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' VOL. 17, NO. 8
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If Wo Knew
Gould wo but draw the curtains
That surround each other's lives,-
See the naked heart and spirit,
ounces white flour, one quart water,
one-half ounce yeast and one ounce
salt.
The bread will keen at least a
Know what spur the action gives, week and is said to be at its best
.several days after it is baked.
The recipe for the meatless soup
reminds one of the verse which re
ferred to a part of Ireland where
the natives "ate the potatoes, skin
Could we judge all deeds by motives, and all.'' The recipe reads;
Often wo would find it better,
Purer than we judge wo should:
Wo should love each other better
If we only understood.
See the good and bad within,
Often wo should lovo the sinner,
All the while wo loath the sin;
Onion and tomato, carrot and car
rot tops, one potato, peeling and all,
washed and chopped. Any onions,
Gould wo know the powers working tomatoes, carrots and carrot tops on
To b'erthrow Integrity, hand. Any left overs. One-half
Wo should judge each other's errors cent's woith of natural brown rice
With more patient charity.
If wo knew the cares and trials,
Knew the efforts all in vain,
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain
and three quarts of water.
Sulphured Fruits
In drying apricots, sulphur is used
to bleach and preserve their bright
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Would the grim, external roughness CQtg wouW b brQwn or duU colore(L
Seem, I wonder just the same? Sulplmr has been used for thia pur.
Should we help whore now Ve hin- f m The label ,
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Should wo pity where woblamo?
pose ror many years
put on to comply with the pure food
Inw. When one uses dried apricots,
wash them through three waters,
then soak them in water to coyer for
four or five hours; then stew them
in the water in which they have been
soaked; if fresh water is used, the
"soak" water being thrown away,
much of the rich apricot taste i&
thrown away with it. The bleaching
sulphur does no harm,
Sulphured appleB will keep and
Feeding a Family of Six on ILess are very Good when other apples are
Than $1.00 Per Day , scarce. Pare and quarter and core
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How a family of six can live and tainlng them in a barrel in which a
Oh, we judge each other harshly
Knowing not life's hidden .'force;
Knowing not the fount of -action
Is less turbid at its source,
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good
Oh, we'd love each other better
Jtf wo only understood.
Selected.
away or anise seeds with each layer
of salt, if liked; on the salt put an
other bushel of cabbage, pounding
down as at first, and continue this
alternate layering and pounding unr
til all the cabbage is used, up, or the
barrel filled, having the last, layer of
salt. Cover this with a perfectly
clean cloth, then a wooden cover to
fit Into the barrel, preferably of oak,
as pine wood might give a bad flavor.
Put on the wooden cover a beavy
weight, which may be a well-washed
stone. Then cover the barrel close
to keep out any roving insect. Let
it stand in a warm cellar until the
fermentation ceases, which will be
within from one to two months, ac
cording to the season. While the
cabbage is undergoing fermentation
a very disagreeable, fetid, acid smell
will be exhaled from the mass, and
the inexperienced might think the
product spoiled, but itwill be all
right. The covering an&ithe heavy
weight must at all timesjbe on the
cabbage, to keep it under the brine
which it will make, as,' if left ex
posed, it will spoil. Kraut is a val
uable and healthy food,.
Homo Remedies
grow fat on 98 cents a day is told
in a circular given out by the Wo
man's Central Committee on Food
Conservation, at the "United Com
mercial Travelers' Food Show, at St.
Louis, Mo.
The menu is for three meals for
six people at the bargain price of
98 cents. It is as follows: Break
fast Oatmeal, one and one-half
pounds; oleomargarine, a quarter
pound; sugar, three-quarters pound,
and coffee', four tablespponfuls.
Dinner Shank stew, three pounds.;
cracked rice, one pound; dried ap
ple sauce, one-half pound; sugar,
one-half pound, and home-made
whole wheat bread, one pound. Sup
p'er Home-made whole wheat bread,
one pound; pe.anut butter, one-third
pound ; dried pea soup, three-quarters
pound, and pork, one-eighth pound.
The recipe for the war bread, as
given by Jules Biron, head chef at
the Martinique hotel, New York,
follows: Four ounces rye flour,
twelve ounces whole wheat, three
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vessel containing a shovelful of hot
coals is placed, then put two table
spoonfuls of sulphur on the coals,
cover the barrel tightly immediately
and leave undisturbed six or eight
hours; then take ou the basket, put
the apples in an earthen jar, tie a
cloth over the top and keep in a cool
place.
Another way is, prepare as for
drying; pack in a cloth sack or bag,
hang in u barrel with the bottom out,
set the vessel with the hot coals on
which the sulphur has been poured
under the barrel, cover closely and
let smoke twenty minutes; then take
the apples out and put in a stone
jar, tie a cloth over the top, and they
will keep any length of time. Early
ripening fruit can be put away in
this way; the sulphur will keep .the
apples white, and do no harm.
