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(Below Is given this poem as it
originally appeared in "The North
Amorlcan Roviow," of September,
1817. It will bo Interesting to com
paro this earliest, with the latest,
most familiar form of the poem.)
"Vet a few clays, and thee,
The all-beholding sun shall seo no
" more
In all his course; nor yet in the cold
grotfnd,
"Where thy pale form was laid with
many tears,
Nor- in the embrace of ocean, shall
exist
Thy image. Earth, that nourished
thee, shall claim
Thy growth', to bo resolved to earth
again;
And)' lost each human trace, sur
rendering up
Thine individual being, shalt thou go
To mix forever with the elements;
To be a brother to the insensiblo
rock,
And to the sluggish clod which the
rude swain
Turns with his share and treads up
on. The oak
Shall send his roots abroad, and
pierce thy mould.
Yet not to thy eternal resting place
Shalt thou retire alone nor could'st
thou wish
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt
lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world
with kings,
The powerful of the earth the wise,
the good,
Fair "forms, and hoary seers of ages
past
All in one mighty sepulcher. The
hills,
Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun
the vales
Stretching in pensive 'quietness be
tween; .
The venerable woods the floods that
move
In majesty the cpmplainlng brooks,
That wind among the meads and
make them green,
Are but the solemn declarations all
Of the great tomb of man. The
golden Bun,
TTho planots, all the infinite host of
heaven
Are glowing in tho sad abodes of
death
Through the still lapse of ages. All
that tread
Tho globe are but a handful to the
tribes
That slumber in its bosom. Take
the wings
Of morning, and the Borean desert
piorce;
Or lose thyself in jfoe continuous
wodds
That veil Oregon, where ho hears no
sound
Save his own dashings yet,stho dead
are there,
And millions, in those solitudes,
since flrst
The flight of years began, have laid
them down
In their last sleep the dead reign
there alone.
So shalt thou rest and what if thou
shalt fall
Unnoticed by the living, and no
friend
Take note of thy departuro? Thou
sands more
Will share thy destiny. The titter
ing world
Dance to th.e grave. The busy brood
P1befo1o' and aeh one-"cliases as
His favorite phantom. Yet all these dug. For all purposes, soft water Is
shall leave
Their mirth and th'eir employments,
and shall come -,
And make their bod with thdo!"
Bryant.
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"Muking Money at Home
This time of year this question
comes to thd fore' quite often. De
spite tho fact that many girls and
womon resent tho advice to consider
tho trade of dressmaking as a' money-making
business to be carried on
in the home, or the home neighbor
hood, it is well known that many
women not only make a living,
through following it, but also lay
up quite a little money besides, every
season. This is one of the avenues
that is never crowded at the top. For
good work, good wages may be de
manded, and the really good home
dressmaker is never out of work.
Dressmaking, in common with other
businesses, has its full share of J
trials and troubles; but I do not
know of any trade or business, or
profession that has not. There is
no royal road to anywhere. It is a
constant complaint, In the shop or
in the home, that It is almost impos
sible to got workers into whose hands
expensive materials may be placed
with any assurance that the finished
garment will be at all satisfactory.
Yet one can go into an establish
ment where the work is done by men
and, given a few measurements, go
away confident that they will soon
be in possession of a costume or
gown, the "fit" and workmanship of
which will be unquestioned. Why?
For one thing, the "sewing men" do
not take up their trade "just as it
comes," but go through special train
ing, learning the business -just as
they would any other trade. Even
If a girl or woman does not "make
money" at the work, she can, if she
knows how to do the work, save
quite a sum by making her own gar
ments, and the garments for the rest
of the family. The cost of hiring
so immeasurably superior to the hard
water of most of wells and springs,
and so much easier to get at, one
can but wonder why every farm home
is not supplied with a cistern, even
though there is a well right at the
door.
In cities and large towns, the wa
ter from the roofs is so generally
impregnated with soot, atmospheric
dust, and the droppings of all kinds
that lodge on the roof and In, tho
eave-troughs, that it is not so' de
sirable for drinking and culinary
purposes, unless it is well filtered.
But even with this, it is often but
a choice of evils, as one does not al
ways know what may be lodged in
the reservoirs or "settling basins,"
from a decaying water-bug u? h ft
dead animal or human being, while
one is never sure, even in the most
sparkling country stream, over -or
through what manner of soluble ina
terial it. may run on its way to the
basin, well or spring. A well-flltered
cistern is the best receptacle for wa
ter for all purposes.
Wintering House Plants
In houses where, gas is used for
fuel and lighting, or where tho hard
the patent office reports would havo
attested to the customary claim of
the male doer of things that woman
was backward where great original
ity was required. But behold what
a decade has done! Not a page of
the oiiiciai roport ot patents but that
some woman's success is recorded.
And not alone this; for each year
there is to be found an increasing
number of successful women inven
tors whose inventions are not pat
ented in their own names, but bought
outright by manufacturers and busi
ness firms who themselves secure the
patent.
Inquiry at manufacturing plains
and mercantile houses reveals tho
fact that women employes are con
stantly suggesting improvements in
tho machinery and methods em
ployed by tho firm. Those ac
quainted with th-e field say that fully
three hundred of the patents takon
out by women within the last ten
years are yielding unusually largo
returns to ihe inventors, and that
others not yot put on the market are
destined to be equally successful.
