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NOVEMBER 16, 1906
The Commoner.
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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.
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