THE DAILY HERALD: 1'LATTSJM.oum, jrtjfijJKASK A, TUESDAY, AUGTST 7. 1SS8. ,03IAN AND nOME. ,IAT HUSBANDS CAN DO TO ' MAKE WIVES HAPPY. All Sorts of Uinta for ths Household, Par lor and Kitchen Cue of Children' reet Tho Delia a a TVlfo ret Dog. Items. A writer talks upon the other side of a question often discussed. She thinks those disquisitions about the duty of tho wife to make home happy are all well In their way, but very pertinently asks if It does not some times occur to the writers that the husband has aught to do with tho matter of making borne happy. Sho thinks it takes something more than a well furnished home, abundant wardrobe, well Oiled larder, yen, even than a full purse, to keep a womauly heart al ways In smiling order. 'IIo not ashamed to be lover like; do not fancy It is not becoming to middle aged peo ple. 'All the world loves a lover is a true saying, and the elderly married lover is as much admired, if not more, as the j-oung lover. Except some occasional soured spin ster, or unhappily married elderly people, all hearts warm to the man who is not afraid nor ashamed to show that he loves his wife. Tho girls envy her and pray heaven to send them such a one;' the young men learn a I,:sson of faithfulness, elder eopl honor him; ho wing goldun opinions from all "I your wife plain, quiet, old fashioned J't her but fool that sho U dearest of all the world to you, in spite of it all, and then a little tender urgency and encouragement will induce her to amend herself so far as nbo can. She does not wish you to call her lxiutiful if bho is not, but only to know her self as dear to you as if sho were, inasmuch as you chose her rat her than any mora beaif tful woman at Ort ' VJY ,Tio growing elderly, diseased, da formed, unfortunate In any way! Ah, ro memoer that she gave you her best years, tcr best strength; that ia loving service to you health and youth have been lost, and Jove her all the more. It is more f -jOv.e eka than her own tbat fcbo inotrrns over fading face and whitening hair and halting step. Sue sees changes in you, no doubt, but loves you none the less for the thinning hair, the furrows cn your brow, tho changes in face and form from your sturdy youth; but ou are only the dearer to her. In pity, li.an, in honor, in all manly nobility, give her back love for lovo, truth for truth. "You are all in all to her. If you fail her nothing can make good the loss. Your ad miration, your appreciation, are worth more to her than all tho world. If sho had every other good gift, and the leva of all other hearts, and tho praises of all nations, it would bo void without your affection. Is it not worth' while to appreciate such love as this and retain it? Is it not a prize to be cher ished I Then strive always to bo patient, be sym pathetic. Sometimes children may have leen disobedient and trj'ing; sometimes tho big boy, in tho plenitude of the wisdom of hobbledehoyhood, has scouted her advice contemptuously; sometimes the grown girl lia-s sneered at mothers 'notions.' Then, if you have it in you to comfort and cheer her, to make her feel that she is indeed dear and honored and wise and precious to you, then are you well worthy of just such a crown of honor as her heart crowns you with. Then if you can show her that she is as dear to you as ever, you have done a deed that God w ill smilo upon. "ilany a man says: 'ily wifo ought to know I love her without my talking about it. I have proved that I did, cot only by my choice itself, but by years of careful provid ing and faithful adherence.' "Very true, but do not fear to say so. Man cannot live by bread alone, nor woman either. In no relation of life is it satisfied without definite tokens of appreciation. You comfort your minister's heart with thanks for a helpful sermon; you give a friend a warm hand clasp and expressions of esteem; you delight the heart of your little, child with fond embraces and sweet names; nay, you call your dog good fellow and pat his head; you pet your horse, and these, too, appreciate kind words. Do as much at least for your wife as you did for the friend or servant. "And by all that is true or noble or good, I adjure you, suffer no outsider to comment upon her peculiarities, to depreciate or slight her because of them by look or word. Who so does disrespect of her does double dishonor to you. Allow no criticism of her; you chose pney ; stand by your choice. Even if it were mistaken, then pride would bid you let no one know it." Arthur's Magazine. Save tli Bits of Soap. Oather together all tho pieces of white 6oap that you may have, castile. Ivory and any others that are known to be