THF DAILY- HERALD: rLATTSMUuTII. "KKttUASKA, WEDNESDAY. JIJL1 KPr, ibss. JAN AND HOME. LEVITE WHO "PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE." ..oine IllnU About Bedrooms IMsappolnt lnrnM of Life Soap for th Faeo Ths Mlnl Healer's Advice Hot Water. -UlnU for the Household. Mr. Dorsey' natural eyes were looking straight ahead of him, bat tho eyes of Lis spirit were gazing at bo rue thing back in tho halls of memory something painful, evi dently, for a shadow fell upon his face, . "I don't want to be preachy or any of that kind of thing, but I hopo you will remember the story, and tell it whenever you can in the interest of exterminating cowards. If I could put into the tale what I have suffered from my own sin, I am euro that none who . hear it would have the same thiug to regret. "I was drowned one in one of those little Minnesota lakes which look so sweet and peaceful, and are as treacherous as tigers. "Talk about the sensations of a drowning man I I know them- I was brought bock, not from unconsciousness, but from con- 6ciousness iu a strange and interesting coun- frv I knew what was haoDenincr when I sank tho first time. It seemed to me that I could see through the water to the very sky. After thc'llrst roaring sound, when my ears were-filling with water, all was utter silence. ' I was at the bottom of tho lake, drowning, and I knew it. 1 coma do notning 10 saww myself, and, indeed, I didn't think of doiil anything then; my mind was busy with the panorama of my past. I have listened in credulously a hundred times to stories of tho drowning who remembered every act of their lives as they were sinking. I believe tho stories now. "I remembered everything. Queerest feel ing imaginable 1 I forgot that I was drown ing that is, I forgot to lie frightened about it. I seemed to be resting on some elevation, nnd watching my lifo fly past mo, ouo sceno lifter another. I assure you I winced several times as certain things, long forgotten, were pictured in strong colors. Many a sin which I had lightly committed and lightly dis mUotvl from my mind looked very dark to mo then. And thero was no shutting my eyes to them, either. Tiiero they were, grim accusers, accompanying me to the bar of ' judgment. I believo truly in a recording ntsgr L I think his name is Memory. I have seen his account against mo up to that dale. Since then I have endeavored not to in crease it. ".Every deed carried it motivo and conse quences in full view. The darkest among them all t La ono from which my spirit turned with tho greatest abhorrence was a sin of cowardice moral cowardice. A young girl in our town, when I was in my early twenties, got tho tongue of scandal after her. She was alone in tho world and joor, but bright as a diamond, and had a pleasant face and sweet manners. She was employed as bookkeeper in one of the stores, - and sorat how there began to be coarse gossip about her and her employer. "It may have been the most malignant of lies timbl less was. At least I had no right to judge her. In any event she was my superior in morality. Bravely she bore it all, high spirited creature that sho was. She never bent an inch under the malioo of those necursed tongues, but she must have suffered rtielly. Probably every filwr of prido sho had was wounded every day, again and ji gain. Wc had been at school together und were good friends. "What did I do when they began to hound Lor down with their low suspicions and Jvieked-tales? Never went near her. Yes, and worse than that. It so happened that one morning, as we were both going down town, I overtook her od a corner. I spoke . courteously, of course, yet feeling so . cowardly w ithin that I dare say my embar rassment showed la my face and manner. I thought of what Mrs. So and So would s y if wo" were seen walking on the street to nether. So, like the poltroon I was, I crossed the street and walked down on. the opposite side. "Think of it, will you? I felt base at the time. I feel vile now when I remember it. If I had stuck ft knife into her heart I am sure I could not hurt so cruelly. Oh, she was very prouL I saw a stony look come into her face that I can never forget, though I wish I could. "Well, tho scandal mongers did their 1 work at last. They drove her out of town. f fcho went to tho city and died of heart break ' and starvation, while trying to find honest work literally done to death by whked tongues. Of all the scones memory revealed to mo while I was under water, that one on tho street corner was the most repellent the one I regretted most. "I had been a contemptible coward when it wouil havo been so easy to be brave. I f ' threw away that priceless thing, tho oppor tunity of helping a bcqrt that was