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MRS. HARRIOT T. OIiARKE, Editor.
PURE SOULS.
PHILLIP ROCEKE MARSTOS.
Pure souls that watch above me from afar,
To whom, as to the stars, I raiso my eyes,
Draw me to your large sides,
Where God and quiet are. i
Love's mouth is rose-red, and hia voice ta
sweet,
Hit feet are winged, his eyes are clear as
fire;
But I have no detire
To follow his winged feet.
Friendships may change, or friends may pass
away,
And Fame's a bride that meneoon weary of,
Since rest is not Love,
No joy that is may stay.
But they whoie lives are pure, whose hearts
are high,
Those shining spirits by the world untuned,
May, at the end, nnshamed,
Look on their days gone by.
O pure, strong souls, so star-like, calm and
bright,
If even I before the end might feel,
Throush quiet pulses, steal
Your pureness with purged sight,
I might Spring's gracious work behold once
more, i
Might hear, as once I heard, long, long ago,
Great waters ebb and flow,
Might smell the rose of yore;
Might comprehend the winds and clouds again,
The Baintly, peaceful moonlight hallowing
all,
The scent of leaves that fall,
The Autumn's tender pain.
Ah, this, I fear, shall never cltauco to me,
And though I cannot shape the life I would,
It surely still is good
To look where such lives be.
Fluted Lace with Edge
Cast on twenty-two stitches.
First row Fluin.
Second row Knit sixtecn,o cr,nariow,
over, narrow, over, knit two.
Thiid row Knit nine, purl elevon,
leave three stitches on this ucedlo that
you do not knit this time, but turn and
go back.
Fourth jow Knit fourteen, over,
narrow, over, narrow, over, knit two.
Fifth row Knit ten, puil eleven, knit
three.
Sixth low Knit eighteen, over, nar
row, over, narrow, over, knit two.
Seventh row Knit eleven, purl
eleven, leave three stitches on needle
unknit.
Eighth row -Purl eleven, knit five.over,
narrow, over narrow, over, knit two.
Ninth row riain.
Tenth row Knit three, purl eleven,
knit six, over, nai row, over, narrow, over
knit two.
Eleventh row Knit twenty-four, leave
three stitches unknit.
Twelfth row Purl eleven, knit seven,
over, narrow, over, narrow, over, knit
two.
Thirteenth row Bind off untfl yon
have twenty-one stitches on the left
needle and one on the right.
Knit across plain and proceed from
first
Knitting a Eur.
For the benefit of those who like old
fashioned knitting on needles for even
ing, visiting, or "catch-up" work, I send
the following directions for making a
handsome rug :
Procure a piece of bed-ticking of the
size you desire tne rug to be, with a
quantity of Germantown yarn of agree-
aoiy narmenizing or cumrosung couth ;
and a pair of coarse steel knitting
needles. Cast on stitches enough for a
atrip from one and three-fourths to
two inches wide. Knit back and forth,
as you would for a garter, till you have
a strip the length of the ticking. Knit
as jnany of the strips as there are stripes
in the piece of ticking, unless the tick
ing has very narrow stripes, in which
caso knit a strip for every other1' stripe.
It gives a good effect to begin the strips
with black, knitting a finger length or
more, according to size of rug, joining
green and knitting a little less distance,
joining red and knitting alittlo less dis
tance than of green, then other colors at
pleasure, a little of this and a little of
that, to form the middle of the strip ;
then tho last end of the strip the same
as the first
When all the strips have been knitted
in this way, fold one in the center, fold
also tho ticking at.the first stripe and
sew with linen thread the two together
(sewing the two edges, not tho center of
the strip, to the cloth) in nn over-and-over
seam. Fold another of tho knitted
strips and the ticking at tho second
striic, and sew the two together as bo
fore. Continue in this way till all the
strips have I em sewed to tho cloth.
Lino with a piece of light carpet or
heavy cloth, and finish the two ends
with a not too deep fringe of the yarn
Now with a sharp pair of shears cut
through tho contorof each knitted strip,
and pull and ravel the knitting out till
tho top is a soft, "fluffy" mass, thickly
covering and cntiiely concealing the
ticking underneath. Tho result will be
very pleading, if the cutire work has
Leon carefully and accurately done.
If the rug is required for a common
living or dining room, a cheaper grade
of yarn than Gerauuitown may be made
to serve. In households where there are
a good many cast-off stocking and
WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON,
socks, the best of these may bo raveled
una usea, tnougu this renders the task
pomewhatmore tedious since tho once
knitted yarn is moro tendor, and likely
iu uiuui. SU'SAN UUSY11EE.
