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The Commoner.
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Vol. a, No. 12.
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The Home Department.
The Woman Wlio Worried.
Lot mo Bing you a song of a woman I
know,
Who always was flurried and hur
ried; Don't ask mo her namo, if it's all tho
samo,
Just call hor "Tho Woman Who
Worried."
Thoro was ovor tho battlo with rust
and moth,
For moths woro slyor than foxes;
And so, poor thing, she spont all tho
spring,
Putting things into bundles and
boxes.
Sho worried at morn and she wor
ried at noon,
And worried when night desconded,
For without somo hurry and without
some worry
Tho day hadn't beon well ended.
And sho'd carry hor burden of house
hold cares
Till sleep put an ond to hor labors;
And tho dog ran away, and ho wont to
stay,
. And tho cat wont to live at a neigh
bor's. And tho children stayod out of doors
when thoy could,
.'For mother was always hurried,
And noiso and dirt werd tho things
that hurt
' Tho woman who worried and wor
ried. And hor faco grow long, and peaked,,,
. . .
ami tfiWif '
Anil-she once was a beauty, thoy
said;
But she worries no more thoro was
crape on tho door,
For tho woman who worried was
doad.
And her husband married again he
did,
And novor boforo had he hurried;
But looking around a woman he
found,
A woman who never had worried.
Moral Don't worry.
. Jeanotto La Flamboy, in Farm
Journal.
plenty of air and sunshine and do not
over water. Transplant before thoy
become Crowded. Observe these direc
tions and thoy will not "damp off,"
that is, tip ovor and die when small
with no apparent cause. This trouble
is caused by overwatering, a hot, close
atmosphere and overcrowded condi
tion of tho plants. If the trouble ap
pears, transplant at onco. If you do
not do that, give plants more air and
lot them become as dry as possible
without wilting. Then water sparing
ly. W. F. Heath, in Farm and Home.
Concerning: Carpots.
"Woll," 'remarked Mrs. Modern,
"when I build my new house, I'll have
hard wood floors and do away with
carpots. Then house cleaning will
ceaso to be a terror. With rugs,
which may be taken up every week,
half the trouble of life is lifted from
ono's shoulders."
"I like a carpet," said Madame Old
School, plaintively. "It's warm, it's
soft, it's decorative, and it shows the
money it cost. No slippery floors
and scrappy rugs for me, if you
please."
The daughter, just from boarding
school, looked up from the plate she
was painting for her mother's birth
day gift. "I'd rather have a rag car
pet than the flnest Axminster ever
woven. A rag carpet sewed at home
and woven on a hand loom. It's pret
ty and artistic."
"I hate that word artistic," said
Madame Old-School, with emphasis.
"It's a rubbishy word."
Mrs. Modern pensively smiled.
"When I build my house, I'll need no
carpets. While I hire, I must have
them to conceal the poor floors. But I
draw the line at geometrical designs
and wroaths of flowers. My carpets
are all-over patterns, wood color or
moss color or even mud color, and
thoy make a good, harmonious ground
work for my rooms, and if Millicont
wants a rag carpet for her own cham
ber, there is no objection."
"We shall never think alike," said
she of the Old-School. Christian Herald.
surface, make a pretty picture. If
the big brother or sister be quick
enough, and has been provident, she
may got a flashlight picture worth
treasuring.
To Make Suds for Bubbles. To one
quart of Warm soft water add Ave
ounces of soap shavings; use red and
white castile. Stir well and add slow
ly one ounce of glycerine. Seal, and
let stand twenty-four hours. Ger
trude Burrows Ehlers, in American
Mother.
MR. HILL'S ATTACK.
(Continued from Page Seven.)
Starting tho Seedlings.
To start flower seeds indoors, pro
cure boxes about 3 Inches deep, All
nearly full of good garden soil, well
pulvorized, level tho surface and
sprinkle on tho seeds. Then cover
carefully with fine soil or soil and fine
sand mixed. Sprinkle or sift tho soil
on, watching to see that tho seeds are
not buried too deep. Fine seeds should
be only barely covered from sight.
Then with a smooth bit of board, or
small box, press down firmly on the
soil, making it smooth and even.
Sprinkle carefully; it is bettor if you
can put on tho water in spray tho
first time. Set tho boxes in a moder
' atoly warm place away from the sun
shine till the young plants begin to
appear, watching carefully that the
soil does not get dry.
As soon as seod germinate, sot tho
boxes In a sunny window. Watch
closely for tho first fow days, not al
lowing the soil to become dry on top
till the tiny roots have got a good
hold. See that the little plants get
Ufa.. firl.l rt a
"in. iv j Main vt's sonuiing syrup
Xa5SS?ilS!?l 'FTOrSpC'rY TEAMS by MILLIONS
of MOTlIKltS for tholr OHILDKEN WHILE TEETH
&&115a?BUFE0T SUCCESS. It SOOTHES tho
SSS&S'SSS180 GUMS ALLAYS all PAIN;
DIAUltlKKA. Sold by Druggists In overy part of tho
world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Window Soothing
&miP' TaiRk n? 0.th..r klna- Twonty.flvo cents a
bottle. It Is tho Best Of all.
