Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-05-14

haul up one on the beach, and after !
landed him tie lake m three fct, and it
hasn't riZ since
Al O'Clock Saturday afternoon a
bootblack sat on one of the window
sllls In the Postofice Corridor chew
ing gum with all Iris might. Five
minutes later Il second boy appeared
and querled
What YOU work on ~
"Gum.'
els it good9"
"YOu bet -
"Want to lend it to me FOR five min
utcs 3"
ono"
"Nay, Jim, yer .tingy mean
II am, Ell: That's all you know. |
wouldn't let ye chew this gum for no
money. I've got such a bad breath
that the gum would pizcn ye.'
There was silence Tor a minute, and
then the second boy got an idea.
Say, jim, I've Obliged you lots OF
times, and now oblige me. Take Il
swaller of keaosene oil and purify yer
breath so that kin have half OF that
gum
a TRAMP was looking wistiully into
Il coffee saloon on Galveston II
He smacked has lips and said 81 wish
| had some coffee :" a klnd-hearted
gentleman reached in his pocket, and
taking out ten cents, handed IL to the
unfortunate man, saying, $50 and get
some coffee, ii YOU need it so bad"
The tramp took the n but
instead OF going INTO the coffee saloon
he made Il bee line for a barrOOm.
"IIc1lo. Come back. There Is no
coffee oyer there" called out the bene-
factor. That's nj! you know about
it. There Is coffee and cloves in a
saucer on the bar. I've been there
before"
PICTURE IN SIIK.-A very simple
process Is IN use by which colored
pictures nay be applied to silk SO per-
tectly that the ornamentation is ms
taken for hand painting. The pictures
OF flowers, fruits and other objects are
printed in oil colors on especially pre-
pared, paper, and can be arranged in
designs TO suit ones fancy. They are
transferred by simply moistening the
back ,ot the picture with water and
pressing II on with a hot iron. This
decoration is so much easier done than
band-painting that ladies' are using 1t
for "rnAmcnting the panels, collars,
pockets and sashcs OF dresses.
tArAERH.-A health publication
says one oi the most prominent causes
OF catarrh i the excessive use of salt
u heaters, such as sweets, fats, con-
'dincnts and starch. This excess OF
cartonaceous food cXcites and nGames
fla a. 80, ~. - 6 81. -.
nasal passages, bronchial tubes, etc.
1t Is also caused by indigestion and
constipation. Headaches and neura-
gia proceed from the same causes.
SANITARY E~RRoRs.-l. 70 believe
that the mere hours children are at
their studies the faster they learn. ,.
TO believe that the more . person Will
become. 3. To uclievc that If eXer-
else Is good for one il should be taken
NJ all hours and seasons, the more
violent the better the result. 4. 10
imagine that the smallest room In the
house j. large enough to sleep In. ).
10 eat without appetite. =. To eat q
hearty supper the last hing al night.
fELoN.-A certain cure for q felon
Is said 10 be to wind a cloth loosely
about the finger, leaving the end free.
iour III common gunpowder TIL the
afflicted part is entirely covered.
Keep the whole wet with strong
spirits OF canphor.
BIEACHING.-Straw hats and
bonnet Is are bleached by putting them
previously washed in pure water. into
a box With burning sulphur; the
FUMES which arise unite with the wa
ter on the b%onncts, and The Sulphurou>
acid thus formed bleaches them.
GlJk FINE AND WATKRPRooF.- Dol,
q handful OF powdered quick liuie in
tour ounces OF linseed Oil boil Il thick
ard spread il Oh tin plates in the shad,