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, 1885-02-24
A Yankee Farmers wife.

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She has received a certain amount Of In
struction at a public school, then marriss
young. and begins her, to me, herculsan
labors. II is her part to perform all tho
daily household tasks with but seldom any
outside aid. Sho must make butter, milk
the cows, feed the chickens, and attend ~
the kitchen garden, as well as to her special
pet fower-beds and vines. Then she har-
nesses her horse and drives to a neighboring
town to barter las no one else CAM with her
butter, eggs, and garden produce II
anything is broken or out of order
in the house or farm she mends It, and, be-
ing a woman of infinite resources, she may
even construct some OF her own furniture or
paint her fence. Her sparlor' Is adorned
with all the latest absurditiss In the way OF
worsted work or pressed bouquets, while her
store closet Is we'll stocked with preserves,
and her garrett hung with dried fruits. It Is
probable that she has children and none are
more thoughtfuIly tended In all their needs,
be they physical, moral, or ornamental.
The clothing of the family, even to their
stockings and mittens, is her handiwork,
while occasionally a garment Is made for ons
Of the village poor.
But where Is her ~self-culturel say you.
Ali there is the m~ystsry-how and when is
1t accomplished And there Is no denying
the fact, n narrow, provincial education It
may be, but that is owing solely to her cir
cumscribed life.
II you were to enter a small, common
place, whitewashed farmhouse In any Of the
struggling New England villages, which APP
pear little else than a cluster OF huts in a
wilderness to English eyes-if you were 50
bold as to enter in, and SO fortunate as to
have an uninterrupted conversation with the
mistress Of the house, you would find her a
plain, probably faded, woman, clad In neat
calico, ~sharp-yoiced, and sharp visaged, per
haps, but gentle in manners, and displaying
as she talks a we'll cultivated intelligence,
and more or less familiarity with literature
in all its branches of history, philosophy,
science, and belleslettres. You would find
her q member Of the nearest library, and a
subscriber to oil the leading periodicals.
But in order to make this n strictly truth
full account, must d that she seldom
reads the newspapers, and is utterly devoid
Of that knowledge Of current affairs that dis
tinguishes particularly the women OF New
York and Chicago. But then, consider how
precious to her is each moment OF time,
and how far is she removed from the center
Of life and civilization She has no amuse-
ments, no diversions, no trips away; moth
ing but the dull, everlasting grind. And
yet Is she patient and never resisting from
her round Of necessary duties, and that, to
her, no less necessary one OF self-culture.
Eome one has beautifully said that "the
hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that
rocks the world" The children Of Priscilla
OR, more correctly, "Sairey Ann"-will
doubtless be rich, and some Will call them
parvenus, perhaps; but as for her grand
children and great-grandchildren, what may
they not becomel
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WOMAN AND HOME.
ENGLISH WORKING WOMEN THE
PRINCESS OF WALES.
A Yankee Farmers wIfs-A FIve-Doflar
Bed-Boom-Food for chtidrsn-Ths
Bang observation-disclosures
-yaIne OF Tact.

