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Qulot Llvos.
In a valley, centuries ago,
' drew a little fern leaf, green and
slender
Volnlng dellrato and fibres tender,
Waving when the wind crept down so
low;
Rushes tall, and moss and grass,
grow round it;
Playful sunbeams darted in and
found It;
Drops of Jew stole down by night
and crowned It;
But no foot of man ere came that
way
Earth was young and Keeping holiday.
Monster fishes rwam the silent main,
Stately forest waved their giant
branches;
Mountains hurled their snowy
avalanches;
Mammoth creatures stalked across the
plain.
Nature rovelled in grand mysteries,
But tho fern, with naught of his
tories, Did not number with tho hills and
trees;
It but grew, and waved its sweet, wild
way;
No one came to note it day by day.
Earth, ono time, put on a frolic mood;
Heaved tho rocks and changed the
mighty motion
Of the deep, strong curreni of the
ocean;
t Moved tho plain, and shook tho mighty
wood
Crushed tho little fern in soft, moist
clay;
Covered it, and hid it safe away.
Oh, tho long, long centuries since
that day'
Oh, the changes! Oh, life's bitter cost!
Sinco the useless little fern was lost!
Centuries passed. Tlnro came a
thoughtful man
Searching Nature's secrets, far and
deep;
From a fissure m a rocky steep,
He withdrew a stono o'er which there
ran
Fairy pencillings, a quaint design
Leafage, valuing, fibres, clear and
fine:
And the forn's life lay In every line!
awav
Sweetly to surprise us, at the last,
iu"B uuj. selected.
Trixlrxlng Childron.
So, methinks, God hides some souls ?aYvpa80Qap,t, , quarrel amonS them-
tho night before, while I dress, or
rather help tho children dress them
selves, and see that the toilet of each
is properly made. Sometimes I help
get the breakfast, while the oldest
boy, or his father looks after the
younger ones. We sit down to a plain,
substantial meal, well, but simply
cooked, and every one enjoys It. When
breakfast is over, tho school lunches
are put up while the food is still on
tho table, alter which, wo each go to
our separate duties. The oldest boy
makes the bed3 and does tho sweep
ing upstairs, and sees that everything
is put in its proper place. If any child
has scattered its belongings about,
the disorder is reported, and the de
linquent sent to set It to rights. The
second boy gets the fuel and water
to last during the day, and runs er
rands. The little daughter of ten
assists in clearing the table, washing
the dishes, sweeping and dusting, and
planning for tho dinner which we
have in the evening, when we are all
together again. The seven-year-oid
boy gets the vegetables for dinner,
preparing them as far as possible,
blacks the stove, sweeps the porches
and sidewalks, while the baby Is being
trained to 'sit im n.mi tnim nnnn
his time is surely coming; we have
no laggards or Idlers in the family.
"The mother superintendents the
work of course, doing tho many things
uie little ones cannot do, yet taking
as few steps as possible, letting the
children do all they can, and attempt
many new duties as their years arfl
skll increase. Of course, there are
mistakes made, and now and then lit
tle wastes, but nothing like there
would be if tho mother got down in
?teadandnfll0lp had t0 hQ hired- ln
mSfw i a nervous overworked
mother, always worried and alwavs
at work the children have a cheerful
ESS??1?"; wh0 exercises a good
healthful influence over them, takes
the rough edges off their empor
gains their respect and confidence at
the same time counselling and 'en
couraging and training them to be
useful and helpful, amf keepmg them
ofi the street. My children attend
school and the training they get at
homo holns t.hm i..-rL.?ec aF
ES -deTZ "ot
but think of themselves.
I have in mind many mothers who
might follow the above plan with
great good to themselves and the chil-
uiuu KJOlllLlIlSr Thorolrnm t-
a HUWlUlUlil KflT n
Ono who Rtenn wanir ..rm,,. a.ron. resulting
of Six," asks" for advke as to how ESEX, uire.d ,to. bo " neat and
sue may bo onabled to eat thm,, . "f . ulu L"
sho may bo onabled to got through her
work without breaking down. She
says: "My children are nono of them
old enough to help mo, the oldest be
ing but thirtoon years old -and in
school , and the youngest, two years
old.