When a device can command within
a few minuses after being patented.
$20,000, the originator of the idea
Is quite beyond masculine criticism;
and such was the offer to the woman
inventor ofsthe satchel-botfomed pa
per bag. A glove buttoner is yield
ing the woman. -who thought out the
scheme five thousand a year, and a
patented adjustable waist supporter
has made the inventor independent.
Such examples might be multiplied,
but these are enough to show that
women who have entered the field
have done exceedingly well.
Undoubtedly the opportunities for
factory to try to keep iiouse plants
I have never heard of any way to
overcome the difficulty, and but few
of us h.ave a conservatory or a jjlant
room proper. It is quite -a sacrifice
for the flower lover to have to let her.
plants die, and the only way they
can be- safely kept is by having a
plant pit. This need not be an ex
pensive affair, and any one who can
dig in the ground can do most of
the work, while a few second-hand
window sash will answer for the cov
ering. '
Dig a hole in som spot where the
sunshine oqp- be had all day, If pos
sible. TS00 ftole may be of any de
sired (m from one that a single
coal baseburner is not strictly air
tight, most of us find it very unsatis-1 higher education enjoyed by women
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even inexpensive stuffs made up, and tlous '& resembling a small green
especially uresses or costumes, is, in rDtt X"L w iOW l""-"" say, xuu
puts, iue pit may oe tnree to five
f.eet ttide, as long as one wished,
and ttiree feet deep. A sloping sit
uation is best, on account of drain
age, with the slope to the south or
south-east. In the bottom a layer of
soft-coal cinders two or three inches
deep is good. The'walls inside mav
be boarded up, or bricked, or ce
mented enJ;ire,N which latter will k'eep
out all vermin as well as water.' On
the north side the wall should be
built up two or three feet, or even
higher, making the north wall lrom
the bottom of the pit about six feet
high for a small pit; higher for a
large one. A frame like for a hot bed
should be set over this, and the
ground, be well banked up on the
outside, to the top of the back wall,
and at the ends,. The sash should be'
fitted closely in the frame, end the
glazing well- done, evsry crack, crev
ice or hole cemented and, for really
cold nights, old blankets, quilts, car
pet, or bther covering should be
tucked snugly about It. Tho inside
should be fitted with shelves, in the
form of steps, tho top one being
quite near the glass roof. Tho sash
frame should be closely fitted and
guarded with, weather strips, and the
whole top should be at an angle to
readily turn rain, and to let the sun
roach the plants on the shelves.
many instances, prohibitive, and the
work not always satisfactory.
A Supply of Soft Water
Every housewife can do better
work if she has a supply of soft wa
ter for laundry and toilet- purposes,
and the lack of it is so often ac
countable only to the negligence or
lack of enterprise on the part of the
glide mon, that one is sometimes sur
prised at the quiet manner in which
she puts up, with it. Soft water in
abundance can be supplied through
either a cistern of large enough di
mensions to hold a sufficient quan
tity to answer the demands of the
house in every department or one of
smaller dimensions, intended for
laundry and toilet uses alone. But
the small one is a doubtful economv,
as it would cost but very little more
to make one of the larger size. If
not a regular cemented cistern, then
a large barrel may be sunken into
the ground convenient to a trough
or spout used for conveying tho wa
ter from tho.,roof to the receptacle;
or, if this is barred, then a barrel,
tub, or tank into which the drip
pings from the house eaves may be
directed by means once employed by
our mothers a board propped up
between the eaves and the receptacle.
The "barrel" business. .howmmN
should be but a temporary affair,
today are responsible for their great
activity in this new field. The four
million women workers In this coun
try are more than industrious. They
are bringing great skill and fine
training to bear on. their work.
Woman has become dissatisfied with
the few learned professions; she
wishes to attest her practical nature;
and the fact that she is doing inven
tive work of a high order demon
strates her efficiency as 'a practical
worker. Sunday Magazine.
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used only until the cistern could, be Up to ten years ago, a search of
For tho Homo Seamstress
Before cutting Into cloths intend
ed for1 suits or Skirts, the goods
should be shrunken. Leave it fold
ed with the selvage edges meeting
and roll smoothly in dampened
sheets; lay away for twenty-four
hours, or until' the sheets become
dry. This acts as a sponging pro
cess, and makes goods of smooth
surface proof against -rain spots, as
well as shrinking.
For tucking materials that will not
mark with a tucker, such as cloth,
chiffon, and the like, cut a piece of
cardboard the width of tjie desired
tuck (that is, a half-inch piece for
a halMnch tuck),-then warm a flat
iron arid, with the card measure off
size of the tuck on the goods, pres
ing it well as you go along. After
this stitch them into place," and you
will have tucks as good,, if not bet
ter, than you could have made with
the tucker.
To, keep the back closing of the
plaited skirt from parting, do not
open it inx the center back seam if
you have an inverted overrbox plait
but have the skirt ready for tho
band, all seams stitched, and pin the
plaits carefully. Then slash down
on the right inside crease df the cen
ter plait. This parting will need
but about half the number of hooks
and eyes, and will stay closed. Let
the band be long enough to reach
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
TVfna. Wxnst.ow'8 Soothino Syiiup for children
tcethlne: should always ha used for children whllo
tcothlnp. It softens tho Bums, allaysall pain, curea
wind colic and is tho best roniedy for diarrhoea
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