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, 1884-03-05
Detroit Free Press

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Teasing children is, at least, a doubtful
amusement; but when sensitive children are
made the object of it, it degenerates into
cruelty. Yet there are some very good
people who indulge in this outrage against
the innocent and helpless. We know people
who never miss an opportunity to torment a
child. 1t seems impossible for them to come
near one without making it miserable. They
cannot be at their ease unless the child is suf-
fering from heartlessness. As a consequence
children soon learn to hate as well as fear
them, and no wonder. 1t is true that these
people would shrink from inficting needless
bodily pain on any little one; but they never
think OF the keener torture which this sense
less teasing inficts or the sensitive child.
Childhood should be a period OF joyous in
nocence. II is no time for doubts and mis-
giviugs. They come soon enough with the
entrance of the youth upon the scenes of
busy, practical, anxious struggle for self
maintenance. Then, good friends, you who
thoughtlessly mar that innocent enjoyment
and implicit trust which characterize the I'M
corrupted child, stop to think what you are
doing. You are committing a grave offense.
You are running the temper of one whose
mind is yet SO plastic as TO yield to every
touch. You are darkening the days Of one
whose life should be all sunshine. You are
inficting the keenest OF pains on one whose
innocence should shield 1t from the ~tortures
even of barbarians. You are doing a wrong
for which you can never atone, you are
doing a wrong whose evil effects may follow
that child to the grave.
, 1884-03-05

Lillian Writings Boston letter.
"A Boston woman, one of more than usual
intelligence, remarked to a friend who was
engaged in remunerative and self support
ing employment: 81 would not do it, not If 1
had to hang to every relative l had to be
supported So long as this false note per-
yades social life, so long will the majority of
women consider it their misfortune IL cir
cumstances lead them into self-supporting
life. So long will their work be unsatisfac-
tory and unreliable and lily paid.
Eternal vigilance is the price of success as
well as of liberty. Already any woman who
can do any one thing well can command the
market She makes conditions rather han
accepts those heretofore made. She is sought
rather than left to seek. In the exercise Of
trained abilities she finds a satisfaction hat
external circumstances can neither give nor
take away. The younger women OF the day
our college graduates, the Cornell and Vassar
and Smith and Wellesley and Annex and
Boston university girls-are entering life on
this new basis. Their lives will not be of the
order that are a weight ON the public mind.
Educated, intelligent, responsive, with their
well stored and disciplined minds, they are
the women who will command success and
who will make their own conditions. Events
are usually the direct products of character.
Events grow on the same stem with persons;
are sub-persons," says Emerson. "The soul
contains the event that shall befall it, for the
event is only the naturalization of its
thoughts, and what we pray to ourselves for
is always granted
, 1884-03-05
rus pLEuRo PNEUMONIA BILL.

Considerable diversity Of opinion
seems to exist throughout the country
regarding the effect of the pleuro pneu-
monia bill, passed by the national
House of Representatives last week,
which provides for the organization Of
a bureau of animal industry, and APP
pointment of a chief to investigate and
report upon the number, condition and
value of domestic animals of the United
States and also the oauses OF c%ontagion
and communicating diseases and the
means of prevention and cure of same.
The details of the proposed act have
already been published in our columns.
Its opponents are quite hopeful that in
the senate, 1t will either meet with
much modification, or absolute defeat.
In commenting upon the measure, the
Texas Live Stock Journal id Its last
issue editorially says:
The Texas delegation worked dill
gently against the bill, and to them the
credit is due for having stricken out
the obnoxious section which gave the
power, Oh the representation of the
commissioner of agriculture, to OBJ
struct cattle transportation or to abso-
lutely quarantine a state. Lanham's
speech on the bill vas principally devo-
ted to this dangerous section. The
Texas delegation is opposed to the bill
as it now stands, and are anxious for
its defeat in the senate, although it
contains few clauses which are liable
to work injury to-the cattle business of
the state. We believe laws should be
enacted and enforced in states where
aver they may exist for a thorough
stamping out of the contagious diseas-
es In cattle, known as pleuro-pneumo-
mia and foot and mouth diseases, but
are opposed to any legislation by con-
grsss in regard to this subject. Our
reasons for this opposition briefly sum-
med up, are that it is charged that
while Texas cattle in themselves are
healthy, they have the power of trans
hitting disease to other cattle, and in
deed the prejudice is so strong against
them, that if any cattle are infected
with disease whether black-leg, muir
rain or wbatnot, it is charged up as
Texas fever, and any bill that would
give the power to "a commission from
the general government to Interfere
with state control of her animal indus
tries would prove hurtful TO the
country. The pleuro-pneumonia is
confined to northern and eastern states,
and IL the people there, and in the
states adjacent to the infected districts,
cannot exterminate the disease. then
national placemen such as are usually
appointed would be less likely to do so.
Let each state regulate her own stock
growing interests say we, and we fully
believe that the spread of animal dis
eases can best be checked by state, and
not by federal, legislation.
, 1884-03-05
The Happiest of Women.


