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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
A HOME HINT.

II more women realized the charm
ing effect of growing plant or two in
the home they would visit the florist
with greater regularity. It may only
be bright colored geranium, a tiny
tree Of starry daisies or a low dish of
ferns on the table that gives the note
OF greenery to the room, but the re-
suit is so honey, SO altogether desira-
BILE that the women who have not al
ready practiced this little household
diplomacy should hasten to do so.
Walking into room in which a grow
ing plant is discreetly placed, there
comes the feeling at once that the
place is livable, that some one who has
the home love has placed it there.
The plant need not be of an expensive
variety, in fact the most effective ones
at this season are the scarlet and Grim
son geraniums or the bright eolored
primrose. These convey the air Of
something living and growing that
takes the formality from room and
makes one feel instantly at home.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
UNEXPECTED GUESTS.

We live some distance from the city,
thus can not run out" to make extra
purchases. In order to be prepared for
the unexpected guests have set aside
q little cupboard, in which keep pot
ted meats, vegetables, nuts, raisins,
canned soups, etc. Also a few jars OF
each kind of pickle, preserve and jam.
several glasses of each kind OF jelly.
There is always nice cake and some
cookies.
This cupboard is never called upon
to furnish food for our regular meals.
1t reigns supreme as an extra" In
this way my mind is at rest; guests
may arrive without warning, or one
may have little 'sfeasts' after the
theatre without interfering with the
ordinary household routine Seeing the
despair, the hustle and worry Of my
neighbors, view my little cupboard
with increasing satisfaction. and think
others might like to give my idea q
trial.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
THINGS TO FORGET.

If you see a tall fellow ahead OF a
crowd,
A leader of men, marching fearless
and proud,
And you know of tale whose mere
telling aloud
Would cause his proud heart to in
anguish be bowed,
It's pretty good plan to forget it.
If you know of skeleton hidden away
In closet, and guarded and kept from
the day
In the dark, and whose showing
whose sudden display
Would cause grief and sorrow, and
lifelong dismay,
It's a pretty good plan to forget. it.
If you know of a thing that will darker
the joy
OF a man or woman, girl or a boy
That will wipe out smile, or. the
least ways annoy
A fellow, or cause any gladness tc
cloy,
It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
WRONG TIME FOR scoLDlNG.

Mothers, do not reprimand or pun
1sh the children late in the day.; never
Just before bedtime. Send them off to
their beds happy Commend them for
the good they have done, forgetting,
for the time at least, anything that has
been remiss in their conduct. Tell
them a story when there is time-there
should always be time-and let it be
a bright and cheerful one. Kiss and
tuck them in, leaving them happy to
the sweet repose that is the inalienable
right of children. II you ever heard
a little child crying and sobbing in
it's sleep, you would never, never chide
or punish one again just before bed
time. Take any other time but that.
Seal their closing eyes with kiss and
blessing. Time will come all too
soon when they will lay their heads
upon their pillows, lacking both. Let
them, then, at least, have the memory
Of happy childhood, of which no future
trouble or sorrow can rob them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
NUBRINS.

Grandpa was going away for a
fortnight, SO mamma and the three
little girls came to spend the time
with grandma.
When come back the sweet corn
will be ready to eat grandpa had
said the morning he went away.
The children found the loveliest
place to play with their dolls. on the
rock back of the sweet corn in the
garden, all shaded by big maple
tree.
The very first day Marjorie spied a
bunch OF pale-green silk sticking up
from the top Of an ear OF corn. 4
OH" she cried, how sweet that
would be on Dollykin's haiti" and she
pulled down the tall stalk and robbed
the ear Of its shining plume.
Then Ida and Doris found plumes
for their dolls hats. too, but the next
day all the plumes were wit1ered and
dried up.
Never mind. said Marjorie, smore
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
LOOKING PLEASANT.

