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'rfilg SEASONS.:
When Spring com‘s laughing,
By vale and lailLk
By wind, fiosver walking
And'.daffodil--
shim gars of morning;
__. Bing, diorningitkits; •
Bing; blue of speedwell;
And my:L wthi.eyelit
,
-*hen-comes the Sttinnur,
_ and strong,
And gay birds goisip
The orelutig
Ssi,e.et honey-,
• . That no bee sips,
Sifig;-red,•red reset:7,- -
And my Love'slips.
' When Auttmurscatte's-
• The leaves ag..in,
And piled FheavtiAtirk :
. The broad -Wheeled wane-
Singflutes of harvest, - •
Where men rejoice;
-Bing; rounds of -reapers.
• And my Icivo's voice. -
But When comes Winter; .
'.. :. With hail and.tittrEni,.
: -And, red' tire roaring,
• And Ingle wariii-'-:- .
.:--• -Sine Brit, sad :going• -r
- - Of friends that pa
• .Then-etil g,• - . .
And inyalove's-heat.
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-4,1$ -Extravagant T. - 1 •
:.-4317 Etsiz nEt.
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•
-A pale, sickly -Wife and Mother said to me .,
- the other day,' -4-6 I -81101d WE& to . hire' some '
- one to de:my.heavy, week if. we deo]. afford
.it ; but we.. really ican _ not: . I got..11o4tired by
.. Hight, though,. that l feelas- if I never want --
ad : to. got. out:. of: my I bed' agaiii.1'z'j - Se she J.
does -every. bit: of. . the, .-house.wOrk.1-.thieti the '
i
-,washing;:, which inelndes --hanging' out the
-clothes, emptying the water and • Iiting .the
.._. . . _ . .
tubs; 'Scrubs the floor and looks afterthe
-baby; in theinealitime.: • Then she gets din4'-
ner t.waShes the diShes t gets the 'children
..i:started-for scheel t-dressenthe baby ; _dresses-
:. heriielf,..and :spends_ her afternoon; until ;lei, -
-;time,i-sewing_:and tending her baby. : Then I
she. gets' tee: ;mashes ithe•dialkes;- takes :in, :
:: -spiiiiklek,.- and folds "the Clothes • undresses
the•-babii and:ntirses it: to: sloop. - -If she has
.no bread bread to -see to rise.afterthetie duties are
..Performed„ she may Shatcli a fe*-trionites to-
.... rest. j . But, the. baby feela his methees.. ner-
vous, _ eVer-wrought. condition, . amt. is. -rest-.; =
.-. less and fretful acgood ;part of the evening
and. night: 80 there doesn't seem tO • be, intich .
rest. for her at anyitinie. : The .11M -day -the.
!ironing cornea ;the"no*tday, a•liittle: extra:
. cooking; and so on, and -4n,- and on. .EaCh
• • day brings its Multiplicity:- of cares, . large. and
. inn& ; and this Wife .androotheris; as I have
Jam,. -pale, . thin,- - worried; and akv*v.S- tired. :
1-HShe soarcely knows the meaning of 'the Word
rest. _ • lier:hiisband and- children .feet the ef...1
--._. IOW ot her condition, : of course, and the at,.
- Mosphere of their hen* 4', full Of. Plans ;for; -.
.a id rettectiimanpon;. tacr,k...:-
Pyzy. - , is -.S011iething 7 . Bli''-. knows nothing.:
about. - She _never has - time .-.Tfor it: -' She •
neyer haS tit*, to read, .or- strength -to have
-Company 'for. herself or: her childten;.,
If She.-shouldi jOin her -Children in 'a •ga;the.. of.:
-
croquet, it wbuld'surprisellient So .that I--aiii...
.
sure they WOnid :..in 1 !Is . their -WicketS every.•
..time.-.. They never .Cxpent 'witch - al- thing - i' f
tlieiii_ inother,--Aliou,..dh it'Seeini Hata raleiteugh, :.
. eoniehow, that: thiS ;:or that , ones • inether `.
• shOul..1 -play-MI* 1.ter-ohilitreii. .- ''0.e idea of
taking a walk into the wood with. her litqe -
.z:oneanever codura to • herinind ; Or:1k it does, --:
- she -smothers the. thought-. at : once, for She.:
.
has no -time :or joirogth . frit- suc4 things..,
- •Alre.r..-0. can ge;•• of courile, , for -sherkCeps .4.
girl, -and .doesn't. k. t Worn. out- with .work,
_ eVery. day... ' - Yet . ho 4- happy...and. in!prised •
her. little .girls. Would be - to ,heirklo er say;
-sonic' Saterday„ `.` -Conie,,.. girls, suppose 'we.
take baby in the carriage;,4lid all g0._ into the
woods this afternoon, and. see hew inany-
..pretty-wila-flowits we oil WT.' i• :-. • ...
