on
the right side (a piece of rubber hose
is an excellent thing to beat with),
spread on the snow and brush off with
snow. The reason for the luster in
Ever soo a pair of Listening Machines?
Tboy mako tho Doaf hoar distinctly.
Tboy uro do soft In tho cars ono can' t toll tho
aro woarlng them.
And, no ono clso can toll olthor, bocanso they
aro out of Bight whon worn. WIlson'H Ear Drums are
to weak bearing what opoctacles aro to weak night.
Because, thoy nro sou nd-niacn tilers, Just as
glasses are slght-magnlflors.
Thoy rost tbo Ear Nerves by talcing the strain oil
thorn tho etruln of trying to hoar dim Bounds. They
can bo put Into tho ears, or taken out, In a nilnnle,
ust 08 comfortably as spectacles can bo puton artd off.
And, thoy can bo worn for wooksat a tttno, be
cause thoy nro vonlllaled, and ho soft
In (he oar holes thoy aro not
folt ovon whon tho head rest
on tho pillow. They also pro
tect any raw lunor parte of
tho oar from wind, or cold,
dust, or euddon and plorclng
Bounds.
'Thcso llttlo telephones
raako It an oasy for n Deaf
person to honr
weak Bounds us
spoctaclos mako
It easy to road
flno prlntt And,
tho longer one
wears them tho
hotter his hear
Ing grows, bo
causo thoy roet
up, and strength
on, tho oar norvos. To rost a
weak oar lroin straining la
like resting a strained wrist
from working.
Wilson's Ear Drums rest tbo Ear
Norvcn by making tho sounds louder,
so It is easy to understand without
trvlntr and strulnlng. Thoy make W
Deaf pooplo choorful and comfortable, because
Buch peoplo can talk with tholr frlonds without the
frlonds having to shout b.ick at thorn. Thoy can boar
without Atralnlng. It Is tho straining that puts such
a quoor, anxious look on tho face of a doaf person.
Wilson's Ear Drums mako all tho sound strike
hard on the center of tho human oar drum, instead!
of proadlng It weakly all ovor tho surface. It
thus makes tho center of tho human ear drum
vibrato ton timos as much as If tho same sound struck
the wholo drum head. It is thlo vibration of tho ear
drum that carries sound to tho bearing Nerves.
When wo mako tho drum vibrato ten times as much
wo make tho sound ton times as loud and ten tlniee
as easy to understand. t
This is why pooplo who had not in years heard a
clock strlko can now hear that same clock tick any
whoro in tho room, whllo wearing Wilson's Ear
Drums.
Doufnoss, from any cause, ear-acbo, buzzing
tjoIscs In the hoad, raw and running ears, broken
oar-drums, and other oar troubles, are relieved and
cured (oven after Ear Doctors huvo given up the
ca30s), by tho uso of tucso comfortable llttlo ear
restore and sound-magnifiers.
A sonalblo book, about Deafness, tells bow tboy
are made, and has printed in It letters from bun
drods of peoplo who nro using them.
Clorgymon, Lawyers, Physicians, Telegraph
Operators, Trainmen, Workers la Boiler Shops and
Foundries four hundred people of nil ranks who
wero Doaf, tell tholr oxporlonco in this freo book.
Thoy tell how tholr hearing was brought back to
them almost Instantly, by the proper uso of Wilson's
Ear Drums.
Somo of these very pooplo may llvo near yon,
and bo woll known to you. What they have to say is
mighty strong proof.
This book has been tho means of making 326,009
Doaf pooplo hoar again. It will bo mailed freo to yon
it yon moroly write a post card for it today. Don't
put off getting back your bearing. Wilto now, while
you think of It. Got tho freo book of proof.
Write for it today to tho Wilson Ear Drum Co
ff CO Todd Building, Loulsvillo, Ky.
antique rugs is that the constant
brushing and cleansing make the face
even and gradually bring out the in
imitable gloss which Is inherent in tho,
wool of the animal.
A rug in. daily use is not troubled
with moths, but rugs used for hang
ings are apt to invite colonization. An
occasional brushing or exposure to the
air, especially in winter, 13 usually suf
ficient to keep them all right; but if
tho dreaded enemy of the housewife
should get In, shake out all the dust
and dampen the rug and press the back
with a hot iron. -Twentieth Century
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