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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-10

ty-Pins-Perhaps dozens Of
mothers have discovered that a safety
pin can take the place of the missing
bodkin in An emergency; but 1 never
had until recently. | found that it
was as capable of running tape
through my little boys blouses, and
ribbon i'm the little girls frocks. as a
bOdkin; and was always convenient
and ready to perform its function. l
am not sure but that 1 like it better
i'm many instances than a bOdkin, on
account of the blunt end.
To Crack Pecan Nuts.-I had often
wondered how it was possible to crack
pecan nuts so that the kernels would
come out in even halves just as we see
them in the tantalizing jars in the
shops, and so I experimental until
| found that the meats would come
out very nicely if the nut was held
on end when it was cracked, instead
of the more usual practice of cracking
it on it's side, which always results in
broken meats and shattered shells. A
friend told me that the dealers always
soaked their pecan nuts in cold water
over night before cracking them; but
IL really udkeS very HCUle u1HereHco
and, then, too, the red coloring matter
is sure to come off from the nuts and
stain the fingers badly, unless the nuts
are thoroughly dry.
Moist Cheese.-To keep cheese
moist and free from mould, cut in
strips of a suitable width to slip easily
into a fruit can. Screw the top on
tight until wanted for use.
Cleaning Piano Keys.-I had tried
in vain to find something which would
clean piano keys properly, until some
one suggested alcohol 1t may be d.
luted with a little water, or applied
just as it is in a small quantity, with
a soft, clean rag. Rub the keys care
fully, and every particle of dust and
dirt will disappear. 1 always wipe
them at once with a dry cloth, and am
very careful not to let any of the alcO-
hOl drop on the polished surface of
the wood. But, if it should, it can be
wiped off at once without any bad
results Exchange.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-10
How to Boil a Potato.

1t requires more knowledge to serve
vegetable in good condition than 1T
does to brOil a steak. In fact, the
boiling and baking Of potatoes seem to
be lost arts. First of all, select pOta-
toes of an equal size, scrub them
thoroughly, and if they are to be
boiled in their jackets throw them in
to cold water for ten minutes, then
put them into a kettle of actually boil
ing water, and boil them, not rapidly
until you can easily pierce them to
the center with fork. Medium-sized
potatoes should not be tested before
twenty minutes; it usually requires
about half an hour to cook them, and
constant trying SpOilS them. AS soon
as they are done drain every particle
of water from the saucepan; dust the
potatoes with salt and shake them
over the fire in an uncovered vessel,
until they are perfectly dry. Turn
them into vegetable dish and serve
at once; do not cover the dish.
To boil pared potatoes take off the
very thinnest skin; put the potatoes
at once into very cold water; throw
them into a kettle of boiling water and
boil until they can be pierced to the
salt; shake over the fire until the po-
tatoes are glossy and as white as
snowballs, turn into a heated dish
and serve at once.
All starchy foods should be allowed
to dry in uncovered vessels and be
served in hot uncovered dishes.
1t may not be amiss to say a word
about the MASKING of boiled potatoes.
As soon as the potatoes are dry, they
should be put through an ordinary
vegetable press, and sufficiently hot
milk added to make them moist but
not pasty; stand the pot or bowl over
the fire and beat the potatoes until
they are white and light; heap them
at once in an uncovered heated dish
and send to the table; do not pat them
down and do not add butter to them
either before or after the beating.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-10
rHoueHrs FOR THIS WEEK.

In character, in manners, i'm style,
in all things. the supreme excellence
is neutrality-suspicious..
The old fashion of simplicity is the
best for all of us.-Louisa M. Alcott-
Have something to do, whether you
are rich or poor, have some useful
employment. And let it be some liked
task which you cannot shirk at
moments notice. Carlyle compares
the work of this world to an immense
hand-barrOw with innumeraDle nan
dies, of which there is one for every
human being. But there are some
people, he says, so lazy that they not
only let go their handle, but jump upon
the barrow and increase the weight.
Don't let go your handle. There is
abundance of work in this busy world
for every one who has human heart.
David Pryde.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-10
Home Grown Products for Our
Tables.
Tables.

