Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-04-17

none Of this drying properties Of lin
seed oil, and will never harden upon d
surface. On the contrary, ii will 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. 1 have SO applied it, leaving
1t O few weeks to the action of the air
and hot sun, then covering with lead
and linseed oil. The woodwork of my
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 iii a multitude of
ways, and q barrel Of light crude
petroleum | should not like to be with
out. Almost any city has refinery
where it may be 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 ? paint Of it. Don't grease your
harness with it, and don't use it to kindle
your fires.
S&GAA&V M.H
1t is a part of every woman's duty to
dress neatly and becomingly at home.
Whatever outside duties may
be called upon to perform, she is the
centre of the home circle. On her dea
ponds largely the attractiveness Of the
home, and no woman has q right to dim
its brightness or lessen her power by
being careless concerning her personal
appearance.
1T may seem like O bold assertion, but
it is none the less true that a woman
who is always neatly dressed is able I'd
exercise a greater influence for good
than one who is the reverse.
The well-dressed woman is more at
~tractive to the eye, and the eye is one
of the main n to the heart.
Other things being equal her influence
is more potent than her neighbors,i
whose reputation of dressing "just as ID
happens" at home in some definahle way
casts a shade over whatever virtues she
may possess. A 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
well at home exists in the home itself.
To the members of our Owl family cir
Gle we owe our first duty. A tidy we'll
arranged home is very invitingto 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 o how to keep
the boys at home evenings would find
the problem half solved ii 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 W adornment and saeri-
flee her own tastes and wishes to thsa
nunlberless demands unon her time and
strength "
every moment is precious, yet q Few
spent ia fresheningt the toilet will scarce
III be missed and somehow one feels
rested, and the work goes easier for it.
The habit Of dressing neatly at 15Tas
like all other habits, is strengthened by
practice, and ii a girl IL early taught
that neatness in dress is one of the car
dinal virtues, she viii practice utmost
unconsciouslv.
1t should be a 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 andi it will but
help to make her thoughtful.
This is q subject which concerns us
all, and if We give the matter the
thought which itdeserves we shall see
its Importance more clearly.
If we hold up the mirror of theory in
which to, view our practice no doubt
many of us will find imperfections
which need only be seen to be remedied,
So we shall be helped thereby, u
homes made brighter, and our families
happier.