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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
A Cynic's Suggestion.

If you want to win a reputation as
q brilliant conyersationa.ist," says my
cynical friend. always let q man talk
Of himself. Always talk to q woman OF
herself
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
An Irreverent Young Woman.

washington Stdr.J
''Do you read Dante?" asked the young
man.
mo-" replied Miss Flipeigh; II really
don't care for Italian chestnuts. you
know"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11

This Comes from an Authentic Source.
Boston Journal)
You distinguish q "ready-made-man'
from q "custom-made" because one calls
II his fall overcoat," the other his top
coat"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
A. Some Older Folks DO.

youths Companion.)
Little Bessie had been guilty OF telling
something that did not happen, and when
mamma reproved her for II, she said:
why, mamma, didn't mean IL that way.
I told 1t for an antidote."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
No Then visible
Oetruit TrihunA.l

why stsalest thou the toys Of manrs
He asked Of the bloomsr maid.
She looked at the skirts Of his nsw tan
coat
s1sshaass = - sebbssy. e.. - IA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11

WANTED, TRAVELLING SALES
w MEN TO handle our goods on commiss on.
Good Inducements 20 lrsi-class men. FIDELITY
OIL COMPANY, Cleveland, ONO. no l0-7t
CORRESPONDENTS FOR SPE-
~ GAL NEWSPAPER WORK. Manuscript
sold on COMMISSION; short stories e specially:
over 300 publications on our list. Manual sent
tree.
INTERSTATE PRESS ASSOCIATION,
no lO-2t INDIANAPOLIS,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
Not Helped by His Brother.

milwaukee wisconsin,
who helped you with this map.
JamesT'
Nobody. sir"
Come. now. tell me the truth. Didn't
your brother help you?'
mo, sir; he did II ALL"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
A Geo. IA story.

Geo. IA story.
ATLANTA COnstitution)
'Yeo, ~. the alligator swallowed me-
BOOTS and all; but a dynamite cartridge l
had In my pocket exploded and blew the
monster al 90 peces!'
But you-?
"Oh. I'm hsrew
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11

4 NUNhESFOND DENIS FUK SPEJIAI
~ newspaper work: manuscripts sold on COM
mission: short stores a specially; over 300
publications on our list: manual sent free. Adj
dress INTERSTATE PRESS ASSOCIATION. To-
dianapolis, Ind. ne 10-2t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
\ ADIgS. HAVING RFsUMLD IHc

IL DREsSMAKiNG BUSINESS. { am fr
pared to make. ~ reasonable prices. P. i..I.
AND FALLTLEssLY-FIH Dkt--i- i""
Partisan STYLES. MOURNING art ...lt-
OUTFITS a specially. Latest PAhl>lAN .i't.
IONS constantly on hand. which goa tr 81.
T. call ard examine. Mas VI. =. bl lin
no lit. l2D west tItF e.f.''.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
CAFES. FIRST PREMIUM SAtLN
HEaRfSG-HAIL MARVIN CosyA>fs HAf'-


RI. BARNES, sole ana coatsoIlng de' r, ''
yirginis. kcrth Caroline. and oplth ~ -.
FiRE.pRO0F SAFES, FIRE AND n- +" -.
PROOF SAFES, BukGL Ak.FhDv t'.lt
JEW ELLkts' sAFEs. f1kB faOv ..>f..
FRONTS, BUkGLAR.PRoOF Val III f"''''
VAULT Innings steel OF iroif. .. a.
All kinds and elasses ~ bSok'
and Government wosk, and lime $50 .,..
Expert attention TO Locks. sni a. ~.
pairing done promptly. Pun hne ~
HAND SAFES. Prices WARRANTED As 49,
QUO can sell you Easy terms y
WANTED. CASH FOR con- ~ '.gs
w WOOD for short time sNAs 80
for o. and sS.7o per ton SPIN! N"A ,tsg,
aud IS; No. SOFT COAL. iof ga L..
WEST VIRGINIA COAL. ~ 70 -, -
COKE Ia tho market stove, Nv, ~" a..
for IS busaela. AK for Fkle ~, riNs
lNE. and take NO other. OAh an
W00D-LooG. SAVED, aud Spit >,..tssss
1900 west Broad, Phone sV'
eud Cary. Phone lJo- a. ptoE
CO ye-lm =, -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
TO SELL on

w RICHr EBONY-CA>E PA
ei5O-for 500: ono MAHOGANY ~ B
PIANO for $40. Botn Of tho sroye Oh fl
DO sold N easy payments. Address $3.50
cAfe DISPATcH Office. u IL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
The Biddleby Family In New York.

