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honey, two pounds, & Landful pf
rosemary loaves, andwelve hiand
ftils of grapevine tendrils infused in
a" gallon of new milk; about' two
quarts of water will be obtained from
tnls, which apply frequently to the
hair. To infuse the leaves and
tendrils in the milk, use the same
process as with water; have the milk
boiling hot (heating in a double
boiler), .then pour over the leaves
and tendrils, cover closely and allow
to remain untouched for some hours.
Results are not guaranteed,, but ex
periment is simple.
Odds and Ends
. . In drying any of the mint family
-for winter use, cut the stalks before
blossoming time, hang head down
ward in the cool room or garret, or
lay on sheets of paper on the table.oc
floor. When quite dry, put into
paper bags again with, heads down,
fasten up tightly and hang up for
future use.
To "cut the grease)" or "break"
hard water for use in laundry orJ
kitchen, nothing can quite take the
pjace of sal soda.- It is inexpensive,
and easily kept. For use in clean
ing up greasy things, dissolve one
pound of the soda in vone quart ct
boiling water; put tho solution in
a. jug or glass jar, cork or cover
(without rubber band) in jar and
FAMILY HUNT
if
t Kansas Man Says Coffee Made Him
. , . That ,
' "Coffee has been used in our
family of eleven father, mother,
live' sons and four. - daughters 4f or
3 thirty .years: I am the eldest of the
boys and have - always been con
sidered the runt of the family and a
coffee toper.
"I continued to drink it for year?
until-1 grewto be a -man, and then
'I i found I had .stomach trouble,,
nervous headaches, poor circulatiop,
was unable to do a full day's work,
took medicine for this, that, and the
other-thing, without the least benefit.
In fact I only weighed 116 when I'
was 28.
'Then I changed from coffee' to
Postum, being the first one in our
family to do so. I noticed, as did
the rest of the family, that I was
surely gaining strength and flesh.
Shortly after I was visiting my
cousin who said, 'You look so much
better you're getting fat.'
"At breakfast his wife passed me
a cup of coffee, as she knew I was
always such a coffee drinker, but I
said, 'No, thank you.'
said my cousin, 'you
What do you drink?'
" Djfcifi v 9 T nnM trt tiro 4-ry rvt
X UBIU1U, J. DH1U, Ul "Old, uu
I am well.' They did not know what
Postum was, but my cousin had
Btomach trouble and could not sleep
at night from - drinking coffee three
times a day. He was glad to learn
about Postum but said he never
"knew coffee hurt anyone." (Tea is
just as injurious as coffee because it
contains caffeine, the same drug
found in coffee.)
"After understanding my condi
tion and how I got well he knew
what to do for himself. He dis
covered that coffee was the cause
of his trouble as he never used to
bacco or anything else of the kind.
You should see the change in him
now. Wo both believe that if per
sons who suffer from coffee drink
ing would stop and use Postum they
could build back to health and hap
piness." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
"There's a reason." Read the
little book, "The Road to Wellville,"
in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
now one appears from time to time.
They are, genuine, true, and fullof
human interest.
label. One tablespoonful of this in
boiler or dishpan is sufficient.
-The orange Js claimed to be un
surpassed as a jblood builder, as. it
contains certain salts which no other
fruits .contain in such satisfying
quantities or combinations. No other
fruit has so much sulphur.
When frying eggs, put a cover on
the frying pan, and the eggs will
cook all over alike. For poaching
eggs, the water should have a table
spoonful of vinegar in it.
. When serving grapo fruit, wash
the fruit well, cut in halves cross
wise; use a pair of small scissors to
cut out the pithy core and also clip
the- membranes holding the divisions
together. Clip so these can bo easily
lifted out with a spoon; use a
pointed knife " blade to loosen the
pulp from tho skin all around the
outer edge, fill tho center with sugar
and, if liked, some of the juice of
marchina cherries. Servo on a bed
of ice with powdered 'sugar,' chilling
the fruit thoroughly.
A yellow frosting for cakes, etc., is
made by using the yolks of eggs tho
same way that whites are used. Beat
tho yolks Very light and thicken with
pulverized or powdered sugar. It
will -harden in a short time, and
looks nice. Used with white frost
ing, it is ornamental.
A good home-made bluing is made
of a nickel'B worth of soluble blue
sold at the' druggists and a cupful
of hot water; dissolve, and let cool,
then add enough- water to make
three pints of the solution strain
and bottle.
A fine powder for prevention of
moths -in clothing when packed away
is made of one ounce each of ground
cloves caraway seeds,- nutmeg, mace,
cinnamon, and tonca bean, .with six
ounces of powdered orris root addqd.
Fill little cheese cloth bags and lay
about among the clothes.
It is said that if common salt is
addend to gasoline when- used for
cleaning. spos' on garments, no rijn.
will be loft about the sppt cleaned.
Gasoline must be used away from
all possible, contact of tho yapor with
fire. . .,- -
All rugs should be rolled up and
carried out onto the porch or into
the yard arid -there brushed or 'swept.