stricken. I had dealt a dastardly blow to a woman who was making a brave fight against poverty v . and injustice. I grow weak at the thought of it even now. ' never realized bow basely J Lad acted tratil that drowning panorama showed w.j conduct to mo in its true light. I repented of it from that hour and have repented ever since. I had been guilty of things the world would call worse; but no ether sin looked so liateful to me, no other was so entirely with out mitigating circumstances. A man is always a coward who consciously hurts a woman; but to wound one who is already wounded,, alone, defenseless, struggling, working, and putting a bravo fare on it all " -well, I hopo none of you may ever have to confront aa accusation from the past Like this. "That seep in the mirror of memory has infl uenced my lifo ever since. Iam now sure try to remember, each of you that when we-t jure another tho ono most injured js ourselves. I am 65 years old, and have been in the pulpit in the faithful service of my blaster more than twenty years, jet that scene never grows a shade dimmer in iaemory. "I have seen that girl's proud, hurt face jv hen I stood by codes and said the Last sol emn words over the fair young dead. I have seen it when I joined tho hands cf the youth ful and loving in wedlock. It has risen be fcf o mo wuen I wrote, alone in my study, at v midnight; and it was near me when tho morning sun lit up the earth. Not avenging tnd terrible no, not t bat, for long ago I felt that she whom 1 had hurt had forgiven me; but I could not forgive myself. No; it was there to remind me that a heavy penalty is exacted for the sin of cowardice. It has helped me to teach my people that woman Is the spiritual part of man; that when he hurts her ho hurf3 himself. ln tho Talmud is a proverb which says: God counts the tearsof women.' IU mem ber it." From Gertrude Garrison's "Tho VroDir Sim"' in Belf ord's Magazine. Eom Hints About Bed Booms. aro of tho bed room Is sometimes neg- au of the apparent simplicity of The style in which it is usually I is known to every one. ! - f rs trr- " over the J ' t5dr3 OC ' the dirty floor, and tho window is left open' five or ten minutes, a length of time popu larly considered qui to sufficient to air th room. "The l.-ed maker may possibly turn the mattress, but in seven cases out of ten the bed clothes nre spread up without going through this form, and tucked iu suugly at tho sides and foot, to prevent the fresh air getting in or the stale uir escaping. The right way of informing this work is not so dilllcult that ono need shrink from it. Tho coverings should Sr&t bo stripped back over two chairs set at the foot of tho bed. The mattres3 should then bo doubled so tliat the air may get to all parts of it, and left so for from half an hour to an hour. In very severe winter weather tho time may bo less ened. Each piece of bedclothing should be well shaken before it is restored to its placo and the jullows beaten and patted into shape. The white spread, that should have been re moved at bedtime the night before and neatly foldod, is now fresh and smooth. If pillow shams are not used, the creased night slips may bo exchanged for fresh day cases, and the former laid aside until tho evening. The bod is not all that needs close care in the sleeping room The dusting is far more important than many people suspect. Ac cumulations of flufr and dust form a favorite nesting place for disease germs and unsavory smells. On this account many ornaments are not to be commended in a bedchamber. Tho receptacles for waste water should be washed out every day and scalded three times a week. In hot weather tho scalding should take place every day, and the uten sils be sunned if possible. Wash cloths should bo wrung out in boiling water every other day. Without this they soon ljceomo offen sive. Shoes and other articles of apparel should not be left lying about the room to gather dust and look untidy. Soiled clothes should never be left iu a sleeping room. They contaminate the atmosphere. The Housewife. Disappointments of Life. Can an3-thing bo more barren than a com monplace life? Can anything be more sordid than the cry, tho selfish cry, "we can't afford it." Is it not hard to sit at home and see some one elso make the coveted trip, some one elso receive the expected gift, some one elso read the longed for letter? Are not these disappointments hard to endure? Try them and see. In our commonplace Lives we need commonplace joy. Oh,. I cannot express in tho poor words of my vocabulary tho heart aches, the temptations, the longings, the sad ness of doing without, that go to make up so much of lifo for you and me. But overhead is the blue sky. The song is