The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-18

poGe Of this drying properties Of lin
seed oil, and viii never harden upon q
surface. On the contrary it viii pen
citrate where water cannot, filing the
pores Of wood and completely excluding
wet. There is nothing equal to It as a
first application to buildings or fences,
especially when rough and weather
beaten. have so applied it, leaving
it o few weeks to the action of the air
and hot sun, then covering with dead
and linseed oil. The woodwork of ray
farming tools is kept full of it. APP
piled hot to wagon felloes from time to
time, the tires will never loosen. For
years / have used it in a multitude OF
WAYS, and a barrel of light crude
petroleum / should not like to be with
out. Almost any city has a refinery
where it may he produced, and it costs
me, per 50-gallon barrel, freight and
all, about So. But if you get any, get
understanding with it, and don't try to
make a paint of it. Don't grease your
harness with it, and don't usei to kindle
your fires.
one Kind Of Home influence.
1t is . part Of every woman's duty to
dress neatly and becominglyy at home.
Whatever outside duties oma may
be called upon to perform, she is the
centre of the home circle. On her des
ponds largely the att~ractiveness Of the
home, and no woman has a right to dim
its brightness OF lessen her power BY
being careless concerning her personal
appearance.
1t may seem like a bold assertion, but
it is none the less true that a woman
who is always neatly dressed is able to
exercise q greater influence for good
than one Woo is the reverse. q
The we'll dressed woman is more at
t~ractiye TO the eye, and the eye is
of the main avenues to the heart.
Other things being equal her influence
is more potent than her neighbors,I
whose reputation of dressing Just as ID
happens" st home in some definable way
casts q shade over whatever virtues she
may possess. A woman neatly dressed
is ready for emergencies. The chance
caller and the unexpected guest finds
her ready to receive them, But per-
haps the greatest necessity for looking
we'll at home exists in the home itself.
To the members of our own family cir
Gle we owe our first duty. A tidy we'll
arranged home is very inyitingt to a tired
man and the charm is heightened if she
who presides over the home is neat and
tidy also. And perhaps some who are
ever studying the subject of how to keep
the boys at home evenings would find
the problem half solved if they gave q
proper amount of attention to home
dress.
The woman who is both mistress and
servant, as very many ~housekeepers are,
is constantly met by the temptation to
neglect her own adornment and sacri-
fee her own tastes and wishes TO- the
numberless demands upon her time and
strength. OF course to O busy woman
every moment is precious, yet o few
spent in f~resheningth the toilet viii scarce
" be missed and somehow ii feels
rested, and the work goes easier for il.
TIE habit of dressing neatly at home
like all other habits, is strengthened by
practice, and If a girl is early taught
that neatness in dress is one OF the car
dinal virtues, she viii practice it almost
unconsciously.
1t should be q part Of a girls home
training-not only the duty but the
method. Let the child understand that
It is to please others rather than to win
admiration for herself and Il 4 viii but
help to make her thoughtful.
This is q subject which concerns us
all, and ii we give the matter the
thought which it observes we shall see
it's Importance more clearly.
If we hold up the mirror of theory in
which to view our practice no doubt
many of us viii find imperfections
which need only be seen to be remedied,
SO we shall be helped thereby, our
homes made brighter, and families
happier.