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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-24

Robertson g. Jones, Jonesboro, Ark,
writes: ssC.C.C. certain chill cure gives
universal satisfaction" Pleasant to
take. No cure no pay. 8. NJ. Lacroix.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-24

Young man, if you have the itch OIL
any skin disease, you can't be toe
Quick in curing it. SO buy at once box
of Hunts cure. Guaranteed to cure.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
THE SKIN IN WINTER.
The Desirability of Taking Good Care of
This Important Organ.

This Important Organ.
What a curious organ the human
skin is to be sure! l know that al
most every one looks on it with con-
tempt, as a sort of well-fitting wrapper
for more precious goods beneath.
That is, unless ache or some other dis
figurer comes along and sets up bust
ness with the skin as sole hacker.
Really there is no organ Of the body so
long suffering and so abused as this
same flexible covering of ours, that has
so much to do. In summer, VIXEN not
oppressed with heavy, ill-ventilated
clothing, it is always perceptibly busy;
in cold weather excretion continues,
bat being in form Of vapor, is not
noticed. Few persons are aware how
much work this organ does. In cool
seasons the average amount of sweat
eXhaled from an adult is two pounds,
this amount increasing up to four
pounds an hour, the latter enormous
quantity having been measured upon
wOrkmen exposed to the intense he t
of gas-works furnaces. Night and
day, every hour of our lives, this
wonderful sieve is at work, taking
from the blood useless and poisonous
debris. its labors so vital that twenty
four hours complete suspension means
death.
Now in winter, while its functions
are least and its openings liable to be
clogged by pressure, by plugging
from lack of care, or by some disease,
it is plain that much, aye, extreme
pains should be bestowed upon it.
Every one can not take regular daily
baths of water, but every one can upon
getting out of bed have hearty,
thorough rub down with a rough
towel-not one that is harsh enough to
scratch and hurt, but a Turkish web,
that will stimulate and be pleasant.
This friction will open skin pores in
good shape, set capillary circulation
of blood and surface nerve flow in full
and is the very best possible prepare
ton for winter day.
ANOlu 700 lt6qucHO PluhSO polUhN III
winter. Few men, still fewer women,
of our nervous Americans have STAN
ina enough to waste any upon cold
water, as is done when a plunge is
made into the morning tub at ordinary
temperatures.
In hospitals such baths are used to
reduce heat in fever cases, and 1t Is
easy to bring it down three or four de-
grees in a few minutes. This fall,
which seems so trifing, is in reality
something very great when compared
with the narrow range within whose
limits life is possible, and such shocks
are inimical to health. The dry rub
biug spoken of before is far better
Dr. w. F. Hutchinson, in American
Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
LIFE IN A BEEHIVE.

An Interesting Description of the Little
Insects and Their Habits.
While in its physical makeup the
bee is in many respects the opposite OF
man, in his habits and tricks he very
much resembles the lord of creation,
and were bees to be transformed into
men some would undoubtedly go into
the police force or in the board of
aldermen, where there would be not a
few successors to Jake Sharp and to
the inexperienced young toughs who
get dubbed by the police and are then
sent up to the penitentiary for dis
honesty and general ''sass." The oc-
equations of walking delegate and dude
Washers are also found in apiarian
society.
The little bee, that is the worker, is
horny-skinned child of toll He is in
cased in rings and shields of smooth
horn to shield him against attacks OF
his own species, and he tolls as long as
there is light. He has not got back
bone like man or mule, but instead
he has little sting that serves his
purpose just as well, and thus manages
to maintain his rights. Between his
tongue and sting there is a complicated
mechanism that is of great use to the
farmer and to nature. Aside from his
honey that he distils, and which is
worth thousands of dollars annually to
the farmer and to commerce, his habit
of poking his head into flowers and
covering it with pollen, which he
brushes off in other flowers. renders
him benefactor to nature in fertiliz
ing flowers. Before the advent of the
bee in Australia it was impossible to
get any seeds of red clover there. OF
course, his process of making hone!
might not suit the most fastidious
taste, for honey is partially digested
cane sugar, made so by the aid of bee
saliva, but as the bee is a perfectly
clean little animal that revels in nectar
all day long, these little irregularities
must be overlooked. Besides he uses
different mouth for the honey.
The bee is good fier, but as his
wings are SHdllet III pfOpOfIIOu W his
body than are those of the eagle to the
king of birds, he has to flap them more
frequently, so he flaps away at the
rate of 446 flaps to the minute. He
has no lungs, but a system of tiny air
tubes extend through all parts of the
! body, and these he packs with air
when he wants to fly. Neither has he
| heart, but dorsal vessel that pumps
| the blood to the head. The head is
not beautiful object. and as it is not
the center of the nervous system, he
would not miss it very much if cut of
If it were not for the eyes, two of which
have 4, coo lenses each to see the honey
flowers afar off, and two others to as
sist in doing the microscopical work
in the hive.
The entrances to the hive are very
carefully guarded by sentinels, and
every bee on arriving at the door is
| challenged by them with their anten-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
CARE OF SlLVER-WARE.
Some Useful Things All Housekeepers
Should Know.

