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WILLAMETTE FARMER.
1e HKC Circle.
Home.
There If a land of every ltnd the pride.
Beloved by heaven o'er 11 the world beside;
Where brighter ran dispense wrener light,
And milder moons emparadlM the n'.ghl;
A land of beauty, Tirtne, valor, truth,
Ttmetntored age and lore-exalted youth
The wandering mariner, whose eye explores
The wialthleat Isles, the most enihantlng shores,
Views not a realm so bountiful and fair,
Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air;
In every clime the magnet ot his soul,
Touched by remembrance, trembles to that pole;
For In this land ot heaven's peculiar grace,
The heritage of nature's noblest race.
There Is a spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest,
Where man, creation's tyrant, casts sslde
Sis aword and scepter, pageantry a d pride,
While In his softened looks benignly blend
The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend.
Here woman reigns, the mother, daughter, wife
Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life 1
In the clear heaven of tier delightful eye,
An angel-guard of love and graces lie;
Around her feet domestic duties meet.
And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet.
Where shall that land, that spot of earth be f jund ?
Art thou a man? a patriot? look around!
Oh, thou shalt find, bowe'er tlty footsteps roam.
That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Jama Montgomery,
hands And to do cheerfully and hopefully, when
the beit nnd bnrden of tbe day is pas, we
shall reap a great reward We bare Dot far to
look to day In our country to see the reward of
extravagance and idleness. Ruined lives
covered with shame and disgrace are seen in
many placet.. Their day was abort and (nil of
splendor, but their evening is fnll of bitterness
instead of rest and sweet content.
The Golden Mean.
Mas. M, E. Tuttlk In Rural FreBS
Somewhere, on some fair page, is praised tbe
Oolden Mean," and every day I live I fain
would speak in greater praise of its all-saving
power. Truly it Bhould bo marked by a golden
altar, the middle point between the two ex
tremes. In every day parlance I call this blessed spot
the "Mopping p'aco." The children nro re.
minded when in exuberant spirits that they
must not forget the slopping place. It is the
same in disputes. In fact, I find this advice
covers so much in wrong doing, and if heeded
would save so much trouble, that I could wish
sometimes when I hear an eloquent preacher
take his text about tho depravity of mankind,
that he would adopt tho golden mean and try
to show us ofiener where the bin bruins.
Dickens makes one of his characters say that
"our vices are often only virtues run to ex
treme. ." This is largely true of civilized society,
and in tbe minds of many people their virtues
take the shape of "hobbies," which they ore
obliged to ride to the last extremity.
Especially is this so in referenco to writers.
For instance, if yon wtite an attiole in which
you advocate cold witter and graham bread, it
will cause astonishment if you are not willing
to live upon that alone. We can all remember
bow Horace Qreeley wob twitted for eating
uiecuiis hi x-nt uo anu Alice vary s ten tame. 11
you confess u liking for Dame Fashion, you
niUBt needs tn.il your dre.s a yard bthiud and
wear your bat suspended on your false hair
instead of on your head.
"Ah mt I whit wasted strength, this racing
beyond tbe g al." I am here reminded of
many things in which zeal becomes uu evil and
leads tho good ubtray. In all ideas ol refine
ment wo find the danger imminent that we will
be led to extremes; particularly in refeienoe to
home life and woman's dress. In no class of
society do these arbitrary notions fall with such
tyrannical force as on the farmer's wife, or the
woman obliged to do housework for a living.
To be dainty and neat at all times is impossible,
to bo otborwise is, in many people's eyes, to
be a sloven nnd a nobody; consequently women
avoid housework and soize with avidity any
employ aitoi in wuiou mey can appear genteel,
often at great sacrifice.
I have sometimes thought that old Dame
Nature and Modern Itefiuoment were continually
at war. Keflnenient builds ut a barrier that
obstructs Nature's laws, and Nature retaliates
by ruined health and a torturing conscience.
