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THE V&AILY IIEUALD, I'LATTSMOUTir, ftfciilCASKA, TJUHtSOAV, OCTOBER 0, 1887. IV 'V f c ' ,i -. L" S. 4 y V." WOMAN AND II03II A CHILD WITHOUT PET ANIMALS 13 A SOLITARY BEING. iro of Toilet .Soiip Some thluf; More Tlina JIouoliCt;itu(i A J'aiiiK-r'i lUtiil.i- ChllUieu'H l'riemlxliip Whut City I'liy Mclitua Tell Tho Chicago Dilly Kcvi. "Tlio tilt-eta of nwpyv upon the lmmaii niiilc m;iy np;iiiii lo ltkuael tu tho t-li'cct f a tliiiiitlc'i'skoria upon tLo dairy. DuUi nr' in -ir-ct electrical tiLnrniH, only human ,:is.-.ion Lns iu it a more rcdm-d evil ibuu nmro acid. TIio more violent ami crazy tlm uiip;er tlio fin-ater tlio clangi.-r. As ouo iiirty a-uw uo ciLstouicd to lar;j ami rucattd doses of opium, so, no liil)t, uri inlant may (Uht circumstances favoring) boomo tomt:what insured ugaiii.st tlio iicriiicioiM i-UV-elo of ini:lc that is HuLjfct to mure or less frequent btonns of passion, lit if I child dots t-scupo tcvi-ro and d-.tiiji-roiis I'Iivmc.uI iiiii(.s, it will hardly, ia tho translorniiin of milk to fl'sh, estiupo a mokt undesirably inheritance of diameter. A gtfiit-ral irrilaliility, had tcm ct tho result of tri.iii -tnn y stood up to mentally may keep tlio habc in constant uur-st, ami no 0110 knows what ail.s tho LuLy, lo it no cro.sd. "Whnt lias lxvu said of anger may bo said of tLo other ua!ntijy omoti-mri, impressing tho child afi?r th'-ir kind, iiot always jicrropt ibly lut nono tho Ii-.ss v.iiviy. On tho con trary, states of love, joy, peace-, olt:., net." as most powerful touis, and physiological iiciiou F,x'i on under their stimulus in perfection. Thus tho secretions are, as it were, happy; digestion an I a-Minilatiou t.il;-.) plneu in tho mother harmoniously and uneonsciously, and tho milk becomes perfect in ils propert is, tho ljalxj literally drawing in health, happiness and peace." Dr. T. V. Mill. ri.EA ion the isottle. uIt net-ds no argument to Uio-.v that infants In nil probaMlily ilcrivo n lurgo amount of positive exhilaration from tho act associated with nursing, and the inference is plain that tlio deprivation may entail considerable dis advantage. It has always .ucmod to mo cruel to thus early cut olf tho pleasures of lifo. Tho lottIo and its appurtenances, moreover, can Lj kept clean, but not without tbo ensioynient of a good deal more time and caro than is usually I --stowed upon it. Tho bottlo and nipple should be afforded a brush of its own. Were I, in order to bo explicit, to give directions for cleaning a nursing Iwttlo, I should Kay wash both bottlo and nipplo woll separately in plain water. Then Boak them both for fivj minutes in a 2 per cent, solution of bcrax in water, scrub them both with tho aid of the Lrudi, borr.x wat-.-r and soap. Tho nipplo t;hoi.td bo turned i.i Eiile cut and scrubbed. IIjopo them all v. t ll several timea in plain water. Hang tho bottlo und nipple separately in a dry j-'aee until needed. "Another point of importance often over looked is tbo necessity of giving to infants occasionally some water to drink. During the Lot weather, when evaporation from the body goes on ho fast, nothing will s.ilisf' tho demands of tho body, oven of un infant, so well as a drink of good, plain, puro watjr." Dr. Hubert Tillc-y. DANUi.I'.;3 THAT BESET. "Under the enervutitig inlluc-nco of great heat tendencies toward death, dormant 1a; orc, become potent. Tho weak link in tho chain is broken. Whatever tho predisposition to dibon-so may have been, tho d predion of beat as tho excising factor becomes tho 'last feather that break's the camel's back.' Tho .. bigber the animal the greater are the dangers that beset early life, because the ieriod of helplessness is prolonged in the ratioof special intelligence. Parental intelisgei.-o does not keep pacu wiih racial tesiilencies, however; evident enough when wo fiml that i "1. Iuf mis are fed upon starchy food before thcu salivary gluuds are developed, and at tempts are made to raise babies upuii beer, l)Ooi', griddle cakes, iotato:s, skim milk, sour iniik, or wen if the iniik bo good it is often drawn from unclean bottles. 'i.'