Where are Your Foreheads?
It is about time some ono was ap
pointpd to make an investigation on the
subject and see whether the girls nowa
days really hae any foreheads, or
whether theyhavo all "gono off," like
Pat's gun, with a "bang!" A sensible
writer in The Intelligencer says that
men seem to wear them as they used to
do. And, ladies, also, of advanced or
advancing years. But as I go to tho
city daily, and see in the sticet, and on
tho cars, and on tho ferry-boats whole
bevies of bright and beautiful girls, I
am constftntfv wnndprinp' fit. if rmf nrl-
mirine, the ingenuity displayed in cover-!
ing up, hiding, and practically getting t
nuui nut uruwuiug leauire or wo nu
man face divine. What it has done, or
what change has passed upon it, that it
should be so ignominiously expelled
from sight, I am unable to discover or
imagine. Time was when a lover mieht
have been as much enraptured by his
mistress' tair brow as with her beautiful
eyes, but now he can only sing, if he
sings at all, the fascinating frizz, the
delightful fluff, or the lovely bangs his
lady wears, behind which her forehead
long since disappeared.
To me it seems against nature. If
she had wanted tho forehead covered up
withhnir, she'd have made it grow there,
like the beard on a man's chin. I won
der if you like it any better than I do?
I don't believe the minister does, for
I've noticed two or three times, when he
had girls to baptize, ho could hardly
find a spot on their foreheads big
enough to put his fingers on, and it did
seem to trouble him a little. Perhaps I
oughtn't to say it, and yet somehow it
set mo to wondering how the angel it
speaks of in the Book of Revelation
could find room to seql tho servants of
God in their foreheads or write their
Father's nume there if they were all
covered up like that.
I'm vory much afraid we have seen
the last them the foreheads, I mean
and another generation ion't have any,
unless a change coinos verv quick. You
know these scientific men say that a
faculty or organ that is constantly dis
used I believe that's it tends to dis
appear altogether. And why not a fca
tuie, too? I can't bear to think of all
the beautiful foreheads covered with
hair growing down to tho eyes, can you?
And yet, what's to hinder I don't see, if
the hair is delibeiately and steadily
trained to grow theie. The old artists
knew better than we, not to take the
regality from the fominino face, by hid
ing tho brow under a mop of hair. Tho
beautiful Maddonas of Raphael and
Murillo have brows of queenly loveli
ness. And imagine Floience Nightin
gale going about in bangs. Cor. Christ
ian at Work.
A Circuit or the Coxtixext is the
title of a small pamphlet by Henry Ward
Beecher. It is graphically written, as it
must be to be comprehended in a dozen
paecs. He visited thirteen States, trav
eling eighteen thousand miles. He
says it would not be much of an under
taking for a Scotchman or Englishman
to see his own country, but for an Amer
ican to see the United States of America
is an enterprise of magnitude. Beecher
gives but a few lines to us, still we have
no reason to complain of a lack of ap
preciation. He says, "of all I saw in
the Northwest commend mo to Oregon
and Washington Territory; these aro
my especial pots, and thero are no States
which have such a future as these. Thoy
have a charming summer and an Italian
winter." Again, speaking of
the productiveness of our land : ''The
Governor pointed out to mo near Oregon
City a farm that had been in cultivation
fifty years and still produced fifty bush
els of wheat to tho aero," winding up
with the prediction that Oregon and
Washington would soon bo the greatest
States in the Union. Altogether it is a
very valuable Httlo book. It is printed
by Ford, Howard & Co., of New York,
for the benefit of the "Home for Con
sumptives" of that city. It can bo had
of any book-seller, or will bo mailed on
receipt of ton cents by tho publishers,
for the benefit of this charity.
Snabe llanos for Brooklyn Schools.
The award of the contract to supply
the Brooklyn, New York, Public Schools
with twelve Pianos has been mode to
Messrs. Wm. K.vade & Co., this being the
entire number required, tho award was
m ado after a test oi merit, ifio JJoniti
of Education having determined to secure
the Piano which they believed to be the
best in tho market, withoutregard to tho
difference in price After a thorough
examination and comparison, the Knabe
Pianos were unanimously choeon.