Garper's Bazar)
Mr.. Biddleby: What's that Gurus build
In over thar to the left, mister?
The Policeman: That's Castle Garden.
Mrs. Bddleby: An air you the gar
deneff
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
WArER-GROUND COaNNru

. ''''''''.'...
Pou',us Nt"Hu'A''A N-il
. ulc la. i'aIn '.'.............
S,olhttn,uB potter on ta..
flnesi Mochh aui j ~ '.'.
-, ". % 80 is
tech OF lVlsh Fvthiptr
= -. -
Plugs me sum liti lu.l
: poundS hhnkcr Snh. e.-.....
Nice New VI. ans SYM trl
ie,Vp POUNDS me l.iN
fliless 'aiuefhlt ltamn
@ch-pcr pouh1, ....-.......
arse pachahes 1rla iii'..
NNesnw is.a,lis . p"Ih4a -.i....
~, 70 -, 10 -, ,...''.'
a. -, 80 ~
49, pzeo 1~''' 90 i"' ~
vi, 80 ,,,, fi.,,, -
~, k,e,,fii,. t-,,,'r o.t.r.
IerScv + ~ r'ln,,r ...
I'lna ,,r,ily isir,,- l,,.
III r,'i'f 49,
yiy inV 1'ii.is
9 n,,neds W, vir.i,'i., g.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
WANTED, ONE MALE SEIZE.
w PUP about 8 or 10 months or A.i-
nc once Lock Box q, Smithneld, "a. rH Ii.'
GRAN SUGAR,

NJ Nbbt LIZ n-''N ~
GRAN ULATED SUGAR,
N q pounds for .................---..
Salt PORK, per pound. .......-.,...'...
Apple Butter. per pound .......,-...-...
Best city Meal. per bushel........-...-.
New Orleans Mo,asses. per gallon.
best Roasted Laguayra 'Oiiuc, p-t ia...
Arbuckle's Best hriOsa Cofiee. PER .h..
Best Switzer Cheese, per pound. ........
Fresh soda Crackers. per pound.
Graham Waters. per pound.
y large bars >oap for............. ......-
New Froncn Prune-, 4 pounds form.
Xxx Family Flour, $40 ob.' ~ sa'> 81
Homemade Preserves, Ic. oi lti-Is
fOr........ ...s......-s .'------.t
Millers Best Hams. per poun1..-.--.'.'.
Small Early Juno Peee, per cau.....-..
Larse Cans Tomatoes. .......- ...----...
Large cans PIsPeacbes. ...............
Large cans Table Peaches cahs .f....
. cans AprlcOts for ................----..-
String Beans, per car. ......t.....
California Hams, per ponni. ..--.. .....
New California Apri fot-, pof p1lni 81
Silver King Minnesota Paten' Fanny
Flour, 1880 per BARRE, OF %.
sack.
New Curran,s. .............,,..,..f.-+..
New Citrou, per pound. ..... ...-...... %
snowflake Patent Family Flour ics
barrel $500; per sack ..............
Large All-Bristie Backing Brushc, ....- .
lima ksans. per tal....- ........-.t-..
Pure-sugar syrup. per gallon ...-...-,...
Large Mess.na Lemons, Ter 00keD ..-..- ID
Washing Powders, per SacAago......,,.
. cans salmon fOr. .....tt.. ..... .t..
3 dozen new Iarge y. &. Cut Herring ~
Fresh CouDtry Butter poe pOunI .....
Ginger->nsps, poe pound ....,-..-......
Breast Bacon ...-. ....-....... .ststttf.-
Breast PORK. per puupd. ..-...-+.. ..-...
Pure Lard. togr loI4ns tDr. ...........t..
Caufornla iarei Vine. por gallon.
Good Mixed Tea, pcr pouni .....
Large y. G. Noe herrngs. ~ dpL i'f
sour PICKLES. pei gniiOB...,..............
y ca Ms Beet Cora tor..........-..-. .....- DO
FiuesI New York Creamery biii'f, lcr
pound .........-.s.ss-r. ss.tsfs Il t'.t.
Cnrraut jelly. per pound ~ ...--
sugar-Cured >bouiisss. per pond.
Matches, per dozen. .....-..........t-..
Best Cream Cheese, pounds iof..,..-.
New Macscfel Oer iozeu. .-.....,'...
Honey Ctkes, 8 oua - fJr..............
Pure Old Eve Whissey, per gauon ...-..-
food Rye Whisky, peg gallon ,..-..-.,
Home ade Blackberry Vine. per go %
Coco Catawba Vine, per gallon. ....."..
Pottei Tongue ani Ham. cans ilt'..t
Good COOKING Butter, per polui.....--'
Imported MacarOni. pounds ~ .-..-.s
plugs Beet Suu-Cured Tobacco i9f....'
S-eiiess K,isins. per pound. .-..-....t.-'
Carolina kice. por pounf..... ...---.-.
Maryin's MIX Lurch-Crackers, per -4-4 r.
3Hoop (brass) Cedar p8i.s.....,. --.-srr.
French Csndy. per pound. ............s . q,
New Uflce-'lst mtlled On apDllaip-'
asrs BY natl promptly oiled. ....y
Phone3tC. 1870 and ls2. oas. ha.4 -''-'-
lG) JO->u1s
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
His Pledge.
Washington Post,l

