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The Commoner
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suspended In the crock just
above the water will keep the con
tents cool.
To remove mud stains from white
silk, wash the goods in gasoline,
but' in this way: If the goods are
much soiled, rub on white soap and
then let lie in the gasoline for some
bours before rubbing out, closing
tho vessel tightly to prevent gaso
lino from evaporating. Then rub
out, when clean, rinse in clear, fresh
gasoline to make sure it will not
streak. The gasoline in either case,
may bo allowed to settle ana pourea
off and bottled for future use.
Walls of old houses frequently
have a musty, bad smell, even
though freshly papered. Try this:
Before removing the old paper, wet
it thoroughly that it may peel off
smoothly; then, before putting on
tho new, add at least a teaspoonful
of carbolic acid to the paste to be
used with the new paper. This will
kill all germ life, as well as sweeten
and prevent the musty odor.
For cleaning and brightening rugs
and old carpets, give, first, a thorough
sweeping; then wring a clean mop
out of water containing a little am
monia, and wipe tho carpet over
well; go over it two or three times,
if tho floor covering is. very dirty;
then dry and relay.
The True and the False
The president of a bank, when
asked by a young clerk how he could
distinguish the counterfeit bills from
the good, said: "Get familiar with
the good bills, and you will recognize
the bad bills at sight."
Here is a vast volume of general
wisdom summed up in a single sen
tence. This homely advice applies
not only to the detection of counter
feit money, but with equal force to
the detection of counterfeit in all'de
partments of life.
The man accustomed to handling
only good corn, good potatoes, good
diamonds has no difficulty in ae
tecting the faulty. He does it intu
itively. Even without recognized
thought he fixes upon the fault. The
skilful egg-candler passes good eggs
before the light with a rhythmic ra
pidity that is amazing, but an im
perfect egg instantly breaks his
routine and interrupts his process.
To the trained musician, accustomed
to high grade work, a false note
comes like a stab of pain.
In any occupation or line of en
deavor, any man fully engaged in
doing the right thing will have no
difficulty in recognizing the wrong.
Right and wrong are as far apart, as
unlike, as day and night; and he
that is most accustomed to the light
is quickest to note the shadows.
There is only one way to know the
bad, the imperfect, the false, and
that is by knowing the good, the
perfect, the true. The Christian
Herald.
faces, this is highly recommended:
f;f ,?C d' seven graIns5 camphor,
ESS"?0 X Unco; rectifled spirits
one-half ounce. The doctor whoso
on Ii UHU nuitio; second:
tahU,h,fCamp?r 8h0Uld b0 Solved
h n.'.f " ,n tU BCUlP' th haIr mUSt
bo cut from around the. diseased
patch, and the lotion painted on
, and mornlne; fourth, tho
ye lowish powder forming on tho
skin must be lightly washed away
-...w True, lo insure rresh appli-
w0 luuumng tno scalp; sixth,
loose hairs must bo removed care
fully not to break them off. For
ringworm on the face, turpentine or
iodine should be applied frequently
during tho day.
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Bits of Information
For cur'ng ringworms, which so
often disfigure school children's
v3
For Headache
More Thut 2S Ynti oa the Market
Used Wherever Heads Ache
AN APPBAIi FROM HOLLAND
Tho Commoner has received for
publication the following appeal
from Holland Christians:
"To our Fellow-Christians in Amer
ica: "With cordial, brotherly greetings
-to all, Christians In Holland have
applied to the undersigned with the
earnest request that the Christians
of our neutral countries may press
forward and stand before their na
tions with an appeal for constant
prayer for peace. They wish all
Christian people to unite in a pow
erful, though humble entreaty for
peace before the Throne of our Lord.
"We are fully prepared to comply
with their brotherly request.
"That is why we transmit this ap
peal to the American papers for their
kind perusal and tho occasional pub
lication of the same. In this way we
trust that the readers- in their turn
will do their best to spread tho ap
peal by recommending its being read
in the pulpit, or in congregations, or
else by discussing it in their Chris
tian unions.
"May God, the Father of Peace,
support our prayer."
Urgent Appeal to All Neutrals to
Join in Prayer for Peace
We neutrals who have hitherto
been spared the horrors of this war,
should go down on our knees to God
for the sake of our unhappy fellow
peoples in order to beseech Him to
restore the peace which was so ut
terly forfeited by us.
For in the eyes of God peace was
forfeited by the world, both by those
nations that are still enjoying it, as
well as by those who have lost It,
for the following reasons:
For having forsaken the Christ of
the Holy Scriptures; for rejecting
the principles of God's Holy Word
in political life; through the number
of Injustices prevailing among the
people at large; through the world
Uness characterizing the commerce
f ri,0 trim believers themselves.
Let each of us, therefore, look
Into his own heart, inquire into his
own life, and most humbly bow him
self down before the face of the Lord,
for his own sake and for those dear;
est to him, for the sake of his own
nation, as well as for those that are
at LeT this be done daily, each one
separately and as often as possible
9.e?a.,ai L 4 in thfi shane of sep-
arte bodies of believers or publicly
rcnurches; in order acquit
ourselves of our duty
ger of death and Jhat the Lordfor
eVe??' -y noikewise send the
sword to us! beseech
jrcrcx tmircr i 'jc- - .
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The Eyes of America
Turned on Her Farmers
h, T lost the American former oc
cupies his rightful place in the
esteem of the world. Manufac
turers, mercluints, bankers and city
dwellers of all kinds heretofore have
taken their food for granted and
have overlooked the man behind
the plow the man who feeds them.
Conditions today are such that the
pro&ueerol foodstuffs is recognized
as the mightiest force not only in
the welfare and prosperity of the
nations of the world but in the
very existence of nations and their
peoples.
A noticeable feature of the situa
tion, which has shown the Ameri
can farmer to be on a high moral
plane as well as holding an import
ant industrial place is the fact that he
hasnetahen ad vantageof conditions
to extort unreasonable prices from
his fellow Americans. He has pa
triotically increased his production
in order to prevent famine prices
instead of keeping production down
to force prices up.
He has shamed the food speculator
though unfortunately his example
has not been followed by all manu
facturers particularly among the
makers of so-called luxuries; though
many big manufacturers in this
country have followed the farmer'
lead.
One of the most noticeable case
among those who have kept kith i
that of the makers of Coca-Cola,
In spite of the enormously high
price of cane sugar the principal in
gredient of Coca-Cola: and in spite
of the higher cost of its other in
gredients the Coca-Cola, Company
have not raised the price to con
sumers nor lowered the quality of
that delicious and rcfresliing bever
age one iota. like the farmers they
have kept faith with the people to
their own cost.
Perlwps the lessons of fair-dealing
and helpfulness that the heads of
that institution learned as boys on
the farm (for they are products of
the soil) liave strengthened them
to stand firm in this crisis. So let
us rerncmber that the beverage
Coca-Cola, knpwn as the National
Beverage because ottts great popu
larity, lias proved itself indeed na
tional by doing its bit to keep down
the cost of living.
cording to: St. Matth. 18: ID, 20, or
7: 7-11; St. Luke 18: 1-8; St. John
14: 12-14, or 15;7; or 10: 23-24;
St. Zach. 4: 6b; trusting that the
first stirrings of peace may be tho
sure signs of a lasting peace that is
soon to come. , ,
"And they pressed forward to Him.
like a stream, and their faces have
not become red with shame." (Ps.
34:6, "Dutch version.)
May God the Lord ordain that this
war, which is a disgrace to Heaven,
mankind and Christianity, be brought
to a speedy close.
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