The National tribune., 1883-07-12

a bscuit-cutter butter and fold like a turnover
let rise again and bake TO o delicate brown In a
quick oven IL wanted for breakfast, the sponge
may be set at night and finished early in the morn
ing.
Graham RoUs.-one pint of scalded milk, cooled;
one egg one tablespoonful of sugar; half a cup OF
yeast, and Graham -four to make a stiff batter.
add little salt Drop in your pans with spoon;
let If rise and bake quickly.
Flannel Rolis.-one quart of sweet milk; four
eggs, beaten mix and add -four 10 make thin
batter; salt and put in mufin-cups four inches
deep. Bake in a hot oven three-quarters of an
hour
Cinnamon Rous-Add shortening to your bread
dough, or make bahing-powder biscuit. Roll
thin, spread with melted butter and sprinkle
thickly with sugar and cinnamon. Cut into cakes,
fold over and bake quickly. IT made of yeast
dough, they must stand awhile TO raise.
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND MOTHER
BICKERDYKE-A yARIEY OF GOOD THINGS.
There is not reader of THE TRIBUNE who
viii not rejoice 70 learn from the following letter
from Commander-in-ChiefV Van Dervoort, that
Mother Bickerdyl1e, the noble nurse of the old
war days, has been discovered at her old work,
and viii hereafter share the care of the @. A.
r., in return for her years of unselfish services
in their behalf. both during and since the war.
Mother Bickerdyke, who resided at Cleveland.
Ohio. at the breaking out Of the war, was one
of the first loyal women to offer her services
for the care of the sick and wounded in the
hospital and on the battlefield, and from that
time until the collapse of the rebellion, with
scarcely an interval of rest, she was continu-
ously with our arms at the front. She was at
Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Savannah, Perrysville,
Louisville, Memphis, Vicksburg, Jackson,
Huntsville, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Ring
gold, Dalton Resaca, in all the field hospitals
/ of ha ion NaSh
vile, and in Sherman's campaign through
the Carolinas. When Sherman's veterans
reached the National Capital in June, 1865.
she was there, furnishing the supplies of the
Sanitary Commission to the battle-stained vet
erans on their homeward journey. After the
war she devoted her services TO the helpless
freedmen, and was in charge of the Freedman's
Home and Refuge in Chicago. 1t was one of
Mother Bickerdyke's peculiarities to devote
herself almost entirely TO the private soldier.
/ The officers, she said, had enough to look after
/ them; it was the poor fellows, with but pri-
Yates pay, a private's fare, and priyates dam
gers care for whom she felt herself particularly
called. 1t will be seen by the letter of the
Commander-in Chief that her sympathies are
still in that direction.
1t was OF Mother Bickerdylze that it was said
! that she outranked the commanding officer
/ himself. and ii came about in this way: While
/ in charge of the hospital at Memphis an assist
ant surgeon, who had been out on a spree the
night before, and who slept so late that the
ward was without a diet list, made his appear
! ance among the faint and hungry men, who
had had no breakfast, and was denounced in
/ the severest terms by Mother Bickerdyke
Hoity-toity," he said, whats the matter ?'
Matter enough, you miserable scoundrel.
Here, these men-any one of them worth a
thousand such as you-are suffered to starve
and die because you mnst be off on a drunk |!
stay in the army week longer" She was as
good as her word and in three days he was
| discharged. He carried his complaint to head
| quarters and asked TO be reinstated General
! Sherman listened to his story, and asked him
who caused his discharge. "Why. he said,
hesitatingiy, il was that woman-that Mrs.
/ Bickerdyke" "0h," said Sherman, "Well, if
it was she l can do nothing for you. She ranks
mep
THE COMMANDER -IN-CHIEFs LETTER.
The Commander in Chief, writing from
Omaha under recent date, commends THE
TRIBUNE for its good work in behalf of Wo-
mans Auxiliary Work, and says:
believe the recognition given by this admins
tration to the loyal women has been an important
! factor in the great growth of the Grand Army.
We have their aid IN time of peace as in time
of war and their loving efforts are helping us as
| their kind minstratioRs did in days of war.
Last fall Susan B. Anthony said that Mother
Bckercy Ike was poor and dependent on daily labor
for living. asked her for the Mothers address,
but she could not give it. By writing to comrades
in Kansas / learned. after three-;nonths search,
that she was IN san Francisco. 1 addressed her a
letter and learned that she still there nursing
| for living, and that many OF those she caring
for old soldiers. The first call made Cali
! fornia was upon Mother Biekerdykc. To say that
the visit was pleasure to would not express
| my feelings. told her would care for her the
rest OF her days, but she said, No; give me
work-a place In the Mnt-and will support my
self rs always have done" Yet she Is 20 years
old, and spent four years of her life from Belmont
| TO the grand review, Ia nursing Union soldiers.
1 = Give your money 10 the relief fund ana / will
| help myself i called on Mr.. Barton. Superin-
pressed a great desire to aid her, but had no va
caacies. left the matter in the hands of Dr. J c.
| Tucker, Medical Director of the Department OF
California, and have assurances that the matter
viii be adjusted satisfactorily. She will be look
alter by the noblehcarted comrades in tie Depart
ment or California. She has supported herself
with her hands since the war, and is to-day hale
and hearty. She does not desire publicity and
/ hiss never appealed to the Grand Army, and they
dso not even know she was in San Francisco. God
bless her and all the army OF noble women who
ioiled and worked for the soldier. And all hail to
their SUCCESSORS. the Auxiliary Societies and
Noman's Relief Cors,s. which are to-day aiding
the Grand Army in caring for the destitute, dis
eased, and wounded veterans OF the war During
my administration these organizations have in
creased wonderfully, and shall not feel content
until each Post is blessed with Woman's Auxii-
liary. working IN harmony with IL in the preciou.
mission of the Grand Army of the Republic
Fraternally, PAUL Wax DERyooRT,
Commandcr-in-C Chief.
THOSE UNMARKED GRAVES.