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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-04-26
Health and Beauty,

Health, its understanding and pres- ervation, is fad just now. Lectures on the subject in any of its branches are eagerly patronized by society lead CTS. Probably this is because beauty of face and form were never more con- sidered than at present, and our wom- en are beginning to find that there is no real beauty without sound health; this is one ostensible reason for the craze. Another is that women do more, achieve more than ever before, and consequently they care more to hear how they may keep themselves in proper condition for work. A well- trained mind is not the first thought, although it is an important one; it is the well-trained mind in well-trained body.
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Pretty Drape for an Easel.

One and half yards lemon-colored silk; balls turquoise blue crochet silk; 125 brass rings; fill all the rings with double crochet, closely and firm ly, then with needle and silk crossbaT the center of each ring, When all the brass rings are filled form into wheels, seven rings to a wheel, one in the cen- ter and six surrounding. Baste on the China silk, hemstitched on opposite ends and both sides. Use the ravelings to hemstitch with. When the wheels have been neatly hemmed on the silk at one end, with pair of scissors cut out all the silk running upon the point just as the wheels run. This will give the wheel part an openwork look. Tie on every ring at bottom a heavy tassel oH the crochet silk.-Ida Burkhardt, in Ohio Farmer.
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ency. It has done nothing whatever to promote the welfare of any section or any class. Every move that it has made has been disadvantageous to the people. It found the times good, and it made them bad. There IS no hint of
 profit in any of it's schemes of legisla tion. It has been tried, and the result is entirely unsatisfactory, with no prospect of anything better If it had met public expectation even in point of honest, but unsuccessful, effort to re- deem it's pledges, there would be some reason for viewing it with indulgence and waiting for it to improve its con- duct; but, as matter of fact, 1t has failed beyond that point of extenua- tion. There is not word to be said in its favor. The story of its attempt to govern the country is one of utter and unprecedented incompetency and un- faithfulness; and the reaction against it is not for day, but for all time. - St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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COLOR SENSATIONS.
Curious Effects Secured by the Solar
 Spectrum.

Curious Effects Secured by the Solar
 Spectrum.
 The three primary color sensations are considered to be red, green and violet. Certain mixtures of violet and green produce blue; red and green also give yellow. But it is important to observe that these are primary color
 ensations, and not primary colors, though the expression flights of primary colors" is admissible. For it is commonly imagined that the blue and yellow mixed in certain propor- tions produce various kinds of green. If yellow and blue pigment be mixed together with water, the green color produced is not mixture of blue and yellow colors. It is the one col or which is not freely absorbed either by the yellow or by the blue pigment. The yellow pigment re- moves the greater part of the blue, in- digo and violet rays; the blue pigment removes the greater part of the red, orange, and yellow. Thus the light that finally escapes is mainly green.
 It is curious to notice, too, that the sunlight passing through glass of one color is not Cnly of that color What is called the ordinary solar spectrum is produced by allowing a ray of sun light to enter narrow slit and pass through one or more prisms If bit of red glass be held over the slit the whole length of the spectrum is not red dened; there is no color in the spectrum of the glass when that color does not exist in the ordinary (rainbow) spec trum. If the red glass be pretty pure, only red and little orange are visi- ble In the spectrum; all the rest is cut away. Wonderful is it also that the colors seen in natural objects are chiefly residuals left after internal ab. sorption.
 A tulip with green leaves can only be seen in pure light or in the cor responding colors of the spectrum. If it is placed in the red band of the spectrum the flower shines brilliantly red, while the leaves shine dull red, not green. If moved to any other band of the spectrum the red petals become black and the green alters much.-Longman's Magazine
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HOW TO SLEEP souNDLY.

