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THEKE are nagging husbands and
nagging wives, liiit tin' most de
leterious of nagger Is the mother
whose -i!itiiiii:i! fault finding embitter
the childhood of her children, ami i
leaver them without the memory of
motherly net ami words. We com
tneuil those words of the New York
Tribune:
A vivid reoolletlon of a visit to a sum
nier ri'Kort In of :iii Irrlliibie Invalid
toother, a d her unhappy. hnras-ed boy.
She nagged at him in the dining-room
till the poor child htst all appetite. I Mie
morning the father came down alone,
and explained that mother war not
well enough to nmn to breakfast.
Whereupon the boy, with childlike
frankness, excialmed: "Oh. I'm no
glad!" Then, seeing his father's re
proving glance, he explained. "You
know, n j lit . I'm not glad she's Hick, but
but I do enjoy my breakfast bo much
more when she's not here." Memories
of a mother's sweet voice have led back
wandering feet to paths of righteous
ness; but harsh words of other mothers
hnve driven the children to the broad
ways of destruction, as did a certain
widow who railed continually at her
children. They feared her when they
were little; but, as they grew older,
they jrave back railing for railing; and
every sun of that mother was laid In a
drunkard's grave
In another home, the nagging of the
, BEHOLD THE
mother was rcticalcd til the children
old grievances were dwelt upon, mag
nilicd and brought forward at most In
iMi,iriii!ie moments, ami there was a
continual round of petty fault-finding !
and retort. Hut a realization of her n
spotisihllity came to the mother; she :
controlled the iiernloiis words and
turned them to gentle ones. The chil
dren were puzzled. They did not ex-
p.i-t the new condition to Inst; but Inst
it did, a ml now It Is rare to hear an Im
patient word In that house from any of
Its member. Household.
A New lint-Holder.
It Is hardly worth while to remind
the women and girls of the various
style of hat pins now in use. It Is said
that a few of them me good, many are
Indifferent and most of them are posi
tively bud.
Ho far as a man may Judge of such
things It seems reasonable to assume
NKW II A T PIN.
that, to give satisfaction, the pin must
hold the hat In place steadily. In hpltrt
of wind, weather and all other condi
tions, ntnl this. It la said, the ordinary
hat pin does not do.
Here t something, however, that will
lo till thil ; at least Us Inventor makes
that chilii) for It. It In a spiral grip,
which Is fastened on lsith rides of tht
hat, and held In position by a little cap.
When the hat In put on, Hie spiral l
turned from the outside, and It U &
matter of only a moment to adjust It
A lion t KlMlriK Mother.
A father, talking to his Carole
daughter, nald: "I want to speak to you
of jrour mother. It may be that you
noticed a careworn look upon ner face.
Of count It haa not been brought ther
fcy any act of youra; .till It la your duty
U cbaat tt away. I want you to t up
lto-BMrrw moralng tad gat brMkfaat
.Vuen your mother come tinti begin
' e.'ipie;., W utr;(, go rJht r., ts
her and kKs her on the mouth. You
can't imagine how It will brighten her
dear face.
too owe her a kiss or two.
Away bark, when yon were a little girl,
lie kissed you w beu no one else wan
templed by your fever tainted breath
and swollen face. Y'ou were not as at
tractive then as you are now. Through
years of childish sunshine and shadows
she was always ready to cure, by the
magic of a mother's kiss, the little,
dirty, chubby hands whenever they
were Injured In those first skirmishes
with the rough old world."
A Commonplarfl Life.
The trouble Is with you, my dear jrlrl,
that you count little things as of no
worth. Where we have one great re
nunciation to make we have a thousand
Utile ones, and life, which you are In
clined to call commonplace, Is not bo,
for every day can be made rich In
beautiful deeds. God, who Is Just, Is
merciful, and when temptation comes
to you, even If you fall, He remembers
that you tried to do what was right, and
ho Is tender In His thought of you.
There Is not one of us who achieves,
even for one day, what we long to.
