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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05
CARE OF THE HANDS.

\ BIT Of Good Advice IA Girls by One who
Speaks From Observation and Expert
ence.
Because you live in the country and
do Homework, and even some good,
honest toll on the farm itself, is no
reason why you should neglect certain
little niceties of life, such as the care
of your hands and teeth. You prob
ably will not be able to keep the for
mer white and soft as if you used them
only for dainty embroidery, but few
minutes spent eaclf day in caring for
them will show at least that they are
we'll kept. and the signs of toll that
can not be eradicated you need not be
ashamed of.
The nails can be kept nicely trimmed;
they can not be even moderately long.
but they may be shapely and pointed.
Perhaps you can not afford to buy the
outfit of Il manicure" but you I'M
doubtedly have a pair of small en-
broidery scissors; the file you must re-
place as best you may with the one in
your penknife, or, failing that, with
piece of course sandpaper; and the
chamois polisher, costing any where
from sixty cents to two dollars, you can
make yourself. Take a child's block
about an inch thick, and three inches
wide by five long-large enough to
grasp it firmly-tack a bit of soft cloth
for padding, and over that piece of
the channels you keep for polishing sill
yer on one of the edges, and you have
an article that m W not be ornamental,
but will answer every purpose.
Soften your hands by washing in
warm water with some good toilet soap
for n few minutes, then with the small
scissors trim the nails, rounding them
nicely, and cutting the corners very
low. With some blunt instrument Cf
you have not a file) push back the flesh
from the base of the nails, and trim
away all the dead skin. Now apply
your polisher and brush vigorously for
few minutes. Do this once week,
and every day spend a few minutes in
the use of the polisher, and your hands
will repay you in their neat appearance
for the time you have spent A solu-
ton of oxalic acid kept in bottle
with % glass stopper will remove all
stains of ink or fruit, and match or y
small stick dipped in the solution and
passed under the nails will remove any
discoloration that does not come Off
with washing. There is pink powder
sold by druggists orpolishng, but this
may be dispensed with. If, however,
you get any, be sure that you get the
best and not u spurious article. You
should have a pair of old kid gloves,
or better still wash leather, to wear
when you are wedding in the garden,
or doing any housework that will adj
nit of it
speak with conviction born of sad
experience, for / am afarmcr's daugh-
ter myself, and never thought of caring
for my hands when was child. When
was old enough to care twas too late,
and have found out that no amount
of after care can make up for the early
neglect. -Amertc0@ AgrtcaIturtSL
-Ministcr-"Andd do you expect TO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05

Ut is really very odd. my dear"
said an old lady, one very hot day. 10
friend. II cant bear the heat In
summer, and in winter love it,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05

-Alsike clover originally came from
Aisikc. Sweden, and is said to be
cross between the white and red cloyers,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05

-Ministcr-"And do you expect to
be lawyer when you grow up, like
your father, Bobby?" Bobby-"Yes,
sir; expect to be LAWYER, but ma
hopes l won't be one like pa. Tile
Epoch
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22
A FUNNY EPISODE.
An Esquimau Medicine Mans AstonIsh.
ment and Fright.

