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The Commoner.
VOLUME , NUMBER 4J
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. Bov Wanted
Wanted a boy that is manly,
A boy that is kind and polito,
A hoy you can always dopend on
To do what ho knows to ho right.
A hoy that is truthful and honest
And faithful and willing to work,
But wo havo not a place that we care
to disgrace,
With a hoy that is ready to shirk.
Wanted A hoy you can tie to,
A hoy that is trusty and true,
A hoy that is good to old people
And kind to the little ones, too.
A boy that Is nice to the home folks
And pleasant to sister and brother,
A boy who will try when things go
awry
To bo helpful to father and mother.
These are the boys who are wanted
In the workshop, the home and the
store;
The world needs such boys in its
business,
For them there are places galora
These "are the boys we depend on
Our hope for the future, and then
Grave problems of state and the
world's work await
Such boys when they grow, to be
men.
-. .-3 - c Normal Instructor.
Thou Christ; my soul Is hurt and
bruised:
With words tho scholars wear me
, " out;
teraln of me weary and confused,
Thee and myself and all I doubt.
"And nrast I back to darkness go
Because I can not say their creed?
I know not what I think: i know
Only that Thou art what I need."
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f "Rest for the Weary"
In the old days, we, as children,
used to sing of the "rest for the
weary" on the -other side of Jordan.
Many of the ills of life seemed to
grow lighter as we sang of the "sweet
fields of Eden," and the rest and peace
promised us "over there." We saw
the shining summits of the mountains,
bathed in the eternal sunlight of
Imagery, and we knew nothing of the
long, long stretch of thorn road that
separated us from the glory beyond.
We little knew of the lengths of dark
ness, tho sloughs of despond, the
marsh-lands of fret and worry; of the
sharp stones and wretched debris of
dead dreams and broken hopes over
which Wo must stumble; of tho briars
and brambles of care and discourage
ments by which the long, long road
was hedged about. Our eyes were
lifted above the earth-line wo saw
only the soft summer haze of the
"goodly land" beyond tho Jordan of
our tiresome journey.
But those grown wiser with the
i iv vo learned that, to accom
plish tho best good, wo must look
nearer to our homes for tho "blessed
ness of rest." We must make as many
pauses as possible along the way in
-iui iu iwruu our energies. Wo
must pick our Bteps, and try always
to keep our strength, for tho way Is
long long, when one is worn with
walking through dust-clouds and fight
ing phantoms. Nothing is more prof
itable, at times, than absolute idle
ness. Thus we give to Nature time to
gather up her scattered forces and
build anew the broken places. It is
good to get off the treadmill, now and
then, and retire within ourselves.
Combined with rest, there is little
better than change of scene, and one
should be out of doors, even in cold
weather, as much as possible. Fifty
years ago, men and women had lived
to a good old age without taking a
vacation; but the conditions of life
have changed; the nervous strain is
intensified by our manner of living,
and the overwrought system demands
frequent relaxation. We scarcely
know the meaning of the word, rest,
nowadays. We shall have to study
the dictionary, and sing the old songs;
yet, even with these, there will be
moments of .doubt If we could only
find our way back to the simple life
that left us, even at our busiest time,
to sometimes Bit down and fold our
hands!
There is but one way out 'of the
maze: , Let us turn our backs to all
the hurry and worry and. hurley-bur-ley,
and resolve to follow the advice
of Carlyle: "Rest is a fine medicine.
Let your stomach rest, ye dyspeptics;
let your brain rest, ye wearied and
worried ones; let your limbs rest, ye
breaking down children of, toil." Go
out among your friends and gather
strength from the ,new atmosphere.
Worry less about the "They says;"
dare to live within your income, in
your own way, according to your own
likes, seeking always to make the
lives about you bigger, brighter and
better; set aside the useless, and care
more for the beautiful. Heaven Is not
far from the healthy,, happy person,
and it is the right of every human
being to find, his heaven at his own
door. And always the" character of
your heaven. hinges upon your observ
ance of the two great commandments
the greater that ye love God, and
serve him; the lesser that you love
your neighbor as yourself. Then shall
you have rest, even in the wilderness.
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From Thackery
'We take, such life-offerings, as our
due, commonly. There is always one
that Is loved and one that is the lov
er. It Is only in later days; perhaps,
when the treasures of love, are spent
and the kind hand cold which minis
tered them, that we remember how
tender it was; how soft to soothe;
how eager to shield; how ready to sup
port and caress. The ears may no
longer hear, which would have re
ceived our word of thanks delighted
ly. Let us hope those fruits of love,
though tardy, are yet not all too late;
and, though we bring our tribute of
reverence and gratitude, It may be, to
a grave-stone, let us hope there Is an
acceptance, even there, for the strick
en heart's oblation of fond remorse,
contrite memories and regretful tears."
A Cause of Unhappy Marriages
One of the most frequent reasons
why marriage is a failure, is thus
stated by a writer In "The New Wom
anhood:" "Few causes are more effective than
utter ignorance of housekeeping mat
ters on the part of the wife. This
Ignorance is misery where means are
imple, but where they are limited It
is little short of destruction. The
hope of escaping the peril by learn
ing as one goes along is at best a
precarious one. It is in the earliest
years of married life that the differ
ent natures adapt themselves to and
mould each other. If just then they
are plunged into a chaos of wasting
and worrying and manifold non-successes,
with dyspepsia waiting in the
shadow of the table, and the bread
winner who started out with such
high hopes, finds a formidable an
tagonist in the ignorance of the bread
maker, and desolation where he looked
for joy, all the illusions of his young
manhood are spoiled, and if there Js
any bad in him, it will then come
out; and the magic of the home will
never be quite so ideal again". The
temper and judgment of the young
wife will not Improve in the miser
able process, and the way is thus
opened for that rupture of the mar
riage tie which falls ever with most
desolating power upon the woman,
and sends out into society always one,
and oftener two, perverted natures
and warped lives."
