SEPT. J. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AS AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



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THE ISTZIXECrtlAL CULTOBWT. 



i the oo»l dilScalL All tbe 

 y (mm the sage ud botrj hesdsd prof, 

 r Collegiate lo«tltut1ot>. down to the gaj school 





i prompt I 



•am* responnlMllt'e* weigh. The/ labor for the 



■•me purpose, tall for the same (treat end. Yet, 



molt of ■!!■ er« primary ttarhrrt r< KpOOllb't; for 



they ore moulding hnmaa mm J*. »l« taping «llh 



their ova bsnd lmpies-iim » lbs' must remnio for 



hit — pronto* a twig that iba'l become a tree, 



f,.>ij whkb ""• in'Mlr-in*! world nhall gather a 



rl h frolt, or warp'ng the tender etem 



■B I bin II tbll! dl.tortedand 



nng'tnly figurr— kin tllog that God-glven spark 



<■ Into > it" a* fire of wisdom, or 



M until itsba'I go out Id 



The discipline whloh tbo 



■ • ia tbe foundation upon which fl 



re .red the t-uperatt uclure— 'be man, and bin char- 



i i of material! gathered when be first 



urm-jfxirnrj of life. 



Vol all planta will flourish "beneath tbo same h ill 



• ml 'e-n|craturc— neither will all mdiia devtlip 



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There n'o beautiful flowers flourishing bcuea'.b 

 arctic snows In tbe polar regfoos— and there la 

 beauty and frsgrsnae In tbe brUbt blouom of tbe 

 sunny sou'h— there tm rofndn apparently stupid 

 . could yon lift tbe veil, could yon 



I d«rl d 





■j.i.tifiil i 



i >i iiip-ui, 





a would jjqcI he- 

 i of a plant mote 



rery 



flower tin 



■ ddUIdj within itself the embryo oft 

 ne* plant ao every perfect cranium contains the 



i a human mind. A need will not 

 germinate nnlexa expound to mol*ture and tbe 



- mi tb«t to * at a proper temperature 



—neither will tb« mind develop Itself unless c\ 



posed to snub lnuu< BOM ai serve to call into rxor- 



. nlttej wllb Wfalch nntore baarmlowed 



|| A» th» plant ibtOfbl mnlctiire And the gwi>n, 



bd pnti rortb luvtn to bt nonrlihed bythe Benin] 

 ■ - bo does the mind absorb troth, Bad 

 pal forth thought* to tbe great world wlthoat— 

 \v.ima> treoe still farther the oorrraponding de- 

 ft to] 1*1 of mind and matter. Whtn tbe plan* 



faaa become a tree, and Ik, a* it were, 

 growth to ow eye U lea* rapid, In fact, 'tis exceed 

 Ing'y alow, though many years may bavo ad led 

 their ilrcle there, and the Im-rear-e of size la 

 ■Otroety perceptible, Not that the earth has 

 canard to nourlab, or iho tree to absorb nutriment, 

 but there in more surface over which it must b- 

 equally distributed— a larger tree to be fed by earth 



« Ira, and let 



t in 



lepiiMc 





d luQij 

 Though the winter front m»y chill it l 

 Ihe core, it cannot drlvo tile from It* sturdy from 



— "I gh the winter wind* may rack It foufutlt, 



It-holds ita footing Arm and sure,— tboogh time' 

 tnry luto etei 



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When the man hai become matu'cd, his charac- 

 ter and baiili* formed, bia prog>css lo us is leas 

 peri Ipttble, thoogb he Ucomlan'ly thinking new 

 thought*, and dcveloplun new ideas. He grows 

 wltli'n bimsttr, though the outward observer may 

 not perceive it, ainoe 't!a enveloped in the same 

 exterior which preaenia to the eje no change. It 

 Is nourished, and fed, and strengthened by the 

 greet universe of intelligence, end from that 

 mighty chaos of mind it arranges, develop-*, and 

 embodies though s, and sonde them forth, beauti- 

 ful mi i living i ' i.Hih And. as be becomes strong 

 within himself, bo yields leas to the ever varying 

 tide of popular prejudice,— la governed tesa by a 

 cnprlolr.ua and cbaoplnji world's opinion. Though 

 the .lulling winds of adversity like a wild burri 

 cane bowl around, be neither falters nor trembles, 

 for his strength of mind and blgh parpnge never 

 fit 1 He rears fur himself a high standard of right, 

 mil lives np to tbe mark be has set there. Lie 

 wcighe every man's arguments in his own scales of 

 reason, and accepts them only as the balance is 

 agatnii hlms-lf. Ho measures other men'* tho't*. 

