The Commoner.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 5.
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Doubt.
iTou nay, but with no touch of scorn,
Sweet-heart, you, whoso Ught-
bluo eyes
Aro toiuler over drowning flics,
jYou toll mo doubt is dovil-born.
I know not: one Indeed I know
In many a subtlo question versed,
Who touched a jarring lyro at first,
But over strove to make it true:
Porploxcd In faith, but puro in deods,
At last ho boat his music out.
There lives moro faith in honest
doubt,
Bollovo mo, than in half tho creeds.
Ho fought his doubts and gathered
Bt ron trill
Ho would not make hi? judgment
blind;
Ho faced the specters of tho mind
And laid them: thus he camo at length
To flnd a stronger faith his own;
And power was with him in tho
night,
Which makes tho darkness and the
1 light,
And dwells not In the light alono,
But in tho darkness and tho cloud,
As over Sinai's peaks of old,
Whllo Israol mado their gods of
. v gold,
Although tho trumpet blew so loud.
Tonnyson.
to his distracted mother, . a poor,
broken, blooding corpse.
Prom that day I have been intqnsc
ly interested in tho cause of prohibi
tion; I have worked for it in every
way I could, and I would willingly go
out into tho world and plead for tho
destructionof tho liquor traffic, if only
I could do any gdod."
In the great cities, such happenings
aro of frequent occurrence. Let us
not regard anything, however small,
as "folly," which tends to in tho
least encourage or discourage tho aw
ful evils of intomperanco. It is all
for or against. Lot us be intensely
against tho saloon influence.
Sometimes the strife between Duty
and her second cousin, Inclination,
rages disastrously to the former, and
Inclination holds the fort; then, en
couraged in our rebellion against
rigid rules by the victorious general,
wo begin to question the credentials
of Madam Duty, and are ready enough
to force her to show her indorsements.
Somotime3 it is a spurious claimant we
follow, and our faithfulness becomes
a mockery. Wo cannot always decide
which is tho true or what the false,
but wo should not always blindly
-follow, denying ourselves the right of
investigation.
A notlur'i Story.
' A correspondent writes:
"If I could proparo manuscript for
tho pres8,I would like to tell you of
a circumstance which so nearly robbed
mo of my own boy, who is strictly
tomporato, that I can never recall it
without a shuddor of horror. My
Louis was learning tho builder's trade;
working with him was another lad of
tho same ago eighteon years old
whoso name was Johnnie. Johnnie
was a bright, industrious boy; a gen
eral favorito because of his willing
obedienco, pleasant ways and super
ior mechanical abilities. Ho was nev
er known to touch liquor in any form.
Ono day, one of tho men being on
gaged in raising some heavy timbers
to a point above his head by means
of rope and pulloy, called to my boy,
who was the strongor of tho two lads,
to help him. Tho man had boon
drinking heavily, and was in no con-
uiuon to uo trusted with a boy's life,
but my boy, being busy elsewhere,
called for him to "take Johnnie."
Johnnio wont brightly to the work,
and tho timber began to ascend. Had
the man boon sober, he would never
have allowed tho boy to take tho po
sition ho did, so dangerously near
tho point to which, in case of acci
dont, tho Umber would fall; but in his
bosottod condition ho paid no atton
tion to even his own danger, and just
as the load was almost within tho
grasp of the man stationed above to
receive it. tho drunken croature, with
out a word of warning, let go of the
ropo. and the boy, unprenared for the
additional Rtrain, was lifted from tho
ground and swing directly under the
great beam. There was a shout of
horror, nnd a rush of foet to tho res
cue, but too late. A crash, a faint
gasping cry, and poor Johnnie was
crushed to death murdered! And
whisky, means of tho besotted fellow
workman, was his murderer!
That night my Louis came homo
with a scared look on his young face;
but the other boy was carried homo
The Old Type.
