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The Commoner.
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Vol. a, No. 20.
THE HOME DEPARTMENT.
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Whatara You Wishing.
Do you wish tho world woro bettor?
Lot mo toll you what to do
Set a watch upon your actions,
Keep thorn always straight and true,
Bid your mind of selfish motives,
Lot your thoughts bo clean and high;
,You can mnlco a llttlo Edon
Of Uio sphoro you occupy.
Do you wish tho world woro wiser?
Well, supposo you mako a start,
By accumulating wisdom
In tho scrapbook of your heart.
Do not waste one pago on folly;
LIvo to learn, and learn to llvo;
If you want to give mon knowledge,
You must get it, oro you glvo.
Do you wish tho world woro happy?
Then romombor day by day
Just to sea, tor seeds of kindness
As you pass along tho way.
For tho plcasuro of tho many
May bo oftlmcs traced to one,
As tho hand that plants an acorn
Sholtors armies from tho sun.
Ella Whoolor Wilcox.
Try a Glass of Water at Bedtime.
Tho human body Is constantly un
dergoing tlssuo changes. Water has
tho power of increasing theso tlssuo
changes which multiply the wasto pro
ducts, but at tho same tlmo they aro
ronowed by its agency, giving rise
to increased appetite which in turn
provides fresh nutriment. Persons but
llttlo accustomed to drink water are
liablo to have tho wasto products
formod faster than they aro removed.
Any obstruction to tho freo working
of natural laws at onco produces dis
ease. People accustomed to rise In
the morning wealc and languid will
find tho causo in tho secretion of
wastes, which many times may bo
remedied by drinking a full tumbler
of water beforo retiring. This ma
terially assists In tho process during
tho night, and leaves tho tissues fresh
and strong, ready for tho active work
of tho next day. Tho Household Physician.
them out whore tho barefoot little
folks will stop on thorn.
Persons vory much afraid of light
ning may feel perfectly safo if they"
put- on tholr rubbers and stand whore
their clothes will not touch any ob
ject In a house where spaco is at a
premium a good placo for an umbrel
la rack is on tho insido of tho closet
door fastened across tho bottom. It
occupies spaco not othorwlso used and
is vory convenient.
Thero is nothing that drives away
ants so quickly as a llttlo petroleum
simply poured around tholr haunts.
A good way is to use a sponge filled
with oil and fastened to a pointed
stick, which can be thrust into their
runs, or put down upon tho ground
and so moved from place to placo.
Farm Journal.
Words of Wisdom For The People.
If you would know what a dollar Is
worth, try to borrow one.
When tho dog is down, every ono is
ready to bito him.
A good name is hotter than a good
faco.
When fools go to market, peddler3
mako money.
When industry gobs out of the door,
povorty comes in at tho window.
He who serves well need not be
afraid to ask his wages.
Ho who has four and spends five,
has no need of a purse.
Ho who buys wants a hundred eyes
and ho who soils need have but on
A young man idle, an old man needy.
A good paymaster never wants
workmen.
Who undertakes many things at
onco, seldom does anything well.
A good wife and health are a -man's
best wealth.
Ono ploughs, another sows who
will reap no one knows. Central
Farmer.
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Too fluch to do.
My wife has too much to do. "Why
don't you help her then?" "She is not
a woman who can bo helped," said the
man wearily. "She is so vory partic
ular, and worries so over every trifling
bit Of duBt and dirt If she could take
the range clear out every Saturday,
she would bo better satisfied than she
is."
Tho husband put his finger on the
weak spot in some women's house
keeping. They aro over-fastidious,
and do more than they need; they
are ever boastful of their extra nicety,
and do not reflect that thoy aro reck
lessly using up their strength and vi
tality. When a woman's excellent
housekeeping kills her at forty-five, or,
leaving hor alivo, transforms her into
a nervou3 wreck, making hor a bur
den to herself and a terror because
of ill-temper to her family, that sort
of housekeeping is a fearful blunder.