A thousand deceptions are practised daily in
the name of reliuement. People, women in
particular, will almost stnrvo theirpoor tortured
bodies rather than to appear to have coarse
appetites; next to thotnselvt-s they torture their
children and then their husbands. Their
houses aro too nice to live in with any comfort,
their clothes are too uloe to work in unless it be
the moat delicato employments. So, iubtead of
aiming to bo honest, earnest, truthful mortals,
they claim to bo very poor specimens of
angels; in fact, I am afiuid merely a caricature
ol the genuine article ,
In this ago and generation we have ladies
with pale, refined faces, faultlessly dressed aud
perfeolly cltau, who aBhUuio the role of angels
(according to their imperfect ideas) to perfec
tion. (I mean when visible to tho outside
orld.) Can any one suppose for a moment
in a seusiblo point of view that this model (for
whose perfections almost every schoolgirl is
striving) was really intended by an all-wise
Creator to represent a true woman? Surely
not. '
Is not tho healthy, happy, earnest, busy
woman, who is not too ethereal to be Uieful
aud not so angelio as to be faultier, much to
be preftrred for this world aud its cares and per
plexities, whatever we may choose for the next?
The towns and cities have largely goue after
the first model; it remains for the country, if
we would have a higher type of humanity and
a progressive future, to bold fast to the last.
The farmers' families of these Uulted States
must yet bo tho salvation of our country. They
are the reservo whloh is yet to fill the depleted
ranks of what some please to call the refined
class of society,
I have been found guilty of encouraging
farmers' wives in doing their duty, regardless
of these false, over-wiought ideas, aud also of
couuseliu;; them to be more Bolf-reliaut aud in
dependent, and I am reminded by a nudge of
somebody's elbow of the "responsibility ot
writers." Aud I am also aware of the fate
awaiting those who step out of the beateu paths.
Yet I would teach them, if 1 could, to use their
best judgment nnd common sense; aud to sift
wen tue cnan irom tue wiieat.
I would have them make their bouses resting
places for tired people; places in which rest
would be sweet, because of the cheerfulness
aud hoiueliuesa aud comfort of its surround
lugs. I would have them set their tables to
feed hungry people and growing children,
rather than dainty, useless parasites.
Over aud through all these tbiugs Bhould be
au all-pervading atmosphere of truth aud
honesty aud purity aud fraukuess, out of which
no cringing miscreant could creep to curse
Boci.n. If we must in the dim, dis'nut future
have 'souiethiug to strive for, soma ideal to
reach aud realize, let it be such as this, rather
than a fanciful vision which God never in
tended we should realize here. There is no
room for droues in this world, or should not
be. If one person doe not earn their bread
others must bo taxed beyond Mieir share to
provide it. Pretty and edifying a these
The Discipline of Experience.
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the
school of experience. Precepts and instruc
tions are useful so far as they go, but without
the discipline of real life they remain of tbe
nature of theory only. The hard facts of exis
tence have to be faced, to give that touch of
trnth to character which can never be imparted
by reading or (Dillon, but only by contact with
the broad instincts of common men and wo
men. To be worth anything, character must be ca
pable of standing firm upon its feet in the
world of daily work, temptation, and trial, and
able to bear the wear and tear ot actual life,
lhe life that rejoices in solitude may be only
rejoicing in selfishness. Seclusion may indi
cate contempt for others, though more usually
it means indolence, cowardice or self-indulgence.
To every human being belongs bis fair
share of manful toil and human dnty and it
cannot be shirked without loss to the individ
ual himself, as well as to the community to
which he belongs.
It is onlv by mixing in the dally life of the
world, and taking part in its affairs, that prac
tical knowledge oan be acquired and wisdom
learned. It is there that we find our chief
sphero of dnty, that we loam the discipline of
work, and that we educate ourselves in that
patience, diligence and endurance which Bbape
and consolidate tbe character. There we en
counter the difficulties, trials and temptations
which, according as we deal with them, give a
color to our entire after life there, too, we be
come subject to the great discipline of suffering,
from which we learn to encounter our trials
with cheerfulness, and to stand ereot beneath
even the heaviest burden.
A Baboon Motokr .Mr. Hnzely in his Afri
can lectures vouches for the following: A
w:man belonging to a settlement of about 150
souls went one day to gather some wood and
left her child on the ground to take care of it
self. While the mother was cone a female ba
boon appeared on the scene, and espying tbe
child, approached and began to fondle it. The
child was allowed to partake of tbe baboon's
milk, which dopriv. d it of any appetite for its
mother's. When the mother returned she no
ticed that tho child whs carefully covered over
with leaves and bad lost it hunger. This was
done for several days beforo the mother ascer
tained who performed the unthankful act.
