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The Commoner.
auiro probably two and one-half
hours to rise. The oven should be
hot onough to brown a pinch of flour
In two minutes without burning it.
Bake one hour If loaves are large;
less, according to size. Rolls, from
20 to 40 minutes.
Some Breakfast Dishes
To cook round steak tender one
must have the skillet hot, with a
very little suet or butter in the
skillet; flour the steak, after having
well pounded it to break the fibres,
and lay the pieces in the smoking
hot skillet. While the grease must
be "smoking-hot," it must not be
scorched. Sprinkle a little salt over
the steak, and cover closely with a
lid the closer, the better; as this
will confine the steam. Turn once
or twice, and cook until done. The
steak will cool the grease, and if the
fire is too hot, it should be drawn
a little aside, so as not to scorch,
while still cooking rapidly. The hot
grease will sear the surface, and con
fine the juices; the steak should not
have a fork thrust into it for turn
ing, but a narrow pancake turner
may be used to good advantage.
Another way to cook tough steak
is a sort of "pot-roast" in the skillet,
and this can be made very palatable
indeed, or it can be rendered tougher
and tasteless by careless neglect.
The steak should be laid on a board
and floured; then pounded and
chopped, forcing' the flour into it.
Have the skillet "sizzling" hot, put
in your steak which should be cut
into pieces ready to serve, and cook
and turn until both sides are
browned a little, and the surface
of the steak well seared. Then pour
in a very little boiling water, draw
the skillet back so the steak will
just simmer nicely, turning over oc
casionally, and keeping tightly cov
ered until done, letting the water
cook out by the time you are ready
to serve it. Then dish up the pieces,
pour several spoonfuls of cream into
the hot skillet, shake it around well
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THE lilTTLE WIDOW
as it boils up, then pour over the
steak. Some cooks add a table
spoonful of vinegar to the wator
that is poured over the steak at first
Query Box
Mrs. S. M. Slight scratches on
plate glass may bo removed by clean
ing the glass, then rubbing it gently
with a pad of cotton-wool, then cover
the pad with cotton velvet charged
with fine rouge and rub again.
J. L. T. Try this for the hot
water marks: Make a thin paste of
salad oil and salt; spread this over
the white place and leave for an
hour, then polish with a dry cloth.
The marks will usually disappear.
Mrs. C. K. The Jerusalem oak is
a common dooryard and roadside
weed, known to botanists as Chono
podium Botrys. It should not bo
hard to find. Your druggist should
"learn his books."
Francis M. To clean the kitchen
paint, boil a pound of bran in a gal
lon of water for an hour; strain, and
use the liquid for going over the
kitchen wood work after it has been
washed with clear warm water. This
will clean the paint and give it a
gloss.
Mrs. L. K. Burns caused by lime,
caustic, potash, and other alkalies
will not bear ordinary treatment. To
remove the substance, do not try to
pick it off, but apply something that
will form a harmless combination
with it. Vinegar diluted with water,
or the acid of lemon juice will
answer. Powdered sulphur is a fine
dressing.
Discouraged Try this for the
rough, chapped hands: Get a pint
of good quality whisky, and five cents
worth of quince seeds. Put the seeds
in a bottle, large enough, and cover
with the whisky. There is no rule I
ror proportions. As tne liquid uuck
ens, add more whisky until it is of
the consistency of thin honey. After
washing the hands and wrists clean,
pour a few drops in the palms and
rub over the hands and arms. This
is healing and dries quickly, leaving
a pleasant odor from the quince
seeds. It is superior to glycerine.
used for cleaning carriage wheels;
soap the brush and rub thoroughly
the roof, sides and floor of tho oven,
then rinse with the soapy wator; take
out the oven sheetB, wash them, then
the door, rinsing each pan thor
oughly with tho soda water and loavo
the oven open until all is dry. Tho
dirtiest frying pan will become clean
in a few minutes if soaked five to ten
minutes in ammonia water.
Alkolino Stomach Treatment
Usually, thin pooplo have an ex
cess of acidity In tho stomach, and
one of tho simple, homo treatments
for such cases by our mothers was
washing out tho stomach with hot
alkaline drinks. Nothing Is safer
and bettor as a domestic remedy for
dyspepsia than this old romedy,
which some of our best physicians
recommend. Pour a quart of boiling
wator over half a pint of clean, hard
wood ashes, with a tablespoonful of
chimney Boot well stirred in, and
leave to settle over night. Then pour
off and bottle the clear liquid. When
over acidity is felt, or after meals,
put a tablespoonful of this alkali
in & glass of hot water and sip as hot
as you can, comfortably, with a
spoon. Soot Is a valuable romedy
in itself for many stomach troubles.
