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The Commoner.
. VOLUME 5, NUMBER 6
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Conductedby,
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Tho CrUl of Iho City
Faint and far, like a thing of dreams,
With palace and mart and spire.
With the tread of a million hurrying
feet,
With hoj)C and regret and desire
The city lies and it calls with a voice
That touches men's souls with lire.
The fields stretch far to tho rim of the
day.
a nil nl'nr In t rtainir sun.
Tlio valleys between bear lilies white,
As the snood of a cloistered nun;
The winds of heaven, untrammeled and
sweet,
Fan meadow and fen and fall
But over and ever the wind fares forth
With Its burden, the city's call.
The maid who dreams by the side of
tho brook
That flows from the niche in the hill,
Heeds not that the bird on the blos
soming spray
Sits mute to hear her t i ill
Tho tender lilt of an old love song,
For she catches the throng's ac
claim In tho voice of the brook and the whis
pering breeze
They bring her the message of famo.
The youth with his hand on the stub
born plow,
As furrow on furrow he turns,
Hares his head to the tempter breeze
And si wondrous fire there burns
In the depths of his steadfast, grave
young eyes
As ho stands there strong and tall
For over tho hush of the fallow field
Comes stealing the city's call.
The student bending to parchment and
page,
While the midnight oil burns low,
Delves on and on, for the way is Ion-
That tho searcher for truth must go
But a glow o'erspreads his strange,
wan face,
As ho lets the last page fall
For into the quiet, shadowed 'room
Comes creeping the city's call.
Faint and far, like a thing of dreams,
mi h,im,nce aml mart and spire,
With the tread of a million hurryinc
feet, fa
With hone and rocrnf n-.wi ,w
The city lies and it calls with a voice
Hint touches men's souls with fire.
Boston Transcript.
Homo ChoUs
, The season of house cleaning and
general purification is now so close at
Hand, and so many of our friends are
calling for "easy ways of doing things"
that we are devoting a good deal of
ZT m the ?ubject' for a week or
two. Many of our friends, realizinc
tho wide influence exerted by The Com
moner have kindly sent in helpful
items for others when asking for he p
for themselves-for which we thank
them. Most of the recipes, directions
a notreIamF lady!
Growths, Hot Flushes" Desire to Crv Wrfi0r
mothers of sun&U dn.gh " Si Ml l-u i To
successful Homo Trcntme t if ?x l"1'1
M- Summers, lioxVS Dim,, tai"""
and methods arc from practical expe
rience. To insure satisfactory results
from any trials, one must not forget
that common sense and good judgment
must be supplied by themselves. We
do not always place the blame for our
failures where they belong. If you
have "good luck" with these methods,
let us hear from you.
One of our readers, in sending some
helpful suggestions, says: "Why not
call a spade a spade, and li we are go
ing in to exterminate the bed-bug, why
dignify the nasty thing by calling it
'house-vermin'? It is disgusting to
have the pests forced onto us, but it
is disgraceful to allow them to stay.
It we find we have smallpox or the
seven-year itch, we don't stop to mince
about names, but set to work to get
them out of the house, and take meth
ods to keep them out. There is posi
tively no excuse for harboring the
pests."
In next week's issue I will give you
the methods recommended for the ex
termination of the filthy things, and,
from personal experience, I am con
vinced that they can be entirely done
away with; but you must show no
quarter when you begin the war. Right
now is a good time in which to plan
your battles and get your ammunition
ready. Don't wait until they have se
creted a batch of eggs and hatched out
a new brood to resist you.
Qviory Box
(Olllte a fow nf nnr nnni-iefc na
swered in articles under other head-
nigs, as tne answers were too long for
the space given to 'Queries.)
S. G. C. wants the address of some
cne living where Capo Jasmines grow
wild.
Mr. W. G. Write to Ehen E. Rex
ford, care of the journal in which you
saw the article, and it will reach him.
Lula M. Clematis seeds may be
planted, but most uinris nrmotn ,....
slowly, if at all. Best buy the plants.
J. L. Look up the subject of pearls
in some encyclopedia. Can not give
you prices, and you will have to write
to some dealer for them. .
