;iuY. 5. 



MOORE'S &B&AL KEW-YO&KER. 



Suite front Xciu Books. 



How we Abuse oar Stomachs. 



No other civilized people, probably, are ac- 

 customed to abuse tbeir stomachs bo badly as we 

 Americans ofthe United States. Oar food is often 

 badly chosen, atill more frequently spoiled in cook- 

 ing, and alw ays eaten in otter disregard of dietetic 

 rules. We eat far too much flesh-meat, (and espe- 

 cially pork, in its most objectionable form,) and 

 too little bread, vegetables and fruits. Oar hot, 

 soda-raised bihcuiu, hot griddle-cakes, saturated 

 with bolter, and the hot, block, intolerable coffee, 

 which form the staples of our breakfast, are, in the 

 Wit in which they are taken, among the 

 deleterious articles erer put upon a table. Pies 

 arc another American abomination, and have n 

 small share af our ill-health to answer for. Th 

 mince-pie, as it is generally made, is the tibomint 

 tiuo of abominations. Some describe it as " ver 

 white and indigestible at top, very moist and indi 

 gestible at the bottom, and untold horrors in tb 



pire, a distinct portion of the "Old Dominion." 

 Hence arose theorigin of the term. Copper coins 

 of Virginia were issued even as late as the reign 

 of George III , which bore one side the coat of 

 arms of England, Ireland, Scotland and Virginia, 

 — Aott* and Qutrw. 



Books Received. 





edfe' 



ubole: 



(aide of 



badly c 



fine flour, and fermented till it 

 .1 sweetness and a large portion of its nuiri 

 ements are destroyed, or raised with tho3> 

 ous chemicals, soda and cream of tartar. Ii 



case, it is unfit to be eaten. The rich cakei 



boseu dishes and our objectionable crock 

 j rapid eating and imperfect mastication 

 and tbe continually interrupted digestion wbicb 

 our intense and feverish life necessitates, am 

 have a complication of abuses, which would, 

 must believe, have long since utterly destroyed 

 tbe vital stamina of aoy people not originally 

 endowed with marvelous physical powers.— 

 JvcjiEs' "mnUUmarisFhytieal Perfection." 

 What can be done with Paper. 



A writer in Blackwood'* Magazine Bays it is 

 wonderful to see the thousand useful, as well as 

 ornumental purposes, to which paper is applicable 

 in the bunds of the Japanese. He states that be 

 saw it made into materials so closely resembling 

 Russian ond Morocco leather and pig skin, that it 

 was very difficult to detect tbe difference. With 

 (he anl of lacker varnish and skillful painting, pa- 

 per made excellent trunks, tobacco bags, cigar 

 cases, noddles, telescope cases, tbe frames of mi- 

 croscopes; and be even saw and used excellent 

 water-proof coats, made of simple paper, which did 

 keep out the raiu, and were as supple as tbe best 

 Mackintosh. Tbe Japanese use neither silk nor 



in their hands serves as an excellent substitute.— 

 It is soft, thin, tough, of a pale yellowish color, 

 very plentiful and very cheap. Tbe inner walls of 

 many Japanese apartments are formed of paper, 

 being nothing more than painted screens; their 



udovr 



nth a f 



ecriptiou of the same material; it enters largely 

 into the manufacture of nearly everything in a 

 Japanese household ; and be saw what seemed to 

 be balls of twine, but which were nothing but long 

 shreds of tough paper rolled up. If a shop-keeper 

 had a parcel to tie, be would take a strip of paper, 

 roll it quickly between his hands, and use it for 

 the purpose ; and it wa3 quite as strong as the or- 

 dinary string at home. In short, without paper, 

 all Japan would come to a dead lock ; and, indeed, 

 lest by the arbitrary exercise of his authority, a 

 tyrannical husband ohould stop bis wife's paper, 

 the sage Japanese mothers-in-law invariably stip- 

 ulate that the bride is to have allowed to her a cer- 



Chinese Characteristics. 



