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aps one reason why people dis- she potion of human brotherhood ach is because theties of kindred giten made so irksome. Society a’ you to accourit for your brother's eka Vi08. and even for his character, as if you had invented it, or at least favored it; and his children can bring yout children to shame by their mis- conduct. though they may never have - e another. or ia bards enough, on the other hand, that YOu receive a sort of retiect- ad gery from your brother’s excel- jeweor celebrity; you are then ex- sai to live up to him, and that may he another hardshipif you nave not his talent or temperament.

You fee! that you are fitly answer- ably for your son, in a measure,though his great-gran father on the other ge. if he could be got at, might some- gmes be h more justly made to giter; but vou do not feel that you are gy answerable for your brother, and wafeel thatit is cruel of society to

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bel you so. If he is stupid or tiresome, people | shriak from you, as if you partook of his character hecause you getake of his origin. Often you do

gate ke of his character...Brethers are ood slice; Hit often they are intense-

Jpaniike in tastes, habits, manners, Gepositions, temperaments. Often ya sh ill be truly the brother of a gan whom you have met rather late giie, and whom yeu like because he got kindred nature, while in your jeart vou reay fail to like the brother

who is merely of kindred origin. Yet ff one aliowed the brother of one’s blocd to come to want or disgrace, gociety would hold one infamous. If it t soul, society say.—**Who W. D. How-

one’s aid nothing to are Our Brethren?” by lis. in the April Century

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Clearing the Tent of Flies.

“Whenever I see a housewife swish-

ing the tlies out of a room with a dust doth.ani may be following up one e2itn1 ti until she gets rid of 5s... and

then closing the slats of the blinds to kee} room nice and cool,” said an Sd soldier, “it makes me think of a aat ulent of my life in the army.

W. at one time Sibley tents. They Were the big tents, you remember, cir- q@ieront ground, each made to hold about « imen, and supported by a cen o { havinga cireular orel op tor ventilation. This op Bint Ss perhaps ten or tve:lve ipches indiameter. It had a cover of ~-we wart. far bad weather, but the one tiac belonged to our tent we lost right away, and we never got another.

‘One der in Virginia our tent was full flies. I think I never saw so many ties before. One of the men Was :! i to be a little disturbed by them

“-Well. by thunder.’ he said, ‘I’m going to get rid of ‘em.’

“He got some powder, I don’t know how much. bat something less than a

the tent Then when the way he

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endleda train outside. we'd got everybody out of fired the train.

“You've seen the steam come

the smokestack of a

out of locomotive when

the engine was exhausting, a quick

put straight up and then the cloud of expanding steam. Well, that puff of powder smoke went up out of the open- ingin the top of our tent something like that, only there was ten times as much of it, and it broad-ned out into a great white cloud: and up through the center of cloud. below it, and through it. and above it, the size of the openingin the tent, rose what seemed tobe a solid column of flies: if I hadn’t seen flies vince 1 should think that all We flies in the world m been Bown up in that expiosion.”—New York Sun. Same Old Woman.

“I am glad,” he said, pleasantly, when she first appeared in her bloom- ers. “that you have taken up this new woman idea.

“Reeally?” she asked, doubtfully. “I was afraid like it. but it lors seem as if a woman should take a more important part in the affairs of itfe.”

“Yes, indeed.” he replied. “It will take her mind off her clothes, and that willbe a stride forward. She 8s for appearances and more forthe realities of life. The trivial things that have heretofore claimed her attention will be ignored.”

“Of course,” she said proudly. “With onr enlarged sphere of usefulness we naturaily take a broader view of things and become more self-reliant. Trifles erase to annoy us, and we are ready fo grapple with the great problems of

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“Good gracious!” she cried. excitedly. “I must Jook like a fright.”—Chicago

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PHE DAILY EXAMINER SUPPLEME}S

Monday, April 27th, 1896.

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HOW TO HANG IT

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COMPLIMENTS OF Geo. Carter & Co. IMPORTERS OF WALL PAPER, &c.

CHARLOTTETOWN, ©. BE. ISLAND Se a Where Was Wall Paper First Made?

Pradition says in China. But the art of printing paper as a practical covering tor decorative purposes had its earliest development in France, and though the modest beginnings of wall paper manufacturing in this country were almost coincident with the founding of the nation, the pro gress of the art was not so rapid as to prevent General Washington send- ing to France for the wall papers which, with the belp of Lafayette, be himself hung on the banquet hall of Mount Vernon

Wall were first made in America in 1789, the papers being printed by hand on smal! square sheets, each sheet containing the pattern complete, the pieces being placed one by the wall, The first nachines for printing wall paper were made in 1835, and from this time

ates the rapid progress in Its manufacture and use, until to-day we find nearly every home in this broad land of ours using wall paper as a means

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he great and increasing interest that is being taken in home decorations is one of the surest indications of an advancing civilization. Hence, we venture to offer you some ideas on this subject, which we trust of service to you in the decorating of your home. | In offering these suggestions and giving some of the principles of artistic decorations we have also in mind the idea of economy. It has long been conceded that wall paper offers the greatest induce-

in decorations, and that, too, at a very moderate cost.

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ments It may be said at the ontset that the wallsand ceilings of a room are the foundations of artistic decorating. Experience has shown that if the

walls and ceilings are decorated with nice paper, even shabby furniture and carpets become beautiful. A reom with bare walls and ceilings never looks furnished no matter how costly ard numerous the articles of furniture

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the walls kalsomined or

whitewashed, they should be washed down with a sponge, then sized. If

by standing over mght in cold water. If are

the kalsomine or whitewashvissthick and scaly, first scrape off the scales, then size, All holes and cracks should be filled in with plaster of paris. Painted walls should be washed. with one part ammonia to six parts of water. If walls have been papered no sizing is necessary, but to ensure a pertect job it is better to scrape off all old paper. Board ceilings and partitions must be covered with cheese-cloth, tacked at the edges and then sized, which shrinks it tight to the wall; row of tacks at the corners and around the casing should be about two inches from the same and the ends of the cloth pasted down. In cleaning or sizing your walls be careful to do it thoroughly around the’ base boards and casings, and you will have no trouble with your paper curling up at the edges.

