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were endeavoring to recall a scrap of almost for¬ 
gotten history. 
“ I believe In thd olden time, sir,” said be, “ that 
be people held peculiar Ideas In regard to tbe 
sphere of woman There were so maoy things 
which were deemed uinfiomunly which were not 
thought unmanly that the sphere of her efforts 
was narrowed down to a very circumscribed cir¬ 
cle Indeed. Guided by a more thorough knowl¬ 
edge of the laws which govern our physical and 
mental natures, we give to her sphere a much 
wider latitude. We say, thut having ft body which 
requires fresh air, sunlight and exercise no less 
than man’s, and mental faculties which require a 
Held of self-reiltmi,and Independent effort lor their 
full development, the sphere of woman uhould be 
as broad as the demands of society require to make 
her life the most useful, and to secure the highest 
and best development of her physical and mental 
natures. 
“Mow, If the old, weak notions of woman’s 
sphere prevailed amoDg us, our women would be 
languid. Inert creatures from mere lack of employ¬ 
ment which would give energy to their physical 
natures. Wlffla our men would be oppressed with 
a superabundance of labor, which would weaken 
Instead of giving tone and vigor to their bodlc s. 
The good sense of our women, therefore, and their 
fidelity to that popular principle among us which 
teaches us to bear one another’s burdens prompts 
them to make thomselve as useful as they oau in 
any sphere where iheir own well being, as well as 
that of society, may be promoted. 
“You must, remember that our women arc not 
the frail, delicate creatures of the olden time, but 
of perfect health and vigor, so that what would be 
laborious work to the women of old Is little more 
than recreation to them. Beside, the perfection 
of our machinery has taken away heavy labor (rom 
the farmer s life, and niHde him a rnau of skill, In¬ 
stead of, as formerly, one of toll. And, like ills 
fellow-countrymen of the city, his labor ends at 
noon. 
“ There Is an illustration or the remark which I 
have Just made,” continued Mr. Gllnden, as we 
now approached a Held of grain which was being 
reaped by a phlllego-reaper and binder, upon 
which sat a young woman, like a perfect Hebe, 
giving the directing power to the machine. It cut, 
a 6wath ot twelve feet; the grain as it was cut 
oelng received by three pairs of arms, In which It 
was securely bound and which threw ir back upon 
an elevator that, carried It still farther back to a 
phlllego-moler wagon, where two men were sta¬ 
tioned to receive and place the sheaves. When 
this wagon was full-Its capacity was about six 
tons-It was moved off to the ham and another 
took Its place. Thus while one wagon was being 
unloaded another w as being tilled, and the work 
of reaping went on continuously. 
To he continued. 
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MAGAZINES FOR APRIL. 
NOKTii Ambkioak Review. -Contents: Reform 
vs. Reformation ; Tne thing that Might Be; Re¬ 
ligion Id Schools; The ownership of Railroad 
Property; The Historic Genesis or Protestantism ; 
The Telegraph Monopoly; llenry Wadsworth 
Longfellow. 
Tiik Thing that Might Be.—T he tendency Logo 
about showing oiUer people wuat might, be la 
widely enough shown by nature. But the mere 
tendency which exists la us all when young la 
unequally developed In later ate, a# individuals 
vary lu observation of what Is, power of Imagining 
what might bp, aDd energy ol will urging them to 
replace what is oy what mignt be. as we advance 
In iife, many things occur to check the growth, or 
kill the germ at this tendency. The two mam 
counteracting forces are(l) The enlargement of 
our own knowledge, which discovers to us reasons 
why things are not bettor none man they*are, 
which reasons pad been before beyond our vision. 
(2) the discovery that, the trade of g-moral Im¬ 
prover is one that is apt to make us very odious lo 
our fellows, and that, even If we can snow demon¬ 
stratively that something better could be put In 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
the place of something that Is, we had better not 
say so. 
