Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1881, Page 7

HOME MATTERS. IpRcacuanna Powpsx mad? into paste with ‘Water Is good tor dabbing on the bites of goats Over night. Harrsuons Pomavg —Oae-quarter pound of almond ofj, half an cunce of white wax, three | ounces clarified nog’s lard, a quarter of an Ounce of fluid Hartshorn, one drachm eaeh of otto of lavender and clovss.—Demorest’s Monthly. A Boupsr or Psanvrs.—\ very pretty bor- Ger for bedding out plants, may be made by | Planting raw peanuts. A pint of peanuts will encircle a three-foot bed. ‘Tas dloom fs tastg- Bideant, but the dark green leaves of the vine Will provea very nice coatrast to the showy bloom of the tnside plants. To Krge Cur Flowers fresh the first rate 13 not to put too many into the glass at on change the water once or even twice a day, re- move decayed leaves directly they appear, and ut the ends of the stems occastonally. a’ stiil better way is to put nitrate of soda In the Water—about a3 much as can be eastiy taken Up by the flagers; put in‘o the glas3 each tim3 tue water Is « Wiil preserve cut flow- rs in all their beauty for above a fortn'ght. Common saltpeire ta Water will almost answer the same purpose, but it 13 not quite so eftiza- cious, a4 Are Your Hovses aust have soon hot Weather and want ventilated houses. Too many houss are ball’ up the back In America, there are no thorough draaghts; front aad b: (pen and a curicbt set a-gorng, that’s fresh Alr staghates, and curtalas drawn, bunds down, Carpets on floors, doors closed, ‘and one Dit of a window jist opened; goodness, where's es the iife to com> trom to breathe 1a'so many | eud!c tches evea of oxygen! Now, then in the morn vg let your maids open tue street door foran hour, and set something airing, sone current Into those staznant air layers, chat stuff each other up, sd caa neither move up ber down, nor tn nor out. Ladies are filnt, chi dren droop babies ale, men swear, and all for want ofa litfle corr-at of fresh’ atr jist Passing through the house. Look to ft, and open your house door tne first thing in the morping. and if you can set a current goiug do i —Home and Health. ow THAT NaTURAL FLOWSRS are avaliable for the center of dining-room tables, mention must be made of an exceilent method for pre- serving the variegated shrubs; and artificial flowers which have decorated the jardinté es or china vases, open corbellies and shallow flower les. Instead of ling the latter with sand or mouid for the purpose of imbed jing the Wire stalks therein, a false Md of cardboara Is cut exactly fitting the Inside of the vase; fa tbis holes are perforated, and when the stalks are put through they are cut on the under site, Jeaving about an inch over, whica 13 thea bent and glued back to the cardDoard. Wnen all the flowers and follage have been thus mouated, moss 1g gummed on the upper side of the card- board to hide the interstices, aud the moss shouid be of different colors, Ia this manner, however elaborate a floral arrangement, it remains In place, and only requtres to be litied from the vase like a cover. A gauze is thro sn over, and it is put aside la a cupboard ual wanted.—4rt Amaterr. EMBROIDERED Narsina.—Yirs. Lotte a wetl- known writer in England on social topts3, speaking of the dinner-tabdle, lays great stress On the becessity of “fair napktos,” and add3 that in these there is great room ‘for variety ald art needle-work. I: 13 very rarely, sh3 Says, that we see a pretty set. Too offen th? uest Is oe with a large square of smask like a deal-board, stiffened ia order that the butler may torture {into a fan'as i: shape. A napkin that fs not soft and pilab'e is manifestly unfit for its purpose, that of wia'az the mouth. [¢ suould noc be too broad, bat loag enough to goover the kaees. Ic may'b3 elaoo- Fately ornamented, Dut not so as to prevent it from being easily washed. If, says Mrs. Lo‘tie, the napkin ts to be embroidered, there area thousand pretty devices tn whica’ to mark it. In one corner or the middte may be emb-old ‘red a coat of arms. tnitiais, or some device chos2a to distinguish the set for the beneit of tne Washerwoman. -EstTuetic WaSHING.—First have your clothes Sorted and tare good-sized tubs ready for use. Have two one-quarter dited with lukewarm water. Take the pieces a3 they come, dip in the water ana ruo the sotled spots over with Soap; roll each piece tightiy up and place 1a the water; the very much sotied pieces pat in the extra tub; after soaping ana rolling them uz allow them to soak while wasting the Cleaner clothes, which will require only about twenty minutes soaking, the others may need ap hour. Then rub lightly on the wasiboard and the dirt will ane Out; only one suds will De necessary; then rinse in clean warm water. Be careful to get the dirty suds out and thea put the pieces one by one Into the blueing warer, which been preparel by having a very itttle biueing in ft, and then stirring a place of soap in unti the water Is soapy. Wring aad bang to dry without any more riosing and without having boiled or scalded a piece, and the clothes wili be perfectly sweet and white. Pus PLaTgs AND OTHE@ CxOcKERY.—I have tried the yellow and mottled brown oaes, aid find that even with the greatest care, tus fo: mer wiilcheck and retain enough grease t) give an offensive odor, wntie wilh tue saa> usage the brown ones remain whole and swee They Cost only a wiil: more and are m easier Washed, (the yellow ones sow plalaly every spe where the pie bolls over and barns, which bas to be scoured off), Deside lastia lopger. I haves quantity oc “culls” Duazat Very cheap, whicn are slighty twisted o ented, Dut just as good to use.” Jars sitgaily Dattenéd or uneven or with glazing dre cracxed are sold for ten or twelve ceais per gallon Covers with a Rick or two fn the are ez cr ten tepts, aud jugs with a brokea haadie or & twisted nose are cold fora sbiiling. Su:n Jars are as good for most uses as perfect although the de‘ect makes them unsala} Jugs are easily sealed, and berries can be kept safely in them if giass Jars are scarce. Jar | covers are quite as good, éven though they are Ricked on tne edge,—Gussie Thomas, in Coun- try Gentleman, Bomacic Act tx Eaysirgias.—Dr. C, G. Hab- bard, of Hornelisviile, N. ¥., send3 to the Boston Journal of Che:n'stry the tollo wing note on this subject: I offen see in your journal remedies recommended far erystgelas. Allow me to mention one which has provel a uniform success in may haads, namely, a satu- Fated solution of boracic acid. Its advantages over otuer local appiteations are: 1. It ts south. ing rather Uan irritating to an inflamed skin, 2. It is as Dland and devotd of smeli or stain- ing quallties as water. 