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VOLUME '4, NUMBER 25,
"As A Man Thlnkoth."
ffhoro is no such thing as Fato. I
build my life
As raon may build a casUc, stone on
StODC
Whothor I Know or not, t is I alone
. ;who nil my days with peaceulness or
strife
I havo the power to think to choose
my thought,
And as I think and plan, so must I
act;
Then doth the imaged thing become
tho' fact .it
. (Tho phantom breathes; the miracle is
' wrought.
So, if I chooso a life as pure and true
- As any saint's of all the ages past,
a . I nood but think fair thoughts and
hold them fast;
I need but plan and hope and will and
do.
. ;
I am the sum of days that are no
more,
If one be darkened by an evil deed,
I may not chango it now, but I may
heed
And learn a lesson by the pain I bore.
I build my life, for failure or success
Just as I will. It rests with me to
choose.
God glvo me noblo thoughts: help
mo to uso
Only tho stones which make for per
' f ectness.
" --Isabel Iilchey, in "Thoughts, New or
Old."
a skirt and blouse of good quality of
black taffeta silk. The skirt and blouse
are box-plaited; the plaits are stitched
in black, and the lower part of the
skirt is trimmed with rows of narrow
black braid. Three buttons are fast
ened to the center box-plait of the
blouse; two others of the. same size
fasten tho narrow, silk straps which
are caught to the box plaits either
side of the center one, and one button
fastens the collar.
."Who seeks for tho fadeless beauty,
Must seek for the uso that seals
fTo the grace of a constant blessing
Tho beauty that uso reveals:
For into tho folded robe alone
Tho moth with its blighting steals.
Margaret E. Sangster.
Ill
Poisonous Plants.
Many persons cannot indulge in
"woods-trips becauso of their sensitive
ness to tho poison of some of the vines
find shrubs. Among tho most to bo
dreaded of these plants are the poison
pumach and the poison oak, or ivy.
Most of tho several species of sumach
aro harmless, but the poison variety
Is in some respects tho most poisonous
Bhrub wo havo. It may be readily dis
tinguished from either tho smooth
sumach or tho Btag-horn variety by
reason of its leaflets being "entire"
that is, "without teeth or lobes, while
tho harmless varieties aro saw-edged.
Tho mountain sumach is distinct from
it in having tho leaf-stems widened
out into "wings," while the poison
Yarloty is wingless.
The poison ivy is a near relative of
tho poison sumach; is usually a creep
er, but becomes a shrub when it hap
pens to grow where it can find no sup
port for its aerial roots. It has com
ound leaves with three leaflets. Tho
'irginia creeper is sometimes con
founded with it, but should not bo. as
It is entirely harmless, has five leaflets
instead of throo, and is differently
shaped. The bitter-sweet, another na
tive climber, has seven to nine leaves.
Dfxthln Suits.
An especially attractive design for a
bathing sutt for tho summer girl shows
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1 A. N Q&D AND WELL TRIED nEMTBDY.
' ' Httfe. WmatoWB soothing Sirup for children
UeUilmj should always bo ued for children whllo
t , fcrtthlnr. .icaortonstho gums, allays all patn, cures
wind colic end 1b the bet lamad. fnr riuVrhn..
Twenty-five cents a bottle. It 1 the beat.
Floral Tajiks.
To the uninitiated, it may seem out
of placo, in the hot July weather, to
talk of the winter garden; and it is
the supposition with many that the
outside garden is already laid by that
the seedtime must now give way to
the harvest. But these tppics are very
timely, and, if one expects f to have
flowers later on, or early in the spring,
there is more to be done in the out
side garden than merely to ' stir the
soil, killing the late-started weeds, or
make a free use of the hose or the
sprinkling can.
Now is the time, too, to make pre
parations for the successful window
garden, and much of this preparation
has to do with the July garden. Out
side, many seeds of perennials and
biennials must be sown in order to
have them bloom next year, while au
tumn sown pansies, candy-tuft, mig
nonette, phlox, and the like must bo
started for the early spring-blossoms,
Indoors and out.