. Tho two extremes of wealth and poverty cause neglect of clspring. In the one cae careless nurses are intrusted with tho infiyiS, and in the other neglect is ms? voidable. '3. Zymotic diie.ies Icavo as sequi Ice scrol' lilous or FOine other depressed condilion that only neeils the push of exhaustion, however iuduced, graveward. Parents should know that milk is tho only proper food for young children, and that coarse animal and vegetable diet is hurtful in any season and c-iseciaily r-o i:i hot weather. Patent medicines and foodj c-JijeciaHy sooth ing slroi, that al ways contain op.mn he! - tho littla ones out of the world." Dr. y. V. Cievengcr. uBq tho foo-l ever so wholesome in qaalit3 it must bo perfectly clean. Probably as many babies dio from good milk and fool that has soured ai:d become tainted by ex posure C3 die from want cf the right food. Many a ph3-aiciau will refuse to allow an ill fed woman to wean her baby; what mat ter though he knows her milk is not the Lest for Tbo child, but at least it is clean and is not tainted when it reaches the stomach. u 'J3o:l a teaspaonf ul of p.owdered barley in a pint or a pint and a half of water, with a littlo salt, until barley is cooked. Leave is stand, well covered; when settled skim all impurities from the top carefully and strain; mix with an e-.-jual quantity of boiled ruilk if baby is C months cM, or only one-half iniik if less than 0 months. Older babies more milk. Keep bottle and mouthpiece in bowl cf water w hen not in use. When baby 13 costive uso oatmeal instead of barley. Infants of 0 niortbs may have beef tea or soup ouco a day. Babies of 10 or 12 months may havo crus't of bread ar.d piece of rare beef to suck.' "Tho above uro tubetaiitia'Jy tho d:rectior.3 for feeding infants prc-jnto! by Dr. Jaeobi to tho Public Iloalta association of New York, and t..ese rules have since by ex;eri ence been found correct and proper to follow. Your child may need other food if it does not thrive; go and ask your doctor what to givo ft before it falls sick." Dr. Ferdinand Hen- rotin. TBC CLOTHING. "In my experience tho .first wrong thing I notice is tho clothing of tho child. Until a chiid is well past the ci it ical period of teeth ing flannel should always bo worn over tho bo'wels, and merino stockings should bo kept on tho year around, summer and winter. "Wool or silk next tho skin prevents sudJe:i arrest of perspiration, and mothers should remember always ono truth: Tho freer tho perspiration the greater the danger cf even a slight chilling of the surface. Tue babies from whom the sweat just rolls off aro always the ones more liable to the dreaded summer complaint." Dr. Kate L. Graves. Children and Tet Animals. A child brought up without tho knowledge of pet animals is a solitary being, no matter if there be brothers and sisters, while a child Who has animals to tend is never quite alona, A dog is of itself a liberal education, with it eramploof fidelity, unwearied activity, cbeei ful sympathy, and love stranger thau death; Xiay, love that is triumphant over shame and and ignominy and sin influences that so often wear out human love or make it change 6 hate. How many of us bold to ou friends with a lor as Inoxhanstibl nd Inoxtipul;h aM' as thnt which our dz gives to us? Tha child si ( iady finds in tho faithful creature much of its own impulsive and ardent life; tho delight hi little thing, tho ready curiosity, the c-ftsele-:i activity, the quick chang'-s of occupation, theuwibatod intent in existence. J-Iittens, n.V'-u, s'-'ein sent to give to a child just v. hat '!' dog leaves out; tho- more re IHed ways, tho soft playfulness, the gentle doni'-stieity, tho willingness to Imi tended und p tbd. Kittens about tho house supply tho Mnallcr punctuation in the book of life; their litll" fri Mid lip-s and pats aro tho com mas mid fM'irii.'-cJojiH and dashes, while tbo big dog puts i.) the colons and perils. Animals, g iu, givo to us, even by what th'-y reeeivo and evoke from us, tho habit of care und U n I-.i iiess. llioso petted dogs wo ceo carried in the arms of 3"oiing girls in fr.slii'iiiab!.