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FEBRUARY 22, 1907
The Commoner.
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cold as far north as the middle of
Ohio. It is very easy to give the plant
protection in the severe weather, if one
will but do so. If not, one does not
deserve to have fine plants. The hardy
Juno roses -bloom but once a year, but
bloom abundantly then. The flowers
are neither so delicate in petal, noi so
delightful in perfume as the teas.
For DisinfectingvBody and
Bed Linen
In cases of contagious fevers, the
clothing and bed linen should be
thrown at once into a tub of water on
being removed from the patient. The
perspiration should not be allowed to
dry on them. Some carbolic acid
should be put into the water, and they
should be soaked for several hours,
and should be boiled one hour. To one
pint of pure carbolic acid put forty
pints of water; put the soiled goods in
this, and, after they have, soaked six
hours, have a tub of clean water at
hand, lift the clothes from the tub of
solution and drop them into the clean
water after having wrung out the car
bolic solution. Leave them in the
clear water for an hour, or, if needed
soon again, wring them out immed
iately, then boil for one hour. This
does not discolor the goods, or rot
thorn. If a solution 'of bichloride of
mercury be used, the clothes will be
discolored beyond hope of remedy;
lime solutions eat into them and cause
them to wear out immediately. For
other things, such as pans or vessels
used about the sick, both lime and
mercury are good disinfectants.
Lime should be used freely for all
deposits from Sick persons, and bi
chloride of mercury should be used for
washing vessels of earthenware and
china, but it will corrode any metals.
Fumigating with sulphur requires that
all metals should be removed from the
room, as the fumes will corrode. For
these, carbolic acid solution or' alcohol
may be used as disinfectants.
Lime should be scattered plentifully
over the ground where excreta from
the sick is thrown. Care should be
taken to kill all germs by use bf dis
infectants, as, whether thrown on the
ground or emptied into sewers, they
are washed down to escape into rivers
or springs, or scattere'd by rains, and
DREADED TO EAT
are thus sent on a further mission of
disease or death.
All drains hi country places should
bo disinfected by the use of lime, or
other means of purification, whether or
not diseases of a contagious nature
are present on the premises. One con
not always be sure that such is not the
case, and safety lies in precaution.
Water-Glass Silicate of Soda
As the season for a plentiful supply
of eggs is near at hand, we are receiv
ing inouiries rocrardiiii? tlm "Wnioc.
glass" method of preserving them. A
number of our readers say their drug
gist does not know what water-glass
is. The International Dictionary de
fines it as "Soluble glass, water-glass,
a silicate of sodium, or potassium,
found in commerce as a white, glassy
mass, a stony powder, or. dissolved, as
a viscuous, sirupy liquid." It can. or
should be readily ordered through the
druggist, and should not be expensive.
The method of preparing and using for
the preservation of eggs, is as follows:
To one pint of the liquid glass (silicate
of sodium) add nine pints of water
that has been boiled and cooled; put
this solution into a stone or earthen
ware crock or jar that can he kept
covered. Every day, as you gather the
eggs, drop them at once into the solu
tion until the vessel is sufficiently full,
then cover and keep in a cellar or cool
room. The eggs must at all times be
kept well-covered under the solution.
Sometimes the solution may be a little
coagulated while in use, but it is not
spoiled. The eggs must be at all times
perfectly fresh, and put into the solu
tion as fast as gathered. The soluble
glass will possibly be more readily ob
tained in powder or mass, and a pint
of the liquid will be equal to about
ten ounces of the dry. It should cost
about 25 cents a pound.
A Quaker Couple's Experience.
How many persons dread to eat their
meals, although actually hungry nearly
all the time!
Nature never intended this should oe
so, for wo are given a tiling called ap
petite that should guide us as to what
the system needs at any time and can
digest.
But we get in a hurry, swallow our
food very much as we shovel coal into
the furnace, and our sense of appetite
become unnatural and perverted. Then
we oat the wrong kind of food or eat
too much, and there you are indiges
tion and its .accompanying miseries.
A Philadelphia lady said, the other
day:
"My husband and I have been sick
and irorvous for 15 or 20 years from
drinking coffee feverish, indigestion,
total.ly unfit, a good part of the time,
for work or pleasure. We actually
dreaded to eat our meals.
"We tried doctors and patent medi
cines that counted up into hundreds
of dollars, with little if any benefit.
