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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

How much can you spare a month
toward building up Americas in an in
dustrial way-s1, 81. IS, SO Well
whatever it may be, take stock in
the Americas Industrial Development
Company accordingly. Let every man
do something, and no one will be
called on to strain himself
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

Every small factory means in all
likelihood half dozen more white
families in Americas, twenty to thirty
added to its white buying population.
Is it not to the interest Of every BUSH
ness man to help establish these
small industries?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

Why spend your money away from
Americas for goods that you can Sc
cure from the local merchants, or Dr.
der through them? Do you think that
IS a good way to build up the town?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

Towns grow through the stimulus
given to them by their own citizens.
Are you willing to give Americas a
new start in an Industrial way?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

Americas can assist in establishing
half dozen small industries every
year and never realize that it has
gone into its pockets to do so.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

The Americas Industrial Develop
ment Company viii be a success if
YOU do your part Never mind what
the other fellow is doing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

Are you knocking the Board Of
Trade? If so, really what have you
ever done toward making it a success.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

DO you buy your supplies in Ameri-
Gus? If not, why not?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

A mans chief objection to going to
church is all the family try to make
him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29
LAND
BARGAINS
Snider land Sold.
Little Land Sold.
Come quick for others OF
say Il Am Sorry"

125 acres 3 miles % Plains. adjoir-
NJ Jao. A Mcdonald old home place.
Dwelling, tenant house and crib.
l12 acres 3 miles Sumter. adjoining
Chapel Rogets and. CouDtryman.
Good land and good Improvements
Lots CT land z23 and pa in 77tl dis
trict Of Lee Co, adjoining Sumter CO.
tiEe, ard touching lands which ssll
for $50 to so per acre. Ample build
ings put up 3 years ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29

Seventy years of experience with Ayers /
Cherry Pectoral have given us great
confidence in it. We strongly recon-
mend it for coughs, colds, bronchitis.
weak threats, and weak lungs. II pre-
vents. 1t protects. Ii soothes. Itheals.
Just the help nature needs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29
Lee M. HanSfOrd
Room 49,,
BIanterS Bank Bldg,
Americas, Ga.

Are those new gas heaters
we're Offering just now.
Artistic in design, durable 10
construction, economical in fuel
consumption snd decidedly gener-
GUS in heat production. they are
the ideal gas heater Of today
An Inspection will uphold all
the above GLAZING
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
The Small Kitchen

W OUR paper upon the kitchen inter-
ested me extremely. When persons
Il complain of a small kitchen, / re-
mind them of those of our great lake and
ocean steamers. More food is prepared there
than in any private dwelling, and the
space is very small. OF course, II the same
room does duty as dining and living room,
that alters the materially.
I do not think Il should be considered as
laziness to plan as short a walk as pos
sible while one is about her housework- Is
not saving time and space regarded as wise
economy in all departments OF labor?
My heart goes out to the poor woman
who had to keep all cooking utensils in the
kitchen and in fun sight. that her husband
might see for himself that they were kept
upon an upturned long -disused pan? Moth
ing except Johns uItra-fastidous ideals
Is harmed by It. One wipe Of the cloth and
all is we'll II is all right and proper to
be neat, but do not some husbands land
more overwrought wives) pay too much at
tention to the outside of the cup and
platter9 Mrs A. r. NJ. (Chicago).
We heard from this judicious member
not long ago, and present with gratifica-
ton the rest of her admirable commune
cation. That domestic nuisance, 1.-The
Betty as our mothers called the fussy
husband, has almost gone out of fash
ion. A few specimens still cumber the
ground, to the misery of wives and dis
content of servants. These last have the
blessed privilege of change" when he
becomes insufferable. The wife must
stay until she is worried into her grave.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