r.omar Kayyamr IA Kanses City Timesl
Il know / am not attactivo, said a friend
of mine.
AYou are too cold,- said a friend Of hsrz
HYou arc both wrong" said L
So they we're. The first speaker could
never nave persuaded to admit why down
in her heart that she was not attractive. At
least / know that she was quite attractive.
The second made the blunder Of supposing
that to be attractive ono must needs have
a heart big enough to hold all her beaux
Not SO. Heaven Forbid l have seen few
mon who wanted TO DO stood up like bisque
statuary or hung up like chromos among a
heartful of like statues and chromos.
There is little doubt that most any girl Of
average accomplishments, good appearance
and manners and the gift of common sense
may, II she set her head to it, receive any
amount Of attention. A young lady was
speaking to me Of the most famous belle St
Louis ever had. II was present" said he, Ant
the first reception her mother gave her after
her graduation from n local school. She
was a red. headed freckled faced little thing,
whose p~arentage gave her no extraordinary
prestige. l saw her steadily grow in favor
until she becamo a belle whose fame WA
everywhere. She was not beautiful, nor yet
fascinating. She was stylish, though, and
agreeable. You must inquire Of the men
why luty nkou ntT 80 uluEn-
A swell St Louis beau said he liked her
and visited her because she was such a
pleasant girl both to visit and escort to
parties. She talked Of things which inter
ested him md knew how 20 act / asked a
girl OF 20, who had tSenty-four bona hde
proposals, most Of them good ones, too, how
she contrived 10 be so attractive. She re-
piled that she simply studied the likes and
dislikes of each particular beau and gov
erned herself accordingly. She was not
particularly bright, but when she entered a
parlor, however black had been the lowering
clouds Of dull platitudes excuse my
metaphor pleasel her sunshine banished them
instanter and she let everything into a rip
pling, silvery sort Of pleasure right away
l knew her when she was a little miss at
school She was neither pretty nor promis-
ing. Poor grill she married the man she
loved, a poverty stricken lawyer, but she
manages him yet, rs she managed her ad-
mirers. with the skill and finesse and success
Of a perfect diplomat Tactl tactl tactl /
wish The Times would put this word in big
type 50 the girls could cut 1t out and paste it
on their hand glasses where they would SEQ
Il every hour in the day.
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has seen her many times IN public, and has
always been impressed with the grace and
delicacy Of her typs Of beauty and the unaf-
fected goodness that seems to surround her
like an atmosphere The princes Is always
cheered TO the echo and fairly mobbei by
the enthusiastic public 1 have seen her
seated In tho royal coach, returning In stats
from buckingham palace to Marlborough
house. preceded by cutriders, q dia-
dem on her fair trow and gorgeousiy
attired; again, at a garden party. accom-
panied by her little daughters clinging to
the skirts Of her gown. as she walked along
between the ranks OF ladies conrtesying and
men with their heads uncovered: again,
driving In Hyde park late in the afternoon
with the little princesses, or sailing out to
the royal yacht anchored off the Isle OF
Wight, the ribbons Of her sailor-hat flutter-
ing In the fresh breeze, her dress a simple
blue serge, and still. again, selling roses for
charity at the fete held in the Horticultural
society's grounds In South Kensington-
The princess Is a familiar, but always an
isolated figure in English daily life. The
people recognize In her all those virtues
which her life does so much to reveal, and
follow her good example in overlooking the
past and putting fait 1 in the future. Ger
tainly. moreover. there Is no reason to com
plain OF tho present There are no scandals
in their beau chateau.
, 1885-02-24

