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The Commoner.
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 18
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with water. If this is fed occasional
ly cholera wll not appear; if cholera
gets among tho flock, feed- two or
three times a week all they will eat
of the soaked corn, and you will havo
no sick chickens." M. G. R.
In using recipes which have been
contributed, remember that we shall
like to hear what success attends tho
trial.
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HOME
It 1b good to have a corner just to call
ono's own,
Though it bo a nest In branches by
tho west wind blown;
Though it bo a crooked window undor
mossy eaves,
Known to darting swallows and to
autumn's drifting leaves.
Though it only bo a little room of four
bare walls,
Caught in 'mid smoky chimneys and
tho city's noisy calls;
Tho heart may rest awhile and tho
soul may be alone
If yet one has a corner just to call
one's own.
Tho busy world is beckoning, and
lures us away,
And life seoms all tomorrow, though
'tis leaving us today;
But there's nothing half so rare in
tho golden days to come
As a little roof, a low roof, that we call
Homo.
There Is nothing half so precious in
the wide world and free
As the dear hearts, the near hearts,
close to you and me
Oh, whon tho dream is broken, and
a-wandoring we roam,
Wo'll find no other shelter like the
one called Home.
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Fame may bo awaiting us, and glory
on the way,
But the humble things, tho sweet
things, are ours every day;
And for loss or gain there is nothing
can atone
. t LIko a lionrt and a corner just to call
one's own!
Magazine of Mysteries. .
seo how this could be anything but
an added torture in further binding
tho toes. An instrument, it is said,
has been devised for tho purpose of
returning the big toe to its place, and
may be worn at night, but I do not
see what good it would do if one niust
undo during tha day's wear any re
sult that might be obtained over
night.
For many years, a properly fitted
shoo has been almost impossible to
find, and many who can afford the
expense have their shoes made over
a last something like the foot; but
this is more expense than tho average
person feels able to incur, and the
work of destruction goes on. In many
instances, tho trouble has been start
ed in childhood, gradually increasing
as the growth of the foot calls for
larger (and more mis-shapen) sizes,
and, as the youth approaches man
hood, and the child's sizes give way to
tho "miss's", the longing for small
feet, aided and abetted by the inhe
rent vanity of the age of adolescense,
induces the added torture of crowd
ing the feet into the smallest shoos
possible, and the deformed- joint be
comes ,an ugly and painful fixture.
A great deal of attention is given
to keeping the hands shapely and
soft, but it would be far better if,
while tho children are growing, the
parents or guardians would insist up
on proper dressing of the feet, and,
when men and women demand properly-shaped
foot-gear, it will be forth
coming. Corns, hard or soft, may be
cured, but enlarged, mis-shaped joint's
and such deformities, are with us to
stay.
r Care of the Feet
A fashion exchange tells us "The
now shoos show a return to the point
ed toe. They are wide across the
ball of the foot, with a pointed toe
and with wide, low vamp. A few of
tho new shoes show the tooth-pick toe.
But thero is about the pointed toe
that it is not necessarily injurious;
tho shoe can be so big and so long
- that tho tooth-pick toe does not cramp
and mis-shape the foot."
Well, one would suppose that it can
bo so "big and long that it does not
cramp," but the question is, will it
tho big, long shoebo chosen by our
women who are vain of their small,
euuiHiiy ieet: Mis-snapen and dis
eased feet, are the direct result of
wearing ill-fitting shoes, and we are
assured by those who havo made n
study of such things that bunions are
the result of wearing shoes with high
uuuki mm uiose tno inside line of
which, instead of being straight
curves outward, forcing tho toes of
the foot out of place. Tho big toe
joint thus takes the pressure of the
boot and bocomes inflamed, enlarged
and very painful. Before one is aware
of the consequences of such a condi
tion of things, the injury is well start-
ed, tho foot is neglected, the wear
ing of tho ill-fitting shoes continued
in many cases because no other kind
can be gotten, and tho conannnnnonc.
are that walking is thenceforth, a life
long torturo. I have never heard of
any one succeeding in reducing the
enlargement, once it has become es
tablished. It is advised that a pledget
of cotton worn between the tips of the
big toe and the one, next to, it in order
to turn the toe toward tho middle line
"bam, uui as tllQ tOO Of thO ShOO
For Making Ices
For a gallon freezer, not less than
ten pounds of ice and from two to
three quarts of coarse salt are needed.
