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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-28

OID NEWSPAPERS for sale in any quantity,
Vat HE CHRONICLE Office Price - cents
per hundred. You can get nothing better 10 pat
under yOr carpets, lott
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
A Queer Tribute

In many instances. particularly in olden
times, large and powerful nations have de-
manded tribute from smaller and weaker
states. This demand was generally com
piled with by the petty ruler, who fancied
that such step would render his throne
secure. When tribute-paying king
thought he could whip the other, he gene
rally stopped making any payment, and
there was fight about it. As rule, the
tribute consisted of 30 much gold, or some
rich product of the country
a queer tribute, however, was exacted
by King Edgar the Peaceable, who ruled
over part OF Britain 900 years ago. Then
there were several petty kings scattered
here and there, and a much larger nun Der
of fierce wolves ran wild. So in 961 King
Edgar commanded that all who paid him
tribute should pay it in wolves heads, and
from Wales he demanded 300 annually.
AS there were plenty of wolves this tribute
was easily paid at first, and people in those
days did not regard the selection of wolves
heads as at ali queer, for the payment of
tribute was merely an acknowledgment of
the other nations strength. So the wolves
head tribute was regularly paid. and
parts of England were entirely Invested of
the animals, which, perhaps, was just
what the king wanted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

sticking out at the foot of the little wooden
bedstead, that no visitor In the playroom
ever suspected that the occupant was so
severely afflicted as to have no head at ALL
When the hospital had been comfortably
disposed of the two little girls went back
for the playhouse. This was rather large
and heavy to move, and in getting it in the
room at all the little tables were upset, the
dishes were Knocked out Of the playhouse
closet and the pictures fell off the walls.
These mad to be put to rights and the play
house securely stationed where it would
show off to the best advantage, as it was
the particular ornament of the playroom.
But last of all Wiuifred and Mabel
brought in the beauty and pride of the en-
tire playroom. 1t was large French doll
named Patti. She could squeak, sing two
tunes. aud, If properly wound up aud
slightly supported on each side, could take
a few steps very acceptablY. Nine
Patti had beautiful little gold chair
of her own, and by its side there
stood a trunk bound with white satin,
which contained three beautiful evening
dresses, for Nine. Patti never dressed in
any other than full dress. All these NOV
things afterward took a great deal of
time, and when Mabel and WiniFred had
at length got everything in place, even TO
the last paper doll and picture book fully
two hours had passed away, ana the little
girls were thoroughly tired out from their
efforts.
II never knew it was such hard work to
move" said Winifred that day at the
luncheon table.
ssNor L. said Mabel" But it isn't every
body that can begin to move after break
fast and get all through before luncheon"
mo, indeed, 1t ISN'T" said Grandma
Hastings approvingly. And so Winifred
and Mabel were satisfied with their morn
ing's work, even though they felt very
tired
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
RApIn MENnING.

How many women know of the value OF
rubber tissue for mending! To busy
housewife, whose time seems more than
full, it Is invaluable. 1t is to be had at the
rubber stores. and is usually sold by the
ounce. 1t is just what It's name would in
dictate, a very thin piece of transparent
rubber. 1t is sold at fifteen cents an
ounce, which means piece of perhaps six
or eight inches wide and twenty inches
long. The tissue will not cover up holes
that is, not satisfactorily - but il will
strengthen thin or weak places, mend tears
or cuts; in fact repair any goods which
has not actually lost piece of itself, and
it is nice for hemming.
We will suppose there is three
cornered tear in a garment. First cut
away the frayed threads, draw the cages
together either with invisible stitches
on the wrong side or by holding it with
the fingers. Place piece of
the tissue. the right size, over the tear,
and piece of cam brio or any other fab
ric desired over that and press with a
warm iron-quite warm, but not hot.
Press firmly and then remove the iron,
and the mending is done. There must al
ways be q surface between the rubber and
the iron, or the former will melt and stick
TO the iron.
For hemming. if the material is goods
which will NOT ravel, turn it up once, slip
strip Of the tissue just under the edge
and press. If the goods must be turned
twice, haste the narrow turn with long
stitches on what will be the inner side,
then turn again, slipin the tissue as before
and press it. This of course does nat apply
to wash goods, unless you wish to renew
the patch. 1t is very useful in mending
umbrellas. in repairing sleeves which are
almost worn through, in strengthening
broken places in made over goods and IL
applying patches to the seat Of the small
boy's pants
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
TIE Care Of Beds.

