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The advocate., 1897-09-29

ter. Wire racks to fit different sized
kettles, or a wash boiler, can be had at
the shops, but one Of narrow wood Stats
answers the purpose nearly as we'll, and
can be easily made at home.
Fill the vessel with warm water 70
the necks Of the jars, and boil until the
fruit can be easily pierced with fork.
Berries will cook in ten minutes, cher
rles in fifteen or twenty, and larger
fruits proportiOnately longer. No def
mite rule can be given, but experience
soon enables one to judge closely Be
fore screwing down the cover fill to over
flowing with boiling water.
Peaches, Taspberries and whOrtleber-
ries require five ounces Of sugar for pint
Jar; strawberries, cherries and pears
seven ounces, and ounces nine ounces.
If this seems too rich less can be used.
The color of canned fruit Is quickly
injured by the action Of light. No mat
ter if it is kept in dark closet, every
jar should be wrapped in paper.
II fruit is opened an hour or two be-
fore IL Is needed to restore the oxygen
the flavor is much improved. ed.-Albany
Cultivator.
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Notes and Recipes.

Bread pans should never be heated be-
fore putting in the bread, or the loaf will
have raw, doughy taste.
Ink stains on white material may be
removed most effectually by washing
first in a strong brine and then wetting
the spot in lemon juice. This Is harm
less as we'll as dependable.
A strong solution Of potash should be
often used In rinsing out the kitchen
sink. 1t is excellent for dispelling the
grease which has such a mysterious af-
Hnity for the waste pipes, and will save
many a plumbers bill if rightly em-
ployed.
Picked Cucumbers Take cucumbers,
gherlin size, and after washing them,
pack tightly in glass preserving jars;
add a tablespoon Of salt, four or five
small canary or cayenne peppers to
quart jar, fill up with cold cider vinegar
and seal They are ready for use after
standing a week,
The washing Of fine silk or Isle thread
hosiery should not be intrusted to the
general laundress without some super
vision. They should be washed quickly
in warm salt water made rather soapy.
No soap should be rubbed on the stock
ings. They are then thoroughly rinsed
in several clear waters and dried on the
back of chair or on towel rack out Of
the sun. Put thick towel over rack
or a chair first, as this will absorb the
moisture while they are drying and pre-
vent streaking. They should not be
irOned, but pulled into shape when about
dry. Many hOusekeepers have the
wooden stocking forms to stretch such
fne hosiery over as the final drying is
accomplished
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Notes From Our Exchanges.

Early-hatched, well-develOped pullets
make good winter layers.
A cross of the Wyandottes and the
ties that make a fowl valuable for the
market.
Regular customers, even il they buy
in small quantities, will bring in more
cash, as a rule, than large sales made ir-
regularly.
When the tariff was cents dozen we
imported over $2,000,000 worth. Rather
than ship so much raw material let us
turn it into eggs.
From sheep there is profit on the farm,
for it becomes cleaner and more prOduc-
tive. OF all weeds offered them, they
will eat rs per cent.
Sheep bring in money from April to
August, often at season during which
many farmers have nothing to turn in
for current expenses.
Don't buy poor land. Profits are none
too large on good soil. Land which is
merely run down may be bargain, but
poor land is poor property.
Fresh eggs sink to the bottom of pail
Of water. Stale eggs float on top. Eggs
between these stages indicate their age
by the depth to which they sink.
1t never fails that when the markets
decline the sorry, scrubby animals suffer
most, while the well-bred, well-finished
animal is worth more in proportion.
The owner of the small farm, by per-
sonal attention to all the details, can
give better cultivation and frequently
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Canning Fruit by Cooking in the Jars.

