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THe HlE Circle.
A Marvelous Motor.
A Legend ol Modern Oynamlcs,
It tw Rrcat ill-coverr that Abel Harlow made,
An epochal dl-ccvef), e nomo wiseacre said,
One which compelled philosophy its doctrine to re itc,
And took big headed tavani completely bj surprise.
i , . ii,i),niiy motor of nrodlnlou encrey.
Erolved fnm ar. without the aid of electricity.
Or heal, or (imitation, or Unlit of alchen y:
Iddeod "tws fjpnerated almost tpontaneoufcly.
Ilia procens instantaneously elicited from air
AnetherastxpitisUe as a Moblller sharr;
As mljjlity a an earthqunke, (.urging 'n ' datk aorraa,
And yet as tame as inodru 1 hlUdelphia Journlim.
An Infant'" br'ath or maiden's Jljh, by this machine ex-
rted . . ,,
Five hundred pounds of pressure to tUo Inch, it was
Andlbowt.dlndof Congress, uillloil. would fur- from.soual rccogtil ion But christian conga
.,., . ' tinn (linllnnni-H tlm itntice uf a course that tie-
To run a good ni2(dplnt twenty thousand miles an
nuur.
With Bir'ow's apparatus 'twas an easy thing lo cram
Sufficient p iwir into a quill to make it worth a, dam
On a first-rate water priUlego; or In ones est
A power ad.-n.uite to run a train of cars with ease.
Mcemntons consequrwis were foreshadowed, it would
seem, . .,,.,..,. ror suam: '
liy Barlow's .heap and "i "V , V'n Vihh 2nd
Jnmi ... i
Yet cbareeio higher wagen than does tlieiagrant winu. :
No further need for m.Kclo when the J-artow motor stood. I would not-uncl 1 in the laitli of our
works I common Savior, I s ly it I would not withhold
No rtoro fatigue the world shall be a p radise of from liny of God's children, male or female, the
shirks! ..,( !,. generous consideration n-eded to save them
No lalior strikes, no Cmon rows, anU-crowntac boon . j
No servant girls pen adlng life wlthan eiccssof gain j have women feel that a virtuous, intelligent
. I women is safer fr.nu contamination nnd re-
T10omwa,,cmrtT5r"ri.!;!f,;alohae ewtCreM.etlenco of preach in kindly efforts to reassure a betrayed
The sanctum nun, ." and sorrowing woman, than in bandyiugsmiles
Aiidflie'cdlturlal nice by this same motor may be am compliments with vile men In the Utter
wrung, .i,i.i, t.n nmiiiiv course they shame every womanly instinct of
When the leelliiBi ' cltlreuhavo been unduly ( pnrjty and'g00(,mBs. inJtle ffrmtr tllPV nre
8t,l"K- I ensbriued in tho divine beneficence. If vile
Cheap fond, cheap clothe, ilieap furniture, cheap I meI1 wcre not tolerated in their vileuess, there
transit wn shall sen . 'would be fewer of the class, and the average
Si: li Sttt3.n young men instead of glorying in base con-
breast (quests, would blush at being suspected of
And all the people shall rise up and call A. Harlow douij(ui attention to women of any class."
ble9t' j " Thy discussion, friends, takes me back to
Such a plcturo of the futuro made a Barlow.motor a memorable evmt in my seventeenth year.
sharo ,h i,. i,u wis The isolation of iho small, inland village in
htnlrV" SS which I was bom, while it preserved me from
But Just as Abel Harlow was about to raise tho wind, contact with the nrlsiind shams of metropolitan
Tho wind was taken out of lilm In a manner most socjetyf f.ivored a coure of reading and study
unllnd. I for which I lound Bbundaut opportunity in a
As Abel and his partner were trying their machine, choice old Euglish library. With an inborn
A loak sprung In Its re-uMuir, somewhat to their j faith in tho inherent power of a womanhood,
chagrin. ivi,. trno to itself, to compel respectful consideration
TnBdherm ' I ftud re-'ri1 from "" " had not esCftPld
With Barlow's unique motor, in which they intt their i notice, that in every department of literature,
doom. ' woman was a subject of smothered or out-
.., . r -n n,nt th,ir,.i.d ' spoken cnutempt, or of a half pitronizlng rec-
KM'ZmHlT' r-.rco. tlat ""',,.,, lu0re 0(,inU8 for being based on
To an egregious llatnosa against the room's brlcv assumed inferiority of the Hex. The professed
wall, ,,,! .,,,., I and com tly udtuirers of woman in tho ab-tracf,
And when lfouh'l A. Ilirlow and his trlcnds by , ou(raJ,ed y W0In,illly Bef.re9p,ct by their nn-
Tlioy weru'thu thinnest, flittest lot that ever yet was i xecptionally fulsomo ndiilaton. The few
Kuffala Courier.