"Used the "Acme" Pulverizing Harrow,
Clod Crusher & Leveler on blue graf a
sod that had not been plowed in nineteen
years. The ground was thoroughly
pulvenzeu to a uepm oi uircc to lour
inches." (See page Sth of this paper.)
Send us 3 aud wo will send you
tho Farmer one year, and also to two now
subscribers.
Dr. Henley's Dandelion Tonic is in
valuable for impure blood aud disor
dered liver.
.tynfyhq $MWren.'
LONG AOO.
I sit beside the sinking fire;
Wa'ch the weird faces in its glow;
And through the night I should not tire
But they have faded, long ago.
Ah dust to distl the last repose
Ashes to ashest well I know
How surely this hath been with those,
Those whom I loved, bo long ago.
How surely this with me will be!
From every petty joy and woe,
From fancied slight, from jealousy
Made free and safe ah! long ago.
And may some things with us stay
As, on the waters, lilies blow
In white and preen just as they lay
In white and green, so long ago,
Tis pleasant now to think "Perhaps
In Memory's light one's face may glow;"
"Out upon Time!" for all things lapse
In that sad, dreary long ago.
But when I'm dead, don't thou forget
Thou whom I used to treasure 10;
Yet may one tear thine eyelid wet,
Because I loved thee long ago!
THE BIRTHDAY.
BY LILLIK E. DARK.
Baby came this morning, ,
She came in the dawning light;
That is her little cradlo,
Hung with pnrest white.
Wrapped in lawns and laces,
She sleeps in dusky calm;
Still as a snow-white lily,
Little pink palm to palm.
Just a sweet raro secret
That never a mortal knows;
Her years are folded together,
Like leaves of buddiug rose.
Only a lino of pink
The folded bosom cleaves;
But we know tho rose is there
With all its scented leaves.
Tho harp strings hold tho song,
And tho grape-floner holds tho wine;
The marble holds the angel,
The silver holds the shrine;
Tho baby keeps the saint,
The mother, tho tender wife;
And the love that sent her knows
The secret of her life.
OUR LETTER BOX.
It is about as wo feared, the letters are
coming in slowly as we havo pleasant
days and summer time is coming. Young
people cannot bo blamed for wishing to
bo out in tho sunshine when nature is in
her loveliest gaib.
Henrietta is right in tho view taken
on the tobacco question, nud wo are sure
if she ould offer that pet sheop another
plug of tobacco that it would rcfuso to
touch it again. It is a nice lettor show'
ing caro, and is correctly spelled, too.
Eloise sent her first letter but hope it
will not bo tho last. Thero is plenty to
write of that would be interesting to
others, so Eloiso must put on her think'
ing cap and write again soon.
Linnie, too, writes her first letter this
week; sho is quite a traveler for so young
a girL Texas is a long way from Ore
gon. Wo would liko to work for the bell
too, it is good for young girls to com'
monce early to bo helpful and public
spirited.
Lizzio says sho has pieced three quilts;
thoy will be some pleasure in after years,
for quilts last a long time, nnd tho pieces
are all reminders of some one, or of somo
pleasant event in the young life. Liz
zio must write again.
Lucy walks six miles to school, that is
four miles to go each day; it is a long
way to go, but then this exerciso is good
for girls ; too little of outdoor life is taken
by most girls. While we would wish to
see every girl understand housowork
and be helpful in the house, yet outdoor
work is as good for girls as it is for
boys, and thoy should hao a chanco to
rido the horses, once in a while.
Jcssiogothcr mother to copy her letter
for her, but sho composed it herself. Sho
has commenced to learn Bible verses ; that
is a good way to begin life.
Dexter, Lane Co., Jfor. 10, 1881.
Editor Homo Circle :
We have an old pot sheep that becainu
very sick by taking a chow of tobacco
that was in our wood-houws, but my sis
ter aud myself guvo her somo lard, and
after a while she became well. This
ought to bo a warning to tho Httlo boys
not to touch tho nasty stuff. Tho sheop
do not ery often tako a chew of tobac
co, although they do take a drink onco
in a while. My sister is going to teach
her first school this spring. Sho has al
ready got her whool. Wo take eight
papers. Just a soon as tho Faumeu
comes and I get hold of it, I look for
the Lettor I5ox.,the first thing. I think
tho Harper's Young People is a vplcndid
jupor, too, I would like to havo ono of
MAY 9, 1884.
Aunt Hetty's cards. I think I
answer Sarah's riddle. I think
can
tho
answer is "all." I will closo by wishing
tho Farmer success.
