WILLAMETTE FARMER.
Tli H0!"1 Circle.
From SerHmer Monthly.
Half-way Doln's.
By Ibwi Bubku..
Balnbbe fellow-trabelers: In boldln forth to-day,
I doesn't quote no special Ten lor what I bas to say,
De rermon will be berry ihort, and dla bero am do
Dat b air-way doin'a ain't no 'count for dig worl" or do
nex'.
Die worl' dit we's a-llbbin" In la like a cttpn-row,
Wbar eberycnllud gentleman baa got bla line to hoe,
And ebi-ry lair a lazy Bigg- r stopa to take a naii,
De graaa keeps on a-growlu' for to aiuudderup lilacrap.
When Mosea led de Jewa acroat de waterB ob de sea,
Dey bad to keep a-goiu', J-a" aa f s' as ra' could be;
Do you a'pose dat dey could ebber h,b auuceeded In
delr with,
And reached do Promised Land at last If dcy bad
stopped to flab ?
My (rlen'a, dar was a garden once, whar Adam llbbed
wld fcve, ...
WH no-oue 'round to .bodder dom, no nelgbbora for
to ti love.
And ibcry day was ChrlBtmaa, and dey got delr ratlona
tree,
And eberjtin J belonged to dem except an apple tree.
You all know 'bout de atory how de anake come
snoopier rouu ,
A tiiinii.tkl1 nifitv moccoaln. s-crawlln' on de eroun
IIow Eve aud Adorn ate de Irult, and wtnt and bid delr
fate, ,
Till ue angel oberseer be come and drove em on de
piaco.
How, a'poae dat man and 'ooiuan badn't 'tempted for
to snira,
But had gone about delr gardtnln', and 'tended to delr
work,
Dey wouldn't bab been loaflo' wbar dey had no busl-
neitR t i.
And de debbll nebber'd got a cbance to tell 'em what
tado.
No hilf.wav doln'B. bredrenl It '11 nebber do, I Bay!
Go at your task and finish It, and deu'a de time to
play
For ebon If de crap Is good, de rain '11 aplle do bolls,
Unleaa you ktcp a.plckln' In de g.rileu ob your bouIb.
Keep a-plowtn', and a-hoein', and a-Bcrapln' ob de
rows.
And wbon de glnnln'a ober you can pay up what you
owea;
But ir you quits a-worVIn' ebery time de tun la hot,
i Do sheriff's gwlne to lebby upon ebcrytlug yuu's got.
Whataber Hla you'g drlbln' at, be shore and driba It
tnrongn.
And uou't let nuflln' atop you, but do what you'a gwlne
todos
For when you boos a nlggei fooltn', den, aa ahore a
I you'ro born,
Vuu'a gwine tu nee him comln' out de small eend ob do
horn.
I thanks you for de 'Untlon you hat gib dls afternoon
Slater Williams will 3Mik ub by a-raiain'ob a tune
I aee dat urutuer Jubnaon'a 'bout to pans aruun' de
bat.
And dan't lot'a bab no half-way doln'a when It cornea
touatl
Weights or Men ind Womkn. A rrcnt
writer ff ra certain interesting toots regarding
the relative weights of men and women, from
whioh we oondense aa fol'owg: Tbe average
weights, of boy at biitb range a little over six
pounds and a halt, while girls Ml a little be
low this figure. For tbe first 12 year tbe two
sexes increase in weight in about the same ratio,
after wbioh the boys take tbe dtclded lead
the result being that young men o( 20 average
143 pound, while the average (or yourg
women of tbe same ago U 23 pounds lens.
Men reaoh their heaviest bulk at the ago of 35,
their average at that time being 152 pounds.
Ton WHxium of weight is attained by n omen at
GO years, and Is about 128 pounds. The weight
of the average man or woman at full growth la
about 20 times that at bitth.
Gxttino a Wife in China. When a gentle
man in China feels deBirous of taking unto
himself a wife be Bends to the paternal head oi
some family containing daughters (or specimen
ot tbe sis of .their feet, with prices attached.
On foot is valued at pirhaps $2,000, and the
next smallest at $5,000, and bo on, aocording
to the market. Alter the foot, or the lady to
whom it belongs is ohosen, the is sent in a
aedan chair to the Intended husband's house.
He meets her at the door, looks into the vehicle
to take a view of tbe (air one, and il she suits
his taste be admits ber. Ax aeon as she passes
his threshold she becomes his lawful wl'o; but
if be likes tbe lady not be shuts the door and
she is carried whence abe came.
This Is how Mary Kjle Dallas bays It feels:
"Take a man and pin two or three large table
olothea about bim, (astened back with eUatlo
and looped up with ribbons; drag all his ou
hair to the middle of his head and tie it tight,
hair-pin on about Ave pounds of other bair
and a big bow of ribbon. Keep tbe trout locks
on pins all night and let tin m tickle hUeye
all day; pinch his waist into a ooraet, and give
him gloveaaalie too small, and ahoes ditto, and
a hat tli u will not stay without torturing ela.
tlo, and a frill to tiokle his obin, and a little
laoevail to bllod hist yea whenever he goes
oat to walk, and ha wlllnow what a woman's
dftMli. My!"
EH 3
A Woman on Agricultural Employment
(or Women.
The most of our race must expect to remain
in the ordinary avocation of life, and it would
be very much better were the majority of our
people more content with their pursuits.
Although it wilt hardly comport with the ides
of propriety common even among the wives and
daughters of Western New York farmers and
Grangers, yet I will venture to call yocr atten
tion to certain branches of industry in connec
tion with agriculture, horticulture and kindred
vocations which are now followed with pleasure
and profit by some todies la different sections
of our great country.
I have lately read of a widow in Co'orado
who, about seven years ago, bad only a tent to
live in, with a young daughter. Her sole earthly
possessions consisted or a very little lurnitnre,
together wilh two cows and two calves. Ax i
usual in lhat region the cost of keeping ber
slock web almost nothing. Bhe sold milk at
tbe town close by, and whenever she could
spare a few dollars she would buy an extra Calf
or yearling. By patient o ntinuance in this
manner she baa pros ered, and now owns cat
tle by tbe bundreds, rides in her carriage, has
educated her daughter and is worth many
thousands of dollars, all the product oi her own
exeitions.
Many others in various sections have started
wilh two or three s arms of bees, and by ra
tient study, inquiry and obseivation, coupled
wilh industry, tbey aie now among tbe moat
successful producers of honey the count' y af
fords. Could the iwo kiuds of work just men
tiontd be combined trgether with tbe same
good fortune, a land flowing with milk and
honey might yet be found in the western hem
isphere. 'xbe raising of poultry and eggs for market
pur oses, if propeily conducted, in often verv
profitable. Now, why is this not also a brat ch
of bubiiies piculiarly adapted to women? O.
courte, like everything els-, it requires knowl
edge, tact and time. Yei it has been well con
cluded by many and can b done again by
others, though the teaching- of tbe old story
are still true ti at it is not safe to count chick
ens before tbey are hutched.
Then there are tbe small fruits. Snrely if a
woman wishes an avo. aiioo ihit will bring hi'
health and wealth, both of these desirable ob
jects are i ften fuuud in thi- empl yment. The
sme may De said of gardenn g and various
oiber Kinds ot work connected with the culti
vation of the soil.
And one of the best features of all tbese li
dustiles is that when sbe wishes to dispose o
ber pr ducts nobi dy pys her less fi r them be
cause eh- is a woman. Tbe proceeds of ber
labor amount to precisely the sanm sum tl a
would b- obtained by the lords of creation. In
other worris, here, and almo-t nowhere ele
alio tec- iveB etpial c mpenaation with man fui
doing th- same woik
Tbuk Livino. All is not waste that appears
so, nor all 1 vmg injurious lhat is relatively ex
pensive, bo, instead of grnmhling about
prices,' let us remember two thinks: first, tbe
ii come has risen wilh tbe outlay. I a man
i-pends $5,000 a year, it is, in must cases, be
cause bo can get it lo sptnd. And, secondly,
dviDg bus become uium expensive, not abo
lutelj, but lelatively. It Hands fur a belter
value It bai risen into tbe sphere of art. It
is, among the sensible part of the community,
not a quesiion of display, not of animal gr iti
bcatlou, I ut of education. Given so many d l
lurs' income, how many av nu a of meutnl and
moral help will thy open? how many picture
will tbey buy? how many books? how much
good society, and generally how much of h1
that makes life valuable to it- poss s-or? Upon
this bubjei t the Vornhill Magazine, of late date.
baB some senaiblo suggestions, but upsets all
its theory by a concluding set tenoe, ihn-.
