Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1877, Page 10

10 THI: CHICAGO TRIBUN ining.the wound, it was found that tho whole ball of the Heht thumb was ghawed and lacer- ated fna frightful manner.” The man stated that, while aaleep In hls tent, * lie dreamed (hat he was belng devoured by some animial, Jbut’ o sort of nightmare provénted his moving. After some time, however, the n and horror _togethor woke him up to d & wkunk eating his hand. With a cry and sudden effort he threw the anfmal from bim. It struck tho other alde of the tent, and fell upon the other man, who waked up, and, recognizing the tntruder, rushed out of the tent. Thebitten man, who had heard of tha surcly fatal result of skunk-bite, was so paralyzed with fear aud hor- ror that he made no cffort to ret up. and, see- Jdng the skunk como towards him sgaln, burled himeell in the blankets, Tho skunk walked all over him, apparently sceking for an Jopening, and, tinding noue, mf‘“ to seratch the hlanketa as i trying to dig out his vietim. . . . In tlie mean- time (he other man had loosened the tent-ping ond Tifted up one shle of thetent, letting in the moeonlight; then. pelting the animal with sticka Jfrom a distance, nt last frightenced {L so that It Tan off fnto tho deep, dark bank of the river. “Thia nkuulk nlmlucd r;:)odur, and woa undoubt- edly simply hungry.’ B £ 1”;|e wgufidcd h?ml was thoroughly washed ‘with Castlle soap, the hanging bits of mangled Sicsh wero cut off, aod it wos treated with a Ilm‘)lc waler dressing until it healed, which was in about ton days. The man was with Col. Dolee for a year after, and no symploms of nydrophobia hiad fn that time supervened. SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1877-TWELVE PAGES, there may bo conveniently made at home, espe- ¢lally when & competeit druggist 18 not at hand. A cerata 1a somewhat harder thanan eintment, and what Ia called almple cerato {x made by mieit- Inz toyether two varts of Jard and one part of white “wax, A slnplo olntment fa made by melting together foue parts of lard and ene of yollow wax. Mesin cerate or Basilicon ojutment 1n made of five parta of realn, clght parts of lard, and Lo parta of yellow wax, * Tat afniment, whilch fs excellént for many diseases of the ncalp, is made from equal parta of tar and melted auct, Carbolie acld Is, 't Yn'llu\! more {ashionably employed, and may be added 10 almple cerato or ointment. in the proportion of sixty grains of tho acid_lo 420 of olntment. An Astringeul salyo niay be made b nixing thirty grains of tannin with an oance of cefatg or ointnient, An admirable salve for simple excoriatione 1a made by working up oue drachm of the sub-nitrate of bismnth with an ounce of lard. Nothing {8 nicer foralight sbramons, l:hlpli cte. than the cold cream of - the drugestores, 1 think the recipe tor this has Leen given in Tho Hone, bt [ repeat it hero for tho rake of convenionco: Melt together three and onc-half qunces of ex- preseed oll of nlmonds, one ounce of spermaceti, and two drachma of white wax; while cooling, work In slawly two flald ouncen of roscwater. Linimentam calcls, or canon oil, which is com- rowd of eight ounces of Hline-walcr and soven of (neeed ofl, Ahould always bo kept on hand, Itis invalaable for harns, Lime-water fs casily pre- pared, belng nothing moro than & raturated soln- tton of limain distilied or rain watee. 1t should ba kept In well-corked bottles, snd it ta best to Tinve some undirsolved limo at the bottom., x ‘Whnt shall the baby cat? lfere again Naturo's provision Is thoe wiscst, Nothin ia 0 good as tho mother's milk, If it bo acalihy mlik. If nol, & Roud wet-nurso oflers the beat chanca of saving the child. 1t is true t many children thrive, **bronght up by han but the odds are fearlully agalast it, vepecially If ano s dependent upon rervanta, '3 thix s attempted, o mother onht, 10 poseible, to attend to tho prepatation of tho food hersclf, and ree that the buttlo and tip are kept quiteclenn and sweet, When these are not in tisc they ahonld be lald ina bowl of cold water wehich hias been made alkallno by a pinch of roda, This isan important point. [ wastold by aninmate of a grent charlfable institntion for childron i thin city that they hfll\%h‘cn l|r the uze of (he buttle and fed the infants from a teaspoon, **beranso tho girls "—mothers and nurses expecting to be moth- cra—**would not keep tho bottles ciean.” It 18 from ihis class that the nurses In our lomes aro drawn, 1f they will not properly look afier the well-heing of thelr uwn children, how may they he expeeted to treat the Infants whom they aro hired to attend? The wel-nureg ix usnally employed nnder thoad- vico of a physiclan, anditis, '""’"‘"l unneceusary to say anything In regard to care in the aclectlon, But there is one paint In regard ta, which I woulil ltke to say onu word, Persons who sock to eniploy @~ wel-nurso naualy make it n point thatalio shall not being her own child with her, Ilor own child, 1€ l1ving, must then be alondoned, either given awny of ecnt tu the Foundling's liome,—at any et separated from the mothor, the patronaze of the Kocloty of Acclimatization, and will have In connéction with It a garden for experiments in the acclimatization of plants. Inan artlcle published by Karl Von Baer n few days lm{nrcp bis death, the writer atated that exiensive deposits of tin had been found at Khorassen, and these he regarded as the sources from which the Assyrians drew that metal for the manufacture of thelr bronzes.” * A Russfan Anthropologieal Boclety s to be founded at 8t. Petersburg. A goud many Rus- sian scientific budles have anthropological sece tlous, which haye done valuable work, ahd it s desirable that thelr scparate_offorts should bo concentrated for the greater benefit of all inter- esls concerued. On his 60th birthday, which occurred the 12th of February, Mr, Darwin was prescnted with a superb alhitm Lound in velvet and afiver, amd mrfiu(nlng 154 {-hutogrnnhs of the beientific men of Germany, _Ho also received 8 aecond album, containing” 217 photographs of tho professors and lovers of sclence In Holland, = - ° The educational and scientific institutions in Egypt are suffering froni the financlal embar- rassments of the Government. The fres schools In Calro have been closed, and the Yice-Regal Geographical Society, which had purposcd taking energetic efforts to extend tl:x llm—m._lon in Alrica, I8 on the point of disso- ution. i B The Immerise depredations’ committed by the wolves in Russia ntay bu gathered from the ofticlal report of the Kerensk District (Penza flnw:mmcn!.)l During the years 1874 and 187 1t Is estimated that 270 horses, 200 cows, 82 foals, 1,812 nhmfi: about 1,000 ‘pigs, 3,010 geces and ducks, and 53 dogs, have been destroyed by these rapaclous aniinal i ‘"THE HOME. OLD, MAIDS. v the Ratior of The Tridune, Tooxs, In., March 10, —~U'lease give this a place in your paper. T ecnd it hoping thnt It may can- rolc sleter Sarnh Janc.” I donot wonder that onr poor slster 1l ‘‘mearly mad,* after reading Fdith's description of old maids. 1 would ke to #hako hands with Dewey and thank fier for defend- Ing such forlorn ercatures as wo are, KATHINE. LINES ADDIESSED TO SANAU JANE. They call me plain Katelng: A malden T have been, Lo1 this many a year; And yet 1 do declare 1 never will despale nches from each other, and_each nbout three {nches long, In cach breast. The portion of the mascle bettreen these inclsions Is then ifted from the hone, and tho ends of horse-hair ropes, about three-fourths of an fnch {n diamoter, yassed through the opening and tied in a knot, , Astout rmx, of some tiventy fect In length, has already been aet in the ground, and to the top of th's aro tied the other cnds of the ropes. . 4 Having fastened the ropes so as to give the Yoy a play of ten or twelve feet from the post, + the father takes leave of him, and he is left to {\fhl his battlo of endurance, of pain, and tertl- ) 1 ‘'Pehaw! what does A man know ahout | ently contradictory advico; bt tho symptoms you A kitchen? D'eople have always been try- | desceibe may arleo from many of the canscs sng- fng kerosene etoves, and they never havo Fn-!c(l Dy the different correapondents; and It ia pucceeded and never wilL' T Telnz thus | impossibfe, withont recing the plant, or knowing faken dawn “apegortee I humbly rematked | angihing of ita circamatnces, {0 denignato with that ft scemed a nice thing: that 1didn't'wish to | ecrtainty the source of the trouble. Do not, I beg, spend money foollshly, or miakoe lier any nnneces- | lot any one peranade you that In winter your planta eary troubls, nt the agent had offered to Tet her | ¢an have too much sunshine. It {2 imponsible, ex- try one ani, to pleasa me, wonlkin't aliedoit? My | copt in tho caso of prinroses, which will do with hitmility won aconeent, and can yoa hellavo it bo- | very little, though T cannot aiy that they will fors two weoks worc passed she sald ** I think | blossom i entlrely ceprived of It think that little kerosene stove the nicestthing I | Nnt famace heat is qoltc another mat- evee bad in the honse,™ Wasn't p\flp'{):l Practi- | ter. Perhnpa nine-tentha of ail the yellow leaves teally, the Florence consista cf a finl east-Tron | and blighted Luia we ree might be traced n an ex- baro " or reservolr less than a foot equare | ceas of this, with too little aunlight and insnficiént and two and A half {inches deep for the | molstare for the lollnru‘ You ask if it Ia poesiblo oll, From each cornorrisea n brass post about four | {o keep the alr moiat inn room heated bya fur- inchen hizh. 11alf way np theee posta rests a zinc | nace. It is certainly diMenlt to_do this, bat we Iate ta cut off the heat, This s more convenlent | conniteract the I} el{ecl' af tho dry alr by constant han tho water reservolr, and equally effective. | aprinkling. Ina room kept very warm, {wicea day Near tho tup the ponts are ehouldercd, and on | isnone too 0"!3. 