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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

Here Is a sure cure for rough, red,
hard hands. 1t comes from a woman
who spent last summer Il Warrenpolnt,
a famous watering place thirty miles
from Belfast:
During the season irish girls leave
their chickens and cows and come 10
Warrenpoint TO mind children for
the guests. They are biz. strong,
merry hearted creatures. green as the
country grows. with pink and cream
compexions. and the most beautiful
hands imaginable. l couldn't account for
them, because they were frequently mis-
shapened and disfgured by ugly, often
claWlike nails. The texture was superb,
and / made up my mind TO get at the
secret.
Here Il is: In every farmylrd IL ere
are two bins-One containing bran for
the cattle and the other oatmeal for the
chickens When the girls go to milk.
they wash their hands at the pump and
dry them in the chicken feed. The re-
suit is superb hands-smOoth, soft and
white. When I left the village, i took
away as much Irish meal as ! could car
ry. Now ] buy the stuff In the feed
store, and 1 use IL. / keep il i'm bowl
I'm the bathroom. I wash my bOny hands
with CASTLE soap and "a pinch Of meal,
mop them with a towel and dry them
i'm the bowl. My hands are not soft
bones never are-but look az them
They wc"e beautiful-smOoth, warm.
fine skinned and as white as bread.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
Re Miserable by

Wearing thin shoes and stockings on
damp nights in cool, rainy weather;
wearing insufficient clothing. especially
upon the limbs and eXtremities.
Leading a life Of unfeeling, stupid lazi-
ness and keeping the mind In an unnatu-
raj state Of excitement by reading trashy
novels.
Going 10 the theatres, parties and balls
I'm all sorts Of weather, in thin dresses,
dancing until in a complete perspirauon
and then going home without sufficient
overgarments through the cool, damp
night air.
Sleeping in feather beds I'm seven by
mine bedrooms without ventilation at the
top OF the window, and especially with
two or more persons in the same small
bedroom.
Surfeiting on hot and very stimulating
dinners, eating in a hurry without halt
masticating the food asd eating heartily
before going 20 bed, when the mind ana
body are exhausted by the tolls OF tie
dav and the excitement OF the evening.
Marrying I'm haste md getting an un-
congenial companion and living the re-
mainder Of life I'm mental dissatisfac-
ton. cultlvating jealousies and domestic
brolis and always being in mental Ter
ment. .,, -,
Contriving to keep up continual worry
about something or nothing; giving way
to fits Of anger.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

wasn't becoming. took il off, but would
always wipe away tear alphabetically
saying. Dear Mr.. Oldham said he hated
the thought Of her wearing black, and,
although be was gone, she still regarded
his wishes"
There are some people I'm company that
are very literary, in fact they are pain
fully so. They are very much Ike the
people who put on their best manners
with their best clothes, and all the time
while I'm their presence you are conscious
Of what bad grammar you are using.
stammering more than necessary and
knocking over all the marble things IN
the room. yet ali the same you are power
less to help yourself Miss Straighuace
was very much on this order, and II she
could make anybody feel uncomfortable
she generally managed 70 do so. ore
evening she came walking in, and seeing
Helen Innocent, her eyes lit up with an
unmistakable CLEAN Of pleasure as she
felt here was another victim. Helen vas
I'm the midst Of her description Of the
cotillon when Miss Straightlace inter-
rupted her. do you like Keats" Il
never tasted any" Helen said, Il don't
eat salad generally" Miss Straightlace
tainted. but there was funny little
twinkle in Helen's eyes as she looked at
me and smiled. ENID
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
ny NrENDTHRIFT.