ONAAAhS 4AnV W NVVhAHSo III V@o V~A9'
All fruit should be we'll grown, freshly
picked, and a little under, rather than
over, ripe.
Ali berries except strawberries should
be firm and large. With these, the
smaller fruit towards the last yield is
best.
Currants and bIackberries are never
satisfactory canned.
Making the sirup one-third currant
juice gives an appetizing tartness to
canned red raspberries, and adds rich
ness to cherries.
The pits of cherries and peaches and
the cores and seeds of pears improve the
favor of their respective fruits. If re-
moved, distribute five or six peach pits
through every quart jar, and put little
net or muslin bag filled with pits or
cores in the center of cherry or pear jars.
Prunes and most varieties of plums
should have the skins removed. Scald
only few at one time, and put these in
a wire basket or sieve first, and be care
fui not to over-scald them.
Pears should be pared and halved with
a silver knife and dropped into cold
water to prevent their turning dark.
Prepare peaches in the same way,
rather than risk ,softening them by
scalding.
Lemon, green ginger or other favoring
should only be added to insipid pears,
watermelon rinds, citron and the like.
Granulated sugar should always be
used 1t costs but trifle more than cOf-
fee sugar, and has far more delicate
flavor.
Cleanse and sweeten old jars with
boiling water to which soda, boraX or
ammonia has been added. Test with
water to be sure they are air-tight before
filling.
Put the fruit into the jars as fast ais
it is prepared, and fill the jars to the
neck with sirup. Adjust the rubber and
cover, but do not screw down the lat
The advocate., 1897-09-29
The Housekeeper.
The Flour That Makes Best Bread,

The soft, fine white -four will not give
as large an amount of muscle, bone or
nerve-making food as the whole wheat
-four, which constitutes in itself COM
plete life-sustainer In selecting flour
choose that which is dark in color and
free from bran. The best bread fiours
in the market are OF yellOwish- white
tinge, rather granulated, and do not
easily pack They make a strong and
elastic dough. Though not whole wheat
flours they are decidedly the best of the
white brands. After selecting the flour
the next important thing is to have a
good, strong, sweet and pure yeast. The
compressed cakes are good and conven-
lent and will do the work much more
quickly than ten times the amount Of
home made or bakers yeast When set
ting bread to rise stand your bread-pan
in another Of warm water; cover the two
so that the moisture will pass over the
top OF the dough at an even temperature
oil 75 degrees Fahrenhelt.-Mrs S. T.
ROrer, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The advocate., 1897-09-29

the spring or in the fall. Alfalfa has no
particular choice as to the time when
it takes it's start in the growing sea-
con. July or August may suit its pur-
pose as we'll as earlier or later With
sufficient supply of moisture alfalfa will
pass safely through the critical period
Of its life, and it will be so strongly in
trenched when the "evil days come" it
can lift its head and smile when the
demons Of the plains rage and howl over
and about it's purple-topped head"
The advocate., 1897-09-29
m1OO Reward a1OO.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
the only positive cure known to the med
ical fraternity. Catarrh being constt-
tutional disease requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucuous surfaces Of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
slsting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith In its
curative powers that they offer $1O0 for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list OF testimonials Address
+. J. CHENEY C CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, rs cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Recent Progress in the Study Of Irrigation

h6U6ub 4LOSI6oo III Juu NGuuJ VI AAAAS@VlVh'
According to Newell, "the area irri-
gated within the arid md sub-humid re-
gions in the western part Of the United
States during the census year ending
May 81, 1890, aggregated 1851 1881 acres
or 5,674O3 square miles, approximately
O.4 per cent. of the total area west Of
the Tooth meridian" The arid region
where irrigation is an absolute necessity
for successful agriculture embraces in
part or in whole the following States
and Territories: Arizona, California,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming. The sub-humid region where
as a rule insufficient rain falls for full
crops includes parts of North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and
Texas. A large proportion of the irri-
gable area in these vast regions still re-
mains to be irrigated.
The necessity for irrigation, moreover,
is beginning to be felt in the sO-called
humid regions east Of the Tooth merid-
ian, and within comparatively recent
years widespread interest has been man
ifested in the subject of irrigation in
this region In recent years widespread
drought, especially at critical periods in
the life Of certain crops, has drawn the
attention Of Eastern farmers and hOrti-
culturists to this subject. Truck farmers
and fruit growers especially in regions
accessible to good markets, are begin
ming to appreciate the Importance of ir-
rigatiOn.
King has found that even in favorable
seasons in Wisconsin, which Is in the So
called humid region, the rainfall does
not supply sufficient moisture to produce
maximum crops. During the season Of
1896, in which the rainfall was normal
in that State, a variety Of crops was ir-
rigated with profit, notwithstanding the
fact that the irrigation plant employed
was not used to its full capacity and thus
the cost of irrigating was higher than
it need be. The profit from irrigation
was on corn, $2.16 per acre; potatoes
$11.7O; clover hay Qrrigating second
crop only, $1.72; cabbages, planted thin,
So. planted thick, $29 "The great les
son." says King, Ito be learned from
these results is that we must have an
abundance Of water in order that our
crops may avail themselves Of the plant
food stored in our soils, not that water Is
everything, but the fertility Of the soil
counts for naught without it."
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Scrofula