--..- Why they 'would scarcely know what to do.;
with themselves for (Vary delight, . and -what.
ageFuine rest to kitty and emit she would:
receive, by getting away frhinalliaSSOciatiOns:
. of..care and hardivork, 'and giving -herself tip
- to -freedeni, to . the. 4illnese Of the fetest,' and:
,---te; the peaceful Infitiencei -ah4sui.-. present •
:there._ -_ And.hoWthe chi-Wei:ea eyes. wohlil -
.:- Sparkle At. the -sight of a new .flower, or a ,
. bunch Of. bright .scarlet hunch -berries, . or .a
siiiiirrel.-darting across the.cath.1 . And how -
:. happy- their 'little ,heartai *Arad' IA if they -
Should. be allowed to take . Of their. shoes and
. stOckings, and paddle th eiri feet . irl'- a *little-,
j
cool brook, acreaining, With !Preto( ed fright
. at the little Minnows:they scare_ up-:! . And, -
.-• :how baby_ Weillti laugh au d. erow-to ear. tlieir .
. ,shonts-1, • - ' . _ .. .: ,. ..
.Whata revulsion of feeling the husband
- Wmild.,eiperiende-to return home.early 'eottie.
-: moonlight evening and findhis.wife awaiting
' him on the doorsteps,.',,cheerfal; rested, arid
•
prettily. : 4600, 'ready to 'suggest .s, '.- little_
walk.; and.. during that walk. seinitting to re-
forj.
to hciiisehold work or TU. cOinPlain Of jbo-
' ing.tired 1 - It...would be a. day remem-
bered*Mg..
by those children, and an evening, like
: . it. pleasant- dream to/that husband.-., .1.iBut•suoli
-simple- pleasures- as t h-ese; even, ca • neither:
'• be given nor:enjOyetifhy, this-Mether, . :..„ .
Now, there are -women- Compelled 4: actual -:-
.
necessity to forego). thesethings and to wsrk..-
• 7 Just as I, ha.V4i described:, . = - 'Their- husbands' -
income is Only Stifficienttosiipplyieed, fuel,
a home; T -and. :70680.r :Clothing. they :OM
• not, and. dtinot,: buyanexpensive or Unti&-
ceesary .article -Of.. dress or • ftirnitnre-fronl.-
.year'S end, to year's ind„-',alid: to pay a. Bev-
, Niitint's!‘ wageswould..would be ,simply impossible. ,
'.-Ir.iut it is .not the case -With • thialfrielid ,of :
'Mine,. and it is not th'07.-ease- .with thousands .
-Of mistaken .-_wonien- -Who - think - they ' are
----roiactioinK Meet. praisetirthy:-econOiny ..by-„,
. doing their own house -work. • - If this Woinan....
is invited out to spencItheeVening:' she -
;a:
agessomeho* to, et, for she likes. . :, change,
and no winder. : :. So she dresses :lie self.in a
--
handsome -silk trinnned with expensive lace; •
•; adorns -herself . With -jewelry; -floi‘lere,---tii.d.-
., ribbons,. and; in the excitement of. fiends, -
- MuSic . and conversation, forgets sher Aches .
- and: pains : -Tits- there Fnieet .her, j. and...."ti -
-- there she makes - such a'remark-- as " quoted
in
•
- -.in the beginning of thiti. article'.
Now, I do. keep*'a servant, and this : very.
woman knows that my, husband' does not get
-so large a salary as hers by several hundred
-:
dollars. -- There Was "a . bit, • of sharpness- in.. her, -
itoni. and manner when -she made thereinark, -
-audit We bad :net been in company ,Ithink.1.'
. - should . have tOld'ilicipive-cOtad afford. to 'hire.
a servant, - The difference is ;simply -: here; -
She eannOt. -afford to. •Iire-': her .cith4gery .
. done,. butcanafford to 'dreat. expensively
-and- to Await& her house in a, Costly linanner. -
.I sea- affOrd: te-: hire ar servant; but - not;
.
afford to spend Much -ini -dress. or. -furniture.
She spends More on one silk,than it coats my
husband to•pay j our servant's 1 wages for six
months. Her Over -work, anxiety, and want
of proper rest bring on sickness; the result
of which is doctor's bills; Sufficient every
year to pay the servant's wages. Now,. in
-
• spite of her convictions' that She is a very
- ecenomical *Oman, I thinksheis i'Very ex- '
travegant one; Her *hole life is one absorb.,
ed by petty drudgeries which :could 'better -
be done by the hands 1 of 'a - strong- ,serVant,
rand Which can be done by herself only by
.the sacrifice of herself,. the companionship .
of her husband, and the sharing of her
children's pleasures..* Can she offerd.-,to lose
-all thesethings ' out of her life? -- -Can her
.-.-husband • afferd to? Can her children afford
. ,
- to? Not if if can possibly be helped:- ;
•- - Before -a woman With -400'W lealtli-.and.