J ared. Suppose you give your liter
ary friend a pen-wiper, paper-weight
paper cutter, ink-stand, or blotting pad'
Any of these aro inovrmrj,,,. .i'
every one of them in demand with one
who uses a desk.
Housewife.-Sticky fly-paper is made
by soaking thick paper in strong alum
water, letting it dry, and applying to
PnnoSf1Uifaee iUV; followinS mixture:
Boiled linseed oil, one dram; resin half
a pound Melt, and add a little honey.
Mrs K L.-The cradle went out with
the old-fashioned fire-place and the
spinn ng wheel. Babies still have sleep!
ing places, spinning is still done" and
weuhave?the gas log. What more !
Catherine C.-Where woman's suff
rage has been tried, it has been found
that there are still homes, hSsbanda
and babies, and women of those stated
are very much like the women in other
states who do not vote. I can rive
you no statistics. gIve
adusef of "fH ' h1av,n
miurtsses or the friends who spnf u,.
Jo.vollo Winter
M. R. asks for a recinn fnr ,
stores. It is not difficult to make, nor
is it expensive when prepared in tho
home. It is very efficacious in keeping
table linen and white clothes free from
fruit stains. It is made as follows:
Place four pounds of bi-carbonate of
soda in a large granite or porcelain
lined pan, and pour over it four quarts
ot boiling water. Stir with a stick
until the soda is dissolved; add a
pound of chloride of lime, and stir un
til this has dissolved. Allow the liquid
to cool in the pan, strain the clear por
tion through a thin cloth into wide
mouthed bottlc-3 or jugs and cork tight
ly for use. The part that contains sed
iments may also be bottled and used
for cleaning sinks, kitchen tables, etc.
A small teacupful of the fluid added to
a boiler of water will assist materially
in keeping the clothes white, and will
not injure them in the least. The most
obstinate stains of tea,' coffee, etc., on
table cloths and napkins will usually
succumb to an application of one part
of javelle water diluted with four parts
of soft water. If the stained article
is soaked in this fluid for several hours
and then washed and rinsed, it will
usually come out perfectly white and
clean. Only white goods can be treated
in this way, however, as javelle water
is likely to fade colors. In using it in
the wash water, however, colored
clothes are not injured, as the amount
is so small in the water used.
Cleaning . Hair Mattress
When a hair mattress has been soiled
during illness, or otherwise needs reno
vating, it is best to send it to a pro
fessional cleaner, but if this is not
practicable one may do it at home.
Rip the covering apart in an empty
room, having made two bags of coarse
cheesecloth or mosquito netting, which
wm allow dust, dirt and water to pass
lreeiy tnrough. The hair, which is in
a solid mat, may be cut across by a
pair of strong scissors, and each por
tion placed in one of the bags, care
being taken to disturb the shape as
little as possible. S'ew the opening in
each bag across, like the end of a
wadded comfort. Take hot water and
ammonia, the proportion being two
tablespoonfuls of ammonia to every
gallon of water, first placing the am
monia in the tub, then the bag of hair
then the hot water poured over t'
Souse the hair up and down in the wa
ter, pushing it about somewhat to thor
oughly part it, until it is clean; then
wateVUtiiTT ?' chanSing the
water until it no longer shows dis
coloration. Squeeze all the wa pos
sible out with the hands, then lay on
a clean rack, or hang over a line to
dry. Treat the second bagful in the
same way, and when all is thorough
dry, make a new case of tickimr nnn
ay the hair evenly in the cae tack
the mattress with an upholster nee
die, placing under each tacking a smaT
square of old soft leather t f prSvenJ
the thread pulling through.
If marble has become discolored bv
smoke, wet a piece of flannel In strong
ZTS VUb lt ul"My "Pon the mr
StS?Bd do'es IT WHh h0t so
11. mis uoes not remove the Rmniro
make a paste of chloride oMlCanfl
water, brush it over the sm'S am
soapTudf mite WaSh " t
Deaf People New
HearWhispers
Listening Machines Invented
by a Kentuckian.
Invisible, When Work, but Act
Like Eye-Glasses.
Ever boo a pair of Listening MnchlnoB?