- f-'jr.ipagf s aro rarely a substituto for tho natural object of such emotion, they aro rather a preparation or intermediate pos session that precedes it; something that is luoro than a dull and less than u human child. Mr. Cariiegi-' tells us that ho saw at a largo lo-w York : table a card nailed up giving for the coachman the address of the pro;er p!i3--sidan to b" ca!l"d upon if tho favorito dog should bo ill. Ho also tells us of a young lad 3' who, having to go on a journey', had to 1-ave her f ivot ;(., fobio to nmw (xio's special n:t--ntion, and Mr. Carncgio suggested that i:, lie had t iven her tho do;;, it might bo per fectly safe ( i".ivo ht r with him, "or latlu-r wiih Jack and tho hor.e." With a grave shake of the head, she answered, "1 havo thought of "t'-iTt; b-il iL won'D do; ho requires a woman's c-r.Tv' li- ro tho v.om.-'.n and the f avorite in- t on equal tvi'ms; neit her could d without tho oilier. Tho caro given y iho 3'oung cirl shiiply' tho anticipated teii- 'Ici iK.-.-! of a Ti'.otiier lor a cliild. Tho wif coi.trol ti.at must bo loariud in d -aling wi'h a;:i:.:;!s is in iisolf an education. Ono of tho child's firt les.-.ous iu governing its impulses is when it finds that the' kitten cannot bo can; vho by running aiul shouting, but by quiet j-nd incasurcl approa-hes. Tho control f r.Tiimals, from tho lainb to the lion, i3 not a matter of force, but of gentle ness and a steady eye. Impulses that seem tiio very sti o;-.e,est ia animals, as tho disposi tion of dogs lo chase cat or bite, can be bet ter overcome by-accustoming them very early to tho sight and touch of tho weaker crea tures thau by any blows. All this is a lesson to tho child, and it unconsciously learns tho application to itself. In days when oxen were employed larg'-ly on our farms it used to bo a common thing at a "cattle show" to sco pome sunburnt farmer's boy drive in a 3-oko of half grown stc-crs, and win tho ad miration of nil tho men by tho gentle " with which he handled liiein. On a: . . near my summer home there is a lino bu!i, v.hi -h is beLtcr , i-iiirole d and led by ' ' nc lo ' ' . . :- ''- - : " "" '""-(' hi, as J-.. . ...-.::y ) iweeu ehiMren and aninads, as between two races not sundered very long ago. T. W. Iligghi soa in llarix.-r"s Buzzx. Vjo or Toilet Soap. The opinion that of such a necessary article as soap for tho toilet ono can't use too much, is an opinion which lata researches in scienco disprove. Thj aitniclion of tho rdkah in it for tho oil of tho skin as well as for its un clean aceuuif.!.-itiou3, constitutes Its cleansing l-rupcrty. Out of tLo OiXyXJO pcrwS through v.iiicli nearly two pounds of poisonous ex halation daily pass from the adult, come eiiough nial.ii i's in a short time- to produce fatal and filthy diseases. An eminent physi-ci-'.u has de-ei;acd tlat :'if tho skin bo moder ately active, threo or four days sufiieo to form a Inyor v. hih may bj compared to a thin coating of varnish or cfeshig." As this ncci:in'j!r.tio.i i;:crea.-:cs and decomposition follows it- is necessary to describe tho re sult. What agency but soap can removo it? .I.at!- good authorities dcclaro that water alono is sufli. l;it, except at raro intervals. There arc oil gian-Js ts well as excretory duels, and f V no idle X'urpose has nature pro duced thedo tiny human oU wells. Inunction, or the cxteruui of oil, has a recognized place amotig thoprcsciiptionsof 8omo famous movie rn physicians, who iu this way seek to restore that nec;-s.--iry property of which tho body has hc-oa "deprived by tho exce-sivo use ci soap or by disease. They claim that it cnabh-d the patient to resist cold, that its nutritive qualities convey heat to those or gaus which require it, that it gives a sense of exhilarating fivshr.css, and that it" is not c-uly soothing in casts of nervous depression, but it is capable of strengthening weak lungs. For this purpose almond oil, coeoanut, olivo oil or vaseline aro daily applied by the aid o vigorous rubbing. To nil such treatment cad in most cajts where inunction is not required, tho daily a plication of soaps is injurious. 'What umkanly hubitsi" some duo ex claims. Not to. Plenty of soft water, a coano war-h iv g, hait'l friction and a Turkish towel, whh :-.