JULY U 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
tlon, sees a small tout very pretty and cleverly- 
executed landscape - paint,Ing some six Inches 
Square. The foreground represents a grass-plot. 
In the center of which are two small ponds, out of 
one of which the water flows in a small stream 
toward a patch of rocks. A little distance be¬ 
yond the ponds is a farm-house, at the rear and 
side of which is a row of poplar trees. Light 
stratified clouds, with a dash of blue, complete 
the picture. The perspective Ls almost perfect, 
and t he lights and shades arc remarkably well 
brought out. This Is particularly seen m the 
cluster of rocks, which appear to have been 
drawn by the baud of a most skillful artist. 
Closer Inspection of this piece of work reveals to 
the astonished onlooker that It Is nothing more 
nor less than a piece of slate rock, on which Na¬ 
ture's hand alone has developed a pretty rural 
scene which would do no discredit to the brush of 
iluvelot. 
This curiosity was round on the Carshaltou 
reef, and the rock, on being broken up, split, In 
such a way as to leave the face on which the 
picture Is represented convex. The various 
shades, tints, and figures appear to have been 
formed by the trickling of water, containing iron, 
between the seams of the rock. 
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A happy life is made up of happy thoughts, and 
man should be a very miser in hoarding conscien¬ 
tiously every mill of the true coin. 
®Ijc 'fttcntnr Mloilb. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Hummer F.xcnvslaii Rmirc«. Illustrated. Phila¬ 
delphia: Peunajdvatim Railroad. LS 77 . 
It Is a sign of the times that all truly great en¬ 
terprises cannot well dispense with a literary de- 
p trtment. Wo know of but one truly great enter¬ 
prise, to wit, Simon gamkiion, who manages to 
earn a scanty living despite those “d-lltery 
fellers.” 
It Is known, In a vague, general way, that the 
groat trunk line of Pennsylvania traverses some 
of the best scenery to be found cast of the Rocky 
Mountains, in fact, we are within bounds when 
we state that in some respects this route offers 
prospects unmatched even by that u Horded among 
the sierras. But when the enthusiastic tourist 
has slung hLs haversack and adjusted Ills opera 
glass, he don't precisely see Ids way clear to the 
exact Arcadia Ids fancy paints. Starling from 
anywhere In particular to go nowhere in general, 
lias all Its good points us an Imaginative scheme, 
but It don’t coincide with Mme-lablos and rates 
of rare, once m voyage. Now wo have changed 
all that, and the attractive, Illustrated, 125-page 
pamphlet, before us proves the destiny that may 
shape our ends and lay our lines In some very 
pleasant places. 
" Rambles by Rail” Is a succinct and pleasant 
description or the points of Interest on the line 
of the I*. R, R., which ulso includes excursions on 
Its various branches to the soa-shore. The exact 
information is comprised In a series of tables 
called “ Excursions," which give tUe fare to go 
and return and the routes traversed. There arc 
many more admirable features contained In the 
pamphlet,, und we cannot do bettor Ilian recom¬ 
mend prospective tourists to send to M r. L. it Kau¬ 
ai kr, the General Passenger Agent of t he Pennsyl¬ 
vania Railroad, for a copy, before concluding 
where to pilch their tents lor the summer. 
The A in erica n Naturalist. 
The July number commences with the Interest¬ 
ing article, “Notes on the Age and Structure of 
the several Mountain Axes lu the Neighborhood 
of Cumberland Gap,” by Prof. N. s. staler of Har¬ 
vard University, well known also as at the head 
of the Kentucky State Survey. Air. Charles Sedg¬ 
wick Minot continues Ids suggestive articles on 
The Study of Zoology la Germany, this time de¬ 
scribing “The Methods used In Histology and 
Embryology.” l, Russell writes for the gen¬ 
eral reader especially a paper “ Concerning Foot¬ 
prints,” not those made by Friday on Robinson 
Crusoe’s Island, but the tracks left behind by the 
ungainly creatures that died before they could 
trlghten Friday. The editor or the Naturalist, A. 
s. Packard, Jr., details some very curious “Ex¬ 
periments on the Sense-organs of Insects," and 
It Is to be hoped that the example will bo follow¬ 
ed by scientific observers, and not mere Idlers, 
who would subject themselves to the criticism of 
Mr. Bergh’s society. Thera Is a long review oi 
Ganlnfe Metamorphoses of Insects, and general 
notes in all departments or Natural History, as 
well as scientific news. Published monthly by 
11. O. Houghton & Co., Boston, $4 a year; 85 els. 
a number. 
