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The Commoner.
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Vol. 2, No.jj
The Home Department.
The Ulucand the Gray.
(Dy Francis Mllos Fincli.)
By the flow of the inland river,
When tho fleets of iron havo fled,
Where tho blades of tho grave-grass
' quiver,
Asleep are tho ranks of tho dead;
Under tho sod and tho dew,
"Waiting tho Judgment Day;
Undo'r tho one, tho Blue;
Under tho othor, tho Gray.
Theso in tho robings of glory,
Those in tho gloom of defeat,
All with tho battlo-blood gory,
In tho dusk of otemity meet;
Under tho sod and tho dew,
Waiting tho Judgment Day;
Under tho laurel, the Blue;
Under tho willow, tho Gray.
From tho silenco of sorrowful hourn
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for tho friend and the foe;
Under tho sod and the dew,
Waiting tho Judgment Day;
Undor tho roses, tho Blue;
Under tho lilies, tho Gray.
So with an equal splendor
Tho morning sun-rays fall,
With a touch Impartially tender,
On tho blossoms blooming for all;
Under tho sod and tho dow,
Waiting tho Judgment Day;
'Broldercd with gold, the Blue;
Mollowed with gold, the Gray.
So, whon the summer cnlloth,
On forest and field of grain
With an equal murmur falleth
Tho cooling drip of the rain;
Undor tho sod and tho dow,
Waiting tho Judgment Day;
Wet with the rain, tho Blue;
Wot with tho rain, tho Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
' Tho generous deed was done;
Tho storm of the years that are fad
ing, No braver battle was won;
Undor tho sod and tho dow,
Waiting tho Judgment Day;
Undor tho blossoms, tho Blue;
Undqr the garlands, tho Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever,
Or tho winding rivers bo red;
They banish our angor forever
When they laurel the gravos of our
dead!
Undor tho sod and tho dew,
- Waiting tho Judgment Day;
Lovo and tears for the Blue;
Tears and lovo for tho Gray.
Boys and Their Bringing up.
Far more Important in tho bringing
up of a boy is it to surround him with
good company than to give him fine
clothing or oven a good school. A
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boy's playmates and associates do
more to educate him than his teach
ers. Keep the boy's confidence, and
watch that he does not drift outward
from tho safe moorings of tho homo
ovenings. When a lad is furtive, when
ho has reserves, when he slips away
from tho house after supper, and
spends his time in tho street, or any
where aloof from mother and sisters,
that lad is in danger. Up with the
red lights and tho green lights, and
look out for peril ahead. Tho boy is
off the right track. There is need for
somebody to take hold of him, and
bring him back to tho right path or
safety.
Work is less a misfortune than a
safeguard to the boy at home. Hers
tho country boy has a great advantage
over the boy In town, the latter hav
ing few chores to perform, and very
little responsibility about the com
fort of tho household. A mother who
is wise devises errands for her boys,
and sees that all their time out of
school is not spent in play. Once a
boy derives the idea that his desires
must bo gratified at any cost, that bo
is of more importance than anyone
olso in tho home, and that bis man
ners may be rude with impunity, be
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Inconsiderate manhood. I
Brothers should' bo trained to wait
on their sisters. Sons should be at
tentive to their mothers. Even rigid
discipline in tho smaller matters of
courtesy, insistence on such affairs as
rising when a lady enters a room,
holding open a door for her when she
loaves it, and carrying her bundles
and parcels, is, in the end, a gain to
a boy. Not long ago, I mot a man
who has been exceptionally success
ful in business, a man whose start was
a plain New England home, and who
bad no wealth at his back. Inquiring
of an associato as to the probable rea
son of the rapid rise, the answer was
brief and to the point, "Excellent
natural ability; remarkably good man
ners." A boy's manner Is often tho
means of starting him on a career
which influence or introductions could
not compass. "Who is that youth?"
asked a banker, indicating a young
man who was his mother's escort at
an evening company. "So and so."
"Is that lady his mother?" "Yes."
"What is the boy doing?" From the
conversation dated the beginning of
the boy's excellent start in a business
life. A boy is never well brought up,
if ho is left without learning deference
to authority. Our American young
people aro apt to be lacking in rever
ence. The boy who never learns obed
ience to tutors and governess, who
does not honor his parents, will only
by a miracle, develop into a good
citizen.
