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VOL. 13, NO. 28
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Trust
those who
walk in
'Tia not for
ploasant places,
With summer sunshine over round
about,
Who know no toll but woo tho smil
ing graces,
To know lifo's fondest trust and
fool no doubt.
But iinto thoso who bond beneath
their burden
Sometimes too heavy for tho flesh
to boar
Comes in tho hush tho blessed,
blessed guerdon
Of hopeful trust
hoaroth prayer.
in Him who
Had lifo no thorns wo should not
prizo its roses;
No shadow, we'd care little for
tho sun;
It is tho weary head that best re
poses On its hard pillow, when tho day
is done.
If in this lifo we met no wasting
sickness, ,
Wo "would not prizo the jewel,
precious health;
And if we saw no poverty or weak
ness, What use could we have for un
bounded wealth?
If we had drained no cup of long
ing, yoarning, .
That friends would prize us. dearly
and to love,
Whore were the prize to us so dear
1. 1 returning,
..- -The hopeful trust in Him who
rules above?
Ellen Stewart.
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logues are full of instruction, and
well worth having and keeping.
Trying to do window, or other,
gardening by book rules alone is like
trying to keep house with no ex
perience and a recipe book. So many
thfhgs make a difference, and the
plants must be studied and given the
right conditions. Two or three
plants in th'o window during the' cold
weather will brighten up tho indoors
most wonderfully. If you expect to
succeed with even the few, they must
have some care and preparation
now. They should bo potted and
started to growing as soon as pos
sible, and kept growing, but not al
lowed to bloom, for if allowed to
bloom during the fall months, they
will take their rest just at the time
you want their bloom. Keep them
from blooming until at least late
September, but keep them growing
and healthy. If not yet "lifted," or
potted, the work should be done on
a cloudy or rainy day, and the plant
kept shaded fcr some time.
extremely little about the physical
and mental health of their children,
or the lack of it, or how to remedy
defects which are appallingly evident,
and in most cases can be remedied
by the advice of the skillful physician.
or tied over it, if no tops are at hand
andtho glasses set away in a cool'
dry, dark place. Soft fruits should
not be over ripe, if a nice, clear color
is wanted. Hard fruits, such as
pears, peaches, apples, quinces,
should bo boiled soft.
Among tho Plants'
1 August is always a hot. dry month.
va'nd everything that can, in plant
life, tries to rest; but there are a
great many things that put in the
hot, dry monthB in most vigorous
growing. Among the most indus
trious of these are the weeds in the
neglected garden patch; they not
only grow rankly, but they perfect
seeds in untold numbers for the
coming season, Useful things, as
well as weeds, will grow in the gar
den, and if you look over the gar
den catalogues, you will find. ' that
many things may be sown or planted
at this season for late crops, or for
canning and pickling, drying or pre
serving. At least cut down, or plow
up, gather and burn the weeds that
have started their seedpods, for no
other means will destroy them.
Next month, tho florist and seeds
man will be sending out their
literature, and you should send in
your request for a copy by writing
your name and address on a postal
and forwarding it. Many things
should be planted this fall for an
early crop next spring. The cata-
Short Stops
It has always been supposed that
the country was the real .seat of
health, and so it should be; but it
has been found that some of the
most perfect specimens of children
and babies are raised in the tene
ment districts of large cities. In
large cities, health, hygiene and
sanitation receive a large share of
public attention, and in many coun
try villages and farming communi
ties, conditions prevail which would
not for a moment be tolerated in the
crowded city. Environment is not all.
Nearly every farmer or stockman
is anxious to better his herd or
flock, and the aim in all farm, stock
and horticultural matters is to breed
better stock, raise better crops and
develop better fruits; but nothing,
until of late, has been thought of the
possibility of giving to the world
better specimens of humanity, be
ginning with the mothers and
fathers and reaching the babies
through them and through more in
telligent roaring. It is becoming a
matter of course that mothers shall
be instructed, and tho babies meas
ured up by. skilled physicians, who
are able not only to teach tho
mothers, but to remove the cause
of many of the ills, mental and bodi
ly, that incapacitate the child.
Organized contests for tho meas
uring-ajnd classifying the babies aro
being held, under the auspices of
child's welfaro societies, woman's
clubs, medical societies, boards of
health, parents' associations, pure
milk commissions, and through many
other smaller organizations.
Tho ignorance as to the needs of
the child is by no means confined to
tho ignorant lower class, but many
of our most intelligent people know
Putting Up Fruits
If one lacks facilities for putting
up or keeping canned stores, pre
serves, jellies, jams and marma
lades may well take the place and
many things which could not be kept
canned, may be of excellent kind
preserved with sugar. The usual
proportion for preserves is one pint
of sugar to one pint of fruit pound
for pound. But this makes a rich,
heavy preserve, and only three
fourths as much sugar as fruit will
keep perfectly. For the small, soft,
seeded fruits, jam is better than pre
serve, as the fruit can be put through
a fine sieve and the seeds extract
ed, the juice and sugar boiled
down as thick as wanted; but jam
thickens quite a lot while cooling,
and this must be allowed for. Be
sides, it should be boiled as little as
possible, as boiling gives a strong
flavor, especially to blackberries.
Putting up fruit with sugar is a job
for the coal or wood range, as the
gas gives too hot a fire. It should
have slow cooking, stirring often to
keep from scorching.