"The person who is best off of all is tbe literary
batchelor." In our ju gment be is most
to be pitied A human Bilk-worm, spinning
cos'ly webt in which to einbulm a cultivated
selfishness I No, the ttue living is lhat which
is broad enough to reach education, family,
society, the world, end God. Interior.
Tihkd of Cits Life. A bank Presid'nt of
Worcester, Mass,, speaking of Northampton
bank rubbt ry, the forgeries of Winslow, and
other like items of d mmeroial life, is said lo
have remarked: " I'm sick of this rascally
world Don't want to see or do business with
anvbody. I'd rather be an old farmer, living
on a coss rod, (our miles from the eight of
anybody, wilh a barrel of cider and two hog-,
than to have anything to do wilh banks, money
or men." A great many men long counted euo
ceBtful will echo the Ike word of Solomon,
' All is vanity and vexation of spirit." But
all of commercial life is not thus polluted, nor
is "the lot ( f an old farmer living on a cross
ro-d. four miles from anybody," quite fo envi
able as the bank President's imagination,
b Iped probably by the memory of boyhood
days, has pictured it. Farmers well know that
there are many and serious evils allotted to their
lives; but very possibly this disclosure of envy
of tbeir assumed hsppy lot may make them
better satisfied with their vocation, which is
entiiely the best in some respeo's.
Tbkk Miononettb. This is by some suppose"!
to be a distinct variety (rom tbe common kind
grown in tbe garden, but it is not. The tree
form is due to careful pruning; and attention,
and there is no variety of niignonetie which
will assume a tree form without constant care.
The way to raise a "tree" mignonette is to sow
ine seed bb usual, ana wneu tne plants are
about two Inches high, select one of the strong
est, and plant in a pot or box by itself, and
keep it well supported by a stake Every side
branch that appears must be pinch' d off, but
tbe leaves must be allowed to remain on the
main stem as they are n eded (or the health oi
he plant. When the plant is about a foot or
more in hlght, the side shoots may be permit
ted to grow, but they must bave tbeir beads
cinobed off occasionally to force tbem to form
a busby top. It will take some months t
accomplish this, but, it will make a beautiful
piaut.
Tale Beabebs. Of all the contemotible
neoDle in the world the tale bearer wears tbe
boins. Next, and of equal importance, ia tbe
man wno, unaer me guiBe oi irieuuauip, uears
back to a person every gossiping rumor that
floats on the breze. Many ol tbese atone
would die out and be bu ied in oblivion but for
these busy-bodies who run between principals
and atir up eumitles by bearing back thse
floating minora. If every one who htara a ru
mor derogatory of the charaoter of another,
would, without running to the person about
whom the story is told and harrowing bis fuel
ing with it, and stirring up strife between him
ai d the man who only innocently iepeat-d
what he had heard, then much ill feeling would
be prevented.
A Sensible woman remarks to tbe girls,
Look out (or phvBical health aud beauty (or
tbe sake of the race. Do noc bestow a glance
on the pale, dyspeptto, cadaverous biped; shun
him aa you would a pestileuoe," '
AlAHlIUBil U1CM WRUM IV PVI1 m INIU U
wsrltlnt Itnwaaaf4uiianr aiuuma atnil vtwnlarj na.
SL m A wsk&jvwa a feHaai BaaaiA t J. A All Sfc WatwanSh laaa
nyivu auauuiuBj aavwMuai sum iivuivto j"-
mtte luxuriant p-Ure, while maj-itio olu
Utl ruaietj oiauiaM ifQ. UID VJV V IUO UW
holder."
Women Lawyers.
