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The Commoner.
VOLUME 7f NUMBER !5
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"Comlnfj Back"
There is no coining back.
, Tho wave Unit loll llio seashore with
n kiss
Returns In haste; bill shifting sands
Have changed Iho Hjiot forever more;
the iiitirmtii low
Of inoa ni iik. ohhliiK waves attest die
Irulli;
The steadfast miracles of Natures
round
Tho huh Unit novor falls lo rise or
sot
Tho quiet stars Unit ne'er forgot,
Tq light the windows of the sUy, for
f ea r ,.
Some worn and weary soul might lo.se
Its way
Without their light, or miss thorn,
coming home
Tho mystery of buds Of -waving
grain
Of ripened fruits; of shining, iee-
loeked streams
Each In their turn recurring. Those,
it is true,
Return; but. come they back to us?
Not so.
Are wo tho same we were at yester
day? Ah, no. Tho heart lias beat a few
more roll-calls
To the ranks of life, and wo have an
swered. Wo, who are older soldiers, now, and
worn;
Onco shining uniforms, arc thread
bare grown;
Our feel have wearied of tho march.
To us
There comes no more the things of
yesterday;
For wo are not the same or what wo
were
Wo have forgot outgrown. All
vainly now
We summon friends who were true
hearted once,
And pledged forever constant.
our call bring them?
From the grassy graves the si
summer winds
llrlng buck an answer,
graves
Strange graves, wherein no
there's answer, too.
There Is no coming back.
0, soul bereft.
' Selected.
Will
:hing
and from
body lies
1'ass on,
The "Jack of AH Trades"
but can ouarry and I
mould and bake tho
lime and weld their
together with many other
could do them all equally
Into a building,
dress the stone,
brick, burn the
own irons,
tilings, and
well.
Women, too, were "versatile." They
could do their part, in growing the fla
and cotton and caring for the wool
growing sheep, gathering iho vegeta
ble material and shearing the sheep,
preparing the product for tho wheel
and loom, and from the finished fabric,
cut. and make garments for the whole
fiinily, men and women, girls and
boys, and furnishing oven the house
hold linen.
Rut times and conditions have yo
changed that, even if they now
wished to do so, it would not be
lossiblo. Tho work has been distri
buted to many hands, and men ami
women alike are forced to become
specialists in their labors.
Another reader urges that the use
of intoxicants and tobacco is tho cause
of all the trouble. Hut there are
thousands of poor people who use
neither the one nor tho other.
Bedroom Slippers
There arc very few mothers who
do not indulge in a habit of prowling
about tho house during the night, look
ing after the comfort of tho careless
or helpless ones of her family, in the
matter of enough, or tossod-off bed
clothing, or to watch and check anv
incipient cold or cough, or other ali
ment that, she has cause to fear will
Income troublesome during tho night.
In these night prowls through
(haughty hallways, cold rooms and
over-cold doors, tho mother seldom
thinks of herself, and thus she invites
much personal discomfort, if not act
ual disease. To protect herself, she
should have at her bedside a pair of
thick bed-socles lo draw on as soon
as her feet, are pushed out from under
the bed-clothing. These may bo home
made, as plain or as elaborate as one
desires or can afford. Very useful bed
slippers, or socks, can bo knit just as
one would knit a foot for a stocking,
uftniK coarse woolen yarn, or even
doubled yarn thread. Scraps of thick
cloth, made like a stocking-foot, cut
out with two sides jlnrt stitched to
gether, or pieces cut from iim ,ii,
parts of tho worn-out or castot!
slstence to undo the work of years,
but it is worth while. Elderly wo
men who stay much at home do not
pay as much attention to their appear
ance as they should. If they did, there
would bo fewer bent forms and un
gainly iigures among the grandmas.
Tho habit of "lolling" should not be
indulged in, no matter how tired one
is, for sucli a posture does not rest.
