July, 1880.
THE WEST SHORE.
A SYLVAN SEUMON.i
tumbling once in a beautiful Kansas wood, a
ight both boautiful and suggestive arretted my
attention. A grand old oak atood before me,
ita trunk and main branchei encircled, and ita
atately head enveloped in a thrifty vine, which
the tree, in ita "glorioui magniliccnce" hail
"twept around itaelf;" but which, from inher
ent limitation!, it could not wholly appropriate,
Here and there, iudeed, a withered branoh whit
pered the danger of ultimate decay from the
luxuriant fullneaa of the viuc-life whoae creative
ondi tho tine old tree oould neithor abtorb nor
fullill, but might, to a limited extent, assistant!
even arrest
When both were atarting out in life the
earth beneath them and the heaven above thorn,
theira by primal uudowmcut tho vine, mod
ostly conscious of innate power to glorify by her
attachment, and obedient to the locial law of
her nature, had gracefully accepted the proHeied
support of tho sturdy tree. From that timo on
ward, in summer'a heat ami winter's atorm,
they had found auccor and refreshment, uaoh in
the other's embraoe; and wheu in tho course of
their development, there had come revelations
of natural differences and aurplus energies,
suggesting diverae activities and new departures,
they had acquiesced without question or appre
hension of adverse interests. To repreas the in
dividuality of oither would bo to invite tho
nonentity of both. Ho the grand old tree, fes
tooned and crowned to his utmost, and holding
faat hia allegiance, sustainod his beautiful vine,
and day by day watched her, glad in hor unfold
ing beneliconce, swaying in the broexe, aoaring
sunward, or coyly trending to hia sido. At last
there caino a day when weighed down by accu
mulating leaf and llower and branching responsi
bilities, her beautiful head trailed in the duat !
A mighty ruttle, a quick rebound of
lithe, enfolding arma from looaod tendril, and
the iirono vine lifted by the passing breeze
caught the extended branch of a neighboring
tree-top; and here safe in her additional sup
ports, she sent out thrifty latorals to lattice the
intervening space, and made of her extended
aphore a bower of beauty, where the wearied
body might llnd rest, and the muddled brain
f;row clear, and may-hap, learn from bird and
we, that in the divine economy, tree anil vino
owo sweet uses outwardly, and in living for
themselves or each other only, must decay and
grovel in the duat Mr. V. I. II. Nirhola.
"A WOMAN AT TIIK BOTTOM OK IT."
In 1702, Kliabeth Mallet established and
edited the London An'y Cnurttnt the llrst
daily paper in the world in Ixmdon, Kugland.
"In June, 1877," aaya the l,onilon Annual
llnfudrr of that year, "the Chilean Congress
granted to women the right to vote."
Mra. Jaa. Brander, an eminent Kngliah
teacher, hat been appointed by the British (lov
eminent, Iuspectorof Schools for Madras, India.
The appointment, aaya the N. V. TrUmne, waa
wholly unsolicited.
Wk frequently hear a lady exclaim, "Oh,
dear! I wiah I were a man!" Hut we do not
remember ever hearing a man wiah himself a
woman. No; man never dared allow hia wiahea
to soar ao high. He is contented to admire
rather thanlbe admired. N. It. - This is not
taffy.
1 .111111. wa must make the ocean wider or the
steamships narrower. Something moat lie dune
to enable two ships to paaa without going
through each other. Society kind of demands
it, and the oomfort of the passengers seconds the
demand.
"Our. kind of ahip 1 always steer clear of,
eaid an old bachelor sea captain, "and that's
courtship, 'oauae en that ship there's often no
matee and two cap' as. "
KYOI.UTION ADM1TTKD, WHAT THKN !
It ia gratifying to note an obvioua tuliaidence
of alarm on the part of eminent divines in re
gard to the acceptance of ovolutiun doctrines,
accompanied by the bolder enunciation of ra
tional views respecting religion. Dr. K. 0.
Haven, Chancellor of the University of Syra
cuse, and now a Methodiet bishop, sends a com
inunioiitinn to a leading religious journal uiidor
the above title, which is full of signillcant fore
shadowings that arc worthy of notice.
Dr. Haven uttera a very important truth
whon he aays: "Men are prone to associate
their religion with ita drapery. This becomes
obsolete and must lie ohanged, and the lookor-on
fancies that the very body and anul are gone."
Thia is the view of science. Ilcligion, like other
things, is progressive, ami proceeds from stage
to stage, successively molting ita integumeuta
with increasing expansion and a higher life, or,
by tho ligure of Dr. Haven, shedding its worn
out clothing as occaaion requires. It ia a great
point gained in this matter to discriminate be
tweon tho living body and ita accidental uud
temporary wrappings lietween iorennial truth
and ita olieolcto accompaniments. The credal
habiliments are not tho vital thing they invest,
and to iding to them aa if they wore la super
stition. Dr, Haven's point of view enables us
to appreciate the triviality of denominational
cuts, lita and styles; ami illuntratea the futility
of venerating theological rags and tatters in
stead of the essential religious idoaa which re
quire evor to Ihi clothed anew as men grow in
grace. And what a pitiful spectacle, moreover,
it is to soe people ao confused and perverted in
their notions as to actually worship the heaps of
old clothes that have been long ago worn out
and cast off.
We are glad to observe that Bishop Haven
does not recoil from the conception of creation
I aa a continuous, ever-unfolding work. He
wisely accepts the view of liod, comielled liy
evolution, aa that of an eternally-creating
Spirit. He aaya, "Is there any reason what
ever to believu that (toil at any past lieriod,
largo or email, hail any more or loss to do than
now with this earth anil all that it contains ?"
