The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-12
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charged with many deaths, but in the
majority of cases most unJustly. Trouble
kills, but it is a very rare thing for a
man 10 think himself to death, unless his
thoughts are intimately connected with
something painful and distressing. Study
is Il boon to the student. He would rather
study than eat. The greatest students
nave lived long and happily to fourscore
aid beyond, says the Public Health
Journal"
Thought is to the brain what exercise is
to the physical constitution: 1t keeps the
channels of life clear, the blood vessels
unobstructed and the vital fluid courses
along them, distributing newness of life
and vigor of action to the latest hours of
existence. while the want Of thought
brings starvation to the circulation and
causes man to drivel and sleep in old age
dead as to everything except eating and
doing and covering over the fire.
Men may study hard and after so may
study with comfort and advantage for
five, ten and fifteen hours day after day
and if the studies are p~.easurable they pro-
mote the general well-being of the sys-
tenn, both physical and mental, only if
abundant sleep is had, with a regular
supply of simple and nourishing food,
sitting down to meals in pleasant moods
and allowing a good half hour before
study is resumed. Many of our literary
men die prematurely, not from over study.
but from depressing mental states and
irregular or excessive eating and drinking.
1t is high pressure and constant tension
rather than steady, continuous labor of
body n mind, which hurries multitudes
to their graves years before their time.
With all haste there is Impotence, So
licitude, worry. In the present age we
fear that everything is sacrificed to "hur-
ry."
Do the little folks know the words of
THE Star Spangled Banner?' If not.
it is high time to teach them. says the
Philadelphia Record In every nursery
the lesson should be learned. line upon
line, or verse upon verse. Offer a reward
i'll the shape of a little flag to the first
child that learns the song complete. OF
course, the little ones cannot go SO fast
as the older ones, but all may try. Little
tots in sashes and dresses may catch the
time, standing by the side of the mother
as she plays it on the piano.
The youngsters are very much alive to
what is going on. If you look out in the
small parallelograms known as city yards
you will see many a broomstick Flagstaff,
planted there by the hands of the boys.
A little boy came to his mother the
other day, exhibiting three wee kittens
whose eyes were not yet opened, and said
he had bought them at a penny apiece
to prevent their being killed by a cruel
boy who lived in a neighboring house.
The ransom made a serious inroad on his
small finances, but he explained: "OHe
kitten was Cuba" the others 1.-THE Phil
ippines;" that the neighbor lad was
Spain" and he modestly wound up by
explaining that he himself was the UNIT
ed States And yet some people fancy
that children pay no attention to what is
going IN around them.
Indirect education counts for fully as
much value as the instruction which is
conned from textbooks. This Philadelphia
lad of IL had learned his lesson by heart.
The Woman's Home Companion says
that in digging the wild flowers, espeai-
ally those having Dubious roots, be care
full to go deep enough to get ell the
roots. Leave as much soil clinging to
the roots as possible, and after wrapping
them in damp moss or grass, roll the
plants up in paper to exclude the air.
Gather a basketful of leaf-mold from
Under under the trees where no grass
grows, the first nch on the ground be-
ing the best, and use this freely in maxi
ing up the bed for the reception of the
wild flowers. After planting them in
their new quarters water literally and
shade from the sun for a week or more.
A rather shaded location shout always
be selected.
A London correspondent writes Of a
very original idea recently given to the
public by a charming hostess. Invitations
to her entertainments have always
been much sought after. but since this
latest invention the guest list has swell
ed alarmingly. Instead of regular "at
home or teas, this lady gives a dinner
to sixteen guests each week. Thursday
is the day chosen for these festive ocea-
sions. The unique part of the arrange
ment is that a guest book hangs in the
lady's hall, where any prospective guest
nay examine the names already written
before making an engagement for a
certain date. To the ordinary hostess
this might be a complicated affair, n
the wrong people wish to meet some
one who did not care to be met. But our
charming English cousin gives the posi-
tive assurance that the plan works adj
mirably. Then again sixteen is a large
number 10 entertain at a dinner every
week and one is in LANCER of becoming
a slave to ones visiting list. But to those
who a a weekly at home day the din
ner party must be a great relief to the
continual round of mutual admiration.
which is only skin deep and publicly ex-
pressed.
Something new for hot eathe is a
coat of taffeta silk to be assumed over a
thin dress out of doors. Tor calling, or
church they are extremely suitable, and
they make a change from the cloth wraps
and jackets we have worn so long. A
silk blazer is not open to the objection
urged against the velvet blouses and
jackets, it does not get so dusty. A shake
out of doors is sufficient to remove the
dust which is repealed from the surface
of a taffeta silk. Velvet requires con-
slant n careful brushing IL 1t be worn
out of doors in any Of our cities or even
in driving along a country road.
To make strawberry shortcake, prepare
a dough precisely the same as for the