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Off. TALLAGE PP.RACHES ON ftEU
OION IN 0U3INE99 AND SOCICTY.
WtmlKVr Yon tin, l,vl II Hi l the
filory nf Uml There In No Work Tim
Rmnll itr Ton limit fur llm Hplrll if
ClirMlitiilt).
RltooKt.YN, .Inn. 'Jl.-Dr. TnlmiiKo's wr
ann this mornliiK wu uu tho topic on
which ho l never llnil of IiixNiIhk, and
which, niotv tliuii iiuy other, eoiiM Utiles
kj. iiitwMKP lotliN iti'iii'riitloii-thu niipll
eat inn of rrlluhm to 'ho iiirnlr of dully
life. Ill Iom win liikiii from I tnrlntliliiiw
x. Al. "Whether, therefore, ye ent onlrlnk. '
or whntxouvur ye iio, no ail to me xiury 01
Gal."
When thonpoitlu In hli text HotH forth
tko hlen thut do I'oiiiuiou nu notion us tlui
Uktntt of food uiul drink Ntoho louiluutiil
totiwKlnry of (IihI, he proohilniH the I lit
porUiticonf ivIIkIoii In tliMiirilliinry nlTnlm
of our life. In nil tine of thu world I hero
hiw liwn it tenileiitiy lo net npitrt ci-rtiiln
dyn, plnce mid ocii'mIoiih for womhlp,
and tothluk iIiomo were the chief leiiltui
In which ivllijlon wim to net, Now, holy
dy mid holy pline luivo their linpor
tanco, Thoy iilvoopiMirtiinlty for especial
performance cf ClirNtlnn duty, mid for
reiilliiK of llu' rellulotnt itppetlto, hut they
cannot tnke the plnee of coiitlnttoiiH vxer
olMof fnlth uiul prnyer. In other onU,
a nimi cnutiot hu ho much of it Uhrlnthiu on
undity tlml hu can nlTord to hu it world
Unu nil thu iwt of t he weuk. If n Hteittuer
utN out forSouthiiiuptou mid xw one day
la tlml tfln-ct Ion mid thu other hIx ihtyx In
ether direction, how Ioiik huforu thu
atmmer will m-l to Houthmuptouf It will
BTer net tluvi!.
And thoitj;h n iinttt may hwiii to ho voy
agliiK liwtveuwnnl durliiK thu holy Sab
bath day, If during tho following nIx ilayn
of tho weuk he U KoluK towanl the world,
and towanl tho llexh, and towmnl thu devil,
1m will never ride up Into thu peaceful har
bor of heaven, You cannot ent mo much at
the Hahhath hampiet that you can nirord
tallitloiiN ahitltieiicu the other mIx dayK.
BarolNtii mid princely hchavlor on Kreatou
aanlonN aro no apology for lack of rlnht ilu-
aaemior In ulrciiniHimtceM liiHlKitltlcant mid
iMoimptoiiouH. Thu Kentilue ChrUtlan llfo
la not annHiuoilIu: doe not o hy flu mid
atarU. Htollaon throtiKli hivitatid cold up
taap niottiitnlni and nlotiK daiiKeroiiH do
UvltltM.JlM eye on the uvcrliftlntf IiIIIn
atowmtl with the caMhs of the blessed.
I propose this ittornliiK to plead for it r
Uglon for toda)',
TIIK HI'IIIIT (IK IIKI.IOIOS IN flOCIKTV.
In tho llrst place, wo want to hrliix the
rallKlon of Christ Into our conversation.
