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VOLUME 9, NUMBER If
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TIio Call of Spring
0 to bo out in tho bright spring
weather, n ,
Out in tho fields where tho wild
ilowors grow;
To roam through tho tall grass for
hours together,
Or lie on tho bank where the pop
pies blow.
Tho wild oats wave us a gracious
greeting, . , .
Tho cream cups hide in their lowly
Tho fairy bolls welcome us to their
meeting,
And tho oak leaves rustlo ovei-
head.
Tho meadow lark sings his song of
gladness, .
Tho whito sails gleam on tho dis
tant bay,
Tho wood pigeon moans a note oi
sadness,
Tho robin offers his joyous lay.
Vhcn a long farewell to tho city's
splendor,
To musty office and crowded
streot;
My lloart awakes to memories tender,
Thon away to the fields with God
to meet.
Sydney Paul, in Farm and Home.
lead them" will apply with much
force hero. A public building should
ho a "public trust," and every one
should bo interested in tho housing
for tho children. Right now is the
time to begin, A half day each week,
or an hour or two, even, will bring
about wonders.
Measles
bugs, kill the eggs, and thus rid the
promises. Do not use on painted sur
faces, as it will remove the paint.
"Mother's Day"
Do not neglect tho Mother's Day
observance, but try to bring cheer
Into tho lives that conceal oftimos
heavy burdons behind smiling faces.
May 9th Is tho day sot apart for
this loving sorvicc tho acknowl
edgement of our obligation to the
living, and tender memories of the
dead. If you have no mother, then
remember tho mother of somo one
A child suffering from measles
must be kept in bed, or in a very
warm room, free from drafts of air,
until tho eruption disappears, as
drafts of air are apt to induce a cold,
and turn a mild case into a malignant
one. Very little medicine, if any, is
needed in an ordinary case of
measles; but tho patient must ue
warmly clothed, the bowels, kidneys
and skin allowed free action, and if
the eruption does not "como out"
perfectly, or should "strike in," after
it has made its appearance, tho child
should bo placed in a quite warm
bath for a few minutes, then care
fully dried and wrapped up in bed,
with hot water bottles to the feet;
tho room should be darkened, and
kept at a temperature of at least
seventy degrees, but fresh air should
be admitted freely, keeping the pa
tient out of any draft, however.
Nourishing food, such as milk, mut
ton, chicken or beef broths, should
Vir trlirmi vomilnrlv nnrl thfl HH.lfi
patient kept quiet, and in a pleasant
frame of mind, as the child is apt
to be nervous and easily excited. The
eyes suffer from tho commencement
of the disease, and should bo pro
tected; no reading should bo al
lowed. A great majority of the
deaths or after ailments of children
from measles is tho result of careless
ness on the part of the nurse in al
lowing the child to, catch cold. The
patient should be kept in a warm
room for a week after the fever
Gathering Up the Surplus
It seems hardly credible that we
must begin to think of preparations
for next winter; but in a very short
time in some localities, right now
we must begin putting up fruits of
the earlier kinds. If one likes rim
barb, it will shortly be at its best;
then there are strawberries, which
come in May and June, while goose
berries, currants, cherries, and many
other things are not far away. When
cleaning house, do not neglect to
put the fruit room, the jars, earthen
or glass, in good shape, and see that
the lids are in place and cared for.
Sun all receptacles, such as earthen
jars, casks, kegs, tubs or pails used
for pickling or preserves or fruit
butters, and store them carefully.
Try to savo yourselves unnecessary
trouble when the busy season is upon
you. If possible, and you have a
large family, or much fruit and
vegetables, get a canning outfit; by
its use you can save many dimes for
yourself, and will have much fruit.
for your less provident neighbors to
buy.
air filled with the refuse of tho hu
man body. Once one gets into tho
way of sleeping in fresh air, it is
with tho greatest difficulty that it
can be given up. Compare the awak
ening from a sleep in a well ventilat
ed room with that from a night spent
in the closed room. Which do you
prefer?
We often hear people excuse them
selves for certain unpleasant condi
tions by saying they have no bath
room. But every ono has, or can
have a wash-hand basin and a
scrubbing rag, and "any old thing,"
so it is clean, can be used as a dryer.
The healthy skin is always throwing
out the waste of the body, and if
the hand scrubbing is performed fre
quently, even clear water will re
move the excrement, and a cleansing
scrub once or twice a week, or often
er, if one's vocation demands it, will
keep the body sweet and clean. If
the hand-bath can not be taken, the
body is all the better for a good
rubbing down with a coarse towel,
or even the bare hand may be used
with good effect, and this will re
move much of the dead matter from
the surface. Health is worth more
than money, and to preserve it one
must be willing to take a little time
and give it thought.
Keep the windows and doors open,
both of house and body, and "all
things else worth having shall bo
added unto you."
Importance of Disinfection
The time is coming when it will
be considered that a disinfectant is every day suffer for having eaten
Where the Money Goes
We are told that -we dig our graves
with our teeth, and many a poor man
finds that the butcher and the grocer
get the biggest part of the family
income. Where one person is sorry
because of having voluntarily eaten
too little, there are thousands who
1n IVTmr virvffi lniTt A tllil1.
vmu. ' "luvul-'D ""YO "" v"" room lor a week alter tne lever
jon, while others have worse than abate8 and GVen when apparently
nono, and to these your courteous wftli fov Rm0 woniw mrorv nrflnn.u.
kindness will bo doubly welcomo. If
Your mother is living, visit her, or
as important and indispensable about too much, merely to satisfy the crav-
writo her a lotter, or in somo way
Assuro her of your Interest in her
welfare; if your mother has passed
on, lay a tribute on nor resting
place, or have some one else do this
lor you, if tho grave is far away.
