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The Commoner.
VOLUME 12, NUMBER 49
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Everybody Is
Way down deop within their hearts
Everybody's lonesome.
Far within their secret parts
Everybody's lonesome.
Makes no difference how they smile,
How thoy live or what their style,
Once in every little while
Everybody's lonesome.
People first in big affairs
Even they are lonesome
Maybe like to put on airs;
Just the same, they're lonesome.
Men for whom existence blends
Every good; who gain all ends,
Still reach out their hands for
friends;
Everybody's lonesome.
Women, silk-clad, jeweled fine,
Yes, they, too, are lonesome.
When their gems the brightest shine,
They, are just as lonesome.
Some must serve and some com
ma, d;
All still seek, with gronincr hand.
Love, and friends who understand,
Everybody's lonesome.
Though your gift of friendship's
small,
Everybody's lonesome.
It may answer someone's call;
Someone who is lonesome.
Give and give with might and main,
Give your hands, and join the chain;
Arid your gift will be your gain,
'Sometime, when you're lonesome.
Miriam Fletcher in the Detroit
News.
people in their ignorance are eating
moats that are certain to produce
disease, because of their so-called
cheapness. Stale vegetables are bad
enough; but meats of poor quality
are almoBt certain to bo rank
poisons.
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What Shall Wo Eat?
It Is claimed that, unless it is a
case of malignant disease, one can
cure almost any disease simply by
regulating the diet. Of course, for
such a result, one should know what
diet to use, and as "one man's meat
Is another. man's poison," the ques
tion of diet would be a strictly per
sonal one. But there is one rule
Which n.ay and should become gen
eral it is the question of quantity.
Physicians and others who have
studied the question, insist that the
amount of food consumed is alto
gether too large, and that it could "be
reduced one half without any dis
agreeable consequences taking place.
It is surprising, when one tries it,
what a small quantity of food an
adult can live on and enjoy good
health. Disease- is cmite " as likelv
to come from food eaten at improper
times, and under improper condi
tions, unsuitable as to' quantity and
quality, as from the multitude of
germs that are supposed to be riot
ing about, hunting nesting places,
and which are supposed to be inhaled
every time we draw a breath. To
be healthy, it would be a good plan
to experiment with foods, both as to
quantity and kind. Most of people
confuse hunger with appetite, and
mistake the cravings of a diseased
condition of the stomach for the hun
ger that calls for the proper ma
terials for r building up the waste
places of the body. Many people
suffer from starvation, even while
eating abundantly, because the
digestive organs are in such a condi
tion that nutriment can not be gath
ered from the food taken. In eat
ing, as in other things, one should
use sense and heed the monitor
which does not fail to. call attention
to the fact that we have eaten all
the system requires. It would, .be a
good idea to increase the interest on
the subject of meat-eating, as many
Passed On"
LaBt January I told you of my
little outing the three days' visit
with the brother from whom I had
been parted for nearly two decades.
In August last, warned of the com
ing of the Messenger who calls but
to be obeyed, I was with him again
for a brief while. He was bright,
optimistic, and planning, even in the
face of the Shadow, for further "do
ing unto others," as his life-work
had led him into paths of helpfulness
among his old army comrades and
their widows. We, Who looked into
the bright, clear eyes, undimmed by
his many years of suffering, and
rested in the strength of his strong,
brave, understanding love, knew that
his further helpfulness would be but
brief that his days were few. One
morning, a few days ago, news came
that the beautiful spirit had found
the Open Sea, and had passed out
into the Unknown cheerful, help
ful and thoughtful of others until
the last. On the morning of No
vember 22, 1912, Daniel Boone
Watts, member of Company H, Third
Wisconsin volunteer infantry, passed
away at his .home in Kansas City,
Mo., aged 70 years. Ho had been a
great sufferer from troubles of the
digestive organs, the disease con
tracted during his service in the
army. He was faithful in all the re
lations of life, and many readers of
The Commoner will feel, on reading
this paragraph, that one of their
truest friends has passed away.