The English Journalist and Lecturer,
Chats About This. 1i.at and the Other.
Inter Oceahl
George Augustus Sala Is taking a short
run through the states, " a hve-wseks' trip.
He is something Of a surprise, and q good
deal Of IN entertainment. When he had un-
iorked the doo of his spacious hotel apart
n.int the other evening and hidden his visitor
enter, he took up a hand magnifyinx-glass
Vt generous sire and read a half-dozen
cards awaiting his arrival Beneath this
same glass put this original English man,
whose reputation Is more than British, and
see what you make of him. He Is about dive
feet tan. shows a reasonable suspicion Of
pohteness, wears a gray mustache tina re
proaches his slick, black hair for not show
ing age faster, has hazsl eyes that sometimes
get pursed up In the fat wrinkles that dashs
OF humor or concentration of thought call
into existence, has a complexion that Is
highly ford, and seemingly characterizss a
thoroughly healthy man: has a head that
speaks Of vigor and British will and
~obstinacy; has a nose that is u igeneris, and
speaks for itself.
He says clever things withou. destroying
thoir effect by s~elf-applsuss. He Is dry,
something like Mark Twin in this respect,
ami can talk right on until he has said
enough, and then he stops. He converses
with animation. That be Is courteous goes
without saying. II wasn't exactly categori-
cal inquisition hat Mr.. Sala was made the
subject Of tho other evening. He rambled
In pleasant fashion and with expressed pur-
pose avoided all declaration OF his views
about the late dynamite explosion.
In the course Of conversation the question
wus asked:
BY the way, Mr.. saia, it may be legiti-
mate to ask how you pronounce your
ramef'
~well,D said the gentleman, pleasantly.
"a long as you don't call it kay go or
C.ncinn-ay-ti, 1 suppose l may call It Saba.
lOu know when l met the editor OF The
New York Sun l didn'tk know whether to call
Linn Mr.. Day-na or Dah-na. Though Pm
English in every respect, 1 haven't a drop Of
Anglo-Saxon blood in my veins, for my
mother came from Demarrara, a corner Of
the South American continent, and my
fBther was Italian"
So the distinguished Engli hInan's name is
called Sah-la, and when be writes his sigma
ture he produces 1t slowly, precisely, and as
accurate to his confirmed type Of hand as
though the autograph were the work of
an e~ngraver's tool It's a very neat
name when, nftsr tho concentrates
effort that it, production seems to cost,
wrought with many a frown and funny
grimace, 1t stands forth, George Augustus
Sala," with an angular scrawl OF hourishes
attached that might stand for the autograph
OF tho sultan himself.
Mr.. 5ala Is bound for San Francisco and
wants to take the speediest route, SC he says
he thinks hen follow the United States mail.
He thinks well of our postal service. Says
he:
NDo you know your postal deliveries here
are wonderful. Why. l had a letter follow
mo from New York to Philadelphia, to Bal
hmore, to Washington, and finally to Gin
cinnau- But suppose it was a taIlor's bill
that was after ~you-why. it would pursue
you to Key West and the Dry Tortugas.p
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When moved on to the farm l found my
self in possession OF a large and pleasant
spare bedroom. but with neither furniture
nor money to furnish it. However ~whsre
there is a will there Is a way" l had a
black ingram carpet, whole and as bright as
new, but SO we'll worn that 1t would DO Ok
travagant to use it in n much used room. l
put that down and put up thin curtains of
dotted muslin, 8 cents q yard, headed them
with n plenting OF them selves, above a mar
row and of cardinal cotton flannel, and
looped them bach with the flannel; then |
hung a long, fun partierTe OF the flame at
the closet Loor, and as tbs room was papere1
with cheap, but handsome paper. in dull
gold and black, 1t looked half-fnrnishsd al
ready.
For rs cents / bought a second hand he'd
stead, strong and clean but Oil so cheap
loolingl One of those with mnny slenlsr
rounds. Two rickety Old cane-soated chairs
were made strong with bright dainty Gro
tonne. A tiny old wooden rocking chair wn
strengthened and provided with a plump
cretonne cushion The stanl OF TN old siw-
ing machine was easily converted mo a lit
tie stand for toilet articles, with a shelf
aorcss where the large Wheel has boon, for
shells and coralS The largo turned posts Of
an old cord bed stead made admirable logs
TO a substantial little table for wash-bowl
and pitcher. Then l got white paint and
painted them all-inoluding tho pin frame l
had made for a god sized looking glass
, 1885-02-24