Christian Herald.
Llttls Hints.
Never boil clothes beforo washing,
but after.
As tho hand towels wear thin and
shabby cut them for dish wipers.
It is not polite, without an invita
tion, to mako your country relatives a
long visit in hot weather.
Try keeping food fresh for lato
comers by standing tho dish in a pan
of hot water, and keeping the food
closoly covered with a lid.
If a glass dish of any sort gets brok
en see that tho pieces are taken away
irom tno house so that no one will
bo injured bv them. Navor throw
"catch that car!"
. Ho will have an accurate knowledge
of where his personal belongings are,
and can put his hand right on them.
And all women with shiftless hus
bands will envy that man's wlfo, and
they will have good reason for doing
so. For no matter how much you
may lovo your husband it is a weary
task to bo forevor picking up his
things after him and getting. them to
gether again when he requires them.
And tho girl who' has been trained
to put her things in place, to wait
upon herself, and to bo on hand is the
kind of girl all senslblo young men aro
looking for.
Tho self-helping, self-reliant man is
tho man who succeeds in business. The
tidy, orderly, self-respecting young
woman is a joy to herself, and a per
petual comfort to all beholders.
Clara Augusta Trask In Farm Journal.
Orderly Habits.
Ono of the most Important items in
tho early education of girls, and boys,
too, Is frequently neglected by tho
mother of the household.
And this is the putting of things
in their places!
' When tho boy comes home from
skating, or coasting, it iB just as easy
for him to put his hat and coat and
mittens whore they bolong as it is to
fling them down anywhere for mother
to pick up.
If ho takes care of his belongings
he will know just where to find them
when he wants them, and ho will not
have to run like mad through the
houso, yelling at tho top of his voice:
"Ma! ma! Where's my hat? Who's
got my overcoat? What did you do
with ray shoes?"
There is no reason why every per
son, who is well, should not wait upon
himself. Two hands and two feet
woro given us that we might use them
in serving ourselves, and not be de
pendent on others perhaps less able
to work.
Tho girl who is self-respecting, tho
boy who wants to be manly and dig
nified, like to wait on themselves. It
is not a trouble to be avoided, but a
pleasure to bo sought It will save
mother so many steps.
Tho orderly closet, with tho gar
ments neatly hung on their respective
hooks, tho boots and shoes in their
proper receptacles, and the whole
thing thoroughly aired at least onco a
day, is a delightful sight to seo in any
home.
Tho boy who In his youth has
formed habits of order will mako a
good husband and father. His wife
will not have to run horself into a
premature grave hurrying to find his
collars and sleevo buttons and gloves
when ho Is five minutes lato and must
Cultivate Thrift.
It is not tho rich who are the most
extravagant, as a rule. Tho majority
of mon and women of tho wealthier
classes aro well educated, and no one
whose intelligence has been sufficient
ly developed to appreciate real val
ues of any kind, would be wilfully
wasteful. Thrlftlessness flourishes
chiefly in tho homes of the middle and
working classes, where, too often, the
temptation to appear in comfortable
circumstances carries it off over prud
ence and common sense. A lady does
not fear to enter a shop and purchase
exactly what she needs, however small
the quantity or modest the quality,
but there are women many degrees
below her in tho social scale who are
"ashamed to bo, seen" making small
purchases. A vulgar desire to Im
press the salesman behind the counter
or the casual observer at her elbow
leads many a foolish shopper Into
needless extravagance. The same un
worthy desire to attract notice is re
sponsible for much recklessness in the
treatment of good food, clothing or
furniture. A garment which is acci
dentally stained or torn is rolled up
and thrown into the rag bag, to bo
replaced by a new one, whon an hour's
work would have restored the first to
its original usefulness. Fragments of
good food from the dinner-table suf
ficient to furnish a. second repast are
deposited in the ash-barrel. Furni
ture, books, china and cutlery are ill
used until they become unsightly and
useless, then aro thrust into the attic
or cellar for tho rats and rust and
mould to do the rest. In due time,
the thriftless are brought by an inev
itable, swift process to the grim edge
of poverty, though even then they fail
to recognize the causes that operated
to produce such a calamity or to real
ize the necessity for a radical reforma
tion in their ways. Reduced to tho
humiliation of begging for what was
once thrown away, they accept this
condition as an unlucky accident or
decree of fate, and go on vaguely hop
ing that in an equally unexpected way
things will soon or late right them
selves again.
