The Commoner.
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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 43
several of these bags to lay about
the cold places. For a foot cushion
It is fine for cold feet. '
III! II ' '
Colonel Crittenden's Last Words
(Colonel William Crittenden of
Kentucky, with his men, was shot
In Cuba by the Spaniards In 1851.
In the account published at the time
It was stated that Colonel Critten
den was reserved for the last. When
all his followers had been shot ho
was told that if he would get down
on his knees to them that they would
spare his life. But ho folded his
arms across his breast and in a firm
tone declared that he would kneel
only to his God.)
"A Kcntuckian Kneels to None but
God"
Ah, tyrant, forge thy chains at will
Nay, gall this flesh of mine;
Set, though it Is unfettered still,
And will not yield to tnme,
Take, take the life that heaven gave,
And let my heart's blood stain thy
sod,
But know ye not, Kentucky's brave
Will kneel to none but God?
You've quenched fair freedom's
sunny life,
Her muBic tones have stilled,
And with a deep and darkening
, blight
The trusting heart has filled;
Then do you think that I 'will kneel
Where such as ye have trod?
Nay, point youf cold and threat'ning
f "steeV- - ,
I'll kneel to none but God.
Ab snmmor breezes lightly rest
Upon the quiet river,
And gently on its sleeping breast
The moonbeams, softly quiver,
Sweet thoughts of home light up my
brow,
When goaded with the rod;
Yet these can not unman me now
I'll kneel to none but God.
must bo cooked through. The meat
of fowls is gonerally dry, and plenty
of butter should be used, or the
breasts should be "larded" with
sweet, fat pork. The heat should
bo regular, the even moderate, and
the basting frequent. If the oven
should get too hot, the roast may
be covored with a thin biscuit pan,
or buttered paper; and a pan of cold
water sot on the bottom of the oven
will lower the temperature without
damage to the roast. The old-fashioned
things, like celery, turnips,
macaroni, beets, egg-plant, apples,
pumpkins, and potatoes are still
within reach of the humblest and
slim purse, in some quantity, though
it is not necessary to have all of the
varieties,) Remember the "dinner
where love is" far, far outshines the
feast and fretting of worry over ex
penses. May you all have a happy
home-gathering.
. Roses in November
By the middle of November, the
roses have generally ceased to grow,
and are ready for their winter cov
ering. All roses, even the hardy
ones, should be given a liberal coat
ing about the roots of well-rotted
manure, forming a cone of about ten
inches high. All shoots of tender
climbers should be carefully bent
down and covered with a protection
of leaves, salt hay, or straw, or they
may have pine boughs laid over
them, or corn stalks. Not until
after the ground is well frozen should
the covering be completed by setting
boxes, barrels, or frames filled' with
leaves or straw, be completed, as
it is wanted to keep the ground
frozen, and thus prevent the damage
done by the alternate freezing and
thawing, causing premature budding
drive out the "waters of crystaliza
tion," (which is what gives these
ingredients their "biting" principle),
and as soon as they form a powder
put into a pint bottle and add one
dessertspoonful of loaf sugar (or
fine granulated sugar), and fill with
clean, sweet rain water, if distilled
water is not to be had. Add to this
a bit of blue vitriol the size of a
small pea1. Shake this up well and
cork. If this makes the eyes smart
unbearably, take a little out in a vial
and put an equal quantity of dis
tilled water with It. Drop in the
eye several times a day, two or three
drops at a time.
(This recipe is to be found in
Chase's Receipt Boole, and does all
"Old Soldier" claims for it, as I can
attest. I have used it in my own
family for very serious catarrhal and
scrofulous inflammation of the eye,
and have always found it successful.
Something similar to this, and given
me by one of the best oculists In
St. Louis, Is made of two grains of
white vitriol dissolved in eight
ounces of pure soft or distilled, or
rosewater. In all disorders of the
oye, attention must be paid to the
general health, is often, the trouble
is but sympathetic, and as soon as
the health is improved, the eyes get
well without any treatment. Eye
troubles are not merely local depart
ures from health, but, are generally
associated with constitutional .disl
ease or disturbances and the use of
eye waters, salves, etc., used alone
will generally prove, of little benefit.
in the early spring days. Do not
And though a sad and mournful tone cover too soon, or with materials
Is coldly sweeping by, that will pack down and smother the
And dreams of bliss forever flown
Have dimmed with tears mine eye,
Yet mine's a heart unyielding still;
Heap on my breast the clod;
My Boaring spirit scorns thy will
I'll kneel to none but God.
George D. Prentice.
branches. Even when covered, the
bush must have air.
The Home Festival
This is the month when especial
thanks are to be returned for the
bounties of the passing year, and
reunions of families and friends are
expected to make the day set apart
one of real, "truly" happiness. Many
a home mother will feel that she
can not give the dear ones a feast
because of the high prices of every
thing in the line of eatables. Where
turkey can not be purchased, or
chickens are beyond the purse, roast
ducks, stuffed with oysters, or spiced
apple dressing and celery and cran
berry sauce go well with the bird.