Slips of hardy roses may be potted
in July. The cuttings should be six
inches long, and sunk In the earth in a
moist, shady place, leaving only a leaf
and an eye above tho surface. A glass
fruit jar should be turned down over
the cutting, and not lifted until next
spring, and water, when necessary,
should be poured around it, the soil
not being allowed to dry out. The
latter part of the month is a good time
to root cuttings for a general collec
tion of plants to be used for winter
window decoration. There is nothing
so sure in the hands of the beginner
as the geranium plant. If one cannot
succeed with the geranium, she is not
likely to succeed with others, while,
with the experienced plant-lover, noth
ing can take its place.
Sunshine, Prima Donna, Jean Sis
ley, Bouvenir do Mirande, Amle Hoste,
Mrs. Vick and Sanderson! are all
splendid winter bloomers, and slips
should be started this month for the
window. Do not make the mistake of
buying plants in full bloom and ex
pecting them to go right on blooming
all summer, and then be good-natured
enough to go right on doing the same
thing through tho winter. They will
rarely give you any bloom, but those
they bring you, unless you have
"greon-house" facilities to offer them.
The florist forces his slips to bloom in
order that you may know what you are
buying, and when you take the plant
to your home, away from the moist.
warm air of the green-house, the plant
will go to increasing tho tops, and,
bye-and-bye, when they have become
naturalized, they will give you plenty
of flowers. But if your object is win
ter blooming, you must pinch out ev
ery bud and keep them growing thrift
ily, shifting them into larger pots as
they become filled with roots that 1b
root-bound, which sets them to bloom
ing; your object, until about Septem
ber, must be thrifty growth, when
they may bo allowed to act. hnd ,.
J continued house-blooming.
Query Box.
Blanche. An acid strong enough- to
remove freckles generally removes tne
skin, as well. I am sorry I cannot aid
you. f l
Busy Bee. Carnations delight in
rich soil, a good deal of sunshine and
plenty of water. Shade is destructive
to their blooming qualities.
Invalid. Not being a physician, I
cannot prescribe for you. I can only
suggest remedies which are known to
have been successful, and of a simple
nature.
Mrs. R. F. G The rollers of your
wringer may be kept clean by rubbing
with a cloth moistened with coal oil.
After using, the wringer should be
wiped dry before putting away.
Mrs. "Newly-Wed." Make oven
cloths of double thicknesses of coarse
shirting gingham, or such material as
will protect the hands. Fasten a small
brass ring in one corner, and hang on
a small hook. near the stove.
"No Name." It is not advisable to
try to change the color of your hair.
It does not pay, and one never looks
as well as she would with hair of its
natural color, which always harmon
izes with the complexion. You might
try washing it in a solution of am
monia a ut.ltstoouful of ammonia to
a basin ot water; but it is best not to.
W. R. K. The duties of the ushers
at a wedding are to assign guests to
the seats reserved for them, and make
themselves generally useful. The
groom generally selects them from his
closest friends, and there should 1)0
as many ushers as there are maids.
Halsey S. In tho hands of- a com
petent physician, morphine may be
safely used during painful operations,
or in cases where relief from pain must
bo had; but its usd is not advisable
where other means will avail. Only a
very small percentage of those upon
whom the morphine habit has become
fixed ever escape from its bondage. It
is a terrible misfortune.
Helen M. To clean bven cloths and
stove-holders from crock, soot, etc.,
soak them overnight or several hours
in just enough coal oil to covar, then
wash in coop soap suds.
L. N. A strong solution of salt and
water will set mo3t colors, and the
garment must be soaked in thi3 before
each washing. Alum solution sets the
color permanently, and at the same
time lessens the liability ol the gar
ment catching fire, k strong solution
should be used afte' cie iast linsing
to make this succesoivl. Copied fab
rics are often faded or changed in
shade from being dipi.ert in hot starch
or ironed with a too hot iron. '
Novice. Your question calls for
more space than can be given in the
Query Box, and the answer will be
given you hi a separate article. I am
glad If I can Le.p you, as your ambi
tion is laudable. rXubers or rhizomes
are underground steins, as the potato,
dahlia, lns-iqcts etc.