A Bubble Party.
An. in-door bubble party for the lit
tle folks is most exhilarating and
over so jolly. Decorate the invitations
with an outline picture of a clay pipe
and a few bubbles, or the drawings
may be omitted and tho Invitations
written upon cardboard cut in the
shape of a pipe. Have your bubbles In
the kitchen by all means. If tho suds
be properly prepared the bubbles will
bound and rebound on a piece of
woolen carpet or on a shawl; will
float to the coiling or will rest, fairy
like, on the shoulders of the little boys
and girls. Very little preparation for
the party is necessary. Purchase a
clay pipe for each expected little
guest and an extra half dozen or
more for the "Heedless Johnnies." In
the thrilling excitement of watching
the bubbles float skyward, the pipes
are apt to be mislaid and broken.
Instead of largo receptacles for the
suds have an oatmeal dish or a small
milk-bowl for each child, and have
the happy little host or hostess re
ceive and present the pipes as the
children arrive. When the bubble
blowing has been fairly started, a
series of bubble battles may be fought
on the piece of carpet or shawl. It is
great fun- for tho onlookers as well as
for those taking part in the game. The
quaint little faces puffing themselves
into caricatures, and the big bubbles,
obedient to the human breezes, bound
ing and rebounding over tho woolen
pression of violence, and the due main
tenance of the proper authority of tho
general government against domestic
resistance which appeal so strongly
to the American heart and conscience
but this vague, unfortunate, and ill
advised plank under the peculiar cir
cumstances existing gave the opposi
tion an. advantage which they readily
utilized, and thereby added to the
burdens of an already overburdened
and severely handicapped party. No
pretext or excuse should have been
afforded the republicans for making
against the democracy the cruel
charge of countenancing anarchism
and lawlessness.
Sixth LIFE TENURE IN THE
PUBLIC SERVICE. This plank as re
ported from the sub-committee on res
olutions, as presented and read In
the convention, as discussed by those
who debated tho platform, as adopted
by the convention itself, and as pub
lished in all the newspapers at tho
time, was as follows: "We are op
posed to life tenure in the public ser
vice." There Is no evidence that it
was ever duly or lawfully changed.
Shortly before the election, however,
it appeared in the "Democratic Cam
paign Book," prepared by Hon. Ben
ton McMillan of Tennessee and pro
mulgated under the authority of the
national committee, with the words
"except as provided in the constitu
tion" added thereto. When, where,
how, and why these words were inter-
poiatta does not appear.
This much is clear the plank in its
original form had never been recog
nized as democratic doctrine. No
previous platform in the'whole history
of the party had ever sanctioned such
a position. Life tenure for our fed
eral judges had been established in
the constitution by our patriotic fore
fathers, and there never was any de
mand for a change at least none on
the part of democrats. It was an unde
sirable and troublesome issue to cham
pion, with no intelligent public senti
ment in its support. Neither do the
disputed or additional words, which
seem to have been added without the
authority of the convention, make the
plank acceptable, but rather make It
ridiculous. When it Is remembered
that there are no civil officials in the
public service absolutely possessing a
life tenure excepting judicial officers
provwea for in the constitution, the
declaration of opposition to all life
(Continued on Page Nine.)
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No pay until you know it.
After 2,000 experiments, I have
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to turn bony joints into flesh again;
that is impossible. But I can cure Jio'
disease always, at any state, and for
ever. I ask for no money. Simply write
me' a postal and I will send you an
order on your nearest druggist for six
bottles of Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure,
for every druggist keeps it. Use It for
a month, and if it does what I claim
pay your druggist $5.50 for it. If it
doesn't I will pay him myself.
I have no samples. Any medicine
that can affect Rheumatism with but
a fow doses must be drugged to the
verge of danger. I use no such drugs.
It is folly to take them. You must get
the disease out of the blood.
My remedy does that, even in tho
most difficult, obstinate cases. No
matter how impossible this seems to
you, I know it and I take the risk. I
have cured tens of thousands of cases
in this Way, and my records show that
39 out of 40 who get those six bottles
pay, and pay gladly. I have learned
that people in general are honest with
a physician who cures them. That Is
all I ask. If I fail I don't expect a
penny from you.
Simply write me a postal card or
letter. Let me send you an order foj;
the medicine. Take it for a montb,
for it won't harm you anyway. If it
cures, pay $5.50. I leave that entirely
to you. I will mail you a book that
tells how I do it. Address Dr. Shoo?;
Box 515, Racine, Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, are often
cured by one or two bottles. At all
druggists.
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Our Urst car' of iied German or sibeiuan
millet wont off with a niBh. Wo now havo
another car. This millet ia earlier, stands
drouth botter, has moro blades on tho stem
and makes from a third to a half moro hay
than tho regular G erman millet. Tho hay
Is softor when cured, grcenor In color, and
Is prcforrcd by stock to other hay or millet.
Every farmer who has tried It praises inia
millet very highly. Yields 30 to 50 bushels
seed per acre.
Price Por bushel (3-ba. grain
bags oxtra at 10c oach)....$1,20
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