ciothing). one is warm in. bed: that is If
the clothing is thoroughly wrapped and
comfortable ali night, enjoying the cold air
and the sight Of the stars. In summer.
sleeping out OF doors Is an easy matter l
slept in the house but two weeks curing
those two winters, and then not on account
of the cold. II sleeping porch or tent IS
not available the one hungry for fresh air
may sleep upon the reof; % yr lr,srv.- co,,
Having had the opportunity during the
last sumner of observing the effect of
the outdoor life upon delicate col
legian. who was said to be fairly
broken down and unfit to enter upon
the work of the next term, I am pre-
pared to second warmly the advice OF
our Colorado member. The boy built
a friend, which he occupied by night and
in wet weather. For a day study and
sitting room he constructed a booth
high up in the boughs Of pine tree
nearby, and spent the summer, hours
there with books, pen and pencil. He
took long walks and swan daily In the
neighboring creek, never neglecting Q
system of gymnastic exercises prescribed
by teacher in athletics. He presented
lege, bronzed and brawny. full of life
and spirits, a marvellous contrast to the
slender, anemic stripping over whom
doctors had shaken disappearing heads
and parents had mourned three months
before.
muchi' he declared. Resolution, based
upon conviction that one Is in the right
way, is required to carry out the regi-
men. It is natures own cure, and worth
all the medical colleges and pharmacists
in the country,
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Holo Buser Was Made Fifty
Years 4go

Which a masculine member tells US.
with justifable pride in his wife >
housewifery.
1t was said that no good butter was made
in Iowa then. My wife filled a four gallon
earthen jar twen giazed) for family use In
AS soon q the butter came in the
churn she salted 1t and worked out all the
buttermilk that would come away Then
she put the butter aside in a cold place
until next morning. Then she worked Il
again but not too long. lest II might get
'Iwaxy" Next she packed II down in
layers TO within an inch Of the top OF the
Jar covered 1t with a clean cotton cloth.
deep, and filed up the Jar with brine.
The jar was kept IN a cave until the
next June. AS we did not need Il at homo
just then. took it 10 a hotel IN the nearest
town and sold it. The Republican state
convention was in session and the hotel
was full OF delegates. They remarked. a.
breakfast that they seldom ate such butter
at that season When asked when they
supposed il was made they answered they
supposed it was perfectly fresh and lately
churned. and would not believe that it was
a year old.
I may add that one OF them asked the
name OF the woman who could make and
keep first-rate butter so long. And-well.
that man afterward became my son-in-law.
JOSEPH B. Corning. Iowa).
And showed himself to be a far
sighted sensible fellow in Judging the
daughter by the motheri
We may call this The Romance Of
the Churn." There is dash OF the
comic in our next story.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Economy in Meat

,,s Msy hsIa tell you how sss save on my meat nns
woman to whom l told II did
Buy three pounds Of hrisket or the pan
piece" Put on to boil with plenty of water
Sd foar Geek s the until u5r you aas s g good one s
il is Thoroughly done, then add vegetables
dinner pas what eoa spI IS left through
the chopper. stir a cupful into the reserved
5s9sk then .s,a enough os,s eSTnmsal to make
fast. Cut into 5 Squares. res al Il there s is more
than a eupful of the meat left make it into
Thus you see that I get three meals for
my family mil Of four for = cents NY butcher .,Dar
meat would come down in price.
Do YOU think you would like some more
economical ideas some time?
Mrs. e.. P. K. clos Angeles).
Economical ways of converting raw
material into palatable food are always
welcome. Nor am I inclined to laugh
at what you describe. The only qualif-
cation suggest is that you should have
told US how you seasoned the pot au
feu." That is what the French would
The success OF all made dishes" de-
pends mainly upon the seasoning. If
your vegetables be neatly cut into
cubes and parboiled before they go into
the pot with the meat; If, to the broth
left in the kettle after the meat is taken
out, there be added a good roux of but
ter and Drowned -four. and judicious
fiavoring; If the meat be laid in the mid
die of the dish, the vegetables arranged
in assorted heaps about it and the sea-
soned and thickened gravy be poured
over all. can readily believe that the
result will be satisfactory. And this is
doubtless what you did, although you do
not tell US SO.
a variation OF the popular philadelphia
serapple.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Cucumber Pickles

Can you tell me what Is put into Gu
cumner pickles to make them firm? Is II
saltpeter or alum? And how much must
one use?
have some calico print pieces. which
any one who is making patchwork may
have. Mrs r A. c.. (Chicago)
Cucumbers for picking are laid in
salt Tor week. or a month, as may be
convenient. After packing them down
with alternate layers of salt enough
cold water is poured i1to the jar to
cover them deep. When you are ready
10 pickle them, look them over carefully,
rejecting all that are unsound. Soak in
cold fresh water for two days, changing
the water for fresh at the end of the
first day.
Next, line kettle with green vine
ieaves and lay in the cucumbers. sprin-
King powdered alum between the layers.
a DIT OF alum the size of an English
walnut VIII do for two gallons OF pickle.
cover deep with cold water when all are
IN, ana lay grapevine leaves three deep
over the top layer. Fit close iid upon
the kettle and simmer very slowly five
nours, never letting the contents or the
Kettle come to a boil. Open the Kettle.
ana II the cucumbers are greened, re-
move the leaves. drain off the water and
crop the cucumbers, one by one, INTO
pan or ice-cold water. Change for more
iced water at the end of an hour
frepare your spiced vinegar as Tor
otner pickles. give a boil up and pour
over the pickles. which should have been
wiped dry and packed in a stone crock.
cover and let them stand Tor TWO days.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
THE HOUSEMOTHERS' EXCHANGE