In illness, and that dreadful wrench of soul 

 and body we call death, the Chinese character 

 shows itself. Tbe pig-tailed men believe that 

 the pain of illness i3 tbe result of the attempts 

 the soul makes to leave the body. They believe 



s, prayers, may 



I frail ] 



rst try kind words, ran after it, 

 .■ back, and describe what they n 



y weep, they cry, "Come back, ( 

 have we done to you T What n 

 ve for going away ?— com e bac 



bullying, lets off 



Tbe ml 



they are on the track. Tboy carry lanterns, if it 

 is at night, to light the soul back again. When 

 fairly dead— and most quiet people die Bt once 

 to get rid of all this noise and torment— they 

 8*J tbe person bus " Saluted the age," bos " thank- 

 ed the world," every one belonging to the de- 

 ceased at once puts on white caps, girdles and 

 shoes. The body is covered with quicklime, and 

 kept sometimes till the anniversary of tbe death. 

 The day of the funeral is like an Irish wake. 

 Every one sinekes, drinks tea, gossips, laughs, 

 tilt the time comes to gather round tbe coffin ; 

 then they shed tears, groan, eob, and address the 

 dead in passionate and pathetic monologues. 

 Every Chinese cau weep and laugh at will, like an 

 actor.- Th, Kingdom of Floieert. 

 Origin of the term "Old Dominion." 



Few things are so well calculated to awaken in 

 ian, when wandering 







SUl.pl, 



i oft 



yet i 



i oft 



■■(lid 



has so generally been applied to Virginia I 

 originated thus ; — During the Protectorate 

 Cromwell, the colony of Virginia refused to ac 

 knowledge bis authority, and declared itself inde 

 pendent. Shortly after, when Cromwell threa! 



od a fleet and i 



reduc. 



iirgin 



to subjection, tbe alarmed Virgii 

 mmtnger to Charles II., who was then an exile 

 in Flanders, inviting him to return in the ship 

 with the messenger, and be king of Virginia. 

 Charles accepted the invitation, and was on tbe 

 eve of embarkation, when he was called to lbs 

 throne cf England. As soon as he was fairly 

 seated on his throne, in gratitude for the loyally 

 of Virginia, he caused her coat of arms to be 

 quartered with those of England, Ireland and 



iptFBfiiuf. [l2mo.pp.4W] Boston: Gould Jt Lin 

 t: oy -JrLrrs 0«AB, By Hekkt O. Lowell, D. E 

 :oc , h , es ter-ST E RiE U ATOr , vi , r' tlCmt> ' PP ' "'' 

 ). U,, Dean of tit. Paul's. [ICmo, pp. 246] Bocli 



WEYEE'S CAVE.-No. H. 



Retpiising to the main passage we enter the 



Twin Room." Here our attention is directed to 



couple of statues, from the similarity of which 



tbe apartment derives its name. A part of this 



chamber i3 called the " Baluster Room," from tbe 



dges in the walls, formed by rows of stalactites 



resembling, in size and form, rows of balusters.— 



In this room is a deep hollow, dark and bottom- 



:ss, (so you are told,) which bears the significant 



tie of the " Devil's Bake-Oven I" 



The " Tapestry Room " is, perhaps equal, in the 



beauty and magnificence of its adornings, to any 



part of the cave. Here tbe walls are ornamented 



clusters of pillars and masses of drapery, 



:k emit musical sounds. Some of them ore 

 bordered with minute and elegant designs wrought 

 on the rocky fabric, through the darkness and 

 ace of ages. Nature has been lavish of her 

 kmansbip, and in that portion of the room 

 wn as the " Cathedral," she has erecled a cir- 



■ throi 



"like 



. chai 



reach t 



theg 



oined ceiling, 





glitter 







stars in the vault 



night. 



fcjfalli 



rther on, an e 



ormous sheet of sp 



■net Wll'j 



i of the "Drum. 1 



the hand it gives out a so 



the finest toaed base drum. 