I orfce had to solve such a problem,
but I only learned the solution as sho
is doing it by breaking down, and
spending years in ill-hoalth. But I
navo a letter from another sister
which so clearly answers hor question
Hiat X Gl that l must Slve it. Horo
it is: "I am the mother of five chil
dren and I am not strong, &o I have
to got a great deal of help from some
source.' My oldest child is a boy of
thirteen years; my youngest is two
years old. It is an invariable rule that
every child must got up and ho
washed dressed and combed In time
to eat hrcalcfnnt. tnimnn mi. , , .
boy and his father usually get tho
'breakfast, which I have planned out
frlrlo o-n,l It. ..
SKSotKwS
to continue doing T S . "g
and neatness arc of as much value to
a man as to a woman, and neither tho
father nor the sons should consldpr f?
beneath their dignity in !! , r ,li
keeping things clian. aSSiS in
yoIntf Eastor Egtfs.
Several days before tho H
dyeing Easter oces nin lme rr
dye. of eacloSPIa,cla. very Mile
bottles and pour hot W l Se)arae
liable to burst W! en n 'rti th,oy are
aro ready to dye? h" S, hp
warm enough to h,. i?b,s snuld be
Pour a little of twL ue. at once.
the warm egg. over and over in the
dye until it is evenly colored; then lay
it on a clean cloth or paper, proceed
ing in this way until you have all
you want of this color. If the shade
is too dark, add a little warm water
to the dye. Carefully wash and wipe
the dish and your fingers, and begin
with the next color. The eggs may bo
handled with an old spoon, saving the
fingers from stain. Proceed as with
the first color until all the eggs aie
dyed, and then throw tne can away;
burn up the stained rags and papers;
put the bottles of dye away for future
use, and you have no stained dishes to
wash, or muss to clean up.
When one cannot obtain the dyes,
boiling in coffee makeb brown ones;
boilintr them in Mm m?.oiri oirtr.
onions, or in a little saffron tea, makes
yellow ones. Beet juice makes a pret
ty shade of red, and washing-blue
makes blue ones. Many of the pretty
figured prints and challies can be
sewed around the eggs and left in hot
water until the figures are printed on
mu ouuua. a great many bright col
ored cottons will fade when boiled.
Assorted colors in dyes and in papers
may be had of nearly all country
stores, or at the druggists, for five
cents a package, and there is enough
in each to dye a great manv eggs.
f JiaiX aalll7 offurinS can be made
from the shells alone, acd many ways
will suggest themselves as one goes
tohoM inettf baskets may b8 "23!
l5?ld colored eggs by using cord
board and White cotton batting. Make
the baskets the desired shape and
cover neatly with the batting aod
make the handle of a bow of orient
colored ribbon. ougnt
Query Box.
E. J. Salted almonds are alwivc
proper with every meal but breaffi
but arc not pos.vely 1nSStJ;
Tom H. Try tar soap for vnnr Un,
alsgo-SdirPe;ctifonr ttW
Sudtt-Sr?sT ST
meaning all; SnilcaJ
divisions of America collectlvoi?
adse8 Slven in thiseolumn1"'
farraeninMd?i ?? -king
with each package. The fS,F8,SPllfld
SecCoeoSket.COrn' " t?S
JCS U - Pe for
ocer, or of S0' y0U1'
3tarland"isaay liSo Stori of
means of the alimest Wlthlu the
astronomical facts nrnPT?' and
told; is an eSen? i,nn?teJGStlly
dren; By Wave X Ii , o0ok for chil
excellent. y lde and Sease is also
Mrs. n n.-p0- , ..
graved with the full ld be en"
married, with the Drefl,61 If uu"
except for boys and "2iiM,8B,op Mr
whose namPB ,o i gIrls lmder atjc
The addieTflsyt minted alone.'
