The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, March 08, 1912, Page 8, Image 8
"f rV"frr j"1 V H 11 ft iti m Il Ml The Commoner, 8 to ftsPu" PrTT T rn rtmpnt -fcrfp fn conducted ay t CT gui iiiivki V v jylflHL. -' VOLUME 12, NUMBER Cnndurfodhv I Hwrifln llbfa Aflltoffi epa The Parting of the Ways Going away! Going away! Ono pallid beam fading out of life's sky; Still in the mart of the busy and yet, Out of my lifo; but you can not forget. You will not forget me. There always will be Ono pale ghost of memory pleading for mo; Wherever you tarry, wherever you roam, In shade or in sunshine, the memory will come. Into your lifo will come women more fair Sweet with lifo'B morning, and gay, debonair; Warm with youth's passionate ten derness; yet, Charm as they may, you will never forget. When burdened, discouraged, op pressed and alone, You long for the love that for all things atone, The ghost of the Past will bring comfort and cheer In joy,. or in sorrow, the love will bo near. I shall not forget you. The wide gulf may bo A Dead Sea of silence between you and mo; Tho days may bo leaden, the years may bo long; Tho laughter bo stifled, and silenced tho song; The pathway of life hedged by many a thorn; Tho highway wind upward, of all beauty shorn. Yet always above me, the skies will be blue; And voices, like dreamt. nnenkinrr softly of you, All the sad hours, the dark hours will sweetly beguile I shall find you again, in the Great Aftorwhlle! Helen Watts McVey. February, 1912. few plants of dill; rosemary, thyme, hprffnmot. sweet clover, caraway, coriander, and many others. Don't forget the horseradish roots; you will need them next winter. These things take up but little room, and should have a corner by themselves. Be sure to start an asparagus bed; if you wait another year, it -will be Innt- nnnthpr vefir before VOU Can begin the use of this most excellent edible. A few healthy roots of rhu barb will furnish all the "pie" stuff you want early in the spring; but the first year it should not be pulled unless it is unusually thrifty. Get a few gooseberry bushes started, and, if you live where cur rants will grow and Dear, nave a row of this splendid fruit. Many seedsmen and nurserymen are offering collections of these roots and bushes, and if you patronize reliable firms you will get your money s worth. For most ot living demand possession. In many cases, by this time, the living in terest in the dead has ceased, be cause of the removal to other places, or the death of the living relatives, themselves, and the place of graves is abandoned save by the very few that never forget. Within the recol lection of people yet active in the interests of the day, many ceme teries within the limits of cities are not now used, and even the location of many of them has been forgotten. In most cases, the bodies have been re-interred elsewhere, but in others, the unknown and unclaimed were left undisturbed, and the roar of traffic is heard above the forgotten dust, where great buildings rear their heads above the one-time place of graves. For this reason, crema tion of the body after death is grow ing in favor, and after cremation, the dust may be returned unto dust w?fVl fhr fnollntf fhaf r fnrm titq "'"' wv iiuu(3 iuui, biiu iuiiu nc juui uxuiiisy o loved has been returned to the ele- the herbB. it is better to buv the ments. DlantB: but if you are not imnatient for results, most all of them can be Cremation, or Bnrinl? The article recently published in the Home Department pages regard ing cremation for the dead instead of burial in the earth, has awakened some thought on the part of our readers, and has brought me several letters or inquiry. It 1b claimed by those who have watched the trend of events that the period of un disturbed rest in tho average ceme tery of the growing town or city is not much longer than the average span of life. Although the idea of a perpetual guarantee in some form or other Is found in the charter of nearly every cemetery association, as far as is known to our best-informed lawyers, there is no law that will assure iudisturbed possession of a grave to the dead, longer than fifty or sixty years at most. There is nothing to prevent the ground be ing condemned and the bodies re moved or ignored. A prominent lawyer Bays, "I have never heard of a law that protects such interests of the dead, or will Btop the encroach ment upon the sacred spot made by the march of progress." The dead are Beldom allowed to Interfere with the interests of the living, and in ueany ail localities, It the town or ity grows in extent, the dead must iove on." or De moved. whm w I 11 uvu U1Q Between Seasons At this season of the year, the woman who did not "gather up the fragments" last summer and fall, and whose purse is not over-full, is having a rather hard time getting a variety of foods for her table. Where one lives near a large mar ket, and has money with which to buy, there is no dearth. About everything that gTows from the ground in the spring Is at her hand. If one is a good buyer, with close judgment, and willing to work up the cheaper articles, even a slim purse can cover a good assortment; but there must be close buying and good judgment at the market, and a lot of common sense cookery in the kitchen. A scarcity of vegetables may be less felt if one can use the dried products. SUCh as beans nono lentils, macaroni, spaghetti, and corn meal mushes cooked in various ways after the mush becomes cold, will add to the variety and nourish ment. An excellent food that our mothers used much of is wheat, either coarsely ground by the home nana-miii, or tne whole grains; either of which require long cook ing, and will be found both palatable and nourishing If properly done. Another is the old fashioned home made hominy that is far superior to anything one can buy of the kind in the market. The houRe-wlf Trmef study her resources and learn to make the different dishes, and only by this means can she give her family the necessary changes of diet when everything seems to have dwindled down to "the same