Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-09

in the middle, ard whose castle on
the Rhine proved to be a barber
shop in Milwaukee,. III girls are
silly enough to turn up their noses
at a man in his work clothes, when
they will smile upon him in his
broadc.oth, they never deserve the
happiness of the home that man
could give to the woman he loves.
Stone county, Illinois, is repre-
scented by Zone Who Knows. -
Well, let us see what sone who
knows does know:
Returning to your Given 80 q
week. / cannot understand how
so cents per week goes for potatoes
when here the very finest quality
sell for rs cents and less per BUSH
el, only forty miles from Chicago
markell, and we think we get many
things for less In Chicago than
here, even. Is II possible $50
sack Of -four only lasts q week? ]
hope yours Is not one of the many
families where children are seen
eating biscuit and butter or sweet
cakes at all hours, with bits OF the
same lying wastefully about the
house and yard. Butchers meat
ST. that would allow In our mar
ket for pounds best sirloin steak
at shilling per pound. / know
many, If not Most Of some classes
of "poor people," who disdain to
eat anything but first cuts 0fsteak.
do not feel that the receiver Of
$40 per week Is by any means .
poor man unless he chooses to be-.
More OF meat hereafter. With oil
at 80 cents per gallon and soft soap
l shilling per gallon, / am puzzled
to sec the necessity Of spending "a
cents in that line, for by inquiry
find one gallon best oil lasts two
weeks at least, and longer In sum-
mer. But possibly you will not
have soft soap in your house; some
won't, but many rich people have
long found its advantage In help
ing out, and would feel quite una
BILE to supply servants with the
enormous quantity Of bar soap
they delight in wasting.
This eminently practical con-
tributor concludes:
When you buy shoes from your
heard earnings, pray don't get
those delicate buff buttoned kid
boots for the children, as 50 many
do. 1t won't pay III you want to
become rich. People Of your cir
cumstances are not dependent
upon the charities of dispensary,
not at all.
BY the way, don't Chicagoans
know the worth of cracked wheatf
Buy bushel for a little over 81;
1t will last you month; cook and
eat like rice. Oh, how you'll love
it, and feel so well. Try bag Of
Graham fsur ;-how 1t will help
out and make you all SO healthy.
We wind up these notes with
the following excellent advice
from 'Mollie:
Be contented with whatever you
have In your house and to wear,
for no doubt your husband gives
you all he can afford. When /
first married l told my husband to
give me what he wanted to spend
(for / cant save a cert,l and to
keep what he wanted to save, and
he has always done so. He never
asks me what Isdo with my mo-
ney, and If he did / should proba-
bly, request him to set down every
cent he spends through the week
for cigars and other luxuries that
men think they must have. Now
girls, for whatever you do, don't
scold. 1t is the worst habit a wo-
man can get into. 1t may be hard
sometimes to keep your temper,
but you can do 1t. DO as used
to-stick your fingers Ia your ears
when you hear the first growl, then
you can't hear what they say, and
remember 1t always takes two to
s,raka a rnarral