there. The music is there. The poem is there, ana with uplifted gaze we rediscover that which we ljad forgotten, and the cook, the seamstress, the teacher, the worker that is our bumnn shape, turns again to the place God meant us to fill, and lifo for us flows on again. Who can fathom the depths of life of this little home tender and patient sewer of long seams? Only another woman may guess at the aggravating littlo toils and troubles that make up life for her. Smoky stoves, bread that will not rise, needles that break, thread that knots, pots that will not boil, babies that fret ceaselessly, dishes to wash, beds to make, knives to clean, floors to sweep, stock ings to darn, and no kind words, no unex pected pleasant events, no outings, no new books, no evenings at the lake, no new gowns. How is a woman to grow beautiful under a life of such petty, ugly, rasping, gnat-like miseries'? Tho finely tempered steel of patience, tho Jiopefu) heart, the granite temper all these uplift the spirit and make its owner lovely and happy. The heart of a woman is a crystal with many facets. You must hold it up to tho light and let tho sunshine through it ' to see how pure and beautiful it is, even with its littlo blem ishes of eartli. Catharine Colo in New Or leans Picaj-une. foonp and the Complexion, Some women will not on any account use soap when washing the face, claiming that it has a tendency to roughen the skin. This is very iy.v wlere the soap used is of an infe rior quality, but if a good soap is used this objection is easily overcome. The best soap for this purpose is the pure white Castile. Toilet soaps are not to bo recommended, for while there are some very good ones the majority are unfit for use. Where there is a tendency to eruptions tho pure Castilo soap has a healing effect where most soaps will ag gravate the trouble. When possible, use soft water to wash in ; but as around the city this is impracticable, a few drops of ammo nia added to hard water will soften it won derfully. Apropos of rain water for tho skin, an old lady friend of ours, who at the age of 07 years had skin es soft as velvet, attributed it to the constant use of rain water iu washing. Never uso soap on the face during the day, but just before retiring for the night wash tho face with a soft cloth in warm water, using tho Uastile soap liberally. Hub the lather well into the skin, then rinse off with clear, warm water and wipe dry. In the morning wash in warm water to which has jjeen added a few drops of ammonia. Use but a very little ammonia, fifteen drops to a basin of water is plenty, and as some ammo nia is stronger thau others, do not use so much as to bo disagreeable to the eyes, for asido from its being annoying it will chafe the skin. For an oily kiu tbeit is nothing like ammonia in the wash water. Boston Budget Tho Mind Healer'a Advice. "Give mo that priceless receipt," I pleaded in thrilling tones." "Think beautiful thoughts,1 sho answered. "Do not envy your friend--, do not quarrel; be careful to cherish no feeling of discontent or malice, pon't uso your mirror; forget what the body you knew as yourself looked like, and sit down and sketch in your mind the picture you want to represent. Think, My arm is white and soft and round, my face is bright and intelligent, my complexion is c lear and my body is erect, my movements mo grace, my conversation is pleasing; I love tho world, I love life, I Jove God and in a few weeks your friends will tell you of tho improvement." I looked at her. I recalled my mirrored self. I wondered. "Our mind and body are like a magic lan tern," she continued, as I silently tried to estimate the amount of faith it would require to work the transformation she suggested. "Our mind i3 tho lantern, our thoughts tho slides and our body tho wall of reflection. If we slide in an ugly thought it reflects on the body; if we slide in a lovely thought it re flects, and so we make ourselves.'' Nellie Bly in Now York World. Xlot Water Cores, A Etrip cf flannel or a napkin dipped in Lot water and wrung out, and then applied . around tho neck of a child that has croup, and then covered over with a larger and thicker towel, will usually bring relief in ten minutes. A towel folded several times, j dipped in hot water, wrung out, and t lien ap- pliod'ovcr the seat of the pain in too oi ache or neuralgia, will generally afford prompt relic". 