The National tribune., 1884-02-28
LOYAL W0MbN'S WORK
Hospitality Our Experience Meeting.
Relief Corps Reports.
IoOnducied by Kate B. ,sllergoood.l ]

loOnducied by Kate B. stcs7oood.l
There is an old saying, and good one. that
he who would have friends must show HIM
self friendly In all times and all ages hos
pitalify has been deemed one of the cardinal
virtues 1t is an essential element of Chris
tianity, and enjoined by the good Master hiW
self .'Be not forgetful to entertain strangers,
for some thereby have entertained angels una
wares, is what Paul said to the Hebrews in
allusion to how Abraham received the messen-
gers Of the Most High in the guise Of dusty
pilgrims on the plains of Mamre, removing
their sandals, washing their feet, as was the
Oriental custom. and giving them cakes and
fresh water as they rested under the cool
shadows of the spreading trees.
The Persians lay great stress upon the duties
of hospitality, and Frederick Bodenstedt, the
great German poet, who resided many years
among the Himalayas, and who wrote a volume
of poems distinctively Persian, taking the
name of Mira Schaffy, Persian savan, has
written some beautiful stanzas showing how
unworthy of confidence is the man who has
no friends. Mrs Sherwood gives her own
translation to TIE TRIBUNE readers, but hopes
the boys and girls who read it will be stinu-
lated to make the most of their opportunities
for studying the German, and so one day be
able to understand it in the sweet simplicity of
die Aattespraehe.
MIRA scHAFFY.
Mira Schaffy. once on Journey meeting
rich man, gave TO him this goodly greeting:
I'll bide thy guest to-day and OF the morrow;
Come, help me pass the hours without sorrow.
Prepare feast. invite good friends around,
Let rs be merry and good cheer abound -
" have no friends" " made answer then the man.
Mira Schafiy, amazed fhereat began:
Then meath thy roof no rest may be claiming,
Since thou no friends with all thy wealth art NAM
From off his feet he shook the dust. and starting
He left the rich man without word of parting,
Saying; " For whom kind heaven no friend gives
Woe be TO him that man no friend is WORTH
LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
"A Young Reader wants TO know the best
Life of Washington published, when he
was elected President, how long he served, and
how he came to write his Farewell Address"
We would recommend Everett's as the most
authentic and best in style The notable
events in the Life of the Father Of his Coun-
try" you viii find in the following spitome
He promulgated his Farewell Address . on
being pressed for a third term. The compost
ticn was undoubtedly that of Alexander Ham
ilbon, his Secretary of State:
George Washington. the Father of his Country
Born Feb %,
1732.
Married al the age OF twenty-sevcn years in
1853
Chosen Communicating Chief of the Army,
no
Declined Kingly Crown,
I Resigned command of the army and became a
private citizen,
I7s3
President Of the Convention which framed the
Constitution Of the United States,
Chosen first President Of the United States.
1888.
Chosen President for the second term,
4
Determined to retire to private life he issued his
Farewell Address,
1876.
Retires to private life,
1877.
BE died il The sixty-ciglth year of his age, Dec H.
1879.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The following is a sure cure for chilblains I
good as ii1ifneDt for other purposes Take equal
parts OF aqua ammonia, choroform, turpentne
and olive oil Shake and apply before the fire,
morning and evening. Keep well corked--A. b.
Coates, Co. f. 10Th Wiscontin. Osborne, Kan.
VIII the iady in Pennington, III. who knows a
cure for chronic sore throat send the hrs
J. Gray, No "a Ward street. Hartford, Conn.
'W. c.: send & recipe for sngaring popcorn
which think j. nice. Put into iron kettle one
tablespoonful Of butter. three Of water and one
teacupfa Of white sugar. Boil until ready to
candy then throw in three quarts Of corn nicely
popped and stir briskly until the candy Is evenly
distributed over the corn. Set the kettle from the
FIRE and stir until It has cooled little and you
have each gram separate and crystalized with the
sugar.-Allie W.
Anna Morse, Ianesborough. Pa, wants THE
/ TRIBUNE to print Minnie Ninton and q Just
Before the Battle, Mother" Who win send
them2
One Of orr little correspondents would dc
well to remember that pane spells pane when
applied to pane Of glass, but that pain spell:
pain, 10 suffer
A correspondent uses the word q transpire >
when transfer i" is meant, as 10 change from
regiment 10 regiment
Mary G. Tucker, Howe, Neb.: If we said 8
capital always should be used in writing ths
word regiment" Il was an oversight. II
should be used N writing Of particular regi
ment, as, for instance: Ny father served il
the Fifth Nebraska Regiment"
VIII some one please send to THE TRIBUNE
a copy Of the song Of the battle of pittsburs
Landing beginning:
Ye gallant Tsgenty-fifth
Who fought at Pittsburg fght:
Commenced the bloody battle
Just al the dawn Of light.
Ny papa served in company G. sth Kansas in
iaiairy, nearly two years then in v Z. C. nearly
year and q half He was sick in a hospital a Ion,
time.-Ailie i. Wheeler, Hudson. No.
Alice NJ. HiII the little twelve-year-oli
daughter Of Comrade Hill. Wells Depot, Me.
viii send beautiful star pattern for an album
quilt, something entirely new, upon receipt 0
ten cents, money TO 20 TO a fund for buildin.
q hall for the Post. which is small-only twent,
members-and too poor TO build without aid
Comrade Hill belonged TO company K, I4tl
Maine Three patterns for twenty-five cents
A dear little soldier friend innocently write
US that there are several men who lost thei
arms or legs IN the army and she thinks the
ali ought TO read THE TRIBUNE for the comfor
there is in II. Dear child-heart there are in
deed several such men yet living We ar
truly glad she lives III time when bray
man is more sure of keeping his legs and arm
than he was twenty years ago.
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
A NOBLE LIFE ENDED-oUR YOUNG REcRUITs
Mrs Rebecca r. Pomeroy, one of the nobl
nurses Of the war from the beginning to tn
end, who served in the hospitals of George
e town and Columbian College and elsewhere
: / who nursed Mrs. Lincoln and little +" Tad.
! and who since the war has founded Home fo
: Orphan and Destitute Girls at Newton Mass
OF which she was superintendent, has at las
gone 10 her long rest. She was buried fror
Eliot church, where the remains, inclosed in
plain black cloth casket had been placed i
front Of the pulpit, partially covered with til
folds OF an American flag, under which, i
a many hospitals, she had been a tender an
G faithful nurse TO the suffering and diving so
diers. The several beautiful floral tribute
were placed on the casket and near by, anon
y which was a large and beautiful star fror
: Charles Ward Post, No. g. g. A. r., of Newtol