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it as lie sees it. It may not be bo
bad in that ligbt, ind I would not try
to read into it the badness that others
may And there.
Ho will probably grow a little
ashamed as he talks about it, for boys
feel the sentiment in the air about a
place, even if they have not found
anything that seemed wrong, and may
try to defend it Do not be ungener
ous or suspicious, but, if you have
posted yourself as you should before
having this talkgoing to see the
place for yourself, If necessary to be
rair there will be sufficient reasons
to give him why he should not go
there any more. Endeavor to let the
decision that he is not to go again
come as the result of his own judg
ment. If he cannot be brought to
take that ground, malte your decision
Known firmly, but pleasantly, and help
him to acquiesce in it as cheerfully as
he can, because he loves you, oven
though he may think your judgment
is poor in this particular case.
If you think there is no harm in
these places, though there may not be
any good, you will learn that the
things that he will see and hear will,
though unconsciously, tend to lower
high standards, blunt moral and ethi
cal perceptions and, while he may not
grow up immoral, will yet have a de
moralizing effect on his chaiacter.
The boys are more likely to be drawn
into these low-priced places than the
girls, but both will need counsel. Exchange.
It is encouraging tofnote that women
are becoming more and more to rec
ognize that comfort or torture with tho
feet is largely tho result of tho shape
of shoe they wear. Good Housekeeping.
DrooLd Boards. -Some
pretty bread .boards are now
made and ornamented, with poker
work, and' one ofteni sees the loaf of
bread with a sharp broad-knife placed
on the table near the house-mother's
N place. Several slices Of .. bread are cut
before sitting down to the table, and
the loaf placed with the cut side next
the bread board, and more slices are
cut as needed. This is a sensible
fashion, since it saves the bread from
becoming hard and dry, and every loaf
is fresh until finished.
Woll-Fittlng Shoos.
Nothing but demand will create a
shoe that fits the foot perfectly, and
good sense and artistic appreciation
are gradually "creating that demand.
When these are exercised there will
be no sorefeet, for women will accept
nothing but a comfortable shoe, and,
as a result, tho manufacturers will
supply them. "With shoes made in
conformity with nature's, laws, we
should have feet whose beaiity would
be recognized, an4 the Trilby foot
would not be an exception. Because
of our general advance in matters per
taining to dress, our footwear, In tho
past few years, is gradually becoming
better and more healthful, but there
is much yet to accomplish. That the
water should be able to flow under the
instep without wetting it, is an old
saying; no instep can bo arched
without a shoe that conforms with the
toot, and this the ancients knew, for
they paid great attention to the beau
ty of their sandals, the Greek, in par
ticular, being careful to preserve the
anatomical proportions. The care of
the foot should begin in infancy', for if
children are allowed or, forced,
ratherto wear tight, poorly-shaped
shoes, the feet get out of shape and'
the foundation Is laid for ills that fol
low in after life, tho shoe with rub
ber layers on the bottom, both for
vomen and children, gives elasticity
ot step that saves the spine from jars
and helps to insure a good walk. Now
adays intelligent shoe-inakers recom
mend a shoe that is a trifle longer
than the foot, which 'gives a long,
"lender effect. The' ld-fashioned
method of buying' a shbe too short
jaused tortures in walking, but the
"esh, being obliged to W'somewhere,
broadened out and became disfigured
ith the ineyitable corns and bunions.
Proptxgattng Plants.
Cuttings are portions, of shoots,
either of ligneous or herbaceous plants.
They are made of the young shoots
with the leaves on, or of ripened wood,
either with or without the leaves.
They may be longer or shorter, but
should have at least two or three
"eyes" or buds, and more will be bet
ter. After they have, either in the
herbaceous state with the leaves on, or
with the wood matured with or with
out leaves, been properly prepared and
planted, they forjn on the ends "cal
louses," or "heal over," and from this
callous, the new roots, are sent out,
making the perfect plant.