good. Cut them into small pieces and dissolve in boiling water in the proportion of a teacup of water to lialf a cup of scraps. As soon as the scraps Lave melted, and while the water is still hot, 6tir in ground oatmeal to make a stiff batter, prease some old cups and pour enough of this mixture in each for a small cake, and pet it aside to harden and dry. You have now a very nice soap that is excellent for daily use in the nursery; or the mixture may be made just a little thinner and kept in a tin cup to be brought out as soft, white soap at the children's baths. For the boys' and girls' tri-daily hand scrubbing stir the batter very stiff with oatmeal, bran or wheat middlings, and mold into flat cakes. These have a roughness that i necessary to remove ink 6tains, pitch and the many defiling sub stances with which every healthy boy and girl seems to como in contact. For fancy hand soap, melt all together the pieces of any colored toilet soaps, provided, of course, that they are good, and do not contain injurious materials; stir in a few drops of irfumery and a very little Indian ineaL Four this into shallow dishes (fancy shaped if you wish) and when partly cold stamp on a pattern and mold the corners of the cakes round, or cut into shapes with a cako cutter. The scraps of yellow soap may be put into the soap shaker a wire receptacle for hold ing soap that is to be shaken in the dish water; but for those who have no such im plement, this is a way of disposing pf ihem: Dissolve the pieces as before, using less hot water, and when the mixture has partly cooled stir in a quantity (as much as it will take nicely) of scouring sand or bath brick scraped tine; pour into a wooden box and stir often until cold. This is excellent for scouring tins and cleaning unpainted shelves and floors, but will, of course, remove the paint from wood work. Yellow soap may, like the white, be simply dissolved and left to stiffen a little to be used as soft soap. Ladies' Home JauraaL Odd Sort of Entertainment. " A f era breakfast is the very latest Today tbat is, something as yet undreamed cf piay be t).e novelty to-morrow. A girj hostess utilized a wide veranda for a fern morning e time ago. Climbing . ferns were 1 about the sides to form cool, grern .' of Inch, rank growing fern . r . Tl9 .ttl' appeared to be spread on a mound overgrown with ferns. The smallest ferns o' the brooks and the woods, mingled with a delicate orchid or two and green misses, were ranged about a miniature pool of water, which formed the central decoration. A delicate maidenhair fern, planted in a tiny rase of china, stood by each plate as tho breakfast favor. Throughout tho meal the color greeu was preserved as far as possible, all the fruit being served surrounded by fern fronds. The pretty girl who gave tho breakfast woro a gown of fern green China silk, which made her look like a wood goddess whose skin the sun had graciously forborne to tan. Fern seed, which is fabled to make ono in visible, was flung in laughing ceremony over the group to make its session the more confi dential, the ban being- removed later when some tennis players began to show on the lawn ready for a game. Breakfasts where all the decorations were of striped gras have been given, and a variation, still following the fancy for green things, is an oak lunch, oak leaves supplying tho basis of the trim mings. Jfew York Mail and Express. IteckletMTiewt Concerning Drugs. Thero is absolutely no limit to the reckless ness of women with drugs, especially those proper to the toilet. One woman fancied carbolic acid would improve her skin, and so it will, diluted enough. Hut sho used it strong, till tho skin of hor face cracked, peeled and that was not the worst left a downy growth which toiled originally de cent cheeks. Auother thought cold baths the finest stimulant in the world, and took a plunge in the coldest well water twice a day in warm weather, till sho had to give up, with her heart probably injured for life. Another believed in hot buths, and after un limited trial came out so weakened thafc took years to restore her. .