When a dam hreaks, and two or three vll
Uge nro overwhelmed, or an earthquake
la South Aniorlca hwhIIowh a whole city,
then Hoplu hcitati to talk ahoiit tho uu
wtalnty of llfo, mid they ImaKlnu that
they aro onKnsl In positively rcllKlou
eaverHatlou. No. You may talk aliotit
taene thluK and have no uraco of fltxl at
all In your heart. We ouxht every day to
be Ulklnir rellirlou. If there Ih mtythluii
glad alMttt It, mtythltiK In'mitlful ithout It,
aaythliiK Important uhout lt,woouht to
be continuously iIIhciihsIiik It, I havo no
tteed that men, Just In proportion as their
Christian oxtMirleiico Is ahallow, talk nlxntt
taaeraU mnl uraveyanls and toinhstones
aw) denthlMxR The tvnl, Kenulne Chris
t(au man talka chlelly uhout this life mid
the great eternity heynitd, mid not ho much
bout tho IiikIkiiIIIcuiiI pais U'tween these
two rwililences. And yet how few circles
there art' wherv the rollulon of .lesus
Christ U welcome,
Uo Into h circle oven nf Christian ieople,
where they are full of Joy mid hllarl.y.aud
talk nhout Christ or heaven ami evcrythliiK
la Imtnedtatelr Hllencisl. Ah nit a hiiiiiiiioi
4ay, when tho forests arc full of llfo, chat
tar and chirrup and carol a mighty chorus
f bird harmony, every tree hraitch att or
ahoMtra If n hawk appear In the sky every
voice etopa and tho forests are still: Just ho
I have eeeu a lively religious circle Hlluncud
a the appoantnee of anything like roll
gtoue oonvermulou. No one had anything
w aay, aave, perhap, tome old patriarch In
tbe eoraer of the room, who really thinks
that aomethlng ought to be uald under the
kwrnetaaoea, to be puts one foot over tho
ibar aad heavea a long ilgh. aud wiyn.
MOb, yea; that' ao, that eol"
' My frienda, tbe religion of Jesut UhrUt
,la aamethlBg to talk about with a glad
beart, It l brighter thau tho watem; it
laatora cheerful than tbe nunshlne. Do
at ge arouad groaning about your re
HftM when you ought to he Hinging It or
taulag It In (heerful tone of voice. How
aftaa It la that we And men wboee Uvea
Ma Utterly laoonnlstent, who attempt to
tatt religion, and always make a failure
a HI My friends, we ititiHt live rellKtou.
ar waeanHot talk It. If a man U cranky
aa4 crone and iincongenlal and hard In
bla riimllnifii, and then Iteglua to talk about
CbrUt and beaveu, everylwdy U repelled
bf lu
Yet I have heard euch men aay, In whla
lag teaea, "We are mlHorahle Hlnnoni,"
TOt lord blew you." "The linl have
Mrcyon you," their convcrHittlou Inter
larded with nuch exptvHslons, which mean
atblag but canting, and canting In the
want form of hypocrisy. If we have
really felt the religion of Christ In our
hearw. let tin talk it, and talk it -with
lUamlnateA countenance, remembering
that when two Christian people talk God
gtrea eMpeclal attention and writes down
what they nay, Malachl III, ID, "Thou
iaey that feared tho l-ord sptke often one
to another: and tho Iinl barkened nul
heanl It, and a liook of remembrance was
written."
THB 8MALLK8T ACT MAY UK PONK AS toll
ODD.
Again 1 remark, we must bring thu re
Ugiou of Christ into our employments.
"Ob," you nay, "that Is very well If a man
handle large minis of money, or If he have
aa extensive tntlllu, hut lit my thread mid
eedle store, in my trimming establish
BMUt, In the humble, work In life that I am
tailed to, tho sphere In too. small for tho
aatlou of such grand, heavenly principles."
Who told you no? Do you not know that
sod watcbea the faded leaf ou tbe brook's
amrfaoe an certainly aa be doe the path of
Uaalag aaaf And the iuohh that creeps
p tba aide of the rock makes as much lm
pmatten upon God'amlml as the waving tops
tt Oregoa pine and lebanon cedar, and
- the aider, crackling under tbe cow's hoof,
aouads aa load In God's ear as tbe snap of a
wartd's ooHflagratlon.
