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Successful Canning Home-canned fruits and vegetables should be found on every family table in the great southwest. Yet I am sorry to say that perhaps fewer tables are supplied with home can na::c fruits and vegetables in the southwest than any other part of the country. There are too many empty cans to be found in the backyards of town and country homes. These bear the labels of some far-away factory. But never before in the history of our beloved country has it been so necessary that every good housewife in the land make fall fruits and veg etables of all kinds, in order that more food may be saved. Food saved for hc;kle rse releases that much more for the world supply, means life instead of starvation for hundreds of thousands of women and children. It is a patriotic and humane duty to save all the food possible by can ning, drying and preserving. There has been a shortage of tin cans, and it will be necessary to use more glass jars and stone crocks. We women have as great a part in this world war as the brave men at the front. Our country calls us to duty in the kitchens. Ours is the part to stand back of our brave men at the front. Food, not bullets is de manded of us. It is not an easy task we are called upon to perform, for we all know that it requires cour age and devotion to the work in our kitchens, away from the inspiring sound of the fife and drum, to save end conserve the nation's food sup ply. The need is serious and we must not fail to heed the call of our beau tiful country to help in winning this war for freedom and liberty. I would appeal to every housewife in the land to do her part, no matter where she lives, whether in the coun try, town or city. She is not doing " the duty that she owes to her coun try if she spends her time at social clubs, while in some nearby coun try gardens and fields, fruits and vegetables are going to waste for the ILck of labor. Some have plenty of means to buy the canned goods and avoid the work in, the hot kitchen. But that is not helping save food with which to feed the world. Having been very successful in the art of canning vegetables I will tell something of the way I gather and prapare them for canning. I gather such vegetables as beans, beets, to matoes, cabbage, cucumbers, and beaches, melOis, etc., early in the morning while the vegetables are cool and fresh. I wash all vegeta bles clean before putting them on for cooking. Beets I cook until ten der, then I drain off the hot water, and pour cold water over them, then I proceed to slip off all the peeling with my hands, and drop them into cold water. When I have them all peeled I cut them into pieces as de sired and they are ready to put in o0 equal parts of water and vinegar brought to a boil before putting in 'the beets, to which I have added one *.tqblespoonful of sugar to each quart ef the beets, and add the desired amount of pickling spices. As soon ,sa the beets como to a boil I proceed to fill in to the jars, which I have psreviously sterilized for . five min utes in boiling water, also the tops, and rubbers are sterilized the same length of time. I make sure that the hot vinegar is at least over the *beet pieces so as the vinegar will be over all the pieces when cool; they w.ll keep and look much better. T'omatpes are dropped into boiling water and must be lifted out in three or four minutes and dropped into cold water. This method of blanching removes the undesirable acids that. might otherwise prevent the vegetables from keeping; it sets the coloring matter that it will have a rich vivid hue; and it hardens the ,vcgetable pulp under the skin, and prevents them from bursting open. I slip off all the peeling and then they are ready for canning. I then put them into a vessel (porcelain vessel is best) and pour enough boilng water over them to cover them, and let them boil a few minutes and thley are randy to fill into the jars that i ILt-ve been previously sterilized thea .same as for beets. I seal the imme diatly., and set them in a cool dark place, and they will keep nicely fo: a long time. 1 have kept them as long as three years and they were as a nice when we opened as they were when first put up. Cucumbers are gathered early in c the morning: three to t.u:" inches in 1 length are best. After having wash ed them I put them into boiling hot c wate,-; three handfuls of salt to six quarts of water. Soon as the salt is thoroughly dissolved I put the cu -umbers into the boiling water, then I move them to the back of the stove, where I let them set where they will not boil but keep hot for 213 or 30 minutes. In the meantime I prepare the vinegar as follows: I mix equal parts of vinegar and water with one tablespoonful of sugar to each quart of the mixture. I then place the cucumbers into the sterilized