When the mother did find out the doer she in
duced the men of her tribe to lie in wait for the
baboon tbe next day. The animal noticed the
men raise their weapons to fire and began to
wave her hand, or paw, as if asking them not
to kill her, aud at tbe same time pointed to a
young one at her breast. But the natives killed
her. No sooner had th-y done bo, however,
than the male baboon put in bis appearance,
and, by a loud Bhout, summoned others of bis
tribe to tbe spot. Then in a b'idy the animals
attacked the untives and forced them to flee to
their huts for safety. Ono of the baboons
tracked them to their settlement nnd the next
day they were visited by about GOO baboons,
who assaulte I them with cocoiuuts aud com
pelled them to run away from their homes. The
animals kept a watch over the huts for several
days and prevented the natives from returning
o their dwellings.
Stabs in tue Fj.aq. The number and mean
ing of stars properly placed on our flan are
briefly and correctly described by tbe Philadel
phia Ledyer. It says: "The stars leprt-sent
States of the Union. The' are now 37 States,
nnd the United States flig cf to-day bears 37
stars. Colorado may be admitted into the
Union this year (the bill for that putposa hav
ing passed Congre s), and, if she Bhould be
admitted prior to Julv 4th, 187G, another star
will be added to the United S ate flag on that
day, making 38 in all, representing the 38
States of the Union at the close of the first
century of independence. There is not even a
remote probability that uuy more States will be
admitted this year, aud, while it might be per
missible to put 38 stars on the flag now, in
anticipation of the admission of Colorado,
there is no oxcuse for putting on a greater
number. Forty btars are put on for supposed
convenience of arrangement in cro.s rows of
fire Btars each; but a much better arrangement
cun be made with 38 Btars, arranged in five
rows, of which the central nnd two outer rows
are made up of eight stars nnd the alternate
rows of seven stars. The United States flig ot
to-day, however, bears only 37 Btars."
For Farmers' Boyi.
Let the boys be encouraged to stick to the
farm, unless they are stupids. The most ac
tive and enercetio boys and young men are
needed as tillers of tbe soil. If a farmer is so
unfortunate as to have a crazy-head urchin, of
one idea, the chap may do for a minister; but
do not attempt to make a farmer of bim. In
case a boy cannot be induced to love manual
labor, let bim study law. Lawyers can be mold
ed out of almost any'inferior material. If he
likes to read twaddle and nonsense more than
science, famish him with a quack's pill-bags,
and tell him the wide, wide world is before him.
All the powers of the universe cannot make a
respectable farmer of him.
For fanners the country wants the most en
ergetic through-going and wide-awake boys
and young men that can be found. Hence, if
a boy is blessed with that crowning concomi
tant which moves the world brains let bim
become a farmer. Brains constitute the great
desideratum in agricultural science at the pres
ent diy. Fifty years years ago muscle was the
essential requisite. Fifty years ago a farmer
was expected to perform every manual labor of
the farm by the exercise of muscular force,
while at the present day he needs brains more
than moscle to enable him to manage labor
saving tools and implements with skill and ef
ficiency. When the labors of the farm were
nearly all performed by the laborious and fa
tiguing application ot Human torce, farming
was irksome drndoerr. But now. when teams
aud steam power respond to the bidding 'of
tbe liner ot tne sou, agriculture is toe most
agreeable livelihood that one can desire. True,
at some seasons of the year farmers are re
onired to labor earlv and late for several days.
ihen, again, perhaps for a week, they will have
easy times. We do not know, from long experi
ence, thattheie is no class of citizens that has
as easy times as the farmer, provided he is a
judicious manager.
Now Doys, you are to be tbe men after a few
more years have passed away. Make up your
minds deliberately to be farmers. Procure
some of tbe best agi .cultural books and sub
scribe for some of tb'e leading agricultural
journals, aud improve all your leisure hours in
acquiring useful luformation. Lst your fixed
determination be to rise in the scale of being
to the dignity of au intelligent and thorough
going tiller of the soil.
