JUNE 48 
purification that the effluent might flow off from 
the shore without offense or danger. The area 
required for this purpose would he large, and the 
operation would be costly; but some, form of dis¬ 
posal which shall secure the purification of the 
harbor is sure to become In time, If indeed It. Is not 
now, a commanding necessity. Whatever the 
system adopted, and whatever the means of puri¬ 
fication, it Is already manifest., that the proper 
disposal of the entire sewerage, not only of New 
York but equally of Brookyn, cannot be too early 
taken Into serious consideration.—Colonel Waring, 
In Scribner for July. 
Harper's,—Contents:— The White Mountains; 
The Dead Child and the Mocktng-Blrd ; The Mad 
Maydes Sooge; Our Ruby-Throat; A Neglected 
Corner of Europe, t. Lisbon; Ballads and Ballad 
Music Illustrating Shakspeare; Edwin Booth, Wil¬ 
liam Winter; Anne, A Novel: BenedettoClvllettl; 
The First Settler’s story; The Trial of Jeanne 
Dare; Mrs. Millington and her Librarian; Ken¬ 
tucky Farms; A Laodicean; Editor’s Easy Chair; 
Editor’s Literary Record; Editor’s Historical Rec¬ 
ord; Editors Drawer. 
Wars of tub Humming rirds.— Whenever It 
happens that two of Hie species meet among my 
flowers, they signal the encounter with a shrill 
war-cry, and (lash at each other lu fierce antago- 
n’sin. The spirit of Bellona lnflimes their souls. 
For an Instant they close together, then give each 
other chase, and with the speed of meteors are 
lost to my view. Shortly afser, the return of one 
alone announces that the victory has been quick 
and decisive Diminutive as are these puny 
sprites, they are heavily charged with combative¬ 
ness. The e itlre race are pugnacious and quar¬ 
relsome lo an extraordinary degree, Impudently 
assaulting each other, and birds of much greater 
size which venture Into their neighborhood or 
occasion them a fancied annoyance. Even the 
hawk is notsare from their attacks, and has been 
a en worried and whipped by them Mr. Bates 
remarks, in delineating their truculent disposition, 
and the perpetual battles occurring In eveiy flow¬ 
ery nook In the tropics where they congregate, 
“ One will knock another off Its perch, and the 
two will go lighting and screaming away at a pace 
hardly to be followed by the eye.”— Mrs. Sara A. 
Bcbbakd, In Harper's Magazine for June. 
St. Nicholas.— Contents: Frontispiece; The A. 
Steeles; What the Birds Say: The Lost stopper; 
How Shocking 1 verses; The Mastiff and his Mas¬ 
ter: Enchantment, verses; 03trleh Farming; 
“ Candy is Nor Good tor Children,” picture; Phae¬ 
ton Rogers; The Fountain In the Park; Butterflies, 
poem; “The Children's Art 1st;” Pease-Porridge 
Cold; A Quiet Time lor All Concerned, picture; The 
Frog's Tea-party, verses; in Nature’s Wonderland, 
Chapter V.’ll.; Was Kitty Cured? “Strawberries ! 
Ripe Strawberries 1” The Month of Roses, picture ; 
The Treasure box of English Literature; Saltillo 
Boys, Chapters IV., V. md VI.; An Italian Fisher 
Boy Mending his Nets; The Giant Picture Book; 
For Very Little Folk; Jack ln-the-Pulplt; The 
Letter box; The Kiddle-box 
“STRVWBERRIKS, lUl'E STRAWBERRIES!" 
“ Strawberries ! Ripe strawlierrles !” 
Shouted bltr Johnny Strong: 
And he sold his baskets readily 
To folks who enme along-. 
But soon ft tiny voice piped forth, 
“ Me, too! ” Nob could not shout 
Ah John did. Vet she too must sell 
The fruit she bore about. 
“ Ho, btraw-berb-e-k-s !” roared lusty John. 
“ Me, too!” piped Nell, so sad. 
Aud Johnny made good sales that day, 
But Nell sold all she had. 
—St. Nicholas for .Tune, 1881. 
Phrenological Journal —Contents: William 
Wlndom ; Responsibilities of Genius ; Studies In 
Comparative Phrenology ; Does Death End All? 