Quantities of drink are desirable, hot
enough to stimulate and comfort the
stomach, and when in tho night one
awakens with a disagreeable or bit
ter taste in tho mouth and a nausea
or gnawing in tho stomach, no
simple treatment is better than to
drink a pint or more of quite hot
wator, sipping it an hot as ponslble
through a spoon. Nothing is bettor
when working for flesh than plenty
of hot drlnka. A scrawny, thin,
"skln-and-bono" person should not
drink cold bevcrasoB; even drink
ing water can bo taken lukowarm
with tho beat of results.
Even bettor than tho family phy
sician, in simplo ailments, nre tho
slmplo homo remedies that should
always bo at hand, and with which
every housewife should bo familiar.
There Is nothing that brings on ill
health, and causes so much suffer
ing as stomach ailments, and thoy
aTo too often nogloctod until thoy
becomo serious.
Flour
It is estimated that a barrel of
flour will last ono person a year for
bread; but flour Is likely to mould,
acqulro a bitter taste and get wormy
by long keeping. Flour should bo
kept in a cool, dry placo, away from
all moisture, as tho slightest damago
by dampness spoils It for broad-making.
Wholo wheat, graham, and
corn flours should bo bought In small
quantities. Pastry flour cornea in
small cartons, and will not keep in
bulk. Always InBlst on having good
flour, as poor flour Is an extravagance.
AX AIR-PUMP
"I must brush tho cob-webs from
my brain."
"Then you ought to got a vacuum
cleaner." Baltimoro American.
A. Mighty Good Sort of Neighbor to
Have.
"A little widow, a neighbor of
mine, persuaded mo to try Grape
Nuts when my stomach was so weak
that it would not retain food of any
other kind' writes a grateful wo
man, from San Bernardino Co., Cal.
"I had been ill and confined to my
bed with fever and nervous prostra
tion for three long months alter tne
birth of my second boy. We were
in despair until the little widow's
advice brought relief.
"I liked Grape-Nuts food from the
beginning, and in an incredibly
ehort time it gave me such strength
that I was able to leave my bed and
enjoy my three good meals a day.
In 2 months my weight increased
from 95 to 113 pounds, my nerves
had steadied down' and I felt ready
for anything. My neighbors were
amazed to see me gain so rapidly
and still more so when they, heard
that Grape-Nuts alone had brought
the change. , ,
"My 4-year-old boy had eczema
very bad last spring and lost his ap
petite entirely, which made him
cross and peevish. I put him on a
diet of Grape-Nuts, which ho relished
at once. He Improved from the be
ginning, the eczema disappeared ana
now he is fat an'd rosy, with a de
lightfully soft, clear okln. The Grape
Nuts diet did it. I will willingly
. answer all inquiries." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creole, Mich.
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to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a
reason." .
fiver read the above letter a
. aew one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full 01
human interest
LATEST FASHIONS
FOR COMMONER READERS
Odds and Ends
For sore or cracked fingers and
hands caused by exposure to the
weather, be sure -to soak and wash
the hands very clean; then take a bit
of harness or shoemaker's wax, heat
one enu 01 it unui it unyu maun,,
and let the hot drip fall on tho crack
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but it will stop the pain and heal the
crack. While still hot, put on the
wax a' bit of clean cloth just to cover,
and it will stay on until it wears off.
Another remedy: Take two table
spoonfuls of turpentine and melt
English resin in it, enough to make
it gluey when cold. If too much
resin is used it will not stick; If too
little, it will not hold. To use, take
a little on the point of a nail, or
pocket-knife and heat real hot, then
drop on the crack or sore, and stick
a bit of cloth just big enough to
cover the wax on the place. It will
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stay until worn or eouneu u. -
harness wax is very inexpensive.
When washing dishes, a small mop
will save the hands from contact
with hot water. Wearing rubber
gloves will protect the hands, but
they should not be worn except in
water, as they make the hands pers
pire too much. A pair of large, old
kids, or even cotton flannel will pro
tect the hands while sweeping, and
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fn o the skin that ruins the texture.
I? the hands look grimy, rub fresh,
clean lard over them, then iwa with
almond or oat or corn mea. Instead
of soap, and they will be clea
To clean a greasy oven, take a
bucket of strong soda solution, and
a long handled brush, such as hi
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8720 LADIES' APRON
Sizes, small, medium and large.
Requires 3 yards of 36-inch ma
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0035 LADIES' HOUSE DRESS
Sizes 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42
inches, bust measure. Requires 1V&
yards of 44-inch material for tho
86-inch size.
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0015 LADIES' COLLAR AND
CUFF SET
Sizes, small, medium and largo.
Requires one-half yard for -collar No.
1, three-fourths yard for collar No.
Z, and one-half yard for one pair
of cuffs of 18-inch material.
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Sizes 4, S, 8 and 10 years. Re
quires 8 yards of 26-inch material
for the 6-year size.
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