The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1897 Page: 7 of 16
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A Household Prayer.
From a rusty needle, a pointless pin,
A button minus an eye,
A torn-out; worn-out buttonhole,
Both now and by-and-by;
From a rotten string, or shoe-lace weak.
Collars that button hard.
Neckties that turn "hind-side before"
Without the least regard.
Good Lord, deliver us.
From a shiftless, thriftless, driftless wife,
A mother who doesn't care
Whether she tidily wears her gowns,
Or rarely combs her hair;
From a husband who doesn't see or know
How dirt tracks up the floor,
A father who thinks it foolishness
For the little ones to snore,
Good Lord, deliver ns.
From a lazy man, a heedless woman,
A thoughtless boy or girl,
Who turn the world half upside down
With a whirr, a whisk, a whirl;
From such as these and many more.
As we go on our way,
That we may grociously be free
Forever, "Let us pray,"
Grod Lord, deliver us.
—John Wentworth.
Canned Fruit.
In a country like Texas, where fruits
and vegetables grow in abundance, there
is no reason why every housewife should
not prepare a sufficiency for home
consumption during the entire year. A
little practice will secure satisfactory re-
sults. We submit the following simple
suggestions which may prove interesting
to our readers.
In order to insure success there must
be care taken that the fruit is thoroughly
cooked, put into cans or jars while hot
and sealed securely:
««The self-sealing glass jars are easier
to use and generally more satisfactory
than tin cans. In any Southern state
the rubber rings used for these jars
should be renewed every season. The
tops of the jars should be examined, and
it is well to test each jar the day before
using it by filling it with water, closing
it with ring and top in place and invert-
ing the jar. If the water does not leak
out the jar is in perfect condition.
No set rule can be given for the quan-
tity of sugar to be used in canning fruit
The tastes of the family and the kind of
fruit used will govern the amount of su-
gar required. For many small fruits
one-half the weight of the fruit in sugar
will be sufficient.
The fruit should be cooked until ten-
der before adding the sugar; the sugar
should be hot when put in with the fruit,
that it may not retard the boiling. Let
the fruit and sugar boil together for twen
ty minutes, Have the jars heated so
that the hot fruit will not cause them to
crack. Fill the jars from the kettle (still
standing on the stove.) Be sure that the
jar is as full as it'can be, put on the ring,
and screw on the top at once. Within
the next half hour tighten the tops sever-
al times and give them a final turn when
the jar is cold. During the two weeks
following the work look at the frnit oc
casionally. If it keeps so long it will
probably keep indefinitely. Set the jars
in a cool place, and keep them dark by
covering with cloth, if the closet is not a
dark one.
To these general rules many sugges-
^ tions could be added. Peaches and pears
should be cooked in a syrup previously
prepared and boiling when the fruit is pu
in. Figs are canned in the same way,
but need a heavier syrup than peaches
require and long cooking to insure the
best results. Every housewife will have
her own little variations in method and
will enjoy them, and will not fail of suc-
cess if only she will fill the jars full of
boiling syrup and close them tightly.
When to Bathe.
For summer, in the morning immedi-
ately on rising or in the afternoon just
before twilight are the most propitious
times times. Never take a bath imme-
diately before eating or after undergoing
violent exercise, and remember to dry
the body thoroughly if you have time, or
not at all if you are in a vast hurry.
Careful persons should make the tem-
perature of their full tub Of water about
that of the surrounding air. This is an
excellent preventive against taking cold,
and if the bath is taken after a long, hot
journey or in the morning after a sleepless
night, no greater tonic can be found than
that of pouring slowly down the back
from the base of the neck to the end of
the spine a pitcher of truly cold but not
icy water. This soothes and stimulates
the nerves exquisitely, it helps to redden
the lips and cheeks of pale women, and
revives one as does a cup of strong coffee
or a glass of sherry.
In summer, if the comfort of a station-
ary bathtub with running watar is not en-
joyed, the best plan for a bath is to pour
into one's tin tub a little water, stand in
it and soap the body thoroughly. If in
doubt as to the best soap, remember a
good grade of white, green or red Castile
is always to be trusted, and a good grade
sells for about 10 cents a cake. Soap is
absolutely essential to a bath to neutral
ize the grease.
Use a sponge or cloth and after the
regular bath wring it out in the weak so-
lution and gently wipe off face, limbs and
body.
Good Advice.
If you are receiving a newspaper and
desire to discontinue, never refuse the pa
per at the postoffice, but write or call at
the office and find out what you owe, pay
up and then notify the editor to discon
ue your subscription.
Never leave the country nor change
your postoffice address when you are re-
ceiving a paper without notifying the pub-
lisher of the change. Publishers suffer
more financial loss from scoundrels who
do this than from any other cause.
Always take a receipt from the pub-
lisher for what you pay him on subscrip-
tion, and don't let your subscription run
on from one to five years after have paid
probably 50 cents or $1 on it and then
claim to have paid it without presenting
your receipt as proof. The publisher's
books are more accurate than any man's
memory.
Never take a paper for a number of
years and then, when called upon to fet-
tle. swear that you have never gotten it,
or that you had only gotten it about one-
third of the time, or that you had never
subscribed. The publisher invariably
knows that you are trying to lie out of it,
and if for manner's sake he fails to ad-
vise you that you are a liar, he jote you
down in his mind that way.—Ex, j
A Home for You.
The Brownwood Banner truthfully says
that not more than one-tenth of the tilla-
ble land of Texas is in cultivation, and
there is yet plenty of land which can be
easily cleared, awaiting the man with the
hoe and plow, to reimburse him for any
labor he may bestow upon the virgin
soil. There are lands here in large or
small quantities which the owners of are
anxious to sell at reasonable prices and on
such terms that the man who can make
a small páyment can make all the bal-
ance out of the land before the owner
will press him for payment There is no
need for any one to be without a home
of his own when these lands can be pur-
chased so cheaply and on such easy
terms. Get a home in Texas and get it
now while lands are cheap. The day
will very shortly come when these lands
will greatly increase in value, and then
the poor man will have to remain without
a home as he does in California and
and other states. Every farm enhances
the value of land round it
Raw land can be leased for a term of
years free of rent, the improvements
made being taken as rent, but this is a
bad way. Better make a payment down
and secure the land than have to hand it
and the improvements over in five or six
years.
Parties desiring information about Tex-
as and her resources, should write to A.
J. Rose, commisssoner of agriculture at
Austin, Texas, for a copy of his latest
report, which gives full and explicit in-
formation about every county in the
state.
A Chance for Manufacturers.
The Texas Graphite and Asbestos com
pany has been chartered, with a capital
of $100,00, and it will give to Houston a
mill for the manufacture of artlrles of
commerce from Texas moterials.
Considerable interest is manifested in
Houston regarding the organization of
a company for the purpose of manufac-
turing cars, It is argued that this indus
try will pay from the start, as Houston
is the most important railroad center
southwest of Kansas City. The compa-
nies actuall doing buriness in this city
could take a large portion of the output.
The great success of the Dickson Car
Wheel works has encouraged the people
of Houston in the belief that cars of at
least the ordinary varieties can be pro-
duced here at a profit The strong point
is made that Houston is a very impor-
tant lumber market, and that within
three hours' ride from this city begins
the largest body of standing pine to be
found to-day on the American conti-
nent
Parties who desire to engage in the
production of tile for underdrainage will
find a profitable field either in Houston
or vicinity. Experts, as well as practical
tilemakers, have investigated the clay in
several places, and pronounce it good for
tilemaking.—Houston Post
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1897, newspaper, July 1, 1897; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185716/m1/7/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .