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The God of Clay
J watch cnch (lift- my singing sisters
go
Light-footed to tlio temple on the
height,
OoarJng fair glfls, trailed blooms of
roso and .snow,
To please the golden gods of I heir
delight;
l'tio" golden gods thai, in their lofty
plaeo,
Stand in their flawless might for all
to SCO,
flearing ouch ono upon his perfect
face
The pride of his infallibility.
And over on their way and singing
Hum
vThoy pause soniotimcs to urgo me
or deride,
"r0 sister, will thou never conio with
r- us
To worship where the gods of gold
abide?"
'Tlo,y never know that, ore they pass
; the gates
Of brony,o and Ivory, I tnlce my
way
To where, in his unlighted darkness,
waits
My desecrated, shattered god of
clay.
Jloforo t hulr golden gods my sisters
cast
Their fleeting blooms, the gladness
, of their years;
J- boar to my degraded god this lap I
Ciroat gift of silence and of awful,
tears.
T,heodosia Garrison.
Social Chat
During and sinco the closing of the
holiday season, I have boon given a
fcnl "shower party" books, letters,
poBl'uls," ' dtttVA- szi.. - Mn,d.ly yeraeni
brances, which mako me feel more
deoply my responsibility toward the
thousands who hold an Interest in our
mutual work on the Homo microa. To
bo deserving of this kindness, I must
nlitlm A !.. ... i i -Tv
ouivu iu kivo a tjoou reiurn. l would
bo glad to write to each dear friend,
personally, expressing as much grate
fulness as words may convoy, but to
do so would sorely cripple my work
on the department, so, dear frionds,
let my work for you prove how much
T prize the happiness of being your
editor.
Lot us bogin the new year and tho
new volume of Tho Commoner with
a determination to mako every day
of our lives count for good. Let us
believe tho best of each other and
, of ourselves, and lot us work upward
and forward toward our beautiful
Ideals. In tho main, llfo is what wo
mako it, and every day and hour is
but a part of the building, in order
to do our best, wo must make the
best of ourselves. Goodness and hap-
plness are largoly a question of
health, and ono of our strongest
duties, not alone to ourselves, but to
others, is that wo tako caro to bo
well, bodily, and to keep well. It is
told of a mother of little children that
slio insisted that she must tako her
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The Commoner.
epvtaerrt
Watts Wpi
regular daily naps, happen what
might; some ono suggcsieu me pos
sibility of "things" happening to her
little ones whilo she "napped." She
mot tho question with astonished eyes:
"Why," she said, "what could happen
to them worse than that I lose my
little naps?" So, I must ask you,
what could happen worse to your
family than that you should lose your
health, bodily and spiritually, because
of overwork and anxiety for them?
Among other things, let us resolve
that we will not whine, If things go
a little wrong; lot us shut our lips
tightly on the unkind criticism of our
neighbor; wo do not know her bur
dens, or why sho fails to reach our
criterion; let us treasure up the pleas
ant things and strive to forget the
unpleasant; let us, in short, open wide
the doors and windows of our souls
and let in the light and sunshine,
banishing all the foul broods which
occupy tho dark and musty corners,
and in every way possible, prove by
our struggling for tho "better things,"
that we are, ourselves, children of the
light, loving not tho contagion of
darkness.
For the Garden
Too many farmers and others who
live far from a large market are con
tent to subsist three-fourths of the
year on bread, meat and a very
limited supply of vegetables most of
which have to bo bought away from
the home, when they could just as
well have plenty of the best right at
thoir door, or in their own cellars or
root llOUSOS. If the trnrrion worn
planted in rows, so the horse and
plOW COUld be Used In it. nv nvnn Hmco
handy little wheel hoes, the task of
pulling the weeds from between the
plants would be verv smnii nnH nni,i
be done by a child. Tho time given-
uuiG-rcmnvauoH -would hardly be
missed, and even though It were, the
wholesome and palatable sustenance
to be drawn from it would more than
make up for the labor. Vegetables
and canned or dried fruits are greatly
to bo preferred to drugs and doctor
U1IIS.
Remember that spinach is a med
icine as well as a fnnfl nnri th n,in
should be sown as early as tho ground
can be worked, for tho summer crop,
tho ground to be heavily manured and
trenched, and the seeds to be sown in
Sl!fIS ?ftrJy in Marcu- Sowings at
ntervals from April to August should
bo made for a succession. Two ounces
of seed will plant Ave towb, thirty
to forty feet long, and the plants
should bo thinned out as soon as
s trong enough to draw, leaving them
six to nine inches apart in the row.
A half dozen good roots of rhubarb
slum d be set out very early and
ioti Tf?ili,beforo, settInS out the
Kots. If well cared for, a few usings
may be made the first year, but it
is best to wait until tho second.
very few farm or villas fnmniAo
grow asparagus, yet it is very easy
to raise. It is best to got strong
rn?iV? llle sprIng' but it can SI
raised from seeds, ono ounce of seed
"Simple Syrup"
cans toK8 PrefrfPtion usually
to the ?LiJ7' ,Bimnlex' in addition
Sii ?,.dlll?s t0..bG sed. This means
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it, pour two pints of boiling water
over a scant two and a half pounds
of dry white sugar; set the vessel con
taining it on a hot stove and stir
occasionally until it starts to boil,
when it must bo instantly removed;
if allowed to boil it will become thick
and sugary. Ono ounce of fluid ex
tract to three ounces of simple syrup
make tho usual medicinal syrup.
