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HOME RESOURCES. 
Leaving the beautiful hills*on the Hudson 
and the linn, friendly sooiety of old Rensse¬ 
laer for the wildness of Cumberland Moun¬ 
tain, I resolved that discontent' should have 
no soil in my heart on which to grow. There 
were pleasant memories of the past, but it 
was the future that, t he pathway of life was 
leading to. T had no right to make sighing 
regrets—all must, Vie suppressed ; hut action, 
always doing, pressing onward. It is this 
discontent that causes so much emigration 
backward, i looked at everything as if I 
had a right to enjoy what was enjoyable and 
reject what was unworthy. I know the 
climate was desirable. The mild winters, 
the cool mountain breeze of every summer 
day, the pure, soft water everywhere, groups 
of springs of sulphur, chalybeate and free 
stone, so healt hy ; the cultivated fruits, wild 
fruits of the forest, hold and wayside ; all 
these were ant icipated. But here was the 
new home to fix up—and an uncultivated 
country around ; no flowers but a small 
package in the trunk. Yet Nature furnishes 
many pleasures ; why not accept them i 
1 set about getting something again to 
beautify a home. No one but a. lover of the 
beautiful in nature will see how many of 
God’s beauties are all around us. I found 
the Holly, the Hemlock, the Pino and Laurel, 
all growing in sight of the house ; and fclio 
Mistletoe, with its wax like berries, hung in 
tufts from the Black Gum ; the Trailing Ar¬ 
butus, Ground Pines and Hemlocks, growiug 
in their lowliness, while the old, worn, shelv¬ 
ing rocks, with a beautiful hidden stream of 
water pouring over and splashing on thesund 
and pebbles beneath, with ferns and wild 
vines growing from the mossy crevices, with 
the large-leaved Cucumber Tree, the Holly 
and Laurel standing as if relies of ornament, 
by this house or shelter of some gentle fairy 
of the mine of medLeval days. We gathered 
of the Ivies gnarled branches for rustic work; 
of the petrifactions a yarn, walnuts and 
other fruit from the gullies on the hillsides; 
we went with torches into the mountain 
eaves and brought out stalactites andeurious- 
Iy-Cormcd rocks ; here and there gathered 
sandstones with white pebbles imbedded ; 
secured specimens of iron and coal from their 
native beds in the vicinity, and built up a 
rockery, from every crevice of which is tin- 
viuiug money-plant, and Idled t he rustic stand 
with various geological specimens ; gathered 
pretty mosses lor the hanging baskets, and 
the Trumpet Vina and sweet scouted shrub 
from the wild woods. The new garden was 
cleared, plowed and fertilized, and a few 
hard clays’ • work recorded. But only one 
year, and over seventy shrubs and plants, 
l icsides all tin ■ variety of seedlings, were finely 
growing, and the new garden was really a 
beauty, where the Butterflies and Humming 
birds speed their days, and the Whip-por-will 
comes to give his mournful requiem at night 
and his early morning song. The Redbuds, 
with crested heads, pompously flit around 
the piazza, as if desirous of new friendships, 
and the Bobolink sends out the same sweet 
trill I loved in childhood. With neighbors 
few, those are our friends -gifts from Heaven. 
If isolated, the mail brings us the thoughts 
of the best women and men to read, at our 
leisure; and with the It URAL New- Yorker 
to instruct us, and letters of friendship to 
cheer us, it is better to bring in happiness 
from home resources than to yield tr> discon¬ 
tent and desire impossibilities, 
Clurkstown, Tenn. Mas. C. I). F. 
HINTS FOR PRETTY DEVICES. 
A Very Pretty Tidy is made of two col¬ 
ors—for instance, red and white ; crochet 
small wheels, 43 of red and 48 of white ; sew 
16 together so that they form a diamond ; 
then sew the six diamonds together so that 
they form a star ; then sew three silver-lined 
beads on each wheel, and dually put a tassel 
on the end of each diamond. 
I'or a Hair Tie reiver, I take a square piece 
of perforated cardboard and work a pretty 
pattern with worsted ; line it with cambric ; 
bind it on three sides with ribbon, roll it so 
it forms a horn of plenty ; put a bow at the 
top and bottom uud Lt is complete. 