Thero aro thousands of," clergymen
in tho land who preach in a general
way upon tho ethics of private life;
but is thero not a need in this age of
a type of preacher after the order of
the old HebreW propnets? Whatever
elso wo may think of those venerable
persons, we must acknowledge their
uniqueness in history as bold de
nouncers nf snnifil wrnncHi nnd nvnr-
ready defenders of tho oppressed.
jt-uvy (juuiu wilu u, uingie message
to hlirl )in Invlctliln ..rnnn.,
heaven's justice against the invisible
lurxus ol uie worm's injustice. They
staked their authority, not on the
"sheonskin" alcnntuvn of Komn eni,i
astlc scrlbo, but rather on tho mes
sage wnuen oy tne linger of God on
their consciences. They placed no
titles before their names to dlstin-
miisn tnem irom tho cotnmon folk.
Tho injunction, "Bo not called Rab
bi," could not apply to them. They
received their education in tho school
of toil and suffering. They had
luui uuu wimi every preacner of right
eousness should learn that:
"The heart must bleed before it
feels
Tho soul bo troubled before it
heals."
Tho old prophets wero preachers of
soc al righteousness; they selected
their themes from tho vital issues of
tho age in which thoy lived; if there
wero no issues they made them;
among others, thoy treated such sub
jects as private luxury, oppression of
tho poor, wage-slavery, land-mo-nouolv.
extortion rtao-tn l.u." r
difference to tho needs of the lowlv
immorality in high places, political
corruption, religious hypocrisy: license
of ovil, concentrated wealth, unholy
alllanco for gain (trusts), war, law
lessness etc. In short, there was not
a social or political ovil of the day
against which they did not speak
S?LT J?' ? .ters? the
Ti ic, 7 u,"""J'ou uutrucuoni8t; their
smrSoSV'n V "? not to del
stioy. It is needless to say thev
were not popular at least with the
"powers that ho ww ". ;,, ine
mterea a .town, no ToapVT
nounced the arrival of a "noted di
vine;" when they departed there was
no "farewells" mixed with ice-cream
tho atmosphere was generally too
warm for such.
They were statesmen as well as
preachers; patrib'ts as well as orators;
reformers as well as teachers; social
agitators, as well as spiritual advis
ors. Is thero not need of preachers of
such typo in this age? The que tions
that face the people of today are prac
tically the same as those that faced
the Hebrew people under the reign of
their plutocratic kings. Would 'it not
be well for young preachers to place
under their pillows the religious
speeches of the prophets? Mind.
Ripened Meats.
People accustomed to fowl and oth
er meats bought in the nlarkets ate
apt to be disappointed in the quality
of the chicken they raise themselves
with great care ahd expectation. They
find them not) so tender and of less
delicate flavor,, and pleasant anticipa
tion of rewards of country or subur
ban lifei are. to this extept .cruelly
crushed. The principal reason is, that
fresh meat meat used immediately
after the animal or fowl is killed
is tough and tasteless; it should be
hung until the "rigor" has passed off;
this softening of the flesh is due to a
re-solution of myosin by acid that
has developed during the hanging,
and perhaps to a process of digestion
caused by ferments contained in the
muscles.
Caterers who appreciate the ad
vantage of pleasing their customers do
not serve them: with recently slaught
ered meats; epicures prefer that all
meats, especially fowl and game, be
kept as long as possible without be
coming tainted. One should place the
meats in a suitable refrigerator and
ripen it beforo cooking; an old fowl
well ripened is a daintier morsel than
the- finest chicken just slain.
A very potent reason why western
dressed beef is preferred above do
mestic meats J a thnt it la mora thor
oughly ripened: our local butchers
do not provide themselves with the
means of perfecting their meats be-
I Question Box.
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4uooiiuua , uuu uuiuiufT manors ot k
interest to HniiiKfilvnnra Ma. u
your questions as brief as possible &
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9a3aae
fore putting them into the retail mar-
IfPtH TcVilla tVo nflinitn .
