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f- Tuesday, November 7, 1005. 6 PEOGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.. THE HOME CIRCLE ' A Good Fire. - : Now for the blazing hearth ! Now for the chimney nook! Now for sage talk and jest and mirth And the old love story-book! For when the winter shuts us in And the dark crowds up outside, In some old tale of love and sin . . We'll wander far and wide; With many a lassie and her lad Who moved with sorrow's feet, Shall grieve that love is ever sad And sin so falsely sweet. Old sorrow and old vain desire -That, lonevaero have died Ah, that's the thihfor a rousing fire And a screaming wind outside. O. McNeill, in Charlotte Uh- server. . THE LONG WINTER EVENINGS. Now is the Time to Plan the Most Profitability s of Spending Them. There is, no doubt, a great charm : jl ' . jl. iL' 'i Ij I ,m ino cozmess 01 ina winter evening i uutside the curtained window tne storm may beat, the door into the street may be encrusted with snow, the shortened days may denote that Tinhirf Tins HfirtOTTift Hrnwsv and seeka . long repose, but the mind is never en o1or sviii -foTtnTT tiditoi" Itpotipt" Vion when, our" evening meal being-over, . w turn into our len, and settle down'ior tne rest 01 tne evenmg. How well I remember those even ings which I spent in my bed-room years ago,i just alter tea; ana wnue it may.have seemed a little unsociable to withdraw from the rest of the fam- 1. i T ' i il Z - i " 1 Jiy- yet owe to tnose evenings oi my business life, arid after the day's work in the city was done, my ac- our English tongue. What with the Ttr o " ' j i thirty-five, minutes m the tram to the- city and thirty-five minutes back, added to the two or three hours at night, it gave me a respectable amount of time for general read ing. Nothing is more suicidal thanfor ""a. ryounff'man to spend " in " pleasure" : self -improvement afforded, by the win ter p.vfinine'sJ TY he. nlwava h as tun ing home from the city, or the daily time in recreation, is as foolish as to squander some little capital which has come down to- you from your TMTTiiiv. H-iiii win evil. ii iirnutsriv 111- r - y c x vested, might be the nucleus of a competence in after years. l am going to give you my ideal. First, I was always accustomed to spend some little time with my 3ible and some spiritual book or biography. It seemed to refresh the mind and to uu a wurui,y yi ciuuu iui wuoicyci followed. Then other books. It is .wise to. have two or three in hand at the same time, because one's mind after a long day's work may be too weary for protracted study, but will . be quite capable of alertness if al- 1 j j. . r x x lowea uj xuru irom one suojeuu to an other, .giving, perhaps an hour to always on hand a book of history, and I another of -poetry, and one of . philosophy, of science, of essays, of general information or criticism. To have two or three books of this sort , in. reading will save time and coax the jaded mind, and you Will do , bet tor" frv rn H thTpe hrvrvL-a r-r thrpfl hours than to read one for the same , . "Rfi-rl Vr- Viv lirVUOl. ctrtTT- i Liiiit:. uiu iuai. uiic xgufx ow book always comes at the end of the - evenmg, with the strong determina tion that the reading shall be limited - tr a prtflin dffinit nnrtioil of time. ' otirl Vill nfv Tnn in rv VjOIITS which should be spent: in bed. .'' -Happy is the man who has a hobby -who wishes to arrange the speci mens of natural history or geography which h. has atquired during his -sitmmer rambles, or is ablt to use the lath, the fret-saw, the-telescope or microscope. An hour or so spent on this will, divert, the nervous energy into an altogether new compartment of the brain, and this is the true se cret of getting as much as possible out of one s time. It is a mistake to think we rest by doing nothing The most intense rest comes by strik ing other chords than the one or two which show signs of being wearied to breaking. Happier still is he who has a taste for music, and who has mastered the initial difficulties of the violin, the piano, the organ, wor the cornet! Nothing is so refreshing as to be able to soothe one's -self with music, or to turn to the rough sketches we have made -on. summer excursions with a view to completing them. An hour spent in perfecting one's self in any branch of art is well employed, and the winter evenings afford opportuni ties of becoming really proficient m some pursuit which brings one in contact with the beauties of the world and quickens the imagination. In your young life you may lay founda tions of great excellence in regard to some stujly or accomplishment which will stand you in good stead in later years. Perhaps it will be wise to vary your program evening by evening. If you give four of the six evenings to pursuits like these, you may well give one to Christian work, and an other to social enjoyment; and as you work wjien you work, you must aban don yourself for one night a week at least1 to play with all your powers of play, and if you can get to a gym-, nasium, so much the better. JNbth ing is finer than to ha-ail evening of such exertion as will open all the pores like a Turkish bathand compel the blood to go rushing Ihrough every vessel of the body; - How much there is for each of us to do ! The difficulty arises as, to' what to do first. But we must havea general notion and program laid out, or else we become dissipated amid a crowd of little things, and while we are busy here and there our oppor tunity is gone. V , We must, of course, take care not to be self-absorbed, or to make a plan of such - cast-iron strength that we cannot easily turn aside from it at the call of those who love or need us. One of the noblest young fellows I knowv who is very anxious to -pass his examination, and whose parents cannot afford to keep a servant, spends a certain time each day in do ing little .fobs of household duty from which his manly soul naturally re-, volts, but which, for his mother's sake, he cheerfully performs. Then, thpre' are sisters who want you to join in their innocent amusements, and you must be prepared to do your part in bringing other girls' brothers into the home, that they may have the chance of knowing your fel lows. Your minister may need your hlp now and again for somt spci al meetings ; and you may see fit to take part m a debating society, wnere you will learn-the art of expressing your thoughts and giving out