Hut, my dear, we can always try for It
We can be ready for the trouble that la
before us and equip ourselves by pray
er and good thoughts so that we can
meet It bravely, and, possibly, overcome
It. f course, that Is what we wish to
do, and yet If we are not rtrong enough,
NEW SLEEVES.
if we fall by the wayside, we must gel
up and try again, and keep on trying.
That, In Itself, will give us strength.
And as the years go on and youth be
longs to the past, it will always, be
cause of tiiis trying, be easier to do
that which Is right and merit "that
pence which passeth all understand-lng."-Until
Ashmoro In Ladies' Home
Journal.
You Arc Coming Home.
The sky, my dear, is a brighter blue
The rose is a rarer white;
The river ripples ninl sings for you
You are coming home to-night!
Over the wearisome html and sen
You are coming home,
You are coming home,
You aro coming home to me!
Yon are coming home! I have
waited long,
And the world seemed lost to light;
Hut the twilight thrills with n glad,
sweet song
Yon are coming home benight!
Over the wearisome land ami sea
You are coining home,
You are coming Inane,
Sweetheart, to love ntnl me.
You nro coming home! I shnll
vii your face,
With Its loveliness nnd light;
I shnll hold you, dear, In a fond cm
brace You urn coming home to-night!
Over the wearisome land ami sea
You are coming home,
You are coming home,
To me sweetheart, to me!
Atlanta Const itntioii.
To Make a Krlt Btnj Hmiioth,
An unhygienic but fashionable, way
of making a rlblsm licit may smooth,
and one that Is taken advantage of by
many of the fashionably gotten up
women, Is to wear a belt of stout can
vas or even kid under the drena waist,
The ribbon will keep In nhape over this
when It wrinkles over the best corset.
The kid belu should be perforated.
Otherwise they collect and hold the
Insensible perspiration going on all over
the body all the time, and after a short
time are wet enough on the Inside to
ruin underclothing and be uncomforta
ble to boot
Of all the gowns aeen at the open
ing none equaled In elegance a prin
cess rob of printed velvet on a cream
ground v
'ALLAIJOUT THE FAUM
HOW THE CORN CROP 13 NOW
HARVESTED.
latest Machl-:e:y for Taking Cure of
Amcrictf'a Greatc-nt Money (rop
Fulmiiil Attachment fur rliu-Ad-juRtobti:
Ji.tk for I'urm Waicon.
A Modern Corn Joinder.
The great American money crop is
In. 1. an corn. It Is without much doubt
native to the western continent, where j
Its production Is practically controlled,
aj no other country possesses the soli
and climate suited to Its best develop
ment The fertile land of the central
west la Its natural home. Here It
brings wealth and prosperity. A loss or
rtO. 1. THE IMI'HOVKI) Colt's HINDER OF
1MU5- KKA K VIKW,
partial failure of a single crop amounts
to a calamity. Machinery for prepar
ing the ground, planting the seed and
cultivating the growing plant has been
Improved upon from time to time; but
the one great drawback Is the lack of a
practical Implement for husking stand
ing corn. This has not yet appeared.
However, the same object Is being par
tially accomplished In a somewhat
roundabout way by means of the corn
binder and the combined htisker and
fodder shredder. All corn cannot be
husked by this plan, as It necessitates
cutting, shocking and running the cur
ed fodder through t lie husker, but Im
proved corn binders have made this
practice more common than would have
been possible a few years ago. The
greater appreciation for corn fodder
as feed for all kinds of farm animals,
and Its wide use, have created a de
mand for better corn harvesting ma
chinery. A good Idea of the 1S!'15 corn binders
can be had by carefully studying the
accompanying Illustrations. Klg. 1 Is
a view of the complete machine as seen
from the rear. Where the corn Ih very
tall an extra set of packer arms Is pro
vided. Klg. 2 shows the front part of
the machine tilled forward In order
to enable It to pick tip lodged or lean
ing stalks. As soon as they reach the
elevator chains and packer, these stalks
are easily taken care of. The whole
machine Is light, simple nnd easily
Kill. '1. TII.TWI KOIMVAIil) TO I'll K PI
l.lllMil.l) ( ol!.
operated. Various home-made, contriv
ances for cutting corn have been devis
ed also.