Sir Joslah Mason; riant Organization; Some 
Thoughts ou the Problem of Poverty ; A Puritan 
Child; The Voung Folks of Cherry Avenue; 
What is a Cold ? Hygiene of Ratlway Travel; 
Bread-mold in the M leroacope ; Notes In Science 
and Agriculture ; Editorial Items; Answers to 
Correspondents; Personal—Wisdom and Mirth- 
Library—Publisher's Department. 
Physicians of all schools use and recommend 
Hop Bitters; take their advice.— Adv. 
gomtstu tt-rotiorng. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
CONCERNING HOUSEHOLD HELPS-CON¬ 
CLUSION. 
MARY WAGER-FI8HRR. 
The greatest difficulty lies with women who 
have kind husbands, but whose circumstances are 
such that It seems Impractical or extravagant to 
hire help even when it can be had, and the strengt h 
of the wife la overtaxed lo meet the deficiencies of 
Income. Shel-t ambitious and economical, and de¬ 
sirous of “getting on ” In the world, and still intel¬ 
ligent enough to see that she is overworking, but 
obliged, as she thinks, to keep on overtaxing her¬ 
self, and all the time hoping for rnora ease In the 
future. 
For such women there Is nothing to do but to 
stop at once, and let things go, just the same as If 
they were sick or unable to get about. When l 
I was a young girl I was extremely fond or needle¬ 
work, and often applied myself so closely to It as 
to produce a " pain lu my shoulder.” My father, 
upon leaning of It, commanded me, with great 
severity, io drop my work of auy and all kinds the 
moment I felt the pain; and the discipline was 
one thatl commend to others, and especially to 
all women who are mothers. In the family the 
life and health of the mother Is the highest of all 
HE BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
414 
considerations, it is better for children to grow 
up in poverty than to be deprived of their mother, 
and the mother should make it a rule of her life to 
save herself at all cost. To wear one’s-self out In 
cooking, cleaning, sewing and mending that is not 
absolutely essential la rank folly, and 1 am con¬ 
vinced that the majority of women who overwork 
themselves do so tn the performance of work that 
Is not absolutely necessary. Some mothers, for 
the sake of keeping the children la school every 
day, will never keep one at home on the busiest 
day to take steps for her that she well knows 
should be taken. Tne “ last straw ” of others is 
In scrubbing and Bcourlng, In running the sewing 
machine, in making a rag carpet, In spraining the 
hack at hou3e-cleanlog time by Ui’tlDg heavy 
things, or in getting up an elaborate dinner. A 
physician said to me not long ago, “ The curse of 
American women Is having a pain In the back; it 
means being too much on tbr feet ” And un¬ 
doubtedly the greatest and moat important re¬ 
form, fraught with the highest benefits to the 
American nation, would consist In inducing Amer¬ 
ican women, at all hazard, to take better care of 
their health. The first and chief thing lu the rear¬ 
ing of a daughter is to make her a fine animal, and 
to so thoroughly permeate her mind with the Idea 
that she must take such Intelligent care of herself 
that her health will always be robust and perfect, 
as to make It the great fact of her existence, and 
that If It be the chief end of man to glorify God 
and enjoy Him forever. In the language of the cat¬ 
echism, it la the chief end of woman to have good 
health. A healthy woman In her very existence 
of sweetness and beauty glorifies her Creator, and 
she certainly enj >ys nim and His creations inn 
nltely more than can a woman who has no health 
In her. 
With many women Sunday la no more a day of 
rest than Monday. To such let mo commend tire 
way of a lady whom I know, and who Is a very 
rare lady, Indeed, In the best Bense of the word It 
la a law In her household that on Sunday no work 
but what is purely essential shall he done, if the 
floors get dirty, or things get out of order, they re¬ 
main so. There 18 no sweeping, or “brushing 
up. ” or ordering of things. Her Idea Is that tn the 
week there shall be one day of almost total absti¬ 
nence from work, and she makes that day Sunday. 
It would be well If all women would oblige them- 
Belves to observe certain hours every day for sitting 
down —come what will. l believe It Is the only safe 
way. 
Another very safe way tor farmerlnes Is to sit 
out-of-doors. Many country women live more In¬ 
doors than city women do. After the work of the 
house is over, instead of sitting in the open air, 
they drop into a rocking-chair in the house for 
their rest. When there la a cool, shady porch or 
tree near the door, It will be found refreshing to 
do as much work as Is possible there, away rrom 
the heat of the kitchen. Vegetables can be pre¬ 
pared, fruit picked over, and all the sewing and 
repairing during Summer can be pleasantly ac 
compllshed in the open air. It saves, too, a great 
deal of Utter and dirt In the house. In order to 
restfuliy enjoy a porch It needs furniture, such as 
comtonaoie chairs, a table, and If one has an old 
lounge or settee for It, it will be found that the 
“ men folks ” will “ take to it," and thereby save 
much sweeping, dusting and cleaning in the house. 
