Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11

What has become Of that little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them there
Eugene Field.
How to Polish Stoves and Crates.
In polishing a stove or kitchen range
some preliminary and preparatory ar
rangementS are always necessary. The
first requisite is to ascertain that the fire
is completely out, after which ali cinders
and ashes should be emptied into a pail
especially made for this purpose contain
ing a wire sitter inside. In this way, the
cinderS are sifted and reserved for future
economical use, and the ashes only are
thrown away. The stove should then be
thoroughly freed from all dust, and all
grease spots should be wiped off with q
damp cloth. A pair of stout leather
gloves should be donned for the occasion,
the best being those known as house
maids gloves, and which are made ex-
pressly for the purpose; then, the black
lead should be applied by means of a
small round soft brush, after which the
stove should be well polished with an
other and harder brush in a rapid and
vigorous manner, and with light, even
strokes. The final polish could be given
with a bit of leather, or by means of
so hOmely a device as soft paper bags
which are really said to be excellent.
The black lead is usually bought in SOL
id substance, which should be grated in
to saucer or any other suitable dish,
and mixed with equal quantities Of wa
ter and turpentine, the latter giving
much greater luster than the water alone
could possibly do.
When households are so luxurious as
to be radiant with the cheerful glow of
a CRATE fire, the CRATES must necessarily
receive constant and careful attention.
More care shall be required in cleaning
and polishing crate than in required in
the kitchen, SO as to avoid spreading dust
through the apartments and soiling deli
cate carpets and furniture. Newspapers
or cloths should first be spread over the
carpet Immediately surrounding the CRATE
and upon this should be placed the Gin
der pail and also box containing all the
necessary utensils, such as black lead,
brushes, leather, cloths and emery paper.
The same process should take place in
cleaning and polishing as has been de-
Scribed for the kitchen stove or range.
Crates should never on any account be
neglected or allowed to rust or it shall be
found to be a most difficult matter to
give the desired and proper polish.
Bright colored crates are a great source
of labor and anxiety in order to keep
them bright and shining. e they are in
daily use they should receive daily and
neverfailing attention, but the mistress
who has not a staff of maids at her COM
mand, should not indulge in such orna-
for such a task should not be allowed to
the maid-of-all-wo In some houses
double set of bars are provided, the
bright colored ones being used in the
summer time, while the black and more
practical ones are used entirely in the
winter time, when the CRATES are in con-
slant use.
The fender and fire irons should al
ways be kept in excellent condition, and
the coal bucket should be constantly re-
plenished and kept well stocked with
coal.-Domestic Monthly.
Do Your Best.
'"Things that can be had for little or
nothing are generally worth nothing"
In a commercial sense that may be true,
but grasping after reward too soon
has defeated many a man. He often
has an idea that he can do good work
and should receive good pay, when the
truth is, he is not yet through with his
apprenticeship. The surest test of real
fitness for a calling or pursuit is the
way many man will toll on for years
amid hardshipS and disappointmentS,
never thinking of himself, but only of
his work, and it is such work, and only
such work that will ever make a man
immortal. There is not a battle ever
fought and won except by a man ready
to cast aside his all-even life-if he can
but taste victory.
That spirit which proclaims: II will
only give as | receive defeats itself.
1 have no doubt Prof. Swing counseled
and cheered and helped people quite as
much when he was preaching for $500
year as he did when he was getting
$4,000. Suppose he had said: II am
only getting $500 year, therefore / will
only preach $500 sermons" Would he
ever have become known to the world?
Would he be mourned today by thou
sands?
No doubt Henry Ward Beecher knew
his own power when he was struggling
with poverty-he must have felt even
then the fiery force and eloquence that
could bend a multitude as a storm does
the tree tops, but he did not turn his
back upon the church in bitterness and
say: IF they will not pay better for
my ideas they shall not have them
No, he preached forth the best he
had. with no thought of the smallness
of the recompense, and SO gained the
strength and made him a giant among
men-the great preacher of the century.
Helen II. Preston in Womankind.
Fresh-LOOking Women.
A recent magazine article declares that
the city woman is much more success
full than her country sister in concealihg
the ravages of time and holding that
grim monster at bay. The farmers wife,
from hard work and monotonous life,
does fade quickly, but the freshest-look-
ing women live in country towns. They
have no wear or tear of nerves, they
are usually provided with the absolute
necessities for their very modest wants,
they have few occasions for worries or
distraction of mind. And they keep girl
ish appearance until they die, or until
they have reached the years OF grand
motherhood. This is no eXaggeration;
10 Earry 1or- rah