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VOLUME' 9, DUMBER 6
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Tho Hurrying Hours
How often tho thought comes homo
to mo,
As the moments hurry away,
Of tho many things I intend to do
Somehow, sometime, some day.
They aro promises that have never
been kept,
Though J always meant to be true;
But time is too short for. all the
things
That a body intends to do.
1 will answer a letter, or read a book,
1 will write a bit of rhyme;
1 will do tho things that I ought
to do
Some day when 1 have tho time.
So 1 look beyond, as I hope and plan,
For the days that are just ahead;
Whilo tho day that is here goes into
its grave
"With its opportunities dead.
Today is tho only day we have;
Of tomorrow, we cannot be sure;
To 'solzo the chanco as it comes along,
Is the way to make it secure.
For overy year is a shorter year,
And this is a truth sublime
moment misspent is a jewel lost
From tho treasury of Time.
Arthur Lewis.
tant than soap and water and a good
wash rag, aided and abetted by
plenty of sunlight and fresh air, and
these will not fail to clear the. prem
ises of many deadly foes to health
and happiness.
"Health Foods"
.Veryqpon'' planting time will be
upon usi and it is well to have your
garden seeds ready. 1 you have but
a f,dw fe"et of ground, you can grow
many things, and there is nothing
more healthful than an abundant
supply of "early greens." Tho let
tuces, cresses, spinaches, and many
other quick-growing salad vegetables
aro better than drugs for clearing
tho complexion and giving bright
ness to the oye, and all of them aro
oasny grown, ouvo oil is
Training a Child
It is unfortunate, in a way, for
tho general business of education
that the young child is usually so
winsome. If he did not appeal so
strongly to grow-up people, they
would not tolerate his dictatorship,
and it would be bettor for him in
the end. But most adults like to
see a little thing assert himself;
they think it is quite a joke that one
so small should show so much spirit,
and so they encourace his tyranny
by rewarding him with their smiles
when he knocks some one in the
face, for instance. Of course, no
physical harm can come of this dur
ing the first two or three years, while
he is so helpless; but the boy of
eight or nine years is a different
proposition. He may now proceed
on exactly the same principle as ho
did at two years old, but, instead of
his expressions being received with
smiles, they are returned with blows.
Herein lies the tragedy of child
training in many a homo. The, child
acquires certain attitudes toward
people during tho first two years that
he can not possibly be allowed to
continue during later years." As he
grows older, the parent, the teacher,
and possibly society at large, are in
constant conflict with him to undo
what was unwittingly established in
the beginning. The only way
a child can tell that some actions are
wrong is trat they are resented by
the people about him; they do not
turn out well, so they must be
abandoned. On the whole and
in the long run, that child, will be
lar nappier who early suffers for
tie less than seventy-five cents a
pound. If any one said that beef
had gone up to seventy-five cents a
pound, you would at once have said
that the nrice was prohibitive. Yet
.housekeepers again and again pay
fifty, sixty, seventy and eignty cents
a pound for meat when purchasing
chickens, ducks and broilers. In the
final cost of the chicken is to be con
sidered the fuel, especially if the
fuel is gas.
Evaporated Fruits
These may be made very palatable,
with proper cooking. Get the, choic
est brand possible, wash thoroughly,
and put to soak in plenty of water
for twelve hours, or over night. Pour
off this water, and boil the fruit in
clear water in a porcelain-lined ket
tle closely covered. As the fruit is
already soft and tender it will re
quire but little further cooking, and
when it has boiled up well, add sugar
as liked. The soaking will carry off
the strong taste, will soften the fruit,
and the little cooking will not dis
sipate the flavor.
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tho most nutritious of fnnii nrnriuoiV ar na""ier wno eiy suffers for
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ads, whether fruit or vegetables, is
an excellent medicine for the spring
months. If one can handle a hot
bed, even a small ono will pay for
its cost many timeB over in starting
seedlings for early transplanting to
the border, while tho rapid-growing
radishes and lettuce will bo ready
for use in a very short while. The
work of hot-bed making and tending
is not arduous, and with the help of
tho "glide mon" in excavating and
getting the soil ready, it will take
but little of the housewifo's time and
strength to look after it successfully.
The houses of many people are
usually dirty, painfully and plainly
so, and tho mansions of the rich are
often more unclean in an obscure and
subtle manner than one can well be
lieve. It is a foolhardy thing to in
veigh against a stylo or fashion, but
tho fashion that is so evidently per
nicious and harmful as the profuse
use of shades, curtains, hangings,
carpets, cupboards, crooked-legged
tables, and tho like incumbrances,
should bo done away with in the in
terests of health. They are all dirt
catchers and diseaBe breeders, says
the Family Doctor, and under their
protection the germs and bacillus in
crease and multiply to an alarming
extent. There is no better disinfec-
peace, to continue his erring ways.
Sooner or later, the parent must for
bid actions that earlier have been
allowed, and right here begins the
struggle which often results serious
ly for both the boy and his parents.
M. V. O'Shea, in Twentieth Cen
tury Magazine.
Tho Cocoa Bean
Cocoa, or more properly cacao, is
a product of the seeds of several
small trees which belong to the trop
ical countries of America.- The fruit
is in form of a seed-pod, and each
fruit contains from twenty to forty
seeus, wnicn are called cocoa beans.