Vf-t maiden shall inspire tho Muse2
SD. who. in Euaus bounds,
Has learned right royalty 90 uss
Har sLiuiugs and her pOund5f
Or erc who. in ia Belle Paris,
Spreads woe among the banks
Y..r.-a she dissU9tes with gleo
I.- confines aud her fraucs2
Gretchen rerchancc might be the one,
If u Der modest larks,
she kept upon "a lively run
I.r thalers and her marks.
1r f.- japan could Wing Tee Wing
Admirers win Boy tens.
If right and left she learned TO Hing
Her p1eketful of yens?
Sweet maid OF Spain, you can1ot play
The sweetest OF your tunes,
Unless yoi jiurle, by the way,
your pesos and dOublOous.
Pass. pass them an TITS not for these
Tho Muse would lift her strain:
Sic wor-hips here. upon her knees,
ia Belle Americana!
Dear spendthrift OF the Laughing eyes.
Would I were rich. that /
Might stand and see I'm what rash wise
you'd make my money fly.
And vet. T stiu have faith 10 think
You have "a business touch,
And ~ YOU make the money clink,
Your bargains net you much
Take. then. the fortune Fate may send,
And never mind expense;
IL must Boz Won were born TO spend
Our dollars and our cents!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21


Perhaps they may count me a beggar
here,
with never a roof for the wind and
the rain;
But there is the sea with its wave-lashed
pier,
And over the sea lies Spain.
And there am held by title high:
AS beneftteth the lord Of a broad de-
mesne;
For there IS my kingdom and here am i,
With only the sea between.
And what IL the sea be deep, be deep,
And what If the sea be wide?
Some day l shall float in my own fair
boat,
And sail to the other side.
A certain man I'm the city I meet,
As he steps to his coach at the curb.
stone there
From a solemn house In a stately street
You would know him rich by his air.
He gives me a finger or two 20 hold.
or only passing nod may deign;
He does not know Of my title and gold,
My castles and lands in Spain.
But what care / for his bonds and stocksi
No solemn house in the city for mel
His are the ships that lie at the docks,
But / have a snip az sea.
And what If the land be far, be far,
And what II the sea be wide1
Some day 1 shall sail with a favoring
gale
To a port on the other side.
And now while / lie on the sea beach
here,
With the fisherman yonder mendlng his
seine,
1 know that only the sea sweeps clear
'Twixt me and my castle in Spain.
I can see the sun on its airy towers
And a white hand beckon from over the
sea;
I can smell the breath Of the rosy bow
ers,
Where somebody waits for me-
So content do L walk in this world OF
men,
TO which by an allen name ! am known;
But how It will cape in wonder when
Don Carlos comes TO his own!
BE never the land so far, so far.
BE never so broad the main.
There's q ship on the sea that belongs
10 me,
And over the sea lies Spain.
Charles Washington Coleman.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
4 WOMAN'S STANDPOINT.
enid" on a Variety of Subjects -Matri-
mOny.

enid" on a Variety of Subjects -Matri-
mony.
Society used 20 open her eyes wide and
stare i'm blank amazement when a pretty
young girl married an ugly. too.hl -ss
old bachelor, but now society either winks
her eye at such proceedings or closes IL
altogether OF course 1t really does not
make much difference what view the
world takes Of the affair If the juvenile
bridegroom Is rich, as he Is very apt 20
be- As soon as they return from their
honeymoon, which is generally spent Wis
itng a grandson, who is graduating at
Harvard. society receives them with open
arms and says, "Bless you, my children"
and the old man filters iuwardly Mar
riage ia mans life is merely an episode,
but I'm a woman's life IT is an epoch, so
don't make the mistake II you have mer-
ccnary views on the subject by marrying
a middle-aged man with a long life be-
fore him.
knew little girl pretty to look
upon and almost sweet enough TO eat
that married an elderly cherub several
years her fathers senior. She was very
good to him, and at his death she sailed
for Europe, utterly heart-broken. and
Travelled for three years trying to assuage
her sorrow. At the end Of that time she
returned home, and, finding mourning
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
HELP EoR CoLD FEET.
4 Common Ailing and Method of Pre-
ventiOn.