1 his treatment in colic acts Like magic. There is nothing that will so promptly cut short congestion of tho lungs, sore throat or rheumatism, as Lot water, when applied promptly and thoroughly. Pieces of cotton battlu -'rT3 ia Lot water, and kept applied to ojd soift, new cut, bruises and spraiiy, is a -treatment now adopted in bospitalsV Sprained ankle hat been cured in an Lour by showering it with bt water poured from a height of three feet. L.'o water taken freely half an hour before bedtime is tho best of cathartics in case of constipation. This treatment continued for a few month, with proper attention to diet, will alleviate any case of dyspepsiu. Oracle, Fun at u Luncheon. A query corner correspondent asks for boiuo "pretty devices" to enhaiice the attrac tions of luncheons, tons, etc., and also what souvenirs may bo given. At a recent lunch con, beforo each quest was placed a prettily, decorated bowl or cup containing beans. The one who guessed nearest to tho number of beans in her own cup received the first prize. To tho one who made the next best guess was given tho second, and to the one who made tho poorest guess was given tho "booby" prize. It created much fun and merriment, uud the pretty cups were taken home as sou venirs. At another luncheon a large bowl with beans was placed in the center of tho table, and prizes given in accordance with the guesses, a prize being provided for each person at the luncheon. Mary E. Bryan in Fashion Bazaar. Cement for Knife Handles. A material for fastening knives or forks into their handles is much needed. The best cement which is used for this purposo is made by melting ouo pound of colophony, bought of any druggist, and eight ounces of sulphur. It may be kept in a bar or reduced to jowdcr. Take ono part powder and mix with iron filings, flue sand or brick dust, and fill tho cavity of tho handle, heat the stem of the handle, then heat the stem of the knife or fork and insert. When cold it will be found to bo firm in its place. Good Housekeeping. One ICeason Why. A woman has told me that this is one rea son why meu fall to selfish girls for wives, to wit: that these look cooler, keep fresher and better arrayed than the girls who help their mothers ami have less time to look to themselves. It were well, I think, both for a man and for a woman who reach ago to be married, to search into any one who looks well kept, and discover whether, like a fruit, ho be not altered altogether by tho pickle that has preserved him, or his heart be not like a mummy dried in spices. Globo Demo crat He Forgot One Course, "It seems to mo, Maria, that we've had nothing tut veal, veal, veal for breakfast all this week," remarked Mr. Bentley. "You forgot another thing we've had, Robert," remarked tho old lady, quietly; "we've had growl, growl, growl for break-, fast every day too." . And then Jchuny Bentley was sent away from the table for laughing at "nuthin'." Harper's Bazar. " Coldness of Complexion. A person with bu1-- 1 ttle color in com plexion or hair must supply the deficiency by having deep, rich tones in the dress ma terial. She should never wear any flat. col ors, no gray or drab, pale tints of green, lav ender cr lemon, but she should brighten up tho coldness of her complexion by darker colors something that has warmth in it. Woman. Lime water, an expensive article when purchased at tho chemist's, can be readily made by taking a piece of lime as large as a walnut, adding two quarts of filtered water, and allowing it to settle for twtnifcy-four hours. Tho clear water on top is then ready for use, and is sufficiently impregnated wiih the alkali. A remedy for tender feet is cold water, about two quarts, two tablespoonfuls o- ammonia, one tablespoonful of bay f uin. Si with the feet immersed for ten minutes gently throwing tho water over the limbs up ward to the knee. Then rub dry with t crash towel, and all the tired feeling is gone. If a cellar Las. a damp smell and cannot bo thoroughly yeutilatfjd, a few trays of charcoal set around on the floor, shelves and ledges will make the air pure and sweet. If a largo basketful of charcoal be placed in a damp cellar where milk is kept, there will bo no danger of it becoming tainted. A long fcandlod brush, long enpugh to reach the ceiling, is as important to, a good housekeeper as a good broom; if the walls and ceiling are fight !y brushed before the room is swept, the paper will keep clean and fresh much longer. Flour Is a great absorbent of any smell3 that may be adjacent to it. Therefore, never store it near onions, fish or any other odorous substance. It is best stored in a coo.t dry, but airy plape, and should always be sifted just prior to use. Moths or any summer flying insects may be enticed to destruction by a bright tin pan half fiTed with kerosene set in a dark corner of the jom. Attracted by the bright pan, the moth will meet his death in the kerosene. To take rust out of steel, rub the steel with sweet oil, in a day or two rub 'ith finely powdered unslacked lime until the rust