Some drugs are mild, and in these
cases, two teaspoonfuls of the medi
cated syrup may be used; others have
a great deal of strength and action,
and one-half teaspoonful will be suf
ficient. Tho usual dose is one tea
spoonful. Some stomachs revolt against every
form of syrup, yet cannot take in
fusions; under such circumstances a
vehicle for fluid extracts may be pre
pared by adding two ounces of jrly-
cerino to twelve ounces of a rather
thick mucilage of gum arable. This
is an excellent vehicle to be used in
stead of syrup when administering
remedies to persons suffering from
diabetes or obesity. Alcohol may be
used instead of glycerine, but it in no
way adds to tho curative properties
of a compound, but only serves as a
preservative or an extractive. Dr.
Reeder, in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A good healing cream is made of
one pound of best mutton tallow, two
tablespoonfuls of spirits of camphor
and a little of any favorite extract
to perfume. Fry out the tallow over
a slow fire; strain through several
thicknesses of old linen, add the cam
phor and beat as it cools to a cream,
adding- the perfume, if desired. This
is inexpensive and will euro "chaps"
for the boys as well as for the girls.
If you do, not keep sheep, get a
nice pipce of "leaf fat" from the
butoher.
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Grafting Wax
Answering "A Subscriber:" Five
parts of resin, one part of beeswax,
one part of tallow. Melt together over
a slow fire. When the ingredients are
melted and thoroughly mixed, pour
into a vessel containing cold water;
as soon as cool enough, work and
pull with the hands, until it is en
tirely pliable. It may be usofi nt.
once, or kept for years. Apply the
warm wax to the graft with a wooden
spatula, covering thoroughly to ex
clude air and moisture. No bandage
is necessary.
For "Splicing Graft" Molt equal
parts of beeswax and tallow together
stirring in a little chalk, if handy,'
but can be used without; whilo hot,
dip in some strips of rags; then tear
them into" strips suitable to bandage
the stock and cion. Let the stock
and cion be so covered as to prevent
the escape of the sap or the introduc
tion of water, and tho work is finished
A superior quality of wax may be
made of four parts white resin, one
part beeswax, ono part linseed oil
put together in an iron pot and set
over the fire until they can be easily
SGd J?80"1?' hy 8tirrinS with a
stick. The mixture should then be
thrown into cold water and manipu
lated by hand until the color changes
from a dark brown to a light straw.
It may then be formed into sticks
and preserved In any cool place until
instead of tallow makes a wax quite
as lasting, and morn onnw t.rrtir,i
especially early in the season. If but
a few grafts are to bo set, it is quite
KJS!SR.S,bXJ!:8tIck 0r tw at any
Another Method: Wax Is made ac
cording to the following formula! : Four
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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2
pounds rosin, three pounds beeswax,
and two pounds of tallow. These in
gredients heated and well mixed form
commercial grafting wax. A conven
ient way to use grafting wax is to
dip in it strips of calico or thin mus
lin cloth, which can be torn Into strips
easily, dried, and when wanted
wrapped around the graft to exclude
the air.
Sachet Powders
A good sachet powder Is made by
sifting together eight ounces of pow-,(
dered Florentine orri3 root, ten ounces -'
of powdered roseleaves, ten grains of -musk,
two ounces of lavender flower,,
and ten grains of civit. This is called '
a rose powder. This for sachets - for-, "
shelves and bureau drawers and.,-?-
clothes closets.
For the Baby
"The van ce-between necessities and
luxuries for a layette is so wide" says i?
the Lilliputian Bazaar, in speaking or-
the new baby, "that a list of the most'.?
necessary articles only can be given, r
and the mother must decide upon the- -quality
and number of each of the
garments. Bands, shirts, pinning
blankets, flannel skirts, night dresses; L
flannel wrappera, dresses, blankets,
socks, napkins, and bibs are""
the essentials, while there are many
other garments and articles of wear '
that add materially to the comfort of
both mother and babe. Upon the
quality and quantity of these gaK
ments, and tho additional bits.of' -
daintiness which every mother longs v.,
to add to her baby's belongings, sriU '
depend the cost of the outfit. :Thes"et
little garments can now be had ready-made,
so cheap in price and so daintily: V -fashioned,
that in many cases ,it- is ".
unwise for the expectant mother-'to""-'
at tempt the fashioning' of the tiny
garments with her own hands. FoV . .
both her own and the baby's, sake,;
she -should carefully avoid all.jcon- " -fining
occupation and strive to , in- ' - '
crease, instead of exhausting, her
strength by every available means..
It is best, too, not to get too many -articles
of each kind, as baby will " ,-
grow so fast "that others will soon 6e
called for, and it would seem wise;;
to begin with necessities, adding
others according to our like, as th.e v
darling demands them. Nearly every- .- '
thing, now, can be had. readv nriP - ;
a,iiu iium iuo plainest to tno finest; at
vooennoKln -..! 'ti C
vuguuuuiu in lues.
Bah'c Pnrl
The nursery basket in inton,ii fnlSSteF,
hold the articles needed for the baby?s T:
toilet, and may be made up as plainly -
or as prettily as time and taste shall ' J
allow. There are many kinds of ;t
baskets on the market, the tall ham-
per with the inside tray and space f
beneath for the dainty clothing; the'-V5
square, flat, or round basket, trimmed"
with ribbons and laces, with pockets "
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Anti-Pain Pills ;
will prevent, and also curp nil ., Wfefl&'
"1 pja rolresu tho Irritated com MoE,80103' -"
a trifle. I am clad tliorAiS8' lfc ?sta- stiou ,"'
people who must work, s oi or woii e tL'
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(IruffKlst will return your monev' n0-5?
Soaoses, 25 cents. Never solS in bullc k$r
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