lLOuuOn SPECTATOR.
The well-to-do En~glishwoman, whether
maid, matron or widow, is, IL in good aver
age health, a very happily situated person,
probably much happier than any other kind
OF person Is or has been. She is full of quiet
life. She has work, either with her studies,
her children or her household, just sufficient
to take away the sense of uselessness, and not
sufficient to overtask either her strength or
her nerves. She has no great dangers to fear,
either for herself or others; no extreme
changes to dread; nothing to call into exist
ence that poisonous sense Of terror which, in
many countries and classes, can never have
been totally extirpated. tt l
She is safe in her drawing-room as il she
were in Heaven; so safe that she has ceased
to regard safety as a pressing condition Of
happiness, the Importance Of which is, in
deed, known only to those who have lived in
unsafe regions of the world, such as Mexico
or Connaught. She has good food in plenty;
her dress never offends her amour-propre or
disturbs her sense OF dignity she has as much
change as she wishes, and, unless her house is
very remote from the haunts Of mon, a suf-
ficiency Of varied society, composed of men
and women whom she likes and understands.
OF affection, II she is not very unfortunate,
she has plenty. Her husband loves her, her
daughters worship her, her sons depend on
her, her friends are devoted to her. The
father, especially in old age, does not gain
half from his children that the mother does;
nor is he half so close to them. He may be
respected and cared for, but the mother is
loved, and followed with a quite separate
observation, arising partly from affection
and partly from a more perfect intimacy.
Constantly households are seen in which the
lation Of the daughters to the mother, and
often, though to a less degree, of the sons, is
something quite beautiful, SO much Of genuine
feeling, yet 30 little of the tyranny of feel
ing, is there in it.
, 1884-03-05
Study and HEALTH

The time of greatest weakness in a girls
life, and the time when the decision is so
frequently made in regard to her future
health, Is almost invariably the period of the
hardest work in school, and of the greatest
pressure there. Conscientious teachers often
are forced to allow students to pass out of
subjects which are not mastered, and cannot
be, by girls who should be quietly at home,
or leading free, outdoor lives. A mother
told me not long ago that she feared for the
mental health Of her daughter when she re-
Elected upon the number of things she had to
do. In school she was allowed to take five
subjects, three of them difficult, and the easier
ones being those which require a good deal of
time to prepare. In drawing she was obliged
to present an original design at least once a
week, and in addition to these she had two
music lessons. Tn only chance Of relaxation
in the fresh air was during the hurried walk
TO and from school, and she always learned
her COMPUTATIONS" at this time. This young
girl and her equally ambitious mother were
looking ahead to her graduation in three
years, and her triumphant entrance into so
ciety with all the knowledge and accomplish
nents one small head and a frail little body
eould master.
, 1884-03-05

ming l zee ynen 1 am iu the company of
ladies is the ear" We need not tell you that
such men, and all, indeed, who admire pretty
ears, abhor earrings Jewellers need not
frown; for if fewer earrings were sold, more
'inger-rings, lockets, brooches, etc, would be
sold, and they would not be the losers IL ear
rings disappeared from fashion tomorrow.
Besides, our aim is to perserve beauty when
possible, and earrings destroy it by lengthen-
ing the ear and destroying its symmetrical
outline We say nothing of the barbarity of
the custom of wearing earrings You might
just as well wear rings in your nose as in your
ears. We merely say that, setting tho bar
barous custom aside, earrings lengthen the
ear, and spoil its shape and symmetry.
Therefore, il you would preserve your ear
small and pretty, as nature makes it, never
wear an earring.
, 1884-03-05

A COLORADO contemporary announ-
ces that -four years ago the people Of
Denver had the mining craze; then
came the city real estate craze; now
the cattle craze is full upon us. The
next craze will be for farm lands. AL
these crazes are useful, and as they
subside they leave each industry upon
q substantial basis" But the great
trouble with these crazes in Colorado is
that 80 many sharpers build nefarious
schemes upon them; so much so, indeed
that the confidence of the people abroad
is shaken in Colorado which, by eason
of the lax administration Of her laws
for the punishment of swindlers, ia
greatly suffering from this indifference.
This certainly speaks badly for the law
administrators who ought to give
proper protection against nefarious
schemes which teId to injure le-
climate and praise worthy enterprises.
, 1884-03-05
tSan Francisco Examiner