The ice should be rather coarsely
broken for the freezing, but shaven
quite lino for packing. Put salt on
the bottom of the tub, -packing it
with ice in alternate layers till so
full that more would make grinding
hard. Turn slowly and steadily, as
a jerky, fast, or interrupted movement
will never make smooth, fine cream.
After a few minutes, open the can
and scrape the cream as rapidly as
possible -from the skies down into
the middle, and grind again. When
the water begins to splash, drain oft!
and fill up the tub with ice and salt,
packing as closely as possible. Open
as cream hardens and beat in the va
nilla or other flavor, and grind till it
is very hard to move. Then take out
the beater, and beat or stir steadily
with a long, heavy paddle or spoon,
scraping down any cream that may
seem to freeze to the side of the can.
The beating should be done quickly,
but the cream should be very smooth
when it is over. Drain off the water,
pack with the finer ice and salt, cov
ering the can closely after the open
ing in the top has been closed, by
wrapping in saqking or clean old car
pet, and in half an hour the cream
can be used. If allowed to stand long
er, it will improve it. Ice creams,
frozen creams and fruits are used in
winter as well as in the summer.
Care of the Teeth
Children should be taught to use a
tooth brush and some good dentyifice
after every meal and especially bo
fore going to bed at night. There
are few things more offensive to the
sight, than a foul, neglected mouth,
and few things easier to avoid, if prop
er care is given the teeth. One of tha
cheapest and most effective dentrificed
is common table salt, dissolved in a
little water, and if used with a good
brush regularly, very llttlo else will
be needed. There are many tooth
soaps on the market, at reasonable
prices, and many of them are very
good, but often they are harmful, and
it is as well to make one s own den
triflce. If the gums are tender and
inclined to bleed easily, select a brush
adapted to their tender condition, and
do not give them- excessive friction.
Your dentist will tell you of a prepa
ration for hardening the gums with
out harming them. A great many
persons can not uso a hard brush.
A very good tooth soap is made of
prepared chalk six parts and good,'
pure soap, one part rubbed together
thoroughly. Charcoal, powdered pum
ice stone, cuttle-fish, and similar sub
stances are not readily soluble in the
mouth, and often do more harm than
good. The teeth should be brushed
downward from both sides of tho up
per teeth and upward from both sides
on the lower teeth, and the mouth
well rinsed with a simple solution of
water and powdered borax, or water
and table salt. A bit of thread, or
dental floss, should be run between
the teeth in order to remove any
deposit which has escaped the brush.
If children were taught these little
niceties of the toilet from their earl
iest years, ie habit would become
fixed, and thev would not think tlinv
could neglect tbte important duty of
Easy Washing
A reader sends us the following
method of doing the washing: At
night put all the white clothes to
soak in clear, soft water. The next
morning, rub them lightly through
the water in which they have been
soaked, with the addition of a half a
bar of soap, which has been sliced
into water and heated until dissolved,
to each tub of water. Put on the
boiler two-thirds full of water and
prepare as for boiling, the usual way,
wltn soap or washing powder. Take
about a quart of the .soapy water and
put it where It will boil up and as
soon as it boils, add to it two table
spoonfuls of coal oil, and stir it thor
oughly, pouring the mixture into the
boiler of water and stirring it well.
