Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-27

SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES
MoEriD iIoBniEs

Dr Taimas.. "a recent sermon on hob
III made III. follovlng excellent remarks
o. d ch ~ eosn.Gl for careful perusal to
'hu. tntAnic lhr1lI- Who are given TO talk
NJ about ih.tr diseases
We notice that many have mania for
.lk,gg Of ih.r ailments. one question
.bnat the.r ,i'h vii tilt over on you the
sr,nt reservoir of der complaints. They
hs-- told the story 40 often that they can
side iliroegh The whole scale from above
70 { brtor For thirty yesrs their spns
ma. been A. discount, and they never were
sng better Of neuralgia, till they took the
rheumatism
At first you feel sympathy for the invalid !;
but after a while the story touches the ludi-
crous They tell you that they feel 20 faint
10 the morning, and have such poor sppetite
1T noon, and can not sleep nights, and have
witches in their sSies. and lumhago in their
back. and swellings in their feet, trd ringing
their ears, and little dots flashing before
intIr eyes: and have taken ammoniacum,
tirc'ure of esnrharidss. hydrsgogue, juis p,
sn'helmntic powder, golden syrup of anti
mouy, leaves of scoriium. and
lnie.i. all hepatics, carminatves,
aut'. bries. sntiscorbutics, splenetlcs, An
thfitics, IomAchics. optbalmics; they have
ssrgled their throat with sal smmonisc. and
bs'hed their osck with saponaceou, Imminent,
a i worn discutisnt catsplasms. That very
mHnent they are chewing ehamomile flowers
~ settle Their stomachs aud excuse the nselves
for nonsrt to take off = mustard plaster
that b.. gus. TO blister They come back 10
eIpr,. The nsr that the swelling on their
am will he an suc,ss, or their headache turn
In brain fever They shake out from their
-
s.feuAs They are the harvest of druggists
.sd the Amusement of physicians, who no
,oon.r clear the pain from one spot that it
ayresr. IN suothsr If one joint looses the
lans sno her joint gets it, and the patient
nsvlns long ago resolved never again to he
-.a. itisonly q1e.tion between membrane
ana mdriff . The mons Hdtchman
lIrtLs kf>cs AND QUEENS. OR RrLERs IN
kiIT- A>D PfNAFoREs.
If,ou have never seen any Of these little
rui.rs referred to at the hesd of this article,
then | am sure YOU never taught = district
school, and boarded round and had your
.l..plpz apartments adjacent TO the general
h,lrg room Neither does your knowledge
Of general government exte nd TO many homes
.ho-s exterior ia fair to look up n but whose
interior courts are under the tyrannlcal rule
Of one of these little kings or queens Why
know a iIttle hug who has OF yet entered
the fourth ear ut his reign, whose habili-
N, me- are all Il the softest tlsnnel and made
After tho fashion of little queens, who has
romrlctclv srtj lga'ed family consisting of
an aged gttndpsfent, "a father and mother,
both Ia excellent health, two older sisters
ard Tiny buhy brother. How Simply
stop by step. just the way all
great aud important results are attained.
He WIS lssghed at for his first little, Gun
ring drObediauI act. aud 80 little by little he
has learged the entire vocabulary OF charges
on his mothers face. and can interpret
their mesnIng sts glance, more readily
ever than she herself could d.. lie has
learned tibet her words are no' endorsed by
tirmne. OF purpose. And so when he tries
The door ami tnIs /; locked to Keep him
trom running ou, ard getting his feet wet
ns knows that he has only TO throw himself
upon the Hour ,nd 20 through With a series
Of gymnastics, every change of which he is
perfectly familiar with, even to the holding
Of hi. br,atn Click. and the door is
thrown ~id, open-onr littlc King has gone
up another .,ep on the ladder OF victory.
Another i. soon gained. he is petted and
PRAISED for catching his bresth--but who
ever knows one of these little rulers To choke
TO death in it of s-g.r.
There are ht'le queens too, tiny bits in hui
man form vhose rule is as absolute sli but
less t,rsnical than the one 1st cited. Nor is
it imagination but pisin facts drawn from
real lie Add ny far too often ~itnessed in
some Of our % called we'll managed homes
Dearly =. We love these little people aud be
cause Ne love them. ve would see them gov
crued instead Of governing. not with rod Of
ron. a. tho ssyirg goes but with a gentit
f-mae.s that is far more powerful AND last
ing ,hsn persstency that rules for the sake
of rulag. having not the we'll being of the
httle people at heart al all.