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Uses of Paper in the Kitchen..
It is not always the expensive
?utensil that makes kitchen efficiency
possible, the commonest little ar-
tiele often being of greatest assist-
ance; at the same time they are
easy to use, necessitating but little
?cleaning and costing next to no-
rthing.
Probably there is no single article
of such use to the housewife as a
piece of paper or apaper bag.
From the humble newspaper to the
!fresh rolls of waxed paper in the
shops, it is an indispensable ad-
Fjunct to the dainty kitchen. Often
the task of cleaning chicken or
game is magnia.ed by the thought of
a messy molding board. If several
folds of newspaper are laid upon
lit the cleaning may be quickly ac-
complished, the first •layer with the
entrails being quickly disposed of,
while the second and third can be
'rolled up and pub out of sight as
soon as soiled.' When the cleaning
has been done pieces of the paper
may be rolled up, lighted and used
to singe the bird. If rolled fairly
tight one or two rolls will be suf-
ficient to cover the whole fowl—a
much more satisfactory method
than the old one of singeing over
the fire. After the singeing has
been done the bird is usually wash-
ed and then drained, It may then
be dried upon several folds of
brown paper and the stuffing and
trussing be done in the same place.
In this way there can be no muss.
Fish, also, may be cleaned on pa-
pers, and if boning is to be done
there is no better working surface.
Much of the dislike of cleaning fish
?hinges on the muss that is created,
while if it can be quickly removed
!all distaste disappears. After meat
'or fish has been washed for the last
'time, however, newspaper should
!not be used next to it, because of
the ink, apiece of manila paper be-
ing substituted instead.
Whereas, the paper wrapping of
bundles may be used in many ways,
they should never be used when
they are to come in direct contact
with food. In lining cake -pans, for
instance, there is nothing so ac-
ceptable as a fresh piece of manila
paper. It is an excellent plan to
keep in the pantry a box of papers
cut to fit the various pans. These
may be kept together with clips or
rubber bands. Then a lining is al-
ways ready, and it is never neces-
sary to leave the eake at a critical
moment to prepare one. It takes
no more time to cut adozen linings
than it does ane if the kitchen scis-
sors are used. Another little help
consists of small squares of paper
cut for oiling tins. The pastry
brush has a mission, but most wo-
men prefer to oil their pans with
the traditionary bit of paper. Many
a precious moment is lost in search-
ing, the paper finally being torn
from any near -by bag -or package.
If a box or basketful is hung on a
hook close by the cooking table,
these bits of paper are always at
hand—and the kindergarten baby
loves to cut them.
The dishwashing alone consumes
a large part of the housewife's
'time, while if she could only •learn
to reduce the number of dishes, she
could gain considerable leisure for
other things. Again, the friendly
piece of paper comes to her aid, In
'baking, xt is usually'' customary to
sift the flour and measure out the
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sugar into bowls; if a smooth piece
of manila paper is used instead, it
will not only save many a dish, but
it is. more conv n>ent. These pa-
pers
may be used again and again,
and if tucked away within reach of
the kitchen cabinet . are always
ready. The housewife frequently
pares her potatoes and other: vege-
tables into a clean pan or the sink.
In the former case she has the pan
to wash, in the latter the sink to
clean, while if she sits down, a
newspaper in her lap, it will hold
all the. parings. The problem . of
the frying kettle and other greasy
utensils makes dishwashing a hor-
ror to manywomen. ,If the utensils
are wiped out with a, swab of paper,
a large part of the grease is ab-
sorbed and the dishwashing greatly
,sieeplified. It is an easy matter to
wash the dishes, scale them and
leave them to drain dry if one has
a special drainer and a sink large
enough to hold it. In case one has
not, thick folds of newspaper may
be spread upon the . table or set
tubs, and the dishes scalded and
packed one by one upon the paper
to drain. A country ..housekeeper
owes her daily nap and recovered
health to this simple arrangement.
In cleaning milk or other bottles,
bits of newspaper, with a good
soap solution and a vigorous shak-
ing, will usually accomplish quick
results. Again, the garbage can
may be kept sweet and clean if
lined with paper' each day after
emptying. If this is done, two or
three scaldings a week will keep
it sanitary.