Tea Table Gossip.
i tho mieot mental inieriority, to ue iinaiyzeu
"Just in lime, Mrs. J$!and, for a cud cup nnj eia3Sitiea as Units natma:
of ten; Mr. May and tho gills nro isiling at the i j hail fumt, over m ickstone's legal status
comers, and I nm quite alone." of woman in the dome-tie relations; chigrined
"Thank you. it will be vcrv acceptable. I , and sorrowful, had listened to the sugar coated
. , ... ,. . t . . i driveling of the Chustiau pnlpit on the sub-
am tired with my afternoon tramp. I made ,on bf womiul ns n,1,. wonler veB.eIi..
my firBt call at jour door, but you wore out. 0iy to anchor my faith iu the God impo-ed
Tray whoio hao you been?" responsibilities of woman, as demanding for
"To vn.it Mary Speuce, whom I had not uer tho highest order of human intelligence
,,.,,., i. 'and n eorresp Hiding freedom of will, which
seen siiue Iho removal of tho family, soon alter (J inferrej) .rtative wi-elom must have be-
hor unhappy connection villi Xed Manly. Aa (.towed, though no Galileo of tho social world
you canie to tho illago about the time the had, as jet, piocluiimd the iundel truth and
Spouces left it. j oa may not lecollect tho cir- , lrouKlit on himself tho ban of mother church.
bjiuuui iu,j , ,. t i " 1 had noted the nioro thau soe-ial toleranie
cuuihtuucos of Unit sad iillnir. I hnvo nover o nlpTn)e:iploei men, in contiast with tho
ceased to coirespoud with Mary, and urgo her condemnation without abatement of penalty
to return lo the old homa and truo friends who or recommendation to meroy of their
,,.,,, i , .. m.,i: tt .. ictims. And foiced to tho conclusion
would hland by her in her hnmiliniiou. Her that omtu ,ll0nlvlve8 wero nmill,y re.
father's death mid her own filling health have, S1)uljbli. for this unjust nnd unwise discrimina
nt Inst, prevailed, tiud she, with her mother, j tionn discrimination resulting in tho degre
nro agiiu in the dear old homo, and now, all datlou of women nnd tho demoializaliou of
. ,, , .... , . men destructive of the chivalious spuit of
my spare bouts aro Marys, Ml oho regains ,,rott.ltiou iu lUo latter, nnd sowing distrust in
cheerfulness, and Hocinl cousidtratlou, or llnds i the lonfluing nature of the former it was only
rest iu tun gr.ie." i natural that, with no fear of Mrs. Grundy,
"Why, Mrs. Mnl I nA sumiised. You do I should have resolved to cast my indi
" , ., , , r vidual influunco aguinst a Boeuil condition
not mem to suy that you will overlook M.irylrovolling n,:ke ,0 cUristian priuciple nud
Spence's lipsu from virtue, and use your iuflu-1 womanly self-respect. At this period of my
eiiee to n iuslate her in sociotj ? Her's was n
pitiful case, 1 know. But think of our young
daughteis; we cannot permit them to associ
ate wilu hiu h it) leiuovo the ban fiom tho
sinuer would bt to tolerate the sin."
