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i'der on the spot and let stand for sev
eral hours.
Jasper S. Hard oiled or varnished
3 -woodwork must not he washed with
rtsoapsuas, duc equal Darts or netroieum
fand water should be applied with a
(cloth let stand a few minutes and
wiped off with a clean cloth.
"The petroleum removes the dirt with
out destroying the gloss of the var-
I nish.
Flotsam. Lanolin is used in prepar
ations for fattening the face. It is
r., not used for falling hair. (2) The vel
vet should he taken to a professional
cleaner if you are particular as to its
after appearance. (3) Several "face
fattening" recipes have been given re
cently. If you can not find them, write
I! again, enclosing stamped, addressed
I envelope.
L. S. You do me too much honor.
I, The name at the head of the depart-
t ment is not a' pseudonym. It is my
l own.
Floral Chats
It will soon be time to transfer our
K window, plants to the border, and in
doing this, we might as well have a
J' thought of the plants we shall want
again for the house, next winter. If
It one wishes nice plants, plants that will
bloom next winter, we must give them
care and thought during the summer
months. Geraniums that have graced
our windows for the past six months
should be cut back to about half their
size in the spring, the old plants re
potted in new, rich soil and the cut
tings put in the border, where they
will make thrifty, blooming plants be
fore the summer is over. It is well to
A GOOD DEAL OF NONSENSE
About "Blood Purifiers" and "Tonics."
Every drop of blood, every bone,
r nerve and tissue in the body can be
renewed in but one way, and that is,
from wholesome food properly digest-
' ed. There is no other way and the
idea that a medicine in itself can pur
ify the blood or supply new tissues
and strong nerves is ridiculous and on
a par with the fol-de-rol that dyspep
sia or indigestion is a germ disease, or
that other fallacy, that a weak stom
ach which refuses to digest food can
b'e made to do so by irritating and in
flaming the bowels by pills and cath
artics. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure in
digestion, sour stomach, gas and bloat
ing after meals, because they furnish
the digestive principles which weak
stomachs lack, and, unless the defi
ciency of pepsin and diastase is sup
nlifirl. It. is useless to attemnt to cure
stomach trouble by the use of "tonics,"
"pills" and "cathartics" whicn nave ab
solutely no digestive power, and their
only effect is to give a temporary stim
ulation. One grain of the active principle in
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
3,000 grains of meat, eggs and similar
foods, and experiments have shown
that they will do this in a glass bot
tle at proper temperature, but of
course are much more effective in the
stomach.
There is probably no remedy so uni
versally used as Stuart's Tablets be
cause it is not only the sick and ailing,
but well people who use them at every
meal to insure perfect digestion and
assimilation of food.
Peonlo who enlov fair health take
, Stuart's Tablets as regularly as they
take their meals, because they want to
keep well, prevention is better than
cure, and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets"
do both; they prevent indigestion and
they remove it where it exists. The
regular use of one of two of them after
meals will demonstrate their merit
and efficiency better than any other
argument.
The Commoner.
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sink the pots holding the old plant in
the soil, where they will havo the care
of nature, and by the latter part of
June they will havo grown Into beau
tiful plants, and should then be given
a rest, placing them in some sheltered
place and giving them only water
enough to keep them from drying up.
If the leaves become yellow, it does
not hurt; leave them until September
or perhaps a little later, then repot
In rich soil and in larger pots, give
them water, gradually increasing in
quantity as the plant shows growth.
Do not allow them to bloom, but ac
custom them to the conditions indoors
as much as possible, picking the buds
off until early winter, when they
should be large, thrifty plants, and
should bloom abundantly for you all
winter long. Geraniums are favorite
house plants because of their freedom
from insect pests, their adaptability
to environments, and their hardiness
even under neglect.
Do not neglect the window boxes, if
you can not have a bit of "yard," for
much beauty and comfort may be had
from them if not neglected. Don't let
the calves and the colts make a pas
ture of your grass plat, even if the
gude mon does insist upon it. You
are entitled to "green things" as much
as they are, and a home is a poor
place if it is only a house set in a
calf-lot or a pig pasture. Teach the
little folks to care for the flowers
they do not need to be. taught to love
them.
