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Tho Man Without the IToo
Duped by false hope, ho lags and
looks about,
Expecting still to find somo royal
road
To wealth and honor till tho luBt of
pride
Steals like a doadly poison through
his veins
And stunts his soul; then ruthlessly
he treads
ThU corpse of Virtue in tho dust;
and, though
Iiomorso may cut him like a sword,
tho wound
Soon heals; and desperato ho stands,
With bittor cursos burning in his
heart.
He looks at humble labor with a
sneer;
Disdains to touch the work he finds
to do,
Pursuing airy phantoms of dead
dreams,
Inoompetont to do the thing he
would.
"There is no shape more terrible
than this,"
The first fruit of false social senti
ment, Doomed in tho bud to porish of dry
rot.
"Oh masters, lords and rulers In all
lands,"
Bend forth a teacher of the truth
to guide
Our youth to sturdy manhood, filled
with love
Of honest labor, bearing with true
pride
and
Como in," with tidings glad;
earth
Shall justify herself and answer give
"After tho silence of tho centuries."
J. V. H. Kbona.
Invoking Ahead
Now is a good time to start your
plants for tho winter window garden.
If care is taken in the selection of
plants suitablo for the situation to
be given them, one can avoid disap
pointment. Many things will not
grow in a house heated by gas, or
even lighted by gas, unless certain
precautions are taken, and these pre
cautions vary with the kind of plant
selected, and the light given them.
For a west window, geraniums,
and more geraniums, are the very
I best for ordinary culture. All heat
( loving plants possess some powers of
resistance to tho obstacles to growth
presented by the average west win
dow. If one can have an east win
dow, many more things may be
trlod, the variety being larger. For
a south window, about all sunshine
loving plants may be chosen, accord
ing to taste. For a north window,
the choice is more limited, but many
beautiful things will grow in a north
window where a good light can bo
had. Many plants will defy disaster
if given the proper degree of mois
ture in the air, but few plants will
grow and flourish, with wet feet, or
in water-soured soil. All ' theso
valued it, in their plenty, or over
valued It in their want. No one can
be a wise economist and do either of
those things. As a matter of fact,
it is probable that the oddities or
inconsistencies which aro quoted
about women in their management
of money, are characteristic only of
those women who have never had
to give money a thought. Tho new
generation of women, trained to sen
sible business ways, are nearly as
prudent, as rational, and as matter-of-fact
as most of the men who
theorize about them. Home Maga-xine.
fashion for ladies today. In the time
of Marie Antoinette handkerchiefs'
were much larger than those in use
at present, but they were made al
most entirely cf lace,
Eczema Cure
'Answering a recent call for known
remedies for eczemous affections, a
reader tells us that a wash, made by
dissolving one-half ounce of pow
dered blood root in one-half pint of
good, strong vinegar, shaking well
before applying, has been known to
cure a troublesome eczema. Another
says the blood root is to be gently
steeped in the vinegar for a couple
of hours, and strained before using,
then applied to the affected surface
plentifully once or twice a day. This
will not very greatly discolor the
skin, and It does stop the itching and
burning at once. We aro also told
that some alterative medication must
bo persevered in, and the organs of
elimination, such as the skin, lungs,
kidneys and bowels, must be kept
things must bo given attention when active by gentle means. The affec-
Some portion of the burden of the
world.
We have been smitten on Damascus
road,
And now must turn and holier path
ways tread;
The world's soul is in travail, bring
ing forth .
An epoch new, in which head, heart
and hand
In unison shall solve its problems
grave.
Man must work out his own salva
tion; use
The talent God endows him with; a
law divine
Is labor, not a punishment for sin.
Ambition, like a bubble, vanishes
When industry engloves her hands
and waits.
The other man, who digs without the
hoe
And grasps tho earnings of his
brother's toil,
A sod in grace and stature, yet
may be
'A meaner dwarf in soul than any
slave
That serves him. Vain is our rebuke,
since wrong
Outlives its victim and strikes down
at last
Its guilty doer with relentless hand.
How will the future reckon with
this man?"
This man without or with the hoe
who halts
And downward looks, a brother to
tho ox;
This being, in the brotherhood of
man.
Made what he Is by errors manifold
And ancient as the raco he shall
reply
Who may discern and choose his
path aright.
There is no haste in time's economy;
The perfect statue of a man leaps
not
To life at any single chisel blow.
Borne day In God's own time, the self
poised man
The poet sans, "the king of-glory
shall
choosing for tho window garden, and
it is well to remember that plants
aro like children, and require in
dividual care even plants of the
same kind needing different care, at
times. Be sure to take a good floral
magazine one not too much devoted
to the nursery interests of the edi
tor and publisher. Unless you know
something of plant culture, you will
make a bad job of even the fewest
and hardiest; but a little knowledge
and a determination to learn,
coupled with a real love for your
plants, will go a long way toward
success.