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Making Sauerkraut
Cabbages that have burst and are
unsalable are just as good for sauer
kraut its any other, but the heads
must be solid and white, and all
loose leaves removed. The usual
vessel for containing the kraut is a
Strong, wooden cask or barrel, and it
must be perfectly sweet and clean
and well aired. A wooden pestle is
used for packing the cabbace in tha
barrel. Cut the cabbage in the early
morning ana let lie in cold water for
half an hour before shredding or
slicing. Have the barrel ready, and
in the bottom sprinkle a pint of salt
the common barrel salt; then put
ou tuis a ousnei or shredded cab
bage, which should have a depth of
six inches when in the barrel; pound
the cabbage down compactly all over
the barrel, using the wooden pestle
put on another layer of one pint of
salt, sprinkled evenly, over the sur
face, adding a small handful of car-
There are many simple home rem
edies, easily and inexpensively pre
pared, which, if bought ready for use,
would cost considerable. If kept on
hand, these remedies will often 'save
much pain, and often sickness, as
well as the doctor's fee and the
druggist's charge. These prepara
tions should be carefully mixed and
put into suitable containers with
label and directions for use on the
bottle, box or jar.
Boric acid is one of the simplest,
yet effective drugs, costing but little.
A small carton will cost but a few
cents ten or fifteen and the con
tents will last a long time. Water
will not take up more than about ten
drams of the acid (ten even tea
spoonfuls of the powder) to a quart
of water. The water should be
boiled and cooled, the 'bottles steril
ized and well corked. But it is bet
ter to make much less aftone time,
using these proportion. Mhe acid is
an antiseptic, is non-irr1tating ex
ternally, soothes pain anai prevents
suppuration. In the hosnold, it is
used mostly for an eyerwalsh, mouth
wash, and for like needs'
One tablespoonful of plain yellow
vaseline and one teaspoonful of boric
powder, mixed thoroughly and mash
ing all lumps with a small, flexible
knife-blade, makes and excellent salve
for applying to raw sores, burns or
scalds., The smooth paste should he
put into a small, glass jar, after ster
ilizing the jar, and sealed with, a
screw top.
When you buy witch hazel bo mira
It is made with grain alcohol, and
under no circumstances buy that
made with wood alcohol, as the wood
aicouol is poisonous, and. only disrep
utable persons would use it in med
icines. Peroxide of hydrogen should
always be kept in the house; it is
very cheapabout fifteen cents for a
pint bottle from a good druggist. It
is used for any sores, or raw places,
disinfecting, and cleansing. Its uses
are legion, and every one of them
for good. Carbolic acid, (twelve and
one-half teaspoonfuls of pure carbolic
to one quart of water) kept as a
stock solution, can be made weaker
as needed and it is one of the best
chemical disinfectants, ani deodor
izers. It is a poison, and should bo
kept labeled and out of reach of care,
less hands.
Insect Pests
We can not urge you too often or
too strenuously not to tolerate the
fly, nor the cockroach. Keep the
swatter busy, and use any preferred
way of poisoning the fly. One fam
ily can not clear a neighborhood of.
flies; but a concerted action through
out will do much Keep the breed
ing places-'cleared up, too. Men and
boys about the outhouses should de
stroy all such places. For the cock
roach, which 'a a nasty thing at best,
mix a tablespoonful of borax with a
teaspoonful of sugar, and set little
dishes of this around where the
roaches congregate, especially at
night. Set them about the sink, or
any damp place. The roaches gen
erally hide during the day, but are
out in force at night. Something
"happens" to them nd if the feed
ing is kept up at intervals for two or
three weeks, you will find the roach
family, young and old, will seek new
quarters.
To relieve the pain of the sting of
bees, hornets, wasps, scorpions, free
ly apply the spirts of hartshorn (am
monia); when eased, covei' with a
little sweet oil; for mosquito bites,
where intolerable itching is folt, ap-
'ply at ones a few drops of aqua am
monia, or an infuuion of tobacco.
For the torture of seed ticks which
get on one's clothes from the grass,
nothing is setter than a strong lath
er oi laundry 3-ap applied all ovar
the parte, over the whole body. Re
move the underwear, and put at once
in water, hot is best, but the cold
will drown them.
Mix equal parts of borax and
plaster of paris, fill four tin can lids
half full of the mixture' and set one
unde.v each, leg of the table, refriger
ator, or the kitchen safe, and ants
will not bother their contents. They
will eat the mixture and die.
Floor Paint With Glue
Mrs. S., Michigan, asks for direc
tions for making floor paint with
clue: these directions were given
some time ago on request from other
parties, and proved satisfactory, we
give them again:
If -the floor is a large one, get
about six pounds of spruce yellow,
one pound of glue and two quarts of
boiled linseed oil; for each quart ot
boiling water (about four quarts are
generally used) add an ounce and a
half of glue; set 3 our; pail on tbe
stove, stirring the contents constant
ly until the glue is thoroughly dis
solved. Then while hot, stir in grad
ually the spruce yellow to about the
consistency of mush, being careful
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