-. .Vod.. ration Is tlid rule for all treatment, but'niost persons learn it top lato, and miss the lifelong benefit they might derive from the agencies they wear out in a year or two. Electricity has been sadly overdone Ly women who fancied they knew enough to treat themselves, bought a small battery tyl tried to use it m a t.nk o vitality. Students cry to do double work by aid of this fearful stiraulaut. and find out it shatters their nerves in less time than alcohoL It i3 of no use to try to find a philosopher's stone or en Aladdin lamp, or ev.y eubfri.iiutt for ' the pa: aitakitig process of developing care and judgment for one's self. You cannot by any marvel of science give health or beauty by pressing an electric button, or QltUng the handles of a battery, or " swallowing a'riy bolus, or hithering yourself wftn sweet scented lotions, although cosmetic recipe books and dealers may tell you so in flourish ing sentences. Shirley Dare's Letter. Care of Children's Feet. "Aristocratic feet may bo cultivated," re marked a fashionable shoe dealer the other day. "You take the grandchildren pf such ple beians as Jay Gould and old Commodore Vanderbilt, and they all have beautiful feet," he continued. "It's all a matter of shoes, bathing, stockings and care of the feet "How sol Well, take one of the Vander bilt grandchildren or George Gould's baby, for instance. The child's feet from its birth are carefully attended, bathed daily, and only the best kind of shoes and the finest of stock ings put on it. "The difficulty with many parents is in selecting shoes that are just the length of their children's feet," continued the learned shoe dealer. "Now, there is nothing more injurious to the shape of the foot than a short shoe. Peopla of wealth soon learn' this, and, while the narrowest possible width is chosen, the shoe is always an inch longer than the foot "Children who are permitted to walk or run about much need not hare hirga feet ThesMSiet is to bathe the feet each night in warm water and each morning in cold water and a little salt, rubbing vigorously. Then, if fine, darnless stockings are worn, and shoes that fit snugly without being tight, a beautiful foot is sure to be the result "Old shoes, shoes of different makers, and shoes of various sizes are moro trying to the beauty of feet than either tight or narrow ones." Baltimore News. The Belle as a Wife. If a young lawyer should be disbarred, a young clergyman degraded from the minis try, should a merchant fail or an engineer lose his position, he would scarcely suffer a greater sense of change than does the young belle when she finds herself 'ineligible to the post which has been hers by tho consent of her parents and by the approbation of the world. She misse3 the bouquets, the mur murs of applause, the atmosphere of adula tion, "Why chould she. not? The lover, a creature all smiles, who pamo bringing gifts, has become a stern taskmaster, scolding over bills. The belle has become a slave to the cook, of whom she is afraid, and to the grocer, the baker, the candlestick maker. However, if "Love goes like a light in the pathway," all this becomes right in tinie? and the young wife will accommodate, htr set to circumstances, and when she emerges, after a year or two of seclusion, still beauti ful, still young, still pleasure loving, there is no doubt an added appetite for admiration from the long fast The husband is absorbed in money making. He cares little how his wife spends ber time, and so grows (he mar ried flirt, innocently at first Innocent at first;, but alas! a dangerous game, fraught with possible misery to herself; for oven the most innocent flirtation is a troublesome affair. Its essence is secrecy, and that is a bore and a nuisance to an honest heart Mrs. John Sherwood in Once a IVaek. The Loud Voice In Ppblid. The ill breeding that manifests itself in loud talking in public is entirely too preva lent hereabouts among women whose attire and general conduct stamps them as other wise well bred. That womanly trait, a low voice, which Shakespeare found so excellent a thing in women, is noticeable by its rarity in most American communities. The im pression conveyed by hearing such a voice in public places and conveyances is that the forte speaker's usual surroundings are h factory or the rattle of the kitchen dishes, each resulting in enforced elevation of speech to a key high enough to drown other noises. The factory girl or the dishwasher has every excuse for loud talking, for with her it is the force of habit Other women havs no such excuse and the if vpcif erousness may be set down to innate vulgarity. Such women focus the eyes and arouse the attention of every occupant of a street car. There it is simply amusing and perhaps annoying. In tho place of amusement the oud talker-, man or woman, is simply a pestilence, a reminder that the Nineteenth century is prolific of barbarians and that rudeness is the rule and refinement the exception. Pittsburg Bul letin. ' Advice to Anxious Housemother. If your husband's salary ia small, don't try to live in the same style as your neighbor who has twice your income. It will cost yon dearly in