:•a family of children jays it is -an extrava-
gance rifOr , her to. keep- :a -. .servant, : let her
think over and over if Shels not indulging in
..a, , greater. extravagance, coinpared - with •
.
which the keeping of to servant is nothing.
Is she not leaving duties; high and lioly, Uhl
fnlfilled from. look and-time:and:strength to -
• do them ?.. Doestheipossession: Of a hand-
' ; i '
Soper dress and a finer -set of: jewelry than
her neighhorit compensate for ,the back -aches;
. head -aches aiia nervousness sh . suffers from-.
t
eV.ery' day. .her WO. Is it wise or right;
ler her to stifle all loveof-n440411(1 boOki ,
-oiid to - devote - herself to 1 diannal\. lobo;
which she isable to hire some poor *Oman
- to- do; and which the poor_ Wonian *edit to
,
-
know'
-clerg
haVe
:Are, ;."4orgy9Zgen :who: :ought to
o to have been
h ph s mans and .physicians who
ought4o•havi -,, en batch** of j the useful .
; and liaimiesks ...There are men . ruined
in b siheaSeve year, who inighthave made
1
their Mayin th World if -. they had chosen
int
any Ot .ereell- and the number of excel-
lent I - clianics o ihave been-- Spoiled by .
:.9)1098.-. g C4- . pi essi4ila. I career, is beyond.
cOmPu atien.', : 1, - - ••-
The trouble es-largelY in the . mistaken
notiOn that th s - businesses which admit of
are inscrutable- way
than those lir the pursuit Of
must horny • but this .
mirce from Which' the . evil-
echenics have ,chbien rades
releSs_fit than -. for others,
idiq thescere in eVery.pro. .
iiii
ng i Some other. .-The law(
most of- these; lhoUgh the
'
tis not very- evident. Al-•
r kn
It is Well Worth Stepping to- think about. -
.,-Yes; stoppinglwork to think Omit. ..We Mo-
thers -need more time to -think: It is our.
duty to take: it if we .ctur possibly get it:
-.3ilcist of us over -work. • Few' of us have half
enough of recreation, !sunshine, _air, or rest.
We equld have them all much more fikly if
..We were willing to -give to them. the time and:.
money we devote to dress. f - •
Our husbands would alt rather - see us
simple, inexpensive dresses, with . cheerful
faces, rested frames, and quiet minds, thaii,-
:-" gotten up" in the most -faultless style Of
fashion at the expense of thein. At least
that'is-what4 think. -
' I .:clo not Wish mylreadera to .-think, :froth, -
• what I have. Written; that 1 consider keeping
-a Servant -implies --a jatatej 'of blilisful: rest. •--
Anything hutithati 1 assure them..., I. know
that, to a greet -extent, tiervitts are careless
of, their - inter ats; wasteful,
y siothfUl,. ignorant, impudent, and dishonest!
1..Btit thekeepingOf even ivpassible one re- .
lives thei. delicate:484.08S from - washing,
ironing; ,liftingheavY 'Pots ails kettles,: serub-
bing;-• washing windows, halting'. heavy
rugs, Mid.; doing those .conntless strength-'
taxing things which insit be •defie by .some-:
1 • • 1,
494Y! And, if we ,cannothave the*.other
. _Matters of housework j done Tit as We would
do them, better SO- than -do. them 'ourselves
at the cost. of our 'constitutions, and; I doubt
•••-.- not; in .thallt,Cases, . of life tse1f. Besides
there -ire even inthis day'-- and. generation,•Y
-many geed, icapable Servanti,-. .and there:
would j be many, pore • if they . had more
thouglitfi41.-and.capable-employers.
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• •
The Naming of the Flowers.-
"
It is populaiily_lielived that:flowers:0.0W
in thC, country. ,- Possibly 'they. jdo, in the
vvild'state; which is the state that •botanists.
deligh t Ti;le waysides at _this:Writing-are
fringeil .. • With;` golden t rod., J splendid:: With .
. pinnies of scarlet.aignach;1 .and: unity with-.
cloud of purple asters and deep in the cool'
woods. all iniginer have been -lovely -little -
blossoms, 'violets and :oneinoiies,-waxen
things that they .Called Indian -pipe •when - we
went to schoot-and_all- sorts. -of green vel-
vety mosses !;41i4 gradeful . trailing
But the gardeu in its glory is in the citY,and
not in -the country. - ; Around the fariner's
door, if if his Wife or danght.er have tiMe and
.inelination, there are 'often: a _few bright
rose, -a- morning-glory I vine, ton -eh -Me -nets
andlour, o'clocks: ; but the monad is needed
:for.jether , Uses, and the space -:the flower.,
-..wohld take is often -Isown.: With . crops -0,1w
will . pay better 'Whenmarket day comes
:along.. _In tite little s4aaresplace which the,
• City- lot Oft sr4s, part of it. necessarily taken -
.-up by thekgraSS-piot fOr drying and bleach-
ing the -the I.w;e.kik *ash, :it is marvellous how
inauy flowersjj Can -be erowdOd _together,: and:
how -.bright a Show -the v give .back in return
for love and labor. .7,:One• of. our neighbors
has. tieveral,Inindred plants all flowering: in
fecreestaSY:_of• beauty and -bloom in his
narrow bordering hedS, indraniong his: rare
-exotics and sPlandid. Varieties of double and
multiform WOndbs-.Webegpar-
don if we exaggerate, but We ;are 1 -getting-:.
