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The Commoner.
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tlon of the ruinous weeds you men
tion, put a bunch of thrifty shoats
to pasture on the ground for several
months. If the weeds are in patches,
make a hog-tight fence, turn in the
shoats and give the "rooters" full
swing, until the ground is bare, then
feed them Qn the ground for a while,
letting them turn tho soil upside
down as they will. A movable fence
is least trouble.
S. M. A woman is wise to show
herself willing to wait upon her hus
band to a reasonable extent; but if
the husband imposes upon her, not
only allowing, but expecting her to
drudge beyond her strength, she is
doing both of them an Injustice, and
she is exceeding her wifely duties.
A wife should be helpful, but there
are limits beyond which she is fool
ish to go. She has her own work,
andi'the husband his.
Some Contributed Recipes
Apple Snow Bake two sour ap
ples until done; then take tho pulp
of. these, one cupful of fine white
sugar, the white of one egg, and beat
tho mixture together for fifteen min
utes; serve as a dressing for apple
pie, baked with or without a top
crust. Tho amount is enough for
two pies, and is not unlike whipped
cream; it may be used for puddings.
Apple Dumplings One cupful of
lard and butter mixed, one quart of
flour with a half teaspoonful of salt
and three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder sifted with it; mix with sweet
milk, or cold water about two
thirds pint. Prepare and core some
nice, tart apples; roll out dough
enough to make one dumpling, and
put the apple in the dough with a
tablespoonful of sugar, pinch the
dough together, and lay in a pan
with water enough to half cover the
dumpling, and sprinkle nutmeg over
the top. Put into the water in the
pan a half cupful of sugar and but
ter the size of an egg. Put into the
oven and baste the dumplings while
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts
cooking about three-quarters of an
hour. Servo with a nice sauce.
Corn Oysters Scrapo sweot corn
from the cob, or grate it; take one
cupful of corn and two eggs and
make a batter with this by adding a
little milk and flour to have the bat
ter sufficiently thick to lift with a
spoon, and fry it in butter to a nice
brown on both sides.
Potato Loaves Take finely mash
ed Irish potatoes, mix with them a
teaspoonful of finely chopped onion,
a dash of salt and a dusting of pep
per to taste, with melted butter
enough to moisten the mass. Roll
into small cones and set under a
roast of meat for about twenty min
utes before it is done. Tho cones
should receive the drippings of the
meat. Servo with tho meat.
"When roasting mutton, lay sliced
ripe iomatoes over the roast to add
to the flavor and neutralize the
grease.
Vegetables- may -be cooked to a
mush, rubbed through a sieve, with
stock enough added to thin, and
served as a puree.
The value of this famous food is
shown in many ways, in addition to
what might be expected from its
chemical analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made of whole
wheat antf barley, is thoroughly
baked for many hours and contains
all the wholesome ingredients in
these cereals.
It contains also the phosphate of
potash grown in the grains, which
Nature uses to build up brain and
nerve cells.
Young children require propor
tionately more of this element be
cause the brain and nervous system
of the child grows so 'rapidly.
A Virginia mother found the value
of Grape-Nuts in not only building
up her own strength but in nourish
ing her baby at the same time. She
writes:
After my baby came I did not re
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said I could not nurse the
baby as I did not have nourishment
for her, besides I was too weak.
"He said I might try a change of
diet and see what that would do,
and recommended Grape-Nuts food.
I bought a package and used it reg
ularly. A marked change came over
both baby and I.
"My baby is now four months old,
is in fine condition, I am nursing her
and doing all my work and never
felt better in my life." There's a
Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
TCver read the above letter? A
nnv one appears from time .to .time.
iicy arc genuine, true, and full of
"unmii interest.
Somo Sweet Potato Recipes
Sweet p'otatoos are best baked in
the oven, second best steamed, and
third best when boiled. The follow
ing are a few ways in which the
vegetable is voted as "very good."
Glaced Sweet Potato Bake tho
potatoes for one-hour having them
all as near of a size as possible;
pare off the skins and cut into halves
or quarters, dredge with flour and
lay in a bake pan, flat side down.
Spread over them bits of butter and
sprinkle them with white sugar, set
the pan in the oven for twenty min
utes and serve when nicely browned.
Fried Wash and scrape off the
outer skin; bake for half an hour,
then cut into slices and season with
salt and pepper. Heat in a frying
pan some pork or ham fat and on
this lay tho slices; let cook until one
side is browned, turn and brown the
other side and serve hot.
Sweet Potato Pie Bake six sweet
potatoes for half an hour, then grate
them; beat half a cupful of butter
and one cupful of sugar to a cream,
and .add the beaten yolk of three
eggs, the grated rind and juice of
one lemon, and add to this by de
grees the grated potatoes, beating.
To this add a half a gill of sweet
milk, put the mixture in a deep pie
dish, and bake for twenty minutes;
cover with the beaten whites of the
three eggs as a meringue, and brown
in the oven for a few minutes.
Creamed Potatoes Scrape the
skins from two pounds of sweet po
tatoes, slice them thin lengthwise,
and lay them in a bake pan; sprinkle
over them four tablespoonfuls each
of sugar andc softened butter; dust
with flour, and pour over them a
half a cupful of water and the same
of sweet milk; set in tho oven and
bake for one hour. Serve hot.
Plain Baked Potatoes Wash and
scrape the skin from large, smooth
sweet potatoes, and lay in a mod
erately hot oven, and let bake for
ono hour, or longer, according to
size. When soft, take out of the
oven and cover with a towel to keep
from getting hard on the outside.
Serve with butter.
tho middle of the plaid or stripe and
see that tho checks or stripes are
alike on the edges. The same should
bo done when cutting a circular
skirt. Place the edge of tho cut gore
on the width for a circular skirt to
tho uncut material and match the
crosswise stripes, moving the gore
up or down a block or stripe until
It matches exactly. Then lay the
cut edge of the second gore to
tho uncut material and match as be
fore, continuing this until all the
skirt is cut out.
In stitching hems on table cloths
or sheets, begin a little way from the
edge of the material, sew back to
tho edge, down the opening In tho
hem, and then on In tho usual man
ner. This will prevent tho ragged
frazzle seen on so many corners
when tho stitches break or come
loose.
Make the children's gulmpcs on
waists to which the little petticoats
may be. buttoned, to prevent tho
gulmpo 'slipping up abovo tho droBa.
Cheap muslin can bo usod for tho
lower waist.
If tho hems on thin material aro
turned by hand and pressed with a
tint Iron, ono enn sow closer to tho
edge, and sow laco on at tho snmo
time.
In folding a skirt, closo tho
placket fastening and place it flat
against tho exact middle of the front
breadth, bringing a fold down each
side of tho garmont and leaving tho
front breadth flat and smooth.
Grasp the skirt band of each of theso
side folds and fold the skirt In
threes. This Is "usually about tho
width of tho front breadth, so that
it Is kept without wrinkles.
Soreno B. Payno, chairman of tho
ways and means commltteo of con
gress, was renominated at Auburn,
N. Y., for the thirteenth time.
For the Seamstress
In setting on cuffs, stitch on the
-wrong -side first, then when the cuff
is ready to stitch on the right side,
any crooked stitching will be on the
wrong side instead of in view. In
making loops for a dress, run the
thread over a small lead pencil and
cover the threads with ' uttonhole
stitching. In mending gloves, slip
a marble on the glove finger and
darn against this, saving the finger.
It is sometimes very hard to
match plaid or striped goods with-
-mocirnr the material: place the
center of the front gore exactly over
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