Why is it that most people, as they
walk along the streets or ride in the
cars, have such an unpleasant express
sion? If one will observe even cas-
ually the people she meets in a day
she will be impressed with the panied
and sullen and disagreeable counten-
ances. We live in a rush, and the
average person is bent on some err
rand or business and is absorbed In
that; we are all rushing to get some
thing or somewhere. With this alb
sorbing our attention, we have not
time to attend to our facial express
sion. Wesare not sure, however, that
this Is matter OF permissible In
difference.
If one does not believe that her
countenance adds or detracts anything
from the lives or expressions Of others,
let her pause for moment before that
now celebrated "Billiken." It ii al
most impossible to look at the little
imp and not smile The Filipinos teach
their maids in the hotels, and those
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
TIME IS A TREE.

Time is a tree that blossoms once, no
more;
Youth is the flower whose rosy
leaves unfold
In answer to the morn's bright rays
Of gold,
And close when mornings fieeting
hour is Ger
Yet lives the germ within; it is the
core
That clasps the precious promise in
its fold,
And when the long midsummer days
are told
Brings joy and gladness by the fruit
it bore.
Guard well the germ; develop it with
care;
Send forth no ruined, pale and
blighted thing.
For as We tend It shall your fruit be
fair;
Your honest effort shall fruition
bring. e
Dare not to offer in the harvest hour
Ia faded memory OF leaf or flower.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
THE SUNSET THOUGHT.

Oft in the sunsets tranquil hour,
When daily cares are DER,
And glory sweeps the sea and sky
And gilds the shining shore,
My heart doth mutely question life,
And God then answers me,
Soft from the glowing heavenly
heights
And from the opal sea.
All vain regrets are banished then
And every wrong forgot,
For am His and He is mine,
And blest my earthly lot.
There is no cross would not bear,
At that sweet, ha1lowed time,
To show my Father that love
To do His will sublime.
All, could that exaltation last,
Through all the glowing night,
Through all the tempting, dazzling day
I, yet, might gain the height
Of perfect bliss: to see His face,
To praise Him ever more!
Triumphant over every i'll
That hides the Heavenly shore.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28

also in higher walks Of life. the art Of
smiling. They are compelled to prac.
tice before mirror. One cannot stay
long in the Philippines without being
innoculated with the disposition to
"look pleasant" The "look pleasant,
please" OF the photographer goes deep
er than the photograph plate.
No one wants to associate long with
an animated vinegar cruet. A dispo-
sition is easily guessed from the angle
of the corners Of the mouth; DISPOSE
ton is moulded by compelling those
angles to turn up or down. If merry
heart maketh glad countenance. It
is also true that a glad countenance
maketh a merry hearth the one
who has it and the one who beholds it.
Iron sharpeneth iron. So a man or
woman sharpeneth the countenance OF
his or her friend"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, OCTOBER Is, 1911.

are growing. The dollies shall have
fresh plumes, 80 they shall
L SO the little girls picked the soft,
shining silk about as fast az 1t came.
They made little braids OF 1t, which
they wound around the dolls heads,
though no one one was ever known to
have green hair before.
1T think / have read" said Marjorie
wisely, ethat mermaids have green
hair"
I'm sure it would be all right il 1t
was only stylish" said Doris.
Anyhow added Ida, ''it's the
beautifulest green that ever was
More than once day the dolls must
have fresh plumes in their hats, and,
OF course, with all this the little girls
broke down a good many corn stalks,
but they meant no harm.
Every day thew spoke Of the treat
they should have when grandpa, came
home boiled corn and roast corn!
They could hardly wait for the time
to come.
It was after dark when grandpa got
home, but when he went into the
garden in the morning he was shocked
to find the corn so broken and
trampled. And not one full ear Of
corn could he find, for it had been
robbed of the silk which fed it.
Tut, tut!" he exclaimed when he
came in to breakfast and saw the
three little bright faces. Who's been
| spelling the sweet corn?"
"We didn't spoil it, said Marjorie;
1--WE only took out the silk.
| and you couldn't eat that" Doris
fastened to add.
Then grandpa took an ear of corn
from his pocket and showed them the
wonderful way that the tiny threads
of silk ran down to each little kernel
and fed it with the pollen which fell
from the tassels above. 1t was all SO
interesting that the children forgot to
eat their oatmeal till it was cold.
"And now sha'n't we have any corn
to eat?' asked Ida.
mot very good, fear" replied
grandpa 1T will mostly be just
nubbins.' And SO it proved.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
CUTTING INTO WHOLE CLOTH.