Put Pillows Under the Feet instead of
 Under the Head-An Important Discov-
 cry Made by German Ssientist.-.Wom-
 en Like the Professors scheme and Say
 It Works Very Well.
 A most important discovery has re- gently been made by German profess sor that will materially improve the physical and mental strength of all who follow it's lesson, if the discovery is really genuine, as the professor claims it to be.
 Superstition or legend or the custom of years has had an influence upon us while we slept that has been almost as great as the like influences while we are awake. It has been vaguely un- derstood that if we sleep with our head to the north it is much better than pointing in any other direction can possibly be, while lying upon our left side is certain indication we are free from heart disease, and lying upon our back is quite as certain sign that we are intending to snore.
 Added to these, the idea has pos sessed us that our head must be higher than our feet entirely overlooking the fact that the typical American, ever healthy, vigorous and good looking, is invariably represented in foreign pa- pers as sitting in very low chair with his feet on the convenient man. telpiecc some yards, apparently, above him.
 But Prof. Fischer has changed all that He has demonstrated by a series of painstaking and careful experi- ments that we should sleep with the feet slightly elevated, or the head trifle lower than the feet, as he puts it, and this condition he advises bringing about by placing pillows under the feet and none under the head.
 The advantages claimed by Prof. Fischer resulting from this manner of lying are that the intellectual repose is much more profound than obtained by the present prevailing method; also that amelioration of the nervous syS-
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HUMOROUS.

Naturally when girl goes to work out she hates to stay in. -Elmira Ga. zette.
 -Mabel-"With what verses are you the most familiar?" Poet--"Reverses N. Y. World.
 -Haverly-"They say old Soak has water on the brain" Austen-"Then he must have hole on the top of his head. Life.
 Bare as the naked branches of dead tress,
 Whose chilly fingers grope to leaden skies;
 So bare of worthy deeds the life that sees
 Distress, and will not sympathize.
 Author (whose new play is being hissed by the whole audience)- Heavens! I shall have to hiss too or they will find out that I am the au- thor. r."-Fliegende Blatter.
 -Berliner-"This scenery is really grand" Native-"But you have trander views near Berlin" "No, in- daed!' "I am afraid you are not Berliner. r."-Fliegende Blatter.
 .-"Cholly has such habit of telling all he knows," said one girl. Yes" replied the other, but it wouldn't be so bad if he would only make point of knowing all he tells Washington Star.
 Young Mother-''Baby is some what cross to-day. He is teething. Bachelor Gin great awe of the mite of humanity)-"And when do you expect him to commence-er-hairing?'- Vogue.
 -May-"Does Charlie always come at eight and go at eleven?" Helen "Yes, he has for months. How strange l don't see how you have time to say word besides good night. Ocean.
 Ragged Richard (insinuatinglyt- Say, mister, have yer got eny sugges- tions ter make ter feller wat ain able ter raise CT dime ter git shaved with?" Grumple tpassing on)-"fesi raise iskers."-Buffalo Courier
 Hangs son has wonderful intiu- ence over him. Bangs goes to church regularly now" How did he persuade his father?" "Well, you see he's only three months old, and it was either go to church or take care of the baby.
 A man, reduced to desperation through his debts, flung himself into d river. A kind-hearted individual res cued him, and said; "You owe me your life." The would-be suicide, heav' ing a sigh-"Here's nice how-dye-oo another de6t!i"-La Tribuua'
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WOMAN AND HOME.
LuCKLESS BABIES.
A Strange Phase of Life in New York and
 Other Large Cities.

