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Speak tho Good Word
It Isn't thinking how grateful we are
Tor tho kindness of friends come to
bless,
Our sorrow or loss
'Neath tho woight of the cross;
""""It- 4s tolling our grat'ofulnoss.
It isn't tho love that they have in
their hearts
And neglect or forgot to rovoal,
That brightons tho lives
Of husbands and wives;
It is telling tho love that they feel.
It isn't tho thinking of good to man
kind That comes as a cooling drink
To tho famishing ones
Of earth's daughters and sons;
It Is tolling tho good that wo think.
It isn't tlio music, asleep in tho
strings
Of tho lute, that entrances tho ear,
And brings to tho breast
Tho spirit of rest;
It is only the music wo hear.
It Isn't tho lilies wo hide from the
world
Nor the roses wo keep as our own,
That are strewn at our feet
By tho angels we meet;
On our way to the great whito
throno.
tt isn't tho silence of hopo un
expressed .
-Thai heartens and strengthens the
weak
To triumph through strife
For tho great things of life;
It's tho words of good cheer that we
speak.
William J. Lampton.
achievements on
World's Progress.
original - lines.-
Women Inventors
Woman entered the field of inven-
Wings for Millinery Purposes
Cut off all tho flesh that can bo re
moved without damaging tho shape
of tho wing, and rub in all tho salt
that can bo worked into tho place
just cleaned of flesh. Cover well
with the salt and leave in a cool
place for a day, then brush out the
salt, rub in plenty of powdered alum,
lay tho wing out on a board and pin
it fast with tacks or small staples
Into proper shape. Cover tho joint
and feather ends with several thick
nesses of paper and press on it with
a heavy flat-Iron. When the wing is
properly "sot," the flat-iron may be
loft on it and left until it is thor
oughly cured. The flat-iron should
not bo hot enough to scorch the
paper. In the days of our mothers,
when the wings of fowls were
"cured" for fans, or dusters to sweep'
up tho hearth, or clear tho crumbs
from the table, the prepared wing
was laid on the hearth, or the corner
of tho stove, where it would not be
come unduly hot, and a heavy woight
put on and left until the end was
thoroughly cured. The tail feathers
were often spread and cured in tho
same way.
Then wash the whole head quite
clean with plenty of water, let dry
a little and comb, afterwards rub dry
with coarse towels. Then brush
carefully, when the hair will be
found perfectly free from impurities,
glossy and soft. Cosmetics of the
ingredients of which one knows noth
ing is often the cause of faded or
prematurely gray hair.
From tho same source comes this
recipe for restoring gray hair, which,
however, It does not fully indorse.
It is easy to try, and there is nothing
harmful in it: Take one part of bay
rum, three parts olive oil and ono
part of good brandy, by measure.
The hair must be washed with the
mixture every morning, and it is said
in a short time will make the hair a"
beautiful dark color without injur
ing it in the least, or staining the
scalp. The articles must be of tho
best quality, mixed in a bottle and
always well shaken before being ap
plied. Another remedy for graying
hair is this: Distil two pounds of
honey, a handful of rosemaTy leaves,
and twelve handfuls of the tendrils
of grapevines, infused in a gallon of
new milk; about two quarts of the
water will be obtained from this,
which is to be applied freely and frequently.
Hon a long time ago, and from her
brain has sprung devices of Improve
ment in all sorts of mechanical lines.
Here are a few typical cases: A sub
marine telescope of the year 1485
was patented by Sarah Mather; a
Miss Montgomery invented an im
provement in locomotive wheels; an
ingenious contrivance for deadening
sound on elevator railways was
brought out by Miss Mary Walton
of New York; in 1871 Miss Margaret
Knight of Boston was granted a
patent for a valuable paper bag-making
machine.
Conspicuous in the list of tho
American woman's Inventions are in
cluded a machine for driving barrel
hoops, a steam generator, a baling
press, a steam and fumo box, an
automatic floor for elevator shafts,
a rail for street railways, an electric
apparatus, a railway car safety ap
paratus, packing for piston rods, car
coupling, electric battery, locomo
tive wheels, materials for packing
Journals, and a boring machine for
drilling gun stocks, a stock car, an
apparatus for destroying vegetation
on railways, another for removing
snow from the tracks, a non-inductive
electric cable, an apparatus for
raising Bunkon vessels; a dredging
machine, a method of constructing
screw propellers, locomotive and
other chimneyB, a railway tie, a cov
ering for the slot of electric railways,
etc.; an astounding record, indicat
ing that where woman is free to
make her own way in the world, and
to employ her powera to the best of
her ability, she is no mean rival of
man in the high excellence of her
Shirtwaists for Men
It Is said that the "masculine
shirtwaist is coming into its own,"
in some large cities, as the heat of
summer makes all clothing a' matter
of concession 4o convention rather
than a necessity. Not so very long
ago, the man who had the temerity
to appear in public places, and
especially at public gatherings where
women also attended, would have
subjected himself to very undesir
able attention, if not derision; but
the sentiment is gaining ground that
the coat is an unnecessary sacrifice
of comfort, and many places are now
open to the shirtwaist man. In one
of tho churches in a largo city, the
minister invited men to attend ser
vices In their shirt sleeves, and said
he would occupy the pulpit in a like
costume. Many clubs and restau
rants have let in the man without a
coat, but most of the summer gar
den theatres still bar them, though
they may sit at the refreshment
tables. The general rule at all the
large clubs and restaurants Is that
the coat must be worn where women
are among tho diners.