When you have anything to do In llfo,
hawever humble It may seem to be, God It
always there to help you to do It. If yoji
wark In that of a fisherman, then God will
you, aa he helped Simon when lie
nd GetMMKaret, If your work Is draw
water, the be will belt) you, an when
fea talked at tat well curbtotheSamarltau
If you are eBgaged In the custom
be will lead you, aa he led Matthew
at th reoelat of customs. A roll
tat to nv.t wood la oae place la not
awrtbtaet lar.otber pbtce. Tbe man
lababaaettlya day's wages la his pocket
aartaialy,aedstb guidance of rellgioa
key
11 li
of n Imiik mi I
could mIhwhi
Iim nl ihilliirs,
coiiM iilm-nuil with
minimi Ihoilnntil
There nro tli oc prniiitneiil In ilmulitirvh
ti who hi'uiii to In on public weu-dum vui
ili'vonl, uhoilo not put tin- iiiliu-lplet of
ClirlM'd reunion Into practice. Tlinyivw
tin' moxt jiiaxnnihlu of creditor. They mv
tlic mint KrnipliiK of ih'iilm. They it re
known us kliiirporN on tin street. They
Metre uvury sheep tlii'y win witch. A cimm
try nierchiitil comes In to liny spring or fill'
KooU 11111I lie net Into tin' store of oni' of
these profi'iMi'il Christian int'ii who have ro
ally no kiiicc In their nuirts, uiul tin Is com
plutoly swindled. Hu N bo overcount tlml
ho riinnot net out of town during the week.
lie stays In town over Huuihiy, koiw Into
h'iiiiii church lo wiit UlirWtluii t-niiMil.itloii,
when wlml Ik liN nniiietiiiiut to llnil Unit
the very limit who liituiN hliu Hie poor Iijx
In lm ehitruh Is thu one who relieved him
of his money! Hut never mind, thu deacon
lias his black coat on now, llu looks sol
emu and goes home talking about "the
blessed senium,"
1IIK VVIIKAVANI) CHAFF NOW MINOI.KD.
If the wheat In the churches should he put
Into a hopper, the llrst turn of the crank
would make the chalT lly, I tull you. Some
of thesu tiiiMi nro great sticklers for Gospel
iinmchliig. Thuy sayt "You stand theru lu
iiauils and stirpllcu and gown and preueli
preach like an angel, and wo will stand out
hero mid attend to business, Don't mix
things. Don't gut business and religion In
thu same bucket. You attend to your
mutters and we will attend to ours."
They do not know that (bsl sees uvury
cheat they have practiced lu the, last six
years; that hu can look through thu Iron
wall of their llruproof sufe; that hu hat
counted ovury dishonest dollar they have
lu thulr pocket, and that a day uf Judg
ment will come. 'I'll use Inconsistent Chris
tian men will sit ou the Bahhalh night In
tiie house of (lod singing at the close of
the service, "Hock of Ages, cleft for me,"
aud then when the IsMicdlctlou Is pro
nounced shut the puw dour mid say its
they go out, "UiHxIby, religion, I'll be hack
next Sunday."
I think that the Church of God and the
Sahhath are only an armory whore we art'
toget weapons. When war comes, If amiiii
'Wants 10 light for his country ho docs not
go to Troy or Springfield to do battling,
but he gis's theru for swords and muskets.
I look upon tho Church of Christ and the
Sahhath day us only tho place and time
where and when wu aro to gut armed for
Christian coulllct: but thu battlefield Is on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday ami Saturday. "St. .Martin's" and
"Lenox" and "Old Hundred" do not
amount to anything unless they slug all
the week. A sermon Is useless unless wo
can take It with us behind thu plow and
the counter. Thu Sahhath day is worthless
if It last only twenty-four hours.
Thure are many Christians who say
"Wo are willing to servo God, hut we do
not want to do It In these spheres about
which wu are talking; aud It seems ho In
slpld and monotonous, If we hud some
great occasion, If we had lived In thu time
of l.uthor, If wu had heuii Paul's traveling
companion, If wo could serve God ou u
grout scale, wu would do It, but wo can't
lu this ovoryilay llfo." I ailmlt that a
great deal of tho romance and knight or
rant ry of life havo disappeared licforo the
advance of this practical age. Tho ancient
temples of Huiteu have been changed Into
storehouses and smithies. The residences
of poets mid princes have hecu turned Into
brokers' shops. Tho classic mansion uf
Ashland has bouti cut up Into walking
sticks. The groves where the poets said
tho gods dwelt have Usui carted out for
firewood. Tho muses that wo used to rend
alsmt havo disappeared Iwforv the cml
grant's ax and the trapper's jjuii, and that
man who Is waiting for a life Switched of
wonders will never llnil It.
TIIK OltK.VT KIKLI) (IF DAILY LIFK.
There Is, however, n Hold for endurance
and great achievement, but It Is In every
day life. There are Alpstoscalo, thorean1
Hellesnouts to swim, there aro fires to
bravo: hut they aro all around us now.
