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The Commoner.
VOLUME 12, NUMBER 18
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Conducted fy I 7 rf 1 d I II J J v7'
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The Hurrying Hours
How often tho thought comes home
to me,
As tho moments hurry away,
Of tho many things 1 intend to do,
Somehow, sometime, some day.
They are promises that have never
boon kept,
Though I always meant to be true,
But time is too short for all the
things
That a body intends to do.
I will answer a letter, or read a
book,
I will write a bit of rhyme,
I will do the things that 1 ought
to do,
Somo day, when I have the time.
So I look beyond, as I hope and plan,
For the days that are just ahead;
While the day that is here goes into
tho grave
With its opportunities dead.
Today is the only day we have;
Of tomorrow we can't be sure;
To siezo tho chance as it comes along
Is tho way to make it secure.
For every year is a shorter year,
And this is a truth sublime:
A moment misspent is a jewel lost,
From the treasure-house of Time.
Arthur Lewis.
Beverages
A well-known writer en medical
topics tolls us the following: "I
would especially recommend the
dally use of distilled water or butter
milk for tho aged as a plentiful
bevorage, because of the increase of
calcareous deposits with tho advanc
ing years, and tho accumulation of
too much earthy salts in tho tissues
and bones. Such foreign matters are
detrimental, as they bring on pre
mature senility by destroying tho
elasticity of the blood vessels and
thus interfering with tho strencth
and with tho circulation. Distilled
water bathes tho living tissues,
snatches up obstructions to growth
and activity, eliminates poisons, and
gives to the body tho freshness and
vigor of youth. It can not abstract
any formed matter from living tis
sues, but invigorates and energizes
it by removing waste matter which,
In the very nature of things, ob
structs healthy activity and develop
ment. It is ono of the most power
ful solvents, acting directly upon the
calcareous deposits left in tho ar
teries and joints by the use of raw
water heavily impregnated with
lime, dissolving and eliminating it
from the system, and is of Very great
benefit in cases of rheumatism."
There are several distilling devices
on tho market, of more or less value,
which can bo used in tho family, as,
in many cases, tho distilled water
could not otherwise bo obtained, or
would cost too much for the average
purse. Distilled water is not fil
tered water.
brothers, well informed, will let us
know where such knowledge can be
obtained. It is unhappily a fact,
that women, even intelligent, well
educated, well-read women, know
little of the "rights," property, or
otherwise, given them by the laws
of their state. Each state has a set
of laws of its own. Many women
are robbed and cheated out of their
earnings or possessions not by out
Rlflnra. hut hv thoir husbands, who
should be their best friend; but, ac
cording to the laws of many states,
the husband has the power, whether
ho exercises it or not, of pauperizing
his wife, and cheating her of even
her earnings through work at odd
times which is done without neglect
ing her home or her family. In
somo cases, this wrong Is ignorantly
done by the husband; but not every
husband is above stealing from his
wife if he thinks ho can do so with
safety. Frequently, a woman's wel
fare is safer with any other man
than in the hands of her h sband.
Let us hear from our brothers, who
know where such knowledge is to be
obtained. Women are becoming
thinkers, and the wife will work far
more cheerfully, save and help earn,
if she is assured that she can legally
hold any of the results of such labor.
It is the keen sense of injustice, and
tho loss of faith in the man who
should be her protector, which
causes the extravagance of many an
otherwise, .careful, economical wo
man. "What's the use to save," slie
says, "when I have nothing that I
can call my own, no matter how I
work or how much I save?" And
we can but echo "What is the
use?"
borax solution is excellent when
used as a throat or nose wash, a
wash for weak eyes, and will cause
tho eye-lashes to grow u usea on
them. For the bath, sea-salt is bet
ter than the. table or cooking salt.
For cleansing the hair, try this:
Use a suds made by adding enough
hot water to a little green soap to
make a good lather; then rub thor
oughly into the scalp with tho finger-tips,
being careful not to scratch
with the nails. After using the green
soap, a lather of castile soap may
bd used if necessary, but it usually
is not. If the hair is too oily, a few
drops of ammonia may be used, but
ammonia is apt to dry and crack the
hair. Instead, use a teaspoonful of
baking soda in the first basin of
water when rinsing, and the rinsing
should be careful and thorough. Use
several tepid waters, until the last
used is perfectly clear. The hair
should be dried with warm towels,
but not by fire heat. Hair that is
too oily is said to be overfed, and
hair that is always wet or damn with
perspiration is like a tree the roots
of which are drowned out.
Silk Waists
In washing silk waists, soap must
not bo rubbed on them, but a good
suds, made of pure white soan. minh
as castile, or ivory, with a few drops
of household ammonia added;
especially soiled spots may have a
very little white soap rubbed on
thorn, but should be marked with a
thread before being wet, so as to
ivuuw wuero uiey are. The am
monia in the water is generally suffi
ciently cleansing. Silk scorches so
easily that great care must bo taken
when ironing. Now and then, a
piece of silk yellows under the iron
in spite of care: but this Rhmiiri h
treated just as you would any other
scorch; apply a mixture of benzine
and alcohol, then lemon juice and
salt, laying in the sun.
Home-Madc Perfumes
Tho formulas for such things are
none of them difficult to compound,
but they are not particularly inexpen
sive, as it does not pay to buy cheap
materials. A pleasant violet per
fume may be made from one-fourth
pound of violet pomade oil, five and
one-half ounces extract of cassia, and
eight ounces-of alcohol.'
A pure extract of violet is made
by taking one-half pound of violet
pomade or oil, and one pint of de
odorized alcohol. Pour the alcohol
over the pomade and let stand in
a warm place for a month; then, if
desired, the liquid can be poured off
and more alcohol added. Tho naxt.
drawing will not be as strong, but
will make excellent toilet water.