Cuttings set early in August should
make growth this fall, if placed on the
north side of a fence or building,
though it would be better if the cut
tings were placed in pots and the pots
plunged in a slight heap of fresh
horse manure, about twelve inches
deep, which will give a low heat for
four to six inches. In making the
cutting, cut the lower end somewhat
close below the lower bud, leaving
the upper bud just above or at tha sur
face, when planted, setting tho cut
tings close to the side of tho pot, in
sand, or in sandy soil.
The ground should be kept moist,
but not wet, as too much moisture will
tend to rot tho cutting.
Cuttings taken as late as September
or October of the new soft growth of
many annuals and perennials make
line window plants, with satisfactory
bloom about Christmas, or . later,
though your winter bloomers should
have been "slipped" and rooted in
May or June, in order to have the most
satisfactory blooming period. Like
every other good thing, in plant cul
ture there is "no reward without la
bor." As soon as your plants are
rooted, pot them In a rather small pot;
do not shake the soil or sand from
the roots, and to avoid this, thoroughly
moisten the soil before lifting. After
setting, press the earth well down
about tho roots and put the pots In a
cool, light place for a few days, after
which, set them out in the garden in a
cool place where they will get the
morning sunshine; see that they do
not dry out for lack of rain, and leave
them to themselves. If buds appear,
pick them off. Do this mercilessly, if
you want winter bloomers.
knifes, and support the handle. A
companion-piece to this is a spoon-baf.
This Unmade of a btrip of wood a foot
long and two or three inches wide.
This may bo fastened to tho wall with
screws, or hung upon hooks with
oyes, or fastened to brackets. At suit
able distances along tho strip, put In
small hooks, and "on these hang
spoons, cook forks, ladles, nln. no
not hang two things on one hook. If
one board is likely to be crowded,
make another.
One of the nicest materials for dish
cloths, is a cheap grade of cheese
clothtwo or threo cents a yard in
the department stores; it does the
work well, and does not hold the
grease or gather the scum from the
dishwater, and can bo easily washed
clean and dried in tho sun. It is cheap
enough to admit of burning when it
shows too much sign of usage. The
cloth when new does not dry wed, but
serves for a wash-cloth admirably. It
is also serviceable for the toilot and
the bath.
For Tho Hovisokoopor.
One of the handy things to have
about the house is an emergency bag.
This is really a collection of pockets,
or wall liaer. tacked on the wall in
some convenient place, or on the in
side of a closet dfior. In one of the
n'nnlrrifn nM fill thfl old. Soft. WOm
Plinerig; another may contain ordinary
cotton batting; another, coarser ciocns
and bandages; in another may be a
roll of absorbent cotton, and so on,
with a pocket for buttons, darning
cotton, patches, or other articles that
are constantly being called for. Bits
of cord, string from the grocer's pack
ages, a rolled quantity of strips, a pa
per of sticking plaster, and many oth
er things will find a corner there, and
will save many a weary hunt, in case
of accident, or other need.
A knife rack is a thoroughly useful
thing to have in the kitchen. Take a
board about four inches wide and
twenty inches long, held by two brack
ets of wood or iron. In holes wuu
a gimlet along both sides of the
board, about an inch jipart and place
in pajrs. The wood between each pair
of poles, is cut away wtji key-hole
sav, and the edges' of! te slots thus
formed are smoothed, with sandpaper.
Th(h fasten the board onlts. brackets.
Tne slots are to hold "tne blades of the
Brya,n Not Dead Yot.
There are those who construe Mr.
Bryan's speech in the Illinois case as
a swan song, but it is far more sugges
tive of vitality than of approaching
dissolution.
If we call it a song at all we should
recognize in it the fervor of a hymn,
mo uujeci oi its praise Doing the truth
and the right. But it Is, more proper
ly considered, a philippic that was
evoked by an outrageous wrong. Ma
jority rule had been prevented in the
Illinois convention by rank dishonesty
and an audacity and impudonco which
were carried Into tho debates at St.
Louis by the "highwaymen" and
"train robbers" of Mr. Bryan's denun
ciatory sentences. In the contrast both
of cause and of persons the Nebras
kan shows to such great advantage
that he should receive a tribute of re
spect, even from those wjjo have dif
fered from him most widely in the
past upon political principles.