fuls Of -four and two Of white sugar. AS
you do this. moisten with the boiling
hop tea. When all the tea has been
used in this way, you should have a
smooth cruel that smells like beer
When 1t is lukewarnl, add four table,
sPoonfuls of lively yeast. or COM
pressed yeastcake dissolved In half a
and set in a large crock. covered with
mosquito netting, to work Keep in
a warm place until the bubbles cease
to rise. In summer this will be in four
hours; in winter, six will not be too
much, If the temperature of the room
Is light and creamy, put into corked bot
ties. or into small glass Jars with close
tops.
Keep in the cellar or in the icebox. 1t
will be good for a fortnight. When You
wish to use 1t, take out as much as Is
needed. and do not let the jar stand
open for one moment after pouring out
hve minutes In the hot kitchen. This is
the time-honored formula for potato
yeast. warranted never to fail IL made
exactly according to. directions.
In making bread, use IT as you would
any other yeast.
French Salad Dressing
Cut Glove of garlic In half and with
1t rub the inside Of the bowl in which
you mean to mix the dressing. Measure
into the bowl tablespoonfuls of the
pest salad oil, 2 Of vinegar, saltspoon-
emulsion and set UPON Ice until you are
ready to use 1t.
You may vary French dressing by sub
shutting lemon juice for vinegar, and
minced chives stirred into the emulsion
instead OF rubbing the bowl with garlic.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

the gravy strained into a saucepan.
When the dumplings or noodles are done.
turn into the larger pot with the gravy
in which they were cooked.
Irish Stew
Two pounds of lean, coarse meat
mutton. lamb or beef-cut from the
neck. are required here. Cut it into small
cubes. Have quarter of a pound Of
fat salt pork. sliced. kissing in the fry
ing pan, and scar the meat in this on
both sides. and quickly. This is to re-
tain the juices until the meat is thor
oughly cooked Put meat and fat into
a pot and add cupful of weak stock
or gravy. Cover closely and set where
1t will not really boil under an hour.
Keep 1t at the boiling point for half an
hour, or until the meat is tender. Then
add medium-sized onions, chopped and
scalded; carrots that have been par
boiled and cut into cubes. and a small
turnip, parboiled and sliced, Cook for
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

platter with buttered toast; wet this
with boiling salt water and lay the
meat neatly upon it. Cover and keep
hot while you thieken the gravy in the
saucepan with a roux made by ceoking
a tablespoonful of butter with one OF
Drowned flour. Season with pepper and
salt; boil up and pour over the meat.
Cover and set in the oven for one
minute before serving. Mutton chops,
which are rather tough. may be utilized
in this way. Cook longer than you
would the lamb.
Stewed Kidneys
Cut each kidney into three pieces.
lengthwise. Heat tablespoonfuls OF
butter in frying pan and when il be-
gins to hiss stir in a cupfuI OF weak
stock and kidneys, with teaspoenful
Of parboiled and chopped onion; a pinch
of mace, salt and pepper to taste. Sim
mer all together. closely covered, for
fifteen minutes; add the juice of half
lemon and a pinch of the grated peel.
Cover again and simmer three minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

grant TO the homely fare the credit
justly won by intrinsic worth.
Taking the accusation of our corre-
spondent count by count. we begin with
the declaration that the stew costs as
much as steak or roasts. We do not
order choice cuts for stewing and are
not exacting as to tenderness. trusting
to our process of cookery TO reduce it to
nnasticable conditions. When beefsteak
Of fair quality brings 80 cents per
pound land no allowance made for bonel.
the coarser portions sold for our purpose
may be had for 20 and are boneless. A
steak or outlet or chops weighing two
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
\ ~sWhy SteMg Are Economical

