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Show Oood Home Made Beverages. It0)ul Spruce User Three quarters of a pound of loaf sug tr one g tllon of w tier one-qunrter of an ounce ginger the grated grat-ed rind of two lemons mil a teaspoonful essence of spruit. Add half a cake of veast dissolved In halt n cup of water Let It ferment, strain, and bottle airtight air-tight Mulberry Shrub Squieie lh Juice from mulb. riles let sland ten d or until fernwntntlou ceases Hernial scum care-full care-full mil pour Into n fresli vessel l4t stund twenl)-four hours and again pour off To one pound of half sugar allow thirteen ounces Juice Wheu It helms Ij boll strain through jell) bag bottle and seal When desire.) ml a glass half full of the shrub und III! up with Ice water Ttoot lleer This recipe makes a pleas-ant pleas-ant and healthful drink I have used It foi over twent) ears and would like those who try it to report how the) like It Take a two quart dish and fill with tlaik birch twigs and lark broken up so na to steep quhkl), gulher about i r Hit dish fill of voung iheckerberry leaves dig three or four dandelion roots, get a iimall branch of pine und also of spruit, from whlih plrk about a pint of each Put all toteher In n toininnn alz.d kettle and cover with water, or If your kettle Is large put In about six quarts of water and l"t simmer III! a deep, rich color Pour off and add about a pint of sugar, and when cold a cup of good home.made yeast r a ake of compressed )ast If this Is dona at night It will be read) for use the next morning Put In ft cask and cork tlghtl) .If the beer Is stronger than nj like add more water while warm, before putting In the yeast Blackberry Cordl.l This recipe Is Invaluable In-valuable In case of summer comtlalnt and other Intestinal disorders Pound and squeeze sufficient blackberries through a coarse muslin bag to make & nuart of Juice Place In a porcelain-lined ktstle with one pound sugar two teaspoonfuls grated nutmeg .Innnmon and allsptre and one tearpoonrul cloves Tie the spices In little thin muslin hags and stir Ihe sugar until dtsaolved Co)k together for fifteen minutes, after boiling begins He-move He-move the scum, turn Into a Jar. and cover closel) whllo It cools When perfectly coll strain out the spices and add n pint of good brand) llottle and seal This cordial will keep for )ears, and Is ' like mother used to make ' |