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The Home Department.
Tfce Liberty Belt
(By if. S.Taylor.)
Gravely plain the good pen lined it
And the fifty-six all signed it;
Pledged their lives-to seal and bind it,
. True and well; , "
Then, sudden from the steeple,
Clanged the tocsin of the people!
Spoke the sum .of history's pages!
Pealed the thoughts of saints and
sages!
' Rang the keynote of the ages
In the bell!
Far away! but we can hear it,
For our fancies bring us near it!
Do we love it? Do we fear it?
Dare we tell?
For thoso sound-waves, still in mo
tion, Flung from ocean on to ocean,
Like a prophet raptly crying,
Claim an answer past denying,
"Is mine -ancient worship dying?"
Saith the bell!
Still, from out the distance stealing, '
Comes the sacred message pealing,
Kindling thought and touching feeling
By its spell.
Through our vibrant heartstrings
playing, Wo can hear it clearly saying
"You have known your father's glory
And their struggles stern and gory:
Do you dare forget the story?"
Saith the bell!
"Human rights! how do you meas
ure? By your pity or your pleasure?
By your truth or by your treasure? -Answer
well!
Answer not with flags and pennons,
Idle chimes and noisy cannons;
Flung abroad in all men's faces,
Must your lust of pelf and places
Soil' your flag with foul disgraces?"
Saith the bell!
Wars of conquest and of plunder?
Shall the Furies be your nurses,
And Pandora's myriad curses
Shut your souls within yoUr purses?"
Saith the bell!
"Far beyond all idle scorning-,
From the Natioars dewy morning
I "have sent a Wave bf warning
Where you dwell! -0
my children, 0 my people,
Hear the prophet in the steeple!
They who forgo the chain shall wear
it!
TVey who make the yoke shall bear it!
They who bring the woe shall share
it!"
Saith the bell!
Do you love it and revere it?
Hold your hearts and try to hear it!
Lift your honest hands and swear it
True and well,
That the faith our Fathers cherished
And for which they fought and per
ished, . Shall pervade this favored Nation
Till the latest generation
Echoes back the jubilation
Of the bell!
Apple Desserts. -
Baked apples are always acceptable,
and they can be served for breakfast,
luncheon or as a light, dessert. .Pare
and core the apples, fill the . centers
with butter and sugar and let them,
bake in a pan with a little water un
til tender, but still in good shape. They
should be basted frequently and when
removed from the oven, if served for a
dessert, the centers should be filled
with either jelly or jam and served
with cream.
Has
conscience grown les3
your
ample?
Has the mart become your temple?
Pagan Pluto your example,
F-alse and fell?
Must your honor perish under
AI.ITTI.IS TniNG
Changes tho Homo Feeling.
Coffee blots out the sunshine from
many a home by making the mother,
or some other member of the house
hold, dyspeptic; nervous and irritable.
T.heroare thousands of cases where
the proof is absolutely undeniable.
Here is one.
Mrs. C. K. Larzelere, Antigo, Wis.,
says; "I was taught tp drink coffee at
an early age, and also at an early age
I became a victim to headaches, and
as .I grew to womanhood those head
aches became a part of me, as I was
scarcely ever free from one.
About Ave years ago a friend urged
me to try Postum Food Coffee. I mado
the trial and the result was so satis
factory that we have used It evor since.
My husband and little daughter were
subject to billious attacks, but they
have both been entirely free from
them since wo began using Postum in
stead of coffee. I no longer hava any
headaches and my health Is perfect.
If some of) these nervous, tired, ir
ritable women would only leave off
coffee absolutely andry Postum Food
Coffee, they would find a wonderful
change in their life. It would then be
filled with sunshine and happiness
rather than weariness and discontent.
And think what an effect it would have
on tno family, for the mood of the
mother Is largely responsible -for the
temper of the children."
Teach Them Kindness.