Never cut into whole cloth to make
a pocket!' said mother, looking up
from her sewing basket and shaking
her head disapprovingly at Dan, over
in the corner. 1t was rainy day, and
she had let him take his whiting into
a corner of the big farm kitchen, or
living room, where there used to be
room enough for everybody. Dan was
whiting some linch-pins for cart
he was making, and he had seen no
better way than to chop recklessly
into smooth, satiny piece of wood
that had been laid aside for the front
of his little sisters playhouse. y
That's girls advice" said Dan.
Boys don't sew pockets
Its mans advice" said fathers
voice, suddenly, from the doorway.
You're the kind that would go and
take the middle of a good moving
field for herb garden. I've seen
your kind. Had one of 'em last sum
mer. I've seen him strip good hide
OF leather, or pretty near a whole
one, to make tongue for his shoe
| Never catch those people saving any
thing, or planning beforehand. Time
| goes the same way with them. Fill
| up whole solid forenoon with little
puttering chores, and when noontime
comes they can't tell where it's gone
to. No laying out of good, worth
while, steady going tasks that amount
to something. They chop into good
whole cloth for their little puttering
jobs, and when the big ones come
along they've only scraps and parings
Of time to do them in. Don't be
predetermined, son! Plan out your
whole garment, and then cut your
cloth accordingly. When you gel
your linch-pins done you better trot
over to the mill and find another
board as good as that one You spoiled
for me-"
Il will" said DAN
"And don't ever do such trick as
that again"
II wont" said Dan.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
AcHlEvEM EMIT.

1t isn't the job you intend to do,
Or the labor you've just begun,
That puts you right on the ledger
sheet;
Il It's the work you've really done.
Your credit is built on things you do,
Your debit on things you shirk,
The man who totals the biggest plus
& Is he who completes his work.
Intentions though good will never pay
bills, IA
n It's easy enough to plan,
To wish is the play of the Office boy
4 To do is the work of man.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28
WHAT IS A BOY?


That was a good answer which was
given when a visitor asked the ques-
ton:
What is a boy?"
A little fellow started from his seat,
and replied:
"A boy, sir, Is the beginning of a
man."
That was a true answer, for every
man was once boy. Let us remem-
Der that what a boy is. in his youth
usually decides what kind of man
he will become. So boys, be true, be
honest, kind, brave and Industrious
now, and then when you have grown
to be men you will be the kind Of men
that our country needs.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
HOLDING MOISTURE IN SOIL
evaporation Can BE Prevented BY
Cultivation and Keeping Surface
In Fine, Loose Condition.

'by A. b. GRAHAM, Ohio State Uni.
versity).
II every farmer were compelled to
maui and pour over each acre of his
farm over 200 barrels of watsr per
day. he would gain some conception
OF the amount of moisture evaporated
from an exposed. uncultivated Roll, at
this season Of the year. This svapor.
alton varies according to the kind and
condition of the soil. weather, loca-
ton. ETC.. but under average condi.
lions the sun and wind are rapidly
drawing from the soil that will mois
ture be needed later In the season
Tor crop growth. 1t is just like draw.
ing dollars from the farmers pockets
Now Is the time to prevent this
loss. Soil moisture Is valuable. Past
records show that an inch of rainfall
In July means S.. 1000, 900 worth Of
corn to the state of Ohio. While
farmers cannot make an inch of rain
fall in July. they can carry an inch
OF soil moisture over from May until
July, n that means the same thing.
An inch of rainfall means 113 tons
OF water per acre. II this is allowed
to escape at the rate Of 200 barrels
per day. 1t will require only four
days to lose the entire inch. Every
farmer who fails to prevent this
evaporation is losing his share of that
$4,000. 600. Are you one of the losers?
How can this evaporation be pre-
sented? BY cultivating the soil. Keep
the surface Of the soil In a fine, loose
condition. Follow the pillow with the
harrow. Harrow the cornfeld before
the corn is up; after 1t is up, cult
vate often enough to keep a good soil
mulch. Don't be stingy with the use
of the cultivator.
The amount of moisture in the soil
this spring is below normal. Mois-
ture is essential to maximum crop
Conserve your soil moisture. Do It
now.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
a New Antldete for Happ,n...