jars. When I have the Jars packed I pour the hciling vine gar over the pickles and put a teas poonful of mixed pickling spices in D the center of the jar, where it will not sh3w from the outside. This 1 -s adds much to the good flavor of the le pickles and yet it looks better foi m the spice not to show around the ,r sides. a- I also can peppers the sam a: ie cucumbers with fine success. ie gather nice tender snap beans an( y p:'epare them as I would for the ta )f ble, put the beans in hot water anm ;e salt to suit the taste, and boil unti . tender (put no other, seasoning ii beans except salt), then I pack then :of into the sterilized jars, fill the ja: no to the rim with beans and water it fe which they were cooked. I then fil g- up the rest with hot vinegar (pure, at nad seal them tightly and set in e >d dark place. I can cabbage in the :h same way as I do beans. If it is fe not convenient to can the cabbage: )t the day they are gathered, lay then n. in a cool dark place. I can cabbage to in the same way as I do beans. I: n- it is not convenient to can the cab bages the day they are gathered, la3 in them in a cool dark place and do 3e not remove the outer leaves unti: ready for use. Never keep them it In water as that destroys some of their it juices. :o I can peaches as follows: I gather te the fruit early in the morning and n pare them and cut them off the e- seeds, leaving nice halves. These .y are put into a large porcelain kettle 1, I pour boiling water over them and r- let cook until tender, but watch r them so as they will not cook tc g pieces. When I fill them into the e sterilized jars I allow the juice to stand about an inch above the It peaches and seal them up tight. 1- We pick plums off the trees, pick s al stems off and wash them thor oughly, then put them in large por e celain kettle and pour boiling water r over them, covering them two or 1- three inches in the kettle. Let them g cook slowly until tender, but don't 1- let them burst open. They are ýl then packed into sterilized jars, cov 1- ered with an inch of juice and seal d ed. Plums are the easiest and e quickest fruits to can. We have put up as many as 54 quarts in half a Y day on a common cook stove, and k they always keep so nice for years, t If one wants to keep them that long. I Blackberries and dewberries are picked; all the stems removed and e berries washed clean; they are then 1 put in sterilized jars and filled with I hot water and set into water and let r come to a boil; let them boil a few minutes, and remove the pan in I which the jars are, seal them and set out to cool. I have had good success in can ning the above fruits and vegetables. We put up a good supply of home canned fruits and vegetables, which lasts all the year. Besides this we have a number of four, six and eight gallon stone jars in which I put up pickles, kraut, etc. We raise enough sweet and Irish potatoes, dried peas, and beans, sorghum, meat and lard, milk and butter, and we raise our own bread. Chickens and eggs pay for all else we have to buy for the family table, and some besides. Others can do as well if they only try, using good judgment.-Mrs. H. O. Klose in the Farm & Ranch. A 00D FRIEND -o - A good friend stands by you when in need. Opelousas people tell how Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the test. Mrs. A. St. Cyr of 220 N. Walnut St.. Opelousas, endorsed Dean's three years ago and again confirms the story.' Could you ask for more con vincing testimony? "I have great faith in Dean's Kid ney Pills, for they have done me more good than any medicine I have ever taken," says Mrs. St. Cyr. "Whenever my kidneys cause me any trouble, I get a box of Dean's Kidney Pills and a few doses always give me quick re lief. At times, I am troubled with rheumatic twinges in my muscles and my kidneys don't act right. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, the trouble passes away. I can't speak too highly in praise of this remedy for it is just as represented." RELIES ON DOAN'S The above statement was given on April 25, 1914. and on March 18, 1918, Mrs. St. Cyr said: "Any time I need a kidney medicine, I use Dean's Kid ney Pills and they never fail to bring me quick relief. I recommend Doan's Kidney Pills at every opportunity and can coifirm the statement I gave in 1914." G60c at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfgrs. Buffalo, N. Y.-adv. -----o-- State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas County, as. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of 7. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribeS in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 188. A. W. GLEASON, iSeal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrrh Medicine is taken in ternally and acts through the Blood on 1 the Mucous Surfaces of the System, Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. a.!d by all druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipatIon Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up Systma Thne Old Standnard general 'eatheains tonic. