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with is to make the sufferer persist
in using a remedy long enough for it
to become effective. A few days is
not long enough.
One of the finest ways for a woman
to "catch her death of cold" is to
run about over the cold floor in the
night in her bare feet, when any one
needs waiting on. It Is so easy to
make, and to slip on bed slippers,
that one is at a loss to know why
she does it.
For curing corns, this is recom
mended: One teaspoonful of tar,
and one teaspoonful each of coarse
brown sugar and saltpeter; warm all
together and mix well, then spread
a little on soft leather the size of
the corns and apply. In two or three
days the corn will be cured, the hard
center being drawn out.
Common sulphur is a short-cut
remedy for healing common, every
day cuts, scalds, burns and raw
places. Clean the sore with white
castilo soapsuds, dry and dust with
the sulphur; do this every day until
a scab forms, then be careful not to
let the scab get knocked off. If it
does, dust again with the sulphur.
. Using Up Worn-Out Stockings
, Take the legs of stockings, black
or other color, and cut them the
right length to reach from the waist
down into the stocking of the child.
Prom the top, cut down a slit along
the seam, or on a straight line, for
about two finger-lengths; then cut a
square piece from another leg and
sew it in the slash of the leg, as a
gusset, sewing the other corner gusset-wise
in the cut on the other leg;
this will leave a couple of inches at
the top where the stocking legs are
joined like a pair of drawers, and
this should bo sewed together. The
hem forms the band of the back and
front of the little drawers, and the
hem may be strengthened by a piece
of muslin in which the button-holes
are to be made. Hem the bottoms,
or crochet an edge, and tho child
will have a neat-fitting pair of draw-
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EAGER TO WORK
Health Regained by Right Food
The average healthy man or woman-
is usually eager to be busy at
some useful task or employment.
But let dyspepsia or Indigestion
get hold of one, and all endeavor be
comes a burden.
"A year ago, after recovering from
an operation," writes a Michigan
lady, "my stomach and nerves began
to give me much trouble.
"At times m.y appetite was vora
cious, but when indulged, indigestion
followed. Other times I had no ap
petite whatever. The food I took
did not nourish me and I grew weak
er than ever.
"I lost Interest in everything and
wanted to be alone. I had always
had good nerves, but now the merest
trifle would upset me and bring on
a violent headache. Walking across
the room was an effort and pre
scribed exercise was out of the ques
tion. x .
"I had seen Grape-Nuts' adver
tised, but did not believe what I
read at the time. At last when it
seemed as if I was literally starving,
I began to eat Grape-Nuts.
"I had not been able to work for
a year, but now after two months on
Grape-Nuts I am eager to be at work
again. My stomach gives me no
trouble now, my nerves are steady
as ever, and interest in life and am
bition have come back with the re
turn to health."
Read "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read tho above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
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ers. Littlo petticoats may bo inado
or other legs.
Cooking Liver
If you like fried liver, try this
way: Take as many slices as are
required, lay them in a dish, pour
boiling water over and allow to stand
a few minutes, but tako them out
while the water is still quito hot;
slip them out of tho hot water onto
a towel where they will dry very
quickly. Cover tho bottom of tho
skillet with slices of nico pork or
bacon, and on these lay tho slices
of liver, and set tho skillet over the
fire. When the pork is nearly done,
change it to tho top, letting tho liver
lie on the pan; turn it once or twice,
and when done and dished up, set
where it will keep warm, covering
closely. Liver must be served as
soon as cooked. Tho bacon will give
it a delicious flavor.
A nice way to cook sausage is to
mold it into small shapes and lay in
a dripping pan and cook In the oven.
Small cold boiled potatoes laid in the
pan with them and browned makes
a nico dish.
The Aftermath
After the dinners of the holiday
season, there is always an aftermath
of scraps and cold things. Wh'ilo
experienced housewives usually know
what to do with such accumulations,
the inexperienced .are always glad to
learn of ways and means. Here are
a few, sent in by our friends:
Tako the meat left from the fowl,
selecting only the nicest pieces, and
chop and pound to a paste, adding
gradually one gill of cream; then
add, one at a time, the whites of
three eggs unbeaten, being careful
to work each one w.ell into the mix
ture before adding the next. Add a
salt-spoonful of salt, a speck of
cayenne pepper, and a tablespoonful
of finely-chopped truffles; a little
onion juico, chutney or Worcester
shire sauce may bo used instead of
the truffles, and will be less trouble
to prepare. Next, stir In carefully
the stiffly-beaten whites of two eggs;
have ready small tlmbalo cups well
buttered, fill these -half full of the
mixture, stand them in a pan of hot
water and bake twenty minutes in a
very hot oven. Serve hot, with
mushroom sauce poured over them.