"They are all there the blessed
household band!
I, only, stand and shiver in the
cold outside;
I, only, lift up eager, pleading hands
Outstretched to reach a love that
. is denied.
I wonder if they know. They loved
me well
I was the petted youngest of the
household band;
All are at home safe, sheltered in
the Fold
I, only, all alone and grieving
stand."
-H. W. M.
Burns and Scalds
In nearly every home, burns and
scalds of more or less serious char
acter take place during the season
when fires indo.irs and out are a ne
cessity. Many little children, crowd
ing about the mother while working
about the stove, or meddling with
hot viands in the kitchen, suffer from
scalds or burns of different degrees
of seriousness, but no matter how
slight the hurt, the pain is In about
every case intense, and very -hard,
especially for the little ones, to bear!
If the burns are spread over a large
surface, . or deep, the physician
should be summoned at once; but
while waiting for his qoming, there
are many, things that may be done to
give relief,' . If the hurt is slight, the
pain, is ju,8tias severe, , though, cir
cumscribed,, and should i be attended
to Just the samq. , One of the reme
dies which, nearly pVetf .pan,fyy.fpn
tains, is common cooking soda,. Wet
t;his into . ,a. paste and cover the burnt
surface 'at once; keep It Wet'hy1 drop
ping a little water on the cloth
covering it at frequent intervals, un
til the pain eases. Another very ex
cellent remedy is common cooking
lard. This should be applied at
once, smearing it thickly over the
surface while a paste of flour and
lard, as soft as can be handled, is
prepared, spread on a cloth, and the
burn covered with it. Do not make
the paste too stiff. As soon as it be
gins to crumble (the grease being
absorbed by the burned skin) remove
and renew the plaster. If it inclines
to stick, drop sweet oil, or warmed
lard" on the cloth over the place that
sticks, and this will soften it so it
can be removed. Another excellent
remedy, though somewhat severe, is
equal parts of turpentine and lard,
or equal parts of coal oil and lard.
The turpentine will ease the suffer
ing, and, in case the coal oil is used,
it will draw the fire out, while the
lard will prevent the oil blistering.
Query Box
"A "Woman Tax-Payer" There
are now nine states which have
given full suffrage to women, and it
will 'not bo long before others
follow, Arizona, Kansas and Ore
gon are now added to Colorado,
California, Idaho, Utah, Washing
ton and Wyoming.
Housewife Dates are much
cheaper, more wholesome, more nu
tritious -and richer flavored than
raisins, and may be substituted for
them in cakes, puddings and.r pies.
Be suro to get fresh ones. . ' '
A. L. To remove axle-grease or
tar from the hands, as well as 'to
clear the skin of dirt that has been
ground into the lines, rub well with
fresh, unsalted lard, let the grease
stay on a few minutes to soften the
dirt, then wash with quite warm
water and good soap, rinse well,' then
dip in vinegar to kill th alkali. The
handB wilL be clean and smooth.
Sufferer A very excellent home
remedy for nasal catarrh is a solu
tion of one teaspoohful of common
table salt in half pint of tepid water
into which put one or two drops of
carbolic acid (not m6re) mix well,x
and snuff a little of the mixture up
the nostrils from tihe 'hollow of the
palm several times a day, and especi
ally at night and on getting up in the
morning. Tills will cleanse and
heal. The liquid should be warmed
each time used.
New Cook To make a "chicken
dressing" of stale bread without the
chicken, soak the pieces of bread in
cold milk, or water" until soft, then
squeeze as dry as you comfortably
can, add sage, butter, pepper and
salt, and, if you have it, a little
finely minced, cooked fresh meat;
then bake and baste with melted
butter.
