The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-03


Of bread and meat left over from meals
and works them up into appetixing and
nutritious dishes. instead Of throwing
them away. Her clothing she keeps clean
by the use OF aprons: she has suits Of
clothes suitable for dirty work. She turns
her sheets when they grow thin In the
middle. Her worn tablecloths are cut into
napkins for everyday use. She keeps rugs
spread over places in the carpet that are
subjected to the hardest ware. She care
fully dries her tinware SO It will not rust
out. She keeps her old brooms for rough
use. and SO prolongs the term Of service of
| her best broom. She uses up her worn
garments In making quilts and comforts
or in rugs and rag carpets. and SO in
| thousand ways she saves what II wasted
would be pure loss, and do nobody any
good.'
WOULD TAKE ANY. THEN:
"Are you fond Of etchings?" asked the
young man who had taken the hostess
pretty niece from the country down 10
supper.
"As general thing. yes. she answered.
| looking up into his eyes with an engaging
| frankness that threatened havoc to his
heart; but" she added hastily, as ne
| started to say something pretty. mot any
tonight. thank you-it Is rather late. A
very little sherbet Is all care for."-Spare
Moments.
Congressman Johnson. Of North Dakota.
has a wife who Is a helpmeet Of the proper
| sort to him without being q canvesser Of
votes, lobbyist, reviser of his speeches.
or even one of those women who are de-
scrfbed as taking the ''keenest interest,"
80 NE,tr .h.~ .l,s., I-L,
son, to be sure. may have the virtues of Ill
these classes, but she has won fame chiefly
| from the remarkably clever way in which
| she superlntended the work on a farm of
1880 acres, while her husband was at
tending to the legislative affairs of the
nation. In the spring of 1893 Mr.. johnson
Invested heavily In hay lands. Before the
hay was ready to. cut he was called to
Washington by an extra session Of con-
gress He tried to find q man who would
| attend to his hay for him during his alb
sence, and. failing. allowed his wife to as
sumo charge of the big hay farm. The
harvest came on and Mrs. johnson was in
the fields bright and early In her top
buggy, looking after men and teams, and.
| when one field was cut. selecting another
and then another. All Of the hay on .he
Johnson farm was mown, and then Mrs.
| ity of Petersburg until the total cut
amounted to almost 800 tons. Mr.. John
son himself says that ne never had crop
looked after in a more business-like way
than the hay crop Of 1893.
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HEALTH HINTS:
Bicycle riding Is the very best remedy
for nervousness caused by lack Of eX-
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desk all day.
| Wash the face night and morning in
buttermilk. permitting to dry without
wiping. This will make the skin white and
soft. There is nothing so good for the
complexion" as exercise In the open air.
| A preparation of linseed oil and lime
water Is a good application for sunburn.
Put on the burned surface and cover with
old linen or muslin; II the burnt surface
Is very sore do not remove the linen, but
keep 1t wet by pouring the mixture on.
1t was forcibly pointed out In one of The
papers read at the last meeting of the
American Health association convened In
Canada. that radical improvement In pub
lie hygiene should begin In the public
schools. and unless 1t is done, we may
nationally expect to see a progressive
physical degeneration of our race through
thc pCi hiSiouS AuhucHCcS VI Tic IuiScTdUle
hygienic surroundings to which our
school children are so commonly subject
ed in the common schools.
few simple rules carefully obeyed will
do much to preserve the eyes In health.
Light and color In rooms are important.
| The walls are best finished in a single tint
Windows should open directly upon the
outer cir. and light Is better when they
and close together, not separated by
much wall space; not distributed. Light
should be abundant, but not dazzling. 1t
should never come from In front, nor
| sould sunlight fall upon work or the
printed page. Never read or sew in the
twilight, after an exhausting fever nor
| before breakfast. Look up frequently
when at work and fix the eyes upon some
| distant object. Break up the stretch of
wall by pictures that have a good per-
spective. These rest the eye, as does look
ing out Of window. When at work on
minute objects, rise occasionally, take
deep inspirations with the mouth closed,
stretch the body erect. throw the arms
backward and forward, and step to an
open window or out into the open air for
a moment. Two desks of different heights
are valuable for a student. one to stand
by and the other to sit by. Plenty of
Open-air exercise Is essential to good eye-
sight. Sometimes it IL impossible to cure
eye troubles while patients stay within
doors in furnace-heated rooms. For
proper vision. printed matter should not
be less than fifteen inches from the eye.
Some advice which the Philadelphia
Record gives to mother who complained
Of the incessant crying Of her girl baby
may be valuable to other readers.
Search all over the child's clothing"
says the Record, "for the cause Of the
crying. Clothes that bind. pins that prick,
safety-pins that are large and clumsy may
make pressure sufficient to cause pain.
An infants clothing to be comfortable
and unirritating should be sewed OMIT
takes very little more time to fasten each
garment with thread. Buttons should
never be used; nor pins. You may cause
her to suffer by too frequent feeding:
once every three hours Is quite often
enough to feed a six-months-old baby
Permit no .rregularity in the feeding; feed
her at no time except at the end Of each
three hours. Never feed her to silence her
voice. Early in life digestion is feeble,
and regularity in meal hours is Of much
more Importance. than in adult life. Too
frequent feeding causes collie, Indigestion
and illness. Do not feed her during the
night-if her last meal has been at II D. m
give her no more food until s or 6 a. m..
DO not rouse her from sleep to feed at any
time. II she have collie give half tea
spoonful Of hot soda mint" II she does
not improve within a week take her to
physician for examination and treatment
Her present ailment Is Indigestion. Feed
ing produces pain and collie. Keep her
chest and stomach and bowels covered
with thin layer Of wool-a wool shirt or
flannel binder-night and day. Give her
teaspoonful Of caraway water after
each feeding"
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