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONICdrzesaut dialaria.enriches the blood.and builds upthesys -.m. A true tonic. For adults and children. .O War Proclamations PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION THE WHIftN HOUSN4 WASHINGTON, D. O. MAY 29, 1918. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES: T HIS WAR is one of nations-not of armies--and all of our hundred million t people must be economically and industrially adjusted to war conditions if this nation is to play its full part in the conflict. I appeal to all who now own either Liberty Bonds or War-Saving Stamps to continue to practice economy and thrift and to appeal to all who do not own Government securities to do likewise and purchase them to the extent of their means. The man who buys Government securities transfers the purchasing power of his money to the United States Government until after this war, and to that same degree does not buy in competition with the Government. I earnestly appeal to every man, woman and child to pledge themselves on or before the twenty-eighth of June, to save con stantly and to buy as regularly as possible the securities of the Government, and to do this as far as possible through membership in War-Savings Societies. The twenty-eighth of June ends this special period of enlistment in the great volun teer army of production and saving here at home. May there be none unenlisted on that day. WOODROW WILSON. GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, BATON ROUGE, JUNE 8, 1918. W HEREAS, thrift is at all times a virtue, and the nation that saves is the nation that prospers and mirrors the happiness and contentment of its people, and 4 WHEREAS, in these times of. crisis it is the prime duty of every American to save and thus help save the World from Autocracy. THEREFORE, I, Ruffin G. Pleasant, by the authority vested in me as Governor of Louisiana, do hereby call upon all of the people of this State to observe to the utmost the period that has been set aside by the National Government for con centration upon thrift, and I do urge that by the time that period ends on June 28, 1918, every man, woman and child in this great Commonwealth will have unstintingly bought War-Savings Stamps that our Government and our associates in war may be financially backed up to the limit in this great crusade for the freedom of the World. This is not a financial war-so much as it is( a fight in which a prime factor is economy-saving in food, stinting in dress, and a patriotic denial of all the une3sentials of life, that the wheels of industry may be turned toward the manufacture of the virile things that spell success. Such saving should be turned ihto the chan nels of helpfulness *for our Government, which, after all, is but ourselves. Uncle Sam should be made the beneficiary of our thrift. We should take him into our partnership and throw into his coffers our dollars and our dimes, that the fray fraught with the happiness and the By thk Governor: independence of our posterity may be goriously JOHN MARSHALL~ . won. Secretary to the Governor. IN FAITH WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Executive. Department, at the Capitol, in thle City of Baton Rouge, on this the 8th day of June, A. D., 1918. R. G. PLEASANT. SRed Cross News and Notes i I MRS HEAD, 71, SETS KNITTING RECORD Mrs. Ruth L. Head, 71 years old, a member of'the Mamou, La., chap ter of. the Red Cross, has knitted more articles for soldiers than any ether woman of her age, perhaps, in her section of the state. Here's her record for three months: 8 sweaters, 18 helmets, 5 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of wristlets and 3 mufflers. Mrs. Head if the mother of Mrs. L. P. Erickson, chairman of the finance committee of the Mamon branch. The members of the various Red Cross organizations are finishing up the work now on hand. When this will have been done the work roomps will close pending further instruc tions from headquarters. Instructions to the effect that no new classes in surgical dressings wil be organized for the time being. The material on hand will be made into various articles, however. The various R9ed Cross organiza tions are busy preparing their monthly shipments. It is supposed that the shipments will be made on the 20th. RED CROSS TO HELP WAR SAVING DRIVE President Wilson has set aside the month of June as War Savings month, and an intensive campaign will be waged throughout this month. The Red Cross, always in close co operation with the Federal Govern ment, has instructed its chapters throughout the country to give the