A Strange Phass' of Life in New York and
 other Large Cities. It used to be thought that mothers tenderness was something no power could efface, but when one examines the condition of the suffering indigent, and especially of those who owe it in some degree to themselves that they are in want, one is led to modify such | opinion. Almost all of the mothers among these people who come under condemnation, however, are they that have degraded themselves by the use of intoxicants. The mother has to be- come lower than a beast before she can abuse her baby. But when the records of societies for the aid of chill dren show that children in arms have been whipped with thongs and straps, have been thrown as missiles from one infuriated parent to another, have been scared with hot irons by mad and drunken fathers and mothers, have even met with worse cruelty, too shocking for recital in our sensitive ears, one Eees how possible it is for man and woman to fall into a condi- tion even lower than that of the brutes.
 That q mother can desert her new born baby, leaving it to the mercy of the race, or even do so knowing that speedy death is the best thing that can happen to it, we are all aware; but when child is found creeping in the garbage of tenement house yard, it seems as if the child had been in the mothers arms long enough for love to have grown so that such desertion would be impossible. It is quite as diff fcult to understand the condition of a mother who craves strong drink to such an extent that she sells wardrobe and bedclothes and furniture to buy it while her children starve, or splits chair and table for kindling-wood rather than spend for that the money that goes for drink or even that of the more kindly-disposed woman who dulls cold and hunger for her children by giving them the poison too. The cat loves her kittens better than that; she does not cast them off till they can do for themselves; the wild bear of the woods who dies for her cubs at need is the nobler animal.
 It should move the heart of every mother who has been kept from temp tation herself, and whose rosy darlings are shielded by warm tenderness, to Shink of these wretched little beings, who would be too amazed, if brought into such happiness as ;heirs, to know what it meant It should seem to these fortunate mothers chat it is not enough to do their duty within their own four walls; that part of their duty lies beyond, where these little creatures are to be found in their squalor and distress; and that aside from the obligation to the neighbor thus involved is the further obligation to their own children of preventing, as far as may be, such ruin.--IIarper
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Female CIerks I'm Druc Stores.

Why don't more druggists employ one woman clerk at least? One meets women behind the counter of most tradesmen, but they are seldom seen here, where they would often be most peculiarly welcome. This has nothing to do with their studying and qualify ing themselves as chemists, and with their doing up doctors prescriptions. It only means their waiting on the many women who go into a drugstore, and hardly care to inform the waiting man of their illnesses and their needed remedies. If women ever want to be tended by their own sex it is in drug store
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Relics of Early Philadelphia.

James T. Evidge, of the Quaker city, has been an indefatigable collector of relics of Philadelphia's early history, and his cabinets contain one of the most curious personal collections to be seen. He has a chip from the first mill stone in the United States, used on Kitchen street, Wissahickon: a funny old lamp made in Germantown one hundred years ago, resembling com bined tea kittle and coal scuttle; a piece of Franklin's first lightning-rod; shilling scrip, printed in l76O by Frank lin and Hall on Rittenhouse paper; a portion of the old fence still standing on the battlefield of Germantown, riddled with bullets; part of the Elm tree that stood on the Chew estate; rusty cannon balls and bullets picked up there, and host of similar inter, esting mementoes of the colonial and revolutionary days.-Pittsburgh Chron- icle-Telegraph.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.

GB-The republicans have no trouble about getting a quorum whenever an election is held this year.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
 CB-The only "army" the democratic congress need fear is the army of voters that will march to the polls next fall to elect republican congress. Chicago Tribune.
 eB-The democratic majority in con- gress has again acknowledged ex- Speaker Reeds supremacy. They have adopted rule to count quorum. cago Inter Ocean.
 CS- Rhode Islands recent vote shows that there are no longer any doubtful states in the north. The Wilson bill has put probibitory tariff of demo- cratic majorities on this side of Mason and Dixon's line.-N. Y. Recorder.
 cB-The frequent tits between Speak CT Crisp and Mr. Reed and the results thereof must fill the speaker with re- gret that he did not accept that sena. torship and betake himself out of the range of the man from Maine-N. Y. Advertiser.
 Republican tidal waves come sell dom. None at all have come since 1879, for although the republicans won the presidency in 1876, 1880 and 1888, and gained the house of representatives in the two last named years, the margin was small in each case. In 1894, how ever, there is likely to be an old-fash- toned republican majority rolled up for congress, and 1896, for president and congress, stands chance of, being 3 repetition of 1879. -St Louis Globe. Democrat.
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A MALAeAsy ANTS NEST.
The votry Peculiar to the Great Forest of
 Madagascar.

