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NURSERY

powerless that he must not be tyrannized
over nor yexed in spirit.
Useful Cough Mixtures
Boil FIVE teaspoonfuls of lInseed and a
quarter of an ounce of lquorice In quart
of water for one hour Strain and add two
or three tablespoonfnls of honey or brown
sugar. two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and
little pepper. A little should be taken
warm when the cough is troublesome.
Infectious Diseases.
II child is suspected of having any In
fictitious disease 1t should at once be kept
away from the other children. even before
the doctor comes. as some things are con-
tagious at an early stage. OF course It may
be only a bad cold or feverssh attack. but
no harm has been done In isoIating IT.
To Make Linseed Poultices.
Use crushed linseed. not Iinseed meal (ths
oil has been extracted from the latter) To
mako chest poultice pour half a pint of
boiling water Into pudding basin. which
Is standing In q larger one half full of hot
water. at the same time sprinkle in linseed
enough to absorb the boiling water Beat
till the mass comes away clean from the
side of the basin. Spread Gith a heated
bread knife on piece OF brown paper or
flannel. leaving an inch margin all round
and pour g little oil over the surface which
will enable the heat to be batter borne
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a. a RCAh)EN

petal others are maroon 1t is excellent for
cutting because of its long stems.
The petunia is another easily grown plant.
1t blooms with wonderful freedom. and
keeps until the frost comes. If you go over
the bed once a month and cut off the ends
OF the old branches the supply of flowers
will be increased greatly, as new branches
will be set out on which a great many
flowers will be produced.
Balsams are beautiful plants. Their flow
ers are like miniature roses in FORM and
along the branches. The foliage also is
profuse, and a great deal of 1T must be
cut away In order to give the flowers
chance to display their beauty
or course sweet peas should be included
In this list So should the old morning
glory, which Eben T. Rexford considered
our best Towering vine for general culti-
walton.
If Gardener
Has faint heart he is apt to find It out
during July and August. The sun gets up
early and through it's whole course up and
down the meridian shines outin business
like manner that drives all save the most
energetic to the shade of trees or piazzas.
There cannot be a shaded kitchen garden,
of course. so the gardener must either take
a good measure of hot sun or see his gar
den spoiled.
The weeds get rank now and choke the
useful plants near them. From beginning
to end the making OF garden is like fight
ing battle. In midsummer the battle is
at it's height. No mistakes now can be
made with any hope of rectifying them
later.
And further than this all the earlier
mistakes of the campaign now are appar-
ent. The faint-hearted will discover weak
ness. for If the garden be neglected those
plants not choked to death by weeds will
be eaten up by worms and bugs. But by a
little vigilance In the early morning or
late in the afternoon all can be done that
needs to be done, provided always that the
ambitious gardener has not laid out a larger
garden than can be managed comfortably
1t is wisdom to have small garden with
rich soil rather than large one in which,
for lack of attention. the weeds riot and
the useful plants anguish.
In the neighborhood of Paris each acre
where vegetables are grown by the French
method of high cultivation produces bet
ter result than the average twenty acres in
America.
One of the few crops that have to be
planted in midsummer Is celery Amateur
gardeners need not grow their own celery
plants. But not to grow plenty of celery is
a great error
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Good Things to Know.

