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The Commoner.
glycerine and spirits of camphor, and
add the Btrained juice of three lem
ons; after hashing the hands at
night, apply a few drops of the mix
lure. "Troubled" Where personal
cleanliness is observed, and the pers
piration is still of bad odor, the cause
inust lie in your health, or lack of
it, and this must be attended to. For
a local application, a few drops of
ammonia in the wash, then a little
alcohol, and a dusting with powdered
boric acid, will help.
Coolcing the Turkey
When you have the turkey dressed,
trussed and ready for the open, put
in a large dripping pan on a rack,
rub the surface with salt, and spread
vi cma u paste made of one-third
cupful of melted butter creamed with
one-fourth cupful of flour and sea
soned with a little powdered sage
and white pepper. Set in a hot oven
until the paste on the surface is a1
delicate brown, then gradually re
duce the heat, and add to the fat in
the pan two cupfuls of boiling water
and one-half cupful of butter, and
with this baste the surface of the
turkey every fifteen minutes until it
is done, which will require, for a ten
pound turkey, aoout three hours
cooking. Turn the turkey as it
browns, until it is evenly colored all
over.
For the gravy, pour off six table
spoonfuls of fat from the pan where
the turkey was roasted, and with this
brown six tablespoonfuls of flour;
pour into this three cupfuls of stock
in which the neck, pinions and gib
lets have been cooked; cook five min
utes, season with pepper and salt;
strain; chop the giblets and neck
meat fine and add to the gravy, or,
Jf preferred, add one cupful of
cooked and maahed chestnuts.
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To "'wash ecru linen so that it will
retain its color, try this: Fill a ten-
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid of "Coffee Heart"
, The injurious action of Coffee on
the heart of many persons is well
known, by physicians to be caused by
caffeine. ThiB is the drug found by
chemists in coffee and tea.
A woman suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up
coffee, as that was the principal cause
of the trouble. She writes:
"My heart was so weak it could
not do its work properly. My hus
band would sometimes have to carry
me from the table, and it would seem
that I would never breathe again.
"The doctor told me that coffee
was, causing the weakness of my
heart. He said I must stop it, but
it seemed I could not give it up until
I was down in bed with nervous pros
tration. "For eleven weeks I lay there and
suffered. Finally Husband brought
home some Postum and I quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly
I got well. Now I do not have any
headaches, nor those spells with
weak heart. We know it is Postum
that helped me. The doctor said the
other day, 'I never thought you
would be what you are.' I used to
weigh 92 pounds and now. I weigh
158.
"Postum has done much for me
and I would not go back to coffee
again for any money, for I believe it
would kill me if I kept at it. Pos
tum must be well boiled according
to directions on pkg.f then it has
a rich flavor and with cream is fine."
Read "The Road to Wellville,"
found In pkgs. . "There's a Reason'
Ever read tlio above letter? A. new
ono appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fall of human
interest.
quart Kettle full of good, clean,
timothy hay, cover with soft water
(the hay will sett In intun if
wet) and boil until the water as
sumes a greenish tinge. Wash the
nen in this and rinBO in moro of
the same, using no soap; mix the
starch with a little of tho hay water
also. It is also recommended that
a tablespoon ful of black pepper be
added to the water to set tho color.
Or it may be soaked for fifteen min
utes in a pailful of water to which
has been added either a teaspoonful
of sugar of lead or beef's gall. Or,
make a couple of quarts of thick
flour starch, thin by adding enough
warm water to enable you to wash
tho garment, wash without soap, and
rinso in clear warm water. Tho lin
en or cotton will bo clean, and nnnrtH
no further starching.
In washing fine table linen, each
piece should be examined and stains
removed beforo placing them in tho
wash. They should not be washed
with other clothes, as they can not
thus be made white as wanted. Soak
tho linen in tepid water for three
quarters of an hour and always wring
by hand, for wringer creases do not
always come out, at times; then wash
carefully in a good suds and put into
a boiler of cold water to which noth
ing but borax has been added; bring
the water to a boil, put through an
other suds, rinse well, and hang on
the line with tho edges perfectly
even. They must be ironed rather
damp.
