The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-12-13
LOYAL WOM4N'SWORK
TIE Household, Conversation Club,
Puzzles. ETC.
KANSAS CRACKERS.
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KANSAS CRACKERS.
HAPPY HoJslTOEr. You will al End this worth
trying One eup 0f navy beans boiled soil' Ian
cup AZ sugar. a pinch 81 sait, fOur enough 10 h2ia
Together Roll thin and cut il squares, ana bake
- light brown. They arc nice for piiFes-1IFaee
Gfubbins Coliyer, Kan.
LEaf8S PIE AND CHOCOLATE CAKE
harry H0gsEBoID: send the following recipes,
winch tllaiZ VIII be found good when tired;
Ls5bcG Fic.-One lemon; crate of the peel.
squeeze cot lie juice cut tie pulp nnei one Cup %
sugar. C.c % water milk, two eggs, Two lil.e-
Epo0nf1ls ST -four Bake with one crust lhe
1rJ-tius The whites Of Two eggs Beaten 10 a stih
11"tL lyg soooufuis OF silEar; pour over The Top
lloc5.1ts 11-c.--eue cup o. sugar. one-h@ll cup
% butter eUe-hAN cIp Ct sweet milk. one aud
th-ee-foHfth cups Of hour, two eggs, one teaspoon
"a Ct -nda aEu two 81 creni0-laTiar. ff1@-ihk
White - one egg beaten slin. with One-aBd-s-ihiI
faHicspaoutus of sugar, one of grated choc3late'
RisG one scasEooufCl Of vGLiiIa.-Fannie l. CIaTehI
hherbugr.e. n. Y.
EgALL THE SOLDIERS DAUGHTER HAVE TT
How Inau, Of the soldiers wives, daughters and
sons VII seud me Il and their address Tor me
Hs,tseselr next year, II Is s seai-nnonthly Jour
nsl relating TO every department Of home work,
RHd everyone Who reads u Is glad 70 renew their
Buhscyiption I viii forward renewals the samei
they all Couas what J trying foT very ear
llesLya prize 81 not less than > aud not more tlal
500 Desr friends, make 10 a present TO some 81
your loved lady friends Tor lew Years. And could
MOI Two glFis g together and take j. OF Two NiN
and both read H. and try thus 10 help me Ia Kansas
address by return matt, a I must send all before
Jan. Miss Francis Keys Box 60, Rush Center,
kan.
EXCHANGE OF CoURTEsIEs.
EBLEszss OF IBF Il II AND c. e.: 1 get . great
deal o. valuable Information from the Household
department. Would like 10 exchange painting
patterns a'ith some Of the members. have some
very pretty ones j would ALSO give some advice
shout pSif-5E, ID wished FOR. Vii one tell
NE where 4 cau obtain the poem entitled The
Buris4 Il Moses % ?-Oda n. Morton, DaTrtown, y.
Editors Chat.
Anna 6oodaTt You are quite right to advise
your young lady friends against Stirling with cow
boys and showmeH, or any other SORT Of men, show
men CT otherwise. If young girls would only con-
slider thst ttev By sueh conduct put themselves on
- Level with tie women Of the town. this mis-
cradle praoaiee might sooner end
Mashed is a coarse. low word. and it is pain
Ia 70 hear It from lips thai are pure and refined
Eddy T. Chaplin, Morrisville, Ky, an apothe-
C8rys clerk who works 10 hours and yet finds
time 20 write neat letter viii tell the c. c. some
thing about tho cultivation ofhops, if they so de-
sire who votes for hope? Unfermented, we
mesn. OF coUrse.
George Preeser Claunoey. Ca writes that he
s. son - veteran, living near the battle
FIELDS q Dixie, where bis father fought. Although
poor usaE, lie entertained l. yellowfeyer rcfu-
gees f0r 8ura than three months. They are with
Dut funds :4ro more than 300 miles from home, and
be sppesl- To the veterans and their friends for
help o. secure them transportation, adding: II IN
SOUT letters Ju say alght tEat VIII carry ray
OF comfort % tbe@e bleeding hearts, Gods bless
Ing VIII 90 tElth you.
Unsigned contributions and answers continue TO
he received. IL Or pity 50 many deny themselves
the credit q enrolment with Sesrchers and Sow
egh arg "a oilcr departments 10 which tAey are
sBtlbed
J. h s5,elsgt Both authorities are correct,
lEo1i- lHs notion Is unfortunate in the para
gfspl quoted from ,I0hfsUu's History. IL should
read; THO Commission IS appointed consisted Of
nFe sesletor- fEe EcpEeseUtsiives and i've Judges
al the supreme Gourt. vi s.h0l seven were Demo
UTsts seven 5.epublllsHs, and one supposed 10 De
neutral tl..yes was declared President by strict
party vote. 90 elgit 10 seven
Edwin -. i.ercE. JEFF Davis lives at BcsuyoiT,
hiss, aud John O. IS Whittier a. Anesbury, Mass.
Toledo fFlr : Your compliments Tor TIE
IiuBysE SID tine G. c. are very pleasant; but re-
member yOur name must De gwen when you
write tEe EDITOR. before yoBr request can appear.
