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THAT MADE AT HOME SUPERIOR { TO BAKERS'. - When Yeast ls in Good Condition lt ls I Not a Matter of Difficulty to Turn Out a Splendid Article Some Hints. (Bulletin of University of Missouri.) ! Homemade bread, If well made, is to be preferred over bakers' bread, ac cording to Miss Addie D. Root of the Missouri College of Agriculture. The condition of the yeast used in bread making is more important than the kind of yeast. If yeast is allowed to stand in n dusty place or is put into an unsterilized vessel, it will collect bac teria and the bread will have a sour, unpleasant taste. All utensils and liquids should be scalded before using. Yeasts are small plants which need air. Flour, therefore, should be added slowly and beaten into the liquid thor oughly to Incorporate air. Sugar is food for the yeast plant and if given to it will hasten.its growth. ; If dough is too stiff, a harsh, crumbly bread results. The least amount of flour possible to avoid a sticky dough, gives the best bread. The quick /even stroke In kneading counts for more than the strength put into it. A thorough kneading dis tributes the yeast . plaits evenly throughout the dough and results in bread of the best texture as the gas bubbles rise evenly. Dough should be kneaded until it has a smopth velvety surface. If kneaded longer than 30 minutes, the elastic quality is com pletely destroyed. . Yeast plants thrive nt a temperature of from 70 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. "When dough is set to rise, it should be placed in a clean bowl. If the bowl Is covered tightly and an even temper ature maintained, it is not necessary either to oil or moisten the surface to prevent a crust from forming. If the temp?rature is too high, the bread will be dark, coarse and sour. If the dough is chilled while rising, the volume will be smaller, the texture rubbery, and an andesirable crust will form. Best results are obtained when dough is kept at a gentle, warm, even tempera ture until it is twice its bulk.&nd then ?worked. ' linking requires as much care as mixing, kneading and rising. The tem perature of the oven should be 300 'degrees Fahrenheit when the bread is placed in it. It should be allowed to risc after fifteen minutes and lowered after thirty minutes. The bread should begin to brown in patches during the first fifteen minutes and should have an even, brown surface after thirty .jp i mites. If the dough is not twice its original bulk or as light as desired, it may be allowed to finish rising in the oven. Riced Oyster Soup. j Drain four dozen oysters in a colan der : pour the juice into a soup kettle ; add one-fourth teaspoonful of black pt K>er; let come to a boil ; skim when near Smiling point. In a saucepan boil one quart of milk. When the milk be gins to boll pour it into the oyster juice: drop into the combination a tablespoonful of butter in which two tablespoonfuls of boiled rice have been rubbed. Stir the soup constantly to prevent burning. As soon as it comes to ?i l>oil the second time throw in the oysters and let scald until the edges curl and separate. Drop salt, pepper, .a tablespoonful of butter and a sprig of parsley into the soup tureen; pour tho M.up into it and serve immediately. Delicate Indian Pudding. Coil one quart of milk! sprinkle into it two heaping teaspoonfuls luchan ?meal, stirring all the time to keep xrpin scorching. Cook 12 minutes, add our teaspoonful butter. Beat all to gether three eggs, one teaspoonful salt, ff ur tablespoonfuls sugar, one-half ?teaspoonful ginger Add gradually ?to thc milk. Bake slowly one hour. Serve with whipped cream, sweetened ?with powdered sugar and one tea ?spoonful vanilla, ibis ls very deli cious. English Tea Cake. ? Take one cupful sugar, one-half cup ifu! butter (melted), one teaspoonful ?each of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon, ?one cupful sour milk, two cupfuls flour, ?one teaspoonful soda (well-rounded), lone cupful raisins. . Mix the -sugar and spices together, ladd the butter and cream well. Put 'sod.-; in the sour milk and add to the fmixtune. stir in the Hour, and last the [raisins, well floyred. No eggs. Pond Lily Salad. Boil six eggs thirty minutes. When cold remove shells and cut eggs in [halves crosswise. Cut whites* in Strips to resemble petals and lay on Ismail lettuce leaf, with one-half yolk ?In center. Shred the largest lettuce ?leaves, arrange in bottom of platter, ?pour dressing over, then lay the Iet tfucv leaves and egg and garnish with fradislies. Little Ducks. Cut some mutton into strips about three inches long and one and one-half inches wide, without fat. Season with ,.,; ' ?... aral salt, roll up and put In a ?', .-.?.i to fasten. Put in a pan with !,. iit-ngb water to barely cover, and for :'bout half an hour. Take otu on? 11 .i |i?