The Milwaukee Setttntl prints the full text
of the decision of Chief Justice Byan, of the
Supreme court of Wisconsin, refusing to admit
Mis Lavinia Goodell to tbe bar of that court.
Tbe court premised by say log: "Tula is tbe
first application for admission of a female to the
bar of this court. And it ia just matter for con
gratulation that it ia made in favor of a lady
whose character raises no personal objection:
something perhaps not always to be looked (or
In omen who fir sake tbe waya of their lex for
ine ways or ours."
Then, referring to the argument that words
in tbe singular nnml er niav be construed plural.
and in the plural, singular, and that words of
tDe masculine gender may be applied to fe
males, nnlesa in either esse snob construction
would be inconsistent with the manifest inten
tion of the legislature, he said: " The argument
for this motion Is simply this, that the applica
tion of this permissive rule of construction lo a
provision applicable in terms to males only has
effect, without other sign of legislative intent,
do admit females to the bar from which the
common law bave ex -laded tbem ever since
courts have administered the common law.
This is sufficiently startling. Bnt tbe argument
cannot stop there lis login goes far beyond
tbe bur. Tbe same peremptory role of con
struction would reaoh all or neatly nil the funo
'ions of the State government, would obliterate
almost all distinction of sex in one statutory
corpus juris, and make females eligible to al
most nil offloes under our statu es, municipal
and Stete, executive, legislative and j dirial,
except bo far as tbe consiitution may interpose
a virile qualification. Indeed, tbe argument
appears to overrule even this exception; for we
were re'orred to a case in Iowa, which un
f rtunately we do not find in the reports of that
State, holding a woman not excluded by tbe
statutory deBcriptibn of ' any white male per
son.' So we ,flnd no statutory au
rhori'y for the admission of females to the bar
of any court of ibis State. And. with all ibe
respect and sympathy (or Ibis lady whioh all
men owe to all good wr men, we cannot regret
that we do not We cann t but think the com
mon law wise in excluding women fiom tbe
profession of tbe lw. The profession enters
largely into the well being of society, and to be
honorably filled aud a felv to s cieiy exacts tbe
devotion of life. The law of nature de-tines
and qualifies the female s x for the besrit g and
urtuie of the children f our race and for the
custody of the homes of the world and their
maintninoe in love and honor. And all life
1, ng oallineB f women ii consistent wilh tbese
radi al snd social duties of their sex, as is the
profession of tbe law, are departures from the
o der of n-lure, and, vhen voluitary, treason
avii st it. Tbe cruel chances of life sometimes
bffle both sexes, and may leave women free
fiouj the peculiar Unties of tbeir sex. These
may i eed emploj mi nt at d should be elcomi d
o nny not deojatory to their sex aid its pio
ptieties, or imon-i-tent with the good ordsr oi
-nciety. But it is publio policy to provide ( r
he sex, not for its supeifluous members; and
not to tempt women from the prop-r duties of
their sex by opening to th- m untie peculiar to
nrs. T here are many emplo ments in life not
unfit for female character. Th profession of
ihe law is surely not one of these. The pecul-
r qualities of womanhood, is gentle graces,
i s quick sensibi'ity, its tendr siiscepiibility,
its purity, its oMicacy, its emotional impulses.
ts Bubi rdination of hard reason to sympa-
faetio fee ing, are snrely not qualifications to
forensic stiife 'Natuie ha tempered worn to
a linle for the judical confliots of the court
room as for tbe ph sical c inflicts of the battle
field. Womanhood is modeled for gi&'ler and
better things. And it is not tbe sainta of tbe
orld who chiefly give employment to our pro
fession. It baa essentially and habitually to do
with, all tbat.ia aeltah and e.xtort onate.kniviab
and criminal coarse and bruta), repulsive and
ubscenein humanlife. . " This is bad
enough for m n.