" But, Mrs. lllaud, what of Ned Manly? Is
it consiiiti'iit, is it woiiiaiily or christian to cast
stoues at pour, penitent Mary, nud smile on her I
be-trajen; lo exclude her from the cooial circle
i i. i . i i .
and admit him? Ned is n welcome, even mi ,
honored guest, iu the homos from which you ' thee, I abnudon my resolution, I abandon it
would exclude Mary, and if he does not repeat forever, and with it nelf.retiect Hiid womanly
histrealmentof poor Mary, will soon lead to T
tho altar ouo of her most intimate fiiends iu ehar friends, must I forfeit'your love.'
the old tune. It is all wrong, Mrs. Btaud, , " Away, through the vista of years, ns if
womau's liustlug, self-sacrificing love is the brenMug in upon the wierd oices of the on
theme ot poets, srholars and dlMties.but when tried future. I hear the response of the truest of
her betrayed affections re-coil upon wiecked mothers and the teuderost of friends: 'Up true
hopes, who uf them all extends a pit) inc. help- to your resolution, lilhel, nnd God will bless
ful hind to sau her from utter ruin? No, you; I want my sons to be luado lo feel that if
Sirs Bland, I Inue no welcome for Ned Manly, tiny would hae tho respect and swciety of vir
ile OMitmt hive my daughters lor partners at tuous women, they must be virtuous thorn
balls or elsewhere. 'But m the blameless con selves.' And, overcome by her emotion, the
versatioii of his he irt brokeu wetim are to be aged mother left her threo lovely elaughters and
learned woiiniuly lessons of christian eudtir- myself iu silence and iu tears,
aueo, unit the prsctico of a christian charity "The trying oide'al was passed. Mother
which believes, when it says, "sin no uioio, t love hud roen!ed It-elf to magnify and cause
ill the possible reclauintioii of the sitiuer, what- urate my purpose, aud sent me forth, without
ever bo the otieuso. But her are Mrs. Mer- bitterness, to repiove the erring mail as n
riam and Major t'rnuk to help out our discus-' brother to be sined, and to entre.it the erring
juou," woman, as a sister of whom Christ had said;
"Como in friends, your plates nre waiting. ' 'Ho that is without sin amoug you, let him
No matter if you are 'just from the table,' first cast a stone at her.'"
Major, u cup of good Japanese is always in ..TT1 Z i i 17 i i v
order: besides, wo were iliseussiug a sociul W hin little Johuy IVarl, who lived in New
UUestlon, iuvoMllg christian morals, as against
bntb irons usages and pharasnlo iissuuipliuusot
Mrs I'lnnd aud I were just elisoiusiug ner
"oewt -'lure among us." ,
iiVM M-inr. I am very much mistaken, if
Uhnll'vour radicalism in sociul matters, you
would be williug that your daughter should ns-
anolate with u lalleii woiuati, however peultent.
loeiaie nn II nn' i
uprigutuiBs, Vou Know, l piesume, mm -urs. ;isi ""T "" ""..... uuv. . ...r,
Sneuoe and Mnrv hnu relumed, to the old joutneys, which Uokhim to Natchez, Johnny s
home to llo or 'die ntuoug their old frieiuls. mother was heatiug his praers, "Our rather
l.,or Marv.l fear, will uewr recover her health, wlioart." elo , wh.u Johuuy raised his head
couU lei cy as well as justice and expediency, ri, U in iron chains. The more b,.
K social relations. You would not associ- "" "" to do, the more ho is int. le. to
"e with Marv Speu.ee, though her life, with accomplish; tor he learns to, conomize his time.
that single niitep, has been iibove reproach. Wmyf JKite
Yet t the ball, last week, you elanoedvilh nud .,,,,.,,
"adejoursel igreeabletoherbetinyer, whohas low a won an can keep ou talking wh ile she
nVvVr. to my kuowl dgo. expressed resret for twists up her back ha r aud has her mouth full
hb'liaueku tieutuieiit of ,'re aud lovely a ot l;'r plus is a myoteiy not yet explniued.-cbila-forBhewa.
only child in years uud I dirt i rttxl.
knowledge of the world as ever danced around
Koseville Maypole, You even introduced your
daughter to him with marked cordially. Now
I would like to see my daughter humanely
courteous to the frailest of her box, and cer-
i Winiy 1 would oi'jeci to uer uemg uu iiujiuiub
like a cordial footing with licentious men. In
I my view of the matter, Mm. Bland, the woman
' who discards the erring ot her own sex and as
sociates on equal terms with dissolute men, in
1 so doing offers a primiutn to masculine licen
tiousness, and makes her own virtue and the
virtue of her innoceut daughter a target for the
i arts of the betrayer."
'Mrs. Mernani, you are a niotuer oi coin sons
and daughteis; let us have jour opinion in this
matter."