No boy is ever well prepared for this
world unless he is kept in touch also
with the next, and is over taught bis
duty to God, as well as to men. Neg
lect of the Bible, absence from church
and from Sunday school, omission of
daily prayer, are surely habits which
make the boy unmanly, irresponsible
and Anally non-Christian.
By vigilant in guarding your son
where he is weak. If he is peculiarly
afraid of ridicule; if he cannot say
no; if he is indolent, shy, or too for
ward, help him, not all along the-line
of general conduct, but just where
ho most requires assistance. Help
him to overcome tho evil and to choose
tho good. Christian Herald.
Small Leaks.
Milking streams of milk outside the
pail.
Allowing the bread to burn while
baking it.
Breaking the glassware by pouring
hot water on it.
Patching old clothes that should go
intp the rag bag.
Overturning the Ink bottle on the
table-spread.
Throwing pieces of new cloth into
the paper and rags.
Occasionally throwing out a tea
spoon in tho dish-water.
Using napkins for holders, dish
cloths or wiping towels.
Neglecting to keep the potatoes
where they will not freeze.
Spending time in thinking what to
tio next instead of doing it.
Using every small board about ths
premises for lrindling the Are.
Letting tho suckers grow upon the
apple trees year after year.
Spattering water on the hot lamp
chimneys and thus breaking them.
Neglecting to" drive the one nail that
will save the fence from falling.
Cutting in too deep when taking the
rind from off the slices of pork.
Not attending to the hogs' heads
after butchering, before they spoil.
Throwing the clothes-pins upon the
ground to become moldy and decayed.
Leaving the implements in the field
all winter where they wore last used.
Scraping iron kettles with silver
knives, or toasting bread on silver
forks.
Leaving pieces of hard soap in the
tubs of wash water to be thrown away.
Not squeezing tho grease well out of
the hot scraps when trying out the
lard.
Letting the apples fall from the tree
and lie upon the ground until they are
spoiled.
Making more tea or coffee at each
meal than is used and throwing away
what is left.
Allowing the hammock to hang in
the sun and rain until it becomes faded
and weakened in texture. Farm Journal.
Woman's Charms.
The most attractive age of a wom
an's life is the period when she is still
young enough to be pretty and old
enough to be sympathetic. For as
grace is a woman's greatest beauty,
so sympathy is her greatest charm!
A graceful and sympathetic woman
is bound to be attractive to the end of
her days. A woman who keeps the
simplicity of her girlhood with its
generous impulses, and who adds to
her natural gifts, the enlargement of
study and tho crown of experience, is
always at her best and never past It.
But the age at which a woman's
charms physical and mental are In
perfection depends much upon the in
dividual. Women are like flowers in
a garden, and find their blossoming
time according to their aptitudes any
where from April to November. Much
depends upon climate, heredity, en
vironment and individual tempera
ment. Physically a woman is at her
best from the age of twenty-five to
thirty-five: mental ripeness is seldom
evident before the fortieth year.
From twenty to twenty-five a girl
thinks only of herself is absorbed in
the novelty and romance of her own
emotions. But from twenty-five to
thirty she has a wider vision. She
has learned to be interested in human
nature, in men and women, as men
and women, not as her friends or her
enemies. She also acquires another
treasure; that. is if it is written in the
book that she shall ever acquire it,
namely, sense. She learns how to use
her own gifts; she learns tho invisi
ble power of tact.
A woman at thirty-five has enthus
iasm without gush; she discriminates
and is quite sure what she likes. Tho
abruptness of youth has given way
to the softening and subduing grace
of maturity. She has still passionate
intensity of heart and great capability
of devotion, but she has reserve and
daws do not peck at her sleeve.
Versatility and animation are hers,
but underneath all is a restful repose
of manner. In short, there is that
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, rauibecomes mainly a
question of nutrition. If the etomach
and other organs of digestion and- nutri
tion are kept in a healthful condition
there will be a well-nourished body, and
little liability to disorders of the liver,
bowels or such other disorders as may
icbiuL Hum in
nutrition and
lack of exer
cise. Dr. Pierce's
Golden Med
ical Discovery
cures i diseases
of the stomach
and other or
gans of diges
tion and nutri
tion, and also
diseases of oth
er organs which
are caused by
the diseased
condition of the
etomach. By
enabling the
perfect nutri-
tmti nf tVift
body it increases the vital power and
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