all tisappears, then oil again, roll in woolen, nd put in a dry place, especially if it be table cutlery. Tar may bo removed from ine hands by rubbing with the outside of fresh orange or lemon peel and drying immediately. The volatile oils dissolve the tar so that it can be rubbed off. - Chemists say that it takes more than twice as much sugar to sweeten preserves, sauce, etc., if put in when they begin to cook, as it does to sweeten after the fruit is cooked. An excellent cement for fastening the tops of kerosene lamps is made with three parts of resin, pne of caustic soda and live parts of water. A pan of sliced raw onion3 placed in a room where there is diphtheria will absorb the poison and prevent the disease from spread ing. The onions should be -buried every morning and fresh ones cut up. If quilts ore folded cr rolled tightly after washing, then boaten with a rolling pin or potato masher, it lightens up the cotton, and makes them seem soft mid new. For hoarseness, beat a frcsa eg cad thicken it with fine white sugar, Eat cf ii freely, and tlie hoarseness viil Bona ba re lieved. A Littlo ammonia and borax in tha water when washing blankets keeps them soft and prevents shrinkage. Clothespins boiled a tew minutes and quickly dried oaco or twice a month become more durable. Leather choir seats may be revived by rubbing them with well beaten white of egg. To clean ooor plates use a solution cf am monia i wstaTjjrplied with mrv 3. - BEAUTY'S BLEMISHES. VEXATIOUS' SUPERFLUOUS HAIRS AND THE UGLY LITTLE MOLE. " Visltf to the Flcctrleal rhjstcluii How stoles May Ho KeiuoveU A btitcii in Time Freckles Not Feared a Formerly. A Cure. Nothing except wrinkles is so disliked by the feiniuino variety as the unexpected ap pearance of a long wiry hair protruding from tho chin or nny part of the face. They fcem to come without any warning; no pro monitory fuzzineas, but in a night thoy ar rive. Tlio first resort when they aro discovered is the scissors. But they tcrow again, like mush rooms after an August rain, all the thicker and more bristling after each cutting. Then comes the reign of tho tweezers, and, regard less of pain, out they must come. But, as in the case of gray hairs, they, too, come to the f uncraL Still, such wero tho only remedies of tho women of yesterday, and tbey had to boar this sign, as well as others, of advancing age with what courage they could. I'ocr old things! j'ou had to put up with such a lot of trials wo eseaie. Nowadays a woman with superfluous hair nas only to make two or threo or four visits to an electrical physician. Indeed, the fam ily physician often undertakes the removal, and at each visit he removes some half dozen of tho oVjectionablo capillaeeous adornments by the aid of his electric needle. One tiny puncture at the root of each hair, ono quick, little shock from the battery, and gool-by have more thuu bi.i or seven hairs removed at once. It becomes then a case of moro haste less speed, for the operation is apt to produce a sore which will prevent any fur ther procedure until that is healed, but a few may be removed at a time say, twice a week without any inconvenience. Nor noed any person fear any after effocts what ever from this cause if dono carefully a few at a time. Another discovery of modem study of physical development is that there is no need of allowing such unsightly disfigurements us moles to continue upon the human face or body, although persons rarely go to the trouble of having any such thiug removed from the body unless on the arms or neck. Physicians touch the surface of a mole very lightly with a pencil or sharp pointed stick dipped in fuming nitric acid. When in the embryo state it requires 110 moro than two explications to entirely eradicate the deface ment, and it is very unwise to await the cer tain growth of the excroscenco before having it treated. It is, perhaps, as well not to give here the strength of the acid necessary tq pea-form the operation, for it iu a dangerous thing to trifle with and should bo left entirely to the use of physicians or surgeons. - A single drop too much at a time will not only eat away the mole, but a very nice little round hole in the skin all about the place whero it vStl to x3. Women must remember- that they forbid children tq pia' with fire. Certain small round brown moles are con sidered a mark of beautj', and therefore unless they aro as thick as freckles, which they resemble, it is not wortli v.'Lilo to tamper with them, EspeciaHy should one appear on tho back pf tho neck, it should le treasured like a ruby, for what says tho old rhyme wp learned with our Mother Goose? Moks ia tho iieck, money by the peck. It is tho clear, white, watery kind of mole from