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Page Twelve THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER [Thursday, November 14, 1912. Country Home Department. Conducted bv Mrs. E. D. Nall. Sanford N. C.. to WTiom all Mat- ter for this Department Should be Sent. BRAVELY DOWN LIFE’S STREAM. I am a river, flowing from God’s sea Through devious ways. He mapped my course for me, I cannot change it; mine alone the toil To keep the waters free from grime and soil. The winding river ends where it be gan. And when my life has compassed its brief span I must return to that mysterious Source. So let me gather daily in my course The perfume from the blossoms as I pass. Balm from the pines and healing from the grass. And carry down my currents as I go Not common stones, but precious gems to show, And tears (the holy water from sad eyes.) Back to God’s sea from which all riv ers rise. Let me convey not blood from wounded hearts. Nor poison which the upas tree im parts. When over flowery vales I leap with joy. Let me not devastate them nor de stroy. But rather have them fairer to the sight. Mine be the lot to comfort and de light. And if down awful chasms I must leap. Let me not murmur at my lot, but sweep On bravely to the end without one fear, Knowing that He who planned my ways stands near Love sent me forth, to Love I go again; For Love is all, and over all. Amen. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. BRAINS AND ENERGY. The British Medical Monthly, an authority, shows what smoking does for boys: “A medican man, struck with the large number of boys under fifteen years of age he observed smoking was led to inquire into the effect of the habit upon the general health. He took for the purpose thirty-eight, age from nine to fifteen, and care fully examined them. In twenty- seven he discovered injurious traces of the habit. In twenty-three there were various disorders of the circu lation and digestion, palpitation of the heart, and a more or less taste for strong drink. In twelve, there were frequently bleeding of the nose, ten had disturbed sleep, and twelve had slight ulceration of the mucuous membrance of the mouth, which dis- apepar on ceasing the use of tobacco for some days. The doctor tneated them all for weakness, but with lit tle effect until the smoking was dis continued, when health and strength were soon restored.—Exchange. ADVICE TO HEED. If you are wealthy and fashion able; if you spend your days in bed and your nights in places of amuse ment; if you have a host of servants at your beck and call; if your mind is filled with the latest styles, the latest play, the latest book; in short, if you have no real work to do, pass on, turn over the page—this simple, old-fashioned doctrine, written by a simple old-fashioned woman, if not for you. Fortunately for the world, there is a class of toilers—women toilers. They make the homes; they bear the children; they tend the babies; they care for the sick and do merciful deeds; they bless and cheer and com fort all who meet them. Having nothing to give but themselves, they give unstintedly, pressed down, over flowing. May these brave hearts find some crumb in this meager repast. In the hope that some of the things which have helped me may help you, I spread it before you. Are you shut in? Is your body a prisoner within four walls, while the real you is begging to get out in God’s beautiful world? Is your jail er sickness or work—just plain, or dinary work? Cheat your jailer if you can. Some time in your life you have seen an old field—a dear, blessed, daisy-sprinkled field, with clumps of wild rose bushes spreading fragrance. Great piles of. gray rocks, round which the shy strawberry hides, in vite you to rest awhile in the mellow sunshine. Over there is a clump of graceful birches casting long shadows on the vivid green of the waving grass. In that corner by the fence grow sturdy spruces with crisp white moss beneath. We have all seen this field. Make it your refuge. When the dishes pile up and the kitchen gets hot and there is yet more baking to do, let your mind wander to the old field. Pick the daisies and wild roses; rest in the shade of the birches; relax your tired body on that crisp white moss. “Impossible! Fanciful! Foolish!’’ you cry. Not at all. I’ve done it many a time. Try it and see how that pile of dishes will melt away, how soon the kitchen will be in order, and how much less tired you will be. Much of the housekeeper’s work is mechanical to a great degree. It is not necessary to beat on so hard with our minds that we wear them to a frazzle. If you cannot do this readily at first, practice. Try it on the button holes, the mending basket, the dish es, the sweeping and the dusting. You will be surprised to find how trusty your hands will grow and how many little trips and vacations you will get. Another aid to grace do I find in clippings on the wall. Some one thought of this many years ago, for my mother and my grandmother, both women of great tranquility, dotted their walls freely with scraps ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. Try this also. Often your attention will be caught by some bit of advice, some sage remark, some pithy para graph that will start a train of thought so far above pots, pans and greasy things that by the time you have finished threshing it out the disagreeables are put away—spic anc span. Somewhere in plain sight have this motto hung: Always do the next thing next. I didn’t originate that. I wish I had, but I do try to follow it Do you think it easy? Try it. I; took me a long time to be able to do the next thing next of my own accord. But, oh, the leisure it gives one! How it puts each thing in its proper place and gives each task its proper time. How it smooths out and untwists anc simplifies a hard day. Then there are the plants. Dirty? Well, yes, I suppose so. True, they take a little time, but, in my mind, after the Bible and the old hymn book come the scarlet geranium, the dainty tea rose and the spicy carna tion. Think of the thrills a new bud on the rosebush causes. Shut your eyes tight and take a whiff of the pink. Doesn’t it make you think of things, and things, and things? When that great gaudy bunch of scarlet smiles at you from the gera nium, can you help smiling back? Doesn’t it tell