town- a large amount of active oxygen, made fre¬ 
quently doubly so by our vigorous vegetation.’ 
“ Tlie conclusion from tbe whole series of facts 
Is, that the Eucalyptus Is a fever-destroying tree. - 
Baron von Mueller states that the Eucalyptus 
amygdallm, In favorable situations, grows to ft 
hlght of tour hundred feet, that. It yields more oil 
than any other species, and bears the climate of I 
Europe. The species of quickest growth Is the 
Eucalyptus globulus." 
Ijtteu.’s Living Aoe.—T he numbers for the 
weeks ending July u and 21 respectively, contain 
Pedigrees and Pedigree-Makers, by Edward A. 
Freeman—Contemporary Review; A Leaf of East¬ 
ern History—Fortnightly; Voltaire In the Neth¬ 
erlands, from the Hutch of Jhr. C, A. van Sypes- 
teyn—Temple Bar; Mordocat, a Protest against 
the Critics, by a Jew—Macmlllaa; crema and tbe 
Crucifix—Cornhtll; Georges d’Ambolse—Temple I 
Bar; Maoris and Kanakas—Fortnightly; The Re- I 
suits of the Invention of the Sewing-Machine— 
Economist; Japanese Mirrors—Nature: Popular 
Errors—Pall Mall Gazette; William Caxton—Fire- 
’slde; Little Tortures—Liberal Review; A New 
Stimulant—Nature; The Dog of the Barracks— 
LelsuroHonr; together with choice poetry and 
installments of “ The Marquis of Losslo,” by Geo. 
MacDonald,” “Pauline," by L. B. Walford, and! 
“Green Pastures and I’lccadlly,” by Win. Black, I 
A new volume of this standard eclectic began 
July 1. 
The International Review, May-June, con¬ 
tains an Interesting article on the new Federal 
Administration, from which wc extract: 
“President Making Hkheaxtek.— It may be 
thought to be the duty or the new Administration 
to devise and secure the adoption of some scheme, I 
by constitutional amendment or otherwise, to I 
save the country from the danger of great calam- I 
lty when future Presidential elections shall take 
place. There are schemes in abundance at the I 
present time for reform In tho method of choosing 
the President; but the general subject Is too 
broad to bo here treated; uor do wo consider that 
the Administration, us such, can have that sub- I 
Ject specially In charge. Indirectly, it may have I 
very much to do with it. velenda eat Carthago. I 
Destroy tbe OTlit tu the civil service and most of I 
the dangers attending tbe Presidential election 
will disappear utterly. Leave the civil service as 
it Is, and the schemes as yet, proposed aro mere 
mockeries. Dispensing with the electoral boards I 
is only doing away with a form; confining the I 
President to one term does not reach the evils at I 
all; extending tho term to six or eight years only I 
lntenslllcs tho evils, as It makes the prize of sue- I 
cess greater, and lengthens tho time for ufllolal I 
ostracism of the defeated party. 
“The best preparation for a safe future Is the I 
cultivation of Ideas of fairness and Integrity, and 
of such views or public affairs as lean In tho dlreo* I 
tlon of statesmanship. What we have been cultl- 1 
vatlng for many years are laeas of trickery, dis¬ 
honesty, and low partisanship. We elect a mem- I 
ber of Congress by using a navy-yard to overpower I 
a hostile majority; we mako returning boards of 
unscrupulous men; and the saying, “ Voto early I 
and orten,” Is a standing joke In our largo cities, 
and implies the expectation of trickery, and lls 
toleration If It helps our aide. Tweed-was a natu- I 
ral product of this sort of thing; the country that I 
proposed to punish him was his educator. Wo put I 
upon the stump every two or four years, many J 
thousand young men, just arrived at manhood, to j 
address their fellow-citizens, and for what? To j 
Instruct them In the principles of constitutional 1 
government ? No; for of these the speakers them- I 
selves are likely to kuow little or nothing. The I 
majority of thorn may be assumed to be unuc- I 
quainted with the history of their race, and know 
nothing of the principles worked out In the civil 
wars of England, through which our liberties J 
have come. 