1lave a pleco of ‘ofl-cloth be- these reata s ahcet-iron cylinder with cast tap And | neath your etand, and if yon have no belter ap« botton ritns, and within this A amaller ono to pro- | pliane: e & whisk-broom dipped In & pall of vide for tho draft, Nearthe centre are two flat- | tepfd water and whiakit over them nntil overy- tened tubes for wicks of felt, regniated like any | thingis moist, ' Excopt once a woek or #o to re- common lsmp by & ratchet. In front of | move dust, 8 apray fine as that employed thesa A pleco "of mica js sot in the | In *‘spatter-work ™ {s_ qoito as eflecitnl crlinder *0 you_can sco (o regulate tho | as n dclnru af Jarge drops, Thers licht of the wick, Now fill the reservior with oil, | (s an elastic plant aprlnld , made of rubber, and lr'im the wicks carcfully and evonly, light your | having l{mrlfl'fllc brars cap, which Ia very cone maleh,and In an instant yonr stove Intready foruse, | venlont. Yon collapae snd then throw it fnto wa- aml anyone ean mana:e [t wao has wit cnough to | ter, and it will Ml {taclf, Siight presaura throwa & properly trim and earc for a common lamp. fine rpray upon Any part-of the plant to which it Is Next, for fnrnitare, Thero camo with ita broffer, | directed. It 18 & 7004 plan to plgo open vessels of flat<heater, and oven. 1 helieve the -expense #o | hot water beneath your flosw nd—1f it In of far was 816, Flmt, for I)m|l|nr, act on your | wire; tho rteanm ‘arlelng is vory beneficial. 1t {a brofler, put on the steak, net over it the tin cover. | ceecntial to giva fresh air dally; admit It, not di- tnrn when ready, take off when cooked to your recilfi npon the planta, bul by a door or window In notlon, renson to taste ahd yon avo | another part of the room. "Yonr primrosea that the nearest to the flavor of = a rteak | have been yrowing all winter—doing their best, Droited nn hickory coala aince’ onr grandmothers’ | howover littlo that may have been—should not bo times, and fire-places went out of fashlon, forced at onco If yon wish them to nloom next Next to bake: Thaoven I8 équare, bf tin, and | winter, Minc are not repotted until fall, They ALl d four’ ordinary Ioaves of bread, or four | stand upon a north plazza, or aro pinnged in somo id wiil bake them s littlo qaicker and as | shady epot, Wator1a glyen them, Lut if any flow- well as any Move ever made. Tho beanty of it is, | er-stalks appear they are "nlps-d In the bud. " by ratsing or lowering the wick yon can "regninte | Most other plants may bo repotted or planted out. the heat to a nicety, and brown up your biacnit or | In cither case, cut them well back. The previous 1oen I# her oternal gain, ~Would that Tmight plaeq loma of the bright blossoms—which wwe have been iscunsing, and which called me to The Home—on er new made grave. Her memory will ho ever dear o un, and slthongh & stranger here we may ona sy know her inthe bright Beyond. Moro anon, . FErx Luar, TUTTING THE RARY TO SLERE, i To_the Kditor of The Tribune. CnreAno, March ), —The saplent writers for The Hlome have exhansted hearth and home matieras they have left nothing to be eald on the subject of medicinc, hyglene, or phllmmsmy: art, lterataro, and_the scfences have passcd in review before Ita readabe, bt [ bave eearched in valn for any recipe for putting a baby to aleap. s . + What an omancipator of oue downtrodden and Jong-suflering **scct® anail k¢ Lo (Heaven grnt it Efl not a man) who shall fnvent A& patent ‘baby-go-to-sleeper! 1 have In my sceret ronl Jong “cherished sweet dreams’ of rocks ing- A chernb -fo sleep.:* The (fringed IW- droop lower and lowers gentle ahadows ateal, etc,, efc. Alas! the sharp renlity dispols most Nlusions, T #lt down to my tank with a light heart and a happy smile, 1hopo tlie darling boy will tnis time drop off In tho practical manner mene tloned above (ho did once). Iam deceived and deladed, The young rascl has' ho mora idea of xoh\lglnnleep than the man In the moon. lle dleltie clatches mao by both earrings, and,"thrawing _himself upon his feet in 2 manner calculated to make the most fond mamma's tecth chatter, and seizing my frizzes by way of atcadylng himaclt, he firmly grasps my back comb, which he only res lingnishes at m{ most earnest and repeated solicle tations. Finding leas comfort thero than he had renson to vxpect, ho proceeds o cxplors my eyes, nowe, cars, and mouth, with his chubby foroe fingor, 'éml‘lhlnlzlllk the " ressarch “by trylng his feeth on tho aforcsaid members, Anatomy ex. hausted, ha tirns’ to pasttires new. Do not imag- Ine that 1 have been an {dlo recipient of theso fond sitentions, Npi-I have becn swebtly chanting, 3 have tender] ‘Sloep bahy, doar," e **The Crooked Man,™ ** uumm(»numpu. iatlons, **1lickory, Dickory, )flcka"ele‘ ete.’ d, - haviiig * conecienttotisly Anished Mother Goose,—not oven_ diadaining sach une musical prodnctions as ** Pap Gocs the Weazel ™ and ** Mother, ml{ I go Out to Swin, ''— in the 1llusive helicf that thoy are calculated to riay and fix the wanderifd eyes and attention of Young Amerlca. 1 proceed to more solemn busle neae. " Ldivest myeelf of earnings, neck-tie, and al} other snares, and. metapharically rolling wp my rleetos, I atrike into the **Snm tunes.” **Oto Grace how Great a Dobtor " {s & comfort Lo me, bt 1ts soporific *fnflucrice fs confined - to. chilrches, Tiaby stlll pokes and clutches at my throat. **Hold the Fort " rings out with tho lidatof combat. Baby evidently Intends to doso, Having gone througl nty repertolre of major tunce with.no succers. I concludo to resort to herolc 'troatment. With groaninga that cannot be uttered T lay the young man down and firmly clasp bim in my arms, - He- sult,—n very exnsperated boy a year old, who ! H 4" ble sullering. Here he remaing alone, withont i, fooa, watcr, or sypathy—denied cven tho | Joor. consalation of sowlng to otlers how bravely he can bear his snfferings,—until his n vigorous efforts, or the softening of tho tissuces through bnrllml mortification, enable bim to tear out the inciscd muacles and rom his bondage. Iaving frecd him- ¢ makes his way to his family-loige, where he 18 carcfully examined, and, Ifitis found that he hias lalrly torn the muscle, his wonnds ara wushed, and dressed with herb: tudely, but with so miuch skill that they are - afew wocks cntirely healed. S8ingzular as it ay appear, an instance of fatal result, cven in * the hottest weather, Is alimost unknown. » “Bometimes the luclsions are made in the ! muscles of the shoulder-blade or of -tho hack. i i i } In this case the ropes are stiached Lo some JZ i : relfy mosable object. Two American gontlemncn . visiting a Clicyenne camp In the fall of 1573 vame one day upon a poor hoy of not more than 14 years, dragging after him, by long ropes, three bufalo skulls,—one from ‘s cut on enct ehoulder-blade, and the other from an {nclslon beslde the back-bone, It is terrible to sce tlicse poor boys tugeing and pulllng. with whoops &nd yellg, at thelr fron fleah; but each under- etands that it s best for him to tear loosc as £00n 08 poaslblc,—hesty not only physieally asa quicker caling of his torture, but also best ina religious point of yiow.” In fmposing this ordeal upou the Chevenne youth, the stern father or relative gives way to PROTECTIVE MIMICRY. Mr, G. E, Dobson, the authorof a *Mono- graphof the Asiatic Chiroptces,” has commu- nicated to Nature some facts relating to the subject of protective mimicry among bats, In the course of which the following is quoted from Mr. 8winhoe® “ A specles of Kerivoula, allled to K. plcta aud K, formosa, wns brought to me by anative. The bodyof this bat was of an orange- hrown; but tho wings were polnted with orange- yellow and black., [t was caught, suspended heal downwards, on a cluster of the round fruit of the Longan-tree (Vephellum longanum), Now, this treeis an evergreen, and, oll the yenr through, eome portlon of fts foliage Is under- golng decay,—the partlcular leavea belog, In such a stage, partially orange and black. This ‘bat can, therefore, at all scasons, suspend from {ts hranches, and clude fts encmies by its resam- Llance to the Ieaf of tho tree, Tt was In August when this specimen was brought to me. 1t had at that season found the fruit ripe and reddish- ronst of meat to your liking, The oven fitson clase- | directionn for repotting roferred more cspecially to 1y by a ataveplpu-1lke profection on the bottom, | plantawhich iadbeen kept dormantinthecellnr, and and'no heat 14 lost. Four chickens have been nices | were designed forsammer bloom, Just here § am 1y roartad In ours at onco, = wunting somethinz to | reminded to explain that it was a slip of the typus rteam of holl in § went 1o the tinmmith's and had a | which made me direct the bringing up from theso tea-kettle made with flat copper hottons twelve | *‘lemons and verbenws." Lemons will winter in fnclica ncroas and a spont which I had covered with | the collae very well, but if any verbenan were con- a'tincap. The cover of the toa-kettle intho full | eigned to its care, you will not be troubled rlze of the veesel, having n piece ofwire projecting | to” repot them. I wrote lemon-ver- o Mittlo from each elde horizontally about one fnch | benn (Aloysfa), You wonder how it inlength, These fit under twoears or catches | A that several cnn‘(‘!