An Esquimau Medicine Mans Astonish.
ment and Fright.
There was another episode which
these peculiar people seemed to eonsid-
or as huge joke, which will explain
as briefly as possible, to show what the
native people consider as funny in the
frigid zones. One of the Esquimau
men had peculiarly disfigured face,
to which he pointed SO often that one of
the party was finally led to ask him the
cause. He most cheerfully assented to
explain, amidst the grins and suppressed
laughter of the others. When he was
young boy he was one of a small band
of natives that came upon the remains
of one of Sir John Franklin's unfortu-
nate parties, that had starved to death,
and they found many curious things
among the scattered material at the
site of the sad scene. One, which i'm
mediately took his boyish eye, was a
fattened can that he found. full of
"black sand," as he expressed it. The
"black sand" was of no possible
use to him, and, on the first occasion he
had to utilize the can, which was one
winter evening. when he was sitting
by the lamp in his snow-house, he
poured this useless material out on
the platform of snow that held the lamp.
and in doing SO some of it splashed in
the flame. There was an instantaneous
explosion, which he tried to explain by
yelling .'boom," until | thought the
top of my head had been knocked of,
and when some of the shock had passed
away he found that the top of his snow
hut had disappeared in the dark night,
the stone lamp was broken into pieces,
| and the kitchen utensils and parlor
furniture all mixed up. He was medi-
cine man of the tribe-that is, one sup
posed to cure sickness by magic, incan-
tations, etc.-and at the time the pow
der-can exploded patient was visiting
him. who disappeared in the confusion,
and his whereabouts was not known
for month or two afterward. when he
! turned up in another tribe farther south,
whose doctors, he claimed, were not
of such a pyrotechnic school of medi-
cine. The medicine man said that his
own nervous system was badly shat
tered for a long time, and his hands and
/ face were fearfully Scared as evidence
of his story, but if his appetite was at
all injured he had more than fully re-
| covered. for ne was the most enormous
eater. savage or civilized. that | ever
saw in my life. and could easily dis
pose of reindeer ham at lunch, when.
ever he came around to repeat his
story, which was altogether too fire.
quent; but we luckily found good
plan of ridding ourselves Of him by the
apparent careless handling of a powder
| can.-Lieat. Schwatka, IN Woman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22
UNREST.

.4,er vo,l tourney and wander
= s.or The sweet simple faith of your youth,
~ more you peer into the 1onder
s,d search for the root OF all truth,
- ,atter what secrets uncover
y shelr vailed mystic brows in your quest
.'.,oss on your astral sight hover,
c.,ll. still shall you walk with unrest.
-, seek for strange things you shall find
them,
,., the finding shall bring you to grief;
,ss dead lock the portals behind them,
,nd he who breaks through is thief.
~ss saaful with such ill-gotten plunder,
'v Wi,h lbs premature knowledge oppressed
e,.lI prope in unsatisfed wonder
alyay BY the shores of unrest.
r.oneh bold hands lift up the thin curtain
That hides the unknown from our sight;
rsonub shadewy faith becomes certain
of the new life that follows deaths night;
vsoueb miracles past comprehending f
csaIl stsrtle the heart in your breast.
sill still will your thirst be unending, . r..
.nd your soul will be sad with unrest.
mere are truths too sublime and too holy
m grasp with mortal minds touch.
Ne are happier far to be lowly.
contest means not knowing too much. - aF
peace dwells not with hearts that are yearning
To fathom all labyrinths unguessed,
And the soul that is bent on vast learning
Shall find with its acknowledgements.
-ElId Wheeler Httcor, IN Lippincott's.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22

Mr.. Kent pronounced the attempt out
of the question, especially as the re-
naming children were fast freezing to
death. They must not sacrifice seven
lives in fruitless effort to save two.
The three rescuers now surrounded
the worn-out group, and the rope
proved to be of the greatest service.
keeping them as in small pen. Even
the teacher was glad to cling to it for
support. The men hurried the children
onward, carrying them at times. and
then driving them like bewildered
sheep; till, finally the friendly door
way was reached, where q mothers
longing heart and eager arms gathered
them in with thankfulness too deep for
words.
Fingers, faces and feet were found to
be badly frozen; but willing hands
worked rapidly, stripping and rubbing.
thawing the frosted parts with snow
and cold water. and soon the weary
little sufferers fell into heavy sleep.
Miss Rast's own hands were injured
so badly that it was weeks before she
could use them; but her thoughts were
all of the two lost children. All that
night exhausted as she was. she
scarcely slept. o, if she had but
watched them more closelyl So she re-
preached herself, while to every one
else it seemed little less than a miracle
that she had been able to save SO many
of her charges.
1t was nearly three days before the
wind died away, SO that word could be
taken to poor, widowed Mrs. Wood.
She had feared the worst, yet the news
came with crushing force; for however
much we may expect death, we are
never prepared for its actual presence.
For weeks she found herself often look
ing out of the window, half expecting
to see Mary and Willie coming home
again after school.
The whole neighborhood turned out,
as soon as the storm was over, and
worked day after day, shoveling over
the snow. But all proved in, vain, and
it was not till spring that the little
bodies were found, buried under one of
the largest drifts, several rods from the
road. Evidently the children had lost
their hold on the others while crossing
the little brook, and the wind had car
ried them down the bed of the run and
lodged them against steep bank in
the field, where the snow soon packed
its cold and pitiless weight upon them.
Poor little brother and sister! Their
hands were still tightly clasped. With
all their childish strength they had
striven to obey their teacher and keep
together" and together they had gone
home, on the wings of the wild, wintry
tempest. t.-Mrs. L. j. Strong, in Youth s
Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22
NUMBER 3.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