(WdSNluStUU TUStJ
He persisted.
eff you do not believe In my simple
word" he cried. II will swear"
mo"
1t looked as II she didn't believe him.
At any rate, she refused to consider
his suit.
He did not forget what he had said.
He swore dreadfully all the way home.
after he had retired to rest, and until
@ fitful sleep came over him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
AT LEIDY'S STOy1

w HOUSE. TO sell Stoves Of all kni.. '-.r
ery, Tinware, Glassware. on >inf'' ~
and stoves Repaired. Tin Roonls
Gas Fitting. sc. 1909 east frlnk.la .f.r-
10 lO.tDe3l &. \. LElDl, ttH.fr.t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
CAeu FOR COAL ANV


VxYANTED, HORSES TO b0N"
w sood attentionl a. $3.50 per w..
ST. b. h,0a.Nbof hAM
GrspuAad Pcst-o1SH
~.avAa>sNs psariss eosssh VI
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
WANTED. OCCUPANTS

w BRIGHT FRONT ROOM, sc.o.f ra,
furnish "a or unfurnisnei. With loarl
comforts Also. accommodation fHr g.
Yong men. Apply 400 north Elogeniu .r.e.
no ll-lt'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
Highest Of n n Ieavsnins Powa-Lasc u S. Govt ReDo
@!a.!!! RR skass;
ARkNwAJTENX rr,y>E
BCsINEsS MiNrS

(TEO daj L: ANDERSON ~.
Luz. rom Main-s,rcet car Is . slice
TO 81: Ferns, Use % ;se..t.'lsi. Pa. &
dozen; Beauties. ~ dozen. 90, 1g,-ss prar.. A.
S ~; coca 'iolets, s5c, g.. Ct,...' 10 q,
ueld erosn, loo. dozen. Sss .'r.r.
Stock Low Prices saiisiac,.cn , s.il'.'. Ns.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
observation-disclosures.