This Is the hanlest kind of martyrdom to
bear. It took grace to lead Intlmor ami
Kldloy through the fire triumphantly
when thelrnrmedencinlcsund their friends
were looking on; but it requires more
grace now to bring men through persecu
tion, when nolxxly Is looking on. I could
show you lu this city a woman who has had
rheumatism for twenty years, who has en
dured more suffering and exhausted more
grace than would have made twenty mar
tyrs pass triumphantly through the lire.
If you are not faithful in an Insignificant
iKvsltlon In life, you would not be faithful
In a grand mission. If you cannot stand
the bito of a mldgo, how could you endure
tho breath of a basilisk?
Do not think that any work God gives
you to do In the world is on too small a
scale for you to do. Tho whole universe Is
uot ashamed to take cure of one little
flower. I say "What aro you doing dowu
hero lu tho grass, you poor little (lower?
Are you not afraid nights? You will be
neglected, you will die of thirst, you will
not be fed. Pisir little llowerl" "No,"
nays a star, "I'll watch over it tonight."
."No," says a cloud, "I'll give It drink."
"No," says the sun, "I'll warm It In my
bosom." Then I see the pulleys going, aud
the clouds are drawing water, and I Hay,
"What are you doing there, O clouds?"
And they reply. "Wo are giving drink to
that flower."
Then the wind rises and comes bending
down tbe wheat and sounding Its psajm
through tho forest, and 1 cry, "Whither
away on such swift wing, O wind?" And
tt replies. "Wo are going to cool tho cheek
of thut flower." And then I bow down and
say, "Will God take care of the grass of
tho Held?" And a flower at my foot re
sponds, "Yes: he clothes tbe lilies of tho
Held, and never yet has forgotten me, a
poor little flower." Oh, wheii I sco the
great heavens bonding themselves to what
seems Insignificant ministrations, when I
Hud out that God does not forget any hlH
som of tho spring or any snowllake of the
winter, I come to the conclusion that we
can afford to attend to tho minute things
lu life, and that what we do we ought to
do well, since there Is as much perfection
In tho construction of a spider's eye as in
tbe conformation of flaming galaxies.
Plato had a fable which I have now
nearly forgotten, but tt ran something like
this: lie sold spirits or tne otner worm
came back to this world to find a body aud
ud a sphere of work. One spirit came
and took the body of a king and did his
work. Another spirit came and took the
body of a poet and did bis work. After
awhile Ulysses came, and be said, "Why,
all the fine bodies are taken, aud all the
grand work is taken. There Is nothing left
for me." And some one replied, "Ah I tbe
best one has been loft for you." Ulysses
said, "What's that?" And the reply was,
"The body of a common man, doing it com
mon work and for it common reward." A
good fable for tbe world and Just as good a
(able for tbe church. Whether we eat or
drjnk, or whatsoever we do, let us do It to
tae giory or uou,
THK LITTtK KOXFJ BIMIL TIIK VINKS.
Again, we need to bring tbe religion of
Christ into our commonest trials, for se
vere losses, for bereavement, for trouble
as ho who rnttli tho ki
that hocks like nil eartluitiakonnd tlml
blast i like a storm we prescribe rc1lglo,i
cniisglatlim, hut, business mini, fur tV
small annoyances of hist week, huw muc i
of thu grace of God did you apply? ,"().i.'
you say, "these trllsare too small f-irsueli
application!" .My brother, they uiv 'mpliu
your character, they mu souring your teni
per, they are wearing out your pitleiac
and thuy are making you less mnl loss nf a
man, I go Into n sculptor's studio mil
see him shaping a statue, lie has a chls 1
In one hand aud a mallet lu thu lit her, an 1
iiu gives a very gentlu stroke ell !, cllc ,
click! 1 sry, "Why don't you strll.e
harder?" "Oh," he leplles, "Hint won' I
shatter the statue. 1 can't do It that way
I must dolt this way1"
So he winks ou, mid after uwhllu th"
features come out, and overyboly that
enters the studio Is charmed and fusel
nated, Well, God has your soul under
process of development, and It Is thu little
auuoyauces mid voxatlous of life that atu
chiseling out your Imuiortul nature. Ill
click, click, click! I wonder why some
great providence does nut come, mid with
nut) stroke prepare you for heaven, Ah,
no. God say that Is not thu way. And so
ho keeps ou hy strokes of little mmoymires,
llttln surrows, little vexatious, riutll at
last you shall lie a glad spectaclu formigcl
ami for men. You know that a large for
tune, may hu spent In small change and n
vast amount of moral character may go
away lu small depletion, It Is thu lit tit)
troubles of life that are having more effect
upon you than great ones. A swarm ol
locusts will kh! a grain Held sooner than
thu Incursion of ihreoor four cattle.
