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Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
The Slavery Of Eouseworlz.

And then this lady exalted, as all cookery
experts do, the dignity of labor in the
kitchen. She protests that she does not want
q woman to be household drudge but a
''home maker" That is a very charming
phrase, but the Listener does not believe that
what keeps the majority of our New England
housewives away from the fullest personal
contact with pots and kettles is any notion
about the indignity of labor, but rather the
sheer impossibilty Of performing all that is
required of a wife and mother in this genera
tion and devoting themselves to the pots and
kettles, and the coal scuttles, and other
kitchen arrangements at the same time. 1t
Is simply out of the question unless woman
could succeed in getting up revolution Of
her own against all tho customs of cur life
at this epoch and could simplify domestic in
stitutions to q point quite unknown for
generation past.
There are women who are ''home makers
In the good old sense; who do their own
work, and keep their parlor in good order at
the same time that they do their kitchens,
and go to church, and keep their children
heat and well dressed, and fulfill in some
degree the social requirements of the time.
But such home makers are generally grave
makers for themselves, and sometimes for
Their children. No man has right to lay p
woman under such tyranny Of toll; no
woman has right to lay herself under it. II
she survives it by her own inherent strength,
and escapes paralysis, she is pretty sure to
put the stamp of invalidism upon her children.
And she dwarfs her own moral and mental
growth at the same time she dwarfs the
stature OF her children.
The Listener doubts whether the slavery of
housework has not really a more hideous
record behind it than negro slavery on the
southern cotton plantations. 1t would be
very charming, indeed, if household life
could be so simplined that a housewife could
DO all her own work and not break down her
health and have some time left to catch up
with the world; if civilized people could
borrow some lessons from care free, easy
living gypsies. and could manage to get
Glong with one-tenth of the mere friction Of
taking care of themselves that we now waste
our energies in, and sacrifice none of our cul-
tivation in letting go of it. But that seems
TO be out of the question The life that we
live we arc in for now. And the genuine
home maker, under such system, must be
somewhere else most of her time than in the
ktchen.-Boston Transcript.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
The Mothers Home Influence.


II mother does not lay aside her courtesy
with her company dress, If father Is as re-
fined IN speech when the door has closed after
the guest as be was when they conversed to-
gether, the child will learn to be habitually
polite and modest. For good manners are
better taught by example than by precept
The woman who wrote the Practical
Thoughts Of Mother" says she has often
noticed that girls who have grown up in re-
tirement and simplicity have shown, when
placed in the great world. such elegant tact
and behavior as to astonish high born ladies.
"Where has the little one learned itT' ex-
claims some one of them. ''She behaves like
a queen and my daughter, who has been edu-
Gated in Paris only just look at herl there
she stands and turns her back to that lady;
how improperl'
The mother does not reflect that her
daughter has been taught many rules OF be-
havior, but retains very few. But ''the lit
tie one' has imbibed courtesy with the air OF
her home Her mother has taught her few
rules of politeness but has set an example Of
high bred courtesy. The girl has acquired
so unconsciously the art Of polite behavior
that she feels what is and what is not "good
form.n
In her home she has never known a word,
a look, an act, that differs from the acts,
words and looks used in polite society. When
she first stepped from her fathers house into
an assembly room where well bred people
had gathered, she simply transferred herself
to larger but not different sphere. Her re-
quests are entreatiss, favors are returnd by
thanks, little acts of service are done quietly,
as matter of course, and a spirit of kindness
and consideration is associated with all she
says and does-Youth's Companion.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
Superiority Of Town Bred Girls.