3 It 13 not polsonoas im aby quantity, so no harm can be done with ir, 4. tis a powerful distnfeccant, aad the in- flamed skin wiil take on a natural hue In a few days under its constant use. 5. Itcan be used around the eyes with no fear of tojuring them. 4s is the case with carbolte actior cop- eras. I consider {t a specific for erysipelas, it used In tlme and persistently. Of course toulzs Should be exhibited also, In all skin diseasss marked by itching, caused by inflammation, boracic aid 1s the best application | can use. Thave cured a bwematocele of sixteen years’ Standing, whose sac contained over sixtesa Oences of bloody fluid, by dally tnjecticas for a@month of a saturated solution of boracic acid. its bland, untrritating, non-psison 43 bature rendering {t capable of belng applied to ADY part of the body and in any quantity, aud its great efticlency tnduce me to consider ft $2 rior Uo all disinfectants of the present diy. hen physicians become acquainted with its nerits It Will be used more freque ntly. ‘Tae Fou.y oF HANGING Domestic Catna— ‘There ts at present, saye a writer in the Buiiler, @ tendency to be run away with by a vague im pression that certain fashions which some ar- ‘Ustic people happen to have adopted are neces sarily desirable, and it is in consequence of this Weak-headednes3 that so many personscover their walls with plates and dishes of china. O>- Viously the proper place for a plate or dish 1s 0a @ table, apd obviously also its primary object ss ulllity. This utility consists in Detng placea 0D table to hoid certain things, and no plate or Was ever intended to be hung on the Wall ofa drawing room, certainly not Ia rezu- Jar sets up to the soup ‘tureen, a3 may be seen tn some houses. We are not, let {tbe noted, im aby way protesting against vases or even of domestic” ware betng placed on tables or shelves in moderation where thelr color, if they have a color, helps to light Up & room, or Where some delicate painting on them may be carefully observed. Bat doin-styc ching, as a rule, 13 not ft to adorna wal. ft possesses LO Deauty of form, nor the breadth of color and design to permit it to compete with res. An exception may be made in favor ot the genuine Wedgwood ware, with the designs by Fiaxman, ald the competent artists who were employed by Josiah Wedgwood an: Bentley; and be it noted how thorough'y ‘these able men understood their basiness, tor such china as they intended should decorate the walls of rooms was issued from the Staff ard- ebire in the form of plaques or medal- Mong. Therefore we hope that all sensible deco Tators, whether they de professionals or ana- teurs, will {ake care to inform any so-called “bigh-art” person who may wish for the! advice that the decora'ion of walls with do- mestic china is inartistic.—Art Amateur, ‘Ts “GENTLEMAN Who ts taking the school census called at a house on Anstin avenue, and ‘was met at the door by the lady of the house, who asked bim = he wanted. He sald he was going around taking School census. “What's that? Seme book you want to sell?” she asked. “Iam ascertaining the number of ebildren old enough to go to school that le bave,” lied the man with the book and pen- ci. “Well, you want to go away right off. Ycu are thumping the, Rd = milion. You are whistilng after the wrot . FOU ‘We don’t belong to the people ae ane’ Wo be lange to the epper clase. My husband is an Office-noider.” He went.—Tezas S'ftings. At the exhibition now the is run with tive paper, wi held in Japan, ng made of na- has been tested and found to De stronger than leather belting. say, | in the street, when It became visible atter tw:- | Lew tail as it receded from the sun. There inisi that its diameter cannot be measured;but at | times the mist rises, uncovers the nucleus, and THE NATURE OF Comets. | Prof. Benjamin Plerce’s Theory—| Fall Brothers of Planets and Ne- teors—The Electritied Train—Talil- less Comets-—How They Are Weighed—Their Orbits—The Nebu- | Jar Hypothesis. j In the Lowell lectures of the late Professor Benjamin Pierce, of Harvard College, recently published in book form under the title of “ideality In the Physical Sctences,” is a chap- ter treating of the nature of comets, from which the following extracts are made as belng oi special interest at the present time, when every ore is talking of the new visitor which _— such a bi f'Hant entrance to cur skies last week : The fical stage of the nebular pI3tory Is th congealed star, of which planet, satellite,com+t 5d meteor are special forms, and waich is des- ned to become agato, at last, a chao mss*. ‘They are simultaneous in existence, and no belonging to succes-ive stages of the history. Start g from @ common ortyin, they have } passed through @ proces; of differentiation, and are fitted for aifierent functions They may all ba regarded as boltd-s; and they fill the cr} stial Spaces with every c aceivabe vVarlety of magnitude, motion and physical as- ect. The comet, from the strangenes; of tts ap- —— in the laacceastble firainvza', his nthe immemoriai wond:r ani dreii o mankind. I¢ has been the beard or tail of s9m3 invisibie monster, It has been tne sword of some angry god. It has been the pen of the — eee ar ane ue fate oe death or 8, empires, the speety comtag 0 ‘amines and Pestiledees and ‘aatra siive wi its first reappearance a | loaded with the name of the Tt bas been a light which has filled th> 390.40 blickophers with darkness. Even the gre.; ristoUle, with his clear D:lief fa nature an ‘is contempt for superstition, coud propose n theory which was not a tissue of gratuitou abd incorsequent hypetheses. He thouzut the comet, with its reguiar motions, to bs a phe nomenon like the flitting and unceriain ij Joiuus, an exhalation from the earh Nevertheless, even in comstology, where modern progress has been s> essenually aided by te discovery Of gravitation and the in- vention of the telescope, the Instinct of the atelent thinkers achieved some memorable reeuita. Passing by the researches of the Pythagoreans, we need oly refer 1 th> writings of Seneca fa the first century of the Christian era. “1 know,” writes Seneca, , nobler research, hor @ more useful science, than that which undertakes the atudy of the Stars; but to perfect tunis science Is it not ex- pedient to examine whether the nature of comets differs from that of the other celestial bodies? If we reflect on thelr motions, on their vicissitudes of rising and settinz,on their light and brilllancy, we shall be struck With the analogy which we perceive between them and these other bodies. We need an exacts history of the comets which hav3 hitherto sppeared; for tt 1s their rarity of appearance which prevents our deciding upon the regularity of thelr movement. We are ig: nerant whether, describing fixed orbits, they do not reappear at periodic and determinate lotervals of time.’’ This was the prediction of thoughttul genius. Modern astronomy, pron;- ing by the ancient suggestion, nas demon- Strated this, like many other truths. Tne dwarf of to-day who stands on the sh uiders of the giant of yesterday can seea grea'er distance Uben the giant. The perfect comet combines nucleus and tain. ‘The beaury beiongs to the trala, whica is unsubstantial and temporary; while the mass ahd density reside in the almost invisible but permanent bucieus. The solid nucleus moves abcut the sun in a nearly parabolic orbit, oba- dient to the same law of attraction whlch gcverns the mo! lons of any one of the planet; whereas each particie of the train moves tn {3 wn hyperbolic orbit, in cons:qnence of a te- pulsion irom the sun, often two or three tim23 88 great as the ordinary go.ar attraction. Thaso [pa the train are electritied bodies, ave the same electricity as that of the sun; the particles which are most highly electrifi+1 advance to the front edge of the tall, while those which are the least electrified fail back to the rear. Some of the particleg are electrified Just enough to balance the solar gravitation; £0 that, afver separating from the nucleu3,tney become neutral to the sun's action and move | unilormly in stra'zht lines, but without ceas— ig tobe of tne tail. The particles which are less highly electriti-d remain attracted by the sun, but move in hyperbolic orbits—ia th opposite branch of the hyperbola, however, to at in whica the repeiled particles move. ‘This theory, in an imperfect state, was rud-ly applied by Bessel to the tatl of Halley’s comet, in. 1835. But the comet discovered by Donatt tn iss offered a8 fine an opportuulty as can b3 Getired for its fall verification. How grand was the beauty of that comet! All the worid stopped light, and wondered at It with Dated breath. few centuries ago it wou'd have cansed ui Versal dismay, and mean would have piled a: the frightful portent. Bu the Christian ot to- day beholds it as the loveliest messenger of Divine wisdom. A multitude of observations Were made upon the train as well ag the head, in ali civilized countries, and the theory of tho train was sustained in every detail The el-- gance of the shape strictly conformed to the ideal construction of the geometer. if the nucleus of a comet were taken away the train wou'd continue to move off through Space, undisturbed by the loss of its head. Sin- gular as this phenomenon may seem It has been ally observed. At midday on the 2s:h February, 1543, groups of people in many of the lowns of New England, especially at Portlaad. collected at the corners of the streets, gazlog up toward the sun. Protecting their eves iu the shacoss of the houses they saw a Drililant object a few degrees trom thesun. Such amar Velous spectacle had never before been beheld | A few days later a wonderfully brililant tail of a comet Was seen skirting the horizon soon af- ler sunset and reacalng more than one-third of the Way round the sky. What we now saw was tall without head, as we had before seen heid | & Most destitute of tat Bus head and tall were members of the same comet. In about two hours the comet of 1313 went round the sun, from one side to the other. What could have become of the tall, which was reach- Ing out about a hundred milifons of miles from the sun 48 far asto the earth’s orbit? There have been those who have Ketermor adopted ths ir credible—I Say the Impossible—hy pothe- Sis that the tall rotated through this immense circuit, developing @ centrifugal force which all the united powers of the untverse couli not bave sustained. But no! The comet practi- cally left its tall behind it and began to grow a were thus two tails, nearly aide by side, strete'1- ing from Opposite sides of the sun in nearly the fame direction. The new tall began at the head of the comet; whereas the old deserted tail began without any head at some distance from the nucieus, and extended further from the sun than the new tail ‘The nucleus of the comet 1s surrounded by a mist, which is cailed the coma, or hair; the name comet signifying a hatry star. Toe height of the coma above the nucleus depends on the mass ef the nucleus, and gives tho Ineasure of its weight; or, more exactly. the least limit of welght waich will suffice to mala- lain such a height of atmosphere. Tue nucie 1s usually 80 Closely surrounded by the dense leaves It with a sharp stellar aspect. Tae least | diemeter determined at such times may be larger than the ac‘ual one, but cannot b2 smalie~ From the combination of mass and diameter, the | density cf the nucleus can be computed. In the case of Donati’s comet, ‘the Glameter of tus bucleus was perhaps not more than a huadred miles, while the height of the atmosphere ex- terded to eighteen thousand miles. be surprised to learn that the corresponding density of the nucleus was at least equal to that of Irop. What an unexpected contrast is here presented tothe prevalent notions con- ccrbipg tbe sua and the comets! The solid sun 13 reduced by science to the state of gas, while the substance of the etherial comet is a solid and heavy metal In its approach to the sun the surface of the Bucleus 1s rapidly heated; it ts melted and vap- orized and subjected to frequent explosion: the —- Tises in its atmosphere with a well defined upper surface, which 1s known to ob- servers as an envelope. Various envelopes, in- cluding each other, are often observea. ‘The electrification of tae comet mist 13 that of our own thunder-cloud. analogous to Any portion of the coma which has received the opposiie kind of electricity to the sun and to the repelled tail will be attracted. Taisgives @ simple explanation of the negative talls which have been sometimes seen, directed to- ward the sun, {0 cages of violent explosion the whole nucleus mignt be broken to pieces and the coma dashed around so ag to give varieties of tall, and even multiple tatis ‘The relations of the comets to the solar sys- tem present an interesting and instructive Stuy, With very few exceptions, their visible oo - Pope 80 Soper § Lorber @nd the positions of their nue centers of gravity 80 uacer- tain in the midst of thetr come, that it 1s qui out of the question to obtain nicsenough data to measure exactly the extent of their orbits, and how great may be their devia- Parabolas, axd whether the Ss ears, it reap- dierent from ita for once before, but not twice. On io tos reaps met is certain to be amt eae eeeeca erer of its ts theory 13 computed; its future returns are rigidly predicted; its socia’ osition is defloitely. established, and it taxes (s place among the registered members of our Coustellation. Buta comet may belong to our 83 stem, and