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PSV- f DECEMBER t, 111 edge of property rights and the laws governing all mannc of actions In the life of the individual ; H bo possessed by every one. Any huiar ian, or lawyer will tell you what books to get. One with the fewest technicalities is the best for the ordi nary reader. Women, especially should be interested in these books, as they are more and more becoming property owners, and have more and more dealings which the laws of the state must regulate. Many a woman is fearfully cheated because of her ignorance. Meats and Fowl For cooking a tough fowl, truss as usual, then Infold it completely in two thicknesses of nice, fine wrap ping paper, securely fastening the paper with pieces of string. Put the fowl on the rack over a shallow bake pan and set in the oven; roast for three quarters of an hour. At the end of that time the paper may be removed and the fowl returned to the oven in the pan, and roasted as long as it would have required had it been tender in the beginning; baste ofton, and turn occasionally. When done it should be tender. This Is something on the order of paper-bag cookery. Roasting a Duck Dress, clean truss a pair of ducks; place in a dripping pan on a rack; sprinkle with salt and pepper and cover the breasts with thin slices of fat pork; bake twenty to thirty minutes in a very hot oven, basting every five minutes or so with the fat in the pan. Domestic ducks require one hour for roasting. Serve with olive sauce. Melt one and a half table spoonfuls of butter and stir until well browned; add two tablespoon fuls of flour and blend; pour over it gradually one and one-halt cups 1 of "brown stock, or hot water. Pit WORKS WITHOUT FAITH Faith Came After the Works Had Laid the Foundation. A Bay State belie talks thus about coffee: "While a coffee drinker I was a sufferer from indigestion and in tensely painful nervous headaches, from childhood. "Seven years ago my health gave out entirely. I grew so weak that the exertion of walking, if only a few feet, made it necessary for me to lie down. My friends thought I was marked for consumption weak, thin and pale. "I realized the danger I was in and tried faithfully to get relief from medicines, till, at last, after having employed all kinds of drugs, tho doctor acknowledged .that he did not believe it was in his power to cure me. "While in this condition a friend induced me to quit coffee and try Postum, and I did so without the least hope that it would do me any good. I did not like it at first, but when it was properly made I found it was a most delicious and refresh ing beverage. I am especially fond of It served at dinner ice-cold, with cream. . . "In a month's time I began to im prove, and in a few weeks my indi gestion ceased to trouble me, and my headache stopped entirely. I am so perfectly well now that I do not look like the same person, .and I have so gained in flesh that I am 15 pounds heavier than over before. "This is what Postum has done for me. I still use it and shall always do so." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and It is ex plained in the llttlo book, "The Road to Wollville," in pkgs. Ever read tho ubove letter: a. new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full or human interest. Commoner. ten .olives, leaving tha me&U In ono piece; cover with boiling water and cook Ave minutes, drain, and add to the sauce; season with salt and pepper. Boiling a Ham A ham should al ways be soaked overnight beforo be ing boiled, thoroughly washing and scrubbing with a brush before put ting it in tho water. In tho morn ing cover with fresh cold water and bring to a boil gradually, and cook slowly until tho small bones pull out readily; then sot tho vessel aside and let the meat cool in the water in which it was boiled. When nearly cold, draw off tho skin without cut ting, trim neatly and place in a bak ing pan in a slow oven, first dusting the top with brown BUgar, and let brown a little. Servo with cider sauce, a recipe for which was given a few weeks ago. Some Good Candies Pecan Nougat Stir together one and one-quarter pounds of pulverized sugar, one pound of glucose and ono-eighth-pound of gelatine dissolved in a little hot water. Whip or beat tho mixture until it becomes light and white, then stir in slowly ono pound and one-quarter of sugar which has been cooked until it balls. Now mix in thoroughly one and one-quarter pounds of chopped pecan meats not very fine; line a box on the bottom and sides, first with ordinary blank writing paper, then with paraffin paper, and pour in tho candy, pres sing it down to form a smooth, com pact mass. Lay paraffin paper on the top and set aside to become cold and dry. The nougat may then be readily slipped from tho box and sliced with a sharp knife. The slices should be wrapped In paraffin paper. Nut balls Melt an ounce of granulated sugar until It turns a pale brown; add an ounce and a half of finely-chopped pecan nuts, and stir over the fire a few minutes. Spread on a buttered dish to harden. When quite cold the candy is chopped and mixed with an equal quantity of French cream. Flavor with vanilla, rose or orange and roll into marbles to be laid aside until somewhat hardened. Melt chocolate and dip tho marbles as for chocolate creams. A pieco of butter size of a walnut gives the chocolate a pecu liarly soft, rich taste. Taffy Boll two pounds of granu lated sugar with two-thirds of a cup of water; add a third of a