Town bred girls always have much
sounder, handsomer, whittier teeth than coun-
try girls; they are straighter backed, lither
limbed, broader chested, brighter eyed,
whittier, redder, clearer, ,wholesomer, brighter,
cleaner-aye, cleaner Point not the finger
of scorn at me because tip over, with a
seemingly iconoclastic touch, the divinity Of
the farm house, the suburban idol of tho
poets dream and the proser's poem-I speak
but the truth.
Cleaner: cleaner bodied, cleaner souled.
The young miss whose flesh is fed on pabu-
lum of pies and pork, whose sleeping room
is generally on ground floor, and whose
mental nutriment consists Of the para
graphed trash Of the nauseous weekly"
cannot, in the very nature Of things, be ex-
pected to be an outrunner in the race Of
beauty, health or wholesomeness Of soul and
body, with the young woman who eats good,
well prepared food, sleeps twenty feet at
least above ground in well aired room, and
whose growing brain is stimulated, refreshed
and strengthened by course of good and
suitable reading.-"Miss Marigold" in Pitts
buro RuJ1etio
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
Fad Manners o. Husbands.

A friend was spending the day with me the
other day, and while she was here our pastor
called. After he left, the friend said: did
YOU ever notice with what resuect Mr.. Con
rad speaks of his wife and how courteously
he treats her at ell timesF' l nodded assent,
and my friend went on: II suppose my hus-
band is as good man as ever lived, but his
mother did not train him TO be courteous TO
ladies' His sisters were his slaves, and
thereby be is spoiled as husband. wish
could train several hundred boys to be hus-
bands for the girls of the next generation.
Do you suppose they'd consider it their pre-
rogative to drive the girls out of the easi-
EST chair, take the sunniest corner of the
room, the best place by the light, throw
books, papers or slippers down for some one
TO put away, and grow up with the idea that
O wife must be the valet and the rest Of the
household stand respectfully by to obey or
dersi You smile, hut this is anything but
subject to laugh over.
~ really believe husbands never think how
their unSind ways hurt. They don't realize
the difference to us-for instance. in their
manner when they come to dinner. All day
the wife has been alone with the children and
servants, and is more hungry for a kind word
He comes in Just as the dinner bell rings.
sFor a wonder dinner is once ready on tirne,'
the husband says. Couldn't he have saved
that heart stab by saying: That's pleasant
sound to hungry feiSow,' and what hinders
him from adding what would be milk and
honey to weary soul all me rest of the day
nay, ell the rest of her hfe-'you are good
wife, Cornelia.' And if dinner is not quite
ready why need he say: 'Of course not never
is In working notices for the home, why
hasn't some one teken Wosley's remark. I'd
as Soon Swear as Fret instead of hanging up
i Need Thee Every Hour
When think / have a hard time just
think Of the women who have no servants
but who themselves care for the children,
wash, iron, cook, mend, churn, milk, carry
wood and water, all for less than an Irish
servant girls wages. OF course men appre-
ciate their wives, of course thy do, but they
keep their polite manners and courteous way
for-other mems wives One time James
taapked NC for giving him room beside ma
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

cast OF Her slavery to tho fashion plate ana
60 back to the freedom and grace Of the old
Greek ideals, and find in the deep bosomed
Junos and the stately, well poised Venuses OF
antiquity, with their loose girdles and flow
ing lines Of drapery, her models in dress.
She must be strong and many sided men
tally. All art, all culture, all those mighty
principles OF physical and psychical law-of
which an ancient Greek has said that "the
divinity is mighty within them and groweth
not old"-must minister to her intellectual
wants, for how shall she give Life who knows
not the principles Of life! Last, and best of
all, she must be grand in that freedom and
purity Of soul which shall make her love
royal boon, a guerdon worthy Of all knightly
and chivalrous homage to the man who shall
call her-wife.-Carohne F. Corbin in Chi
"a 20 Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
9ai1Y Ea91e
WOMAN AND HOME.
sGVlNG PENNIES AT THE EXPENSE
OF HEALTH AND STRENGTH,