Madagascar.
 All who have journeyed through the great forest must have frequently noticed large black or dark-brown balls attached to the higher branches of trees, which are called f'votry." They are generally little larger than football, but occasionally attain the dimensions of a beehive. These are ants nests. If you take one down and examine it Ia rather ticklish business), you will find that it consists of a tough substance exactly resembling dry cowdung This, however, is not to be found in the depths of the for est, and is, therefore, not the material of which it is made; it is composed of earth mixed with vegetable fiber, but so manipulated as to yield a stiff parchmentlike substance. On the outer surface are numerous entrances into the interior.
 Now, if you can find it in your heart knife and cut vertical section through the nest; you will discover that it is made up of more or less irregular con- centric galleries, the floors of which are about as thick as a shilling and about quarter of an inch apart. Each of these floors, or layers, is sup ported by a number of pillars rising from the one immediately below it. Near the surface of the nest number of ants may be seen, but in the center there is perfect swarm of them, all doubtless wondering what can have caused such a terrible catastrophe. But they waste not moment of time in idle speculation. See! they are all as bustling and as busy as they can be, and their first thought is to save their helpless young and their guests. For guests, indeed, they have.
 If you carefully examine the ants you will see one here and there with very minute red insect on its back, evi- dently intent, even at the risk of its own life, on securing the safety of its little guest This insect, placed under a magnifying lens, turns out to be beetle. What purpose it serves in the economy of the nest have never been able to make out. Attached to the branch or twigs that pass right through the nest there are little leathery caps, which contain eggs and small grubs. Of what are these the larva? I know not. If someone gifted with more than ordinary patience could study these ''votry" and the life of their inmates, the result would, I am sure, prove of interest. t.-Cornhill Magazine.
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THE GREAT REACTION.
What One Year of Democratic Rule Has
 Brought About.

What One Year of Democratic Rule Has Brought About.
 The democrats are trying to console
 themselves in their present season of diversity with the familiar theory that an administration is generally weak in its second year, owing to the ordinary circumstances attending the work of adapting itself to the work that it has
 to perform. Such an explanation will not answer in this case, however. The prevailing reaction against the party in power is not simply the result of causes that are repeated at regular in- tervals and that have only super ficial and temporary significance. It implies general feeling of dissatisfac- tion with democratic rule. A years experience has satisfied the country that a monstrous mistake was made when the republican party was de- feated and u new system of political doctrines and policies introduced. It will not do to say that the wave of dis pleasure which is now rolling over the country represents an impulsive and transient sentiment, and one that is llhcly tO Spenu US force III SnOrI tlne and leave things as they were when the votes were counted in 1892. The proof to the contrary is plain and conclusive. There has never before been such pronounced reversal of opinion with regard to the principles and purposes of a party. It extends all over the country, and the form of its manifesto tion is such that its meaning cannot possibly be mistaken.
 When the democratic party took con- trol of public affairs the people were inclined to believe that it would inn prove its chances of usefulness and strive to justify the confidence reposed in it by those who had voted its ticket. But it was a disappointment from the first In not single respect has it come up to its promises or made proper use of its opportunities. Instead of pursuing judicious and sensible course, it has acted in a consistently foolish and reckless manner. All of its performances have tended to discredit its capacity and to show that it is seri- ously lacking in honesty and consist
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Danyer,s Brown Bread.

This recipe is given in New Eng land paper, which should insure its ex- cellence. It is also said to have stood the test of years at the hands of good cook: Two cups of Indian meal, two cups of rye meal, one cup of flour, a teaspoonful of soda, one cup of mo- lasses and sour milk enough to make a drop batter. Steam this bread three hours, being sure that the water does not stop boiling.
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rubber tubing. A pleasing variety is obtained by varying the depth of the color used and the size of the flowers. Buds are stimulated by fastening three loops to stem. A hat trimmed with nothing but such flowers, either in clusters or strewn over broad droop- ing brim, is exceedingly becoming, and represents pretty bit of warm color in the murky lapse between winter and spring. Hinrichs, in Rural New Yorker
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THE BEST POSITION FOR SLEEPING.