 iga and motives, by bis own, and In propor- 





Bl|b,l 



> they p 



and tm 

 lollect- 



-is Uk« a 



M,'n 



w. pigmy, on 

 Cd, scrubby 



cultivated in^ 



agreeable to look 





nor useful t 



the world— 



there it stands a flrmly rooted evlL 

 tgnorao*, his pervcr.e nature cling 

 iaunolrsn, recogo'slng nothing ahov 



And there the 



and animal — rciiins 

 Ihe stunted ahmb and develop it into abeautifu 

 and tlonrlshlng troe, neither can a mind muturei 

 in ignorame, be developed into a Juat and trm 

 represenUtive of the individualized intelligence it 

 was created. 



But if that plant, while It were yonng, and traa- 

 cepiihle. hid been watered, watched, and culti- 

 vated with care. It might not have been the pony 

 ill shapen brush It now Is. So ia it with mind that 

 has been allowed to mature in ignorance. Hence 

 1 '"ly of those who assist Id the growth 

 and crtpanalo D „( tbo intellect — the /arewAn; 

 and sWp-tran-'tmf kHfj/ml — tbe great motive pow- 

 er of belog. and the ml K bty propeller of the giant 

 wheels of pragma. Huw can it be otherwise than 

 that we ahoold feel the rv> pons) Men en of even our 

 L" 7 .!w!T._'! n . CC . th . e Xt,i '**^°™ which wc in. 

 ngly impress- 

 ttalced. Tbe 



ed, and consequently the longv 

 works of the taasf do follow ns; not 

 thoogbts we send forth ripple opo a 



only do tbe 



Sritca- They are ■ 

 to£nktr" nbonld be ■ Tbey are PKn-ED." ■ I ihaM 

 f*il AHm'' aboald be " I shall fill;'* <-W*. 

 petfloou, Ton do not lift *p - to lift v " should 

 be "tourr;" yon cannot lift a thing sovn, 



EDUCATION OP THZ YODBO. 



Tntu is nothing more interes-ing to a rightly 

 conatitoted mind, tban a helpless iafsnt, depend- 

 ent, as It U, for protection and aopport. Unlike 

 the brote of creation, whose Instinct derives no 

 etrength or skill from pro:rscted age, or the ex- 

 perience of former generation*, tbe youth by care- 

 ful culture nnfolds the' power of bia mind, thus 

 befitting himself, with the assistance of others, for 

 a noble or ignoble existence. Bence, it becomes 

 necessary that we should know tbe most prndeot 

 course to pursue with these little ones who are in- 

 iroduced into a world of activity and intelligence, 

 mlogled with cares, troubles and misfortunes — 

 Thtlr career In life will be accompanied with 

 oocb good or ill to themselves, associates, and 

 fatore generations, "Train op a child In the way 

 he should go," Ei the desire of Him that never errs 

 ia giving instruction; and it seem* necessary that 

 among tbe first lescbioga of youtb, should bo a 

 knowledge of their relationship and consequent 

 duties to their Creator. Acknowtcdslog the ne- 

 cessity of chrirtisni-y as en logred'eot to tbe 

 education of the youth, we are to consider how It 

 an be introduced free from melancholy. "Its 

 ays lire pleasantness, and all its paths are peace." 

 j this wo are informed that It in only necessary 

 , be oifnttd 'it mi gloom and melancholy, to be 

 ure, vntrlfith religion. Tben let ail parents and 

 goardians, having tbe welfare of tbe rialog gene- 

 i at heart, be truthful, teaching them as 

 accountable, reasonable being", who bare each a 

 talent to employ for the glory of Its Giver. 



PUatIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES, 



o newspaper 



or lb r. 



