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The Commoner.
ly. The mixture must be used dry.
This will answer for light, or deli
cate colors. A white serge skirt can
be cleaned in the samo way. Corn
meal is a good dry-cleaner for oven
colored clothes.
- There are gas stove tops which, in
concert with a Are arrangement, dis
tribute the heat over the entire sur
face, thus making the one burner do
double duty. The cover can bo had
for two burners, or to cover the en
tire top, just as a coal range is
covered, with lids and cross pieces.
A cake griddle for use on the gas
stoye makes it possible for the break
fast to be supplied with lovely cakes.
The common griddle is anything but
satisfactory in this line of cooking.
A portable oven may be had that
will make the two-burner gas plate
almost as serviceable as the regular
family range. In one of these handy,
compact ovens, quite satisfactory
baking can be done, even for a
family.
Contributed Recipes
Preserved Quinces Peel, core and
quarter the fruit, then weigh and
allow one pound of sugar to one
pound of fruit. Take the peelings
and cores (no defective ones) and
put in a preserving kettle, cover with
water and boil for half an hour;
then strain through a fine sieve and
put the juice back into the kettle and
into it put the quinces a few at a
time, and boil until the fruit is ten
der; lift out as they are done, using
a draining spoon for the lifting, and
lay on a dish until all are done, using
a draining spoon for the lifting, and
lay on a dish until all are done; if
there is not enough water, add a
little more enough to cook them.
When all are cooked, throw the
sugar into the juice in which the
fruit has been cooked, and allow to
boil ten minutes before putting In
the quinces; then let the fruit boll
until they change color about an
hour and a quarter, over a slow fire,
lifting occasionally with a silver
spoon so they do not scorch to the bot
tom. Do not stir. Have two fresh
lemons cut in slices, and when the
fruit is being packed in the jars, lay
a slice or two in each. If preferred,
the fruit may be steamed until ton
dor, and the syrup made of the juice
of the peels and cores.
Quince Jelly The fruit should
not bo very ripe for jelly. Rub tho
down off of them", remove tho core
and cut them small; put in a preserv
ing kettle with a teacupful of water
for each pound of fruit, let stow
gently until soft, without mashing,
then turn into a thin muslin bag just
as they are in the kettle, water and
all, and press very lightly. To each
pint of the juice put a pound of
sugar and stir until it is nil dis
solved, then set it over the fire and
let boil slowly until, by cooling a
little on a plate It "sets" to a Jelly.
Then turn into pots or tumblers and,
treat as other jellies. Part apples
and part quinces make a nice jelly or
preserve, if you have few quinces.
fruit coloring desired. Sorvo tho
rice in any fruit or dessert dishes
and pour over each portion the sauce.
This makos a very excellent sauce,
and a very pretty one.
After canning plums there is often
somo left, but not enough to fill a
can. Put this, through a sieve, and
add the same quantity of cooked
apples that you have of tho plum
pulp, sweeten to taste and add a
very little cinnamon and cloves and
cook for an hour, stirring until it Is
quite thick, then seal or tie up in
small jars when cold. This makes
a nice, inexpensive jam.
sand and warm suds made of a vege
table oil soap; wash the hands In thin
in tho usual way for flvo minutes at
a time, rubbing tbcm well with tho
sand; do this every day, and when
clean, dry thoroughly and apply a
vory little cold cream.
Gumbo Filo
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Success
and Happiness.
An ambitious but delicate girl,
after failing to go through school on
account of nervousness and hysteria,
found in Grape-Nuts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and
furnish her the peace of health.
"From infancy," she says, "I have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost I finally got to the
High School, but soon had to aban
don my studies on account of ner
vous prostration and hysteria.
"My food did not agree with me,
I grew thin and despondent. I could
not enjoy the simplest social affair
for I suffered constantly from ner
vousness in spite of all sorts of
medicines.
"This wretched condition con
tinued until I was twenty-five, when
I became interested in the letters of
those who had cases like mine and
who were getting well by eating
Grape-Nuts.
"I had little faith but procured a
box and after the first dish I ex
perienced a peculiar satisfied feeling
that I had never gained from any
ordinary food. I slept and rested
better that night and in a few days
began to grow stronger.