My Hair-pin Holder is a collar box filled 
with curled hair. I crocheted a square Af¬ 
ghan stitch and sewed it on the top of the 
box ; next 1 covered the sides with white 
cloth and hemmed a strip of Swiss muslin 
and plaited it and sowed it on the box, whieh 
completed it. Another way is to put a piece 
of bonnet lace on the top ; then take a piece 
of silvered cardboard and work a pretty pat- 
MOOBfi’S BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
Jptcnlcji ami Dflamtm. 
tern with worsted ; bind each edge and put * 
around. i ^ 
A Wall Protector , to put behind a wash- 
stand, is made of pink cambric, covered with 
dotted muslin, gathered, and sewed on ; a 
hem an inch wide on the top and bottom 
gives it a finish. 
I presume almost every one is familiar with 1 
White. Mar Crosses. I have made frames of 1 
brown paper stars, instead of white, which. 1 
are pretty. ( 
A Horn of Plenty , to be hung in a comer 
and hold a variety of grasses, pressed leaves, 
&<•., is made of perforated cardboard ; work 
small quares of any color, leaving a square ( 
of unv irked alternately ; next take hue glass 
beads and put around every square ; till up 
the umvorked with large beads, one in each ; 
line the whole with silk and finish the edge 
with ohen lie ; finally, put a tassel at the 
bottom. 
I Have Toilet Mats made of white Mar¬ 
seilles, braided with fine red braid and the 
edge embroidered with red cotton. 
Butterflies on Lace Curtains. —Those who 
have lace curtains Can ornament them by 
butterflies. A drop of camphor put on the 
head will kilt them instantly ; pin them on 
the curtains, and they are quite an improve¬ 
ment. llopiug that Lulu Howard and 
others may glean a few hints from the above 
suggestions, I will subscribe myself, 
Niagara Falls, N. Y. n. t. a. 
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DOMESTIC BREVITIES. 
Destroying Ants' Nests. — Take boiling 
water and pour in their nests, and when they 
find you are in earnest, by your following it 
up, they will leave, if any are left—not killed. 
I have been successful by putting a few bricks 
or fiat rocks around an infested shrub for the 
ants to cluster under, so that 1 could take 
my own time to kill them in. Then I exam 
ine, by turning up the bricks, when 1 have 
plenty of hot water, uud can attend to them. 
The above is Car better than poisoning the 
ground, as hot water does not injure your 
plants or I he ground about I,hem.—A, 
I toiled Indian Pudding .—One pint of sour 
tuilk, two cups of Indian meal, one cup of 
flour, butter half the size of an egg, one lea- 
spoon of salt, a dessert spoon of soda ; use 
any fruit you choose, although raspberries 
are best. Take a three-quart (tail, with a 
tight cover, grease it, pour in a little butter, 
then some fruit, and so on until all are 
in ; put the cover on rightly ; have boiling 
water‘in your pot, with a few sticks to pre¬ 
vent burning ; do not let the water boil in 
the pail ; boil two hours. To be eaten with 
sauce.—M rs. H. S. Brown. 
Tomato f } nddiny. — Place pared and sliced 
tomatoe^to the depth of an inch or more, in 
a bright, tin basin. Sprinkle sugar over them. 
Next a layer of light bread in slices, well 
spread with butter. Then a deep layer of 
tomatoes and sugar again, and lastly a layer 
of bread and butter on the top. Flavor with 
lemon or nutmeg. Bake from one to two 
hours, according to the size of your dish. 
We find the past winter that canned toma¬ 
toes are excellent served in this way.—.J ulia 
M. YVlIEELOOK. 
How to Sweep n Carpet.. —We saw, some¬ 
where, directions how to sweep a carpet. 
We have tried them, and indorse them. 
They are as follows :—The right way to sweep 
is to incline the handle a little forward, then 
give a light, drawing stroke, allowing the 
broom to scarcely touch the carpet. Not 
one-half the weight of the broom should 
be allowed to press on the carpet, as the dirt 
is moved forward. Let the dirt bo moved 
and rolled along lightly. 
Recipe for Washing Fluid.-- Take one pint 
of soda ash, one-hall' pint of lime ; boil in five 
quarts of water until dissolved ; let it stand 
until it settles; pour oil; put in a jug and 
cork. When ready to wash, soak the clothes 
over night; wring out, and to the first boiler 
of clothes put in one teacup of this fluid ; to 
each succeeding one, add half a teaeupfull of 
fluid. Rub the clothes on the washboard 
after boiling ; rinse good.—R eader. 
Cannot Oct Rutter. —Mrs. C. VV. W. can’t 
get butter from her milk. Has three good 
cow r s fed on oats ground and mixed with 
bran in evening, corn in the morning and 
hay all'of the time ; cream not thick on the 
milk—merely a scum ; keeps it in a good cel¬ 
lar. Wants our readers to tell her what is 
the trouble. 
