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, 1890-11-23

The Massachusetts board of health has
examined 20 samples of water and 1856
samples of ice from 90 localities, with
the result of showing that, contrary to
general belief. ice may be nearly as i'm
pure as the water from which it forms.
The capitalization Of the water forces
out the color, salt, and most of the mat
ter in solution, and clear ice from pol
luted sources may be comparatively free
from impurities and the probability of
hiding disease germs.
But in snow ice and ice formed by
flooding the impurities become entan-
gled, so that freezing gives no puriica-
tion. The public is warned by the board,
therefore, that ice is unsafe for domestic
purposes when obtained from a source
polluted by sewage beyond that which
would be allowable in drinking water,
and that in general it is much safer to
use for drinking water and for placing
in contact with food that portion of the
zee that is clear.-Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1890-11-23

Two dashing young women these.
They are the Misses Pullman, of the
world. / say of the world, because,
while their home is in Chicago, they
know as many people in Boston, New
York. London, Paris and Vienna as in
the Lake city. They walk as erectly as
grenadier guards. They are superbly
dressed, but their clothing is not in any
sense loud. They are both tail. being
pretty nearly six feet in height; have
rosy cheeks, clear skin and constitutions
made strong by judicious work in the
gymnasium. They are seen very often
at the opera in this city, go t. the thea
tire frequently and are known in many
of the best houses on Fifth avenue.
They spend their time at the Windsor
hotel, and whenever they visit this city
their society is eagerly besought by
young men of the best families.-New
York Cor. Chicago News.
, 1890-11-23

The National Council of Women Of
the United States. organized in the
spring of 1888, will hold the first of its
triennial meetings in February, 1891, in
A1baugh's opera house, in Washington
1t will last four days, including seven
public sessions.
Eleven of the most important national
organizations of women in the country
have entered the council. AS soon as
any organization enters the council, its
president becomes an acting vice presi-
dent in the council, and it has also the
right to appoint one person to represent
1t on the executive board. This board
includes the general officers of the coun-
ell. together with the presidents Of all
organizations belonging to it, and one
delegate besides its president from every
organization.
The corresponding secretary of the
council, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, 843
North Pennsylvania street, indianapolis,
win gladly answer all inquiries ad-
dressed to her, and will see that every
provision is made for the appropriate
representation on the programme of all
departments of work in whose prosecu-
ton the women of the country have eff
fected national organizations.
1t is hoped that women interested in
women's work will respond to this call
and give the aid necessary to render the
first triennial meeting worthy of the OBJ
jects in whose behalf the National Coun-
ell was formed.-Kate Fields Washing
, 1890-11-23


Women here, as in London, have an
Unsuitable mania for carrying or leading
by chain pug dogs of all degrees Of ugli-
ness. One afternoon, during a shower
of rain, M was seen walking along the
Quai Jemmapes. where a number Of
workmen had Just finished d~iseharging
a cargo of coal from a barge. The lady
held in one hand IN umbrella. with
which she carefully protected from the
least drop of wet an ugly little dog with
a gorgeous blue ribbon round its neck.
By her side trotted her daughter, a little
girl about 3 years old, her shoes not so
waterproof as they might have been,
who, deprived of the protection of the
umbrella monopolized by the dog, was
rapidly getting drenched.
As she was about to cross the bridge
which spans the canal one Of the coal
beavers went up to her and said, ''Allow
me, madam, to relieve you of your dog,
so that you may carry your girl to the
other side The woman accepted the
offer, but when the party arrived at the
other end of the bridge the coal HEAVIER
threw the pug into the canal, telling its
mistress at the same time, "That's a les
son to you not to shelter n dog while
your child is getting wet"
The woman screamed and soon a crowd
collected, to whom she pathetically mar
rated the assassination of her pet. Two
policemen at her instigation took the
coal HEAVIER to the station, but the super
intendent declined to formulate any
charge against him. All she could do.
he told her, was to bring a civil action
for the value of her dog. She left the
station apparently much dissatisfied
with the decision. Paris Cor. London
Talegrnnh.
, 1890-11-23
woMANs woRLD.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING PROP
ERLY FOR eA5Y's COLD.