Fried foods disagree with many,•
because they are improperly drain-
ed. A generous piece of manila
paper, crumpled into little ridges,
acts as an efficient drain to all cro.
quttes, doughnuts, fritters and ba-
oon. If the fritters are laid .flat,
the same effect is not brought
about, because in that case only.
part of the food is drained. Whip-
ped cream for the Sunday night
supper is alway s hard to prepare,
unless one owns a cream churn. But
again the sheet of paper. In this
case it should be large enough to
extend several inches beyond the
bowl. In the centre it should be
slit in the shape of a Maltese cross,
to permit the insertion of the egg
'beater, set over the 'bowl, and the
cream may be whipped without dan-
ger of spattering the best dress.
This same method is of use in beat-
ing fruit whips or salad dressings
or custards that have curdled. Or-
dinary brown paper bags are use-
ful for drying bread and vegetables
'(like celery tips), keeping them
from dust and germs. They may
also be . put over the mouth of the
food chopper when grinding crack-
ers or dry bread, collecting the
crumbs as fast as they fall from
the knife and preventing scatter-
ing over the floor or table.
Tested Recipes.
Rye -Date Bread.—To three pints
of wheat sponge add two table-
spoonfuls'
able-
s oonfulsof brown b own sugar and one
large tablespoonful of melted but-
ter, then stir stiff with rye flour,
and add as many washed and ston-
ed dates as you like. Let rise and
bake.
Way to Prepare Rm.—Trim a
slice of- hamabout one inch thick
and place it in a 'covered baking
dish. Over -this pour one cup of
vinegar, one level tablespoon of
dry mustard, and two tablespoons
of drown sugar, 'mix together. If
the vinegar is strong dilute with
water. _ Cover closely and bake
three-quarters of an hour. Then
uncover andbrown for about ten
minutes.
Oatmeal Cookies.''-- One cupful
sugar, one cupful flour, one cupful
raisins,, seedless ; scant one-half
cupful butter, two cupfuls rolled
oats, one-half teaspoonfulsalt,one
teaspoonful cinnamon, tree -
fourths teaspoonful baking soda,.
dissolved in a little warm water;
two eggs well beaten. Mix the
sugar, eggs, and butter, then add
the flour and oats, and then the
rest of the ingredients. Flour rais-
ins well. Drop dough from spoon
on buttered tins about one and one-
half inches apart.
Way to ?Ise Onions.—•Take new
green onions, cut thein off, that
they be as long as asparagus, throw
scalding water on them, let stand
while they drain, cover with cold
water, boil one-half hour, then
drain again, covering with cold wa-
ter again, boil until tender, drain,
and dress with vinegar weakened
`with water, butter, a tablespoon of.
'flour, salt and pepper. You will
have a fine dish, as goad as aspara-
gus. This is a saving dish, because
you can utilize all the onions. Can
also be served with cream dressing,
Delicious dish to eat with hob bis-
cuits .or toast for lunch.
DenghnUts.-•--Two cups flour, one-
half teaspoon salt, one-helff table-
spoon butter, one-half (Asp sour
uallk, three -fourthly teaspoon soda,
one .teaspoon cream of tartar,
three-fourths cup sugar, one egg,
one-half teaspoon nutmeg. Sift
flour with the salt, sugar, cream of
tartarcoda and nutmeg. Beat
the egg and add it to the milk.
Work' the butter into the. sifted in-
gredients and then add the milk and
.'egg. Roll out one-half inch thick,
out out with a doughnut cutter, and
try in deep fat.
A BRICK BIRD'S NEST.:
They Build It of Adobe - Soil, Mix-
ing in a Little Horsehair.
Visitors to Argentina or Uru-
guay are surprised to see big wads
of sun -baked laud perched upon
trees, rocks the cross -arms of tele-
graph.poles, or • fence -posts, and
still more
amazed to learn the
t
these curious masses are the nests
of birds not unlike our robins. The
people ca11 the little architects
caseras (houlsekeepers), or horneros
(oven -birds), for their buildings re-
semble the dome-shaped ovens of
clay that stand in every farmer's
dooryard.