Some Useful Things All Housekeepers
Should Know.
Whenever silver or plated ware is
used it should afterward be washed in
clean hot suds; a soft dish-cloth being
taken to rub it well. 1t should next
be rinsed, and then wiped dry with a
fine, soft and perfectly clean towel.
Only a few pieces should be washed at
a time Cared for in this way your
ware will keep bright four times as
long as it will if carelessly washed.
When there is need of polishing the
silver, buy pound of whiting, and,
after rubbing it through a very fine
sieve, put it in a box, ready for use.
After carefully washing and wiping
each piece of silver as directed above,
put a small quantity of the whiting in
one saucer and tablespoonful of aqua
ammonia and three tablespoonfuls Of
cold water in another; also put large
sheet of thick paper on the table and
another sheet on large tray. Dip a
piece of soft flannel in the ammonia
water and then in the whiting, and,
after rubbing the silver, piece by
piece, place it on the tray. When all
the silver has been polished rub off all
the whiting with a piece of soft cloth.
Use soft brush to remove the whiting
that remains between the tines of the
forks, or on any part of the silver that
is ornamented. 1t is very important
that this rubbing-off of the whiting
shall be thoroughly done. Now wash
the silver in clear, sOapy water and wipe
dry with soft cloth. Silver cleaned
in this way will not only look brilliant
at once, but will remain so for con-
siderable time.
Silver that is not in constant use
should be wrapped in soft tissue paper,
and put in boxes or Canton flannel
bags-never in bags made of common
flannel, because that cloth is likely to
contain sulphur, which will tarnish
the metal Be careful, also, to keep
it away from rubber, water and the
gaspipes A closet where neither gas
nor heat comes is the best place to
store it in.
A word before closing, in regard to
ivory handled knives. They should
never be dropped into hot water. Hold
them in the hand to wash the blades;
wiping the handle with a dry
towel. Heat will crack ivory
handles; therefore the knives should
be kept in cool place. In house
that is heated by furnace this is in
some closet. If the blades are steel,
and all the knives are not in constant
use. select those which are to be put
away and. after dipping a bit of cloth in
a little sweet-oil, rub it over the blades,
and then wrap each blade in tissue
paper. This will prevent the stee'
from rusting. -Maria Parloa, in House.
wife.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04

HUMOROUS.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, though a
lover of cats, has never devoted one OF
her impassioned poems to Tabitha or
Thomas.
lis the baby strongP' well,
rather. You know what a tremendous
voice he has?" Yes" "Well, he
lifts that five or six times an hour. -
Harper's Bazaar.
odd Mr.. Skinner is a very chart
table man, isn't hep" ''Oh, yes; of
course. But if he ever casts his bread
upon the waters you bet he expects it
to come back a sardine sandwich. =
The Hatchet.
Managing Editor-"I think we
can stand another minion editorial. "
Writing Editor What, minion yet?
Well. I'll write you daisy" Manag-
ing Editor Gaintly)-''No bouquets,
please. Washington Critic.
-Farmer-"I didn't have any money
for the pape-, so 1 thought l would
bring you in load of turnips." Ed
itor-''Yes; that s as good to me as the
money. Er-before you go, Mr.. Hay
seed, there's a little matter I'd like to
speak to you about" Farmer-''Well,
what is it?" Editor-''Y don't want
to buy load of turnips, do your
Judge.
Mrs. Bullion-"Tm afraid, Mary
Ann, that you are inclined to be ex-
travagant" Mary Ann-"Me, extrav-
agant, is it? Sure yez are mistaken. "
Mrs. Bullion-"You burn too many
candles" Mary Ann-''Me, burnin'
candlesP Divil a wanr' Mrs. Bullion
That's very odd. As l passed the
kitchen door, when the butcher 5
young man was here last night, am
sure | heard him speak to you about
your taper waste. America
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04