H me Influence. If a father talks "money,
money," at borne be geueially rears a family
in worabip of tbe almighty dollar. If he talks
mainly horses, gsmea and races, he breeds a
butch of siorlemeu. If fashion is tbe family
altar, then Ibe children a'e offered np as vic
tims upon that altar. If u man makes his own
fireside attractive, be may reasonably hope to
anchor bis own children around it. The ggod
father makes himself lh constant evening com
panion i f bis boys. 1 he result is that his boys
are never found in bad places. But if the
father bears tbe clook strike 11 in his club
house or the plaj -house, he need not be sur
prised if his boys hear it strike 12 in tbe gam
ing room or the driuking saloon. If he pu s
be bottle on his own table, he need not wonder
it a dm ken son staggers in, by-and-by, at bis
front door. Wben the best friend that child
hood aud youth ought to have becomes tbeir
foe, tbe home beoomes the "starting post" for
moral ruin.
Mb. Cualmebs beautifully says: Tbe little I
bave seen in the world and kn ,wn of mankind
teaches me to look upon tbeir error in sorrow,
not in anger. When I take tbe bi-tory of one
poor heart that bas Binned and stiff-ired, and
represent to myself i be stiuggies and tempta
tions it passed through ihe brief pulsttions of
jot. tbe tears of re. ret, tbe feebleness of pur
pose, inn uooru ui me woriu iua uh mile
charity, the desolation of the soul' sanctuary
and threatening voiots within, health gone,
happiness gone I would fain leave the erring
b ml of my Mlow-being with him from whose
bands it came
Hbbd to Decide. A very knotty question
bas been raised at Toulouse. France. An oys
ter opener of that plsoe. In Ailing a small order
for immediate consumption, found in one of ih
ovstera amagnifloent pearl worth several thous
and dollars. She promptly put the pearl in
h r oocket, but ihe poison who ordered the
oysters insisted that it was his The olsim be
makes is that shell', 'juice, oyster and every
thing in tbe shells belonged to bim wben be
bought tbe oysters, and he has asked the law
courts bo to decide.
Step bt Step. Life is made np of little
things. He who travels over a continent
must go step by step, He who writes a book
must do it sentence) by sentence; he who
learn a science must maa'er it fict by faot
principle by principle. What is the hap
piness of our lift nude np ot? Little court"
ales, little kindnesaet, pleasant words, genial
smiles, a friendly letter, good- wishes and
good Seeds. One in a milli"n, once in a
lifetime, may do a heroio action but th
little things that make up our life oome every
day and every hour.
Dadobteb and MiutxaiD It is an interest
ing tact that our word daughter, when traced
baok, through the Greek thugnttr, to ita source
in the Sanso-lt rfuMfri, U fouod to be equivi
lent to miMmiaici, showing that it was the duty
of the Indian maiden to milk the cow. It
waa no doubt considered a highly honorable
i flice, ainatj tbe cow, tbe mo-t v Unable animal
to a pastoral people, aoon came to be endowed
with supernatural ait rib Ue.
Taut Supreme Court at Washington refuses
to recognns female attorney, al hough cases
in charge of women attorney have bean aent
up frost th inferior ooorts.
Home-Made Furniture.
A lady in the Floral Cabintl say that to
hear one talk about home-made furniture the
idea is conveyed that nothing can be made
oi boxes, half-barrels, etc., tbat will look gen
teel enough to be called by tbe name of furni
ture, flow, kind reader, don't De disgusted.
I have seen common gonds-boxes converted
into handsome bureaus and stands; and tbey
are to obeap and yet so convenient' that I will
tell von how to make them. To make a pretty
dressing stand for a bedroom take a box 3
feet long, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep
longer if desired. Cover it smoothly with dark
brown cloth. Set it up lengthwise, with the
open aide to the wall. Tbe interior will hold
many things. Shelves can be put np if desired.
Have a light frame work made and piloted dark
brown tnen varnished. Attach this to tbe
baok part of the box, and by means of screws
put a mirror firmly in the frsme work. Make a
inching of cloth a (hade lighter or darker than
tbe other; sew it around the top of the box
tbis tives it a finish. It is pretty, as well as
useful, and nobo Jy would ever suspect its hav
ing been a goods-box once in its time. Another
good way to utilize a la'ge box: Cover it all
around with dark grteu cambrio (or, if you
think green is poisonous, use brown,) leaving
tbeopen bide of Ihe box up. The cover should
be fastened on one side of the box, so as to
raise like a trunk lid. Th- fop of this is to be
padded tbe outside covering should be dark
cloth. This, in an upper chamber, is very con
venient for holding wearing apparel, bed
clothes, etc.