"Annoyed" To remove the, musty '
or foul odor from the cellar, close'
all the doors and windows and burn
enough sulphur to fill the place with
dense fumes. The sulphur fumes
are heavy and will sinh: to the floor
let remain closed, a few, .hours, then
open up and air. All germs will be,
killed, and the walls should be given!
two ooats of freshj Ji'me whitewash
the coiling the , same!", Do the workV
on a windy day. that the .air mnv Ww
agitated on opening t the "cellar. ,
. Matters lOtVtho. Toilet , ',
j :iWohave frequetft requests for ii;.'
fT2?stl,,bnJlsJJ0 M' ingre'dients uaedi
intho1 very ; widely advertised toilet!
preparations ' which' ,r promise ' 'most
wonderful results a's remedies. On'
of these is a shampoo, and Dr. Wil
in Good Housekeeping MaKaS
tells us that Canthrox il T almost half
soap, and contains twelve nor cm,
of borax and 26 per cent of sodium
carbonate (common washing 8oda )
Ho says, "It can not be said that it ia
injurious in the sense that it ia
poisonous, but it is injurious to tho
hair in that it is so drying, and re
moves the oils from the scalp and
hair so completely that its continued
use can not fail to be disastrous. Tho
dry, fluffy effect, with quick drying
is due to this action on the part of
the strong alkali on the natural oil
of the scalp and hair, which is so
essential to its healthfulness and
growth." He further says that in
buying this "shampoo," one pays ten
times the price of the ingredients, at
a modest estimate, for a box of it.
A good quality of castile, or ivory
soap is better, but soap should not
be used frequently on the hair. Egg
is better.
Another preparation asked about
is given this answer in the Kansas
Weekly Capital, through the de
partment conducted by Dr. Crum
bine, secretary state board of health:
"In answer to a question afe to the
composition of 'parnotis,it was in
dicated that the composition was not
known. The writer's attention has
since been called to the fact that the
department made an analysis of this
nostrum, which was published in the
May, 1910, Bulletin, as follows:
'Parnotis was found to be bicarbonate
of soda and sodium sulphate (glau
ber salts.)' It seems, therefore, that
this product is as big a fake as the
other fat-reducing or fat-producing
products have been found to be."
In washing the hair with soap,
the soap should be shaved fine and
enough boiling water poured on it to
dissolve it; then, when cold, it must
lie further reduced with water. Be
fore using on the hair, the hair must
be thoroughly wet with clear water
sq the suds will form. If enough
soap is used and the rubbing done
properly, all the dust will bo
loosened and will wash out just as
soori as the head is held over the
basin. Dry the hair with soft warm
towels.
.Bunions and Frost-Bites
After, a bunion, or enlarged joint,
has become fully established, it can
only be cured or relieved, by dis
carding 'and refusing to wear the
harrow-soled, pointed shoe. Easy
siloes with wide' s81es and straight
heels will give relief, if anything
will,' and will prevent bunions form
ing:; Some feet, according to the
temperament of the 'owner, never
will develop the ' enlarged joint, but
will show a "straight front," no
matter what kind of shoe is worn.
Where the deformity exists, besides
wearing comfortable shoes, relief
maybe obtained-by 'Spreading thick
ly' with cold' cream, or some healing
salve 'before going; to bed; but in
this case, the bed clothes must be
protected from the grease of tho
cream. It is claimed that a round
piece of court plaster,' slashed a little
at the edges to make it fit down
Over the enlargement,-will keep the
plaster or cream in place. A very
excellent dressing to relieve the sore
ness is made of twelve grains of
iodine and one ounce of lard, mixed
into a salve andri applied to the
affected parts . two or three times a
day. , .If the' skin: iswnot broken, tho
excrescence' may bel painted as often
as.ipi?actical with icolorless iodine in
fluid state. But;; whatever is done,
j;h& easy, shoes must tbe worn.
For the frosted-5 feotj ' bathe with
equal! parts -of1 turpentine and lard
miketi' to !ar 'paste.'" Do -not expect
me or two applications' to cure; the
Iressing' 'tthisfcobo applied two or
;beo' tlmetf aldayuefore the fire, to
holpiffch'e flesh to absorb it, for some
time. Cotton sock nr best for tho
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