nae. If he can give the countersign he
is admitted to the sanctuary, but if he
can not he is in danger. for bees are
very nervous insects, and draw stings
on the slightest provocation. The APP
plicant must be thief, and old thieves
are detected by experienced sentinels,
but the form of challenging must be
gone through first. The old thief bee
is fat and sleek and shining and very
suave. If caught by seutinels he will
at once try to make deal and offer the
policemen some sugar, and while they
are eating it he either slips in and fills
up at the cells or he retreats and tries
another hive. If the sentinels are in
corruptible the thief humps himself,
draws his horny shields tight around
him, so that the stings of the police
men may not penetrate, and runs. A
young thief stands up to fight and gets
dubbed. He learns by experience.
The queen bee has not got such
very easy tine. She has plenty to eat
and eats it, and flies very little; but as
she has to lay all the eggs of the
colony, and often lays more than her
weight in eggs in one day, the bees
begrudge her nothing, but let her have
her own way everywhere.
The drone is the dude and walking
delegate of the hive. He is not very
numerous, however. He is fat, and
spends his time eating honey, flirting
with the girls and the queen and then
takes quiet nap in the sun. When
his charms no longer please he is
driven ont, and if he can not get a
berth in another hive he starves. The
little worker, however, does not fare
much better. She lives for about six
weeks, when she becomes feeble, her
wings get torn and fringed and she lies
down to die in the field, refusing to
return to the hive and become bur
den on the colony.-John Aspinwall,
in n. Y. Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
AFTER-DINNER WALKS.
They Are Indispensable to the Preserva
fion of Robust Health.

They Are Indispensable to the Preserva-
ton of Robust Health.
"After dinner sit awhile, after sup
per walk mile" That was suitable
advice for the "good old times" when
dinner was taken at noon. The wise
man changes his mind We moderns
have changed ours, and our habits
too. The couplet may be changed to
suit the new circumstances. "After
luncheon sit awhile, after dinner walk
a mile" This advice is by no means
universally followed. 1t may be
doubted whether it is universally
given or believed in. One thing, how
ever, is certain; the mile and much
more ought to be walked some time
during the twenty-four hours. Nay,
it must be walked if health is to be
maintained. Indoor air can not be
breathed all day long without serious
injury, nor can a sufficient measure of
physical exertion be dispensed with.
Nature is stronger than all the doctors
and drugs in the world and she will
not let man be well who persistently
disobeys her. She has made our
limbs for movement and our lungs for
pure air. If we do not use the limbs
sufficiently and breathe enough OF per-
fectly pure air, she insists upon stor-
ing up quantities of poisonous waste
in the system, and makes the arms and
legs as limp as jelly fish. Men OF
business and professional men seem to
have no time for walking and taking
the air" except in the evening. But
how can a man walk after heavy
dinner? Most true; and therefore a
man should not eat a "heaVy
dinner" habitually. Whether he walks
or not, the ''heavy dinner" will do him
nothing but harm, and all the more
harm if he does not walk. Most men
eat a good meat lunch. Many take
both meat and pudding; in fact, to all
intents and purposes, they 'dine. "
They do not then need heavy meal in
the evening. After a substantial
luncheon at one, moderate dinner at
six or seven is all that is required. If
such a meal be taken, followed at about
eight o'clock by cup OF hot coffee,
the man who has not been OverwOrked
during the day, should feel perfectly
fresh for walk at $780, If he then
goes out and walks until $50, he will
soon begin to find his walk a great
pleasure, and the advantage to his
health will be marked, indeed. Does
he fear the might air?" That is non
sense, Night air is as good as any
other air, except that it is little cold
err. He can provide against that by
wrapping up a little more. For get
ting rid of the cares of the day, for
producing a pleasant sense of relaxa-
ton, for purifying the blood, for rails
ing the spirits, for encouraging sound
and refreshing sleep, there is nothing
better than an evening walk after a
moderate dinner TO those who have
not practiced the habit the first few
walks may prove fatiguing and disap-
pointing; but let them give it fair
trial. Perseverance will amply justify
what some may consider rather novel
advice. London Hospital.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
BERKELEY'S WITCH.
How, According to Popular Belief, Sh
Was Snatched From the Grave.