Good cupboards can be made of large boxes.
Put shelves inside, and nail a strip around the
top of the box so as to extend three or four
inches above tbe level ; this will prevent articles
ftoin sliding off. Tbe wLole is to be painted a
go d dsrK color. This, iu the kitchen, if not used
for holding dishes, will hide bo many things
tbat after awhile you Will think it indispeu
sible. Small boxes make nice foot-stools.
Stuff the top, which selves as a lid to the box,
thus making it doubly useful good for holding
old newspapers, rags, etc. A whole set of tbese
trill be louud useful. In the sitting room they
make good seats for the children. Small boxes
ate also nice to hold winter flowers. Take
tbem about 12 inches deep, 18 inches long, by
12 wide (larger if desirtd), and paint them
white. The pare while boxes, with the green
leaves so fresh above them, make a beautiful
contrast. Keep near a door or wiudow. Mich
igan Farmer.
Woman's Natube. At the lower end of
Woodward avenue yesterday an old apple
woman offered her fruit toa.vessel cip'aiu who
ws sighing over the good limes of 1861. Sue
wanted three cents apieoe for her apples. Ho
gave her a pleasaut look and Bald: "Well,
well. Why you look as young as you did ten
years ago. Same bright eyes and red cheek
oume white te-tb." "fake an apple for two
cents. Captain," she replied. "1 presume you
ure 50 years old," he continued, "hut who'd
known? Lots of ladies at 3U look as old as
)ou do." "Take an apple for a cent, Captain,"
she answered, emilinu like a rose. "Some rich
old fe low will come along some day, searchiug
for a buxom wife," said thn Captain, "and you
won t nave to pedd.e apples any more.
"Here, Captain, two for a cent, take two of the
bigeest 1" abe exclaimed, and then ran afier
bim aud dropped two more into his overcoat.
Detroit Free Press.
Manx housekeepers make a mistake in having
no estiMUhed system of doing their woik.
i hey worry and are wearied lar more than is
ni cesiary, because they do not plan tbe work
I tne WeeK judiciously, wnen, H eacn day bad
is al otted duties washing, ironing, cleaning.
mending, swetping, cookiug, aud then the rest
un meiioid aaay wey would De astonlsned
at tbe amount of leisure ihey would flud for
sewiug, reading, writing and music wbich bo
many often negieot when the days seem full ol
other woik.
Horace Gheeley ouce said: "There is noth
ing easier in tbis wicked world than to edit a
blackguard paper, and notning more difficult
than to get up a newspaper free from foulness
and blackguardism. Fish-women and bar
room loaf or a are skilled iu the art of bandying
pitbeU and bi-spaiteriog each other with dirty
words it requires no brains to do this, but it
does require Doth heart and brains to piint a
newspaper tbat a decent man or woman can
read without a blush,"
A fdnny Btory is told of two Vermont formers
wbo are not Grangers. They induced their
wives to join and report Detore tbey would sub
mit themselves. Now, when they will the
osunot. Two black balls greet every applica
tion, juranwniie ine wives go regularly ami
triumphantly to every meetinu of tbe Grange
and the men stay at home and mind the babies.
A Holt silence hath ita influence uron all
other graces; it causes tbe roses of grace to bud
andblossom firth.
It baa been found that in ntarly every civil
ized country tbe tree that bears the moat truit
for market is the axletree.