Henrietta Handsaker.
Ilia, W. T., April 9, 1884.
Editor Home Circle:
This is my first letter. I have never
went to school much. My two sisters,
Mary and Graco, hnve been going to
school at Almota. When I go I road
in the third reader. I study spoiling,
mental arithmetic, and writing. I lovo
to hoar my mamma read the Youths'
Companion nnd tho little letters in the
Farmkr. I can work somo but I lovo
play better. I love to rido my sisters'
ponies, and I can ride almost as fast as
they can. We were sorry to read the
death' of Matthew Price. My sisters
have often read his and his brother's
letters in the Farmer. We lost our
sister Maude in July last. She was six
teen years old, just twico my age. I
cannot tell you, Aunt Hetty, how much
we miss her yet Your little friend,
Eloise Burford.
Zena , Or., April 1, 1884.
Kditor Home Circle:
I never have written to the Home
Circle before, but I enjoy reading the
little folks better every week; so I
thought I would write, too. Our school
commenced to-day. Wo havo a nice
teacher. I hope that wo will all love
him as well as we did our teacher last
year. We havo had such a long vaca
tion that I will be glad to start again. T
came to Oregon through Texas. I enmo
through Now Mexico, and California.
I think it rains here moro than in Texas,
but I liko this country very well. Wo
are going to give an entertainment at
cliuich to holp raiso money to buy a
church bell, We aie going to havo a
quilt, and all those who wish to holp to
buy tho bell will give ton cents or moro
und can have their names put on tho
quilt. I am going to help buy tho bell.
Wo havo moro than half tho money
raised now. l'leaso put my name on
tho temporanco roll. I hope there will
bo many letters in tho next Farmer. I
am your friend, Linnie McCowen.
Faumixoton, Or.,"April 2, 1881.
Editor Home Circle:
This is my first letter to tho Farmer
I will bo twelvo yeais old next Juno,
As all the little girls toll what they do
to help their mammas, I will toll you
what I do to help mine. I wash tho
dishoa, holp cook, feed the chickens,
gather tho eggs, and do other things to
holp. I havo piecod threequilts, and
commenced tho fourth. I will toll you
tho names oi my quilts : ono is a nmo
patch quilt, ono is a star quilt, ono is a
basket quilt, and tho ono I havo com
menced is a log cabin. I study normal
elementary arithmetic, fifth reader, third
geography, spelling and writing, when I
am at school. My brother, sister, and I
walk one and three-quarters of a milo
to school. As this is my first lettor, I
will close. If I see this in print, I will
write again, xours truly,
Lizzie Rood.
Black River, W- T., April 8, 1884.
Editor Home Circle :
As I saw my sister's letter in tho Far
mer, I thought I would try. Wo havo
no school now, but oxpect it will com
mence about tho 1st of May. Wo havo
to walk about two miles to school.
It is rather a small school; there aro
only four scholars that wilt go. Sister
and I aro twins and study tho same
books and are in tho same classes. Wo
have ono little colt that is almost a year
old. We call him Selim. We havo
about forty chickens and got an average
of 'two or throe dozen eggs a day. Our
garden is mostly in now. I will answor
Mrs. E. J. King's riddle ; it is "a quail's
nest" Shj must write again and tell
us if I guessed it right. As I can think
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SrniNoriEi.D, April 2, 1884.
Editor Home Circle:
As I do not see many letters from this
place, I thought I would writo one. As
I cannot wiito very good mother
thought perhaps sho had hotter copy it
for mo. I composed it though. I nm
eight years old ; I have a pony, its name
is Lucy ; I rido her to Springfield to
Sunday School ; it is a milo and a half ;
I know tho Lord's Prayer) I am learning
verses in the Bible; will tho Ten Com
mandments bo counted among verses?
I would like to cam ono of Aunt Hetty's
books. Please put my name on tho tem
perance roll. There are no saloons in
Springfield. I will lull you what I do to
help mothor : I got in wood and pump
water and churn ; sometimes on wash
days I wash the dishes whilo Bertio
wipes them. We food the chickens and
pigs. This letter is too long already.
Your little friend. Jessie A. McBee.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
nm no " 0rrTl,Ie OUo Sept. 10, 188J.
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tify that Ayfh's Cnrnnr Pectobal give
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Proprietor Globo Hotel."
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What cures their foyers, makes them sleep t
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When babies fret and cry by turns.
What cures their colic, kills their worms.
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