The Jackson economist. (Winder, Ga.) 18??-19??, February 09, 1899, Image 1
THE JACKSON ECONOMIST.
VOL. VII.
How to Be Popular With
One’s Husband.
Of course a man likes a woman
to.be pleasant and attractive, and
most men will say it is a woman’s
duty to be a good cook and house
keeper, so it waß quite refreshing to
read a little poem called ‘ She
Can’t Cook,” wherein the poet de
clares his wife cannot cook a roast
and her brertd is heavy, but she is
loving and kind, charming and
fair, and that when “bachelorship,
he forsook, ’twas to wed a sweet
wife, a companion for life, it
wasn’t to marry a cook.” That
sounds very high and fine, but
when a man is actually hungry be
cause he could eat nothing at din
ner, oris suffering all the tortures
of indigestion through his wife’s
lack of this one talent, she must
need be a very superior woman to
continue charming and attrrctive
in her husband’s eyes for any
length of time.
Besides being a good housekeep
er if she has the knack of produc
ing artistic arrangements in her
home they will make what will
seem to the observing man a
graceful setting for his jewel. A
man likes bis home to be bright
and cheery when he comes home
at night; it comforts and rests
him, and any thoughtful man re
cognizes the love and care that
makes his heaven. Nevertheless,
the experience of a wise old lady
led her to say that it was well to
leave the home and its cares oc
casionally for a week or a month
at a time to teach the oneß behind
your value.
Keep Sweet-Tempered.
While you are trying to do so
much be very careful not to over**
work and make yourself ill-natur
ed and fretful. Elaborate cooking
n not always good cooking, and
your house may be kept neat and
pretty without beirg too particu
lar; if your strength is slender you
must keep yourself compenioua
ble; be ready to talk over any
thing that interests him and laugh
at his jokes,
That last is an important item,
for nothing puts a man in such a
good humor with himself and at
peace with his wife as for her to
appreciate his wit and cleverness
He will like to have [you appear
well in society, and if you do. how
proud he will be. One can dress
well without being extravagant,
and comply gracefully when a&ked
to sing, play or read, or do what
ever is in one’s reportoire of ac
complishments.
It obliged to wear last year’s
jacket'or dress do it cheerfblly
and without, reminding him of the
fact every tinnyou don them Do
not copy after those who strive for
manishness in their attire, but be
feniiuine’to the finger tips. Do
not nag or try to gain anything by
“Tying, Most men ‘hate a crying
woman, 1 the tears are for
sympathy with a real tear. —
Be Magnauimous.
There are few qualities a man
admires more in a women than her
willingness to “make up” alter a
difficulty” without an apology
from him. He knows very well
when he is wrong, and he appre
ciates the greatness of a nature
tnat can overlook his mistakes
without making him admit thme,
and loves her for an apology
I would only result on in stubborn-
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ness and dislike oil his part'.
A man loves to have* his wife
have a good opinion of him and
his ways, but he does not care to
have her too meek, He likes her
to show' some spirit if she is not
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inconsistent, and remember “varie
ty is the very spice of lifeso try
to k keep (. from getting [hum-drum
and commonplace, but beware of
over-cleverness —that is, do not let
him suspect yon of being clever
He does not ask you to be nor does
he expect it of you.
You may be much wiser than
he, hut he must never find it oui.
I beiieve it is a woman’s character
istic to love details, but busy men
rarely have time to ..enter into
them and do not like to he bother
ed with them. They think it is
making too much of trifles; so if
you have a story to teJl make it
short by skipping the unimportant
parts.
Never Break Your Word.
It is not well to make many
promises, but the few you do make
should be kept to the letter. Al
though a man enjoys being on a
pedestal it is his salvation to se
cretly believe that his wife is
much better than himself, and the
thought spurs him to greater en
deavor that he may not lose his
high place in her regard.
Men seldom take time to culti
vate much poetry or sentiment,
but they admire it in women. A
woman who is all practical and
hard common sense, with no co
quettish ways (I do not mean
flirty), no gift fcr seeing the hid
den poetry in her surroundings is
not so apt to keep the husband or
lov^r.
Bo charitable enough to refrain
from saying “I told you so,’’when
it is discovered that you were right
in a disagreement.