--ip applied at raro intervals, and the skin should retain the delicate smeKth ness of a:i inlant. Those milk baths indulged in by' the ant. i -"i.t lloiuan emperors and em presses owed their emollient properties to the oil coutaiue-d ia tho milk. Every old uurso knows, too, that v.eakly children are Eometiir.cs injured by too frequent tiblutions. Dry rul-h'hig is oi't-m the Ciu.st opiate for a nervous littlo one, c.usv. eriag many of the purposes of so:;p. An eminent physician and scientist lately told me that ho :eido:u used scrip in his daiiy bath. "It i:;:.kc.i tho skin dry, hard and harsh, and renders mo much moro liablo to take cold through airy changes of the we.ith-jr," said ho. "At the eatuo time, no rule can bo given for tho soap. Some pcr sotis secrete oil much more readily than others, and to such sorp is moro of a neces sii3"," and he spoke much upon the desirabil ity cf using u pure soap or ncno at alL Hes ter Id. Pcolo in Good Housekeeping. Something ?Icro Tlian a Housekeeper. A wife and r.iothcr needs to be more thr.u a good housekeeper; she must bo in all things tho mistress oi tho house, tho companion of her husband ca;d children. ITovr, what kiud of a companion to anybody is a woman who is ail wrapped up in her housework i Tho children ask her questions about somethiug that has taken place, probably in her own vicinity-, that ajiy ouo would be supposed to know, and aro sout to tho father for informa tion. They very soon come to tho conclusion that mother isn't supposed to know anything outsiio of housekeeping, and do not troubie htr by many questions. -Tho father comes homo with a glowing account of an event that is taking place in which he is very much interested, and is all enthusiasm over it. He wants somebody to talk to about it, but he has learned long ago that his wife has no in terest ia anything outside of her housekeep ing, and he soon learns to find his entertain ment elsewhere. Visitors come to the house, very often women who are familiar with all the jwssing ( CVCIJUS, C1X.V4 UJT Ul (UTU children aro so much brighter and interesting with company than when alone. These women very often are not what sho would ' call model housewives, yet their families are, as a general thing, moro contented with their homes than all her housekeeping abiiity can . ever make hers. Teoplo who "have known ! her for a long time, remembering how enter taining sua was as a git), wonder why it is shj is 60 much different. They ask her to sing or play, but she excuses herself with, "I ttaveoit j played for years, I have bad bo much to do I really haven't had timo tojpractieo." This ia too bud for u woman who ectually squanders timo iu unnecessary work, to admit not hav ing timo to practice an accomplishment that would Imj a delight to her family and friends. Then, women, don't get completely envel oped in 3'our housework. Itemember, 3'ou owo moro tu your family and friends than merely a clean house. Find out what is go ing on about you outside of your own neigh borhood. Tako an interest in w hatever in terests 3'our families. It may bo only a baseball game or a yucht rnce that both father and littlo ones are enthusiastic over. Then learn all 3'ou can about It; llud out tho names of tho rival clubs or yachts and tako a lively part in tho family conversation. To do this will require but a few minutes each day, and you will be well repaid by having a pleasant, cnjo3-nblo home, a homo that hus band und children will prize far above a 'spick, and span" one. Boston Budget. A I'ariner's Mistake. I know a well to do farmer, having eight children, who, 03 soon as they aro old enough to support themselves, leave their homo. Uf the live boys, not one remains on tho farm. They havo gono to clerkship and other posi tions, in preference to staying on tho much d:-.-pisod farm. A glance in tho homo may account somewhat for this. There never has been any elfort to mr.ke it attractive for tho children. Tho parents' aim has been to work and save, with scarcely a thought that their children had any other needs than food and clothing. They aro active, bright minded boys and girls. It is no wonder that tho dull ness and monotony become unendurable. This farmer does not hesitate to spend money in farm improvements, in lino stock, or in any tiling that will advance his financial interist; but any outlay for the children's pleasure is regarded as unnecessary aud ex travagant. Children cannot feel that senso of proprie torship hi