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Now, Towsor, juat you listen good
To what I have to tiny;
You've got to help to Have the food
So Htart In right away,
And dig up cvory single bono
You've burled anywhere,
For you will find from this time on
They'll often bo your fare.
You'll got no mora big hunks of
moat,
Or pans of milk and bread,
And If you steal, you'll sure be beat
And sent away to bed.
And though this order may not strlko
Your sonso as fair or wise,
Yet human folks and dogs allko
Ilavo got to Hoovorlze.
Exchange.
Why Waste Olio's Lifetime?
After all, as tho immortal Lincoln
said, tho world will llttlo know nor
long romombor. The things wo think
about and worry over today become
trifles on tho morrow, yot mankind
is prone to worry and fret uselessly
over tho things that can not -be
holped, things that aro somehow
bound to happen anyway, and things
that never do or novor can happen.
Worry Is tho thing that kills the
happiness of many a home, and
drives many a mother and father to;
an early gravo.
If you are prone to worry, it is
time to get yourself into a belter
state of mind, or there is danger of
acquiring a fixed bad mental habit.
There is a bit of wholesome advice
given in an article in the American
Magazine, in which one man says to
another who was vtry sensitive and
worried a great deal:
" 'Exactly,' he grunted. 'A few
years ago they were live men like you
and me. They grew up and did their
business and loved and married and
died. Some of them passed happily
along their way, believing the best
of their fellows, doing their jobs
whole heartedly and well, spreading
a bit of sunshine among the folks
they came in contact with, extracting
every drop of sweetness from every
single day. And others went through,
wrapped up inside their own little
selves, envying ' their neighbors,
fancying themselves abused, worry
ing over trifles, always on the look
out for slights, spoiling a full 50 per
cent of their days through their own
pettiness. And a few days pass, and
they all aro laid out here together,
the men who laughed their way
through life and made others lauijh
a little more, and the men who
gnawed their hearts out. All lying
sido by side, never to live again.
" 'Think of the things that those
dead men worried about. What do
they amount to now? Think of the
good luck they envied in other fel
lows. Who in the world remembers
It? They had one little lifetime to
live, and they spoiled it by over-sensitiveness
and jealousy. Doesn't it
strike you as an awfully foolish way
to waste a lifetime, when it's the
only lifetime that you will ever
have?' "
Preserving Eggs
Fl
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Mr. Bryan's New Book
t "Heart to Heart Appeals9
Mr. Bryan has made a careful collection of tho
Heart to Heart Appeals, scattered through the speeches
delivered by him during a quarter of a century (1890
1910) in tho belief that they will bo of permanent in
terest to the reading public, especially to students
They cover all tho issues before tho country during
tho eventful period covered by his connection with
American and world politics.
Tho twenty-two chapters deal with topics ennumer
ated in tho tablo of contents below:
CONTENTS
i. Government
ii. Turin.
III. Income Tux
IV. Monoy
V. Imperialism
VI. Trusts
VlT.--I.abor
VIII. ropular Election of
Senators
IX. Publicity Campaign
Contributions
X. Initiative and Itof-orend,uin
xri. The Liquor Question
XIII. issues Past and
vr Present
vv h,?aB? Convention
vvr toula Convention
VI. Baltimore ConVtlon
-JSSt"-?11" America
vtv i,n ForclSn Lands
X-JX Peace
XVHElon
XXII. Miscellaneous
Mr. Bryan is sopecially anxious to get the hnnir inf
It will bo sent FREE to nrv i i,
THE COMMONER, LINCOLN, NEB.
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By the water-glass or sodium' sil
icate method eggs may be preserved
at a cost of about two cents a dozen
if the price of sodium silicate- is
thirty cents a quart. It is not de
sirablo to use the water-glass solu
tion a second time. Here is the
water-glass method a"s described by
specialists of the United States de
partment of agriculture:
Use 1 quart of sodium silicate to
9 quarts of water that has been
boiled and cooled. Place the mixture
in a 5-callon crock or iar. This will
be sufficient to preserve 15 dozen'
eggs and will serve as a guide for the
quantity needed to preserve larger
numbers of eggs.
Select a 5-gallon crock and clean
it thoroughly, after which it should
be scalded and allowed to dry. Heat
a quantity of water to the boiling
point and allow it to cool. When
cool, measure out 9 quarts. of water,
place it in the crock, and add one
quart of sodium silicate, stirring the
mixture thoroughly. The eggs should
be placed in the solution. II suffi
cient eggs are not obtainable when
the solution is first made, additional
eggs may be added from time to
time. Be very careful to allow at
least two inches of the solution to
cover the eggs at all times. Place
the crock containing the preserved
eggs in a cool, dry place, well cov
ered to prevent evaporation. Waxed
paper covered over and tied around
the top of the crock will answer this
purpose.