If one who delights in relics is
called a reliquary, ought not an antiq-
uary to be one who delights in antics?
Every man has his weak spot,
and sometimes man finds out that an
ace high is his weak spot.-Boston BuI-
letin.
Who is that man?" 'He's the
servant of old Smith. the undertaken"
"Ah! then he's the valet of the shadow
of death. ."-Town Topics.
The more faithfully girl keeps u
diary the more religiously she wants to
keep it out of the way of everybody else
in the neighborhood.
Earrings are relic of barbarism.
unless, of course, the diamonds are un-
usually white and fine and cost good
deal more than anybody's else in the
congregation.
An engagement ring on the finger
of young lady is apt to be made con-
spicuous by the wearer. 1t is the same
way with scalp worn by an Indian in
his belt. IN. O. Picayune.
THAT was an exhaustive article OF
mine on Our Political Future said
the contributor to the editor II found
it So" was the somewhat unsatisfactory
| reply Washington Critic.
-"How is that feud between Colonel
Blood and Major Bluegrass getting on?
Are they as bitter az everP' 20, no;
the whole thing is happily ended"
"Pm glad to hear that" "Yes, they
killed each other." Life.
The toboggan slide is dangerous to
people having ''heart troubles" that is,
to old, married and settled people. The
youthful among the afflicted can ven-
ture down the slide and toll up it with
comparatively safety.-Aartha's Wse-
yard Herald.
Wilson, the celebrated vocalist,
was upset one day in his carriage near
Edinburgh. A Scotch paper, after re-
cording the accident, said, I'VE arc
happy to state he was able to appear
the following evening in three pieces"
Some people sigh all their lives
for wealth and never get it. Other peo-
pie work hard for it all their lives and
never get it. The best plan is to invent
a suspender button that will stay on
and keep the agency yourself. f.-Soner-
pitle Journal.
--'.f you see one cold and vehement
at the same time set him down as
fanatic" says Chrysostom; and yet it
may be that he is only the lodger in
third pair back, whose landlady has
cut off the heat from his little room be-
cause he was necessarily behindhand
with his rent.-Journal of Education.
Smith That paragraph in the
Daily RoWler touched you up rather
severely, yesterday" Brown-"O, yes;
l don't mind that, however. The world
will always contain fools, you know" ;"
"Yes, suppose so. If there were no
fools there wouldn't be anything for
those fellows to write about, l sup
pose. !"
Chicago Editor Cooking over paper
just out t)-"Here. Mr.. Proofreadcr.
you've let a gross error get into the
paper" Proofreader-"What that?"
Editor-"Why. wrote, They are a
devoted couple and you have got it
They are divorced couple" :" Proof
reader-"Well, let it go. 1t will read
all right tomorrow. - Washington
| Cr;y;c
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22
NEVER HEARD OF 'EM.
A Farmers Sad Experience In n Detroit
Harness shop.