We feel sure that large number
of the hOusekeepers of Florida will be
interested in Mrs. III. H. Harvey'S ar
ticle on. the above subject presented
before the State Horticultural Society
at it's last meeting and for that reason
we reproduce it for their benefit.
She says: "The tin can is some
times a God-send. Let's not condemn
it entirely, but let us see how much of
variety we can grow here, that with
some careful preparation can be made
food fit for an American to eat. Milk,
butter and eggs with all their acceS-
series are to be had here in abundance
and the best the world affords. The
sweet potato is at home with us;
aside from the ordinary methods of
preparation, we have the sweet pOta o
pone and the sweet potato custard
pie. so nearly like the far-fameI
pumpkin pie, we scarce need raise that
vegetable.
Cassava has many possibilities.
Wash, peel, CRATE, wash in much wa
ter. use the coarse part for pudding,
prepare the caSsava the same way for
griddle cakes, using only small
amount of flour. and it is a change
to Use One-half a cup of same in GUS
tard pie, using only two eggs ms .ead
of three.
Then the starch that settles in pan,
when it is washed. can be dried and
used for starch and for flour; for
light bread. One-third cassava -four
and twO-thirds wheat flour make a
nice bread.
Arrow root | am told can be used
the same as caSSava.
Both rye and oats raised in Florida
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-10
Nodded Ice Cream Without Mo1ds.

For the benefit of those who do not
have the ready made mOlds for special
occasions, the following will be help
full:
Nodded ice cream is the most eco
nOmical mode of serving ice cream,
and when once the knowledge of hand
ling the mOlds has been acquired, it
will be found to involve but little more
labor than the usual way Even the
absence of molds, however, need not
deter one from serving nodded ice
cream i'm a shape not unlike what is
known as brick cream, if the follow
ing directions are explicitly followed:
Freeze good, thick cream, favored
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-10

We would like to know if any one
has ever tried the following method
of making candied peel? If any one
has a method of her own we would
like to have it for our readers. e. l..
l.. says: Soak the peeling twenty
four hours in sailed water. Place in
fresh, cold water ON the stove, let come
to a boil; turn Off this water and put
on fresh boiling water. Let 1T cook
until tender, then boil in thick syrup
made of granulated sugar. Let the
syrup cook all out, being careful not
to burn; place on the platters to dry.
This is fine for fruit cake, mince meat,
or to season common loaf cake. 1t
will keep any length of time, if placed
in covered cans.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-10

are parched and ground and used in
the place of coffee to the entire salts
faction of many.
leaves used for tea.
The Jamaica sorrel grows to per-
lection here The calyX of the pods,
when made into jelly, gives one of the
finest products in this line.
The kumquat, after being soaked
over night in soda water, makes de-
locus preserve jelly and marmalade,
and crystalized it is much sought
The orange, the still unsOlved prob
lem i'm our state, is never so fine In any
way as eaten fresh from the tree.
Yet. there are few months i'm the year
when we cannot have it fresh, hence
we extract the juice, bring to a boil and
can. Oranges are nice preserved and
iellied, and marmalade made of the
meats. A confection manufactured
from the peel of either orange or grape
fruit is relished by all. We must not
omit the orange short cake and the or
ange pudding so nice in the orange sea-
son. Sliced oranges with pulp of grape
fruit and sugar an hour before serving,
gives a tOOthsOme sauce; then adding
to this sauce sliced bananas and pine
apples and grated cocoanut we have
ambrosia that truly is dish for an
honest American. A cup of grape
fruit juice in cuStard for cake-illing
is fine. The grapefruit can be used
i'm all ways we use the orange.
The loquats (if the freeze don't take
them are a great addition to the table,
dried, preserved, canned with or with
out sugar they can be used for sauce,
pies, shortcake or jelly.
The peach is largely raised and all
know its possibilities.
The Kelsey plums, peeled, halved
and pitted can be canned so one can
hardly tell them from peaches.
And the sweet, wild plum is used in
many ways with us.
The fig grows in luXuriance in GER
tain spots in our state and is much
used for canning and preserving and
the finest vinegar is made from the
fig Also yeast from the leaves.
Three months of the year we can
have the Kaki or Japan persimmOn,
smOthered in sugar and cream for
breakfast.
PineappleS, we can preserve, make
into marmalade and with the aid or
yellow cattley guava juice make fine
jelly; the peel washed and covered
with slightly sweetened water will, in
a day or two, be a refreshing drink
that soothes but does not inebriate.
The guava is so common that we
scarce need dwell upon its uSeS-jelly,
paste marmalade, etc. The Avocado
pear for salads and again cooked a
little and made into marmalade is
highly priced by the cultivated taste.
The citrOn we only preserve.
Surnam cherries we can and jelly.
The LeCOnte pear is canned, pre-
served and dried to quite an extent.
CThey are very fine parbOiled and then
baked peeled fresh) and canned, pour
ing the sweetened juice over them
and eaten in winter as a canned fruit.
-EditOr).
The grape grown in most healthy
luXuriance, and could we but eXtermi-
nate the hooking bird, bluejay and
wOOdpecker we could grow the fresh
varieties The thick skinned SOUP
pernOng in several varieties give us
a chance for preserves and jellies and
the juice of the grape brought to a
boiling and sealed will keep indefinite
ly as a refreshing drink.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
Bank for the Philippines.

