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;?TwwwS3BffBS Wif'E 't ''1 .nig i TTt" jTiT:? JTi ft 1 u t-a. '- r ' a" ,? a ' .. . -i 'T. Jt , ' . M ' l'," -'..T . r-.'-JT V' -.:;- .; 'i.'i-'f?'?,feV'&, & ' f& i":. 'WJs3i V ' v - The Commoner. VOLUME 4NUMBER 22, elusion of tho higher life which may be had for the asking. The time between the schoolroom and tho earnest business of life, bo tho latter what it may, should be a time of fitting her for tho grander du ties that will surely be giVen her if she proves herself worthy to receivo them. 9 awaHpHiaHiHMHBHBHMHM i i l? it w ' ir wgniimnii -- Trust In God Ard Do The Fight. Courage, brother! do not stumble, Though thy path bo dark as night; (Thoro's a star to guide the humble; "Trust in God, and do tho right." Let tho road bo long and dreary, And its ending out of sight; Foot it bravely, strong or weary, "Trust in God, and do tho right." fTrust no forms of guilty passion, Friends can look liko angels bright. Trust no custom, school or fashion, '.'Trust in God, and do tho right." Somo will hate thee, some will love thee, Somo will flatter, some will slight; Cease from man, and look above thee, "Trust In God, and do tho right." Simple rule and safest guiding, Inward peace and inward light, Star upon our path abiding, . "Trust in God, and do the right." Porish policy and cunning, r Perish all that fears tho light; Loving man and God revering, "Trust in God, and do tho right." -Rov. Norman MacLeod, D. D., in a Scotland newspaper. Homo Ch&ts. A gleam o hot sunshine falling across my window from between tho clouds reminds mo that the heat of mid-summor is not far away, and wo shall soon begin tojhear of heat pros trations and nervous exhaustions among our sisters who "do their own work." Tho majority of us are so sit uated that wo cannot escape the kitchen and the cook-slove, or the still more-dreaded heat of the laun dry. Added to this routine work. which is always with us, Is the can ning, pickling, preserving, jamming and jollying that we think wo must do, and it does seem a heavier burden than wo can bear, at times. It all moans work and more work; despite tho fact that many of us havo all tho helps in the way of gas stoves, steam cookers, hot and cold water, and can havo the fruits and vegetables at our door at our own chosen time, there aro trials of strength that we cannot avoid, and already wo are "fagged to death" by the duties of tho the result? Should wo not work faith fully and cheerfully up to tho measure of strength that is available, and then sit down take a rest, fold our hands and get ready to look the next issue in tho face? 0 0 Would I advise being lazy? Some times the best thing one can do is to "cfnnrl nrul wn.it." To rest dOOS not mean to be lazy. Look up tho words in tho dictionary, and see tne uiirer enco in meaning; and while you aro thus employed you will find yourself getting ready to tackle the next job with renewed courage. Did you know you were resting? O 0 Plan to get the hardest of your work done in tho cool of tho morning; See how much useless work you. were plan ning to do; decide what you can let go undone, then let it go, or let some body else do it. Don't "put up" so many jellies, pickles and preserves, but depend moro upon the canned fruits iisinc fresh fruits in their sea sons as long as possible. Don't iron everything that comes from the wash; many things will wear just as well if vou hold them smoothlv and let some body sit on them, if you can get no better "press-weight." wrmiues in the clothes are surelv as nleasant to look upon as wrinkles in your face. Lot the rest of tho family do all they will, then coax them to do a little more. O 0 Plan diligently for that half hour you owe to yourself, and bo sure you get what is coming to you; if it does not como fast enough, just take it. Instead of fretting because you can not do everything, be glad that you accomplish as much as you do. Above all things, try to realize that the world will get along just as well with out, as with you not a wheel ..will stop; not a rope will break. You are but an atom in the great universe. Learn the lesson of rest. mental or physical field. He is bright, cheerful, full of fun, ready to help with head or hand, and goes out of their presence with a cheery laugh or smiling face, .tie, ioo, eue uume home, to wife and little children. But somewhere on the route he leaves his smiles and merry helpfulness. Little children do not run to- meet him, and the wife, who doubtless has worries of her own, does not anticipate encour agement on his arrival. Looks of half fear and wholly hesitation, greet him from the little ones, while the wife recognizes his presence with a swift glance of apprehension. If spoften to, he answers shortly; and if asked questions, his reply is "I don't know." If the children crowd about him, in their sweet unsuspicion, he rebuffs them, or ignores their presence. He eats his dinner in silence, with lower ing brow, then goes out to porch or gateway, and straightway his smiles come back, as he chats with chance neighbors, or passers-by. And the world says what a jolly fellow he is; wonders why his family does not ap preciate him more fully; cannot un derstand why the wife is silent when his domestic virtues are praised, or what makes tho children like to run away from the house and enjoy the street more than their home. 0 O Reader, do you ever meet these two men? Do you know anything about them? Food For Thovjtfht. Hero is a man, tired, irritable, prob ably savage. All day long he has fretted at the bit, but society has held him in. He .goes home: home, to where a patient wife and little chil dren await his coming not always joyfully. He goes home to spume out it? O O Vila tomTioi1 T-Tn pnvHna n rlnvlr fnna hour. "What aro wo going to do about into tho family circle, and one glance at it nay, the very sound of his foot fall, casts a shadow that can hurt, but novor heal. If he is met by silence, he snaps out something about sulki ness; if he is spoken to, he storms. If the little children come to him with innocent prattle (which some day he