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A FRAGMENT. If when we left a loved or loving one. We knew that surely one of us would die Before another dawn or set of sun, We would not lightly say good-by And yet we know Sometime it must be so ! MRS. J. S. R. THOMSON. SPARTANBURG, S. C. WORK FOR DECEMBER. In every month of the year, here in the South, work can be done in both the fields, fruit, flower and vegetable gardens. In the directions for November work—they can be carried over into December, and even in January—such as pruning grape vines, thinning out weak canes of raspberry and blackberry bushes, cutting out and shorten ing in branches of fruit trees. Strawber ries planted in September and November will require working to kill out the chick weed (Stet I aria) which abounds in all rich and long cultivated gardens, and only ger minates in the cold fall months. Now is time to mulch the ground heavily, with pine nee dles or leaves, taking care not to cover up the crowns of the plants. I', is presumed that before planting, the soil was heavily en riched. if not. it is easy to spread a layer broad east before hoeing and mulch after ward. Full crops ol large berries must be looked for only under generous treatment; “As ye sow, so sh di you reap,” will bear repeating here. Take cuttings now of the grapes that you desire additional plants, cuttings to three eyes—slanting cut from the eye. Bury two eyes and leaving the third so close to the surface, that the rains may wash soil over and cover the eye. They stand a far bettor chance of rooting than if planted one or two inches out of soil, for ihe alternate freezing and thawing our variable climate subjects them to In the United States experimental grounds, Washington, D. C., Prof. Scribull has at last found a remed v for the rot so destruct ive to this crop all over the world, and which has in a measure really ruined, finan cially. many vinevards, in the old world; particularly in France. Next season I will in time (about May) give the treat ment for readers of Woman’s Work. To those who have not the “ Niagara ” let me advise them to procure plants. It is a lovely appearing variety, prolific, hardy and freer from rot than any I have seen in recent years. I am planting 200 cuttings, which fact fully attests my faith in its merits. Where frost has not already des troyed your tomatoe crop, you can secure ripe fruit yet another month by two meth ods—pulling up plants entire and hanging up in a sheltered outhouse, or by plucking unripe, but full grown fruit and laying on shelves—none touching the other. I have now full six bushels collected which ripen far faster than I can consume, although we are quite fond of them served as salad ; these will ripen until several hard freezes oc< ur, which of course destroys and causes them to decay. Gather and string your crop of pepper, both ripe and unripe—last will ripen if strung and hung up in an airy piazza. Feed the hardening beet roots to your cows. Many pull up both beets and tur nips and make into pyramids, and cover first with okra or corn stalks, and then earth full one foot thick, which enable you to gather them for table use unfrozen. And now in this last series of articles on gardening for the readers of Woman's Work for 1888. 1 trust it is not out of place for me to express the hope, that I have been a help to many beginners in the not easy art of gardening. When 1 began (now twenty-five years ago.) my first gar den, such directions tor each month was an unheard of thing, nt least here in the South; and books on gardening were almost as rare. Fortunately for me I seemed one of the best known, both then and now. in ••Whites’ Gardening for the South,” (and strange, it strikes me now, he was a citizen of Athens. Ga., where -W. W.,’ is issued). In it 1 learned much which has made my garden ing operations mostly successful. To be a good gardener is not child’s play—altho’ a child can help in many of its operations, but it is an art easily learned by those de siring it—and if failure attends one, two or more attempts, the child’s couplet, “ Il at first you don t succeed, try. try again ” will apply, and you will erelong leel much elation at your increased success, and more than that, the added comfort and enjoy ment of your family in the many varieties it is possible to raise in a very small plat of ground. Mrs. J. S. R. Thomson. Spartanburg. 