,a'l s 



lo the school-room. Multitudes are growing np 

 Ignorant of the every day-occurrences aroand 

 Let the dally paper visit the aohool-room; 

 few momenta be devoted to mentioning tbe 

 Items of inteteat, or allow opportunity of con- 

 sulting it at the various Intervals of study, or 

 ■rhen lessons aie fully learned, no J belter men and 

 vomenwlll be made. The world will not seem a 

 itrange one when tbey go forth to act for them- 

 ielves. Teachers, are you troubled with novels in 

 <iur school? Do yon have to keep an eye of 

 Sterna] rtgtlUjOC-' 1 to keep cut tbe vilottash?— 

 i"ou cannot destroy that longing for eometbicg 

 lot in the text book*: you may ponti'ily prevent 

 he pernbloaa things from coming into tbe school 

 riom; but may you not take advantage of this very 

 longing to aid in education? Mike a judlclonsae- 

 lection of b paper you are willing jour pupils thould 

 realities for the fulse picture* 

 of overstrained imagination, make such use of it 

 as the clrcumataoies of your nchool make most fit, 

 and good will come of it. You cannot get many 

 novtla for your stove, if your pupila become inter- 

 ested in tbe dally paper. Let them nnderatand 

 that History is dally revealing itself in telegraphic 

 reports of Cone ru-Siional and Parliamentary action; 

 let them sto the continual record of new inven- 

 tions; let tbem read of Humb.tldt and Eossutb, 

 with as much interest as you would excite about 

 Greek ntjil Itotuan heroes; let them bo as much 

 interested In tbe intestine broils of poor Mexico, 

 as In the long post civil wats of Rome— In tbe 

 strange career of Napoleon the Third as in that of 

 Ctcmror Hannibal. Geography comes in the daily 

 papers. Fremont's and Livingstone's make dis- 

 coveries too rapidly fur storeui) ped lext booka to 

 beep up— it needs the ever-renewed activity of the 

 periodical press lo present new facts as fast as tbey 

 are k now a The paper at homo will be read if In- 

 terest be excited at school Get a triweekly, or 

 eeml-wcekly. or a weekly, if you can't get a daily; 

 try to have the regular visits of periodical iotelli 

 gence— wait not (or a new geography to learn that 

 Minnesota is a State. Tbe teacher himself cannot 

 utTord to be without regular intercourse wiib the 

 world. As long as men and women will shut 

 tbemielves np to tbeir school rooms and text- 

 books, so long will they make the profession to 

 which tbey claim to belong, a by-word for imprac- 

 ticable plana and odd ideas. Let tbem live in tht 

 uiorld, not secluded from if, and tbey will be re- 

 spected acoordingtotheirdeeert— Illinois Teacher. 



glow gwwBfgingjSe 



UDWM THE ST. MWRENCB! 



Eds. UrtRAL: — Prom your editorial sanctum we 

 proceeded to Charlotte, (mouth of the Genesee,) 

 where we lay till after midnight, awaiting a boat 

 The "Ontario and Si Lawrence Steamboat Co." 

 advertise to atari at 9 o'clock, bat tbey never get 



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s that 



It would promote the comfort of passengers 

 not a little if said Company would promise no 

 more than they Intend to perform. Four hours of 

 night watching ia a poor preparation for a journey. 

 About 1 A. M. the welcome word came, -the boat 

 has come,'' and we were soon aboard the Europe. 

 CapL Tbkoop, and fairly started on the "Northern 



Wednesday was a beautiful day, end after passing 

 the ports Oswego, Sacketts Harbor, and Kingston, 

 we began the der-cent of the St. Lawrence, All 

 the way to Montreal— 200 miles or more— the ride 

 was delightful. The "Thousand Islands." the 

 " Rapids.'' and the whole scenery along the route 

 are always praised, and always will be. by every 

 tourist. Ten thousand miles by rait will hardly 

 afford the measure of gratlnoation to a lover ol 

 Nature, that he will experience In passing along 

 through the thickest of the Inland* juat before and 

 after aonsct. Dropping gently down at the rate of 

 IS miles an bonr, the gtsssay surface of the river 

 onrnffled by a breeze, and through it tbe ahadow 

 of each island, and tree, and rock appearing as 

 distinct as tbe object Itself; oar triaioa at times 

 restricted to a narrow channel, and anon peering 

 throogb among the Islands to the shore, miles 

 distant, we aotnatly became enthusiastic; bat 

 when the »nn settled below the horison, and the 

 reflection from tbe red iky of the west upon the 

 glassy enrface apread oat before ns s> lake of fire. 

 Into which, far behind, were rolling from tbe 

 Teasel's keel gentle waves of prismatic light, all 



THE LYRE BIRD. 