When the : autumn rains soften
the parched earth, pairs of these
forehanded birds gather beakfuls of
the sticky adobe soil, and mould it
into a roughly globular form. They
mix in, very cleverly, a little horse-
hair, or some fine grass and root-
lets, which prevent the walls from
cracking as they bake into sun-
dried brick. When they have fin-
ished the outside they build a par-
tition of mud inside, near . the
rounded entrance. The inner
chamber thus formed is accessible
only by a small aperture at the top ;
and in it they prepare a comforta-
ble bed of grass, or sometimes of.
feathers. The finished affair is as
big es a peck measure, and .may
weigh eight or nine pounds. It does
not crumble away for two or three
years, but .the birds build a new
home each season. The mother
bird lays five white eggs in the
early spring.
The country people -like to have
the oven -birds about their houses,
and the birds usually turns the door-
way of their nest toward a neigh-
boring house or road. One .obser-
ver says that a pair lived on the
end of the protruding roof beam of
a ranchhouse, where all the family
enjoyed their lively ways and shrill
song. One day one of the birds was
caught in a rat -trap, and when re-
leased, it flew with 'crushed and
dangling legs into the inner room
of its house, where it soon died.
Its -mate stayed about, calling i i-
cessantly: fortwo or three daps,
and then disappeared. Soon it re-
turned with .a -new partner. Toge-
ther they plastered up the entrance
of the old nest with fresh mud, and
built a new home upon its roof.
The advantages of the oven -like
neat, especially when it has two.
rooms, are many. It completely
conceals the brooding mother and
young, itshades both parents from
the hot sun and the heavy showers,
and the outer chamber furnishes a
sheltered lodging at midday or dur-
ing the night for the father of the
family. It call be easily defended,
too.
The caaer.as suffer, however, from
one bold and persistent enemy—the
martins. These big swallows refuse
to breed anywhere except in an
oven bird's nest. If they cannot
find an untenanted one, they will
oust the first pair of oaserasethey
find`' from their snug: quarters:
Strar^Aly enough, the poor owners
seem ueable to prevent the out-
rage, although they angrilly drive
th
away a other birds
th r 1 Iat come near
their castle.
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
Experience of a Southern Man.
"Please allow me to thank the
originator of Postum, which in my
case, speaks for itself!' The man
writes.
"I formerly drank so much coffee
that my nervous system was almost
a wreck." (Tea is just es injurious
because ib contains caffeine, the
drug found in. coffee.) "My physi-
cian told me to quit drinking it but
I had to have .something, . so I tried
Postum.
"To my great surprise I saw
quite a change in my nerves in
about 10 days. . That was a year
ago, an,diow my nerves are steady
and I don't have those bilious sick
headaohes which I regularly had
while' drinking coffee.
"Postum seems to haver body-
building properties and leaves the
head clear. And I do nob have the,
bad taste in my 'mouth when I get
up mornings. When , Postum is
boiled good and strong, it is far
better in taste than eoffee. My
.advice to coffee drinkers is to try
Postum. and be ' convinoeck"
Nance given by Canadian Posture.
Co., Windsor, Ont. Write for copy
of the little . book, "The Road to
Wellville."
Postum comps in two fops:
Regular Posttilli must be well
boiled.
Inetant POstUnt is .a eoxuble pow-
der. A teaspoonful dissolves qur:ck-
ly in ,a cup of hotwafer and, with
cream and sugar,maketes delicious
beverage instantly. Grocers sell
both kinds.
"There's a reason" for Poatum.
Rubbers and
Over -Stockings in One.
Eas7 to put ou and tato es. Nth eon
—LQok wall—wonr4t11 dos for
womon e,to e14rqu.
Huy them cuA yrot.at yoursolf gut
lu utly from •Wintor ltta. d
Canadian Consolidated N bberCo.
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COMMISSIONER ;OF CUSTOMS.
John lfleDongald Interprets the
Customs Tariff.
Tariff 'making is of immense im-
portanced the
to the x ustries of
th n
country; but only less so is tariff
interpretation. We had a striking
example°of this.in the case of the
rates on partly dressed lumber a
short time ago. A change in inter-
pretation made in the winter of
1911-12 transferred a whole class of
lumber from the free to the duti-
able list. Every little while a list
of tariff decisions is handed down
which means more or less taxation
for some industry' ; and these ,are- all
matters of interpretation; The
man who, under the supreme au
khority of the Minister of Customs,
is in dharge of ,the branch of the
service which makes these interpre-
tations is Mr. John McDougald,
Commissioner of Customs
and can-
ny Scot.