We have now reached the largest division of the 



ve — the "Ball Room." It is a hundred feet in 



length by forty in breadth, and baa a floor of hard, 



ith earth, wbicb renders it a convenient place 



ancing. An annual illumination of tbe prin- 



rooms was formerly the custom and at suoh 



i tbe hours were whiled away by the votaries 



of Terpsichore in this subterranean chamber, as 



thoughtlessly as if no Hand Divine 



neb « 



9 mi; 



i a gradual ascent, named in 

 traveler, who unfortunately 

 lost his light and his way uear this spot. Luckily 

 the guide was sufficiently well acquainted with the 

 ntrieacies of the cave, to follow the main path, 

 ,nd thus to restore the benighted traveler to the 

 light of day. From this hill, a narrow passage, 

 Devil's Race-Path," leads us to a room 

 bearing the atill more suggestive name of the 

 •Devil's Dungeon." Before reaching the room, 

 lowevcr, we exchange the perils of the "Race- 

 'atb" for a flight of natural steps, whose steep 

 ind narrow grade made the passage quitedilliculL 

 It is called "Jacob's Ladder," and certainly the 

 angels" that ascend and descend it from time to 

 ne, perform no easy task. Here are also " Ja- 

 w's Tea-Table" and "Jacob's Ice-House."— 

 Were there any more stalagmites in the room, we 

 wuld undoubtedly be favored with representa- 

 ans of various other utensils in the domestic 

 establishment of tho patriarch. 



e Chamber" is named from tbe cir- 

 its having a gallery of stone project- 

 ing from one of the side walls and extending half 

 ay across the apartment. This gallery is some- 

 mes called the " Natural Bridge." Beyond is 

 Congress Hall." A similar gallery in this room 

 called the "Lobby." A sloping projection from 

 to side wall is named, from its fancied resem- 

 lance to the promontory of tbe same name on the 

 Hudson, "Anthony's Nose." A side path leads 

 the " Spar Room," from which visitors are per- 

 iled to gather specimens. 



BF.HTEA MOSTIEHtt. 



Sewark, Wajne Co., N. T., 1S69. 



N*tcre has strange ways of doing the moat 

 autiful things. Out of the oozy earth, the mud 

 id rain of early spring, come the most delicate 



iso ed and Pure as if ibev had bloomed in the 

 garden of Paradise. 



Clocds reveal the wisdom of the hand that form- 

 ed them, and are a connecting link between tbe 

 far, strange depths of ether, and our less spiritual 

 world. They catch the erosive rays of light from 

 the setting sun, and hold them up to our view in 

 beautiful succession. Clouds hold the treasures of 

 snow and rain, and moderate the burning heat of 

 summer, and the fierce cold of winter. They 

 unite the useful and the beautiful, the lerrible and 

 the playful. The clouds of April are fleecy and 

 graceful; incense that the fitful princess offers to 

 her patron Spring. November clouds are grim 

 and stern, like warriors looking from their battle- 

 ments. Clouds are changeful and fanciful, assum- 

 ing ail sorts of shape and delighting in all sorts of 

 Now they are curved in comely shape, 



I of a 





loftly t 





and fro upon tbe 



chaso each other through the sky 



wild steeds on an Arabian desert. 



If you think the clouds are uot capable of awaken- 

 ing strong emotions, watch the rising of a storm, 

 as they gather themselves together in close array. 