tho farm and its profits that is a stimulant to tho heads of tho household, and something is needed to tako Its place. Some personal property, even if a chicken or a pig, L; a strong incentive. Children are sportive by nature all young animals aro and some diversion is essential for leisure hours; other wise their minds will wander off and dwell on tha attractions supposed to jiertaiu to village und city life. If children love music and an organ or piano ennnct be afforded, let them havo smaller and less expensive instruments, ilany aa hour might bo sjient iu tho happiest way by a boy in his ellort? to perform on th violin or accordion, that would -' . , . ,, . otUel W1SO iv-s di?conts-ntl!y or , , , , vwv w hurtful compan ionship. evv dollars each year invested In reading ie. crwill not ouly supply pleasant employ ment for leisure hours, but tho means of mental improvement as well. There are so many excellent entertaining publications for tho you::g, and at such low prices, that no family in which there' aro children should be without ono or more. American Agricul turist. Children's I'rlendsh'ps. Children aro apt to seek tlio society of other children at about tho sixth year of their ages. This should be a watchful period for tho parents, as friendships contracted at this timo have a very decided influenco on tho mind, morals and manners of their chiLL Kc-arly every child is influenced for good or evil through early associations. If allowed to bo constantly with the nurse, their lan guage and maimers will, in nearly every case, bo identical with those of tho nurse. A mother should spend the greater portion of every day in tho society of her children. If to rid herself of their noise sho permits them to seek companions outside, sho has no one to blame but herself if their manners aud morals aro corrupted. All children require compan ionship of those of their own ago, but it 13 very essential that tho parents should choose these companions. Children can be readily taught to bo neat and t dy in their habits by examplo prin cipally, for they irr.itato closely the actions ot their elders. A closet or other convenient placo should bo given them exclusively for their toys, provided there is no play room; then let it be understood that when play is ended all toys aro to be returned to their prcer place. If this rule is disregarded, the withdrawal of a favorite toy for a time, as puuishment, usually has tho desired effect of causing them to be more careful in the future. This device may havo to bo resorted to moro than once, but it usually is success ful in tho end. ilrs. Ellis L. Idumma in Good Iloiisc-keeping. Sweetmeats and Pastry. It was recreation hour at both the Poly technic and Central grammar school. fcStrcnn!3 of boys emerged from both institutions and at once made for a neighboring bakery There they gorged themselves with sweet meats mid pastry cf every description. Wizen faced littlo chaps cf 12 and 14 tackle pies nearly as largo as their heads, while their older classmates gave attention to tho festive cranberry tart, the latter being coin posed of heavily sweetened cranberries and partly done dough. Occasionally one of tho more adventurous boys sneaked out of the bakery and ia some secluded spot lighted a cigarette, which he smokjd till the 12:30 bell called him back to school. Pastry, insufficiently cooked, and cigarettes mako a poor combination. Fond mothers wonder why their boys havo no appetite for dinner at night and vainl3T try to gues3 tho reason. Did they provide their sons ia the morning with an amply stocked lunch box containing delicacies which would charm tho palate of tho urchin, they would find that tho latter would havo better appetites for the evening meal. Instead, howeverrmany boys are given so muck money each morning to pay their expenses for tho day. This includes tho prico of luncheon aud car fare. Business men sometimes become dyspeptics by eating too fast, but it is unfortunato that youth9 end y-oung men just leaving school should ruin thoir digestions beforo entering com mercial life. Brooklyn Eagle. Objections to the Corset. It -is rather funny that there aro no women in this world so healthy as tho English women, and no women who lace so