The National tribune., 1907-01-17

but firmly along the right path from the
start and you will have nothing to re-
gret in after years.
Undoubtedly a good pedigree makes a
horse more valuable, if he displays any
of the virtues of sire or dam, and the
price enhances as he improves upon
his ancestors. So with people You
can prove your pedigree by your par
ents. but their good qualities won't save
you. unless you display some Of them
yourself. Pride in ancestry is harm
less pleasure, so long as you try to emu
late the high example they set but
banking on a coat of arms and a high
sounding name never pays debts or wins
battles. Jones, who is frugal and high
minded and energetic, has much the
best of De Courcey, who has coat of
arms, and mortgaged home to show
for pedigreed name dragged in the
mire of immortality and sodden poverty.
Learn to think and act for yourself,
to be self-reIiant, and to stand alone.
You cannot begin too early in life to
depend upon yourself. The child that
to stand upon its feet If it did not cour-
ageously strike out for itself. Tumbles
and bruises were the price that the little
one paid for it's temerity. but 1t was a
proud day when at last it could todd1e
around the room, all by itself. Begin
early to assert your own individuality.
One need not be offensive in any sense
of the word in this assertiveness. but
as soon as the world learns that you
have ideas it will begin to respect you.
and this Is the first step toward pros-
perity.
Here is the week Of q busy woman
told n rhyme:
Mondays work is to wash apace;
Tuesdays work is to iron with grace;
Wednesdays work is to bake and sew;
Thursdays work is to clean for show;
Fridays work is to sweep, dust, brush; ;
Saturdays work is to cook with rush.
The next that comes is Sabbath day.
And then she's too tired to rest or to
pray"
Mustard improves lobster, but ruins
chicken. Remember this, you who put
mustard on chicken salad!
when he asks me so cunningIy.
can't refuse him." said a weak little
mother the other day, when her small
son got the candy he was teasing for,
tho he was just able to be about after
an attack of stomach and bowel trouble.
sible for the wretched health that their
children have after they are grown up
1t is SO much easier to let a teasing child
have its will than to struggle with 1t in
denial, but many anxious hours are CIV
en- when such indulgence leads to ILL
ness. Then the effects of the indulgence
are nearly always felt in after life.
Gods best blessing to man Is good
health. yet the chief end of man seems
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the natural laws that govern that
health. Nature has her revenge, In
time, and she always gets it sooner or
later
This is an excellent and cheap cream
candy for the little people. One pound
of white sugar, one wine glass of good
cider vinegar-the manufactured article
will not do-one glass of water, and
fiavoring to taste. Boil half an hour
and do not stir once. When nearly cold
pull till it is smooth, and it will melt in
your mouth like cream when perfectly
cold. The older it gets the creamier.
Rice bread is much esteemed by those
of capricious palates. Boil one teacup
of rice till it is perfectly tender, shake,
but never stir rice when cooking. While
hot add butter the size of an egg. a pint
cornmeal, two tablespoonful of flour.
two eggs and salt to taste. Pour in
well-buttered pans, having it not over
two inches thick, and bake just one
hour in a moderate oven. Eaten hot
with nice sweet butter or good sirup,
II is at its best.
Sick people should not be forced to
eat If the palate refuses to be tickfed
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there are ways of making sick people
hungry. A dainty napkin-covered wait
er, with small, delicate china service,
and shining silver spoon. knife and fork
pleases the eye of the fastidious sick
one. Then serve, steaming hot, the
tiniest morsel of broiled steak. that will
melt between the teeth, small smooth
skinned baked potato, done to a turn,
with the bursted skin showing bit OF
butter melting inside, a very small cup
of rich, pure drip coffee, and dash
of cream, small slice of well-browned
toast, and the pulp Of an orange. freed
from the white stringy veins. and see if
your patient will not eat and declare il
good.
It is care that kills. One who delib-
erately cultivates disposition to throw
care to the winds soon becomes an in
is worry. pure and simple. The burden
that causes US to worry is heavy enough
to bear. in all probability, without add
ing to it that Of ail-engrossing care,
which never lets the mind rest for an
instant. Suppose you do have troubles
of your own" Can you cure them by
worrying? Ones best effort to over
come the trials and tribulations Of this
life is all that is demanded. II that
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and good. If it fails. the fret that
wears wrinkles in ones soul, the worry
that makes us hated by our friends, the
care that wears deep burrows on the
brow, do not help one out of the slough
! of despond, but rather bury us the
| deeper. The world gets very tired OF
men and women who placard their woes
on their faces and moan 1t in their
voices in hourly conversation. But the
world dearly loves those people who
are merry and companionable, ever
when grief is gnawing deep. We owe
something to society, to the world oi
| people about us, and have no right tC
make ourselves public nuisances be
cause the clouds obscure our sun.
| II you want to have pretty window
ornament and something for the chill
dren to enjoy. get long. wide-necked
| bottle and insert a good healthy swee
potato, then fill the bottle with water
and hang by string in a sunny win
dow. The potato will soon send out its