Have but One Hrecd of Chickens.
It" is much better for the novice or
amateur to keep one good variety of
fowls than three or four, for the first
year or two ut least. It prevents the
possibility of llieir becoming mixed,
gives you an opportunity of studying
the particular points In breeding to
feather, size, etc., and. last, but not
least. It docs away with Hie many little
details that are bound to tie associated
will) four or live varieties. There Is
no business that an amateur can take
hold of and make a success unless lie
begins at the bottom, says the Poultry
World, and learns the many little de
tails. The chicken business is no ex
ception. Start with one good variety,
study Its wants and merits for the first
year with care, and then, us you be
come familiar Willi the business, add
other varieties. It pays to keep three
or four of tin most popular, and ut. the
sanio time It Is pleasure to see them.
Adjustable Wnon Jack.
This wagon Jack Is made of white oak.
the sill (at '1 by 4 by is Inches, the post
lb) l'j by -1 by -S Inches, line Inch
must bi' i ut out of the post lb half way
down for the lever. The iron brace to
go through the lever Is 1 by it by AX
inches. The crescent-shaped anil tooth
ed Iron (d) passing through the center
FOIt Oll.l.NO FARM WAOONS.
of the post connecting with the lever
Is by nnd HO Inches long. It Is
crescent shaped with notches about IVi
Inches apart. The notches rest In a
bolt and three holm should be made
In the upright (b), thus Insuring ad
justability to almost any desirable
height for oiling ordinary farm vehi
cle". Farm and Home.
Ho( Need Freah Water.
No animal sufTcrs more from neglect
If aome thing to drink than doea tbe
hog. The slop and milk which are com-
a
monly given to pigs conflbed In the peij
are not good nub8t'tut for water. The
slop thrown Into the 1I1 barrel from
the table has too much salt to make a
giMxl drink, and the milk is too aolil to
lie a substliute for water Try the piga
at least once a day with clear fresh
water, and you will tie surprised to
find how much they will drink of It
Holdinir Farm Produce.
A correspondent of the Country Gen '
tlcman has found one advantage In'
prompt sales of produce. Every farmer 1
knows, or should know, bow much I
money he should receive for sales each ,
year to meet the ordinary expense. If
receipts are cut down by small crops
and low prices, he must plan to cut
down expenses, or at 'least not to Incur
any extra expense. When a big crop Is
stored, iu the expectation of better
prices, one naturally figures receipts at
the expected price, and If It is not real
ized, there la disappointment, to say
the least
Hy converting crops Into money as
soon as they are ready for market, it
seems possible to do a safer business.
There Is less care and worry. On the
other hand, when convinced that any
product is selling temporarily at a price
far lower than conditions Justify, the
prtitlt that is obtained by holding goes
to the one most deserving It the pro
ducer. An Automatic Gate.
The Ideal gate Is one that will shut
Itself and open each way. Such a gate
was described In the New England
Homestead as follows: A shows the
Irons for the upper hinge. B shows the
lower hinge, which has double pinions,
while 0 nhows the catch driven Into
the post with the spring. To open and
shut Itself the gate must be bung about
4 Inches out of plumb, having the lower
binge (H) project out from the post
A GATE THAT SHfTS ITSKI.F
that much farther than the upper one.
It shuts then just like a wagon rolling
down hill. Tbe lower hinge iB) must
be 8 Inches from slot to slot.
I'ickinic Apple.
(lather when the pips turn to a brown
ish color, ami the fruit parts easily from
the I wig when turned to one side. As
the fruit Is gathered It should be laid
lightly, not dropped, Into a basket, and
be Just as carefully removed from the
basket to the storeroom. A blow or
knock will cause a bruise, which will
be succeeded by rot. Store on si raw
on a dry floor. A bed of three inches of
straw will sutlice. Lay the fruit iptite
thinly at first, and add another course
when the first sweating is passed; later
on the apples may lie three or four
thick. When sharp frost threatens,
cover nj) the fruit wilh straw, bags or
something of that kind, to protect It
from frost.