lr : :
florally -into deep Lwaters-hei has -lately. in: -
troduceda rrare-and.1.,geneipue . vine. We
WatChedits growth alengthefenCe, a groWth
,as rapid as that Of ',lank's:- famous bean-stelk,
and Wondered Whether any of it would come
on our side. .Great green leaves and golden
flowers, end lavish opulence 0 both. - • What,
ohj, what. I wail- the .•name of thebeautiful:un,:
soft.h
'more..
which
is not
comes.
.for-Nir
-and in
cledneis .
he 0-PspeC:Srlybj
dUY
1.0usy
e
fessio who bel(
perha s, catchP
. reason for the f
Most rt' wtr half a. dozen people ,-
wholNi re brettt2 s but who lave obeli-.
- A .
dolled the prom.
r
on tnefirst opportunity;
:never o return o Editors' -Offices- and
schoOl rooms fulliof th se, and now and;
; . ,
theni cI e -findsan ex ,physician among them.
. They. re Men f ab Indent ifitelligence, and
ample abilityv ome-of them make brilliant
career for theirselves. inthe-business, what,.
ever i may 14, which they have taken up as •
anaft rthough but y far the .larger;num--
. ber-find their j voce iork" teo. late for any
great good to �rnel of it, and all of them
the u • en, of having prepared them -
only it • so ething other than the
hey:. -are, oing..l That theyliave quitted
ofessiorl Jof th'ir early choice is due,
tarry
selves
work
the
. for th
thinig
of ab
tern
nil'
It
. fore; a
An
_
They
for t
and!
reesio
known? •f• •
What's in a name?! .,. A rose by any other
• would Smell As sweet no doupt, and yet we
had a feeling of "top-(k)not come down,"
When our country cousin, looking from our
parlor window, exclaimed with amusement
tinged with jcontempt ; ‘f What on -earth is
that -man growing a pumpkin 'vine on his
for ?":
Of " VooatiOUS.
- • They have a pradice in convents which
Might furnish hint Of. Wisdom to the Outer
world.- To the:cominon -thought the inmates
Of these houses are only tOo,glad to secure a
convert totheir way of thinking and _their
manner of life. • We are .acestorneato im-
agine that willingness i on the part �f a novice
to -lead the life of a min is the only necessary
'Condition to herdonning of the, veiL_ In •
,point of fact,' hOwever„ the probation of the
novice is really a probation. . Her fitness for
. the life and the work which,she has chosen
is -thoroughly tested,', andher ultimate .ad-
mission to theSisterhood-, depends- upon- .the
oneetion, whether j or not She shalt be found
to have what in cOnventual phrase is polled
a " v.ocatiOnX In other words, the.novitiate
tests the question Whether Or net the candi
. date -la- by nature intended for the life and
the duties WhiCh she wishes to take upon
herself. "If yes, she is admitted to the sister-
hood ; if no, she muitfind her life work in
the outside world. - -
Now it would undoubtedly be well if some
such crucial test could be applied to all of
MI before we are allowed to commit ourselves
for life to some work for which ' in more than
hill the caseswe are 'wholly unfit. We
•
Mos: iii
that u
ity4 - I
anie.nt
theml,
foregon
it is -r4
acquai
obit- rtd;
ehose,
he care
*Ili
t, to -their- unfitness, for it,,,
:tness is -not usually a want
is co- nionly. some ,matter.ef.
hichqiakea the work distaste -
lid th ir.feilurein it is there-
concl ion. . - : e. .
n a natter of -wonder to. the
ranee this failure Of his:
is-evi entintellectual fitness
work, and 'cite his industry
bless of his preparation as
he Should have succeeded,
II
-never °nee in iring whether -mere intellec-
tual', • d physical. fit Os for the thm- g- under-
take ,nocessablv ariue-a real ;fitness ifor it:,
Artenins
; •
-IA characteristic. Let retOtor
Unt
..rablished, -from arrio Flumorie
to a, Young Friend; aged e,glit.
' - 'SALE*, Mass -,-Ja e -18, 1884..
