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The Washington times., 1907-08-18
Remedy for Ants

A remedy for the plague of ants. yet
simpler than the kerosene cure, Is Of
fered by a Kentucky member.
A sure way to drive ants from the
premises is 10 spread common salt thick
~ IN their paths, in the corners of the
rooms, and. IN fact, everywhere they
are found. Last summer our kitchen
and dining room were infested by the
large garden ants. We spread boraX'
red pepper. and black pepper, all with
out avail.
A friend who had previously had her
pantry overrun with the tiny red ants
advised the use of common salt The
effect was marvellous, In a few days
there was not one ant to be seen.
However. in removing the paper from
kitchen shelf. a small colony of them
was discovered, lying in wait for the re-
moval Of the salt. More salt was scat
tered, and in a short time not a trace
of an ant was to be found
May I venture to give you and yours
a hint on another, subject? Some one
wrote with regard 10 washing lace cur
tains. II she viii first fold the curtains
into a nice compact parcel, not toe
small, and then proceed with the wash
ing. keeping the curtains folded all the
way through, the work viii be found
greatly reduced.
A good idea is 10 haste lightly after
folding them, so as to keep the size and
shape. This idea was given TO me BY
most intelligent washerwoman, and ii
has proved invaluable.
Your page is eagerly read each week
and is a source Of great help to me.
A KENTUCKY MOTHER.
(Buechels XVI
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
Cheap Floor Polish.

I see that Mrs. T. p. H." Of Hart
well. Ca. asks for floor polish at once
cheap and durable"
II her floors are OF oak or Of Georgia
pine. already finished, and properly, a
good preparation for keeping them in
order is a mixture OF two parts vinegar
10 one Of olive oil. applied freely and
rubbed into the wood with soft cloth
until dry.
The mixture IS equally good for the
finest furniture. such as pianos and Ia
bles. as for floors.
The vinegar seems to cut the dust and
brings out the grain Of the wood beau
tifuliy. With floors and furniture OF
oak. some OF il highly polished, I use
aothing else
l trust that this may be useful 10 some
Of your readers
A HOUSEKEEPER C%iles, Mich)
one OF the numerous pleasant features
Of our council chamber is the kindly
communion of North and South, East
and West. and the cordial interchange
of neighborly services.
The floor polish here extOlled is new
70 me. and il may be TO most Of our
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
Care of Dogs.

We have two pet fox ferries We keep
them IN a large yard. where they have
plenty Of exercise They are fed mostly
on cOTnmeal muSh. mixed with Oee-
broth. We give them a little meat or
bones once . day Yet now and then
they get sick with Indigestion Cor
WOrns). refuse 10 eat for three or four
DAYS, and for twenty-four hours suffer
great pain During this illness they
grow very thin This has happened
three times since we got the dogs. the
attacks being about five weeks apart
one dog has died, and we are fearing
that the other may die, too. Can some
one tell me what 70 dO2 What has
been wrong IN our treatment OF the
poor creatures2
IGNORANT pensacola. Fla-).
TO me IL seems that your treatment o :
the doCs has been Judicious. Ny ona
canine possession, a big ST Bernard.
would grow sleek and be joyfuIly con-
tent under the regimen
VIII our dog fanciers let US have an
instructive word Of comment and coun-
sel2
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Ingredients and utensils should be very
cold.
Put tire dressing on the ice until need
ed. anc when IL is 10 be served beat the
waite % an egg TO a stiff froth and stir
lightly into the mayonnaise.
Boiled Salad Dressing.
Beat TO a cream a heaping tablespoon
ful Of butter and one OF -four. Stir into
this one egg. beaten light. a teaspoonful
OF white sugar a half teaspoOnful each
Of pepper and mustard and four table
spoOnfuls OF vinegar.
Put over the fire and cook slowly all
the time until the sauce is very thick
Take from the fire. add salt 70 taste,
and put in cold place. Just before 1t
goes 10 the table stir into II cupful Of
whipped cream
/ have never eaten a more delicious
boiled salad dressing than this.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18

