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plant them in a bed in full sunshine.
Have your ground previously enriched
with old rotted manure (cow manure
Is best), and set the plants out caie
f nlly the latter part of April or first of
May, according to climate. Mulch
twice a year; in winter, just before
freezing weather to protect from alter
nate freezing and thawing in spring,
and in early summer to shade the
roots. Cut off every rose as it fades,
and keep the ground well watered.
There are so many beautiful ever
blooming roses now on the market
which are either "hardy as an oak,"
or hardy with protection during se
vere cold in winter, that one can hard
ly be forgiven for not having roses all
the season. Mailing plants do not
give a great amount of bloom the first
season, and unless one is impatient
to see what the flowers are alike, it
is well to remove all buds and let the
strength of growth go to the bush or
vine until along In the late summer.
Everblooming roses usually make their
best growth, and give abundance of
bloom during the cool, moist weather
of the fall months.
Rules for the Short Girl
Don't, if you are short, wear tight-fit-ting
clothes; the little short, thin
woman who puts on skin-tight gar
ments will look weazen, shriveled up,
old; will have the dried-up appearance
which belongs to the aged.
If you are little, add to your height
by dressing your shoulders broad. No
one can tell why it is, but the broad
shouldered girl always looks taller
than she is. Shoulder-puffs, fat
eleeves, and all sorts of devices for
increasing the breadth of the should
ers, were invented for the short girl.
They are becoming, and the modistes
cling to them.
Long skirts will make the short girl
look taller; these increase the appar
ent height, and make the short girl
graceful. They may not be hygienic,
but they are immensely becoming. A
trained gown will .add height and dig
nity to the wearer,- ,j
The short girl should wear stripes
running lengthwise; she can wear the
princess dress, and get herself up in
trimmings running from head to foot.
All of these will make her look taller,
and are permissible; but she must not
overdo, nor make herself conspicuous,
nor wear many frills. Prills will make
her look old and fussy.
The hair should be dressed high,
with a comb to make jt still higher:
but she must avoid the grotesque in
everything. To cultivate suppleness
and graceful movements of body and
limbs will also add to her apparent
height very much. Fashion Magazine.
Do not buy "left-over" fall-planting
bulbs: tliey are no account These may
bo planted as late as the first of Jan
uary, but: after that they are so
weakened that they will seldom grow
-surely not bloom. Bulbs that have
flowered in the house, especially those
that have been grown in water arc1
hardly worth bothering with. They
may be planted in the border, and left
to take care of themselves. In two
or throe years they will give bloom
again.
GOOD NATURED AGAIN
Good Humor Returns With Change
to, Proper pood.
"For many years I was a constant
sufferer from indigestion, and nervous
ness amounting almost to prostration,"
writes a Montana man.
"My blood was impoverished, the
vision was blurred and weak, with
moving spots before my eyes. This
was a steady daily condition. I grew
Ill-tempered, and eventually got so
nervous I could not keep my books
posted, nor handle accounts satisfac
torily. I can't describe my sufferings.
"Nothing I ate agreed with me, till
one day, I happened to notice Grape
Nuts in a grocery store, and bought a
package, out of curiosity to know what
It was.
"I liked the food from the very first,
eating it with creanjj and now I buy
it by the case and use it daily. I soon
found that Grape-Nuts food was sup
plying brains and nerve force as noth
ing in the drug line ever had done or
could do.
"It wasn't long before I was re
stored to health, comfort and happi
ness. Through the use of Grape-Nuts
food my digestion has been restored,
my nerves are steady once more, my
eye-sight is good again, my mental fac
ulties are clear and acute, and I have
become so good-natured that my
friends are truly astonished at the
change. I feel younger and better
than I have for 20 years. No amount
of money would induce me to surren
der what I have gained through the
us of Grape-Nuts food." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich. "There's a reason." Read the
little book, "The Mtoad to Wellvillc,"
In pkgs.
Don't "spade" up ground. Use a
spading fork; it is much lighter than
a spade, and breaks up the ground
better. The little "hand-hoes" that
one can use down close to the roots
of the plants are better for flower
gardening than the long-handled gar
den or field hoe, as it is lighter, and
can be used about delicate plants.
One's Best" Dress
The average woman is obliged to
limit her wardrobe. One frequently
meets women who appear smartly
dressed, and who possess only one cos
tume that may be strictly called
"every-day." The smartness is not in
duced by chance, but is rather the re
sult of intelligent planning; the one
dress must be strictly correct. If
rightly selected, it may be made suit
able, for wear at all kinds and condi
tions of day functions not strictly for
mal. It must suit one's own Individu
ality, and she who anchors to the
strong rock of simplicity will make no
mistake. Delineator.
For the Toilet
For the removal of moth patches
Oiver spots), this salve Is said to be
reliable: Two and one-fourth ounces
of cocoa butter; two and one-fourth
ounces of castor oil; forty-five grains
of zinc oxide; two grains of ammon
ia ted mercury. Mix well. A thick
coating of this salve should be applied
to the discolorations at night; when
commencing the treatment, It must be
remembered that patient perseverance
in the use of the remedy Is the only
way by which satisfactory results can
be obtained. An application for a few
times, then letting it go for awhile is
worse than useless. In the meantime,
the general health, especially keeping
tee liver active, must be attended to.
