1U1LY HERALD: ILATTSMUUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1888. jIAN AND HOME. ,RY FEET THAT PRESS THE TREADMILL DAY AFTER DAY.- Thm Hanging- of Fletnres Illnts on Hair Drelnjr A VUltlnj llouaemald Tb Iloakand Treatment of Convulsions. Suggestions tor th Household Items. Tbo way in which housework i looked tipon i. illustrated by a conversation between tbo con of a thrifty mechanic w ho owned the cottage ho lived in and had money iu the Lank and a neighbor who told the story. "What wages does your father earn, Tommy f "Dad, why he earns two dollars and a half a day, right along." "And your "I earn a dollar a day." "And your mother, what does she getf "Mam, why she coo it and washes and mokes tbo clothes for iut and dad and the children, but tho don't earn nothing. There ain't no money in that!" Too many wives of farmers and mechanics havo found "there ain't no money in that." JJprly and late, day in and day out, the same tar y feet press the same treadmill, with seldom any opportunity to, bee the bluosky or the plwasnnt landscape around except from tho windows of the kitchen. It is shown by statistics that tho largest class of iatients in our insane asylums are the wives of farmers. Tho sad monotony of existence might often bo broken up it the "farmeress" (why may not such a term be coined?) only had a little income from her poultry, butter or canned or preserved fruit, something that is her very own. I have known a thrifty wifo and mother who dil far more toward supporting the family by her management and forethought than hT jiiisband, w ho was Obliged to conceal a couple of pounds of butter in tho ' cellar at a time, or a dozen eggs, till she had enough to sniug glo into town to buy a frsh cambric dress a "eur to ('meeting'' pn Bunday. That wo man's life had been H famine till her eyes jioil tho dumb, pathetic look of a patient an' uiaL There was not enough life loft for friction In that family. Yet tho husband was a good man, and kind as far as he knew how to be. Ho owned tho farm and the cows and chickens, and everything that wns produced, as his father did before him. The wife and chil Iron had enough to oaf. and clothing sr.fll uont io lop warm..- What . more could be wanted? : Ho never dreamed that the soul iioeds food as well as tho body, aye, more fhan tho body. If one must starve, let it be the leao't important. They can live and bo jiappy on siniplo nutriment! whose " board pit phii-riilnpsj arid' love, mutual thought f nines and personal ndiqienduMQe, . p.uiuuuug inction between larents and children is by giving the latter an allowance even though it be smolL If daughters were taught how to keep accounts and make investments there would be a more pi action! snso of affairs after they became V'ives and mothers, the want of which often brings discord. A woman tugbt to estimate things at their real value and who has an in come to herself, n" matter how small, will not be likely to counsel extravagance. After all, a fluent nature, a sense of other hood as well as selfhood, true sympathy and tho power of looking at life from all sides enable their possessor to obviate friction in domestic jrmtters. And what joy is there like pouring pit upon the troubled waters of family life? If there be failure then, in the words of Amid, "The beautiful souls of tho world have an art of saintly alchemy by which bitterness is converted into kindness, the gall yi exic-riencu into gentleness, gratitude into -t-cnellts, and insults into pardon." ' ' No wretchedness can hinder the fact that the bitter salt within life's cup may be tht very ingredient needed. Ulster M, Poole in. Good Ilonsekctjping. Judicious Hanging of Pictures, If we suppose pictures wisely chosen and framed, thero still remain certain questions as to their judicious banging. Here we note first that they should be suited, primarily as to their subjects and next as to size, to the room in which they are to be put. This rule is followed in the general custom of placing in the f'dy pr the library portraits of au thors, similarly in the music room those of greatVomposers. Some householders even go to the length of selecting for the dining room representations of game, fish or fruit. Negatively, tho most important application pf this rule is probably that family portraits, specially if large, should be kept in the more private rooms rather than in those nsed by almost all persons who come into the house. It is hard to name a practice in much worse taste than to have in the parlor one, tvo, or, in some cases, an extended row of portraits of people perhaps very estimable personally, but having no other claim. q dis tinction than