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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.
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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. '
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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
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