It displaces the internal organs, crowd
ing the heart and lungs and inducing
general indisposition, besides event
ually deforming one. Learn to hold
the body in a correct position, with the
head well up and the shoulders thrown
back. Practice tho position every
time you think of it. Stand against
the wall with your heels, shoulders and
head touching the surface, and when
you lie down, throw away all the pil
lows, "and use only a very small one
when you lie on your side. Observe
how others who have straight forms
carry the body, and whenever you
walk, no matter if only across the
Door, see that your shoulders arc set
back, your head up and your body
upright. If your work forces you to
sloop, straighten yourself often,
breathe deeply and exhale the breath
slowly as often as you can. Decide
that you are not going to be old and
antiquated as long as you can help it,
and, if you are in real earnest, and
willing to take some pains with your
appearance, that will be a long time
in the future. We are told that we
can do anything we will, if we will
hard enough
top is just even with the top of th
wick-tube, to prevent the oil from
overflowing and gumming up the
burner.
When the inside of the lamp be
comes dirty, the oil should be poiuvM
out, and a teaspoonful of soda to a
quart of hot suds, with a little fin.
gravel or shot, should be turned into
the bowl and shaken well. Thev
should then be drained, and wipe I
dry, inside and out, and refilled. ITs
only the very best oil. It 'is tho
cheapest and makes the' brightest
light
One of our readers, commenting on router or fleeced underwear, or from
.o poverty and enforced idleness ro ?1l1l.!?.do,W1 picces of bliltots tho
found evervwhero. ,ionH . ! . fe1 .I1.00! I1?' mJter, so the foot
the
oe lounu everywhere, desniio ni
boasted "prosperity" of the nation,
oilers as a remedy, the teaching of
every child a knowledge of more than
one trade or occupation, so that, if one
falls to afford employment, another
could be taken up. As conditions now
are, this would be hard to do, as every
trade Is divided Into branches, and one
man Is not allowed in ir nniiin'3
work. Specializing seems to be the
order of the day. Resides, tho people
that are oftenest out of work are not
sufllelently versatile to do well more
than one or two things, and many of
them fail at oven one.
In the "old times," the "all-around"
worker was the rule. Among the
workers of the generation now pass
ing away are found men who couid
do, and do well, every branch of their
business. Many of these old men ,vo
carpenters, brlek and stone mason'
painter, glazier, plasterer, etc., and
good in all, and cannot only take tho
tree from the forest and convert It
mi .
xiic motner owes
to her family, for
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uko L S sicnuturo is ou each box.
wear Is imiiliiliin.
this to herself and
uiu most nroo mis nnccnuolnii s .
house should be the good health of
the mother so often neglected by her
self, and overlooked by those she
servos. A thick robe, like those sold
v. ... 1V- uuiuruuu oi. every wo-
SSill,iilndiJv,.U b0 f0llud Invaluable for
use if called upon to get out of the
warm bed during the night hours, for
whatever cause. These robes, like tho
bed-shoes need not be expensive, but
hoy should be found in every woman's
bed-room; they last a long time.
Do not neglect tho airing of the bed
rooms during even tho coldest days
On getting out of bed, do not netfect
;o toss ho covering off so tho sheet
"StooDine"
One of our readers, getting alonir in
form.
fTt- O nfi,l..l.i.
Tf !. 1 ... -' " OM1UKHL
il SHI! I1JIK "K nnnnrll i-
time, it will require considerable pe?
Do riot discourage either the girl or
boy in the matter of taking pride In
their personal appearance. No matter
if they overdo a little in their "salad"
days, time and developed taste will
tone it down. There are so many
dirty, slip-shod men in the world moii
who, before marriage were quite pas
sable as to cleanliness, but who allow
themselves to degenerate into
"slouches" that it seems a dutv we
owe to the boys to impress upon 'them
early the value of neatness, orderli
ness, and a due regard for the care of
the body. No dainty woman likes a.
dirty man, even though ho be hor
husband.