being members of the family living ia the house. Landscapes can scarcely be termed out of place in any room. An important canon of good tasto is that one and the same apartment should con tain either colored or monochrome pictures, but not both. This rule is perhaps 6ubject to exception where a person is living in but . one or two rooms and is thus under some ne cessity to hang in proximity incongruous pictures. The same may be said of the rule against an excessive number in one room; yet in either case it may be in better taste to stow away part of one's pictorial posses sions. In choosing places on walls for different pictures, of course the old rule is not to bo forgotten to regard the light and 6hade in tho picture, and put it where the prevailing light from the nearest window will bo opposite the ("Icpicted shadows. Caro ia necessary also sometimes to avoid the occurrence of an un pleasant glare from the surface of. an oil painting or from glass. A common error Is having tho eyelets in the frame too near tho middlo of the two sides, whereby tho surface of the picture when hung tips forward at an ungraceful pitch. Too little inclination is not so bad as too much. Another error is hanging pictures too high. A safe guide, at least in beginning, is to have the center of the pictures about in lino with the eyes of an adult of ordinary size. In adjusting pictures of varying width to an average height above the floor it is the center, rather than tho bottom, of the frames which should be considered. F. K. Collins in Good Housekeeping. Hints on Hair Dressing, i The American woman that is, the general woman has an oval, face and n head shaped to correspond. Consequently, the xnodo met becoming to her consists ia having her hair low on the neck and with a broad elfccC Not just a tight narrow knot, but cither the soft hair itself, or it that will not keep neat, tho Lair braided and arranged crosswise, so that It shows slightly from the front and is very 7?wat tbo back. It is prettiest when fas--ed with small tortoise shell pins. The hair must then be a fluffy short bang, frames tho face, but is notaggres- '"sous like tha Ions full fringes - r t-" x and low forehead is usually most successful when she draws her hair bock from the face, not in a severe way, but letting it look soft and rather loose. She should wear as little Lair as possible, for all she requires is that tbo back hair be drawn up in a French twist and knotted so that length is gained from the front to tho back rather than across. This may bo fastened down with cither small gold or shell pins; but it must bo very doso to tho head. A blonde woman whoto hair only fell to her shoulders, and who seemed to be utterly unablo to arrange it in such a way that it would make her slender face lxk fuller, at last hit Uon a device which not only satis fled her, but delighted tho eyes of everybody else. Her front hair was in the usual soft bang; her back hair was slightly crimped al most to the ends, and there it was curled on jjapers, about seven curls being achieved. It was then brought for word, fastened down with small amber pins just closo to tho bang, the curls being pulled out enough to show that they were curled, and yet so well fast ened with invisible pins that the effect was perfect. Looked at from the back her head seemed a mass of fluffy hair, that yet was not untidy looking: from tho front, it seemed as if above a i-uir of beautiful gray eyes there was an aureole of wondrous golden hair. "Bab" in Philadelphia Times. Why Not a VUiting Ilouseniald? Household labor is regarded as a drudgery about and upon which the primal curse clings like a parasite. And so it Is, unless brain enters into it equally with hand ser vice. A little genius in the kitchen would do more to help mankind along with its bur den bearing than much of the genius which enters into libraries. If tho housekeeping part of home making were mude tho ema nating point of what goos o, ntoke ip a happy household, rather thau relegated to tho ".scraps and ends", department, to bo worked in secret anil kept but 'of sight, hus tled over and despised, a now field of work would bo thrown open for needy women, wide as tho continent- Buppose the case of a tired mother, with lots of little folks and and an, income not large enough to admit of keeping more than one servant, Suppose there was a certain hour of ach day w hen an "angel" of tidiness and thrift descended into that mother's home for an hour or so to put things to rights, trim tho lamps, dust the parlors and do the thousand and one handy things an overworked kitchen girl never finds the time nor has the knnek to do! You would