LSan Francisco Examiner.
A gentleman from the country stopped at
a barber shop to ask for directions concern
ing the locality Of a place where he wished
to go, when one of the new hands said:
"Boss, yer got mighty long hair. Better let
me take som OBJ it often yer" az haven't
time now the gentleman replied, with a
smile, but I'll be in again soon" The gen
tleman went away, met several acquaint-
ances, became somewhat booty, and in that
condition went to the shop, said he wanted
to be shaved, laid his head back on the
cushion, and was soon asleep. After shaving
the gentleman, the ambitious barber, remem-
bering the conversation OF a few hours be-
fore, determined to cut his hair. Just as he
was completing the work the gentleman
awakened and springlng from the chair eX-
claimed: ave a good mind to shoot the
top of your head Off whats de matter,
bossi Job not done satisfactory, sahf' "Sat-
isfactoryI you stupid wretch. You shingled
my wigl
, 1884-03-05

NEW YORK foStI
Very pretty baskets are made of the seine
Irvine; you can hardly think how pretty they
are until you see one. Both work baskets
and large ones for waste paper are crocheted
of the cord they are round and may be of
shell stitch or the common plain close
crocheted work. On the bottom a projecting
rim must be crocheted 80 that the basket will
have a firm foundation. After it is finished
with a scollop, melt some white glue, dip the
basket into it, ana shape it over a mould or
jar OF the proper size and shape. A basket
made in this way is very ornamental If two
rows OF open work space are left in the mid
die through which bright ribbons may be
run. A bow where they join is a pretty addi-
ton. Line the basket with silk or satin il
you wish it to be very handsome, or with
silesia if for ordinary work,
, 1884-03-05
Treatment of whooping- Cough.

Popular Sclence News.I
DIR. j. Cooperider, of T~aylorsville, Ind,
writes us that he has used the fluid extract of
chestnut leaves for whooping-cough, with
great success He says:
The dose employed is from fifteen to sixty
drops, according to age. If the child is large
enough, / give it in hot water as an infusion,
sweetened; to a small child, in simple syrup
of elixir.
1t not only relieves or lightens the
paroxysms, but will actually cure in from
four or five days.
l give four to six doses per day, according
to the severity of the case.
II good fresh leaves can be procured, l
make the infusions as a tea, say two drachms
Of the leaves to half a pint of boiling water,
and give two ounces at a dose, sweetened
with white sugar.
, 1884-03-05

ious conflict and unfair competition
with dignifed day labor. The worst
feature of the pernicious system, as 1t
is regarded by many, is that a few
profit at the expense of the many; or,
in other words, a few contractors reap
the benefit of many convicts' skill and
labor. and this not only to the injustice
and Inconvenience of the latter, but to
the whole laboring class outside of jails
and penitentiaries.
, 1884-03-05

WE are pleased to observe that of
late the territorial press has quoted
largely from the columns of the LEAD
Err, and, in most instances, given due
credit for matter thus appropriated.
1t is Jul constant aim to be on good
terms with the press and the public of
Wyoming, and to this end we look
carefully to their interests in our col
umns which we seek to make as relia-
BILE as they are complete and interest
Inu
, 1884-03-05

ERE the close of the present week
shall have drawn the sable mantle OF
the feeting past around its fading form,
the legislative solons of Wyoming will
have finished the making Of local laws
for our people. Then, our patricians
can gather calmly around their own
vine and 6g-tree to enjoy q biennial
rest amid the bosoms OF their beloved
families where public duties do not in
trude amid the sanctity Of private aft
airs
, 1884-03-05
The Better Girl or To- Day.

The hour-glass girl has winged her grass
hopper flight to other spheres, and in her
stead we have a being who breathes deep
down, eats beef-steak, and can run a foot
race with any pedestrian ou the track. 1t
may not be sylph-like or like a heroine of the
Eighteenth century-our spindle-waisted
great-grandmothers, who wore a cherry
Splint two inches wide in their stays in front
but it was awful comfortable to breathe
freely and be able to feel that ones ribs are
not turned in on the ends like a crochet hook.
What impossible looking creatures they were
100 years ago, with broad hips, broad
shoulders, and Il waist like a waspl
, 1884-03-05

MONTANA, New Mexico and Dakota
are all knocking at the door Of the I'm
ion for admission into the sisterbood of
states. From present indications, it
would appear as though the door would
be slow to open. Eastern senators are
jealousof the advancing greatness of the
west, and they are slow to show favors
to this great and growing section.
, 1884-03-05
Flowers for Fortune.