Public meetings are being held at
Manila in keeping with the movement
to secure an agricultural bank for the
Philippines. A prominent Manila
firm states that 1t hopes to secure
minimum capitalization of $20,000,-
600 pesos. They state that the short
age In the hemp production, upon
which the islands are dependent, will
create q bad financial condition which
a government agricultural bank would
greatly mitigate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
Source Of tuberculosis.

In his address before the Interna-
tion tuberculosis Congress DR.. Law
renee Flick, head of the Phipps lnsti-
Ytute at Philadelphia, demonstrated
that the tubercle bacillus has a re-
stricted habitat and is delicate or
ganism which may easily be destroyed.
He takes issue with the view long held
by scinentists that the lungs are the
pricipal source of tuberculous inocu-
lation. The fact that the bacillus is a
solid and that infection is found in
every part of the body reached by the
circulatory system convinces him that
entry is gained through the alimen-
tary canal and thence through the
right heart into the circulation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
Keeping Cooi Dy s,oves.

A popular article Of household
furniture among Americans in the
Philippines is said to be the "refrig-
Grating stove" This stove is de-
signed to keep people cool instead OF
hot Just as we heat our houses in
the States in winter with coal stoves
SO the wanderer who has set up
housekeeping in the Philippines
cools his house with a cold stove.
These cold stoves are made to
look something like an ordinary
stove and, being fed with ammonia
and chemicals, give out radiations of
cold waves instead of heat. One can
imagine family gathering around
the refrigerating stove for GOODNESS
on q hot night In the Philippines
Just as on cold night In the States
they had been accustomed to gather
around the parlor stove for warmth.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
YOU ARE INVITED TO CALL
IOHN NIEDERHAUSER
1918 East Tuscarawas St.

sturgeon are very plentlrul-tno
capture Is dragged bodily through
the hole and despatched with sticks,
| which each man carries. Great carts
are in waiting to transport the spoil
to the sheds, where the fish are
| either relieved of their valuable
cargo of eggs forthwith or are de-
spatched to the markets for sale to
caviare makers.
Liquid cayiare is prepared with
finest salt, in the proportion of from
| to per cent, and fetches O very
| high price. This kind is known as
ikra.
The pressed variety is made with
brine, the roe being rubbed with a
wooden spoon through sieves, so as
to secure the removal of all liga-
ments from the fish eggs. Liquid
| caviare is packed in bottles with ice
in tin boxes, but the pressed Is
| squeezed with the greatest force into
| canvas bags. Skin sacks of 1t are
+, submitted to the forcible persuas-
ions of powerful press so that all
the brine shall be extracted.
This kind is then packed In oaken
barrels lined with cloths, and is
known as servietts caviare, while
| that which Is sold In canvas bags is
known in the trade as sack caviare.
Packed in either way 1t will stand
| any amount Of transport. Warsaw
has become the principal market for
this commodity with western Eu-
rope.
These Russian fisheries produce
annually more than 100000
pounds of caviare. Only 100000
pounds Of this is in liquid form.
The nutritive quality of caviare is
| not generally appreciated. 1t is rich
In nitrogen and fat, besides includ-
ing sea salt and mineral components.
1t has a stimulating and euergiz-
ing effect on the stomach. Russians
value It greatly, and 1t is said never
to be absent from the Cars table.
That which is supplied to the I'M
perial family is the enforced tribute
Of the Cossacks, who before they
! may reap the profit of their own in
dustry must supply the Little Father
with eleven tons of the best. To pro-
vide this amount OF caviare 5000
surgeons must be caught.
A certain amount of caviare
comes to England, France and Ger
many, but not much. A good deal OF
that which we eat is made in Ger
many" from the common sturgeon,
and sent off from Hamburg as real
Russian" Another kind of caviare
is made from the roes of pike and
carp; 1t Is colored red, and is known
as "the Jews caviare."
Italy also makes a caviare of her
own, which is very palatable, being
more delicate than the Russian. For
this the Dream, the pike, the perch
and countless other fish contribute
their eggs. Norway. too, makes a
mock caviare, which has only a
local interest.
America, anxious to be .self-sup-
porting, Is making caviare also, but
for many reasons Russian caviare
commands the market.
Formerly the sturgeon fishers
added to their profit by the sale of
the air bladder Of the surgeons for
making isinglass, and Russia was
for q long time the only country
supplying this commodity. Modern
necessities. however, have led to this
breathing apparatus being appre-
priated from other fish than the
sturgeon, SO the trade has declined
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
WHERE CAvIARE COMES FROM.
The Sturgeon of Southeastern Rus
sia Supplies the Best.