‘)nnfltnu nesert that it riveted to the eliles of tho kettle, The handle, of | is hurtful to wet the follage of primroscs, which tin, is mado stationary onthe cover. Now sct | another anysshe sprinkler, As 1his lafter peac- on your cover,” give 1t a littlo turn eo | tlco Isa departare from written rules, T will ox- that tha wires go under the catches and you can | plain, Quito early inmy exporience 1 hnda fine 1ift It on or o, pour off your water, etc., ns you | collectlon of these planis, and the only suitable ko, I hud two eteamera Taade the aize of the fea- | situation 1 could give them was tho lower shell in kettle about tive Inchcs de:‘! fitting one abovo the | o room where wers sorac 200 others which conld other, with tin hraces to hold_them In J;lnee, or It | not bedenied their dally shower. ' Tknew it to be can be dono with molded bottoms, and the cover | an eatablishod tenet thit primenses must not be of tho tea-keitlo fits tho steamers, Hera yon | slhowered over-head. 1had read it ko ofton that I ho prompting of atfection to spare his child, The ceremony s regarded as a religlous rite, and tho perfect performance of it Is relentlessly exacted. No help or comfort {s gver extended 10 tho sufferer, and, should an Indlan chance to come upon one who [s at any extremity of tor- ture, It1s the custom not to pay the slightest Beed to the distressing spectacle, 5 Should the endurance of the candldato fafl be- fore he hina extricated himsell from his bonds Ly tha requisite method, e s recelvod on his rcturn to the umr with the utmost derislon, and {s thenceforth nesociated with the women 1n thelr offices of drudagcrdy. He fs neither al- Towed to marry nor to_nol, nrupcnyi‘nnd tha 4 " can steam a pleco of beef in ono And | had come to nceept It withont quéstlon, Accord- o sqnails most luatily. i women, a8 well as watrlors, treat ‘him with | Ceiiw, and had tried to escapo obmervation in While lifa t0 mo fa dear, 3t the nature of the mother in snch thntsito s in: | cnok " your ° vbgolables in tho otier, It | Insly. tholr platform-nhelf was placed or Follers | Snicantnct nohtae sl e lomaly Chnne & Fiark pvury idlgnlty, fLiasald that thero aro ot | iy, gemblance of fta own tints ta thosu of the Dut, 1f my liopes ara valn, illorent to thin and acquicacen wllinglsy would | may secm strangc, | but, Mie truo, tiat whate | thatih might, cach morning, b trandied ontof | from the Tombs. - T more | as the! &l k) L 0y o ou trist yonr cl with fiel e A0 ever 'ou €oul in e lower steamer, 0 arm'a YAy, “thin ITOVCS jnhorions: 'S 01 torined, in tho whiolo tribo qf tho Chayehuos, | FUlL"D Sea ekt it tastansn o And matrimony‘a cain ron her Dy the hard neccenity of oJtatng @ Hvell: | favor Wil not be earrled 10 anything Tn the tinpor | bewiden, 1 wornoved thom from. tho aananing at e | ms St bee il et nee o e rpn convinces Whon, 88 1 nearly always tho case, tho candi- | iat's oqiion Protective mimi S 1'm duomed to nover beat, hood, how, think you, fs she likely to regard the | one. T supposa tha reason ta ba this: steam fw dis- | timo thiev ncoded It most, for, contrary to anothor | Titialove hus the stamachache.” 1ia car may Acho. - | what is called protective mimicry occurs in the 1 witl not rend my, clothes clilld, for swhose snke lier own {8 banished from her | tilled water, cleansed, purifled, and carrica no in- | axtomn, daring the short, cold winter days Iwater | fe throwa his httlo fista about Gercoly, and as b dato has passed through ‘cvery stage of tha ter- ol fying-1 f Indi Y. 1 Yy riblaondeal without_ersing out or cycn finche | Jhecics, of ieropus, or fyin A o To mitizate my woss, armat Tho employment of a wol-nume nvolres | puriticn with it _Salt'watar converted Intostenm | my plants in tho morning Just whon thaenn 18 | rocliea for water #o awoctly ] lot him up. foeling ing, ko is welcomed Lack to the lodge ana ] ana back again into water becomen fresh, ilaving | brightest; and Tovely specimens that for fAifteen your ples, cakes, and bread baked beforehand, eara have recelved thiis troatment from November with the steniners you can nicely get upa bolled | tH1 May attest that it acrees with them perfectly. or steamed dinner, and while yon ‘are taking up | 3ut the primroscs? Targned: **Theso plants look the Vbfi&luhlnn,un mako ten or cofeolf youchoose, | lovely and bright ' under the mornlng sun and then put’ on the dlshwaler, which will bo | and ‘evening dews Dame Naturo sends; why ready when' dinner 14 over, Now we “comle | nhould thia tiny spray for which tho others nod and to the best of all, It's' a hot” August day, | smilo o gratefully send thom to suro destenction? and that b lronlng [a to be done, Tho atove mnst | And If it should? If they must go throngh lifo ordinarily be kept glowing for five or six hours, the | weazing tho (ll’lfil(, unkempt look of the averaje Kkitchen kopt at fever heat, and all parties genoral- | avecimens of thelr tribe, it wero bettor that thoy Iy runsted. - A new millenlum has dawned,” Select | ahoald die young. 1 would teet the matter!” From your coolest nince, avt your little Florence on an | tintday theeo plants have shared tho goneral show- old chalr, atoul, or box; put on yonr fint-heater | ering, and ilner onca I nowhera ece, Thoro are fn and Irons and In from six to ten nilnutes thoy nre | my collection but one ot two families which mubt ready and keep a more even hicat than by o stove, | be denfed this: thowe ara cameliian during tho flow- and you dan't have to run it to its full capaclty | erlngseason, and tha rex or tuberons-rooted be- cither. © ‘Thero ' ‘{8 a triangulsr cast-frun | gonius; tho amouth-leaved sorts ara Lenetlted by top can bo had with thoatove with three griddles t. After camellla huds bava reached the sizo of a | hules, whorehy throo utensils can be used at once, | filbert, any water reating upon thom will Insinuato Weo hayo not tried 1t, but X think It will work well, | juelf betwoen the scales and cause decay. ‘It s, ‘There {a nlzo & aheet-Iron hoater, which can Lo | neverthelesr, very esaentinl that the follaze be fre- taken with ho stove up-ataire, down cellar, I the | quently sponged.” And we all: know that'the rox sparo room, anywhere it's not convenlent tohave | begonfas © tiourish Lest'. fn & plant-case,. astove, and answersagood purpose, ' Itavery | where tho mir is copstantly - molst, convenlent on thoto clillly or dainp days that somo- | and tho - Atmosphere, 1n * cooling, precipit. timoa come in summer, when you want alittie ex- | ates a slight dew npon thom, Tam eorry you will teawarmth. It s llzhted Ina mement, and pot | abandon watering Ia the morning sunsblne, He- ont when done .with as quickly, with no wasto | llovems, It ta proper treatment. Thls my own of fuel, - and goca fast or wlow at tho | healthy and vizorous plants attest. Of theso thero turningof ascrow, Like un{ otherlamp, it should | are in ftower to-day twenty-four diatinct familles be kept properly trimmed and filted, I'bellova it is | (nat varietivs merely). It you care to know how rafer thanan ordinary lamyp, 1t glves out no ador, | to manage your own pets rather than hear rhapso- makea no dirt, and perfonns its works quickly and | dics on mliie, 80 1 forbonr, p well As to expanso, we have nover measured it A lady inquires in rl:flurd to oleanders, They ro- exactly, but am suro it will do aa snuch work for as | quire rich sofl, It Is diffcult to direct ai to the littlo or less tnoney na tho samo uxvouded {n wood oxul:\qulnlll'yol watet. Aly rules, give all that or coal. “Then W'a wso landy. ~You want-a | tho earth will take up,—no more, ~and then'do ot lunch, ‘and 'tho kitchen - “firo . {8 . out, wfl'cluT"l'!ln!"u|ldr]. Theso orsontials sup- respunding to tho tonch of a match, | plied, the flowering s aimply a matter of pron- the Florenco han your tea gayly steamlng at your | ing.© If yon wish them to bloom In sum- rervicobefors you cuuld got thio kindHne ready to | mer, cut’s back ‘ to within - six - Iuches Lotld & it fn the tove. 18 somo una slck In the | of the ola. d, when brought from ' the collar, night and hot water wanted? -In a fow moments it | ns carly ble in spring. It deslrod for wine Iseady, Do the cumpany lingor at dinwort You | tor plunts, dothis iy July, They regulre more need not keep up tho kitchen'® firo’ for- hot dish- | heat than gekantums, and tho loaves musé be kept Nor anckeloth wear, Wo know St. Panl hath eald, *Tis woll with thoe who wed; Hut then did he not eay, . In this self-same letter, ‘That those will do much bettor ‘Who tread alono life's way. Now, Sarah.Jane, 1 pray You will not thus give way. Unto auch dreadful griovings For 'tis not always thoso Who pass through Hymen's noose ‘Fhat do cscapo from weeplog. For ofttimes you will sca Those louging to b frea Make bitter monning; And gtill thoy munst endare, Unless the law will cttro Thelr direful groaning, Until deativa kindly dart Strikes deep futo their heart, And rest to them s given; ‘Then Joyfully they'll soar Ta that celestial shore, To marry not in lleaven. that Thave becn unwarmniably stern and - eovore, StHl I do romotimes wonder howa few fndiclonhiy- administerod -,punh would sonnd, Having thits nolaced myecll, wo go at It again—sing, neratch, poka, trot,: rock, walk, drink, 'kiss, scold, pet— cycs pretornaturaily wide opon, dinner getting cold down-etalrs, At ‘longth, when weo' are both cxhausted and thoso dear 1ttlo poopers do claso tight, and, apug- gling dowrn closo to my heart, ho rosigne hithnolt to ihe Inevitable, how swoot . the cherub (s! It fsn't ro bad after nlli “Tatlier pleasant ‘than otherwline. Rtill, I do ray that an infallible rotipe would bo n blossing, No one noed auggest ordinary means, 1 think the nbove demonetrates” that I have com- mon_sense. What 1 need {s” most uncommon, Sentiment L am now peepdred to drop.’