Mothers frequently tell their babies
to slap back when they are slapped, to
punish "naughty brother" or "naughty
sister," this ill-advised counsel im
planting the idea of retaliation,. which
is in direct opposition to true Chris
tian principles. . '
Parents place whips and pistols and
toy weapons of other sorts in their
little ones' hands and cheer and ap
prove them when they strike each
other, or strike pussy or the dog.
What wonder that when they grow a
little older they fight and quarrel
among themselves and come to blows
-Diows. were applauded so short a
time .ago and they remember! .
Teach them from their very cradle
to be merciful, forbearing and forgiving-.
You will not make them too spir
itless. The instinct of self-defense Is
strong in most natures. If the child
is mcKing in tins instinct Is very
timid and apt to be Imposed on he
can bo taught self-esteem and the way
to hold his own, without teaching re
venge or aggressiyeness. Sunny
South.
has advanced to the point where, drugs
Eeem the unimportant thing and com
mon sense the important in making
the sick well, is advocating the use pf
pepper and salt even in a glass of milk.
It improves the flavor to a remarkable
degree, a fact you can prove to your
own satisfaction by taking two glasses
of milk one in its original simplic
ity, the other changed by the addl
tion of a pinch of salt and a dash of
pepper; then sip a little of each. The
chances are that you will prefer the
seasoned milk. Besides Improving the
flavor and overcoming the tendency -toward
fermentation, the pepper will
practically disable any microbes that
may be floating in the fluids, thus tho
gastric juices will nerform their ner-
fect work of changing microbes to
food.
One of the best remedies for a -disturbed
digestion is hot water, to which
has been added salt and paprika. If
taken a full hour .and a half before
breakfast, a cupful of this very palat
able drink will completely cleanse the
stomach and leave it in good condition.
Out of 100 persons selected at random
it is no exaggeration to say that 80
eat too much, and also that these same
80 fail of pxoper mastication. Weak
ened digestions are, of course, .tire di
rect result of overeating and insuffic
ient mastication, and weakened diges
tion means undermined systems. At
the extremes of life, youth and old
age, it is wisdom to make the diet
much the same. A child's nourishment
should be very simple; so in old age it
should 'grow plainer and plainer.
Chicago Tribune.
Use of Salt and rcrper.
Salt and pepper, as generally known,
are of value in bringing out the flavor
of the food to which they are added.
That they have any value from a
health standpoint is not so generally
recognized. You may know that a
lump of salt is good for a horse, but
you do not stop to consider how Im
portant salt is for your own well-being.
In eastern countries the condi
ments, such as pepper, are used to pro
fusion in all. foods. Gastric trouble?
common enough in other countries are
conspicuously absent, and the free use
of pepper has much to do with that
fact. Whenthe stomach is out of or
der, as the common saying is, upset,
it is in a state of fermentation.
A certain very wise physician who
Farm Sounds.
Oh, I love to hear the slngin'
Of the early mornin' birds,
An' tho tinklin and the ringin'
Of tho bells upon the herds; ,
An' the crowin' of the roosters,.
An' the cacklin' of the hens,
An' the squealln' of tho piggies- ,. ,
Little piggies in their pens;
An' the neighin' of the hosses,
An' the lowin' of tho cows,
An' the bleatin' of the bossies,
An' the cruntin' of tho nnwa
But plague that dreadful, animule .
What fills me up with awe,
With his "Haw he! haw-he; haw
he, haw,
He-haw, he haw-1 he-haw!"
Hark, the shoutin' of the foreman,
Givin' orders to the men!
List, the cussin' of the choreman
For the calf's got out the pen!
Hear the whis'lin' of the ingine
Of the harvester, just now,
An' the whis'lin', deep-toned beller'n'
Of the dretful father cow,
An' the barkin' of the sheep dog,
An- oaain' of the flock,
An' the medley of the noises
Made by every kind of stock:
But drat that brute!. I reelyhope .
He'll dislocate his jaw
With his ."Haw- he! haw-he; haw
he, haw, '
He-haw, he-haw he haw!-" '
J. M. Doyle, in Lincoln (Neb.) Post.
Kitchen Help.