yet zoso far from the sun that the ‘tervals between its periods of visibility may be as long as three hundred thousand centu- nies, ‘Ibere are a few come%s of which the non- | Parabolic character is evident at once. Tueir orbits are decidedly elliptical; their periods do Dot exceed a baker's dozen of ‘years; and they are intimately related to the planets In their Positions and ‘directions of motion. Professor Newton, of Yale college, has given a distinct and satisfactory explanation of the mode In which these comets were probadiy diverted from their original psa paths by the action of the F net Jupiier. It was a royal sport, and the final characcer of the cometary orbit was the natural tercstaation of the game. These comets must be excluded from our gen- eral discussion. Omiu ing them, we find nothing in the posi- {on of the other orbits which Indicates reia- tion to the solar axis of rotation or to the Panetary planes of revolution. They are as Uniformly distributed as if they had entered our system indifferently from every direc:ion abd without reference to motion of the planets or to theie mutual or- oa They are simply the largest of an immerse swarm of metrors whlch afe floating | a.] ground us—a swarm of which by far the | (yes rtion consists of bodies too small to seen the sun; and this javisidle portion greatty sur- patses, In number and even in combin d msi, ali the visidle components of our cons ell ston. Returning to the original round nebula, from which the solar system was formed, we must suppose that it has gone through changes which are represented in many of the nebul: A central spherical portion seems to have con- centrated into the sun and planets, leaving op outer spherical envelope, which was much Slower in the procees of condensation, and finally became an envelope of bolides, The natural orbits of the bolides were nearly circu- Jar paths, of which the sun was at the center. The variety of directions of the planes of the orbits was 80 great that they constituted a nearly uniform system, constantly approach- ing each other, and by their mutual heat pro- ducing explesions. They were thus broken up into an increased number of smaller irregular masses, such as we are familiar with in the meteoric stones. Thus we find all the Varieties that exist among the bodies of the solar system harmoniously explained. Would it not be stranger than apy fictiona—would it not violate all physical analogtes—if this ideal hypothesis of the meteoric structure of our system, sustained by such a variety of observa- tion, were not a close representation of its actual history? Collecting Ferns. [Art Amateur. The winter season during the prevalenc> of mild weather ts unquestionably the most sult- able time for removing ferns, The next best time is the early spring, just as the new fronds are about to commence their growth. Butthose who are not experienced collectors might at Such seasons often find a difficulty in recog- nizing some spectes, because of the fact that the parts which afford the most easy means of recognition—the fronds—are dead. The ever- green species mostly retain their fronds all the Winter, and would, therefore, be easy to find. But it ls not so, of course, with the deciduous species, which Include the most fragile of the herbaceous kinds, Ferns, however, are so hardy, that not only in winter and early spring, but throughout epring, summer and autumn they can be up- rooted and transplanted with but little iujary, be) ond perhap3 the disfigurement of one or two of the growing fronds. Even this miatmim of injury may be avoided by very carefal handling, and, should it be toflicted. the plant will not be long in supplying the place of its lost fronds. We may look upon fern collecting, therefore, as acelightful pursuit, which can be followed all the year round. But it must be remembered Uthat success in removing ferns from their hav- itats ducing the summer, especially during the Prevalence of fot weather, will more depend upon the method which is adopted and upon the care'which is exercised during the opera- dn than will be the cate duriog the winter or early spring. Where a fern collecting tour Is decided on, the collector should be provided with a small gar- den fork, a stout chisel, a hammer, a strong Clatped knife, a trowel, and a covered basket o: otker receptacle for carrying the feras. Sou d ic Le determined to hunt for very large sp2c!- | Mens, it would be necessary to adda spade to the implements named. But in such a case special means of conveyance would nead to be provided from some poict, as near as possibie to the locality frem which the ferns are to be taken; and indeed such conveyance would be desirable whenever fern-hunting on a large scale 1s to be itdilged in. In an ordioa y way, however. it will ba found that the im ements needed for removing from their hav- flats the smaller ana rarer. ferns can b2 conve- biently cariied in @ small tourist's bag, slung on the back of the pedestrian collector; and in the same convenieut way it will ba found p2:- sible, by careful packing, to carry a good num- ber of plants, enever possible, it 1s de- sirable to take up the specimens with sufficient earth to prevent a disturoanee of ie roots. But in any case itis necessary that every pos sible portion of the root should be taken up even to the ultimate flvrous rootlets. Thts 05- ject can be secured by carefully digging at a safe distance round aid underne inh the raot- stock of the plant. Nothtng so much promotes the rapid recovery of a plant after removal as the exercise of great care in getting up the entire mass of roots and root- lets. It must be remembered that it has often taken the rootstock a long time todevelcp its network of rootiets, wuich as they grew have penetrated into ail the sur- sounding interstices of the sotlor rock tron which the plant derives its sustenanc2. If, therefore, the work of months 13 ruthlessly un— done in @ moment by the thoughtless tearmg up of the plant without its mass of root-feed- ers tt cannot be expected that the same vigor will be immediately shown under cultivation a8 was before exhibited. Yet many fern col- lectors on getting out of the earth or rock by a sharp pul: of the hand what looks to them like an entire root are surprised and disappotnted on finding that the earliest fronds thrown up under cultivation have sadly dwindied from their natural size. Even when to all appear. ance there is a sufiicient mass of reotlets secured it often happens that a considerable number are Jeft unperceived in the earth. It 1s especially in the removal of the roc! lovirg ferns that the greatest violence 13 usually done to the plants. Most of the rock- growicg species have very abundant, wiry, iibrous