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lick slices. Scald well in strong
lnger tea. To every two pounds of
fruit take one pound of brown sugar
and one pint of good vinegar. Make
a syrup of this and drop in the fruit;
lot it cook until the fruit is perfect
ly clear; add cinnamon and white
inger, in muslin bags, or scattered
rholo through the fruit, as for other
jickles. Put into stone jars and cover
well with the syrup, weighting it
;down with a plate, and tie up closely.
'Small whole fruit may be used in
stead of sliced.
French Pickles
Slice one peck of firm, large green
Itomatoes and twelve medium-sized
onions, and sprinkle over them a tea-
l cupful of salt; let stand twenty-four
hours. Then drain well, put over the
ire in a porcelain-lined kettle and
scald in two parts of vinegar and one
jart water for fifteen minutes; drain
fagara, and put into two quarts of
istrong vinegar, one pound of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls of tumeric, two
Fteaspoonfuls each of cinnamon, cloves,
allspice, and black pepper and a quar
ter of a teaspoonful of red pepper.
Cook the mixture all together for half
an hour, and then add one-fourth of
a pound of mustard that has been
mixed smoothly with a little vinegar,
and cook five minutes longer.
Putting the Children to Bed
A writer who was very popular in
her day under the name of Fanny
Fern, gave the following rules for
properly putting the little ones to
bed: "Not with a reproof for any of
the day's sins of omission or commis
sion. Take any other time than bed
time for that. If you ever heard a
little creature sighing or sobbing in
its sleep, you could never do this.
Seal their closing eyelids with a kiss
and a blessing. The time-will come,
all too soon, when they will lay their
heads upon- their pillows lacking both.
Let them at least have this sweet
memory of happy childhood, of which
no future sorrow or trouble can rob
them. Give them their rosy youth;
nor need this involve wild license. If
you ever met the man or the woman
whose eyes have suddenly filled when
a little child has crept trustingly to
its mother's breast, you may have
seen one in whose childhood's home
WELL PEOPLE, TOO
Wise Doctor Gives Postum to Convalescents
A wise doctor tries to give nature
its best chance by saving the little
strength of the' already exhausted
patient, and building up wasted en
ergy with simple but powerful nourish
ment. "Five years ago," writes a doctor,
"I commenced to use Postum in my
own family instead of coffee. I was
so well pleased with the results that
I had two grocers place it in stock,
guaranteeing its sale.
"I then commenced to recommend it
to my patients in place of coffee, as
a nutritious beverage. The conse
quence is, every store in town is now
selling it, as it has become a house
hold necessity in many homes.
"I'm sure I prescribe Postum as
often as any one remedy in the Ma
teria Medica in almost every case
of indigestion and nervousness I treat,
and with the best Tesiilts.
""When I once Introduce it into a
family, it is quite sure to remain. I
shall continue to use it and prescribe
it in families where I practice.
"In convalescence from pneumonia,
typhoid fever and other cases, I give
it as a liquid, easily absorbed diet.
You may use my letter as a refer
ence any way you see fit." Name giv
en by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs.
"There's a reason."
'dignity' and severity stood wherol
love and nltv nrmniri tmva i.nnn m I
much indulgence has ruined thou
sands of children; too much love,
not one."
The Teeth
Do not forget to care for the teeth
of the little folks, as well as your
own. Teach the children to use a
tooth brush among the first lessons
of cleanliness. Brushes may bo had
for five or ten cents each, and each
child should have its own; one child
should not use the toilet accessories
of another, not only for the sake of
ownership, but because of hygienic
reasons. Mark the little brushes so
each will know its own, and insist
on the teeth being brushed after eat
ing and on going to bed. A normal
solution of salt and water is a good
dentrifice; this is a teaspoonful to a
pint of water, but half as much water
to the salt will be best.
Tartar is an earthly-like incrusta
tion deposited on the teeth from the
saliva, and in some conditions of the
stomach, it is deposited much faster
than in others. If it is neglected, it
will collect around the roots of the
teeth, doing great injury. It Is easily
scraped off, but this should be left
for the dentist to do, otherwise, the
enamel may be injured, causing de
cay. Many discoloring agencies tend
to render the teeth unsightly if neg
lected, and a visit to the dentist is
the only remedy. If the tartar Is al
lowed to accumulate, the gums are apt
to become diseased, and to fall away
from the teeth, exposing the roots
and inducing decay, besides loosen
ing the teeth and making them "sore"
to the touch. In such a condition,
mastication is almost impossible, and
the stomach suffers. Some people
are so negligent as to allow such a
quantity of tartar to collect that sev
eral teeth are literally soldered to
gether, and if one decays, making it
necessary to extract it, it is almost, if
not quite, impossible to loosen it from
the others. Many dentrifices are rec
ommended, but all are not Bafe to use,
while there are many simple home
dentrifices, both effectual and safe, as
well as inexpensive. A good dentist is
as much a necessity In the family as a
good physician, while, if care is taken
to wash and clean the teeth regular
ly, the services of the dentist may
seldom be needed.
