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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1905)
autumn flowers and whltewood. la 1 Some localities It Is almost Impossible to secure a crop of light-colored houey. We know of no way of making dark- colored honey light; bleaching It would "Mi hSUUfiii Impair its flavor and would be imprac ticable. We would rather have dark gvod honey tha a light poor honey. r- . v m y -at i 1 t iv;"ii v. Mother In the rVhoolroo . "It always does m good to hare yon make a visit to the school, Mrs. Johnson," mI1 the. teacher of lira. Johnson's two daushtcr. That. I am sorry to say. Is not generally true of mothers. " Undoubtedly the "schoolma'ara" In question expressed the opinion held by most teachers tn regard to moot par ents. The mother or father who comes to the school comes usually to complain that Mary has too much borne study, or that John Is not taught good manners, or to demand not to request that Gwendolen shall te ex cused from composition, or that Jaue shall leave school an hour early for her music lesson. In theee ways, sud In a core of others, the mother's wishes run counter to the expert opinion of the teacher, and Increase ueedlessly the difficulty of education. 80 annoying Is this friction that It conies to take too large a place In the teacher's nilnd. For one mother who come to the school and makes trouble there are ten who do their best to further the plaits of the skilled edu cator. The households in which the needs of the children are Ignored for the pleasure of their elders are not nearly so many as those In which care ful consideration is given to the hab its and the occupations of the boys and girls. Perhaps the thoughtful and unself ish mother stays a little too much in the background so far as the school Is concerned. It would be well for her to express satisfaction with her chil dren's education otherwise than by si lence and absence. Upon the teacher's ears, so used to the voice of peevish complaint and un reasonable request, there would often fall with cheer the hopeful word, "Mary is making such progress In her SMART PHASES Of THE school that I thought I should like to come to tell you about It." Youth's Companion. The Hand. Remember that one can have the hands in soap-suds with soft soap without injury to the skin, if the hands are dipped in vinegar or lemon-juice Immediately after. The acids destroy the corrosive effects of the alkali, and make the hands soft and white. In dian meal and vinegar or lemon-juice used on the bands when roughened by cold or labor will heal or soften them. Bub the bands In this, and then wash off thoroughly and rub In glycerine. Those who suffer from chapped hands In the winter will find this very com forting. Skirt Design. Skirt of maroon serge with circular to p and stitched box plaits joined tinder a large button. Suitable for broadcloth. To Destroy Sloths. Make a mixture of gasoline and one- fourth as much wood alcohol, in which has been dissolved as much corrosive sublimate (bichloride of mercury) as It will hold. Inject this with a syr inge Into the cracka of a wall and floors and spray 'Infested" furniture with it behind and under upholstered seats, etc. Take one room at a time, being careful to have no Ore or a run dal light about, and shut the room op closely for eight hours. The process may have to be repeated once a month for perhaps three months If the inflic tion be grievous, but It faithfully done It is sure death to all vermin. Dainty Matinee WaiaU A charming waist, appropriate tor luncheons or matinees. Is made from pale blue messallne. Yoke and stock are all-over, white lace, the design of which Is Urge oval medallions. The blouse below yoke has four deep tucks, front and back. Similar treat ment is also given the elbow sleeves, which are finished with a unique ar rangement of lace. A blue chiffon rose is fastened in front, where a Joining is made, and the crushed girdle is a dark shade of blue velvet, harmonis ing with the material. Carina: for tha Canary. Vary the bill of fare for the canary. Add lettuce, sweet apples, cress and occasionally a bit of ripe pepper, seeds Included, to his menu. Like Polly, he Is fond of a cracker, and occasionally NEW REDIMGOTE. little bread boiled with his mUk. This should be reduced to a paste and given blui cold. If be becomes asth matic, give bim lime and rape seed, with something from the above list, every week or two. if he Is rough and sheds bis feathers, look carefully for the almost microscopic red para sites with which be often becomes cov ered, when be must either have a bath of water and Insect powder or one In a weak lotion of white precipitate and water. Afterward wash with warm soap and water, wrap In flannel and put near the fire to dry. When the feet become sore if the cage is al ready kept scrupulously clean bathe the feet ten minutes at a time two or three times a da v. Health and Beauty Hinta. Nothing contributes more toward s good complexion thau frequent baths and brisk rubbings. Potatoes, cereals and all stArchv foods should be thoroughly cooked so mat they may be easy to digest. To relieve a irumlioil a bomelv rem edy Is to take a thin strip of dried tig, dip it In milk, toast it and then apply hot to the swollen gum. Belief is speedy. To go up and down stairs correctly is to cultivate good looks. You can make of stair climbing a gymnastic tonic or you can bake