The National tribune., 1891-12-17

OF water n day, and two aprons and three or four
babies. afraid sometimes they would be
dirty when their father came home; and Il isoften
difficult TO have meal well cook ed when you have
10 burn buffalo chips 1 think tie woman that
could always have a smiling face and never speak
cross word under these circumstances, would be
too much like an angel TO stay in this world long
Jessie johnson. Lincoln, Neb. -... .-.
THE READING HABIT.
FRIENDS or THE G. c.: would ask how many
OF the &. G. members read trashy literature. 1
sincerely hope not Every family should be well
supplied with books. Now. II u h impossible to
buy books ia homes where money Is not abun-
dant. you can learn "A great many beautiful things
Ia study wing Natures gifts that are not ia print.
q. &. friends. let me tell you life IL short and
books are plenty, and IL you cannot spare money
Tor line bound books why not get booSs. carefully
selected, bound In cheap bindings The reading Il
the same, and " you buying books FOR the good
there Is Ia them. you will not care for the looks
Books should be bought To read. How many
hundred families are there which always have a
great heap OF books, all handsomely bound, lying
ON a stand, and when the little boys girls ask
permission TO look at them or read them they are
met with a gTuff " MOI You'll soil Iheun.',
Now listen. you not afraid you will sod those
boys or girls minds by not allowing them to read
books that they should? 0Hly - few years. and
they will be grown up aud will again want some
thing 10 read; hui they will think, Well. now, 1
nm not going TO ask mother for those books. for
she never did allow me 10 have them, but ia get
some cheap books, aud then IL ! soil them a will
make no difference. Away they GO down 4onn and
IN at the first bookstore aud ask indiscriminately
Abi H9ife cheap BOOKS. vi course the ulofk Will
show stack of tbree-ceRt novels and they will he
delighted aud buy lot and take them houne and
read them, aud then when asked In read n good
book they viii bc sure To say q, it's too slow for
me; aud the first thing a mother knows her con
or daughter ls trying some Of the capsrs read
up ln their novels. Then too often the boy will
land In the wOrkhouse and the girl become a
ruined woman. Now. &. e. friends. tlIiuk over
my preaching. and take heed e'er Il be too late
PRO Patria-BerthE Sinclair. Frankfort Springs, Pa
FRATERNITY OF THE GUARDS.
DEAR GUAUp FRIENDS: read with Interest the
description Of Niagara Falls by Bro. J. Il. Frebeh.
u called TO my recollection the day I spent The
Fails in company with dear sister, Rae q.
Hays and her brother, will Hays. Ia inagiua-
ton could accompany Brother French, viewing
the grand scenery. Words cannot tell the sublime
beauty there to he witnessed, the water 1unlbling
new. .-'
]. too would advise every G c. TO spend az FEAST
one day nj Niagara. ! have recently had the
pleasure Of visiting number Of Guards. among
them l.oui Stockton. Lizzie Worreli, and Maggie
McClelland Of the Pennsylvania Division, aud
Harry Stiles, Lizzie Meley and VIII II. Reeves, Of
the New Jersey Division. have claimed A. visit
ors our worthy sister, Lizzie Maud Hewlett,
FRANK X. HilliHrd, Arthur %. Brown. Emma &.
Clements and Ella A. Hancock. ! would that We
at could meet more often Il seems 10 elevate us
kiuch and points Out What grand organization we
enjoy. would be pleased 10 exchange autographs
and stamp photographs with all.-M. Warner HRr-
grove, Browns Mills, ~ J.