In It's thousands OF forms is the most tor
rible afIlictiOn of the human race. Salt
rheum, sores, eruptions, bOils, all humors,
swellings, ETC., originate in It's foul taint,
and are cured by the great and only True
Blood Purifier, Hoods sarsaparilla. The
advanced theory OF today chat tuber-
Culosis, or consumption, Is durable by
proper nutrition, care and purifying the
blood, finds confirmation in the experi-
ence Of many who have been cured by
Hoods Sarsa pariIIa
Hoods pills cure sick headache. 2sc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-13
THE MOTHERS CORNER

Mrs. r. c. Chatfeld. OF Owego. who gave such an
interesting account in the r. S s. column Of how
she makes trout flies. writes again In regard to
the careless way in which babies placed in their
carriages when taken out for airing She says:
on Its back with its little face turned up TO the
sky. and protection for its eyes but the white
parasol. II any one has carried white paraso
one knows what a garlng light II gives and how
trying II IL to the eyes. or course. many OF the
white parasols now have dark Innings. but still
some have not and mothers should insist upon a
dark blue 3nng, which. think. is better than any
other color. The babies when old enough TO sit up
often put Into their carriages without pillow or
cushion at their little backs. The motion Of the
they fan side with their little faces resting
on the side OF the carriage and humping against II
at every Jolt.
"Often the children slip down after falling asleep.
riage this bends the neck at angle that Ia
great strain on the spinal column.
Then again, mothers mot nurses. but the moth
ers themselves. for have seen them do ~ will 60
into shop leaving the carriage, with the baby il
H. standing on the sidewalk. The least motion OF
the baby will set the carriage rolling. and serious
accidents are thus caused
~ once saved the life OF a baby whose mother
had gone into store leaving the little one In the
carriage the walk Just az came In sight OF
the the carriage began TO roll backward tow.
ard the gutter. ran as fast as COULD barely
catching the carriage, which did really tip over:
in the mean time came out Of the store and was
near enough to touch the carriage. but she seemed
too paralyzed to move. l picked up the pacy ano
righted the carriage. and fortunately me s'I onc
from giving the mother good scoiding; tAeue
abe deserved It,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-13
MISS CLEvELAND's STUDY.
EGYProLOGY CLAIMS HER BEST ENER-
GIEs, AND SHE WORKS HARD.

THOUGH NEVER IN THE LAND OF THE PYRA-
MrDs HER DISCOVERIES HAVE BEEN OF
REAL vALuE-NEw BOOK OF POEMS
IT look forward to a Of Egyptology at
home next winter" said Miss Lucy Cleveland to
Tribune reporter who talked with this patroness OF
the ancients In her charming summer quarters al
Amagansett Then from huge pile OF manu-
script on the TAIN before her. she produced list
OF titles of Talks on Ancient Egypt" as she has
arranged them for her future use. She went on: 1
have made engagements to deliver drawing-room
talks next fall and winter the following SUBJECTS
which doubtless sound quite meaningless TO the
unintiated but from the standpoint OF the teacher
are full Of significance that only waits an opportu-
nifty to be unfolded to the listener
The list comprised the following:
THE Blossom from the Brain OF Hap," The Re-
ligion IF Ancient Egypt" "rhe Pharaoh "Reve-
Iations of an Egyptian Mirror" THE Arts and
Literature Of Ancient Egypt" THE Oldest Love
Story in the World" THE Vocal Memnon. or Taia.
Taia Queen" THE Mummy" "a Bubastic Pussy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-13
SCHOOLS OPEN.
OVER ONE THOUSAND CHILDREN REGIS
TERED AT NO. 96.
THE WORK OF THE NETWORK ASSOCIATION FOR
IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE POOR