"Accidentally, a small package of
Postum came into my hands. I made
some according to directions; with sur
prising results. We both liked it and
have not used any coffee since.
"The dull feeling after meals has left
' us and we feel better every way. We
aro. so well satisfied witli Postum that
we recommend it to our friends who
have been made sick and nervous and
, -miserable by coffee." Name given by
.Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the. little book, "The Road to Weil-
- ville," In pkgs. "There's a Iieasou."
and wash the kettle out with hot water,
wipe dry, and rub with a little lanl:
repeat the rubbing with lard at least
a half dozen times before using again.
In tliis way rust will be prevented, and
the kettle will gradually get smooth
Inside..
Do not keep bright steel articles in
a salty atmosphere, as the moisture
the salt draws will cause them to rust,
and ruin them. In putting cutlery
away, oil and wrap in tissue paper.
It is claimed that chrome cement,
made by mixing five parts of gelatine
with one part solution of acid elim
inate of lime, will effectually cement
glass or china articles. The broken
edges are covered with this, pressed
together and exposed to the sunlight
until dry. The effect of the sunlight
is to render the compound insoluble :n
even boiling water.
One of the new models for a skirt
has the front breadth reaching the
floor; it is handsomely trimmed with
lace insertion down the sides. The
other gores reach the knee line, and a
wide flounce is attached on the bottom.
This flounce is headed with lace inser
tion, and the lower portion has three
bands encircling it. This is very be
coming to young girls and is a relief
from the plainly gored skirts.
Many of the expensive gowns are
being made with long sleeves. It will
be good news to many to hear that the
old story of buttoning the shirt waist
in front will be brought out again in
the summer fashions. It is not easy
to fasten, or to keep fastened, the open
ings in the back of the garment. J
For the Kitchen
Do not neglect the dish cloths and
towels. In washing these, put a tea
spoonful of ammonia in the water, rub
the soap on the towels, and put Into
the water and let stand a half hour
or more; then rub them out thorough
ly, through two waters, then rinse
faithfully, and hang in the air to dry
in the sunshine, if possible. This
should be done every time they are
used.
If the stove is cracked, make a ce
ment of wood ashes and salt in equal
proportions, wotting to a stiff paste
with cold water, and fill this into Hie
cracks when the stove is cold. It will
soon harden.
When putting the stoves away for
the summer, give them a thin coating
of three parts lard melted with one
part of rosin. This will prevent them
fioin rusting.
For sweetening jars, fill the jar
with hot water, and drop into it a tei
cnoonful of any good soap powder,
shake well, and empty the jar, and ii
not clean and sweet, repeat the filling
and put a doth in it and shake well
again. Empty, and rinse thoroughly
with clear, cold water.
Anything cooked in a new iron, ket
tle is apt to burn, if not strictly .it
tended to. To prepare the new kettle
for use fill it witli clean potato pe1
ings boil them for an hour, empty,
Some Requested Recipes
Brains. Take all the fibre from the
brains, carefully. Put into cold water
to soak for two hours. Drain, and
throw them Into boiling water with
salt to season and a little vinegar
half a teaspoonful; let boil for fifteen
minutes, take out and throw them into
cold water, drain well, roll in cracker
crumbs or corn meal, and fry in me
dium hot lard. When done, lay them
on a white cloth or paper, to drain the
grease, and serve hot.
Brains (2). Prepare the brains as
above for frying, only, after having
been boiled, cut into pieces like oys
ters, and throw into eggs prepared for
omelets. Season with salt and pepper,
and cook as any omelet.
Brains (.'). Beat the brains nicely,
"removing all fiber. Add a little thyme,
parsley, nutmeg, and a few drops of
lemon juice. Mince the yolk of a hard
boiled egg, and mix with the brains;
make into cakes and roll in flour, and
fry in hot fat.
Baked Fish. Take any kind of nice
fish large enough to bake; clean well,
and dry witli a cloth; fill witli a dress
ing made of four or five hard-boiled
eggs chopped fine, bread crumbs, pep
per, salt, a little parsley, and tie it up
well with cords to keep the dressing
in; put it in a baking pan with a tea
cupful of water, and bake. It must
be kept moist while baking by fre
quent basting, and the water must not
be allowed to boil away without being
replenished with a little boiling water.
