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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 31
Tho Wise Clipper
X saw him take tho paper and
Turn to the "Household" pago,
Then scan tho column up and down
As ono who all would gago.
"Aha!" ho mutter.cd, to himself,
"Hero's 'how to malco rlco fritters
And 'how to utilize cold beef,'
And 'homo-made stomach bit
tors.' "
Then from his pocket forth ho drew
A pair of scissors small,
And severed from tho printed pago
The "Helpful hints," and all.
Ho clipped "tho way to scramble
oggs," '
And "how to make peach butter,"
As well as half an armful more,
"That's all," again his mutter.
"A thoughtful man!" at once I
inusod;
"A man who cares for things;
Who loves the calm contented song
Tho homo toakottlo sings."
"Do you," I asked, "preserve those
notes
So that your wife may eye them?"
"Not much!" ho growled; "I cut 'em
out
So sho won't get to try 'om."
Baltimore American.
those Injustices, and go on being
honest and of kindly intent to every
ono. Save something (if only your
self-respect) for future need, Invest
your savings wisely, but eat, live
and dress strictly within your in
como, whatever others may do.
rinvo tho Courage
Ono of tho hardest things in this
world to do, is to hold to the right
In the face of adverse criticism. It
is not easy to wear tho old clothes
until wo have the money to pay for
others, or to sturdily wear patches
rather than visit tho pawn shop. Yet,
if one's associates are people whoso
opinion is worth having, they will
think all the more of us for our in-'
dependent honesty.
Have the courage to live within
your income, be it largo or small,
and even when the unavoidable emer
gency arrives, make sure that it is
unavoidable before you contract a
debt or ask a favor. Debt is a species
of , slavery; the creditor owns tho
debtor to the extent of the debt, and
his, claim grows every day. If the
debt must be incurred, let It barely
cover your necessities, and pay it
back as soon as possible, even to
self-denial on your part. Keep down
expenses to the very least, if you
have not ready money.
Have tho courage to live on two
meals a day, if you can not pay for
thxee and if there seems no promise
of betterment in your circumstances,
one meal a day will save your self
respect. Besides, hygieniats tell us
that an occasional fast is a good
thing.
There is one 'thing which dis-1
heartens tho would-be honest ones:
If you frankly acknowledge that you
are poor, yet keep out of debt and
wear and eat solely what you can
pay for, keeping your own counsel
as to shortages, sacrifices and self
denials, your neighbors will at once
determine that you are Becretly
hoarding money; that you, havo a big
' bank account and are living on "easy
street,'1 while being openly "close"
' as a blind. You may even get the
name of being a millionaire and
, work people will charge you double
prices for everything they dp for
you, and tho average store-keeper,
who will, without question, keep a.
"running account" (and often a los-
Inr one) with his "cnarge" custom
Merchantable Weeds
By a little care and knowledge,
many of tho weeds which now annoy
tho farmer may be turned into a
source of profit, as many of the
drugs in use today are mado from
tho roots, leaves or flower-heads of
these same annoying weeds. Many
of these drugs are imported, as not
enough of tho "original stock" finds
its way to the markets. Some time
ago a pamphlet, giving the medicinal
value and means of harvesting these
plants, was issued from the depart
ment of agriculture, and it can prob
ably be obtained by writing to the
secretary and asking for it. The
material for the pamphlet was gath
ered by Miss Alice Henkel. If the
farmer must war with them, there
Is no reason why he should not get
"tho rent of his land" from them.
In some states there are laws
compelling the farmers to take meas
ures to exterminate certain trouble
some plant life, and as the weeds
must be destroyed anyway, the farm
er might just as well turn them to
account. The prices are not so high
as to tempt one to aDanaon otner
employment for the proceeds, but
the work of preparing them for the
market is not great, and a dollar is
a dollar, whether it comes from cul
tivated crops or not.