Harness shop.
There's yer old rober' exclaimed
farmer, as he entered a Michigan
avenue harness store yesterday and
flung down a goat-skin.
II haven't lost my robe, replied the
dealer.
mo, reckon not, but have! Eve
been flim-fammed, bunkoed and three
keered-monteed out of seven dollars,
and somebody has got TO make it
right!'
"My friend, what is the matterp"
anxiously asked the dealer.
Look at that robe! Fur all coming
out by the handful! / bought it here
year ago-only year"
.'But the moths have been at work
on 1t. It's entirely ruined"
"Jist what said. Seven big dollars.
please
..But youLet the moths get in last
summer. ] am not responsible for the
damage"
What moths?h
"Why, the insect which destroys furs
and clothing"
.Never heard Of 'em. Seven dol
lars. please.
II shan't pay it. You ought to have
known enough to pack it away and
keep the moths out"
"What do know of insects or moths,
I sayr' shouted the farmer. ''Gimme
them seven dollars or theren be
cyclone herer'
Two workmen came in from the shop
and helped put him out. and he went
across the street. sat down on box
and flung the robe over his shoulders,
and when any one stopped TO ask what
was wrong he replied:
"Feller over there. Sold me this
ere. Took seven big dollars outer me.
Moths got in. Want my money back.
He won't pay. Waiting for him 70
come out. If you see a big ciond oi
snow lowering in the air around herr
purity soon don't git excited. It's me ,
him. I'm on top, ,"-DetroH Free Pressr
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22
MOST UNFORTUNATE.
How an UnIucky Fellow Was Pursued
the Demons Of Adversely.

How an UnIucky Fellow Was Pursued by
the demons of Adversely.
I am the most unfortun ate fellow in
lbe world," said man whose persist
ent bad luck had given him sort of
reputation.
''What is your latest stroke of mis-
fortune?" some one asked.
''Why, last summer rented the Sec
ond story of house in very Cheerful
part of town, and after signing lease,
had begun to congratulate myself,
when some fellow started a Turkish
bath on the ground floor, with the
sweat-box Immediately under my sit
ting-room. Well. sir, actually thought
we would melt, but we stood it, en-
couragcd by the fact that when winter
should come we would be put to no ex-
pense for coal. | did not think that
we could live through August but we
pulled through after losing moro flesh
than could be well spared. When the
newspapers began their annual howl
against the coal deal ers, my wife and
laughed. We were out of the clutches
of the dealer The thermometer might
cut it's zero capers, but our room would
be warm. Alasn'
"Any thing go wrong?
"Well, yes. About the time the mer-
curry fell to zero the Internal fellow
down stairs moved his bath away, and
as the money which would have beer
| our coal allowance had been spent, we
were left to freeze. Yes, am the mosi
unfortunate fellow in the world. "-Ar-
| Lo~1oos, TrUsefor
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22

A sea-green glass vase has recently
been found in Bologna. IL beats all;
what these butchers will pnt in po
logna.-Epoch,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22
She Was Only His Wife.

The other afternoon two gentlemen
walking down Woodward avenue met
lady, who smiled and nodded to one
of them. The gentleman recognized
returned the nod, but without touching
his hat, whereupon his companion re-
marked:
.'Say, John. you are not so gallant as
you used TO be.
80. yes. am," replied the gentle
man, ''but. You see, she is only my
wife - Detroit Free Press.
1t is said that whisky is being made
from old rags. ANY clothes observer
will remember instances where whisky
has made rags. - Yopkers Statesman,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-02

will in future hold it's meetings in the
open air, the officials of that organization
announce that unless otherwise ordered
all meetings will be held in Judge Hut
toms courtroom as heretofore.
The Southern Pacifc's coal report
from San Pedro yesterday announced
that IL 1884 tons OF coal were lying there
awaiting shipment to this city. During
the past week 1858 tons were received
and 1888 tons discharged. A 2S1 days
supply now lies in the yards in this city.
The Sixth Annual Convention of the
w. G. 7. U. of Southern California will
meet tomorrow in the First Baptist
Church in executive session. Wednes-
day the Convention proper begins at
A. NJ, in the same place. The meetings
will all be of general interest, and the
public are cordially invited.
Several days ago freight car standing
on the Southern Pacific road at Caliente
was broken into, and quantity Of valu-
able articles, including quantity of cigars
and tobacco, were stolen. From the
description given the police had little
IAiiNuioy IL biOotius IuO lIcus SAUL .
day afternoon Frank Foley, alias Frank,
was arrested on Temple street and held
by the police as one of the men. Yester-
day word was received from Cotton of
the arrest of another of the gang, a man
who is known among his companions as
"Scarface."
Thomas fodder made an assault upon
an old man in front of the county Jail
yesterday afternoon, and was promptly
arrested by Deputy Constable Vignes
When they came to climb the hill to-
gether which leads to the hill fodder
took it into his head to attempt an escape,
and for few minutes it looked as though
he would succeed in his design. The
turnkey George Russell ran down the
hill and took hand in the scrimmage,
and fodder was finally put behind the
bars, the charge of resisting an officer
being added to that of battery.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-02
PERSONALS.

