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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1906)
f(wT tfQjap jftVftmHnWfW jic-p! p " ? if '"MJS't " NOVEMBER 16, 1906 The Commoner. 11 I ply for on family, -whereas, with them wadrawn, this meat will ho left for the made-over" dishes the next day. Good Housekeeping. "Compulsory Education" "The hoy who is not constructed on the educational hasis of the day can not line up with the average hoy who jolts along with undisturbed equan amity amid the fads and fancies; to the greater or less discomfort of the teacher, this unclassed boy is an ex ception to the operative power of the compulsory law. The old saw about taking ' a horse to water applies to this kind of a boy with equal truth ho may be forced to some education al pump, but, like the quadruped, he can not be made to drink. To escape from enforced schooling the boy sets about making himself such an obsta cle in the educational machinery (as it concerns him) that finally he is free to hunt up a job. He gets one. to his delight and to his mother's relief. 'Convict labor is cheaper than child labor,' but there are exceptions which ought to be made in certain cases." Ex. ThiB will apply to girls, as well as hoys. The child which has to be whipped, scolded and forced into at tendance at school rarely makes a friend of the teacher, or is understood by her. The boy who does not likef school is not always a dunce. Many xf our smartest men were "like that." For Nasal Catarrh" A reader asks: "What is a nasal douche, how is it used, where obtain able, and what the price?" A nasal douche is an apparatus, something on the order of the foun tain syringe, and Is used to project a stream of liquid through the nasal passage to wash out catarrhal mat ter, and to introduce healing lotions. It can be 'had of almost any druggist and will cost, according to what kiwi of a drurgist you have, from 25 cent1? to $1. There are several kinds. The receptacle for holding the solution may be of rubber, metal, glass or por celain, with an opening and short tube at the bottom connecting with a piece of rubber tubing, on the other end of which is a' hard rubber tin made to fit the nostril. The glass or COFFEE IMPORTERS Publish a Book About Coffee There has been much discussion as' to Coffee and Postum lately, so much in .fact that some of the coffee importers and roasters have taken to type to promote' the sale of their wares and check if possible the raniri growth of the use of Postum Food Coffee. In the coffee importers' book a chan ter is headed "Coffee as a Medicine" and advocates its use as such. Here is an admission of the truth, most important to all interested. Every physician knows, and every thoughtful person should know, that habitual use of any "medicine" of the drug-stimulant type of coffee or whiskey quickly causes irritation of the tissues and organs stimuli ted and finally sets up disease in The great majority of cases if persisted in. It may show in any one of the many organs of the body and in the great majority of cases can b'e directly traced to coffee in a most unmistak able way by leaving off the active Irritant coffee and using Postum Food Coffee for a matter of ten days. If the result is relief from nervous trouble, dyspepsia, bowel complaint, heart failure, weak eyes, or any other malady set up by a poisoned nervous system, 'you have your answer with ' tho accuracy of 'a .demonstration in mathematics. i There's a reaspnV for Postum. porcelain cup is best, ao tho rubber is apt to crack or harden, and tho metal to rust. It can bo had in city Btores for about 30 cents. Around the top of the cup Is a wire with two loops, by one of which the doucho la to be hung up above tho head, and tho other loop holds tho rubber Up to prevent tho water escaping as it is filled. For use: Into one quart of tepid water stir one teaspoonful of llster lne less, if tho nasal cavity is very raw or sore, as it will smart; nil the cup with this, hang it above tho head, and insert tho rubber tip in tho nos tril, letting the medicated water run in at one nostril and out at tho other; thon refill the cup and wash out the other nostril in the same way, until all tho water has been used. Do this every morning. Instead of tho Hster ine, a solution of salt a teaspoonful to a pint of tepid water is excellent; or the same of powdered borax. Either is very cleansing and healing. The use of it leaves a very comfortable feeling of cleanliness in the head, and can not help but alleviate catarrhal troubles. A simple, but effective way to use the solutions Is to pour a lit tle into the palm of the hand and "sniff" as much as possible up each nostril; but the douche. is more thorough. Inexpensive Heating for Upper Rooms Not all of us can have "furnace heat," and many of us would not, if we could. But we can all have com fortable rooms at a small co3t, with no further expense for fuel. Nearly every large stove dealer carries a stock of radiators (or if not in stock, they can be ordered for you) which are designed for uso in an upper room by running the pipe from the stove below up through the floor after the manner of tho old-fashioned "drum." These radiators are made round or square, and look very neat; they are made for use wih either hard or soft coal or wood, take up but little room, make no dirt, and consume no fuel. There is no "lugging" fuel up the stairs, or bringing it in from the out side. If used on a baso burner wood or coal which is kept going all the time, the rooms above are of a pleas ant warmth night and day, and the heat can be regulated by letting the window down from the top, accord ing to need. A radiator attached to the kitchen stove below will warm up tho room above so that going to bed, or getting up in a cold room will be unheard of. In the spring tho rad iator can be taken down and stored, while the pipe can go into the flue be low in the usual way. These radia tors are not a "new fangled" notion, but have been in use, more or less, for many years; yet thev are a new idea to many families. They are per fectly safe, so far as danger from fire is concerned. They can be had from reliable department, or mail or der houses, at from 54 to $f, plus freight charges, and will last for manv years. They are made for either hard coal, or wood, or soft coal burners. My experience with them has been entirely satisfactory, and I hoartily recommend them. They are fine for children's or invalid's rooms. well until quito smooth; add tho rest of tho milk and water, stir well, then add a tcacupful of lively yeast, or ono tablet of compressed yeast. Or, tho oaino lngredienta and proportions may be UBed, except adding two tablespoohfuls of molassos or brown sugar, and using ono quart of warm water instead of milk and water. The molasses or sugar is used to make the cakes crisp and brown quickly on the griddle, Instead of having a pale, uncooked appearance. Make tho batter at night and let it stand In a moderately warm placo to riso over night If there is acidity engendered, a little soda dissolved in a little warm water should bo added to the batter before baking. Fried Corn Meal Muffins Mix with ono pint of boiling water, ono half pint of sifted cornmoal, half tea spoonful of salt and ono tablespoon ful of sugar. Stir meal Into the boil ing water as for mush, thon set away over night. In tho morning add two well-beaten eggs, boat thoroughly into tho mash, then wot a spoon In cold milk, take up the mixture and drop by tho spoonful into very hot deep fat; fry until brown and servo with sugar or syrup, as liked. In frying any kind of batter, tho fat should bo vary hot even to smoking a little, but not scorching, In order to at onco Bear the outside and prevent tho absorp tion of grease. Cooked in this way, tho "fried things" are wholesome. 