!'Anytbing intho line of Ineaatatlon, fugdlory, clalrvayanco, ornecromancy will be gratetully rceeived by - AR LT 2SS e, N, € T TOUSEIIOLD - ECONOMY. 5 7o the Fditor Of The Triblne, Cninaco, March 23.-<The'stibject of houachold economy has ocullnnnfl{ m'alluded to in Tho Home, and as bne who attempted to practico it, 1 wlil eive n litlc experlence. ' “Myrtle ayn in the Jast Saturday's llomo that if Young Housoe keopor will give hor addrees, sho will give her direclonahibw to live on 85 per weck or fews, Now I iropnse to tnka n-fow fizared from my fanifly oxpense hook for the purpose of showing what economlical practicos peoplo somatimes sube- mit themnelvos Lo, » ¥ *My family conslats of two adults and two bables, onb'twa yoara oll.* Par tho last-Aftecn weoks or threo months and a half, my totd] table oxnenscs and lights have been a littlo Jens than 853, ar abut 23.50 per weok.' During the sahid'lencth of tino onr general axpenaes have beert abous 800, 4 The general expensea Incindo rent, fael, clothe ing, doctor's bills, ‘raflroad-fare, cAr-fare, booke. mpers, and In fact overythldg that we have spont ur ROt r-bad durlng ibat-time, except table- expem “Wa sintted ont tie 1nt of Decombor with tho in- nearly one foot fin length and four or five fec! from™ tip to Lip of the wings, The fur on the hind hcad Is |iev|crnll'lm| or buft color, in strong contrast with the brown or black fur of the back. Tlicac colurs would scem to render tho large animal very consplcuous to its enc- mies, but when suspetided from the branches of a banyan or a siik-cotton tree (Eriodendron Orientale), It s0 resemblea thelr large ripo frults 2 to be casily mistaken for them. When hang- fng In clusters from the leat-staiks of the cocoa- nut-palm, “each with its head bent forfard on the cheet, his body wrapped up In tho nmple folds of the large wings, and tho back turned outwards, tho: brightly-colored hiead and neck are presented to view, and re- semblo the extremity of aripe cocoanut, with “‘&llfl!; this antmal also closely corresponds in alze. * The small specles of Cynopteris Macroglossus closely rescmbla In thelr ‘size, and the ycllow color of thelr coat, the fruits of tho funm, Y’Izllluln, and mango, on which they fued. Mr, bson consfders, however, thal the resem- blaice between these fungiverous vats and the frults of the trees on which they roust |nnX ba nceidental, and that we are not “yet justitied by the revelations of Befenco in nccupting it as the result of protective mimicry. d ta the nurse bringing hee own child, I think it far beiter that she should do so than to employ o ",‘1";" wblu CI.‘.,ulor willlngly or nnwillingly is separat- ed frum herbabe, . Thu babe shonld bo put to nureo, anicas thero are reasons acainst 1, within a fow hours arter ita birth, Jtlsborn with the Instinct to nurse, and_if any long ttelay occurs this instinct is loak. nlllcmn‘y forieta how, In the cascof ureinaturely-born chif+ dren, if the nstural nonriatment Is not to be had, 1 wet-narse should bo procured whose milk ia still fresh, Palling this, great care should be laken not to overfeed thc child, 1t may bo perfectly formned, 80 far aa ono can sce, but the digestive ore gans may atlll bo too imperfectly developed to din- ors of anything but the very lighlest nour- rnhm t. " Ofton a little sugarod water s all they require for tho first fow dayw, Ona of tho finlest —mites that over survived was fed for six weeks on ofange-julco and supar, 1have torfiuuun lwow much,or, rather, how little, sho welghed, but she waa clothed about with cotton wool unily for threa montiie, and kopt an s plitow,” In eplio of the disconmali prosnocte,sho made ono of the brightest and healthiest litle Rirls Tever know, e If anvthing othor than awectened waler ia glven, it may boa very weak oat-meal or barloy water with & piach of sugar and a teaspoonful of cream to the ounce, Cow's milk, however dilated, Is ‘wholly nnsuitable, Noxt to lts foal, pevhfl!m !?Illl to It in im. ortance to tho young child, ls eleep. Nothing $ & more cortaln’ eymptom of {llnoss than loss of lecp; nothing more murely points fo Incrensing physical disturbanco thon a growing rextlessncsa and sieop which bo- comies mora and more broken. "An Infant in per- fect health, nourlshed properly and abundantly, will aleop twenty hours out of the twenty-four unt] Jt 4 a month or two old. After two or throo months the baby will be more wakeful daring the day, but stili, It well, it should alecp soundly ai) night, from-eatly evening antll morning, - waking ‘but onee or twlce 1o niures, and it shoald ulso bave anap of twoor threo hours in tho forencun oid warrior of- tried metad, e Is then accorded the privilege of owning property—as soon as he can * eteal it} and of marrying o wilo—aa svon as ho can pay for one; and Is o o)l respects admitted ‘4 msancqual to the companfonship of tho other Lraves of lis tribe. e t ART-NOTES, A statucof Gceorzo Band by Clesinger Las *been purchased from M. Emlle de Glrardin by ¢ thoFrench Minister of Fino Arts, It will bo v Placed in the public salon of the Theatro Fran- v xcals Holman Hunt, who haa been stayiog in Joru- ‘salem for tho purpose of painting from life the 1 ecenes Introduced into a new sacred composition: ‘i of considerablo importance, writes that ho Las # .not beon abla to make the progress he had » 'oped, on account of the unsettied atato of pub- Y Qe affalrs, . Tho Dute D*Aumalo has removed his fine col- . +Iection of pictures, numberlng 8,053, —bes(ies wany engravings,—from hia resldonce at Twick- % cobum to his castlo at Chantllly, The collection 1 T“ foundcd by the father-fu-law ot D'Aumale, . tho Prince of Balerne, but its prescnt owner has i beenoadding tolt durlng tho lust twenty-Gva ! years. 5 ¥ i M. Basll Vereschingin, & Russian artlat of note, % s returned from o two Yenu‘ golourn in the “ Northern and Ceutral Provinces of fudia, where ' ANTS. At o recent meeting of the London Linnwan Boclety, Sie John Lubbotk read Part IV. of his contributlons “ On tho Habits of Ants.” . The cxtenslon of his obscrvations scema to conlirm his conclusions that this inscct has in certain respects much less sagacity than hins been popu- larly attributed to it. A party of oots with ‘which he was cxperimenting bad been for hours Now grlovo no moro, my dear, Though, while you do atay her You walk lifo's way alono; For wives will auroly dio—, "Then they'll ba like you and T Angols around tho Throne, And when at Jast (s found That wo were never bound Iiy liymen's myatic tle, hie hias been studying the sceucry and architect- ural monuments. It 1s expeeted that ho will =+ s0an exhibit some of his sketches, and, Iater, o reries of fiulshed pletures recording prominent I ldents fn the history of Indla under tho En- glish rule, ] . water, * Hot (hvd'F‘IPNI over tho Floronce, turn | free from dust and scald Ly aponging, ¢ tentlon of ving during:tho threo winter months i SPARKS OF SCIENCE. traversing certain ruute to deposit of larym F that wo'll bo dri one not galte so long In the aflernoon. Somowlll { it low; and utalinost no cxpense aud no attention | “Ells would Ifke directfons fora clty vezotabla | ata cost not to oxcood §30 4 month, W have nucs which they were tranaporting to their nest. On ‘ear not that wo'll bo driven sleep ali night withunt waking at all, “At the ago | It wiil keep hot foruse when you aro ready for it. | garden, **in plain English, aud in one lettur,” | ceodedbeyond onr expectations, as the Agurcs will : t interval of only three-tenths of an Outalde the gates of Ifeaven, of flor & monthe, sometimes earlicr, dontition be- | loying that T hava not wearfed you, but conveyed | Now, E., If vou'will accopt my advico, it shall bo | show., Iam well nware thst thero Is more than 3 TURTLE-EGGS. CEPAting an Myt Tho sccond death to dle. gins, the health {s impaiced, and the slcep begins | Inforniation whic in valuable, and ‘given deacelp- | In the piainest Enelish { can mastor, and I would ['ona' family 1n- Chicazo whohe total fainily. | Forest and Streamn contains a lively account of | inch in this ruute between the larvm and tho iy 10 be distorbed, tions which are intelligible, I'again mnke my bow | cumdenso It intoono. lestor If Ecould, bot shall |'oxpenscs have been muth lean ‘than’ mine, pors I % Turtle-Eggl t the Gulf of Mcxico,” which | nest, the ants were completely baflled, although = WUE INPANTRY. t {4 truo that a p{mfl. many infants dJo | ond algn mysolt ARCULAYICS, have (o uso four: Don't. A city vegetable gardon | haps, but I om referring particnlarly to table : s phuiooy e it was perfectly easy for them to bave got over 10 the Editor. of