-itter and thicken the gravy. Serve with mashed potato. To Clean Knives. Mi . little baking soda with bath V i . i will find this polishes very TO CHEAPEN LIVING COST Advice About the Best Kinds of Foods That Should Be Selected and Prepared. t A bulletin published by the New York department-' of health suggests a number of changes in diet hy which money can be saved without sacrificing nutriment. "Cereals, such as cornmeal, hominy, and especially oatmeal," the bulletin says, "are rich in nourishment, and are much cheaper than patented cereals. "American cheese, dried beans, and peas are comparatively cheap.*and con tain a great deal of protein, which is the most important food element found in meat. "Oleomargarine is* a very satisfac tory and economical substitute for but ter. Unfortunately, its use in public Institutions is prohibited by law. "Kice is very cheap food and can be served in many diff?rent, styles. It should he used-more frequently than lt is in the dietary of those of moderate means. If contains a very high per centage of carbohydrates, one of the very necessary forms of nourishment. Everyone knows how extensively it is used among the peoples of Asia, where it has served as the chief article of diet from time immemorial. "It should not be necessary to state that bread, preferably of whole wheat, a form which is rich in very important food elements c?lled 'vitamines,' also sugar and potatoes, should occupy prominent places tn the dietary of the working man and woman. "There are muny other cheap food stuffs, a notable one being macaroni and cheese. When these are used judiciously, they serve to lessen the cost of the dietary without In any way Impairing its food value. % ------ ONCE A DAY OFTEN ENOUGH Assertion Made That Women Need Not Put In So Much Time Wash ing Dishes. "The careful housekeeper will al ways resent the suggestion that once a day ls often enough to wash dishes," writes Dr. H. Barnard in "Table Talk" in the National Food Magazine. "She cannot train herself to allow soiled plates and silverware to stack up from one meal to the next, for she has been taught that such actions arp evidence of shiftless, slovenly housekeep I?g. As a matter of fact, along with many other notions which are fixad in the operation of the home, both time and energy are saved by cutting out two of the three dally dish-washing jobs." Doctor Barnard goes on to recite the experience of one housekeeper who actually dared study the homely work of dishwashing. , One week she washed dishes three times a day; the next week she washed each day's dishes altogether. She used the same number of dishes each day in both weeks. She found that it took her 51 mtuutes a day to wash after each meal and 41 minutes a day to wash them once a day. This took account only of time, but there was a considerable additional saving in gas or fuel consumed by heating water once instead of thrice a day. to say nothing of the saving in soap. Fig Gems. Heat one cupful sweet milk, add one cupful sugar, one half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful butter. This is set aside to cool. In your mixing bowl put one and one-half cupfuls graham flour, one cupful white flour, two teaspoon fuls baking powder. Add one egg well beaten to this and then gradually add your other ingredients, which must be cold. Now, after all is well blended, add one cupful chopped figs which have been well floured. Grease gem pans and bake a golden brown. Creamed Corn. Chop finely one cupful of canned corn, and half a cupful of heavy | cream, the unbeaten whites of three eggs, one-half teaspoonful of salt and one-eighth of a teaspoonful of white j pepper and beat well with a silver fork. Butter a baking dish, sprinkle with finely-chopped parsley, pour In ' the corn mixture, stand the dough in a pan of hot water and bake about twenty-five minutes. Serve with to mato sauce. Steamed Brown Bread. One cupful molasses, two cupfuls sour milk, one-half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful soda, three cupfuls corn meal, one cupful either white or gra ham flour. Steam in covered dish three hours. The kind of flour can be varied to suit taste. Equal parts of graham and cornmeal cnn be used. This is very good sliced and reheat ed in the steamer, making an excellent breakfast dish.-New York Evening Suu. Prune Almond. Boil together one cupful of granu lated sugar and one-third cupful of boiling water without stirring until it forms a soft ball in cold water. Pour lt over the stiffly beaten white of an egg and beat until creamy. Add one half cupful of stoned stewed prunes and one-third cupful of 'blanched chopped almonds. Beat well, then put between layers of cake. Junket. The following recipes are suitable for small families: Crush one-fourth junket tablet, let dissolve In one table spoonful cold water, heat one cupful milk, two or three tablespoonfuls sugar, take froni fire, add one-half teaspoon ful rai'.Iilai und the dissolved tablet: let st:in<l in warm place until it Jellies, then sei in cold place. SLOAN'S LINIMENT