'Curing Beef for Drying To every thirty pounds of beef, one teaspoonful of saltpeter, one quart of fine salt. Mix with molasses until the color of brown sugar (sorghum is good); rub the pieces of meat with tho mixture and let all stick to It that will. Pack in a deep vessel so that tho brine may come up over tho meat. Lot it remain about three days, take out and hang In a suitable placo to dry. Mrs. D. Here is a good way to treat some distressing aches: For a headache, wring a towel out of hot water and apnlv to the nape of the neck. For toothache, wring a woolen cloth out of a hot solution of salt and vinegar and annly to the seat of the pain. Salt and water is good. Some Good Recipes Buckwheat Cakes Warm one pint of sweet milk and one of water (the milk may bo cold and the water hot enough to warm it); put half this mixture into a stone crock, add five teacupfuls of buckwheat flour; beat "Discharging" Old Colors The Diamond Dye Annual gives the following methods for taking out the old color from goods Intended to be dved: "Unless the old color is well 'discharged.' do not try to dye goods a lighter than the original shade. For taking out the old color, the best bleaching liquid is made hv dissolv ing a quarter of a pound of chloride of limo In one pint of water; and in another nint. dissolve a quarter-pound of bf-carbonate of soda ; mix the two linuids, let stand until settled; pour off the clear liquid, strain through a cloth and keen in jars. Wot the goods thoroughly in hot water, take them ouf, add a portion of tho bleach ing liquid to the bith, return tho goods and work thoroughly ten or twenty minutes, adding more of the bleach If necessary. Rinse thorough lv in sevpral waters to take out all he bleach before attempting to dye the goods. while frosb, aro readily takon out by soaking In sweet milk, or dipping in , hot tallow boforo wauhlng, whllo it acorns impossible to rornovo others, leaving an ugly yellow or brown stain! aJ!!??rThQ a,s,ns nnd currants should be washed and well dried, then nprinkled with flour and stirred until oach Is coated with It; they will then mix ovenly with tho dough. Any nuta or fruit not floured will sink to tho bottom of tho dough. i F 1iI--For rcny good doughnuts, do not mix hurrlodly, but tako timo to vork and squeczo tho eggs, lard, sugar, etc., bnckwards and forwarda through tho fingers until it will ho a. 8tJf tdouBh In spite of you. It . should bo about like biscuit dough. Keep the fat at a regular boat whllo frying Just hot enough to brown quickly, but not scorch. "Old MIzzou." Don't pour coal oil on your kindling, either in the stove or out of It. Sift a pint of ashes of any kind, put Into a can and saturate with conl oil. Thon, when laying , vour kindling, put a tablespoonful of tho mixture on your kindling, and you will havo no trouble, anil nn rinnrrnp of explosion. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Query Box ."Kansas" Glad you approve of my stand, and think you for the sugges tion. The matter has been treated altogether too one-sided heretofore. TC. N. Try the camnhor cold cream recine given in "The Toilet." for -the shrunken hands. Use It freely as di rected. M. After dinner coffee should be blnck and strong, and may be served either at the table or in the parlor. Hat.He M. Hard, calloua places on the hands and feet can he softened by bathing in hot water and common baking soda, then rubbed off with a toilet pumice, wh'ch will cost you about ten epnts at tho druggists. W. K. This Is. perhans, whit vou want: Dissolve one ounce of pow dered alum in the water used for rins ing the children's dresses, aprons and netMc.oats to render them loss inflam mable. Sadie It is according to what the Few People Know How Useful it Is In preserving Health and Beauty Costs Nothing to Try Nearly everybody knows that char coal Is tho safest nnd most ofllcient disinfectant and purifier In nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for tho same cleans ing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that tho mora vou take of It tho bottar; It la not n drug at all, but simply absorbs tho gases and impurities always present In the stomach and Intestines and car ries them ou of the svBtem. Charcoal sweetens tho breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and im proves the comnlcxion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic. Tt absorbs the injurious gases which collect In the stomach and bowels; it disinfects the mouth and throat from tho poIon of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, but probablv the brtst charcoal and the mot for the money is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they arc composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or rather in tho form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, tho charcoal being mixed with honey. The dally use of these lozenges will poon tell In a much improved condi tion of the general health, better com plexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of It Is, that no nosHlblo harm can result from their continued use, but, on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo phvslcian, in speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: "I ad vise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas In stomach and bowels, and to clear the complex ion and purifv the breath, mouth and throat; I alo believe the liver Is rreatly benefited bv the dailv use of them; thev cost but twentv-five cents a box at drug stores, and although In some sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I get more and better char coal in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tablets." Send your name and address today for a free trial nickage and see for yourself. F. A. SMiart Co., 56 Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich. i i w uLUSaMht-l