In 8 recent article by Maria Parloa there
are some suggestions in regard to beds.
the custom OF spreading up beds is so
common as to be almost universal. Said a
woman who set herself up as an experi5
enced housekeeper: 81 always take every
thing of every bed in the house once a
week" AS il every article should not be
taken off and aired and the mattress turned
over every day in the week Nothing less
than this is wholesome, and nothing else
will insure sweet, health-glving sleep. In
her article Maria Parloa says:
'sIn the morning take each sheet and
blanket from the bed separately and hang
over chairs so that the wind will blow
through them. Shake up the pillows and
holsters and place them in the air and turn
up the mattresses 90 lhat the air will circa-
late about them. Ar the room and bed
ding for at least an hOur.n
She emphasizes that all the belongings of
the bed should be placed smoothly and in
such way that it will present neat and
trim appearance. AT least once month a
bedstesd should be taken to pieces and
thoroughly busted and the clothing hung
out il the sun part of the day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
Household Hints.

IF you wish to keep crsnberries for
several months keep them in creeks or jars
and cover with water.
To mend large holes in stockings or
merino underwear tack piece of net over
the rent and darn through it,
Rub lamp chimneys with newspaper on
which has been poured q little kerosene.
This will make them much cleaner than if
soap is used; they will also be less liable TO
crack.
To clean decanters cut strips of coarse
brown paper and put good many of them
into the decanter TO be cleaned with clear
cold water. Tea leaves can be used in the
same way.
For troublesome cough take an ounce
of licorice, quarter of pound of rasins,
a teaspoonful OF fax seed and two quarts
Of water. Boil slowly until reduced to
one quart, then add aQuarter-of pound of
finely powdered rock candy and the juice
of one lemon. Drink half a pint of this
when going to bed and little more when
the cough is troublesome.
A popular little china tray with sunken
places that hold a covered tea or coffee
cup, a little sugar bowl and a creamer,
are now sold in the shops of the
IN ones room. The tray projects at
one side, so thai it is large enough TO hold q
slice of bread and butter, or Of toast. or
even a rack for the toast. Beautiful En-
glish china is seen in the sets, and in the
country whence the fashion and the china
come they are called ''sulky SETS"
In new kind of shears which has been
brought on the market by an ingenius me-
chsnician, the cutting blades are connected
by capsule. in which q simple lever move
meat, on the closing of the instrument,
causes the one blade to be drawn under by
the other The lower cheek then acts as a
support and the upper cheek as a knife,
which sewers the object on the support.
Compared with the orthodox scissors g
much greater efficiency is claimed for the
new form of shears.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
Master Pin and Lady Needle.

A pin and needle, being neighbors in
work-basket. and both being idle folk, be-
gan quarrel, as idle folk ers apt to do.
II should like to know" said the pin,
what you are good for. and how you ex-
pect to get through the world without a
head"
What is the use of your head" replied
the needle rather sharply, IF you have no
eyes'
"What is the use of an eye," said the
pin. s'if there is always something in its"
81 am more active and can go through
more work than you CAM said the needle.
''Yes, but you will not live long, because
you have always stitch in the SIDE" said
the pin.
you are poor, crooked creature" said
the needle.
ssAnd you are SO proud that you can't
bend without breaking your back
''rll pull your head off If you insult ne
again"
an pull your eye out 1t you touch ne;
remember, your life hangs on a single
thread" said the pin.
While they were thus conversing little
girl entered, and, undertaking to sew, she
very soon broke off the needle at the eye.
She then tied the thread around the neck
of the pin and attempted to sew with it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
Some Fresh and New Short
Stories That Will Please.
THE NEW BABY MADEMoRE WORK
Master Pin and Lsdy Needle-Cleyer Conceits
of Princes and Princesses of
the Republic.

