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over; there is much of love and kindness yet. 
Old friends have gathered round with sustain¬ 
ing power, while strangers have stepped for¬ 
ward and by loving kindness and gentle sym¬ 
pathy made themselves dearly loved, and, 
Pbteoix-like, a now life seemsrisiug from the 
old. There is a line that struck me years ago, 
which often comes up: “If you really want 
some work, to do you’ll find your mission every¬ 
where.” Everywhere there is some one need¬ 
ing kindness or aid of some sort, and wo are 
often surprised to find that we can give it. I 
know there are plenty of girls jtiR like Charity. 
They are not con fined to farmers’ daughters, 
they are to be found in every position of life 
striving to fulfil] present duties w *11, and 
craving to “gu up higher.” “Excelsior” is a 
splendid motto, if we only keep the present, 
duties well up to the mark. Charity, perhaps 
there are neighbors whose love of llowers can 
be cultivated. Such love often leads to gentler 
waj's. Cast, evening a young farmer (with 
apology for working clothes) came across lots 
from the far end of the field where he had 
boou working, to ask me if I had auy flowers 
for him to place by a dead cousin. My Lily 
of the Valley tied was in perfection, and sweet, 
kind thoughts were in our hearts, while with 
gentle hands we gathered the beautiful bells 
and the lovely white narcissus, that day just 
open for the first time. Those flowers fulfill¬ 
ed a mission, for that death was more easily 
borne on accomit of the tenderness those 
flowers called forth. That young man works 
as hard and as steadily as Charity. With a 
natural brightness of intellect and a love of 
refinement and education, there is no “ Cha- 
tanqua” for him, not even my books and 
papers, which would be a mine of wealth to 
him, can 1 offer, because there must be no 
connected study or biain work on account of 
a very sad accident, a few years ago, he having 
been kicked on the head by a horse. 
Are there not in Charity’s own neigh¬ 
borhood ways of being kind? If she keeps 
charity ever at hand, and the heart fresh and 
young with sweetness, surely the result will 
be a woman that we shall all be glad to call 
friend. Some of us are only a little farther 
on the way; but uot one whit less interested 
iu the young people the dear Go 1 has placed 
around us. We like to know and love them, 
and have them for our friends. w. e. w. 
—broader at the ends than at the base—and 
could glean but faint comfort from grand¬ 
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handsome does.” To begin: the hands and 
nails must be kept scrupulously clean. Use 
soft water, not too cold or too hot, and good 
soap. A few drops of ammonia or a pinch of 
borax wifi soften bard water and make it 
pleasant to the skin. The bauds must be thor¬ 
oughly dried before going iuto the air, and 
sudden changes of temperature should also be 
avoided. Glycerine, vaseline, cream, mutton 
tallow, or a paste of fine oat-meal, honey, and 
the white of an egg, whichever agrees best 
with the skin, well rubbed in. and a pair of 
gloves worn over-night, if persevered iu, will 
do much towards makiug red. rough hands 
white and smooth. Fine white sand, corn- 
meal, oat-meal, or a piece of lemou will re¬ 
move dirt and stains. After the hands have 
been thoroughly washed, press back the skin 
from the base of the nails, so that the “half 
moon ’ can be seen, and, if necessary, scrape 
or cut away the superfluous parts; trim the 
nails to the same shape as the euds of the fin¬ 
gers, only a trille longer, and rub with a bit 
of chamois until a high polish is attained, 
M hen the hands and nads have once been put 
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day to keep them looking nice, and I, for one, 
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