half an hour before putting in 2 par
boiled and chopped potatoes and 2 stalks
of scaIded celery. minced. Fit on the
top after seasoning to taste and cook
for half an hour longer. Take up the
meat with a skinner and dish, setting
In the open oven to keep hot. Stir into
the gravy a tablespoonful of butter
cooked into a roux with half as much
Drowned flour. Cook for a minute and
pour over the meat.
Breakfast or Luncheon Stew
(Very good.)
Cut two pounds Of beef-fat and lean
together-into strips an inch long; put
into saucepan with barely enough
water to cover them and cook gently
covered closely) for two hours. Do this
overnight and set away, still covered.
Next day season with pepper. salt, a
teaspoonful of sweet marjoram, l OF
chopped parsley and a tablespoonful OF
minced parboiled onion. Cook all to-
gether for half an hour, then stir in a
tablespoonful OF Drowned -four wet with
cold water, pinch of allspice and ta-
blespoonful OF tomato catsup. Bring to
a last boil. and add the juice of half
lemon and a small glass of sherry.
Send around corn bread and stewed
potatoes with this brown stew, and. you
have satisfying luncheon. The meat
should be boiled to shreds. Try it and
report upon it.
Stewed Brains-Calf's or Pigs
Blanch the brains by scalding in boil
ing salted water for three minutes. Cut
dnto inch-long pieces and let them get
stiff and cold. Make a roux of a heap
ing tablespoonful of butter and an even
spoonful of -four. Stir into this half
cup of cream Cor unskimmed millz), into
which you have dropped a bit of soda
not bigger than a pea. a teaspoorful Of
chopped parsley and a teaspoonful OF
kitchen bouquet AS soon as it boils put
in the brains and simmer for ten min
utee. stirring gently all the time.
Stewed Lamb With Green Peas
Cut pounds OF coarse, lean lamb
into dice. There should be no fat in
it. Fry sliced onion in two table,
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Open-4r Sleeping

In answer TO the correspondent who in
quired II any one had tried sleeping in the
open air In Chicago. l say that / have
slept out OF doors on the north size Of that
WINDY city for TWO winters nnding Il most
beneficial to my health. and when I at last
learned how 10 make myself comfortable il
was delightful. Ny porch faces tho west
II is unheated and glazed. but the windows
are always open. except when they are
closed TO keep out the snow. II one is
dressed and hooded warmly (and do not
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Cracked Wheat Bread

Please give me a recipe for making
cracked wheat bread. / find none in my
cookbooks. I bought a package OF
cracked wheat, set a sponge with whole
wheat -four and the next morning stirred
in dry cracked wheat, with more wheat
consistency.
The bread was light, but It did not
taste like the cracked wheat bread one
buys at the bakeries. I should like to
know what quantity of cracked wheat to
use; also, IL IL should be soaked before
adding 1t to the other ingredients And
should this bread have shortening in 1t?
put none into my white or whole wheat
W Mrs. e. T. P. Pomona, CALI.
Your request is referred to our practi-
cal and up-to-date housemothers. / do
not recollect ever eating cracked wheat
bread, and am naturally curious to read
the recipe
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

help her. but she was desperate. This was
a last resource I did not see her again
for nearly a year. Then, found that she
was entirely cured. I could hardly believe
1t TO be true From the time she put on
those beads she began TO improve. They
were worn close around her neck.
Don't make fun of me for telling you
this, It seems foolish. I know. and I don't
comprehend why the amber cured her. But
1 know and assert positively that the story
Is true. Mrs. z. V. G. (Ayusa, CaI).
l have heard of similar cures, which
some physicians declare to be merely
condolences" Others. perhaps as
learned. believe that the medicinal prop
critics of amber (which substance is in
itself a mystery are absorbed by the
skin and act beneicially upon the
goiter. What do our scientific members
say?
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE Of the enormous
* number of letters sent to
- the Exchange, I must ask
contributors TO limit their com
fnunicdtionS TO 100 tcordS, except
ta cases of formulas or recipes
Uhich require greater space.
Udnt all my correspondents to
haze q shouting fn the Corner,
ond If nty request IN this respect
Is complied 4cith 10 toiH be possi-
Die 20 pTInt many more letters.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Making Butter Under Diff
cultfes