Graham Pudding, or Mush. —Stir sifted 
Graham flour (very little at a time, to avoid 
lumps,) into boiling water (previously salted) 
until of the consistency desired ; let it remain 
over the fire tw r o or three minutes after the 
flour is all in, stirring w'ell.—MjtS. Julia M. 
Wheelock. 
BLUE COSTUMES. 
The latest fashion advices state that the 
prevailing color for cost umes is blue. From 
the dark invisible, dead turquoise, to green¬ 
ish-blue and the paler shades, this color is in 
demand. For sea sides, woolen goods and 
blue camels’ hair cloth is used. The skirt has 
a flounce with side plaits, and the waist is 
made blouse, fastened with large pearl but¬ 
tons, or pearl buckles slipped in bows of pale 
blue ribbon. 
For a blue walking costume the following 
is a good exanq le :— Pale blue poplin *kirt, 
trimmed with two flounces, edged with Idas 
black velvet and blue fringe. Poplin over¬ 
skirt ornamented and trimmed in the same 
way and draped to suit the wearer. The 
bodice has a postillion basque, edged with 
bias velvet and blue fringe, which opens over 
a black velvet vest,. This vest is made sepa¬ 
rate, andean be removed and a vest of silk 
or white pique substituted. The bodice has 
a Marie Stuart collar of velvet. This is a 
costume that can be easily imitated. 
For traveling or sea voyages, suits of dark 
blue cloth, English water-proof, or camels’ 
haii* are worn, They are simply mode with 
a skirt trimmed with one flounce gathered 
or plaited with bias bands. The polonaise is 
only hemmed, and ornamented with black 
silk or oxydized buttons and black sash. 
Fine blue linens, at #1 a yard, are found in 
some places. They make very handsome 
Hummer suits, t rimmed with braiding, em¬ 
broidery, or patent Valenciennes, English 
calicoes, at 2 f> cents a yard, come In dark 
blues with white patterns in odd rings and 
coral sprays They are exceedingly stylish 
with a polonaise belted in with white pearl 
buckle, white buttons, and the trimmings 
put on with white cording. 
A very pretty bluo foulard, with a white 
polka dot, had one gathered and one plaited 
flounce with a white edge. The polonaise 
was also corded with heavy white cord. 
This line of plain white is needed to give 
character to the t rimming. 
Mantles for evening or driving are made of 
blue cloth trimmed w it h yak lace or covered 
with embroidery and braiding. Blueeomels’ 
hair polonaises are embroidered with white, 
hut are very expensive. A very pretty blue 
camels’ liair polonaise, with stripes, had blue 
yak inserting on the bot tom, with «, band 
below of camels’ hair flnisbcd with yak lace 
edge a Anger’s depth in length. 
BLACK SILKS. 
This summer the lighter and more lustrous 
qualities of black silk are used. They are 
not so warm, and shako off the dust. If groa 
grain is used, it is selected from the liner 
grains. Very good qualities Of black silk 
with luster can be bought for suits from #t,85 
to $‘3.26. These costumes are by no means 
elaborately made, To make tllom light and 
cool, the skirts are not lined, and there Is not 
much heavy trimming on them. The polo¬ 
naise H particularly plain. If one wishes 
thorn more dressy, the rovers are made of 
blue silk, the sash is lined with blue and 
knotted to show at times the lining. The. 
edge of the polonaise is faced with blue and 
draped so as to display it. (n doing this it is 
necessary to show a good deal of skill, and 
not make the color too conspicuous. Fink is 
also a suitable color to use in this way. A 
pretty variety is to have but one rever, 
which, tinned back, reaches the middle of 
the front. The dress, of course, must be cut 
quite doul de-broosted. 
In all dresses where two colors are used 
one must be kept properly subordinated. 
Formerly the dress was light, the trimming 
dark. Now it is the dark grounds which 
have the light trimming, and when properly 
done and the colors well chosen, the effect is 
very good. 
MUSLIN. 
Organdy muslins, which have made their 
appearance, are very handsome this year. 
They are generally in wide stripes, as, forex- 
ample white and black, along which trail rich 
vines in dark crimsons and browns. One of 
tbo prettiest patterns is in stripes of dark and 
light brown with black figures. These muslins, 
from their delicacy and beauty, are very 
tempting to purchasers ; but the beauty of 
an organdy muslin, it must be remembered, 
lusts only so long ir is not washed; also, 
they rumple badly, and as the fancy inclines 
to soft, clinging materials, they look badly 
unless freshly ironed at each wearing; the 
damp, morning air, too, hurts them, so that, 
lovely as they are, it is some trouble to wear 
them ; and they are never so beautiful as the 
soft, white cambrics and India mulls that are 
so durable and >••> little trouble. 
