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GOOD ADVICE.
So Many Miss The Deep, Speech
less I nve on Which Iheir Lives
Have Keen Nourished and Hun
ger and Thirst For It.
The following was written by a
grundmoilit r I ler advice it cer
tainly good and we gladly give il
space (Ed).
As I am verging on the land of
dotage and much of a child myself,
if die children will follow me into
my cool, roomy kitchen, we will
have a social ch;ii ihis lovely morn
ing, and as boys have a talent for
Combining pleasure with business,
they will excuse me if I air a few
of my opinions while I siring my
beans for dinner and mould my
butter for market. You know,
boys, when sent to the spring for
water, the reason you stay so long
is you stop to poke the frog on the
stone, yoke the lizards and chink
the saucy squirrels, eic.
All children, from the tiny prat
tler to the blooming maiden and
happy frolicsome young man, have
a lender place in my heart. I have
a great many friends among them.
They are to me what the sun is to
the flower, and what the flower is
to the bee; and without them life
would be as blank as a snow cap
ped mountain. I would love to
take each of you by the hand, and
tell you how much I love you; but
my pen will record the feeling of
my heart.
Dear children, I hope you all
realize what a treasure you have
in the mother love that cares for
you so tenderly. So many miss
the deep, speechless love on which
their lives have been nourished
and hunger and thirst for it.
Father is tender in his solicitude,
but there is not love like mother.
If angels walk the earth and keep
special eyes on little children, they
must be sad when so many little
ones call in vain for mamma.
SOME MOUTH.
Here is a case of misplaced gen
erosity. 1 he guilty party meant
well, but her manner of showing
it wasn't what you might call tact
ful. It was at a bargain party one
of the porch kind and ice cream
and wafers were served.
"Miss Ghoans," urged the hos
tess, "do have some more ice
cream."
''No, really I"
"Oh, don't refuse, or I'll think
you don't like it."
"Well, if you'll just give me a
mouthful"
"Ah, that's right, Katie, fill Miss
Ghoan's plate for her."
Miss Ghoans is sensitive about
her generous mouth and she was
so angry that she telephoned to us
about it with the request that we
put il in the paper.
EXPERTS.
Some them Kay See confidence
menarepreny slick, am t they,
Lester? asked old Kiley Rezzi-
dew.
"Yes, .siree!" replied Lester
Lazzenberry, who was just back
from the Big Burg. "They're
so durn slick they'd pick the pock
ets of a billiard table if you didn I
watch em every minute.
"You have been a naughty boy,
limitiir " ciift hie mnrliAr ond I
shall tell vnur father."
"Oh, of course," exclaimed
Jimmy, "you never can keep a
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Portsmouth, Ohio." I suffered from
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Portsmouth, Ohio,
Mrs. Shaw Droved the merit of thia
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WHAT B ! AVBYOU DONE?
What have you done lor the world today,
For all that it has done for you
With its life pnd iis chance and its toil and play,
And its music and laughler and dew?
What have you done for a world that sings,
For a world that shines as you go;
For a world that is master of mice and Kings,
That can make or can break witli a blow ?
Why are you troubled and discontent
In a world that has done so much
To dower you with grace of the gifts it has sent
And the chance it has helped you to clutch ?
For this beautiful world is a place, indeed,
That is doing things hour by hour
That should help us to climb to a happier creed,
As the blossom climbs unto the flower.
What are you doing to help it along
For the help it is giving right now
To the children that lists to its prayer and its song
And are louched by a holier vow ?
What have you done for a world that can smile
And help you to smile on your way,
And a world that is lovelier, mile after mile,
For the sake of its children each day ?
Bentztown Bard in Baltimore Sun.
TILL THE SHADOWS ARE GROWN,
Perhaps there is no period in human life more tender and beautiful
than that which preceedes the going down of the sun. The day's
work is over and then comes the calm, sweet rest of the even-tide.
It is the time when the grapes of Eschol are the sweetest. It is the
period when all the fruits have grown ripe and mellow and fragrant.
