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The Commoner.
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The Home Department.
NEARER HOHE.
By Phoobo Cary.
Ono sweetly solemn thought '
Comes to me o'er and o'er
I'm "nearer home today
Than I ever have been before;
Nearer my Father's house,
Where the manymansions be;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the Jasper sea;
Nearer the bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down;
Nearer leaving the cross,
- Nearer wearing the crown!
But lying darkly between,
Winding down through the night,
Is the silent unknown stream
That leads at last to the light.
Closer and closer my steps
Come to the dread abysm; . ,
Closer Death to my lips '
Presses the awful chrism.
Father, perfect my trustl
Strengthen my feeble faith!'
Let me feel as I would, when I stand
On the shore of the river of Death!
Feel as I would, when my feet
- Are slipping over the brink;
For it may be I'm nearer home,
Nearer home, than I think.
Use Bost Materials.
There is no economy in purchasing
inferior materials, no matter hdw
plain and simple your fare; pure milk,
the freshest' eggs' and butter, whole
sahle' tobking' fat, the best brands of
baking powder, spices, extracts and
the best grade of flour are the cheapest
'in the end and can be relied upon to
give satisfactory results when united
in various compounds, and also pro
mote and retain health; while the use
of inferior substances cannot even
under skillful manipulation, be' made
to give the best returns for money or
time expended.
Housekeeping Hints.
To prevent the bed clothes from
resting on a cut or sore foot, saw a
common barrel hoop into two equal
parts, cross one oVer the other, fasten
them together firmly, and cover by
winding each part of the hoop with
cotton batten or old flannel. Place
this in the bed over the fbot. This
has been tried and found valuable.
For cuts, use Vitae Ore or alum
water to stop the blood and draw to
gether with narrow strips of. court
plaster.
For ingrowing toe-nails, use hot
mutton tallow.
For dropsy, inflammation, lameness,
etc., bathe- with hamamelis.
To remove ink stains, wash Imme
diately in skim milk;
To make a good, digestible pie crust,
use cream instead of lard, and it will
be light and healthful.
If you want a" nice syrup for cook
ing, buy hogshead sugar, add water to
make it the desired thickness, boil,
skim and strain. It is much cheaper
and better than molasses.
When you Iron embroidery, fold a
TurkiBh bath towel .several times and
lay under it on the ironing tabje, and
iron on the wrong side.
flush.
Corn-meal mush seems a very sim
ple thing, to make, yet it is rarely well
done. tThe meal must be good to begin
with;, made of corn dried by slow, nat
ural processes and containing the lit
tle germ -the vital part, the muscle
builder, the brain feeder. This germ,
because it will not granulate and read
ily becomes musty, is removed by tho
modern process of grinding, leaving to
be ground into meal only the devital
ized portion, the part that even a rat
rejects when he has access to a corn
bin. The rat knows when he eats the
corn kernel that he is getting the
sweet, nutty part. If you can, get meal
ground by the old burr process, then
have fresh water, fiercely boiling.
Throw in a handful of salt, then stir
with one hand while lightly sprink
ling in meal with the other, so that
all of it shall encounter the same high
temperature, that the starch cells may
burst, as direct heat "pops" com
When thick enough to almost hold
erect the mush-stick, cover closely ami
set where it will give only an occa
sional "pout" for three or four hours,
and do not disturb the surface or the
flavor will 'escape. Eaten with good
cream it makes an excellent supper
in itself. -Farm Journal.
Game of Age.
Parents should never become too
old to play games with their young
people. The "Game of Age" rarely fails
to interest old and young. The ques
tions may be written and distributed
to be answered in writing, but the
game is more lively if the questions are
asked by a leader, and as the game
becomes familiar any one may ask or
answer. 0
Which is the eating age? Sausage.
Which is the healthy age? Drain
age. YMch is the unhealthy age? Gaf fa
age. Which is the thieving age? Pillage.