So long as it Is always more than
probable that a girl will eventually
marry, no matter what other work she
may take up, it is of the utmost im
portance that the lessons of not only
cookery, but of conducting a home so
as to Insure the best results in all
its branchings, should be well learned
before she becomes a wife. A woman
who never learns housekeeping until
she learns it through dire stress of
circumstances, will never like the
work, unless, indeed she be a natural
born housekeeper which, alas! many
of us are not The work will always
be irksome to her, and few women do
well what they regard as drudgery
or the demands of Injustice.
Ventilation
In the home, insist on having a cur-'
rent of fresh air through every room,
night and day, but do not sit or sleep
In the draft It is well known that
the blood has to keep In circulation
through the body to keep it pure, and
water must be kept in motion to pre-
'vent the accumulation of slime and
decay. So, the air needs to circulate
to keep it free from the impurities
so liberally thrown off from the lungs
and the body, as well as from other
materials. We should refuse to at
tend public gatherings, even church
meetings, which are held in halls or
rooms not well ventilated. Do not
close up the house too early In the
fall, but keep the rooms cool for the
same reason that we leave our plants
out as long as possible to harden
up the body and prepare it better to
withstand the real cold when it does
come. See that the school room is
ventilated, but see, also, that the lit
tle folks aro not compelled to sit in
a draft
Children's Eyes
Defective vis.ions are often caused,
physicians tell us, by insufficient nour
ishment during the years of growth
and development; bad air in sleeping
rooms and school rooms; the use of
the eyes with the light directly in
front of them during study hours;
hanging the head over the books, thus
producing more or less passive con
gestion of the eye region; overuse in
near work, and failure to rest the
eyes by often fixing them on objects
at a distance;' bad postures in school,
and many other condition a -mhinv ,!
feet children unfavorably during!
duuvw me. many oi these conditions
might be changed if parents and teach,
ers, and those who build and equip
schoolhouses would work together
with that object in view. The eyes of
school children should be tested from
time to time to ascertain their con
dition and needs. The eyes of many
children, as well as those of adults,
are often injured by badly fitted and
improper lenses, owing in a degree to
the fact that the oculist must depend
upon the judgment of the person be
ing fitted, which Is often incorrect
Meat Stews
One recipe will do for all sorts of
meats. Cut two pounds of meat into
cubes of one inch; put them in a hot
pan and shake over a hot fire until
each piece of meat Is thoroughly
seared. Put two tablespoonfuls of;
either butter, oil or suet into a sauce
pan and add two tablespoonfuls of
flour and mix thoroughly. Add one
pint of stock of water and stir "until
boiling; add a level teaspoonful of
salt, a bay leaf, a slice of onion and
one teaspoonful of kitchen boquet To
this add the meat, cover the sauce
pan and cook slowly, just below tho
boiling point, for two hours. Garnish
the dish with squares of toasted bread
or with dumplings.
To make the dumplings, sift one
pint of flour with one teaspoonful of
baking powder and half a teaspoon
ful of salt, sift two or three times;
then add sufficient milk to just mois
ten the flour; mix quickly; drop the
dough by teaspoonfuls all over the
top of the meat fifteen minutes be
fore serving; cover the 'pan, push It
over a moderate fire and cook the
dumplings slowly for fifteen minutes,
keeping the cover on close during this
time. Dish the dumplings around the
edge of a platter and put the meat In
the center. Irish stew is a light stew
garnished with potatoes; the neck
piece of mutton, cut in even-sized
pieces is the best for this purpose.
The cheaper pieces of :meat tire used '
for stews. Mrs. Rorer.
Stews and" boiled meats, to be pal
atable and juicy, must be cooked with
care, always below the boiling point
When boiling meat, it should be cov
ered' with boiling water, boiled rap-
HA&D TO SEE
Even When the Facts About Coffea
Are Plain
It is curious how people win refuse
to believe what one can clearly see.(
Tell the average man or woman that
the slow but cumulative poisonous ef
fect of caffeine the alkaloid in tea
and coffee tends to weaken the heart,
upset the nervous system . and cause
indigestion, and they may laugh at
you if they don't know the facts.
Prove it by science or by practical
demonstration in the recovery of cof
fee drinkers from the above conditions
and a large per cent of the human
family will shrug their shoulders, take
some drugs and keep on drinking
coffee or tea.
"Coffee never agreed with me nor
with several members of our house
hold," writes a lady. "It enervates,
depresses and creates a feeling of
languor and heaviness. It was only
by leaving off coffee and using Pos
tum that we discovered the cause and
cure of these ills.
"The only reason, I am-sure, why
Postum is not used altogether to the
exclusion of ordinary coffee is, many
persons do not know and do not seem
willing to learn the facts and how to
prepare this nutritious beverage.
Ther6's only one way according to
directions boil it fully 15 minutes.
Then it Is delicious." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.,
Read tho little book, "The Road ta
Wellvllle," In pkgs. "There's a rea- ,
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