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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1905)
(twee! 'if" "-v1' ssrwrr.t!"''' The Commoner. VOLUME 5. NUMBER tf. i . v L . 3)t iflffc t -(r4 rcc V0Tfeari K U 2fo TOUTI LZL I H -aZZ- ? iwne nmi i iS&rrr"' Jmi ynsf . YCTitCS5' 9 Conducted fir Weten Watts McVjp fven & vtmr " I artnjerrt v jl OCTOBER'S WEATHER 0 suns an.d skies and clouds of Juno, And flowers of Juno together, Ye can not rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. When loud the bumblebee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant; And goldenrod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When gentians roll their fringes tight ' To save them from the morning, And chestnuts fall from satin burrs , Without a sound of warning. When on the ground red apples lie In piles like jewels shining, And rodder still on old stone walls Are leaves of woodbine twining; When all the lovely wayside things Their white-wlngod seods are sowing, And in the .fields, still green and fair, Laic aftermaths are growing; When springs run low, and on the ', ., brooks, In idle golden freighting, Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush Of woods for winter waiting; When comrades seek sweet country haunts, By twos and two together, And count like misers hour by hour, October's bright blue weather. O suns and skies and flowers of June, -Count all your boasts together Love loveth best of all the year October's bright blue weather. Helen Hunt Jackson. Home Chat Now that the summer's wnrlr la about finished, the country boy is wondering what he will do next, es pecially 'the one whose education, so tar as the country school houso is con cerned, is ended. or at best, for the dust and turjnoil of the overflowing streets. Instead of the beautiful sunlight he will toil under electric, gas, or, 'in some places, oil lighting, or his workshop may be lighted only by the dirty, dingy day light which no place but the crowded city streets can know. He must be come accustomed to foul smells' and uncongenial surroundings; small, dingy rooms, not always with pleas ant companionship; cheap, poorly cooked foods in limited quantities and of unpalatable kinds; a lack of many things he has always held as es sentials, and self-denial along many lines will become a burden hard to bear. The salary which, to his country-bred fancy, has seemed so lanre. will be found barely sufficient for his daily needs, if it suffices, even for so little. Room rent, board bills, laundry, car fare, lunches, and the inevitable "incidentals" which no one can avoid, will leave little enough for the neces sary wearing apparel, however cheap it may seem. On every hand he will find temptations, many of them so subtle and seductive that, try as he may, he cannot resist them, and there will be snares and pitfalls for his feet, whithersoever he may go. The competition, too, is something beyond all reason. He will be but one of a vast army of struggling young men, and, do the best he may, many things will occur to throw the ad vantage on the side of his fellow laborer. Competition, in all lines, from the merest labor to the highest skill, whether of brawn or brains, will be most keen. It is all a battle ground, and the victory is not always to the brave or the strong. Once in the whirlpool, he will learn to cease to trust, it may be, even in himself; to shut his sorrows in his own heart; to ask no sympathy, to seek no aid; to depend solely on him self and his developing powers. He will learn to stand alone, level-eved and set mouthed, as his destiny ex poses him to the buffetings of the world. If he fails of the test, he will find the whole, long pathway through me out a renetition rif fnJlurfi and lost its life and flavor, and will not make good coffee or tea. A "drip" coffee pot may be used, or the ground coffee may be merely steeped, like tea; or, it may be allowed to boil up for a minute. Each of these processes has its advocates. There are many good brands of coffee on the market, more or less expensive in price, but a very poor drink can be made of the most expensive kinds 'by a poor or careless cook, while a careful cook can make a really delightful cup from inexpensive material. Now-a-days, very few people think of roasting coffee at home, but if it could be evenly and properly done, it would "make up" much better flavored. As it is, it should be bought as freshly roasted as possible and would be bet ter ground as used, though if it is put into an air-tight receptacle, such as a self-sealing jar or can, it will retain its aroma quite well. A table spoonful of ground coffee to each cup wanted and one for the pot is the invariable rule, the water must be fresh, and freshly boiling, and the coffee pot and tea kettle must both be clean when used. He thinks he would lilvfi n. nlinilfO lin a Hno1 rV 41i fnm and the ceaseless grind of the farm discouragement, and at last he will work and chores, where no appre- lie down, heartworn and soul-weary, ciable recognition is Riven his talents and energies, and no material advance ment seems probable or possible. If he could only go to the city, now! He is very sure he could work up to something, he doesn't know just wliat, yet, but the work will be wait ing for him; the oportunity will find him, once he is in its way. So, to thb city he goes. It may be well that he does, but the chances are that it is not. If he has himself well in hand, has, a brave heart and a cour ageous will and a firm determination to succeed, come what hardships may, and is willing to plod, to pave the way with hard, ungrudging toil, to turn a deaf ear to the allurincrs of tho. tempter in whatt-ver guise it may seek him, he may find the opportunity, gain the recognition, and, later se cure the ad ancement. But there are many things lu must consider be fore he takes the irrevocable step; for once he takes the plunge into the maelstrom, he will hardly come out of it the same. He will find life in' the city very different from that of his country home; he will exchange a life of com parative freedom for one of uncom- - promising restraint. He will leave the beautiful, healthful out-door of field and woodland for the confine ment and foul air of the dark, dingy city building, office, store or factory, with a pitiful longinc for j'-st one last look at the country home from which he now goes forth in all the courage fmd high hopes of his ignorance and untried strength. "A Good Cup of Coffee" Wo have all read of the man who, when told by the restaurant waiter that he would be served with