Thus It comes to pass that every Ingenuous and 
Intelligent youth Is sent Into the world by nature 
with the Initial promptlDgsof t utcrprlso and Inno¬ 
vation, and that the same youth, by a process 
equally natural, Is found In middle age a stout, 
conservative and Bturdy champion ot the thing 
that la. Thus there goes on In the social labora¬ 
tory a constant manufacture of a generation of 
conservatives out. of a generation of liberals; and 
by tills thesis and antithesis of nature the equilib¬ 
rium or a political community la maintained.— 
Mark Pattlson in North American Review. 
Scribner’s Magazine; The Ladles’ Floral Cabl- 
lnet; Domestic Monthly; St Nicholas; Godey’s 
Lady’s Book. Want, or space allows but brief com¬ 
ment of receipt and usual standard of excellence 
of the above magazines. 
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International Exhibition. 
A dlBpatch from Melbourne, Australia, states 
that the “ First a worn qy Mmi • was given to the 
“ DavlR Vertical Feed Sewing Machine,” which is 
manufactured at Watertown, New York. A great, 
effort was made on the part of the old-style under- 
feed machines to capture the prize, on account of 
the “Davis” having received the First Award 
at Sidney in ls*o. but, as It appears, without avail. 
It Is now generally conceded that the Davis has no 
equal In excellence of construction, great range 
of work,and ease of operation. 
Jot ©lomen. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS RAY CLARK. 
MADGE’S TEN FOBTAL CARD3. 
It was rather trying to Madge to be laid up with 
a cold on a rainy day when she had planned such 
asplendld shopping day in the city with Carrie Lee. 
“ But the money will keep,” she concluded phil¬ 
osophically, “ and dry-good stores will not bo 
quite sold out. probably, when I reach there. I 
wonder what l can do to amuse myself." She 
turned towards her open writing desk, which was 
always Invitingly handy, and took up a new pack¬ 
age of ten postal cards. 
“ i will Just send off every one of these cards,” 
she thought, “just for the lun of It, and write 
them just as fine and as full as I can. I will make 
folks put on their specs to read them,” and laugh¬ 
ing as ahe seated herself and dipped her dainty 
gold pen in the Ink. 
Madge always set about a thing at once when 
she had decided upon It. 
“ Poor Alice away In that Dakotah land, with a 
sick family to care for I I know It will give her 
memory a pleasant jog even to get a full postal 
Horn the old home-land,” So she wrote her at 
least a dozen items or news on the small surface 
and set it up, after directing, on the edge of her 
book-case lo dry off. Tbe next was to a distant, 
cousin, and It was easy to put lu homo nows 
enough to fill It; Just such char, as two girls would 
bo likely to Indulge In, ir they met for a few min¬ 
utes In any public place. Nothing Important or 
very private, hut quite Interesting to hear, to one 
far away. The old associations It would bring up 
would linger pleasantly about the heart for days. 
Madge had friends enough for the whole ten, and 
now she had got so fairly waked up to the sub¬ 
ject of correspondence, she rather wished she had 
another package to beglu on. The business had 
given her a pleasant, morning’s occupation, and as 
the cards went their several ways they did good 
like a medicine In a good many homes. 
These little news items were talked over and 
commented on and better still, thought over until 
everything seemed brighter for this ray of sun¬ 
shine coming In. Old friendships were cemented 
by this small outlay of lime ana postage and 
hearts were cheered. That rainy morning was a 
good thing after alt. 
now many who have not time to write a little 
could send a postal full of Information und not 
leave absent ones to feel themselves coldly neg¬ 
lected. It would leach young people conciseness 
In expressing their views and discrimination In 
selecting the most, important points. Like a deaf 
man who was always well Informed on leading 
topics mainly gathered from conversation, who 
explained the matter by saying, “People do not 
talk nonsense to a man t hrough a speaking trum¬ 
pet,” postal card correspondence generally has 
the merit of being sensible. A unt Eva. 
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BEAUTY. 