The Tribine not aleep in the natural und wholesome fashion i ina dolualon and o sunro, ven when ono lns suma | exponsos, L have -never made muoh in-buying : Blves some notes regarding tho habits of turtles 0 -V“ by & drop b b Cnicago, March 24 —Tho tender #xm of the | PUOYO deseribed. Sometimas tho Laby in reailces BEVERAL QUENTIONA ANKWERED, practical expericnc u:! withont, itistinia and | sonp-bones and chieap ment,—in fact, I have not the < at what thewriter terms the %crawling ™ season, ;,l;flmlfi};rv‘;‘; :'"t, er by drop from al %l‘;f ’nrn p.v: Soutg Infoits alrieet 8 delicateas mm::‘ mmfl, and trounlesome from the frst. Sonio mothers do To ths Kditor f The Tribune. moiicy worae than witsted. Tpeay'you, Flla, sow | exalted idea -of ‘soup which some possess, * 1 have sht's rer Sy e r plat to 2 verbena-bod? which one might hunt long for without fiudiug 1ot know what 1t s to have a good night's rest from Criicano, March 11, —issiuge Interested not only | your plat to grass and rbens shililing perpound | Vbrane, impotca upon the nurse the neceealty of the hased teak. {mrcnllyllml not sense enough to discover how ) verb manflfinur\: anod round steal tho birth of thelr child untll it ls 2" years old or " AITACINTUE. rometimes tenderloinor o pleco for Lolling. - Honst i homo and tho conifort and happi, 4 in our ordinary mavuals of zoology, The spe- .y awi Jiliapinoes o 0 surniount the diMculty, » . | utmost care to sacnre the comfort of the little one, | More. those dear ones yet svared me, bt in ‘I'he Home - meat, 0f course, costd too mitcH for thosa who da- clea of turtle atout which the account (s written Oue Industrious spechinen, which Bir John re- |1 hava seon a degroo of nogloct fn this particular, ‘AMter dentitton commences, A certaln degren of | of i Trsuse, 1 feol constralned this storpy TOUSE PLANTS. slta cheapness, My experience ‘A buying meat {n ¢ ¢ : CEVe ccensarlly vxite, hut, AMarch day, when the llon scomns falrly roaging with v the Kditor af The Tribuns. that it 1s better to pay 13244 cents’ for good: steak { s popularly callod the Loggerhicad (Chelonla Egfilt;u {or" 'fi‘i-,":nf\"'.fi':?;’ lf»‘;‘fllnnvnal.n&l::‘nl{lnln‘: cven among tolemblys carcful mothers, which ?rt»l;‘no -‘1?:-.'" 5?‘3'15.'.”‘»'!5? I':"ffamfin{l;{wubflmr:'ulfi rago and filry in hid scarch forthe I{mlu 0 intros | - CrirAno, Mareh 2 — Ll Weok-n 1ittlo lottor | than to buy bones “or coarse a¢mps for soups: of caouana). Itshome s fn tho occan, but it comes { uponthebeach fn the summer to lay its egas + iu thoe sand. It frequents the shores of tho United States all along the Gulf of Mexico and os far north ns the Corolinos, Its’ flesh fs ca- . teemed good cating, and {48 cggs aromuch 4 sought as o delicacy for the table. The adult Logggerhead welghs from 250 to 500 pounds, and tho shell sometlines measures forty-two fuches ‘41 longth by thirty-four in width, ‘Tho writer of the articlo on egcing states that scomed to e almoet unpardonable; and T think much of the fretfulncun of infanta us well as the spella of crying which o aMict and dismay the mother and everybody within heoring may bo traced to some personal discomfort, like this of an irritated, emarting skin. Not only the excrotions but the oxhalations from tho wskin are wlten acrld cnough to produce an amonut of fre ritation which an- adule would hardly bear with composure, The preventlys and remcdy ls, first of all, perfect cleanliness, The child should be wasbed with a it of soft uponge or a fine pleco stautly on befug released resume work at the transportation of larve, nlthough it had bheen previously kept on short commons. ~ Ants of onc nest proved to know cach ather perfectly well. Even after a scparation of a year they ‘would recognize and receive each other amica- h}y. On the other hand, strangers, particularly of the soecies Lasius flavus, are almost lnvaria- Dly nttacked and maltreated, even when intro- duced in the mixed company of old friends, 8ir John cuncludes that the ant is defective ln sight. As cvidenco of this, when food was shifted a very littie from the place near the nest nigbt thero 1s something amiss, und In nine coses out of ton that sumething ampss I8 with the diges. tion. Look for onic momeat at the say the majoes fty of American Infants nre rearcil, Hy the tiine the baby Is three or four months old, somotimes carller, it uot ouly ia _given all' tho “milk §t will - deink “in addltion 10 11a nntural food, but it 18 (ud at table,—bread, meat, ples, cabe, pudding, soything whici the undulta of tho family cat. inatead of knowing it to bothe movt natural thing in the world for all youpganimals, the humun Included, to devour whatovor food comes within ts reach, muny mothem scem to think it n proof of surprinin; duco myselt into that charned clrcle, and, belng | camo to mo from Wabash avenue, gaking In such maode weicome, take the hand of each and give por- itifu) tonea what she could do for her planta that Tiaps, a8 well an recoiye, heip unid encontazement | | wonld fain roply. Like oo many uthers, you ex- in the many branchos of economy belonging to the | peet too “nuch ‘of *your plants,” Théy aro’ but wife, mothor, or malilon, each in hor own way nevd- | bumon—oxcase the * expresafon,’ thoy” seem sn ing help and comfort, a9 woll ud Instrictlon. to me—und’ you expeet them ta work bard the unt Faunle, 1 Wonld sugyeat thut u creamy | year round 6] rewarillng you with blossoms, In pasto of limo nup led to lier marblo wonld remove | the first place ynn ket 1ho greenhouss anil get oll-spots cansell by putty and careless workmen. | them, already In hud “vr blossom, and take: them 1know Lur house must lie neat ax wax to Insuro | home and expect to ' keep it up. Now, my donr her comfur, and then ehe Is o rood conk, too, and | Madam, you oxpuct ot night to lle down and rost. lige a lover of eoup i her honseliold whom she de- | Let {flnr plants do the samo, After blooming and elres to pleasc, Doca eho know .how very palata- | sending forth bright foliagn all sammer yon inust ‘ble n dish of tomnto soun fa? let them rest all winter, -‘Then, if you “wish for Atews, A" person desiras a changd’ oceaalonally; which can be gratificd with a nice plece for boiling. 1 go on the principle that good meat costd no more tlon yoor, in_proportion 1o ita nutritive vale tie, orlden, . does not work the digestive organs an miich fiodlgelt one pound of ‘good meat form given lmo\m;n, mutriment as (L ‘doca (o d)- Fest threo pounds of scraps. Pork wo never'bay, unlesa n swall plecs 1o cook with beans. T have #ald this mach of meat becauso' it s tno of our rr‘lncl 1 dlshes: and I conaldor that'a falr propor- lon of meat in proportion to the reet of the food i cqually benefolal and economical.” Onr mest-bill bas averayed about A dollarn week, Of flour wo It the haby & I 1 whie! Iiclle, 1o, In In tronblo about her macblo, T | blosoms fn winter, hava unothorset that have | bought the beat brand at 82,25 tor ity pounds; A ., halmsfoundthenest of the Loggerhead In March, | where the ants were accustomed to go for it, | of muslin or linen, and this washing shonld not be fn'fif,“{.’.’:::"cfld‘ z:’m,l‘l u’u'l'n'i‘&"fl'."r:nfi;’fi. ‘r/'sl: it ‘g'.i.w. know of nathing botter than lomon-jnice forre- | rested, or tako suniowlipe 10 Juno and by fall thoy | sack would laat threo weeka or a' litflo over, We + but this was as for south as Charlotte Ilarbor, | they would wander about, taking tho ‘most cir- | dons Ina slipshod, careloss fashlon, but witha | older, its appetite aleo grows, and, spolled by cne- | moving sfalns, Lut maorble vnce spoiled of ity | will bo ready todo thefr dut: hyiau. f you ure | have purchased three or four small eacka of (Iraham % Usually this turtlo docs not lay abundantly unti] [ CUitous and inusy routcs, and were fram a few | sualclenty eareful hand and Hbcral use of water (o | fomy iy buby scrcams tor wiatovor dish may | beaaty lesoldoin fully reatareds © 0 50 5 | Kind "fi\:l{‘;"{“;m‘;‘;g‘;’,‘n‘{;‘;fi},“;‘)’ Doy Diek blt Ihich ein ousmafstiured iy geinn, spd af coureg. tho full moon of June and July, Tho writer con- | inutes 10, half un hour discoveriug the direct | abeolately insuro the romoval of all sonrcenof | SAICh I fancy. Ata yenruldls winchos cokeat | Lycuid, neh i Ve Yoy A Holle o pee | ey o e e ey oy | e e wa lave had 1o or thres me a waok, <ludes from bis ¢ Arritation, and it sbonld bo repeated often vnough . Lle cliscevations that 1t Uopaits tokeop tho surfaca clean. In‘deylng tho skin, enpecial caro should be taken to remove overy par- ticlo of molsturo from all the flexures of the Lody, and this shonld Lo done, not roughly, but witha gentle hand, Idon't like toscea norse wash the buby’s fago the wrong way or let tho soapy water run Into his cycs or ears. Thin Is actually Injurloun and shonld mever, ba permitted, See that cges,’ cars, and mouth ars kopt clean, Use as littlo soap ns possible und that of the finest kind, and have it well washed off withi pure water. If rafn-watercan bo had for the bath,so much the better, After tho aurface (s well deicd, any of the harnlees powders. in gencral nse may bo employed witn a view of pre- ventlug chafing or excorlations which, hawergr, will rarely occur If perfoct cleanlingss by tho prop= er mathods bo securcd, In thy caso of aalek child, when tho skin {ncltnes to be tender at those polnts ‘whera presautc ls made, wanhlug with dilated cam- phor water o of great