You say, ".Since I lost my child, since I
lost my property, I have been a dlireretit
man." Hut you do nut rceognlu thu archi
tecture of little annoyances that aru huw
lug, diguing, cutting, shaping, spllttlngaud
luterjoliilng your lumal riualltles. Hats
may sink a ship. One litclfer match may
scud destruction through a block of store
houses. Catherine du Medlcls got her
death from smelling a poisonous rose. Co
lumbus, by stopping and asking for a piece
of bread and a drink of water at a Fran lis
can convent, was Ksl to thedlscoveryof the
Nuw World. And theru Is an lutlmatu con
nect Ion between trllles and Immensities,
ih-'twoon nothings and everythlngs.
Now, ho careful to lot none of those an
noyances go through your soul iiimr
ralgued. Compel them to administer to
your spiritual wealth. Tho scratch of a
sixpenny nail sometimes produces lock
Jaw, and the clip of a most Inllnltoslmal
iiuuoyaucc may ilamagu you forever. Do
not let any annoyance or perplexity come
across your soul without its making you
better.
PUT A 111(111 TAIIIFF ON UTTLIC FIT3 OF
TKMI'KII.
Our national government does not think
It belittling to put a tax on plus and a tax
on buckles aud u tax ou shoes. The hull
vidua! taxes do uot amount to much, hut
In thu aggregate to millions and millions
of dollars. And 1 would have you, O
Christian mail, put a high tarllT onevciy
annoyance mid vexation that coiihm
through yoursoul. This might uot amount
to much in single cases, hut lu the aggie
gate It would ho u great rovontiu of spirit
ual strength and satisfaction.
A bee can stick honey even out of a
nettle, and If you have tho grace of Gcd
in your heart you can get sweetness out
of that which would otherwise Irritate an I
annoy. A returned missionary told nu
that it company of adventurers rowing up
the Gauges were stung to death by Hies
that Infest that "region at certain seasons
I have soon the earth strewed with the
carcasses of men slain hy Insect annoy
ances. Tho only way to get prepared for
the great troubles of life Is to compter
these small troubles. What would joti
say of u soldier who refused to laid his
gun or to go Into the coulllct U'cmise It
was only it Hklrmlsh, Haying: "I am no'
going to exp.-ml my ammunition ou n
Hklrmlsh. Wait until thure comes a gen
eral engagement aud then you will see
how coiirugcois I am and what battling I
will do?"
The general would say to such a man,
"If you aro not faithful In a skirmish, you
would ho nothing In a general engage
ment," And I have to tell you, O Chris
tian men, if you cannot apply tho princi
ples of Cbrlst'e- religion on n small scale,
you will never lc able to apply them ou a
large scale. If you cannot successfully
contend against these small sorrows that
come down single handed, what will you
do when tho greater disasters of llfo come
down with thundering artillery, rolling
over your soul?
t'Olt KVKIiV HOOD TII1NO OIVK THANKS,
Again, we must bring the religion of
Christ into our commonest blessings.
When the autumn comes and the harvests
are In, mid the governors mako proclaim
tlon, wo assemble lu churches and we are
very thankful. But every day ought to
be a thanksgiving day. We do not recog
nlxe the common mercies of llfo. We have
to see a bllu I man led by his dog before
we begin to bethink ourselves of what a
grand thing It Is to have eyesight. We
have to see some one afflicted with St.
Vitus' danco before we aro ready to thank
God for the control of our physical ener
gies. Wo have to sou some wounded man
hohbllnu on his crutch or with Ills empty
coat sleeve pinned tip before wo learn to
think what a grand thing God did for us
when he gave us healthy use of our limbs.
