Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-03-18


like to be handsome. Nobody denies the
greater power which any person may have
who has good face and who attracts you
by good looks, even before word has been
spoken. And we see all sorts of devices
in men and women to improve their good
looks-paints and washes, and cosmetics,
including plentiful amounting with dirty
hair OIL
Now, not every one can have good fea-
lures. They arc as God made them; but
almost any one can look WELL especially
with good health. 1t is hard to give rules,
in very short space, but in brief these
will do:
Keep clcan-wash freely, and univcr-
sally with cool water All the skin wants
is to act freely and it will take care of it.
self Its thousands Of air holes must not
beplugged up.
Good teeth are help to good looks.
Brush them with a soft brush, especially
at night. Go to bed with the teeth clean.
Of course to have white teeth it is necessa-
~ to let tobacco alone. Every woman
knows that. Any powder or wash for the
teeth should be very simple. Acids may
whiten the teeth but they may take off
the enamel or pjurc it.
Sleep in cool room, 10 pure air. No
one can have q clean skin who breathes
bad air.
But more than all, in order to look we'll
wake up the mind and the soul. When
the mind is awake, that dull, sleepy look
passes away from the eyes. do not know
that the brain expands, but it seems to.
Think, and read books that have some
sense in them. Talk with people who
know something, hear lectures and learn
by them.
This is one good Of preaching. A man
thinks and works, and tells us the result.
And, if we listen, and hear, and under
stand, the mind and soul are walked up.
If the spiritual nature is aroused, so much
the better. We have seen plain face
really glorifed by the love of God and man
which shone through it.
Men say they can't afford books, but
men can afford what they really choose. If
all the money spent in self.indulgcncc Gin
hurtful indulgence), was spent in books,
lin self-improvemcnt), we would see a
change. Men would grow handsome and
women too. The soul would shine out
through the eyes. We were not meant to
be mere animals.
BENEFIT OF LAUGHTER
there is not the remotest corner or little
inlet Of the minute blood vessels of the
body that does not feel some wavelet from
the great CONFUSION produced by hearty
laughter shaking the central man. The
6IOOd nnovno mora 1;vo1v, crnhohl,y &c
chemical, electric, or vital condition is dis
tinctly modi6ed-it conveys different i'm
preston to all the organs of the body, as it
visits them on that particular mystic jour.
ney, when the man is laughing, from what
it does at other times. And thus it is that
a good laugh lcngthens mans life by con-
veyiug distinct and additional stimulus
to the vital forces. The time may come
when physicians, attending more closely
than they do now to the innumerable sub
tie influences which the soul exerts upon
the tenement of clay, shall prescribe to a
torpid patient " SO many peals of laughter,
to be undergone at such and such time
just as they do now that far more objec-
tiouable Prescriptions pill, or an electric
or galvanic shock and shall study the best
and most effective method of producing the
required effect in each patient.
CURING MEAT-The following method
Of curing meat is suggested by the Ger
mantown Telegraph:
To one gallon of water take one and q
half pounds of salt, half pound of sugar,
half an ounce Of saltpetre, half an ounce of
potash. In this ratio the pickle TO be in
creased to any quantity desired. Let these
be boiled together until all the dirt from
the sugar rises to the top and is skinned
of. Then throw it into tub to COOL and
when cold pour it over your beef or pork,
to remain the usual time, say four or FIVE
weeks. The meat must be we'll covered
with pickle, and should not be put down
for at Least two days after killing, during
which time it should be slightly sprinkled
with powdered saltpetre, which removes
all the surface blood, etc., leaving the meat
fresh and clean. Some omit boiling the
pickle, and find it to answer we'll; though
the operation Of boiling puri6es the pickle
BY throwing off the dirt always to be found
In salt and sugar.
If this receipt is properly applied, it will
never be abandoned.
MANNERs.-Fine manners show them
selves formidable to the uncultivated man
They are subtle science of defence to
parry and intimidate; but once matched
by the skill of the other party they drop
the point of the sword, points and fences
disappear, and the youth finds himself in
more transparent atmosphere, wherein life
il . less troublesome game, and not mis-.
understanding arises between the players.
Manners aim to facilitate life to get rid of
impediments, and bring the men pure in
energies. They aid in our dealing and
conversation as a railway aids travelling,
by getting rid Of all avoidable distractions
Of tho road and .laara path;nx. AZ, ho oo.