throughout the ship Is lighted by In
eanceseent olectric-lights. and especial
pans nave been taken with the venti,a-
uvh. Powerful fans force the foul air out
VI tne vessel. every compartment and
sssry s'aie-room being connected with
me s EXHAUST. Pure air Is drawn down
ron tunnels above the shade-dsck. and
ioieea INTO every part Of the ship. In
oo, weather the pure air Is heated en-
sos'.. 30 that the comfort OF every per-
~ provided for. The occupant of a
ssa,e-room may control the ventilation
- DIS own apartment by turning on or
sns ,ou'-aar exhaust and the pure-air
ssn. ~, me state-rooIns have ventilating
exclude water.
The totals that fha ILL.,.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11

WANTED BLADES, If YOU
w WISH AT YOUR HOMES
send self-adcressed envelope for Our descriptive
|. circular and commence work at once; good
wages THE ALFRED KNITTING COMPANY,
Winthrop Mass no l0-8ts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
EMPLOYMENT WANTS.

WANTED, FOUR EXPERIENCED
w HANDS ON DRESSES. None other need
apply MRS. NJ J. BULLOCK,
no ll.1r 12d west Clay street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
ENGLAND.
WELLMAN PARTY SAFE.

LONDON, July 27.-Carl Siwers, the
Norwegian Attic enthusiast, tonight
received a telegram from the captain
of the Erling, a Norwegian sealer
which arrived today at the Island OF
Tromose, Finmark, Norway. The
captain of the sealer said in his dis
patch that near Amsterdam Island in
latitude "a and longitude, the Erling
spoke to the Ragnvold Jarl the steam
or which was conveying the Wellman
Arctic expedition to the edge of the
pack ice. The Ragvnold Jarl, in re-
ply to signals, asked to be reported at
the nearest place the Erling touched,
saying that all were we'll On board &.
The Rsgnvold Jarl had been beset by
pack ice, which had delayed her pro-
gress considerably, but Mr., WellmaD
and his party were then free of the
pack ice and they should now be well
on their way to the north pole.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02


rates heretofore made and issued by
said commission, and fully described
in exhibit "C"to the bill of complaint
herein, be, and they are hereby de.
| clared to be unreasonable, unfair and
unjust as to complaint and cross-com-
plant, and they are hereby cancelled
and declared to be null, void and OF
no effect.
Sixth-It is further ordered, ad.
judged and decreed that all costs OF
this court herein be taxed against said
defendants Reagan Mclean, Culber-
son and Foster and railroad commits.
sion of Texas, and that execution may
issue therefor.
Seventh-It lie further ordered, ad
judged and deereed that one-half (l.2)
of the costs of the supreme court in
this cause to be taxed, be adjudged
against complainant and cross. com.
plainant, and the other half of said
costs be adjudged against said Rea.
gan, Mclean, Culbersou and Foster
and the railroad commission of Texas,
and that execution may issue there
for.
Eighth-It is further odered, adj
judged and dereed that nothing in
this decree contained is intended Or
shll be construed as enjoining or pro.
hiditing said commission from re.
enacting any of the circulars or orders
heretofore issued by it, and not fixing
Or affecting rates
Ordered, adjudged and decreed
this the oath day of Jnly, A. D. 1894.
T. s. MAXEY, Judge.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
PHoNoeRAPH AS APRoMoTER.

1t Is Used in the South Seas to Gain Re-
.ahaa cruits Among the Natives.
When one of the Australian squadron
was patrolling the South seas lately
she came up with a sailing vessel, and
one of her officers boarded the stran-
ger. She proved to be colonial craft
engaged in recruiting Kanakas for the
Queensland plantations. On board the
naval officer noticed a photograph. He
was told that before the vessel left
Queensland the captain visited some of
the sugar plantations where South Sea
islanders are employed.
He took a camera and photograph
and then he went into the business of
photographing groups of natives on the
plantations, also taking individual pic
lures of well-known natives from the
New Hebrides and others from the Sol
onion group. Edison's invention was
then brought into service, the best
known of the natives, especially those
who have relatives and friends in the
islands. being asked to speak into the
phonogra anything they would like
to tell their friends Large numbers
OF these Photographed letters were pro-
cured giving accounts of what sort of
life the Kanasas were having on the
plantations and any other news that
would interest the old folks at home
at Mallicollc, Ambrym, San Christoval,
Malaita and other islands.
After securing a good supply the in
genious shipmaster sailed for the ISL
ands and when last seen was astonish-
ing the natives. Many of the photo
graphs he had transferred to glass for
use with the limeglass, and with the
photographs and the phonograph he
was in a position to give such an ocular
exhibition of life on plantation that
fairly changed the native doubts into
an enthusiastic desire to emigrate. Nor
was this all, AT the limelight show
he could produce full-sized picture of
an absent friend, a native who was
well known in the island in which the
shipmaster happened to be, and to the
amaZement of his dusky audience would
make him speak words of greeting from
his plantation home in Bundaberg-one
thousand miles away.
If any misgivings were felt before
the photograph was produced that be-
witched machine dispelled them by
making the limelight figure Of their
friend address the natives in their own
tongue, and in the same voice they
knew so well when he dwelt among
them. Needless to say, the photograph
has proved a valuable recruiting aces
sory,-Sydney Mail.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
what's In "A Name?