4 Common Ailing and Method Of Pro-
vention.
A great many women are habitual suf-
ferers from cold feet This is very often
due to an imperfect circulation Of the
blood or TO some such trouble calling for
medical advice A little care of the feet
will often remedy this matter, however,
if 10 is not due 90 the state of the general
health. The New York Tribune declares
that the feet, 20 be in perfectly healthy
condition, should be bathcd every day, and
they should be rubbed DrisHy with a
friction towel if there is any tendency TO
chilliness The shoes should fit neatly
but they should not be tight. If the feet
are wet the shoes should be removed at
the earliest opportunity and the stockings
changed.
if they are cold II is best 10 rub them
with a little alcohol and water and dry
them with a soft friction towel, rubbing
them briskly 10 restore the circulation.
1t is strange that so many people neglect
TO care for their feet who devote con-
siderable time TO their hands. 1t is quite
certain that corns, bunions and other
Affections of the feet are more often due
10 such neglect than improperly shaped
shoes or any other cause. Probably one
of the most injurious habits Of the time
is the wearing of close shoes Of India rub
ber When a rubber is needed a slip rub
Der, which covers only the ball Of the foot,
is much more wholesome than higher
shoe and gives almost as much protection.
A heavy calfskin shoe with a stout heel.
however, is the most wholesome foot
covering for walking and will be found
impervious 70 water if frequently oiled
These shoes should be kept for damp
weather. In the country when the snow
is thick upon the ground, arctics seem TO
be necessity, as the snow water is more
penetrating than any ordinary dampness.
but they should not be worn q moment
lnnrar fhan nnnnaeuru
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
Mrs. GARDENERS Jewels.

Mrs. "Jack" Gardner, OF Boston. the
veIl-known social leader, has wonderful
store OF jewels. Her marvellous string OF
pearls is famous. and this season she has
a string Of diamonds still more superb
and UNIQUE. 1t is said to be nearly yard
long and she usually wears IL twisted
around her throat once or twice, the ends
hanging in her lap. So says an exchange,
'hut fbe woman who reads will wonder
how a string OF diamonds NEARLY yard
long, would twist about her throat and
s.ili leave ends TO reach her lap. Would
that a yard Of beauty OF far less value
might have such elastic qualities'-Ex-
change.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
rrn Ietters "M" and "D."

I seal the letter write her name
It's very dear 10 me
And then I add. beneath the same,
Two letters-M and d.
I see you smile in quick disdain,
You think OF glasses, too,
And little curls. It's very plain
What IN. D." means TO you.
But she is neither stern nor cold'
As you perhaps may think
She's young and fair, rot grim ana Ola
Nor does she scatter ink
on notes Of lessons that are said
Before a learned class;
And from her dainty lips OF red
No long orations pass.
The only studies that she reads
Are letters that j write;
The only lectures that she heeds
Are those that / indite.
You wonder how IL all may be.
And do not understand;
She lives In Baltimore. md"
Means. simply, Maryland"
james G.. Burnett, in Century
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
NEWSPAPER WOMEN.
Less Than Three Hundred of Them as a
Fact.

II has been loosely estimated that there
are several thousand newspaper women
I'm this country In reality there are
less than go. There is a distinction be-
tween newspaper writing and writing for
the newspapers, and the young lady who
docs q little space work. in the intervals
OF her social or business engagements
was not considered In the compilation Of
these statistics. The go writers who have
been considered are newspaper women
I'm the best sense OF the word. Their
qualifications as enumerated by Lippin-
colts are that they hold STAFF positions
on journals OF good standing or they have
had experience which fits them for such
positions; they have learned TO recognize
news when they hear II, and they know
how 70 present Il TO the public in the
most attractive form; they can judge OF
its comparative value and the amount
OF space II should be given In news
paper: they can edit their own copy II
necessary; they know something about
composing-r and can distinguish be-
tween "A form and piece of type; they
have learned why II is not sheer waste
OF material 10 write on but one side or
their paper; they kaow that newspaper
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

Being irregular in all habits OF sleep
ting and eating too much, too many KINDS
~ food and that which is too highly sea-
soned. -. -
Neglecting TO take proper care OF ou,
selves and not applying early Tor ilea'Ss-
al ADVICE when disease first appears,
hut bv taking quack medicines 20 degree
Of making a drug shop Of the body.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
I'erdfta.