It is the harvest time with the ripening grain, the scent of the fields
and the joy of the harvest-time. The echoes of the long past come
back like music afloat from distant shores. The empty strivings after
perishing honors, the eager struggle of social and political preferment
fade from sight like vanishing twinkles trom the evening sky. 1 he
ambitious schemes of other days, already realized or long since forgot
ten, lie in their hiding places like garments that have served their time
and been cast away. Only the true and the pure things are worthy to
live in the memory of those "whose steps have grown slow" and
whose eyes have grown dim and
drifted snow on the Alpine heights.
Sweet Faces come back to us in the
and voices long hushed speak to us ugain and gentle eyes look softly
on us as in the days of yore. Many an hour of holy fellowship with
those gone before, refresh our hearts
larger. Old enmities are lost sight
ted us from our friends are buried
askance now beam on us with loving
with the old? The burdens have
the sea, and only the sorrows of others cast their shadows over us."
We get to be like little children again
eager for the voyage. The journey
smoke of the conflict is cleared away
is nigh, And like Bunyon who saw
gates into the city, we can say "we
H. A. Brown, in Biblical Kecorder.
YOUR BOY.
He Bears Your Name, and Is to
Send It Down the Stream of
Time.
You do not know what is in
him. Bear with him; be patient;
wait. Feed him; clothe him; love
him; he is a boy, and most boys
are bad. You think him so light-
hearted, and fear he is light-headed
as well. But remember he calls
you father. When he played in
your lap, you fondly hoped he
would some day be a great and
useful man. Now that he has
grown larger, and his young blood
drives him with gleeful sport; and
makes him impatient of serious
things rattling, playful, thought
less you almost despair. But
don't be snappish and snarlish,
and make him feel that you are
disappointed in him. He is your
boy, and you are to live in him.
He bears your name, and is 10 send
it down the stream ol time, tie
inherits your fortune and fame,
and is to transmit them to genera
tions to come.
It cannot be otherwise. A daugh
ter divides your fortune, transmits
less of fame and loses your name.
boy is more nearly yoursell than
anything else can be. It is thru
your boy you go down in history;
thru your boy you are to live in
the fuiure; by him you are to act
upon the generation that is to
come.
It may be difficult to govern
him, but be patient. He may seem
adverse to everything useful and
good; but wait. No one can tell
wIihi is in a boy. He may sur
prise you some day. Hope. Let
him grow. While his body grows
larger and stronger, his mental and
moral naiure may expand and im
prove. Chamberlain's Tablets.
When you are troubled with indigea
tion or constipation take Chamberlain'a
Tablets. They attengthen the stomach
and enable it to perform its functions
naturally. Indigestion ia usually ac
companied by constipation and la ag
gravated by it. Chamberlain's Tablets
cause a gentle movement of the bowels
relieving the constipated condition.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORlA
whose hair has grown white like
visions of the night once more
while the shadows are growing
ol anil dirterences mat once separa
and those who once looked on us
look; For who would wage war
fallen from us "they lie buried in
sitting by the shining river and
is over, the battle tought, the
from the field of strife and heaven
his pilgrims enter through the
could wish ourselves there."
RUSE THAT FAILED.
The called-up one volubly ex
plained that there was no need in
his case for a medical examina
tion. "I'm fit and want to fight. I
want to go over on the first boat.
I want to go right into the front
trenches, but I want to have a hos
pital close, so that if I get hit no
lime will be wasted in taking me
where I can get mended right
away, so that I can get back to
fighting without losing a minute.
Pass me in, doctor. Don't waste
any time on me. I want to fight,
and keep fighting !"
The doctor, however, insisted,
and, when he got through, report
ed a perfect physical specimen.
"You don't find nothing wrong
with me doctor ?"
"Nothing."
"But, doctor, don't you think
I'm a bit crazy ?" Til-Bits.
PAT SCORES AGAIN.
British papers are fond of print
ing jokes in which representatives
of all the divisions of the United
Kingdom and sometimes a man
from Wales bear a part. Need
less to say, the Irishman rarely
comes off second best, whenever
quickness of wit is required.