, Caviare-that is, so-called ca
viare-comes from several countries
and from many varieties of fish.
But real caNare comes only from
Russia, from the great sturgeon of
its southeastern district.
The mere word caviare has come
to be a synonym with us for the ex-
treme Of luxury. It is rather sur
prise therefore to discover that It is
pretty nearly the staff of life among
the Cossack tribes, who make the
catching of sturgeon their winter oc-
cupation. @erW
The most generally eaten caviare,
according to the Wide World maga-
zine, is made from the roe of the
great sturgeon, fish which runs up
to twenty-five feet in length. The
sterlet, smaller kind, which
reaches length of Ave feet, has
naturally smaller supply of roe.
1t is highly priced, however, be-
cause 1t is from this fish that liquid
caviare is made, delicacy that is
never met with far out of Russia,
since 1t is very lightly salted and
will not keep. A little finds it way
to Persia and the table of the Khe-
dive, but even in Russia it Is rarely
to be seen, except at the Cars table
or In court circles.
To make caviare you must first
catch your sturgeon, and though
this may be done in summer caviare
making is winter industry, and the
principal part of the fishing takes
place in severe weather. The ooun-
try through which the sturgeon
yielding rivers flow consists of large
plains. covered many months deep
in snow, and swept by bitter winds.
Here, in dreary wastes, live thou
sands of Russians who subsist al
most entirely on the fish they catch.
The traveller win f1nd wide and
frozen river. dotted with crowds of
men. But they are fishing in a way
that is distinctly move! to most trav-
ellers, for their lines are passed
through holes in the ice on which
they stand.
When there is cateh--and the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.

A vanilla bean kept In a box OF
sugar will impart delicate favor 60
the sugar
A ruffie on the bottom of a work
apron well starched will prevent
spots on the skirt below.
No excuse for fragments to lodge
in corners and crevices of the refrig-
orator when skewers will dislodge
them so quickly.
An olive placed in each boullion
cup before pouring in the bullion
gives the liquid an added and pleas
Ing favor.
Coarse salt and vinegar will clean
enameled ware that has been burn
ed or diseolored. The same will
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09