what j on have acquired. I5ut, on the whole follow out your plan of sutdy, and do not let it be interfered with un duly, - because the: acquisitions of these formative years will be yours as long as you can think. "Remember, vouner brother, that al the faculties of your nature have ViPRn cri-vp.n von bv Gcc that each mav "r-- o ty " ml- bemade the most of for him. See that " every acre of your estate be brought under cultivation for Jesus Christ." arid seek His blessiners as you I anticipate the leisure and opportun- ny ox me eveiiiiigs ui me xuiumg winter. Rev. F. B. Meyer, in North western Christian Advocate. A Typical Southern Grand Dame. Among the incidents of the Presi dent's Southern trip, the dispatches tell the following: Calling him Theodore and pat ting him on the shoulder, Mrs. W. E. Baker, a dame of old Southern regime, received President, Roosevelt last Friday in Barrington Hall, her home, at Roswell. Mrs. Baker was bridesmaid when the President's mother was married. She had been invited to the recep tion- at the old Bulloch home, but said, the President must come to her. Secretary Loeb said this could not be, as it was contrary to all pre cedent for the President to visit pri vate homes during an itinerary. ThePresident missed Mrs. Baker at .the: Bulloch home and asked for hef; Secretary Loeb told of her re fusal to attend a public reception and the President said he must see his mother's bridesmaid. So '. he de cided to cut out established prece dents that he might meet and chat with the girlhood friend of his mother, "and" at his suggestion Bar rington Hall was included in the itinerary. v ' When President Roosevelt entered the old honie with Mrs. Roosevelt he found Mrs. Baker seated, dressed in black, trimmed with white lace about the collar and cuffs. She wore a lace cap and was the picture of content ment. " "And this is Theodore," she said, extending l'her hand. "I am so glad wa x mi ' i ' - rrrt to,se"6 you, neodore." xnen patting the President on the shoulder, she told him how his mother looked when she was married. , No American who values and ad mires exalted womanhood will fail to, rejoice and take pride in the gentle dignity of this gracious old lady, The President. 4;the son of ' her old friend, arid to her he is little more thana boy, and that she, occupying no gfficial position which compelled her Jto do so, should go into a iDublic recejption-to see her old friend's son wau contrary to her ideas- and the theoj-y of her training. When Mrs. Baktr told Secretary Loeb that if the President desired to see her he mustcome to see her, it caused the becrelary a (Jistmct jar." He could notified any precedent for such an extraordinary thing in all the annals of thev' Circumlocution Office. Such an iernorine: of nrecedent. not to sav red-tapery, the shocked Secretary had never cbnceived. . ? - But the President did not view it that wayV He has an independent way of , making precedents as well as following them, and so he put his. hat on his head and took his wife on his arm and stalked off to see his mother's old friend. It was the act of a gentleman, and that is all there is to be said about it. : He found the old lady sitting enthroned like a queen in her ancestral home, and he and Mrs. Roosevelt got such a recep tion as must - have delighteo! their 1 . . i Xi x a! T i nearts. j-t was no i tne irresident to whom she gave her hand. It was "Theodore," the son of the dear friend of her youth, about whom bhe had doubtless received many letters from that friend of long ago. "And this is Theodore," she said not "Mr. President" -and doubtless. Theodore was delighted. He might search in every land without finding the su perior of the dignified, gracious nn l pious Southern woman of which this lady is a true type. Baltimore Sun. A Tilt or. wits. In connection with lawyers trying to confuse experts in the witness box in murder trials, a case is recalled by . the' Kansas City Independent where a lawyer looked quizzically at the doctor, who was testifying; anj said: .. "Doctors sometimes make mistakes, don't they?" "The same as lawyers," was the re ply . ' . "But doctors' mistakes are buried six feet underground," said the law yer. "Yes," said the doctor, "and law yers mistakes sometimes swing m the air." Kind of Him. A party of Hamilton College stu dents had been celebrating a 'varsity victory in .the manner usual to en thusiastic collegians, and while en route to their train about 2 a. m., had occasion to pass the office of a crabbed old doctor who was known as one of the greatest cranks in the town. One of the lads sighting the button which connected with the docr tor's night belli halted the group and "pressed the button." Almost in stantly a window above their heads' was ' raised,- the s -medico's benight capped heairSvas hrust forth as he snapped in a querulous voice, "What's wanted?" "One of your windows is open, doctor," replied the leader of the gang. : 1 "Thank you very much," answered the doctor; "which one?" "The one you have your head out of," said the student New York World. : ' The loss of. Strength. " There is no greater leak in house keeping thai the unnecessary loss of 'the strength and energy ot the housekeeper. Vegetables and fruits are gathered in the heat of the day, when early morning and evening would do . just as well. The same rule applies to heavy tasks indoors. Work done in intense heat" lessens the vital force. Most women think they must cook three piping:bot meals' a day, when a lunch or supper may be made of cold foods, which are more appetizing and more casuy digested. Aerain. no woman should work un til shfi is fixhfl.n sted. Whether en gaged at something that really needs dome: or something: that she just wants to get done," there is loss in stead of gain if she sticks to it until body and brain are too tired to work properly. A bit of quiet rest or a lit tle nap will send her back refreshed, so that she will do the work better and more quickly, thus saving time as well as energy. Discomfort that sans vitality, exhaustion from over: work, insufficient sleep, listlessness from want of change these detraci from the best housekeeping and from the hanniness of the home, and are leaks that can be avoided. Woman s Horiie Companion. Man is twice born the first time when he is made in the image of uoa, the second time when he becomes conscious of it. ' u
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