TVHTVUBU TTUTHIW.I
Some dea of the magnitude OF the business
of raising sweet-scented flowers for their per-
fume alone may be gathered from the fact
that Europe and British India consume
about 10000 gallons of handkerchief per-
fumes yearly; that the English revenue from
eau de cologne is $4,000 annually, and the
total revenue Of other perfumes is estimated
at 10000 annually. There is one great per
fume distillery at Cannes in France which
uses yearly 100. 900 pounds of acacia flowers,
10000 pounds of rare flower leaves, 5000
pounds Of jasmine blossoms, %. 900 OF tube-
rose blossoms, and an immenso quantity OF
other material.
, 1884-03-05

A COPY Of George Francis Trains
paper has been received. 1t is called
1.-THE New Bill Tweed" Its every
feature is that of a crank. 1t is a
small sheet and as silly as it is small.
Once upon a time, Tram was a man of
much ability, and the same may be
said of other insane men. His massive
brain has gone to decay, and weeds
nov grow where flowers once did
hlnnm
, 1884-03-05

ANOTHER national convention is
promised for this year, and this is by
the colored people, who propose to as
semble in mass meeting at Pittsburg,
Pa, to discuss what may be done for
their race, especially in the face of a
presidential election. 1t is expected
that fully $50 delegates will be present
to participate in the proceedings.
, 1884-03-05
Exchange.

Not every person can make a good fire in
a CRATE, however. Stinginess Of material is
out OF the question, for CRATES are voracious
in appetite. Plenty Of s~havings, or paper,
~kindling-wood or coal must be used until the
fire is well under way, else it will go out, and
the blackened, heated Goals and wood must
be picked out piece by piece. After the fire
is started the hearth ought to be carefully
wiped up with a cloth wrung out of warm
soap-suds, then wiped dry with another cloth.
In no other way can 1t be kept clean, and an
untidy hearth is, of all things, an eye-sore in
a well-kept room.
, 1884-03-05
DR.. FRAZIER. Root n,tter..

Frazier's Root Bitters are not n dram
shop beverage, but are strictly medicin.
al in every in every sense. They act
strongly upon the Liver and Kidneys,
keep the bowels open and regular, make
the weak strong, heal this lungs. build
up the nerves, and cleanse the blood
and system of every impurity. Sold
by druggists. s1.00.
DR.. Frnxier's Magic Ointment.
A sure cure for Little Grubs in the
Skin, Rough Skin, etc. 1t will remove
that roughness from the hands and
make you beautiful. Price SOC. Sent
by mail.
FRAZIER MEDICINE CO., Propr's,
Cleveland, Ohio.
GRAY & PEARsE, sole agents.
, 1884-03-05

CRnfEa and casualties seem to run
largely in cycles. Recently, the tele-
grams from all sections of the country
have been furnishing narrowing details
through the columns Of the press of
fearful occurrences which fairly make
the reader shudder as they scan the
types which tell the terrible tales.
, 1884-03-05
Avoid the Angles


IDecOrhtOr ind ~Furnlsher.J
Brackets are appropriate wherever they
seem to fit and the pictures are suspended by
double cords. 1t gives a much better general
appearance to a room thus TO make the lines
leading from the pictures to the ceiling
uniform in direction than to show the terri
BILE assortment OF angles, impossible to avoid
where the cords from all-sized frames are
brought to one point near the ceiling.
, 1884-03-05
A Novel. Cane.