Which is the Indian age? Savage.
Which is the most desirable age?
Marriage.
What is the traveler's age? Lug
gage. What age is a proverb? Adage.
What age is riotous? Rampage.
What age is destructive? Breakage.
Name the soup age. Pottage.
lame the agricultural age. Tillage.
frame the cloth age. Bandage.
; Which is the battle age? Carnage.
Which is the money age? Coinage.
Which is the laborer's age? Cot
tage. Which is the profane age? Damage.
Which is the drunkard's age? Rum
mage. Which is the slippery age? Muci
lage. .
Name the game ago. Cribbage.
Name the vehicle age. Carriage.
''What' is the minister's age? Par
sonage. What is the teacher's age? Tutilage.
Which is the railroad age? Express
age. Which is the depressing age? Dis
courage. Which is the mean age? Average.
Which is the bundle age? Package.
Which is the heathen age? Image.
What is the age of nobility? Peer
age. The questions may extend almost
indefinitely. Sarah E. Wilcox, in St.
Paul Farmer.
The Cost of Living:.
The cost of living is computed by
Dun's Review in its tabulation of "In
dex numbers" to have increased nearly
40 per cent since July 1, 1897. At that
date the total cost of the necessaries of
living for one person for one year was
$72.45. On the first of the present
month the cost of the same necessaries
of life had advanced to $101.58, the
highest point in all recent records.
The method of computation is simple
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A NIGHT ATTACK.
The Deadly Grip of an
Invisible Hand
The climax of eome of Iho most weird
ghost stories is reached in tho choking
grip of on unseen.hand upon tho throat
of a sleeping victim. Wo aro constantly
proving that tho most fantastic storios
may havo somo basis in actual fact. It
is so in tho caso of tho strangling grip
of tho invisible hand. Tho man who
has had a night attack of sovoro bron
chitis, knows tho choking and gasping
which follow tho paroxysm as ft somo
hand was tightening on tho air passages,
ahd tho victim was slowly suffocating.
Bronchitis can bo cured. Coughs and
lung troubles generally can bo cured by
tho uso of Dr. Piorco's Golden Medical
Discovery.
"I wroto to you for advico and you
advised mo to take 'Golden Medical
Discovery' and 'Pleasant Pollots,' which
I did, and to my surprise gotwell'writos
Mr. Joseph A. ValJeroy, of Forman, 111.
(Box 3). "Had what the doctors called
bronchitis, and whenever I would take
cold would suffer greatly; but since
taking two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and ono bottlo of his
Pleasant Pellets' havo been cured of
that torriblo trouble. Before taking your
medicine I weighed 120 pounds; now I
weigh 130."
THE FATAL BND.
Thousands of people die every year
of consumption. Every ono of those
thousands might havo cured tho cough
or lung trouble which ended fatally.
There is no cough, however trivial, that
does not have in it the germ of consump
tion. When bronchitis develops, tho
possibility of a cough ending in con
sumption is increased to a probability.
It is no time to uso cough medicines,
syrups and opiates. The need is for somo
healing medicine, which will not only
euro the cough but heal tho inflamed and
diseased tissues. That is the work per
formed by "Golden Medical Discovery."
It cures coughs. But it does far more
than that. It cures weak and bleeding
lungs. It takes tho weak, emaciated,
tottering victim, for whom the bony
hand of consumption is already out
stretched, and leads him back to health.
It has done this in hundreds of cases
where hemmorrbages were severe -and
frequent, emaciation far advanced, and
the night sweat and hectic fever seemed
to set tho seal of doom upon tho weak
ening life.
"I wish to inform you that I consider
your medicine the best ever put before
the public for lung and throat trouble,
general debility and female weakness,"
writes Mrs. V. B. Miller, of South, Bend
(River Park), Ind. "I havo been a great
sufferer for several years with bronchitis,
catarrh of stomach and female weakness.