The Slavery of Housework-Bad Manners
of Husbands-Home Infuence-society's
Foible - Mercenary Marriages - Toilet
Articles-'"Thanks"-Th Ideal Woman.
In my housekeeping experience. which
covers period of nine years, have come to
the following conclusions: First, economy
may be carried to such an extent as to be
come chronic Second, womans mission
does not consist in spending all her energies
In studying five cent piece in order TO dis
cover the secret of enlarging its capabilities.
Third, it is not the mission of the wife or
mother to make savings banks of the family
stomachs. Buy enough; select the best; cook
enough; eat all you want; but do not have
large quantity of anything left over, which
Will require time and strength and the addi-
ton of other materials to render palatable.
From time immemorial men and women
have been in the habit of laying mortgages
on their backs, making hands, muscles and
nerves do the work that money ought to do,
simply that they may outshine their neigh
bors in a large house, new piano, handsome
lace curtains or fashionable library" and
when all has been procured, if indeed Mother
Nature has not foreclosed her mortgage, the
fingers are too stiff TO play the piano, the
mind too dull to enjoy the library, the back,
bent almost double, is held in place by the
sharpest of rheumatic stitches, and the soul
has been SO pinched and starved as to be be-
yond the power of redemption.
How has such state of affairs been brought
aboutf Oh, by economy, saving the pennies
at the expense Of health. strength and soul
expansion. We can all of us cite instances
that have come under our observation, and
may have entered into our experience, where
the women folks" have made bargain with
the ''man folk" that they will do all the
work, providing he will pay them the money
which it will cost to hire help. Spring suits
made and draped in the latest style loom up
In the imagination of mother and daughters,
and for a time everything passes along
smoothly. The spring house cleaning is dis
posed of in short order; stoves are taken
down before the frost is out Of the ground;
the heavy spring work is done UP early, SO
that the said women folks" can have a
chance TO sew on the new suits before the
warm days come on. But one day the doc
tor is called to visit tlse mother or daughter
and the old story is repeated, 'Oh! l guess we
tried to do too much and got overdope"
Fortunate it is for the sick one if long illness
not wear 'drapery." Ten times the amount
saved t9 gone to the doctor, and poor Mother
Nature has to repair the wasted strength by
slow and wearisome stages.-Good House.
keeping.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
A Betraval of Condolences,

Ahighly intelligent lady was superciliously
particular that none of her children should
ever hear any word spoken which has the
most distant resemblance to vulgar sound !;
but betrayed freely to them every confidence
placed in her by others. telling them all kinds
of secrets, and so habituated them to neglect
all feelings Of confidence, as though she con-
sidered that Of no Importance in bringing
them up in the way they should go. If con-
sistency be precious jewel anywhere, it is
in the training Of g family Of children.-Bar
Homan
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
Thu Ideal Woman.

The ideal woman of the future must be
woman of grand and strong physique. Bui-
wer says sthe match for beauty is man.
not money chest Equally true is that
the match for the ideal nan, the coming
Twentieth century man, is woman. not
bundle Of aches and pains And woman win
not have gone far in her search for health
before she Will have discovered that her dress
Is q fetter self imposed, which she herself
must summon strength to break. She must
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
Hffl Nexrr Renax.

The man who will invent q real aics revers
ible o<ercoat. with one side THAI looks Ike
lighs autumn top coat and tbs other locking
like rnidwinter ulster, wiz confer favor
upon the snpecunious young humanity Of this
uncouCenial cline that they csn never, never
repay Il viii Be ell taey oaa do to pay Tor
the oyerccaS-Bu6aloC ConriAE
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
Cleaning q Sewing NIachine.

II your sewing machine needs cleaning, oil
all the bearings with kerosene, used freely.
Run your machine fast for few minutes un-
threaded, then wipe of clean; oil with ma
chine oil, and you will be surprised to see
how easily it will run and how clean it will
look.-Boston Budget.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
what Good Teeth mean.

Good teeth mean-to a certain extent
good digestion, and consequently good health,
while bad teeth often mean the contrary.
Too many people force the stomach to do the
work that the teeth should have done, and
the much abused, long suffering stomach re-
bells at this new function thrust upon it, and
the most dangerous results follow as a natu-
raj conseo seouence.-National Stockman.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
A Scx in Mind.