A New Anti Inceustatob. A new anti
incniBtator hs lately been introduced under
tbe name of apparatine. wbich is prepared bt
stirring up 16 parts of potato starch iu 76 parts
of water, and then adding eight pal ts of potish
or soda lye, at 25 deg. B-iume, the whole to be
tnnrougbly mixed together. In a short time
the mixture firms a thick jelly, and it is then
beaten up vigorously for a time, when it forms
a ooloiless, transparent substanoe, slightly al
kaline to the taste, and of a strong glue like
consistency. It dries slowly in tbe air, with
out di compost ion, and wnen perfectly dry re
sembles horn, but is more flexible. When in
troduced in small quan'ity into steam boiler
it prevents ibeir incrustation. It is also
capable of nearly all the applications of or
dinary gelatine, and is especially adapted for
biz ng textile gooas oi au linos, imparting to
them abithi-rto unattained smoothness. When
new applied to good and dried it is perfectly
Insoluble, as three or four washings in b it wa
ter have proved to have no effect upon it. It
can also be used aa a thickening in calico
printing. Sever U of the textile journals spe k
if this substance a a very important additiou
to tbe resources of the manufacturer and dyer.
Care mu-t be taken to retain it in air-tight ves
sels until it is used, as it is not easily reudertd
soluble again wben it onoe become! hard.
Bctinq or Ikon. It has geuerally been sup-po-d
tbat the rusting of iron depend princi
pally upon moisture and oxygen. It would ap
pear, however, from tbe late Dr. Oalvert'a ex
periments, tbat oarbonto acid la the principal
ag-ni, and without tbis ihe other attendee have
vrry little effect. Iron does not rust at all in
dry oxygen, bat little in moist oxygen, while it
rusts veiy rapidly in a mixture of moUt car
bouio acid and oxygen. If a piece of bright
iron be plaoed in water saturated with oxygen,
it rnsta very little; bat if carbonlo acid be pres
ent, oxidation goi-a on ao fait that a daik pre
cipitate is produ -ed in a very abort time. It
i wid tbat bright iron plaoed In a solution of
cauatio alkali doea not mat at all. Th infe
rence to be derived ia that, by the exolation of
moist carbonie acid from oontact with iron,
rust can be vary rapidly prevented.
Yoilflq Polks1 CoL,i)fH.
Baby's Skies.
Would yon know the babr'a skies f
Baby's skies an mamma ere.
Mamma's ejes ani smile togetber
Make tbe baby's pleasant weather.
Mamma, keep your eyes from tears,
Keen your brart from foolish fears,
' Keep your 11 pa from dull complaining.
Lest the baby think 'Us raining.
-St. Xidiolas.
About Fear.
(Ntxt, Vah In Partita Bnral Press.
Come, children, cluster around and har what
Nell Tan has to Bay to you about fear. When she
was a child, which you would think was a very
long time ago, she was afraid of the dark,
she was afraid to be left alone, in (act she was
afraid of ber own shadow. Are little folks as
foolish no-a-days, I wonder ? Fear is one of
tbe greatest troubles of childhood and it some
times clings to people as long as tbey live.
Some children wbo might nevor have known
what it wa, have bad it taught them. like the
ittle boy I onoe knew who was taken up to
bed every night by a thoughtless servsnt.
While undre-sing he was told to lay his clothes
upon a chair at a distance from tbe light, and
when crossing the room the wioked creature
would call out. "Bun (or fear tbe bears will
catch yon." The little fellow would scamper
with (right and would not easily go to sleep af
ter that. The child's mother was told and the
servant well scolded, but tbe mischief was done
and the boy suffered in consequence (or many
a night afterwards (rom imaginary danger.
When children are afraid they rarely ca i tell
you what tbey are afraid of. With vivid im
aginations they picture to themselves all sorts
of impossible things. In going down stura
they will say to themselves, "wbat if a big lion
or a tiger was after m," and without stopping
to consider how unreasonable such an id a is,
they plunge in terror d iwu the stairway and
into tbe light. Now, these chidreu surely know
that we are not likely lo have wild animals run
ning loose about our dwellings, and by thus
using tbe reasoning faculties they can overcome
such foolish fears. Some parents govern their
children by (ear. Instead of enforcing obedi
ence through love, tbey threaten with punish
ment for disobedience. A child s-)on learns by
tbe tone of the voice whether it ia expeoted to
obey promptly, and if trained to obey on the
instant it is rarely necessary to resort to vio
lence. Tbe days of corporal punishment and brute
force are passing away, it is to be hoped, (or Ihe
most enlightened ptrents and teachers flud a
better way to enforce submission than through
fear of the rod. I bave seen a moth-r t-aoh-ing
her two little girls to sew with a switch lying
betore her upon the tible. From time to time,
as the tired fingers idled or the attention was
diverted from their work, harsh woids and
blows ere given to remind them of th-ir task.