vorvico, Uat sick children #hquld not be allowed to lie long In one positivn, and the couch should bo made ae smooth und freo from Ineqaalitios s posaible, When thero Is any, cerebral disorder, or ‘any diseass accompanied by much heat o the head, somcthing elso than a feather plilow should be used. Iknow of nothing #0 good s 4 pliow made of Ovely sbredded corn buske, Young infants in sickness tuay llo on this plilow, covercd in winter with & Llanket and In summer by & folded alicet, to thelr own great ad-*| vantaye aud tho ease of the nurss, 1t, In splte of care, chafing and cxcoristions occur, the parts may bo - waahed with glycerjna and water (ono - tableapoonful of glycerine o a cup of warin waler), Uso ouly glycering of the purest quality for this or sny othier purpase, 1 Iinpure fil’uflnfl I, frritai fecily culoricas snd lmplid, — Rose antly cooling * 8o ls bay ram, llrr. y diluted. Perhapa fnst horo la 2 good a place as any for me o beg of mothers nat 1o pour on cold water when thochild getsa cut or & brutsw. This g coms Lo bo an simost universal lotion. A worse oud rould not be employed. When tho flesh {u cug or bruised, what happcna? A maltitude of emall vesscls are aevered or thelr callbre lussened, and tho circulation iv interrupted, Paln {s caused b, the auginented pressure. If yon pour on col waler you constringo tho vessels, increass tho suples, awallowing, of course, urd bits that tux its powars of divestlon beyond thelr eapacity, und nucky candy m.'ull hetween meale, What wonder that 1t shrieks on “Ilhm&mtmnru in ita first aleep? What §s the remedy? The calld Is put to the breast! This root! for the time, and he falls asloep, But nature will pot by outraged. Preae cutly anothur rerles of frantle shecks are beard, and the same remedy 18 applied, Eachi_successlvo woking hecomes wioro frightiul, And, at lost, thera {w n long, dreadful crylng spell, which forces the mothor to rlse uud perkiaps” walkd the flvor for houra. Fartunata 14 sbu I xho has the akill to give a simplo medicine which wifl help digostion and relleve tho overtasked stomuch, bho Ia more ilkely 10 walk tho fluor untll the chili ts tired ont nud st Taat fulls asleep from utter exboustion. The next day the unhappy wothicrs goes about pale and jaded, und wonders why lier children are su **norvous, After o winter of Shis regfimon comes, perhaps, the necond rummer, with Ity trluls and, §h “the city at lenet, ita geave perils, € the child succunibi, or comics ont in October, fromm & lou reason of autlar- fug, pale, puny, cmaciutod, who suspects thut the sl wan'wown for thie rad barvest owar back fn thoso winter days? Yet thot I tho exact trutli, * 'Tha above |a no fancy wketch. Its original may Slavery is a positivo Institution In certaln generaof ants, The Amuzon ants (Polyergus rufacers) absolutely require o slave nssistant to clean, dress, and feed them, ‘They will rather }mrl»\h of hunger than feed themselves, although ood ba close at hand, 8ir John fluds that some new Diptera of the genus [’horide are purasitic on Enclish anta. A curfous blind wowl-louss (latyartus Jivffmanseyu) s sllowed Louse-ruoin as a kind of scavenger, but very little notice 1s taken of it, bnt potatoes at $1.26 a bushel ot by no means & cheav food. AtGOcenta a bushel you might get rvurmano 'n worth, * \eo have-nsed them frecly n muking bread, as it makes the bread ligktor and keeps 1t mofat longer, Itico wlll answer the pur- posctoa great extent, and should bo nsed Instead when prices are vo nnequal, But the patato cone tains materials which a ry good to connteract the tendoney to’ scurvy 'and’ scrofulons dissascs, and conscqiiently * should aten occasionally, Apples have Leen so cheap this wintor tint mos® pople hiave uscd thom freely, ~ Whon cheap, tho¥ aleo mako & good substltute for potatocs and vicq versa, Bugar we have not used except for tos an'’ coffce, and an occasional plo or pudding, Dot ter wo recclved from the country and used about two pounds a woek, atan average prico per pound, ¢ s 1 iave mentioned the cxpenso of someof the Eflncml‘l articles for tho benofit of ;ounb( hous eepers, And wille onthe enbject” of butter, would say that 1t- 18 1much better to recelve your hutter from some good farmer whom you know in g‘:‘: le;ml!lry‘ than to” depend upon purchases on wost sald greas quantity in any kind of fuod, All these which I linvo apoken of need to be set off with Hittlu dull- cacles now snd then, and for that mattor 1 may as well sckuowiedge that my table-sccount contalns nurlr everything sold in & grocery store; but euch and all fn sionil quantitics, - Judgment, laste, and calculatlion st of course be freoly uwacd to mske tue benefit the maximam sud the cost the minle tilnand thioso who dealra to gut fat.How la ft, | clourly, not deliglig with water or killing with Dot and Annie, will you dare “to try Delle's rule? dmnnlzt. but use fiuud Judiment. Ifind thutmos t Or in (regory's cheupestt : plants aro forced 106 much froma_grecnhouso; T'o Minnle I wonld advlse tho use of borax in | and, by the time we petthem, areslmost exhatst- tepld water for wasling hor eilk handkerchiofa, | ©d. If you would cut thom down and lot thetn rest Thioy wath 80 casily with vory iittle noap, sud | dusing 'a season, they will do much better 100k 80 nuw nnd fresh, fronad bofuro dried. | than to keep under tho forcing uystom ti thojr And waa it yon, Muppins, who wero #0_ tired of | 11fo In nil exhausted, For wintor Llvomera I will **brald, I)mh{. br-hllnu" your bair? You aro | send you some geraniumns, ‘ageratum, ete., and scnaible, Tam sure, thodgh nothlug looks neater | you keep thom growlig, but if o bud shows lisolf, or keeps lanzer than o nica brald; but have you | Temembur, pluck It 1t Is not wintor yet, Do tried the Pronch tiwlstt 1t 14 pretty, ‘auil a0 casy to | #ura fo huve it in the pot yoa wish |t to rauiain in, do after you once get the knack, and plnk It In the ground b1l you wish to take fn - Merino knows how 1o wasl itannele, and to keop | the hiouse; many Kill thele ‘plants when taking thein at an even temporature i tho socret, Dut L | themin, They wish to preserve them. and wo ehould add horax to the wator, using lean soap and | Joave thom just aa thoy are, TTls ls a yreat mnia. very littlo rubbing, und lrun’ them whilo damp, | take, donot be afraid of the praning-knlfe. Cut Indeed, I snust sny o word {u favor ‘of horax. Itls | ftem well down, and glvp your slips to your nvufh- tho howsewlfe's traa friend and helper, and cannot | bors and friends. I very often fn tranaplanting be lauded too m§m o It in gratofol to the skin, | Lreak o overy jeaf, unlovs the very small yonny vxcellent to uve Tu bathing, aud destructive to ver- | onee, And what Js tho resulit 1n & very short min used in a powider and blown Into thele haunts, | tine new leaves appear all uvurl and soon’ buds, 1 am giud you aro o friend to old mafkls, Kitch. | ton, are soen, l»‘.'mulnll_y Is thie trua with roses, on l)u\'nu!l‘ thoy ara the **saltof thecarth,” 1| Mudge, §f you wish yours to do' rual W"lla give hope you will ulso befriend the youny mius nd uuodk rich sall, not a “yory large pot, good draln- soma elderly gentlomen that [ know of, and tell ne | Ao, koep well pruned; particulsely after it has ‘‘how to utarchlinen that equals'any laundry | bLlussomed cut it back quite & good doal, and very work," - oun you wlll have more hlmauuul. lsamnmny al Blyrtlo, It 1 wore you, I wonld novor spand m; ard . poud “winloe blotiurs,, timg inying 1o’ can Yircen pens. You Will sav s bt T am e bt gioney fu buy them already cunoed, and 1t fsa [ GHEPSH R A M A S L long, tedlows job, for thoy must b stcamed In the [ Nhat1 DK, ARG SLOR, ¥ou con Co LB, eand for linund and thén you are not sure they wiil A it e S B paace, (oF keup. 18 doos not pay. fo. keep fire 0 Tonts for ¢ho | 4f You do Juat right you will bave s blossatu of two fow you would use, and you make your housoliold, | 197 Now Yearu Day. CGurantuine, begoulss atl- s well &s yourself, uncowfortable. I Sua it | Yjah arkcratiyme, wmllex, sbutibons, cuphea or clioaner by far, and & roat waving of frof-and | Cfar-vlank, \entana, carnations, rowos, Chincse strength, fo buy all iny capned vegctables and mast | PRFGES, i oyer, andwell I sy as we of my frult, You Guow wo canuot do overy- | AOP forLeliould gu through a wholu catulozae, thingand keep good-natured (o very necesiary | FUCtruthils, I1am 50 Intercsted in planta that 1 thing to do). - And now we cau- leais to do ail | Wantsomething Hko everything I sec. Then there inds of 0no work that costs ko tuch moro to buy, ;"‘n"‘"‘;“"l" skl saeg aalIefac(ueyithan sus even to point aud other faces, of which evury lad Wt it ot 1 i 1 i, it cwhen’ via of tasto waiin 1oro Or lows, - Our tio and | WANHItto? 1 think, 1F 1 were Wabash Ave, If I buth limitcd, con be mora proftably hag wuch ‘nwr success with my sticke, oe you nt. My doar wiutera havo porhaps & weaknews | 2l thom, Lwould have n wardlan case. It isby ToF hin lace, thomghs 1 can by nay 1 have oyep | faF tio ndat bosutiful, succcasful way of enjuylng Beon oxtravastunt Lo uging. - Bt Tho ma i 1 1o Dlants, " How & shoold ¢nloy bolulng you sreange not only fascinating snd delighiful work, bus prof. l:l“l')c llwnqmluhmu'lhml‘: ar wll thingy. They ftably, aod cau now b learuvd vo ehieaply and (wsu | 49,beSter thun where Hhoy bive 00 much root. Vieht and casy o 4o thut evum our Invallds who can | ,AAsitabilas 4 L wlll bovery alad of w do nothing elsc are taking it up. T6 1 really | PEeh S MELY L1t foF the ollur of, the a matlor of econony &4 well' as recrea. | ] can sendunois o S F whatyon mention st tlon.