What a wonderful gift beauty Is! and what 
woman la there In the world who would not gladly 
see herself possessed of It 7 Of course, we all re¬ 
member how our elder “slaters and our cousins 
and our aunts” used to check the stirrings of child¬ 
ish vanity, or endeavor to do so, by telling us that 
“beauty Is but skin deep,” “handsome Is that, 
handsome does” and so forth, and we may have 
come to understand the wise man’s aphorism that 
“beauty is vain”; but still there lb not one who 
would not be pretty If sUe could. Unfortunately, 
however, It Is Impossible, and there are noses, and 
moulha, and complexions, and even eyes that by 
no stretch of Imagination or affection can be 
deemed lovely; and yet mere are lew who do not 
possess some feature or expression which redeems 
them from absolute ugliness But though we 
cannot all have pretensions lo beauty, every wo¬ 
man who will may be charming, and to be so la 
really part of her mission. Every one can culti¬ 
vate tuo sweet tempera and obliging olaposlilons 
that mould our races as well as our rales, aud wo 
c m all keep ourselves sweet and clean, and to a 
great, ex 1 out healthy. Health Isa beauty iu Itself, 
and noihiug conduces to It more than plenty of 
fresh ulr and pure water, a contented and cultur¬ 
ed mind, and plenty of occupation. 
Art and experience have taught civilized people 
a good many little “ wrinkles” by which they can 
Improve their personal appearance and keep them¬ 
selves In decorative repair, even when youth has 
vanished, and there can be no reason why these 
should not bo remembered and acted upoD. They 
need not add much to tho lime spent upon our 
toilet, for if we only kuow what to use and how 
to do It, habits are formed In a rnanuer which 
soon become second nature, and we make the best 
of our advantage and keep ourselves nice and at¬ 
tractive without bestowing much thought on the 
process.— Correspondent, 
MODEL CHILDREN. 
Not very long ago an article appeared In the 
Rural describing an only child who with extra 
care and painstaking had so far proved to be 
healthy and good tempered, what we should call 
“promising.” That la all very well aDd every 
mother’s experience Is Interesting to other parents 
but. one thing was strongly brought before my 
mind by tho article in question. 
All ehlldrcu cannot, be only ones, and, have the 
sole and undivided attention ol their parents, 
neither 1# It desirable that they should beeauseex- 
perlence shows that children nourish best with a 
little wholesome neglect, that la, It need not be a 
lire study as to what agrees with them, and what 
dot s not. 
American children are more numerous among 
the middle classes, and the lineal specimens of 
men and women to be found have come from large 
families. Children In such places are obliged to 
surrender their own wills now and then, and learn 
to “ give and take ” a habit much easier learned 
gradually In childhood than In maturer years. In 
large families of limited mcanB there canuot be 
such particular attention paid to the diet of each 
child and other matters are only In a general way 
looked after, and yet with sensible parents how 
they thrive. Sell reliance comes easily and natur¬ 
ally where a oblid Is “ turned off ” 
1 have In mind a boy of Dine years who ranks as 
number six in the family who was no trouble to 
raise, always good humored, healthy and happy 
who always ate whatever he relished from the va¬ 
riety of a rarmers table without any flxed rules for 
diet, or over carHulnefts or exposure to the 
weather ; whose tastes are pure and simple and 
whose hearty boyish enjoyment of life, study or 
play, It is a comfort, to contemplate. 
Such children are born, they are not made what 
they are by caretul diet nor watchrulness; they 
are heaven s best gilts and human wisdom may 
not claim the work. b. c. d. 
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LITTLE HELPS. 
mks. j. b. a. 
How to obtain perforated patterns for embroid¬ 
ering : —Take a figure in cretonne, one rrom wall¬ 
paper, or any you may chance to have, and to the 
back of It baste smoothly a white or llght-oolored 
paper. Throw tho thread from off your sewing 
machine, and place your pattern ready for stitch¬ 
ing, with the figure uppermost. Run the machine, 
Btltchtug a pirfect outline of the figure; remove 
It, aud you will have a perforated pattern for 
stamping. 
The powder can bo made by mixing some flnely- 
powdered gum-arabic with chrome blue for while 
or light-colored goods, and starch with the gum 
for dark ones, 
To stamp, secure the perforated pattern exactly 
as you wish it to be on the goods, with a small 
brush or soft piece of white linen rub lightly a 
very little powder along the perforations; tUen 
remove the pattern and press with a warm llat- 
lron, thus melilug the gum and making the powder 
adhere to the cloth, which keeps the pattern legi¬ 
ble. Be exceedingly careful not to use too much 
powder. 