rootlets, which penetrate in a very re- markable way the stony interstices in the neighborhood of the rootstock. It 13 often made a subject of complaint by fern collectors, Uthat therock-growing species are more diffi- cult than any others to eggablish under cultiva- Uon. But the difficulty arises chietly trom the clreumstance which has already bean alluded to, No doubt it is often a matier of dificulty to uproot the rock-loving ferns, and it is for this work that hammer and chisel are neces- sary, so that by the careful undermining and Temoval of the adjacent portions of rock, ihe crown, rootstock, and rootlets of the specimen desired may be got out unharmed. A little Practice, however, if it be joined to a careful and loving study of tbe plant's pecullarities, will s00n give the mastery in this kind of work When, by the careful process recommended, ferns are got out from their places of growth, damp moss or other moist maieriai should b: rapes securely round their rootstocks and rootlets. In this way tney can be conveniently carried to a considerable distance without any covering so the fronds, although if the air be very hot. dry, and sultry, the fronds, if in- tended to remain on the plant, must—especial- ly those of the most fragile or herbaceous kinds—be kept under shelter, as they would be if put into a coverea basket or other conven- lent covered tacie, In removing the larger kinds of ferns, however, during the eepeelaiod ond often be ee Lepr el ia especially where room for putttag Specimens has to economized—to cut off all, or at least the of the fronds, and to wrap in mozs, or keep covered merely the rootstocks and root- lets. ‘hen planted in the garden or other Place of cultivation, new fronds, as we have @iready said, will, if under favorable conditions, Bpeedily be thrown up to supply the place of tbose removed. Where a tour is made in search of small specimens of ferns, it is beat, after wrapping moss—which 13 generally to ba found in the neighborhood of ferns—around each little root, to pack together—root side by side with Troot—the whole of the specimens. Ifa moist wrapper be then placed round them, they wil pd treah for days and even for weeks if oc- nally looked at and sprinkled with water. Io collecting the rock loving species of ferns, it 1s desirable when possible to detach a little mM of the rock, 8) as to avoid tearing off rootlets of the plant, ae Maud and Her Beau. There's a silence deep, and a broo 5 1e xentle buzz of aie buy ‘Through the orobard and meadow peals, 7 though it’ 1 ANeanda youth and uoidea farses Ehe ie seventeen, ana a little lesn, ‘And she bat ga her nut-browa hair, ¢ old gate creaks as Maud’s blushing chi eo Ei eee ‘A stern parent softly skips. . scattered group, and 4 wil There's ered aro . naa id, wild whoop, seo him madly prance, car scoot. Chicago Tribune. Ben Franktin’s mother-in-law hesitated about ber wo a the prevailing | by the Nght thrown upon them from | GROWFH OF OUF-DOOR SPORFS | The American Horse Astonishes the IN AMERICA. Noted Characters iu Sporting Life— ‘The Turf at Coney Island. [**Johuvy Boquet" ia N.Y. Tribune. } “ Horse-racing makes strange bedfellows,” as the horse said, looking at the Dulldog and the hostler, all three napping In the same stall, Price MoGrath. who onc haa There ts Price rath who once the nomenal stadie of America, still on the turf, tasick man, and he will die in the Elysian Fields lke the charioveers of old. McGrath was a spick and-span’tallor, furnishing “sweli” suits on credit thirty years ago to tha young men of the southwes", He observed that they would pay their gambling debts when they forgus to ay for their ciotl 99 he sald: “If Sorc and lonor are your little gam WM lay down the and shake the dice-box with you” He ne a sporting priscg in New Orleans, and | Rear the close of the waf, when the confederacy was confessing Itself, he aud Morrissey apensd a great gaming house in New York. The times were fish, the currency inflated, and the con tractor was the current gentieman. Money came in 80 fast that the partners could not agree, aad hence arose the rival houses of Morrissey & Co, and Chamber! McGrata & Ca. Tae south Delpg poor, spordag men from that quar ter concentrated’ on New York, and sou .nern field amusements were transplanted to Pster- son and to Jerome Park. Sanfod. Travers aad Belmont were among the new nortueca m2 to try the turf. Atthat tims we muy not aave had fifty good race-borses in America, and the best of the old stock had ridden {oto the can- non ball’s path and died Ike thelr Mosiem } ancestors. Betting and racing are the mii and his shadow—4f not necessary to ean other, very partial to each other's society. ‘ne sport ing element becam3 enterprising on tn turf. Morrissey and Travers opened S itatoza; Caan. berlain, McGrath ard local laadiords o)-nod Monmouth Park; and as summer wa3 raclig season the turf became a fixed feature of oui summer reso! ig Out as teat in rivai tracks at Coney Island. Money 13 a3 tadig3n3 able as horses toracing, and betting 13 the scheme to make the general dull public pay the expenses. Thus you can study in the small circle of one mile the universal race between good and evil; the gallant horse and the para ‘site man; the bi industrial economy aud low | avarice and artifice, ; AT CONBY ISLAND TRACK. From such vulgar beginnings as I have named Tose the triple victories of Parole, Iroqudis and Foxball, in the little space of sixteen years, I can well rememberzgoing to Paterson, N J., to 1865, when it was perhaps the only running course east of Kentucky. ‘Tae provinclalism 01 the war and of the slavery excitement was s> Tecent then that a negro jockey was sympa- thettcally petted, and the news thatold Mr. McDaniel, the breeder, had been a slave dealer Jed to the most lurid reprobation of the turf. Yet the turf was the first place after the war where social intercourse between the sections began. Men like Puryear were seen creeping up from South Caroling, Cottrill from Alabama, Bowte and Ciabaugh from Maryland, and divers kinds of men from Tennessee and Kentucky, intent on stakes, bets, and sales of yearlings Every one cf them confessed that New York ‘as to become the headquarters of racing, ‘because here is the money.” Consequently ‘pool rooms” to surfelt are scattered Over this city, and bookmakers are almost a3 numerous as bookkeepers. The profits of a race track are very great {f you can put it close by a great city, 50 that it will be incidental to the normal amurements, and can then give it enough local personality, such as 1s belag done to the new Coney Island course, where a long list of names is used as directors and private boxes are built for turt magnates and patrons and their families, and * Pook selling? and “bookmaking” are gladly volerated by the county authorities. The whole makes a scene between the borders of brilliancy and dissoiute- gs such a8 gambling only can color with its cullar lurid hue. Iu Dubufe’s picture of the ‘odigal Son 1s one corner where his parasites are throwing dice, and it 1s the orly biemish, yet the most intense spot 1a the broad, sensu- ous canvas. Gambling stand; next to ghosts in the superstition brought from our orunodox cenit is, Who does not remember tne awful darkness brooding upon the little family when the big brother came home from college and in his pocket the prowling mother found a pack of Caras? It sepmed that the very serpant whici complimented Eve on her intellect climbed into our brother’s bosom! ‘The cost of the ground and buildings at Coney Island 1s probab:y under $100,000, not the cost of @ smeli theater in the city, and the theater can hold only 1,500 people, while the race course can hold half the city, and the prices of admis- sion are the same, ‘I'he theater pays its actors well; the horses pay the prizes they earn in general One great racing day, with 10,000 spectators, Will pay the annual interest and expenses on the Coney Island racing course. Alter the race 1s over, and before it starts, the ocean bath is at hand. It seems a marvel that | at such nearness to the seabeach a plece of und so perfect for racing and e could bave been found. Here 1s the latest vanity fair of New York. Yon- der are a pair of butchers, keeping a Little gr-en grocery, Who have won $10) 0J0 upon a single race horse, and have pald $7,500 for hi3 young fuli brother. Near by 1s another Irishman who produces (rom a “‘anide ’ track the animal that conquered both Blackburn and Parole. One of the most successful and tuaiif-reat faasciers of the turt 1s named Spencer. A man of re- serve and reading, he buys paintings instead of breeding horses, and a saie he recently lac br ught @ sum of money so wholly ou: of tor expec: ations of people Who only knew him asa 8,0 1g man that it opened their eyes to the horoughne:s of his art Know'eige. Hy» reade the mrost elegant critical literature of Europe, buys pictures of Gerome that cost _a little for. Lune, epjoys them till his house ts filled, and if he sells does it to advantage. Rumor says that he was once @ merchant's clerk, became tasci- nated with day gaming, as it 1s stlil practised far down-town, and belong reprimanded sald: “My mind is so harmontous with that exarcise that I will make a business of it and play prin- cipal instead of visitor.” He flourished, became the canlialse: of Morrissey’s establishment, Kept the books thereof like a bank’s ¥ooks, looked on Morrissey’s more brutal tendencies ‘with tll conceived disgust, and survives him to combine ceathetics and “the tiger” as it is never seen even in Landseer. Sanford, once preaicted to be the coming ing Of the turf, 18 alsoa novel figure amony hoigemen. A prudent, polished, domestic man, engaged, { in the cotton business, and of New England stock, he spent much time com- mercially in the south ahd saw @ good deal of “It is the only sport,” he says, “fic for a gel ” On the turf his unrapacious Spirit of accommodation bo ent to see. He Was the first northern mah after. the war to go with horses to England, The natae of his great ‘horse, Monarchist, may suggest that he had a political bias toward Europe. Hespent a large sum of money in a breeding farm in Kentucky, reluctantly admitting that it ratsed the best horses. He is very deaf, but the pleasure of th- eye is left him when his colors blend wita the rest in the brilliant motion and contention. Johu G. Saxe’s Melancholy PRONOUNCED A HYPGCHONDRIAC BY HIS PHYSI- CIAN. The New York Sun says the poet John G. Saxe has become such a confirmed hypocuos driac that no one is able to convince him that he is‘hot a hopeless invalid. Since the death of is wife no one Can iufiuence him, and, accord- ingly, he 1s a troublesome patient to his paysi- clan, Dr. Wanderlich. “Ihave never encountered a more obstinate mab,’ says thedoctor. “He alts in his room ali day long, grieving over the loss of his power a= @ poet, and imagining that he is the greatest sufferer. I cannot detect that he is physically any worse than one of his would naturally be supposed to be. His al! it 1s chiefly men- tal, and his mind has assumed a most paiatul hypochordrical hue. He imagines that necan- uot eat apything, yet he consumes plenty of food. Then he thinks that he is wi away in flesh, but I cannot detect that he is growing any thinner, and I sometimes think he 13 gato- ing flesh. He does not go out of his room, and Cannot be coaxed or driven to take exercise. I think that if he would take plenty of exercise, change the scene of his daily life, and seek com> Panlobs who would divert his mind from him- Self, he would recover his animal spirits, and be pee like the brilliant witty man he once Mr. Saxe occuples a room in his house at 23 First Place, Brookiyn, and rarely leaves it. His neighbors are Austin Corbin, Demas Barnes, the Rev. Dr. Ludlow, and many who would gladly asalst to arsuage his grief over the los3 of bis wife and daughters, and to cheer bis inaccessible to his old melancholy, but he is fiends, and never walks in streets where he would be apt to encounter them. It 13 wnder- stood that he will goon be taken to Lacon 8 to the home of his married son. ‘Tne melancholy which stole upon him after the death of his daughter was greatly enhanced when he at- tempted to do some lterary work and found that bis fog faltered and that nis thougats were weak. Tho grief over the swift course of death in his @ad the departure of nls old gitts ave combined to produce in him much meatal misery, which he aitripures to imaginary phy- sical lils. Oa the day of the funeral of his daughter, Hattle Solace Saxe, on Sunday, Juae 5, many of his old friends atvended the ser- vices, Expecting to catch a glimpse of him, but he did not leave bis room, aud could not be induced toride tothe cemetery, The diseace which has seized Mr. Saxe has #o clo idei nis mind 88 to Bhut out ali of the pleasures of life to him, and there 1s no glimpse in his ramb- ung talk of the wit of otuer days. Mr. Size was ‘born in flighgate, Rrankiin county, Vr, was uated at lavury Oo! in’ 1839, read law in Lockport,N. Y., and St. Albans,VG, and was admitted to tne'bar to St. Albans fa 1843. He ran several times as can didate for governor in Vermont, but was never elected. hotel clerk who will wear an electric light on his shirt front and it off for @ diamond, to the humiliation of his rivals.