Was so bad off this spring did not think
could live until now. Could neither eat
nor sleep, could not be on my feet but a
short time, had a terrible cough, was
very thin and nervous. I began using
Dr. Pierce's medicines and have 1aken
them steadily since last May, havo taken
nine bottles of each kind, 'Golden Med
ical Discovery' and 'Favorite ' Prescrip
tion. Tho improvement soomod slow at
first but am improving fast iatoly. Have
not coughod for three raontns. My
friends all apeak of my looking so much
bettor. I do all my housework, have
canned ono hundred and fifty quarts of
fruit this fall. You may publish this
statomont if you wish. I hopo all women
so afflicted will-try Dr. Pierce's raodicine
and bo curednot only tako a fow bot
tles, but continue thoir uso until cured,"
WHA'i IS YOUK WtilGIIT?
Ono of tho first signs of pulmonary
disoaso is loss of flesh. Tho mnn finds
his clothes hanging a little Joosoly on
him. Iho woman finds that her gowns
do not fit hor as snugly as when they
woro mado for hor. Whon tho scales
show a steady decroaso from tho normal
weight of health, thore is dangor. If
thoro is a cough thon tho danger threat
ens tho lungs, or has already attacked
them. Thero should bo no delay in
taking monsures to at once stop this loss
of flesh, and thatcan only bo done by cur
ing tho disease which causes omaciation.
Those who have been cured of lung dis
easos by tho uso of Dr. Piorco's Golden
Modical Discovery gener
ally montion tho gain in
flesh which accompanies
tho euro. Sometimes this
gain is only implied, ns in
tho caso of Mrs. Miller
who was "yery thin," and
whoso frionds toll hor
since using tho "Discov
ery "how much bettor she
is looking. It is implied
too in tho chango from a m
woman who could onlv be "
on hor feet but a short
timo, to a woman who can
do all hor own housowork
and can 150 quarts of
fruit. But in many cases,
as in Mr. Valloro.v's, tho.
gain in woight is explic
itly stated: "Before tak-
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woighod 120 pounds; now I weigh. 130,'V
Thoro's proof positive of euro, when lost
flesh is regained and whon weakness is
changed into strength.
"In 1900, my husband had nouralgia
and also a sovoro cough," writes Mrs.
Bettio J3. Payno,of Kiel, Okla. "For
nearly threo years his cough was so bad
ho could not lie down at night. He got
no relief from tho doctors wo otnployed,
so wo purchased two bottles- of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Af
ter the first four doses wo could see that
his cough was better, and ho rested fairly
well that night The doctor thought it
was consumption if it was tho two bot
tles of 'Golden Medical Discovery' cured
him nothing else did."
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures bronchitis, deep-seated coughs,
weak and bleeding lungs, omaciation and
conditions generally, which, if neglected
or upskilfully treated, find a fatal tormir
nation in consumption.
Sick peoplo, especially those suffering
from chronic diseases, aro invited to con
sult Dr. Pierce, by letter,r, and so ob
tain, without charge, the opinion of a
specialist on their ailments. All corre
spondence strictly confidential. Address
Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Sometimes a dealer tempted by the
little more profit paid on the sale of leas
meritorious medicines will offer the cus
tomer a substitute as being "just as good"'
as the "Discovery." It is better for the
dealer because it pays better, but it is
not as good for you if you want the
medicine that has cured others, and
which you bolieve will euro you.
IT WILL HELP YOU.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser will help anyone who studies it
to live a healthy and vigorous life. It
is a plain book for plain people. It deals
with the most profound" subjects from
tho view point of common sense. It tells
the truth in plain English, free from
medical jargon. This great work, con
taining more than a thousand large pages
and over 700 illustrations, is sent free on
receipt of stamps to pay expense of mail
ing only. Send 31 ono-cent stamps for
the cloth-bound volume, or only 21
stamps for . the book in paper covers.
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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