mn ing blankets and quilts as a
remedy for the "crawls" you
speak OF when one occupies a
strange bed?
! make muslin turnovers eight inches
wide, and tack one across the end Of
every pair Of covers. This makes
depth of four inches at each side. No
mistake can be made as to which end
goes at the top and which TO the bottom
Of the bed.
The turnover keeps the cover lean,
and is sanitary, because IL may be often
and easily changed. II may be elab-
GRATED and be -laCe-tTimmed for the
guest chamber, being at once useful and
ornamental
VIII you kindly explain about adding
sugar in your directions for making
orange marmalade?
You say strain the juice and mix a
pound Of sugar 10 every pint of juice. -
And later. Simmer gently until clear.
add sugar, and boil forty-five minutes q"
Is that misprint, or do you add half
of the sugar first and the rest later?
VIII you suffer one word of adverse
criticism Of the dearly loved Exchange?
Why is ii cramped for space. and now
and then IL has no space at all2 Why
do YOU not invite intelligent constituents
to speak right out in meeting instead
Of being obliged TO cut short so many
bright and instructive letters?
Is not the exchange of experiences and
ideas the very genius Of the page?
You will forgive-rny frankness, won
you? L. L. r. milwaukee, Wis.,.
I forgive il the more readily because
lam in no way responsible for the
cramping which you and dozens OF
others flatter me by complaining Of
If we had more room for our round
table and for those who gather about
| 10 in loving conference, some other de-
partment and some other bodies would
| be driven 20 the wall
And from the beginning OF the making
of books and papers until now, the law
Of matter decreeing that two substances
cannot occupy the same space at the
same time has been memorable.
1t hurts me far more 70 abridge the
| bright letters and to lay instructive
communications over for another time
than it can hurt or irk the dear writer's
Having got that question out OF the
way, come we TO that anent the mar
malade. II should have read: ALLOW
/ a pound of sugar TO a pint of fruit.
l never cook fruit and fruit juice lons
| together when making jellies and jams
and marmalades.
| To do this imparts a cloying sweet
ness we know as the preserve taste
| Cooking the fruit first, and adding sugar
/ later, retains the fruity favor.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
y Family Meals for a Week X
Sunday.

Sunday.
BREAKFAST.
Melons, cereal. hshbaIls, Boston brown
bread. tea. coffee.
LUNCHEON
Curried egg. rice. salad OF young beets
filled with green peas, iced tea huckle-
berry cake.
Cream OF squash soup. boiled fresh
beef's tongue, stured eggplant lima
beans. green corn, peach surprise,
Monday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit, cereal. bacon and fried eggs,
baked toast, tea, Conee-
LUNCHEON
Cold fresh beefs tongue. sliced Gu
cunibers. tomato toast, crackers and
cheese. tea
Brown potato soup, broiled steak'
baked rice. succOtash, boiled onions,
blaokberries and cream. tea.
Tuesday.
BREAKFAST
Fruit. homiuv boiled in milk. Drowned
hash, quick biscuit, tea. coffee
LUNCHEON.
lice Of beers tongue warmed IN
gravy. with border OF green peas, onion
souffe Oeft over. buJtered toast tea
DINNER.
Beef SOUP. stock made from beef
tongue: baked lambs liver. larded,
ach. sliced peaches. cream and cake,
coffee
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
Look to Your Cooking Stove.

The writer is very much interested in
good cookery In order TO have good
cookery one must have good stoves and
a drauGht IN good working order for
the stove Many a time the chimney is
blamed FOR the spoiled meal when the
fault is in the cooks neglect to ex-
anime the friedrich in the stove. Care
tut inspection OF the same will show
that the frehrlck. on account OF age
and wear, or because it was carelessly
W in. stands too far away from, the
K, and, the air passing behind it.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18

or garlic. the dressing will be improved
by rubbing the spoon or tn bowl with
a bit OF garlic OF adding a few drops Of
onion juice.
Mayonnaise Dressing.
Breaking the volk Of an egg into a
soup plate. setting aside the white in
q cool place. To the yoIk add the Juice
Of a lemon, a teaspoonful Of salt. and
a tiny pinch of mustard. Begin stirring
into it salad oil. a drop al A time. tax
ing care TO mix each in well before add
Ing another.
After the dressing begins 10 tliclen
the oil may go in more quickly. A pint
Of oil may be used 10 the yolk Of one
egg. Add the vinegar when about two
thirds OF the oil has gone IN. All the
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
Tomato Aspic.