Ilaislm; Itiickwheut.
I mow my lot about June 2."i. then
plow and sow to buckwheat from July
1 to 1, using tliree-ipiarlers of n bushel
to the acre If the land Is rich, and one
bushel if not. I sowed IVj bushels on
two acres, and had nearly or quite
eighty bushels. Grass seed sown in
buckwheat, according to a writer In the
Agriculturist, will yield a big crop of
hay the next year, so the crop of buck
wheat Is almost clear gain. If late
feed Is wanted, nothing is belter than
a succession of barley, which will grow
until the ground freezes up.
A Rtiliaolt Plow Attnchmrllt.
The accompanying Illustration shows
an attachment by means of which three
subsoil plows may be readily brought
Into use by the driver whenever need
ed. Suitable cranks, levers and cross,
bars serve to make the triplicate attach
ment conveniently adjustable, either
vertically or laterally. t
The whole thing is controlled by a
lever fulcruincd on the rear of the plow
beam, a lliumb latch being provided
which engages a rack on one of the
handles. Farmers will all appreciate
the advantages offered by this new de
vice. potatoes ll" Stock Kcil.
The farmer who grows potatoes does
not have much time to spare in growing
other nsit crops. Hut in every large
crop of potatoes there. will be a con
siderable portion Hint Is too rough or
too small to sell, nnd these etui be prof
itably fed. No kind of roots Is econom
ical its the main feed. They are only
used hi small quantities as an appetiz
er, nnd for this purpose the small pota
toes unlit for market are us good as
roots of any kind.
They Lack Persistence.
Many amateur growers plant trees
with enthusiasm and then grow dis
couraged over borers and rabbits; over
spraying and pruning; over curcullo
and knots and lice and mice and grubs.
They are growers who will never glut
the markets. They are a great help to
the nurseries and give the prog.sslve
orchardlst a chance to aell bla superior
product.
poh spnsoii. plows.
T1UALS OF TEACHERS
SOME TIMELY ADVICE FROM
ONE OF EXPERIENCE.
Cheering Worflg to Those M ho Take
Up bchool Work iu the Country
The bchoolboya of To-day Differ
from Their Daddies.
A Word to Country Teachers.
The day of your arrival at the place
where you are to teach will be the pref
ace to your term's work. Let it be a
very "taking" one.
Lmu't apologize for coming to a small
town and say that you came to eujoy
the scenery and to regain your health,
for that is vacation privilege, not school
work.
Be sure to leave your old hats and
dresses at home; they would not be
good enough to wear In that pretty hill
side town. Against Nature's pictur
esque background they would be far
more out of keeping than In the city
with only dull brick walls for contrast.
And don't, O don't put on a single "air'
if you don't want to become an amusing
object lesson. Laying aside then all
girlish folly, and trying to put on the
teacher's whole armor, you go to your
new work, the first Monday In Sep
tember. Dingy-white walls, two pitted little
boards instead of comely blackboards,
cobweb curtains at windows, and for
the rest O dear! Hut what of It!
You look Into the pleasant faces of
your pupils, and know you have an
army strong to help you, by and by.
Nature's ready-made furnishings are
just at hand. Before long, you may
Hud that all this seeming hindrance
may be your fortunate opening for na
ture study. The conservative parents
do not believe in bringing this "waste
work" Into school bonis. Suppose you
give, It a new name, too, and call It dec
oration of the school room. Take long
walks with your pupils to find what you
want; the prettiest of autumn's work
to press and mount for your school room
walls; curious woods for latticed win
dow shades, easels, picture frames. Be
cause the school room Is so sunny, you
have the excuse on hot September af
ternoons, to vacate It for the cool,
shady hilltops near. There you can
teach them to see, as you see, Nature's
wonder pictures, to hear, as you hear,
her music nnd her rhymes.