How, According to Popular Belief, She
Was Snatched From the Grave.
Old William of Malmesbury tells us
that the famous witch of Berkeley
''put no moderation to her sins, be-
cause she was as yet on this side of
old age, although beating on the door
of it with near foot" Trouble COM
ing to her, as it does to all mortals,
her son dying and her family being
ruined, she fell i'll and summoned her
surviving children, a monk and a nun,
to come to her. She confessed herself
to have been great sinner, but relied
pretty comfortably upon their piety to
make things better for her. What her
occult knowledge taught her might be
the ultimate fate of the body, after the
soul had gone to its just reward, she
knew best, but her instructions for its
preservation were singular. She di-
rected that it be sewn in a stag's hide
and afterward placed in stone sarco-
phagus, the cover of which was to be
fastened with lead and iron. In addi-
ton, three iron chains Of great weight
were to fasten the stone, and there
was to be psalm singing for fifty nights
and the same number of masses in the
days. If for three nights these pre-
cautions could keep the body at
rest, on the fourth it was to be
buried in the ground. But it was
no use; vows, prayers and tears were
equally of no avail, while the strongly
bolted door gave way easily to the dew
lis, who broke through the band OF
singing choirs and tore asunder the
two chains at the extremities OF the
stone, the middle one resisting their
force This was on the first two
nights; on the third the whole monas-
terv seemed shaken to its foundation,
and a tall, terrible man dashed the
doors in pieces, advanced to the coffin
and calling the woman by name, COM
manded her to arise. Upon her
answering she could not on account OF
her chains you shall be loosed," said
he, land to your evil" and immedi-
ately he broke the chain with as much
ease as pack-thread. He also kicked
off the lid of the coffin. and, having
taken her by the hand. drew her out
of the church in sight of them all.
Before the door stood proud black
horse neighing. with iron hooks pro-
iecting over his whole back. The
woman was put upon the beast, and
soon disappeared from the eyes of the
spectators. Her supplicating cries for
help were heard for nearly four miles. "
Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
WORK FOR WOMEN.
What Occupations Are "Genteel' for Well
Bred Young Ladies.

Quite recently we heard a gentle
highly was mere waste of time. Ac-
cording to his idea a woman was to be
reared, trained and taught to think
that there was nothing honorable for
her to do in life but to marry. We
were sorry to think that any one in
this enlightened age should retain
such a benighted theory; for though
we believe that a woman's happiest
and best career is passed in the fulfill
ment of a wife's and mothers duties,
still we have so often witnessed the
fallacy of not educating America g
daughters to support themselves-if it
should be requisite to do so-that we
are convinced every woman should be
taught some art or trade early in life.
Genius, of course, bestows her corrus-
cations upon few persons; but there is
plenty OF work for the daughters of the
middle classes to do, if parents will
only teach them how to prepare for
the many employments that are open
to them; and if the girls themselves,
when employment is at their command,
will only frankly accept it and bravely
work at it, instead of Numbering pes
tilent rubbish about occupations that
are not "genteel." For instance. is it
not national shame and disgrace
that good cooks should be so scarce,
and that well-to-do people should have
bitterly to complain that their lives are
made burden to them by that ''some-
thing" which is perpetually going
wrong in the kitchen-so wrong, in
deed, that when especial guests are en-
tertained the dinner has to be sent in
from the pastry cooks?
Every mother should teach her
daughter how to cook, and to cook
well, then she will have one unfailing
weapon against poverty, for good
cook is always in demand. A pro-
fessed cook is worth from $3.50 to $500
year, and a young lady does not
derogate from her social position by
accepting such post, seeing that the
cook is emphatically the queen of the
basement, and not only her fellow
servants. but her employers they
are sensible folk-must defer to her,
for she literally ''rules the roast"
The faded. miserable old maid who
has let the best years of her life go by
while she sat with folded hands wait
ing for somebody to marry her-some-
body who did not opportunities up in
her old age to find herself helpless and
hopeless. Perhaps the death of her
father suddenly rouses her to fact
that she is passe, poverty stricken and
homeless. Terror seizes her, for
woman's a skeery critter without home.
Longingly this one who has wasted
her best years looks upon her younger
kindred who steered their bark out in
the whirlpool of business life years be-
fore. With bitterness such women
gaze upon the busy little typewriter,
stenographer, book-keeper, trained
nurse and correspondent. These girls
were not reared to marry in order tC
gain their livelihood; but if Cupid
wings his dart at them they bravely
take upon themselves the duties of a
wife, and to such marriage is seldom
failure Which is the better lot,
think you? and decide for yourself If
8 girl should not be taught some art
or trade.-N. Y. Fashion Bazaar.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
ALL THE RAGE NOW.
The Memory Hoop Fad Numbered Amol
the Latest CrazeS.

