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f-Trtmrtrrq 'r'vr-yw- lh 'fffVKW' HOT Tr- 7S The Commoner. JULY 22, 1910 9 '"TTWHWHW file for several years, but can not find just the recipe wanted, as there are so many given. If the approxi mate date were given, with some Idea of what the Ingredients, or the most important of them, were, it would be easy to find tho recipe. Tomato Figs Tho small, pear shaped tomatoes are the kind used, though small round red ones will serve. Remove the. skins from the tomatoes, then weigh them and place them in a stone jar with as much sugar as you have tomatoes, by weight. They should not be too ripe, or soft. Let stand for' two days, cov ered with netting. Pour off the syrup and boil; skim until no more scum rises, then pour the boiling hot syrup over tho tomatoes and let stand another two days. Drain off the syrup again, boiling and skim ming as before. Repeat this process a third time, and, if the weather is favorable, they are ready for drying; if not, let stand in the syrup. Place the tomatoes, lifted carefully out of the syrup on large china plates and platters and set in the sunshine to dry, covering from insects with net ting or fine cheese cloth. Take in side at night, and continue the dry ing for several days, or a week, de pendent on the weather and the dry ing. When dried, pack in layers in small wooden boxes with layers of powdered sugar between. Canning Corn in Glass Jars Choose the corn when it is "just right" for the table, and remove silks; cut the corn from three or four dozen ears of corn, but do not cut the cob, as this will remove the bran, or tough particles. .Fill into the jars one-fourth full, then pack it solidly as possible with a small pestle like a potato masher; add more corn, packing solidly until the jar is full and. the milk, rises tp the top; adjust the rubber andytoj, but dp. not iscrew downuntil rall,' the jars, org 'full ..-Have the boiler, or canner ready with a layer of grass or straw in the bot tom, or a board with holes an inch apart bored all through it, to keep the jars from touching the bottom. CHANGE Quit Coffee and-Got Well A woman's coffee' experience is in teresting. "For two weeks at a time I have taken no food but skim milk, for solid fpod would ferment and x cause such distress1 that I could hardly breathe at times, also excruci ating pain and heart palpitation and all the time I was1 so nervous and restless. "From childhood up I had been a coffee and tea drinker and for the past twenty years I have been try ing different physicians but could get only temporary relief. Then I reatl an article telling how some one had been cured by leaving off coffee and drinking Postum and it seemed so pleasant Just to read about good health I decided to try Postum in place of coffee. "I made the change from coffee to Postum and such a change there is In me that I don't feel like the same person. We all found Postum de licious and like it better than coffee. My health now Is wonderfully good. "As soon as I made the shift from coffee to Postum I got better and now all of my troubles are gone. I am fleshy, my food assimilates, the pressure In the chest and palpitation are all gone, my bowels are regular have no more stomach trouble and my headaches are gone. Remember I did not use medicines at all just left off coffee and drank Postum steadily." Read "The Road to Wellville," found In pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read tho above letter? A now one appears from time to time. They are genuine true, and full of human Interest. Set tho jars on this, and pack clean cloths, or grass between, to prevent their touching; screw down tho tops a little tighter and fill tho boiler with cold water up to tho neck of tho jars, and set on tho back of tho stove, cov ering, until pretty hot, then move to the front and boil for four hours with tho boiler closely covered. Then remove the boiler from tho stove, let stand until you can handlo tho jars, screw down tho tops as tight as possible and return to tho water and leave until cold. When done, wrap each jar in paper to keep its con tents from the light. It requires about one dozen ears to fill a quart jar. If packed in tin cans, be sure the cans are good, whole ones, free from rust, pack in the same way, lay the lid on, and proceed as for glass jars, but do not boil so rapidly that the water will overflow the cans. When done, seal air-tight with the wax,and let cool in the water, then set in cool place. Two or three cans at a time may be cooked when using the fire for other purposes. A small canning outfit pays for itself in a short time. The water must be kept boiling steadily, and if it should boil down too much, more must be added from the tea-kettle. The boiling of the water must be timed from the time it actually boils. To Can Peas Shell the peas as fresh as possible, and throw at once into cold water, and when you have enough to fill your cans, sprinkle a little salt in the water, a teaspoonful for each