it a hard, un pleasant task. Skin eruptions show an impaired di gestion and an Impure condition of the blood. For the blood take the old fashioned remedy of sulphur and mo lasses. Avoid rich and greasy foods and each morning before breakfast take a glass of hot water, in which you have squeezed the juice of an orange or lemon, Cnatom of Ancient Origin. Casting a shoe after a newly mar ried couple is one of the oldest cus toms that still cling to the fabric of this up-to-date life. Centuries ago nay, thousand! of years ago it was one of the means employed by the peo ple 01 antiquity to indicate ownership When a piece of land was purchased or given to one, or a man acquired ownership of a bouse, a cow, or took unto himself a wife. It was the estab lished custom to cast a shoe over the land, the building, the animal or the woman, thus asserting to the world that he had acquired all rights or ownership. The custom Is mentioned In several places tn the lUble; for in stance, tn IV Inn Ix 8. where the phrase, "Over Kdom will 1 cast out my shoe, Is employed to mean that by this method will ownership be as serted. Few who do it probably know why they cast a shoe- after the newly married, but in this ancleut custom Is Its origin found. Auswers. Dont'e for Mothers. Don't try to divert when obedience is your right Don't allow your child to become a source of aunoyauce in a public ve hicle. Don't permit a fear to be Implanted in your child. Deal summarily with those who would dare Implant it Don't entertain all your friends with a detailed account of your children's marvelous sayings and doings. Don't fret your children by perpet ually worrying about them. They must have some common sense; teach them to make use of It. Don't treat your son ami your daughter at 20 as you would have treated them at 12. Hemember that they are now a man and a woman. Gabrielle E. Jacksou. FASHION NOTES. Woolen satlu Is a novelty. Smooth cloths are smartest. Muffs display two kinds of fur com blned. All the fur coats crave little cravats of ermine. Wear a plain silk blouse with your plaid skirts. There Is a decided tendency toward plain skirts. A cloth made of rabbits' wool Is new In millinery. Bright colors run riot In the silk petticoat corner. Mink Is accounted a comforting sub stitute for sable. Drown Is undoubtedly the fashion able color of the winter. The finest of embroidery supplants lace on the new underwear. Most of the taffeta frocks seem de termined to be copper-brown. Even the pert little plume tbst stands erect runs Into several color. There are possibilities of a dainty evening wrap In an old white lace shawl. One can have a dozen different kinds of hand bags without possessing too many. - It Is generally accepted that a walk ing suit should bsve a plain coat sleeve. Silk waists of sll-over work in broderie Anglalse pattern are very handsome. Frock-coat suits sre undoubtedly the most general choice. These are made of the various cloths, the coat being long and the skirt short. Those very elaborate muffs of lace, flowers and velvet to match the cos tume are again carried this year, but only with dressy toilets. A fine embroidery band, edged 011 both sides w ith narrow lace, comes by the yard, and of It you can make the daintiest collar and cuff sets. White Felt Hat. Here's a white felt hat, with Gains borough brim and crushed tam crown of white silk, embroidered with violet pansies. Two violet plumes. He Kind. The deepest wound from which the bean hath bled Is from the unkind thing that yoo or I nave said; Therefore, be kind, 'tis but bread on life's stormy wsters csst. To be returned in that restless turmoil Vast Ere you have realized the greatness of your lltue deed, You, too, msy hsve felt the need Of some kind word from a sincere heart given. That will light thy being like contact with heaven, Exchange. II and Plow for bow, When there Is such a quantity et ground to be cleaned of snow as is round around the average farm borne, something more than the ordinary tiow shovel Is needed. If the snow Is deep and the space to be cleared considerable, then one should bring Into use a large plow with the horse to pull It. For a hand plow nothing it better than the simple one made la the following manner: Seleut two pieces of board free front knots, each three feet long and six luches wide. Revel the end ef each board and nail them together In the form of a Y. If necessary they may be braced at the wide end by atrip three Inches wide and the necessary Iciurth. Then put in a pole five feet long with a cross piece at the upper eud. To strengthen the end in which the handle is Inserted cut a block of wood aa large as poulble, and fit ft simtlb hard plow yv anew. In the end where the two pieces ef board join. This will make It easier to insert the handle firmly and will make the side pieces stronger as well. The small cut in the upper part of the Illustra tion shows clearly how this block of wood should be formed and the handle Inserted to get the best results. - Thinning Apple. Thinning apples may be a profitable operation under some circumstances; but as fruit la ordinarily marketed in the commercial apple-growing sections of New York, It Is not profitable. In vestigations In thinning by the New York Agricultural Experiment Station (Geneva) were carried on for four sea sons In a commercial orchard. The re sults. In improvement of the fruit in size, in color and In