The Commoner.
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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 33
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The Recompense
When tlio song has gone out of your
life -That
you thought would last to tho'
.ond,
Tho first sweet song of the heart,
That no after-days can lend
The song of the birds to tho trees
;The song of tho wind to the
flower
The song that tho heart sings low to
itself
Whan it wakes in life's morning
hour
You can start no other song
Not even a tremulous note
Will falter forth on the empty air
It dies in your aching throat!
rt's all in vain that you try;
For the .spirit of song has fled;
The nightingale slugs no more to the
rose
When the beautiful rose is dead.
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So the healing silence falls
On the bruised heart's quivering
strings;
Perhaps from the loss of all
"You may learn what the Seraph
sings
A grand and glorious psalm
That will tremble, and rise, arid
thrill, , ' ' ' '
And fill your breast with Its peaceful
" . i;" ,, rest ,
V .'.'That will all its yearning still.
1 I Selected.
been slighted or indifferently done
perhaps this slight is In the very line
where excellence is sought! So the
work falls away from the seeking
harids and tho worker is marked
"found wanting." The opportunity is
gone. Then the worker laments her
ill-luck, yet does not seek to know to
what it may be attributed. She takes
it out in grumbling at her customers
foj: non-appreciation, and becomes dis
contented and discouraged, and fin
ally, "does not care," and falls back,
indifferently, to the crowd at the
foot Oh, the pity of it!
"likened unto a wise man which built
his house upon a rock." Once one has
attained to this condition of mind, he
has become "lord of himself' and
master of the hardest of all kingdoms
to rule. Ex.
BreW made of whole wheat ground
(not bolted) so that the bran which'
contains the minute quantities of lime
is present, is best for all-round food.
Nothing is superior to brown bread
for bone and tooth-building. Bread
made from rye and corn meal is
fine.
pared for sleeping by braiding in two
loose braids. Sage tea may bo kept
sweet for some time by adding alco
hol, but that will ruin the hair, and it
is best to make it fresh as wanted.
In making cucumber cream, two
ounce jars, to be had at the drug,
gists, should be filled, a little rose
water poured on top, the lid screwed
on tightly and the jar set away in a
cool place, opening and using only
one jar at a time. Used from large
jars, the. cream will be apt to spoil
before the jar is finished.
, To increase the growth of the eye
brows, use vaseline; applying with a
little rush a soft tooth brush will
do, rubbing from the nose to the
temple.
Doing One's Best
One of our girls writes me: "You
recommend plain sewing and dress
making for girls who have their own
way to make, and who have taste in
such matters. Well, I am told I have
taste, and I can cet nlentv of work.
but the pay is so poor that I really
don't care whether I do the work
well or noL, If my customers want
good work they must pay me good
wages. As it is, I don't care how I
do."
And somehow, as I read the letter,
I felt so sorry for our girl! Not that
her work brought her poor wages,
but that she "did not care how she
did it." I wish she had told me that
whatever she undertook, no matter
what the wage or material, she did
me very best she could, striving al
ways to do better; that she valued
the commendation of her own inner
self, above all else, and would do noth
ing not worthy of her respect of self.
The world is full of the mediocre
the "average," neither good nor bad,,
and it is always seeking for the bet
ter and the best; and,, it finds it, some
times, in the lowliest places where
one would hardly think it could, be
found. It is In the power of many
workers to "go up higher," if only
they would reach for tho upper rung
of the ladder; but they "do not care;"
they toss off their work in any fash
ion, so it will hang together until it
gets well off their hands, and spend
their time grumbling because they
are not appreciated. And then, some
day, some one comes along who wants
the best, and is willing to pay for it.
The appearance of excellence In the
work attracts the attention, and the
one who is seeking honest skill take's
it In hand. But some little thing has
Very few are told frankly why and
in what they fail, or by what partic
ular act they are selected or reject
ed. But the one who makes pains
taking faithfulness in little things
her rule, is the one to whom the call
will come. By some unconsidered
trifle, the worker's skill will be ap
proved or condemned, and it is tho
one who makes it a business to do
her best, and sees that her best is
as good as any, who is going to com
mand the higher prices and be trust
ed with the finest garments. It may
take as much skill to fit the coarsest
serge as it does for the silk gown;
but it is the fine garment that is
paid for, and good work is demanded
for the money. .
City prices can not be expected to
rule the country dress-makers'
charges, and, ten to one, the city
dress-maker can give her work a
"set" and style which the country
girl will find it hard to imitate; but
there are thousands of women who
set good work and honest stitching
above the basted "style" of the fash
ionable costumer, and If the girl
forms the habit of giving "good meas
ure" honest work for honest naV.
her services will be in demand with
i a class who are willinc to clve her
the best prices, and she can gradually
work up a trade and reputation that
will leave her large margins in her
bills. It pays to do one's best, in
whatever walk we find ourselves.
AN OLD AND WBLL TIUBD REMEDY -.
M.u? WlNBMWBSOOTniNO SYI10P for child
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Growth Through Suffering
One of the deepest sorrows of par
enthood is to realize that no care on
their part, no admonition, no self
sacrifice, can keen from their lovGd
ones the necessity of walking their
ways alone through the" shadow-land
of suffering and sorrow; .to know that
each one must go through life un
profited by the experiences of those
who went before. Yet it Is better so.
Life's lessons are undoubtedly hard,
and oft-times the discipline is cruelly
severe; yet these experiences serve
as nothing else will to deepen the
nature, form the character, sweeten
the heart, ripen the mind and develop
the soul. All the discipline of sor
row and care tends to these ends, and
it is tne perfection of these things
which makes life worth the living.