much. Tho French women and tho American havo naturally broader hips and smaller waists, so that much lacing is not required for them to gain the fashionable figure. But the English woman, with her yarrow hips and broad Bhoulders, needs to make her waist smaller to achieve that which she desires, and yet where are thero women who bring into tho world a finer set of men than the English women? I think that is ouo of tho very an swers to the objections to tho corset. The finest specimens, physically, of Englishmen are not what a clever girl called "tailor made," but to coin an expression, "mother made." "Bab" iu New York Star. Keep all the apparatus for cleansing lamps on an old tray, and aever uso rags, brushes, scissors, or any of the articles for any other purpose than trimming lamps. Never scrub oilcloth with a brush, but after being swept it may be cleaned by wash ing with a soft flannel cloth and lukewarm water or cold too. - . CALIFORNIA WOODS. THE REDWOOD SUPERION TO WAL NUT, CHERRY OR MAHOGANY. tloxr Valuable Timber Hare Almost DisappearedThe Homo I'alntrr's 1ml t&tlon Flrnt I'ko of lieu wood as a I ln Islil n Lumber Tlio feugar Pine. Tho ordinary course of hnnian events would tiC tho discovery of tho beauty of our native woods about tho time they disappear. For tho past thirty years homo builders havo in discriminately worked tho wavy, l.irdVej'o cr straight grained redwood into sills, sleep ers, studding, sheeting or shingling, appar ently iisappreciativo of tho fact that they wero using a timlter with far moro nntnnJ Leauty then tho costly black walnnt, cherry or mahogany that wero imported at so grctit an expense. For fifty years black walnut was split into rails in tho Mississippi valley, although now j It is worth ? 100 per 1,000 feet for ornamental work. The white ash of tho eastern states j wns nearly gone leforo the marvelous beauty j of its groining was discovered by tho fui ni j turo makers. Now every part of tho country ! is ransacked to find crooked and knotty tri es ! to lc worked into f.11103- lumber. Maple, ex ! cept that it was the source for tho farmers' j "sweetening," would havo disapj-eared a I century ago as firewood. Within tho mem ory of men now living great piles of it wero burned for the ashes, which were sold at ten cents a bushel to bo worked into black salts tit the "potashcry," formerly a necessary ad junct to every country store. As these valuable timbers disappeared, honso painters tried to immilnle tho inimita ble beauties of tho l.wt woods. Kurti imita tions they were I Tho clumsy daub looked something like a whalo in a high sea, a vessel stranded on rocks, or tho final catastrophe predicted by the ser or the islo of I'atmos. Cf courso, thero wero artists whoso work was not so ouVicive to pb-.vl Irate, but why not have 110 tho original woo. Is for what they wero worth, taking measures to pre serves tho beautiful graining? In frontier life, away from saw r.n,t r.b. i- j ing mills, tho iumbor that readily spliti into smngies, snaKes, .siding, fenco rails and picket.-, is tho first to bo appropriated. f-jm Voro tho sagar pises of tho Sierra--ni the' woods kjl lUBif wriin ITjc former aro nearly gvue, au-i '.7.0 latter are disappearing at a , past, millions of feet of redwood aro worked i into menial positions in buildings. Every j board is a study for an artist. I GKAIMXGS OF IiOAUDi I The cheap lumber made of the smaller mid j crooked trees is especially interesting. The ! writ'-r, for years, has been iu the l.r:h:t of j visiting buildings in process cf erection to j study the different graining of the boards used, iiostot tue ciienp mmi-.er i:nu a mix ture of curly, tangled grained woo 1, with portions of whito sap wood, tho latter form ing a cheerful contrast with tho russet of tho center of tho boards. Sometimes the knots were sawed through, that gave an idea of possible landscapes. The writer lias pooh a mar velous representation of plain and mountain produced by tho juncture of light and dark wood. Rough lumber from the saw showed an innumerable variety of styles; how much more interesting it would be dressed, and the graining brought c.ut? Every line of it is beyond imitation by any artist, yet it was all buried under paint, paper