You cry your posies DER again
Wheneer the masters page we scan:
Your lips wreath with that light refrain
Still shyly sweet TO man.
For you the honeyed summer pours
Her warmth into the variant March:
Yet all the dainty spring is yours
Shy debonair, and arch.
How lie you safe from every harm.
Perdita. though earth's blossoms fade
And centuries Of youth and charm
Times sickle low hath laid.
TO smile and cry your garden hoard,
Rattle violets and daffy's gold?
All. how? but that the masters word
Forbids you to grow old.
Charlotte M. Packard. in the LITERARY
World.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

Office II not drawing-room and that
they cannot expect drawing-room man
ners in it; they have learned that the
highest compliment an editor can Jay
a woman associate IS TO treat her as If
she were a man, promptly reprimandins
her for a biunder and giving her word
Of praise for good work-if he happens
to think OF II. Last and most important
point Of all, these women earn their liv-
ing with their pens. This is the crucial
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21

ming down TO meet this was an old-fasn-
toned white lace veil, hanging loosely
about her chin.
Another gray had big pulled sleeves
of gray gauffered satin, which Is so
much liner and lighter than the satin
OF old. and very much in vogue no"
for sleeve puffs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
WHITE SILK HOSIERY.
Some Facts Regarding This Fash
ion.

The very best grade OF stockings is that
made Of pure or long silk. Such a stock
ing will wear well. II II is not purchased
IN the cobweb-like texture chosen by fas-
tidious women of fashion. The most
durable black silk stockings are those
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-21
Worth a WOman'S While.

~ % mm
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09

so worn that his mother alone recognized
him and that by peculiar feature about
his eyes.
Two bullet holes and an arrow wound
punctured while charging the works Of
hostiles constituted good capital for any
western young man in those times, even IL
he hadn't much else. But Sam Houston
had in him something his fellow citizens
would have called "a heap more" for a
start in life Added to the aggressive ma
tuge born in him, he had progressive ideas.
At the end of the war he resigned his com
mission, which was In the regular army
and began to study law His instructor
told him to prepare for an Is months siege
of Blackstone, but at the end of six months
he was admitted to the bar at Nashville
He was soon elected district attorney and
appointed adjutant general of the state
AT the age of % he was chosen major gen.
eral of a division, at 30 he entered congress
and at 83 was governor of Tennessee.
Then followed another circumstance at
fecting his future career. He married into
an estimable Tennessee family and within
three months separated from his wife with
out any explanation whatsoever. Under
the stress of public condemnation for this
act he resigned the governorship and quiet
ly made his way to his old Indian haunt,
to the wigwam of his adopted father Oalo.
ateka, king of the Cherokees in Arkansas.
Houston at once championed the red men
and in redressing their wrongs came into
collision with Il congressman. He was ar
rested, tried at Washington and acquitted.
Passing through Tennessee be met with an
ovation, but he pressed on and joined the
Texas colony of Austin at San Felipe. He
was urged to make Texas his home and to
enter a convention that was soon to meet
and deliberate upon Texas affairs. He did
so, and from that time until the outbreak
of the civil war he was the dominant soul
of Texas.
During the exciting days of revolution
his voice was for moderation and for peace
until the enemy struck; then his hand was
on his sword for war. He was appointed
commander in chief and put on generals
} trappings and sword over his fringed buck
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
Ingenious Brushmaking Machine,

Hitherto the process in brushmaking of
punching the bristles and drawing them
into the holes has been performed by hand.
a machine of peculiar ingenuity has just
been invented for this purpose, the bristles
being contained in hopper, where they
rest horizontally at right angles on the top
of "A disk, which by means of u treadle is
caused to partially rotate, first in one di-
rection and then in the other. The disk
has notch formed in its periphery, and as
the notch passes under the bristles some of
them enter into the notch; before the disk
returns, plate joined to the disk is moved
and closes the mouth of the notch, thedis
then comes back and carries away the tuft
of bristle retained in the notch to position
from which it can readily be taken by the
fingers of the operative.
The whole arrangement is that of peck
er or gripper and can be regulated accord
ing to the quantity of the material re-
quired to fill the hole, the operative passing
the wire through the hole by means of a
special needle fitted to a clamp which is
held in the right hand, the loop being au-
tomatically formed. Into this loop the OPP
orator passes the tuft Of bristles, pulls the
wire and thus draws the bristles into the
hole.-New York Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
Where Hawthorne Lived and Wrote.