young man. unhappily married
ana practically penniless, took his tale
OF woe to a prominent divorce attor.
this: "'
IN TOO poor to pay much for a
oavoree. but my wife makes my life
miserable After I get home. at six
O'CLOCK in the evening. I get no peace
anui l go to sleep. What would O
After considering all the facts in
case" said the lawyer, II would
that you get a Job which re-
you to work all night"-The
Magazine.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Helping Out seant Moisture.

The best safeguard against drouth,
at this time or later on, is to keep the
cultivator or harrow going. BY thus
stirring the surface soil the capillary
tubes are broken, a mulch Is formed
the depth the c%ultivator goes, and thus
the moisture in the soil below is pre-.
vented from evaporating. 1t is amaz.
ing how much water can thus be re.
tanned in the soil. compared to ground
not so treated. 1t is important to fol
low this practice at once to conserve
the present supplies of soil moisture
Moisture during the growing period
of May and June Is even more impor.
tant than during July and August
Crops well started can withstand a
later drouth, whereas plants with a
feeble start have a poor show against
the dry time in midsummer.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
LIVE o NOTES.

Look for the ewes that show good
breeding.
The SOW cannot produce something
out of nothing.
No animal on the farm will try
harder to keep clean than the hog.
Hogs greatly relish mixtures Of
charcoal, wood ashes. salt ami the
like.
II a horse must be kept in the barn
in hot weather keep all the windows
open.
The importance Of plenty of shade
during the hot days OF summer cam
not be overestimated.
Pens and pastures through which
the drainage from swine Enclosures
higher up runs should not be used.
Old hog wallows are frequently
breeding holes for cholera, hence they
should be filled and clean places made
for them.
Reduction of feed so that the sows
show loss of flesh has a marked effect
of the filters and Is the cause OF
heavy losses.
A good pair of draft mares will per
form Tor work en- the farm THAI q
light team and at the same time grow
a good pair of colts.
Where many horses are kept in a
barn 1t is well to whitewash the in
terror Of the stables frequently to kill
germs affecting horses.
A little rape may be sown on the
out-of the-way places On the farm for |
The hogs. and 1t will pay better than |
he weeds which usually grow on such |
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
A Significant Notice

Richard Croker. the day of his de.
parture for his Irish home, said to
a New York reporter.
1t Is the desire for freedom that
sends so many Americans and so
many millions of dollars abroad every
June. The Puritanical laws of Ameri-
ca enslave US. These laws, with
total misconception of freedom
and OF enjoyment, are we'll exempli-
ned In a no~tice-boa-d I once saw in a
New England park. This board said:
Pleasure Grounds. Notice-These
grounds are for pleasure only. No
games or play allowed"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
A Deduction.

Say, Pa" said little Johnny, after
IN hour or two Of deep reflection, iii
| put a lemon and some sugar in a
vail O. water would that be lemonade?
Yes, my Son. yes-of course II
would" replied Mr.. Squiggles from
behind his newspaper.
We'll, then" continued Johnny, edg-
toward the door, IF that's the
case l suppose If I put a piece of ar.
riilery and some gunpowder in a bar
of water it would be a cannonade.
wouldn't it?"-Harper's Weekly.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
BABY'S HAIR. ALL CAME OUT