The seeds are roasted before being
put upon the market in the form of
cnetery lood. After the fat is re
moved it is sold as cocoa butter, and
is used for the making of toilet
preparations, and in surgery and
medicines in various ways. For the
cocoa we use on our tables, the bean
is ground up, and when sweetened
and pressed into cakes, it is called
chocolate; chocolate is consumed
either in solid or liquid form, and is
considered very nourishing. Ttnh
chocolate and cocoa in form of bev
erages, are sipped, rather than
drank, in the form of broths; they
contain much nourishment, and finely
ground solid matter held in suspen
sion. Where it agrees with one's
digestive organs, it is much more
healthful and harmless than either
tea or coffee.
If through mischance, these marks
have been obliterated, find the cen
ter of the curve of, the upper part
of tlie sleeve and place it exactly at
the. top of the shoulder nearly al
ways the top of the shoulder is an
inch or so forward of the shoulder
seam. The inside seam of sleeve is
placed usually three inches forward
of the under arm seam;. but patterns
vary somewhat, as well as the arm,
or form, and the eye must be trained
to know the line and the shape that
feels comfortable and looks right.
The garment must be tried on to fit
the sleeve in, and much must be
learned by experiments, and tho
work should be done very carefully
and slowly at first. If,' in making
an outer garment, such as a coat,
the high-shouldered effect is desired,
hem the lining of the sleeves over
the seam; for a sloping line, hem the
lining of the coat over the- seam.
In case of a lapped seam, the
turned edge should be on the right
side of the garment, and ono edge
should be left slightly wider than
the other. After stitching the seam
together, the widest turninc should
be turned in and tacked down to the
garment so it will cover tho nar
rower edge; the stitching should ex
tend as near the edge as possible,
the wider turning of the seam being
finished before the stitching ic done
as in a' run, or felled, seam. Tlie
wider edge should always be placed
on the upper side of the machine in
order that the right side of tlie stitch
may be on the outside of the seam.
In fitting a bodice, the seams join
ing the form to hack, and the darts
should never be altered, and the
shoulder seam as little as possible.
Other seams may be taken up or let
out in any necessary way to make
the correct shape.
AVr 0L,P AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
miib. Wnun.ow'8 Soothing Byiiui lor children
tc '. Srhit1l?,lway?,b0 U8rd ,or chUdfonThllo
ucuiinjr. It softens tho guniB, allays tho uaiii
i8,,d ?" and la tho best remedy for C
hoea. Tweuty-nve cents a bottle.
Tho Cost of n Chicken
In Good Housekeeping, Helen
Louise Johnson, who is considered
an authority on culinary matters,
gives the following as to cost of a
chicken: The chicken was pur
chased with head, feet and feathers
removed. It was partially drawn,
as they are usually prepared for city
markets, .weighed three and three
fourths pounds, and cost seventy-five
cents. At the market, the chicken
weighed three and three-fourths
pounds; when ready for fricasseeing,
it weighed three pounds, the twelve
ounces being tho weight of head
feet and waste portions. The chick
en was carefully stewed, removed
from the broth and weighed. It was
found to have lost eight ounces in
cooking, hence there was remaining
to serve two and one-half pounds of
chicken, for which had been paid
seventy-five cents thirty cents a
pound. After the chicken had been
consumed, the weight of the bones
gristle, skin, etc., was determined'
these weighed one pound and five
ounces. The edible part of the
chicken was exactly one pound and
three ounces, The chicken,' then,
cost just seventy-five centsor a Ht-
Qucry Box"
M. Heal the cold sores hy apply
ing spirits .of camphor several times
a day.
V. A. Recipe for mustard pickles
will be given in season. If given
now, it would doubtless be lost or
mislaid by the time . it would be
wanted.
Mrs. D. For the liquid blueing,
get one ounce of- soluble blue and
one-half ounce of oxalic acid, pulver
ized. Dissolve in one quart of pure
rainwater. The acid will hold the
GOOD CHANGE
Cofl'co to Postum
Odds and Ends
It is said of Loujsa Alcott, that
she never had 'any inclination to
marry; she loved freedom and activ
ity and independence; she could not
cherish illusions tenderly, and al
ways said that she got tired of every
body, and felt sure she should tire
of her husband if she ever married
Women stand well in the world of
science, me discovery of radium
was made by" Madame Curie; Mrs
Hertha Ayrton of London has gained
world-wide reputation in the domain
of electricity, and one of the most
successful users of the Finsen rays
in tuberculosis is Dr Mary Jackson,
of Illinois.
Dickens, the novelist, was born
Fe7nUar&,7'812' alld dIed Je 9
1870. His biographer tells us tha't
tho first twenty years of his life was
spent in apprenticeship to poverty
the second twenty, in hard work and
growth, and the last third of his life
was full of prosperity and adulation.
For tho.Home Seamstress
It is not at all necessary to make
mistakes in setting in sleeves if the
notches on all reliable patterns are
properly marked when cutting out
The large army of persons who
have found relief from many chronic
ailments by changing from coffee to
Postum as a daily average, is grow
ing each day.
It is only a simple question of try
ing it for oneself in order to know
the joy of returning health as real
ized by an Illinois young lady. She
writes:
"I had been a coffee drinker near
ly all my life and it affected my
stomach caused insomnia and I was
seldom without a headache. I had
heard about Postum and how bene
ficial it was, so concluded to quit
coffee and try it.
"I was delighted with the change.
I can now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has got
ten strong and I can eat without suf
fering afterwards. I think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
"My brother also suffered from
stomach truble while he drank coffee,
but now, since using Postum he feels
so much better he would not go hack
to coffee for anything."
Name given hy Postum Co., Battle
Sri,1,011', Read "The Rad to
WellyUle," in pkgs. , "There's a
Reason"
Ever read the abovo'letter? A new
0119 appears from time to time. They "
are. genuine, true. -and. full nf lmm.n s
I interest. .
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