THE WORK OF THE NETWORK ASSOCIATION FOR
IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE POOR
BEING INITIATED IN OTHER STATES.
The Association for Improving the Condition OF
the Poor opened vacation schools yesterday
morning and as early as 8 o'clock the buildings
were surrounded by crowds of children eager fol
the opening of the doors that were 10 admit them
TO the COOL clean and well-ventilated classrooms.
Many mothers with the little ones that they
were thankful to get rid of for few hours.
and Little Mothers were there. too, with charges
so tiny that the lowest grade in the kindergarten
will have be a kind of day nursery. The Little
Mothers stay with the babies during the morning
and act helpers to the teachers. at the same
time learning a great deal themselves. The chill
dren were nearly all neat and Clean for 1t has
dawned upon their little minds and on the minds
OF their parents that that is the only condition
suitable for the vacation school
SCHOOL NO Sc CROWDED.
The number of children registered yesterday is
not known yet. but at No. SO. Eighty-hrst-st and
Avenue A. lO72 were In their seats at S;i5 o'clock
and the attendance at the other schools must
have been nearly as large. There will be many
mere applicants to-day half the children didn't
even know of the opening yesterday. and as the
buildings were comfortably filled then 1t seems
certain that many children Will have to be turned
away Miss May Carolan. principal Of No. ~.
says that she will put them three on seat to-
day, but then she Is sure she VIII not nave
room enough for all
Miss Carolan opened the first vacation school in
1894 at Fifty-eighth-st. and Tenth-ave. and has
had charge of No. Sc every summer since Hence the
ease with which she marshalled and registered her
flock She opened the doors in Eighty-frst-st at
$50 O'Clock and let the boys, because they don't
wait so patiently girls. They entered at the
three doors according TO their grades. and the
tanitor MIR. Brown stationed man at each door
to see that they did not do it too fast In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-13
ABOUT HOME DECORATION:
FOR A PARTLY REFUR-
NIsEED ROOM"
THE DISASTER OF TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE n
PROFESSIONAL ADvIcE-sKIIL OF HAIR

THE DISASTER OF TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE n
PROFESSIONAL ADvIcE-sKILL OF HAIR
MoNIzrNG coLoRs
The difference In result from the expenditure q
an equal amount OF money In any direction BY
any two women Is often food for much serious
thought to the man who has taken up the paying
Of bills part Of his education and life expert.
ence
Take the matter Of home decoration. An impor.
tant room Is to be partly refurnished. and the
allowance is finally agreed upon In the family
council II the preliminary selections Of wall
papers and stuYs are made only the general
principle that something ne Is wanted. the full
sum Is easily expended, and the things to be re-
tained look older than ever
But there are women who take with them piece
OF the carpet, which is not to be given up a sam.
pie OF the covering in use the furniture and,
disregarding the effort of the shorman to dwell
upon the novel effects Of the easily sold papers Of
the season. coldly calculate the color and design
required to keep their present belongings fron
going out OF date
And Just here IT seems good to say word Of
praise for those who make up their minds advance
on certain points which bear heavily the final
lection Of papers fabrics" said prominent deco
rator. "A little preparation for shopping tour IN
search OF decorative things Is well repaid by the
consequent ease OF selection. for clear ndicatio
OF ones requirements given to intelligent shop
has seemed perplexng problem
AT the same time. think that women apt
to place too much reliance on what acspeople say
as to style. and lack sufficient nsisence on being
shown whatever may even to bear the
question under disc Isson. Clerks are only human
at times, ard naturally biased in favor OF what
goes with least pressure: therefore, II is the STYLE
though some trick Of design accident Of color
may help the thing along apart from any merit:
they pass over lightly much that is good and
viceabe In decorative scheme because It requires
skill to harmonic and discretion 10 use
These things being so. II becomes women who
wish to achieve success in their home decoration
and individuality In their surroundings 10 take
heart In the face OF much that Is forth to dis
courage research, and with GOODNESS and daring.
TO proceed with determination the lines they
have laid down beforehand safe and pleasant.
The general result Of confidence in professional!
direction Is frequently expensive and the usual
sequel Is the disaster Of finding out what really
wants TO do after the work is done in accordance
with the completion Of the scheme"
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gest repose hammock Of green cords swings
drowsily the corners. and the pillows. !led
SONS. and covered with cool.lookins green and
white India silk. happily invite that inertia to
a table Is within reach Of the hammock. where
graced with green glass bowls iled with ferns and
flowers.
ture to complete the comfort Of this cosey corner,
and should be so arranged that II may be moved
up and down to protect the occupant from all
draughts.
The trailing vines form sort OF floral curtain
sounds Of the country: the songs OF birds, the
humming Of the bees. the scent OF new-mown hay.
sand flowers. The click Of the moving machine
and glimpse Of the flying arms Of the improved
reaper. as II cuts down the ripened grain on the
neighborng hillside. are unitarian visions. which
sides all this the oiterer In the hammock can gaze
on the beautiful mountains bathed IN gray or blue
mists watch the sink behind the overlook.
with his trailing clouds Of glory, he or she must
feel that the cup of summer JOY Is full.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-13
KINDERGARTEN EXERCISES.
Come. little pigeons, come into the ring.

