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Now Thanalopsls
(Now View of Death)
Extract from poem by Dr. Wil
liam II. Holcombo, published by per
mission of J. P. Lipponcott Co.
In gloom and darkness was tho
poet lost
Who calls this earth tho mighty tomb
of man:
'Tis but his temporary habitation,
His cradlo and his school of discip
line Tho dark cold ground in which tho
seed is sown,
That, struggling upward, slowly
germinates
Until it bursts into tho shining air.
Not Christ alono has risen, but all
havo risen:
Tho stone is rolled from every
sepulchre;
Tho gravo has nothing it can render
back.
Whon wo ascend to our eternal
homes
Wo leavo no living fragment of our
selves. Wo do not pass, from nature to tho
gravo;
But nature is our gravo, from which
wo riso
At seeming death, our real resurrec
tion Into tho world of Bpirits. And tho
tomb,
With all its grief and tenderness
and shadow,
Is tho creation of our sluggish
minds,
By kindly memories and sweet sug
gestions, To cherish and prolong tho love of
friends,
Gone, but not lost; unseen, but
nearer still,
In boauty and in glory, to our life,
Which lives In God, immortal as
Himself.
to 14 years of ago messenger ser
vico and newspaper sales; there arc
1,500 nowsboys in St. Louis, two
fifths of whom mako less than five
cents an hour for the service. Of
these boys, three-fourths gamble,
one-half use tobacco, and two-fifths
aro arrested for boyish pranks.
Little boys aro kept up all night and
sent to saloons, to gambling dens,
lid clubs, and other questionable
places, given $4 a week, with all
sorts of incentives to gambling,
cheating, smoking cigarettes and
loafing. They begin nowhere and
they go nowhere but to the bad.
They become prematurely old, and at
15 aro steeped in world knowledge
vice, villany and other conditions
which govern their employment."
St. Louis Republic.
Keeping up Appearances
It pays to clean up tho yards, back,
sides and front, and the care of one
is as important as tho other. Tho
front yard is kept clean for your
neighbor to look at, while tho back
yard is tho ono most seen by tho
family. It is a good thing, after all
useless trash, tree or shrub trim
mings and rank growing weeds have
been removed, to havo a pot of
government whito wash to put on
the fences, stone walls, and board
structures of any kind, and if there
is a rockery a liberal supply of
whito wash will not hurt it. Rough
boards, stones in tho yard, and all
unsightly placos aro all the better
for it. Ono of tho best brushes for
ouch work is ono of tho ten cent
whisk brooms; grease tho hands well
before beginning the work, for limo
will roughen them; use heavy gloves,
and havo tho head woll tied up in
order to keep any lime out of the
hair. If flowering plants aro grown
in tho yard, keep tho borders
straight and tho edges oven, and
keep tho old blooms cut off as fast
as they fade. Whoro there aro un
sightly views before tho kitchen or
dining room windows, do not fail
to have a screen of vines, or suit
able shrubs or low-growing trees.
Remember that it Is the outside
world that sees theBo things, and
judges you by what it sees.
For tho Traveler
If possible to carry without too
much trouble, ono should always
tako a pillow when going on a jour
ney that calls for night travel. The
pillow need not be very large, and
should have a cover that is inv
pervious to water or dampness in
case the head has to be swathed in a
wet towel, as it often is. Cravenotto
material makes a good cover; tho
pillow should have a strong strap at
tho upper corner, to hang" it up by,
when not in uso, and it may be
strapped on the outside of the suit
case when moving about. Another
very great convenience is the knap
sack, or bag, made with a stout strap
by which it can bo hung over tho
shoulder when moving about. It
may be divided into small pockets on
the inside, into which may be slipped
all tho toilet articles, postal cards,
pencils, soap, wash cloth, towel, and
other necessities which aro always
more or less needed. A flap should
bo sewed to tho side next to the
person, and lap over, fastening down
and buttoning or hooking to keep
everything in place. Linen crash,
denims, cravenetto cloth, or canvas
may be used, and it may be as plainly
or handsomely finished as one de
sires. It is for use, however, and
onco you have ono, you will hardly
care to do without it on any future
trip. When seated in the car, it can
be hung up and will be always handy.
salt and two tablespoonfuls of am
monia. Have tho blankets well freed
from dust and lint by vigorous shak
ing, and put into the tub one at a
time, sousing up and down, pound
ing, squeezing, and rubbing any
soiled spots lightly between the
hands. Do not put soap on the blan
ket, or rub oft the washboard. When
tho water looks dirty, and the blan
ket clean, squeeze all the water pos
sible out' of the wool and put into
another tub of water prepared in the
same way as the first. In the sec
ond tub repeat the sousing, pound
ing and squeezing, and when taking
it out, squeeze dry as possible, as
you did the first time; then put into
rinse water and continue the pro
cess; if the first rinse water is much
soapy, run it through another clear
water. The temperature of all the
waters must be the same through
out. Then fold square lengthwise,
run through the wringer, and there
will be no wrinkles or misshapen
corners. Hang in the sun by the
side edges, pinning at short inter
vals to the line. When the top edge
is dry, turn and pin the other edge,
thus drying evenly. If the blanket
is handled right, using water of the
same temperature, it will not be apt
to shrink.