“ They know something or our own Revolution, J 
and have a vague Idea that King George was a I 
tyrant from whose slavery we escaped to be a I 
great and tree people, while the mother country 
Ignobly preferred to forego tho blessed privilege 
of liberty. But what they know tor certain, is 
that “ eternal vigilance Is tho price” of a great 
many ©Dices, and that 11 they work faithfully and 
vigorously under the direction of their managing 
leaders, they may hope to have a share In the dis¬ 
tribution of the spoils of success. And what a 
sharing that Is! It Is llko soldiers plundering the 
commissariat after a battle, and breaking open 
the barrels of strong liquors; one'indulgence un- 
11 ts them for duty, and they become an easy prey 
to whatever may assail them. One taste of office, I 
to be held by a tenure uncertain in point of time, 
and certain only in the services required of the 
Incumbent which In no way belong to It, has un¬ 
fitted for business many a promising young man, 
and made him one of the innumerable army of 
office-seekers, forever reaching toward the public 
treasury and crying, “Give! give!" and forever 
having no business or their own from the cultiva¬ 
tion of which Industry may reap a due reward." 
The Doubstio Monthly.— The August number 
of this popular magazine fully sustains its well- 
earned reputation as a purveyor of practical In¬ 
telligence relating to Fashion. It takes a survey 
over the whole domain of Fashion, and brings to 
Its readers an abundance of Information, thor¬ 
oughly suited to their wants, concerning the latest 
styles In the various garments for ladles and chil¬ 
dren, new and seasonable fabrics, trimmings, mil¬ 
linery, lingerie, coiffures, fans, ornamunts, fancy 
and needle-work, etc. Most of the fashion articles 
are liberally illustrated with fine engravings, and 
the handsome plate accompanying the number, 
shows several very stylish house costumes. 
Altogether, the magazines and reviews are most 
entertaining reading this month. 
LINES ON A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. 
All-golden ie her virgin head, 
Her cheek a bloomy rose, 
Carnation-bright the fluttering red 
That o’er it softly Howb, 
Bnt neither gem nor floweret vies 
With tho dear wonder of her eyes. 
But twice hath hue like theirs been given 
To bo beheld of mo. 
And onoe’twas in the twilight honven, 
Once in the summer sea; 
A yearning gladness thence was born, 
A dream delightful aud forlorn. 
For once In heaven a single star 
Lay in a light unknown,— 
A tender tint, more lucid far 
Than all that eve had shown,— 
It seemed between tho gold aud gray 
The far dawn of a faery day. 
And once where ocean’s depth divine 
O’er silvern sands was huDg, 
Gleamed in the half lit hyaline 
The hope no song has sung,— 
The memory or n world more fair 
Than all our blazing wealth of air. 
For dear though earthly days may flow, 
Our dream ts dearer yet 
How little iB the lifo we know 
To life that we forget 1 — 
Till in a maiden’s eyes we see 
What once hath boon, what Btill Bliall be. 
THE COLORADO BEETLE. 
The following amusing article well Illustrates 
tho fear which foreign Governments foci lest the 
Colorado Potato Beetle should get a foot lug upou 
tholf soil, it la a free translation of a passage 
from tho clever squib, M I/aryptiora en Mgtque, 
read by Mr. Andrew Murray at a Into meeting 
of the Royal Horticultural Society : 
«• 1 must- first toll you what took place last night 
at the Ministry of the Interior at Brussels, it is 
a necessary Introduction to the comprehension 
of the truthful recital I am about to make. Let 
us transport ourselves, then, to Brussels—to the 
MlnLstry tor the interior, In tho private cabinet 
of the Minister. 
