Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-24
Living In the Dark.

Mrs. Jefferson, the wife of wealthy
gentleman in New York, wished one day
to send some direction to seamstress.
~ will drive over to see her." she said
''It is easier to explain what want done
by talking than by writing"
The girl was found in poor little house
py the roadside, just out of the city. She
came out smiling to meet her customer,
and Mrs. Jefferson entered the house.
The father and mother, white haired old
Germans, rose to greet her, their faces
beaming with kindness and welcome.
The room was bare but clean. An open
Bible lay on the stand; fat cat slept in
the sun by the door. But Mrs. Tefierson's
eyes were fixed with delight on the roses
that climbed over the side of the house and
The plants that filed the windows.
"How is this, Mary ~ she said. ~ anr
a dear lover of flowers and pay skilfui
florist to attend to my plants. This rose
never grew so luxuriantlv under bis care;
i is actually covering your roof The
plants l have i'll my house, too, soon lose
their freshness, while yours run wild with
blossoms. Why is iti'
"We have the sun and air, madam" said
Mary. '"That is ALL"
As Mrs Jefferson drove homeward these
wolds remained in her mind. She was an
noyed at her failure with flowers. She
had never considered money in the pur-
chase Of the costliest roses and the rarest
orchids. but their beauty soon faded
Money could not bring sunlight aud fresh
air into her stately and dark palace.
1t seemed to Mrs. jefferson, as she drove
on silently, that there were other flowers
which would not bloom in her house. She
and her husband and daughter lacked no
luxury which wealth could comm and.
They were people of culture; they had
travelled everywhere, and were well re
ceiyed in society; yet there was little "a.
brightness in their lives. A laugh Wa
rarely heard, or look of affection ex-
changed among them.
"The sun" she thought bitterly, F'does
not shine in our house. There is no love
IUSIG W uluht bcu
1t was only too true. Her husband fret
ted necessarily about his business, this
man had made a fortune by lucky c'sance;
that one had succeeded in politics; he was
envious and cynical. Her daughte found
gay life unsatisfactory and holl ow; yet
she sought nothing better, and pa ssed hall
her time in sleep or complaints. Mrs. JEFF
ferson herself, in all her splendor,, weariet
of the monotonous days.
Yet these poor people, in their meanll
furnished house, were healthy and happy
Even in old age they were g,iad to be alive
Then she remembered the open Bible
and the tears rose to her eyes.
The sun shone into their wi ndows I
make their flowers grow, and Gods su
was in their hearts to- make their lives bloor
and bear fruit ToEM's Companion.
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bonnet in chuT;h this morningf'
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miraton r,f your own.
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mix equal parts of strong al nmonia an
Sater, and hold your finger in il for fiftee
minutes After that withdraw it aud tie
piece of cloth completely sal nrated Wi
;he mixture around the felon Snd keep
there till dry.
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| but lode has been found iiI a mine
Cornwall, England. 1t sells ior g. $1,000
ton.
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or three days from time to tir 40 shaken I
until the paraiiine is dissolys d. TO app
t, the mixture is well shake A, spread up
he metal to be cleaned & means OF
woolea rag or brush, and on The followil
day rubbed Oft with q dry celep rag.