The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

No doubt you'd repeat what delighted me
II again like the moth to the candle I
Your affection went lame
When election day came,
And Mehitable Jones got your vote-oh.
I depended on you when for Office I ran.
Yet you failed me. because I was only Q
man.
You told me you loved me-fair false one,
How craven you ilinched in a crisis su-
Was this the devotion which taught me
And made all my life On idolatrous
The vote was q tie
Till your ballot came by.
And Mehitabel Jones was the chosen: not I
Through you twice a victim my record l
Disdained; and because I am only a man.
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Writes amber" in the Times-Herald:
II know whereof l speak when 1 say
that fully one-half the world common
ces each day in direct violation of the
laws of health. After sleeping all
night in q closed bedroom, the windows
double, the furnace heat. in wintry
weather. turned on with it's fumes of
disease and death, up gets my lady.
dresses herself and goes about the
business Of the day without a thought
of her bed she has slept in and is going
to sleep in again. Unawed and ,un-
shaken. it lies just as h left 1t until
somebody comes and spreads 1t up.
puts on the embroidered. shams and
folds down the dainty spread hat
transforms 1t into a veritable "whited
sepulcher, full of the germs of disease.
Get out your physiologies and read
about the waste that passes from the
pores of the body during sleep. and then
dream pleasant dreams again. If you
dare, In an unaired bed and an unven-
tilated bedroom. When you can bring
me a flower that blossoms in a charnel-
house / will show o a woman who
has won rosy cheeks and bright eyes
from unhygienic surroundings. If you
find time for nothing else then-even
If you have to put off saying your
prayers to do it-air your bed and venti-
late your room thoroughly with the
pure, fresh air of heaven before you
take up the duties of the new day.
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IF WAS EXCUsABLE:
There Is some excuse said the Police
Judge, for a man becoming eXasperated
by the strains of a hand organ, but to rush
out and attack the musician with an axe
is carrying things with a little too high a
hand"
II know it is, ledge" pleaded the man
who had never been in a police court be,
stops in front of the house just after a
man has had an argument with his wife
about whether he gifts an overcOat or her
: eloaE' II a n m oegsn fba P1aS fesb , an' Blood sw kin
stand!'-Indianapolis Journal.
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"Plenty Of exercise. big shoes, loose
clothing. no cosmetics; fun, frolic.
oceans Of good times, but no candy;
milk in plenty, but not a drop of tea.
and precious little coffee. with early
hours and lots of sleep in airy bed
may not unworthily wear a queens
high spirit. l would rather see her
letting out a drop of blood every day
from her round white arm than see the
girl I love drinking strong tea, and
surely l would rather see her making
ready to set her slender foot within
Charon's grim f%erryboat than establish
ing the taste for stronger beverages.
Now. before this eminently practical
musing is ended suppose we adopt a
code Of rules to follow:
Air the bed.
Throw open the windows.
walk at least a mile a day-five If
possible.
Eat nothing between meals.
Never taste strong tea.
"Bathe daily.
Wash the face with cold water and
soap, rub briskly with towels and avoid
all cosmetics, powder included.
Sleep at least eight hours nightly, in
a room without drapery or fol-de-rols
and with neither stationary basins nor
furnace heat.
Always sleep with an open window
leading directly to the outer air.
"T,pf yO1r nyipp.rnnnc ha full of c,,n.
shine and sweet air, even If the carpets
do fade and the lust settle.
Have no fear Of freckles and tan,
but the sunshine and the health
dealing wind as two gifts Of heaven.
Don't change from thick to summer
underwear In the midst of winter for
the sake of putting on a low-necked
dress. If nature bestowed a No. s foot
and a twenty-six inch waist upon you,
accommodate yourself gracefully to her
generous gifts. So shall you grow to
be queens, indeed; fit to wear the crown
of perfect w~omanhood."
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1T WAS QUITE EASY:
"Nirvana," said the business mans
q place where we soc. feel and hear moth
n How TO reach this peaceful condi-
ton IL the great question"
'Huh!' replied her husband: "if you had
DENAA Ah odSlhCSS al IOhE hS u UaNo YOU
would know that it's easy"
How would you go about it?"
I'd simply quit advertising ALBANY
According to Good Housekeeping"
these are things worth trying by the
alert housewife: Washing kettles, etc,
before they cool; varnish. for all house
bugs; cold water and soap to remove
machine Oil; burned eggshells on the
shelves to keep away bugs; for greasy
drainpipes, cOpperas; hanging q bag of
charcoal in the c~istern; cleaning tin
with paper; rubbing dry salt on egg
stained silver; rubbing n rough gridle
with a slice of turnip: hard, instead of
soft water for sleeping tea; sleeping tea
only three minutes; n cupful of gram
ulated sugar, boiled with one-half cup,
full OF milk, without stirring, until it
hairs. and then stirred smooth, for
icing: or, the white of an egg, In equal
amount Of water, and confectioner's
sugar. to stir stiff: to keep sponge cake
from drying, a tablespoonful of lemon
Juice; one tablespoonful of brandy to a
bottle of omato catsup; to cool a hot
oven q saucer of water set inside;
broiling over charcoal; for salad dress
Ing. without oil, one teaspOOnful each
OF salt, sugar and mustard, one egg and
eight teaspOOnfuls Of vinegar, boiled
toRether and thinned with cream; bak-
ing eggs, with q bit of butter and sea-
soning; boiling eggs, by covering
tightly in q pail of boiling water and
setting off the stove for 10 minutes;
adding sugar to sauces, preserves, etc,
after they have partly cooked: to milk
for drinking PURPOSES adding two
tablespoonfuls Of lime water to one
pint.
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HARDLY WORTH WHILE:
"You are now thirteen years old, Miss
Fanny, and yet you can hardly write your
" name"
That's q fact: but It will b such a