have ieason te. thank thi Lord with ail your, might if ho sent) but such ministerhijf 'angels; but why not hire them for yourself and thus open a way" of escape for your own ' soul from, ear.tl,!' harass ment, as wel' as throw' wide arf avenue of . , . . . i ; ? .' v '. . '. l- -- j ouid admit of at vu. eo service terms at different houses yielding a fair income to tho visiting house maid, and conferring a great comfort on the households vUited, You employ visiting tutors and visiting governesses why not visiting housemaids? Say that $3 a week were paid for such service by every family visited; tho remuneration thus gained from a half-dozen families would create a good in come, and be nothing of an expense to 'any household compared to the wages and board of a second girl. "Amber" in Chicago Jour naL Kuseation to a ITusband. Nobody ever said to you: "Meet your wife with a smile." What an ideal You have sa many cares and vexations in your business. No matter if 3-ou are strong and vigorous, and can throw off your troubles in hearty work, and feel your blood stirred healthfully by contact with human kind, while your wife is weak, and her troubles and crosses are to be met and borne in tho lonely monotony of home life and endless tasks. You may look sour if you feel like it, and you may go and throw 5-our bundle of cares upon her shoulders, but she must smile. You have to be pleasant abroad. Then can't a fellow bo cross at home? And if anything has gone wrong if last night at the "club" has given you a headache, or your breakfast disagreed with your lordly stomach, may not you snub your wife and strike terror into the chil dren's souls? Certainly, by all means, sir. And if your wife fails to meet you with that smile, whether you come in tho mood of a roaring lion or a sulky bear, when well, you cau get some editor to publish some thing about "A Wife's Duties," or some moro "Advice to Wives." And now, dear sisters, lend mo your ears. A good man with a great loving heart is a creature for any woman to adore. If you are a true wife, and have such a husband, you will generally wear "that smile," I think. The sunshine his love makes in your heart will break out in your face. Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette. An Infant's Persuasive Powers. It chanced the other day that I went shop ping with a young lady aged 3 and her mother, I should add. We got along smoothly until a toy store was reached. There the youngest person in tho party, who was also its boss, became enamored of a doll's toilet basket, and would be satisfied with nothing else. But the article was expensive, and its usefulness to a small and tempestuous girl of 3 was very questionable, and for these rea sons her mother declined to buy it and for bade me to. To soothe the agitated child her mother said that she could ask her grandma to buy it for her. The sequel one of the young women in tho toy store told me on Saturday. A few days after the events narrated above the 3-year-old returned to the stoi-e, and with feverish haste'cailed for the toilet basket. As the girl behind the counter was wrapping up tho basket she asked the babe if she had per suaded her grandma to buy it for her. " 'Es, I 'suaded gan'ma," said tho child. ' I cried till she p'omised to gib it me." For a 3-year-old that's pretty fast trotting, I Jthink, in worldly arts of suasion. Pitts burg Dispatch. Treatment of Convulsions, Of course, thero is no one remedy for such a terrible disease as convulsions, and in every case no timo should be lost in sending for a doctor; but it is well to bear in mind that these three J very simple measures may be taken in every case: A hot bath, with appli cation of cold bandages to the head ; a dose of castor oil, which is usually rapid in its eHects, or an injection of .tepid soap and water. In severe cases during tho infancy of my youngest child, I found almost imme diate relief followed the application of mus tard poultices to the soles of the feet, or often from merely rubbing dry mustard on the feet, and in the palms of the hauds, which last is a very simple and very little known method of equalizing circulation when thero is a rush of blood to the head. Demorest's Monthly. Tbo Xjoto of Praise. Lately in a conversation with one of tho most brilliant, yet solidly intellectual, wo men it has ever been my privilege to meet wo spoke of the personal love of praise, ap probation, or appreciation that seems to be natural to people Bha said that they should not car to much as tVydaabocs receiving , "--'Mr-' -- r-w v. empivj-meiiv tor indigent auu ueeav wpirjeijj Such ser ice poukl s e(:Qn,lLk,Ba in - IU Mi " - lUU sincere