They mako tho Deaf hour distinctly.
Thoy aro bo soft In tho onra ono can't loll thoy
nro wearing them.
And, no ono olso can toll ollhor, bocniiBo they
aro out of eight whon worn. Wllsou'e Ear Drums are
to woak hearing what Bpoctncles nro to .vcak Bight.
Bocauao, thoy aro BoundmagnlUorB, just as
KlaBBos aro BlRht-mngnlflcrs.
Ttoy rost tho .Ear. Nerves by taking tho strain off
thorn tho etruln of trying to bear dim Bounds. They
can bo put Into tho oars', or takon out In a minute,
ustascomfortablynsepoctacloscnnboputonandofr.
And, thoy can bo worn for weeks at n time, bo
cuuao muy aro veuuiuiou, nna EO sou
in mo oar notes inoy aro not
felt oven when tho bend rests
on tho pillow. They also pro
tect any raw Inner parts of
Iho car from wind, or cold,
du6t, or euddsn and plorcing
Bounds.
telephones
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Theeo llttlo
mnko lt as easy
parson to boar
weak sounds as
3poctaclos mako
It easy to rend
fine print. And,
Iho longer ono
wears thorn tho
batter his hear
Idr growa, bo
causo thoy rest
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on, tbooarnorvoe. To rost a ts J I
neatt oar '.rom straining Is ,. ft j
llko resting n strained wrist ,
from working. 0
WllBon's Ear Drums rest tho Ear
Nerves by making tho sounds londor,
so It Is oasy to understand without
trying and straining. Thov mako
Doaf pooplo choorful and comtbrtable, because
bucu paopio can tail: with thoir friends without tho
frlonds having to shaut back at them. They can hear
without straining. It la tho straining that puts such
a quoer, anxious look on tho faco of a deaf peroou.
Wilson's Ear Drums mako nil tho sound Btrlko
hard on tho center of tho human oar drum, Instead
of preadlng It weakly all over tho ourfaco. It
thus makes tho conter of tho human ear drum
vibrato ton times as much as If iho Bamo sound struck
the wholo drum bead, lt Is thlB vibration of tho ear
drum that carries sound to tho bearing Nervee.
When wo mako tho drum vibrato ten times ae much
wo mako the sound ton times as loud and ton times
aa oasy to understand.
This Is why people who had not In years heard a
clock strike can now hear thut Bamo clock tick any
whoro In tho room, while wearing Wilson's Ear
Drums.
Deafness, from any cause, oaracbe, buzzing
poises in tho bead, raw and running cars, broken
ear-drums, and other oar troubles, are rolloved and
cured (ovon after Ear Doctora bavo given up the
casos), by tho uso of thoso comfortable llttlo ear
restore and Bound-magnlflere.
A sonslblo book, about Deafness, tells how thoy
nro mndo, and has printed In It lottors from hun
dreds of pooplo who aro using thorn.
Clorgymon, , Lawyors, Physicians, Telegraph
Operators, Tralnmon, Workers In Bollor Shops and
i-oundrlos-four hundred pooplo of nil ranks who
woro Deaf, toll tholr exporlonco In this free book,
ihoy toll how tholr hoarlng was brought back to
tuom almost Instantly, by tho proper uso of Wilson's
Ear Drums.
on.s,0 lhe8 very pooplo may llvo near you,
SSiSl f l known t0 you What tby ve to say Is
mighty strong proof.
nnn J n!??lf lm9 hoen tho moan8 of making 326,000
S '"back your hearing. Wrlto now, whila
you think ot it. Got tho froo book of proof.
k f0,r.lt today t0 tlio Wilson Ear Drum Oo.
53 Todd Building, LoulBvllle, Ky.
For Clocnlnd Garments
Nothing is better for cleaning dusty
and greasy garments than soap bark,
and its value should be better Known
to the average housewife. It is ex
tensively used by tailors and scourers
in purifying men's clothing; it is quite
inexpensive and can be got at any drug
store. Light colored goods can not
be cleansed with the bark, however, as
the slight coloring matter in it will
darken a delicate tone. To prepare
soap bark for use, pour a quart of boil-
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