One of the greatest novelties we have seen
is a cane Just made by Mr.. Ohnesorg. 1t is
composed of 40 washers" cut from sole
leather and driven ON a steel rod bent in the
form Of a cane. Tho washers" were driven
on the rod one by one and tackled together
firmly; then the sane was planed, polished
and vanished, making a handsome walking
stick that reflects great credit on Mr.. o.
, 1884-03-05

1.-TWO things disgrace Colorado.
One is the lax enforcement Of criminal
law. The other is political corruption.
there is no way to lie out of these ugly
So says the Denver Tribune
IN its editorial columns. Comment is
unnecessary, as the facts in this case
speak louder than words.
, 1884-03-05

Is your hair turning grey and grad
ually falling outP HALLS Hair Renew
er will restore it to its original color,
and stimulate the tollicles to produce
a new and ~luxuriant growth. 1t also
cleanses the scalp, eradicates dandruff,
and is a most agreeable and harmless
dressing.
, 1884-03-05

WITHIN the past few days a goodly
number of officials OF reformatory in
situations have been in session in New
York city discussing the problem OF
the contract system as connected with
public prisoners. 1t has been found
that. though the percentage Of convict
laborers is small as compared to the
whole Inumber, they CONS into ser
, 1884-03-05
A Sure Cure for Corus.

l"Pipsey Potts" in Arthur's Magazine.l
How many people go hobbling about with
corns on their feetl And the deacon, after
thirty years, is cured sound and well. How
simplel No wonder he would hail from tbs
housetop: "Salicyiic acid. thirty parts; solid
extract cannabis indica, five parts; collodion,
e40 parts. Apply four nights, then a
warm foot-bath, and rub off the col
lodion. II the corn does not come out
easily, repeat till it does. 1t will come. 1t
has come. Does not hurt at all nor prevent
for a moment the use of the stocking. The
relief is very great and the rejoicing equally
Vreat
, 1884-03-05
Excited Thousands.

All over the land are going into ecstasy
over DIR. Kings New Discovery for eonsump-
ton Their unlocked tor recovery by the
timely use OF this great life saving remedy,
causes them to go nearly wild in It's praise.
II Is guaranteed to positively cure severe
oughs colds. asthma, hay fever. bronchitis,
hoarseness, loss of voice, or any affection OF
the throat and lungs. Trial bottles free at
Gray a Pearse'z drug store. Large size, one
, 1884-03-05

THE Northern Pacific railway seems
to be seriously out of luck. Last week
nearly all its trains got seriously stuck
In heavy snow blockades and, recently,
the national government has concluded
to forfeit a large portion of its land
grant for noncompliance to law.
, 1884-03-05

ton, neglect ana would ali nav,
had their effect in time, but not nearly SO
soon. So, in a very shors time, aversion and
contempt grew into positive hatred, and this
woman's life with this man came ut last to be
the most awful and abject bondage possible
to conceive Of The only hours that were en-
durable to her were those which kept her
husband confined at his business
, 1884-03-05
Paper Racks.


Take IN ordinary hanging rack, plain in
front; make a lambrequin for it in colors
corresponding with your room; underneath
the top center plated piece make a pin
cushion, strap for scissors, spool cotton,
thimble, ETC., making a convenient hiding
place for articles that are needed in almost
every room
, 1884-03-05

The duke Of Abercon has thirteen titles.
ench of which represents a separate peerage;
the marquis OF Butte has fifteen; the dukes of
Argyle and Buccleugh nave each sixteen;
the duke of Hamilton seventeen, and the
duke Of Athol, with twenty-three. stands
ton of the tree-
, 1884-03-05

INOTTIsVJWU TIuTHTUJ
@Was early man n savagef' asks a maya
zine writer. nj depends. II the early
man was dressed to catch the 4 g. m.
train, and his collar button fell behind che
bureau, the probabilities are that he was
about as snYnRe as they mnke iem.
, 1884-03-05

The greatest medical wonder OF the world
Warranted TO speedily cure burns, bruises.
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum. fever sores, cancers,
piles chilblains. oorns. letter. chapped hands
and all skin eruptions. guaranteed To cure in
everytinstance, or money remnded-25 ecnts
per box. For sale by Gray & Pearse
, 1884-03-05

IArthur's Magazine.
Pretty banner for the walls, or small
screens, are made by taking a strip OF silk
or satin and applying the handsome woven
rosebuds or pansies which can be purchased
on cards at stores where fancy goods are
kept. Tasteful fringe can be made by ravel-
ing out the ends Of the silk and tying it in
knots.
, 1884-03-05
Not n Satisfactory Job.

Hughes: No woman can be handsome by
the force of features alone, any more than
she can be witty only by the help of speech.
, 1884-03-05

IOnlchRO JOufnhI.I
In the part of Africa known as Nubis
there grows an acacia that whistles so loudly
as to make itself heard for miles away. The
stem is hollow, and the action OF the wind
produces a sound similar to that emitted by a
ANITA
, 1884-03-05

Little Joker" is the best smoking
tobacco.
, 1884-03-05

Bret Harte claims to have German, Eng.
ush and Hebrew blood In his veins