before the jelly goes into it.
Tomato Aspic.
Stew fresh tomatoes or use the canned,
and in either case take from them u
pint OF the liquor. Put this over the fire
for twenty minutes with a stalk Of cell
cry, a bay leaf, and a small onion
should the tomato be very tart add 10 II
q teaspOOnful Of white sugar.
Pour the hot liquid upon a half box OF
geiatine which has been soaked for an
hour in a cup Of cold water, season 20
taste with salt and pepper, strain and
set aside 70 form.
Il is very attractive formed in bor-
Ger mold and the center filed with let
tuce, celery. vegetables cut into dice,
cold meat or fish. IL may also be cut in
cubes and used as a Earnish. or meat.
fish. vegetables or eggs may be imoed-
ded in it in a large or a small mold.
Cucumber Aspic.
Peel two large cucumbers. slice. and
put them with n small onion. sliced over
the fire in two cups of water.
Boil quietly for an hour, add a half
box Of gelatine, which has been soaked
IN a cunful of cold water, Stir until dis
solved. strain, and set the liquid aside to
cool. IL may be used exactly like the
| tomato aspic. either as a salad by itself
or as an accompaniment 10 other ar
| ticies.
French Dressing.
Dissolve a saltspoonful OF pepper and
a half teaspoonful Of salt in a table
spoonful OF vinegar. and stir into this
! three tablespoonfuls OF OIL. II the vine
/ gar is very sharp, use an extra spoonful
/ Of oil. Stir uutil as thick as cream.
! For those VINO Ike tue flavor OF onic
The Washington times., 1907-08-18

readers I take T. upon trust II seems
70 me as odd as IL IS simple VIII some
one else try it, II Is valuable II IL de-
serves half what our Michigan house
mother says Of it.
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Wednesday.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST
Fruit. cereal. mlnCe Of liver, French
fried potatoes. rolls. tea. coffee.
LUNCHEON
CLANS a Ia NewbUrg, corn fritters,
pop-Overs. iced tea, jam.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
DINNER

Scotch broth. chicken. stewed whole:
rice -crOQuettes, spinach sOuffe Cleft
oven. carrots saute, hot blackberry
shCrtcaks, coffee
The Washington times., 1907-08-18

We are rich this week in new CORES
pondents. If they could know how
greatly they simplify. and how sensibly
they relieve the work OF the editor by
writing out. as the bOusemother has
done. the annals Of practical. everyday
hoqsewifery-their experiments and
what comes OF them-they would not
let me ask a second time for contrfbu-
tons Of this kind
They are the women for whom the
Exchange was opened, and for whom
IT Is run They, too, are the readers
The Washington times., 1907-08-18

who make the Tork a privilege and a
delight.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
~ HouSemothers' Exchange ~

n n IGHT I suggest my way OF fix
mn ing blankets and quilts as a
remedy for the "crawls' You
sneak OF when one nccunias 4
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
Thursday.
BREAKFAST.

4AAASNGy
BREAKFAST
Fruit nodded oatmeal. cold toasted
bacon, hot mullins. and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Minced. chicken, loaf corn bread, sliced
potatoes au maitre d'hotel. tea. tunket.
DINNER
Chicken soup stock from any day be
fore). boiled leg OF mutton with caper
sauce mashed potatoes. scalIoped corn.
Creamed young turnips, peach fritter5,
coffee.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18

Friday.

BREAKFAST
Fruit, cereal. eggs Poached IN milk,
graham gems, tea coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Tomatoes stuffed with shrimps. may
onnaise dressing. toasted English muf-
fms crackers and cheese, tea.
DINNER
Mutton broth, baked bluefsh. duchesse
potl.tOes Creamed onions. nodded spin
ack. apple cake with whipped cream,
coffee.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
Saturday.
LUNCHEON

BREAKFAST
Fr-dt, cereal. creamed FISH IN naples,
who is wheat mullins. tea, coffee
The Washington times., 1907-08-18

Sliced mutton warmed over in caper
sauce. German fried potatoes. lettuce
and tomato salad, crackers and cheese
tea.
The Washington times., 1907-08-18
DINNEF

Cream Of spinach soup, veal potpie,
Partisan potatoes. kidney beans, cabi-
net pudding, coffee
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11
NEWS OF RIVERS
AND STEAMBOATS,
NEW OHIO RIVER COMMISSION
REVIEWING REPORT OF ENcI.
NEER ON IMPROVEMENTS.
MAKE TRIP TO CAIRO
About Middle of Auaust--South Needs
Coal--Body of Engineer Stewart
In Bad Shape and Capt.
Faudree Indignant.

The pittsburg Gazette-rimes says:
col Hoxie. chairman 81 the Board ~
United States Engineers at Washing.
ton. has notified Mai II. G. Newcomer
United states engineee for this ais
trict hat the boari will ao'd a So
sion in this city on August y, ON the
Improvement OF the rivers from Pitts.
burg 10 Cairo This report was 10
have been laid before the special CO d.
mittee Of congress at the last SEES ion,
but owing o the law requiring tae
permanent Board Of United States
Engineers to review all reports of is.
trict boards. II was not presented TIL
board viii review the report ana he7
anything favorable OF otherwise tla
business interests have to Offer tha
Is rot embodied In the report Al tee
conclusion of the hearing the mem
beers viii make d river trip to Louis
vile on the government steamer
Swan. A session viii be held in that
city. ana on a boat TO be furnished
there the board viii con inue down
The river TO Cairo Tie object Of the
water journey is to give the board an
opportunity to inspect the rivers ana
verify the report of the commission
b~ a personal examination
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11