' I dni glad lo hear thee ppeak as thee does,
Harry Frank. I see many humane re aons why
women, and men, too, should take thy view ot
their social oblic itions to offenders against per-
sonnl purity. MerH superficial considerations
j,,,,,, to xcliulo the erring ol either box
njes (he hope of reinstatement by repentance
Exclusion from the humane sympathy ot the
virtuous, promises neithtr abatement or cure of
the evil under consideration. I believe women
might often pave the betrajed of their sex from
ultimate abandonment if they were not afraid
of fnninrimilsinn tlifir renutntion bv beinu
heen in their company. But if they withheld
from dissolute men any recognition not strictly
due to common humanity, they might give
sympathy and eticouracement to the erring of
( oftu without fear of being misunder-
wiiuiL'U wiiuhe ieuiui uuu tjjiiui iiiuiiirn uu
1 conspired to pliice thetn on an intellectual
leol with the lntilligeut men of their age, were
not, in the popular c-timiition, women to be
, loved'aud honored as women, but exceptions to
lift occurred the otent to wtncli 1 havereterreel.
A vouuc man, with whom I had been much
associated in a family friendship of long stand
ing, had trailed his manhood in tho du-t, and
I hud come to his mothir and sisters iu their
humiliation fearing to bo reproached, hardly
1 ! ... 1. ..-..I...... .l.A on,.-.... T V. 1 n tn
,n Vn o (futyllm, ,,,. . Deftr flenJSi
y0U know my resolve never to associate on
equal terms with young men guilty of conduct
w.l'M "eludes women lrom the society of the
virtuous. And now my trial has come in the
, r ..... .learest friends. If for loo of
iinvou. was mree )im om, mi miner was re
quenlly called from home ou biisiuess. Om
ini " i'i ou " "'" "'. ""
""t UI' t,'V'"".ly "" H" 'l? V"ul' 'il'"u.
Johnny's tmd ssyiiig 'our lather who nit in
hemeu; (let s cay our fither who art in
Natchez.
' , ;
Lsziness grows on people. It begins in cob.
Summer Farm Luxuries.
It is not trne we think that any great
number of intelligent farmers or farmers' hoys
get "disguBted" with farm life, and go into
other occupations. That some do there is no
doubt, but these are more than made up by
others from other pursuits who go to their va
cated places. The continued discussions we
read in the papers as to "why our boys leave
the farm," always appeared lo us uncalled for.
It is by no means uncorflmon that boys show
no interest in 'their parents pursuits. There
seems to be a natural disposition in children to
try something else, and this is ns true perhaps
among farmeis' sons as of any other persons'
sons, and no more.
Of course people who are always in theconn
trj, and know little elso than of farm life, are
apt to imagine that city life has some pleasures
of which they are eleprhed. And it may be
there are. But then people do not enjoy them
much who live there. It becomes a mere rou
tine of fashion, iu which they come to do thing',
not because they take pleasure in them but be
cause they must. They come to look upon
these things as a bore, and on the country as
the great heaven of this world; nud many a
man in the city toils a whole year unceasingly
for no other object thau that he may enjoy a
little of the couutry at some time in the sum
mer season; or at some time iu his life to have
a little ouutry home. . True many of these
people go to watering places, or some other
fashionable spot, and then go over asain the
fashionable follies of cit life. Bat the natural
love of the country is at the bottom of it all.
If tho mere pleasun a ot city life were all, thej
could get the whole in or near the city, but the
charms of the ride to the destination, the rural
aspects of the spot selected, in short the change
from city to something like the country, is at
the bottom of it nil.
Who would not be in the country to enjoy
the cool bieezes, and the healthful odors from
wood and field, is the burden of the song with
every city paper at this season of year, and no
tune is moie enjoyed by the geueral reader. It
only ltmains for those who nre on the land to
understand the advantages of their position and
tho advantages of ouo they sometimes envy, to
make them not only satisfied with their lot, but
actually be tempted to thank bewen they are
not as other men. 'Jmmntoicn Ttltgraph.
Recreation for Farmers.