flattery, which is easily detected, do you not think that honest approval or genu ine appreciation judiciously bestowed, cither upon children or grown persons, is right when they deserve it; Does it not encourage and stimulate the moral and mental facul ties? It seems to me that humsn beings are in this respect like flowers. In order to grow they should bo planted in the right soil and receive tho sunshine as well as the rain. Ap preciation is to an individual what tbo sun shine is to a flower." Tho lady answered, "I catch the thought, and it is true, but you do not use tho best word to express it. It is neither praise, approbation, nor, to put a flno and correct point upon it, appreciation that people need. It is recognition." Hartford Times. Dress and Complexion. Much color in tho face necessitates a sober iie& of hue in tho dress, while red, or, ns modern times has it, "auburn," hair looks best if tho possessor is arrayed in black or some fabric of a dark color that will not con flict with the auburn crown above it. All bhai'es of red, pink, yellow, purple must bo sedulously avoided. A dark, invisible green will perhaps bo, next to the black, the most becoming; but it must be very dark. It is tho brunettes who are fortunate in jKissessing the color in hair and face that looks well with almost every conceivable shade and color, and it is therefore quite un necessary to particularize in their case. Woman. A Case or "Extravagance." A group of young men were admiring the dress of a young lady, which all agreed was very becoming. From tho dress tq the wearer was an easy transition. One youiig man intimated that a girl who was always so well dressed would prove a costly wife to a struggling man. A friend of the young lady iiiterposod with spirit: "That dross you havo been admiring cost her just eight cents a yard. And I hapjen to. know that she made it herself. But it looks as well on her as many a dress I've seen that cost fifty dollars. " Tho ignorance of the average male critic was never more thoroughly exposed or rebuked. rittsburg Bulletlu. Ilauily for Housekeepers. A good mixture to have in the house is comxosed of aqua ammonia, two ounces; soft water, one quart; saltpeter, one teaspoonf ul ; shaving soap, one ounce. Scrup t"u soap fine before mixing tho other ingredients and allow it to stund" a few hours' before using. It is sure death to 'bedbugs if applied to the crevices which they inhabit: it wiU remove paint that is mixed with 0.1 1 wjtWit injuring the finest iibuya, and iyP,l VOYfj jiTfe- from carpets by covering mixture! aii .-..itntho tni"'-"" .iguig and rubbing it ..j wash it off with clear cold wa ter. Boston Budget. Arrangement of the Snak. By far tho most fashionable way of ar ranging a sash on a low evening dancing dress is in long ends reaching almost to the hem, and two long loops placed at tho back of the waist, the ribbon very wide indeed, and moire in preference to auy other. Some times a sash is brought acrcss the front of the skirt, but onlyoccasionally, and for the Directoiro style a broad sash belt goes round the waist, even reaching to beneath the arm pits, and invisibly shaped to the figure. But women know that this style makes the figure thick, and consequently avoid it. To Keep Hut tor Cool. A simple mode of keeping butter in warm weather is to invert a large crock of earth enware, or o flower pot, if need be (varying with the size of the vessel containing the butter), over the dish or firkin in which the butter is held. Tho porousness cf the earth enware will keep tho butter cool, and all the more so if the pot bo wrapped in a wet cloth, with a little water in the dish with the but ter. Scientific American. To Remove Moths. Moths can be successfully removed from carietj in the following manner: Wring a coarse towel out of clear water, spread it smoothly on the carpet, iron it dry with a good hot iron, repeating the operation wher ever the moths are supposed to bo. No need to press hard, and the ply or color of the car pet will not bo injured, as tho moths are tlcstroyed by the heat and steam. Boston Budget. The very best nourishment for invalids and children is the juice pressed from a steak or mutton chop thoroughly trimmed and broiled about five minutes. The meat for this purpose should be cut at least three quarters of an inch think. Tho juico may bo extracted from the meat by a lemon squeezer or a meat press, which comes for this purpose. The little white worms which sometimes make the earth in a plant jar look as if it is alive, can be driven out by stopping the hole in the bottom of the jar, then cover the earth with water in which you have dissolved a