Leaves, herbs and flowers should be
dried in the shade, so as to retain as
much of their color and strength as
possible, while roots may be cleaned
by washing and drying. There is a
proper season in which to gather
these plants, aB, collected out of sea
son, they are not saleable. The
roots of annual plants should be dug
just before the flowering, but roo'ta
of biennials and perennials should be
harvested after the tops have died.
Clean, bright looking roots will
bring the best price.' Leaves and
flowers should be gathered when
the plant is in full bloom. The stems
should be rejected.
It would be well for those who
havo access to the "weed patch" to
send for what information on the
subject can be supplied by the de
partment in form of pamphlets, and
other books on the subject may be
had at small cost. This might mean
"pin money" to the farm young
folks.
not. ready to digest. A little whole
some exorcise before breaking the
fast means aroused vitality, an ap
petite and better digestion. This is
particularly good for the housewife,
and no matter how tired she feels on
getting up, a few minutes spent in
exercising her body will be restful.
If this can be followed by a cool or
cold bath followed by friction with
a turkish towel, and then a rest of
a few minutes before going to her
kitchen, she will feel all the better
because of it. Women must learn
to care for their bodily health, for
no one can be at her best when worn
out and exhausted with the cares of
life, and the only way to really recu
perate is to follow nature's laws and
then, so far as others are concerned,
be a law unto one's self. If there
is no bath room, a towel bath will
answer, but do learn to be good to
yourselves.
For Beginning tho Day
For almost every person, old or
young, exercise is the nearest ap
proach to a panacea for all bodily
ills that have- ever been discovered.
Causing the body to move, Btretch,
push and pull makes the blood cir
culate and the liver do its work,
while the nerves pick up their
dropped stitches. Before breakfast
is the best time for such work, and
ten minutes of this should be relig
iously devoted to caring for the
bodily health, During Bleep there is
little waste of energy; on waking,
theje is no immediate demand for
replenishing of , lost tissues. The
long' sleep has left the nerves and
digestive apparatus dull and leaden
To Bit dowri to a1 heavy breakfast
atSl will, if you ask for a credit of a within a half hour of getting out
teyr days, look at yoti with suspicion, lof bod means that the stomach re
Yqu must have the courage to boar'celves food it does not need, and is
Among Our Letters
H. P. J. asks for protection
against weevils in cow peas and
beans stored for the season. It is
recommended that salt, one peck to
100 bushels, be scattered through
the seeds. Wood ashes, sifted, or
air-slacked lime, well mixed with
the seeds are good. Or bisulphide
of carbon, at the rate of one and
one-half pounds to a bin of 1,000
cubic feet measure, may be used.
This chemical is highly inflammable,
and ho fire not even a pipe should
come near it. Set hollow dishes
about over the top of the seeds and
pour the chemical into these dishes,
covering the whole mass immediate
ly, as nearly air-tight as possible,
and leave for thirty-six hours. The
fumes of the chemical sinks Instead
of rising, and thus permeate the
whole mass.
Jose B. asks about paint. Our
painter tells us that one coat, or
priming calls for twenty pounds of
fead and four gallons of oil per hundred-square
yards. A fair estimate
fqr each 100 yards of three-coat
work will be 100 pounds of lead and
sixteen gallons of oil. One pound
of paint will cover about four super
ficial yards the first coat, and about
six, each additional coat. For stop
ping holes, one pound of well-beaten
putty to about twenty yards. For
killing knots, use shellac dissolved
in alcohol. An ordinary door, both
sides, with casings, is figured at
eight to ten yards of painting; with
out casings, about five yards. Win
dows ore figured at two and one-half
to three yards. t
A. K. wishes to rid his dog of-
fleas. This is recommended: Clean
out the kennel or sleeping place, and
sprinkle the new bedding well with
air-slacked lime. Persian insect
powder, applied with a little blow
gun for that purpose, is good; a
salve of sulphur and lard, well
rubbed into the hair and on the
skin, is recommended, but when
using sulphur, the dog must be kept
out of the wet, else he might bo
harmed. Washing with strong tar
soapsuds, or with carbolated soap, or
with ono of the best soaps sold for
that purpose, might any of them be
tried. The treatment must be kept
up until the last flea has become dis
gusted and gone, and even then,
the other dog" may stock your an
imal up again.