We read lately in an agricultural journal, the
recommendation to farmers, to take a few days
of rest and recreation after harvest, by going a
fishing. This is good, but we propose some
thing better. We like recreation, but we never
could get time to ro a fishing, nor could wed.s
coer the grtnt fnscination in holding a pole
aud cord into the water for hours, with the
hope of jerking out occasionally a small ani
mal with a sharp hook in its tender mouth. Is
there not n better way for farmers to enjoy
themselves for n few days after hnrvest? If
they and their children have any taste for sci
ence, sketching aud making nntutul history
collections, let them hitch the horse to the car
riage, and take a jaunt to the wildest woods,
rocks nnd ravines lor this purpose. Collecting
materials, pressing and drying plants, sketch
ing trees with twisted roots, or wild rock scen
ery; securing the roots of wild flowers for le
movnl to the garden or doorynrd in all these
aud many other amusements of tho kind there
is a great denl of intellectual fascination Do
vou suy you have no taste for such things?
Then wo are sorry for tins great vncunm in
life's enjoyment. But the taste may be culti
vated. It is too valuable to leave undeveloped.
There is not one per&on in ten who "has not n real
or latent taslo for them. Examine nnd study
the beauty of natural scenery, nnd iu n little
while you will begin to mlmire it. Uso n mi
croscope on the minute and beautiful parts of
plants, flowers nnd insects, and you will soon
liuil an inexhaustible fund of interest and en
joyment. If jou make collections of shells,
minerals, insects, etc., you will secure a per
manent record of your ramblos, as well as a
museum of scientific value. This is a kind of
recreation that gives permanent enjoyment,
not found in jolly nud senseless parties aud
throngs. Country Gentleman,
An Aiuthmktical CunioBiTy. The London
Atltemvum contains tho following curious ar
rangement of figures:
111
5
'J
1
o
11
7
U
13
8
12
1
It will be seen thnt tho sum of each line,
eath column aud each diagonal is 31. The
four cpruer tiguies 31 The corner figures of
any Bijuare ot four figures (of which there nie
four in the larger square) 31. The tour fig
ures of the central square 31. The four fig
ures of each corner of tho wholo square 31;
milking altogether twenty different wiiys in
which 31 may bo reckoned. The other sums
of 31 may be obtained by taking the figure
which stands next to the corner figure, t.oiug
r. uud from left to right, thus, 3, 8, 11, 9-31.
Then lake the tlgmes which stand to the left
of tho corner figures, going the other way
round, 2, 3, 15, 1231.
Mits. An'dbkw Johnson, The vencrablo relict
of the late ex-1'resideut is said to be dangerously
ill. She was prostrated by the shock of her
husband's death, and it is feired will not long
simive him. 'lhrough the years of their wtel
ded life there was a tender atlection between
the couple, which none of the tri its or vicissi
tudes through which they pn sed could impair
or weaken. It was Mrs. Johnson who taught
her husband writing nuel arithmetic. She
greatly aided him by her devotion and good
counsel to attain thoso honors which made
him conspicuous iu a long public career, and
will occupy a place iu history as one of the
Ameriaau wives anil mouieirs wuose uoole ex
ample is worthy lo be held up for imitation.
Tnu latest chromo story comes from Connec
ticut, where n Suuday school teacher said to
one of her pupils, "Joliuny, why don't you in
vite your fiieinl Billy to come to Sunday school
with yon?" Johuuy looked up with a gnu full
of- inteutiou, uud also full of teeth, aud said,
" I kuow yer, teacher. You want tor get Billy
into the cla-s so's you can get a chromo lor a
uew scholar."
A Bov's Cntkbi'bisk. Youthful enterprise
found its reward iu Providence, It. I the
other day, when a teu-yeur-old boy borrowed
three dollars from his father aud started a side
walk restaurant. In n few days he dented
tlevtu dollars, besides repaying 'his borrowed
capital,
1'koi'lk tell the story of n man who called at
the house of a neighbor, half n mile from his
owu house, early in the morning, and after the
usual snlutatiou, seated himself ou a chair, nnd
on being asked to eat eoino breakfast, an
swered, " I don't suppose I ought to stop, for
our house is ou fire, and they teut me to tell
you."
" Do you want to kill the child?" exclniuiod
n gentleman, us he saw a boy tip a baby out of
its carriage ou to the walk. No. not' quite,"
replied the boy; " but if I can get him to bawl,
mother will take care of him while I go aud
paddle, in the ditoh with Johuuy Bracer."