cup ful of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of butter and one of glycerine; cook half an hour in a bright saucepan, and just before pouring it out on tho buttered plate, add a saltspoonful of soda. Flavor with wintorgreen, or any preferred essence. Pull until nice and smooth, and cut into pieces with the shears. Let He until a week old before using. Odds and Ends Many cooks prefer the old chop ping knife and bowl to the newer meat grinder, as tho grinder often grinds too fine. Before using the chopping knife, grease bothsides of it with butter, especially when chop ping fruits. As the cold weather calls for heavier foods, remember to keep a receptacle into which every scrap of waste grease must go, Buch as scorched drippings, waste table fats, rancid butter, and trimmings. Later on, this will make excellent soap, by using a can of potash, or soda. For the little folks, few things will be a more lasting pleasure than a blackboard and a box of colored chalks. Both are cheap, and even the older children will enjoy them. Do not mix fats. The choice lard is the leaf fat rendered by itself; the fat from tho intestines should be kept separate and used first, as it makes a strong-smelling and in- I 9 ferior lard. Strips of fat not wanted for sausage make good lard, next to the loaf lard. Trimmings from tho Bhouldors and hams, and other pieces not wanted for salting, should go into the sausage. An exchange tells us that, in order to keep tho watcr.barrcl from burst ing when freezing weather catches it full of water, wo should stand a Stick Of r.Ctft nlnn In Mm linrml wliti one end out of tho water at tho top. Tho stick should reach tho bottom, but should bo above tho water at tho surface. White silk and cotton goods can bo dyed almost any color, but It Is almost Impossible to satisfactorily' dye any fabric of mixed stuffs unless a very dark dyo is used. Before dyoing any colored goods, take out as much of tho color as possible by boiling in water In which a small quantity of spirits of salt has been dropped. When dyeing gloves, sow up tho tops to prevent the dye-stuff getting inside. If you are troubled with mice, try to find where they como in, and beforo filling, or closing the hole, smear it well with concentrated lye. A stiff mixture of flour and lye is a good "stopper." It is claimed that if concentrated lye, or potash is sprinkled at the mouth of a mouse or rat hole, or in the paths whore they make their runs, they will leave. Tho lye gets onto their feet, burns them, and if licked off, gets into tho stomach. It is worth trying. Gas on the stomach, causingbloatlug and a feeling of "stuffiness" after eating, Is not always caused by tho thing caton, but ofton by tho condi tion of tho stomach norves. Tho stomach is weak, and holds tho food too long, when It formonts and sends off gas. Seloct such food as will readily digest, and at the nnmo time try to strengthen tho stomach nerves by building up tho general health. Ono Bhould not try to starvo tho stomach Into health, for only good blood can cure it, and good blood comos from good food, plenty of fresh air and good digestion. Tho stomach poisons Itself through weak ness and inaction. To Judgo of tho ago of a rabbit, small claws and small tooth are ovldenco of youth, while long, thick, curved claws show that the animal is an old one. In young rabbits, tho clet In tho upper lip is narrow, and the claws sharp and smooth; tho cars are easily torn and tho Joints crack easily. When young, rabbits arc very toothsomo, cookod almost any way that chicken Is sorved; but an old rabbit Is tough, and hard to mako savory unless specially trcatod. For frying, rabbits should bo quito young and fat. Ono of tho best ways to utilize tho porch in winter is to encloso It with window Klass. or sash, making a' nun room of-it. This would mako It ono of tho most Inviting places about tho house in sunny woathor, and a de lightful loitering place at any tlmo when not too cool. Tho sash could bo removed and stored when spring came, to be used again another win ter. Every home should have a sun room. LATEST FASHIONS FOR COMMONER READERS ?Ly 0005 LADIES' HOUSE DRESS Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 Inches, bust measuro. Requires 8 yards of 36-inch material for tho 38-inch size with panel, and 6 yards without panel. 0002 LADD3S DRESS Sizes 34, 3G, 38, 40 and 42 inches, bust measuro. Requires 8 yards of 27-inch material for tho medium size. The tucker requires 1 yards. wig? a IP III 1 0007 BOYS' SUIT WITH SIHELD Sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. Requires 4 yards of 27-inch material for tho 4-year size. 8020 LADDSS' CORSET COVERS Sizes, small, medium and large. Requires 1 yard of 36-inch material for either corset cover. 90974L THE COMMONER will supply its readers with perfect fitting, seam allowing patterns from the latest Paris and New York styles. The dc signs are practical and adapted to tho home dressmaker. Full direc tions how to cut and how to mako the garments with each pattern Tho price of these patterns 10 cents each, postage prepaid. Our largo, cataloguo containing tho illustrations and descriptions of over 400 sea sonable styles for ladles, misses and children, mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents. In ordering patterns give us your name, addross, pattern number and size desired. Address THE COMMONER, Pattern Dept., Lincoln, Nebraska. n$t. "TfrtrtttL .4Ai' i1ttiiKW3ihtfwTv'l"'i''1''flft'''Jf j' tAl