which hairs grow that is so ugly such as afflicted Liszt, the composer, who was known by his moles, his waxen death mask shoe ing them plainly. There is a kind of white mole or Lard pimplo which grows about ths eye and eyelids which is one of the most disfiguring things seen on a face. Some how ono never likes to look directly at a per son who is si, afflicted and has not gone at once about their removal. They grow with astonishing rapidity and sometimes come in little groups, which as they grow are suddenly discovered to have run together and made ono large on. Getting rid of these is such an easy matter that there is no excuse for permitting them to remain. One visit to a surgeon or oculist, ono touch of his sharp scalpel and the cause, a little hard, round,, white lump, rolls out, and tha little cut in the skin soon 1ip.i1 Sometimes tho puncture of the skin with a needle is all that is necessary, but usually tho foreign substance is imbedded so drp that ono fears to fool around tho eye with a sharp pointed needle. There" is no' lotion or wash or. ointment which has tho slightest effect on these sort of things. Fi-eckles are looked at in a xery different light today than they wero formerly. They are regarded as a. btauty, and women go so far as to, have them painted on in certain beautifying emporiums, where tho art of whitewashing bleaching, calciminiug and painting is carried to a remarkable v!ogr;a of perfection, though ;t must be confessed tb. result pt their experiments and researches is art, very evident art, and uot natuio at all, nor even tho semblance of it. There aro hundreds of preparatian.H for re moving freckles, some of ihem pleasant, agreeable washes to us, but nono of them truly eSieaeious. Freckles which coma in summer time wear away when the bright, hot sunshine goes. A few days spent indoors, in cool, dark rooms, mak.ea heni disappear; a littlo attention to tho diet, tho abstinence from food and drink containing iron is a par tial cure. But freckles havo a comely, healthy, wholesome air, and it is rather nice than otherwise not to look exactly thc&ame all the year, round. Besides, open air exercise is the fad of the day, and tho woman who wraps herself all up in veils and gloves is all out of tho fashion. Brave the freckles and have a good time all summer. "S. S. II M." in Chicago Herald, The skirts are still mad3 so narrow that as a fashionable tailor told me the other day they aro becoming each season closer allied to breeches. By the by, thess articles, mado in doeskin, are beginning to bo-worn in pref erence to any other kind. They are expen sive to 6tart with, but they last practically forever, and an the perfection of cqnjfort ii wear, lleindeer is anqthtr material used fop the same purpose. There has boon a great effort made by some of the best tailors to ret introduce the &U round basque again, buS i$ has not found favor. Plain clothes, no braided, fitting closely, high sleeves to wrist, are what ars to be sesu La the parks. Tho povelty seems to lia in tho waistcoats, which are seen sometimes enly at tiie nst-k, some times at tho waist also, and are mode of check woolens, speckled b'nen and some times of leather. Some of tho habits only open enough to show a man's aecktie. Dork blue, green and brow as aro still th2 favorite colors. A few habits have been made this year in pepper and sa.'t mixtures. Elastio cloth, Venetian cloth, doeskin (which is an improved make, much stronger than the old kinds), serges, are all employed, and most of the cloths, are waterproofed. . . Glycerins does not agree with a very dry skin. . -.; - . - " '- The PI attsmouth Herald Is 021 joying a. Bocsm in. "both, its D ASIiT AND EDITIONS. The Tear Will le one lurinj which the suhjoets of mition.'il interest ami 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 Transactions of this year and would keep apace with the times should -Foli EITHER Til E- Daily or Weekly Herald. Now while we have the people we will venture Which is first-class in all respects and from which our job printers are turning out much satisfactory work. 1 The present year bids fair to be a dis astrous one from tornadoes and. wind itorms. This is fore-shadowed the number of storms we hayc already had the most destructive one so far this year having occurred at 3It. Vernon, IU.. where a large number of buildings were destroyed or damaged. The exemption from tornadoes last year renders their oc currenea more probable in 1SS8. j C-ill sit our ofiicc and secure a Tor !nado Policy. I Unimproved lands for sale or ex- 'chantre. WlfflAI&DHIES. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. WEEKLY 1888 subject before the to speak ot our uuUUWllOvll j 0 NEBRASKA, r 1 i i