The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-01
AROUND TIE HOUSE
ADVICE AND INFORMATION OF
ALL SORTS.
Humor and Wisdom Combined in .
Manner That Will Appeal to
Housewife DESTROYS CT Be-
ing Up 10 Date.
Gather and burn the rubbish.

Gather and burn the rubbish.
Gently to hear: kindly u Judge"
When mouse gets into the home
of q Turk II must have a harem scare
'em look.
4 clothes tree on which To hang un.
finished garments is great conven'
fence In a sewingroom.
When powdered sugar gets hard,
r.u !; through the food chopper. This
is an easier way OF breaking the
Jumps than using a rolling.pin,
In department store a man is apt
t. buy the first article shown TO him
woman the last: but Il takes her a
long time to decide which shall be
the last.
TO thicken grayies for pot roasts or
stews. put a piece of brown bread in
with the meat. When you 90 To make
the gravy rub II up for the thickening,
BE careful not to AL the kerosene
lamp too full. The oil may be drawn
up over the top and get on fire and
make YOU trouble-maybe set the
house on fire.
Never leave trunk Id raised when
there are children about. They are
naturally inclined TO investigate
thing. and leaning against the trunk
to look In may bring the lid down
upon them with serious consequences.
Comfort in cold country house can
he gotten from a small log of hard
wood which is slowly heated for some
hours in the eook-stove oven. and then
slipped into a bag of heavy cotton
flannel II has very pleasant fra
GRANGE that is hardy matched by the
customary rubber hot.water bag.
Those who intend to dry sweet corn
will hnd the following device help;
Take a piece of planed inch board,
about six inches square; drive six,
penny or eightpenny nail through cen.
ter and set In pan; force cooked cob
down on nail, which holds ear in
place while being shaved
| knew a man who thought his wife
nnght TO look his clothes over every
night to see II the buttons were -,
riSh; and no holes In the pockets
And yet, never heard that he sat up
nights thinking of the little things he
might do to make his wife -lfippicr
Lots OF EN- he might have thoutht of,
Brethren. lets be ready to give as
well as to take
There are candies sold In the form
Of cigarettes. In boxes In imitation of
these the real articles are in. do
hate 10 see littl. FIVE and siX-year-old
lads with these Ia their mouths pre-
tending to smoke them. Couldn't you
discourage the habh of buying such
candies. mothers? When the demand
ceases, they will not be made.
Apple butter is made with a new I'M
fermented cider. FIJI a preserving
kettle with fresh cider and boil II
down one-half Repeat this until you
have the desired quantity. 1t Is we'll
to do this the day before making the
apple butter. To every four gallons
Of boiled cider allow a half-bushel OF
nice. juicy apples, pared, cored and
quartered. Nearly fill a large kettle
with cider and put in as many apples
as 1t will cover. Stir 1t often. and
when the apples are soft stir II con-
tinuously until they are a pulp. Cook
and stir until the butter is dark brown
and as thick as marmalade. Add
boiled cider II It becomes too thick;
and apples. II too thin. II requires no
sugar. Spices can be added If liked,
but We think 1t better without them.
When cold put in stone jars and
cover; 1t is not necessary to seal
them.-Farm Journal.