little lime. Let this stand for several hours, and it is not likely that you will be troubled with the worms any more. A teaspoonful of borax, put ia the last water in which clothes are rinsed, will whiten them surprisingly. Pound the borax so it will dissolve easily. This is especially good to remove the yellow that time gives to white garments that have been laid away for two or three years. If ink is spilled 0:1 colored goods that will not bear acids, soak them immediately ia sweet milk boiled hot. Hot melted tallow poured through ink spots will also remove them. Carpets should be thoroughly beaten on tho wrong side first, and then on the right, after which spots may be removed by the use of ox gall or ammonia and water. Horseradish cut in thin strips lengthwiso und a dozen or more of these strips placed on tho top of each keg of pickles will keep them from becoming stale or moldy. For marks made by scratching matches across white paint, rub with half a sour orange or lemon, then wash with whiting, rub well and dry thoroughly. A small pieco of salt pork boiled with fri casseed chicken will impart a richness to the gravy and the flavor will be better than if nothing but butter is used. A few drops of ammonia in a cupful of rain water, carefully applied with a sponge, will remove spots from paintings and chro nics, Nickel silver mounts and ornaments can be ; kept bright by rubbing with a woolen cloth saturated with spirits of ammonia. I The queen of Roumania says man and wife should never cease to do a little courting, no matter how old they may be. Scatter sassafras bark among dried Invt to keep it from becoming wormy. . Hartshorn will usually restore colors that rvt- it-'-r-U-'f-' BUDDING STATESMEN. BOYS WHO WAIT ON THE LAW MAKERS OF THE SENATE. Where tlie Tagcs Hall From Salary and Outnitlo Income lrra and Duty How the Hots Aiuuho Themselves luterested in rolitio The Bou. Tho senate page corps numbers fifteen as bright and quick boys as can be found any where. They receive apioiutinents on the recommendation of senators, ami come from all sections of tho country. There is the elongated and dark bued southerner and the ruddy cheeked and chunky western boy, the quick northerner and the sjectacled New Euglander. They are paid $7o a month each during tho session of congress, which gener ally lasts about eight months for the long and three months for the short session, and at tho closo of the latter it is customary to vote them an extra month's pay in order that they may return to their homes. In addi tion to their salary the pages make quite a goodly sized sum by selling autograph al bums containing the signatures of tho sena tors and prominent people whom they but tonholo for their autographs. Their period of butterfly life is rather short, howevf as it generally does not extend beyonJ iwo con gresses, tho ngo limit beincj Ifland 1(5. After they reach tho age of li they aro compelled to leave, DRESS AXD DAILY DCTIES, The pages nre very neat in their dress and pay great attention, to stylo. Thov trp.r tunic coats and. !:!-v v i :!.:, t .:.: ai: , of ome dark material, and affect black silk stockings. Their work logins at 0 n. ra., when they as semble in the senate chamber and get the desks of the senators in order for the day, ar ranging tfcio several bills, petitions, etc., on luem, after wbicn, unless thero nro errands to run, they can amuso themselves until 13 o clock, when tho senate convenes, at which time they station themselves on either si.le of tho president's platform. After tho chap lain's prayer tho work begins in eaiuos and they aro constantly on the rv.u, answering tho snap of tho fingers o.t the senators, carry ing hU,U iKt papers to tho president's dok ami executing tho multituib'uous demands of loo senators. Tho senate, usually is in session tifj o'clcvck, wfcefi it rms inta Tiiit.i"" . releasing the ra-"3 ' ' ' - ?,on' tonwrj aty- As it is cus- m v:-J u senate to adjourn on Thurs- evening until Monday morning, thero is nothing for tho pages to do in tho interim, and they amuse themselves in various ways. Some aro continually pouring over novels of "The White Eagle, tho Trapper," order, but the greater number are enthusiastic bicyclers, those who are not fortunate enough to own a wheel not begrudging paying sixty cents an hour for the rent of one, and many aro tho amusing squabbles among them as to how many minutes one has to ride it before an other takes it, they having hired it on shares. It cannot be denied, also, that some are con firmed gum chewers. The wide marble ban nisters on either side of tho stairs leading to tho upper floors offer a great temptation to them to slide