With a little experience one becomes quite apt 
In making patterns and stamping. 
ABOUT WOMEN. 
Miss Kellogg, on account of her mother’s sick¬ 
ness canceled her engagement at St. Petersburg, 
and has gone to Nice. 
Olive Logan says that American women should 
learn that it Is as vulgar to dress splendidly for a 
hotel dining room as for a railroad Journey. 
Miss Kate Pkidemokk, a talented young author¬ 
ess, residing In .Sioux City, Iowa, is a lineal de¬ 
scendant of Adoisou, the great English essayist. 
Miss Harrison, who Is now Lady Arthur Hill, 
receives a royally of id,00Q a year for her ballad, 
“in the Gloaming.” 8Ue was formerly a gov¬ 
erness. 
Mas. Yoshida, wife of the Japanese minister at 
Washington, Is described as a pleasant little lady 
and the happy mother of thellrst Japanese baby 
born lu A merloa. 
Miss Emma Kinney holds the position of en 
grossing clerk of the Senate lu Nebraska, Miss 
Ouicalt, enrolling clerk and Allas Strickland en¬ 
grossing clerk or the House. 
Makir Van Zandt appears to be the coming 
piirna donna abroad, as, Including Ambrose 
T homas, no less than six composers are wi lting 
works for her acceptance. She sings “ Dlnorah ” 
at her reappearance lu Pa rib this month. 
Miss Kate Smith, an Inmate o lhe Union Home 
for Old Ladies In Philadelphia, after three years’ 
labor, hue completed a quilt containing 65.552 
pieces. Sue has been blind from Infancy, but 
threaded every needle herself, and used lou spools 
of thread In the work. 
Doha Yocng, a favorlW:daughter ot the Prophet 
and one of the heirs of a large portion of his 
property, was lately to be seen at a Chicago hotel, 
and is described as a. Hue-looking person, dressed 
In good taste in black satin and brocade, with 
costly rings on her shapely hands. Her manners 
are pleasing, ana her conversation lnteresllng. 
She Is attached to tho memory ot her father, al¬ 
though she Is no longer a Mormon, calls the system 
a dreadful one, and say.-, that the Mormon wives* 
under their outward semblance of good-wUl, hato 
each other with a deadly hatred. 
CORRESPONDENT’S CORNER. 
Etiquette.— Being an attentive reader ot the 
Bubal for several years l have noticed that arti¬ 
cles on good behavior have been very few and far 
between. Now If our paper la to be truly a “ home 
paper,” why do we conflno tho few suggestions wo 
make entirely to dress and decoration ot the house 
which can only please the eye, while many of us 
are dally perplexed with our Ignorance of the 
htles of etiquette? Methlnka I hear some one 
say “ such knowledge Is to be gotten from books 
on decorum and the like rather than from the 
columns ot the weekly papers.” Very well, you 
can enlighten yourself to some extent In this way 
but my experience has taught; mo only tbe funda¬ 
mental rules of good manners without entering 
into the details, 
Now i think If those of us who have questions 
we would like to ask on this subject, would only be 
free and not feel afraid to show our Ignorance, un¬ 
doubtedly there would be many to come to our 
rescue with answers. In this way wm might find 
ourselves much more deficient than we really 
gave ourselves credit for. Wo would learn, per¬ 
haps that we were repeatedly committing some 
blunder without thinking anything about It. For 
my part I have ever so tnaDy questions to ask 
that, i have been unable to Und in any book of 
etiquette, and whleb ray good sense falls to 
answer satisfactorily. For instance a lady re¬ 
ceives Invitation from a gentleman to attend a 
party or for an evening’s ride. She says she will 
bo pleased to accept; now us It Is strictly Im¬ 
proper for a lady to tliank a gentleman for hla 
company, what should she reply to his thanks for 
her company y fs It proper for a lady to thank a 
gentleman for his attentions? Is It always the 
gentleman’H place to ask to call ? Should one or 
more persons be introduced to each member ot a 
company or as a whole ? Is it Ill-bred to bow from 
a window ? 