The lumber case, mentioned illus-
trates strikingly the responsibilities
which deputy `Ministers have to
bear and the high respect in which
Commissioner McDougald is held.
When the issue was raised in the
House the Minister of Customs at
once made the defence that the .de-
cision was the work of the Boards
of Customs, of which Mr. McDou-
gald was head. It was, he argued,
merely a .simple interpretation of
the•letter of the statute; and as
evidence - of its good faith he cited
the approval of John McDougald,
who had been Commissioner and
head of the Customs Board
throughout the Liberal regime. In
the end; it will be remembered, the
ease was taken to the courts and
the new interpretation was set
aside. The point I wish to make
here is. that Mr. McDougald is the
man who had to bear the responsi=
bility for the interpretation. Of
course;- that made no ill -feeling be-
tween him and his old Liberal
friends, because they know that the
real responsibility rested on the
Minister of Customs himself.
Discreetly Silent.
,Through it all the dour commis_
sioner kept a discreet and unvary-
ing silence. That was his duty,
but that is also the type of man he
is. He is one of the most silent men
in the service of the . Government.
Ho gathers his officials around him
for conferences on different points
that crop up, and he asks their
opinion and listens carefully. He
s.
Dlr. John AicDougald, C.M.G.
speaks •dust' enoughto make his
•meaning clear and not one word
more. He is as economical in his
employment of words as the tradi-
tion.al Scot is of pennies.
'John McDougald has had a re-
markable career in the public ser-
vice. He was one of the officials
appointed by the Tupper adminis-
tration just before it went out of
office after its short tenure in 1896.
He was appointed in May and Sir
Wilfrid Laurier cameinto office in
July. Hon.• William Paterson was
given control of, the Customs and
he left Mr. McDougald at his post.
In its result the commissioner, al-
though appointed by a moribund
and unfriendly administration, was
true to the new xnen Who had.' re
oeived the considenoe of the people,
Paterson and McDougald were soon
working together as fast friends,
and their mutual confidence was,
never shaken to the end. Once
more the commissioner 1uis. now
seen a change. of Ministry ; and
once more the confidence of Minis-
ter and of coanniissioner is mutual.
This time the Minister is a political
friend of Mr, MoDougald's old poli
Boal allies; but that snakesno dif-
fere•poe to this faithful public ofli-
oer. Ile was loyal to the, Liberals,.
lie is loyal to the (Conservatives, but
he is no more.
An Excellent Servant.
There is .a good deal of criticism
heard of the appointment of poli
tioians to Government posts, and
no doubt the general objection is
well taken. Nevertheless, it must
bo admitted that the bad principle
has .given the Dominion e number
of excellent public servants. John
MoDougald is one of these. In the
early •days the miners of Pictou
county 'sunt two members to Perlia-
meut, and: he was the colleague of
Sir Charles Tapper in representing
the constituency: from 1881 to 1896.
There must have been . some great
political battles in Piotou in those
days with the dour McDougald and
the impetuous Tupper fighting side
by side. At all events, Sir Charles
did the Dominion a :good turn when
he made his running mate Commis
sioner of Customs.
Mr.' McDougald is Scotch of the
Seotoh. Rife father was Dougald
McDougald, and his mother Eliza-
beth Fraser, and he was born•• in.
Blue Mountain, Pictou county,
sixty-five years ago last March,
Before he entered the public ser-
vice he was a merchant in West-
ville and had been. a county coun-
cillor for a term before entering
federal politics. In the department
he is known as an authority on mat -
tars of trade and tariffs, and his
opinion is sought and valued
throughout the service.—Francis A.
Carman in Star Weekly.
Stomach. Always Balked,
Had Constant Indigestion
Smell of Cooking Made Mu Sick—
Bilious Two jlays a Week.
Cured by Dr. Hamilton's Pills.
Mr. Clemmons' experience is not
unusual. Nowadays poor stomachs
are more the rule than the exception.
But the proper treatment is sure to
make a quick cure. You can always
depend on Dr. Hamilton's Pills, they
reach the trouble at once, go right to
business, work while you sleep and
have you feeling better if not cured
next morning.