~ Iint of ‘covrso you all know how to make | Fal others. Terand be patiouts you know It laca. 1t bas been couilug dnto voguo tho laay two | Kreatiduo, Lahould be sorry tocut wy pets now yearuot'mors, not In & rapld but in-a healthy | 1867 810 looklug so nicely. a Ittabi rowts, which lv' 8 good omen that ltwillbow | Cxfurd, tnd. Vourcsao leindood s pitiablo oo, fustlon of long standing, ns woll as 8 *¢ihing of | Bbfeliall tey and ecud you sowmetblug, ocauty, ] liad ahnostaald furever, for It cannot Iy W R OU S0 atccun 10 SatE Ry three, aud sometimes four, lttors of Wf‘ In o ’ .season,—n terin of severaf weeks oceurr] g Le- 4 tween tho litters. Easch litter numbers {rom Y -eight to twelve dozen egps, which mJ}"m"’ 1 13 epherical, an fuch and threo-clzbiths fu diameter, und Inclosed in o soft, tough, leathery shell, ‘The turtlo crawls up on the beach fu the night +t0 deposiy Its epgs, leaving as it trovels o trall ;. dbout three feet wide, in which the sand fs 5y “tornupmuch as it would boil a person had 3 Yullml a skilf alongz on land with o pair of sculla, £ ndeed, that s just what the turtle does, only it 38 o palr-vared “craft, for bls belly shiell coines upun the sand nmfl all the thue, belug onl, 1 ‘unlully Hfted at each stroke of the flippers,” . Wo may remark, fn passing, that the writer . ‘$alla futo the curlous error uf Invariably sveak- £+ idng of thu turtie which cotnes on lund to lny its ! wgis, as belonlng tu the mascullue gender, p he Loggerbead chooses o spot fur fts nest ) .ahaye the reach of the high tide, and there digs ! owithits ind mwwu o round hole fu the saud, = about a fout In dlumeter and from two to threo feet deep. 1t deposits the entire livter of cgus Within ubout s half-hour, after which It covers them aver with eand, which fs pressed down -tightly. During this operation, the sand na «capuce of fram ten tofifteen feet fn diateter is Luade to lnrwuul. the same absturbed appear- . dnce, 0 Lhab it 18 fpossible to tell by the eve H Just wheredn tho arca the egigs are burled. AL i thu nesthyg season of the turtie all the wild “suunuls fo the region lock to the beach o feed § on the egas, ond, gulded by lnstinet, loss o Ume In reaching tho nest aud o devourlng its contents. Iicars, foxes, and { yaceouns are copeclully fond of thia food, aud, where they abound, few neats vseape until duye 1 Tiht without rifling, turtle fs 80 prulific © that, were it not for the multitude of enemics in walt, on lang and in the sea, to destroy 2 pas and newly-hatehed fry, {b would sool < overpopulate the ocean with §03 nuincrous off- H sprizz, But Nature takes caru to prevent any such surplus fu its speeles, keeplng the balance generally even by providing uu abundance of ravasers tu reatrict the excessive multiplication pf eapecially fecund aulnials, : SKUNK-IITES, It s stated by Col. Dodge, i his % Plafus of the G West," that, in the tract of country BTONY RIVERS, In the Falkland Islands thero occurs a nat- ural phenomenon which has not so striking deyelopumient In any other part of the world, It constste of a series of Btono Rivers, which are found in nearlyall the valloys in the East Island, They ure from a few hundred yanls to amllo or 0 In width, and aro composed ot ac- cutaylations of blocks of quartzite, of an frreg- ular furin, and from two to twenty feet long, and about hatf as wide. 'These rivers of stono look at o distance like glaciers, and ke them nre fed by tributary streams, and ecen to be flowing toward the'sea. The stoned are worn stnooth on tho surfuce by the uetlon of the atmosphere, are altost clear of soil, aud are muinly covered with a thin, tough, whito lichen, that gives then the appearance of belng nmlu] with fee. Under the stones in the bed of thelr chunnel, a stream of wator imay generslly bo heard on its way to the sca, and somctimes a ray of sunlight, plereing "m'"‘f,h the interatices between the drreularly-piled blocks, ovolves o brilliant Hash of retlectid Hyht, Sir C. Wyville Thunpson hus attempted Ina birlef paper in Nature to aecount for this singu- lar phicnomenon. [n the ridges surrounding tha valleys thero oeeur hoands of quartzite of un- cqual hardness. In course of "tine the softer bands disintegrate, allowlng the harder blocks to fall out upon the sloping Witelde, A num- ber uf cuuses unite to finpel the accumulating Tuasses to creep slowly duwn the slopes of eyen the shighteat fnclination, One of thess-is the alternate expansion and contruction of the soll by molat and dry weather, which induccs & gradual slding down the descent, whilo the raing wash awoy all the varth thatadheres tothe blocks, An chormons leneth of tne must T 25 conts o seen auy dav in_boties whero ong hus i right ta expect betler things, ani 1t 1s almost the ruly Inthe houschold of tho poorer elisses, Ify then, tho baby crics at night, try und fnd out the cause, Sco {f It be Impropor food, or an overabundancu of ylain food, ‘and when there {a the least reason to suvpect tlat It is eithior, nevet try to quiet tho cry by ceowd- ln'lx tho stomach wiill more.. ' It there fe no fault in tho digestion, there {9 al. mont always samo discerniblo cause clsowhere. It may be 100 warm or too cold, though this hap- ens keldom, or uncumfortable dress, or an rel- ated akin. 'Opening a window for the udmlsslon of fresh alr will sometimos do wonders. 1f thoro s no physical dlscomfort, and the child crics from nltlxlll:flrl\'lly night or day, though 1 do not bellove this happens onco i e thowsund tmes, | ehould take offcctive mensures to stop ft. A child, & year old ur more, should not be allowed to screain frantically every+ timo ita mother leaves the room, or at any liko teifie. Frequent and prolonged eryiug faan lnjury to uchildl, *Ihero srolmits even Lo the allowable tyranoy of tho baby, and theso should bo imposod for It own good, ‘A child who knows cavugh todo th(ngl- that please bl when asked cap be made to rofraln from crylng. Thy lesson of . aulf-control cannot begin too carly. 1t.Is & great pity that ‘*nervousucas ™ and {1 ~u‘ml>u have become Inter- changeablo teri or rathier the torm 1ll-temper hag Leen abolished, and the baby who was onco unen- um, Thavo given this bt of personal experienca for the benef{ of yoang homckeepers whoso Lastes o means impel them {o llvo cheaply. ' I bave spent $10 or even $10 2 week on my able for fwo, when we were frst marrled, but purhaps onr health bas becnas good tha last threo or four wmonths, It s asid that people with a certaln ln- coie, by the practice of econowy, canincreasy tholr posscsaions, and also, thal when profits aro Dight exponuce ahould bu correapandingly ligbt, [ hopo | have not wearied the parely Intollectus of Tho Hotne, beeausa the lgttor I8 intende ng housckoepers whoso expctience aud ro limited, S e o 3 I want to L {Jaconically) to Em's Aunt, ** Your b .1t soums ' pliy that ‘Wwhos busband s abluto hiroa clock in his womestaro™ for the petly sum of ahouul be unable to kecp girl without paying bher 2 a month more.” To {neura cheapucss l{m wan should manage both sides of the houss. Euitu. TIOME ADORNMBNT, Y ihe Editor of Tha Tribune, pressito theroby, and of coutae intdnaify tho pain. | durably **crons ™ fs naw outy **neevous” Do unt heart, aud thero aro xome thiogs coming to you | Warzaion, ind., March 20,—Much has been © letween the lepublican River and the Yndian | Buve been consumed i tho ereation by this slow | i inod clots, tho suvero extremitles aro svated | somioge this feult 100 sactly, o ba will by-sct by | bo excalled for durability. VoA K | Boart oun daye.. T hove tony Wi Biske vou s | sanl oot cart s maisth 20 —Much Lsa besa p s tiiarY Ali Ak Ak e Miore TEated -BhlRting rmun of the great Stone Rivers of the Falk- “Y‘ and tho blood, surglug agsiust thiy vbetacle, | take bis rovenge upon your weakness fn a humilie happy as your dear Ietter did ma, 1 shall fejoico | tions, tlowers, plctur etc. " ol | land Istands, but 8ir C. Wyville sees no evi- | distends the capllisries and pressure s made upon | ating fashion.” While I would bave the tenderest PLANT-CULTURE, 10 posscds the bulb and & sllp of tho goraniun:, ‘Will | wonder §f ull the Judlea know that Iam learnlog ©of its Lite than the most pawerful grizzly? | denco that fee had suy part e their formation, | the 8ne Slamcots of nerves which abound in the | furbcarance for rewl narvousness, 1 would put a de- T0 (e Bditor of The Tridune. e please tell mo bow to trest tho bulbt Do you | moure and more tho valuw of bright bits of color in Tho aulimul 18 nocturnal In Ua bablts, sod Is | In his opinfon, wheréver thers fs o slopo tho | Siesde. ‘To other wonls, tho means, which conteol | clded check upon the early mubifostations of Lad | Stzatm, L., Biarch 21,—A Coustant Reader | dry oif after blovmiug, snd how old Ls yours? A | making s room look cheerful and altractive. On wuch given 1o prowling around canips and teuts | Foll-cap must Do in motion, howeyer slow, uud ssks, March &, wheihar [ prefer to buy torbila' | wardian case I described In m; Ilnlu hemorrhage increaro the pain. Inlarge wmmdui temper, sk 3. Uas, AL D. laat, \n: can tako | our CLristmss-treo we had & Hitie' Coatennlal flsg, y oh U | tig teae, Dieeding muat be checkod, but ius! lants or to atart frow cuttings, 1 could ot gi imply & soup-plats and 11 with "dirt aud pl X : fuscarch of food. I o thads nothing more | Sraggihe uver the strata bencath tho 'recka | cuth s iito foss of blood fs o o inoment.” Wash ESUOSENE STOViL, Foneral adoen: uu.'um"ylfiwr!znw“fi:b?