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SOME KITCHEN KINKS METHODS THAT MAY BE NSW TO MANY HOUSEWIVES. Tiles Always Best When One Can Afford Them-Keeping the Dish? cloth Fresh-Linoleum for the Floor Covering. Tiles are so clean and nice if one is able to afford them. The young wife who has them will never regret the outlay, although they are rather ex pensive at the start. Round the kitch en walls they are splendid and most hygienic in every way. The back of the sink is bound to get splashed with the washing up after each meal. Therefore here it is es sential to have either tiles or zinc or something of the kind through which the water cannot penetrate. Zinc an swers the purpose quite well if secure ly nailed flat against the wall. This is easily cleaned daily with a little dry brickdust The tiles, of course, are ideal, as all they need is a washdown with warm water daily. A little enamel basket is so useful in the sink fqr tea leaves and such things which are more than likely to go down the ?sink and eventually stop it up. It is shaped so that it fits into the corner of the sink, perforated with holes, so that al) liquid passes away, leaving the solid bodies in the basket. Nothing is more unpleasant than a greasy dishcloth. To keep this im portant article' fresh and sweet, it should be scalded each time after use, or else washed out thoroughly in hot water and rinsed well in several wa? ters. A plate rack fixed above the sink is a great saving of labor. Plates put in the rack must be rinsed in cold water after being washed In hot, if you do not want them to be smudgy. When roastiDg meat, use a double meat tin. Put cold water in the under one. This prevents the dripping burn ing and also keeps it from boiling away. Plenty of hot water is essential for dish washing. Collect all the silver. Place the knives blade downward ip a jug of hot water. Pile up the plates neatly. A little arrangement saves the muddle one so often sees in con nection with washing up. Wash all the cleanest things first to save the water. Rinse glass in cold water after washing in hot and polish well with a dry, clean cloth. The most useful and healthy floor covering for the kitchen is linoleum. Inlaid linoleum is the best to pur^ .chase. Here the pattern goes right through and therefore will te perfect to the last "'?xj&?^s^-St?^**** Clean your windows when the sun is hot shining, for if the sun shines on a wet window no amount of rub hi'ngVill prevent it from being strea>y when dry. Avoid a frosty day, too, as the glass is apt to break easily then. Dasi the windows thoroughly. Wash the glass with a sponge wrung out in tspld water with a few drops of ammonia in it. Dry with a clean cloth (with no fluff on it). Polish with pads of newspaper. The Cook Says. If your market basket or clothes basket of willow shows a few loose ends, put it to soak for twenty min utes or half an hour in lukewarm wa ter. A good way to do is to put the basket into the bathtub, resting it on the part tha,t is to be repaired, then turn in enough water to soak thia part. The important thing is to get the willow ends soft and pliable. When this is accomplished tho strips can be readily bent back into place, and if you push them in f.rmly, they will stay in place when dry. Nev er try to bend the willow strips while they are dry, as they will be sure to snap off. A putty knife, with its short handle and broad blade, is an indispensable tool m the kitchen. It can be used for turning hash, fritters and fish. Its broad end is also most useful in scrap ing pots and pans. Grease Spots on Woolen Clothing. For removing greasy spots on black woolen clothing the following is ex celleat: Make a solution of borax and warm water and wash the soiled arti cle in It, then rinse in clear water and dry in the sun. This is a good way to clean men's coat collars. To Wash White Silk. A'*d a tablespoonful of ammonia to every two quarts of warm water. Don't use soap. Dip garment up and down, and when it looks clean place in clean water, rinse and iron before dry. To Clean Copper. Copper articles that have become discolored can be made tojook new again by rubbing them wit? lemon dipped in salt and afterward'rinsing in clear hot water and polishing with a soft cloth. When Boiling Milk. Vien boiling milk, if a few spoon fuls of water is put into the sauce pan, first letting it boil rapidly for a few minutes before the milk is added, the milk will not burn, however hot the fire maj' be. To Keep Silver Bright. To keep silver brigljt that is not In use. lay a piece of f?um camphor in the drawer or box in which the silver is kept, and you will find that the sil ver will not requrre so much polishing. Fertilizers ! Fi The Edgefield Mercantile Announces to the Public that it is now ready with ? Fertilizers with Potash as ari I Royster's, Armour's., Swift's and other Reliable Mar Call on Mr. R. C. Padgett or Mr. A. E. Padgett. ( IT MAKES BOME Om So HAPPY To nave A BANK ACCO Copjrifht 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman C0.--N0. 44 F all the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD ^ OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, Vie?-Presidenf; E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Geo. W. Adams, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller, E. J. Mims, J. H. Allen. ( B. B. RUSSELL, JR. R. E. ALLEN Ship Your Cotton^ to RUSSELL & ALLEN Incorporated COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Liberal Advances Made on Cotton ir Augusta PILES Cured-no cutting, no pail from business. Testimonii YOU know. Call on or wi information regarding my adv* Piles, Nerve, Blood,' Skin and and women. 25 years' exDerience. Consultation REGISTER, 506 Union National Bank Building, Coh srtilizers ! Company i full line of Fertilizers ngredient Lufacturers', Goods )frice at Farmers Bank Finds Cure for Epilepsy After Years of Suffering "My daughter was afflicted with epileptic fits for three years, the attack? coming every few weeks. We employed several doctors but they did her no good. About year ago w . heard of Dr. Miles' Nervino, and it certainly K> il -? : "'.'."??* /'^V blessing to our "?f^S^S^ little girl. She ls ' tJN I ""j^^S cured and is en /' y<t joying the best WY ot health. It la over a year sine? A v flt. We cannot speak too highly of Dr. Miles' Nervine." MKS. FRANK ANDERSON, Comfrey, Mina. Thousands of children in the United States who are suffering from attacks of epilepsy are a burden and sorrow to their parents, who would give anything to restore health to t!:c sufferers. Dr. iVi??es> Nervine is one of the best remedies known for this affliction. It has proven beneficial in thousands of cases and those who have used it have the greatest faith in it. It is not 2 "cure-all," but a reliable remedy for nervous diseases. You need not hesitate to give it a trial. Sold by all Druggists. If the first bottle falls to benefit your money ls returned. . MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. Miss Myrtle Cothrum, of RusseNville, Aia., says: "For nearly a year, I suf fered with terrible back ache, pains in my limbs, and my head ached nearly all the time. Our farr' doctor treated m only gave me ' reP" A Constant IProtection A telephone on the Farm affords the Farmer's family freedom from isolation as well as protection in the absence of the men. Mr. S. S. Lee, of Blanch, N. C., writes: "Some time ago one of our friends' husband was compelled to be off until ten o'clock at night. During that time no one was in the house but his wife. She talked to us all up and down the line, and each family was readv to go to her at a minute's notice. She said she was so glad she had a phone, as she would not feel at all lonely." Write for our free booklet and see how little it costs to have a telephone on your Farm. Address Farmers Line Cepartmenl SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY CouOi Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga. ! _. Ford Automobiles We have accepted the agency for the Ford Automobiles for Edgefield County, and will have constantly on hand a stock of Touring Cars and Run-Abouts. Shall be pleased to show them to those who contemplate buying a car. The Ford cars defy Edgefield 's winter roads. They are an All-the-Year-Ro'' We will also carry a full ac all parts of the Ford car? ders at our Garagj w to wait to get P; Make your a* we will sa*' at reas' io \ 9 /