Flour starch should not bo used
for fine laundry, as it gives a yellow
tinge to some materials. A mixture
of lump and gloss starch is best.
When dried, instead of damping and
rolling, wrap in quite damp towels,
and let lie until ready to Iron. First
iron the sleeves, then the front, last
ly the back and collar, and place tho
waist to dry on a hanger made from
a roll of newspapers tied In the
middle.
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Seasonable Recipes
Pumpkin Pie Having removed
the rind and seeds, cut tho pumpkin
in suitable pieces and grate; put in
to a bag to drain off the water; when
drained, put tho pumpkin into a good
sized bowl, add two well beaten eggs,
one cupful of fresh milk, two table
spoonfuls of molasses, ono table
spoonful of rolled cracker crumbs,
one teaspoonful of ground ginger, a
pinch of salt, and BUgar to taste. The
pumpkin is not cooked before hand.
Have a nice crust, lino tho bake
dishes two or three days before fill
ing and baking. This Insures a well
baked under crust that will not ab
sorb the moisture and be soggy. Just
before serving, pile fluffs of whipped
cream on each piece.
Sweet Potato Pudding Boil ten
der and mash two pounds of sweet
potatoes; while hot, stir in three
fourths of a pound of butter; add
six eggs beaten separately, one pound
of fine granulated sugar beaten into
the yolks, and the juice and grated
rind of two lemons. Beat together
well and bake without crust in a but
tered dish. Serve either hot or cold.
Some acid jelly or jam ohould be
served with it.
Old Fashioned Pound Cake
Twelve eggs, ono pound of butter,
one pound of sugar, and three
fourths pound of flour. Beat the
eggs, white and yolk separately, un
til very light; wash all the salt from
the butter, and sift the flour into it
a little at a time, creaming quite
smooth. Beat the yolks of the eggs
with the sugar, add the whites and
beat together until very light; add
these to the flour, and stir well. Sea
son with one teaspoonful of lemon
extract. Butter the pans and bake,
giving it time to rise, as you would
a loaf of bread.
Annies and Pork Roast Season a
quantity of pork cutlets with salt'
and popper; pool and core somo tart,
Juicy apples, and flavor with tho
grated rind and tho Julco of two
lemons, and Btrow among thorn plen
ty of Bugar and a grating of nutmog.
Placo a layer of cutlets In tho bot
tom of a baking dish, then a layer
of tho proparod apples, and contlnuo
alternating until tho dish is full.
Cover with a rich paatc, cut In small
biscuits laid close together over tho
top. Bako In a slow oven until the
pork and apples nro thoroughly dono.
Roast DuckTo ordinary poultry
dressing, add a llttlo onion. Fill the
duck, and sew up tho openings, and
placo In a dripping pan with one-half
cupful of butter and ono cupful of
boiling water for basting. Baste fre
quently until tender. Thicken the
gravy In tho pan with browned flour
and add tho julco of a lemon. In
roasting ducks, the flro must be hot
enough to prevent drying thorn, and
they should be thoroughly cooked,
but raro In tho scnao of not being
dried dono.
TIMISLi' WARNING
A deaf but pious English lady, vis
iting a small country town in Scot
land, went to church armed with an
oar trumpet. Tho oMor had never
Boon ono, and viowod It with suapl
cion and unoaslncwi. Aftor a short
consultation ono of them wont up to
tho lady, Just beforo tho opening of
the florviccH and, wagging his finger
at her warnlngly, whlsporod, "Ono
toot, and yo'ro oot." Christian
Register,
FIRST PRIZK
Milly -"Kitty got tho prize for a
dinner at our cooking class."
Tilly "How proud sho must bo!
What is It?"
Milly "A moHt useful book: 'Firnt
Aid to tho Injured.'" Catholic
News.
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