8. C. To remove paint from windows, take strong bicarbonate of soda and dissolve it in hot water. Wash the glass, and in twenty minutes or half an hour rub thor oughly with a dry cloth. | For Woman’s Work. AN ORDINARY MEN’S CLUB. In The Writer, published in Boston, a subscriber asked what constituted eligibility to membership in the Boston Press Asso ciation. The editor stated the requisites and added “women are not eligible to membership.” Another subscriber, a wo man, and an interested reader asked why. ] To her. as well aS to the rest of us, it was i a little singular that women should be . debarred from association with the bright I minds of their profession in just this way. and only because of her inferior sex. She I may do any of the work required of men, l before they are considered members of the , press as a profession. She may be con i tributor. editor, manager or reporter, but ! is incapacitated on account of her sex to be a member of the Boston Press Association When the reader asked why—the editor’s answer was—"because women were thought out of place in an ordinary men’s club” A light began to dawn in the mind of this misguided woman. What an errone ; ous impression she had had of this famed i Boston Press Association ! She had really felt it a deprivation to be debaired from | member.-hip; but.you see, she was mistaken in its object when she supposed she was missing a great help in her literary carreer. It is only • an ordinary men’s club,” sister workers—a very ordinary one too, no doubt, where a “woman '«ovld be out of place." You know the smoty atmosphere, hazy with choice (?) language and doubt ful stories would not be pern issable in a woman’s presence. Probably, too, the women would insist on maintaining the supremacy of head over heels, and the poor suffering men would be compelled to i keep their feet where the Lord intended them to be. We havn’t lost anything by being denied admittance to this *• ordinary men’s club,” but why can’t we have one of our own, and on a very different basis— one that will help and strengthen us in j our wrok ? Maude S. Peaslee. For Woman’s Work. A GENTLE PEOPLE. It is pleasant to believe the legends of the I old idyllic days, and think that all creatures I in the animal kingdom were intended by nature to be on good terms with each other. It is for man to reflect how far he is answerable for the fierceness and wildness of so many of his inferior fellow beings. | The following picture of Japanese lite by Professor Morse, shows how it might be I between the human and the brute creation: | “Birds build their nests in the city | houses, wild fowls, geese and ducks, alight in the public parks, wild deer trot about the street and he had actually been followed by wild deer in the streets nib bling melon rind out of his hand, as tame as calves and lambs, on our Michigan farms. A dog goes to sleep in the busiest streets, men turn aside so ait not to disturb him. One day a beautiful heron alighted on the limb of a tree, and the busy, jostling throng stopped. Every man’s hand went into his pocket, just as they would with us, but. instead of bringing out a “popper” out came pencil and sketch paper.” The Japanese are a nation of artists, lovers of nature. These busy men were each and all sketching the picture of their favorite bird. It is enough for us to know kind human beings infuse gentleness into animals, and elevate and beautify them by treating them well. For Woman’s Work. RUSTIC FIRE SCREEN. A fire screen is now needed. Have the plumber make a zinc tray of the desired length and width, and around this make a frame to fit the tray. On the out side edge and bottom, nail a piece of rustic work in the saw teeth fashion. The frame should be set in the centre of the box and, braced firmly. The centre of the screen is made by taking two large sheets of mica and placing between them a fancy picture first, oiling the picture to make it trans parent. Then bind the edge with a brass frame and hang it in the centre by brass wire pulled tight. Fill the zinc tray with earth and plant a hot-house vine in it, and train it up and around the rustic frame. This makes a lovely screen as well as a novel one. Everybody has a cure for sore throat, but simple remedies appear to be most effect ual. Salt and water is used by many as a I gargle, but a little alum and honey dis solved in sage tea is better. An applica tion to the neck of cloths wrung out of hot water, changing as often as they begin to cool, has the most potency for removing inflamation of anything we ever tried. It should be kept up for a number of hours. During the evening is usually the most convenient time for applying this remedy. WANTED!!! Reliable and Active Men to travel for an Established House during the summer months. Those who can furnish a horse and give security preferred. Money advanced monthly to pav ex penses. A great chance for the right men ! State age, business experience, and to save time better send names and address of refer ences. 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