Tho Window Box
Water must be given in generous
quantities to the soil of the window
box, and the plants must be kept
under control as regards growth and
form. Boxes that are loose at the
seams or Joints and allow the water
to escape, are not satisfactory, mid
the seams should be packed with
moss or caulked. A rainy spell may
flood the box, and the water be re
tained in too great quantity, unless
an escape for it be provided by mak
ing a- small hole in the bottom of
the box to be plugged when not
needed for drainage. Care should
be taken to water the plants In the
early morning or late evening, as
watering in the heat of the day, or
in hot sunshine will be apt to scald
them. Keep the plants free from
Insects, and the soil well stirred.
For tho Hair
An old-time recipe book has the
following: Absolute cleanliness, by
means of water alone, to commence
with, followed by brushing in the
direction of the hair itself in a dry
state, is the true method of giving
the hair all the polish it will take.
Oils of all kinds disturb the gloss of
the hair, and leavo it dirty and
greasy. Should the scalp be obsti
nately dry and harsh, it may be safe
ly washed with a cold weak solution
of green tea1, or with spirits of cas
tile soap containing a few grains of
tannin. Cologne water may be also
used.
The Hindoos take a hand basin
filled with cold water, and have ready
a small quantity of pea-flour. Wash
the hair in the cold water, then
apply a handful of the pea-meal to
the head and rub into the hair for
ton minutes at least, with some one
to add fresh water at Bhort intervals
until it becomes a perfect lather.
as she ever was. Tho willingness' is
according to nature. Necessity has
driven her into the field. But tho
hardest and bitterest necessity fre
quently has no poverty nor starva
tion about it. The fact is that there
are not enough men capable, or at
least willing, to offer the proper sort
of an existence to a woman. To
marry simply for the sake of marry
ing would frequently entail a sacri
fice, mental and moral, that woman
are rightly unwilling to make. What
is more pitiable than a' woman held
by an incompetent and inferior hus
band to a domestic existence which
is distasteful to her, while keenly
realizing that she is fitted for a
higher and more useful, as well as
a happier, existence? Home Magazine.
Gleanings
Our great world is self-adjusting.
There is a well established sequence
of consequences between sociological
causes and economic results. If a
woman's place is undeniably in the
home and nowhere else, then, sooner
or later, she will find her wav the.
Her invasion of man's province will
but force man to make her place at
home what it should be, If she Is
intended to Btay there. If condi
tions are to be ideal one place, they
must bo in another.
It is presuming considerablv unon
the fitness of things, to assert that
woman should, to her extreme sacri
fice, give up he.r ambitions as a' wage
worker to become a poorly-cared-for
wife because it Is supposed to be her
duty to do so. We hear a great deal
about woman's duties, divinely im
posed; it causes us to wonder if duty
Is entirely confined to women, and
has nothing to do with the masculine
portion of humanity.
Women havo become wage earn
ers not voluntarily, nor to attain
freedom and independence, but
through Bheor necessity. It is not
her apathy toward marriage nor an
enfeebled interest in' being taken
care of that leads her Into tho in
dustrial world. She is Just as will-
1 ing for somo one to take care of her
Candying Fruits
For candyingor crystallizing, the
finest fruits should be used, and
where possible, as cherries, leavo a
part of the stem on; strawberries
should have the hull removed.
Oranges or lemons should be care
fully peeled, and all white inner skin
removed, to prevent bitterness, the
pulp divided by pulling apart, or
cutting, and if the peel is wanted
candied, use separately, soaking the
peel in water, changing it often until
all bitterness is removed. LemonB
should be cut into thin, horizontal
slices, and oranges divided into
quarters. Pineapples should be
peeled and cut into thin slices, then
divided into quarters. Peaches
should be peeled and cut into halves;
sweet, juicy pears may be treated in
the same manner.
For crystallizing fruit, beat the
whites of three eggs to a stiff froth,
lay the fruit in the beaten egg with
the stem (if any) upward; drain
them, and select them, one by one,
and dip into a cup of fine, powdered
sugar; cover the bottom of a pan
with a sheet of fine paper and place
the fruit inside of it and 'put into
an oven that is cooling, and leaye
until the icing on the fruit becomes
firm, then pile on a dish and set In
a cool place until cold.
For candying, make a syrup of
boiling together a pound of white
sugar to a pint of water, until it
hardens on testing the syrup. Take
from the fire and dip into it the
pieces of prepared fruit, leaving in
the scalding syrup for a few minutes,
then take out and lay on a fine sieve
over a platter; let drain until cool,
when the sugar will crystallize on tho
fruit. Any fruit may be crystallized
(or candied) in the same manner.
Another way: Make a syrup of
three pounds of white sugar to one
pint of orange water, boiling a few
minutes; steep the fruit in the hot
syrup for two or three hours, keeping
it just scalding-hot, but not boiling.
Lift the fruit out carefully, drain,
and put on dishes or enameled pans
and set in the oven with the door
open to dry out the remaining mois
ture. Pack in layers with powdered
sugar between.
Odds and Ends
Smart calico frocks are much
worn, but the calico is not of tho
five-cent variety. French wash cot
tons are highly finished and look
very unlike their plebian cousins of
tho cheap-counter sales.
With the revival of crocheting
comes also that of tatting, and many
beautiful patterns are shown in the
magazines devoted to fancy work.
Neckwear, as well as trimming edges
and insertions are made with tho
crochet hook, the knitting needles
and the tatting shuttle. There is
nothing more pleasing as "pick-up"
work.
Nowhere does a woman's individu
ality express itself more decidedly
than in the accessories which make
Or mar Uor whnla annpn.rn.nce.
I Oftimea wo sea a gown upon which
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