The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-11
Bndgses Eyebrows
How Mrs. Misesrus succseded In Improv
lag Them

MRS. Miscerus," said 7 yesterday
morning, II think that I will go down
stxirs and get some hot water and shave
before I GO down town"
.Oh. Let me get il" said she quickly.
trying to seize the pitcher. 81 should
really like to-"
l looked at her in surprI Mrs.
hiscerus Is usually one of the akiest OF
women, and would not walk. / believe.
q she could get any one else to walk
Tor her. Still ] imagined she was moved
BY q sudden and landsble disposition to
oblige. and unwilling to see her exert
herself. I insisted. iny spite Of her en-
treaties, in going for the water myself.
my DEAR said I when l returned,
shave you noticed anything peculiar
about the cooks eyebrows 1atelyP 1t
strikes me that they have disappeared.
Or rather what there Is left OF them
looks like burnt stubble.n
The back of Mrs. Ms neck, which
was presented to me, suddenly grew Q
beautiful pink, and there was no an
swer.
Mrs. Miscerus," I said severely,
twisting her around SO that 1 could
look in her face. shave you been try
ing any more experimental"
"You suspicious creaturer' retorted
my helpmate: why should you accuse
mo equivocation." said /, with in
creased severity; tell me the truth in
stantly or I'll 60 down and ask cook
herself; so out with it."
Thus threatened the story came out:
at was all her own fault.r said nv
wife. defiantly. 81 went down to her
room the other day to speak to her
about something. and l caught her
standing before the glass rubbing her
eyebrows up and down with . look Of
utter despair. What Is the matter,
cook l asked kindly, have you . head
aches oh. no. ms'am.' she replied;
but shure it's such . misfortune to have
white eyebrows. Pat Is always tasin'
the life out Of me- about thin. II ]
could only turn thin black. now; but
they say that hair-dye turns thin green.
Instantly I remembered that about o
month ago the doctor had burnt out
my throat with nitrate of silver. and
had split some on the carpet I had
looked through my chemistry to see
what would emo the stain, and had
read at the same time that nitrate of
silver was the principal of all dark
hair-dyes and indelible inks. Happy,
thought-why would lot nitrate Of
silver. pure and simple. work wonders
on cooks eyebrowsP Moreover the
prospect Of performing an experiment
being too fascinating . temptation to
resist. l offered my services 10 cook.
and they were delightedly accepted
So l went down to the drug store,
bought ten grains Of nitrate OF silver.
and first tried it on . piece of cloth,
but 1t did not blacken worth Q cent. l
went back to the druggist to inquire
the reason. thereof, and he told me,
thinking that / wanted 1t to mark
handkerchiefs with. that l must iron IL
of with q hot iron. But still, to make
sure. ] told him to put in thirty grains
more, thus making forty grains in all.
i then came home, took a tooth brush,
(t was yours. but I have thrown II
away since. SO you need not be alarm
3D. and amounted cooks eyebrows
with six coats. but still they would not
turn black; SO, as q last resort, I took
. hot iron, and ironed them down.
Then. as l had split the stuff all over
her forehead and down her nose, I
scrubbed 1t of with potassium iodids,
for fear the sun might turn her face
black. Nothing happened that day.
although cook said that her face burned
her; but the next morning when she
woke up she did not have the sign Of
an eyebrow left, and her forehead and
nose were one dreadful, smarting blist.
or. She wept and said: 'Shure me
beauty is spoilt entirely and I was
fearfully frightened for fear it might
eat into - brain. So the minute You
left the Vflew down to the drug.
gist. ID all, my fears includ-
ed. Bi led me, gave me some
salve. thore vas NO danger Of
either ! . nitrate Of silver or the potAs.
ium iodide eating into her brain. and
that her eyebrows would grow ouI
again in about three months"
groan. sis it not enough that YOU
should have nearly burned my house
down taking a steam bath for youl
complexionp Is it not enough that yos
should have ruined a new dress, q a
pet. and . table-cover trying to turr
sugar into charcoal with sulphuri'
acide Would you turn my peaceful
home into . chemical ~laboratoryp !
you must try chemical experiments, d,
not, at least, try them upon poor Bid
get. How she must bless you! If ex
plosions and things are necessary Il
your happiness, Mrs. NJ, say so, and
will start . powder factory in the yard,
insure your life heavily, and then move
across the bay"
Her eyes snapped. There is a re
markabiy pretty widow in Oakland
who is q client Of mine, and l saw thai
the shaft had struck home.
Mrs. Miscerus will live.