ner. ls m tne nght hand cor-
shirring, narrow plaiting "T"
tucks and smocking. g' mfl,
Flower-Lover.-Quite a fow
seeds may be sown now; it i? nin T
have your plants well star ed 11?
ready for out-door planting cSf
roots should ho divided into smnn
Pieces each piece having u u S
If to bo grown from seed, start W
as possible. H"ta3feooQ
C. S.F. The custom of maMm, -special
caire for election wa a 5I
time almost universal in New n
gland, and it is still in voguo in Jl
parts of it; but the formula for 1
loSiSL? cak0 v-aned iu dlflSt
Mrs, C At tho familv tahln wi,..
no servant is kept, soup should ba
served and water noured before din!
TVI an?"n(ied. bread should be
on the table from first to last excent
ng with the dessert. Vegetables should
be placed before the father, or ac
knowledged head, for serving, aid
members of the family should practice
courteous helpfulness and erace if
manner, '
Interested. I believe it has been
decided that a husband can be held ac
countable for stealing from his wife
(which many of them do), though it
was formerly held that such a thing
was not possible, as the wife belonged
to the husband and what was hers
belonged strictly to him, and he could
not be said to steal what was already
"0 VIYVU.
Mrs. J. E. D. I think you can get
the desired information as to postal
laws from your postmaster. It is pos
sible you might get the- other infor
mation by addressing, with stamped,
addressed envelope, one of the largo
daily newspapers of your own slate,
and I am sorry I cannot aid you,
Many thanks -for kind words.
M. J..T.I think you can get tho de
sired recipe from some toilet specialist
in your own city more satisfactorily
than I can give it, , '
New HouselteeperWFor work dresses
for yourself what could be It) leer than
some of the many wash fabrics now
on the market? Very few dress goods
wash or wear more satisfactorily than
calicoes, ginghams or percales, and
one can keep beautifully fresh avi
clean with a supply of these. Three
or four long aprons, reaching to tho
wkWAU uj. yuur QTes3f ana one lonSt
sack-apron with sleeves, to slip on
while you get your Sunday dinner, or
io protect your gown on other occa
sions will be needed, Wash shirt
waists, with wo-sted skirts, over which
ne big long aprons may be worn, will
save washing.
Etiquette. a ,
man is always presentpn T" 0r Wo"
,ne, no matter wha??Lt0 an Mer
"notion the younSS firce of a'
tomed; this is thf nnry, have at
due to ago. hQ natural courtesy
fcSSi 7? Unn
Kltohon Cloths.
The experienced houstwife, whether
she has learned her "profession" in her
mother's home or in her own, does
not have to worry about the proper
material from which to make her
Mtchen clotns and towelling. - But it
seems that tho nrhinnti p ,,. nt
our girls along this line has been neg
lected; hence; the oft-repeated ques
uon so regularly and variously an
swered in the Woman's Department of
the many periodicals.
At u ,ordlnary, three-times-a-day
Jiish-washing, I do not think' it mat
ters so very much what is used, so it
is clean, and it should be kept clean
ana sweet by frequent washings and
airings, or thrown into the" fire as soon
'sssaiHsssi
- -- mvw mo ma ua o
dsi shows signs of becoming disre
putable, whether from wear or untldi-
TlOca oi. . .. ..
ui i L worn "nen, or cotton,
which does not "lint" too badly, and
nnviCh 1Lsuflic,ently open-meshed fo
part with cjrn Mf.,jn i.-.. .,i
! r.viceable wash-cloths, but if one has
nothing to begin with, and must buy,
SfnmatAlt n!fvA
with n5,,ln. 0IIS dfty a" ouro4 to stey cured
ffils SSS? tSalme5to Winer Any reader of
BondiWfl111 reoivo a trial bottle freoby
Sm&y Jonicwo0.0181 CMd t0 D?ke Fm
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