It was moving day in the play room. All
the dolls, as well as the doll house and tin
kitchens and the Noah's arKs and little
trunks, bureaus, chairs and playthings,
were TO be moved from the big back room,
where they had always been comfortably
situated, into little back ballroom, which,
though smaller, should be entirely devoted
to them.
A new baby had been added to the family,
and the baby and baby's nurse required so
much extra space that it became necessary
to give them the large room. And SO the
doll and the dolPs colony had to be moved.
Winifred and Mabel Hastings, who were
the little owners of the playroom and its,
contents, were up bright and early on
moving day. and right after breakfast set
about their task of carrying the things into
the little ballroom. 1t had all been nicely
cleaned and upon the floor there was a
bright new mating, while the walls were
nicely hung with bright pictures carefully
cut from papers and magazines. Thus
Winifred and Mabel had none of the hor-
rors of housekeeping to go through and
had merely the task Of moving.
After a consultation as to which should
be moved first, they decided that it was
best to carry Sister Rose Gertrude and ner
colony of sick dolls and to dispose of them
safely in one corner, SO that none of the in
vallds should be disturbed by the tearing
up of the other things in the old playroom.
Accordingly Winifred carefully carried
Sister Rose Gertrude, who was tall cloth
DOLL with a china head and long gray
dress, with big white apron and cap, into
the new playroom and placed her in one
corner.
Mabel followed with an armful of sick
dolls. Among the invalids there was Miss
Malaprop, who had lost one arm, and who
was beyond cure because she was iOinted
/ doll and the arm was broken squarely off al
4 the shoulder joint. There was also Mrs.
| Kendall, who had been scalped one day by
! sone terrible boys who had broken into
/ the playroom with Brother Frank, and who
! had taken this awful revenge because they
had not been invited TO join little feast
going on there at the time. Mr.. Keudal
! had likewise suffered misfortune in having
| lost one of his eyes, which, being of glass,
had broken one day when Mabel dropped
him on the floor. This was specially
mourned, as MIR. Kendall was big Chinese
doll and the only gentleman in the entire
colony. OF course no one thought Of
throwing him away, and so he was put in
the hospital and given over to the tender
care of Sister Rose Gertrude
There were three or four dolls In very
dilapidated state of health, and one was 81
very i'll that she had to be kept in bed COW
cred up all the time. If the truth were
known, the poor unfortunate had no head
but she was kept so carefully covered III
under the counterpart, with only one foo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

of the dishes after they come from the
kitchen. If too hot, she must cool them:
if not hot enough, she must send them
back.
3-Coffee and hot milk must be kept at
the right temperature to preserve their
best favor
4-Water must be fresh and cool
5-Butter must not be served SO soon as
to become soft and oily.
6-Bread must be freshly cut.
7-Glasses must be kept filled.
S-Nothing but an unexpected extra
should ever be asked for.
9-Everything must be passed at the left
placed at the right.
1O-In clearing the table, food must be first
removed; then soiled china, glass. silver
and cutlery; then crumbs,
Livery relating to one course
must be removed before serving another
course.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

ing bother. The wary beetle and the elp-
siYe moth-miller scof at camphor, enjoy
tarine balls, crawl calmly over tarred
paper, wiggle through cracks of the cedar
closet, and persistentty edge their way i'm
partially into cedar or pine box. The only
safety is to put clean (either sponged,
washed or steamed), well beaten, well
summed garments first into muslin, either
old or coarse. and then TO wrap closely in g
newspaper. Insects have no appetite for
either cotton or printers ink.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

but pulled it's head of and threw it in to the
dirt by the side of the broken needle
'Weu, here we are" said the needle.
1--WE have nothing to fight about now,''
said the pin. '.It seems misfortune has
brought US TO our senses"
"a pity we had not come to them sooner, y
said the needle. ''How much we resemble
human beings, who quarrel about their
blessings till they lose them, and never fird
out they are brothers till they lie down in
the dust together, as we do''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
BRIGHT YOUNG BRAINS.
Clever Conceits of the Children of I
Land.

