The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18

They must lock as if they had been
 handled and used. A few books lying
 about thatfIdok A if Fthey were. being
 read are ,hueh rnsae inkefestipg Ithan~ As many bookcases full of upright volumes.
 But this making home pleasant and sweet is not a}soience, t can't Joe learpt or put o1. It must come from inner quality. I don't believe much in rules. |, People, gre a good deal lea inclined toG lrppn to showiness in their house-furnishings ands where there ,isi naehsy and 1leisuresl to oyer elaborate It is. almost the Only means that most have df expressihg'l their aspirations toward the beautfplf They have only reached halfway stage of culture, and they makean uninstruct-i ed attempsbat display. !" Display, itself, \ lis a false 'motive. A chair smade to .sit1 hng not toIbe lpeked at. .s9 Getcon tort first and then make 'it look as7we II as it can Eand still be- inUkeeping with Fhe house and the rest of the room. The ideaa of peFmanency, too, should be inwronght and in furniture. It fs Always fwbrth while to make or buy that which is sub
 stantial and lasting. Thew paid mbrs attention in old times to such points. If
 they hadn't l wohldn't dlave$ that chhff
 beyond my desk now. It belonged to my great-grandmother, and has come down to me sound and strong from the time when she. was g young woman. ? E WONDER EHArFrHs eRo9rHs @ 4As are not imitated etmqre.i in fnfnitune- They are some, but think it might be | for instance; use is, of course the first thing; but why couldn't there be some thing about it that would suggest an Iagpeeable natural object Not long ago 1T wanted something pout here at my
 door as convenience sfer gettin g into
 the carriage. To beginswith, E ttaoqght
 I would go to carpenter and get him tol make me some sstepssrg But vsshat E did
 do, finally. was to go to the woods and
 saw section of great. fallen tree and
 shape that into steps. It seems to me
 that is much less ,aGtifeial and more pteasing than anything made with boa ards
 and nails could be. uf, a-'7-.'' T F'
 ,. l, should be, afraid there. was, some
 thing wrong about my house if ib7pro-
 voked envy y.s'"I don't want @nian Fo. come in and say, 'howmuch better-+hoM
 much more costly your things are athaH | Io I hou off he says .''How much more fittirg 9or ap- I propriate,' then the feeling awakened is healthy and he has, got good.n a , 9m r. Display, more than anywhere e1se, is, out of place in church. A woman ought not to go to church So richly dressed as to attract attention. '' Her dress ought to be such as would not provoke 'jeal9qsiea,' criticisms, or unpleasant .compaFispns' with her indigent sisters. The awel to- do should make tlfis matter of 'con- science. ,,.
 It is danger ef7 our rural population that they will make up ,theiF, lirqpe9sI 0f fs, work and loafng Only! If they get up early and work hard all day, there's not
 much energy left at the days close, and they easily drift to theiViHages ta sefn or
 otherresoFt tols spend the evening" 7'fhe, need is to interest them in sohething
 chat is a little higher. A small collec- tionTo good, boolzsain a village that all
 can have aeeesse6otis j, helps Of course, the books should be selected with care, and pains shpulda beata kenr to keep out | ah fnr inrr
 study, and recreation are always we'll: So many of the brightest young people,
 both boys and girls, go to the cities that
 a rustic tbwn,,' if the people are 'narrpw
 in thei interests, may be pretty dull. a
 A ttnILMer iarKbovarMnEhSt a KbovarMnEhSkt E4sdJc 4sdcrErr
 jr t"iegT r.,,4,fd9syg
 is an excellent thing. Let as many
 as can be e9 interested unite, and all
 help to make the place neat and in
 such ways as suggest themselves, pleas
 ant and beautiful. Sidewalks and road
 sides can be objects of care, and,, in par
 Cieular, there is the village cemetery,
 which so often is shabby with neglect,
 All have an equal right in the burial
 place, and a slittlef thought and labor
 would adorn it and make it lovely. In-
 Jerest need not be entirely confined to
 outdoor nature. .1s srr, 4 II I In the winter arrange, If possible,i to
 have some lectures in your schoolhoase
 or church or hail. A lecture on some
 branch of science, no matter how old
 the subject, may always be fresh and in ,ib bteresting. The progress of science is, in our time, so rapid that thereiis story to- be told l, that, is. new everywhere,
 Three months can't pass. without my ? I finding something in the papers l take that is wonderful to read of. <
 The clergymah is the natural leader ir ,I the town where he, livesstEs let he is very .l apt to lack the powers and apract ieaI
 sense that will make him sleader.e IT the old colonial Lines | the. parson- par. |; son means just the same as personf-wa
 the person, the man. of the place. The interests of the people were not soili vefsified then; there were far fewel sources toiook to for aniusen1ent and lin struction, books and papers were scarce 1I and the minister was the one edncated thinker of the town He was the mastel mind in his way. His sermons Calvin ,,i listic and not very practically vital and {, helpful; nevertheless, both weekday , and holy-da3s he was the peoples { guide--they looked up to llim.af'. 7 ( f esFssfs1 statA + t.g. i., s,.a IN THESE DAY i,s,,is ...t
 ( I.s.f ,s,tsse ..sf VI " sage ssefttt- sass
 , fp ney people do not expect mulch lead
 ership from the minister, except in whal
 is directly connected with his church , duties. It is many times the case thai