tho end. Don't dress your children and furnish your house the same as theii-s. They can hav their sewing done and their re dusted; yen c-caot Deaf xii mtil you can get as costly books as they; a cheaper edition will furnish just as much In tellectual food. Bo content In a cottage when you cannot afford a mansion. Don't send your daughter to Vassar becauso they do, or that sho may associate with them as equals, whilo you sjend the wsary hours from 5 a. m. to 11 p. m. to devise to moans. Do try, by all means, to give her a solid, prac tical education first; then, if circumstances permit, the ornamental afterward. Be systematic, but do not be so systematic that you cannot drop your work for a holi day or an evening out. Slight it, if need lo, and let me say, you can slight systematic ally. For instance, don't mind ironing those sheets or dish towels nor those woolen hoto. Don't scrub the kitchen floor every day. Thero will be time enough when it is soiled. Have a placo for everything, a certain day in the week for certain work, also a certain lrtioii of each day for recreation. It may bo only a few minutes, but it is wonderful what you gain in that short time. New Orleans Picayune. Keeping Up Appearances, now many a roof, transparent to the mind's eye, discloses anxious fathers and harried mothers, sacrificing everything to keep up apioaranecs. The underclothing may be imtched and insufficient, but it is covered by stylish gowns. Slipshod, ragged and unkempt at home, when abroad one would suppose them to live luxuriously. Scrimping on tho necessaries of life, eating crusts, 6hivering over a handful of coals, piecing out whatever ia needed by makeshfts, such are destitute of refinement as of com fort. This course of action should uot bo ecu founded with that forethought nd tlirift which boaivl remnants and looks decent and tCiia PM what would bo impossible for a wasteful person. It is merely a pretension and obtrusive assumption. They believe "wo live amid surfaces, and the true art of life ia to skate on them well." They have nut grown to the understanding that object of existence is tho cuUum pj soul and body. and that the Cy.Uittou'of tho latter depends upviU ine former. Hester W. Poole in Good Housekeeping. Ilow to Uso It'iffii, Rugs are such delightful "properties" that there can cicely betoo. liany of them in a Louse, and they are litilized in every possible way. No longer condemned to a monotonous existence of lying on tho floor, they are fre quently S'speaidou as portieres, elevated to t& position or wall naugnigs, and even em- joyed (when thin enough) as table covers. hey atiord so much mor ynricty than car pets and are so much, loss trouble, besides lo ing clea;ijr. and less expensive, that their popularity is not to be wondered at Ella Rodman Church in Woman. Something for SnnViUir Young ladies wlio expose their faces much, be it in riding, boating or playing lawn ten nis, will find the following recipe very effica cious in cooling the parched skin and remov ing tho brown appearance which their face and hands assume by being exposed to the sun: Sprinkle unripe grapes with alum and salt, and soak them in water for tour hours. Then wrap them in thick paper and roast theiq in hot ashes. Press out the juice and wash tho face with it once each day. "Aunt Sally" in Once a Week. Many of the so called cheap cuts of meat are preferable; for instance, the shoulder C-f mutton is much more delicata than the leg, and, as few persons know, ths price is low. The English, who of all people know what good "mutton is, always give the leg to the household and save the shoulder for the guests or first table. The daily vigorous jse c:f he. flesh brush for thoso parts of thg body that are covered by tha clothing increases tho energy of the circulation on the surface of the body and in the extremities, and is thereby a panacea for premature decay and all diseases of old age. Pongee silk must be washed in rfAd lather; soap must never tcuoh it, as it makes it harsh; hung to drain without wringing after being well rinsed, then folded while very damp, rolled in, a cloth and rned after twelve hours, Freckles may be removed by bathing the skin with distilled elder water, or using the honey wash. The latter is prepared by mix ing one ounce of honey with a pin$ of luke warm water. I ft is used when cold Green corn and Lima beans aeteriorate more quickly than any other vegetables: they should be spread out singly on the pool cellar floor as quickly as. p&sibki after they como from he market To keep green vegetables for a day or two, sprinkle with water and place them on a cel lar floor. Fruit