We believe, moreover, that his clean
liness of character, his fine moral
qualities, his purity of purpose, his
political zeal and his unrivaled gifts
as an orator absolutely preclude the
idea that he has ceased to Tjo a force
in our public life. Whether one ap
proves all his tenets or not, one should
recognize the power that Is In him,
and it may affect millions in the future
as it has in the past For the- present
it must be said, of course, that the
leadership of his party has gone from
him to other men. It may oven be
said that the masses of the party have
decreed the change because they are
tired of his silver hobby and tired of
defeat. But who shall say that he
may not reassert himself if condi
tions should beckon him to the foro
as they did in 189C. Anyone who
believes that he can never again have
a great popular following Is a care
less reader of history and of human
nature. Chicago Record-Herald.
fought a battlo which must excite kd- '
miration; irrespective of political bins. '
Tho mere physical endurance of tho
man was' almost superhuman, lie was
grit to tho core. And, beset qn all
sidca by men who count themselves
shrewd politicians, and oppressed with
tho knowledge that tho drift of party
sentiment was strongly away from
him, ho displayed a quickness of in
tellect, a depth of resource and a pow
er of oratory that were simply amaz
ing. Single-handed he fought his oppo
nents to a standstill in tho committee
on resolutions. It was solely due to
his efforts that the platform failed to
Indorse tho gold standard, and left
him In a position to preserve both his
constituency and his regularity. And
tne convention ratified this negative
but to him very material triumph.
It is true that Judge Parker's elev
enth hour Interference took from Mr.
Bryan the fruit of his labor. But It
cquld not tako from him the credit
for a splendid display of courage, nor
make larger the antagonists who ap
peared beside him as pygmies. Phil
adelphia North American.
A Gallant Fight.
Shorn though he be of the plumes
of leadership, and overwhelmed by a
hostile faction within his own party,
William J. Bryan emerges from the
political chaos at St. Louis the big
gest man and the best fighter In the
democracy. He went into the con
vention seemingly . certain of igno
minious defeat; achieved a temporary
victory, and, while eventually defeat
ed because his foes were reinforced
.from an unexpected quarter, no igno
miny attaches to the result so far as
he is concerned.
It was a foregone conclusion that
he could not hope for indorsement of
the ideas of which he is the chief ex
ponent. Such a possibility was hard
ly considered, even by Mr.'Bryan. The
cuestionr seemed to be, how absolute
should ,be the repudiation. .pf.x those
deasi and, as a consequence,. of him
self? Confronting this question, he
Jofforsoniowti Principles
Opponents of Bryan are now talking
of his "defeat in the national demo
cratic convention." Bryan waH the
man who won all the victories lor
principle, and Bryan was the idol of
tho people at the convention. Bryan
was the solo topic of conversation on
tho Btreels, In the hotels and In the
convention. His speeches were tho
convention feature, and those he hit
hardest are the self-same persons who
now talk of Bryan's defeat. Bryan
will be found fighting with and or
tho party all tho time, and no ono
member of the party will be found
lighting better and harder for Jcffer-
sonian democratic principles than the
leader from Nebraska. Springfield
(111.) Registon
The Contrast.
But in regard to anti-imperialism,
to a policy of peace, good will and
arbitration, as contrasted with a pol
icy of trouble-hunting and militar
ism; to a policy of calm, conservative
Americanism with the constitution
and the laws reverenced and support
ed, Mr. Bryan gives unqualified pre
lerence to Judge Parker over Mr.
Hoosevelt. Though the democratic
nominee docs not stand for all that
Mr. Bryan would like him to stand
for, he stands for so much more of it
than Mr. Roosevelt does that the Ne
braska statesman arrives at his choice
without difficulty. Denver News.
What It Shows.
Mr. Bryan's course at St. Louis at
least shows that be is more of a dem
ocrat and' less of an autocrat than
some prejudiced observers would havo
us believe. Florida Times-Union.
'Drifting Apart.
It now appears that the democratic
press of tho east was mad because
Bryan dominated the convention, and
the republican press of the west was
glad because Bryan had been van
quished. There doesn't seem to be
much prospect of the eastern demo
cratic press and the western republi
can press getting together. Joplm
Globe.
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