Be tender hearted and sympa
thetic. and do not forget that men
like to be coddled too occasionally,
Ladies Home Ideal.
TOM WATSON’S BOOK.
Mr, Thomas E. Watson has
turned his attention from politcs
to history, and the result of his
labors in the field of literature is
announced for immediate publi
cation by the Macmillan Company,
New York. The celebrated Pop
ulist has written a history of the
French people from the settle
ment of the Gauls to the consulate
of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the
author’s sympathy with popular
tendencies will doubtless tend to
produce a book at least bold & uu
convential/ His preface declares
that one of the purposes of the
work is" to illustrate once more
the blighting effects of super
stition. ignorace, blind obedience,
unjust laws, confiscation under the
disguise of unequal taxes and a
systematic plunder year by year
or the weaker classes by the
stronger.” The history is to be
called 1 ' The Story of France,” and
will be completed in two volpmes.
—Gainesville Eagle.
An English woman who has
lived many years in China says the
Empress Dowager has some skill
as a painter, She is fond of wrest
ling, and frequently indulges in
this rather virile form of exercise.
She is well read, is fond of Europ
ean music, and has some skill as a
pianist. She is said both by her
friends and enemies to be without
any sense of fear, —Ex.
Newspaper Hints.
Lawyers and doctors as a rule
get more advertising than auyoth
er class, pay less for it, and expect
more.
Newspapers have to mention
the homely girl as being lovely
and charming, for an editor fears
a wreath.
An officer who represents the
people in pushing offenders of the
law, should not be a high roller
and play the roll of Indian in a
bar room.
With a certain class in this day
and time, people who lead moral
and exemplary lives are condemn
ed for sogdoing.
A doctor whose “Code of Eth
ics” prohibits him from inserting
a professional card in a newspaper
should not importune the reporter
to mention his connection with
cases in news items.
It is exceedingly bad taste for
one who gambles to undertake to
criticise other people who gamble.
Such people are not only gamb
lers, but hypocrites also.
Politicians, who spend their
time in roasting newspapers,
should not think it strange, for a
paper to give them a dose of their
own medicine about election time.
When you quit subscribing for
your home paper, don’t think it
will quit business. Everytime a
paper loses one of that class, an
other comes from one cf the oth
er papers.
A sensible man does not expect
a newspaper to be in line with him
on every question. There is no
two people who think alike on
every subject.
If some were as quick to rush to
the editor to tell good deeds, the
editor would have a better opinion
of mankind.
Because one unpleasant item
gets into the paper, that is no
reas m why you should overlook
the hundred pleasant ones.
Don’t expect a newspaper to 1 e
chuck full of news every issue, the
reporter cannot make the people
cut, shoot, fight, die or have acci
dents, at will. Reporters often
wish f'W such things, hut get left,
Don’t carry your family troubles
to the editor. He knows too much
already and when it come 9 to air
ing your troubles, there are plenty
of people who will freely attend to
the matter without asking.
When you subscribe for a pa
per the publisher only agrees to
furnish you a copy of your paper.
You have no more right to dictate
its policy, than you have to dictate
the policy of a mercantile estab
lishment when you buy goods.—
Ex.
Win. A. Poyntor the new popu
list governor of Nebraska among
many good things in his inaugural
on the sth inst. said ’’The great
question of transportation and
communication among the peo’ole
cannot be definitely settled by state
legislative enactments. The var
ied interests of the several state in
the union are too closely linked ib
the bonds of commercial union for
the states independently to prop
erly adjust the great questions ar
ising from transportation and in
tercommunication among the peo
ple. The natioal government it
self must own and operate the
highways of transportation and the
electric means ot communication
as it now docs the great postal sys
tem, inthe interest of all the citi
of our great common country.
The Political Outlook.
To the casual observer, reform
politics never appeared to be in a
move chaotic condition than at the
present time, but to the close and
careful student of political prob
lems there was never before so
much to inspire hope and confi
dence in ultimate success, i
The breaking aw'ay from erron
eons partisan methods is evidence
of the growth ot a sentiment which
will mark a new' epoch in our po
litical history, and not only of the
United States, but of the entire
world.