Wood-Flowers.
Among our native wildlings there
are some very desirable and beautiful
things that will take kindly to trans
planting in the proper season, and
well repay the care given them. Just
before my window is a clump of the
lovely blue spiderwort, transplanted
SfJof southwest Missouri.
Beside it is a clump of yellow-flowered
coreopsis lanceolata, while, pushing its
closed fists above the green foliage lg
? .2. ? the orange-huod asclepia
5e. hUiuy weed'" "Pluresy-root"
inSf? childn00(1 days. ,Theso are all
wildlings-weeds of the pasture-lands-
all are hardyv-and all bloom freely i
the garden. They need no pettinc w
appreciate good soil. The won
derful rudbeckia, Golden Glow is Zl
of our native flowering plants, an.
though a somewhat coarse ilower i!
worth a place in any garden ' n
grows very tall, and its lemon yellow
globes of bloom are fine and showy
Some of the wild sunflowers are mdl
beautiful, and not all of them aro
coarse. A rareat manv nf nm .t..
wildlings. have been aken up by our
uuiiouj, u ijrico sqc upon tnem, and aro
sold as. "novelties."
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'"Tho Trtxtfedy Of Fashion."
A Bister asks us to give space to tho
following, clipped from the July num
ber of Good Housekeeping:
"There is serious missionary work
at hand for the women's clubs; work
which ought to be undertaken without
an hour's delay. It is that of bringing
well-to-do and fashionable women to a
realization of their responsibilities in
the matter of dress.
"Every 'year the fashionable fabrics
are getting more expensive; every year
the trimmings and the 'findings' for
the simplest costume mean a greater
outlay of money. Not only are street
and evening gowns more elaborate, but
fashion is now dictating costly toilets
to take the place of the simple and ap
propriate morning gown; and this at
a time when the cost of mere living is
ruinously high. Do women with mon
ey and position realize what a far
reaching source of evil their extrava
gance vand elaboration of attire has he
come? Do they guess the heart-burnings
of the woman of slender purso
who belongs to the same club, attends
the same functions, and whose apings
of them so as. , to appear properly
dressed mean either weary, nerve
racking hours of planning and mid
night sewing,' -dr "else a living beyond
the slender Income, which brings
nervous or moral collapse" to the fond
and overtaxed husband? Do they
know that to their door may be laid
the unhappy homes, embezzlements
and divorces?
"They loudly declaim against tho
sweat shops; they 'talk ably on altru
ism; yet they are blind and deaf to
the need next door of simple ideals of
living which they, and they alone, can
supply. Heaven speed the day of un
selfish self-control in the matter of
dress.r'
Tho Rod Cross.
In almost any large town or city,
the sight of the red cross is a familiar
one, yet there are many who know
little of its history, or the work tho
members of the society of which it is
the emblem" are doing. The Red Cross
is a "confederation of societies in dif
ferent countries for the amelioration
of. the condition of wounded soldiers
in the armies, in campaigns on land
and sea." The society originated with
Henri Dunant, a Swiss, in 1859, sec
onded by Louis Appia and Gustavo
Moynier of Geneva. Gustave Moymer
called a meeting "to consider the for
mation of permanent societies for tne
relief of wounded soldiers," which was
held February 9, 1863, and on Octo
ber 26 of tho same year an interna
tional meeting was held and a trea y
ean governments, giving protection w
au wonting uuuuir mo iicu --.
United States, senate acceded to in
treaty on 'March 16, 1882. The Amer
can (National) association tu i -Cross
was organized at Washington
D. G May 21,4881, Miss Clara Barton
being elected its flt president. i
carries on its work under the sigu
a red cross on a white ground useu
a flag, always with the na ion jjg
or as an -arni -badge. In lbw. u
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