should not be kept in tho cellar, but put out singly and stood in a dark, dry, cool place. To render $ rorgheucd skin soft and smooth, vet in waria, soft water, then rub thoroughly w ith oatmeal flour and wash off with water containing a teaspoonful of pure glycerine. Visit the market yourself rather than order by mail or messenger; be more interested in your own welfare, and you will supply your table with better food at one-half the expense. Newspapers are the best thing for cleaning lamp chimneys. Put the least bit of kerosene on a piece when filling the lamps, then rub the cliimney3 until they shine. The best way when hot grease has been spilled on the floor s to dash cold water on it, so as to harden it quickly and prevent its striking into the boards. Matting should be washed iwith strong salt water and a Clean pluth, and do it if possible at midday, to insure quick drying, which prevents discoloration. For stains on the hands nothing is better than salt, with enough lemon juice to moisten it, rubbed on the spc.i and then rinsed off with clean, watfcft The essence of happiness in married life is self sacrifice; and in the practice of this both man and woman find their characters raised and ennobled. Rub your lamp chimneys, after 'washing, with dry salt, and you will be surprised at the new brilliance of your lights. The rooms of a house need ventilation in the daytime aa well as in the night; in the winter as well as in the summer. It is false economy to buy stale anything; the freshest is none too good, especially dur ing tho summer season. Twenty drops of carbolic acid evaporated from a hot shoverwill go far to banish flies from a room Young veal may be told by the bono in the cutlet If it is very small the veal is not gocd. Many persons prefer almond meal or oa.tr meal to soap for washir--; face ri hacij. NATURE'S FRIENDSHIPS. THE STATE OF WAR NOT SO BAD AS WE IMAGINE. Animals' Dread of Human Ttelngs On Slaughter of IMrda and Ueoata Crier of Tets at Losing a Friend Natural An tipathies. Thero is a deal of lovo killed cut or pre vented from manifesting itself. This is true not only among human beings, but Itetween men and animals and birds, and even insects. The state cf war that is in existence in na ture is not by half as bad as wo imagine. Tho worst half is caused by our own sel'.lsh interference. On wild islands, when first visited by men, it is always reported that fowls and birds are so tame that they ermit tho approach of any ono without tho idea of fear. But this they soon lose. The same it true of seals and animals that have, not U-on hunted. But there grows up rapidly a dread of man, so that the scent of a human twing to an antelope, elk or buffalo is most abhor rent. This becomes an inherited trait. Man, after all, is tho great destroyer that is dreaded in all the realms of nature. Tho fe line tribe.i rank next to him, together with wolves, hawks and serpents. This is not a. pleasant fact to consider, but it is szuldest of all that it is a fact. Nor does this begin to tell the full trufa jt is not wild animals alone that 3j'A( Ug )Ut as a rule thero is littlo love for- amon3ani0 animals, the dog except Tbo cat li:is aa occasional friend. ut is compelled for the most part tg ve on tho defensive. Somo races, lite the Bcdo-.tn, livfo-i t. .- familiarity wit.U iueix- nurses uml camels. These exceptions show tho iossiblo friend ship. Li a (junker barnyard I have seen such h, rule of love that every animal was a con scious friend. It is only because of our brutality, or indifferonce, that our animals an not our loers. Cows aro by no means "board faced creatures" when gently handled. Trained up as pets, they become affectionate to a degree surpassed only by dogs. I have owned a horse that never allowed mo to ap proach without placing her head affection ately across my shoulder or her nose in my Uoioni. I cannot think without anger of tho slaughter of birxs anil animals for no possi ble reason but sport Tho birds would "take to us" freely, if they dared; and, us it is, a few have managed to break down prejudice. The friendship between mankind ami robins I can hardly comprehend, for this bird is far less valuable than some others, and is also less beautiful. A writer in Viek's Magazine relates bow she formed a friendship with a humming birth "I have had one brief little friendship with a bird dising the present summer which seems like a tender dream, a fleeting glimpse into an unknown laud, a peep into fairyland." She bad come upon a tiny young humming bird that had been chilled by a cool night, and, picking him yp-, had warmed and fed him. lie grew go