It has certainly been demonstrat
ed to the satisfaction of every
thoughtful voter in the United
States that an attempted coalition
of different political organizations,
to secure for partisan leaders the
spoils of office, is an ignominious
failure so far as reform is concern
ed, and it would seem that no one,
with the rnsults of recent elections
in view, could for a moment argue
111 favor of further political action
on this basis.
The better class *of voters, who
have allied themselves with re
form movements, have done so
with a sense of such unselfish in
terest in the public welfare, that
the personal ambitions of self-seek
ing leaders awakens -a feeling of
intense disgust.
This fact is becoming more and
more manifest, and the last elec
tion proves it more plainly than
would any amount of argument.
The vote of 1808 did not show
republican gains; it merely showed
that where a 'coalition of demo
crats and populists was attempted,
the voters stayed away from the
polls and usually left an easy vic
tory for the opposition. All this
is leading to better government
and more perfect organization on
abasiswhicti will mean genuine
reform.—National Review.
Abe Lincoln.
The following sayings of Lincoln
were printed in an Eastern pa
per :
We can not escape history.
Revolutionzie through the ballot
box,
Let none falter who thinks he is
right.
It is no pleasure to me to tri
umph over onyone,
I do not impugn the motives of
anyone opposed to me.
Come what will I will keep my
faith with friends and foe.
I have not willingly planted a
thorn in any mans bosom.
Suspicion and jealousy never
did help any man in any situation
All that I am, all that I hope to
be, I owe to my angel mother.
There is no grievance that i3 a
tit object of redress by mob law.
This country, with its institu
tions belongs to the people who
inhabit it.
God must like common people,
or ne would not have made so
many of them.
For thirty years I have been a
temperence man and I am too old
to change.
This government must be pre
served in spite of the acts of any
man or set of mon,
Gold is good in its place; tut
living, brave, and patriotic mon
are better than gold.
Stand with anybody that stands
right. Stand with him while he
is right, and part with him when
lie goes wrong.
Let us have faith that right
makes might; and m that faith let
us to the end dare to do our duty
as we understand it
The purposss of the almighty
tire perfect and must prevail,
though w’e erring mortals may fail
to perceive them in advance.
Housekeepers Should Be
Methodiacl.
Housekeepers often waste their
energy and make their lives thor
oughly uncomfortable by neglect
ing to plan out the work that lies
before the-”. The good housekeep
er looks forward, ana before retir
ing to bed at night she has arrang
ed her plan of campaign for the
following day* and when the time
comes she carries it out methodi
cally. The poor housewife, on the
contrary,exercises no forethought,
and does not trouble about any
thing that has to be dono until the
moment comes tor doing it. The
conaequouce of this mental indo
lence is a lamentable loss of peace
•and comfort in the house, and a
perpetual hurry to overtake time,
which could easily have bet n saved
by a little careful planning.
Another very common mistake
of housewives is to over estimate
their strength. The question of
economy is never more of greater
importance than when applied to
our energy anil powers of endur
ance. It is no good for us to prac
tice the most rigid economies, if,
at the same time, we overtax our
strength. Some women with more
energy and ambition than prud
ence will crowd into one day the
work that ought to occupy two.
You may perhaps feel inclined to
admire their powers of dispatch,
but probably if you called the day
following you would rather lament
their want of discretion. Almost
invariably you would find them
tired and exhausted and very like
ly frettul and peevish, a source of
discomfort to themselvee and to
their households. There is no
economy in this sort of energy, for
the woik of one day, if spread over
two, could have been performed
more easily, and without detriment
to health and spirits.—Ex.
A man was traveling over an
Alpine pass. He went over the
glaciers, sinking in the snow Btep
by step, upward, until he was a
weary. High on the summit of
the pass a desire to sleep overcame
him. He could hardly put one
foot before another, Just as he
was almost sinking down into the
sleep which would have proved
of death to him. he stuck his foot
an obstacle which proved to be the
body of a traveler which had pro
ceeded him. He bent down found
that the heart had not ceasevl to
beat, and began at once to rub the
the frozen limbs, and do his best to
reanimate the body. In his ef
forts he was successful. He saved
yie man’s life; and, in the effort,
he banished his own desire to
sleep, and so saved his ow r n life in
saving another. —Christiad Lead
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