Many pot shrubs may be started
from seeds, and the plants be well
along by time for removal to the
house. Many plants must be potted
and the pots Bunk in the soil under
conditions as to sunlight most agree
able to them. Some do best in entire
shade that is, freedom from the
glare of the sunshine, though in
strong light. Others require the hot
test spot in tho garden; but every
one of them must be given care and
attention as to moisture, if growth
is desired.
tion may be brought on by derange
ment of the nutritive, assimilative,
or nervous system, and is often an
exceedingly troublesome condition to
cure. There are many cures adver
tised, but what will benefit one case
will have no curative effect on an
other. Keeping the skin clean by
regular bathing is recommended, but
soap and water must not be applied
to the affected part. Cleaning by
the use of a good cold cream, or fine
almond oil, rather than water, is
recommended. It is recommended to
protect the affected surface from
friction by the clothing by covering
with a soft, dry cloth.
Query Box
Mrs. J. L. A satisfactory dish can
never be made from poor, stale or
decaying fruits or vegetables. It is
not only necessary to cook well, but
to buy well.
Sallie S. Soap and water and sun
shine are the best disinfectants, and
a clean house, where the corners are
watched, is generally a sweet-smelling
one. Don't stint the sunshine.
"Uncle Tobe" The fumes of car
bon bisulphide are explosive, just as
the fumes of gasoline are, and it
should be kept away from any flamo
or fire. The vapor also is poisonous,
and care should be taken not to
breathe it.
E. C. M. Mushrooms, or dishes
containing mushrooms should not be
re-heated; the process of cooking is
all right, but after getting cold,
cooked mushrooms are apt to develop
injurious properties and to become
dangerous food; for this reason,
mushrooms should be eaten at once
when cooked, and any left-overs
thrown away.
"In Distress" Whale oil solution
Is made by dissolving one pound of
whale oil soap in six gallons of water.
Or you may use a solution of two
pounds of soft, home-made soap, or
common yellow laundry sap to four
gallons of water. Plant lice must be
killed by a contact insecticide, as
they suck the juices of the plant in
stead of eating it.
Inexperience The blossom-end of
the pineapple should be cut off,
with a bit of the outer rind and set
in a vessel of water. Set the vessel
in a sunny location, replenishing as
it evaporates, and by fall you will
have a thrifty pot-plant which will
stand abuse; but in order to keep
it growing right along, you should
pot it in soil as soon as the roots
appear, keeping it moist, (not sloppy)
and warm.
Women and Money
In their relation to the care of
money, women are judged rather
suporficially by men. Somo will
hold that all women are naturally
extravagant, while others think they
are invariably stingy. And each
opinion represents a hasty generali
zation. It is easy to make out a
case on either side. Until women
began to go into business and to sup
port themselves and manage their
own incomes, there was no particular
reason why they should be good
economists. If they had rich fathers
or husbands they spent their allow
ances lavishly. If they had only
small sums at their disposal, they
pinched and saved and exhibited tho
instincts of a miser. But fn neither
case did they have a real sense of
what money Is. They either under-1 half
Costly Handkerchiefs
It is claimed that recently, five
million handkerchiefs have been
sent to tho United States In a single
year, from St. Gall, Switzerland, and
half as many more from Belfast and
other great centers of embroidery.
Embroidered handkerchiefs have be
come the fashion, and they range in
price from a few cents to hundreds
of dollars; but the real hand embroid
ery seldom Bells for less than $50
each, and from that up. Light, dry
air iB disastrous to the threads, mak
ing them brittle and quick to break,
so the workers are confined in damp,
half dark cellars while doing the
work, and the lives and health of
the Swiss peasants are sacrificed In
tho work. Sometimes it takes a yeaT,
or even two years, to embroider a
'Single handkerchief, for which, when
completed, the worker receives but
a lew dollars, but In the world's
market, theso handkerchiefs bring
from fifty to a thousand dollars.
Some Intricate patterns require years
of constant sewing. One of the most
expensive designs Is owned in New
York, and is valued at $1,500. It
required the work of seven years to
make it. A handkerchief which be
longed to Marie Antoinette Ib valued
at $2,000. It is about two and one
times as large as those in
Tho Tomato
The tomato is accredited with hav
ing a high dietetic value, and is
especially recommended for use in
caseB of blood impoverishment, as it
is said to contain a large amount of
Iron. The presence of the iron may
easily be detected by applying to the
cut, surface of a tomato the ordinary
tests for this reagent. As a food
for supplying iron, the tomato is far
superior to any of the combinations
of iron so commonly used as a means
of enriching the blood. Although it
is asserted by medical men that these
inorganic compounds can not enter
into the composition of the blood, it
is possible that they may be some
times useful, for while they do not
enter into the composition of the
blood, they serve to neutralize acid
substances which form insoluble salts
with the iron of food, and thus pre
vent Its absorption and assimilation
In other words, they act as protec
tives of the nutritive iron compounds
of food. The tomato may servo a
similar purpose, not only by supply
ing the iron, but by the introduction
of a larger amount than is needed,
providing for the conservation of the
amount actually required.
Woman's Status
We are told that If women vote,
they must fight. "Behind every vote
must be a bayonet," or some such
proyerb. But the blind, crippled,
sick and incompetent men vote, and
thousands of men apparently sound
are rejected by the war department,
and especially after their forty-fifth
year; yet all theso men Tote with
out a question. Tho mothers of men
face death every time a soldier is
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