and patrotc societies Of the State Of Kansas will
take part in the birthday festivities.
The women interested in Red Cross work having
decided that there is sufficient reason to prevent
Miss Clara Barton from carrying out her desire OF
going 10 the relief Of sufferers In Cuba except
want of funds have planned for raising the neces-
sary amount Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. the well-known
temperance worker Will begin her lecture tour
for the cause about August !.
The new chimes which will soon be in their place
in St Patricks Cathedral are said 10 be the finest
i'm the world There are nineteen bells the largest
weighs 100 pounds and the smallest @(h pounds
Each bell is beautifully decorated and bears the
name OF In, donor and the dedication to SAINT
The ceremony OF blessing them will take place in
August Ii will be led by Archbishop Corrigan.
1.-THE Indifference of Americans generally for the
suffering of their countrywoman langushing In an
English prison." said a club woman Yesterday "is
a table phase Of the Maybrick case However, the
for her release being Just now brighten
Ing IL would seem that this fact alone would serve
to- awaken interest in the unfortunate woman
All concerned in the question Of suffrage. pro or
con will doubtless watch with Jealous eye the
movements and progress Of the little town of Lin
coin n J. which has the distinction Of being the
only town started on basis of equal rights The
sufYraeists Of Lincoln may well rejoice that they
have no obstacles 10 be overcome in the way Of
settled facts or established customs. nothlng Ia
stand In the of their progress or success
already succeeded in getting In some eood WORK
Lincoln Is now In the fourth month OF is existence
and its Common Council boasts two women mein-
bers. one Of whom was chosen az me meeting n S %
received that honor. is said 10 ne an interesting
young woman of twenty -one years.
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H 8sE5 5EE.7TALX5'
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SENT IN BY
READERS OF THE ONLY WON
ANS PAGE.

ANS FACE
~ r.. The best way to wash silk. Isle and thread
gloves is to put them on and wash them thoroughly
in borax water In which white CASTLE soap has
been dissolved. The process Is like washing the
hands with gloves on. Rinse carefully under o.
stream Of water and stroke and dry with a towel!
fold them as new gloves folded. place between
the folds of clean. smooth towel. and place under
d weight
Nora: The following recipe Is said TO he most
successful in the removal Of all kinds Of stains:
To two quarts Of spring water adj piece OF
potash the size Of hazel nut. lump Of white am
Der the size OF a walnut and two lemons sliced up.
Let 1t stand day and night. then strain 1t of and
keep tightly corked Apply to the stain and wash
the SPOT immediate ely in fresh water.
Petroleum should be poured over bloodstains. and
cred with butter 6resh) or sweet oil. and then
rubbed out with turpentine or chloroform. 49,
(laret stains may be removed by RUBBING with
salt.
Mrs Henry A.: An experienced housekeeper says
that reaches cherries. strawberries. and. indeed.
all kinds Of fruit may be successfully canned by
the following process:
After pairing the fruit or carefully picking and
washing the berries. put them in jars Then make
a syrup-a very sweet syrup-and when boiling
pour 1t slowly over the fruit. screwing down the
tons as soon az covered with the syrup. Place the
lars in a large boiler. putting in several strips or
kindng 10 prevent the jars from resting on the
bottom and thereby cracking Pour In boiling water