Tni9 beautiful bird, of wbleh tbe engraving U a 

 tine repreaen'ation, is a native uf New South Wales, 

 and we know of no more intereating specimen o( 

 the feathered tribe with which we could favor our 

 readers. It resembles tbe Engli-h rbeaaant in 

 -ize and somewhat in appearance, but its limbs are 

 longer In proportion, and there are other consid- 

 erable points of difference. Tbe wings are abort, 

 concave and rounded, and the quill feaihers are 

 lax and feeble; the general plumage Isfult, deep, 

 soft and downy. The tail, however, ia viry re 

 markable; It is modified Into a beautiful, 1-ng, 

 plume-like ornament, representing, when erect 

 And expanded, the figure of a lyre; hence its name 

 —the lyre bird — while, as the type of a new genus 

 It has received the sppulU tun of mmm Miiic-im. 

 tall ia restricted to ihe male 

 bird. It consists of sixteen feathers; of these tbe 

 each tide is broadly but loosely webb- 

 ed within, its outer web being narrow; as it pro- 

 ceeds it oarves outward-*, bends in, and again 

 loldly outwards and down wardc, hoth together 

 resembling the framework of an ancient lyre, of 

 hioh the intermediate feathers are the airings; 

 jese feathers, except tbe two central, wblch are 

 uly but narrowly webbed on the outer aide, con 

 st each of a slender shaft, with long filaments, at 

 distance from each other, and springing out alter- 

 itcly. The appearance of these feathers, tbe 

 ugtb of wbich is about two feet, ia peculiarly 



i black, 



Tin- I! 



a of thoao '■ magnificent sunsets" o 1 

 ata speak, but which tbey cannot de 

 xcitement became inlenee. 

 t day we made the descent of the Itipidi 





frightful to the uninitiated. Ae our good boat 

 ' Saliberry" made its fearful plunges down, ilou-n. 

 — a mere feather, tossed by the rushing, maddened 

 waters, the spray, foam and white caps lending a 

 terrific wildneu to the scene, — a general shriek 

 went np from the boat's company, as hearts palpi- 

 tated and cheeks blanched. But we were Boon 

 through the worst of it, seemingly, but not really 



do pass unharmed. The La Chine Riplds, near 

 Montreal,— the last on the list,— are considered 

 more dangerous. But an old Indian pilot ia taken 

 aboard, who, holdlog hard to tbe wbeet, guides 

 the boat safely through a narrow, rushing channtl 

 — the only one at this point that Is navigable at 

 nil On either aide and near, rocks of formidable 

 sine, both above and below the surface of the 

 water, ore visible, upon which a boat would 

 inevitably be dashed to atom* should a rudder 

 break, or tbe proper trie It be departed from. 



There is much at Montreal to Interest tbe visitor. 

 The Victoria Bridge, across the St. Lawrence,— 

 estimated in the outset to coat 7,600,000, but now 

 thought will coat 12,000,000 of dollars to complete 

 — la truly a great work. The massive Cathedral. 

 with its lofty towera, and twelve-ton bell; the 

 ntately atone Churches, Convents, Nanneriee, and 

 other public buildiagi; Ita commodious and well 



walks; its heterogeneous population — Koglisb, 

 French, Indians, Ac; Its general cleanly sad sub 

 mantis! appearance, are all noticeable features of 



From Montreal to Saratoga la a pl»a»ntly 

 liversified route. At Rome's Point— which la 

 eached by Bail— you take steamboat to Fort 

 Ticonderoga, one hundred miles up Lake Cham 

 after viewing tbe ruins of this ancient 

 fortification, are tr*nsferred by stage— foor miles 

 -to the steamer Minnehaha, bound for the head 

 ( Lake George— thir'y six mile* danhsnh Thia 

 beautiful sheet of water, as is well known, lira In a 

 gorge. Without wishing to dl>psr-ge 

 itty celebrated scenery. I may say iba>, save in 

 ngle feature of boldness of ontlioe on either 

 aide, it does not begin with an equal length of the 



edged with rnfoui, and transversely marked on tbe 

 inner neb with transparent triangular bars. In tie 

 female the tail is long and graduated, and the fea- 

 thers ate perfecily nebbed on both sides of 

 ■shaft, although their texture is soft and flowing. 

 The general plumage of the mei,wa Is amber browi 

 above, tinged with olive, and merging into rufous 

 on the wings and al-o on tbe throat. The under 

 parts are aaby gray. 