Mrs Cady Stanton believes that there is q
sex in mind, and that men can only be in
spired to their highest achievements by wo-
men, while women are stimulated to their
utmost only by men.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
A SURE CURE FOR PILES

Dr. Kinks German P e Ointment has cured
Blind, Bleed NJ and Itching Piles. when all othe
Ointraents have failed. Il absorbs the tunors, al
avs the itching at o ce. acts as a poultice gives
instant RELIEF. Or. Kinks German Pile Ointment
prepared only for Piles and Itc ing Of ihe private
parts and nothing else. Every box Ia warranted.
Sold by druggists sent by mail on receipt OF price
DC and 81. 90 per box Sold by Hettinger Bros. and
AIdrich Il Brown Wichita, Kansas.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

Egg shells crushed and shaken in glass
bottle half filed with water viii clean it
quickly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

Kerosene is unexcelled in starch to give
polish; also to polish glass; it viii make your
windows shine like silver.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

The best Of tea makes but an tndi1eren
decoction unless the water is fresh.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16
Games for the Bows.

Tissue or printing paper is the best thin
for polishing glass or tinwara
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

eta concert, ana then sort Of apolog1zeo Tor
being polite by saying he thought it was my
sister Mary."-Mrs. c. F. Wilder in Atlanta
Constellation
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-01-21
HOLIDAY POULTRY.


The Proper Way 81 Feeding and Prepar.
Ing Turkeys for Market.
The most profitable kinds of poultry
to raise for the holiday market are tur-
keys and geese. Turkeys are much
more in demand than geese as the
American people invariably use turkeys
for their holiday dinners. The Ger
mans use only geese. The best age to
kill for the holiday trade is from eight
to ten months old, which is about the
time the birds get their full growth.
At this age hen turkeys will weigh
from ten to fourteen pounds; goblers
from eighteen to twenty-five pounds
each. Occasionally COOLERS Of the large
Bronze variety will weigh from twenty
eight to thirty-fiye pounds. and two
year-olds have weighed over forty
pounds. For the holiday trade we
commence fattcning about one month
before tho time to kill, feeding them
heavily with corn-mcal mixed with
water, or milk-which is better--ten
days before killing. Previous to that
they should have whole corn. We feed
from open boxes or troughs, allowing
the birds full liberty to range. which
gives them q better appetite than If
confined. They seldom go far from
their feeding place at that time of the
year il they have plenty of feed Tho
time TO kill before the holidays de-
ponds upon how far they are from
market and how long it takes them to
reach the consumer. They should be
kept from feed ten or twelve hours be-
fore killing. and ought not to be killed
longer than five or six days before
they are used. unless the weather is
very cold. If kept frozen. they will
keep well two weeks after being killed.
The proper way to kill turkeys is to
hang them up with their heads down,
then with q sharp knife stick them
through the neck close to the head.
As soon rs the blood begins TO run,
commence picking The large feathers
should all be picked ~ the time the
turkey e dead. ~ they come out much
moro easily while bleeding. When
poultry are to Be shipped long dis
tsncss the proper way Il 70 pack than
In strong. opsn crates. Use clean rye
straw. First put in = layer Of straw
three or four inches thick. then place
the birds on their backs - close -
possible, bend down the legs close to
the body; on these put another layer
- - = II n
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-
The death Of Mr.. Alfred Dsnison 70.
moves wsll-known figure from London
society. He was . younger brother Of the
celebrated George Anthony Denison.
Archdeacon OF Taunton, and OF Mr.. SPEAK
or Denison. afterward viscount Oossington,
Lady Oossington presented her brothsr-in.
law with ten thousand dollars for certain
services. This money Mr.. Denison Invest.
"a in sumptuous watch Avery musical
repeater Of the best workmanship was in
closed in gold case literally studdc<
with. jewels, aud each jewel . picke<
stone. The watch chain had succession
OF black pearls, and the signst was . scar
abaus. The worst Of this costly within
was that the owner scarcely dared wear
the watch for fear OF being robbed in the
street, and could not leave It at homo To-
Tear OF burglary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-01-21

Most women naturally look forward Il
matrimony as their proper sphore in life
but they should constantly bear in mini
that fair, rosy face, bright ewes. and /
healthy. well-devcloped form, are the besi
passports to happy marriage. All those
wasting disorders, weaknesses. ssdragging
down" sensations, and functional irregular.
specific in DIR. Perce's Fayorite Prescrin
ton 1t is the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, under a positive gxaranfei
nom the manufacturers, that il will giye
satisfaction in every case, or money will be
refunded. This guarantee has boen printed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried
out for many years.
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THE WINTER CLOAK.