That our American rorests abound IN
plants which possess tho most valua BILE
medicinal virtues is abundantly attested
by scores of the most eminent medical
writers and~teachers. Even the untu-
tored Indians had discovered the useful
ness Of many native plants before tho
advent of the white race. This informa-
tion, impaired freely to the whites, led
the latter to continue investigations until
to-day we have rich assortment Of most
valuable American medicinal roots.
DR.. Pierce believes that our American for
ests abound In most valuable medicinal roots
foA the cursQf most obstinate and fatal dis
eases. II we.wonsd properly investigate them;
and ip teAhrNatNp OF this conviction. he
poiIiSo' With pride~S the RlrnQat marxelnua
cnrea etfected by hls !. aIden -Medical- Dis
coyerye which has pIoYen Itself TO be the
most et1ctent &tQmRch- tonic. LIVER inYtRRE-
staL heart tonic and regulator and hlood
cleanser known 70 medical scleneS. DyspeD.
sid. or Indigestion. torpid liver. functional
and even valvular and other affections of
the heart yield 10 Its curative action. The
reason tOhv IL cures these and many other
affections. Is clearly shown In little book
which Is mailed free TO any address by DR.. r.
". Pierce. Of Buffalo. N. T.. to all sending
request for the same.
- =
Not less marvellous. In the unparalleled
cures II Is constantly making Of woman's
many peculiar affections. weaknesses and
disiyessing defdngements. Is DR.. Pierce's
Favorite> >Prescripuon as is amply attested
BY thousands efslnS Soslcited testimonials con-
iIibuted byNGSafeful patfenA who have been
cured by Il Of catarrhal pelxic dfbins. painfm
lerlods, irregulaTIiies: prolspsps and olheE
qLsplacements cnpseI by We ekness. Qlcer>
ition 81 uterus and Kindred aHsctiQlss often
after many other advertised medicines. and
physicians had failed.
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Both the above mentioned medicines are
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts OF
pioyed In their manufacture were original
with Dr. Pierce. and they are carried on by
skilled chemists and pharmacists with the
AID OF apparatus and appliances specially
desisned and built for this purpose. Both
medicinss are entirely free from alcohol and
All other harmful, habit-forminE drugs; A
Nll list OF their ingredients u printed on
each bottle-vraDper
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
Developing Central Africa.

The development of Central Africa
is now proposed by representatives of
the Congo State and Robert Williams,
representing the Tanganyika Conces-
sions and the Benguella Railway COM
pany and the Societe Generate, of
which Baron Baeyens is governor.
They have agreed to form a large
mineral company, according to dis
patch from Brussels, and also to COM
bine financially for the execution of a
great Central African railway policy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
Five Hours to Wind a Clock.

The hour and the quarter weights
Of Big Ben, the clock in the English
House Of Parliament, have to be
wound twice week, the operation
taking about Ave hours in each case.
The weight for the quarters is just
one ton and half, and the holr
weight is over a ton. The pendulum,
1879 feet long, vibrates once in two
seconds, and weighs nearly 700
pounds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
Denmark a Protestant country.

Denmark is one of the most pre-
dominantly Protestant countries in the
world, having a few years ago, among
all its 2,0O0,e10 inhabitants, only 5000
Catholics. But nowadays the monks
and nuns expelled from Francer are
fiocking into England, finding, appar-
emily, ready welcofe. Denmark 40
years ago had only three Catholic
priests; she has now 20, besides 400
nuns.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09
A ErIend to Humanity.

Only a short time ago the woman
whose inventive brain gave the ice
cream freezer to delighted humanity
died at an advanced age in Philadel-
phia. Mrfs. Nancy M. johnson, and
her device was patented in 1s43.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-11-09

It is reported that more than 100
Jewish families move into Jerusalem
every week. Though most of them
are very poor, yet they flnd means to
make a scanty living. Jerusalem is
rapidly becoming onco more a Jews
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-30
s,ANIAc SHOOTS MouRNERs.
Fatally Wounds Two. Sets Fire te
House and Then Kills Self.

Baltimore, March 24.-Brooklyn,
just across the Patapsco river from
this city, is Mortified over the deeds
and death Of Walter Potee, an insane
man, who, entering his brothers
house just as friends and relatives
were gathering to attend the funeral
OF the brothers. little child, opened
fire with revolver and set fire to
the house AID himself died from gun
shot wounds. Potee entered the room
and began firing so unexpectedly that
several persons were wounded before
they could escape. Potee then locked
himself in the house and for two hours
exchanged shots with crowd who
surrounded the place. Nine people
were injured more or less seriously
by his shots. OF these, a brother,
John H. Potee, and William H. Miller,
brother-in-law, are likely to die.
The crazy man found time between
shots to sprinkle oil about the house
and set fire to it. While it was burn
ing fiercely the front door was forced
and the body of the child whose fu-
neral had been about to take place
saved from incineration.