Hang a rack or pocket for newspapers there, too. 
There are some things that seem to result m 
precisely the opposite way to what they should. 
One would suppose that farmers wives, ror ex¬ 
ample, living in the country, and commanding 
pure and nutritious food, would be rosy-cheeked, 
plump and fresh-looking, while the fact Is, they 
lose their youth and fine color sooner than any 
other class of women, They have a faded, thin, 
dragged out appearance by the time they are 
forty, that bo woman ought ever to have at any 
age. 1 think ft is better to wear out, than to rust 
out. But l know of nothing that earth can give 
that equals in value good health, or Is a compen¬ 
sation for a broken-down body. And when wo¬ 
men work beyond all reason, do they ask them¬ 
selves, “for what good?” ir a woman loves her 
husband who loves her, and loves her children, in 
what better way can she express her affection for 
them than by taking the best possible care of her¬ 
self, so that, her life may long be spared to comfort 
and counsel them? We all are apt to make one 
common mistake, and that is, to act upon the 
Idea that what we do for our loved ones, Is worth 
more io them than what we are to them. This Is 
all wrong. A mother who la a complete Invalid, 
may be worth more to her family than any twelve 
women who can work. To put the whale matter 
In a nut shell, any woman who works beyond her 
strength,unless In an extraordinary case of life and 
death, is, without question, foolish beyond excuse. 
Nobody In her family loves her better for It. She 
gains nothing by it In the long run, and loses In 
the end. if i could put what I feel in regard to 
this weakness of women, into words, T am sure 
that every mother who reads this would take bet¬ 
ter care of her health than evi r before My own 
mother was one of those delicate, ambitious women 
sacrificing hersetr without stint to her family, and 
she broke down at the early age of thirty-eight, 
and her children were left motherless. I never 
think of her untimely death, of her unnecessarily 
laborious life, of her ambition for her children 
gratified at such a terriDle cost, without a feeling 
of indignation that so valuable a life as bers was 
sacrificed for such paltry considerations. And 
there are thousands or mothers such as she was. 
May they be warned of their folly before It be too 
late. 
There Is a vast difference In men Occasionally 
there Is a man who protects his wife against her- 
seir, but as a rule, If a woman Is inclined to be 
careless, Indifferent, or stupid in regard to over¬ 
taxing herself, her husband will not be astumb 
ilng b’oek in the way of her ah utenlug her life, so 
that If a worn an aoes nor. look out for herself, she 
will be poorly looked after And bo long as she 
has common sense she ought to look after her own 
welfare. That Is what she was given brains for, 
and she should not expect others to do for her 
what she should do for herself. The instinct of 
Bell preservation Is probably the strongest Instinct 
our Creator has placed within us and we ought to 
remember always that In order to preserve our 
bodies, we must use our strength with due moder¬ 
ation. There la nothing more delightful and en¬ 
joyable, than to be able to work with enjoyment, 
to feel strong and full of vigor, and to maintain 
this ability to the very end of a long life, la to use 
life to the very best advantage, so far as happi¬ 
ness Is concerned, so. remember that are Is more 
than meat, and the body more than raiment. 
As for “ busy seasons ” on the farm, do not allow 
yourselves to bo overtaxed then. If men can be 
hired for the farm, have one detailed a part of 
each day, or so in uoh as Is necessary, to help in the 
house. Such help should he as much a part of 
seed time and harvest ln-doors as out-of-doors. 
And Insist upon having the help, for It Is better 
that grain go ungathered than that you make 
yourself ill by overwork 
Here In the East, we bear much of the efficiency 
and cheapness of Chinese “ help ’’ in the house In 
the West. If auy RuaAL-reading woman has such 
help, I for one will he glad to have her give her 
opinion thereupon. 
-- 
DRINKS FOS HOT DAYS. 
Lemon Sirup. 
Squeeze the juice from 12 good-sized lemons, 
grate the rlud of half Into It and let It stand over 
night. In the mo rnlng strain, squeezing as much 
oil rrom the grated rind as suits your taste, add to 
It six pounds of white sugar and boll until It be¬ 
comes thick. Bottle and cork. A tablespoonful 
of this sirup in a glass of cold water makes a very 
refreshing drluk. 