A good game for you to play Is
this: Distribute paper and pencils
among the boys and girls, one for
each, and tell them to write down at
the head of their sheets of paper
their own initials. each one to write
down his own initials only.
Then read aloud the following
questions for them to write down In
the order that you give them.
These questions they must answer
with words beginning with the In
itials
After the questions have all been
answered, OF after time is up"
gather all the papers and read the
anrwers aloud. Here is an example;
One boys initials we're b. o. p:
What do you like best to eat?
Beans Otherwise Peas.
What is your worst fault? Boast
ing OF Performances.
What is your greatest virtue? Be-
ing Occasionally Piods.
Many other questions may be
given. such as What did you dis
like most as a child?r what do you
most dread in the future?" What
do you most hope for in the future?"
etc.-North American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11
General and Local Notes.

The river marked 23.5 feet on the
Cairo gauge last evening showing a
fail of o. of foot in q hours.
Rising rivers were reported yester-
Gay from points above here as fol-
lows: Parkersburg %. 81. Paul o..
Davenport 0.3, Chester OIL.
The Ferd Herold from Memphis
was in port an hour yesterday mo n
ing bound for St. Louis.
The John S. Summers went south
with a barge after logs.
The Thos. II. Benton from St
Louis passed to the Tennessee river
with an empty after ties
The Scotia brought two barges rail,
road ties out of the Tennessee river
for the Big Four
The iDck Fowler was in port from
Paducah yesterday as usual with fair
business.
The John A. Wood brought five
emptles from St Louis AMI returned
with coal.
The Stacker Lee came out from St
Louis at $3.50 p. N. yesterday bound
for Memphis. She had a fair trip
from St Louis and made liberal addi-
tons here for points between Cairo
and Memphis. She got away at S
p m.
The Mary ~ Michael came out
from Paducah and passed 10 the lowe
river with two emptIes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11

This is a really interesting game
much PLAYED hy German children
First the players choose one OF
their number TO be the Organ Build
err. He goes around among the rest
and places them In a straight row.
Each player must hold out both his
or her hands folded In front OF him
ana the organ baildcr goes along the
row, SAYING: These are good or
gan pipes. Then he taps each
pla1er's hands lightly with a thin
stick. ana the player whom he
touches must give forth long, sIs-
tanned sound TO represent a tone OF
the pipe.
II the tonc doos not suit the Organ
Builder. he may demand an improve
mont, but only once, and the players
must obey.
After he has heard sound from
eacn "organ pipe" he retlres long
enough to be blindfolded While he
is away all the organ pipes change
places.
when he returns, the Organ
Builder SAYS:
Alas how viii my organ be, now
am blind and cannot see2"
He reaches out with his stick and
taps the outstretched hands OF one
OF the players. The one VINO Is struck
must Immediately utter the same
sound as he or she did the first time,
and the Organ Builder may demand
that 1t be repeated three times.
~Aen he must say:
"Ah, this pire is naming the
PLAYER who he thinks II is.
II he has not guessed correctly, all
the players dance around him and
sing:
"What builder have we hereY
What wrcteted, wretched ear.
Though the pipes sound out SO
clearl"
Then they all change places again
and the Organ Builder must try the
next pipe"
If, however, he guesses correctly,
the players sing;
Though the master have no sight,
He can tell his pipes Alright!
See your organ with delight"
And they pull the bandage from his
eyes The pipe" whose name has
been guessed must take his place.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11
c. C. c. G. ST. L.

There has been a general shaheup
in Mt. Carmel yard Offices General
Agent Elmer Woodring has taken Con
ducior John Hirchs run; Night Agent
Frank Reynold has taken Woodring S
old position and General Yard Clerk
Connors has been assigned TO the night
agency.
Engineer Morris. who has been In
the moving picture business at Ma
comb, H.. is soon TO go back on the
road. He is suffering with burnt fin
gers.
Ex-Fireman Brock Is running .
hosting engine at Eldorado, III.
Ex-Fireman Kennedy VIII owas on
the 430, is now in Illinois Central pas.
senger service.
Engineer Dutch Long will spend
he summer in Water Valley, Colo,
visiting his daughters
The Oldest engineer making appli-
cation TO Roard Foreman of Engineers
]. d. skeen. will be assigned TO the
1896 run ON the south end.
Business is dull. Locomotive No.
iC1 (62O3) which was TO double head
on the freighters did not 90 cut during
the last few days.
General Superintend and Mrs.
10 ghtOn left in their private car,
No. 2)s. on train No. s. yesterday
morning.
Road Foreman of Engineers j. D
skeen with headquarters At Nj Car
mel. was in the city yesterday
Engineer Pat German who was on
the 1896 run. has rendered his resig
nation.
Locomotive No. 1868 is m the north
end % run and the 1859 wiz succeei
her on the So souih end run.
locomotive No. 1857. formerly the
40. is just out fthe Mt Carmel
shops
Conductor Church and his brakeman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11
Illinois Central.