Fresh, clean eggs, properly pre
served, can be used satisfactorily for
all purposes in cooking and for the
table. When eggs preserved in
water-glass are to be boiled, a small
hole should .be made in the Blell with
a pin at the large end before placing
them in the water. This is done to
allow tho air in the egg to escape
when heated so as to prevent crack
ing. . lv
one-third cup rice flour, one level
teaspoon baking pdtrder. Boil to
gather abovi ingredients two or threa
minutes, stirring constantly. jUat
before removing from fire stir in
onet-half teaspoon soda dissolved fa
a little warm water. Sift baking
powder with flour and add to tho
cooked mixture when it has cooled
Sprinkle raisins with a little of tho
flour before adding. Drop in a
greased pan, one tablespoonful to
each cake, and bake in a moderato
oven. This will make one dozen
large cakes or two dozen small ones
Miss F. T. M.
Deodorizers
Contributed Recipes
Oatmeal Cookies One and one
half cups sugar, one cup shortening,
teaspoon cinnamon, one-half lea
spoon baking powder, two cups oat
meal (ground), two and one-half
cups flour, one cup raisins. Dron
MrT mT1 abUt ne iUeh apart'---Rice
Omelet To four well-beaten
eggs add two-thirds cup cold cooled
rice, one-half cup milk, one-half tea
spoon salt; beat well. Heat one
tablespoon fryings In omeSet pan
pour mixture in, let brown on one
side, turn, place on hot platter. This
Si? J? ,S.erved with Powdered sugar
sprinkled over the omeletMrs,6 J7
Brownie War Cakes (No pr
no butter, no sugar nn I SGB
milk)-Three-quagneV8Vmotsens
one-half cup water, one quarter ten'
spoon each of ground cloves ground
cinnamon and grated nutmeg one
e d'ea01 VGgetable oifnewt
seeded raisins, one cup barley flour.
To prevent the smell of fish on
forks, add -a spoonful of 'mustard to
the dishwater.
The smell of onions may be dono
away with by washing the pan in hot
water with soap, drying it, then
washing it with a little strong vine
gar. Add a little sugar to the water
when boiling turnips, to keep down
the odor. This also improves tho
flavor of the vegetables.
To deodorize cooking fat, cut a
raw potato and fry it in the fat.
The odor of boiling cauliflower
may be corrected by placing a tin of
vinegar on the back of the stove.
Salt put on squeezed lemon skin is
used to scour dishes in which fish
and onions have been cooked, is fino
for removing the smell;
When burning refuse in the stove
put in a handful af.'vsaifcs to, kill tho
odor. ' w .a'
Kerosene in place "of- chloride of
lime for sinks tha,tlija.;e Jin, odor, is
quite effective. ..'.) ,
Helpful Hints r ,
Crackers or dry breacan nbe eas
ily maue into line crumbsby placing
them in a soft bag and" pounding
them with a wooden potato masher.
After greasing cake tins, dust with
flour and then shake ,fout 'and tho
cakes will not stick,. ''v
If a cake gets scorched, wait until
cold, and then grate oft the burned
portions with a nutmeg gter.
Children are always -losing hand
kerchiefs at school. One mother puts
a tiny button hole in q'ne. corner of
each handkerchief and buttons it to
a narrow tape that is fastened to the
child's belt.
Pour clc-r boiling Nvater through
berry-stained goods ", J,;
Tar Sp0ts should be rubbed with
lard before, washing.
Dry bread may be used by soak
ing over night in wa,ter or milk. In t
inis not only uses dry. bread, but
w un.luve3 llle pancakes.
To prevent very fine china or cut
glass from chipping while being
washed, put an old Turkish towel in
the bottom of the dish pan.
To toast a number of slices of
bread quickly, take grate from the
oven and place it on the hot stove.
On this ten slices can be toasted at
one time, which is quite a saving in
time and work.
Paper placed along the edges of
the carpets prevents moths from
creeping under. If they have al
ready entered and gone down the
seams and stripes, as these grubs
love to follow, staying right In the
color they start on, lay a damp cloth
along every seam, then go all over
the damp cloth with a hot flat iron
and dry. This will kill all the moths
under it.
A handful of salt in the rinsing
water will prevent bluing from
streaking the clothes.
If there is a tree, shrub, vine or
berry bush about your place, do not
allow any soapsuds-to go ddwn the
sewer, as all these things are starv-
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