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The Commoner. 9 I Home Department, Little Boy Blue. The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy arid stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new And the soldier was passing fair, v And that was the time when our Little B'oy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now don't you go till I come," he said, "And don't you malce any noise!" So toddling off to his trundle-hed, Ho dreamed of the pretty toys. ' And as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Littlo Boy Blue . . ' Oh, the years are many, the years are long, . x. But the little toy friends are true. Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, ' Bach in the same old place, Awaiting the touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face. And they wonder, as waiting these long years through, In the dust of that littlo chair, ' ' iWhat has become of our Little" Boy Blue Since lie kissed them and put them there. Eugene Field. The Holstcln Won. It is often asserted that the Jersey is better than the Holstein for dairy purposes, but in a con test conducted at the Nebraska state tair the prize was awarded to J. C. Doubt of' University Place, Neb.i whoso Holstein cow, "Sharon Queen," showed 3.4 pounds of butter fat to 87 pounds of milk. a In Norway. The young men of Norway are jubilant over a law lately passed In that country providing that in future any woman who desires to get married must present to the proper authorities a certificate showing that she is skilled in the arts of cooking, sewing, knitting, and embroidering. The young women are wondering why no certificates are to be required from men which shall prove that they are able to support their wives. Rye Muffins. As the mornings grow cool corn and rye muf 'flns and griddle cakes will be acceptable at break fast. The round Iron pans make a good-shaped muffin and are better for pop-overs than the ob long form; therefore, when buying a new muffin iron, select the round pans, which are grouped eleven together for convenience. A rule not new 'perhaps to old cooks, but safe to recommend to the beginners, is as follows: Set the iron pans on the top of the range to heat. Measure one cup of rye meal after sifting; add one cup of sifted flour, one-quarter cup of sugar, one half level teaspoon of salt, and three and a half level teaspoons of baking powder. Sift all to gether. Beat one ess, add one cup of milk, and turn into the dry ingredients. Beat two minutes. But ter the pans, using either a small brush kept for the purpose or a piece of manilla -paper, .folded. Fill the pans two-thirds full In depth, but which is really but one-half full, as the pans flare some what. Bake in a hot oven twenty-five minutes, when the muffins should be a little above the top of the pans and risen evenly to the center. Alice II. Whitaker, in Chicago Inter-Ocean. Mistakes of Women. One of the mistakes of women is in not know ing how to eat. If a man is not be fed when she is, she thinks a cup of tea or anything handy is good enough. If she needs to save money, she ., does It at the butcher's cost. If she is busy, sho will not waste time in eating. If she is unhappy, she goes without food. A man eats if the sheriff is at the door, if his work drives, if the under taker interrupts; and he Is right. A woman will choose Ice cream instead of beefsteak, and a man will not. Another of her mistakes Is in not knowing when to rest. If she is tired, she may sit down, but she will darn stockings, crochet shawls, em broider doilies. She doesn't know that hard work tires. If she id exhausted, she will write letters, figure her accounts. She would laugh at you If you hinted that reading or writing could fail to rest her. All over the country women's hospitals flourish because women do not know when to rest. Another mistake on the list is their constant worrying. Worry and hurry are their enemies, and yet they hug them to their bosoms. "Women - cross bridges before they come to them, and even build bridges. They imagine misfortune and run out to meet it. Women are not jolly enough. They mako too serious business of life, and laugh at its little hu mors too seldom. Men can stop in the midst of jierplexities and have a hearty laugh. And it keeps them young. Women cannot, and that is one rea son why they fade so earlythere are other rea sons, but we will pass them now. Worry not only wrinkles the face, but it wrinkles and withers the mind. Have a hearty laugh once In a while; it is a good antiseptic and will purify the mental atmosphere, drive away evil imaginingB, bad tem per and other ills. Buffalo Times. About the Baby. When the days grow colder don't wrap tho baby up in two or three shawls and then wonder why it sneezes at every breath. j Lt it get accustomed to have no