The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-05-18
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! INVOLUNTARY.
| Sorrow and pity had clutched my heart,
! Lashed its chords to their infinite chain;
| They watched dul-eyed, as l sat apart,
| A pallid fate at the gates Of pain.
Torturing thoughts from an empty past
| Surged within, like hurrying pack
or hungry wolves which before the blast
Fretted the SHOWS in the beaten track
Colder than where they jibber and glide
My future beckoned across life's way;
turned and shivered and crept to hide
| Where ruined hope on my hearthStOne lay.
When 10. a presence! saw him stand
| Rosy and smiling, Il dimpled child
| Draw near and eye me, with outstretched
Catch me who will: am free and
He took my fingers the damp had chilled,
To his little red mouths wOoing breath,
! he touched my hair that the nights had
With wan wet dcws of despair and death.
Round my heart he threw warm red roses,
| Bound and pulled'me with artful grace,
| Suhtly sweet with imperious poses
He cl;Sped me close in his soft embrace.
Trembling. frightened, with feet that
Tell me thy name oh thou pretty boy"'
lie laughed at my voice that fear had
| ''Ho, foolish coward. my name is Joy!'
Julien Gordon in Golfers Weekly.
RIGHT WAY TO CLEAN HOUSE,
II there is anything that is dreaded by
the average family, and by every mem
Der of it, from the housekeeper down, it
Is the inevitable 'Spring cleaning"
10 be sure, on account of the anchor
ated conditions due to the fact that it is
done Oh more common sense basis, it
is not such Il bugbear as it used to be,
when the entire house was turned upside
down all at once, and chaos rcigned su-
prcmc. No wonder that every one who
could got out of the way, and made ali
sorts of excuses to betake themselves 70
| other scenes.
| The housekeeper of the present day has
| learned thing or two out of the mis-
takes Ill the methods of her ancestors,
| anf something out Of experiences of her
own, and she is wise enough to take only
one room at 4 time, and get that cleaned
and III order before she begins another.
She does not announce her intention in
| advance, but when she is good and ready
she. goes to work. keeping all the labor
and confusion attendant upon it to one
! room, and there is no confusion else
| where.
Ten to one the masculine portion of the
! household doesn't know what is going on,
and the whole house is set completely in
order without any discUmforting unset :
ting of their habits of life.
When one room is finished she rests a
day or two before going at another and
SO saves her OWN strength, as we'll as her
nerves and the dispositions Of her family
!luced to the minimum, and her own
bodily and nervous fatigue is not nearly
! so great as it iS-Or. rather was-Whpn
she was surrounded by confusion.
If she is right sensible, she does not
begin any of the work of cleaning until
the furnace fires are out; or, if there is
| no furnace. until the stoves are down. as
the coal dust and the ashes will make
dust in spite of everything. and half her
work will have gone for nothing
but there are some preliminary things
| that may be done that will help WHEN
the rca! work Of cleaning begins The
store closets may be Overhaulel and
| cleaned. and the camphor chests and
trunks made ready to receive the wooicn
! clothing. the extra blankets that will NOT
be needed in tho summer and the furs.
In cleaning out closets and StorcroomS
in the spring the housekceper ALWAYS
| 'nhS numh"r OF stone jars that have
| things. and glass jars that were used
tor putting up preserves and SwcetmeatS.
and which are to be cleaned and inf
away for nsr another season.
II the Jars are of stonewarc, fill them
up with scalding water and let them
white ware, the water should be merely
warm. fol-. If it is hot it will crack them.
| Then stir i'll a large teaspoonful or
more of soda. Whatever of the former
contents has remained adhering to the
bottom or sides of the jar will be i'm
mediately disensaged and float loose
through the water.
Ii. When the water is turned out from
the jar. any mlor fingers about the in
side. fill it again with warm water. and
4 spoonful of some good washing now
der. and let it stand un,listurbed another
DAY; linen empty 1t again. rinse well
with clear cold water and let it dry thor
onghly before putting away
In putting away for the summer set
in some dry plac" where the dust cannot
reach it. and do not put the covers on
else the jars will grow musty. Set the
cover before each individual jar to which
| it belongs, and it will be at hand when
| it is again wanted
If the Jars are the sealed ones on
which rubber rings arc used to make
| them perfectly alright. do not keep the
rubhSrS that have been once used. as all
| the life has gone out of them. Throw
them right away ami in the fall buy new
ones. In that way You can be reason
ably sure that your preserves will be all
right. hut you cannot be sure if the rub
| bcrS have been used one season.
Ii all this Is done YOU won't have a
great deal of trouble and fuss when the
preserving time comes, as all that Won
| will have to do will be to rinse Your lars
| with warm water, and they are ready
| for immediate use.
The cellar may be looked after at this
time and be made ready for the clean
ing when the fires are out and the rest
of the house is renovated
| All the vegetables should be picked
over, and any that are at all doubtful
| thrown away, and the accumulation of
the year which has found a place in the
cellar should be picked over and disposed
! Of
Then when the furnace is down the
walls should be brushed down, the clos
cts cleaned: and the swinging shelves
washed and secured; the cellar windows
should be opened during the day and the
fresh air allowed to come in.
After the cellar has been cleaned fu-
mlgate it with burning sulphur to de-
stroy all the fungOus growth that NAV
have formed, and to kill any lurking
germs.
Leave the cellar tightly closed for an
hour or two after the fumigating, then
open all the windows and let the fresh
air circulate through.
The cellar should be whtewashed ey-
cry spring, not only because the dust is
more easily perceptible on the white sur