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Oct. id, 1902
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it will be much more satisfactory for
.the. average, busy woman "with little
garden or window space, to order
mostly hyacinths, 46032385s and crocuses.
Narcissus are lovely the hardy, gar
den sorts, if they were as sure to
bloom as the others, but some sorts
just glory in disappointing the planter
in the matter of flower. Scilla Siber
ica, Glory of Snow, and the dainty lit
tle tritellias.with their smell of wood
violets, are all desirable, oven for
house culture. A half dozen of these
should bo planted in a small pot I
do not think crocuses will be as satis
factory indoors as out They, can bo
planted even in the grass on the lawn,
and they are beautiful.
"Wiion you. have finished planting
your bulb bed, sow one or more papers
of mixed petunia seeds over them, and
there will bo one beauty spot in your
garden from frost to frost
Border Land.
Wo are on the last quarter, while the
darkness creeps down upon us each day
' a few seconds or minutes earlier, at
nightfall, or lingers a few moments
later atHlay dawn. We get up in the
morning, feeling chilled and uncom
fortable, with a vague yearning for the
"glowing grate," and a firm resolve to
have an extra covering close at hand
when wo sleep again. We hurry into
our clothes, half inclined to hunt out
some flannel addition thereto; we
hasten our morning ablution, and won
der what makes the water so cold; we
gravitate irresistably toward the kitch
en fire, and, with a cautious glance at
the cook, suggest the possibility of its
' making her work lighter if we should
eat in the kitchen such cold mornings.
Mother looks at baby's blue lips,
and says it would be a good time to
set iit tnat little stove in the dining
room, aud tosolvea to overhaul last
''if year's woolens at once. The windows
are hurriedly closed, the doors Inhos
pltablv shut, and annoying draughts
stoppnd. Father comes In, looking for
"that old coat" Jie discarded last
spring, rubbing his numbed hands over
the blaze every time a lid is lifted, and
plans for wood chopping and hauling,
the necessity of "making things snug
for the stock" begin a sort of triang
ular dance before his mental vision.
The bo wondors If his "last spring's
Bh033" are too li.tlc for his feet, con
templatively regarding his red toes,
and thinks perhaps those skates,
TRUE IOOD
Always Cures Dyspepsia
Wrong food brings "penalties.
A lady in Lone Tree, Okla., found
this out. After suffering for years with
dyspepsia, she says:
"Many times I could not eat any
thing; sometimes I drank a little hot
milk, at other times the lightest food
distressed me so that death would
have been gladly welcomed as a re
lief. I was weak and listless and un
able to work for want of strength.
Two years ago a dear friend earn
estly recommended ma to try Grape -Nuts
as she had found it a most valua
ble food. I commenced to use it im
mediately and the benefit I received
in an incredibly short time was al
most marvelous.
Words cannot express the joy and
thankfulness I felt when I found I
was relieved of that dreadful distress
from indigestion that I had been ex
periencing after each meal.
After continued use, health and
strength returned; I began to enjoy
life and go among my friends again so
much improved that remarks' were
made about my good health. I sleep
well now, sit all day with perfect ease
and comfort and sew and work as I
like. I wish I could induce every suf
ferer from dyspepsia to use Grape
Nuts." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
which, last winter, were too large for
him, may just fit tho year's growth of
his "undcrarandlng."
lie slii-s turrcptitiously around to
tho barn to see if his sled is all right;
he dors iot remember clearly Just
whe-f, he left i tho last timo. the
"snow went r-ff, brt has trusted Its
care to P. c.i JdoLto an 1 Providence,
sjmol.uwr hi3 not felled him, it, has
been taken csro of, arm ho-flnds it all
right
Meanwhile, tho hot, steaming break
fast partaken of, wo face tho world
with renewed courage born of a full
stomach and accelerated circulation;
wo' iook abroad, to miss the tremulous
heat wave quivering along tho horizon,
and find distant objects assuming
strangely indistinct outlines as seen
through tho first faint haze of tho
year; we; think of tho brown woods,
tho scarlet maple3, the yellow "shell
barks," and possible nutting parties
loom up before us with alluring dis
tinctnus. Tho air is an elixir, and we
go at our tasks with a quickened en
ergy, and unusual buoyancy of spirits,
and by dinner time
Oh, well, by dinner time it is sum
mer again; the sun beats down from
a cloudless sky, and the cattle seek
the shady side of tho pasture trees;
baby has kicked off her s"hoes and
stockings; the boy has forgotten that
he ever needed shoes, or owned a pair
of skates. The dining room is so cosy
we think we wont put up tho stove
just yet; and we utterly scout tho
idea of dining in the hot kitchen; wo
open up the windows and spread wide
tho doors, and are glad we did not
bother about the old flannels.