A Home Society for Giris-rbe National
Council of women-rhe Women of
demonstrating Browning In MassA-
chusetts-women In Hotels.
At this season the Temperature is La
BILE to fall many degrees in a few hours,
be succeeded by wintry blasts at night.
It Is therefore very difficult TO arrange
the clothing of a little child 80 as to pro-
tect It properly from these sudden
changes, and colds are almost inevitable.
A baby's cold is often a very distressing
matter to the mother. She knows how
liable an apparently harmless cold is to
become a fatal Inflammation of the
'nngs. No cold of an infant should for
3 moment be neglected. See at once
that the child is thoroughly protected
by Hannels, If it is not so already.
Notice especially that the feet are kept
In warm, wooden socks or hose, which
must be secured so that they cannot be
kicked off. Greasing the baby's nose
with a little mutton tallow and rubbing
in q drop or two of camphor certainly
relieves a cold in the head, although it is
an old wife's remedy. If the baby shows
any hoarseness lose not a moment, but
lay on the chest a flannel cloth dipped
in sweet oil, or rubbed thick with NUT
ton tallow, over which a tablespoonful
of camphor has been sprinkled. Heat
this creased and camphorated cloth and
apply it as hot as it can be borne, cover
ing it with a piece of dry flannel to re-
tain the heat and to keep it from greas-
ing the child's clothing. Before this
cloth is cold replace it by another hot
one. After such treatment a child will
often fall asleep and wake up entirely
recovered.
II the hoarseness continues, however,
or shows any signs Of growing worse, a
physician should be summoned at once,
as moments of a baby's sickness are
equivalent TO hours in grown peEsons'
illness. The strongest child requires the
tenderest and most unrenitting care to
bring 1t through infancy strong and
sound, without any organic weakness,
which may develop in after years.
When the child's cold settles in the
bowels nothing is better than an appli-
cation Of fannels wrung out in hot
liquor, laid over the stomach and abb
domen. and covered with dry flannel
New York Tribune.
, 1890-11-23

All the women of Boston do not wear
gig lamps and calf shoes andcarry broad
cloth ~reticules bullying with manu-
scripts aud leaflets of tr~anscendental
philosophy. Anna Whitney is the vice
president of the st. Bernard club, Of
Massachusetts, and knows as much
about dogology and dogdom as any
a dog at 4 glance. At the recent dog
show in DStipit. Mich, Miss Whitney
was one OF the judges. As understood
by this canine connoisseur. go to the
dogs is not a saw, but a proverb. In
stead OF a'rpproach, she claims the mean
ing has been distorted by abbreviation.
$50 to the dogs for a lesson in patience,
love, fidelity and sagacity" is her inter.
probation of the old dage.-Exchange.
, 1890-11-23

Our rations while in Richmond we es-
timated at two to four ounces of beef
and six to eight ounces OF gJud wheat
bread. To supplement this we made
counterfeit greeubacks, which we were
sometimes able to pass on u~ususpecting
guards. Once, by cutting out The figures
from-a ten cent scrip and with "A little
blood gluing this over the figure one in
a dollar greenback, myself and three
comrades bought with this bogus ten
dollar bill ninety loaves of good bread,
and it was the only time while l was in
the Confederacy that 1 made a full meal.
Century.
, 1890-11-23

London women do not seem to be what
Jennie June" calls "clubable" women,
for Notwithstanding the increasingly
prominent place they occupy in sport
and recreation their amusements are as
a rule unorganized. The Row is each
season crowded with equestriennes, and
in the winter, too. when the riding is
something besides ''genteel cantering."
All manner of smart ponies and carts
and jaunting ears go the pace continu-
ally, and last season a lady footed" a
four-in-hand each day around the drive,
her horses held splendidly in hand. The
prejudice against the cycle for ladies is
fast dying out, and though at present
not go general in London as among the
provinces m may expect soon to see
it command the situation in London
streets.-London Letter.
, 1890-11-23

The Emperor William, his brothers
and sisters, his children and all his Ho-
henzoilern% ancestors born since 1922 have
been successiy y rocked in the family
cradle Of thIj illustrious house or en-
throned thereon during the court pro-
cession which adds splendor to each
royal christening. The ancient couch is
a clumsy structure of old oak, richly
carved, round whose four sides is cut in
large Roman characters the text, He
hath given his angels charge over thee,
that they keep thee in all thy ways."-
-Harper's Bazar.
, 1890-11-23