"My food seemed to decompose in
my stomach," writes Mr. Ralph
Clemmons, of Newbridge P.O.. "I
had a stomach that failed in some
way to perform its- work. Digestion
seemed more or less arrested and .I
grew' thin, yellow, nervous. The
stomach • became distended and im-
peded apparently the action of the
heart, for oftenat night it would do
great stunts. At times I would vomit
a mucous class,: and at these times
my head ached most terribly. A friend
who had been cured of a similar con-
dition, advised me to take Dr. Ham-
ilton's Pills regularly, which I did.
The result in my case was simply
marvelous. . Dr. Hamilton's Pills re-
moved the cause, strengthened the
stomach, excited the liver to normal
action, the kidneys were released of
excessive work. Health soon grew
within me. I can now eat, sleep and
live like a live man"."
Be advised—use Dr. Hamilton's
Pills—they aro sure to do you good.
25c. per box, live for $1.00, at all
druggists andStorekeepers or by mail
from The• Catarrhozone Co., Buffalo,
N.Y., and Kingston, Canada;
Women carry a beautiful hand
with them, toethe grave, when a
beautiful face has long ago vanish-
ed, and ceased to enchant.
Boiled Icing for Cake.—One cup
granulated sugar and four table-
spoons cold water, placed in a por-
celain or granite saucepan. Do not
stir, but shake the pan gently till
all the sugar isi
g x moistened Place
over a moderate fire and bring to
the boiling. point. Boil briskly for
three minutes and remove from the
'fire. In a pint bowl beat to a stiff
foam the white of one egg. Slowly
pour the boiling sugar into the
bowl, beating the foam continuous-
ly with a spoon., You will be sur-
prised to find the mixture fluffing
up and filling the bowl; ` Continue
beating until the icing is smooth
and shiny, then pour it upon the
cake and smooth with a knife. This
icing hardens upon the surface,
'while below it remains creamy and
delicious.
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Mos -r PERFECT MADE
1''HE INCREASED NUTRITI.
GUS VALUE OF BREAD MADE
IN THE HOME %TM ROYAL
YEAST CAKES SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO
THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE
TO GIVE THIS IMPORTANT
FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION
TO WHICH 1T IS JUSTLY, EN-
TITLED.
HOME BREAD'BAKING RE-'
DUCES 'THE HI.OH COST OF:
LiVING BY LESSENING THE
AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE
MEATS REQUIRED TO SUP.
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WINNIPEG MONTREAL
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DIFFICULT BANKING.
When Gold Was First Discovered
In New Zealand.
Many years ago gold was discov-
ered at Hokitika, on the west •coast
of New Zealand, There was a rush
to the small Maori village, and
within a few weeks seventy vessels,
of all rigs and tonnage, were wait-
ing to get over the dangerous har-
bor bar. The author of "Antipo-
dean Notes" describes the first
bank established in the little town.
With the vessels came- two agents
of a local bank. Their bank furni-
ture consisted of a ,safe, a pair of
scales, a tent, and a couple of re-
volvers. The two agents set up their
tent, put the safe in the back part,
and a plank, laid- across two tree
stumps, in front.
The bank "staff" sat down be-
hind ' the plank; before one man
were the scales, a bottle of acid,
and :a notebook ; the other 41die
cocked revolver. "
The digger brought, his gold tek
the plank ."counter," • where it was'
weighed• and tested. When the val-
ue was determined, the -testing
clerk unlocked the safe, placedt p
gold in it, brought out a bundle
dirty bank -notes, and handed them
to the digger.
During this transaction, the clerk
with the revolver looked carefully
about to see if any suspicious per-
sons were lurking near.
What Was Needed.
"What I want," said the speaker,
"is reform. I want police re-
form, I want social reform, I want
temperance reform ,: I want—I
want—"
"What you want," called out a '
listener at the back of the hall,
"what you want is chloroform."
Time.
"I don't know what I would have
-ou
done if it hadn't been for ex-
claimed the discharged prisoner.
"You would have done time," was
the dry comment of his attorney..
7i new Each Other.
"Saunders and Harris are clo
• friends, aren't they 1"
"Yes; neither can borrow a cent
from the other:" •
"And so you think that some
birds and animals commit suicide V'
"Certainly ! Why, I had a canary
ono that escaped from its cage and
jumped out of the window."
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