Raspberry Vinegar. 
FUJ a stone j at with raspherrles, red or black, 
cover with pure, strong vinegar and let stand a 
week. Then strain, pressing out all of the juice 
from the bsrrles. To each pint of this llqu d add a 
pound and a half of lump or g ranutated sugar and 
let boll until the sugar dissolves, removing scum 
that may arl3e Let cool, bottle and cork tightly. 
Two tablespoonfuls of this In a glass of Ice water 
make a delicious drink. 
Cream Nectar. 
Two pounds of lump or granulated sugar, two 
ounces of tartaric ael 1, juice of o le lemon, half a 
cup of flour mixed smooth In a little water, and 
three pints ot water. Boll five minutes. When 
cold stir in the whites ot three eggs beaten to a 
stiff froth and a half ounce of wlntergreen or any 
other flavoring one may fancy. Bottle and keep 
In a cool place, When wanted put a fourth tea- 
spoontul of soda Into a glass of ice water and then 
add two tablespoonfuls of this sirup, 
-♦ » 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Cabbage Salad. 
A small, firm head of cabbage allced fine, a cup 
ot good vinegar, a tablespoonful of butter, two 
beaten eggs, a tablespoonful ot sugar, pepper and 
salt, and a cup of rich, new milk or thin cream. 
Put the vinegar on to boll, add the butter, sugar, 
salt and pepper. When almost boUlng stir In the 
chopped cabbage. Scald but do not let boil. Have 
the milk or cream heating In another vessel; when 
It bolls thicken with the beaten eggs. Turn the 
scalded cabbage Into a deep dish, pour over the 
thickened milk, to33 up the mixture, cover and 
place where it will cool at once. Serve cold and 
garnish, If you like, with cold boiled eggs. 
Snow Cakes. 
One scant cap of butter, two cups of white sugar, 
a small cup of milk whites of five eggs, three cups 
—rounding full -or sifted nouv, two teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder sifted with flour, vanilla or letnon 
flavoring. Bake In small round tins. 
Chocolate Cjiramela. 
Into a saucepan put one oup ot thick sweet 
cream, two cups of brown sugar, a tablespoonful 
of corn starch stirred smooth In a little of the 
cream, a tablespoonful of butter, aud a bit of soda, 
size of a pea Boll slowly half an hour, stirring to 
prevent burning Mix smooth with a little cream 
or milk seven table-pooriMls of grated or scraped 
chocolate. Draw the saucepan to the aide of the 
range and add the chocolate. But over the fire 
and boll te t minutes longer, stirring constantly. 
When It makes a firm, glossy coat on Che spoon lc Is 
done. Flavor with vanilla just as you take from 
the fire. Four Into hutrered, shallo w tins. When 
firm enough check with a knife Into squires. Milk 
may be substituted for the cream, hut add an¬ 
other spoonful or butter. 
Ripe Currant Pie 
One coffee-cupful of crushed currants, one of 
sugar, a tablespoonful of flour mixed smooth In 
one of water, yelks of two eggs. Bake wirh an 
under-crust only. Beat the whites stiff sift In two 
spoonfuls of powdered sugar, spread over the top 
of pie and slightly brown in oven. Mary b. 
Brentl-maklng 
The following Is an Improvement In bread-mak¬ 
ing: At noon throw the scalding hoc potato water 
on a pint of flour, s’lrrlDg in two or three mashed 
potatoes. When tepid add a small cup of yeast 
and set it away until evening. Then make corn 
mush, one part to three of flour, m*xing In hot 
weather with coll water, and tn cold weather 
with warm water In the morning It Is ready to 
make into loaves and hv the time the oven is hot 
they will he light enougu to bake, in this way 
the housewife can get her baking all out of the 
way by eight o’clock In the morning. p. 
A Cheap mid Good Palm. 
Make of unslaked Ume, two gallons of white, 
wash, add to It two and a half pounds of Drown su¬ 
gar and three ounces ot salt This, when applied, be¬ 
comes perfectly hard and glossy. By mixing lamp¬ 
black a beautiful lead color can be obtained; for 
yellow, yellow ochre; for red, Venetian red. This 
Is a strong and durable paint. Ruth. 
-- 
Don’t physic, for it weakens and destroys, but. 
use Hop Bitters, that builds up, up 1— Adv. 
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