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SEPTEMBER , 1S0T
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In his oration regarding the Pil
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took occasion to trample upon more
than one bunion,
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Fourty-Fonr
Time goes on a little faster, though
uiy steps are growing slow,
But the sun still shines in splendor
and stillets In golden glow;
And old friends, old times, old
mem'ries, grow still dearer unto
me
As I walk the sunset roadway leading-
to eternity.
Home scenes grow a little dearer
with the close of each long day,
Sweeter grows my children's .laughter
as I watch them at their play,
And I take my ease at twilight, sit
ting by my cottage door,
Thanking God that life is spared mo
and I'm young at forty-four.
Sweeter grows the soft caresses as
my children's fingers twine
Through the silver threads that glis
ten in this graying head of mine;
Softer, sweeter grows the music as
Dame Nature sweeps the strings
Of the wind harps in the forests till
the earth with rapture rings;
Softer grow the sunset colors as the
sun sinks into rest
In a couch of fleece-clouds downy in
the dim and distant west:
And I sit while twilight shadows
creep acrops my cottage floor,
Thanking God for home and. loved
ones at the age of forty-four,
Life is always what you make it
you may build for weal or woe.
Rough the road, or smooth, my
brother It depends which way
. .you, gq.,
Love and laughter smooth the path
waysighs and groans will make
It rough;
You can see more flowers blooming
if you'll just look long enough.
And as you pursue your journey,
hand in hand with those you love,
You will see the sun shine brightly
thpugh the dark clouds Tiang
above,
Swift the years go gliding by me, but
I heed their flight no more
I'm too thankful for my blessings
at the age of forty-four.
fingers in the grate. After the wife
has carefully applied healing oint
ment to the sore places', send for a
man who knows all about furnaces.
You will be surprised how easy it
is to do the work of repairing the
furnace if these directions are care
fully followed.
One of the handiest things in a
dining room, as woll as one of the
most ornamental, is a plate rack.
They may bo had of any furniture
dealer at almost any price. Select
one that suits the size of your purse
and insist on having enough screws
thrown in to fasten It to the wall.
With a hammer carefully test the
wall until you find the studding to
which the rack may be screwed. This
will be accomplished after knocking
but a few square yards of plastering
loose. The first screw will go in very
hard, and the screwdriver will slip
and gouge a chunk out of your left
forefinger. Then is when you should
come out strong. Just as soon as
you get the finger out of your mouth
grab up the 'phono and send for a
man who understands the job. This
method has the added advantage of
saving the recording angel a lot of
work.
Some Household, Recipes
The season of the year ic near at
hand when the heating stove must be
put up and made ready for the chilly
morning.. This; work usually de
volves upon the man of the house.
"Several years' experience in this class
of work -enables the conductor of this
departnient to give some valuable!
hints- along this line.
When the time comes when the
stove just has to be set up, go down
into the cellar, or up into the garret,
as the case may be, and dig out the
zinc used under the stove last winter.
It will be found that it is either too
rusty or loo worn, for use. Then step
to the telephone and call up the hard,
ware store and order a new zinc.
While at the' 'phone just tell the man
to send out a couple of husky fellows
to set up the stove. This will save
time, cuticle, and temper, and the
wife and children will not feel com
pelled to talk in. whispers and walk
on their tiptoes for a week.
Perhaps; you have a furnace in
your house; ' If so, now i& the time
.to put It IJQhape for the winter. At
the first opportunity don a pair of
old trousersrhunt through the hojis'e
mntil you? find, a hammer a moKkey
wrench and;a, shovel. Then, go ,dowii
into the. furnace ropm, stumble over
the old boxes that accumulate- flur--ing
the summer, bark your shins roh
the open furnace door and pinch your
This is the season of year for the
city man to make garden. The way
to do it is to visit the state or county
fair, carefully note the kinds of veg
etables you want to raise and select
the seed. Make out a list of the gar
den toola you need and draw an out
line map of the proposed garden. By
the time you have done all this it
will be spring. Then you can throw
away the seed and the lists and buy
fresh vegetables of the corner gro-ceryman.