Wo are so stupid that nothing but thy
inlsforttinirt of others can rousousupto
our blessings. As tho ox gru7.es In tho pas
ture up to Its eyes In clover, yet never
thinking who makes tho clover, and as tbe
tho bin! picks up tho worm from the fur
row not knowing that tt Is God who makes
everything, from the nulmalcttla In tho
sod to the seraph on tho throne, so wo go
on eating, drinking and enjoying, but never
thnnklug or seldom thanking: or, If thank
ing nt all, with only half a heart.
I compared our indifference to tho bruto;
but perhaps I wronged tho brute. I do not
know but that, amoug Its other Instincts,
It may have an instinct by wlilcli It recog
nizes thu dlvluu hand that feeds it. I dc
uot know but that God Is, through It, hold
Ing communication with what wo call "ir
rational creation." Tho cow that stands
under the willow by the water course
chewing Its cud looks very thankful, and
who can tell liowmucli a oiru means uy us
song?
Tho aroma of the flowers smells like in
cense, and tbe mist arising from thu river
looks like the smoke of a morning sacrifice.
Oh, that we were its responsive! Yet who
thanks God for tbe water that gushes up
In tbe well, and that foams In tbe cascade,
and that laughs over the rocks, and that
patters In tho showers, and that claps Its
hands In the sea? Who thanks God for the
air, tbe fountain of life, the bridge of sun-,
beams, the path of sound, tho great fan ou
a hot summer's day? Who thanks God for
this wonderful physical organismthis
sweep of the vision, this chime of harmony
struck Into the oar, this soft tread of n
myriad delights over the nervous tissue,
this rolling or the crimson tme uirougii
artery and vein, this drumming of the
heart ou our march to Immortality? We
take all these things us a matter of course.
But suppose (tod should withdraw those
GOiumou blessltiM! Your body would ba-
romo in lii(iiistilou of torture, tho cloud
would it 'list ,aln, every green thing would
crumple up, utul tho earth wmhl crack
open under your feel. The nlr would cease
Its healthful circulation, pestilence would
snoop, mid every house would Ik-coiiio it
phuv of skulls, Streams would llrst swim
with vermin and then dry up, and thirst
and hunger and anguish and despair
would lift their scepters. Oh, tomparo
such a life as that with the life you live
this iiioinlug with jour families alsiut
you' Is It not tlmu that, with eveiy word
of our lips and with every action of our
life, we began to acknowledge these every
day meicles? "Whether yu eat ordrlilk, or
whntsiH'Ver ye do, do all to the glory of
Gol," Do I iuM i ess a man or it woman
this morning who has nut rendeied In God
one single ottering of thanks?
lilt' SIS' OF IMili.VTITUIIK.
I was pivachlng one Thanksgiving day
and miunuiitvit my text, "Oh, give thanks
unto thu Lord, for he Is good; for h'.a
mercy eiiduivth foruver." I do not knot;
whether there was any blessing on thu nor
moti or uot. h'lt thu text went straight to
a young man's heart. He said to himself,
as I read the text; " 'Oil, give thanks unto
the Lord, for he Is good' Why, I have
never rouilcied him any thanks. Oh, what
an lugrate I have hceul" Can It lie, my
brother, that ou have been fed hy .ho
good hand of God nil thesu days that ott
have had clothing and shelter aud all
beneficent si,rrouudlugs, and yet have
never offered your heart to God?
Oh, let a sense of thu dlvluu goodness
nhowuyoii lu thu everyday blessings melt
your heart, and If you havu never befoiu
tittetcd one earnest noto of thanksgiving
let this hu thu day which shall hear your
song. What I say toonu I say to all of thin
audience. Take this practical religion I
have recommended Into your ovuryday
life. Make uvury day n Sabbath and every
meal a sacrament and every room you en
ter a holy of holies Wo all linyo work to
do; let us Ikj willing to do It. Wo all have
sorrows to hear: let us cheerfully hear
thuiu. Wo all havu bittles to light: let us
courageously light them.
If you want tudlu right you must live
right. N'egllgeucu and Indolence will win
the hiss of everlasting scorn, while faith
fulness will ghthor Its garlands and wave
Its scepter and sit upon Its throne long
after this emth has put ou ashc and
eternal ages havu begun their march. You
go home today and attend to your little
sphere of duties, I will go home ami at
tend to my little sphere of duties. Kvery
one In his own place. So our every step In
life shall he u triumphal march, and the
humblest footstool ou which we are called
to sit will Imulotuiueror's thione.