— Boston Post, sjaaaa Uses Be ay ocene Tey MABE: Parisians. A Paris letter says of the scene of winning the grand prize by an American horse, Sunday, dune 12th: “The horses walked slowly back In Ind'an file in front of the tribunes, and then wits a littie delay, there belpg only before the flag was lowered, the lot got off in = irreproachable line. Foxhall at ouce made e and kept neariy a length ahead of untii halt way 10s} by Albion and Tristan. a { ‘he latter, splendidly ridden by Archer, ran Atuerican s0 near that tnere was at first a Cry, *C'est Tristan gai a gagne, but instantly the fateful number ‘13’ went up. and it was known that Fordham had kept his advantage to the last. It was only by a short head that be won, and from the distance the race, which Was superb.y contested, resolved itself into ®& maten between Foxhall and Tristan. Albion fintshed third, white Fiddler Was fourth, and Scobeil fitch. The time occa- Died by the race was turee ininutes seventeen Seconds, being about five seconds less than the average tine. The pace, indeed, thanks to Foxhall, was tremendous. ‘There was, nator- ally, very little enthustasm, Dat there was in- Stantly a rush made to catch a glim; of the victor as he was walked back into the weigh- ing ground, and the jockey was heartily ap- piauded. I sprak now of the peopie in the grand stand. On the courre the scene was al- together different, for no sooner was number 13’ shown than two enormous barners of stare and stripes Were extlvite1 trom the top of a drag, the youtg men on the roof waving moan while their white hats with frenzy. Tae amusement cri ated by this unusual display of patriotism was thorougaly good-hu nored, acd the congratulations with which every American was greeted by bis frieada were as hearty as they were slacere. Ametivans are vasily more Popular in Parts than are tae English, and thay would rather see the blue ribbon of their Tart fall to an American than toa horse of any oufer nationality. As to the members of the large Transatlantic colony in Paris, no words can describe their exuitation. To have carried off In one year the two chief prizes ln England and France js, indeed, an achievement ot which they have every reason to be proud Tie fact of their popularity in Paria is amply attested by the fact unat their triumph is grudged by none.” Hints on Sea-Bathing. July and August are the months for sea-bath- ing, which, if properly managed, ts one of t! most healthful and invigorating of exercises, though Its good effects are often neutralized ibrough ignorance or carelessness. The fol- lowing extracts from Dr. J. H. Packard’s Sea- Air and Sea-Bathing (one ef the “American Health Primers”) furnish a very good summary of rules for the guidance of the unprofessional reader in this matter: How Long to Bathe,—It is quite absurd to lay down positive rules as to the ume people should remain in the wat.r, since they do not carry watches in with them. And any day’s expe- Mence on the beach in the season willshow a eray many bathers sporting In the water for alf an hour or an hour, and even longer, with- out any perceptible ili effect. It is quite a common practice among the young to go in, take a bath, come out and lie on the sand, and goin again, perhaps a number of tims. ‘Tie powers of endurance vary greatly; and it is well known that swimmers have sometimes remained in the water dor many consecutive hours without harm. There can, however, be no question that for Sanitary purposes, and asa matter of prudence, itis better to take the bath, and to leave the water for the day. What ts wanted in ordinary sea-bathing 1s to carry the chililng of the boay only so far asto promote the subsequent reaction. The first sense of cold on entering the water Is soon fol- lowed by the feeling of returning warmth and ‘his continues for some little time, to be again succeeded by a sense of chilllness. Tae second cooling 1s accompanied by a diminution in the activity of the circulation, shown especially by biueness of the lips or finger nails; and this should invariably be regarded as a signal tor Jeaving the water af ciuce. To watt until the teeth chatter, and the skin of the flngers be- come shrivelied like those Of a wash:rwoman, is In a very nee degree imprudent. For those who have young children or inva- lids under their charge, and who are able to observe and regulate the exact time of their Stay in the bath, it may be sald that this may be epg ore the condition of the skin, somewhere between two and fifteen miautes. It 1s always safe to err on the side of prudence, and to cut the bath needlessly short rather than to prolong it at any risk. erhaps it hardly need be said that the colder the water is, the leas time should be spent in it. When the air and the water are both cold, the duration of the bath should correspondingly diminish, This condition of ee increases fees danger of shock and of insufficient reac- on One should enter a sea bath comfortable warm aud exercise actively during the 1a the water. The temporary chilling of the sur face will then give place quickly to a glow, which may be kept up or even increased by thorough rubbing, How to Bathe.—There are very seldom oppor- tunities for aiving into the sea, and only a very strail Lumber of bathers are expert enough to doit. The best plan ts to walk or run rapidly into the water, wading out at once far enougn either to dip the whole person, head and ali, or to sllow # wave to break over the batlier. Som> like to have @ bucket of sea-water dashed over them before going 10. Onee tn the water and thorcughly wet. one need only keep moving, oc eastonslly going under a Wave, a8 iong as the water 18 egreeable, aud there Is no sense of chiliness. Swisining.—It 13 not safe to swim tn the sea when the tide ts running out, as then it 1s difii- cult to make headway towards the shore. It 1s not safe to swim when there Is a heavy surf, a3 even & gcod swimmer may be 80 coni and baffled by waves breaking over him as to los? his presence of mind, and perhaps swim sea- ward instead of to the shore; or he may be ex- bausted by the force of the water as to lnk. Itis not safe to swim when there are strong currents running in the general iine of shore, ag these sometimes set outwards enough to keep the bather in deep water longer than id himself wers Can hold out. Should he fin in such a current he should never-try to make bead directly against it, but should swim diag- onally towards theshore, and, above all, should bel to ae ‘is presence of mind and save his stren, On leaving the surf bath it is always best for the bather to wash the head with fresh water, So as to free the hair from salt, which would otherwise make it very sti! and harsh. At Many places there are connected with the batbing-houses hydrants at a suitable height, by means of which this may be very conveni- ently done. The whole surface of the person should be theroughly dried aud rubbed aown with coarse towels. This is a luxury even in very bot weather, and adds greatly to thé benefit of the process of bathing. Immediately atter the midday bath a slight lunch should be taken; and, there is after- wards aby sense of chilliness, exercise in some form, such as billiards, ten pins, or waiking (on & piazza. not in the sub), should follow this for haif an houroran hour. Thena nap ts often very agreeable, and not in anyway harmful. Bathing for Children.