have been watching the churnless but
ter question. but have not found anything
better than the way I made butter when
kept a cow We had horse and buggy
and / did a great many errands for my
husband He would telephone 70 me 70
come to him. and often when l was In the
midst OF my churning: So would put the
cream into a half-gallon fruit jar. seal IL
down with a good top and rubber. so it
could not leak. wrap 1t UP in paper and let
II roll around In the bottom OF the buggy
while I was driving always had butter
when I got home. I was laughed at for
doing IT, OF course, but II saved a good deal
OF work for one who had horse and did
much brisk driving.
I think M. ]. H" CSfemphis. Tenn.)
J. H." (Riverside. CALI colored lace and
stockings. Artificial flowers may be tinted
in the same way
Mrs. ]. N. II. CLOS Angeles. CALI.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

or poultry be used. cut at every joint
to make the portions as nearly as may
be of uniform size. Season each layer
with pepper as you build the goodly
structure. The pork should salt it suf-
ficiently. When all the materials are in,
cover an inch deep with boiling water
and fit on a close lid. Stew gently for
three hours without opening. If you
make the stew in the fireless cooker,
six or seven hours are not too much
Bring the contents of the pot to boil,
and keep it up for fifteen minutes before
putting into the cooker.
When the three hours Cor the six or
eighD are up, open the pot and stir in
quart of tomatoes peeled and cut into
bits. Q teaspoonfuls of white sugar and
a little salt. if needed. If you use
canned tomatoes, drain off the Juice and
add the solid portion to the stew. The
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

variety of disagreeable definitions OF
the old English word. AS for example:
"A state Of agitation Of mind; mental
worry; a fuss"
Those Of US who were so fortunate as
70 see inlmitable jefferson in rip Van
Winkle' recall with an affectionate
sssaile his rep.y under his breath to the
enrewish wife who sighed rapturously,
"Oh, ! do love a rabbit in a stew!'-
you like everything in a stew, 1
think"
The French "ragout" has a hint Of
taste in II. Not week passes in which
] am rot importuned to print a recipe
for chile con carne, and there is a brisk
run upon Hungarian goulash and chop
suey. Stews. every one OF them. posing
under foreign namesi If possible, we
viii divest our minds Of prejudice and
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

Spoonfuls of good
dripping. Strain out
the onion, return
the fat to the pan
and the fire; roll
the meat in -four
and fry in t h .
same fat quickly.
turning at the end
of a minute to scar
both sides. Empty
the contents OF the
frying pan into a
saucepan, C yer
with a cupful of
weak stock, fit on
a tight cover and
stew for an hour
or until the meat is
tender.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Rhnbarb Marmalade

inclose what we think is a pleasing
change from the favor of oranges cooked
with rhubarb:
Boil gallons of washed and chopped rhu-
barb until soft; allow to each pint a
pound OF sugar q pound of seeded and
minced raisins. and 1 pineapple minced fine.
Boil and stir until you have smooth mass.
III. P. (Philadelphia).
You enrich our kitchen store with a
new and tempting conserve The dell
cate acid of the pieplant harmonizes
delightfully."- with the spiciness of the
raisins and the fragrance Of the pine
apple
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

Then scald the vinegar again and pour
over the cucumbers. Repeat this process
tervals of two, four and six days. Then
cover closely, tie stout cloth over the
cover and set In a cold place. Examine
every week to see that they are keeping
well, and add tablespoonful of sugar
for each gallon at the end OF the month.
They will not be ripe under two months
and will be the better for keeping much
longer.
have eaten pickle put up after this
years old.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Golfer

/ note in the Exchange letter from
ID: NJ. v. tFarmington. la asking about
She could not sew. as she was unable TO
bend her head sufficiently TO see her work
She consulted specialist after another
and tried everything she heard of that
seemed likely to help her and spent a great
deal of money TO no purpose. One day she
told me she had sent for a string OF amber
beads. She had little faith that they would
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

juice would make
1t too liquid. Cook,
closely covered, for
another hour. Then
stir in 3 table
spoonfuls OF butter
made into a roux
with 2 spoonfuls of
-four. Lastly, stir
in a tablespoon
ful of c h o p p e d
parsley.
S i N m e r gently
for fifteen minutes
and serve in a deep
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

platter or a tureen.
T wo pounds of
veal win suffice for
a "B T u n D w / c X"
which will feed a
family of six. One
fowl will make one
large enough for
two meals. On the
second d ay add
dumplings made OF
b | sc uit dough,
rolled rather thin,
cut into strips and
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