IDLAAOlI e ITGo1sI
Some people think 1t perfectly right that
children shoull be made to eat everything
that Is set before them; but in carrying out
this singular theory too often tho gravest in
jury results An eminent city clergyman
told me the other day that the mere sight OF
liver cooked in any form made him i'll.
When quite a little fellow his stern father,
who was one OF the sort that would permit
no nonsense" as he expressed IL, with ro-
gard to children's likes or dialikes as far as
food wns concerned, insisting that they
should not exercise any taste or choice In the
matter, required him to eat some liver which
had been put ON his plate. There was some
thing about tho particular piece OF liver that
set the child against it, but Ia was forcol to
swallow the repulsive morsel, and ever since
his stomach has rebelled even at the thought
Of the gross piece OF tyranny which was
practiced upon him
It is a sound rule for all Of us that with
respect TO food our likes and dislikes are the
best guide as to what Ia good for us, and it
Is safe to eat upon the plan hat whatever
we relish will prove ON the average harm
less and wholesome, and whatever produces
disgust will PROVE, as a general thing, indi-
gestible. A recent writer on this point has
fully expressed my opinion in saying That
nothing can be more wrong than TO make
children cat fat, for example, when they
don't want it. A healthy child likes fat and
eats as much OF it as he can. II he shows
signs Of disgust at fat that proves him to be
o: a bilious temperament, and be ought
never to be forc-d T. eat 1t against his will.
A good many OF us nav disordered dlges-
tion in afterlife simply because we vera
compelled to eat RIGA food in childhood
which we felt ~instinctively was unsuitable
10 usH
, 1885-02-24

mi Cor. P1ttsburg Dispntch-I
Men marry the rattle brains OF society.
They choose the pretty, good-for- nothing
girls, for that is the kin they like; they run
after and marry the ~liveliesr girl at n picnic
or a ball, though she may be a @holy terror
at home; they rush after the belle and tho
heiress, though she MAJ be selfish and
spoiled, silly; they pass by the jewels and
take athe snide." for that is all they know.
and then, like Adam, they blame the fruits
of their own folly on tho woman Twas
ever thus
But. brethren-we wish to break IL 10 you
gently-there are women right here at home
who lave their own money to spend as they
please, who have their own pleasant homes
and c~ongenial occupations, who can, II the
fancy seizos them, pack their trunks and
take a jaunt to New Orleans. slip off to
Washington for a few weeks, take in tho
cream OF New York, or the balmy airs OF
Florida; in short, nave a royal tirno in any
way they choose, who call no man master,
and who wouldn't marry the best man that
ever stepped in shoe leather"
This will be q shock to you, beloved
brethren, but Is none the less true, Women
End pleasure and comfort and happiness OUT
side OF matrimony. IL is not hattering to
mon, but there is a growing dissemination to
marriage among women. They are growing
more critical as to the measure Of a man
He will have to como up to a nobler, higher
standard, or, in the political parlnnce Of the
day, he will get left"
, 1885-02-24

Unbranded News Notes Picked Up
About the CITY.

"
Those desiring librettoes for the opera
will find them at Rhodes x Troxelrs.
Several freight trains will leave for the
north this morning loaded with ranch
supplies.
The land office and the postofie were
closed yesterday in honor Of Washington
natal day.
An interesting article about the Semin-
ole mines is crowded out this morning but
will be published tomorrow.
Berry's freight wagons were loaded
with supplies yesterday and departed for
Robert Walkers ranch on Horseshoe.
The Roller skating club gave a mas
queade at Keefe's hall last evening. The
attendance was large and the event was a
brilliant success.
The Ladies Aid Socity Of the First
Methodist church will meet this after
noon at the residence of Mrs. j. w.
Buner, on Twentieth street.
The case of Irish Mike and Laura
Copeland, who are accused of robbing
William Lee of $3.50, was postponed by
Justice Fisher yesterday, but will be
heard to-day.
The Signal Service Office reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
l9'. lowest so; mean temperature, l30,
mean humidity, 81 per cent; highest
velocity of the wind, II miles per hour.
John Simmons, who is also accused Of
stealing an o%vercoat, was brought before
Justice Lee yesterday and as a matter Of
form fined $40 for being drunk. He will
probably dine at the Cafe de Schnitger
for the present.
Mrs. Covington and Miss Moore have
on exhibition at No. s2l Ferguson street.
an elegant crazy quilt which will soon be
disposed Of by rattle. The ladies' have
been about two years in making the quilt.
1t is covered with hand embroidery, buds,
flowers, fan-like diyices and artistic
needle work. 1t is lined with pale blue
silk, is valued at $3.50, and is very beauti-
full.
Mr.. d. Kline, proprietor of the auction
rooms on Sixteenth street, has an i'm
mense stock of clothing, blankets and
other dry goods, which he proposes to
sell at reduced prices during the next
thirtv dova Hia aaaortmant IF oooda 10
, 1885-02-24