EASES PAIN Sloan's Liniment is first thought of mothers for humps, bruises and sprains that are continually happen ing to children. It quickly pene trates and soothes without rubbing. Cleaner and more effective than mussy plasters or Ointments. For rheumatic aches, neuralgia pain and (hat gripp.y soreness after colds, Sloan's Liniment gives prompt re lief. Have a bottle handy for bruises, strains, sprains and all ex ternal pain. For the thousands whose work calls them outdoon, the pains and aches following ex posure are relieved by Sloan's Lini ment. At all Druggists, 25c. 1 Agents Wanted at Good Pay F. Lee Shepny, 8th floor-243 17th St., New York City, General Sales Manager of the largest con cern of its kind in the world, wants three or four men in Edgefield County and several men in adjoin ing counties, to work for him spare time or all the time. He can use only those who have a rig or auto. Work is very pleasant and-no pre vious selling experience is necessa ry. Work consists of leaving a wonderful new household necessity in the nomes on free trial. Tests 'at more than thirty of the leading 'Universities and the Government Bureau of Standards show this new ! article to be four times as efficient as article now in general use in this section. Article is needed in every rural home and benefits every member, of the household, bringing cheer, com fort and Happiness into the homes. Not necessary to be away from home nights. Pay from $6.00 to $10.00 per day according to ability and number of homes visited. In writing Mr. Sheppy, mention what townships will be most con venient for you to work in; what your regular occupation is; youl? age; married or single; how long you have lived in the community; what kind of a rig or auto you have; whether you wish to work spare time or steady; how much lime you will have to devote to the work; when you can start, and about how many homes are within six miles of you in each direction. This is a splendid opportunity for several men in Edgefield County and colin des adjoining to make good monev, working steady or spare time. Some of the field men earn $100.00 per month; one farmer earned $1,000.00 working spare lime onlv. No in vestment or bond necessary. HOME GARDENING But lt Must Be a Real Garden, Kept Planted Through Season, Says Hastings." Atlanta, Ga. - (Special) - "The greatest obstacle to permanent farm prosperity in the south is the 'store bill' made fer food and grain that could and should be grown on every southern farm,", says H. G. Hastings, president of tlVo Southeastern Fair Association and of the Georgia Cham ber of Commerce, in an interview on agricultural conditions in this terri tory. "A real garden," says Mr. Hastings, "properly prepared and planted, .and kept planted throughout the season, will help more to decrease store bills than anything else the farmer can do. "There are lots of what I term 'one planting' gardens made, gardens with a few struggling rows of beans, a few dczen cabbages and tomato plants, with some watermelon off to one cor ner, but that's not real gardening any more than a youngster's first drawing of a cat or a deg on his slate, i? fine art. Our southern folks generally don't take the garden seriously, when as a matter of fact the right kind of a garden, containing a full line of vegetables and kept busy all season, ls reasonably sure of furnishing at least half the living of the family. "I have never seen a 'one crop' sec tion, regardless of what particular one crop was grown, thar did not have a poverty-stricken look, w.'th poor school buildings, churches and homes. "I have never seen a diversified section that did not have the signs of prosperity sticking out all over lt. "And on practically every farm In these prosperous diversified sections the home garden has an honored place. "I haven't a thing in the world against the supply and general mer chants, but if all of our people would take the home garden seriously, half of them would haye to go out of busi ness for lack of trade. Give your gar den a square deal in 1917. iVhenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents The1 Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic nnd laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Ouinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in hend. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c. I Free Rowes- Seed f?astengs7 Catalogue Tetfs Ye&3 About 14 No matter whether you farra on large scale or only plant vegetate or flowers in a small wa}', you ne Hastings' 1917 Seed Catalog. I ready now and we havo a copy i you absolutely free, if you ask for mentioning thc name of this pap In addition to showing you about the varieties of vegetables, fai grass, clover and flower seeds, ? catalog tells how you can get free fl splendid varieties of easily grown, j beautiful flowers, with which to bes tify your home surroundings. Good seeds o? almost every kl: are scarce this season, and you cai afford to take chances in your se supply. Hastings' Seeds' are deper able seeds, the kind you can alwa depend on having "good luck" witl You are going to garden or fat this spring. Why not insure succe so far as possible by starting wi the right seed? Don't take chane that you do not have to. % Write today for Hastings' 19 Catalog. It's free and will both Inti est and help you to succeed In 191 -H. G. HASTINGS CO* Seedamc Atlanta, Ga.