This recipe is given by The Demorest
Magazine.
A few mouthfuls of lime water, or
a few drops of the tincture of myrrh
in a tumbler of water used as a mouth
wash, will sweeten an unpleasant
breath, and a small piece of orris root,
if chewed, will give an odor of violets
to the breath. A teaspoonful of pow
dered charcoal, mixed into a paste
with honey, will not only sweeten the
breath, but will prevent bloating of
the stomach after eating. Powdered
charcoal can be had at any drug store.
It is claimed tnat the taint of onion
on the breath may He got rid of by
swallowing a mouthful of vinegar, or
drinking a half-cupful of hot water in
which a pinch of soda has been dis
solved. As onions, when eaten with
vinegar still taint the breath, it might
be better to try the old remedy of
chewing browned coffee. ,
If possible, do not use cheap soaps.
They maybe all right for laundry pur
poses, but a cheap, alkaline soap
makes the skin dry, peeling and scaly,
if not chapped and sore. One who
handles fine sewing or ombroldory
threads, or writing paper should have
smooth hands, and this eau only be had
by using as little soap, even of the
best, as possible.
Some Salmon Recipes
A Breakfast Dish. Put a pound can
of best salmon into a sauce pan and
cover with boiling water, and cook ten
minutes. Open the can and remove
the salmon, drain off the liquor, take
out skin and bones, place in a hot dish
and pour around the fish the following
sauce: One cup of milk, two level ta
blespoons of corn starch, the salmon
liquor, one level tablespoonful of but
ter, one egg beaten, one-fourth tea
spoonful of salt, and a pinch of pepper.
Heat the milk to boiling, thicken wltn
the corn starch, add the butter, salt,
pepper, salmon liquor, and egg, stir
ring well. Serve hot.
Salmon Chowder. One-fourth pound
of pickled pprk, two large onions; cut.
these fine rfnd braisee In same pot m
which the chowder is to bo made, for
about thirty minutes. Add to this one
can of tomatoes, one green pepper cut
tine, and one quart of water or bouil
lon. Let this cook one hour. Add one
pound of potatoes cut in small pieces;
cook twenty minutes and add one
pound can of salmon, one pint of milk
or cream, and four or five broken
crackers. Season to taste. This should
servo a dozen persons.
Scalloped Salmon, with Green Peas.
One can of salmon picked over and
broken Into small pieces (re.moving
skin and bones), one can of green peas,
two cupfuls of thin white sauce, and
cupful of bread or cracker crumbs.
Butter a pudding dish, sprinkle with
the crumbs, put In' a layer of salmon
and a layer of -peas, cover with the
white sauce. Repeat until all Is used.
Cover well with buttered crumbs and
bake in a hot oven until crumbs are
brown, and serve hot.
White Sauce. Two level table
spoonfuls of flour, two level table
spoonfuls of butter, one cup of hot
milk, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt
and pinch of pepper. Melt butter In
saucepan until it bubbles; add the
flour, salt and pepper, stirring until
blended smooth; then pour in the hot
milk gradually, stirring and beating:
cook until it thickens, which should
require once boiling up. Alaska Pack
ing Association.
Salted Almonds
To prepare thorn, first shuck them
and then blanch them by pouring boil
ing water over them, and letting them
stand a few minutes. Then drain
them and put them In cold water. The
skins can then be rubbed off with the
hands. Then dry them with a cloth,
or put them near the fire for a short
time. When dry, to each pint of the
blanched kernels add two tablespoon
fuls of salt and two tablespoonfuls or
melted butter, stirring them thorough
ly. Spread thinly in shallow pans and
bake in an oven. The oven should be
rather cool, so as not to brown them
too fast; about twenty minutes Is re
quired. Then turn them from the pan
on plates to cool. By salting almonds
and peanuts at home, they can be had
fresh when wanted, and are not so
expensive.
"Corns"
Somebody says, without the least at
tempt at being original, that "Corns
are troublesome things." We, who
have suffered from them, can heartily
endorse the sentiment The worry is
to find a way for their permanent re
moval. They come, whether or not
one wears a shoe that fits, or one too
large, or too small, too short, or too
long. What will help one will not help
another, and I have never heard that
any one has advanced Just the theory
of what does cause them. We are told
by physicians that their presence is
due to some condition of the blood,
out nobody seems to know just, what
that condition Is, or how to remedy It
Rubbing castor oil on the corri. sev
eral times a day, Is suggested; for soft
corns, painting with iodine Is good;
Ihls at least kills the pain, and the cal
lous may be rubbed off with the tollot
pumice. Salicylic acid, as, much as
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win ne on a ten-cent piece, stirred Into
is much vaseline ns the acid w ill hold.
and used on the corn three nluhts in
succession, is recommended. The feet
should then be soaked In quite warm
water, and the corn gently drawn (not
dug, or cut) out. All treatments seem
to ue but temporary; about the oniy
real, permanent cure that can bo ef
fected Is attained by discarding shoen
altogether and going barefooted. Who
over hoard of a barefooted boy or girl
having corns?
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