Deodorized (not denatured) alcohol
should bo used.
Another, callod wood violet, in
made by taking three ounces extract
will beat up stiff and quickly with
less work.
"New Cook" To prevent tho
bacon "going all to grease," and
shriveling up, soak the slices in cold
water for half ah hour before frying,
then cook in covered vessel.
Alice L. It is claimed that if
celery salt is shaken on the hands
and well rubbed in before wetting,
the odor of the onions will be re
moved. Celery leaves will do as
well, if within reach.
Lola Take the burner from tho
lamp, remove the wick, and boil in
water in which beans have been par
boiled; or, boil in a strong solution
of salsoda for half an hour, then
wash and polish.
S. K. To keep down the crop of
flies, sprinkle the garbage pile, or
can, and also the floors of barns,
sheds and manure piles with a strong
solution of chloride of lime. This
will destroy the eggs laid in the de
caying materials.
Fannie It. For removing old
paint, make a lye with one can of
potash and half gallon of water,
apply with an old paint brush, and
do not touch with the hands, as it
burns. Wash off and dry well.
U. F. To make cherry syrup,
choose red, fully ripe cherries, ex
tract the juice in any preferred way,
though a fruit press is best; then
make as any other syrup, allowing
three pounds of granulated sugr.r to
one quart of strained juice. Bottle
while hot and seal.
Mrs. A. X For fabrics yellowed
by poor washing or laying away,
wash in the usual way with clean
soft water and good soap, then put
to soak over night in clear water con
taining a teaspoonful of cream tar
tar to each quart of water. Rinse
out next morning, dry in the sun
shine, and they should be beautifully
bleached.
Worth Knowing
It is said that a cheap refrigera
tor may be made by filling a box
three or four feet square, with five
or six inches of common clean, coarse
salt the kind that comes in barrels
for stock, and keep well moistened.
Put the vessel containing milk or
butter and other kinds of food, down
in the salt a few inches, cover closely,
and it will keep the foods nicely, and
serve as a good substitute for an ice
box.
For excessive perspiration of the
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of violet, one ounce each extract of hot water and plenty of common bar
Legal Rights of Women
A correspondent wishes to know
the title and price, as well as ad
dress of publisher, of a "volume that
gives in plain language the legal
status of a woman." She says: "No
plain farmer's wife, or laborer's
wife, has the timo or opportunity to
search through vast law books, full
of legal terms, for tho few and far
between chapters or sections giving
the meager legal rights of women."
She would like advice upon the sub
1ect, and I hope some of our
For tho Toilet
Crash, or any of the rougher
grades of linen toweling is all right
for the back and limbs, for wimt nn
needs for those parts is friction, and
this you musjt get when drying 6ff
from the bAth; tho rough toweling
is about as good as anything that
can be had. But for the face, neck
and hands, you need towels of a soft,
fine pattern, for patting tho face dry;
tho skin should not be scrubbed be
yond the shoulder blades; neck and
iaco snouia Do so kindly treated as
not to loosen tho skin.
Borax is one of the hnthrnn
necessities, and for gargles, douche,
and washes, it has no rival, except it
bo table or cbarse salt. Sniffing salt
or borax solution up tho nostrjils
every morning and evening, letting
a little of it trickle down tho throat,
will purify tho entrance to the lungs
and greatly relieve catarrh. Salt or
rose, tuberose, and cassia, one ounce
oi tincture of orris root, three
quarters of an ounce of ambergris,
ten drops of bitter almonds and five
and one-half drams of rose water.
A violet sachet powder, to be used
in drawers, clothes presses, closets,
boxes or trunks, is made by taking
two ounces powdered benzoin, five
grains musk (less can be used, as
musk is very strong), five grains
lemon grass, one-fourth ounce of
orangeflowers, three-quarter ounce
of cassia, fintely powdered; two
ounces rose petals, four ounces orris
root, ana nve grams of bitter al
monds. The making of oils, essences, ex
tracts at home from the petals or
leayes of plants and flowers, is not
always to bo advised, as tho success
of the process depends upon patience
skill, care of mixing after gathering
a.aiu ui'jiuK, unci somo rnnw o. cm t
simple chemistry, as well as vessels
and conveniences for the work which
few housewives can command. It is
quite as cheap, and much more satis
factory to buy either the finished
product, or use drugs for ingredients.
Query Box
T. N. Before breaking the eccs
sot on ice, or lay in ice water for an
hour or two. until tii.i"
I chilled; then separate and the whites
soap containing resin, then give the
ieet a good mooing witn sait, auu
this will help to harden them.
When rubbing floors with sand
paper to take off stains or to render
it smooth, different grades, from
coarse to fine, may be used, until
the work is satisfactory, but steel
wool, which may be purchased at a
painter's supply shop, is the best for
a final finish.
Stains may be taken out of ma
hogany with weak aquafortis or ox
alic acid and water; dip a cork in
the solution and rub the stain until
the color is restored, then wash care
fully with water, dry -and polish as
usual.
To remove stains from marble,
mix two ounces of bicarbonate of
soda, one of powdered pumice stone,
ana one of finely powdered cnaiic.
Sift and make into a paste with
water, spread all over the marble
and leave over night, In the morn
ing wash with soap and warm water.
With the near prospect of "cauJ
ning time," all the fruit jars should
bo gathered up, well washed, scalded,
tops fitted to them, and put together,
where they can be reached when'
wanted, ready, with a little addi
tional scalding to sterilize, for the
filling of fruit or vegetables. Much'
timo and worry will be saved by hav
ing new rubbers or new tops, plenty,
of sealing wax, paraffin, new corks,
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