~ o
At last New York is to have a home
3 free, respectable American home,
where young women out of employment
can find shelter, sympathy and substan-
hal aid. The institution is to be the
same sort of a place as a public school.
with no more charity. religion. politics
or restriction, and viii be supported and
maintained by the French Evangelical
church OF the city Of New York. The
certificate Of incorporation has been filed
IN the county clerks Office and the work
or establishment viii begin at once, the
board of managers including Mrs. Lena
Roberts, Mrs. Caroline Lecoultre, Mrs.
Marie Grosjeans, Mrs. Emile Swyeffort,
the Rev. a L. Grandlienard and Mr.. j.
E. Roberts.
The Young Women's Home society
viii provide unemployed young women
whose occupation is that of a teacher,
maid or domestic with a pleasant home
and good board. Medical attendance
will be furnished the sick, decent and
comfortable clothing provided for the
needy, together with financial aid, good
counsel and friendly support and encour-
Agement. The needs of the girl will be
sufficient plea for admission, and, as in
the regulation of a public hotel, good
conduct will serve as a guarantee Of
good character. The c~atechising to which
the applicant will be subjected is in
tended for industrial use only, in order
to ~acquaint the examiner with her ability.
Suitable and profitable employment
will be found for her without any charges
or fees whatever.
Intended to benefit the French girl
directly, it is not decisive whether other
nationalities win be debarred from the
privileges Of the home. There is some
need in New York city for a dozen just
such organizations as the Home society
promises to be.-New York World.
, 1890-11-23

driven o Mashpee they saw approach
ing on foot a dowdily dressed colored
girl, wac stopped the team and inquired
the time of day. the most direct road to
Sandwich village, the distance. and
finally asked the ex-president in her
most fetching an for n ten cent
piece for her bangle, and during the
whole time Toasted her eyes on greatness
and beauty. Having satisfied her curl
osity in this direction our schoolmarm
made her best bow to the party aud
passed ON. rejoicing at the success of
her scheme. and in the possession Of a
ten cent piece for her bangle.-Cor. Bos-
ton Traveller.
, 1890-11-23

Editor TO Miss Oldgirl, aged about
fortyEYour work shows promise, mad
am, but do you know that good literary
work is seldom done by a woman until
she is 80 or 357 Several years hence you
will be able to write available articles.
Miss Oldgirl las she leayesHThat wal
the most delightful man 1 ever met
West Shore.
, 1890-11-23

osity has come to our ears in connection
with the visit of the C~levelands to Sand
witch. A young lady who is ordinarily.
q modest and iadylike school teacher
becafne.possessed of aburning desire to
meet and with these distin-
guished visitors, and this is the unique
way in which she brought about the
meeting. As the party were being
, 1890-11-23

Jenkins trying to he social)-Is this
Farmer Jones?
Farmer Smith-No, stree. it amt
Farmer Jones; it's Farmer Smith. An
I'll just tell yer, young Teller. that I'm
posted on that bunco game, an yer can't
play it on me! So you IN yer friend
yander d better git.-Harper's Bazar.
, 1890-11-23

1.-THE most desperate creature on
earth" said the clerk of n well known
uptown hotel, sis a woman from out
of town in a hotel bedroom ON a wet
Sunday. There is absolutely nothing to
do. the confinement is almost intolera-
BILE, and the isolation of her lot is made
unusually painful by the fact that 80
much is going ON all around her from
which she is debarred. Men come to
town with their wives or daughters,
leave them at 7 in the morning, and go
off to attend to business. The ramifica-
lions and extraordinary character of the
business undertaken by rural visitors
is one of those things which no man can
accurately gauge. 1t is certain, howev-
er, that the western merchants are out
of the hotel pretty much all the time
from 8 in the morning till IL at night.
Sometimes they come in to take their
meals with the women of their party,
but not infrequently they leave them
entirely to their own resources."-New
York Letter.
, 1890-11-23

There nre hundreds of bright women
and girls who have taken up claims in
the western part of the state and lived
on them until they got a deed for the
land. There are hundreds of women in
the state who manage to keep men de-
pendi-., on them from going hungry.
, 1890-11-23

If you don't know what to buy in your
search for a unique wedding present get
the bride bet-othed a marriage jar. The
form is lovely and the bowl a thing Of
beauty, whether You pay 81 800 fori 1t.
, 1890-11-23

A Pen Picture of n Well Known Woman.
One day last week n customer in one
Of the large Brooklyn dry goods stores
stood waiting for her turn to be served
and idly watching the woman who was
claiming the attention of the clerk at the
moment. There was nothing about her
to attract a second glance. She looked
to be close upon 60 years of age, her hair
was very gray, though not white. and
a pair Of large, rather dark eyes looked
ont from a colorless, unimpressive face.
In figure she wa short and small, and
the black costume she wore was simple
to ~plainness. Yet when she gave her
name and address for a parcel to be sent
1t was realized that this little woman of
insignificant appearance was one whose
name eighteen years ago was in every
body's mouth from one end Of the coun-
try to the other, and whose personality
at that time was almost as well known
as her name. She was Mrs. Theodore
Tilton.-New York Times.
, 1890-11-23

