Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1875 — Just in Time. [ARTICLE]

Just in Time.

The agent of the St. John’s Guild, New York, in a late case was just in time. He received a note written on the soiled and torn leaf of a book asking for immediate relief, and stating: “I have no one but my four little children and God to help me, and am starving.” There was an air of the last stage of destitution in the note itself —the .dingy flyleaf of an old book —the four little children counted among the helpers' The agent went immediately and found the woman lying insensible and pale and apparently dying, on a rickety couch. She was dressed in an old tattered frock, and the four little children were clutching and pulling at the frock, trying to arouse their mother, and asking for something The oldest was endeavoring to awaken “ mother” to consciousness by whispered entreaties and tears. For the last three days the mother and childreh had been helped to raw paste made of flour and water—all there was in the room. The paste had apparently made them all ill, and they were dll evidently dying. The Guild helped them to a physician, medicine and wholesome food. After some days the woman revived and the whole family were saved. The agent of the Guild was just in time. Whole Wheat. —One pint of whole wheat, one teaspoonful of soda, salt Pick and wash the wheat. Put it in a steamer, with cold water sufficient to cover it well. Add soda. Boil until soft, then drain, and put it in cold water, r ibbing it well with the hands. Wash it again in cold water. Then place it on the stove where it will get hot slowly. Salt to taste. Let it boil until it is very tender. To be eaten hot or cold, with cream. Wash to Whiten the Nails.—Dilute sulphuric acid, two drachms; tincture of myrrh, one drachm; spring water, four ounces; mix. First cleanse with white soap, then dip the fingers into the wash. —Pacific Rural Prds.