.. , uuu ua "ia tuuie 10 tnem
already much Improved by time; meats
SOld th Rivnrm Anv f io i.. x..-. ,
is unfit for food for any but savages.
A frrA.it mnnr linnaniF...
dally in tho country-kill their fowls
with only just- time for a hurried
dressing before they aro hurried into
the pot or pan, and when they arn
served, wonder why .they aro so poorly-flavored,
when thoy have been so
carefully fattened and cooked At
"butchering time,1' too,, the, animal
heat a hardty out of the carcass un
til tho "trimmings" are. prepared for
tho table. If ono must use the re
cently slaughtered meats, tho ripen
ing process may be approximated by
brushing the fresh .meat with a mix
ture of oil and vinegar and allo3ving
it to stand for twenty-four hours;
two tablespoorifuls of strong vinegar
and one of melted buttor fs a good
proportion; brush this over the newly-cut
steaks and roasts, and imme
diately set them away in a cold place.
Do not wash fresh meats unless
necessary, and then hurry them
through tho water as quickly as possi
ble; the water will extract the -juices;
in most Instances careful wiping -with
a clean, dry cloth will answer. Froz
en meats should be put in very cold
water to draw out the frost," and
cooked immediately on thawing, or -it
will lose its flavor. ' .
About Moatfl.
Always put fresh meats in boiling
water to conserve Ats juices; let boil
hard for a few moments, then cook
over a slow fire, gently simmering.
Replenish any lack of water with
boiling w&ter; take the scum off as
fast as it rises, a.nd keep covered; do
not add pepper and salt before cook
ing, as tho salt draws out the juices
and the pepper is apt;to scorch-on the
surface, giving it a bad taste. Allow
fifteen minutes boiling to every pound
of fresh meat.
Salt meats should be put on in cold
water, to extract the salt in cooking,
and kept gently boiling Allow twen
ty minutes to each pound of salt meat
for boiling.
In roasting beef, put the skin side
down first, that the heat may seal up
the juices in ttie .lean, part; baste of
ten and dredge twice "with salt and
flour, and wjhen seared all over, turn
the skin side up for-the final basting
and browning.
In frying meats it id best to'bo-'gen-
A CORKER
But Not Much of a Pastor
There was an old clergyman in Cen
tral New York State some years ago
who was a very powerful speaker but
whose private life was by no means
exemplary. Some of the more out
spoken of his parishioners were in
the habit of, remonstrating with, him
regularly about this and his reply in
variably was "Don't do as I do. do
as I tell you to do."
It is so with a great many physi
cians. There are hundreds of medical
men who fully understand the folly
of drinking coffee and tea, who tell
their patients not to drink either, ye
who use one or the other themselves.
But sometimes it knocks even the
doctor out and he has to quit Old
King Coffee. A physician of Wasio
ja, Minn., says: "I was a liberal user
of coffee from my youth and my
, ioo brokG down wh!le at college
in 1880, at 25 years of age, but I con
tinued to. use coffee until 1898 al
though I was nervous and suffered
constantly from a condition known as
diabetes insipidus, a condition that is
well-known to be due to nervousness.
My weight was below par and no diet
or tonic medicines were sufficient to
rGnreiS1,VvItalIty and rength.
in 1J8 i became suspicious of cof-
tl a"d I b50lce off the habit by tak
ing up Postum. Since that time my
Jn St' has Increased about
30 pounds. Well boiled it is a delic-
stre8;ealtMiul drink' heavy
tB w mUBCle maklS quali-
Co Twtfame funilslied Postum
Ux. Battle Creek, Mich.
coilf11 " y?UI EnysicIan does drinlc
vou tnyiUo had nbGtter d0 as tolls
That's thn Glve Postum a trial-
eof?P J5e ea8sr Way t0 8Uake ofl!
coffee and get well and keep well.
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