Patchwohk. There is no other method by
which little tiirls Can be so easily taught the
important nnd necessary urt of needle work, as
by this fascinating work. In any household,
scraps of materials, left from the garments,
will accumulate, aud a little care in cutting and
basting them in some nice pattern, and Ihen a
little time spent in showing them the way to
set the stitches, will get them in'erested in
making a cradle quilt for baby, or a nice one
for mother's bed; and, in a short time, they
will btcome expeits in over-and-over stitch,
which is tbe foundation of all sewing, and a
practical knowledge of needle-work by hand is
as necessary to the science of running a sewing
machine as if there was no such improvement
in existence. Then, patchwork is ornamental
and economical; it gathers up the fragments
and renders tbem'of service, and a nice quilt,
pieced up in a pretty pattern, is a serviceable
article and adds much to the good looks of ev
ery bed, as well as to its comfort. Starn,
bricks, chains and a multitude of other designs
are in use, all pretty and easy, and all alike
easy of construction. Charm quilts are a curi
osity, but they are not pretty enough to com
pensate for the great trouble and bother of col
lecting i.,999 different kinds of prints, and they
are no more durable or of. more warmth than
one made of 200 or SOOpcraps which might
otherwise have been .used or lost.
Yoityq Folks7 ColU.
Physical Benefit of SrjNDAT. Sunday is
God's special present to the workingman, and
ono of his chief objects is to prolong his life,
and preserve efficient his working tone. In the
vital svBtem it works like a compensation pond;
it replenishes the spirit, the elasticity and vigor,
which the last six days buve drained away, and
supplies the farce wuiou is to fill tbe b'ix days
Bllrn'nilitKr! mid in (Via a. nnntnv nf cTlut.tiAu I.
ouswers tho same nurnose as in tl... nninmv ... I numOr r. "Unmarried," said the souug man
1. 1 . i 7 , . A.. I wirii a I
iuvuuju is uuswereu vy savings nana, ine
frugal man who puts away a pound to-day, and
auother pound next month, and who'in a quiet
Letters to Boys and Girls No. 12.
Junnx E. Jamison in Bural Press.
" I lay, Auntie, you hasn't Been any lady
'round here that likes to tell stories to little
folks, has you? " quoth my little nephew,
Carl, stumbling over my work in bis eagerness
to look directly in my face.
At the same time bis little sifter was pulling
my sleeve and Baying: "Turn, we'll tell 'twin
kle, twinkle,' then you tell a 1-o-n g one."
"I haven't seen any one who would tell
stories to children who had such funny looking
mouths. What ails your lips, you rogues?"
said I.
"Mine's slickery, dreffull" said Carl
" 'Spect maybe sugar had som.fin to do with
It. But obi isn't it good though? What you
'spose they put in it to make it so sweet? "
" Come and have jour faces washed," said I,
" and I will tell you about a little bov who went
into the country and helped his Uncle John
maKe mapie sugar.
Never were children more eager to have their
faces washed, and in a very short time they
were sitting before me. models of eood looks
and good behavior. As they were ver much
interested in the story I thiuk I will tell
it to the boys and girls who lead tbe Rub tL
Pbes, though perhaps not in the same words;
so here is the story about
The Boy Who Helped Make Maple Sugar.
Some time ago, in a certain New England
city, there lived a little boy named Albert Baker.
He was bright and active, always moving about
from morning until night. He liked to play
out of doors, bnt could not, very often, because
there were so many rough boys in the street;
so when there came a letter from Mr. Baker's
brother, asking' him to let Albert come and stay
through "sugaring," he said "Yes" at once,
for " Uncle John " lived upon a large farm and
bad a nice sugar orchard, and he thought the
pure sugar and fresh air would do Albert good.
Mrs. Baker did not like the idea of having
her " Baby Bertie," as she called bim, go away
without her, but she was not able to go with
him, so one pleasant morning she kissed him
good bye, and before night he was on the old
' home farm." His father stayed with him un
til he felt acquainted with his cousins, then re
turned to the city and left him.