The alumni of Vassar college have al
ready secured 100000 of the 10000 re-
quired for the endowment by them of
an astronomical chair in honor of Maria
Mitchell.
, 1890-11-23

Four years ago Miss Lena Woodland,
living on Thorn creek, Wash, sowed the
seed from one head of barley. She har-
vested the crop with a pair of shears,
and sowed the amout received the next
year, again harvesting it with her shears.
The third crop her father cut with a
grass scythe, getting enough barley from
this crop to sow forty acres last spring,
which averaged forty bushels to the acre
when thrashed, making a total yield of
1000 bushels from one head of barley in
four years.
, 1890-11-23

Merritt wonder what makes your
grandmother like to rock so much.
Little Johnnie@Cause the chair creaks
40 -EDoch
, 1890-11-23

All engravings or photographs that
are framed in wood up to the edge look
much better if the frame is rather fiat
and the wood is stained to harmonic
with the tones of the picture. A silver
or bronze beading is now often used on
the outside of the frame instead of in
side next the picture.
, 1890-11-23

The various ideas of crests, mono
grams, initials and other devices in
embroidery engrafted upon handker-
chiefs for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or identi-
~fication of the owner have been worked
to death There is a novelty, however,
in handkerchief decorations hat has
reached anoticeable degree of popularity
in a very short time. 1t is the plan Of
having the photograph of wife, children
or sweetheart, or your own physiog-
nomy, taken on the corner of the article,
either in linen or silk. The chemical
processes have been perfected SO that the
likeness will neither wash out of nor
fade upon the abric.-Clothier and
Furnisher.
, 1890-11-23

there are hundreds o. women who "a
do anything a man an do, has ever
done or ever tried to do, and there are
hundreds of women in Kansas who want
equal rights with men. The signs are
that what they ask will be conceded
them. They nave taken charge of the
public schools, and no state in the Union
has better. They are members of school
boards, county and city superintendent
snd teachers. They lead in the educa-
tional and prohibition movement.
They are making no noisy or threaten
ing clamor for equal rights. They are
simply showing by what they do that
they are the equal of man and that the
ballot in their hands would not only be
safe, but wisely used for the betterment
of the people and development'of a state
that is coming to the front with greater
strides than any other in the Union
Kansas Cor. Chicago 7Tibune.
, 1890-11-23

Reading browning In massachusetts
The most devoted and uncompromis-
ing worshipers of Robert Browning live
in Springfield, and. Of course, they are
women, They gathered at the home of
n well known lawyer, and listened with
rapt and soulful attention to selections
from the great poet as read by the law
yer's wife. At length the reader paused
to learn If there might be any ennui on
the part of the audience. 1T is exquis-
ite," murmured the Browningites in
concert, and the reading proceeded.
Again the hostess paused. solicitous, and
asked her guests If they were sure they
liked it. ''Oh, yes.r was the chorus, sit
is beautiful" But do you understand
it," asked Mrs. Lawyer; ~ can't make
anything out of it." "Why, yes, we
comprehend it perfectly" was tho ASSN
ance, ''and it Is so delightful that we
would like to hear some more Then
the wicked reader coolly informed the
enthusiasts that she had been reading
the poems backward for half an hour.
The name of this practical joker may be
learned on inquiry of almost any men,
Der Of Springfield society Springfield
CMass.) Homestead.
, 1890-11-23

Dry poultices, where heat is required,
have almost superseded moist ones.
When the former is required hot salt in
a good sized bag is excellent; for the
latter, common white beans, boiled very
soft, made into q paste, retains heat
wonderfully. A bowl of hot cruel will
sometimes ward off a neuralgia attack.
, 1890-11-23

4 80 Gold aud silver Thin
25 90 bles................. % ) 90
$50 90 Gold eye glasses and
2 50 specks............... 4 so ." 10 90
Call and see styles and prices.
, 1890-11-23

/ 90 - 90
3 so
> 50 22j 90
, 1890-11-23

hnIECI If you want any clOth
LHUIEOI for dresses or cloaks We
will sell il at actual cost.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-04-23
AN OPEN LETTER"
Senator Quay Impaled on the Pen
 oft Pennsylvania Republican.