The bang has now entirely gone out OF
fashion, and the most fnshionably arrayed
women draw their hair straight back from
their foreheads and pile it in an unpretsntious
knot on the top of the head. 1t is an ex-
tremely trying fashion, and the girls who
nave knobby foreheads and heads caved in
behind revolt against It. They will all fall
in line after a while. though, and the bang
which so long ~sprawled down over the eyes
will disappear. to be revived again a hun
dred years or less hence.
/ was looking over a bound copy OF Har-
per's Monthly twenty-five or thirty years
old, a few days ago, while r~umaging among
some old books. and / was particularly struck
by the elaborate couture of the women in
various pictures, including a lot of sketches
from London Punch. The fashionable craze
then was over the ~chignon. / wonder how
long it will be before these elaborate modes
Of dressing the hair will be revived again
Waterfalls, switches and like schemes for
increasing the apparent yield OF hair wers
fashionable until a few years z and i
think Ihave seen women with powdered hair
piled up to an immense height on the top OF
their heads sitting in boxes at the academy
as late as 1875. The era of plainness and
modesty has now reached its height. There
will be a movement the other way before
LONG
, 1885-02-24
Personal

Mr., and Mrs. Thos. Swan have gone
east.
Rev. Father Nugent has gone to Colo
RADIO.
Sheriff N. N. Craig has gone to Ne
braska.
Mr.. 1. r. Alter arrived from Nebraska
yesterday.
Rev. c. NJ. Sanders went to Denver
yesterday.
D. C. Coldwell of the army is at the
Inter Ocean.
c. r. Countryman arrived from Sher-
man yesterday.
Mr.. John A. Evans returned from the
Chug yesterday.
Marshal Taylor came in from Rawhide
Buttes yesterday.
Nh. j.. w, Collins returned from Den
yer last evening.
Mr.. j. w. Snyder has gone east on a
short business trip.
Mr.. Nils Earnest, of Running Water,
left for the east last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John London arrived
from Fort Laramie yesterday.
United States Marshal Schnitger re.
turned to Laramie City yesterday.
Manuel jasper and Robert Holenbeck
came in from the Chug yesterday.
Miss Lidia Bell departed Sunday for
Caliiornia'where she will visit with rela-
tives.
Rev. II. p. Case, who preached in the
South Side Chapel Sunday, returned to
Denver yesterday.
Mr.. NJ. B. L%eaviti, the theatrical man
ager, arrived in the city Sunday on his
way to New York.
Mr.. John Murrin, of Elk Horn arrived
in the city yesterday and will remain il
town several days.
Mr.. G.. A. Searight arrived from Tex.
as Yesterday and is looking after his Wyo-
ming cattle interests.
General and Mn. Gibbon are in the
city for the purpose Of attending the
opera this evening.
Mr.. j. A. Traphagen, division supt oI
Mann's Boudoir Car co., accompanies
Her Magesty's Opera company to THU
city.
Miss Emma Nevada, DIR. Wixon, Col
Mapleson, Dotti DeAnna and other mem
bers of Her Magesty's company are Al
the Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Dwight Corey was i'll yesterday ant
therefore unable to cab on his friends il
accordance with his usual custom. II,
will probably be around in a few days.
Mr.. 7. w. Lee, special passengel
agent, is in the city. He is in charge o
the G. b. Il O., opera train carrying He
Magesty's opera company to San Francis
co and return.
, 1885-02-24
The Princess of wales.