A Woman's Pocket.
The editor of the Danbnry jVeics says that the
most difficult thing to reach is woman's
pocket. This is especially the case if tho dress
is hung up in a cupboard, and the man is in
hurry.
We thiuk we are safe in saying that be always
is iu n hurry on snch occasions. The owner of
the dress is jn the sitting room, serenely en
grossed in a book.
Having told him that the article he is in
quest of is in her dress pocket in the cupboard,
she has discharged her whole duty in the mat
ter and can afford to feel serene. He goes at
the task with a dim consciousness that be has
been there before, but says nothing
On opening the cupboard door and finding
himself confronted with a number of dresses,
all turned inside out, and presenting a most
formidible front, ho hastens back to ask
"Which dross?" and being told tho brown one,
and also asked if sbo had so many dresses tbat
there need be any great effort to unit tne rignt
one, he returns to the cupboard with alacrity
and soon has bis hands on the brown dress.
It is inside out, like the rest a fact he does
not notice, however, until he has made several
ineffectual attempts to get bis hand iuto it.
Then he turns it round very careiully nnd
passes over the pocket several times without
being nwnre of it. A nervous movement of his
hands and an appearance of perspiration on
his forehead are perceptible. He now dives
one hand in at the back, aud, feeling round,
finds n place and proceeds to explore it, when
he discovers that he is following up the inside
of a lining. The nervousness iucreuses, also
the perspiration.
He twitches the dress on the hook, and sud
denly the pocket, plump aud exasperating,
comes to view.
There is the Docket in plain view, not only
the inside but tho outside, and all he has to do
is to put his band right round in the inside aud
t ike out the article. That is all. He can't help
but smile to think how near he was to getting
mad. Then he puts his hand round to the other
side. Ho does not feel the opening. He pushes
a litflo farther now he has got it; he shoves
the hand down and is very much surprised to
see it appear opposite his knees. He has made
a mistake.
He tries again; ho feels the entrance and
glides down it only to appear again as before.
This makes him open hlsejesaud straighten
his face.
He feels of the outside of the pocket, pinches
it curiously, lifts it up, shakes it, and, after
peering closely about the roots of it, he says,
" Bv graciousl" and he commences again.
He does it calmly this time, because hurry
ing only mukes matters worse. He hauls up
breadth" nfter breadth, goes over them carefully,
gets his hand first into a lining then into the
air again (where it always surprises him wbeu
it appears), und finally into a pocket and is
about to cry out iu triumph wh n he discovers
that it is the pocket of another dress.
He is wild now; the cupboard air almost sti
fles him; ho is so uervous that he can
hardly contain himself, and the pocket looks
at him so exaspe rati ugly that he cannot help
but "plug" it with his clinched fist, and im
mediately does it. Being somewhat relieved
by this performance he has n chance to look
about him, and sees that he has put his foot
through a bandbox nnd into the crown of bis
wife's bonnet, has broken the brim of his sum
mer hat, which was hanging in the cupboard,
and torn about a yard of bugle trimming from a
new jacket. As all this trouble is due to bis
wife's intatuation in hanging up her dresses iu
side out, he immediately starts after her und
impetuously urges her to the cupboard, excite
edty intimating his doubts of there being a
pocket iu the dress any way.
The cause of the unhappy disaster quietly
inserts her hand inside the robo and directly
brings it forth with the sought for article in its
clasp, Ho doesn't know why, but this makes
him wileler than any thing else.
Cowaedice. I am a boy sixteen years old,
and I write to know if there is any way to
make n brave man out of n coward. I had my
head examined a year ngo. Combntieness
was marked average; Destrucliveness und Self
Esteem lull; Cautiousness, Conscientiousness
and Firmness were marked large. Flense an
swer tho aboe iu your Journal, and I wjll be
under many obligations to you. A uowabd.
Ans. The fact that our young friend has tho
courage to call himself a toward, is evidence
that he is not past reform. Ho has the pluc.
in him, aud only needs culture. We should
not call such a head n cowardly one, but cir.
cuiuspect, prudent au'd guarded. He requires
to bo angry or aroused by interest befoie he
becomes very brave. Horace Greeley would
never fight, nor would he run. He would
staud erect, and if rude boys would pound him
he would take the pounding, which showed a
kind of moral bravery without n sufficient de
gree of physical courage. Cultivnte Combat
lvenebs by engaging in mnuly exercises; by
driving a team, or doing auytuiug that requires
energy. Biucksmithing, stone-cutting, or wood
chopping will cultivate Combativeness more
thau engraTing or book-keeping. Phrenological
Journal.