How to Make a Bucket of Paste

In making paste use a cheap quality of rye or wheat flour, as more of

the gluten is removed from the better grades. Take three pounds of

flour and mix to the consistency of dough ( ora little thinner) with a little cold water ; this will remove all Jumps; then adda teaspoonful of powdered alum ; pour boiling water‘on this, slowly at first to avoid forming Jumps, and stir well until the flour is cooked and about the thickness of ordinary starch. This should be set aside to cool, aad. thinned with cold, water as

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needed. ' | : « How to Hang Paper Ceiling First. ‘Wall Second. Border Last.

Having properly prepared, the walls and ceilings, you are now ready

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* Cut your paper for ceiling abeut 3 or 4 inches longer than required, paste one-half of a strip and fold it:toward the centre, then paste the other half and fold likewise, being careful to have the edges even. Now trim off the edge toward the side-wall with shears (always after pasting), thus cutt ing two thicknessess at once, this prevents dauhing the surface of paper and table,

Draw a line on the ceiling 16 inches from the side-walls, its entire length, untold one end of the paper placing untrimmed edge on this line, and brushing paper towards the side wall, allowing it to run down the side- walls about two inches on sides and both ends. Be careful to follow your marked line with your first breadth.” “ Proceed with next breadth, letting the trimmed edge lap over untrimmed edge; continue this way until cei! ing is finished.

Next cut a strip of your side paper, long enough to reach from base board up to and a little above where the border comes. The use of a wide border is quite a saving in the amount of side-wall paper used.

Trim and paste same-as ceiling and hang your first breadth either in a corner of the room, of next tosa ‘z. or window. — This will insure its

being straight. Continue in this mapner all around the room, working to a

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Wall paper is.no ‘onger a luxury when fifty cents or a dollar will buy enough paper to cover an ordinary room. It is cheaper than whitewashing or kalsomining, which must be done annually, besides it lasts for years, and adds much to the warmth and cheerful appearance ofa home.

The colors of a room should be chosen with a definite reason, and in harmony with carpets, furniture, etc., the occupant to be guided by his or

her own taste. In the parlor, designs either floral or colonial of large or small figure, as the size of the room or expanse of the wali may determine. The decorations should always be of a cheerful and agreeable eoloring—

brown and gold, or any light delicate colors.

For dining rooms, conventional designs, either floral or colonial,

colors ranging trom soft blues to red browns.

For bed rooms, floral designs should be used of the softer tints eof pale red, pale green or light blue.

For kitchens, any good strong colors, not easily soiled, are preferred.

Walls on which pictures are to be hung should have nothing striking in design or color in the paper hangings. As nearly all wal? papers now have border and ceilings to match, we have not gone into the matter of decorating the ceilings. By papering the room in complete combinations of walls, border and ceilings, the result will be highly artistic and very satisfactory.

The above are a few suggestions in home decorations, and we trust may be of service to you. Please consider them in the light of sugges- tions only, as you must be guided to some extent by your own ideas of

color and design.

For the benefit of our patrons who have no paper-hanger in their neighborhcod, we give a few hints on the “art of hanging paper,” although

we would recommend that all papers be hung by experienced workmen. How to Prepare Walls.

A new wall, or wall that has never been papered, should be sized be-

fore papering. A good size is made by adding twelve quarts of hot water

to one pound of glue, taking care that the glue is first thoroughly softened

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the right, and using the short pieces left over for doors and under win dows, Stick the top of the paper in position, then brush downward to wards the base-board until all wrinkles are removed. It may seem wrinkled even then, but don’t let that-discqurage you, as they will disappear when the paper dries. Lastly: Put on your border and the room is finished.

Have a towel handy to rub paste off your fingers. A whitewash brush, whisk broom, or soft cloth are useful im smoothing down paper.

We have here tried to give you a clear idea “How to Paper,” ard if you feel that you cannot afford to employ a paper-hanger, you can at least tray to hang the.paper yourself.

The progress made in the manufactwe of wall paper has made the selection of a paper suitable for ay room acomparatively easy matter, as nearly all papers now are made in combinations—ceilings, side-walls and borders to match. Select your papers with wide border as arranged in combination, they are nost fashionable: We will be glad to assist you in making your selections, as we’ believe our experience enables us to tell you just how a paper will look ween hung. Wall paper, like dress goods, looks better when “made up,” and a paper that does not appear well in the roll, asa rule, gives the best satisfaction when properly hung.

We invite you to call and inspect pur new and elegant line of papers for this season. They are neatly al? in #omplete combinations for walls, border and ceilings, and we fell confident that you will have no trouble in making selections from our stock, as it represents a selection from English, Canadian and American manufacturers. In fact, as complete a stock of wall papers as active buying and sellingf can‘make. The trouble is you can’t keep track of so much newness in our papers; a hint, a suggestion here and there, is all we have space to give you. You must see our papers —then you'll understand: nothing but-the eye can tell the story.

As to our prices, they are the Lowest, decidedly lower than any can- vasser or foreign dealer would ask: This is made possible by our im- mense purchases, and sufficient capital to take advantage of the markets.

In conclusion we trust that you will favor us with your patronage, and we feel confident that our business dealings will be both pleasant and profitable.

Yours truly,

GEO. CARTER & CO.

Seedsmen, Booksellers, ; Importers of Wall Papers, etc.