He had not much chance to be homesick, for
everything about him was new and interring.
He was perfectly delighted with the horses,
cows, oxen. pies, sheep, chickens and rabbits.
He wished tbat-his father would move into the
country and live upon just such a farm. His
cousins tried to make him happy and con
tented. There were James, Olin, Willie, Mary
and last, but not least in importance if in size,
little Patty, who was about his own age, and,
ns, he said, "nicer'n any city girl that ever
grew."
Bertie was in a great hurry to see the sugar
made, so he was very glad to hear his uncle
say one morning: " Well, boys, I guess we '11
get out the sap buckets to-day. As for Albert,
I suppose be won't care to goto the sugar place
until we get some sugar for him to eat.
" Why, yes, Uuole. John! " said Bertie. " I
want to.be the first one there, for I promised
my mamma I'd tench her how to make maple
sugar as soon as ever I got home."
Ob, hoi" said his uncle. "Will she tap
the trees in the publio garden and catch the
sugar in silver dishes? You must be sure to
select sugar maple trees, as some frees, the fir,
for iustanoe, might not make good sugar."
" Well," said Bertie, looking sober, " I don't
know where we shall get the sap."
Beitie enjoyed the walk of half a mile upon
the crust formed over the snow, and they
were soon standing in front of the sugar house,
which was built of unnlaned boards, but nlentv
good enough for the purpose. They unlocked
the door and he jumped in. There he saw a
great many buckets, about as large as large wa
ter pails, piled one above another, a large pile
of wood, some very large tubs called " hogs
heads," and a something built of bricks.
"What's that for?" asked Bertie. "That ia
an arch," replied his uncle. "You see it is all
open on the top. Now I will show you what it
is for; " so Mr. Baker put a lot of shavings,
kindlings and large sticks of wood in the arch;
then ho took down a large iron pan from the
boards overhead, and putting it in the aroh he
filled it with water which Olin and James had
brought from a spring near by. James put a
lighted match among tbe shavings and the fire
was soon roaring, cracking and snapping in a
way wbioh quite delighted Bertie, for he had
never seen such a big wood fire before.
By the time tbe water was hot the buckets
were taken down and set upon tbe ground, one
by one, and Mr. Baker, James and Olin began
to wash them. Willie and Bertie watobed the
fire, threw chips at the squirrels, slid down the
mil toward tne spring and tried to build a snow
man, but his arms would n't stick on good.
James said it was because the snow was not
moist enough, but thev declared he was a con.
Thk Vevt Pockets. A voune man from one ! trary old fellow who didn't want anv arms, so
of the suburban districts was in one of our they knocked him over. It took a long time to
tailor shops getting measured for a vest the I wash all the buckets, and Mr. Baker said he
other afternoon. "Married or unmariied?'' I should not tap the trees until the next day, bo
queried the merchant, after taking down tbe i Bertie and Willie went to the house for Bnpper.
uutuo.r. "Unmarried," said the young man Now I fear we have almost reached the lower
with a blush. "Inside pocket on the lett-huud end of our column and shall have to have a
side, then, " observed the tailor, as if to himself, continued story, like big folks.
minting a memorandum to mat tue.i. Alter a j
Fu.v wrrn Babies. An Augusta correspond
ent of au Outida (N. Y.) exchange, tells of the
fillowing new aud interesting game that can be
played with babies: Quite a baby show of
first boms of both sexes, born within a few
days of tach other and aged about three
months, came off in this part of the town a few
days ago, on tbe occasion of a social party of
young married parents, whose names are
withheld on account of the extreme delicacy of
the scarcely initiated mothers. While the men
were out, the ladies got up a little scene for the
general merriment. They placed the wee ones
as ntar t(g-iher and in a circle as possible,
their bodies horizontal, but tbe tiny feet and
limbs elevated uud in a close cluster, then
covered the faces and clothing efftctually from
sight. That cluster of wonderfully alike baby
extremities at once began to kick and gyrate
and mix up in a beautifully grotesque manner,
which brought forth screams and peals of fem
inine laughter. The fathers came in and were
invited to select their own from what was in
view. One came forward and looked uutil he was
sure, then seized a pair in most active motion
and drew from the pile, when lol be had fast
ened npon the left member of a boy aud the
right one of a girl I His success brought down
the house again and the show ended, but tbe
memory of this art remains.