tame that "when he was hungry he would fly down to me from top of a picture, and, alighting on a twig in my fingers, would sit and sip his sugar and water from a teaspoon or the end of my finger. These drops would satisfy him." and then off he flew, "lie de lighted to be held oyer a large spoonful of soft water, and dip in his boak and splash water, over his little body." Thre is no reason why this gentle accord may not be established on all hands. Pris oners, as we know, have formed curious at tachments for crickets and spiders, and thus saved themselves from loss of reason during solitary confinement Nor, even in gucti pases, is the friendship altogether on 6no side. Foxes, dogs, cata, horses, have been known to die for grief over the death of a special friend. I have seen manifestations of in tense grief in several cases. The cat is capa ble of peculiarly string attachments. I have known ono to ba inconsolable for many vvseks after tho departure of a boy to whom hp specially devoted himself. Natural an$ip8tbies form the other side of this question and the illustrations aro all about. A stray dog camo to my place last summer. He laid himself flat on his belly as I approached, only moving hia eyes with the most intent watchfulness, I drew nearer, not a motioiij but he drew still flatter to the soil. lie was offering his services. Would I accept him? He was a beautiful cross of shepherd and hunter. I said, "Yes, you may stay." Ho knew in a moment tho pur port of my words. Leaping up, he came with eyes full 0 gladness and took my scent, and at once was a'member of my household. But tho friendship was ever first of all for no'self. Now came the question of cat and dog, for I had a splendid cat that had had no dog? about to annoy him. Here was the nature! antagonism of the feline and canine races. But "Shop" undei stood perfectly that lie was an adopUid resident, aud must not crowd his acquaintance. They could not become quite friends, but learned to tolerate each other. What is this natural antipathy? Traced far enough back, the ancestry of the felines and canines come out of a common stock. But these terrible clawing creatures have been outlaws from time immemorial. To bite is allowable in the auimai code; but to scratch, that is an innovation and indecent. We have codes that allow bullies to pound and kick, but they must not scratch. It is easy to im agine how the first that took to using their nails were driven out of the tribe. I believe the genuiue ancestry to be canine; the feline is a spurious offshoot There are intense hatreds, as we well know, between birds. Not one of them will form an alliance with the English sparrow. So far as I have observed the blackbird has no friends and does not care for any. He workf? in troops, steals in companies, and has hi5 bill against all other sorts of birda, and is de tested in turn. An owl is a lonely creature, only that it is said occasionally to make a pet of a snake instead of eating it, which I doubt The fr;andship X3 probably like that of prai flo dogs and rattlesnakes an invasion of snakes that can not be prevented. The owl may not be able to digest some of his saurian acquaintances. As a rule there ia some one, or two, members of a household, that bad better let the domestic cat alone sometimes also the dog or dogs. Why these are not liked by the animals I do not know, unless it be something in the scent Horses have strong antipathies to certain grooms, based, I should judge, at least in part, on smell. "E. P. P' in Globe Democrat A Tew Experience. Mistress (pumping) Hold the pitcher under the spout, Bridgetl Biddy O'Galway (under training) Oh, mother uv Moses! Loo kit! Sich a t'ingl All yea have to do is to be shakin' that stick, an yez get hould o' one ind o' the wather, an' jist pull out a rope of it Sich a t'ing. Sure, ma'am, the only kind of pump we have In Ireland is a bucket Woman. As Lonj as Possible. "See here, my friend," said a farmer to a tramp, "you've been lyin' in tho shade of that fence fer over thirteen hours. Ain't it 'bout time to move onP "If yon say so," replied the tramp, struggle to his feet, I s'pose it is. I'm only try in' to make my shoes I. The Plattsmouth Herald Xs enjoying a EDITIONS The Tear 1888 Will be one during which the euhjects of national interest and importance will he strongly agitated and the election of a President will take place. The people of Cass County who would like to learn of Political, Commercial and Social of this year and would keep apace with the times should SUBSC TF-r: FOU KITH EH THE Daily or Weekly Herald. 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