These few lnterrogatlves which I have mention¬ 
ed as examples may seem very simple to some, but 
perplexing to others who do not know just, what la 
correct. I shall be very much pleased to have 
some or the wise correspondents answer, and also 
make other suggestions on good Benavlor, /, <?., If 
such a subject will be deemed appropriate for this 
department. Kurai. Sister. 
P. s. What is the best oommon sense work on 
etiquette ? 
Remember that a little Hop Bitters saves big 
Doctor bills, and cures when all else falls. 
Donustir (fcroitomjL 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
ALL-DAY VISIT8 HERE AND THERE. 
ADELINE E. STORY. 
“ Everything goes as It happens at Dlller’s, In¬ 
doors and out.” I thought of this oft-repeated 
Baying of the neighbors as, wrapped In a conve¬ 
nient mantle ot In visibility, l entered the kitchen 
where Mrs. Dlllor holds away,and unaeonced myself 
In an out-of-the-way-corner preparatory to taking 
notes of all 1 saw. V\ ho has not at some time 
wished to be a “ mouse In a corner ” t,o hear and 
see, unobserved, all that pllased, nobody to be put 
out by the untimellness of the visit, or to make 
unfriendly criticisms when ft Is over ? I found 
Mrs. Dlllor In the pantry picking up dlrfy dishes 
for her daughter Sarah to wash, and rrom the fact 
that these had to be soaked for some time in hot 
water, 1 came to tho conclusion that the picking- 
up process was gone through with only once in a 
whlle-perhaps only when reu ered necessary 
either by a lack of clean dishes or shelves where¬ 
on to stand dirty ones, l w'aa wondering why 
Sarah didn’t mink ahe would need more water 
than that In tho half-empty kettle, when lu came 
Tommy to know If ho hadn’t better stay home 
irom school" ’cause th re was a hole la his pants ?” 
Then followed Fred to “ hurrah ” that ho was 
going to stay out to help his ’pa lay up the lane 
fence; whereupon Motile teased to stay out too. 
She didn’t like to go alone, and who “ wanted to 
see ’pa and the boys tear down the hen-house; ’pa 
said ho wins going to this forenoon." 
The school question was still unsettled when in 
came Air. Dlllor for Borne the-brands. He was 
going to set Ure to live acres of brush and the 
three children trooped out after Idm—Mollle to 
ate the dog catch the rabbits that would be sure 
to run from the brush heaps, and the boys to help 
to set them. Their going leri Mrs. Differ a chance 
to think, and wbat sue thought was that the wash¬ 
ing had batter be done that day. So Sarah left 
the dishes and got lho boiler over, while Mrs. 
Differ gathered up the dirty clothes. Every closet 
and bedroom In the house furnished more or Iobs. 
Table-cloths were produced from a " cubby hole ” 
under the chimney and napkins from under the 
pillows lu the baby’s crib. Dresses were over¬ 
hauled for collars, cuffs and handkerchiefs When 
the pile was made up In a corner of the room, Mrs, 
Differ sat down to rest, and .Mr. Differ returned to 
say that the brush didn’t burn first rate and he 
had made up till mind to kill the pig. lie wus 
very glad, he said, that the boiler was on and the 
water hot. It would save time. 8o the wash water 
went to scald the pig, and Sarah stuffed the dirty 
clothes Into two pillow-cases tvlth the remark that 
they were picked up, aud she counted the washing 
as good as half done. 
Mrs. Differ didn’t, oare so much about tho wash¬ 
ing. She had a pain between her shoulders aud 
now she could have a chance to tear rags tor the 
carpet. With Uni she brought out some bright- 
colored worsted <liesses and s*r herself \o rippii g 
them to pieces. At thl» juicture a neighbor eune 
In and declared that It •* look' d to her like a poor 
plan to tear up good dretbeu that could be m ide 
over to look like new for an old ray carpet .” But 
os Mrs. DUler never thought it paid to make things 
