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The Commoner.
VOLTJME 3, fTOMBER m.
iKiKfn eo a Firn&nt IF
Candor.
"I know what your6 going to say,"
sho eaid,
And she stood up, looking uncom
monly tall;
"You're going to speak of the hectic
Fall,
And say you're sorry the summer's
dead;
And no other summer was like it,
you know,
And can I imagine what made it
so?
Now, aren't you, honestly?" "Yes," I
said.
1 know what else you will say," she
said;
lcYou'ro going to ask me if" I for
get That day in Juno when the woods
were wet,
And you carried me" here she
dropped her head
"Over the creek; you are going to
say
Do you remember that horrid
day'
Now, aren't you,' honestly?" "Yes," I
, said.
"I know what you're going to say,"
she said;
. "You are going to say that since
. that time
You have rather tended to run to
rhyme;
And" her clear c-es fell and her
cheeks grew rod .
"And 'have I noticed your tone was
queer?'
And 'every .one else has seen it
here.'
Now, aren't you, honestly 7" "Yes," I
said.
"I know what you're going to say," I
said;
"You're going to say you've been
much annoyed,
And I'm short of tact you will say
devoid
And I'm clumsy and awkward, and
call me Ted;
And I hear abuse like a dear old
lamb,
And 'you'll have mo, any way, just
as I am
Now, aren't you, honestly?" 'Yes,"
she said.
Henry C. Brunner.
" Straightening Baby's Legs.
A St. Louis physician, writing to
the Practical Farmer, recommends the
following method for -straightening the
taby's limbs: To straighten baby's
limbs which are bowed outward, take
a rough pine board 12 inches wide and
-4 to 16 feet long; lay one end on a
chair seat, and the other on the floor;
induce baby to walk up this board
many times a day, barefooted; this
will strengthen the inside muscles and
assist in drawing the leg straight, be
sides being very healthy exorcise. Take
a common lath, cut to length from
widest part of hips to the floor, or
bottom of the, foot; cover with cot
ton batting and wrap with thread;
with a wide band, bind one end to side
ft .hip, passing the band around the
body, another band around the knee,
and another at the ankle; be very
gentle in., drawing the band at the
amue just sumclently tight not to
be painful. Do this just before baby
goes to sleep, when ho wakes, remove
the splint. Repeat this every night;
Bhould the child awake in the night
and be fretful, remove the splint The
abovo means will straighten any
Laby's legs 'and givo a graceful car
riage in after life. Should be per
sisted in for a long time.
Disinfectants.
During the hot, fall months one
should not relax their vigilance in san
itary matters. Disinfectants should
be freely used, and for drain pipes,
sinks, and like things, concentrated
lye, dissolved by boiling water, should
bo poured in them, boiling hot, to cut
The grease and Temove other impuri
t'es; follow this with a solution of one
pound of copperas crystals to one gal
lon of hot water, pouring it slowly in
to the sinks, pipes and water-closets,
icpeating it at least onco a week.
Lime should be used plentifully in
cess pools, damp, mouldy places, cel
lars, and around garbage pails or'
boxes; especially use it freely in the
cellar. Lime sweetens and absorbs
damp, sour air. As a disinfectant to
be used for vessels and cloths about
the sick room, the following is said
rot tot stain the most delicate fabrics:
Dissolve one-half drachm of nitrate of
lead in one half pint of hot water, and
one salt-spoon of salt in a pail of cold
water; mix together and use. Car
bolic acid, and chorate of lime are ex
cellent disinfectants, and the acid may
be used with good effect in all scrub
bing and scouring waters, while the
chlorate of lime may be sprinkled"
about as needed.
An Aatldeta.
A sure, swift and easily procured
antidote to poisoning by carbolic acid
id said to be common cider vinegar,
'.this drug has heretofore been sup
posed to have no known antidote. It
ia claimed that a half-teacupful of
cider vinegar, diluted with an equal
o mount of water, followed in a few
minutes by a second dose, is a sure
antidote, to be employed while wait
ing for medical aid. Every poison sold
should have its antidote plainly print
ed on the label of each bottle, beneath
the familiar skull and cross-bones.
Quick emetics are the first remedies to
be administered when poisons are
taken, but in an emergency, especially
when life is at stake, memory, and
even common sense fails one, and
though we may recall that various
things, taken with copious draughts
of water, are given with certain kinds
of poison, the danger of administering
the wrong thing overwhelms one with
fear,, but if we could read on the fatal
bottle what to do at once, life and,
at the least, much suffering might be
spared.
Miss Florence Hayward, of St
Louis, is the first and only woman to
be appointed on the executive staff of
exposition commissioners. She Is spe
cial commissioner in Europe of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and
secured, through her personal efforts
for the fair, the loan of Queen Vic
toria's jubilee presents.
Rag Carpet
For the sister who wishes to know
how to color her carpet rags, I think
a very pretty way is to make a "sym
phony" in yellow or brown, or both.
Let the color run from white all
through the shades of yellow up to
deep orange, or, if both colors are used,
to seal brown. Do not stripe, but
have it sewed "hit and minn" nnf
more than three threads of one colorj
in one place. Have the warp quite
dark, with a few white threads here
and there; a plain warp is better than
a striped one. The rags can be dyed
quite satisfactorily with the ton-cent
packages of dyes sold everywhere,
which are generally fast colors, if a
good brand is selected and directions
carefully followed. If one knows how,
and can get the various barks which
our mothers used for dyeing, it might
bo done very cheaply. But whatever
you do, do not put into your "hit-and-miss"
all the colors of the rainbow, or
there will be more "miss" than "hit"
in It, when its loud ugliness meets
your eye when on the floor. Another
pretty carpet is made of several shades
of brown, woven for the center of the
carpet, with a narrow strip of darker
color (or lighter, as one likes) for a
border. Or, one may have a "hit-and-miss'
center of whatever colors she
happens to havo, with a border of somp
suitable color for the outer edges." For
a rug, the center may be quite dark,
or of mixed colors, with a gay hit-
ana-miss border.
