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do to-day. My present convictions on the 
subject are the outgrowth of the experience 
and discipline of years. But if I have suc¬ 
ceeded at all, in accepting now as the time of 
my life for whatever 1 have to accomplish, I 
owe it in a great measure to the example of 
my mother, who never procrastinated in any 
duty, and I hope she understands now how 
grateful I am to her. I believe that we must 
begin to accept now in our thoughts before 
we can show by our lives our appreciation of 
its meaning. Concentration of thought into 
the works of the present moment means life 
to us. Diffusion of thought results in worry 
and that means wearing out in an unnecessary 
way, sooner or later. 
We have a task to perform. Instead of 
putting the mind into it now, and getting all 
the good we can from doing it well, we allow 
our minds to drift to other things. Our work 
is consequently half done and we are tired 
and dissatisfied, we know not why, all be¬ 
cause now has not been the accepted time in 
our minds. 
We feel depressed and miserable and think 
that some time we shall feel happy again. 
Why not be happy nowl Isn’t there just as 
much happiness in the world at the present 
moment as there can be at any future time? 
Isn’t the unhappiness in our own thoughts* 
Why not make now the accepted time for 
facing about and smiling? Be liko the old 
woman who thought on her mercies—because 
she bad two teeth and they met. I often 
think of B. G. when he was a little boy in S. 
A. He had a violent temper and when un¬ 
able to have his own way would throw him¬ 
self on the floor and kick and scream. His 
mother talked with him about it and tried to 
teach him the meaning of self-control. 
He promised to control himself next 
time. But when the next time came and he 
could not do just as he pleased, he waited a 
second and then threw himself on the floor 
kicking and screaming in the usual way. 
When his mamma reminded him of his prom¬ 
ise. he said’ “ I am not going to control my¬ 
self now; I am going to wait till next time.” 
Tne older we grow the more fully we shall 
realize that there is no next time; 
now is the accepted time. We are 
half listening to a conversation or a 
lecture or perhaps reading very hurriedly 
something that we should like to understand 
if it were not so much trouble now. Some 
other time will do as well we think, but before 
the other time comes some one may ask us 
the very questions we ought to be able to ans¬ 
wer, but we cannot do so, because we did not 
make now the accepted time when we had an 
opportunity. 
Men and women in this busy world often 
feel the absolute need of a little rest now, but 
they are perhaps anxious to finish some work 
begun, and, instead of saying, “I will rest 
awhile and then be able to work all tne bet¬ 
ter for it,” they put it off until they are oblig¬ 
ed to rest on what is sometimes called “a bed of 
sickness.’' Fifteen minutes of rest now, when 
needed, is surely more economical than 15 
days later on. A lady who retained her 
strength and youthful looks to a great de¬ 
gree, was once asked how she mauaged to keep 
in such good condition and she replied 
that every day she took ten minutes for abso¬ 
lute rest, and no matter what the pressure 
was in her family affairs, she would not allow 
her mind to dwell on the thoughts of anything 
that worried her. She dropped everything 
unpleasant from her mind. In fact, she tried 
to drop everything and become as nearly like 
an oyster as possible. In all that she did 
she took what she called short views of life; 
that is, she made now the accepted time and 
never had cause to worry. If some of the 
tired over-worked men as well as women, 
could adopt this into their lives, we should 
all be worth more to ourselves and each other, 
aud our duties would not become such bur¬ 
dens. In his conversation last night Mr. 
Carman probably meant that a breakfast, 
dinner or supper was au accepted time to eat, 
not to talk. 
There are so many places in life where now 
is the accepted time that it seems to be al¬ 
most the hinge upon which our actions swing. 
The stitch in time that saves nine, means 
takiug the stitch now. “Order is heaven’s 
first law.’’ Butting things away in their 
places now - -not accepting auy other time. 
A little book could be written called “ Now ” 
as a companion to “ Dou’t.” 
Now is the time to be glad. 
Now is the time to speak a kind word. 
Now is the time to be polite. 
Now is the time to be orderly. 
Now is the trims to be patient. 
Now is the time for self-control. 
Now is the time to be loving. 
Now is the time to be brave. 
Now is the time to get wisdom. 
Now is the time to improve. 
Now is the time to keep well. 
Now is.the time to be true. 
Now is the time to be neat. 
Now is the time to be earnest. 
Now is the time to remember that the ma¬ 
terial things of this life are not lasting, and 
that our thoughts now are leading us either 
up or down, making us noble or unworthy for 
eternity. Therefore in all that we think, say 
or do, let us remember that now is the accept¬ 
ed time for all that is noblest and best in our 
natures. 
-- 
Simple gowns—straight skirts , gathered 
waists, full sleeves—are growing in favor. 
“DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH.” 
M UCH generous praise has been bestowed 
on the class of mankind that come 
under the description of diamonds in the 
rough. I wonder if there is a diamond field 
in the world where cut and polished diamonds 
are picked up ? And I wonder how much 
value would be placed upon a rough diamond 
if it were certainly known that all the work 
of the most skillful workman could never 
polish it or bring out any greater beauty 
than it chanced to possess in the rough state ? 
There has been a great deal written about 
true hearts under rough exteriors, kind hearts 
behind rough manners, and a contrast has 
been made with the polished paste of false 
hearts under faultless manners, graceful sel¬ 
fishness, and there is truth in it; but it has 
led some to despise the true polish, that brings 
out in a diamond its great beauty and value. 
The Christian Union in an editorial, says: 
“We never value social training more than 
when we see people of broad sympathies and 
pure motives entirely misrepresented by their 
lack of manner.” 