When my first baby was six months
old he broke out on his head with little
bumps. They would dry up and leave
a scale. Then it would break out
again and it spread all over his head.
All the hair came out and his head
was scaly all over. Then bis face
broke out all over in red bumps and
1t kept spreading until it was on his
hands and arms. 1 bought several
boxes of ointment, gave him blood
medicine, and had two doctors to treat
him. but he got worse all the time.
He had it about six months when a
friend told me about Cuticura. l sent
and got a bottle Of Cuticura R~esolvent.
a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of
Cut1cura Ointment. In three days
after using them he began to i'm
prove. He began to take long maps
and to stop scratching his head. After
taking two bottles of Resolvent. two
boxes of Ointment and three cakes OF
Soap he was sound and we'll, and never
had any breaking out of any kind. His
hair came out in little curls all over
his head. I don't think anything elso
would have cured him except Cuti-
cura.
Il have bought Cuticura Ointment
and Cuticura Soap several times since
to use for cuts and sores and have
never known them to fail to cure what
l put them on. Cuticura Soap is the
best that l have ever used for toilet
purposes" (Signed) Mrs. F. e. Har-
mon. r. F. d. 2, Atoka, Tenn. Sept.
10, 1910. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold everywhere, a sam
pie of each. with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. 16 l., Boston.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Busy DAYS

We'll. Dolby, these seem to be busy
lays" said Harkaway.
YES" said Dolby; MRS Dolby is
busy from morning to night trying to
make up her mind where to spend the
summer"
And your" said Harkaway.
"Oh, I'm busy from morning to night
trying to gather together enough to
enable her to spend what she'll have
spend while spending it." said Dob.
by.-Harper's Weekly.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
A SIiqht Mistake.

II don't believe there is anything in
that talk about Harlow being hard
up" said Little Binks. why he's
just blossomed forth with a footman
on his motor"
"Footman?" echoed J~inkinson, de-
risively. "Footman is good! That
isn't a footman; it's a deputy sheriff
in charge of the car"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

began using Doan's Kidney Pills after
various remedies had failed to help
me and was completely cured. I have
had no sign of kidney trouble since"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Save Soil Moisture.

Remember that this may be a very
dry year, consequently save all the
soil moisture you can. AS soon as
the plowed land is fit give 1t a good
narrowing. Double disk the corn
ground and harrow it afterward.
Should heavy rains come in early
spring harrow after these rains as
Don as the soil is fit.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
The Berry Crops.

Keep the fruit of Strawberries cool
until the time to use or market them.
Never pick berries for market when
they are wet.
Beware of red rust in blackberry or
blackcap bushes. When seen, prompt
iy dig up and burn the infected plant.
being careful not to scatter the fun
gous dust over healthy bushes.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Use Of Nutrients.

Protein. fat, nitrogen, free extract
and ash are termed nutrients on ac-
count of their mission in building up
new and restoring old tissues. Each
Of these nutrients has a certain work
to do in promoting the growth and
maintaining the animal body.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Very Peaceful.

Are you troubled much around
here by the race problem?" asked the
man who was seeing Kentucky.
"Well, NO, sub, All can't say that
we all" replied Colonel Pepperson.
why. sub, as a mattuh Of fact. we've
only had three lynchin's heah the last
fob months"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
MARKETING Butter.

A good way to market butter when
in a box lined with white paper, hav-
ing a tight cover. Wrap the box in
several thicknesses of newspaper and
enclose it In a larger box. Packed
in this way butter car be taken
several miles to market in warm
weather without showing any signs
of melting.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
The Rivals.

Riggs-Singular, isn't it, that mel.
Their Of your stenographers wants a
vacation this year?
Griggs-No; it is easily explained.
| recently took a good looking young
man into the office and neither of the
girls is willing to go away and leave
the field to the other one.-Boston
Transcript.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

Some farmers raise the objection
to raising sheep on the ground that
they are subject to disease. This is
a great mistake, because when prop
erly cared for. sheep have fewer all
ments than n other farm animal.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

How Checking.
Blebbs-"The money young Nil
yun's father left him won't last long"
6lobbs-"Why. Is he such q
spenderf~
Biobbs.-"Spender? Why, do you
know what the fellow is doing? He's
actualIy paying his income tax
Philadelphia Record.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
A Resourcefui Defense.

"Ye say ye haven't Travelled Eastern
fifteen miles an hour" said the con
stable, land yet this here speed reg
lister O yourn p'ints to forty-three."
"Oh. that" sm..ed Dobbs, pleasant
ly. THAT isn't a speed register. sir
that's my gas-meter. showing how
much gasoline I've consumed since
leaving home."-Harper's Weekly.