The PocUci GcolDKiHt mid llooh of Minerals. 
"Htmiori/.Vm llu,Uvl1 a:i(l Muan * Jfin « lneer - 
A FLOWER SONG. 
On the bridge of Italia's city, 
Domed o’er with !te beautiful sky, 
I have listened with pleasure and pity 
To the flower-chiliPs musical cry: 
~~ " Coino buy. 
Ere the fair blossoms wither and die! ” 
Pretty flowers from the Helds far away, 
All radiant with sunshine and dew, 
Each sweet-smelling blossom of May, 
Meet offering, dear lady, for you! 
Come buy! Come buy! 
Ere they wither and die. 
Ear away from the fields where they grew ! 
They were gathered at break of the morn, 
Ere sunshine ye t colored the Bides; 
From valley and dell they were torn 
To gladden j our bountiful eyes. 
Come buy of my store, 
O lady, before 
Each fair blossom withers and dies! 
Here’s a rose that is fit to compare 
With the glow of your exquisite cheek; 
Oh 1 buy it to twine fn your hair. 
Nor lovelier ornament seek. 
O buy. Indy dear. 
Or with sorrow, I fear. 
It will droop in roy hand as 1 speak! 
Here are lilies all stately and white; 
Here are violets purple and blue; 
All colors to give you delight; 
O choose! they were gathered for you ! 
Come buy! Come buy! 
In my basket they lie, 
All fresh with the sunshine and dew ! 
On the bridge of Italia's city, 
Ho sang 1 beneath the blue sky. 
As I listened with pleasure and pity 
To the flower-child’s musical cry: 
" Come buy! 
Ere the fair blossoms wither and die ! ” 
lltoOer QwUldam. 
A SPRIG OF ARBUTUS. 
My darling once sent mo a letter 
With a sprig of Arbutus therein; 
Its petals, perfection of beauty, 
Its leaves, like her memory', green. 
Its fragrance was richer than roses, 
But what far excelled all the rest, 
This sprig of Arbutus came laden 
With a kiss her dear lips had Impressed. 
The pink of the blossom lias faded. 
The green of the leaves panned away. 
Hut the love that the kiss is the child of 
Beams as new as if born hut to-day. 
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MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. 
What a good thing It would bo in this world if 
everybody would “mind his own business!” i 
know It Is perfectly natural for us all to want to 
knotv how much our neighbor Is worth, what his 
wife gave for her new hat,, and what, beau his 
daughter Is going to marry; bur. If we could at¬ 
tend to our own affairs and let him attend to Ids, 
It would be more pleasant, to say the least. There 
Is a vein or curiosity running through the whole 
human rurally, differently developed of course. 
Homo have a peculiar talent for asking questions. 
You might as well think to get away from hornets 
after you havo stirred up their nest, as to get 
away from these human hornets. They will ask 
all about your affairs, where you are going and 
what you are going after, and the only way you 
can ild yourself of them la to tell them to “ inlnd 
their own business.” 
Another class delight to find out all they can, 
so as to tell it—to be the rirst to spread the news; 
and if the story Increases a lit tle, it only makes it 
more sensational. Closely allied to these are the 
genuluc mischief-makers—those who will keep a 
whole neighborhood In an uproar by going from 
place to place and telling what tills or that one 
says about the other. But what lathe use or men¬ 
tioning these different, characters—you all have 
them In your neighborhood. You have said a 
great many times, “You did wish those persons 
would mind their own business." 
Of course, we are all more or less dependent on 
each other; It Is of no use to carry ourselves above 
everybody, for sometimes we are obliged to ask 
help. But there are some things that every fam¬ 
ily and every person wish to keep to themselves, 
and we ought to respect this feeling In t hem 
enough to attend to our own affairs. We shall all 
find that no matter how Industrious we may be, 
we shall be busy enough If we “mind our own 
business.” Amelia. 