Remember the Lamps
Remember, that the half of litv
battles are fought out under tho lamn-
i i i7 J'B luu season through
which the family is drawn into the
closest communing, the light of the
home-hearth is that drawn from some
kind of lamp and, in order that our
light may shine, care must be given
aSsyinoSiUS th0 liShtiUt' a"
Nothing will quite take the place in
the prdinaryhome of -die good, oil
ourn.ng lamp. Gas, acotelino nnd'olec.
tncity each has its place, but the soft
ib the most soothing for the oye-s!ht
&rch lmrd study r s
Do not put up with a poor burner
or cheap oil, or a dirty wick Noffi
can ever take the place of good eyes
uMic, it is hard to retrain it- vv.i
fitted lenses may, InTloLvY-l
store the power of the eye; bu V?s
host to keep the organ In" good LoalS
by proper treatment. altn
The oil-bowl should bo filled each
morning, and the chimney cleaned
the burner should be boiled in stron
oap suds, or a solution of sal soSa
and water, often enough to keen if
clean; the wick should have Ptle
charred portion rubbed off with a soft
use, it should be turned down so tho
Floral Matters
nave you made your selection of
seeds? If so, did you allow for tho
late-blooming kinds those that fill
the interval between the beginning of
cool autumn days, and the coming of
cold weather? Among these are the
asters, and there are many varieties,
both as to color and form, and every
one of them is beautiful. If you do
not care for any special color," get a
package of mixed kinds, and they will
not disappoint you. Zinnias are love
ly, if seen from a little distance; but
the petals are too coarse and stiff to
be really beautiful in one's hand.
They fill in odd corners, or border by
paths with a blaze of beautiful color
until heavy frosts. Cosmos are lovely,
and make beautiful vase flowers, if.
the frost does not catch them. Chrys
anthemums should be planted early
and as soon as they get of any size,
should be transplanted, setting them
a foot apart; or they may be potted
and kept growing, pinching into shape,
so they may be taken indoors 'when
the cool nights come. Many seed
lings make inferior bloom, and none
but the best and most satisfactory
should be kept after the bloom shows
what they are.
Among the most satisfactory late
bloomers are the hardy, ever-blooming
xea roses, xney are very cheap; many
florists offer them "six for a quarter."
and ten cents each, or $1 per dozen,
the florist to do the choosing. 'Thoy
are seldom sent out until the first of
May, when they may be set in the
border or bed, and given good care.
As soon as they get established, they
begin to put out buds, and bloom at
intervals until a sharp freeze discour
ages them. If given good care
through freezing weather, they will
bloom abundantly the second season,
increasing in beauty and size every
year. They do their thriftiest grow
ing during the cool autumn months,
and literally cover themselves with
buds and blossoms.
Try to have some fragrant-leaved
plants. They "fill in" so deliclously
with the blossoms when making bou
quets. If you cannot have house
plants, have all the linriv VtonufTfni
things you can gather about you dur
um summer.
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Unleavened Bread
One of the best recipes for making
tiiis bread is hero given: Take what
flour is required for the number of
persons -to be fed. Add a little salt,
though tho quantity should be small;
wet with just water enough to mako
into a soft dough, stiff enough to l3
handled. Work and beat itthe more
uie bettor. Have your oven and pan
sissing hot; roll the dough into a cake
about half an inch thick, cut with a
biscuit cutter, and lay in the hot pan
and put into the hot oven. The oven
should bo hot enough so that the heat
Z L mstai!ll-L strike a steam-tight
crust over bottom, top and sides, and
thus turn the water in the dough into
steam, which tills crust retains, and
which puffs up all parts of the domrh
and ightens the bread. If the dough
is thick it will press out ths steam
leaving the bread heavy; but the criSt
AN OLD AND WELL TRI1QT) UPWR'nv'
SS whffe SPtILW b0- sd 'or olill-
ioi uiarrbcca. 'Twenty-live ceuta a botti.
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