might be willing to give a year of his life to bring back again), they aro pushed aside, or ordered out of the room, or even God pity him are smitten. He eats a moody dinner; creates in all a condition for indiges tion; takes a cigar perhaps the even ing paper, and sits among his house hold, an object of fear and restraint, or goes out again until far in the night, leaving in his place a sense of freedom and relief that is the worst thing that could be connected wfth his memory. ' In that one hour ho has cast a shadow that, somo day, ho may pray, in great agony, to have removed yet not be heard, or heeded. ' o o Another man has been all day min It Is the duty of every man and woman to work. If able to do so, with hand and brain; but the work should not be allowed to degenerate into prac tical slavery. Everywhere about us men and women are working too hard; they see a field of work before them, and they feel that it must bo done; so they strain every nerve in tho ineffectual struggle, and think they may make a success if they die in the harness. But do they? Aro we wise to lose health, and impair our usefulness, dragging other lives down with us, by trying to do more than we can possibly accomplish with our scant strength? What do we gain by it? Would it not bo better to look a little further than tho mere doing for AN OlVn Am WRT.T. Tmwn nun Mrs. Win8low8 8ootiiinq Binup for child toothing should alHaysbo used for chUdrw i?Mi teething It softens tho gums, allays all atn cnrJ2 grind eollo and is tho best remedy for ffinhS! Sweuty-flTewntsabotUe, it la tho bW Ql""cea After Commortcomortt. When, school days being ended, the young girl takes her place in the so cial life about her, she finds things very different from what sho Imri ry pected. The schoolroom is one thing, cue woria, another, and, unless she be the child of wealthy and influential parents, she will find the difference a little disappointing. She may have been popular with her teachers be cause she was diligent in her studies and carried off the honors of the school, but she will find that book knowledge does not make her popular or successful, socially. Some of the greatest social successes have been al most imbecile, so far as book-lore is concerned, while some of the most in tellectual people have also been among luo must unpopular. Mere learning in a woman is never attractive; on the contrary, unless coupled with femi nine graces, it Is most offensive. No matter how well grounded a girl may be in the branches of learning taught in her school, she will find that there Is another series of lessons confront ing her, and which she must thor oughly master if she would reign su preme In social circles. She will find too, that she must forget much that it has cost her many hours of hard study to learn, for in the new life into which she will be thrown she will havo no need of any of it. No matter how thorough her schol astic acquirements may be, she is not expected or desired to talk like 'an orator, or deport herself as a walk ing encyclopedia. Her knowledge should simply make her conversation biuvua uuu agreeable. Her study of mathematics should havo rendered her Sinn rr and hor dements true, n?her eeeraphical researches should have taught her that the worm &rM&JVJ: ifc houldve taught hor too,' that there aro better XX sung with hi. fenow-toners, fn theS Toff UoUtTto fheTx- Love True worth is in being, not seeming In" doing each dayMhat goes by Somo little good not in dreaming Of great things to do by-and-by; For, whatever men say, in their blind ness, And spite of the fancies of youth, There is nothing so kingly as kind ness, "- And nothing so loyal as truth. We get back our mete as we measure We cannot do wrong and feel right; Nor can we give pain and gain pleas ure, For justice avenges each slight. The air for tho wing of the sparrow, The bush for the robin- and wren; But always the path that is narrow And straight for tho children of men. 'Tis not in the' pages of story The heart of r its ills to 'beguile, Though ho that makes courtship to Glory Gives all 'that he hath for her smiie. But when from her heights he has won her, Alos! It' Is only to prove That nothing's so sacred as honor, And nothing's so lpyal as love. We cannot make bargains for blisses, Nor catch them like fishes in nets; And sometimes, the thing our life misses Helps more than the things which we get. For good Heth not in pursuing Nor gaining of great nor of small; But just in the doing, and doing As we would be done by to all. Through envy, through malice, through hating, Against the world early and late, No jot of our courage abating Our part is to work and to wait. And slight is the sting of his trouble Whose winnings are less than his worth! For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth. Alice Carey. For' Tho Leomdry These days the dainty summer gowns, with fine laces and delicate embroideries are much in evidence, and their satisfactory laundering is a spyrce'of considerable anxiety to tho feininlne portion of th family No matter how carefully tho articles may bo washed, starched and dried, unless the ironing is well done, the work is a disappointment To do good worlc, tho flat-irons must be kept in good condition, and this requires some caro at tho hands of the user. It is a good plan to wash the irons once a week, and for this purpose, take some clean soap-suds in which a little ammonia has been poured, and with a cloth wash the Iron well, all over; rinse in clean water, wipe dry and set on the back of. the stove. Always have the top of tho stove or range clean before putting the irons to heat, and never allow them to get too hot if it can be avoided, but if it does happen, cool them by setting up on end on tuo hearth never on the face, and by no means plunge them in cold water, as this will ruin them. If the starch sticks to them, have a piece or nne sand-paper, or a handful of coarse table salt; on which to rub them. Before using the iron, when heatea, flmf riih If nvni ft TrtlPCe Of heavy P" (per or old rag, then rub the face .' f L ,- J Jn cH- - &&, &1214&PU JuSi 'AiJefriL