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EDUCATION FOR WOMAN. 
This Is a handy little volume, which gives a 
great deal of valuable information, ou the mat¬ 
ters to which It relates. It Is written In a pleas¬ 
ant. familiar style, and we do not hesitate to rec¬ 
ommend It. The subjects treated ot are Elements, 
Minerals, Rocks, Veins, Ores, Metals. Gems, Car¬ 
bons, Spare, Limes, clays, Grits, Saits, Paints, 
etc. The book contains 128 pages, 
A 1 °* Plionoffrnpliy. By Elias 
hoNGLLj. Cincinnati: Elias Langley. 
1 " is a small book or i«j pages, from the pen 
of t he well-known publisher or works on this sub¬ 
ject, and will no doubt bo found, by those wishing 
to become acquainted with the art, an imports m 
assistant, as the author says he has Incorporated 
lu the work all recent improvements. 
If woman was made to be man’s companion, 
and not his toy or his drudge, then she ought to 
be able to know tbe same truths and to converse 
understand!ugly with him. The companionship 
Is Imperfect otherwise. When a man practically 
says to his wife, “ These matters are too sublime 
for your appreciation,” lie degrades her. If she 
Is not a servant, she Is a child, and not the com¬ 
panion whom Heaven intended. Wc believe the 
root or all social reform Is found exactly here. 
Those whom God has Joined together 'hum lias 
put asunder by absurd assumption. Both the 
affection and the respect that should exist, be¬ 
tween the husband and wife must have mental 
equality as a basl3. Kindness Is a poor substi¬ 
tute for love, and chivalry a poor substitute for 
respect. They are too often conscience offer¬ 
ings, and apt, to decay. In which case the a lterna¬ 
tives are presented of domestic doadnesa or t,ho 
excitement of sin to her who should have been 
: the man’s counselor and partner in all bis works. 
Facts sustain this reasoning. Women have had 
no more difficulty than men In mastering the lin¬ 
guistic, mathematical, scientific and philosophic 
truths, and If the opinion has prevailed that such 
learned women mado poor wives, it is because, 
under the pressure or society, hitherto only push¬ 
ing women could attain these high ends. But let 
society be such that modest and retiring women 
can equally achieve and excel in high studios, 
and wc shall lose this false opinion about “ blue¬ 
stockings.” We shall find that the truest exam¬ 
ples of domestic happiness are when both hus¬ 
band and wife have reached, by careful study, 
the higher realms of thought, and have thus en¬ 
larged the Held of their common pursuits. We 
shall find that the color of the stockings Is not 
altered by any amount of thorough culture, and 
that feminine delicacy Is but promoted by the 
sharpening of the perceptive and discriminating 
faculties. The reason why the average young 
lady In affluent fife Isa bubble of vanity, Is be¬ 
cause society has excluded her from all walks and 
works of thought, and Uaa given her In lieu there¬ 
of the “accomplishments” (Iwusn non luvondo) 
which may rightfully vie for rank with ribbons 
and flounces. Our young ladles’ schools arc (with 
few honorable exceptions) promoters or female 
degradation, and mlgbtsuit the taste of a Turk. 
The mothers, who had a like false experience, 
hearing tbeJr daughters slog some extracts from 
an Italian opera or ploy with rapid execution on 
the piano, are quite satisfied, supposing that this 
Is the full flower of education, while, as regards 
trained thought and valuable Ideas, their minds 
are tohn ttohu. These “accomplishments" ure a 
very weak and beggarly element, lu matrimony, 
and the husband who cannot And a more substan¬ 
tial com pan lonship, something that cheers and 
strengthens his heart In his higher and deeper 
life, will soon become alienated. 
The greatest safeguard against, unhappy mar¬ 
riages, next to fixed religious principle, Is the 
equal appreciation of higher truths by husband 
and wire, where their minds have no limit to their 
united excursions, and in wlileh their mutual de¬ 
pendence and regard become the stronger when 
lower and more carnal bonds lose their efficiency. 