Soon will come the time when- the
man of the house will, feel the need
of hunting up his overcoat. When
found the chances are that it will, be
sadly frayed around the buttonholes,
the pockets worn and the edges
rather frlngy. All this, however,
may be easily remedied. Wrap the
coat up in a neat package, tie it firm
ly with stout 'twine, and then 'phone
the Salvation .Army wagon to come
after It. Then you can peacefully
and .with a quiet conscience, go to
your favorite clothing dealer and ar
range for a new coat.
A reader signing himself "Victim"
wants to know what he can do to
persuade his wife not to make pickles
and preserves of watermelon rinds.
We are unable to help him. When a
wife falls victim to the habit of
pickling or preserving watermelon
rinds her case is hopeless. The only
thing to do is to set watch and see
that "She does not pickle or preserve
the potato peelings.
An anonymous, correspondent en
ters a vigorous complaint and asks
for advice. He has a son, aged about
nineteen, who Is. as large as the
father. As a result of this similar
size the son finds It easier to wear
his father' shirts', collars, hose, and
neckties than to buy his own.- The
father wants to know what he should
do about It. That's exactly what we
would like to 'know. And about
three mornings a vreek, after yajnly
hunting for a clean shirt or coljaf,
or clean hose, ;and learning that our
rown grown? boy. -.has "sneaked!', the
last one, we-are willing to pay hand
somely for the" Information. " Can"ariy
reader help us out?
Anxious
"Why Is Blngorly so anxious to
dodge the assessor? Ho doesn't own
much, taxable property, docs he?"
"Goodness, gracious, yesi Why,
Bingerly has almost a half a ton of
hard coal in his cellar, left over from
last winter."
Brain Leaks
A contented workman earns his
wages.
Sanctification docs not mean exclu
slveness. Any work is honest when honestly
performed.
A church letter Is small recom
mendation. A yawn from the pew may mean
somnolency in the pulpit.
When it means sacrifice to give we
can set It down as charity.
John Barleycorn still holds the
championship belt as a fighter.
The richest man iff the'bno who
is satisfied with what he has.
Some men give; other men ampu-i
tato themselves from their money.
A boy's first ambition is to play
the snare drum in the village band.
Better be- riding a hobby, than to
sit grumbling by the side of the road.
Honesty is the best policy only
when it is not honesty for policy's
sake.
The Christian spends In doing the
time that the church member' spends
in posing. ,
Men who never work are prone to
grow eloquent on the subject of "the
dignity of labor."
When a man's children run to
meet him it Is a pretty good sign
that he Is all right.
The average man is surprised that
the "world does not stop whirling
when he gets into trouble.
A whole lot of men are in a hurry
to get nowhere to do something that
does not need to be done.
We expect to take our summer
vacation the week after the Standard
Oil company pays that fine.
Automobile jokes are growing
scarce. The automobile has grown
altogether too serious for jokes.
After all it is enlightened 'selfish
ness to reach down and lift up. The
man lifted up can not drag you down.
The candidate who Is so glad to
shake your hand before election is
very apt to shake you entirely after
election.
When a man wants to turn a dis
honest trick he has no trouble In
finding an excuse that will satisfy his
conscience.
Next to the man with a grievance
the greatest bore is the map who will
not sympathize with you when you
tell yours.
The man who can see nothing but
fun In life never amounts to much;
the man who can see no, fun at all
in life never amounts to anything.
Some men excuse profanity on the
ground that it is a safety valve on
their temner. But the more they
.swear the more the escapo valve is
called upon to act.
About the nearest thing to per
petual motion that we have been able
to find Is this thing.of thrusting one's
hand Into one's pocket to pay out
the money earned between Teach
ings'. Some of these days we are going
to meet up with a defeated candidate
who Is just as glad to see us as he
was before his defeat, and then we
will know who our preferred candi
dates for something better Is,
Just as we begin to think that wo
really know something really worth
.while, then something happens to
show us that we really know so little
of all there is to know that it Isn't
worth while to feel puffed up on ac
count of our knowledge.
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