A roast of beef, pork, veal or mutton
may be substituted. If the expendi
tures are kept well within the means,
a good, satisfying dinner, with oys
ters, nuts and homo-made candies
Good Sauces for Meat
Flemish sauce is made of a table
spoonful of flour blended with two
of butter and a cupful of weak meat
stock or boiling water; add a finely
minced onion, a slice of carrot and
salt and pepper, and simmer half an
hour; then add a cupful of stewed
carrots cut in dice, some chopped
parsley, chopped cucumber pickle,
and a little grated horseradish. The
carrots give the sauce a special
flavor.
A fine elder sauce used for pork
meats is prepared by mincing a slice
of ham and brown in a couple of
tablespoonfuls of nice ham gravy,
adding a tablespoonful of browned
flour, and to this pour a cup of per
fectly sweet cider; let get very hot,
but not boiling, strain through a
gravy sieve, season with salt and pep
per, and serve hot with roast meats.
For Weak or Overworked Eyes
"An Old Soldier" sends us the
can bo served, and in the lowliest following, saying ho has used the
nomo, me joy 01 lamny reunion may
be had. Of one thing, however, the
housewife should make sure that
the meats are done; the taste for
rare-done meats may be gratified, but
nothing detracts from the appetizing
effects of poultry of any kind so
much as the half-raw appearance of
Tilings Worth Knowing
If the children's shoes have been
wet through, the day before and left
to dry hard and stiff during the
night, pour some coal oil into a
saucer, and with a. sponge put as
much on shoes as the leather will
absorb; keep the shoes warm, and
repeat the oiling as fast as the oil
soaks In, until they become, soft and
new again. It may be necessary to
go over them several times. Castor
oil is a fine dressing for leather that
must often be wet. Try the coal oil
on larger boots and shoes.
For the foot warmer, look up sev
eral stones of suitable size and
shape, and heat in a slow oven, wrap
In a flannel cloth and take to . bed
with you, or put into the children's
bed. One of good size will keep
warm all night. For feeble persons,
they are much better than the flat
iron, or brick, or stove-lid so often
recommended. If of large size and
well wrapped, they are an Incal
culable comfort on cold nights. A
large one wrapped and put to your
feet when riding in the cold, la a
comfort. Try it thjs winter.
For making a sand bag for warm
ing, get some clean, fine sand, dry
it thoroughly in a pan in the oven,
or in an iron kettle. Make a bag
about eight inches square of stout
flannel, fill it with the dry sand and
sew the opening carefully together
so it will not leak; then cover with
cotton or linen cloth, to further pre
vent the sand sifting out. When
wanted, beat in the oven, or on the
tpp of. the stove where it will not
burn the cloth, alid nut to the feet
(tjiat ar to be warmed, or apply to
rheumatiti or neuralgic pains. It Is
better, and safer than the hot water
Walnut Stain for Gray Hair
At the request of quite a few of
our readers, I give two formulas for
this popular stain, which is harm
less, cleanly and inexpensive, and, as
some of dur readers tell me, "as good
as the best." The dye is purely
vegetable, and can bo made at home
without expense, or, if the alcohol
formula is used, at a small expense
Walnut Stain With Alcohol Take
four ounces of the outer hulls of the
walnut, pound into a pulp, and pour
over it sixteen ounces of best grain
alcohol. Let stand for eight days
then strain, and put into bottles!
corking tightly to prevent evapora
tion of the alcohol. As alcohol dries
the hair, and will not do in some
cases, here is the stain made with
boiling water:
Take one ounce of the outer hulls
of the nut (or get the dried article
from the druggist for about ten cents
an ounce) and pour over it one pint
of boiled water; let steep, keeping
it just barely at the boiling point,
but hot really boiling, for one hour
or more. Strain, and add to the
liquid one small" lump of alum, about
the size of a small hickory-nut, to
set tne color. A little alcohol, or
bay rum, or half a teaspoonful of
sea-salt may be added to the stain,
but are none of them necessary, as
the alum will prevent souring if kept
in a cool place.
Shampoo the hair with soft water
and a vegetable-oil soap (castile ia
generally used), and when merely
moist (nearly dry) apply either stain
to the hair with a bit- of sponge tied
like a swab on a bit of stick, or
with an old, stiff, toothbrush, going
over it carefully, strand, by strand,
and let hang until it is dry. Re
move any stain that may have clung
to the scalp with a bit of sponge
dipped in warm water. Let dry
again and, on retiring, wrap the head
up well to keep from staining the
bed linen. Repeat the application as
often as necessarv. rememberinc It
1b the hair, not the scalp, to which
it ib to be applied.
formula for nearly forty years, and
himself and many others, qan attest
to Its value: One dessertspoonful
each of pure table salt and white
vitriol; put these on a perfectly clean
enma piato and set In a slow oven, bpttle.ahd 'costs little', if anything
leaving the dOOr Onen. and BHrrfn- Tlia eand iinldo hoof n llvU- i. ' faJ
the joints; of fish it Is the sameit I frequently in order that the heat may for an invalid, it la well to have
Making the "Drum-Stick" Tender
Every housewife should know how
to draw the tendons, or tough sin
ews from a fowl. If the fowl is
bought ready dressed in the market,
the butcher will draw the tendons,
if asked to do so, but for the home
grown and dressed fowl, the housq
wife or husband should know how
to remove them. The legs should
be left on the fowl after dressing,
when it should be turned on its
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