A couple of drummers who had not
seen each other for quite long time
met one day last week on the platform
of the elevated station at One Hundred
and Twenty-ffth street After exchang
ing hearty greetings peculiar to com
mercial travellers one of them asked:
81 say, Gus, what firm are you travel
ing for now?"
II am working for Dutzenheimer
Schwalbenbacker Mattenburger e. Co.
but am going toquit them on the LIST.
whats the matter?"
"The name of the firm is so con
foundedly long that am everlastinglJ
being fred out into the street before
have chance to get through telling
the name of the firm represent.
Texas Siftings
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
LIES IN SOCIAL LIFE.
A Woman who Says They Are an Absolute
Eaceaeitv

Necessity.
Are we hypocrites all, or are we un-
selfish souls who prefer to sacrifice the
truth and ourselves rather than wound
our fellow-beings? is the problem which
Mrs. Lynn Linton discusses in recent
English periodical. Is it lie to say
mot at home" and are the women who
instruct their maids to say it engaged
in the nefarious business of running inn
mortal souls? Is it sin or merely
kindness to assure the forgotten strap-
ger that one remembers her well, and
to tell the would-be hostess of regrets
and previous engagements that have no
existence?
Mrs. Linton wisely refrains from an
swering these questions, and goes on
instead to others. She wishes to know
if the doctor is justified who does not
tell the patient the seriousness and
hopelessness of his state. And on that
question she reaches a decision, doubt
less to the relief of physicians and their
charges everywhere.
"The permitted perjury of smooth
sayings by medical men," she says, lis
also one of the things we must accept
and allow for in our code of relative
virtues. Friends and caretalkers, and
those dependent on that ebbing life,
may know the truth; but the patients
self must be guarded from knowledge
that can do no good, and may do i'm
calculable harm. This does not apply
to those robuster and moro virile souls
who desire above all things to know
exactly where they stand. To them the
truth pure and simple. 1t is what they
wish, what they deserve and what they
are fit for. But these are the excep-
tions and the tender are the rule"
About the perjury of the sponsors
vows at baptisms, and especially the
bitter dishonesty of marriage vows,
she speaks scathingly. "The world
knows how things stand" she says,
''but the perjury is among those per-
mitted by the exigencies of society
which fears nothing so much as the
truth-which will pay in soul and body
fer what it conceals by lies and wraps
up in cloudy pretenses."
The conclusion which she finally
reaches is one which is worldly-wise
enough, at any rate
at is all a tangle," is the wise wo-
mans verdict, ''and no human skill can
reel the lsnotted thread straight and
smooth. The absolute truth would be
impossible, and will bs so long as human
nature is as it is. We must have verbal
symbols which are to be taken alle-
gorically and not literally; and we can
live that single-folded life which is the
dream of all the naturally honest and
sincere. We have to hedge, and deal
as faithfully as may be with our higher
aspirations-checked as they are at
every turn by the baser requirements
of practical life. In deed and in truth
it is all a tangled But we must do the
best we can, and the smaller the corner
of that tract of permitted perjuries we
cultivate the better for us here and the
more hopeful for the hereafter. IN. Y.
World
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
MUTINY IN PRISON .
The Convicts Of the Tennessee Penitentiary
Attempt to Escape.

