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The Commoner.
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Vol. a, No. 13; :
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The Home Department.
The Planting of the Tree.
(Hy William Callon Bryant.)
Como, lot us plant tho applo tree.
CloaVo tho tough greensward with the
, spado;
Wide lot Its hollow hod ho made;
Thoro gontly lay tho roots, and there
Sift tho dark mold with kindly care,
And press It over thorn tonderly,
'As, round tho sleeping infant's foot,
Wo softly fold tho cradlo sheet;
So plant wo tho applo tree.
What plant wo in this applo trco?
Buds, which tho breath of summor
days
Shall lengthen Into leafy sprays;
Boughn whoro tho thrush, with crim
. son broast,
Shall haunt and sing and hldo hor
. nest;
Wo plant upon tho sunny lea,
A, shadow for tho noontido hour,
Asholtor from tho summor shower,
Whon wo plant tho applo tree.
What plant wo in this applo treo?
Swoot for a hundred flowery springs
To load tho May wind's restloss wings,
When, from tho orchard row, he pours
Its fragranco through our opon doors;
, A world of blossoms for the bee,
Flowors for tho sick girl's silent room,
For the glad Infant sprigs of bloom,
. We plant with tho applo treo.
. What plant wo in this applo tree?
Fruits that shall swoll in sunny June,
And roddon in the August noon,
And drop, when gontle airs como by,
And fan tho blue September sky,
While children como with cries of
,.. leQj . .. -
"XnuTsobk thorn whoro tho fragrant
grass
Betrays their bod to those who pass
At tho foot of the applo tree.
A Parallel Case.
Little Margaret, 4 yoars of age, la
a regular attendant at Sunday school.
One Sunday tho lesson was about
Moses. A few days after, she and her
mother woro walking in the yard
whdro it was thickly overgrown with
weeds. They unexpectedly came upon
a little calf, almost concealed by the
weeds, sleeping soundly. Margaret
Stopped Bhort and gazed thoughtful
ly lor a moment at the calf, then she
exclaimed: "0, mamma, doesn't lie
look, just Ilka Moses In tho bull
rushes ?"Tho Little Chronicle.
lng at a young mother's akwardness
,wlth hor first Infant, and said: "I
'declare a woman ought to never have
a baby unless she knows how to hold
it." "Nor a tongue, either," quietly
responded the young mother. -Bx-
charigo.
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Clean Pood.
During 1901 2,708 Chinese and Japa
woro employed in tho Puget sound
canneries and their earnings for tho
season averaged $200 in round num
bers, while the earnings of tho 1,145
whites employed in the canneries av
eraged $300. There's no good reason
why this valuable food product should
not bo prepared exclusively by white
people, untainted by tho loathsome
diseases common to tho dirty Oriental
slave who lives like a maggot. A na
tional, as well as a stnto puro food
law should bo adopted to regulate tho
labeling of cans so that consumers
may know tho food put up by Chinese
and that put up by white men. Pub
lic health is of more importance to
the country than unwholesome fat
dividends for holders of inflated fish
company stock. Falrhavon (Wash.)
Times.
Clever Little Wife.
A young wife bought an oyster plant
and sot it out to grow.
Quoth she: '"Twill please my bus
; band, who does love oysters so!
And when the oyster season comes
' I'll go out every day
Arid pick a bushel basket, with not
' a cent to pay.
Oh, he shall sup on Saddlerocks, for
'Which ho ha3 a craze,
Or MMpondo, Bluopolnts, Shrewsbury.1?,
t" or even Rockaways,
'And lib will bo so grateful and full of
'" ;jo'y,, to seo
How very o:onomlcal his little wife
' can be! "Life.
Three Little Tricks.
. A little sugar sprinkled on a shovol
of coals will smoke bad odors out of
a. house, and purify the air in a sick
yoora.
r Coal oil rubbed on soiled oilcloth
with a rag will romove all dirt and
.make It look like now.
v Vinegar and salt applied hot, will
reduco swelling. Texas Farmer.
The Retort Courteous.
A meddlesome old woman was sneer-
American Women and Jewels.
Since the' acquisition of such mam
moth fortunes In this country, women
seem to have lost sight of the axiom
that beauty unadorned is far the most
to bo desired, and to have cultivated a
taste for jewelry that is. almost bar
baric in its excessive vulgarity.
Traveling in Egypt and the Orient
anu witnessing tne promsion or-personal
adornment indulged in by men
and women of these countries seem to
have suggested imitation rather than
disgust.
Necklaces, bracelets, bancles. ear
rings, finger rings pins, combs and
anklots, formerly ignored by refined
people, are now copied, embellished
and worn by the wealthy to an extent
that suggests African golcondas and a
return to savagery.
We shall never forget seeing at a re
ception at the White house, during
President Arthur's administration, a
lady from New York standing under
one of the crystal chandeliers in the
East Room, so covered with diamonds
of enormous size tliafc they seemed a
part of tho sparkling crystal chandelier.
She was neithor young nor beauti
ful, and the glittering gems emphasized
her plainness and advancing years.
Two detectives, in the guise of
guests, at tho function followed the
lady wherever she went, not losing
sight of her until she had returned to
hor hotel and the priceless jewels were
in the safe of tho hostlery.
To us it seemed absurd that any
woman should so array herself that it
was necessary to have the surveillance
of an officer over near, even at a state
function.
Wo have read in tho newspaper de
scriptions of society ladles and their
marvellous costumes and jewels on all
sorts of occasions, including the Horse
Show, that seemed incredible, and yet
the most extravagant of the past was
eclipsed by the display of gorgeous
dress and priceless and superfluous
jewels worn by the ladles on the gala
night at the opera in New York on the
occasion of Prince Henry's appearance.