Clever Conceits of the Children of the
Land
One day Harry three and half years
old. was watching me dress baby aud pow
der him, when ne said: Mamma, let me
pepper him in his cressles (creases)."
Another time thought he was not eat
ing very much supper, so l took up the
spoon and commenced to feed hin his
bread aud milk, remarkiug: Let mamma
feed her little birdie" and after awhile,
thinking that he might feed himself, told
him to take the spoon and feed himself,
when he spoke up: why, l can't; brides
don't have any hands. "-Bdbuiood.
HOW KISSES ARE MADE.
Our little girl, three and one-half years
old, has solved the problem of how kisses
are made She says: II fink of them, they
wriggle in my mind, / pucker up my lips,
and have ND Motier, IN BdbyhOod.
SHE WANTED SOME CANDY.
A little. girl, aged three, asked her father
for more candy, but was told to wait until
tomorrow. Looking out of the window
for q few moments, she suddenly called
out: Papa, it looks liKe tomorrow now"
Ithaca Journal.
THE LAKE STEPPED ON HER.
A Cleveland man took his little girl. just
able TO talk nicely. TO the lake shore Sun
day afternoon. The waves were gently
rippling on the beach, and wneu her father
was not locking the child managed TO get
one foot wet. She ran TO her father with
tears in her eyes and sobbed; Papa, lake
stepped On baby's foot. "-BabHIIood.
LITTLE MARY's PRAYER.
A little girl had been absent with hel
parents for two weeks. On her return heI
| little playmate, Ella Day, entertained hel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
In Ninery-Three.

This is my birthday-rm most man;
Exactly eight.
I'm growing up, says my uncle Van.
AT an awful rate
But can't know everything quite clear,
Not quite. says he
Before my birthday comes round next year.
In ninety three.
What makes the moon grow thin and long
Like paper boat?
How did they get the canary's song
In his little throat?
Why hasn't The butterfly something to do?
Or why has the bee?
What will become OF ninetytwo
In ninety threey
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
Yon MIcht Write to Him.

The idea of sitting down in New York
for cozy little chat with friend in Chic
ago is very pretty in theory. but at present
long distance rates it is cheaper to do the
the talking in Chicago.-E1.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

At the conservation of the Catholic bish-
op OF Springfield, Mass. DR.. Beaven, last
Tuesday, 500 clergymen we're present. He
was presented with a purse containing
IS, 900 by the priests at the banquet follow
ing the ecclesiastical exercises.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
DEFINITIoN OF "ALTAR. %

A little boy was asked by his Sunday
school teacher why a certain part of the
church was called the altar. because it
is where people change their minds, The
promptly answered
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
THE AMERICAN

Fire Insurance company, of Philadelphia
viii insure you against fire.
H. J. GRANT & Co., Agents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
Rules For housekeeping

IA dining-room must be in perfect
order before breakfast is served.
"A waitress is responsible for the heat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

night little Mary il saying her prayers
said: 20 Lord, bless Ella Day and make
her good girl, so az 1 can take all her
plsythings away from her and she won't
want them back again. Troy Tines
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Odds and Ends of Useful InfOr-
nation on Many Topics.
A SHORT CHAPTER ON CLOSETS
Rules and Hints for Attentive HOusekeepers
The Care Of Beds-Rubber Tissues
in Mending- Miscellaneous.

He averag e
height Of women
IS 5 feet 2 inches,
but rarely does
one find a house,
in city or country,
in which any at
tention has been
paid to this fact
in arranging the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