-Advt Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield, Court of Common Pleas. The Bank of Edgefield-Plaintiff Against-W. D. Hollaud in 1 own "Right and as Executor Last Will and Testament of ?Holland Dec'd., et. al.,-Defe dan ts. Pursuant to a decree in the abo entitled cause, I shall offer for sa 84 public outcry to the highest bi der before the Court House, Tov of Edgefield, County and Sta aforesaid, on salesda.v in Februar 1917, the same being the 5th day said month, between the legal hou of sale the following describ? realty, to wit: . Tract No. 1, All that parcel i tract of land, situate, in the Coun and Sta-.e aforesaid, conl.ainir eighty acres, more or less, bound' on the North by land of I. A. Wei and the Estate of B. W. Bet?s; c .he South bv the estate of B. V Bettie. ? Tract No. 2, All thai, tract < parcel of land known as the Hou Place of ?. S. Holland, deceasei situa'e io the Town of Trenton, i said County and State containin Twelve and one-half acrej more ( less, bounded on the North b Chu;ch.Sireet; on the East bv )< of J. C. Long and Mrs. Leila R per; on the South bv Public Slrei and on the West bv the AuguB' Road. This tract formerly coi tamed . 22^ actes, 10 rcez ( which has been heretofore sold. Terms of Sa'e-One-half casi balance on a credit of one yea with interest From date of said sa'i or all cash at purchaser's opiior the credit portion, if any, to be si cured by the bond of the purchase and a moitgage of the premise: Said bond and mortgage to prov id for interest from date, and ten pe cent, attorney's fees, in case sam shall be placed in hands of an al torney for collection. If purchaser at said sale shall fai to comply with the terms thereol within one hour from the time o said sale, said premises, upon diret lionel plaintiff, or his attorney will be resold on said day at th risk of the former purchaser. Pui chaser to pay for papers, J. H. CAN TE LOU", Master, E. C., S. C Jan. 2, lill7. Notice of Sale. SPATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD, (In Probate Court.) Mrs. Mattie W. Denny, as Admin istratrix of the estate of Till mai R. Denny, deceased, and in he own right-Plaintiff-against Mrs. Mary Louono Reese, Clauc Wills Denny, Antoinette W Den nv and Mrs. M. E. Walker Defendants. Notice is Hereby Given that bi virtue of tho decree of the probati Court for Edgefield County in thil cause, I will sell at public auctior in front of the Court House, ai Edgefield, in the Counts of Edge field, said State, on salesday in Feb' ruary next, being the 5th dav ol said month, the following described real estate belonging to the estate of Tillman R. Denny, deceased, tc wit: A certain lot of land in the Town of Johnston, Edgefield County. South Carolina, and the dwelling and improvements thereon, con taining one (l) acre, more or less, bounded on the North by lot of Mrs. Georgia Turner; East by J. L. Smith; South by Mi ms Avenue; and West by the Presbyterian Church lot. W. T. KINNAIRD, Judge of Probate of Edgefield, County of South Carolina. Jan. 5, 191V. Or, bing's Mew Discovery KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS. NA?G?R?Ti?N WASHINGTON, D. C. onday, March 5th, 1917 O lil o ? o ri m 03 . CA O H LOW FARES Tickets will be sold March 1, 2, 3, 4, with final re turn limit. March 10", unless extended to April 10 by deposit of ticket at Washington prior to March 10, and payment of Ijfr.OO. Southern Railway Convenient Schedules in both Directions. THROUGH STEEL ELECTRIC LIGHTED TRAIN- ' 'AUGUSTA SPECIAL:" PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS, COACHES DINING CAR SERVICE. For details, apply nearest Ticket Agent, or Fred R. McMillin, District Passenger Agent, , .228 Eighth St, Augusta, Ga. Through the attractive and historic Piedmont sec tions of the Carolinas and Virginia. ?v > Yr^\ VL*-\ * California . Fruit . Store GEO. COCLIN & BROS. Proprietors SfeE Fruit From Every Clime Fresh Vegetables Importers of the World's Best Goods Cigars . Cigarettes . Tobacco . Etc. We Solicit the Patronage of Our Edgefielcr Friends Corner Jackson and Ellis Sts. Augusta, Ga. ? m \ c~:... jj-ijz ? ?..v.^i:: /_-"..-__...-:._:.:,...._..... Licensed agent for regular li censed companies by the State of South Carolina can insure country homes, barns, etc., coun try churches and schools, well rated country merchants, cotton on farms, gin-houses, seed. Write me before the fire. E. J. NORRIS ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds - Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. '