coffee "like mother used to make," replied unit ne wouiu take tea. To many people, the magic words "like mother used to make" recalls a memory of a strong, long-boiled beverage that, though then regarded with such favor, is now associated too closely with in digestion and dyspepsia to be very en ticing. We are learning, through much tribulation, to find what best agrees with the inner man, and in most cases, strong, boiled coffee must be tabooed, while the well-made cup may be partaken of with less bad results. To be had at its test, many things must enter Into the making of coffee. The coffee pot must be washed as orten as it Is used, thoroughly cleaned and aired, every day; the water to be used must bo fresh from the spring well, cistern or hydrant, and the tea kettle must also be regularly washed and aired. The water must be just boiling not boiled; boiled water has A Fine Cooking School Experience in a real kitchen, with only the utensils usually to be found there for family use, with real meats and vegetables, such as the family pocket book or taste may provide, flanked by the often unavoidable shortages in supplies," is what will teach the girl or woman to do real cooking. If the mother, or other friend who has an interest in the develop ment of the housewifely abilities of the beginner, be capable of instruct ing, it beats playing with the chafing dish in a make-believe kitchen fitted up with everything necessary for ex perimenting and demonstrating, and where the presiding genius wears reg ulation bibs and caps, with some one at hand to wash, dishes, etc., and do all the "chores." The "Class in Cookery" is a good move, but the girl who takes the course, from scullion to chef, in the home kitchen where all sorts and conditions and varying quantities .and qualities of supplies are to test one's abilities, to say noth ing of "emergency" calls and "short notice" orders recklessly sprung upon one by unexpected company, which tax one's executive ability sometimes to the uttermost, will, usually be the one who "wins out" in the housewifely race ror nonors. Whatever station in life one expects to fill, a knowledge of cookery will never come amiss, for even thougn a woman has no need to do the work herself, she should know enough to order others, and there will always bo some time in every woman's life when such knowl edge will be a great gain. This is true as well, of a man, and many men who would laugh at the idea of themselves doing cookery, can yet get up as nice a meal as any woman they know. If they did not get the knowledge through "helping mother," they got their education through stress of cir cumstances, and, say what they will, they do take a sneaking little pride in tho accomplishment. Mushroom Growing Several of our readers hn.vG nslrftrl , for more light on the subject of mush- iuuiu gruwmg; now to start in the business; if tho start 'is expensive; what to do with it when it is started; whether it is profitable in a financial sense; if a woman can do the work alone; where literature on the sub ject may be obtained. As I have mw.. given attention to the subject have met no one who has ml the work, and as newspaper!! magazine articles on tho matter nr not always either truthful or reliant I would like some of our Sit who can write from experiment knowledge to tell us about it. i S condense the information thus gator into a comprehensive article which I have no doubt, may greatlv benefit sonic one or more of our friends who are seeking ways by which to increase their income while confined to the home by the cares of the family Mushrooms are an expensive article on the market, and if they can be as certainly and as easily made profit able as many would have us believe we ought to know it. Meantime, I would advise that our friends write to the secretary of agri culture, Washington, D. C, asking for Farmer's Bulletin No. 204, relating to mushroom growing, and at the same time' asking for any other printed matter available for distribution. The department of agriculture will send to any one who desires it a monthly list of all the published matter, free or otherwise, if asked to do so. Most of the documents are to be had free, a few have a small price attached, and the Year Book in the department Is an education in itself. Reports of experiment stations are also free. The reports of the various state horti cultural societies, as well as of the various state departments of agricul ture, are to be had for the asking, and now is the time your supply of such - reading matter should be gathered up, as the leisure of the long' evenings will permit of their being read. You ' cannot know too much about your business. Query Box Mrs. S. M- Falling hair is a symp tom, not a disease. Remove the cause, and the hair will stop falling. Local applications do very little good, in some cases Lottie. Warts come and go with out any known cause. They may be safely removed by several simple methods. Moles are of soft growth, warts are hard; they cannot be treatel alike. . Laurel. Scars that reach througn the skin to the flesh cannot be re mqved, although skin specialists claim to reduce them somewhat. Ordinary treatment will do no good. (2) wo cannot, recommend them. Effle. Get your druggist to till a half-ounce hottle with equal parts o tincture of myrrh and alcohol, ami apply this to the gums three times a day on going to bed at night, mib is claimed to heal the gums and tighten the teeth. ao Tf tho Eton is becoming to you and it is, to most persons-you can wear it, besause it is one of the stylos that seem always in ugue year after year. Though no in the extreme of fashion, there will be many of them worn this winter. Housewife. Why not have your kitchen floor painted or oiled? Have the rough places planed down oy carpenter, give the boards a coating of oil and ochre, then apply two coats of yellow, brown or gray paint, wn can be purchased ready for use, and 18 ?f"?.??P!f?L. imir narasltes. saturate the head with coal oiltorw -or three hours, then wash tho.ougw in warm soap suds; wneii r is dry, wash again in strong -M anl let hang until dry. Tni fl again in warm water ? "7 or clear tepid water. Pojhis one BETTER THAh"sPKIHOw Spanking does not euro ohJWron or lddo If ItdlU tlforo would be fovr ,, MrrJ; It. Thoro Is a constitutional cause .tor i 60rol M Summer, Box 118, Notro ahrap0'ifcnnonion$ homo troatmont to nnr mor. Biio ln tM Write hor today If your c lill Iron tro u ,os are 11 way. Don't blamo the culld. U" u" can't help It. - M 4,.W.4--,i. j aPgW'viMWW r- rpiii iftltot M01 iirtiji P-foB1., V'-w