Your older buys may be often absent
from school dining tin fall term for
work. You may think that these fre
quent breaks lessen the Interest In
study, upset your plans, and make past
labor for your pupils of little avail, for
field work crowds out school work.
Maybe you are mistaken. Better be
lieve that every truth those boys have
learned, lies simmering, somewhere iu
heart or brain, und will be ready for use
by the time it Is wanted. Through you,
they have become acquainted with na
ture and her science teachings, and so,
harvesting may be more educative than
books. When the teacher does faithful
work wilh tin; faithful scholars, these
enforced absent days are like Sabbath
rest, from which he returns to book
with new energy and appetite.
"The register looks dreadfully!" Y'es,
but since looks that can't be helped mat
ter little do not fret about thai. Prob
ably your register will never rest among
the town archives.
You make the same plaint that the
teachers who cajnc before you made, of
pupils not well classed, and loo many
i classes. Don't be tied to this prece
dent. Abolish the class system alto
gether If need be and generalize your
work. Do all things tactfully, though.
Two or three of your oldest, dullest
pupils have made their slow way to
Oceanic:! in geography, and are ambi
tious to lini-.li the hook. Don't take
away their self-respect, and remove
their goal a year fun her off by putting
them back with that class of bright
12-year-olds. Let them sojourn In t lie
South Sea Islands awhile; make their
slay In Oeeanica delightful, but let
their own town, county and State be
the Mecca, to which they relurn by re
views once or twice a week. It may be
advisable . In all their studies, to let
t hem remain ill the highest class. For
the younger pupils, combine. Make
geography, for Instance, an all-school
study, avoiding the terms, class or di
vision. Thus, you can easily grade y4r
school. You can lead the backward
pupil who does his best, to feel that he
Is not so far behind the others.
So much work for so little salary!
Yes. bill wilh your four dollars a week
iind board, haven't you as wide mar
gin left as have some of your clly sis
ters? You left home well supplied, to
live among n generous people who have
few anllicial wants. You can easily
learn to be content with tilings you
have.
The parents do not visit your school
except on the "last day." Another
i grievance! Then think of Mahomet
; anil the mountain nnd be the mountain.
I Visit the parents, not once, twice, but
so often that you seem like "own folks"
t to them. Your visiting them may be
more gainful than their visits to you.
Little disaffection dissolve in Hie so
! ci.il cup of ten. Liking yon, they will
j be satisfied with your work.
I The truth is trite, that country schools
have graduated the best men nnd wom
en. As you look over your human ma
teria), can you not assort It all, as ex
cellent, good or fair?
Isn't It something to be thankful for,
that your youthful twigs are bent
aright, so that they do not need your
constant straightening out, to Incline
them towards goodness?
And ao we might go on, weighing tbe
trials of country teachers with thjr
compensating pleaaurea, and every time
the pleasures will have tne far more
exceeding weight Primary Education.
Not Like the Old Daya.
The schoolboy of to-day has a much
better lime of it than his father had.
Change has so rapidly followed change
In our public school system that the boy
who went to school twenty-flve years
ago could scarcely recoguize a single
thing about our schools at present
which is like that of tiie old school di.ys,
says a writer. The old slate, the slate
of poetry and history, with its battered
frame edged with initials cut witU a
pocket knife (when it had a frame), the
tilate that had the face ot a mischief
maker instead of the strict attention to
problems, is a thing of the past The
dick-click of the itentils racing to see
which could lirst hud the cube root of
the numbers that tbe teacher had
named has given way to the softer
cadence of a lead pencil, for slates and
slate pencils have been fouhd to be the
steadfast ally of the little microbe of
diphtheria. The multiplication table
still exists, but only as a relic of bar
barism. The pupils no longer sland in
line and repeat over and over again 7
times 1. 7 times 2. 7 times 3, etc. The
youngsters are taught by means of the
association of objects, and the hated
table of many generations conies to
them naturally without having to go
through any monotonous sing socg.