1- 'MY DE4R.A.:31E1:1-X.-4- mil t...t..e..1_I.j.in.n1.1°
13111a4seIemsmis.ass Yt9huo.11'gh. I .1i dT. 0, -t,n1.,1. ni. Y., :F-61
lives, incbiding inyT gra!tidgx ttkor anddi
. ',
cooking -stove._ .. -.'; :..`•:.
- Why didn't Put you . in '-a -bottle _an
.bring. you down here with. me:? But I a
'always -forgetting .*Isomithin. . . The Othe
.,.
:day I:went off and forgo; inA Aunt !Sara
.and she's a good deal. bigger . than you are•
..; NI?. ItamSecr. is. also. a Very IfOrgetful ma,-
-, He frequently goes, offranil;forkets-his wash-:
. erwoman. Mr.- _liainsey iasifery fine=loOk-
,iiig Man. I.:. He reminds ine.ofJ.:4r: Green; th
'Maldo:u -murderer. . When Mr 'Ramsey goe
:to the .penetentiary, willvilii41-bevery soon
: we Must send hlin doughnuts, :itnagazines, an
' other literary documents. ' -111 . • itarnsey e3,
1-.tearigerinyt-ouv!vreYnylvtiLeil; -, .I.v. S... 01;14 *ill; "yo
J. just as well if you Were.• v-irei -years -Jold.evi
1
:Ee,1),Y: Whola m
-1 alit veryiingularobout S'Otis
You spoke to me 4i011things. -
i, rival." I Should feel *e1. Yiso y to kill .th'
i • 1 ..--
- .
boy, but hmay drive the hope that he -will - take himself into
' e- e -t it. .L AMA
premature tomb7.rthet,he ma Choke higise
with alarge slice of -pudding 1 -but if he -a-.
l
•-• neither.' shall feet forctf. to : oad . Iiim: Wit
;
chains, and; read all le. tares to hii4
. That will finish him. _ ii hoots may ' Main, but the rest of hi wi have perish
, . , ,
;'. miserably -long ,ere-.1-hav ----gcii4.. through!
: . You must be T., odlittle : rl, andaiWa
, mind. your Mot er. .N_ er .t yonr-...ex
' lent.mother feel sorry that sh r. is acqnain
. Iwith you! If _it - hadn't ben for her :
, might- have! been droWned.:,i . -ja •SOilp-P1B
; long ago. -, -And if -you. hadn? ever had a
'mother_ you might now be _in -Turkey; -wi
the: other . Turkes. : In :tot, my de
de
i Amelia. so conduct yourself that even
' dark and rainy .day.E.! :the, b ',.ght Sun ''.'IT
, shine Wherever you are—and that the -sta
-.(whieli are next to the the Min; in --biightne
- may never flash so" brilli nfl but that-.
. . ,
'
lialways took steadilyan hopefully'
; ewair th m ! •• ' ' '
hp° enterii4 law school are ;are -apt to -picture
to th only' the triumphs of the pr
fessi $ i, for tting,. but faintly realizing,:
'how itichljq drudgery there. is .in
pur-
suit. no. -bryo- d qt(4' rides in a .chariot
of ri-t imagination, little :j heeding the -fact
-that • his wok- lies : n.. the hovel far. more
large y thh in the mansion,- and that his
life it nit -piinto daily contact. with
,
disea &and.ti1th and wretchedness.' And so,'
with.; tory ng else, Nearly every bey in
cho see his business noder.an--utter,
1.thisa 'prehen len of its real'. nature, - and the
mise y-'bOry, f thie.fact makes it worthy of
re gereral attetio"Th.than it- ordinarily
reeei, es at LIbhe lididis .-erither of !the. boys
• gti nhedneti net vi tuess fo9f r wP a .orku sa nTeritsseeliatnial
condition-
.„otnolytht worthy
happinessttiyplaying oft the
part 8 Wel
. dual:
and to the general welfare of -
awl\urld, 1. Which heowes the :very best
WOr Of wh hhe is n-anY-way cpab1e. -
-
A nri t
grat. iii to
-- a feu tan
. of th . -city
- i .n:itml - si e Mpi.nfaY.hirit
in - the interior of Tot:. tiftil- ebohy, case io buffet -ha
keY,: writes a: Correspondent, I have .halted a- full-sized si0b6P'111-1 'T'.'d i
- liene t i t s . ..o I a w 0.-sp g .
: tree , o 9.0 chinty thirst at. the limpid wa-
ters. f a iii. blelotnitain, and to reposefrona
:the- - oond lea: 1:There . it always: some •
edif3 ing di ich.frOn,i tlae*Koran, that -w.wa-
• tell i the ft of .064, and blessed is he who
dist *butes-. t; or that "water IS the source -
1 of li and health," -etc: - There is a _practi-
cal; ety:i these IrtOnnments.of -charity that
spea i We for the lieneyedent disposition 'of
the iissuli an. - The Turks are great cod --
sure' rs a , ate,,, and. they are good judge's of
- its I-, uality and , nine -in:_- what they use:
: The hvori Water, Sold at a pato a glass, is
. fre' -Asia either filoin Tehainildja,- on the:
',Mon tain ve Scutari, �r from Karakonlak,.