or plaster. Some twenty -fivo y ears ago a builder in ono of tho northern-coast towns erected a public hall, using the native redwood as a finishing lumber. The lower wainscot ting, three feet from the- floor, reaching to tho windows, was in alternate white and dark redwood. Be tween tho windows, which were eight feet high and eight feet apart, were panels of red wood of selected logs sawed slashwise; that is, the logs were set on the blocks so that the saw ran across the grain, producing what house painters call ''herring bone work." Tho j lumber was dressed with tho grain to work smoothly, and the knives of the planers left no "caty places." In selecting the lumber for tho panel work the continuity of tho graining was separated no two boards from tho adjoining parts of a log being placed in company. The work was further varied by reversing every alter nate board and half of tho herring bono pointing upward and the other half down, tho lines nearly fading out in the white wood. Each panel of eight feet square was framed in wiih the zizzag redwood, sawed from tho butts of the trees for this purpose. The rpace above tho windows, four feet wide, was fin ished ia whito redwood, tho ceiling or over-" head being lined with cloth and covered with a light wall paper. The effect was marvelous. No 0110 enter ing the hall tho first timo could believe that tho panels wero anything but tho work cf a skillful painter. The wavy lines resembled mountains, valleys, lakes and sea. Tho occa sional knots, seen at tho distance of a few feet, assumed all sorts of mysterious appear ances. Tho rustic population who camo to dauco would often gnzo in wonder at the curious effects produced by tho woodwork. EE2WOOD AND PIXE. Eecently a few builders havo been daring enough to introduce the native woods as a finishing lumber. The Wilcox house, at Los Gatos, is finished in redwood and pine, care being taken to preserve all the fine grainings. Tho natural tint of tho sugar pino is con verted into a gold color by use of shellac varnish ; tho redwood, by tho sani3 means, is made to resemble tho russet leather, so fiish ionablo at tho present time for hous3 finishing" in tho east. The general eiTect is pleasant and cheerful. It is not a coarse imitation; it is truth, and will induce frequent observa tion and admiration. ilauy attempts heretofore to utilina tho beautiful grainmgs of the native timbers failed because of improper finish. Finished in oil, as oak frequently is, tho whole becomes a dull brown, tho graining ultimately dis appearing; finished with shellac, the surface becomes hard and the markings are pre served. The redwood furnishes an immense variety of colorings. The outer portion of the trunk of a tree is a delicate white; the center a deep russet brown. Largo trees havo a habit of settling down upon themselves - near the grotfiid. Sometimes the lower part of the trunks aro twice tho sizo of that above. This results in a curly or wavy grain, or a bird's eye appearance, according to tho way the log is sawed. Formerly, and in many cases even now, high scafTolds were built in order to chop tho tree off above tho "bulge," which was considered useless. Generally these en larged portions are carefully saved, as thero is a growing demand for the curiously marked j wood. j The roots, too, aro beginning to be sought ! for as cabinet lumber. Many thirk tho stumps and roots, which will neither burn nor rot out, will yet bring more than the original prico cf the trees. Han Francisco Chronicle. An Unhappy Life. "Oh, Mr. Lighthead," remarked Miss Old girl, with a simper, "I've seen just eighteen happy summers to-day." "Only eighteen happy ones?" replied ht, with-pity in hi3 tone; "what an unhappy lifs you must Lava hod 1" New York Bun. .u: JOTS s& SHOE Tl:o Kimo quality oi "omls 10 -..rrcr-nr. clioapcr titan any lioteo wct cf the Missis?! pi. Will never he unucrH.kl. Call and Lc convinced. .SLa&SO ES.2P-5C E.X3NTC3r PETER MERGES. or FUBMITORE -FOU ALL "O" E J? TO" IE& : FOU TO CTl -J SLHcIiens, I Eallways und Offices, -GO V-' VST v?w Where a magnificent stock of .niU and Fair Price abound. UNDERTAKING AND EMBAUdlftS A SPECIALTY. vV isgLcr ttf4 COMNI:!! 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