Between Seasons
At this season of the year, the
housewife is sorely put to to know just
what to serve to her family. The
canned fruits and the winter vegeta
bles are about gone, and one hardly
feels like paying the exhorbitant prices
asked for the fruits and vegetables
grown, in southern gardens. The dis
agreeable sameness of the regular
meals is anything but appetizing, and
the appetite, itself, partakes of the gen
eral shortage. Salt meats and dried
beans are, to many of us, simply out
of the question; we just can not eat
any more of them We are told by
the disciples of hygiene that we eat
too much, any way, and now is a good
time to try a little doing without. If
the dinner hour finds us still with
out an appetite, the supper hour may
find us hungry. Fasting will do few
of us any harm. We are told to eat
less meat; to indulge in vegetables, to
let the tea and coffee go, to drink more
water; and the spring appetite is
"willin'." Now is the time that the
housewife is "put to her metal" as an
evolutionist, and out of the bottoms
of the vegetable bins and the remnants
of the canned goods, with now and
then a little help from the bags of
dried things and bunches of herbs, it
is not unusual for her to evolve some
excellent dishes. The thoughtful house
keeper will keep in mind just such
emergencies, and will try to keep a re
serve of some kind on hand for the
between-whiles which March and April
are sure to bring.
Some "Home" Queries
Is it fair to expect your wife to be
lieve you are created in the image of
God when, with consciencious mercy,
you turn every horse into the pasture
on Sunday morning expecting her to
walk from one to two miles in order
to attend church- and Sunday school?
t. ir fhinlr vnnr horse or vourself
work any harder than she does? Does
she "cease from laDor on ounaay.'
Don't you think you ought to keep
one horse just for her use at all times?
And how about a light "trap" for her
special pleasure?
Is it fair to fill the sheds with im
proved labor-saving machinery for
yourself, while the wife sows on the
old, heavy-running, out of date ma
chine you "gavo" to her twenty years
ago, or rubs out the family laundry
on the old washboard, or uses the old
dasher churn that came with her wed
ding gifts? Don't you think she would
appreciate a new, light-running sew
ing machine, a reliable range, or a
new churn, and would it not bo only
fair to divide with her?
Is it fair to sneer at "women's clubs"
or the weekly sewing circle, which is
her only recreation, while you indulge
in frequent all-day meetings at the vil
lage stores or other meeting places
for men? Is it fair for her to stay al
ways at home while you gallop oif to
town every "whip-stitch," simply to
"see folks."
Is it fair to hire from three to six
"hands" to help out your hurry, and
nono at all for the extra cooking and
housework you thus put upon her?
Is it fair to growl about getting any
little toilet or household necessity in
which you havo no share, while your
tobacco (and other) bills run up to two
figures every year?
Is it fair to leave only the old, dull
or broken handled hoes for the garden
work which she has to do, while you
get the riding plow and horse-hoe
for the field? Is it fair that she should
do any of the garden work in addition
to the burdens she already bears in
doors? Brothers, think on these things, and
answer, upon honor Is it fair? Ex.
Deaf People Now
Hear Whispers
Listening Machines Invented
by a Kentuckian.
Invisible, When Worn, but Act
Like Eye-Glasses.
Washing Lace Curtains
By exercising care, any house-wife
can launder lace curtains at home, al
though, if the curtains are of very fine
quality, and she is sure of the trust
worthiness of the professional cleaner
it is wiser to trust them to auch hands.
But in many cases, the curtains are
safer in her hands than when trusted
to the average laundress.
Before wetting the curtains, hang
them on a line aid shake out all the
dust possible; then finely shred a suit
able quantity of soap, dissolve it in
warm, soft water, divide it equally be
tween two tubs, each half full of water.
Pour half a pint of household am
monia Into one tub, stir well, and put
in the curtains. Gently move them up
and down in the water, and press them
carefully between the hands, remem
bering that lace will not bear hard
rubbing. Lift them out, fold evenly
and run them through a wringer. Next
add a half a pint of ammonia to the
other tub of suds, put in the curtains,
wash gently but thoroughly as before,
fold, and again pass through the wring
er. Unless they aie very badly soiled,
they should now bo clean, and will
need only two or three rinsing waters
to remove the suds, for every particle
of the suds must be removed. If the
curtains are white, add a little bluing
to the last rinse water, but not too
much. Curtains that were tinted cream
will usually wash white, and if it is
desired to restore their color, dip them
In coffee, weak or strong, according to
the depth of color wanted.