 " Like a flock of mighty birds," they cover the 

 heavens, while the air trembles with the beating 

 of tbeir wings. Lightning flashes, and thurder 

 rolls like heavy artillery along their line. Th 

 broad battle-plain of heaven is filling up, aud th 



myriads of caterpillars, which dc- 









the principle object being, 



finest possible specimens for high prices. Under 

 such a system of culture, slugs and other insects 

 are very formidable foes, and to destroy them, 

 toads have been found so useful as to be purchased 

 at high prices. As much as a dollar and a half a 

 dozen is given for full grown lively toads, which 

 are generally imported from France, where they 

 have also been in use for a long time in an insec- 

 tivorous way. Who can say but that Sbakspeare, 

 who knew everything, guessed everything, and 

 foresaw everything, thought of this latent value 

 when he said that (be toad, though 



or hit the bails off with the 



time to bit the ball a sufficient distance to admit of 

 bis running from wicket to wicket before the 

 stumps are knocked down with the bait. For 

 every snch ran he scores one. T weoty-two players 

 are engaged in aregular contest— eleven on a side. 

 Eleven go into thefield.takingvarious positions— 

 such as those of bowlers, of which there are two— 

 " i - C J k !^ k , e *. per l ,t>nE st °P' P° iDt ' s!i P 9 - cover-point, 

 the right or left 

 i the ball — long- 

 being chiefly 



— Philadelphia Bulla 









. But 8 



nother quarter of tbe sky there is another store 

 sing, and the two npproach each other, leaving 

 at a narrow belt of blue, which is fast decreas- 

 ig. What if tbey should rush together, and pour 

 a dreadful deluge upon us. Amidst this din and 

 strife a sweetly solemn voice speaks to our trem 

 ling hearts, "Dos't thou know tbe balancing 

 the clouds, the wondrous works of Him which 

 perfect in knowledge? Who can number the 

 clouds in wisdom, or who can stay the batt 

 nd you answer in reverence, " ( 

 Harmlessly they pass, tbe storm ceases, and the 

 smiling earth also answers, God. 



To us, clouds are uncertain things, at the mercy 

 of every wind; but to Him who rules the 

 they have their appointed course to r 

 They are messengers of mercy to men, and i 



too, of wrath. He who is taught in tbe 

 of the Christian can rejoice in truth that 

 e under the control of a wise and loving 

 Father. u 



STOVES AND FURNACES. 



ubstituted for 



i, and for the fi 



fire-places." The shrine of tbe Lares has been 

 amoved, aud our houses have been literally pil 

 laged — robbed of the domestic hearth, towards 

 which so many associations have been poured, 

 and which, in all ages, have been regarded as tit 

 iymbol of home with its social comforts. 



Not content with this, these enemies to onr race 

 have still more lately taken away the stoves, 

 which, destitute of the essence, still occupied the 



■ved 1 





ad instead they have b 

 --Etnas— under ground 

 oxygen we are oot abh 

 ,nd convert into carbonic acid, is vitit 

 gas escaping from its hidden chamb 

 le particles of coal dust, and by other 

 . which clog up the air-cells, and close 

 es of life, or stick along the parched 

 f reluctant to convey their poison to the 



■es have no doubt abridged tbe sum of 



i life, but by these subterranean iron fur- 



we are cut short in tbe middle. It is an 



to suppose that hot-air furnaces can ever be 



astructed or managed, at least in private 



houses, as not in any degree to prove detrimental 



lth. We wish we could persuade ourselves 



that this is not bo, for it is certainly very agreeable, 



limate like ours, to enjoy throughout all tbe 



s and passages of the house warm and uni- 



temperature ; but it is just this even warmth 



i is one of the sources of mischief. The 



tes are so little accustomed to the cold within 



i, and become so morbidly sensitive, that they 



shudder at tbe Idea of going out, and if they ever 



iture into the air, the frost enters into their 



open pores, and they hasten back to their shelter, 



1, exhausted and discouraged. They are no 



better able to endure the storms of winter than a 



reared in a hot-bouse. It was the venerable 



I think, who said:— "When men lived in 



houses of willow, tbey were of oak, but when 



they lived in houses of oak they were of willow." 