After the storm of trouble there
comes a stage In human growth
yynvu one sees iamtiy at first, then
more fully that it matters little com
paratively whether or not one is hap
py and successful as the world esti
mates it, if only we have steadily
reacneu upwaru arter the ideals with
which we started out. From failure,
losses, sorrows and discouragements
there should be developed strength,
fortitude and determination, with a
peace of mind which is the best gift
this life can bestow. On these found
ations, the soul may safely build, and
"Si Days Shalt ThoU Labor"
While laws are made to( govern a
people, each person is the agent in
his own destiny; each conscience its
own judge. Each man and woman
facing this commandment knows how
it has been kept, and no man can say
of another whether he has or has not
failed. Many keep this law of God
whom careless on-lookers brand as
non-observers. As each understands
this law, in such degree is he re
sponsible; there may- seem but one
construction, but an Infinite God made
it, and who shall say what are its
limitations?
Indiscriminate labor may be made
a curse; the man who would follow
the plow as a common tiller of the
soil when his heart was far away in
the broader fields of the world, and
who was' obviously fitted for the lead
ership of men, would fail of his des
tiny. To every person is allotted a
particular task, and he can do no
other so well. Thus, not only must
w labor, but we must labor in such
'a manner as to increase our talent
or talents. Merely giving back to
the Maker "that which is thine own!'
will not do. We might work at a
mathematical problem for davs. vat
if we failed to get the right answer,
would not our labor have been in
vain? True, we might have the dis
cipline of thought; but the labor
would be lacking of effect.
"Judge not; the workings of his brain
And of his heart thou canst not see ;
What looks to thy blurred eyes a
stain,
In God's pure light may only be
A scar brought from' some well-won
field
Where thou wouldst only faint and
yield."
For the Toilet
A safe cold cream that can be made
at home is given as follows; Get from
your butcher the finest mutton tal
lowi cut it into bits and place in a
small saucepan, set this inside of an
other vessel containinc bollinc wa
ter; when the fat is tried out or
melted strain through a sfeve, and to
every cupful of the fat allow a tea
spoonful of camphor and ten drops
of carbolic acid, with enough of your
favorite perfume, to give it an agree
able odor. Beat ft well together, and
pour before cooling into small jars
This is excellent for a winter cold
cream, curing chaps and roughness
Sage tea is a delightful dressing
for the hair, and should be made in
small quantities, steeping only a
teaspoonful of the dried sage leaves
in a cup of boiling water, until very
dark colored; strain and use every
day, rubbing it well into the scalp
Do not use if at all sour. The -scalp
should be thoroughly wet and tho
head and hair be allowed to get quite
For Cleansing the Hair
For properly cleansing the hair,
the shampoo is better slightly warm.
There are many kinds of mixtures
used for this purpose, but some are
better suited to the particular head of
hair to be cleansed than others. One
that is perfectly safe, however, is
the egg .shampoo one whole egg
beaten well into one pint of slightly
warm water. This is usually pre
ferred for dark hair, as the egg con
tains a coloring matter in the form
of sulphur and iron which tends to
darken the hair.
A fine mixture for brown hair is
made by using one cupful each of
aromatic vinegar and water, an egg
and a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of
soda; beat the egg and soda together
and add the diluted vinegar. Another
egg shampoo mixture is made by
beating one egg, adding a teaspoon
ful of quite warm 'Water, a small
teaspoonful of chlorate of potash and
twenty drops of violet water. An
other shampoo is made by1 placing a
cake of pure soap in a vessel, pouring
over it a pint of boiling water and
stirring about until a good lather is
made; then take the soap out and
use the lather after letting, it cool to
blood-heat. ' ,
For the cleansing, pour the slight
ly warm shampoo mixture (of any
kind) over the scalp just a tiny trifle
at a time, rubbing the scalp at the
same time with the tips of the fing
ers; when the scalp is thoroughly
clean, pour the balance of the mix
ture over the long hair, and, com
mencing near the roots, wash it gent
ly downward toward the end With the
palms of the hands, as you - would
wash a piece of cloth. Thorough
rinsing is important, and it can be
done, by holding the head under a fau
cet, or using an inexpensive spray,
or by having water poured over the
scalp and hair, allowing it to wash
out every bit of the shampoo mixture.
Use soft, warm towels for drying, and
finish the process by letting the hair
hang loose in the air or sunshine.
Dry, brittle hair requires quite dif
ferent treatment to that which is oily.
Soda, potash, ammonia and salts of
tartar are all bad for dry, brittle
hair. For this, the egg shampoo is
best. The hair does not need a
weekly, nor in many cases, a monthly
shampooing. Ammonia will bleach
the hair, and alcohol is said to kill
it. Borax should not be used on dry,
rough hair. A teaspoonful of almond
oil should be used in the last rinsing
water for such hair. Home Queen.
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Pie-Plant Jelly
Usually the pie-plant "patch" is in
fine feather about now. and a reader
says "Pie-plant je.lly is equal to that
made of currants, if made right. A
porcelain kettle is better than gran
ite, as It is thicker, and the juice,
BETTER THAN SPANKING
Spanking doos not euro clilklron of bod wottlw?.
If It did tuord would bo Tow cblldron thnt would do
It. 'riioro Is rv constitutional cause for. this. Mrs.
M. Summers, Hoxll8, Notro Dniuo, lnd., will Bond
lior homo treatment to nny mothor. Slio asfcs no
monoy. Wrlto bor today If your cblldron trouuio
you In this way. Don't blamo tho child. Ta
chanoos aro It can'tholp It
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