Insect Intelligence. L. G. Felluer states
that the large reel ants of Ariz un Territory
ndorn their dwellings with stones, shells, etc.
"L have often disturbed their piles in oreler to
find garnets, eto. The ant ou guard would then
regularly call out an army of ininature warriors,
whose attacks I had to a'void. As I stirred one
with a stick, the guard ran inside; but instead
ot returning with n number of angry ants, he
brought out a large clear garnet ami rolled it
down towards me; I kept stirring until he had
brought five, when I thought the sagacious ani
mal had been taxed sufficiently "
" Husband, I wish you would buy me some
pretty feathers." "Indeed, my dear little wife,
jou look better without them," "O, no,"
said she, ccaxiugly; " you always called me
your little bird, and how does a bird look with
out feathers." " Why, dressed to be sure,"
said he.
" Eli, doctor," said a lailie of a small Scotch
town to a friend, " be maun bae been an extra
ordinary man, tbat Shakspeare; there are things
hie come into his head that never would hue
como into mine at a .
CliEi-K vs. Cuin. A Fittscii paper says that
not one inusee ia u uuuurea uis a nnuusoiue
chin. This is due to tbe fact that so mam ot
them give nil their time to the cultivation of
cheeK.
A crJKiocs coincidence is noted by tbe Paris
Moniteur, that the steamship Schiller was
wrecktil on the anniversary of Ihe death, in
lb05, of the German poet whose name it bore
Tub Loudon Gardtn sas it can give no ad
vice to " the gentlemau w ho writes that the birds
nave built lu the pocket of one of his scaare-crows."-
A Ntwroram and dog saved twehe persons
dunug the recent French floods, but was
drowned iu attempting to save a thirteenth.
Why are chickens the most profitable things
a tarmer oau keep? Because for every grain
they give a peck.
Domestic Ecofiopy-
Kitchen Furniture.
Never have dark furniture for a kitchen. It
shows the dust much more than light and re
quires double the care. Never have extra
shelves or mantels painted dark if yon can help
it. If it is your misfortuue to have dark painted
furniture, wipe it once in a few days with a
damp cloth, nnd have it varnished often. Have
your sink iu a convenient place, but never
under a window if you can avoid it, ns much
work is caused by greasy dish-water spattering
upon theindows as it necessarily must. Back
of your sink nail up a piece of varnished paper,
aud then you cau with n wet cloth remove all
spots tbat would soon spoil wall-paper, it you
are so fortunate as to have a siuk room, have
it papered and then well varnished; in this
case every spot can bn easily wiped off. The
sink should be lined with zinc, nailed only
around the edges, as nails upon the bottom
rust and wear through, allowing water to run
under the sink, thereby causing tho boards to
rot.
Good zino can be kept nice and bright by
seouring every week or two with and, and rub
bing all over once or twice a day with soft goap,
scalding and wiping dry.
At one side have a place to put the water pail
on, which always keep covered day and night;
an uncovered water pan is a slncK thing.
Nailed upon tho back of the sink, have a little
box perforateel through the bottom, to keep
bard soap in, and if you have no better place,
castile soap and a piece of pumice stone to re
move stains from your hands. Your soft soap
keep under the sink, which we take for granted
is boarded up. with n door where you put your
pots and kettles, board to scour knives upon,
snnd, etc., nnd this place should be kept as
your sitting room. Just over the sink have a
narrow shelf with holes through, to set your
common tumblers upon wbeu washed and
rinsed, that they may drain and dry, thus sav
ing tbe time and labor of wiping them with a
dry cloth.