For making mushroom sauce, melt
one tablespoonful of butter without
browning, and one tablespoonful of
flour; stir until smooth; add one
cupful of cream when it gets quite
hot, and stir until it thickens. It
must not boil, or it will curdle. Add
half a cupful of either freshly-boiled
or canned mushrooms, a salt-spoonful
of salt and a pinch of white
pepper. x
For the bones and other pieces of
the fowl, make a dish of soup, sim
mering altogether until the strength
Is all drawn out; stir In any left
over dressing and season to taste.
, For the puddings made of left
overs, try this: One-half cup of
whipped cream beaten very stiff, and
the white of one egg, beaten very
light; stir this into tho creamed but
ter and sugar for hard sauce, and
notice the improvement. Mrs. C. S.,
Missouri.
General Information
Into the cider intended for vine
gar put one cake of good yeast to
every five gallons of cider, and when
it has worked, it will have the sharp
taste.
For the mud-stains on black goods
cut an Irish potato half in two and
rub the stains with the cut side. A
raw potato is also recommended for
blackening brown boots, rubbing
with the cut side, then polishing.
To make leather foot-wear water
proof, saturate the leather with cas
tor oil; to stop squeaking, drive a
peg Into the middle of the sole.
White fura may be cleaned with
hot corn meal, rubbing tho raoal into I
tho fur, then brushing It out as It'
shows dirty. Tho best way to ro-i
movo tho meal Is to turn tho fur
down on a soft pillow, or pad, and'
uuiu wun a ugut switch or furniture
beater until all tho meal Is out.
To mako cnlnrv vlnotmr nut Inin
am fill nlpcna twn.fhltoln f i I
of celory stalks, put into a Jar and
cover with half an ounco of salt, and
pour over It ono pint of boiling whlto
vinegar; when cold, cover tho Jar
tightly and Ieavo for ono month, then
strain through a cloth, turn into bot
tles and seal, using now corks.
This is said to euro dyspepsia:
Tako fine whlto sand, sift out tho
coarso particles, wash tho sand and
dry. For nine mornings beforo
breakfast take ono teaspoonful of the
sand internally. This is not recom
mended for nervous dyspepsia.
Solder will not adhero to any
metal until that Is about as hot as
tho melted solder. In order to
solder onto any thick, heavy artlclo
either that must bo heated, or a cop
per heavy enough to carry and hold
much heat must bo used.
Those who win in lifo's battles
are tho bravo, courageous ones who
look upon all experiences as being
educational. Only tho weak aro cast
down by apparent failures and blund
ers, and a good placo to retrieve mis
fortunes Is right whore you aro.
Our Roys
Certainly tho living American boy
of eighteen or twenty measures well
up In the scale of merit with any
youngster that the world ha yet
produqed, says the Now York Mall.
Wo hoar a good doal of complaint
about his tilgarotta smoking, nnd bin
rough ways and Importlnenco, and
othor defects; but if his dlIpation
woro lo bo comparod with tho hoavy
drinking and lawless propensities ot
tho smart youth of fifty years ago, ha
would bo found to be rather a inodol
of conduct than otherwise. He to
better, not worse, than his father
was at tho same ago. And ho Is
moro thoroughly imbued with tho
notion that It Is hlo duty in life to
bo competent, and strong, and pro
ductive, than any other boy who
cvor looked out upon tho groat world
with eager eyes.
When warming up canned goods
that require little cooking, sot tho
can In a pan of boiling wator and
keep boiling until tho food Is ready
to servo. Canned corn, and many
other things which burn easily, may
bo cooked infely In this manner.
Gravy should' bo warmed up In this
manner, too, and will bo llko fresh
mado while cooking next to tho heat
would ruin it.
Ono of the very best wrlnklo-rc-raovers
and complexion beautifler , is
to got tho habit of using tho many
labor-saving dovlces now on tho mar
ket for tho housework nnd Inundry.
An ovor-worked woman Is always a
frotful, worried woman, and fretting
and worrying aro tho most offectlvo
wrinkle and "moth-patch" brecdors
in tho world.
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