Good Things to Know.
To Mend Lace Curtains-Take the curtain
and lay on ironing board. then take some
old lace as near like the bad place to match.
cut pieces the size wanted, leaving enough
to lap over well. then dip patches into cold
raw starch, then spread over the bad part
and iron with a hot f1atiron. Then when
you want to wash curtains repeat.
How to Set Color in Yarn-Dissolve one
half pound of salt peter in a pail of water
and dip the yarn in it several times before
washing.
To Keep Starch From Souring-When boil
ed add little sulphate of copper.
In Baking Pies-To make the juice Of the
fruit so it will not run out from the pie
after the pie is all prepared for the oven
cut from clean white cotton cloth strip
about three inches wide and pin entirely
around the edge of the pie then put in the
oven to bake. When the pie is done take
strips of cloth OF and the juices are re-
tanned.
White Frosting-To keep the frosting from
becoming hard and brittle and easily crack
ing, add one teaspoonful of cream to the
white of each egg used when making. In
order to give the frosting delicate green
color drop several coffee beans into the
egg whites and let them soak awhile before
beating little of the yolk of the egg
will make the frosting yellow, and various
kinds OF jelly can be used to tint frosting.
Dip the knife in hot water and use with
out drying to cut a frosted cake. This pre-
vents to a great extent the cracking of the
frosting.
Substitute for Butter in Cooking-The fat
from a roast of beef mot sueD is not only
a substitute for butter, but makes more
delicious mullins. cakes, etc. than ever was
made from butter. To procure the fat get
a good roast of beef. Just before making
gravy pour off bowl of fat While the
meat is roasting keep enough water in pan
to keep fat from scorching- Be sure and
clarity before using.
Seeded Raisins-And citron chop much
easier If boiling water is poured over them
and they are allowed to stand few min
utes before it is drained off.
A Library
Is like a garden. 1t grows by cultivating.
Like the family to which it belongs, 1t de-
velops day by day, year by year 1t is like
a'house. 1t must possess foundations well
hewn and strongly laid.
First among its must be's" is good ency-
clopedia. There always are arising occasions
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De added by working a pattern in hem
stitch close to the edge OF the case all
around. The top part of the case should
De cur INTO a point and supplied with rib
Don strings TO tie when the case is rolled
up The bottles. all matching in size and
shape can be procured at any drug store
some may be filled with the ordinary RENE
dies, like camphor. belladonna pennarrnint
and arnica. while others may be Allied LATER
as occasion requires
A hanging piDcushion Is made WIFI a
child tlorentine straw hat with half of
the brim ffattened down and the shallow
part of the crown occupied by cushion
covered with bright velvet Ribbon of the
same shade Is used TO suspend the article
to the wall or bureau.
Unless
We are women of extravagant tastes and
large wardrobes. everything for the sum-
rner outing can easily be carried In two
moderate-sized trunks For journey one
trunk suff1ces. but to be thoroughIy COM
Portable and to have everything for an
emergency at a summer watering place two
trunks are not extravagant These trunks
should be about the same size one a trihe
smaller than the other, perhaps one thirty
inches or more in length, the other thirty
four. Trunkmakers sell their trunks by the
length in inches
The smaller trunks should have tuo
trays. only the top one with divisions. and
the other hat tray. In the bottom of this
trunk go the books and music and osher
trities. each wrapped in paper. which pre-
vents rubbing and tearing. Over this boots
ana slippers, each in case or wrapper of
It's own, and with tissue paper in the toes
Ihey should be so placed as to produce
nat weil-packed surface. Then a clean
towel or cloth should be spread over all.
ana the underclothing should be put in,
smoothly and tightly. A photograph frame
or two may be slipped among the soft I'M
dorwaists and skirts.
The next tray can accommodate couple
of Bingham or muslin frocks, a duck suit
and some waists. Then comes the hat tray
Line the tray with leaves of tissue paper,
tear some into small pieces and stuff into
ana between the pretty bows on the hats
and bonnets and push some into the crowns
or the hats. Then try to place the hats
with roofs Of soft paper to keep them
apart, nlhng every corner and space with
the crumpled paper.
The second trunk larger than the first
Is composed of three or four trays only
few inches deep, and this is the dress trunk
In the bottom place the heavy wraps golf
cape and outing clothes the heaviest
dresses are next. In the trays go the best
dresses and fluffy affairs for evening wear.
when the trays are ready and are packed
quite tuli, a soft cloth must be put over
all and tucked In carefully. The contents
should come about three or four inches
above the tray tapes The abundance of
tissue paper used in packing produces this,
but II Yields TO pressure and Is invaluable
In successful packing
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As Soon
AS the shrubs have ceased Towering they
should be pruned. This not only tends to
keep them sflapely. but 1t assures free
blooming the next season. The shape of d
shrub almost is as important as its flowers,
for the Towering period of most OF these
plants is comparatively short though beau
tiful. And throughout most of the summer
and fall, unless their period of blooming Is
extremely late, they present only branches
and leaves. 1t is obvious, therefore. that
the shrubs should be trained in graceful.
agreeable shapes IL they are to be continu-
Gus aids to the beauty of the garden RAM
bling branches of shrubs always should be
cut off early In growth or the plants will
assume unsymmetrical forms.
Lilac blooming yearly will be promoted by
cutting of the suckers and old flower heads
Heads should be clipped to encourage lat
eral growth.
Weeds should be eradIcated daily. Too
much effort cannot be spent in this direc-
ton. The garden lover who tends her own
garden often will find this work indescrib-
ably tiresome. but the care spent always
Will yield good results
In dry seasons the soil should be loosened
two or three times a week. and the ground
should be soaked with water at least twice
a week and sometimes oftener. The soil of
ferneries should be kept constantly damp;
as they STAND IN the Snaue tHey may De wa
tered by running the hose under the fern
leaves and thus directly wetting the ground.
This Is the season when begins to
realize the results OF earlier effort. Struc-
turally the garden is in shape; the work of
constructing has been completed; the seed
ing has been done: the early cultivating is
ended August is the richest month of all
in prolific fowerng.
The Busy Woman
Wants for her summer garden such flowers
as will give the largest amount of bloom
throughout the season with the least pos
sible amount OF care.
One of the best ANIMALS Is the phlox It
is of the easiest culture. 1t begins to bloom
early In the season. If prevented from de-
yeloping seed it blooms all summer. The
two finest varieties are the white and the
bright rose. Grow these colors in bed by
themselves and you will be more than
pleased with the result, far more so than IL
you have half g. dozen other colors In 1t.
The calliopsis Is a charming flower. II
gives great profusion of most snowy brill
liant blossoms. some of a rich golden yellow
with q maroon blotch at the base of each
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Women Sit Too Much