quality, were marked, whenever fair to heavy crops were borne on the trees, but the qusn Uty of fruit was usually lessened; so that unless a higher price Is secured for the Improvement In quality the ex pense of the operation la not repaid. Full details of these testa are given In Bulletin No. 239 of the station, which any apple grower or other person In terested may secure without cost by sending his name ami address to the director, with a request for this bulle tin. Any available station bulletin may be obtained In this way. fUlrrlng Cooking Food. Where more or less food for stock 1 cooked, some handy way of stirring It ought to be devised. Of course, the old-fashioned ladle, or the great wood en spoon, Is always available, but If the quantity is large, to use these In struments met us selling arms . and shoulders. A stirrer which will save much labor Is readily made In the fol lowing manner. Make a rhaft of a strip of wood two Inches thick snd long enough so that It will extend three or four inches' above I he top of the kettle. At the bottom of this sbnft make paddles by crossing two thin boards two or three Inches wide. Fasten a crank to the top of the shaft and to this crank fasten n pole, or not, as preferred. Then prepare a strip of board six or eight Inches wide, bore a hole through the middle, through which to pass the shaft TO STIR COOK 150 FOOD, match both ends to fit over the handle of the kettle and at one end fix a slide and a set screw to bold It In place. If the cooking of the food for stock is done away from the bouse, as it ought to be, one should build a fireplace of bricks and cement In which to, set the kettle. The illus tration shows both the fireplace, or pot. as suggested, and the plan for making the stirrer and it will be seen thnt it Is comparatively easy to ar range the device as suggested Indian apolis News. Color of Honey, The color of honey varies greatly, ranging from water white to a very dark brown. The bees themselves have no control In regulating the color of honey; in fact, It seems to make no difference at all to them 'whether It is light or dark,' as there is plenty of it Light honey is not always the best In flavor, though it does always bring the highest price. Light-colored honey is gathered from such flowers as clover, bass-wood and mountain sage, while the dark is gathered from buckwheat. Fro as Oraae ta Dry Feed. Changing farm animate from grass te dry feed ta a critical time In the fattening period. While the stomach 1 of a critter la able to withstand con-1 slderable Ul treatment without caus ing death, yet at the same time sud den cbangea In the ration may great ly Interfere with his general thrift The secret of success In making the change Is to do' It so gradually that the system will not be deranged. A little dry feed should 1 given at first thla being gradually Increased until the animals become thoroughly accus tomed te It It la better if animals, may have access to old grass for sev-1 eral weeks after thry are placed dry feed. Some adopt the practice ef Dsuiing a lime nsy 10 tne pastures 1 bate In the fall, and claim that this bridge over the change period In a moot satisfactory nianno. In making the change It ia better te uuderfeed during the first week or twe rather than overfeed, because It may take months to correct the Injurious resalt ef overfeeding at such a time. There art those who rusks the claim that an animal overfed at any period of Its existence will never completely recov er, but will appear more or less stunt ed even up to the time It goes to the block as a fat aulmsl. Where fatten ing animals hsve had considerable range It Is a great mistake to confine them In close yards suddenly, because they will fret considerably and may refuse to make gains for several weeks. Iowa Homestead. Tha Mortgage Paid. We eln't bavin nisuy lux arte, like city folks do, We stu't wesrln' sll the la teat styles as' sll our clothes slu't new; Of our bvneaty snd oodnees we sln'l lr.i.i. But we're bavin all we went te est aa' cot tha mortfice psld. We ain't pllln' np a fortune for the boyi to fight about Whea our last day's work Is ever aa' we re stepnln' dowa so out But It's good to hsve succeeded la the effort thst we made For to keep things runnln' smootaly aa' to get the uortfia psU. We ksTe bad our share of upa snl downs, ss other people do. But we've tried to keep our spirits whea things were look In bine; We'll be ready for the ending who the me of life Is played. For we've raised the children beat w knew snd got the mortgage pals. The Gentlewoman. Smoking Meal Hafaly. Take an old stove and lead the smoke through a long stove pipe, b. Info a large box, a. Set the box a little higher than the stove. Drive nails through the top of the box and bend them luto hooka, e, to hang your meat Make a small door In the side to put the box smosb bo cat meet through. With a stove yon can control your fire and It Is also much ssfer. Henry Nessen, in Farm and Home. Kill Off the Cabbage Lira. Ga Mmge spbls Is one of our worst csbbage esta. The Ilea multiply very mpldly when conditions favor them and are a source of great toss and annoyance. They may be killed only by Insecticides thst smother, or kill by contact; ordinary poisons have no ef fect on plant lice. Kerosene emulsion diluted with 10 psrts of "Water, applied thoroughly to the lower slds of the leaves when cabbage plants are small, Is effective In a