mcvement their whole-hearted sup port. At the direction of Leigh Carroll, division manager, each chapter in the Gulf Division has been requested officialy to convene a special meet ing of officers and lay the matttr be fore them so that they may urge the members to give local support. It is emphasized in bnvri. War Savings Stamps, mcnn y ", i ong in vested in securities, and you ale helping place in the hands of sol diers and sailors weapbns to defeat the Germans. Dr. P. H. Saunders is in charge in Louisiana and l~as appointed a di rectcr for each parish. Louisiana's quota is $37.000,000 and every man, woman and child must put at least $20. in War Savings Stamps. -1 FEW MONTHS BRINGS CHANGE. He was the toughest specimen on the train, and that's ,saying a great deal. Most of them had been draft ed tfrom the Bowery. This particular "bird" was thick set and had a protruding unshaved jaw: When his hands hung at his sides they unconsclolisly formed into fists. On his head was a dirty checked cap with a visor that dip ped at a menacing angle. / He didn't get off the train when ft stopped at a big city in the Gulf Division. ° He simply rolled off, got to his feet, hitched up his trousers and started out looking for trouble. Several canteen workers tried to be as pleasant to him as they did to the other drafted men on the train. He either ignored them, or made rude rerfarks about them to his trainmates. Finally, a certain. canteeni worker who had been watching him for some time. took the matter in hand. She went over to the rough guy and glared at him sternly. Then, when she finally got his at tention, she gave him the most vig orous "bawling out" he had ever suffered. She told him he shouldn't associate with decent people. She asked him if he supposed he was go ing to make any kind of soldier. When he got on his khaki, she said, he'd expect it to be respected, so he had better respect the canteen worker's uniforms. When she got through he was looking ch-stened and almost pleasant. That was severa months ago. The other day this sume Bowery trouble-maker came through going from Texas to the East to await de parture for France. Such a changed being he was! Trim and upright in his khaki, there .was little about him reminis cent of the checked cap and the fists. He recognized the canteen worker who had "bawled": him- before she saw him. "You did me a world of good," he grinned. "I kept thinking aboul what you said-especially about the unifcrm-and I just cut out the risigh stuif. I'm much obliged to you." NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION By virtue of a notarial act of dis ýolutioa duly signed by all the stock holdcrs and officers of the Eunice Cot ton Seed and 'Product Warehouse Company, Inc., the same having been executed before Alfred Chas. Kammer, a Notary Public in and for the Parish of Orleans, on the 3d day of June, 1918, and duly recorded in Miscella neous Book 151, page - , of the Recorder's Office of the Parish of St. Landry; and, by virtue of a certifi cate of registry of the said notarial act in the office of the Secretary of State, issued by Jas. J. Bailey, Secre tary of State, June 10, 1918, all in con formity with the second paragraph of Section 28 of Act 267 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1914, I hereby notify the public that the Charter of the said .r ~~ mm nm n nm"n mrrln. Louisiana are behind in their quota of War-Savings Stamps sales. Srebraska, rn agricultural state like ours-has sold her quots already and 8 out of 10 people there have War-Savings Stamps. 1' NIP! and help keep up our record min all patriotic efforts. "i1 -THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED FOR TH2 !INNING OF THE WAR I DARDEAU .& IELD3 Belated Subscriptions TO Third Liberty Loan 4 Bonds will continue to be received at Plaoters Bank 8 Trfust Co. And also 1st and 2nd issues, should anyone desire to purchase them. . War Saving Stamps also Supplied 1 in 1-2 and 3 ply It is much superior to the ordi S nary roofing and will give bet ter satisifaction all around, . sPhone 180 Eunice Cotton Seed and Warehouse Company, Inc., has duly surrendered and cancelled, said corporation dissolved and it fairs finally liquidated and settled.: ADOLPH STEIN President Eunice Cotton Seed Products Warehouse Company, Attest-PHILLIP HICKY, Secre june25-5t Sour Stomach. This is a mild form of indiges It is usually brought on by eati4 rapidly or too much, or of food suited to your digestive organs. you will eat slowly, masticate food thoroughly, eat but little and none at all for supper, you more than likely avoid the stomach without taking any cine whatever. When you have stomach take one of Chambera Tablets to aid digestion.-adv FOR SALE A large stock of backsmith coal received. Order now as same selling fast. L. D. NICKERSON Jue8-3t Phone 410, Lafayette,