blankets. or shawl about.it, and it will soon be able to with stand slight changes of temperature. If not warm enough, add another long-sleeved shirt, but do not wrap it up and keep it from the .pure air. Whea extra warmth is needed to relieve colic, a simple plan is the warming by means of an In verted hot saucer wrapped in flannel and placed over the abdomen.' This remedy will quickly give relief. Apply warm clothes to the feet and abdomen if there Is a severe spell of crying that cannot be hushed, and try giving a little hot water. This external application of warmth is often better than the customary, doses of peppermint, etc. But whatever is done for the crying spell, don't feed the baby to quiet it, unless it Is hun gry. It Is distressing at times to sit and see tho milk forced through the lips of a fretting baby in the foolish imagination that it must be hungry to cry so. Much depends upon the regularity of an in fant's time of taking nourishment, yet few seem tc realize this. The shortest time between meals should not be less than an hour and a half better two hours. But the important thing is to give the nourish ment regularly; whatever time Is chosen, do not shorten it because the baby Is fretful. Remember that very often it is water and not food that is needed to stop the peevishness of the thirsty little mite of humanity. Farmers' Advocate. Favorite Names. The favorite women's names In the thirteenth century were Alice, Agnes, and Matilda. There is scarcely a village where the" do not appear re peatedly. Some of the most amiliar namps'ln modern times, however, seem to have been but little used. Out of 100 women who were so un fortunate as to be mentioned in the rolls fpr'ono reason or another, and whose names have been counted, but two had our favorite beautiful name of Mary and there was but one Margaret. On tho other hand, Isabella, Juliana, Cecilia, and Petronil la seem rather high sounding. for medieval peas ants, but they were common enough. There is an occasional Euphonious and not infrequent Muriel or Alice and Botild, Alvena, Estrild, Edith and tho like testify to tho Saxon origin. Denver Field and Farm. lie Backed Out. A woman having a farm homo to look after and threo hired men to board, finding it extremely difficult to secure needed help in the house, worked up a nice little schemo with one of tho hired men. Tho plan was for him to -get married and live In a tenant houso on tho farm and he and his wife to board tho other hired help. Tho woman found a nice girl for him and the deal looked as though it would go through, when ono day tho young man said to tho woman; "I'd like to accommodate you, but I just dasu't take the risk." Denver Field and Farm. Looking: Out for Mother. One matter which all young girls should con sider, which is perhaps almost hackneyed and yot never unnecessary, is the question of reverence, all that is implied by the injunction to honor our par ents. To honor them is not only to obey thein; It goes farther and deeper than mere obedience. You cannot possibly understand the love that your mother bears you; it is a law of nature thr.t you should not understand. It is like no other love; peculiarly interwoven with every fibre of her being, not to be comprehended by any daughter of you all until tho day when you perhaps hold your own children in your arms. You must take it on tiust. But remember that this love of hers makes her acutely conscious of every touch of hardness and coldness in your voice; she misses tho kiss that you are in too great a hurry to bestow; sho winces at the argumentative voice with which you labor to get your own way; she dreads un speakably to lose your affection and respect. Do not begrudge tho tender word, the long caress, even If you feel a. little impatient of it all the while. You will long for it with a heartsick longing when U can novor bo yours again. And remember that hardness Is one of the faults of youth; you should strive against it as much as you strive against your faults of bad temper, or inaccuracy, or sloth. Be hard on yourself if you like; that will not hurt you. But you may regret it all your life that you have been hard on anybody else. The Watchman. i Just Be (Had. O heart of mine, we shouldn't " ,' Worry so! . - ' , i What we've missed of calm, we couldn't Have, you know! What we've met of stormy pain, ' And of sorrow's driving rain, We can better meet again, If it'- blow. Wo have erred in that dark hour We have known, When the tears fell with, the shower, All alone Were not shine and shower blent As the gracious' Master meant?. Let us temper our content With His own For we tfnow not every morrow Can be sad; So, forgetting all tho sorrow We have had, Let us fold away our fears, And put by our foolish tears, And through all the coming years Just be glad. James Whitcomb Riley. cr