At the other end of the- sink, put up a narrow
strip to set your kettlecricketson; of these you
should have two, one to set your kettles
on when washing and cleauing them, nnd
and which should be kept under the sink, in
some odd nook the other should be smaller,
nnd only be used to set the kettles upon, when
filled, and therefore must be kept handy and
clean so if you should be sick with a headache,
pain ia your side, or any little trifling thing,
and should ask your kind husbaud to fill the
tea kettle, he w.ould take the cricket down to
set it ou, instead of setting it on the sink thug
causing jou more labor thau it saves. He
would be sure to do this were the cricket under
the sink, or so black and nasty he could not
touch it without soiling his hauds,
And last but not least, have a light rack made
of strips of wood an inch wide, ori eighth of nn
inch thick aud n foot long nailed over one an
other, making a rack a foot square, with both
sides alike, t put lu your sink to turn dishes
upon while washing, thus keeping them from
touching tbe sink liable to be greasy and dirty,
and draining them so that they will wipe easily.
You may think, dear reader, that it takes
considerable to turnish a sink to suit our taste;
but every one of ihi so things are around our
sinks, nnd no one would we dispen-e with,
neither will you, after having seen how con-,
venitnt they are. Manufacturer and Builder.
Reform in Cooking.
The British people have evidently taken hold
of the cookery nform in their usual solid way.
The leceut onnual meeting ol the National
Training School of Cookery was held at Staf
ford house, the residence of the Duke of Suth
erland, and was well atteudeel by " the nobility
nud gentrj,"The Princess Louise was present,
aud the Duke ot Vt esttmnster toot the chair.
fhe secretary s report showed that the school
had been in operation since March, 1871; 765
pupils havo pa-sed turough it, ot whom 108
have pro-euted themselves for examination and
have obtnined "learners' certificates." Three
have obtained full dip'omas as teachers and re
muneratna employment.
The lady superintendent ot the school, Liady
Baker, has anuouueed her resignation, being
about to leave England. A beginning has been
made iu teaching cookery in elementary
schools and Sir H. Cole announced that the
Committee of Council of Education have or-
lained that every girls' school wherein the
pupils pass an examination in "food aud its
preparation ami in ciotning and materials
will receive an addition to its annual grant.
In training colleges also throughout the
country, the practical teaching of cookery will
now. to the extent of two-thirds, be paid for by
the State. One speaker said that he had leo-
tured in Cambridge'hire, where a fai mer com
plained that he would make the men unwilling
to work by showing them how to live on four
pence a dav. With this example in England,
training i-cLool for cookery willdoubtle-s soon
become numerous nud fashionable in this coun
try. Gbaium Cop Cake. Unbolted wheit meal,
two cupfuls; buttermilk, one cup; molasses,-half-cup;
butter, quarter of a cup; egSj two;
soda, half n tenapoonful. Bake half an hour
ABTinciAL Down and Cloth fbomFkathebs.
Iu Paris "artificial down" has come to be
more highly valued than the natural down, be
cause it is much lighter. It is made from
feathers of any kind by cutting the barbs of tbe
feathers from each siJe of the quill, putting
them in a slout cloth sick, aud rubbing them
between the hands, ns a washerwoman does
linen. Five minutes' rubbing will have mixed
the mass into a felt-like substance, rendering
it homogeneous. This is edredon artiicif, aud
sells in Paris for something over S3 in gold a
pound, and this price is constantly increasing.
A process has aUo been invented for making
cloth of feathers. To make a square metre (a
metre is 39 3 iuchts) of cloth lighter and
warmer than wool, from 700 to 750 grammes (a
gramme is 15.1 grains) of this down are re
quired. But this drop de plume takes color ad
mirably, and wears wonderfully, because, in
stead of breekiu and cutting in the places
mo6t exposed to weir' it mats it itself more
nnd more into a felt-like substance. The esti
mate has been made that iu France alone
enough feathers are allowed to go to wnsiee.ch
yew to mike from 7,000,000 to 8,000,000 square
metres of cloth. In other words, as much is
lost in France in feathers as is paid for cotton.
SiLTEBTsa Natckal Leaves and Floweus.
A very ingenious application of eleclio-matal-lurRy
has recently been brought before the no
tice of the Socieiy of Arts iu London, It con
sists in the npplio tiou of a coat of silver, by
means of electro-deposition, on natural leaves
and flowers. By this means very delicate orna
ments are produced, since tbe precise f.-rm and
texture of the natural leaf is preserved under
the thin silver film. The special process by
which these results are attained is the inven
tion of a Mr. Denton.
The Pope
cardinals cue,
hag seen one hundred and four
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