Gould, an eminent naturalist, who studied the 

 habits of this bird in its native haunt*, says, " it It 

 extremely shy, and while among the bushes, I 

 have been surrounded by these birda pouring font 

 their loud aud liquid calls for days together, with 

 out being able lo get a sight of them; end it wai 

 only by the most determined perse' 



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They build iu old hollow trunks of trees 

 are lying on the ground, or in tbe holes of 

 The nest ia merely formed of dried grass or dried 

 leaves scraped together. Tbe female lays from 

 twelve to sixteen eggs, of a wblte color, with a few 

 scattered light-blue spotA The Lyre bird ia of a 

 wandering disposition, and Humph licepiug proba 

 bly to the tame tm»b, it constantly traverses from 

 one end to the other, from the moontaln top to the 

 bottom of tbe gullies. It la said to be able at one 



dicnlar direotion from tbe ground. It seldom 

 takes wing, but leapa from branch to branch, and 



frequently reaches a considerable height. 



Oar boat halted several times to receive 

 fishermen*' craft their goodly strings of perch and 

 trout, and from another boat a wild deer of tbe 

 forest juat killed, a noble buck of four yearn' 

 growth and widespread antlers. Doubtless ere 

 this the animal has been served up to some of the 

 three hundred and fifty pleasure-seekers now 

 journlng at the Fort William Henry Hotel, at 

 head of the Lake. 



Saratoga his bad an uncounted throng during 

 the eeafoo, which now, evidently, has culminated. 

 The "hard limes" have not kept people away 







riurlpl 



ihe "crash" having provided a largely increased 

 number with tbe means wherewith to delight tbelr 

 dear souls at this fashionable resort I note a few 

 evidences of growth during three years' absence 

 Tbe Colombian Hotel and Union Hall are ol 

 greatly enlarged capacity. The Preahyterlan 

 Society have a new and handsome structure. 

 Other improvements ia private and public ediQcei 

 have been made, while the walks are jut as pretty, 

 the groves quite as lovely, and tbe fountains 





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WtiiiiM. and 1Vh« Aih — Anaximenea taught 

 that air ia mind. Some one else asya that ia the 

 hidden food of life. Plutarch seems to Incline U 

 Anaximenea' opinions, remarking that perhaps 

 the reason why there Is a ajmpsr|i/.|)f feeling on 

 variooB subjects arises from breathing the nau.e 

 air. Air Is an exhalation of all the minerals ol 

 the globe; the moat elaborately Bnlshed of all tbe 

 works of the Creator. AH classes of men affirm 

 this, Sldtey Smith aays to public speakers that if 

 they would walk twelve miles before speaking, they 

 woald ne-rer break down. In English universities, 

 boat races, horseback rides, and U-a mile walks are 

 a part of tbe educational wens for phjeicsl de- 

 velopment. Pluto tny« a walk in the open air will 

 almost core a guilty conscience. 



Wocldst with thyself be acquainted, then fee 

 what the others are doing. Bat wouldst tbon 

 understand others, look into thine own heart— 



SchUter. 



Zfo f oung giwalist 



BOYS. STICK TO TEE FABM* 



Seen ia the advice with which wo (the boyi) 

 are often favored In the " Kir*i." and also In 

 many oiher papers of the day. It would teem 

 from the frequent ad vent of these advisory epistles, 

 that tbe sdvUers. were much concerned ia regard 

 to the welfare of -the boys," or w« re sarin) of 

 losing their helps when they come to plow, bow, 

 reap, and mow. Ae all useful employment! are 

 alike honorable, would it not be better for ea. h 

 one to choose the celling for which be le best 

 adapted, aud than tsawer the great purpose of hU 

 creation? 



It needs not aa rxteaiiv* observation to see the 

 evlleffeots growing oatotdtatrsgardiog thin law of 

 adapt ition; they can be head la every commu- 

 nity, >e.\ io the narrow pi 



bodes of t*o timers. V* will walk 

 over and pay oaob u vi*i*. An we come near the 

 first farm, we are the fcncci ir? in good repair, and 

 that the trees aodnhruli arc arranged In sesei and 

 tasteful manner, and everything goes to abow that 





irlfi and < 





thing in a disordered stite, and ii I. ■ bin enough 

 Uiaeo that tbl. i . i motes, "But 



he Is Issy," yon ray. This any be h Iu eotne in- 



i til IHLotln 



hia proper sphere of action. 



