Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-24


much to stimulate and encourage, II the
heart and mind are enlisted in high ideal
for self and the kingdom OF home.
That no plan for the management Of chill
dren and other home matters is practicable
FOR all Is freely admitted. There are essays
and discussions on obedience, habits, the
Importance Of bringing up our sons to be
good husbands and our daughters to be con-
tented and useful old maids" bathing,
amusements and Sunday occupations, the
choice and use Of books by children, early
education and many subjects for which there
Is too little room here to go into detail
In chapter on Accuracy" is the sugges-
tive remark that "a little elaboration, little
care in the use of the positive or comparative
degree instead OF the superlatiye, stopping to
consider exactly how many persons have
made certain remark before stating that
everybody says So will not only give one
the satisfaction Of feeling that good habit
ls forming and growing in strength, but will
also SGT free 30 large number OF adjectives
Tor use IN their appropriate connection that
the English language no longer will seem too
poor to express our emotions when real occa i.
sion for using them arrives"
The chapter ON "Self-control" is excellent
and the examples given are telling. s'Keep
the voice down" says the essayist; when ex-
cited, Whatever else you do or fail to do, con.
troll the voice. The case Ia instanced isof
mother who said that for her il was the only
safe course to reproye her children in 4
whisper, 30 much reason had she to distrust
her naturally violent temper
The casual remark occurring in one of the
discussions that there were 50 children be-
longing to the (six) members OF the club
would indicate that these intelligent women
had practical knowledge. of the training Of
children.
One more extract must close this notice /:
'lf We cultivate wisely our own minds and
hearts, and foster teachable disposition in
ourselves, will our children ever have reason
70 complain that we have not kept pace with
them-that they have looked to us in
vain for sympathy and encouragement
Happy that mother whose efforts in this
direction can inspire her son to sing to her.
in the words of the poet, Henry Kirke White,
" And eanst thou, mother, for moment
That we, thy children, when old age shall
Its blanching honors on thy weary head,
Gould from our best of duties ever Hhrink
sooner the sun from its high sphere should
Than we, ungrsteful, leave thee in that day
10 pine in solitude thy life away,
UT shpn thee, tottsring On the graves cold
Danish the thought-where'er our steps may
roam,
Ger smiling plains, or wastes withouta tree,
thee,
And paint the pleasures of thy peaceful home;
While duty bids us all thy Griefs assuage
And smooth the pillow OF thy sinking age"
HOW TO GROW FINE CELERY-By MRS II. NJ.
Order, York, Pa. - 49,
This little pamphlet will be very useful TO
the amateur gardner, but we apprehend that
the professional will find nothing new in it.
II he does he is certainly not posted in celery
culture, The whole secret is plenty of water
aud hard work. Celery is marsh plant, re-
curing for its development soft, moder-
ately fertile soil kept constantly wet.
II you can locate your celery bed
along the bank of ditch you will reduce the
work of irrigation to a minimum. The rest
OF the hard work comes in in earthing up
between the rows to bleach the plants. This
should be done every other day, if they grow
as vigorously as they should. Careful atten-
ton to these details makes it possible to raise
celery averaging three feet IN length and as
thick as a broomstick. Thirty five years ago the
writer's father frequently shipped such celery
to the national capital for the delectation Of
the congressman Of that day.