hinmanCa .. i l. . ....... man 4m, m .I.a u.ih.
way ih putting Dy uis stated pound troin time ,." r""" '"" J "uus """'"'"""' """ , ,T
tn il.,, !,, i,2 -...., m La i" ".. '". urbs luamred: "Wn,.t d fferenco does mv The Sewixo Machine in
onlv the same pounds back ngain, but a good bein8 married or unui .rried make with the in- annual soiree of the emph
,,.. i. t..i.i. ...i ..? '"." ." side pocket of the vest?" "Ah. mv dar sir." I the extensive works of th
man, who hu-bauds one day of his existenoo
every week who, instead ot allowing Sunday
to be trampled and torn in the hurrv ami
scramble of life, treasures it up the Lord of
Eubope. At the
yees connected with
3 Howe eewina ma-
observed the tailor with a bland smile, "all tbe l chine company, Glasgow, Sootland, reoently
dinereuce possible, us you must see. Being un-1 beld, tne chairman stated that tbe British
married, you want tbe pocket ou the left side, ' islands alone bad takeu a third of the machines
so as to urmg tne young lady s picture next to ."'"') iatu iud cuuipauy uau buob ib wia
Sunday keeps it for him, and iu length of davs I J0"1" heart." "But don't the married man also The little kingdom of Belgium, with her 5,000,
1... 1...1 i : :. i' i. ...-. .." ,. I wmil hi itI('b tiiniiira navt i bia I,oj,i9" 000 of industrious BfOIlle. took twice as nianv
tbe halo of age gives it back with usury, lhe
savings bank of human existence is tho weekly
Sunday,
people may be, who stand round like Dickens'
old Mr..Turvydrop a specimens of deportment,
we can J pare them very well; especially when
we reun' uber that our earning go to provide
biead f r their worthless bodies. Let as stand
by our principle: earnestly, and bring np our
cbildieu to scorn to eat the bread of depen
dence and Idleuee. And if we do what our
waut bis wife's picture next to his heart?" mo ol industrious people, took twice as many
queried the anxious youth. "Possibly there machines in proportion to population as Great
is u instance of that kind," said the Uilor, Britain; but France, with her 36,000,000 of
arching his eyebrows, "but I never heard of people, as jet took but half as many as Great
it." JXinouru Xetcs, I Britain, with 33,000,000. Germany, with her
' 40,000,000, did no better. Italy and Spain, the
former with 20.000,000 and the latter with 17,-
Thk SooiMrv Definition of a "Linv." Itr
Hauirrtou, in the Portfolio, thus drfiues: "A i
lady is a woman who ciearly underi-iands, and Fbench Esoineebinci Projects in ArmoA. , 000,000, as yet purchased but a few hundred
consistently practices, the refinements of a The vast engineering project of filling a de-. machines per year. Entire Scandinavia was an
uiguiv-eivinreu existence; anu tne most real i pression in tne Sahara desert by allowing the unexplored region; while Bus-ia, with her 85,
xrui MiBMuuuuu ueineeu 1
who is not a lady is, that i
tbau tbe other, aud mora determined to ure
serve the habits of a high civilization, both iu
her own person and in all those over whom she
has authority. These habits are not simply
habits of expense; it is cheaper to remain t-o-ber
th in to get drunk, uud yet it is more lady
like to be sober. It does not ecst more mouey
to speak good English than bad, or to be gentle
than rude; yet a lady always, from preference,
speak correctly uud has gentle mauuers."
a lady aud a womnu I entranoe of water from the Mediterranean, is 1 000,000 of active and rapidly progressive peo
one is more civilized I still discussed iu the French scientific journa's. i pie, as yet received but the tenth part of what
" Wuat do you know of tbe character of this
man? " was asked of a wituess at a oolioe oourt
the other day. " What do I kuow of hi char
acter? I know it to be unreachable, your
honor," he replied with much emphasis.
The Royal colltge of surgeous, iu London,
ha receutly discoveied that it charier speak
ofpeitous," aud consequently that wamen
are eligible for the examination and diploma
of the college.