take up and remove the skin. Let
the liquor in which it was cooked
boil very low. Cover half a box of
gelatine with a little water and let
soak for an hour. Set tho tonguo
aside for twelve hours. Add tho
dissolved gelatine to tho liquor, stir
over the fire one minute, take off
and strain. Season with mace,
cloves, pepper and salt and set away
to cool, wnen firm, skim off the fat,
put the jelly over the fire to melt,
pour in a mould and set on ice to
harden. When hard, put a layer of
sliced tongue on top of the jelly,
then slices of hard-boiled eggs, over
which sprinkle salt and pepper, then
another layer of tongue, and so on,
until all is used. Pour over the re
mainder of the jelly and set in a
cold place over night. When want
ed, turn from the mold and slice.
Chicken Cutlets Boil two well
grown young chickens; let cool, and
slice the breast very thinly; have a
little bechamel sauce and cover the
slices with it while warm, lay on a
dish with alternate slices of cold
boiled ham sliced very thinly. When
the chicken is all piled up nicely,
cover the whole top and sides with
the sauce. Cut this mass into small
cutlets and cover the edges with
bechamel sauce, which should bo
cold. Garnish with parsley.
Lemon Jelly Cake Three cups of
sugar and a cup of butter; cream to
gether; add five cups of flour with
three tablespoonfuls of baking pow
der, eig'ht eggs, and a cup of sweet
milk. Flavor with almond extract.
Bake in layers. For filling, take two
cups of sugar, three tablespoonfuls
of butter, two eggs, the juice and
grated rind of three lemons; boil to
gether until thick. Let cool and
spread between the layers of cake.
This should make two good-sized
cakes.
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Some Picnic Dishes
Jellied. Tongue .Wash and scrape
a beef .tongue, bo.ll until tender, then
World-Famous Hymns
"Nearer, My God, to Thee," was
written by a woman of England,
Sarah Flower Adams, whose great
literary labors were done in the first
half of the fast century, and whose
life closed in 1S$,9.
"Safe in the Arms -of Jesus" was
written by Mrs. Venelstyne, known
as the Blind . Poet, after a day's
jostling through the crowded streets,
guided by a loving hand.
"Abide ;with Me" was the work
of Henry Francis Lyte, curate of
Lower Brixham, England, in the
year 1847, when he found himself,
with his ambition gone, his heart
heavy with a failure in love, and in
broken spirits.
John Henry Newman, in 1835,
during the great crisis of his life,
and after a severe illness, was trav
eling from Italy on his way to Eng
land, when he was becalmed for a
week between Corsica and Sardinia.
Then he wrote "Lead, Kindly Light;,"
and called it "The Pillar of Cloud."
One day Charles Wesley was sit
ting by an open window, looking
over the beautiful fields, w4hen he
saw a little bird pursued by a hawk.
The poor thing, weak and fright
ened, seeking to escape from its
enemy, flew into the room and found
refuge in Wesley's bosom. As the
poet was then in great trouble, the
incident inspired him to write the
famous hymn, the second line of
which is "Let me to Thy bosom
fly."
The Rev. William Williams, born
in 1717, was a Welsh clergyman,
and gave to the church that beautiful
hymn whose opening lines breathe
a prayer and acknowledge human
weakness, "Guide me, O, Thou great
Jehovah."
Charlotte Elliot, an Invalid whoso .
father was host to Dr. Caesar Malan,
on his visit to England, was by his
words Inspired tp write the beauti-.
ful words, "Just as I am," first-
published anonymously fourteen
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