The united life should show itseir In all tilings, 
and not find any path where separation Is a ne¬ 
cessity, As In these higher applications or thought 
and energy, so In the lower let the rule or union 
be observed. By what decree Is woman to cook 
the fond that, does not also ordain that man shall 
saw and split, tlm wood ? If woman has her drudg¬ 
ery, man has his. It proves no more in one case 
than in the other that drudgery Is the ultimate 
condition of either, or that drudgery Is a desirable 
and delightful condition. If one finds It advan¬ 
tageous and possible to biro a proxy to saw the 
wood, why should not the. other llnd It advanta¬ 
geous, when possible, to hire a proxy to cook the 
food? Let time be gained equally by both for 
higher industries. 
Now, It Is on these principles that we advocate 
tho equal preparation of the female mind with 
the male In our schools and colleges, the great 
practical distinctions or the sexes having no true 
bearing on the question, arid tho peculiarity of 
the feminine mind, as compared with the mascu¬ 
line mind, being 110 more an argument against a 
like training than the peculiarity of one boy’s 
mind over against his follow s. The woman w 111 
show herself, bin, not by any Inferiority; she win 
show herself by molding the same truths In femi¬ 
nine form. 
The social objection to co-education Is based 
solely on man’s barbarism. We have little pa¬ 
tience with the argument. There is no fear that 
woman will misbehave, but that she wilt bo ex¬ 
posed to Insult from the other sex. In our view 
young people should always be under family in¬ 
fluence. A dormitory system Is at best pernicious. 
Multiply temptations in that system and you mul¬ 
tiply disasters. ir the young people go from the 
family to their studies and again return to the 
family, there can be no argument of danger be¬ 
tween tho sexes urged In reference to the college 
benches that cannot be urged against the picture 
gallery or museum, and much more against the 
social evening gathering. 
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THE C08T OF ROYALTY. 
The civil list of the Queen of England is fixed 
at the sum of $ 1 ,863, 400 , which Is devoted solely 
to the support, of the royal household and the 
honor and dignity of the Grown. Jta application 
to the particular branches of the Queen’s privy 
purse and the expenses ot the household, royal 
bounty, and special service Is Intrusted to the 
Lords of the Treasury. The amount, In question, 
voted at ilia commencement of Her Majesty’s 
reign, Vas the result ot a convention between the 
Crown and the nation, whereby the latter, In con¬ 
sideration of the sovereign making over lor her 
fife the hereditary revenues of tho Crown to the 
national exchequer, guaranteed her a yearly pay¬ 
ment, for the purpose already stated, of the sum 
mentioned. The hereditary revenues amount, to 
about, $1,648,800 a year. Tho allowances to the 
other members of the royal family aggregate, 
perhaps, about, $ 500,000 more. The net cost to the 
English people ot their figure-head is thus, as 
nearly as can be reckoned, $830,000 a year. 
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TO THE NEWLY MARRIED. 
Juliette says they made the mistake when 
they married that a great many before them 
have done, of boarding, Instead of going to house¬ 
keeping. 1 would advise her now not to make a 
still greater mistake by going Into debt. T know 
1 that a homo comfortably and tastefully furnished 
1 Is “a thing of beauty," but If you are obliged to 
go in debt In order to get it, It may not, prove “ a 
Joy forever'" 
Very many young married people burden them¬ 
selves with debt, In furnishing their houses, think¬ 
ing they will soon be ablo to pay it on, but they 
find It takes something to keep house With after 
It Is furnished, so the debt, accumulates instead 
of decreasing. If you are not able to pay for su¬ 
perfluous articles, you had better make up your 
mind to be content with the necessaries. You 
can add those little conveniences and ornaments 
as you become able, and thereby extend your 
pleasures, for each addition will be a new de¬ 
light. I think Juliette will be successful as a 
housekeeper; she seems to havo determination 
and energy. I have not given the advice she 
asked for. Sho will probably receive abundance 
of It from those more compotout than the writer. 
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JUNG BAHADOOR’S THREE WIVES. 
