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vTn"vffnm'rM Hjs- iw !. The Commoner 16 - J&fcrPWvSHSOWv.w,,'!, If II f I I I I It- I I I VP? W S . r. w -. - j-ll JVItJ Ulil tl Cy X JB V IB H H m . H la- VOL. 16, NO. 4 ) Conducted fy tffelen Watts M?Ve Tho Best of Llfo Not till life's heat Is cooled, Tho headlong rush slowed to a quiet pace, And every purblind passion that has ruled Our noisier years, at last Spurs us in vain, and, weary of the raco, Wo caro no more who loses or who i wins Ah, not till all tho best of life scorns past The best of life begins, To toll for only fame, Hand-clappings and .the fickle gusts of praise, For placo or power, or gold to gild a namo ' Abovo tho gravo whereto All paths will bring us, wero to lose our days; Wo, on whoso ears youth's passing boll has tolled, In blowing bubbles, even as child ren do, Forgetting wo aro old! But tho world widens when Such hopo of trivial gain that 'rulod us lies Broken amid our childish toys, for then Wo win to self control. Wo mail ourselves to manhood, and thoro rise Upon us from tho vast and windless heights Thoso cleanor thoughts that are unto tho soul What stars aro to. the night. Spectator. Our Late Easter Eastor Sunday can not happen earlier than March 22, nor later than April 25th, but between those dates It has a range of 35 days. At the Council of Nice, 325, A. D., It was agreed by tho representatives pres ent that from that timo forward, Easter should fall on the first Sun day after tho full moon occurring on or next after March 21, and on every date between that and April 25th; but It is only at long intervals of time that it occurs on its extreme dates. In 1586 Easter fell on April 25th, its latest possible date, an ovont which had not occurred before during the 19th century, and will not again occur until tho spring of 1943. Tho last time Easter fell on its earli est date was in 1818; this will not again happen during tho 19th or 20th century. In 1895 it came very near to breaking tho century's early record, falling on March 25th. Tho date for this year is quite late be ing the 23d of April. Tho observ ance of Lent is a Catholic custom, principally, but it is becoming more and more popular with all denom inations in Uk Protestant religions, as tho yoars go by. Many beautiful customs aro observed on the day, and not the least of those is the celebra tion of the day with tho many uses of oggs, colored and otherwise. Crocheting May Baskets You can make tho prettiest little baskets for May-Day, with any sim ple basket pattern in crochet, of any desirable size. When it is finished It must be stiffener1 and pulled over a mold, or something in the shape you want your basket to be. To stiffen it, mix a quarter of a cupful of granulated sugar with sufficient water to make a thick syrup; let boil a few sdconds and remove from tho fire. Immerse the basket In the Byrup while it is as hot as tho hand can bear, and have it thoroughly soaked; then at once, while still very hot, put it over the mold, pulling it into shapo and being particularly careful to pull out tho pattern of the border. Fasten a string to the han dlo and hang it whero it will get dry, having the place cold. Be foro tho basket gets too hard, re move tho mold and tho string, and work it into tho shape you want it to be. Let stand for a day in a cool placo until thoroughly hardened, then brush all surplus sugar from it, and with a strong pin pick tho sugar out of tho open work that has become filled by tho syrup. Run a pretty ribbon in tho border for a handle, and tho basket will soon be as hard as china, but when washed, of course will havo to bo stiffened again. with care. They mako the house wife's work much lighter, as, instead of lifting everything, any piece of furnlturo can be pushed abour when removal is needed. Bedsteads should havo castors and they should be kept oiled and easily working. Get them this spring. Query Box Propagating Roses from Slips When by some means you have be-, come possessed of a bunch of roses from tho hot-house, or from some fortlinnln nolirhhnr'H annnlv nn rirtf throw away tho flowers when they are withered. Save at least the finest stems of the finest flowers; cut the blossoms off, and make a clean, sharp cut on the stem end; All a pint jar or jelly glass two-thirds full of fine sand building sand is good and push tho stem down into the sand, leaving one or two joints above tho sand; if possible, have two or three buds, or joints in the sand; the cut should bo just below the bud at the end. Keep the sand in the glass well moistened, but not sloppy, and put in a warm, sunny windpw. When well rooted, which it should bo in a few weeks, remove to a pot of rich, pulverized garden soil. If the weather is warm, the slip or CUttinC Will do hnffnr if rmf of . into the ground, having the soil pre pared as for any seed bed, then turn over tho plant a glass fruit jar, or jelly glass, or even a 'tumbler or wide-mouthed bottle, pressing, tbd neck of the cover well down into the soil. Then mniRtnn tho enn n about the glass, and do not uncover the plant; let the glass stay on it until the leaves are well grown, and this will show you that the stem has rooted. Do not at once remove the glass, but lift gradually, and do not disturb the plant the first year. These will mako good plants by next fall and will stand the winter with pro tection, if the parent rose was of the hardy class of ever-bloomers. Try this way, and' increase your supply at no cost except your care. Teas and ever-bloomers root readily from slips; the hardy June roses may bo ncreased by the same method, or by layering, or pieces of roots that have pushed up through the soil, with growing sprouts on them may he used The slips from tea roses should be those that have blooms on them, as this will show that the wood is ripened enough to put out roots. Helps for tho Housewife Try to havo castors in the legs of all your tables, the kitchen safes bureaus, stands, and