We have no friend like a mother;
living or dead, we should honor her
on this day.
well, for some weeks every precau
tion should be taken to protect it
from catching cold. With measles,
we can truly say, "It is better to be
safe than sorry." Good nursing and
intelligent oversight is far better
than treatment by drugs, though, if
the mother or nurse is ignorant or
inexperienced, or inclined to be care
less, a careful physician should be
called in. Plenty of water-drinking
should be encouraged.
Did you observe Arbor Day by I
planting something about the school
houso? If not, there is still time.
Many shrubs and vines and herba
ceous plants may bo set out on tho
grounds during May, and this should
be done. Interest the children and
young folks in this work, and teach
thorn tho value 'of neatness and
beauty about public buildings which
belong to them, and for tho care
of which thoy must bo held respon
sible. Lot them bo proud of their
BchoqJ buildings, and show thorn that
they must preserve, not destroy.
There will always be vandals and
outlaws who will secretly deface and
destroy, but see that it is not your
boy (of course, not your girl) who
is the destructive agent. Look over
Renovating Mixture
During spring cleaning, it Is well
to have a' good cleanser that will
answer more than one purpose. For
removing paint, grease spots, and
oils, and for clearing bed furniture
or vermin, this is excellent: Soft
water, one quart; dissolve in this
ono finely shaven cake of good shav
ing soap aoout one ounce; salt
the house as the soap and scrub rag.
In all up-to-date towns and villages,
a house where scarlet fever, diph
theria, smallpox, tuberculosis, or
typhoid fever has existed is at once
disinfected, but there are other dis
eases which are contagious that re
quire guarding against. Many con
tagious diseases are not necessarily,
or immediately latai, ... or even a
cause for anxiety; but they are liable
to open the door of the system to
other diseases, and thus become af
flictions or annoyances. While dis
infection against the serious diseases
is of the utmost Importance, precau
tion should be taken, when moving
into a vacated house by disinfecting
against possible, but unknown con
tagion, and also to sweeten and
cleanse the building in which we al
ready live. Unsuspected disease may
linger in our own homes, only wait
ing the proper conditions for devel
opment. Sickness is the result of
somo broken law, and it is not al
ways the guilty who pays the
penalty.
ings of a deranged stomach that was
only asking for rest. Plain, whole
some foods may not "tickle the pal
ate" as do the fancy, high-priced
dishes, but the plain foods make bet
ter blood, brains and muscles, and
leave a margin for the cultivation of
the mental and spiritual. If too lit
tle has been taken, at one meal, it is
easier to satisfy the appetite than,
having eaten too much, to do away
with the sluggish feeling which al
ways follows over-indulgence. The
meal should cease before the appe
tite is entirely satisfied, because a
little time should elapse before the
out-lying organs and tissues can feel
the effects of the food already
taken.
Health Notes
It can not be too strongly urged
that the sleeping rooms must be
flooded daily with fresh, clean air,
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tho soap is dissolved, add the other
ingredients and let stand for a day
or two, shaking well, to dissolve
everything. Keep well corked. For
removing grease, or oil, or paint,
saturate the spot well with the mix
ture. Knnnerlnp' nrul mKlifnrr -nrn . ip
the catalogues and got what you can, one application does not answer 'trv
if only one plant; then care for it It again. Then wash off with clear
xurougn your cmiu. coia wafGr. rn.,R ,n ftin.,moi1 .
Get the children, the sons and move old, hardened paint, and also
daughters, to see that tho fence is that it will not injure the finest tex-
uum, uio wans cieaneu anu at least turo. For removing dirr nnA im,i
itewashed, and tho windows marks from wnndwm-ir f wi.
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Tread-Mill Clothes
One of the best; materials for
aprons for heavy work, or for out
door chores which call for wearing
apparel that will stand rough usage,
is the loose weave of denims which
sells for six to eight cents a yard.
On being washed, this material will
shrink considerably, and the gar
ment should have allowance mado
for this in cutting out, or shrunken
before the cloth is cut. There is a
heavier grade, used for men's over
alls, but this is too heavy and hard
to wash. Children's jumpers and
romping suits are very satisfactorily
made of this goods, while the crawl
ing child might better be clothed in
gingham for creeping clothes. A sen
sible custom is to dress the little
should be lowered one inch, and the
bottom sash raised one inch, for each
occupant of the room, during the
night, and as the spring days deepen
into the increasing heat of the sum
mer the openings should be enlarged; tots in colored clothes, as the mother
wh
the fathers. "A little child shall
spots. If put on the bedstead, in the
crevices or cracks, it will exterminate
this is especially important. No night
air that ever blew outside is so in
jurious to the health, or as poison
ous as that inside the bedroom with
closed doors and windows. Not only
are poisonous gases thrown off by
tho lungs, but the exhalations from
the pores of the skin are full of foul:
waste matter, and it is just as ?afe
to drink water from tho dirty, way
side ditch as to re-breathe "the foul
is too over-worked in trying to keep
the little white garments in the
speckless condition we so often read
about, but seldom see along with a
jolly baby and a rested mother.
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
Mns. Winslqw's Soutuinq Syuxjp for children
tccthlHj,' should always bo used for children while
teothlnjr. It softens' tho pums, allays tho pain,
cures wind colic and Is tho best romedy for uU
rhoea, Twenty-ttvo cents a bottlo.
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