And women stand quite too much Moth
Ing Is more wearisome than standing
about" even 20 the weli-trained body that
has been drilled Into good poise: and SIT
ting Is not resting. however eleverly women
may delude themselves on this point
The young girl who desires to keep away
crows feet and the jaded look and TO re-
tain the suppleness and bloom OF youth
should when of parade and duty and IN
her own room make couch or the floor
her habitual resting place
Absolute repose comes to the tired mus
cles only when the body Is In a reclining
position. and absolute repose comes to the
overs,rnng nerves only when the muscular
system Is perfectly at rest. relaxed
The middle-aged woman can WOO hack
much OF the freshness and Htkesomeness of
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ment: the real heart-warming sunshine.
however, does not glance and culver. but
glows with steady radiance. while It's
sweet influence Is felt and welcomed Dy
even the saddest and most sensitive nature,
Mere Angelique-
More than two centuries ago said that
Christian perfection in outward conduct
consists not in doing extraordinary things.
but In doing common things extraordinarily
we'll"
But mind you.' says the professor at the
breakfast table, 1T takes a deal more to
feed family for thirty years than to make
a holiday feast for neighbors once or twice
In our lives
II we should count over the wonderfully
beautiful and indispensable things which
commonly are called common We should
find our task growing beyond our ability TO
complete it. What should We do without the
many blessings common and beautiful as
light and air?
Life is so commonplace" signs the ar
dent young creature who is seeking for
some great thing to do or secret thing 10
know" He or she feels convinced that
were the opportunity to present itself 1t
would be used wisely; yet 1t never has oc-
Cured TO the mind 50 full of bright Visions
to question whence would come the cour-
age, the quickness of thought and action,
common task would furnish all We ought
to ask" And the faithful. persistent exer-
else of the domestic virtues will strengthen
the mental and spiritual faculties in the
same way that regular physical exercise i'm
proves the body.
It is a Fact
Which no one disputes that nothing worth
having is got in this world without hard
work and waiting.
Yet when set ourselves seriously the
task of gaining a great good we sometimes
find ourselves astonished and complaining
loudly because we must work hard and
walt long to get It.
This is about as reasonable as If man
should acknowledge that two and two make
four. and should murmur because IN his
own private cash account 81 and 81 did not
add up to make So
Nothing we find out Is perhaps at GER
tain stage more utterly confounding than
thiS-that truths are true not only in the
abstract, but in the concrete. they are true
for us and our own particular cases.
We have gained great wisdom when we
can look at our own cases with the i'm
personal vision that sees all sides without
exorable nature. and can apply the same
command for friendly counsel to another.
ADA MAY KRECKER.
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Everybody