QUEER TRADES, 



Mant years ago, when rice was dear in Eastern 

 China, efforts were made to bring it from Luzon, 

 wberc it was abundant. At Manilla there waa, 



»sel for China should be allowed to load with 



aless it brought to Manilla a. certain number 



;es full of the little "butcher birds" well 

 known to ornithologists. The reason for this most 



;ric regulation simply was that tbe rice in 

 Luzon suffered much from locusts and these lo- 



were destroyed in great numbers by the 



>r birds. 



newhat similar business i3 carried on between 

 England and New Zealand. This latter country 

 particular seasons, i3 invoded by armies of cat- 

 erpillars, which clear off the grain crops as com- 

 pletely as if mowed down by the scythe. With 



portation has been made. It is thus noticed by 

 the Southern Cross. "Mr. Brodie has shipped 300 

 ws on board the Swordfish, carefully selected 

 from the best hedge-rows in England. The food 

 alone, he informs us, put on board for them, cost 

 £18, This sparrow question has been a long- 

 nding joke in Buckland, but the necessity to 

 farmers to keep down the grubs is admitted on all 

 sides. There is no security in New Zealand against 



I 'S&OTBlOSinSF. 



EXERCISE AND AMUSEMENT, 



the young. The 



outh i 



lages 



strong, well-developed, healthy bodies, able t 

 endure the battle of life. Tbe youth of the country 

 as a general thing, perhaps, have exercise enough 

 but yet many of the muscles of the body lie dor 

 mant, suffering and languishing, weak from wau 

 of proper exercise. To prove this, let any of th 

 farmers' boys engage in a different employment 

 be it work or play, that calls into action a difl'eren 

 set of muscles from what they usually employ 

 such as rowing or playing ball, aud they wil 

 experience a soreness that will plainly tell how 

 prepared for 



illy these muscles t 

 were called upon i 

 Cannot all this be 





It i 



l-hr.-d. 



iccomplisbed by a 

 work? Notexactly, forthe mind needs t 

 and the spirit needs enlivening, which can best be 

 accomplished by any innocent, manly sport. We 

 all know what the old proverb declares to be tho 

 effect of "all work and no play." Nothing lil 

 lively, cheerful conversation at tabic, lu-lp* di.'t 



Tin., 





le world for 



The 



3 little 



eel a; 



- given 



. In England, 

 among all classes, this is better understood, and 

 the children even of the nobility, boys and girls 

 alike, are encouraged to take regular and syste- 

 matic exercise. In reading tbe life of the Rev. 

 Robebt Newton, a celebrated English mil 

 we were struck wit ha remark which he once 

 that he had preaehed on an average six ti 

 week for forty years, had traveled by stage and 

 horse-back thousands of miles every year, had 

 traveled about half the nights in all these forty 

 years, and yet could not say that he had evei 

 tired, or ever incapable, from physical caui 

 performing his duties well. How many American 

 ministers could perform a quarter of this labor 

 without complaining of being over-worked. The 

 great evil of the country is, that we neglect the 

 body until we are reminded of our folly by pains 

 and penalties which make life a burden. This 

 being our feelings, we were much pleased to see 

 tbe young men engage so earnestly in the game of 

 Base-ball, which bids fair to become a nu 

 game, and if kept free from evils which often 

 become connected with athletic sports, such as 

 betting and drinking, ond lute suppers, we are 

 satisfied that goodwill reBult from them. 

 THE GAME OF CRICKET. 

 The favorite Euglish game of ball is Cricket, in 

 which old and youog, rich and poor, delight. 

 Some cricket clubs have been formed in this coun- 

 try, aud on their invitation eleven of the best 

 players in England visited us, and played lite 

 match games with twenty-two of tbe best players 

 in this country and Canada — at Montreal, New 

 York, Philadelphia, Hamilton and Rochester. 

 The game dosed hereon Tuesday of this week, and 

 we thought a description thereof might be inter- 

 esting to our young friends. The engraving shows 

 a player at tbe bat, just ready to receive the 

 ball from the bowler. Three stumps are inserted 

 in the ground, about three inches apart, connected 

 together at the top by two pieces of wood called 

 bails, which lie loosely on the top, ready t 

 from the least touch of the ball. 



lust not exceed four and a quarter ii 

 widest part; it must not bo more tho 

 rty inches in length. 



wickets, must be three in nun 

 inches out of the ground. 