When the day is done, and evening
draws us around the lamp-lighted ta
ble, there is a homely sense of fitness
in tho little blaze that dances among
the dry limbs in the open fireplace;
while the click and flash of steel need
les in the deft hands of the knitters,
make a pretty feature in the picture
which not one of us will ever forget
We are sure, too, to find the extra
blanket beside every bed, and if wo
neglect to spread it thereon, wo aro
morally sure it will bo found doing
duty in the morning, when we wake
up, for we solemnly believe "mother
walks in her sleep."
Nature'5 Lesson.
It was only a little, stunted Lom
bardy poplar tree that grew in front of
a small log cabin, on the little rocky
farm among the Ozark hills. When
the farm exchanged owners, and tho
new family moved in, no notice was
taken of the little tree, save by the
oldest girl, a child with fair hair and
eyes like the purple pansies that grew
so plentifully amid the rocks outside
the fence. Laughingly, she held up her
little hand until it touched tho top
most leaf, and said, "See! I am tall
as a tree."
The little tree laughed In reply, and
said, "I will grow and become as
handsome as I can, for you."
The mother, unlike her neighbors,
was a cultured, refined woman; but
this only made tne hard life a little
harder to bear, as she seemed shut in
from all things save a dull endurance.
There was always work, and the
mother occupied so much of her time
in the kitchen, at last took notice of
the little tree, as it formed the central
figure in her vision through the open
door. To her, it seemed to have
moods, too. How it grew and flour
ished! In the early days of spring its
tiny leaves appeared a shining, sil
very green, and its tender twig
swayed to the slightest breeze. The
mother said then: "My little tree has
Iti bridal dress on now."
So they watched it grow, interesting
in all seasons, and called it "Mamma's
tree."
Drouth did not affect it; but when
t-3 rains came, the branches, ladened
with heavy moisture, drooped, until a
gentlo wind would touch it, then tho
drops were liko tears, after which
its lightened limbs Would wave grace
fully and gleefully. Mamma said, "It
was grieved; but now ray little tree
is glad!" And she, too, looking at its
merry tossings, would smilo and forgot
her burdens.
Soon it was highor than tho little
white hands could reach; higher than
tho mother's eyes highor than tho
eaves of tho lowly cottage highor
than tho topmost stono in tno chim
neygrowing, always stretching up
wards; but It always kept its moods,
its tender youthful freshness, and it
laughed at tho pranks of tho wandoring
breeze, sobbed in tho storm, and
smiled in tho sunshine. Always beau
tiful, always brave, always reaching
upward.
One day a dark cloud camo out of
tho west Lightning flashed and zig
zagged through its inky blackness.
Thunders rolled, bellowed and died
away; a few drops of rain fell; a quick
gust, a scattering of leaves, and then
tho awful cyclono force, tho crashing
thunder, tho flashes of flame, tho inky
darkness. Tho little tree lashed,
twisted, twirled, bends until its top
most branches almost beat tho ground.
The terrified mother said, "My little
tree will bo torn up."
But tho -torm passed, and out of tho
awful trial, tho little tree rises, beauti
ful and unbroken, pluming its ruffled
leaflets, shaking out its twisted
branches, smiling always smiling as
it still reaches upward. And tho mother
said, "My tree has strength with its
tenderness; it is undismayed by tho
tempest What a grand old monarch
of tho forest it will make!"
Thus, day by day, season by season,
tho lessons havo been taught. Tho
tree has imparted strength because of
its strength; tender moods with its
tenderness, a wish and a will to grow
as it grew; a courage to resist despair
and to ovqrcome obstacles, by its
growth, laughing at tho rocky soil,
looking upward, reaching higher, ready
alike for sun or storm, trifling breezes
or howling tempests. And the mother
said, "The tree has taught mo many
lessons."