The result was those children grew up to hate
useful employment and quarreled continually
because tne rebellious part of their nature was
ever uppermost.
Fear to do wrong always, but never frighten
yourselves or others unnecessarily. Nervous
children are sometimes f lightened inti fits
which affeot their minds for life. Never cause
vourselves to suffer remorse by doing such in
jury to auy human beiug. And now each one
of yon strive all jou can to overcome this bug
bear Fear.
Good Habits. Bemember, boys, before von
are 21 you must establl-h a character that will
serve you through all your life. As habits
grow stronger every year, any turning into
a new path is more and more difflco.lt; there
fore it is often harder to unlearn tban to learn,
aud on this account a famous flute plyr used
to charge double pr ce to those pupils wbo had
been taught before by a poor master. Try and
reform a lazy, unthrifty or drunken person,
and iu most cases you fail; for tbe bid habit,
whatever it is, has bo wound itself in'o life
hat it cannot be uprooted. The best babit of
all is the habit of care in the formation ot good
habits.
One Dbop at a Time. Have you ever
watched an icicle as it formed ? You notioed
bow it froze, one drop at a time, nntil it was
a foot long or more. If the water was clear,
the icicle remained dear and sparkling brightly
in the sun; but if tbe water was but a'ihtly
muddy, the icicle looked foul, and its be tuty
was spoiled. Just bo our characters are firm
ing; one little thought or feeling at a time adds
its infloenoe. If ach thought be pure and
right, the soul will be lovely and sparkle with
bappiness; but if impure and wrong, there will
be wretchedness.
That "Exebcise." Answers still continue
to oome in in anawer to the "Exercise" pro
pounded by our Eistern correspondent in this
department some three or four weeks ago.
A Suggestion for the Centennial.
Our London exchange, Iron, makes the fol
lowing sugcestlon for meohanical progreaa at
the CentAnnial. Tt aava? ThA nnuiu .,? ttiA
best form (or tbe interior of the blast furnace1
baa not ot late years occupied so prominent a
place in metallurgical dlsoussiona aa it deserves.
Advantage micht ho taken nt Mia fartti.,nmln
Exhibition at Philadelphia to secure much
valuable information, whioh it would be beyond
ine power ni any individual, or even an asso
ciation, to obtain at any other time, bat whiob,
onoe collected, would be of tbe greatest aervioe
to metallurgi' al industry. It is not, even now,
'oo late for the commissioners of England,
Germany, France and Austria, in conjunction
with tbe American Centennial authorities, to
invite by circular the leading metallurgical
firm of their respective countries: in fnmiah
inaapecifi-d firm, such detailed particulars,
illustrated aa tar as possiDle by plans, of the
working of the plaot and processes under their
control, as they may feel disposed to gve.
Such information from reliable aourcea would
at once set at rest many vexed questions, whioh
would otherwise only be tardily solved at an
enormous cost of unproductive labor and
wasted material. Tbat a nnMA1Aa I.-.. -....l.
to learn from the be.t Continental and American
praottce, is not less true tban tbat in many
point we are in advance of our neighbor.
Not the least important feature in auoh a pro
sramma would be the eollentinn of !
internal sections of blast furnace blown oat
tor repairs or otner causes (of which there are
nnforinnaielv inat nnor nnl ia. h.-m a -
3vw UIMlJf, AU-
section would be
drawings of the original contour, wilh fall de
tails oi ine ooarge used, aud tbe working im
mediately before tbe stoppage, and at different
periods of the campaign. Snob rtturna would
I ,'rm a solid basis fur uihunni .. . j
would materially advance tbat which should be
tbe leading object of a true world show the
growth ot technical knowledge. Failing it
uwpuuu uv omeuu reprt tentative, w com
mend the idea to anch rwMa na .w..
soci.tieaof engineers, the American Institute
of nvnioej engineer, and our own iron and
ateel in-Mute. .
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