other furniture which must occasionally bo moved JSSSf; TU? baU-beang eastern cost twenty cents a set of four, and with an occasional oiling they will move easily and noiselessly about tho floor. They will last a long time-, years Mrs. K. When bread is allowed to rise too long the yeast plants de velop a condition that makes a chem ical change in flour, and this change produces the stringy effect of which you complain. Sometimes the loaves are made too larce, and the center is not sufficiently heated to sterilize the mass, and 'he yeast continues to develop even after the bread is baked. The remedy is to allow only suffi cient time for rising, then make into smalle? loaves and cook thoroughly Without drying or hardening the loaf. Alice B The late Thomas W. Han shew used as aliases the names Ber tha M. Clay, Charlotte M. Braeme, and Charlotte M. Kirigsley, in pub lishing his hundreds of volumes of stories. One of his novels, "Dora Thorne," is said to have run through one Hundred editions. Mrs. Ellen K. Brazil nuts and pine kernels a- j particularly rich in oils which give warmth, keep the di gestive system, clear, and give the complexion a better color. Nuts, by weight, contain more protein than bread. They are said to be a partic ularly desirable food for all who have a tendency to rheumatic troubles, and in cases of mental strain and general nervous .disorders. , E. S, S. To clean blue silk, this is reco-imended: The cleaning agent, belncr verv inflnmTrmhi mnDf v. .i '--I -, jluukji, uc uacu where there, is no fire or flame of any inna. Have sufficient petrol to cover the silk when in a. basin, pat and squeeze the silk in' it, but do not rub, except lightly between the hands; as the "irt colors the petrol, change it for clean until the last is clear. A gallon of- petrol win clean several heavy dresses. The fluid can be allowed to settle after use, the clear poured off mu ubuu again; out it should not be used on light, or white goods after using on colore'. Use just about as you would gasoline, as it is of the same nature. Remember no fire! Candiea'Hortey Honey that has been stored in a cold place frequently becomes "can died," but it, is not spoiled by this To restore it to clear, liquid honey! lay somethingsticks "of wood, or wire frame U the bottom of a wash, boiler, if you havo much to make pver, or in a smaller vessel, suited to the amount you have. Put the vessel containing the thickened honey in the boiler, and fill the boiler with cold water as high about the vessel as the honey reaches; set over heat and gradually bring the water to a temperature of 140 degreqs; let it keep u that ' mperature until the honey recomes liquid, which it will in three or four hours. The water must not be allowed to boil, as if the honey is over heat&.both flavor arid color of the sweet -will be spoilt two ounces of dry ammonia, dissolve in hot water; one ounce of salts of tartar, three ounces of borax, one box of potash (concentrated iye) dissolve the potash in hot water, and mix all these with two gallons of water in a large bucket or tub, out in the open air. When ready to wash soak the clothes for at least half an hour in clear, cold water; and rub the worst soiled places well in warm soapsuds, then wring out and put in to boiler with the usual amount of water, containing a cupful of the so lution. Let boil half an hour, then lift out into a tub of cold water and finish as any washing; no hard rub bing is necessary. This is for the white clothes, of course, but colored clothes may be washed in the water after the white clothes are done, without adding any more of the washing fluid, using soap as with other washings. Apple Honey If you have more apples on hand than you can use before they may spoil, try this way of putting up the surplus for some other time: Place three pints, or two pounds, of sugar in a saucepan with one pint of hot water. Let boil for atiout twenty minutes, or until it forms a thick syrup. While cooking,, ,, the syrup, grate or scrape five-large mellow ap ples (do not use the.peelingfc or core). When the syrup .is d,one, pour in the apple pulp and boil for ,ten minutes no more. Then put into tin or glass -cans, boiling hot, seal, and set away. This should,. make three pints of the honey. , Another way to keep the surplus apples from spoking is to peel, core, remove all defective spots,, and can them, with or without; sugar, and you Will ,haVQ apple Sauce at. a mnmcmr'a notice when . in f,, a, hurry.. : To eke OUt til A ih'nnTnn1 rW ment" should be, gathered up and made into something fhnt. n a served later. Waste is the mother of Want, and they are an ill-favored pair at best. A Washing Compound 'i'S. ( Mrs. C. W. D. sends us the follow ing, which she recommends: Take" House-Blooming Bulbs Bulbs that .avj -bloomed indoors during the winter, or- spring.may be kept crowing until they shpw. a tend- GOOD WORK Proper Food .Makes Marvelous Changes ... Providence is sometimes credited with directing the footsteps by so simple a way as the reading of a food advertisement. A lady in Mo. writes, "I was com- fnllA t0 u retird ftom ' 'm school teaching because' I was 'broken down with nervous prostration. ' I suffered agony ih' my back and Jna ln dreadfully nervous condi tion, irritable, with a dull, heavy headache continually, had no .appe nd andTC0Uld scarly digest any ww W,as unable to remember what I read and was, of course, unfit for my work. rn",??ie d.ayi,as !f b Providence, I read the testimonial of a lady whose symptoms were imicti the same as mine and she told of 'how Grape-Nuts to try St hGr' 80 I c'oncluded t began witu Grape-Nuts, a little fiv ' aud a,cup of pstum. I stead rLlmP7vTyeVn both body d mind. Grape-Nuts has done more for me I ?EL allT the medicine I have ever m now wel1 aSain and able d anything necessary in my work. My mind is clearer and my body a mSZ aVver 0- "There's M Ever read tho ahovo letter? A new le "pears from time to timo. They interest. ' "" IUU tmman