Mr. Ilouvvet remarks, iu a communication io i wre now ar.lil in fr. at i.itn
tne r rencu Academy, that it will not be difficult
to i stablish this tea the problem is bow to
keep it. Supposing the sea be established by
uieaus oi a canal mere must do an
enormous
quautityof water lost b evaporations. Tbe
water evaporated beiug replaced by a supply
coming through the caual, tbe whole b.dy will
soou reach the maximum of saturation. The
evaporation still oontinuing, a deposit of salt
will be formed, which in time will fill np the
whole space of the interior sea, the ultimate re
sult being simply the accumulation ot an im
mense deposit of salt. The advocate of the
project are very strongly of the opinion, how
everbased npon the most painstaking and
protracted investigation by eminent experts
that the presence of this water, and it evapora
tion, will produce copious rains, which will, in
a great measure, return into the sea, and not
only accomplish the oblect referred to. but also
convert what it now a sterile waste into a fertile
couutry.
Sham Coffee. We learn from a statement
in the Journal of the Chemical Society that sham
coffee is manufactured from tough dough,
rqneezed into little molds aud baked until tbe
color become dark enough to deceive the eye.
Ileal coffee berries, when small and worthless,
are improved in oolor by rolling them about
with leaden bullets in a cask. The green ber
ries, to, are treated by a coloring matter. In
coffee sold really ground, the difficulty of
deteoiing adulterations is greatly inoreased;
beans, beet root, carrots, and carrot-like root
are roasted and mixed in large quantities with
the genuine article. In the south of Europe,
especially in the province of Austria, figs are
roasted in enormous quantities and sold as
coffee.
Fbauds to nearly $200,000 have been com
mitted in the Government printing, at Waah-Bgtou.
Domestic Ecoj.oy-
Fancy Mats fob Floors. Take a piece of
canvas, of siz . desired, such as coffee sacks are
made of. Cut a quantity of black and colored
cloth in circles of vations sizes, making suffi
cient, when one is laid on top of another, to
cover the entire mat. Sew the large lower ones
down on the canvas, and the upper ones keep in
place by taking four stitches from the center
across eaoh side, using ooarse colored cord or
twine; finish by making tufts of ravelled carpet,
yarn, or zephyr on the top on the top of each
cluster of circles, using various bright colors.
To make these, pass a strand up through the
center, and winding a quantity around two or
three fingers or a piece of card, lay the bumh
across the top of a circle, and passing the
needle and strand down through it again (near
the spot where it was drawn up), pull it firmly
down until the tuft is drawn together, when
fasten by taking a stitch or two on the under
side, and proceed to the next circle. When all
are done clip the tufts inio round half bills or
buttons. These mats may be made of old cloth,
and are not only wry hand-ome but durable.
Auother good mat is made by taking a piece of
-.russets or ingrain carpet for a center, then
finishing with a border of cloth of any and
every de-cription, plaited toehr in "broad
bauds, and sewing this long pieced and braided
strip round and round the mat until of desired
sizt. Coffee sacks, worked in with ooarse yarn
or stripsof blight cloth, makiug figures, flowers,
etc., are really handsome when carefully done.
' A Home-made Carpet, An Eastern lady
says: Have any of you a spare bedchamber,
seldom used, which you would like to carpet at
little expense? Go to the paper-hanger's -tore
and solect a paper looking as much like a oar ,et
as you can find. Having taken it home, first
paper the floor of your bedroom with brown
paper, or newspapers. Then over this, or
these, put down your wall paper. A good way
to do this will be to put a good coat of paste
upon the width of the roll of paper and the
length of the room and then lav down, un
rolling and smoothing at tbe same time.
When the floor is all covered, then size and
vainiah. Only dark glue and common furni
ture varnish may be used, and the floor will
look all the better for the darkening these will
give it. When it is dry, put down a few rugs
by the bedside and before the toilet table, and
you have as pretty a carpet as you could wish;
a carper, too, that will last for years, if not
subject to constant wear, and at a trifling ex
pens'. I myself used a room one entire sum
mer prepared in this way used it constantly;
and when the house was sold in the fall,
the purchaser asked me to take un the, nil
cloth, as he wished to make some alterations
which would be sure to injure it.