When the.p ts o f^rmrrs commenced in life there 

 wis no choice in tho fsrm«— either was aa good as 

 tbe other; there was no i 



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one was In his proper sphere, iho other was not. — 



sign, and to execute which be i 

 peculiarities of character, and of mind; It is, 

 therefore, hin duty to become acquainted with lilm- 

 M-lf, ia order that be mvy accomplish the great rud 

 for which he wan created. Let every s/OQtfl I lopl 

 for bis motto, '• Know ThjBvlf," and when he baa 

 obi <ii' d thti Knowledge be can choose hla proper 

 place, to which, if it tie useful, let him " stick," aud 

 suoceai will crown his efforts. 



-Then (■ - truth in this. Many 



P'-rsonn, doubtle.-e, full In tbe bnslnc.i in ttbloh 



they arc engaged for want of adaptation to ft 



They dislike It, aud take no pride, no interest in ft, 

 and yet having learned no other are compelled to 

 continue to the buslueas at which tbey arc regu- 

 larly engaged. As a general rule, however, it will 



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THE HERO BOY OP HAERLEM. 



Mi9sh«l RoiToas:— We of en hear the old, and 

 even the middle nged umong u", speak of the j iys 

 of childhood and youth, and regret the bright 

 hours, tbe louoceut pleasures and dream) splendor 

 of that happy period, when the yonng 

 open end coulldlug, and the mild eye* gnr.ad with 

 wonder end nmiscment on the fair scenes of 

 Igalflc, 



. the i 





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nftr, 





and anxieties of Hfo were 

 far distant in the boiom or the future. 



The youth, however, long* for the time when lio 

 may enter on tho .ictlvo duties of life, and is over 

 figuring to himself tbe proud position ho will 

 occupy In after years, wheu the fetters of child- 

 hood are hurst asunder and the honors and riches 

 of this world will be within hla grasp,— forgetting 

 that the season of youth Is fraught with opportu- 

 nities of well-dolog, and tho youngest may prove 



I remember reallog an account or a little boy 

 who lived In fl.ierlum, HntUnd, many years ago. 

 Hla fither had obarge of a portion of the huge 

 artificial dykes, t 



1 luu 





<eliing«i 



lands many people live, tboi 

 built below the level of tho sea. Hence, tbelr 

 situation ia one of grent danger from the boratlng 

 of the dykes. When this little boy was nine years 

 old, his father sent him on an errand somu miles 

 from home. Darkness eet In on hla return, and 

 when hurrying along by tho great dyke bia ear 

 caught the sound of water trickling through from 





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ahet 



for help the crevice would lie enlarged so much In 

 the colt soil that no power on earth could stem the 

 mighty torrent. He shouted for help, butno volco 

 responded to his call; then he thought of his 

 father and mother, and the kind friends at homo, 

 and felt that their lives depended on his exertions. 

 After searching In vain for something with which 

 to till the aperture, be plunged his arm Into It, sod 

 Blood Ihoe through the long, dark night silent end 

 alone, till a priest, passing that way iu the morning, 

 released htm from bia unpleasant [»> 

 real name la forgotten, but he la known In history 

 as the Little Her., of Hierlem. T. v. 



ronxBomi 



lent'lCi no r-VuWa. August, 1868. 



BiMnaaa— Ofwolve eighteen ounces of alum tn 

 a quart of soft water, (ob>erviag this proportion 

 fur a greater or less quantity.) bailing It over a 

 slow Ore la a eloae tin teasel, stirring It occasion- 

 ally with a atick until it Is dissolved. When It Is 

 nesrly cold suspend the subject to be crystallised 

 by a thread from a small stick laid horn -m .lly 

 across tbe apertoro of a deep glass or eartburn 

 |ar, Into wblch the solution must be poured. Tbe 

 articles should remain In Ihe solution twenty-fuur 

 loura, and thea be taken out and suspended In the 

 ihade to dry. If the aabjecta to he crystalled 

 ire pat Into the eolutioa when it ia quite cold tbe 

 iryiuls are apt to be formed large, aod tbe warm- 

 er the aolutiou the smaller will be the crystals, Its 

 strength may be tested by putting a drop on e 

 blsde of grass, tod observing it cryaUliizc as it 

 coola. Almost toy flower or vegetable aubaUnce 

 may be operated upon. Fancy baskets may be 

 made In thla way. by first making a wire frame of 

 any desired sb.pe, twisting woolen ysrn around 

 the wires, end Immersing it as directed for grasses. 