The Memory Hoop Fad Numbered Among
the Latest Crazes.
Every young man who is possessed
of a laudable ambition to have himself
remembered in the ''sweet subsequent
lyn by the young ladies with whose ac-
quaintance he is favored, will lose no
time in making a liberal investment in
silk and satin finished ribbons. He
will also find it to his advantage topay
some attention to colors, so that he
may tell at a glance, as it were,
whether young lady would prefer
delicate pink. lavender, olive, green,
light red peacock blue. deep red.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
Palace Hotel

at PULLMAN, are SO happy. To them
life is really worth the living. Inc Cul-
sine ia mar excellence. and the tables are
always supplied with the best obtain
able in the market.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04
THE TRUE IDEA

ot making person happy is to supply
him. or her, with all they can ear:
This is why the guests and boarders at
the weilknown
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-04

-Napier's famous dispatch from
India announced his victory in one
word: sPeccavi' which is, by inter-
probation, II have Scinde." Very much
of the same kind was General de Bour-
monts message to the French War
Minister in 1880, when the Dey of Al
giers escaped him after being taken:
.sPerdidi Diem"-''I have lost Dey."
1t is said that Drake, when the ships
of the Armada turned their sails, sent
to Elizabeth the word "Cantharides'
that is, THE Spanish fly" This last
is probably fable. Temple Bar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
MOUNTAIN CAKE.

To the yolks Of six eggs well beaten. add
two cups white sugar, three-quarters cup
butter. one cup sweet milk, three and half
cups -four having mixed thoroughly through
it one measure Banner" Baking Powder,
whites of two eggs, beaten stiff; bake in
jelly cake pans; when cold spread each layer
with an icing made of the whites of four
eggs, beaten stiff, one pound powdered sugar
and one tablespoonful extract of lemon.
Ladies who desire to become more efficient
in managing their culinary department
should possess a copy of the Banner Recipe
Book" This handsome book is replete
with valuable household Information; with
instructions for baking biscuits, rolls, muf.
fms and all kinds of fancy cakes; tells how
to properly roast, bake and broil meats, fish
and fowl; how to make French and Mayon-
aise dressings, to prepare all kinds of fancy
desserts, etc., etc.
There is no baking powder comparable to
the old reliable Banner" Baking Powder,
which has been used in many OF our very
best families for nearly quarter of GEN.
tury. Amateur bakers and even quite
small children bake delightful cakes with it.
Order a pound can with the Banner Re-
cipe Book from your grocer. IF he cannot
supply the book, send your address to Ban
ner Baking Powder Company, P. o. boz
245, Pittsburg, Pa, and we will mail it free.
Ladies, don't get discouraged when things
about the house become soiled. Scourene,
scourene, scourene.
HOUSE CLEANING MADE EASY.
"Scourene" to clean windows.
"Scourene" to clean woodwork.
"Scourene" to clean bathtubs.
"Scourene" to clean marble slabs.
''Scourene" to clean tinware. =
"Scourens" only 5 cents cake.