The late Sir Jung Bahadoor’s throe wives were 
burnt upon the pile with the corpse. When tho 
three Nepaulese ladles received the Prince or 
Wales In their camp while ho was in the Toral, 
and sent a valuable present, to her Royal High¬ 
ness tlm Princess of Wales, t heir agreeable looks, 
pleasant manners, and dignified behavior were 
said to have produced a most, favorable Impression 
on the royal visitor and his suite. Tho native 
paper does uot state which ot Sir Jung Bahadoor’s 
many sons set fire to the altar on which they 
perished ; but if it wore Hubbur Jung who applied 
the torch he may not have been a matricide, as it, 
is believed he was tlm son of a younger wire. 
Runodeep Ring, who appears to have succeeded 
to the position held by ids brother, which was 
virtually the absolute government, of Nepal, Is 
not supposed to possess much of the ability—but, 
perhaps he has all the resolution—ot tlm late 
Prime Minister. lie Is a squat,. Ill-built,, odd- loot- 
log litt le man, with splay rent and Calmuok face; 
but ho Is said to be bravo and to possess tlm con¬ 
fidence of t he troops. 
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WOMEN. 
There Is a boat crew at the Elmira female col¬ 
lege. 
The Khedive has seven Coptic wives and as 
many Circassians. 
Just us Paterfamilias was congratulating him¬ 
self on the end of the costly winter campaign, the 
price of paregoric is doubled by the war, and the 
green fruit season Is just coming on. 
An old school philosopher remarks that, If bread 
Is the stun of life, pound cake must be a gold¬ 
headed eano. Doubtless It, Is true, and two Ice¬ 
creams and a girl are a regular two-wheeled 
velocipede. 
Tlio painful perplexity and lndlelston of the 
young lady who has the ankle of a Venus, but a 
foot like an Ironing hoard, as sho clutches hor 
dress and stepson a muddy crossing, is the saddest 
thing we know of. 
When Anna DtcklOROn abandons the stage, 
marries, settles down, and gets to making flap- 
lacks, and mending trowsers for a bald head hus¬ 
band, sho’ll wonder that she could ever have becq 
so sentimental as to play Anne Boloyn and wish 
to part Henry Vlll.’s hair In tho middle. 
A female Justice of the 1'oaco of Wyoming 
was rnan led last week, and, true to her profes¬ 
sional training, she previously notified her friends 
to be present, by a printed form, as follows:—“I 
am about to marry Mr. J— D—. of this county, 
and he will be qualified and sworn In at my office 
ou Wednesday morning next at 10 o’clock. You 
are Invited to attend. 
A young Indian girl who had curiously watched 
the process of marking barrel-heads In a flourlng- 
mlll lu Winona, Minn., stole in one day, and tak¬ 
ing possession of tho stencils, ornamented her 
blanket with the words “ Ellsworth’s Choice," 
and paraded the streets In great delight, but to 
the disgust of Mr. Ellsworth, who Is a bachelor 
and had made no such choice. 
The parasol must match the dress this year, or 
a lady Is not In tho lllght of fashion. Mrs. Ilau- 
ton, when she discovered that t he shades of her 
dress and parasol were dissimilar, insisted upon 
her husband giving hor enough money to pur¬ 
chase a new dress to match her parasol, Instead 
of a new parasol to match her dress,—probably 
because the dress would coat six limes as much 
as a parasol. Some women are so very economi¬ 
cal, you know. 
A young man recently went Into a printing- 
office to examine styles, and learn prices of wed¬ 
ding-cards and Invitations, and In reply to (he 
printer’s question when he was going to enter the 
holy bona, said he wasn’t certain Just how soon, 
but ho had been Introduced the previous evening 
to a handsome girl “who has the stamps,” and he 
didn’t know but he would marry her, though ho 
thought ho had best look around and see how 
much the wedding flxln’s were going to cost be¬ 
fore he proposed. 
A young woman called at a fashionable card 
engraver s tne other day, and asked It ho was 
patronized by counts and marquises. The truth¬ 
ful tradesmen replied that he could tell no He, 
that most of the nobility of Europe sent to him 
for their cards. “Then," said the artless gin, 
“give rne a dozen assorted princes and dukes, and 
barons and earls, and counts—their cards, I mean, 
fori want them to put in my card basket and 
make the other girls feel sick when we come to 
swap lies about the fellows who didn’t call on 
us.” 