Tn princess OF Wales Is adored by the
English Conservatives and Radicals alike,
and it was a lucky day indeed for the heir
apparent when he took tho sweet and high
minded daughter of tho king OF Denmark to
wife. Her popularity is rivaled only by that
of Mr.. Gladstone, and it is even greater than
his, for London is hers, heart aud soul, as
we'll as the provinces. To look at this pretty
and girlish woman no one would imagine
that she was 10 years of age and the mother
OF several children, including Two great
boys, one of whom has just attained
his majority. Although her royal high
ness holds herself 30 we'll TINT, whom
seated in her carriage or in the box Of q
theatre she seems a tall woman, yet In
reality, she Is petite. The princess dresses
her hair rather high and wears high heels.
She is always attired TO perfection, and usu-
ally in white or black in the evening and in
very quiet colors during the day. but her
costume at night, however simple, is SGT of
by the most magnificent jewels, so that she
literally "blazes like a jeweled sun"
Her royal highness is somewhat deaf, al
though not seriously 30. The present writer
, 1885-02-24

New York Graphic-l
1t takes 81, 90 woman to nurse the Eng
lish sick.
In the English civil service there are y, 26O
women clerks.
Sixty-four wouen ensrayers earn their
livelihood In England.
There are 1852 women missionaries and
preachers in England.
Thore are 900 professional beauties in Lon
don who don't work at all.
There are 452 women editors In England
and 1909 female photographers.
There are liz, oo5 English school-teachers,
nearly all of whom are spinsters.
Ten thousand five hundred women binl
English books and 2,302 assist in printing
them.
The queen is worth So, QUO, O0J and work
harder than any woman In the kingdom.
There are %, 1888 women nailmakers in
England. The nails are used in fastening
horseshoes in place.
There are SAT female blacksmiths In Eng
land, all Of whom actually swing heavy
hammer and do mems work.
There are 100000 widows in England
who long to do any kind Of work that will
tend to make a like number of men unhappy.
, 1885-02-24

The story which Mrs. J. W. Ellis Of
Minburn, Iowa, tells. is n in which
many thousands of the ladies' Of America
have a vital interest. Briefly it is thus:
II suffered for several years from general
debility and nervousness. In tact | was
completely run down. | had tried two
doctors, but they could not do me any
good. | tried Browns Iron Bitters. Since
then | have used four bottles. 1t has
helped me up and done me a great deal Of
good, and | would not be without it"
Why viii any lady suffer with debility
while a dollar will buy a bottle Of Browns
Iron Bitters2
, 1885-02-24
stoutnsss of English Women.

An English woman OF 40 who Is not fat
whether she be fair or not-isa u rarity, and
when one remembers how English women
live there is no reason to wonder at It. The
climate does not cause tit Is the inordinate
eating hat causes it. They have their rolls
and coffee on rising, and often before rising
breakfast at 10. lunch at ., tea at 5, dine at
Z, and, after all that, have supper before TO
firing. No wonder that they expand TO a
size which gives a man. as Hawthorne says,
two wives instead of one" But the custom
of SO many meals Is dying out. and there is
at last hops hat English women viii grow
no s~touter, as they grow older. than thor
slighter cousins on this side Of the creek.
, 1885-02-24

other day. sWhyf Oh, I don't know: that
intangible, caprfcious soIaething to which
we all bow has so decreed it, and that Is
why enough. Perhaps, ii there must be a
reason, 1t Is because we live In gloves almost,
and rings arc not comfortable beneath them,
or perhaps We are saving our fingers for the
ring, that its glitter and Significance may be
more apparent The fashion is a sensible one
whatever Its source, for a pretty hand
doesn't nee1 rings, and the defects Of an
ugly hand are only accentuatsd by their
use" the first part OF which wise remark was
fully justified by the speakers own whits.
tnpering, rinxless fingers.