6FeTyDOuy-
Cannot go abroad. taking pilgrim staff
and shoon, and visiting the shrines of art.
tho sacred spots of history Even the
Yosemite nearer home, the Golden Gate
and the Adrondacks. and long. cool ranges
OF the Blue Ridge or the Green mountains
beckon in vain to most people who must
accommodate their trips to tight purses
But small is the number who cannot for
few cents or few shilllngs take their
little ones and themselves on frequent ex-
cursion near home. Most of our large towns
have pleasant parks either in the midst of
the walls of brick and mortar or else but
few miles away on the line of a street rail-
road. blessings on these green alleged
parks. with clumps of bosky foliage and
great velvet spaces OF grass, wherein chill
dren should always be permitted to romp
and play. Grass Is not injured by the tramp
ling Of little feet but springs up elastic and
verdant. no matter how freely the tired
wayfarer and the merry child use II for
their advantage.
picnic in the park Is an outing which
retreshes and rests mothers and children
which group Of pupils and their teachers
may enjoy, and which insures night of de-
Hghifui sleep after hours in the open air
Short trips on the rivers or down the BAYS
or over the lake are both health-giving and
inexpensive. A few hours sail. few hours
stroll on the beach. a dinner eaten with
ehaT Vched appetite ana the excursion party
returns. only slightly depleted in pocket
and richly repaid in pleasures. Certain
dwellers along the shore ghink nothing of
planning an excursion between breakfast
and luncheon, and carrying II out In every
charming detail In the late and lingering
afternoon. The matrons who hastily pack
the baskets with sandwiches and fried
chicken. biscuits and cake; the fishermen
who place their boats or their skiffs at your
service tho young people who rally one
with a mandolin. another with n banjo
ready for the song and story on the moon
hight return-all testify to the pleasure of
short excursions
These short excursions are trebly pleas
ant when 50 planned TO include the dear
elderly friends. Grandfathers and grand
mothers ripe experience abates In them no
whit OF the sweet and childlike heart
From Germany
Comes little medicine holder for travellers
that should find its use among the belong
ings Of the sojourners at summer hotels.
The case Is made up on the same model as
the dressing cases that hold combs
brushes, etc. but on a smaller scale The
material is brown linen stimened with an
anterlining The bottom IS turned M three
inches and haudstitched In horizontal lines
an inch and a half apart. or of the right
size 10 accommodate half-Ounce bottles An
other strip. the width OF the part turned
up, IS stitched on several inches above
ond divided In the same way to hold an
other set OF six or eight bottles. as the
case may be. A little ornamentation may
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Sensitive People

Above all others have need of that grand
spiritual virtue. common sense. And seass-
tive girls should be instructed carefully as
to the capabilities and dangers of their
peculiar temperament. They should be
taught to govern not only their actions. but
their thoughts and feelings. by their reason
and judgment. They should be shown how
to argue their misery out to it's lowest
terms before allowing themselves to be
made miserable by imaginary sorrows.
And such girls should be made to under
stand that no virtue lies in unhappiness.
The virtue and strength lie in rendering
ourselves and others happy IN spite of out
ward circumstances. We were meant to be
happy. not miserable. and. although 1t may
take some determination and perseverance
10 claim our Inheritance. 1t is well worth
II when We have obtained It.
For girls or for those older who never
have been truly disciplined such training
is necessary ere they can find peace CT
mind and comfort amid the conflicts of en-
emotional temperament The final virtue
OF the sensitive spiritual nature Is to be
happy. And though II may take many
struggles TO attain this state the mind
should De made up that happiness Is the
right and highest condition. and that only
weak-minded people believe it fine to be
miserable.
In This World
of ours there are people with such lovely
dispositions, such lucent purity Of heart.
such fresh and vivid sympathy that their
presence itself Is comfort and blessing;
and this peculiar and irresistible attraction
Is set admirably forth in one of Mr.. West
ley's letters: AS for s.. he is sunshine it
self, and you are warmed on a rainy day
by knowing that he is in the same room
with you" These delightful beings sue
coed in making sunshine out of the most
unlikely materials. achieving that success
which failed TO reward the famous experi-
ments of the hagyard sage who sought to
extract sunbeams from .eucumbers, and by
keeping them in Theoretically sealed walls
10 have a reserve for raw and Indictment
summers
Another most fascinating quality which
they possess in common with the sun itself
Is the power OF seeing the bright side of
everything. Turning the cheerful rays OF
their own goodness upon others. the light
which they diffuse gives a luster which Is
reflected back to themselves.
There Is such potency in this spiritual
sunshine that 1t does far more than confer
a semblance OF brightness for its own in
dvidual gra tification.
1t actually assures an initiative response.
High spirits sometimes are mistaken for
the more delicate and unootrusve tempera-
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NINE

