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WISCONSII^ STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
The clouds were there while the farmer labored in his field un¬ 
heeding. He might have seen them as the artist did, but hundreds 
of times the golden mountains have shone in splendor and passed 
away without leaving a ray of brightness in his mind. Pie leads a 
starved life who is deaf to the songs of birds and blind to the beau¬ 
ties of this world. Cultivate a love of nature and see how richly 
she will repay your love. 
“For nature ever faithful is 
To such as trust her faithfulness. 
When the forest shall mislead me, 
When night and morning lie, 
When sea or land refuse to feed me, 
’Twill he time enough to die; 
Then will 5^et my mother yield 
A pillow in her greenest field, 
Nor the June flowers scorn to cover 
The clay of their departed lover.” 
INEXPENSIVE METHODS OF MAKING HOME PLEASANT. 
MRS. D. C. AYERS, GREEN BAY. 
Of all the words in the Eno-lish lano^nao-e, there is not one so 
vividly expressive, so full of holy meaning as home. It holds in 
its grasp possibilities, and probabilities which are of wonderful 
power. It is the keynote of health, prosperity, and peace. It is the 
home of childhood which forms the character of man and woman¬ 
hood. Of all the sayings of the Divine Jesus sulfering in human¬ 
ity, none touches our hearts as his plaintive words, “The son of 
man hath not where to lay his head.” 
Homeless! No sadder record meets the eye; yet so far as the 
mind is concerned, many a household, well fed, clothed and ^varmedy 
is homeless. To satisfy the mere wants of our animal nature is 
not enough. The cravings of a mind alert for finer elements of our 
being will not be content. We must rise to a nobler work; that 
of bringing to our homes, even though poor they may be, a degree, 
of refinement now supposed to belong only to the rich. There 