you that when, living : n its own little place and breathing the same air as yourself, it has brought forth its wonderful blossom, it expects you to do somehing? This is its message to me, and, believe me, it’s no trifle to live up to the stand ard of a scarlet geranium. In these days of New Thought, Ad vanced Ideas and Universal Every thing, with all kinds of articles on all kinds of subjects on every hand, I wonder how many of us think it worth our while to read the daily chapter in that good old Book that has helped our mothers and our grandmothers over so many thorny places. Of'the new religion I have nothing to say. If it makes 'you a better wo man; if it gives you comfort in trib ulation, strength and patience under difficulties; if it lightens your path way through life and goes with you into the Valley of the Shadow of Death, little can be said in criticism. However, to me, old-fashioned wom an that I am, the words that bring balm for my woes, strength for my duties, and hope for the hereafter, are the words of Master who said: “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”—Home Life. Classified Advertisements Advertisements will be inserted in this column at the rate of 2 cents per word for each insertion. Minimum charge, 25 cents. Advertisements of Local and County Unions (not individual members) will be inserted free, provided seal is on all t opy furnished. FOB SALE.—Everything a farmer needs to feed himself or his stock. Write for price list.—RICHMOND GRAIN & PROV. CO.. Richmond, Va. FOB EXCHANGE.—R. C. Buff Leghorns for S. C. Rhode Island Reds.—T. CAPHART, Klttrell, N. C. FOB SALE.—Everything a farmer needs to feed himself or his stock. Write for price list.—RICHMOND GRAIN & PROV. CO.. Richmond, Va. IVrB. G. M. BEAVEBS, Apex, N. C., desires us to state that he sells his high class, guar anteed to please, Poland Chinas at reason able prices. HAVE YOU A BAD LIVEB? Liver sufferers usually complain of a full ness at the right side, a sense of bloating, with a dull, heavy pain, and often a dis agreeable pain In the shoulder Joint. Skin Is usually pale and yellow, with puffs be neath the eyes, tongue Is coated and life is made miserable by headaches, bitter taste In the mouth, fever, restlessness, constipation, loss of appetite, etc. Bodi-Tone Is very successful In removing these and other Liver symptoms because of its special action In this Important organ. You can try a dollar box without a penny. See offer on last page. Frost-Proof Cabbage Plants From seed grown by the ORIGINATORS of the Jersey and Charleston strain—the best ob tainable. Price list and cultivation sugges tions free. Send 11.25 for 1,(KX), 13.25 for 3,000. Special prices in lots to Farmers Unions. Agents wanted. WAKEFIELD FARMS. Charlotte, N. C. SAYINGS OF FAMOUS >IEN. It, is the little rift within the lute. That by and by will make the music mute. And ever widening slowly silence all. —^Tennyson. * 0 * All who joy would win must share it—happiness was born a twin.—By I AM Selling Cheap to Farmers Union Members. ron. ♦ * Thank heaven for a good man’s love.—Shakespeare. * 0 * Love is the joining of two souls on their way to God.—J. M. Barrie. 0 0 0 Permanent mutual respect is neces sary for a permanent mutual love. A woman can love without respect, but a man can’t.—A. Conan Doyle. 0 0 0 Not lovelier can be found In woman than to study household good. And good works in her husband to promote. —Milton. * * * The modest virgin, the prudent wife or the careful matron are much more serviceable in life than the pet- ticoated philosophers, blustering he roines, or virago queens.—Golds- smith. * • * There is in friendship something of all relations, and something above them all. It is the golden thread that lies the hearts of the world.—John Evelyn. * * * The older I grow—and I now stand upon the brink of eternity—the more comes back to me the sentence in the catechism I learned when a child, and the fuller and deeper its meaning. What is the chief end of man? “To glorify God, and enjoy Him forever.”—Carlyle. 0 0 0 I have had many things in my hands, and lost them all; but what ever I have been able to place in God’s hands I still possess.—Martin Luther. 0 0 0 They also serve who only stand and wait.—Milton. I can save you money on watches, clocks, watch chains, lockets, bracelets, rings, emblem pins and every kind of jewelry. I will mail, post paid, a Union Emblem Pin for 6 cents Be sure and write for catalogue and save money. WILL C. WALKER, Bntlcr, Tcnn. TT A W’fc TAT Bookkeeping: Banking, I , r. Penmanship, Short- ** ^ ^ hand. Touch typewrit- ing and allied subjects at Kings’ Business College. King’s is recogniz ed as the most complete, thorough, influential and successful business college in North Caro lina- Great demand for KING graduates. Posi tions guaranteed. Write for catalog. KING’S BUSINESS COLLEGE. Raleigh, N. C. or Charlotte, N C. FOR SALE. Lewis’ Upland Long Staple Cotton Seed (staple selling now for 18 cents a pound) at $1.50 bushel. Tamworth Swine, all sizes, at reason able prices. Registered Cockerels and Pullets from my priz.e-winningpens. Leghorns, Black Langshans and Rose Comb Black Mi- norcos. Write me your wants, brother farm ers. I can please you. G. H. LOGAN, Route 5 King’s Mountain, N. C. [Nov 14] PILLOWS FREE Send ns $10 for one of our fam ous special 36 lb FEATHER BEDS. We will ship Bed and in clude 6 pound pair Feather Pillows FREE, freight on all prepaid. Satisfaction guaran teed. New Feathers. Best Ticking. Agents Wanted. Tumor & Cornwoll charlStoHnic. Reference: Commercial National Bank. GOOD ADVICE TO BHEUJLVTICS. If you want a permanent cure of Rheuma tism, you must correct the cause In the body which creates Rheumatism. Powerful drugs relieve for a time, but the bodily ir regularities keep on working unless checked by proper correctives. Thus repeated attacks finally cause Chronic Rheumatism. Bodl- Tone permanently cures such disorders by correcting the bodily conditions which cause them. You can try a dollar box without a penny. See offer on last page. HOG FENCE Inches cl— ’ M W hlah IW a rod cents high IO a rod 100 other styles of Hog, I Farm and Lawn Fencing. Buy from fsatory dlr^ Kna 6KTO dealers profit. Large OaUIogne FREE. KITSCLMAN BROS. Box II Munels, Ind.
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