Of Mir. Henry c. Lea, the we'll known publisher of Philadelphia, the Press (Rep.) says; "There is no more distinguished Republican in Pennsylvania in the ranks of busi- ness men and outside the line of practical politicians than Henry c. Lea, the well-known Philadelphia book publisher. His letter is the event of recent politics, and its ef- feet will be far-reaching. The Press alludes to an "open letter" re gently written by MT. Lea, and ad- dressed to the President of the United States. Its subject is Senator Quay, for whom it goes rough shod. The letter, which has has created great sensation in Pennsylvania, is repro duced below for the benefit of the public. It lays bare the character of the man who to-day controls the Republican party, and before whom the President of the great Republic crawls in abject servitudc.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-04-23
Pith and Point.

The man who rests lets others ovcrtake him.
 The humorist is about the only man who likes to have his work laughed at.
 Unfortunate are those who have just enough sense to realize their own folly [Ex.
 When a man knows that he cannot get out of the mud his next impulse is to in deeper.
 No man has higher opinion of the value of woman's love than the fellow, who for some reason, has always failed to win it.
 Not what a man has, but the way in which he looks at it, is the meas ure of a mans wealth of possessions. If man deems his present property as fully enough for his needs, he is richer by far than the man who, with ten times as much property, is reach ing out with longing for great deal more. Contentment is of one's self, and not ones position and belong ings. He who is discontented with his present lot will not likely be con tented with any other lot in the universe.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-04-23
! Wood & blacksmith Shop,
 PRESCOTT. ARK.

Will do all kinds of work in wood and iron manu facturng, needed in this section; also general 70 pairing, iiorse-shoeing speciality
 Have recently enlarged both wood and black. smith shop, and have good supply of welLses- soned timber; also of horse and mule shoes.
 Rg- Most respectfully solicit public patronage, guaranteeing 10 do first class work, and give safis. faction. Remember the place, West Second stre the academy. 0. .R. F. WRITTEN.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-04-23

Lydia, Don't ask any more ques- tions, uncle. Ill pay it back if l have to pick blackbcrries at four cents a quart all summer.
 Il hope thee will give up this hoydenish business of scampering abont on horseback, Lydia, after this" severely spoke Aunt Rebecca.
 But, aunt, the old fortune teller told me that my fortune would one day be made by a--'
 Lydia stopped abruptly as she re- membered how the diamond horse- shoe had glittered on the floor at her feet that day. Her color rose, her heart beat,
 "Thee must remember, Lydia" admonished Aunt Rebecca, "that all diviners and fortune tellers are snares of Satan"
 Yes, Aunt Rebecca," murmured the girl.
 But from day an inscrutable change came over the character of her life
 The pleasant summer sunshine had faded out of the land The Sar- atoga hotels were closed; gay New port was deserted.
 And Mrs. Blythe, sitting in the yellow light of her jonquil silk cur tains, was smiling over a card which Matilda had just brought in.
 Dear Algy!' she murmured. T knew he would come.'
 She glided into the white-and-gold drawing-room with gracious cor diality.
 You recreat cavalier! !' she said, smiling. five half mind to scold you, and yet"
 "Do I deserve that title?" MT. Nane asked. ''For you are the first person to whom l have told the great happiness of my life. Oh, l see you don't understand me! Come from behind the draperies, Lydia, and help me to explain.
 And Lydia, blue-cyed, and fair tressed, came.
 We are married, mamma" said Lydia-"Algy and l. And we sail for Europe in the 'Comandra, at noon. Won't you kiss me, mamma, and wish me joy?"
 Mrs. Blythe kissed Lydia-and Algy, too-and wished them joy.
 But it was the severest ordeal to which she had ever been put. A mother-in-law instead of bride! This is hardly what she had looked forward to.
 But even in that trying moment she noticed the glittcring pin which fastened Lydia's lace bonnet-strings "a quaint device of tiny diamonds and remembered what the girl had said once about a fortune teller and horseshoe.
 Mamma didn't look quite pleased, Algy," sail the bride, when they were har% in the carriage, driving to the steamers wharf. Do you suppose she is veXed because we didn't take her into our confidence.
 II dare say" remarked Mir. Vane, "that no mother likes to lose her child so suddenly. Least of all, darling, so sweet treasure as you"
 And neither of the two suspected what a poisoned dagger was that day ranking in the breast of Mrs. Rosamond Blythe Philadelphia Saturday Night.