The 



■&£$£ 



4 



mid-wicket, off and o 



of the batsman who first r 



leg, short-leg, 4c,; these i 



the field wheretheball is most frequently 



hit by the batsman. 



Behind the stumps the wicket-keeper stands his 

 duly being to stop the balls when tbey pass the 

 batsman. Behind him again is the long-stop, who 

 stops all balls that puss the wicket-keeper. The 

 great activity and nerve requisite in the onerous 

 duty of wicket-keeper, renders it one that few are 

 found to fill, oven creditably, much less with 

 marked ability. When a run is obtained without 

 the ball being bit it is termed a bye, and when 

 touching the person of the batsman, a leg bye- 

 byes being generally obtained from balls that pass 

 the long-stop. The bait must be bowled, not 

 thrown or jerked, and the batsman is put out when 

 the ball passes bis bat and knocks the wicket down, 

 orwhen be hits the hall in the air and it is caught 

 before touching tbe ground, or if the bails are 

 knocked off while be is out of his ground. 



According as agreed upon, the game is either four 

 over or eight over, which meaus that when four 

 or eight balls are bowled from one end— the game- 

 keeper calls "Over!"— tbe players reverse tbeir 

 positions, and another bonier plays his ball from 

 the opposite wicket. 



All balls bowled outside of the parallel lines 

 shown in the engraving, and over three feet from 

 tbe wicket, on either side, being considered out of 

 tbe reach of the batsman, are called wide* and 

 each wide counts one iu favor of the club having 

 their innings. 



If a batter has bis leg before his wicket when the 

 ball is played, ho is ruled out by the umpire. The 

 single straight line in the engraving; indeed, tho 

 figure shows the proper place and position for 



When tbe batter strikes the ball he runs from 

 wicket to wicket; the other party in at the some 

 time does likewise. As many runs as are made by 



A DIARY FOR YOUNG RURA1ISTS. 



Ens. New-Yorkeu :— I have been a constant 

 admirer of tbe IU'bal, and have written some 

 articles which were duly published. Below I send 

 you a form of Diary Book for the use of all Young 



You might use, iu connection with the above, a 

 Weather Book. I commenced keeping a book, 

 similar to the above, while quite a lad, and am 

 still continuing with it, It is much better thai 

 to trust to memory alone. Note down in your 

 book at evening what has been your ocupation 

 during the day, and, take my word for it, after 

 three or four years, money could not buy the book. 

 Its worth is not estimated in dollars and cents. 

 You cannot tell its true value. It will be a source 

 of pleasure to you in old age to peruse its pages, 

 and see the vast amount of labor those calloused 

 hands have wrought. It will be a pattern for your 

 children to imitate when you are gone. Besides, 

 it may be of service to you in court, if any trouble 

 should occur, as you could refer to its pages any 

 moment. Oscab Buna v. 



KOHL-BABI. 



. NEW-YoaKsa:-! wl 



_... Kohl-Rabi seed can be purchased of almost 

 all our leading seed-dealers — Hover & Co., of 

 Boston ; B. K. Bliss, of Springfield, Mass. ; 

 Thohbuen & Co., of New York, Ac. Prepared 

 for the table like the turnip, the Kohl-Rabi is very 

 similar in all respects. 2d. Answered above. 3d. 

 Jrape seed may be planted as soon as obtained 

 rom the fruit. Cover with three-fourths of an 

 neb of earth. 4th. The Diana Grape will suc- 

 eed, we have no doubt, in Central New York. In 

 »ct, there are not many localities in this State, 



wbero corn crops are planted, where this grape 



could not ripen well. 



OppoaiTEa.— Tbe most dang 



often to be found under the fairest 

 flowers, and the fairest glove is often d.„. 

 the foulest hand, and the richest robes a 

 put upon the most diseased bodi 



