St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

tit 70 insane asylum. The half
rested lselxeeper arises in the MORN
ing. must have the morning re.
past rared at an irrevocable hour.
What he fire will not light; what if
the setting did not come; what il
the c! has stopped-no matter, she
must re the morning repast at an ir-
revoc e hour. Then the children
must : got of to school. What if
their arments are torn; what if they
do No Snow their lessons; what If they
have Sta hat or sash-they must he
read Then you all have the diet of
the y, and perhaps of several days,
to P a; but what il the butcher has
sent eat unmasticable. or the grocer
has Int articles Of food adulterated.
and what il some piece OF silver
be gone, or some favorite
chalice be cracked, or the roof
leak, or the plumbing fail, or any one
OF thousand things occur-you must
be ready. Spring weather comes. and
there must be revolution in the fam
you must shut out the northern blast;
but what if the moth has preceded you
to the chest; what if, during the year.
CHI dren have outgrown the apparel Of
las year; what il the fashions have
che lged. Your house must be an
ap" thecary's shop; it must be . dis
Pc sary; there must be medicines for
a sorts of ailments-something to
loosen the Group something to cool the
burn, something to poultice the inflam-
rs;ation. something to silence the jump
ing tooth, something to soothe the
earache. You must be in half dozen
places at the same time, or you must
attempt to be. If. under all this
wear and tear of lie, Martha
makes an impatient rush upon
library or drawing room. be pa
sient be lenient! On. woman, though
| may fail to stir up an appreciation
in the souls Of others in regard to your
household tolls, let me assure you.
from the kindliness with which Jesus
Christ met Martha, that He appreciates
all your work from garret to cellar;
and that the God of Deborah, and
Hannah, and Abigail. and Grand
mother Lois. and Elizabeth Fry, and
Hannah More is the God of the house,
keeper! Jesus was never married, that
He might be the especial friend and
con6dent of a whole world of troubled
wonauhood. blunder: Christ was
married. The Bible says that the
church is the Lambs wife, and that
makes me know that all Christian
women have q right to go to Christ and
tell Him of their annOyances and
trou bles, since by His oath of conjugsl
fideiity lie is sworn to sympathize.
George Herbert the Christian poet,
wrote two or three verses ON this sub
jeet:
The servant by this clause
Makes drudgery divine;
Who sweeps a room. as for Thy laws,
Makes this and the action fine.
A young woman Of brilliant educa-
ton aud prosperous circumstances was
called downstairs to help in the kitch-
en- in the absense of the servants The
door-beu ringing. she went to open it
md f0nnd - gSatleunnn friend. who
aid as he came in: Il thought that l
heard music: was it on this piano or
on this harp?" She answered: mo; /
was playing on q gridiron, with q
frying-pan accompaniment The serv-
ants are gone, aud am learning how
to do this work." Well done. When
will women in all circles find out that
it is honorable to do anything that
ought to be done?
Again, there is the trial of severe
economy. Nine hundred and ninety
nine households out of the thousand
are subjected to it-some under more
and some under less stress of circum-
stances. Especially if man smoke
very expensive cigars and take very
costly dinners at the restaurants, he
will be severe in demanding domestic
economies. This is what kills tens of
thousands of women-attempting to
make S do the work of 81. A young
woman about to enter the married
state said to her mother: ''How
long does the honeymoon lastf"
The mother answered.: THE honey
moon lasts until you ask your husband
for money" How some men do dole
out money to their wives. slow much
do you want?" "A dollar" You are al
ways wanting . dollar. Can't you do
with so cents?" II the husband has
not the money, let him plainly say SO.
II he has it. let him make cheerful re-
sponse. remembering that his wife has
as much right to it as he has. How
the bills come in! The woman is the
banker of the household. she is the
president. the cashier, the teller, the
discount clerk; and there is . panic
every few weeks! This thirty years
war against high prices, this perpetual
study of economics, this lifelong At
tempt to keep the outgoes less than
the income, exhausts innumerable
housekeepers. Oh, my sister. this is q
part of the Divine discipline. If it
were best for you, all you would have
to do would be to open the front win
dows and the ravens would fly in
with food; and after you had baked
50 times from the barrel in the
pantry, the barrel, like the one of
Zarepath, would be full; and the shoes
of the children would last rs long as
the shoes Of the Israelites in the will.
derness-AO years. Besides that this
is going to make Heaven the more At
tractive in the contrast They never
hunger there. and consequently there
will be none Of the nuisances Of cater
ing for sppstitea Aud In the land of
the white robe they never have to
mend anything, and the air in that
hill-country makes everybody well.
There are no rents to pay; every man
owns his own house, and . mansion at
that 1t will not be SO great . change
for you to have . chariot in Heaven il
you have been in the habit of riding in
this world. It will not be 90 great =
change for you to sit down on the
banks of the River Of Life. il
in this world you had . country
seat; but if you have walked with
tired feet in this world, what