& Tentn cters o Tt and cover with & glass shatc and | baseer Seaiin tou 1t bt add bhus panehier © Sowptig, It falls to consuming tho fove, hauds, l:.n pldedin b w p:u::g‘r‘“‘tnlml;n‘_narwmmllm 110 with warm water, and briog th cdges togeth. To the Eiditor of The Txibune. Jaa slroudy loag, deterted It “Fue mauy plauts, ve & wardlan cse on 8 swall scale. Ortake | and have Gfton moticod buw the brient colors yo Or oy pisbiot o 6srininl LOIY G & plceptuy grby windlugarounl s beudsge,—not two & Daravan, Wis., Murch 20, —liclonging to that | aud for all new varletics, tho furlst must be out | pance of glasd and have them eut in proper sbape | llghtened up that corner of the rovm, relieving the b s purtially arrested, a3 by the narrowing of the ccouse that will effect tho sanio result o the "-E’- divislon of the Kenus howa styled & wan, { deperidence; but 1 tulnk the lady il have gather- | and mako a klase Bouse; have a frame mide to ret | sombro hues of the furniture, framus ahd engrave wan. The bite 1s pot of ftselt w0 | mouthofa valley, plication n‘; cold,—and web with tepld | hesltated to intrude again within thy circle of ‘fha | ed that wy wintcy slock of all tho wmore common | it over, and your ptants will 100k »o grecn and nico N pray don't accuse ng of advisiug that much to b dreaded, but it fres ¥ - :uu-',' or ;‘}“fidq'ltflfl ‘:;. E:gl-.ru“d A.vrly Enlmv, whicb, e’wm sutlurauce, is sup 'i“ 'f.’e‘fl ln': |"'.;’.°?|m:'-h:fn' i llrgr.‘plumi- nngn-l lu;{l!. '{a"u"".‘&"m”‘n' v;ry 5-.“1,7- wi"v slips. ll{nur wl-ll- Vlll)ll hunllnx, 1 only give . o cu 1aus| - 3 carl 2z, and w, Springdeld, In re; b - 3 4 quicotly results fu bydrophobia. This ro- BRIEF NOTES, Fato With the saine lotions. . Armica s usetul Sor | Tiths Bearis, it 1o nabuca wben (og drop o band: | Kuey’ Binc ;. ot b 3 Teal i s Diystratio of what 1 imea, t, b Hittly hearts, it lo'so natural when toy drop kerchlef to rushand pick it up, or If they ecream there fa & feroclous cow In the way to vallani- Iy come to the frunt and frll[lllen swiy (ho In- truder, that I canuot holp an attempt to rescne in soiio messure tho Wlling slstersafrom the brofling in keep pinched bach—tuat T, whea u ‘brusich bas | third feal wojd, and not much ssud - Kooy (oo wade & growth of four or 8ve Inchew nip off the tor- | dirt dug up suit sud nellow, and rive them ah the minal syes—untll abous's month before bLring- | water tl n{ want. They are bard drinkers. { keep fug Wi But, it emall plants are | mine in the pot throuyh the vummer, thougl many referred, oot them, tha last of July, them in the vround, buk | find when tiken up 1 two-luch pots, Ueraniuns sy remali tu thesed | they lowo what litle airengih they ralucd. - Just Tussis bas expended $1,725,000 oo her seven unlversitica In pho lust year, 1t Ls proposcd to hold au International Plscl- cultural Extdition at fhe Paris Esposition of sult eces, from the olsevetion of Col. Tlodge, to be quite pecutiar to the reglon fndl- cated, where skunks are very nuinerous. While Jie was stationed ut Fort Dodge, in 1672-'3, ho 1he same purpose; su s Hamamelis (Pond's ex- tract), but Goulard's extruct ls preferable to sither, 1 remember, when travells jceing a car windo' crush duwn upon the haud o Lnon*hise ol baby. Of couree, os ¥oon as the hund was die- (ood taste bas now guite banuhed ugly squares of red, and green, and y2llow, from our carpets, and blxarre ];lllfl'hl from our walls, substituting thoso neatral tinta so grateful to the cye. What we wunt next 1s bite of color In plclurcs, Gowerd, birds, #u ks, - in vofa-cushious, (inats, and P y 75 cugazed, the child wes taken to (o water-tauk t preparing the eefatos * | but tuchstas, Luilotropes, tudecd most othera, will | taku your spide, digaholeln the ground unde (llus. o retieve the m s - i Bucw by revurt of sistecn cases of rables caused | 1575 Sa ourho o Icorwater appiied 1le. roums | uis Far o Gelcetbtbeal Too. Tssscboin. tim, | Pt to 03 sulfoed b oF balesmihont O | Lroe. sine pour pot o o bt S0 Stoind ader & | Al fo relierg tho monotomy. = - eighe £ by skunk-bites, which proved fatal, The crowds The fourth Congress of Russlan Archicologists | becamo every second more mgfnm. 1ot outmy | with the tnercury among tho ninetiea and the hot rolug their roots, ~glving for thelr wiuter quare | run b ite own wild will! £ tho fall take up, and c01urm.l bindfngs aud not ail brown and black., I ¥ of_buffalo-hunters who visited the plaing 1o’ | will bo held at Kazan, openlug on Aug. 13 of tho | Bottle of biyruwn and substituted that for tho | kitchen stove, wo Lave our repast sundwichod by | ters fuur-luch pots, Buch plants” sboufl bloom in | dig out wowe of the dirt and give it sumo frewt, or, | bavo s writlng-desk, a handsome &4 well os useful {0 Yomoas were gieatly abifcted with the ae ) opeulug on Auz. water, When th dud touched tha hand the baby | au unduo proporilon of i+ baked Jady," which so | Jsuuary. Howe uf iny Onest Sowers are upan | if 1tis rout-bound, take oub, cut away thu old [ ploce of farmiture, = Abovo the desk part sre i 2a0its uf this mu.(v)m\u animal, tant current year, drow in its breath with s loug sob. But it didu’t | far cxcites our sympathles 8510 tako away 3 por- | geruniums turee juchios Ligh. Othersare muiscd | rvots, and give ow soll. My sdvice lsfreclygiven | Ewo abelves in bracket style. Upon tho § Furucon Jumewdy, Us 8. Ay reported foihe |- M. Wuldington ts plaoning tho establlshment fompstyiny & sunck. Iusrererled apuln. A | tion of the enioyuient of fle meal. s | E e e L At on e Eite iy | Wlki of course, 1 only wugeest, yoy have tRo | upperabelt T _bave s Jronie; " on ho t z y U. B A, 6 o U was inco tho discovery of ' such immenso resorvolrs now, -~ A privilege of doi 0k buel o | lower ruposes, as of bonor, i Halical Jteview cleven cuscs of skunk-bitotreated | of four targe Froviucial Universities on the En- | wound alout the baud, ond the baby went Uil 1uto | of carbon, which fimu heat oud lght ina con- | a velyty, black eye. Aud, Fern Leaf, this luumfc the phcgtu {cnrnlml insiruct, and lct us | a copy of Shakepeare bound {n brown moroeco. hL him while statloned at Fort Hays, ten of | glish system. A sharpdiscussion of the projoct o gniet slecp. . densed form, 4nd Ll clicapuess horeof, it bue | excellcnt plan fo cnlarge your stuck ol priuro, do it with w kind will to all, and’svold those | On this is laid Mary Clemnier's ** Memurial to Alice which were (ultuwed by fatal attacks of bydre- | gy expécted in the French Purlfament. wcemod to mo It might be controliud sud utillzed | But plaut now, o8 carly " &a possible. 1 have t. 1 tlere are excoriations or & reddened surface, Justead of the washes I have nentioned, or it th fall to southe, 8 winuto quautity of the sub-uitato of blswuth may be Hgbtly dustéd over the akin. 1f necessary, sowe wild oiutment may be weed. The basls of most 0f The terutos and vintments bs mmply sweet, fresh lard, which bas betu fuuud Lo bu leas leritatlng and beiter suited ac, thio porposo tuag suy oller oleagiuous subslance. xuu o tpice which call forth dissension sad discord. tafned il the “wingle varietics, your' own wwect | One chalrat The Howe fv vucant,’ we know not uvameeake among thew, in thiv way, Luw soun vurd sy be, Then et ug Ve w0 to Violet, L taky great ntercat in your pets,sud your | 811 vur cbair, that whea wo shall be called ou tu success wilh thom, for Lsec that you love thewm | vacale it, olbers may iy, 88 of oar deir [uvalld, for themselycs. Do not be discouraged. A littl | sbe was guo from whom we learnud noughé buy Jichful caro sad patlent obecrratiou wit teach | wlsdou, ver avoldioy ateits or biter fesling. %o you Biore than columtie of verbal lustraction. § | that bereaved fumily fet us kay, You have oar sins Sin underabad Jour poplexily unds Ao sppar- | corusywpatby, o seawcibor always hap yous aud Phuebe Cury, * gorgeous inorange-red snd | Tha color iu'{taclf v not pretty, but te srtistic cf- fect of this bly of culor I felicving the subor Urowns is & cootinual source of pleasure. This %00, 14 an thnstrution, i h Nothing ia so decurativo ss plants and flowers, but many baye not the time, or the laste, or the windows and teaspetature fur succusstul foral culs tare witlin gourss © Autumn Laves, L0, Mo hobia. ¥ L Col. Dodge relates that, when camped, ouc pight in 1573, on the Clmarron River, be was wakened by 8 nolse {0 the servants’ tent, neyt hils owp, und the nest mumlfl ooe ol the men vaine to bl with & wounded baud, to ask if thers was auy cure for o skuok-bite. On exam- to du wuch of ovur kitchen work more cheaply and wiors Ernnml than bn the form of woud sud ¢oal, 1 watcned with futercat the diferent device 84 they were preecoted, but nons sceumed quits the tblug, Lasy spmmer { came aéroas the Kloreuco, and, although ;wh.r not perfect, i4 appeared to come nearer 10'it'than ‘sn¥ previonw silempt. I Mgted wy discovery 10 Kuoda Maguad, who sudd, 1u 1570, 13,350 ouw works wero publisied fn Gegmauy, Of these, BI8 wery doyoted to watural selence, 20 to geography sud travel, and 30 1o matbematics pud astronomy, - It i3 proposed to open ers lonz a large Aquariwn at St Petersburg. It will be under i 8 e