down them head first, rather than walk down, and the velocity with which they go (when a fall to the tesselated floor beneath means certain death) would terrify their mothers. WELL TOSTED OX TOLITICS. They are all young ioliticans, take a deep interest in the debates, and ore thoroughly posted on all topics that come before the senate, and religiously defend tho posi tion and merits of their respective senatorial favorites. It is no uncommon thing, after adjournment over some heated debate, for them to take sides and debate the arguments pro and con that they havo heard. And they go at it with a vim, defying parliamentary law and grammar alike, and just as much in earnest as though they received $5,000 a year for it. But it is ia their playroom, the awful mysteries of which they allow no other mortal eyes to penetrate, where the pages kick up high jinks. Vor good and sufficient reasons, apparent to tho most casual ob server, this room is located in a distant and secluded portion of the Capitol building, and thero they shout, laugh and play to their hearts' content. It is very seldom that quar rels among them ever result in blows, os it means a summons to appear before that aw ful tribunal, iu tho mind of a page, tho sc-r-geant-at-arnis, to be followed by a suspension of two weeks or more, with loss of pay. Tho pages aro under the charge and direc tion of old Cant. Basset t, who has occupied tho position, it is said, ever sinco tho mem ory of man. He started in as pago himself and is now a hale, bald headed und white bearded old gentleman. His post of duty is to tho left of the president and behind his youthful charges, where he can kee an eye on them. It would seem to take some, inge nuity for a 11-year-old boy to dispose of $7o monthly, but some of them rise quite equal to the occasion. Others again havo quite a good sized bank account. Those who ore so fortunate as to havo relatives in Washington of course are well looked after, but those who have to trust to the tender mercies of tho tj'p ical boarding house keepers become after a timo moro or less reckless. Taken as a whole they are a very gentlemanly, well meaning lot of toys, and are said to be a great im provement on the force of former sessions. Senator Gorman was once a page, and tho story is that he frequently had his ears p.ulled by Capt. Bassett on occasions when he lapsed from grace. Xew York Graphic. 1 Fish Refuse as Fodder. It appears that ia Norway and Sweden the refuse of the fish curing establishments ia largely used by farmers as a fodder for their cattle. On the Norwegian coast dried heads of codfish are so used, the practice being to boil down the heads into a kind of soup, which was then mixed with straw, chaff or other rough fodder. A very acceptable and nutritious food was produced iu that . way, and on account of tho great abundance of this refuse material the Norwegian peasantry are able to bring their cattle easily through the long winter in good condition, to increase the nuraber of their stock, and to correspond ingly increase the fertility of their land. This practice is varied ia other districts, fish meal (the meal being composed of desic cated fish)' being used. This is rich in al buminoids and phosphates, and has been found by Weisko to have a very valuable manure residue when fed to sheep. Of this latter Dr. Atkin obtained a good supply, and had it tested on his farm near Glasgow. Six Ayrshire cows were selected for tho test, three being fed with ordinary foods aud three with fish meaL Two of the latter took to tho meal readily, aud one did gradually. "The meal," we are told, "has anything but a nice look," being more like manuro than anything else. It has not much of a smell, and tastes fishy. The animals, however, thrived on it, and it is noteworthy that the three cows, which gave less before, the trial, gave more with the fish meaL The average yield daring the ten weeks wns 23 pounds of milk per day without fish meal, aud 30 4-3 pounds with the meaL The conclusions ar rived at are that this meal is a useful food, but that ft wonld bo injudicious to us i: 1 Tf- , :.' The Plattsmouth Herald Is xi joying a AND EDITION S. The Tear 1888 Will be one during which the subjects of national interest and importance will be strongly agitated and the election of a President will take place. Hie 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 roit Daily or Weekly Herald Now while we have the subject before the people we will venture to speak of our I o) Which is first-class in all respects and from which our job printers nre turning out much satisfactory work. 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