And again: "Hail wo all lieen educated in a
theory of gradualism and constancy ami im
provement, ami thoroughly saturated with it,
and yet aroused into a prefonnd lieliuf in Ood,
aa ia certainly conceivable on that theory, ami
then, ahciuld the them y of a Deity sometimes
awake and aonietimea asleep he suggested, it
would shook some feeble minds into atheism."
But would not strong minds also be thus
shocked, and justly ao; and would not the
atheism bo real ? When evolution has become
an established and familiar idea in the religious
world, ami the Creative I'ower ia conceived as
far aa such conception is ioasihlo to Unite
faculties aa the mighty, evcr-ciiorgiiiig spirit
of which the boundless universe ia but the man
ifestation, a reversion to present current no
tions of the method of creation will assuredly
lie regarded as a lapse into atheistic tiagaiilsiii,
analogous to a present backward plunge into
fc tii'hiam. I'l l. K, I. Youmttn:
A Ntw Skatikh St'KMra.--A skating sur
face, called by it inventor, "crystal ioe," has
Is-en laid down in a lindoii skating rink. It
consists of a mixture of the carliotiate and sul
phate of soda. The crystallization of these
salts produces a floor which ao closely roeem
bis ice, both 111 apioarance and the resistance
of its surface, that when it is a little "cut up"
the deception is said to be iiuiU astonishing.
It can lie skated 011 with ordinary ioe skates.
When roughened too much It is smoothened by
steaming with an apparatus provided fur the
purpose,
"NrvKK mistake perspiration for inspiration,"
said an old minister in hia charge to a young
pastor just being ordained.
D0MKST1C KKCirKS.
BUBilll anii Am.- Jaii v. Wipe, peel
and cut up a bundle of rhubarb; peel, core and
ouarter three nounds of apples take the thin
rind of half a dozen lemons, and put it iuto a
preserving pan with one and one-half pint or
two quarts of tittered water and the juioo of the
lemons. Boil until reduced to a pulp Strain
the juice through a napkin, pressing the fruit
well. Weigh the juice, and allow one pound of
loaf sugar to every pound of Juice. Boll up the
juice, add the sugar, boil, skim well, and when
it jelliea on the skimmer pour into pota, and tie
down when cold. The jelly makes excellent
sauce for puddings, and, when liked, can be
colored with sumo cochineal, if it ia wanted of
rodder color. The pulp, stewed down with loaf
sugar, can lie used for children's or servant's
jam puddings, or is very iiice put Iuto a gloss
dish, covered with a custard, and garnished
with push y, or witli sponge cakes, cut into
alioea and fried lightly in liuttor.
Oat Miii nut HttKAKrAsr. In the last IWa
yeara the consumption of oat meal in this conn
try has probably increased '.D fold. I'oopla dif.
for so much in their likea ami dialikoa that w
do not inaiat iikiii anybody eating oat meal
hecucc somebody else does, hut the great
growth of the (Hipularity ia beyond doubt,
Oonerally tho Irish and Hootch meal have bean
considered liest, but they sell comparatively
high, and persons well acquainted wltn the sub
ject say that Akron meal of Ohio la just aa
good. Oat meal should be well cooked, Ai It
is usually made a breakfaat dish, it may he
soaked over night, and then boiled like mnsh
for, say, half aiihour, while the other part of
tho breakfaat is getting ready. No duubt It la
mora wliotsome eaten plain, but the temptation
to ueo various "dressings" generally cream
and augar-- ia too strong for any except very linn
health-seekers. But where these are eaten It
should be, aa the frienda say, " in moderation.'
Ohamiiu an a ItniiMKN. -A vast number of
oranges are eaten by the Spaniards, it being, In
fact, no uncommon thing for the children of a
family to consume ten or a ilnteii oranges each,
liefore breakfast, gathering them freab for thia
purpose from the trees, Suuh wholesale 1 on
sumption of what ia commonly looked upon aa
a luxury, appears to have no unwholesome effect
the system. On the contrary, the taail
mouy of a late eminent physician authorises the
use of fruit ripe, fresh and freely aa a trust
worthy auxiliary in the treatment of ohronio
dyspepsia.
Whim xsmuiiillt Maura. The f Wiioim
I'luirtnitrrutiml Juurmii says that the following
recipe gives a aauoe closely resembling "Wol
cnatersliire:" Viuegar, I lit allaptoe, pow
dered, '.! drama; cloves, powdered, I dram; black
Mpper, powdered, I dram; mustard, powdered,
'i 01.; ginger, powdered, I drain 1 sail, 3 oa. ;
shallots, - o j augar, ft oa. 1 tamarinds, 4 01 1
sherry, I lit. ; curry powder, I on; cayenne, I
dram. Mix all the ingredleuta togotner, sim
mer them for an hour, end strain. A little
brandy coloring may ba addod to darken the
aauoe.
A Cnr.Av. 10 Kr irn Knurr. IU.il half a
pint of cream arid half a pint of milk with a bit
of lemon eel; odd a few almond beaten to
iite with a drop of iter and a hills augar.
Take a teaapoonful of dry Hour, rub It smoothly
down with a little cold milk and a few drops of
orangs llower water; mix all together, and t.t it
boll; let It remain till quite .old, and than arid
a little lemon juioa.
1 iiisiiutl In preparing ohooolel for fam
ily use, cut off about two I no hat of the oak to
one quart of water ; stir it Ant in a lltll . old
water till it la toft, then pour on the boiling wa
ter. After it ha botled short lima, add a
pint of milk; boil up ami serve, sweeten tu
tawU.