One who was present claims that no
such a scene could have transpired
anywhere else on tho globe.
Not only the Four Hundrod, but
every one who armpjirpd wncs nrmnr.
ently possessor of faburpus. gems that
wuum uavo ucen considered beyond
tho reach of any but royalty.
It Is not known what Prince Henry
thought of the display, but beyond
question, like almost all persons on
tho other side of tho Atlantic, ho had
his ideas of American wealth conr
firmed, and feels quite sure that we are
a race of millionaires, and that bo
nanzas are Innumerable in this coun
try. The people of. Germany are so fru
gal and live on so little that it must
have been a revelation to him to see
how oven his own countrymen have
amassed fortunes and have learned to
live as extravagantly as native Ameri
cans are wont to do.
There is scarcely an occasion where
it would be proper for any American
lady to wear all the gems she owned,
and especially when she is the owner
of a half million more or less in pre
cious stones, as many ladies in the
United States do.
No human face or form can stand
their dazzling brightness.
They detract from natural beauty.
"Consider the lilies." "Solomon in all
his glory is not arrayed like one of
these" is a truth of Holy Writ.
Simplicity of Ure"ss and adornment
serves to magnify natural beauty and
relieves one from the anxiety, worry,
care and discomfort Imposed by Dame
Fashion.
A face beaming with intelligence;
eyes that betray the purity of a guile
less heart, and soul full of love and
truth need nothing more to make their
possessor attractive.
Any lady is less likely to err in
wearing too few than too many jewels.
A few rare gems are becoming, but
over-many, of all the colors of the
rainbow, betray the vulgarity rather
than the refinement of the wearer.
Mrs. John A. Logan in New York" Jour
nal and American.
A Perfect Woman.
She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely apparition, sent
To be a moment's ornament;
Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair;
Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about .her drawn
From May-time and the cheerful
Dawn;
A dancing shape, an image gay,
To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
I saw her unon nonrp.r -plow
A Spirit, yet a Woman, too!
Her household motions light and free,
And. steps of virgin-liberty;
A countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises as sweej:;
A creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and
smiles.
And now I see with eyes serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveler between life and death;
The reason firm,, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength, and
skill;
A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright
With something of angelic light.
William Wadsworth.
The Manhattan Club.
What is this Manhattan club, any
way, and who aro Its members, and
what have both it and they done for
the political party about whose futuro
they now entertain solicitude so ten
der and so profound? Well, the club
is one of those semi-social, semi-political
organizations always to. be found
n large metropolitan centres. It at-
THE PRISONER
v.
Who escapes from jail is by no means?
free. He is under the ban of the law
and punishment is -written over against'.
ms name, ooon or ,
late lie will be
caUnht again aud-J
bear added punish
ment for his short
escape from his cell,
Those who by the
use of palliative
powders and tablets
escape for a time
from the sufferings
of dyspepsia are in
the same condition
as the escaped pris
oner. Soon or lata
they will go back to
the old condition
and pay an added
penalty for tempor- i
ary release. " j
Dr. Pierce's Gold- A-
en Medical Discov
ery cures dyspepsia
and other diseases
of the stomach and
organs of digestion
and nutrition. Its
cures are lasting.
vFor about two years
I suffered from a very obstinate case of dyspep
sia," writes R. E. Secord, Esq., of 13 Eastern
Ave., Toronto, Ontario. I tried a great num
ber of remedies without success: I finally lost
faith in them all. I was so for gone that I could
not bear any solid food on my stomach for a long
time; felt melancholy and depressed. Could not
sleep or follow my occupation (tinsmith).. Some
four mouths ago a friend recommended your,
'Golden Medical Discovery.' After a week's
treatment I had derived so much benefit that I
coutinued the medicine. I have taken threB
bottles and am convinced it has in my case ac
complished a permanent cure. I can conscien
tiously recommend it to the thousands of dys
peptics throughout the land."
Accept no substitute for Golden Med- .
ical Discovery." There is nothing "just v
us gooa." ior diseases 01 tne stomach;
blood and lungs.
. Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate -the
liver ''
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STOPS THE COUGH
And Works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold
in one day. No euro, no pay. Price 25 conts.
tracts both mon who Hn nnfMn.r on!
men who have nothing to do. It's a
place where lotus-eaters and drones --t
and political hacks eat and drink, and :
now and then "pull wires" and "roll
logs" and "lay pipes" In an effort to -"
put the fellows who are in office out
and to put the fellows who are out of .
office in. That is what the Manhattan
club of New York is and that is about . ?
all it is. It has never led a move- ' -naont
for the bettering and the uplift- -lng
of New York city or of New York -state
or of the United States. It has -.
never announced a policy that was L
heartening to the poor or the op- -pressed
or discouraging to the op
pressor. It has never done anything'. .
that has made life for the people tho "''
more worth while. In periods of calm v
it has masked its civic indifference be-
hind the deceptive banner of "conser
vatism." In periods of storm it has
deserted the people who have cred- -ulously
supported it and thrown what- k
ever influence it might have had
against the masses and in favor of '"
the classes.
lnie Presidential campaign of 189G jii
the Manhattan club of New York de- -
monstrated its loyalty to the demo- -
Cratic nartv bv mnrnhtno- in li -. -
to republican headquarters and "seron- "t
ading republican leaders with a brass i
band.' New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The president has reiterated his or- :
nSfo!at government employes must ":.;"
not take active part in politics. This
statement was first made with regard' -
to the political factional fight in II- '''
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