old thing." raised from seeds. Get a packet of pepper seeds, and grow your own "pickle" peppers, and have some of the "hot" stuff for other uses in the kitchen. Be sure to look over the catalogues and study the contents. of Plnnning tho Garden Be sure to make arrangements to have your own home-raised herbs Among them,, be sure to have a bed of mint. A few roots will give you a start, and once entnhHeVi . i fixture. There Is no end to uses for ou? ofeitVeS' bth k the kitchen ad Have your own sage: no "stnrA sage', will ever equal iit you your- I ,lail8e.and cure- xt ls almost im possible to do without sage. It Is good for a little of everything Have a row, or a bed of 'laven der, and take care to give It good care, so you can have plentv of "sweetness" in vonr iKSSL,? among your clothes and in your bed Some Tried Home Remedies Many people are so afraid carbolic acid that comparatively few know its many medicinal virtues. In sufficient quantities it is a deadly poison, and like ammonia, concen trated lye, and many other house hold necessities, it should be kept on a high shelf away from the reach of children and careless persons. All drugs, harmless or otherwise, should be carefully labeled. Carbolic acid may be purchased in a small can in crystallized form, and In this form it is both safe and handv Direc tions for liquidizing are printed on each can. One need dilute but little at a time. Its uses are many. A teaspoonful or twn nt vo liquid acid added to the ordinary sized foot-tub of warm water is an excellent remedv fnr fmctaA der feel; the relief is speedy and A tablespoonful or more added to the summer hath allays tho torture from the mighty little chigger, and is soothing and healing for heat irritation or tne skin. For cute and sores for man and beasts, there is no better ointment man mutton or beef tallow mixed with carbolic acid -one part car bolio acid to four or more of the tallow; keep this in a covered tin can, and it is ready for any emer gency it will need to be warmed a little in cold weather. For cuts, owico, buuuu suouiaers on stock, it L8 e?ce1llent- As a disinfectant and deodorizer. carbnHn dhh ta t,,i sable about the house, the poultry yard?, coops, nests and roosts. The crude acid has its value in many things, but for the medicine closet for the family, tho better grade should be used ia Afew, ?Iop!! workGl into vaseline catnrVL beaHng nts for catarrh of the nose, and a few drops in a quart of water used through the nasal douche is wonderfully healris to tho nasal passage. top dirt to he sieved to remove all lumps or trash. Sow the seeds thinly, put on them by Bifting evenly about half an inch of fine dirt, Dam pen surface of the soil lightly with warm water, then fit a paper over the top of the box, turning up the edges, and pour a quart of boiling water slowly on the paper, and leave to soak through. This will warm and dampen the soil and not disturb the seeds. Leave tho paper on it for a few days and wet it in tho same manner every day with water too hot to hear the hand in; set the box in a warm place. This method of moistening the soil will not work the seeds out, or wash the dirt from over them, and they will germinate quickly. Care for the plants well until they are large enough to trans plant to the ground. To start hard shelled seeds, such as the cyclamen, canna, moonfiower, smilax, soak in very hot water, changing it as it cools three or four times a day. The cannas should have a small hole filed in the shell, until the white shows through, then soaked, when, as the seed swells, the shell will hurst, letting the young plant get started. Most of hard shelled seeds require, even when well soaked, a month's time for ger mination. Without soaking, it may be months before they germinate. Tn fitrhtinc insects which ruin tho garden, the best thing to do is to get ahead of them, and keep up the warfare. The way to kill the second brood is to kill the first thoroughly, which Is a comparatively easy matter, as the first arrivals are but few in number. In the plant kingdom, as elsewhere, prevention is better than cure. Ge all your insecticides ready, and if you don't know what they are. or how to use them, and what for, get" all the Farmers' bulletins on the subject, and read, read, read, everything you can find in your farm papers; and in addition, ask for information of your agricultural papers and magazines. Making Iieathcr Water-Proof During the days now at hand, there will he more or less mud and bad walking, and one should do everything possible to keep the feet dry. For making leather water proof, this is recommended: Mix a quarter of a pound of mutton tallow, three ounces of beeswax, two ounces of rosin, one gill of boiled linseed oil. Melt this over a fire and stir until thoroughly mixed. Apply while hot to the foot-leather, and soak it well in. Once every week or two will be sufficient to keep the leather in good shape, even though subjected to constant wetting. The bottoms of the soles should be greased well with the hot mixture, and let get dry before using. For tho Garden m mafco p.Odea. you WoX & USSi, Z &. Peanut Butter Requested Butter from peanuts is very palat able and nourishing. In order to make the butter a mill for grinding the nuts is a necessity; such a mill will cost from five to twenty-five dollars, according to size. These mills may ho used for grinding other things nuts, coffee, horseradish and vegetables. In order to make fivo pounds of peanut butter, take eight or nine pounds of roasted peanuts, run them through with the' mill opened wide, so as to 'separate the halves of the nuts, after wliich run tnrougn a windmill, or let fall several feet on a clean cloth whero a strong wind will blow the thin brown skins away. Sprinkle fine salt on them when clean, and put them again through the mill with all the salt that will adhere, grind ing fine, which will make a fine grained, smooth, oily and delicious butter that will be a close rival for tho best of cow's butter. If the fluti are too dry after being ground fine , ., , , ig3iMjlAgggjigltmi wi2