- son! ten! ilea'tip the Bospherous; 'several
mile inward from f.ielcos.,, - This is - brought
:- -to•t e landing i barrels, . on horses' backs,
- put b ' kes, and in. this _way. :Carried:to -.
a... COntanti' j pie befcire daylight, -Notwitli- .
Stan ingthelength * the journey- it is as
.pure- as, d '• std. - The' vendors cry if is
64 B V4. gu bi ;" "As good. -as ice:" .-. A_pasha,-
,
Will ram w6.- large goblets it a swallow:
- Ash ater , P. said to have fattening proper-
ties, the l . lige:draughts they take of it -.MaV
belt e Oou .e, in part, of the obesity to which
bo kik 3 Of the Turks are subject. .
iSh Ilye of -Wit
mks. that he can do Lthina so
,
od and- man as the setting up of
y the roadside Orin the streets -
here -the wayfarer AO his -
pease their thirst,_ and bless the -
who prOViiled for ;their :wants.
. .. • . -, .
Value of Real Estate.
- In the auction ffiarta 0 , arouse Yee
. ..• - i it- it
property was -exposed, for lig, which is. _
:-rounded with interesting ass Mations re
ing to the past history of he Metropo
while the price obtained :,:_iilln rated the
markable growth in the v1u of real_ esta,
in and about London, thepro . erty Consisti4
Of one4ialf and thirty second, and otiellor
eth of a King's share of the eWr River
The
The history of that: corporat on is most
ter -eating. It was, establish d•lit the ye
1609; when the corporation- f: .London -I
wally , agreed with theicele rated. engine
Mr. _Hugh Myeldletoni: to--br
_water .1rom Hertfordshire
The capital of the -company : -,*
. 72 -Shares; one half of Which '
i
Kink (James I. -I, and the-eth
Mydeilet_on, and his _ .044IN.
King Charles the First;f:bei4
hinds, sold his 36 shares tot
an annual payineiii.,,Of £50,
portions of One IA these -ilia
sold- to -day. There _mere
lots offered: . The one,hn mit
'share brought from -COO to
fiftieth' from £1,400 to £1,
the rate' of over £70,000 for
andat this pride the thirty .
-King Charles would ha, e be n worth to -
the handsome stun. of £2,5 0,000; and
parted -with tbia -property, we have Se
in I:636, "for an annual pa «ent, of £5
The revenues of the comp •y are now
rived in a large- degrefro ground re_
-and 'froth property *Inch as` been erect
i .
on this land, in Addition to tine water 'ra
:In 1861 the gross-revettheottl e "company:
4202,950 10s. 91; In,1876.-i had increa
- . • ,
_ . 1
igiand
g a supply
into Lond
as divided i
elonged to t
r to Sir -Hu
In. 16
-straitened. f
ie cenipany
, and w
es. which w
ltegether. fo
dth of a Kin
£740, and. t
. This Was
a single sha
shares held
t� £383,520 10s:
Th.e-Largest the Wor
An trinneet _SW1PS ineLlian c.11as juSt
iitted;• for .the 'Khedive 1 •ypt, ceitai
handsomest music Music boX.ever ad..Per.ebIatbsiybe
the biggest add lines, ,
oa; -BB laige!.
laid with zi
it ed with bro
chasing( .and plates. ' j. The - uterior of t
remarkable box is a perfect- marvel of
chanieal ingenuity ; it.lincln 's all the la
improvemnets for Bolen, mg-. unes, a. pate
moderator; -.etc:,- and is _furnis ied with flat
Ilatebasso,. drain, bells,icastanets.. The
pertaire 0011SiEtS Of One *mated. and Unit
two -tunes . supplied . by .:ele en .cylinders
- which can be changed i- at --pl ute—each
them six inchesindia+ter nd twenty -s
inches long. _ NotWithstan k its brobai
-nekien- dintionsions;.- this instrument, Ii '
• others of its:kind, •peiifOrnis . u maticall"
. • , i. .
when the .Khedive_ cleeirei ' 0 treat:hime
to a concert needslonly to on ha-epr
and if his highness shoOd.-gr. w; eery of
1
monotony- of *One Iiiiindred.-1 nd thirty -t
tunes he has but 'to. eopiiiin ca e With t
maker, who can speedilyShp ly him the -
.teriale fer-e: few -adaiii ' - undrects,
complete our descriptio , tthe boxis t
. • _
; result of eighteen- miithe- siduous lab-
: . and that the iiiceto be paid for it is abO
$4,001:1 - - ' ' " '
. .
I h bade f id readinplane 4i'd brisswc'rk'aud
Tilargest schooperyaeht ,ift the world
isn w bei built at City- Island for -Mr.