This will save much dusting in the
house where the dust raised by
sweeping settles back on things in
the room.
For . perspiring feet, twenty to
thirty drops of carbolic acid in a
basin of water is efficacious. Or, rub
the feet while wet with baking soda;
a little borax in the water is good;
powdered borax, or boracic acid
dusted on the feet is good.
in a warm state for a couplo of days,
then strain it and. bottlo tho clear
liquid-for use. . Pour a little of this
on stains of grease, pitch, or oil, and
rub lightly, and as soon as tho stains
disappear, wash tho cloth in clear
water.
For white clothes, javollo water
will remove almost any stain.
For removing iron rust, got fivo
cents worth of oxalic acid crystals,
put in a bottle and pour rainwater
over to dissolve; it makes no dif
ference if all is not dissolved, as
more can bo added as the water Is
usod off; apply a drop of tho water
to tho spot, hold it in the hot sun a
few minutes and it will fade out; re
peat if necessary. As soon as the
stain disappears wash the fabric
thoroughly, as if left, it will rot the
cloth. Keep in bottle labeled and
corked as it is poison.
from corn, or maize requires some
glazing medium, or it Is apt to leave
a rough surfaco; this can bo done by
adding a little sugar to it. To ascer
tain' tho quality of starch, mix a little
cold water with the dry article; If it
dries into a cake, it is all right; if it
crumbles, it is of poor quality. A
llttlo beoswax, or paraflln mixed with
the hot starch will keep it from
sticking. A little borax, also, will
prevent sticking. But poorly made
starch will always bo troublesome.
Starch is also made from potatoes,
and can be had of the grocer, usually,
but if not, is not hard to mako at
home. Frozen Irish potatoes yield a
largo quantity of starch. Gum
arable is used in starch to give a
gloss. Potato starch has the lowest
stiffening powers.
Where Laundry. Starch Conies From
Starch is a vegetable product
found In all plants in some degree,
btit for laundry purposes it is ob
tained from rice, maize and wheat.
That obtained from rice Is best for
all delicate materials, as rice is near
ly pure starch, and of a very fine
quality. Wheat yields a very stiff
starch, good to use on coarse ma
terials, and if carefully washed from
the other ingredients of tho grain,
will answer admirably with goods of
,vory fine quality; but care is re
quired, and it is better to use starch
from other materials. Tho starch
GREATER THAN PRESIDENT
Highland Park (Cal.) Horald: To
bo right, and get away with it, Is
greater than to bo president. Bryan
is today a greater man than If ho had
won tho presidential nomination.
He chotic to stand for a principle in
tho democratic convention that no
other man in political life would
have had tho courage to take. Ho
throw away the posslblo chance to
have the nomination himself, and
almost suro election, to compel re
pudiation of the money powers.
Woodrow Wilson, nominated by
the people In defiance of the politi
cal bosses, may or may not be presi
dent, but W. J. Bryan is greater than
president.
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LATEST FASHIONS
FOR COMMONER READERS
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Treating Stains
Very few stains can be removed by
washing and boiling in the usual
way. If the soap does not set the
stain, the boiling will do the work
the soap has commenced. The sooner
such things are given attention, the
better hope of, fading them out. For
grease, a solvent for grease may be
used, such as chloroform, benzine,
gasoline, coal oil, alcohol. These are
all inflammable, and must be used
with due regard to fire. In some
cases, an emulsion may be formed
by causing the grease to mix with
soap, then washing the stain out; or,
washing soda or ammonia will unite
chemically with tho grease, forming
a soap easily taken out.
If the stain is of tar, after scrap
ing off all surplus, use cold allow;
rub and press well on tho spot a lump
of good tallow, and leave until next
day; then wash out in strong warm
soapsuds, if the material is cotton or
linen. For silk, use either spirits of
wine or ether.
Another recommended way is to
dissolve an ounce of pure pearlash
in a pint of spring water, and to the
solution add a lemon cut in small
slices; mix the ingredients well, keep
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0325 LADIES' DRESS
Cut in fivo sizes, 34, 30, 38, 40
and 42 Inches, bust measure. It re
quires 5 yards of 36-Inch material
for a 36-inch size.
0222-0228 LADIES COSTUME
Waist, 8222, cut in six sizes, 32,
34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches, bust
measure. Skirt, 9228, cut In five
Biz.es, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inches,
waist measure. It requires 6 yards
of 44-inch material for tho medium
size. This calls for two separate pat
terns, 10c for each.
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0240 -DRESS FOR MISSES
SMALL WOMEN .
Cut in five sizes, 14, 15, 16, 17
and 18 years. It requires 5J& yards
of 44-inch material for the 17-year
size.
0304 LADIES' BLOUSE WITH
TUCKER
Cut in six sizes, 32, 34, 36, 38,
40 and 42 inches, bust measure. It
requires 1 yards of 27-inch ma
terial for the tucker, and 26 yards
for tho blouse for a 36-inch size.
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