- Stately Sort Of Garment which Com
mands the Respect Of Women.
The winter cloak stands upon its
dignity. 1t IS = stately sort Of gar
ment to which low bows are in order,
and in whose presence . nice regard
for the proprieties Of life. punctillious
dccorum, suggests itself as the only be-
havior allowable. II is a long cloak,
covering the figure from head TO foot;
It's costly cloak. never dropping in
price below the hundreds; il il an awe
inspiring cloak, with its air Of warmth,
and luxury. and carriage cushions, and
full pocket-books The city is pros
porous and everything goes well when
such = cloak is not the occasional, but
the constant apparition.
The winter cloak is rich, almost a
regal, silk plush. that avoids. as II it
were contamination, the look Of seal
plush. 1t is black, it fits the figure be-
hind with long. simple slraperies. ad-
justed over the hustle. 1t is, perhaps,
half-fitting. perhaps loose in front, and
it has broad edge Of long bears fur
composing it everywhere about
1t doesn't condescend to jet or beads
Its nobby. its one delight is braid.
Sometimes IL has q network of intri-
cately woven silken cords laid over it
stimulating the short wrap whose
place the cloak has usurpcd. Some
times it has CAPE or q visite form
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CHIEF OF STRANGERS.


a uideous Old Thug Tries His Terrible
Arts ON . Tourist
Many Of the great criminals who a I
have seen bore in their faces q terrible
warning Of what they were; but with the
Thugs Of Jahapur it ia not 80. These hui
man vampires who now gather round me,
says correspondent Of the Philadelphia
I'ress, every one Of whom has taken more
lives than any public executioner in
Europe, are to the outward eve a set Of
quiet, slouching, meager old men, who
might be gang Of bsggars, . group Of
harmless village folk, party of super
annuatod native workmsn. or any thing
on earth but what they really are.
THAT'S the chief" whispers my guids.
pointing to small, lean, gray beard, with
white turban, who il sitting before the
nearest hut, rocking . child on his knee,
and stroking its thin, little. brown face
with the hand that has shed the blood of
his fellow men like water.
"Ask him" rejoin /, show MANY mur.
ders he has committed"
A momsntary CLEAN Of cunning wrinkles
In his sunken eyes. The old tiger is evil
1ently suspicious, and stands on his
guard.
II can not tell, /" he answers, with an in
differences which, under such circum-
stances, has in 1t something indescribably
CHASTITY. 81 didn't keep count of them BE-
yond hundred"
snow, before we CO." says to our con-
ductor, II mean to ses for myself how the
strangiing was done. Obligs mo by telling
his man to put his moose around my
wrist, for l don't care to trust him with
my throat"
The savage eagerness with which the
withered old skeleton obeys the call-as II
oiled with fresh life by even the make-be-
lievs show of murdsr-is fearful to see.
Knotting q small coin into the corner Of
his handkerchief to give him Q
sure hold, he slips the moose
round my arm and then, bringing his
knuckles together with sudden twist,
gives my wrist squeeze and almost makes
the bone crack.
The awful change that passes over his
face at this moment battles all de-
scription. His dull, fimsy eyes seem to
blaze with hsll-fire, his sharp, white teeth
are laid bare in a wolfish grin, his shriv.
eled, corpse-like features CULVER with q
ferocious joy so hendish that an actual
demon starting up before me could scarce
" be more appalling. The thought of that
face bending over some helpless man in
The gloomy depths of the forest, just as
The fatal moose frightened, is altogether too
much for my nerves, and IL Is with long
breath Of relief that End myself outside |
The fatal Enclosure once more