Be Economical. "Take care of the pennies."
Look well to your spending. No matter what
comes in, if more goes out you will always be
poor. The art is not in making money, but in
keepiog it. Little expen.es, like mice in a
barn, when they are many, make great wase.
Hair by hair, heads get bald; atraw by straw,
tbe thatch goes off the oottage ; and drop by drop
the rain comes into the chamber. A barrel is
soon empty if the tapleaks but a drop a minute.
When you mean to save, begin with your mouth;
many thieves pass down the red lane. The
ale jug is a great waste. In all other things
keep within compass. Never stretoh your legs
further than your blankets will reach, or you
will soon be cold. Inr clothes, choose suitable
and lasting stuff, and not tawdry fineries. To
be warm is the main thing; never mind the
looks. A fool may, make money, but. it takes
a Vise man to spend it. , Remember, ills easier ;
to build two chimneys than to keep one
going. If yon give all to back and board, there
is nothing left for the savings bank. Fare
hard nnd work hard when you are young and
you will have a chanoe to rest when you are
old.
Washingi Dishes. A housekeeper makes the
following Buggostions: I have large dish pan,
small dish pan, and a basket made of ordinary
splint. It is two feet long, a little over one
foot wide, ten inches high, strong sticks across
the bottom, and handles at the ends. After
placing the old sack in the bottom of my
basket, I put over it a crash towel and turn
down my dishes in the basket; cups at the ends,
plates in the center, and covered dishes, glass,
etc., on top. Finish all my other work, as
suggested, and take my basket to the ohina
closet, near tbe shelves. I go over them slightly
with a linen towel, and they shine like well,
washed china. My basket was made by a
Canadian 15 years ago, and cost me 50 cents.
I oould not wash dishes without it. Think of
the steps it has saved me in that time. Besides
drying the dishes iu it, I often place all my
dishes for setting the table in it and carry in
one journey to the table.
Apple Float. A pint of Btewed. mell mashed
apples; whites of three eggs, four large spoon
fuls of sugar, beaten until stiff; then add the
apples and beat all together until stiff enough
to stand alone. Fill a deep dish with rioh
cream, boiled soft ouatard, and pile the float on
top. This is excellent with other fruits in place
of apples.
Baron de Lebsepb. The man who made an
international fame in carrying the project of
the Suez canal to a successful completion,
Biron de Lesseps, is pleasantly gossiped
about by a correspondent as follows: Though
70 years old, he is still a young man, and con
templates grand designs whioh it is to be
hoped he will live to carry out. With black
eyebrows and mustache, but white beard, he is
a most noticeable man, and those who do not
know him take him to be a sergeant in the
gardes. He brings his children np in the most
Spartan or shall I Bay Egyptian? way. They
go about barefooted, and, although Madame
only half likes this, be is able to boast that
their young ones, of whom they have a small
regiment, are never ill. His house is full of
gifts from great persons. There is a gold oup
given by the Empress worth $40,000. All the
sovereigns present or represented at the open
ing of the canal sent him ribbons, making nim
one of the most decorated men in Europe. He
now desires to make a railway through the Eu
phrates valley. He says: "I do not care for
riches, and I have no wants; all I wish is that
my children may grow up and prosper. I
satisfy myself with the hope that they will get
on in life, proud of their father, and h'appy to
continue his work, which is that of humanity
aud civilization."
Railboad CROBstNos. A bill has lately been
passed by tbe Massachusetts legislature provid
ing that " no highway or townway shall here
after be laid ont across a railroad at a level there
with, nor shall any railroad be laid out and
constructed across a highway or townway at a
level therewith, without the consent in writing
of the board of railroad commissioners, in ad
dition to the authority of the court commission
ers, a now required.
Prices or Metals. One pound ot indium
will purchase 132,351 pounds of iron, about
eight and a half of gold, -i1. of platinum, 135
of silver, 1,018 of nickel, 1,651 of mercury.
6.G17 of antimony, 7,780 of tin. 10,180 of cop
per, ii oov oi iiuc, ana as.uiu ol lead. Juts
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