When well cooked, put on a platter,
clip the strings and take them off, and
cover the fish witli a thick sauce made
of four or five hard-boiled eggs,
mashed, half a cup of vinegar, table
spoonful of butter, two tablcspoonfuls
of sugar, pepper and salt to taste, and
a few white mustard seeds, whi"h
must be cooked until stiff before pour
ing over the fish. Oarnish witli the
chopped whites of eggs and parsley.
Massage for Constipation
Inaction of the bowels is one of the
worst things that can befall one.
There can be no health, mental or phys
ical, whore it is tolerated. It especial
ly affects brain action, and fills the
body full of aches and pains. None
who suffer from this complaint can
"look well," no matter what pains they
take as to bleaches, creams, lotions
and powders. To feel well is to .look
well, and this cannot be done so, long
as one is the victim of constipation.
No drugs will cure the complaint.
Cathartics arc worse than useless, re
lieving only for the time, only to re
double the difficulty afterwards. There
are food cures; but in the matter of
foods, what is one man's meat is an
other's poison, the world over. What
will help at one time will hinder at an
other. In this, as well as in every
thing else, the cure must be brought
about principally through common
sense and good judgment by individ
ual application.
Beyond all question, the true cure
depends greatly on proper foods, and
periodicity of all physical functions,
but there are two other means begin
ning to be fully recognized, by which
much good may be brought about. Oiu.
of those is the copious drinking of
water warm, hot or cold, as suits the
tfomach best; but Ice-wAter Is an
abomination at any time, Eat dry
foods, In order to excite 'the flow of
saliva. This may be hard to do at
first, but habit Is everything. If it
takes time, give It time, but do it. An
hour after mealstwo hours drink
water plentifully, until within an hour
of the next meal time. When eating,
masticate everything fully.
The stomach often solves the food,
and the bowels discharge It, without
absorbing any nutriment from it; weak
lacteals weaken equally witli a weak
stomach or liver. Digestion may go
on all right, while many of the lacteals
may be closed and others sluggish, and
thus but little chyle though abundant
and good, reaches the blood. Massage,
or mechanical bowel motion will nat
urally promote their functional action.
This manipulation always warms the
hands and feet.
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A Reasonable Plea
For ihe Stomach
If Your Stomach is Lacking in Digestive
' Power, Why Not Help the Stomach Do
Its Work Especially When It
Costs Nothing to Try?
Not with drugs, but with a rein
forcement of digestive agents, such as
are naturally at work In the stomach ?
Scientific analysis shows that diges
tion requires pepsin, nitrogenous fer
ments, and the secretion of hydro
chloric acid. When your food fails to
digest, it is proof positive that some of
these agents are lacking In your diges
tive apparatus.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain
nothing but these natural elements
necessary to digestion and when placed
at work In the weak stomach and
small intestines, supply what these or
gans need. They stimulate the gastric
glands and gradually bring the diges
tive organs back to their normal con
dition. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets havo
been subjected to critical chemical
tests at home and abroad and aro
found to contain nothing but natural
digestives. .
Chemical Laboratory, Telegraphic
Pddress, "Diflindo," London. Tele
phone No. 11020 Central. 20 Cullum
St., Fenchurch St., B. C.
London, 0th Aug., 1005.
I have analyzed most carefully a
box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
(which I bought myself at a city
chemist's shop for the purpose), man
ufactured by the F. A. Stuart Co.,
Temple Chambers, London, E. C, and
have to report that I cannot find any
trace of vegetable or mineral poisons.
Knowing the ingredients of the tablets,
I am of opinion that they are admir
ably adaptable for the purpose for
which they are intended.
(Signed) John It. Brooke, F. I. C, F.
C. S.
There is no secret in the preparation
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Their
composition is commonly known
among physicians, as is shown by the
recommendations of 40,000 licensed
physicians in the TJnited States and
Canada. They are the most popular
of all remedies for indigestion, dyspep
sia, water brash, Insomnia, loss of ap
petite, melancholia, constipation, dys
entery and kindred diseases originat
ing from improper dissolution and as
similation of foods, because they are ,
thoroughly reliable and harmless to
man or child.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are at
once a safe and a powerful remedy,
one grain of these tablets being strong :
enough (by test) to digest 3,000 grains
of steak, eggs and other foods.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest ;
your food for you when your stomach
can't.
Ask your druggist for a fifty cent
package or send to us direct for a free
trial sample package and you will be
surprised at the result. F. A. Stuart"
Co:, G4 Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich.
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