Wil tor,. and will be completed about
the rst o September.. She is pronounced
by omPe nt. judges to be A model of
etre gth d beauty,. and will cost 'about
$25 000. The interior accommodations of
this ne vessel will of the most complete
kin Th -size of the saloons and state-
roon s *ill resemble those of an ocean steom-
er,i ut &is them in the comfort and lux:
ury their appointments. All the work is
of e mot costly description, and nothing
=ea invent- or wealth can -
furn 'be wanting. Her name "kept
a to fon secret; and will be revealed
'until SO -beauti 1, young lady cracks a
bottle of ne oVer. the -bowsprit when the
; Yac t unched.
. J .
- Till:: -.death is annelniced-o
Dalli4,_the lotterbettr .kn
„Henry Balwer, Mr. ulwer
in the habit Of sayingthat t
ther was really the eldest :of
it is ..a. well-known feet t
- i • f
England are more often ,conf
er than -elder sons,. inastnuc
gesiiitO the Professiohs-Ithat
tion, -while the eldertreinain
acres i- and Mr. Bul er'e ac'
ily:encumbered that: it was .
_life to cleartrieni. "The. fort
4
....ther, heiress of the .4yttens
second son, the novelist, ir
. I ,
,-ary labors and .aclnattable.- .
' trived-td bring his dp.apida
: Of Knebtrortli to a Moat :p
-don. . lord - Iiallingj,•whose
are yet re_menibered.at
leave a penny- behind I
now extinct. . r`
1 .
elder rotifer of the lite Le
13ulw
Lytton a
wn hereas
brothers sve.,_
eir eldest b
the liJ
t -peerages ,1;-_-„.4
rred on yo.tie-:
.1-3..8 the fo
lead to disti
on the pater
awere so he
he labor of
ne of his nj.,-
passed to
o, by his lit,
agement,
d old:Trope
aperous con
embarassment
ington, did tt
d his titles
mons a Cure for Consumit1011".,,.
correspondent of an English medicjournal al',
furnishes thefollowing receipt es a -
-cure for eonsurnption : Pat a :dozen whole
Owns in cold ,water-Und boil until soft, roll'
and squeeze until all the juice is Pxtracted, -
--iWeeten the juice enough to be palatable,.
use as many as'a dozen a day. Should they .
cause pain or looseness of the bowels, lefisen
the piati,tity and use five or . -13/X a day until
better, then begin and use a -.dozen a day
again. By. the time you haveusedfive or --
,sii_dozen you will begin to gain strength
!..aua have an appetite. ... Of course, .you get -
'better you need. not use BQ Many. Follow
these directions, -and we know -that you -will
-never regret it if there is any *ii.:;rp for you.
. -
Qnly keep it -up y, e know -
tiro -cases where bot O the 'patients were
given _ up by the physicians, and were in the
laqt stages of consumption, -YVt both * re
• cell 'by using lemons according to the -
sr -talons we have stated. One- lady in p
1:ttittell4lare-vlyerayit-hbiendiiiihdrimoannedy 0verylow;olld3rchad
but all in Vain, when, to please a friend, she - •
fiially consented to use the lemons. She _
gen to use therwin February, andin April.
'slfeweighed 140 pounds. She is a well wo-
manits.
t..o-day, and likely to live.as long as any
of
.110- .
UsE1JL RECEIPTS.
-::84V4181.1 FRITTERS. -4 pint—more or leas
---4-rom the dinner table, one egg and two
tablespoonfuls of flour. .` - Fry on the griddle
:'-fP'Aitrae-caxi3kfassitt. d'Y ;T:EL.1.4Y.,,,,,t1ra* Sit the - lila;
_ hen squeeze -through ale nel jelly!bag. TO
4
,-;etiry- Pint Of juice allow one pound of *the
_-liat white sugar; , oi twenty minut40,•-
T-for:twenty-tner honra- , then ',over and paste.
--Fik,:ring often .; :fi.il your -'.13:Owle, , set Aside
-, To -FiciarlIT.OTS. —Qatherthe beans when .
:iinintg ; remove the the strings and boil until
',tender. Put into a stone Jar with a small -
:pgliOrilo the beans, covering clofiely to prevent
rgOe_rof utuilivih;obleoipel tplipeerv,i_annesda:r6r., Aviurtil.:1::olictie-g; '
' tile escape of steam. - ; •
IticE Wkierix.s.-2--To one cupful And • -a half
ofboiledride Add two cupfuls of 'flour; mi*
-it-With milk: The hatter , must . be rather
• thicker thin pancake batter. Add- a' little
:istuba,1011:; ti,33hnaetknh-:bieinaw.ttlitiviahoie-ilegigr-,goosog.lry. jeut:y4...i-l. tigalist:0,01.db:':att_it...