Seats with straight backs have hern
supplanted by seats that are hygienic.
As fast as possible the children are
being provided with individual seats,
and In the course of time the poetry of
the "seat mate" will have departed
with that of the slate pencil. Grammar,
with Its many rules that used to try the
memory and not the intelligence of the
pupil, has been simplified into language
lessons. Most of the middle-aged men
of to-day began their education by
learning to repeat the letters of the al
phabet Their grandsons begin with
words and objects So the saying that
one has yet to learn the A B C of a
thing has lost some of lis force.
Even the poet of the bare-footed
schoolboy will soon be without a fount
of Inspiration. The boy of to-day has
much better clothes. He knows com
paratively nothing of the wonders of
maternal patching. Ready-made suits
are so cheap that nearly every one of
him is "fitted out" at the opening of
the school. The part of the birch switch
has utterly lost Its calling. Corporal
punishment, even making children hold
up their hands or stand on a Hue, Is
against the rules.
There is no doubt about It the boy of
to-day is more obedient nnd better
clothed, and hasan easier time of It than
the boy of twenty-live years ngo. Be
sides, t lie new boy has as much learning
at the age of It) as the old boy at the age
of 11. The same is true of the new girl
that Is to become the new woman.
Take Time to Knt.
The opinion that hurry in eating Is a
prolific cause of dyspepsia Is founded
on common observation. The Ill-results
of "bolting" the food have been attrib
uted to the lack of thorough mastica
tion, and to the Incomplete action of
the saliva upon the food. Two-thirds
of the food which we eat is starch, and
starch cannot be utilized in the sys
tem as food until It has been converted
Into sugar, and this change is princi
pally affected by the saliva. But there
is a third reason why rapidity of eat
ing Interferes with digest ton. The pres
ence of the salivary secretion in the
stomach acts as a stimulus to the se
cretion of the gastric juice. Irrespective
of Hie mechanical function of the teeth,
food which goes into the stomach in
completely mingled Willi saliva, passes
slowly and imperfectly through the
process of stomach digestion. There
fore, as a sanitary maxim of no mean
value teach the children to eat slowly
and in giving this instruction by ex
ample, the Icacher, ns well as the pu
pil, may receive a bemilt Sanitary In
spector. Make Geography Intereatinsr.
In teaching your little girl geography
try to make it something more than a
dry list, of names to lie learned by rote.
Take her Imaginary voyages and Jour
neys from one country to another. Tell
her something of the mnnners and cus
toms of the people and anything you
can learn yourself about tin lives of
l lie children. Describe to her how tin
Swiss boys herd their cuttle under the
shadow of the Alps, nnd the Esquimaux
are made daring by being thrown Into
the Icy water intheir strange fur gar
ments. Tell her of the stunted lives of
the pit boys in the coal mines and of
tin German girls who learn to use their
live knitting needles almost as soon as
they can hold them. Books of travel
will furnish you with ninny Jnterestlntf
incidents which you can turn to ac
count. Geography will not be a weari
some task to her. Her mother's wis
dom can make the first steps attractive.
-Ladies' Home Journal.
Sympathized with Her.
A witty ami popular New York cler
gyman, whom everybody knows by rep
utation, had a laughable, nnd at the
same time unpleasant, experience re
cently, says the Journal. One Sun
day, not long ago, he was going up the
steps of his Fifth Avenue church, when
he was asked by an old lady (who, of
course, did not know him) to help her
up the steps. With his usual courtly
grace, he compiled with her request
On reaching the top step, she halted,
brent hlessly, nnd asked him who wms
going to preach that day.
"The Rev. Mr. Blank," he replied,
giving his own name.
"Ob, Lord," exclaimed the old lady;
"help nte down again. I'd rather listen
to a man sharpening a saw. Please
help me down again. I reckon I won't,
go In."
Tbe clergyman smiled, and gently as
sisting her down tbe stairs again, re
marking, aa be reached the sidewalk,
"I wouldn't go In, either, If I wasn't
paid for It."