The Convicts Of the Tennessee Penitentiary
Attempt to Escape.
MEMPHIS, July 27.-A special 10
the Commercial-Appeal from Nash
vile, Tenn. says: The convicts at
Tracy City are in a state of mutiny
and as result two men are dead and
two others are suffering from wounds,
This afternoon the convicts loaded a
pipe with explosives, placed it in
coal car and attached slow fuse to it.
Deputy Warden Nelson and assists
ants were passing along another eh-
try to bring the convicts out tor the
night and when they arrived opposite
the bomb it exploded. Nelson was
instantly killed and Guards Terrell
and Thurman slightly wounded. A
negro convict named Pat Ham,
ilton was killed by volley
from the other guards. There
were Ill convicts in the mines at the
the time, and all but 20 surrendered
These remained inside and swear they
will not come out. Nelson was q
member of the last general assembly
from Maurice county. The state Off
Gals here were notified, and they
telegraphed superintendent of Prisons
Kirk at his home in Chester county to
go at once to Tracy City. kilograms
late tonight say that it will hardly
be necessary to send troops, ss it is be-
lieved all convicts will surrender be.
fore morning. Escape was probably
the motive of the mutineers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
Hot Weather Up North.

ST. PAUL, July 27.-Today has
been nearly duplicate of yes
terday as regards temperature
throughout the Northwest, but prom
ises are now for cooler weather, and
already drop is reported from Nor.
tana Beside injury to growing grain
the intense heat has dried up the
prairie grasses to an
extent that The least
spark from a passing engine causes
serious fires. A disastrous blaze
started last night near Tower Bule
agency, burning over 1000 acres, de-
stroyipg valuable haystacks. 1t is
still burning, headed toward Rosebud
agency. Another fire near Pierre,
caused by lightning, resulted in the
death of one man and several horses
end the destruction of large amount
of haV,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
WEEK BY WEEK.
A Good Substitute for the Annual UpheavGl
of House Cleaning.

Good Substitute for the Annual UpheavGI
of House Cleaning.
1t is very much better for the furni-
ture and all your rooms to be treated
Systematically all the year than to
have one annual upheaving. Except
in the matter of carpet cleaning and
repapering it is quite possible to do
away with the spring or fall cleaning
by simply doing one room thoroughly
every week. If your house has six
rooms each room will get good
cleaning every six weeks; if there are
ten, and you are restricted in help,
they will get overhauled only four or
five times a year, but in either case
there will be no domestic revolution,
no complete upheaval of your lares and
penates
it is very much better for the furni-
ture, etc, to be treated Systematically
all the year round in this fashion.
Linoleum oil and floor cloths, washed
and polished in the same way as stained
floors, only with thinner preparation,
will look better and last much longer
than if merely washed in slovenly
manner for six months, and then elab-
orately scrubbed or otherwise treated
with drastic remedies to remove stains
and marks which have been allowed to
eat into the material until it becomes a
difficulty to remove them. The same
remark naturally applies to polishing.
A little done every week keeps the
furniture in much better condition than
spasmodic operations; it can be per-
formed with such a variety of prepara-
tions that the difficulty lies in the
choosing. One of the most satisfactory
polishes is also the simplest-namely,
mixture of linseed oil and vinegar, kept
in well-corked bottle and shaken be-
fore use the furniture must be busted
first; then the mixture can be applied
over a small surface, polishing quickly
with old silk rags. This somewhat
primitive but efficacious compound has
double advantages; it does not form
cake over the wood, even with long use
(Which cake invariably produces craclxs),
and the combined oil and vinegar re-
move many stains and grease marks
that ordinary polishes do not touch.
Mirrors and looking glasses should be
cleaned as regular thing every time
room is done; nothing looks so bad as
stained surface to a glass of any de-
scription, and little spirits of wine
judiciously applied with soft rag will
remove the most obstinate marks; pic
ture frames and books, too, should be
well busted, and cupboard shelves
busted and refined with clean paper
N. Y. Recorder.