Another thing I must urge upon
your attention: That is, a supply of
handkerchiefs for the Bchool children.
As they are so easily lost it is just
as well to make them as to buy them
ready made, and much less expensive.
A piece of lawn, of the cheap variety,
from which the colors may be faded
out, answers every purpose, and they
may bo made as neatly, or even hem
stitched, as your time and taste will
allow. The little girls can make their
own, thus learning to set stitches,
and they can make those for their
brothers. Do not be too strict about
the stitches, but rather teach the
girlie to take a pride in her work,
leaving it to her own judgment often
as to whether the stitches should be
taken out and bettered, or left stand
as the best she can do. The goods
should be soft and absorptive, and
should not be carried longer than
one day, if at all soiled. In this, too,
each child should have its own, for
hygienic reasons. Many eye and
mouth diseases, as well as nasal affec
tions, may be communicated from one
to another through the promiscuous
use of one handkerchief.
The First School Days '
There is nothing connected with the
rearing and training of children
which is seemingly so much a matter
of indifference as their earliest school
days, and the lessons then learned.
The firs't years of a child's school
life are the ones which give the trend
TRADE IN YOUR
INFERIOR SEPARATORS
Many users who would like to change their inferior
machines of various kinds for a now
OE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATOR
do not understand that while Buch second-hand machines
have no salable value the Do Laval Company makes very
fair "trade" allowances for them, Just to get them out of
the way and through this illustration of the difference
between good and poor separators stop the sale of others
like them In the neighborhood. Nobody is defrauded by
their re-sale as they are simply "scrapped" at their real
value.
Then there are thousands of DB LAVAL UBers who
should know that they may exchange their out-of-date
machines of ton to twenty years ago for the very much
Improved and larger capacity ones of today. Thcso old
machines are reflnished and sold over again to thoso who
don't think they can afford the price of new ones.
Write in a description of your old machine name,
size, serial number, and date purchased or else see the
nearest DB .LAVAL agent about it.
The De Laval Separator Co.
Randolph & Canal Sts.
CHICAGO
1213 Filbert Strict
PHILADELPHIA
O & 1 1 Dromm St.
SAN FRANCISCO
General Offices:
74 CORTLANDT STREET,
MEW YORK.
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to after life and learning. It is the
custom to hurry the child to school
the day (or before, in some cases)
on which It arrives at school age. The
innocent young soul, which has here
tofore known nothing but mother, and
an absolute trust in her, is sent to
do battle with from ten to one hun
dred others, some as pure and Inno
cent, others with knowledge and
habits which are worse lor the child
than mothers can imagine, as this
knowledge and practice bring nothing
but sorrow and disease; words more
vile than the printed page will bear,
hints of things which no child should
know, are freely taught by one to
another at school. Do not think your
child will escape; one such danger
ous pupil in a school will as surely
spread knowledge of evil as he would
the seeds of an infectious disease.
The tendency of the mind is to
wrong, and if we older ones can not
resist temptation, what can we expect
of minds that have not the help af
forded by judgment, observation and
experience? Ex.
The mind of a child of such tender
years is not developed sufficiently to
justify binding it down to a course of
study; it must have occupation, and
this can not be furnished constantly
at the common school. A hasty les
son, three or -four times a day, is
all that the busy teacher can give
it, and the rest of the time the child
must sit still; in active temperaments,
the mind works on, and it generally
leads the little fingers into mischief.
Then, too, the child does not realize
why it must go to school; it contrasts
this life with the freedom it enjoyed
before, and in many cases, a positive
dislike, often amounting to absolute
hatred, is engendered for the school.
In this event, the child does not
learn as -it should, and by the time
It Is old enough to learn rapidly, it
breaks away from school altogether
It is becoming a common opinion
that the child should not be confined
in the school room until a later age,
but, in many instances, if not sent
to school, the child spends its time
in the street, as all mothers can not
give to the little ones the watch-caro
needed, and, especially in the city
and village there is positively no other
place where they can spend their time
in play or exercise. It Is claimed by
thoughtful people that, if the children
could be kept from school until the
age of ten or twelve, the next genera
tion would witness a literary revolu
tion. Regarding such a contingent,
something should be devised where
by there might be a suitable work
found "for idle hands to do," else, the
cure would seem to be worse than
the disease, for no intelligent child
can be kept from activity In some
direction, or from imbibing knowledge
of some kind.
For the Hair
For the woman with healthy, pretty
blonde hair, a 'shampoo of rhubarb,
honey and wine is recommended.
Take an ounce of pure honey th
same of rhubarb stalks and three
ounces of white wine; put these to
gether and let them stand twenty-four
hours where it will keep warm;
strain; have the head wet with clean
water, rub on the mixture and let it
dry; then wash the head in plenty of
warm water without any soap.
Cantharides Hair Tonic One quart
of bay rum, one ounce of castor oil
and one ounce of tincture of cantha
rides. Shake up well; apply night
and morning to the scalp, rubbing It
well in with the finger tips. If th
hair Is very oily, use only half the
quantity of oil. Specialist.
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