GRENADINES. 
The striped grenadine will bo us much 
worn as over. Generally it is used for polo¬ 
naises, while the underskirt is of silk or plain 
grenadine. In making grenadine skirts, 
the foundation should lie silk, od which the 
trimming is set. Alternate flounces of silk 
and grenadine .aake a pretty contrast. The 
upper part of t’ie skirt is covered only by the 
polonaise. A striped polonaise is prettily 
trimmed with a very full bias ruffle, each 
edged by a niche dotted with jot beads. 
Lace is not suitable, as the client is entirely 
lost. Lace, indeed, when used at all on 
street costumes—and it is not an appropriate 
trimming—-should have a color underneath, 
such as blue or lavender ; for evening wear, 
white crepe lis.se, or pleated tulle, otherwise 
the handsomest lace is all lost. 
VARIETIES. 
A beautiful bonnet is a white st ra w ltaba- 
gas, trimmed'with bias scarf of pale green, 
lined with pale blue, which is wound so as to 
display occasionally the lining. Over the 
crown is a long, pale green ostrich feather, 
which hangs over the side and curls back¬ 
ward. Down the middle of the plume is a 
single, gray cook’s feather. This combination 
of pale green and blue is very often used, and 
is very pretty, properly managed. 
Vests of 1 due, red, and black, dotted and 
striped linen are made with plaited turn-over 
collars and a frill bordered by three lines 
down the front. Little vest pockets are 
similarly bordered. Price, $1.50, $3,75. 
Nets of plaited collars and cull's of white 
linen, hemstitched and bordered with Valen¬ 
ciennes, are popular; and for mourning or 
traveling wear, the colored sets t hat, are made 
of cambric. They are sold for 85 cents. 
The Mario Stuart fraises are made of bias 
material, fined with a tirt or shade; they 
are plaited in full box-plaits, and stand up 
high about the neck. A ruffle of lace is in¬ 
side. When made of crepe lisse, a wire is 
inserted to preserve the stiffness. They are 
very generally worn. 
Jiinijtcnic JnfurnuttioK. 
CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. 
A batu in hot sand is the latest discovery 
offered by a therapeutist of London, as an 
“infallible cure” for rheumatism. He claims 
that the. advantage of this mode of treat¬ 
ment consists, especially, in the fact that it 
does not suppress perspiration like the hot 
water bath, but, rather increases it; and 
another advantage It possesses, is that it does 
not interfere with the respirations of the 
patient, as does the steam bath or Turkish 
bath. I t is asserted that the body can endure 
the. influence of such a bath fora much longer 
time, and a much higher temperature, can 
also be applied. It can be used lor infants, 
and permits of easy application to a part or 
. to the whole body. If this remedy shall 
; prove efficacious for so serious an ailment, 
it will indeed be a boon to a large class of 
sufferers. 
REST AND AIR. 
Dr. Hall says tho best medicine in the 
world, more efficient in the cure of diseases 
than all the potencies of the materia medica, 
are warmth, rest, cleanliness and pure air, 
Some persons make it a virtue to brave dis¬ 
ease;, “to keep ii]i” as long us they can move 
a foot or crook a linger, and it sometimes 
succeeds ; but in others, the {jewel's of life 
are thereby so completely exhausted that the 
system lias lost ability to recuperate, and 
typhoid fever sets in and carries the patient 
to a premature grave. Whenever vvalkihg 
or work is an effort, a warm bed and cool 
room are tho very first indispensable© to a 
sure and speedy recovery. Instinct leauts all 
beasts and birds to quietude and rest the 
very moment disease or wounds assail the 
system. 
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HYGIENIC NOTES. 
In reply to Mi's. E. K. of Cuba, for chronic 
diarrheaThe fat that cooks from mutton ; 
one teaspoonful crushed sugar ; one teaspoon 
ful pure brandy ; one teaspooniul mutton 
fat ; put boiling water to dissolve ; give once 
an hour, or according to strength of the pa¬ 
tient. The above cured me after many 
months, during which time i tried almost 
everything.—H. R. B., Keeseville, N. Y. 
Inflamed Eyelids.—A subscriber asks if 
any of our readers know what will cure 
inflamed eyelids. 
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