Fashion Netes.
Bright scarlet coats will be worn by
both little girls and boys.
For little ones under ten, the Rus
sian blouse suit is still the favorite.
Dresses made of shepherd's plaid
are nice for school wear. They may
be trimmed with narrow folds of red,
used as piping for tucks, or headings
to folds of the material.
Three-quarter length blouses will
be much worn- by "girls between twelve
and sixteen. They are usually made
with a band collar matching the cuffs
and belt Sometimes plain Eton collars
are worn with them.
White petticoats are no longer made
on bands that fit around the waist
line, but upon shallow yokes with the
skirt gored up and fitted smoothly to
the yoke, or they are finished with a
bias facing at the top, the. fullness in
the back of the skirt laid in a small
cluster of flatly-stitched pleats.
For school clothes, smooth, close
woven fabrics, which may be easily
and well cleaned, should be chosen.
In the woollens, there is nothing more
serviceable than the fine-twilled
serges; a serge garment may be
washed as easily and as nicely as a
cotton one. Hopsacking, Irish frieze
and Scotch plaids are close-woven,
6 tout and serviceable. Very little
trimming need be used for school
clothes.
Do not forget the school aprons. A
goodly supply of these will save not
only the school dresses, but the laun
dry work as well. If one have plenty
of plain, washable aprons for the
girlies, there may be fewer and bet
terdresses. Make the most of them1
of goods warranted to wash, and look
out for the wearing quality, as well.
There are so many pretty Btyles, and
the paper -patterns" for cutting them
so cheap, that there is "hardly an ex
cuse for an ugly or ill-fitting apron
now-a-days. '
Qaery Box
Mrs. G. R. G. Find biscuit and
bread recipes in another column.
Painter. To clean paint brushes'
that havo become hardened, it is rec
ommended to boil them in buttermilk
for half an hour, then wash them in
gasoline, turpentine or coal oil
Flower-Lover.-lf i . k' m
f yr cllmte l m,t advise as
to drouth-resisting flowering plants'
Just now In my own garden, zinnias.
phlox, tiger lilies, the varieties of
hardy garden pinks and late holy
hocks, seem to be having things their
own way.
Altheo, Many of our native wild
flowers will bear transplanting read
ily, aiid take kindly to cultivation.
Many of them are so worthy of preser
vation that the florists grow them an I
advertise them for sale in the cata
logs. Fall is a good time to trans
plant them.
Mechanic For a cut, or a bad
bruise, where the skin is broken, af
ter hot-water bathing and bandaging,
saturate the cloth with common tur
pentine. It not only eases the pain,
but takes away the soreness and heals
the wound quickly. It is" one of the
best and cheapest liniments known.
Housewife. This is a good recipe
for lemon cake, said to be "such as
we buy." Two cups of sugar, one cup
of lard, two eggs, pint of sweet mill:,
five cents worth of Baker's ammonia,
and five cents worth of lemon oil;'
flour enough to make a dough stiff
enough to roll; roll very thin and
cut any desired shape. It is not ad
visable to use Baker's ammonia.
Mrs. Clara S For ridding the pan
try of ants, various methods are em
ployed. Trapping and killing seems to
be the surest way. Smear a thick coat
ing of lard on some plates, set -them
otout the pantry, leaning small sticks
against the plates for the ants to
climb on; when the plates are filled
tviththe insects, drop them in boiling
hot water. Repeat this until the ants
are exterminated.
Allie S. For corn oysters, havo
your green corn clear of husks and
silks; grate off the grains, making the
mass fine; to each .quart of grated
corn add two rounding teaspopnfuls
of grape cream tartar, and one of
ssleratus; two or three .eggs, as you
like. Beat well and salt to taste, drop
in spoonfuls into hot fat arid frj. If
liked a little thicker, add a table
spoonful of flour to a pint of corn.
Young Wife. There is no cast-iron
rule for housekeeping. One must bo
a "law unto herself." Do a great deal
of thinking and planning about your
work, and by experimenting, And what
methods suit your own individual case;
determine for yourself how your worK
may be arranged to bear the most in
terruptions, and do try to have somo
part of the day, if but an hour, that
may bq your very own, outside the
kitchen.
Mary S. The use of prepared food
for infants is not to be recommended
except upon advice of a physician. Our
markets ax;e flooded with infant food
preparations, and only the experi
enced physician is able to determine
vhich is best suited to individual
cases. One child may thrive upon one
food, while another requires an en
tirely different one. Consult your
physician, and experiment carefully.
Hattie R. A good way to use up
stale bread on the farm is this Tako
a ham bone, and after parboiling put
over .the fire again in cold water and
let boil until the meat Is tender, have
your bread cut or broken Into a bowl
cr pan large enough to admit of stir
ring, then pour the hot liquor in which
the. meat has boiled over the bread,
nd let stand until partly cool; season
with pepper, salt, some 'sage 'leaves
dried and rubbed fine; break in an
gg, and stir until well mixed; drop
large spoonfuls in places on buttered
tins and bake until done about twen
ty minutes.
Biscuits and Bread.
Soda biscuits are not advisable be
cause of the injurious effect upon tho
stomach of the necessary amount of
coda, but as, at times, its use can
hardly bo avoided, wo give recipes.
Much of one's success with these bis
cuit depends upon tho acidity of the
milk, and no positive quantity of soda