—Tne beneficial effects of sea-bathipg upon children are usually very manifest,especially in the weakly and delicate, For them, the out-door life at the sea-shore and the stimulus of the salt alr and water will often So: more than any tonic known to the 1 a oe eee, 2 be Forced into the SurS—Al fects which might be expected from the bathing are nullified by the fright and nervous shock, and there may be left a lasting impression of terror which will for many years prevent enjoyment or even comfort in the water. ‘The proper way is to get the little one gradu- ally accustomed to the sea, to let them have ‘their bathing clothes on, and play on the beac! when they will go to the dge of the water, an Perbaps find ‘own way in. The whole person should always be t! ly Wetted, and as early as possible on ente! the water. It is a very bad thing to let a child get its feet and hands chilled for any length of time ‘witt out the head and body being also subjected tocold. Neglect of this may give wo - ache and 4 good deal of discomfort. Very Old People should of course be cautious avout bathing in the surf, apd Involves a internal organs, force. acute diseate in form ht to aostain from 228 bathin g, unless wit a express same may be sald to all who are the brain. heart, lun; liver or jaey 3. oan eh te obas, Pepas may all, we: er, wice a day qi itharm. But for P iG St. Was axp Navy OFFICE OF Bong an ATE, Washrscrox, D. O., Jume 28th, 1881. Reh scauired for painting fC, Teg! Butléing for State, War and Navy ta, 0 this city, will be received at this office usrin 12 or Jorg lira, 1891, and opened iminsdistely in pressnce of "7 thereafter (fications, general iamcructions for bidders, and bisnk forms of proposal, will be farniahed to fetal deniers in a a upon ae rer PPNOW aR LINGO! S OASEY. Jes Lieut.-Col. 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OBDAY. a8 p an, fron Perdis beat Bins aes foot scowl etree > 4 om: want passercer one. rates fretwhs cui — — Rates of pas-ace—Firet clams, @6, including meals and stateroom berth. Steerage, €3, qeals, if de- So i rer a TNS, A . HUGGINS, Acar. (Boston Wharf.) aoe ALTIaOnE, MD. 3¢28 Pixk GLOVER, os. 49, East Biven N.Y. EW YOBK—ROTTERDAM. The fret cl “AMET: RDAM,” ‘M. “SCHIADAM,” A. BCHOLTE! “P OALAND,” and “'Mi Qerrying the U. R. Mails to the Netherian Wateou Stores, Brooklyn, regular! NESDAY F ‘AAB,” inave y, on WED- bin, #50-870. 24 Cabin, #50. 4. CAZAUX, General Awent, 27 South Wi- st. New York For passace apply to W. @. MEIZEKOTT & ©O., 925 Penow: s Eutunston, or FH." JOHNRO le sit But 16th at. north wes yo" RS TO BUROPB. 4. W. BOTELEE & SOR Gre the Agents for the anle of ‘Tickets in thie Dis- INMAN STEAMSHIP 00. Parnes proposing to visit Europe can obtain ail aformation 6) te arian PPYINS S BOTELER & BON. VY OETH GERMAN LLOYD— STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN New Yore, Haver Loxpox, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN ‘The rteamete cf this company will sail EVERY SATURDAY from Bremen Pier, foot of 84 Hoboken. Estes of passawe:—Prom New York to London, Beuthampton and Bremen, first cabin, 6100; secord cabin, ; Steerawe, 830; pre- inve syns WO ORLMONS £007 bowie Soa faxe apriy aw New York. WG MRT: * penn 935 Penn ave., Agents for Washington. = janl? Ca LINE. NOTIOE. ounaRD “sre MaHie COMPANY LIMITED. NEW YORE AND CALLING AT OORK HARBOR. FROM PIER 40, N. B. THE = we 3 Marathon .. Wi Ul ia. .Wed.,20 deer. AND EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM NBW YORE. RATES OF PASSAGE. ‘and 8100, according to acco’ ickets te Paris, $15 adsitional. Keturn tickeiacn favorable terms. Steamers marked * do not carry steerage Pecrsye at very low rates — btecrave ticaets from Liverpool and Quecnatown, an¢ all oiler parts of Europe, at loweet rates. ‘Through Wills of laden given for Belfast, Gies- gow, Bavre, Antwerp and other por # on the Gon- Sooo, on) for ay ‘or freight abd parsave app! office, No 4 Bowling Green, or both steerage and se hed OTIn BIGELOW & OO., 605 7th street, ington, D © janl2 ‘VERNON H. BROWN & 00., N.Y. MEDICAL, &e. ports ‘at the Company's with private and yo! 1 be rewardnd by a epredy cure without mercu’ Dr. BROTH- ERS, 46 E etrect southwest jedi -1m* Da h2Oekd, 14 WEST ST., EBaltizvore, from jong ital ard private practice, ts en to waarautes a cure blond, throat, nose or in. Victims of indiscretion with Spermatorhea, premature Cecay, lo:t manhood, &e., reuderine marriage improper or uvhappy. aré radicaliy cured. Recent or Chronic Gouorrhes cared in three to eixbt days by a local remedy. Call or write. Charges low, Eailroad fare to Baltimore deducted from fee. Jel7-3m* la DS ER THERS is the Oldest Established rash ir- divs’ Phyrician in We regularities, Obstructions aud Leacorriws quugx- ul Ofiior : 906 southwest, opposite itheonian. No charge for ad: 3 e183 lm jer sof Mem- Aba DE FOBEST HAS REMEDY FoR Ladies. all female complaints quickly cured. be consuited daily at 924 7th street sorthwest. ice hours from 1109 p.m. Jel0-3m* ANHOOD RESTORED. —A victim of early tm- ence, causing nervour debility, preme— tare etc , having tried in vaia every known remedy, discovered a simple means of eelf- cure, which he willeend free to his fellow-sufter- ere." Address. J.-H. REEVES, octT-2oKk 43 Chatham st., N. ¥. BAMTH I8 WEALTH'—DR. E. 0. WEST'S EBVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT, A bpecific for Bysicria, Dirziness, Convulsions, Yous Headache, Mental Depression. Loe ory, ipermstorricea, Ia potency, Enlesions: Premature O:d Age, cansed cure recent cater. trestment. One dolar a box, or #ix boxes for five dollars; eent by may prepaid on receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With each order received by us for «ix boxes, sccompa- itd with five dollars, we will send the’ purchaser our wuarantee to return the money af the treatment does not effect cure. Guarantees is- sued by STOTT & ChOMWELL, 480 Penneylvania avenue, Waehingten, D.O , Wholessie an Agents, to whom all orders should be adi ‘octi6-s, tu, th&E ed and most reli- B. IN, the oldest establish D blein DIES" PAYSICIAN in the city, can be consult hwpetts aveniie, 2to4 =| $108. ‘all Foranie Complaints and Lrreg- Olaritics goichly cared. Prompt treatment. Sepa- rate rooms for ies. Refers to the