After rinsing, run the curtains
through the wringer, dip them in thin
starch, press them gently or pass
through a wringer to remove most of
the starch, and hang them on frames
made for the purpose if you have them,
but do not draw them so tightly that
there will be danger of tearing. Dry
them in the sunshine, if possible. Or,
they may be pinned to a sheet
stretched upon the floor of an unused
room, and pulled into shape, and, when
nearly dry, place another sheet over
the curtain and iron with a moderately
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Ever too a pair of Listening Machines?
Thuy mako Iho Deaf hoar distinctly.
Thoy aro bo soft la tho oars ono can' t toll tboj
aro wearing thorn.
And, no ono also enn toll oltlior, bocauso Uioy
aro out of (tight when worn. Wllson'a Eur Drums nro
to woak hearing what spectacles aro to weak sight.
Bocauso, Uioy aro sound-xnagniflors, Just as
glasses aro slght-magnlflera.
Thoy rent Uio Ear Norvoa by taking tho strain off
thorn tho strain of trying to hoar dim sounds. Thoy
can bo put Into tho oars, or takon out, In n rnlnulo,
ustasconuoriauiyasspociacioacanboputonandofr.
And. Utoycanbo worn for woeknnt a tlmo. bo.
causo uioy aro ventilated, and bo soft
m tho oar holes thoy aro not
folt ovon when tho head rests
dii tho pillow. They also pro
toct any raw Innor parts of
tho ear from wind, or cold,
dust, or sudden and plorclng
'noun da.
Thcso llltlo tolephonoB
mako It on cosy for a Deaf
person to honr
woak sounds aa
spoctaclea mako
Ik easy to read
Ono print. And,
tho longer ono
wears them tbo
bettor hlo honr
Ing Brows, be
cause thoy rest
uD.nna Birnnetr- -i -
en, tho oar nerves. To rest a $ Q ll
froaii oar 'join straining is u, 0 0
from working. v
Wllson'a Ear Drums rest tho Ear
Norvoa by making tho sounds louder,
so It la easy to understand wiUiout
trying and otralnlng. Thoy mako
Doaf poople cheerful and comfortable, bocauso
such people can talk with tholr frlonda without tho
friends having to about back at them. Thoy can honr
without straining. It Is the straining (hat puts such
aqueor, anxious look on tho faco of a doaf person.
Wilson's Ear Drums mako aU tho sound strike
hard on tho contor of tho human oar drum. Instead
of proadlng It woakly all ovor tho surface It
thus makoa the contor of tho human ear drum
vibrato ton times as much as If tho samo sound struck
the wbolo drum head. It Is this vibration of tho oar
drum that carries sound to tho hearing Nerves.
Whon wo mako tho drum vibrato ten times as much
we make tho sound ten tlmos as loud and ton time
as easy to understand.
This Is why poople wbobadnotinyoarsnearda
clock strike can now hear Uiat same clock tick any
whero In tho room, whllo wearing Wilson's Ear
Drums.
Deafness, from any canso, oar-acbo, buzzing
uolsos In tho bond, raw and running ears, broken
oar-drums, andothor ear troubles, aro relieved and
cured (oron oftor Ear Doctors havo given up tho
ones), by tho ubo of thowo comfortablo llttlo ear
rosters and sound-magnlflora. ,
A sensible book, ,auout Deafness, tells how they
aro made, and has printed In It (otters from bun
drods of pooplo who aro ublng them.
Glorgymon, Lawyers, Physicians, Telegraph
Operators, Trainmen, Workers In Doller Shops and
Foundries four hundred pooplo of oil ranks who
woro Doaf, toll their czporlenco Id this froo book.
Thoy toll bow their hearing woo brought back to
them almost blatantly, by the proper utso of Wilson'i
Ear Dt urns.
Sorao of thcso vory pooplo may llvo near you,
and bo woll known to you. What thoy havo to say Is
mighty strong proof.
This book has boon tho moans of making 326,000
Deaf peoplo hoar again. It will bo mailed free to you
It you merely wrlto a post card for It today. Don't
put off getting back your hearing. Wrlto now, whlla
you think of it. Got tho free book of proof.
Wrlto for It today to the Wilson Ear Drum Co,
194 Todd Building, Louisville, Ky.
hot Iron. Or, they may be pinned by
the long edge to the clothes-line, being
careful to stretch out each point and
keep the curtain shapely. If the cur
tains are very much smoked, some one
recommends putting a little coal-oil
into the water, as is done when wash
ing clothes. But it is best to wash
them often enough to prevent them
getting so very much discolored. Or,
one may use other curtains, during the
"smoke" season, saving the lace for
summer:
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