Maggie Thompson. Surprise j. an, comes for-
wand with tde Grst Merry Christmas to the
Btilor and the D. III. ana G. c. Lei u al call 10
one aIotlscl ln chorus, bierry Christmas, all -
Cnaries 4, AchHy would like 10 know why the
mandrake Is regarded with feelings Of superstition;
also the real properties o. the plant. Who viii
ts him
Conversation CluB.
RAEes oTH.e CsB.-I. Write briefly q Write only
OF one sice e.. tLe paper. 8. Write 10 the point. J.
Write O.lc subject. ;. Write your best. G..
Eend Eus+Tess 10 ali puzzles for Of Editor. Each
week the --5es q those wiring the best letters
Egle, ufs,iluEi. spelling, peHsnafslp and gen
era Def1t colis.leFed-ull ice named al the head
81 tllE cfilHIu on tie Honor Roll. First honor
Wlh lHClEGe al! Ga these requirements. Second
buior lril include "a deficiency IN some enc point.
10 oilers riii bo named
HONOR E1Ls4--llF- LETTERS.
EFst Ealor-NclIie A. Co.'S. Forest City lows,
second acEor-Es T. Learned, Milifield ..
sEAEcEEEs AND soLyEEs.
Arthur - sissos,, Redfeid OAK, s; Willie I.
Eer. Estsurg Park, n. J., =; h. ~. Tiubhann.
sprngGcid. Aiass. James j. Alger. swarI,scott
Mass s. airry = Meseroe, Waterbury. Conn 2;
Kate KRIS sE- Collins, Mich, s; q. ". Ltilejohn,
tsTsysos., ---, ? j.. d Mccoy kansas City. No.
!. Lizzie IS. Goldman. AIursWs, Ind; Mamie c.
Burke, Eerse'stHE y J., .; Gertrude Smith, Juda,
Wss J. ArHar J. Kelley Dandy VI G. Leonard
Martin 1a1garia, Kan, 81 Fraak w. SLanard
.lgFinglaio aiil-s, 4: Charles T. Straight, Paw
tUclret. r =. 3; Lille H. Arnold. Cory. Pa
" Neiz. Eazaar KAN 2
GRE ROLL CALL-sREETINGs.
Ffauaes T.. ss.fr. sIaasli3. n. Y; = E Learned
WlIGeid. o. y ). Bs5ley, Svgilz Cily. Ind. sol
oiers so.fi Moiie u krisey, Malvern Iowa step
daughter Lpzepll JscIust. "a years u. :. service
X o. AceBe. clifford Oak; George w smith
Garden olis, hsu sou 10. * stA So; Della
lAi.ieT. o57.is hL..,-i M1ii A. Wandered, ElELHrt
Ind, As. 1ll-H engineers and Mechanics AVA.
liam f-dgeftoH = 81 v, Pontiac, IIl.s Nay Perdue
Beaver ira'-sI1g, Aeb- daughter co = ed Iowa
veteran, Wi.a would hear lrgm c0nrlsies; Grace
Day, hazei s.. tlsir, Nina D. Gracey. iaIiiS
8susan, yo-s, haH. Carrie Beiais swan Lake
lows, 5olsu UOw.lFd, Ftrt1ersVlle Tex veteran,
son Mate r Clark Sherwood. o. ira C,Ugdgrt
olney H., q q tEae-bIue boy Hugh Mossinau
lrbans, h. veterans son, enc 81 u Mosslran,
who served tlleir country Hstha Mclaiiey, 10 Ia
1epeuoe1oes l9..ls, sister 81 LeUra aud Harry ID
McCGiiey daughter -lst OHIO; Fonda Gable By
srSvilet - cauElier veteran who served 20
years 4 b. Anderson Woodland. H. w =
kolZ, sor 40 A. san ono 81Z-aE, Kan. TOta
BZS
THE HOME or WASHINGTON.
Fl1EsDs eF TIE G. C.: Nearly every one ha
heard cf EOuut Vernon, but few, perhaps know
where dc .ssmc ~ " ishlngt8n's homestead came
from. howard Vernon, who was born in Eng
LAND "a Ab-F. furnished the name. lie conmaudet
The British expedition against Porto Bello in 1873
EDd under him served Lawrence Washington Gen
Washington elder brother by "a years. Whel
Lawrence Washington returned 10 America h
named his plantation on the Potomac Mount Yer
non Ia honor Of lis commander aud friend
Edward Vernon died at his seat if Suffolk Eng
Land, Ia I757, aud there l. a monument TO ms mem
CRY in Westminster Abbey. Il wac the same MAJ
who hrst fixed tiIe ssilors' rum with water az
they called tlle drink gr0g" after Veruou1s FROG
nam NalsJc0at. Thus he gave common word 4
Ele Language and name Tor Washiugtou1s tomb
VIII not May Russell If Rodnlan Iowa e
change postal autographs with me- ~ both Of !,
ksve The s.-nIc name May Russell Chester IL
rs MEMoRIAM.
Dedicated 10 Harry D. heCaHepJ
nc is stepping sWeeuy sleeping;
Gau you wish 10 wake him now
When lot q trace of care OF ss,FroyE
Erl can marx bic peaceful brow
Passed away before the temper
Had beset his feet with tliares
Are has heart was pierced with sadness
Or hie mind disturbed with cares.
Would you wake him from thst Stun Der
Call him from that rest with God
Back on earth 10 travel with you
Ia tiie path your feet have tF0ds