HIT bISl iOSllloN fObt slsbEIlNt. tenn is greater; that the effect on the veins is better, and consequently the condition of the blood is improved and weakness of the lungs is therefore largely overcome. If in trying the ef- feet of this position for sleeping any unpleasant sensation is experienced the feet will be found to have been too high, and therefore they should be lowered little by little by using pill lows of less thickness until the proper height is reached, which is readily de- termined by the improved feeling of the sleeper.
 For women especially this mode of sleeping is recommended by the pro- lessor, and he claims to be in receipt of endless communications from ladies throughout Germany who have found untold relief in following his simple prescription. In an essay recently read by the professor the advantages to the physical nature from this man- ner of sleeping were shown to be un- mistakable and easily understood as such by the lecturers audience in the plain but convincing language em- ployed
 Briefly, the professor urged that the veins are better kept filled with blood, the blood flowing toward the brain is conducive of a clearer, more rested mental condition upon awakening, and the heart finding easier action is not called upon for such hard work, and therefore the tired feeling often accom- panying the first awakening is done away with.
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Not Trichiuosis,

Mean Man-Say! run for doctor! A neighbor of mine had some of your sausage last night, and he is very sick.
 Butcher-Mein gracious! It cannot be he has trichinosis?
 Mean Man-N-o; I think it's more likely hydrophobia.- Y. Weekly.
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HE KICKED HIMSELF HARD.

A hardy miner with careworn face And pants all shattered about the base. And coat so dreadfully rent and torn 'Twould frighten crows from Q field of corn, Stood gazing with eager, hungry stare Through a restaurants big show window,
 where Tho richest of vlands were placed in sight As bait for the wandering appetite. As stood he gazing at good things there His thin lips moved-alasl not in prayer, But in muttered curses upon the fate Which had kicked him downward to such a
 state
 Noting his attitude, l drew near, By curiosity led, to hear What topic his soul so deeply stirred And this the reproachful speech heard: ~ Look at 'em darn you look at 'em straight An hunger fur en- you roprobate.
 It sarves you right
 To be in this plight Starvin', an can't git cussed bite An thar 1t is, jest stacks of 1t, too, The best the market affords, an you
 Afamishiu' darn you
 We'll it'll rarn you To let well enough alone, you duffer
 On, darn you, suffer- '' Look at that turkey, roasted brown, Don't you wish you could swaller down About the half of it2 Sec them pies Food fur a angel from Paradise,
 An you a-starvin, you chump Look at that roast, at d tempt king, Look at the steaks look at everything, An then, you sucker, may inquire If from the fryin' pan into the lire
 Youll make another jumpS want satisfied, you misable cub Plenty O work an plenty O grub, Mines a-runnin' by night an day, Everything comin' right your way. Best O clothes on your cussed back, An had to fly the republican track.
 Stumped the hull range,
 Squealed fur a change, Made your speeches in every camp Dimycrat O the meancst stamp Travelled all over in sun an storm, Howlin fur Cleveland an reform.
 That's wat you did,
 You oyergrown kid, Howled like a wolf fur a change, dod rot 1t
 An, cuss you, you goti Kep' the air onusually warm, Yellin' Rsforml Reforml Reiormr Said republicans all was thieves, FaFnin' on spells like stall.fed beeves, Crowdin' the land to the 'tarnal dogs, -. Swampin her down in ruins bogs, WrecRin the good ol ship O state, Raisin' ol' Kick at a lightnIn' rate ..
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Very Nasty of Her.

Gwendolen-You told me he dreamed of me all night. How pale he looked, poor fellow!
 Ethel-Yes, met him on the steps. He said he was suffering from the eff fects of nightmare
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CHENILLE FLOWERS.
A Rich Trimming for Hats Which Can
 Be Made at Home.

Chenille flowers in shades of red from palest pink to deepest crimson, also in yellow and white, are rich garniture for hats. Six petals com pose flower, each being formed of a piece of wire five inches long, covered with chenille and bent into a loop as shown in cut. A large headed pin forms the center about which the petals are ranged. Long wires ex- tended for the stem are either covered with chenille, or slipped into large
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-,Why is Jack such a favorite among the ladies? He is neither rich nor handsome. "Oh, but he never at. tempts to guess their ages. "-Phila- delphia Record.