In the village of Concord, where lived
Emerson and Thoreau and the other i'm
mortals of the cotere which has made the
old town famous, there still stands, exactly
as he left it, the house i'll which Hawthorne
lived and wrote. 1t is Il wooden house, with
many gables and a veranda painted outside
in yellowish tint. In front and at the
sides is small garden with green palings
and at the back low, steep hill, like a
cliff where grow the larches brought from
England. Within there is the stiff and
formal parlor, the dining room, with its
old fashioned fireplace, the library and two
small rooms filled with bookcases Up
stairs in kind of wooden tower is his
study, the desk, the chair, the rack for pa
pers, all as he left it, and his motto over
the door, "All care abandon ye who enter
here New York Sun
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
CAVALRY RUSH AT SAN JAcrNTo.

skin garb. His voice swayed the council
of state, the feather of his sombrero was
another plume of Navarro to rally and in
spire the soldiery, his sword "A terror to
Mexican minons and to white and Indian
renegades who ravdged the border.
The Alamo horror came and paralyZed
all hearts Houston, with impassioned elo-
quence, implored the council TO sit calmly
in deliberation and make laws to found a
state and he would settle accounts with the
Mexicans. He gathered up 700 men, head
ed off Santa Annals center column of over
l,sO0 formed his lines and addressed his
soldiers, bidding them to 20 into battle on
the morrow with the cry, Remember the
Alamo!' They then slept. He said to his
colleagues, II will tomorrow conquer,
slaughter and put 10 flight the entire Mexi-
can army, and it shall not cost me dozen
of my brave men"
He kept his word, and on the field of San
Jacinto "A new nation was born April 90,
1896.
After it was all over, the MeXicans driven
beyond the Rio Grande and Texas enrolled
among the powers of the earth, Houston
was made president of the republic by ac
clamation and delivered up his sword. A
new era was before him, and he added to
LIS wei ctiiISt llblcS vi plOltcI anu SUI
der that of statesman. a brilliant ex
ample of physical and moral courage, unit
ed with diplomacy, was given in the crisis
brought about by the necessity for dis
banding the army. There were no funds
for an establishment and no need for one
The war was over and the ranks filled
with clamorous Adventures, many of whom
had never fired a gun for Texas They de
manded pay, and certain turbulent spirits
proposed to march to the capital, over
throw the council, assassinate the leaders
and set up as "A Pretorian guard. Houston
was keen eyed and learned of the bold pro
gramme. Without consulting any one he
quietly ordered various companies trans
ferred to separate points and iurloughed
indefinitely, subject to call to arms by proc
lamation. Once scattered and free, the men
were of kind not TO sigh for orders and
left the st,% e never to return. When armies
were again needed, new blood had come to
Texas, and she had no lack Of men to bear
arms in lawful war.
Houston was twice elected president of
the Texan republic. He favored annexa
ton and was one of the two senators first
chosen to the United States senate from
the Lone Star State He died in the midst
of the civil war; and to the last was the
sworn friend and champion of the red men
who first won him to the life of borderer
GEORGE l.. kILMER.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-09
A strange Bosnian Superstition.

At Brazcka, in Bosnia, an old supersti-
ton has come to life again which resembles
the fables of Jewish ritual murders. In
Bosnia the people have believed at all
times that bridge could not be firm and
lasting unless a human being was walled
up in it. Thus there is a legend connected
with the handsome Roman bridge at Mos
tar which says that the fine arch across the
Narenta could not be finished until the
architect walled up in it "a bridal pair
Now that solid bridge is being built
across the Save at Brazcka this supersti-
ton is revived. 1t is rumored everywhere
that gypsies are stealing children to sell
them to the contractors, who wall one up
in each pillar A few days ago there was
a regular pursuit OF some unlucky gypsies,
OF whom it had been said that they were
raiding for children Daily News