: =-171A-Noo*s-Take green nmskinelons and
;40ash peppers before -they become red ;take
_
out the seeds1 and put them in salt water: -
...over -night 4 then fill them -with onions chop-
ped fi.he, thor eradieh scraped- 'fine, - muster& •
seed -and Oliiv -S.; sew them lip and Putthern
--.i!i_.,_p) vinegari - , .-• _,_. -. ,' --,
---1-(1C11 BIC PUDDING.—Soak one .nnpftil
-riee over 'night in lour cupfuls water 4' take
=the yolks of si. eggs beaten with --.six table-
spoonfuls whit sugar, Onequart boiled milk, .
•_alidilaVoringiceording to taite ; -beat ..1-0.0
whites- to to a sti* froth - -addjthreetablespoOn,
$01-14" Of White sugar; Tour it -over the. top,
.- ,
.b44. -bake 90 feW'ininnteB: '
-0CiCOANUT CAKE—Poe .eUpfill sugar, one- - .
,11,0.upful. 13:sv_ get milk, , one 'i.and =one:half
-cif fuli 'flour,the white of three eggs,two
.----tablespOonfuls :melted butter, jtwoleaspoon-
4iiiS . baking ps,wder,_ bake in three itihs-L.,
pake-A frosting of the white of two eggs and :
--Efu,goix ; spread between the layers And In: '
' top S.rid Sprinkle kin cdessicated cocoanut.
-1--j). RESERT)P :CURRANTS FOR -TARTd.. t
-- . . .
yvitrzeurra* when '-lieY• are dry, andfpio _
-- -
_
them: to every pound and a quarter .of ear,
.
rants put a -pound i
of sugar nto .a.,-preservuig
pan, with as .much juice of currants As will.
dissolve it; _NU" it boils skim it, and put
iii:-)rnili".. 'currants, ,and boil them- till they are
'=Clear.; put therti into a jar, lay paper over,
'.tie them down, auk -keep theni in a dry
•-Place.- ..:. , ' . - : •
... . .
TBRANDIED PEACURS.,--:T.0 everypound of
1.)aele-d peaches add one poind of _sugar and.
.otte•_gill of white brandy -4 make - a syrup -of
the _sugar, .gad only enough watertotlissolve
it,. let it corne to a boil, then piiethe fruit in
and let -,. it boil five minutes; -remove the
fruit carefully, then let the Syrup WI li*
teen _Or twenty minutes longer, -until _it
thickens;- add the brandy, and take- the
Kettle at once, .froin the fire ; pour the het
syrup over-: he frnit,nd seal at ono. If,
before adding 04 clear $,Yruk. Put :IV iv-
-afterthe ,' -hes have :been reinoved, A red,
diairliqu- oozes from them, -drain this off'
glass jars that have been. rolled -: in hot wa-
ter. -" The peaches should -• t be over-riPe.
I . 41111641i I jo,
Iutere ting ii*fopuation.- :
Ite'VonOnd e; Peka.ts tells of -somesin-
gular exPerime to made by Prof.; Verneuil
and others, Of Or* upon a patient wholad.
swallowed a -qluantity vf Acid, and. whose
_ sopliagiis war entirely :olosed in come-.
-,:quence. To supply him ,with -food, they
were 'forced to. ut an Aperture directly into
- hmstomaeh. T. e,...operation was -successfully
made,andthe patient, who otherwise is en-
tirely well, has ever since been reeeiVing:nu,
trimetet 'through a rubber tube fitted into
the opening. The food is reduced to an eas-
ily digestible form, such as broth or finely.,
chopped Meats And - vegetables' -and. is forced
through titi--, it....with ra.,innall IMMO; --' :All •'-
oommunicationliletween the mouth And the •
stomach has _ceased. The opportunity pre- -.
. soebnsteeridabtYionthainclreeni3Prekrtlebleiilatt$I'64111.1cittlenrtnt - -
to account. Prof. Chas Richet states that
he found. that meat fat and vegetables were
digested hy_. the patient in three *to lour
hours. .. 'The -.digestion of Milk was :complet-
ed within two Atkins, while water And alco-
hol disappeared in law than three:_quartera
of in. hour. -7_---.0-Otitl is AA taken up by 4.0_,-
greeS, the volume of a meal remaining in the
Stomach without Material operation -until
near -the dose of thelligestive operation, And
then disappearing entirely in a few minutes,
leaving only ia few -nnaige_ sted*Morselli. visi-
ble. -Valuable and interesting information
is expected from the observations yet to he
made in this case, ,
JosEt BILLINGS, talking of hie expBrience
in love Matters, says: There iz ti, grate men-
ny rules to make'. married life comfortable, -
but the golden -one iz this—Go slow, and siv
each ether ov the road. This ;uleiris4sz
simplik-and easy az milking a cow on the
right side, and will be found. az usephiAl.,-az
ile to avoid hot journals and. dry axles. -1'P -