Aching Feet
With tho hot weather comes all
sorts of foot ails, and if there are
corns and bunions, the hot weather
gives us trouble. Have tho shoes
and stockings long enough, and when
you tako them off, soak the feet
night and morning in quite warm
water, wipe dry and rub with a mix
ture of one tablespoonful of spirits
of turpentine and tho same of lard,
until tho soreness subsides, which it
will in a few days. Dust between
tho toes with powdered burnt alum,
five grains, salicylic acid, two and
one-half grains, starch eight grains,
and violet talcum powder, fiftv
grains, after mixing well. A simpler
way will bo to paint tho corn and
bunion several times a day with tinc
ture of iodine and wear a 'thin bit
of cotton between the toes.
Something You Want to Know
To restore polish on a piano case,
first dust it with a dry, soft cloth;
then dip a piece of chamois skin of
good size in clear, cold water and
wring as dry as possible; rub over
tho piano with this, and if the skin
becomes soiled, rinse well and use
again, always wringing as clear of
water as possible each time. When
it is clean, polish with a soft, dry
skin.
To lay the straw matting smooth
ly, got it as smooth as possible, then,
with a pail of water to which has
been added a cupful of common salt,
mop and wash as if it were dirty, but
using as little water as possible, and
rinsing the mop freely, wringing
tolerably dry each time. Keep the
water quite hot all the time. Wash
with the grain of the matting, from
side to side, leaving it quite damp.
In drying, the matting will shrink
into place. The salt toughens the
straw, and prevents its breaking, and
the matting should always be cleaned
with salty water.
If tho housewife would inform
herself as to when certain fish is in
season, she will not buy cold storage
fish simply because she sees it on the
counter. Fresh fish will always be
in the market in their season.
sufficient. Allow to stand four or
five hours until all sediment settles
to tho bottom; then pour off the
clear water, taking care not to allow
any sediment to flow over with it.
Put into clean bottles or bottle and
cork well, keeping it in the dark. A
teaspoonful of the limo water put
into a cupful of water or milk almost
entirely destroys any deleterious
matter therein. A teaspoonful in
a cup of milk is excellent" for delicate
children with weak digestion, and
corrects acidity of tho stomach. It
is not unpleasant to taste.
. "Mother of Three" For curing
the warts on the little hands, try
these: Paint the warts with a mix
ture of equal parts of hartshorn and
sweet oil, every day. Acetic acid
touched to the most tenacious warts
will in time kill them, and they can
then be easily removed. After re
moving the warts, wash in weak
solution of carbolic acid; a drop of
peroxide of hydrogen in the cavity
will cure all impurities. Warts are
sometimes as difficult to remove as
teeth, but by persistence they can be
taken off.
E. S. S. For the cucumber wash,
take two medium-sized cucumbers
when ready for table use, chop up
without peeling and then pound with
a wooden potato masher until tho
mass is a smooth pulp. Put this
into a cheese cloth bag and hang to
drain, squeezing out as much of the
juice as you can, then put into a
clean enameled saucepan and sim
mer (not boil") for ten minutes.
Then re-strain, and when cold add
to each half-pint of the juice ono
tablespoonful of alcohol, which will
keep it from souring. Bottle, and
sponge the face with the . juice in
stead of washing it during the day.
This is whitening.
Food for Thought
"Two groat avenues of employ
ment are open to tho youth from 11
rutting tho Blankets Away
When washing 'blankets nrenara-
tory to putting then! away, select a
sunshiny, windy day for tho wash
ing. Shave a bar bf any good whito
soap into1 half a tubful of quite
warm water, addiia half cupful of
For tho Lunch Basket
Waxed paper comes in compact
rolls of thirty-six feet, for fifteen
cents a roll, and will bo found ex
cellent for many things in the home.
For wrapping separately tho differ
ent articles to be packed in the lunch
basket, it is invaluable. The foods
are kept much nicer, and in better
shape, with no mixing and mashing
of the 'pieces together. A cheaper
roll of thirty sheets one foot long
and nearly as wide, can be got at the
ten cent stores for five cents a roll.
Query Box
Mrs. L. C. To make lime water,
put a piece of unslacked stono lime
tho size of an egg into an earthern
vessel,, and pour water over it a
quart of clear cold water will bo
A Substituto for Meat
Boil beets in the, ordinary way,
boil and mash potatoes, whipping' to
a white foam with a little cream.
Peel and slice the beets and brown
them in a frying pan with two table
spoonsful of butter. Make a border
of mashed potatoes around a shallow
dish that has been heated in the
oven; lay the browned beets in the
center, and with the drippings re
maining in the pan make a rich gra
vy by adding flour, milk and season
ing. It should be quite thick, and
should completely cov.er the slices
of beet within the wall of potato.
Instead of the potato, boiled rico
may be used, and carrots may take
the place of beets. Or, there may
be a border of potato and the center
filled with creamed dried beef", a well
beaten egg added to the same sauce
just before it is removed from the
fire.
Lentils may be cooked by soaking
over night in cold water, then put on
to cook with a teaspoonful of soda
in the water. Allow them to boil
hard about two minutes, drain, rinse
with hot water and return to the firo
with boiling water to cover, salted.
Boil until they are tender, and then
season with a dash of pepper, and
half a cup of rich cream. Lentils
must not boil too long, as they will
form a mealy mass, if overd6ne. This
dish is nutritious and palatable.
A Cooky-Baker '
Get from the hardware store a
piece of Russia sheet iron, of tho
kind from which dripping pans aro
made, large enough to reach across
your oven one way, and a few inches
wider the other way. Turn up tho
extra length to make a side by which
to handle it, and this the tinner will
do for you much bettor than you
can do it for yourself, perhaps charg
ing you a few cents for the work.
This is just the thing for Cooking
drop cakes, cookies, rolls and bis
cuits, as, having no sides, tho cakes
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