The science of economy should be
taught in the nursery. Tho wise
mother begins with tho infant in arms,
iinmy anu persevermgiy cneoking the
tendency to waste or play with food,
to damage walls or furniture, to neg
lect toys and picture-books, to treat
any article of clothing with disre
spect As tho little ones grow up, und
have assigned to each ono a placo for
thoir various small belongings, habits
of neatness and order are formed un
consciously, with economic results of
the highest importance. A system of
weekly inspection and small rewards
encourages all efforts in the right di
rection. Children thus wisely trained
develop Into conscientious and capable
men and women, fit for positions of
trust, which thoy quickly find and in
variably keep.
Among tho mothers who aro now
v V BW UlV
Time seems
most untimely
when he brings
a woman to the turn
of life. Life is or
should be at its
ripest and best for
her, and she ap
proaches this change
with a dread of its effect born of her
knowledge of the sufferings of other
women at this season.
There is not the slightest cause for
fear or anxiety at this period if Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is used.
It gives health of body and cheerfulness
of mind, and by its aid the pains and
pangs of this critical period are pre
vented or cured. '
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
woman's medicine with a wonderful
record of cures of womanly diseases.
Diseases that all other medicines had
failed to cure, ave been perfectly and
permanently cured by the use of u Fa
vorite Prescription."
"I feel it my duty to. write you as I liava
received so much benefit from the use of your
medicine," Bays Mrs. lizzie A. Bowman, of New
Matamoraa. Washington Co., Ohio. "I have
taken four bottles of Favorite Prescription ' for
female weakness and change of life. Before I
began taking it I could not do anything. I had
such pains in nly head and inlhebackofmy neck
that I thought I would lose my mind. Now I can
work eyery day. I recommend ' Favorite Pre
scription ' to nil females suffering iU the period
of change of life. It is the best medicine I
have found."
"Favorite Prescription" has the testi
mony of thousands of women to its
complete cure of womanly diseases.
Do not accept an unknown and un
proved substitute in its place.
Keep the bowels healthy by the timely
use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
ardently longing for the day when the
sons and daughters shall.be able to
contribute to tho support of tho fam
ily, how many are laying the nucleus
of an equal number of fortunes by
teaching their little .ones saving and
careful habits? No matter how old
and shabby the little coats and hats,
let each have its own peg to hang on,
when not in use, each its full comple
ment of stitches and buttons, each its
daily - brushing and cleansing. See
that school-books, too, are handled
gently and kept freo from disfiguring
pencil or ink marks. In a hundred
little ways economy can bo encour
aged in growing children with the cer
tainty that the happiest results will
follow in later life. Teachers can
exercise a salutary influence in this
direction, as it is frequently through
association with other scholars that
the dangerous tendency to extrava
gance is acquired. Unfortunately,
thero aro mothers who do not scruple
to inspire their children with un
worthy sentiments of rivalry toward
their school mates. "I am sure no ono
will have a prettier hat than yours,"
or "What did the girls say about your
new frock?" aro rftrrmrlra rffnri
thoughtlessly made to the school-girl
on her return homo.
It is too late, alas! for many of us
to acquire thrifty habits, but not too
lato to encourage them in "one-of these"
little ones," who, be sure, will live to
bless us and be blessed by others for
the salutary lesson.- Family Herald.
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