Pat was serving in the army,
and his two companions happened
to be an Englishman and a Scots
man. These two gave their Irish
friend a lively time with their jokes
and leasing.
One day Pal was called away,
and left his coat hanging on a nail.
The Englishman and the Scots
man, seeing some white paint near
seized the opportunity of painting
a donkey's head on the back of
Pat's coat.
The Irishman soon returned,
and, looking first at his coat and
then fixing his eye on his friends,
said slowly, "Begorra, and which
one you two has been wiping your
face on my coat ?"
Quick Cure for Croup.
Watch for the tirat symiitome,hnarse
nr-sa and site Chamberlain's Cuuirl:
Remedy at once. It ia nrompt aud ef
fectual.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORlA
HIS UNIFORM.
Just a Little r-Viendly Visit to the
ISoys In (Iroy.
In his reminiscences of the Civil
War, Gen. Gordon relates that
while the two hostile armies were
confronting each other on the Hup
idan, the Confederate and the Un
ion pickets became so very "chum
my" that the commanding gener
als were apprehensive lest impor
tant military information might
leak out.
An almost continuous exchange
of tobacco for coffee was going on
between "Yanks" and "Johnnies;"
also much exchanging of newspa
pers. Where the river was so
deep that the soldiers could not
wade across, they rigged miniature
rafts loaded with whatever
they wished to trade and sent them
over as the breeze favored. The
consignees on boih sides scrupu
lously respected these small argo
sies, and always sent back a fair
equivalent. The men not only
conversed across the river, but
also "visited" back and forth for
an hour or two at a time. The of
ficers began to fear that they might
become too friendly to fight with
proper energy; and at last Gen.
Lee instructed Gen. Gordon to put
a stop to it.
Mounting his horse, the Gener
al started to ride along the river
front, and almost immediately
cime upon a Confederate outp ist
where his sudden appearance
seemed to create an unusual de
gree of excitement and stir.
"What's going on here?' de
manded the general.
"Nothing at all, sir!" cried one
of the soldiers, eagerly; while an
other attempted to explain that the
confusion was owing io their haste
to "present arms" to him.
Gen. Gordon was satisfied ihai
this was a subterfuge, but he could
see nothing amiss, and had turned
to ride away when he saw some
tall weeds on the river bank bet in
to shake.
"What's in iliuse weeds?" lie
asked, wheeling his horse
"Nothing at all, sir," cikd a
chorus of voices.
"Break down the weeds!"
Very reluctantly one of the men
did so and there lay a large, red
headed "Yank" in puris natuiali-
bus, having evidently but that inin
ute swum across the river.
"Where do you belong?" the
general asked him severely.
"Over yonder, general," re
plied ihe Yankee, with a wave of
his arm across the river and an in
scrutable grimace.
"What are you doing here?"
"Jest a little Iriendly visit to the
boys, general."
'Don't you know there's a war
raging in this country?"
"Yes, sir; but 'tain 'i ragin' to
day," was the quaint reply; ant1
the ring of listening "Johnnies"
grinned broadly. Something had
to be done to preserve dignity and
to enforce orders.
"Have you anything to say why
I should not have you shot as i
spy.- demanded the general,
very sternly. "Is that your uni
form?" "Wall, general, it's the uniform
my mother gave me," came from
the weeds in a drawl so irresistible
that the Johnnies" shouted.
Quickly perceiving that this was
a case where it was necessary to
treat the matter as a joke or else to
mete out extreme severity, Gen.
Gordon chose the former alterna
tive. "Look here," said he," "if I let
you go back to your own lines this
time, will you"
It was unnecessary to finish the
sentence. With a spring to his
feet the "Yank" dived off die river
bank; and immediately his red head
was seen parting the water rapidly
in the direction ol ihe other shore.
Chomhfrinin's Cough Kemedy
llefore uaiug thia prepaiatiuu for a
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what it haa done for nlhi're Mra U.
Cook, Maeuu, ill., ftiltea. ' i have fiMin.l
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