Into this, put the cleanest clothes,
let boil ten to fifteen minutes, take
out and put in another lot of clothes,
let boil as before. If more water is
needed, fill with soft vwater and a
little more soap. . The clothes will
need but little rubbing, and will rinse
out clean and white, and may be blued
and hung in tho sunshine; re-heat the
boiled water and, if more soap is need
ed, adding it to the water, in which
tho colored clothes will wash out, nice
and clean with bu. little rubbing.
, A Crying Baby
Emelyn Coolridge, in Ladies' Homo
Journal says: "The new-born baby
comes Into the world with but one
desire and sense really fully developed,
and that is, to eat' when it is hungry.
He does not know what being held or
rocked or walked with means, and he
does not crave any of these forms of
entertainment; it is an adult, either
his mother or someone else, who teach
es him about all of these different
things; he then finds them rather
pleasant, and insists upon having somo
form of attention all the time; he is
passed about from one relative to an
other until they all become worn out,
and then, when he grows a little old
er, he is punished for being so
naughty. When a baby is crying sim
ply to be taken up, rocked or enter
tained in some way, he will at onco
stop crying when he gets what he
wants, thus showing that he is not
in pain or hungry, but only wants to
be indulged. Every baby should be
allowed to cry some; if he does not
do this, his lungs will not develop,
and he will not be a strong baby, even
if he lives to grow up. When a baby
is born, the first thing the doctor
does is to see that he can cry well,
and if he does not, the doctor has to
make him cry; therefore a mother
should be worried if her baby
does not cry some during the twenty
four hours. If the band is put in.
properly there is very little danger
of ' rupture from crying.
"A young baby should be washed,
dressed, fed regularly, and "then "let
alone. He should be taken outdoors
in suitable weather and spend tho
rest of his time in his crib, or, better,
still, In a large clothes basket..' There
are regular baskets made for carry
ing babies about from room to room,
so that he may be near the mother
while she is occupied about the housp,
but an ordinary clothesasket having
a pillow or folded blanket in the bot
tom and covered with a sheet, and
having a small hair pillow at one end,
is just as good, and will make a pleas
ant change from a crib. The basket
should be placed out of all draughts:
put it on a small table, or on two
chairs, and when it is necessary to
feed or change the baby the mother
should turn him first on one side and
then on the other, so that he shall
not always lie in the same position
and cause his head to develop un
equally. A baby trained from the first
this way wiir not be fretful or ner
vous, nor will it be necessary to hush
every household sound because the
baby is asleep; he will become ac
customed to these noises, and not
mind them in the least. As he grows
older, he will take comfort getting
accquamted with his wonderful toes
and fingers, and" develop naturally
and healthfully in all directions."
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so restricted, as to Bpace; I can not cleanliness of tkoNmouth.
For Chicken Cholera
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A reader sends us a recipe for the
cure of chicken cholera, whicli may
bo of use to some of our poultry "rais
ers. One of ray neighbors has tried
it with success: "When a chicken is
too sick to eat, we give it what wo
take ourselves for bowel trouble
equal parts of tincturo of rhubarb,
camphor and opium, with a dash of
peppermint added. Dose for an adult
person, 25 drops in water. For a
chicken about five drops in water sev
eral times dally. As a preventive and
cure, soak shelled corn over night In
water to which air-slacked lime has
been added; to a bucket two-thirds
full of corn add a large handful of
air-slacked lime and fill the bucket
Knitting Needles
Knitting is one of the earliest forms
of needle work, and its possibilities
in the hands of a skillful worker can
not be overestimated. In our grand
mother's days, knittlng served main
ly for the manufacture of foot and
hand wear, but now-a-days, there is
scarcely -an article of Wearing appa
rel that may not be made on tho
needles in skilled hands, while the
unskilled, hut willing, hands can do
many things. Every paper or maga
zine running a "Woman's" or a fancy-
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
Una. WiHstoir's BOOTHiNO STBtip for children
teething should Always be usod for children while
teethlnir. It eoltena the sums, allays all pain, cur.,
wind chollo and la tho boat remedy for dtarrhot
Twenty.flye ceaU a bottle.
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