Before any beautiful effects can be produc¬ 
ed by drawing, a great deal of work uninter¬ 
esting perhaps, tedious certainly, discourag¬ 
ing often, must be patiently gone through 
with. Before inspiring, invigorating social 
effects can be produced, a great deal of prac¬ 
tice and training m the details of forms, with 
seemingly useless care, must be intelligently 
followed. Many insist that the spirit of kind¬ 
ness is enough, but it the well of brotherly 
love never failed it could not be understood 
at all times without its usual forms of ex¬ 
pression. A man who declares that the spirit 
of the beautiful is all he needs to maae him 
an artist, is no more foolish than the man 
who says a spirit of kindness is all he needs 
in society to make him an inspiring power 
there. In both cases the spirit is the great 
transcendent necessity, but can a man really 
possess this spirit in its strength and not be 
urged by its power to reach the needed forms, 
through no matter how much of drudgery. 
A good workman appreciates good tools, 
and will not work without them if he can get 
or make them. It is the shiftless workman 
who hates his work, who does not care 
whether his tools are fit or not. Our man¬ 
ners are our social tools. They are no more 
politeness than a hoe is a clean garden, or 
than the plow is a mellow field; but it is easy 
to see the connection between them. In be¬ 
ginning an untried work the first question is 
naturally, what tools have other* used in this 
work, and after faithfully trying the tools 
others have approved, aud having grown 
skillful in their use, the workman has then 
reached the point where he can intelligently 
invent other tools for the work. If he has 
genius enough they will be better thau the old 
ones; if he has not the genius, and is a wise 
man he will discard his own imperfect inven¬ 
tions and go back to the tools others have 
perfected. 
Men may experiment in certain lines in 
social intercourse after mastering the forms 
long usage has proved good, but to cling to 
peculiar ways of their own, that are not 
agreeeable or that fail to show the heart’s 
kindness, limits the man’s power as the use of 
a cradle in the wheat field limits the man who 
scoffs at the self-binder his neighbor uses. 
Prof. Heber Holbrook, iu au address on 
politeness to his students, giving them some 
of the well-tried laws of social intercourse, 
said: “Treat people iu such a way as to put 
them at their ease; be respectful to others 
and they will respect you. Be appreciative. 
Irving needed applause to enable him to 
play well, au irresponsive audience cheats it¬ 
self; so we cheat ourselves ^hen we do not 
respond to the efforts of those who talk to en- 
tertaiu us. We must strive to acquire the 
power to make our neighbors comfortable. 
Wbat man is going to be jolly, generous, at¬ 
tractive to you if you meet him with sour, 
insulting manners. The treatment we receive 
from our frieuds comes from our own ac¬ 
tions. Those who are surrounded with 
friends do not thiuk of self, do not struggle to 
be entertaining; they are thoughtful of the 
mind of their neighbor. We know ourselves 
that we can talk freely to a genial person 
when we cannot to others. We cannot sit 
stolidly and think the whole world is going to 
come to us. Expect the highest and keep ex¬ 
pecting it, and give of your highest and best.” 
Will any one who follows these directions, 
forever remain a “diamond in the rough?” 
Appreciate the unpolished gems, weigh the 
pasta at its true value, but do not deliberately 
reject all.polish because some cannot tell the 
difference between a finished gem and worth¬ 
less imitations. 
Many men and women of the truest, kind¬ 
est thoughts, give no pleasure to others in a 
social gathering, and get very little perhaps 
suffer keenly for lack of the polish they af¬ 
fect to disdaiD, The lack of such an entirely 
outside and superficial thing as suitable dress 
may make the wearer and his friends uncom¬ 
fortable and mar their pleasure—destroy the 
very aim of tne gathering. Dress should be 
so in harmomy with the occasion that it will 
not obtrude unpleasantly upon any one’s notice, 
least of all on the wearer’s, and it may be 
safely forgotten. Such dress is the hight of 
comfort as well as elegance. 
Such things as phrases, motions, harmonies 
of action and of dress, are only tools, but 
ought always be the most suitable for the 
social object iD view. By their use the true 
“ diamond,” though “ in the rough,” will be¬ 
come the polished, cherished stone, or, better, 
will become the man or woman of ready, 
timely sympathy for grave, or gay, for try¬ 
ing occasions, and for the moments of over¬ 
flowing fun and harmony in social intercourse 
at home and aoroad. alice brown. 
B LACKBERRIES were never more plenti¬ 
ful in Bergen County, N. J., and we are 
going to conserve some of the juice for medic¬ 
inal purposes in this way: Put well-ripened 
fruit into a preserving kettle and place over 
a slow fire until the fruit is thoroughly scald¬ 
ed. Remove and when cool strain and press 
out all of the juice. Pass this through a flan¬ 
nel bag and to each quart allow a half pound 
of rock candy pounded fine. Return to the 
fire and simmer 15 minutes. When cold add 
a pint of the best brandy you can get to every 
three pints of the juice. Bottle and cork. 
Excellent for summer complaints. 
T HE CHRISTIAN UNION gives some ex¬ 
cellent advice to the woman who is go¬ 
ing to the country—whether farm-house or 
hotel—as to what she shall wear. It says that 
every year the fact is being recognized that 
the people who dress elaborately at the sum¬ 
mer resorts are those who have limited social 
opportunities at home, or who are vulgar, 
consequently without a sense of the fitness of 
things, or who have recently come in posses¬ 
sion of money that makes costly belongings 
possible. 
It also sensibly says that it is a mistake for 
people of moderate means to concentrate all 
the resources of purse and taste on “dress- 
up” dresses. Common sense and refinement 
are on the increase among us, and laces and 
frills are things of the past, except for the 
vulgar and ignorant. Flannels, not laces, oc¬ 
cupy the foreground, they'give the stamp of 
social position. 
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AYER’S 
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“ I have used Ayer’s 
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and have always found 
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