"I had a new feeling of peace and
restfulness. In a few weeks, to my
great joy, the headaches and ner
vousness left me and life became
bright and hopeful. I resumed my
studies and later taught ten months
with ease of course using Grape
Nuts every day. It is now four years
since I began to use Grape-Nuts, I
am the mistress of a happy home,
and the old weakness has never re
turned." Name given by the 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
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Query Box
Mrs. L. Rub the creaking doors
and drawers with hard soap, and
they will run smoothly. This is more
cleanly than grease.
L. L. To make acidulated water,
allow one tablespoonful ef acid to
one quart or water. Vinegar or
lemon juice is generally used.
J. F. To make meat glace, boll
down four quarts of good stock until
there is only one cupful left.
Housewife If the ceiling can be
washed, the smoke can bo removed
by washing with a cloth wrung out
of a weak solution of sal soda and
water. It can be. dry-cleaned by rub
bing with cloths dipped in corn meal
or wheat bran.
Mrs. F. H. For tho hardwood
floor, put into a sauce pan one part
of beeswax shaved thin and two
parts of turpentine; set on tho back
of the range and keep just warm
enough to melt the beeswax, when a
paste will be formed of the mixture.
A very little of this, warm, should be
applied at a time, with a clean cloth,
going over a small space on the floor,
finishing before leaving. Must be
well rubbed in.
Frances M. For the clogged drain
pipe, pour down the drain a strong,
hot solution of either sal soda or cop
peras, allowing one-fourth pound of
copperas to two quarts of boiling
water. Repeat if necessary.
"Troubled" A good polisher for
the hardwood floor is made of equal
parts of linseed oil and turpentine,
using a very little at a time, and rub
bing in thoroughly, finishing as you
go. If the mixture is not well rubbed
into the wood it will serve to catch
and hold lint.
Mrs. 0. L. For destroying ants, it
is recommended to dilute a nickel's
worth of potassium cyanide with a
pint of water; early in tho morning,
while the colony is at home, or in the
late evening, pour a few drops of tho
solution down the main entrance of
each colony, and the work of ex
termination will be sure, if properly
applied.
For Dessert
Cook a sufficient quantity of rice in
a double boiler, and when thorough
ly done, season with cream, salt and
sugar to taste. Then put one-half
cupful of granulated sugar in a per
fectly clean sauce pan, one heaping
tablespoonful of flour, and stir well
until mixed; then add a little cold
water to melt the mixture, stirring
well; then add a pint of boiling
water. Stir this until it cooks done;
add a tablespoonful of fresh butter
and flavor with lemon; color with
Mrs. S. asks how to make this
southern dish, and what is called
"filo."
Tho file, which is the tender
sprigs and young leaves of the sassa
fras tree, dried and powdered, was
prepared by the old-time southern
cooks on the marble slab of their bis
cuit board, but it can now be bought,
bottled, at tho grocers. Chop to
gether one quart of tender young
okra pods, six large tomatoes, ono
onion, and one bull-nose green pep
per; add to these three pints of
strong beef stock and simmer until
they aro thoroughly cooked; just be
fore taking the mixture from the fire
add salt to taste and a heaping table
spoonful of the file, and mix well.
DEAD PAIITV AND DEAD
CANDIDATE
While Mr. Fairbanks was reading
the republican platform at tho Chi
cago convention tho crowd was cheer
ing Mr. Bryan, to tho intenso dis
comfort of the lofty Indlanlan. Such
is tho penalty of trying to infuse life
into a dead party headed by a still
deader candidate. Nashville Ten-ncsBcan.
UNENTHU8ED
"I was talking to Diggby this
morning about tho latest dread
nought. Ho didn't appear to bo
much interested."
"I should think not! Diggby mar.
ricd ono." Birmingham Age-World
GOOD SIGN
Sand for tho Toilet
This Is strongly recommended for
softening and smoothing the hands:
Fill a basin half full of clean, white
Employer (to his cashier)
"Mayer, I don't know what to think
of you; every time I see you, you arf
asleep."
Cashier "Why, sir, surely it's a
good sign that I have a clear com
science." Fliegende Blaetter.
Improved land in American farms
has increased 03,000,000 acres in 10
years, or 15 per cent
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