Mr.. W. H. Gilbert, of New York, is at
the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. j. B. Treadwell went to San Fran
cisco last night.
Mr.. w. G. Morgan Of Florida is in the
city, at the Nadeau.
Capt. Banning went to San Francisco
yesterday morning.
General E. Bouton was passenger on
yesterday mornings train to San Fran
cisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Fraser, of Elsi.
more, are visiting the city and are at the
Hollenbeck.
Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Smith of San Ber-
nardino were in the city yesterday, and
stopped at the Nadeau.
Messrs. James E. Spencer and Henry
Carleton of Chicago are visiting the city,
and are at the Nadeau.
Mr.. II. Deity, the mining expert,
leaves to-day for the Victoria mines, in
the San Gabriel district.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Terry, of Toledo,
Ohlo, are visiting Southern California
and are at the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. J. G. Morrissey. special officer OF
the Internal Revenue Department, ar
rived in the city from San Francisco yes
terday.
Mr.. 0. H. Burke, travelling agent OF
the Union Pacific, returned yesterday
from weeks business tour in San Ber-
nardino county.
Mr.. Otto Faas, the Santa Fe's pas
senger agent in Colorado, who is enjoy
ing visit in this city, says that from the
territory he represents there will be a big
exodus to California this year.
A party Of New Orleans people, con.
sisting of Mrs. Leon Godchaux, Miss
Leoni Godchaux, E. Godchaux, G. God
chaux, Walter Godchaux, Miss M. Carey
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gus A. Balause, are at
the Nadeau.
Mr.. Thomas N. Camfeld of McNall &
Camfeld returned yesterday from a
weeks visit to Lower California, Tia
Juana and Coronado Beach. From all
appearances, Mr.. Camfeld has been very
much benefited by the trip.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-04
GOTHAM'S WHITE SLAVES.
The Charges of the New York
World Prove to Be Gross Ex-
agSeratiOns.


Special to the Globe.
ALBANY, N. Y. Dec. 3.-Factory In
spector Connolly has received from his
deputy. George A. Mckay, a report of a
specia! investigation made in the several
New York tobacco factories. The in
vestigation was made fol- the purpose OF
confirming or disproving the charges
recently published bv the New York
World. The report is in substance as
follows: The Consolidated Cigarette
company. AS East One Hundredth
street, which the World refers to as chi
ploying possibly 200 persons, men,
boys, girls and children, in the
preparation of tobacco" was found
to have at work fifty-six males
and ninety-iive females, eleven OF whom
were under sixteen years OF age: none
were under fourteen. The Dirego fac
tory, 1868 Avenue G, is said to have hun
dreds of boys and girls and seventy-fve
men and women at work, who are COM
pared by the writer to galley slaves.
The inspector found $50 persons at
work, of whom only two were under
sixteen. G.. ID. Schmidt IL Co. were
found to employ siXty-six in all, none
under sixteen. In the Amanda Cigar
factory, where the employees were said
to be ''huddled together like CATTLE" he
found but thirteen, and only one under
sixteen. All the other factories said to
be violating were found to be living up
to its requirements. Deputy Mckay
concludes mis- report by stating that the
article in the World is highly colOred,
and that there e abuses existing in
factories goes without saying, but the
best way to reach them is by giving
nothing but facts"