uicusure. Fumigating seed stocks In spring with carbon bi sulphide gets rid of the original brood. The pest Is misty and should be treat ed wherever found. Farm and Home. Koad Dnat for the Hennery. Collect a few barrels of dry earth, road dust fine dry dirt In the cornfield or potato patch, or anywhere that Is most convenient This Is a handy thing to have In the fall and winter for sprinkling under the roosts and on the floor of the poultry house. It ab sorbs ammonia, keeps down smells, and keeps things ship-shape. It will pay to attend to this when It can be so easily done. It costs but little and la a real advantage. Rome Incubator Itlnta. Do not turn the eggs for three days from beginning the batch, nor after the nineteenth day. See that the incubator sets perfectly level, otherwise the egg chamber will be warmer in one place than another. Use only the best oil, and feed and trim the lamp every morning, no mat ter bow long It might burn without doing this. Open the egg chamber only when turning the eggs. Take the eggs out to turn them, and abut the egg cham ber whllo they are out Let the eggs cool for from ten to thirty minutes, ac cording to the weather, every day. Leave chicks In the incubator from twenty-four to thirty-six hours after they are batched; tbey do not need feeding for at least thirty-six hours after they' come from the shell. Na ture has provided for their sustenance during this time. Do not open the egg chamber after the chickens begin to pip the shell. even if some chick seems to be having a hard time to get out A chick that cannot get out of the ahell without help is not worth saving. If the chicks gasp and struggle, do not bother thom it is good for them. mm,. -.- 1 t NV- Oa Hundred Years Ago. Letters of marque and reprisal were Issued by Grest Britain against Ppole. Mr, IJvlngstoit, American minister to France, left l'aria for Bom bawl nets of state. The tailors of New York City form ed the first organisation In thai elty having the character of a tradea sdoa. , The dock yards at Croustadt and ltlrel were doing rush work and a formidable fleet was nearly ready. A desperate struggle took plsse at Antwerp between Spanish ami Ameri can sailors, the former mistaking the Americana for Fngllsh. Austria, Prussia ami Buss! west ne gotiating for the Mac of evuskseirtal Europe. Seventy-flv Year Ago. The Btste of New York puwaased 8.470 acres of land In the Male from the Oneida Indians, who were te ssevs farther west. The Baltimore ami Ohio railroad was completed almost to Kllk-at City, MJ and pleasure parties made) the trip every day. The customs were consolidated la Ireland. The President's message reached .New Orleans In four days and a half, the quickest trip then ever made be tween Washington, D. G. and the Louisiana metropolis. Queen Christine of Portugal died, aged W. The American minister to Colombia obtained Indemnity for American trad' Ing Teasels rsptured by lh Ostein blana. Itlotous demonstrations agslust tabor saving machinery occurred tu the eovth of England. fifty Year Ago. The Victoria bridge a r roes the At tawrenre river was carried away by the pressure of b-e. All liquor shops In New York were closed by order of the Msyor. Soldiers and Indians of the war ef 1812 assembled In Washington, I. J, to get Congress to give to each a grant of land of 150 acres. A commercial convention from the southern and southwestern States as sembled at New Orleans. ilallroad riots In Erie, Ta., were re newed, the tracks In the city torn up, and the bridges demolished. Great numbers of unemployed work men In New York were meeting every dsy, marching through the streets carrying banners, ou which were such mottoes as "We want work; we must bare itr The Governor General of Canada Is sued an order restoring the officers who took part against the goverumeat In the patriot war to their former places. forty Year Ago. The Missouri convention passed aa Immediate emancipation ordinance. Mass meetings were held In the large cities of the North Id send sup plies to Savannah. The railroad bridge over the Missis sippi river at Clinton, Iowa, wss com pleted, connecting central and western Iowa with Chicago and the East . The Chicago stock exchange was or ganized with J. C. Hilton as president The report on incomes In the First District of Illinois showed that Totter Palmer, John V. For well and Petei Schucttlar were the only persons ta Chicago whose annual Income exceeded $100,000. thirty Years Ago. The trial of the action brought by Theodore Tllton against Henry Ward Beecher opened before Judge Ncllson In New York. Emlle Perelre, the famous Paris banker, died. v The manner In which $279,000 of the Pacific Mall subsidy bad been' distrib uted, it waa alleged by Richard B. Ir win, was disclosed to the congressional Investigating committee. ' Twenty Year Ago. Grover Cleveland, President-elect, re signed as Governor of New York. The press of London declared that a formal declaration of war by Franco against China was Imminent The leading newspapers of England were demanding a change In the Glad atone ministry because of foreign poli cies. Reports from Madrid placed the cas ualties of the recent earthquakes la Spain at 1,400 killed, 000 wounded and 43,000 homeless. ( . :( The Gladstone family was given prominence in the English press by the announcement of the premier'! conva lescence, Mrs. Gladstone's Illness, and tha son's approaching marriage.