A mixture of fruits as red cur
rants and red raspberries, apples and
quinces, and often the putting to
gether of odd lots of "left overs"
will make excellent preserves or
jams. Ripe grapes or green ones
may be preserved but should not be
cooked down top. thick. The grapes
should be cooked until soft 'enough
to push the pulp through a fineieve,
taking out seeds and skins, the sugar
aauea and tne pulp Dolled slowly
until done.
Small yellow tomatoe3 are always
liked, and our mothers thought their
supply was not complete without
these, gingered pears, water-melon
rinds, and damson or green-gage
plums. Almost any kind of fruit,
and many vegetables, make good
sweet pickles, according to the care
one takes in putting them up.
Unfcrmentcd Grape Juice
We have several requests for "tho
best recipe" for putting up grape
juice, and we have several; there is
very little difference except in small
details, as much more depends on
the kind of grape, tho condition
when used, and tho care given in
doing the work, than upon the mere
directions. The bottles must be per
fectly clean and sweet, and sterilized,
with new corks, and sealing wax, or
paraffin wax for use about the neck
of tho bottle; the grapes should not
bo overripe, if a clear, nice liquid is
desired; tho over-ripe grapes givo a
darker color and stronger flavor than
tho "just ripo" kind. A porcelain
lined, or enameled ware, or alumi
num kettle should be used, and the
lining on thfe kettles should be with
out crack or scaled place. A flannel
or double-fold cheese cloth bag
should be used for straining tho
juice, and it should be allowed to
drip, with no squeezing, as tho
squeezing forces the lino pulp
through and the juice is clouded by
it. Every bruised or decaying grape
should be carefully removed. The
juice can be sealed in fruit jars, if
wanted, and small jars are to be pre
ferred to large size, that the juice
may be used at once, before fermen
tation takes place which it quickly
does after the vessel is opened. Wild
grapes may be used, but where they
are plenty, the concord and other
common varieties are mostly used;
juices from other kinds are very
good. If home-grown, the grapes
STOPPED SHORT
Taking Tonics, and Built up on Right
Food
A "Singer" is Always the Pride
of Its Owner.
The Singer Sewing Machine is recognized all
oyer the world as the model of sewing machine
perfection, and all other makes are judged by the
binger standard. That is why every woman is
proud to own a Singer.
o i neCidT3 ," aPlo&y nor explanation. Singer
Sewing Machines cover the field; cither Oscilfat
ing Shuttle, Rotary .Hook, Vibrating Shuttle or
Automatic Chain Stitch. When a woman can
point to the name SINGER on her machine her
v friends realize she has the best machine of its type
vuuv luuucy can uuy ana every woman knows this,
binger bowing Machines are sold only at Sinner
anops or by binger balcsmcn--never throuVh
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dc?19F5..or "ndcr other names. Look for the blir.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY.
Making-Jelly
Whatever fruit is used, cook it
soft, then put it into a flannel or
cheese cloth bag previously wrung
out of cold water, and hang where
it will drip as long as the juice will
pass out. Tho receiving vessel
should be stone, or china, or porce
lain lined, or enamel never use tin,
iron, or brass. Do not squeeze, as this
will force particles of the pulp
through, and the jelly will be
clouded. After draining, put the
juico in a regular preserving kettle
over a brisk fire, a small quantity at
a time, as long boiling will give a
dark color and injure the delicate
liavor; a small quantity will jell
quicker than a largo amount. Boil
the juice twenty minutes; have the
sugar heated in the oven, but not
scorched or browned; when the juice
has boiled twenty minutes, and all
scum removed, remove and measure
and allow as many pints of sugar as
there aro of the juice, to most fruits;
to some, loss sugar is necessary. Stir
all together, and when tho sugar Is
molted, boil three minutes, strain
and fill your glasses and let stand
until the next day, when the aurface
Of each glaSS Should bfi nnvnrol xvlfl,
I molted paraffin wax, a paper pasted
The mistake is frequently made of
trying to build up a worn-out ner
vdus system on so-called tonics
drugs.
New material from which to re
build wasted nerve cells, is what
should be supplied, and this can be
obtained only from proper food.
"Two years ago I found myself on
the verge of a complete nervous col
lapse, due to overwork and study,
iind to illness in the family," writes
a Wisconsin young mother.
'My friends became alarmed be
cause I'grew pal and thin and could
not sleep nights. I took various
tonics prescribed by physicians, but
their effects wore off shortly after I
stopped taking them. My food did
not seem to nourish me and I gained
no flesh nor blood.
"Heading of Grape-Nuts, I deter
mined to stop the tonics and see
what a change of diet would do. I
ate Grape-Nuts four times a day with
cream and drank milk also, went to
bed early after eating a dish of
Grape-Nuts before retiring.
"In about two weeks I was sleep
ing soundly. In a short time gained
20 lbs. in weight and felt like a dif
ferent woman. My little daughter
whom I was otliged to keep out of
school last spring on account o
chronic catarrh, has changed from a
thin, pale nervous child to a rosy,
healthy girl and has gone back to
school this fall.
"Grape-Nuts and fresh air were
the only agents used to accomplish
the h jpy results." . .,.
Name given by Postum Co., Batuo
Creek, Mich. Read the little hooklet,
"The Road to Wellville," in pk&s
"There's a Reason." . .
Ever rend the above letter.' '"'"
one appears from time to time xnvy
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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