learn how to rest
Five minutes of rest fat on the back On
the moor or on hard smooth couch are
worth half an hour OF so-styled rest in an
arm chaar or in that unreposefui tempter.
the rocking chair
Some one has said TO the women CT to-
DAY: Never stand when you can ST.; never
ST. when you can lie down" This exnorta-
ceiient beauty recipe
Chapped Hands.
insufficient drying Is the cause o, most
chapped hands. 1t Is an excellent idea to
Keep on ones dressing table COX Of al
mond meal with perforated cover. when
the hands are dried with the towel a little
almond meal busted over them wiz COM
piets the work of absorbing he moisture
and he hands VIII not chap.
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Egg Plant. Ashantee.-Cut into even halves
three very small. sound egg plants. Make
a few incisions inside each piece without
disturbing the peels. Then gently drop
them In boiling fat and fry for eight min
utes. Remove them with SKINNER and
LEI drain on towel for ten minutes again
with cut parts downward. Then with
teaspoon scoop out all the meat and mince
II fine.
Chop finely six small. new onions and
fry in a saucepan with half a teaspoonful
OF butter for one minute. Then add the
scooped-out chopped meat. with table,
spoonful OF finely chopped parsley. Glove.
and, II handy, two tablespoonfuis OF chop
ped canned mushrooms. Season with a
teaspoonfui of salt, dash of white pepper.
adding also half tablespoonful OF fresh
breadcrufnbs and one whole raw egg.
Thoroughly mix with wooden spoon until
well thickened. Then fill the six egg plant
shells with the forcemeat Arrange on a
baking dish. spread over each a small
quantity of breadcrumbs with very few
little bits on top Set In a brisk oven and
bake for fifteen minutes
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Picked Beetroots.

There are some precautions needed in the
keeping of pickles that may not be usually
considered. They must not freeze OF they
will be spoiled; they should always be in
stone crooks or glass. never In glazed jars
or tins of any sort; they must be kept COOL
and especially must the cupboard be en-
tirely free of dampness where pickles are
stored. II grease of any kind has been in
a jar or bottle pickles will spoil II put In
the same receptacle.
Among the most attractive vegetables
used for sour pickles Is the beet Care
should be taken in preparing them for boil
ing to not prick the outer skin. or the beau
tifui red is lost In cooking. Select them of
uniform size. wash and boil about an hour
and a half. drain and cool. peel and slice
half an inch thick. Measure vinegar to
cover, and add two ounces of aiispiee and
the same of whole peppers to each gallon
and boil for five minutes. When cold pour
over tho sliced beets and cover. They VIII
be ready for use In q week.
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/ and the peaches piled upon it, Eat with
sweet cream.
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ment the real heart-warming sunshine.
however, does not glance and culver. but
glows with steady radiance while its
sweet influence is felt and welcomed by
even the saddest and most sensitive nature,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-05-16
Death of % StUeet ChtLd.

Little William Edwards, the
only child of Mr.. and Mrs. John
y. Edwards, died at their home
here last Sunday aftern DON, aft.
er an illness of about ten days.
He was twenty-one months old
and was a bright, lovable child,
the idol of his fond parents. The
entire community deeply sym
pathizes with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
wards in their sore bereavement.
The little body was buried in
the new cemetery Monday morn
ing, after funeral services con-
Quoted at the home by the Rev.
K. E. Turnipseed.