H. W."McV.
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Items of Interest.
The house of lords contains 590
peers, of whom 22 are dukes.
Connecticut has seven ex-governors
living. Massachusetts has but hree.
The stations built originally along
the Siberian railway have already
been doubled in number.
Factory girls in Leeds, England, go
to work fashionably attired, numbers
of them on cycles.
To facilitate tho calling up of ve
hicles telephones are to be erected on
or near all the cab ranks in Berlin.
The total of British emigration to
all parts of the world for tho eight
months just ended is 127,596; against
108,984.
About 620,000,000 crosstles are now
laid on American railroads, and 90,
000,000 new ties are required annual
ly for renewals.
By selling sand and shingle from the
beach at twopence a carload tho Yar
mouth authorities secure a revenue of
$2,000 a year.
The agricultural and pastoral In
dustry of the Argentine republic Is in a
critical condition in consequence of
long-continued drouth.
The camping grounds for civic and
military organizations at tho World's
fair have been laid out to accommo
date 10,000 to 12,000 men.
It takes a steamer a week to go
down the Russian river Volge from the
point where it begins to bo navigable
(Rybinsk) to the Caspian.
Among 600,000 laborers in Belgium
I Will Cure You of
Rheumatism
E!e No Money Is Wanted.
-After 2,000 experiments, I have
learned how to cure Rheumatism. Not
to turn bony Joints Into flesh again;
that is impossible. But I can cure
tho disease always, at any stage, and
forovor.
I ask for no money. Simply write
mo a postal and I will Bond you an
order on your nearest druggist for six"
bottles Dr. Snoop's Rheumatic Cure,
for ovory druggist keeps it Use It
for a month and, if it succeeds, tho
cost is only $5.50. If it fails, I will
pay your druggist mysolf.
I havo no samples, because any
medicino that can affect Rhoumattsm
quickly must bo drugged to the vorge
of dangor. I use" no such drugs, and it
Is folly to take thom. You must got
tho disease out of tho blood.
My romeuy does that, oven In the
most difficult, obstinate cases. No
matter how Impossible this seems to
you, I know it and I tako tho risk. I
havo cured tens of thousands of cases
in this way, and my records show that
39 out of 40 who got thoso six bottle
pay gladly. I havo learned that people
! general aro honest with a physician
who cures them. That Is all I ask. If '
I fail I don't expect a penny from
you.
Simply write mo a postal card or let
tor. I will send you my book about
Rheumatism, and an order for the
medicine. Take it for a month, as it
won't harm you anyway. If it fails, it
isfree, and I leave tho decision with
you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box 515,
Racine, Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, aro often
cured by one or two bottles. At all
druggists.
there aro 85,000 men, 25,000 womon
and 15,000 children under 16 who work
more than 11 hours a day.
Sixty-nino cases were treated at the
World's fair emergency hospital dur
ing August, of which 23 were cases of
injury, but only 3 serious.
A German medical journal reports
tho caso of a man who was attacked
by hay fever in winter because he
had cultivated hyacinths in his room.
Parts of London's old Roman wall
have been laid bare by the house
breakers now engaged In tho demoli
tion of Christ's hospital, Newgate
street.
Tho Catholic woman's union of
Franco is appealing to capable young
womon of that country to obtain cer
tificates and tako the places of the
nuns recently expelled.
All lagoon and watering work for
the World's fair is to be completed this
fall.- Macadam roads are being built
throughout tho grounds, so that bad
weather shall not delay work.
It would cost a man $30 a day to
live on mushrooms. On tho other
hand, 10 cents would buy sufficient
flour to supply him with enough food
to enable him to continue at hard
worlc
The Methodist church of Canada has
291,895 members, a net Increase of 2,
733 for the year, or 11,358 for the last
four years, or 122,092 since 1883, when
the various Methodist denominations
united.
The United States government life
saving station at tho World's fair will
stand at the inner angle of Arrowhead
lake, in the western part of the
grounds. The lake is 1,800 feet long,
and at the station Is 450 feet wide.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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