closets. The hooks sre placed fully six
feet from the floor and above them is
placed q shelf which is almost useless. No
women cares to mount chair or table
every time she wishes TO get her bonnet,
her shawl or her bottle OF blackening and
the result is a series of boxes standing on
the floor. which. though handy, have to be
moved every sweeping.
The ideal closet has the cleat on which
the hooks are screwed on the side aud ends
of the closet only four and a half or five
feet from the floor, with the shelf only two
or three inches above it. Besides this
series Of hooks q double OF single row of
double hooks, Snapped like an inverted I,
are screwed into the under side of the
shelf, thereby doubling the capacity Of the
closes.
Movable oLEAT.
Another plan, even better, is in add ton
20 the usual row OF hooks on the wall, 70
have q movable clest or ROD across the
middle OF the closet lengthwise, and fRs-
tened TO 1t number OF movable hooks
made Of galvanized wire. On these wire
hooks clothing can be hung closely and
pushed along 10 make more room. in the
same manner Rs costs and dresses are hung
in readymade clothing shops.
Cloahing Of all kinds keeps In much bet
Ter shape when hung on Jokes. An econ
onleal means of supplying sn unlimited
number Of these is to take pieces Of barrel
hoops, twelve inches long, and wind each
with old cambria or muslin. Wooden cloth
is unsuitable for this USE as il offers too
convenient lodgings for moths. Then
make loop at the center Of each yoke with
stout cord, wire or cloth, and the yokes are
ready for use
Closets devoted to shelves are apt to
have the shelves too far apart, causing the
first shelf to be the only one OF much value.
The average carpenter puts the shelves in
every closet impRrtially twenty inches
apart. Ia linen closets, or closets devoted
TO storing blankets and other bedding
such generous spaces are well suited; but
IN the ordinary cupboard twelve or fifteen
inches between shelves is ample space and
allows two or three shelves TO be conven-
lent for general use.
HOW TO cIRCUMvEET MOTHS.
TIE protection of clothing from insect
enemies, when stored away, is an unend-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

Per Yard
8s-in BIesohed Muslin, good quality, $ q
"a Perperal Unbleached Sheeting 80. is
1914 I" -. .1715
"a " Blesched +" -. IS
Unbleached Cotton Flannel. . O5
Blesched - .05
Best Indigo and Staple Prints. . %
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
L1TTLE MARY's PRAYER.

A little girl had been absent with her
parents for two weeks. On her return her
little playmate, Ella Day, entertained her
by showing her her new playthings. AT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13

TIE protection of clothing from insect
enemies, when stored away, is an unend-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
Linens.

Pure Linen Checked Towels ,O5 worth .os1<
- " Huck - .0S worth 12%
sc -inch-Turkish Towels 10 worth 10
Large size Pure Linen
Crash Towels ... Is worth 221S
45-inch Turkish Towels. 20 worth 80
l lot large size Knotted
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-27

Flatirons Rendered Harmless.
Wipe fiatiruns on cloth wet with Goa
oil and they will not scorch the clothing
Netx York JcurDai
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-12
Advertised Letters.

List of uncalled for letters in the post
office at jamestown. North Dakota. for
the week ending May 9, 1892:
LADIES.
Christman, ,MissTena Slater, Miss Maggie
Merry, Miss Florna
GENTLEMEN.
Armily, Louis Grosman, Geo
Alexander, Charlie A Harris, L E
Barrett, Mr. Krans, Frank
Deleno, E D Lewis, WD
Dibble, J w Latty, Walter
Daigle, Thomas Stevenson, p II
Dake, W VanRemortel Josef3
If not called for within IA days, will
be sent to the dead letter Office In call
ing for these letters, please say adver-
tised, and give date of this list.
G. P. SMITH. P. M.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-12
Fatal Accident.

An unknown man, German, who
could not speak English. was run over
by "pusher" at Windsor Wednesday
at 2:3O p. m. He was seen trying to
climb upon the tank, but failed to do SO,
and, as far as the engineer or fireman
could see must have slipped, for the
tender and engine both passed over him.
The engine had just started up and was
moving slow when the accident occurred.
The unfortunate man was brought to
the city where he was given surgical
attendance by Drs. Rankin and Thorald.
One leg was cut almost
into, merely hanging by the flesh.
His skull was badly. broken, portion
being removed so that the movement of
the brain could be distinguished. The
man was still alive when taken into the
baggage room at the depot, but it ls not
possible that be can live. He bad con-
ductor's book on his person, but he is
not known by any of the railroad men.