Wash the inside of the tea-kettle fre
quently with hot suds. This dislodges
a, sediment which forms a coating ov-r
the inside of tho kettle if allowed t0
remain.
If you have a greasy vessel to clean
warm it a little, and wipe it with a
piece of old newspaper before wash
ing. The paper can be burned, and
the kettle will bo very little trouble
tp wash. In fact, old newspapers arc
the housekeeper's friend. If you have
a stove from., which the ashes must be
removed, take a small shovel, put a
large paper down on the floor first and
any that are spilled can be taken no
and emptied. Soft newspapers polish
window glass better than anything
else.
If you-do not have, plenty of good
cistern water for washing, add enough
lis impure Giood.
"What is it?" asks the mother as she
notices the smooth skin of her child
marred by a red or pimply eruption. It
is impure blood, arid fhe child needs at
- once to begin
the use of Dr.
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discov
ery, the best and
surest remedy
for impurity of
the blood." It
entirely eradi
cates the poisons
which corrupt
the blood and
cause disease. It
cures scrofula,
boils, pimples,"
eczema, salt
rheum and other .
eruptive diseases
which are the di
rect result of im
pure blood. It
enriches as well
as ourifie3 the
blood.
"Dr. Pierce's medicine has not only bene
fited me greatly, but it has done wonders fbr .
my two sons," writes Mrs. M. Hartrick, of ,
Dcmster, Oswego Co., tf. Y. B. th had scrofula.
I have lost two daughters in lc33 than fr c years ,
with consumption and scrofula. My eldest sou
was taken two or three years ago with hemor
rhage from the lungs. It troubled him for over
a year. He took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, and has not had a hemorrhage in
over a year. My yotmger son had scrofulous
soves on his neck; had two lanced, but has not n
had any since he commenced to take your med
icine." Accept no substitute for "Golden Med-
ical Discovery." There is nothing "just
as good" for diseases of the stomach,
blood and lungs.
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ever published, frcd hy sending stamps
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31 stamps for Cloth -bound volume, to Dr.,
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borax to the well water to soften it,
and it will make the washing easier, .
without injuring the clothes. Leave .
the silverware in 'a hot solution of
borax and water a few minute's, then
wipe dry, and you will not llaye to '
polish it so laboriously or often. Wa
ter in which borax has been dissolved
is also good for cleaning table. oil- '
cloth, removing finger marks and oth- ,i
er soiled spots as if by magic. '
The sink should be high. enough to
allow one to stand erect while wash
ing dishes, and everything should be
arranged conveniently and with a
view to making the work as light as
possible. Very much of the so-called
drudgery of housework can bo-light-5
encdt if not entirely avoided,, by the. .
application of common sense and. good' '
judgment to the performance of each :
task. Farm, Field and JTireslde.
imrJe Rrcedlcs lor Colds
Few ailments are more disagree- -able
than a severe cold in the head,
and whero it is allowed to run Its
course unchecked, the results are fre-.
quontly quite serious. By proper home '
treatment in tho beginning, a cold may'
usually be broken without calling in
a physician. When one is in danger .
of taking cold from being out in a
storm or after a severe chilling, re
move all damp clothing as soon as
possible, soak the feet for about" ten
minutes in hot mustard water, apply,:
a murtard plaster between the shoul- -ders,
and go to bed. Induce a profuse
perspiration by drinking a hot herb'
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Mr. 'Wliialow' Soothing' Syrup. ;
Has been used for over sixty TKAK3 by Mlt.- 1'.'
MOSS Of MOTHKRH for their CIUliDHEN WHIMS.
TKKTHINO, With PHKFHCT SUCCESS. It SOOTIUR
tllO CHILD, KOFTEN8 lilO OUMB, ALWK all PAlS,
CUHKB wind couc. and is tho best remedy for
piarkikea. So'd by 'DrujHjiets in every part of "
the world. Bo jure trad aslcfor.Mrs.Winslow'Bwl
toothing- Syrup," anftlktuuiaotkBi: kiad.j'jGwe
ty-livo coats a bottle. It isMhe. Inst o all,. . -
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