can of peas; fill the jars with peas, then overflow with the salted water so as td fill all air-spaces, put on the rubbers and tops loosely and set in the boiler, tho same as you did the corn in above recipe, and whenthe. water in the boiler begins to boll, keep it steadily boiling for three hours; let them boll full time, and. if the water gets low fijl from, the teakettle ; then, tighten the tops; screwing down as tight as possible, let stand in the water until it is cold, then -put away as ypu do the corn. Can asparagus the same way. To Can Beans Pick the tender bean pods early in the morning and prepare as for cooking as rapidly as possible, putting them in water as for peas, sprinkle with salt and fill the cans solidly, pouring over them the salted water; set in the boiler, and when the water strikes a' boil, time them for four hours of steady boiling, being sure to keep the water up to the lower part of the can cover, as for other vegetables. Do not take the cover off the boiler during the last half hour, and never turn the caps when the contents have boiled the required number of hours. To Can String Beans String and break one peck of tender beans, and add enough water to cover them (after washing) In the kettle; add a small, handful of salt and a cupful of strong cider vinegar; let just come to a good boil, boll for half an hour, or until tender; then pack into glass jars, put on new rubbers and screw down the lid tightly. The water in which they were boiled should be poured over them in the jars, filling all air-spaces before sealing them. When cold, wrap in paper and put in a cool, dark place. Contributed Recipes Pineapples Pare the fruit, taking out all eyes and discolored parts; cut in slices, remove core and cut in small pieces. Weigh the prepared fruit and put into a preserving kettle with one pound of. sugar to two pounds of fruit, and let stand over night. Have jars ready, and in the morning put the fruit over the fire with one or two lemons sliced, and bring to a boll; let boil rapidly for one minute only, fill the Jars and seal. Long cooking discolors the fruit Blaxsk Currant Jam Pick over the fruit carefully, and use sugar pound for pound. Mash tho fruit and dis solve tho sugar in the Juice, adding a littlo water or rod currant Juico; boil and skim for twenty minutes, stirring constantly. Purple Plums Make a syrup of one pound of sugar (light brown) and ono teacupful of water for each pound of fruit. To clarify, tako a littlo gum arable and a littlo isinglass dissolved in a littlo hot water, and when dissolved, pour it into tho boil ing syrup; skim as often as tho scum arises. When perfectly clear and boiling hot, pour it over tho plums which have been carefully picked over and packed in jars or jar; let tho syrup remain for two days, then drain it off, let get boiling hot, skim wejl and pour over the plums again; lot remain two more days, then put all in tho preserving kettlo over the fire and simmer gently until tho syrup Is rich and thick. Put into pots and jars and cover well; not necessary to seal. Mrs. J. H. Elderberry Syrup as a Cough Remedy Take tho elderberries when fully ripe, wash, mash jnd strain tho juico through a jelly bag; to one pint of juice add a pint of sugar or good molasses (no glucose), boil twenty minutes, stirring constantly, and when cold add to each quart of tho juico ono pint of best French brandy, bottle, cork tightly, tying the corks .down, and use for tho coughs which attack delicate persons during tho fall months on taking cold. Mabel lo R. For tho Pent of Fleas Answering J. R. Thoro is noth ing moro sure for tfio extermination of fleas about a place than to get a barrel of air-slacked limo and scatter it freely ovorywhoro about your house, outhouses, animal shelters, barns and barnyards. Do this ovory few days until they are gono two or thrco applications will suffice. In tho house, take up tho carpets and sun tho bed clothes whilo you sprlnklo the limo thickly over tho floors and in every crack or crevice. Let stand for a day or two, then sweep up and wash tho floors. You won't havo any moro fleas. Latest Fashions for Readers of The Commoner 3332 Ladies' Shirt Waist, with Removable Chemisette. Any ma terial desired may bo used for this waist. Six sizes 32 to 42. 3318 Ladles' Skirt. A good model developed in sorgo, mohair or voile. Six sizes 22 to 32. 3329 Ladies' Bathing Suit. De veloped in brilllantlno, mohair, sergo or. taffeta, this is a very attractive model. Six sizes 82 to 42. 3315 Ladies' Waist. Taffeta, pongee, foulard or any of the sum mer silks may be used. . Seven sizes 32 to 44. 3314 Girl's Dress. Red and white polka dotted lawn was used for this model. Four sizes 6 to 12 years. 3164 Ladies' House Gown. A comfortable model for the warm weather developed in lawn or ging ham. Four sizes 32 to 44. THE COMMONER will supply its readers with perfect fitting, seam allowing patterns from the latest Paris and New York styles. 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