Kelislliln U'oVil In Tlieil Mothers.
To reign nobly aud successfully ijven In
a cottage housekeepers need a few simple .
aciitlreuietits of body and mind, need to
have them become habits, habits so deeply ,
woven into iier existence mat tn posses
sor Is unconscious of their presence, but
habits of whose absence she would he ex
quisitely LOIIsfloUS.
First Breathe slowly, breathe deeply,
breathe quietly, breath pure air.
There Is no room tnoio easy to ventilate
than a well planm-d kitchen, for Its heat is
Htifllclent to permit the constant entrance
of cold air.
.Many a inornliiv's preserving or baking
may be metamorphosed from a mere tiring,
fatlgulut task into healthful uxcrclsu If
these points ate attended to.
Many a slnkful of heavy dishes aa
been washed with as good results as gym
nasium practice, if pure air Is well breathed
meanwhile (which Isa strong point ugalnst
unveutllated butlers' closets).
Second Stand well, not on the heels, not
on the toes, but flat on the balls of thu feet,
tho Ixsly imiIuiI slightly forward, the client
well raised anil air tilled.
Outers given to servants or tradesmen,
from such a poise, will doubly Impress
themselves ami bring doubly lino results.
When you stand in this way you rest
part of your t.ody, even though tho stand
ing muscles are fatigued. .
Above all, when you rest, rest I If you
havo a few moments to sit or lie, do noth
tng else in that few minutes.
Allow your chair or couch to receive the
whole of your weight, and give your
thought only to your own weight. In this
way you will double t he amount of rest you
gut from live or ten minutes freedom from
work or care.
Do not, while slttlngor lying, nllow your
mind to plan what work you will do next,
how you will do It, how soon you will he
suftlclently rested to get up, but simply
rest ami grow heavy. Boston Herald.
Mil) Inn Meat for Two.
Almost nil young housekeepers find It
hard to maka economical aud satis
factory purchases of meat and flsh.
They should understand at the outset
that It is Impassible to save iu the name
proiortlon as one who buys for a large
family. Another point: It Is wiser to get
only tho parts mid the amount actually
wanted than to buy largo pieces simply lie
cause they aro cheaper by tho pound. A
roast, particularly of ls?ef, can be Indulged
in only ou rare occasions when the family
Is small.
Broiling is the most expensive of all
methods of cooking, hut to my mind
thu most healthful. When a housekeeper
really can afford to follow It shu should do
so. But In tlmu one tiros of even tho most
delicious broiled meats and flsh. When
planning to roast or broil it piece of meat,
its adaptability to being mndo over Into
various little dishes should Is) considered,
Pork is the least desirable of thu frosh
meats for thece putposos. For warming
over In various ways the following named
meats are the most valuable: Poultry,
veal, lamb, mutton and beef. Tho white
meats aro better than tho red for this pur
pose. This Is also true of flsh, tho white,
dry varieties helug much better for made
over dishes than the dark, oily kinds. Here
Is something that one can buy in n Biunll
quantity and use to advantage: A short
portcrhousu steak will answer for two din
ners. Cut out tho tetidei loin, broil It and
servo with a good sauce. If tho weather
bo cold the remainder of the steak can bo
used two days later. In hot weather it
must bo cooked for dinner tho following
day. Maria Partoa in Ladies' Home Jour
nal. A Jiiuiieo Fax.
The Japanese believe in it species of fox
which, If it lives to be fifty years old with
out having boon chased by a dog, trans
forms himself Into a beautiful woman.
This same fox, if he lives to tho age of 100
years, gains some new powers, among
which is that of becoming n wonderful
wizard. When ho reaches the age of 1,0)0
fears ho becomes a celestial fox with nine
golden colored tails, and hits the' power of
going to heaven whenever ho chooses. St,
Louis Republic.
rills m Long Kelt Want.
Fangle 1 have Just patented tho great
est Invention nf tho century.
CumsoWhut Is It?
Fngla A collar button which does Its
own swearing when It rolls under tbe
bureau. New York Kpoch.
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