Vice President l. G. Rawn has been
ford. of this company and of the fazoo
and Mississippi Valley. in charge OF
construction and operation.
General Manager f. b. Hartman
mas been reappointed to his office
with the Yazoo and Mississippi Val
ley.
Assistant Chief Engineer II. r. SAT
ford. fthis company and of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley and Of the In
dianapolis Southern. has been appoint
ed to the new office of chief engineer
of the maintenance of way Of the three
companies with Office at Chicago, and
the office of assistant chief engineer
has been abolished.
Lee tSeinhouse. who has been lay
OFF is back on the $50.
Four dead head coaches came down
on p yeasterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11
South Wants Coal.

A Pitsburg special says: II by the
latter part Of next month there Is not
wore coal than at present obtainab @
the south is likely to suffer severe
coal pane. Local rivermen say there
is not sufficient coal to keep small
sized furnace going. This fuel in
small quantities, however, il being
brought into the harbor from the
fourth pool awaiting sufficient water
When ID can be sent out For the first
time In many years coal was shipped
cut Of ottsburg on the Fourth Of July
Rivermen are so surprised at tlis that
they are referring to their calendar
to zee if they are not mixed in their
dates. Among the boats that took
tows out on the Fourth were the Iron
Age, Charles Brwn ana Sam Brown.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11
CONFIRMED PROOF.
Residents of Cairo Cannot Doubt
What Has Been Twice Proved.

In gratitude for complete relief from
aches and pains of bad backs-from
distressing kidney ills-thousands
have publicly recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills. Residents of Cairo,
who so testified years ago. now say
their cures were permanent. This
testimony doubly proves the worth Of
Doans Kidney Pills to Cairo kidney
suffers.
W. F. Gibson, or 416 Eleventh
street. Cairo. H., says; Il suffered for
years from kidney trouble, and the
pains across my back and IONS were
so severe at times that could hardly
straighten after STOPPING. If caught
cold it was sure 10 settle in my kid
neys and as a consequence suffered
from nearly all of the symptoms Of
kidney trouble. | learned Of Doan's
Kidney Pills and procured a box al
Schuh's drug store From the wonder
ml results received | do not hesitate
TO recommend them. From state
ment given April 25th. 1900.
Confirmed Proof.
On Feb. 18th. 1907. Mr. Gibson con
frmed the above. saying: i have no
reason to retract anything | said in
my previous statement recommending
Doan's Kidney pills, and can speak
even more highly Of them at this time
than I did in 1900
For sale by ali dealers Price 50
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New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's-and
take no ether.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11

will have the same number OF crimps
In them, and the final fastening viii
be exactly opposite the place of be-
ginning. When the moccasin has been
completed to this point f. is placed
upon q fat stone or board, and the
sewing carefully pounded fiat The
future wearer then puts his foot into
II, the back part IS brought around
behind the heel. and the edges OF the
leather notched with q knife. Then
tie moccasin IS taken OF and the
spare leather n any. is cut of by a
straight square cut Zig. % and
then while the edges arc still to-
gether another Huie slit IS made
Zig. a.. 10 III the ro1nd OF tho heel:
but this Is not cut Trough. there IS
left a little two-r pointed sail. The
scam is then seWed ~ De- an over
and over-stitch. which IS also pound
cd Fat. when the moccssla is resdy
for the strings.
-Four double Sits are cut along
each side. and another I'm the middle
Of the tongue piece. as shown in Fig.
5. and a leather string IS run
through. tEe ends crossing Under the
slit 10 the tong1c. and car-ied 0ver
to of9"site sides aal either
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11
THE WEATHER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Yesterdays Cairo Temperatures.
General Conditions.

Yesterday was another scorcher al
though the temperature was lower
than the day before by two degrees
There Was rain in the air and the
interpolation that fell measured 03 Of
an inch. The government bulletin re
sprrtcI measurable rain from 70
points and traces from three. II coy
cred river valleys pretty well, but
there was no heavy fail. The e&-
tremes In temperature were 100 at
Phcenix and 81 at Hayre and san
francisco