“ It must have been about 9 o’clock at flight, or 
nearly so. The Ministers entered one after an¬ 
other, and took their places silently round the 
table, where their colleague was already Install¬ 
ed. Besides him there are four—M. Malou, Min¬ 
ister of Finance, Chief of the Cabinet; M. d’As- 
premont, Minister for Foreign Affairs; M. Thie- 
bault. Minister for War, and M. Beernaert, 
Mlalstor for Public Works. The absence of the 
Minister for Justice was noted. M. Deleour, 
Minister tor the Interior, after having saluted 
his colleagues, who looked at him with a very 
puzzled air, expressed himself lu these terms: 
“ * Gentlemen, pardon me for having summoned 
you at this unseasonable hour, but a tact of ex¬ 
treme gravity has been revealed to mo, with re¬ 
gard to which Government must, without delay, 
take the most energetic measures. The country 
Is in danger, gentlemen!’ 
« All the Ministers stare at their colleague In 
dismay. 
“ • A revolution In Paris?’ asks the chief of the 
Cabinet. 
" ‘Impossible,’ says the Minister of Foreign Af¬ 
fairs. ‘Tnc news would have reached my De¬ 
partment. It is the Liberals again.’ 
“ • It has nothing to do with them,’ replies the 
Minister for the Interior. ‘The danger which 
menaces our country to-day 1 b of a totally differ¬ 
ent nature. Liston to me, gentlemen. I have 
Just been Informed In an official manner that 
there are In Belgium three things—no, there are 
lu Belgium three Doryphorse. These three Dory- 
phono are alive, aud ono of them Is scouring the 
country at this very moment. Do you see the 
danger v 
“ The Ministers looked at one another with ah 
astounded air. 
<« ‘Heavens,’ murmurs the Minister for Public 
Works—* and my wife, who has set off for the 
country this very afternoon.’ 
“‘Is It a venomous beast?’ asks M. d’Aspre- 
mont. 
“ * Yes, and It appears, moreover, that It runs 
very' fast,’ replies M. Malou, with a Jeering air. 
•* * Ah, If we had only to do with a venomous 
animal,’ responds M. Deleour; 1 but only think 
that the Doryphora may be perhaps lull.” 
“ ‘ Full of what ?’ asks the Minister for War. 
“ ‘ Why, full of bad intentions, probably,' says 
M. Malou, still facetious. 
“ * Let us have no joking in such serious circum¬ 
stances, my dear colleagues,’ continues the Minis¬ 
ter for the Interior. * The peril Is real, I assure 
you, for In truth this Doryphora may he full, and 
then-’ 
“ 1 Full of what, morbleu r interrupts the Min¬ 
ister for War, 
“ 4 Why, full of eggs — do you not understand ? 
The American journals have stated that a single 
Doryphora may lay sixty millions.’ 
“ ‘Sixty millions:’ cry out all the Ministers. 
“•What is that to uav’ says the Minister for 
War. 
“ ‘ The figure Is probaDly exaggerated; but sup¬ 
pose that we reduce It to six hundred thousand, 
the peril Is not less alarming.’ 
*• ‘ What harm can that do us ?’ Insists the Min¬ 
ister toe War, shrugging ills shoulders. 
“‘And the Potatoes, then P cries M. Deleour. 
‘ Have you forgotten the law that we voted two 
years ago against the fatal beetle which makes 
such ravages In America in the Potato fields ? You B 1 
know that laws have been made lu France, In tii 
Germany, and by ourselves, to prevent, Its Intro- m 
duction with the tubers coming from the United tb 
States.’ hi 
“ ‘All, yeB—the Doryphora; 1 recall It to mom- al 
ory now,’ erics M. Beernaert; ‘ It was In the month tf 
of February, 18T5. M. An drtmont even showed us 
some In a box; It is an Insect as largo and as 
round as a Pea, yellow, with ton black lines.’ tc 
‘“Pshaw! atl this Is only about an Insect!’ di 
says Gen. Thlebault. ‘ \torbleuI to have our- tt 
selves Inconvenienced for a trifle like that. Let q 
us go.’ T 
“At this moment enters M. do Lanteheere, w 
Minister for Justice, lie takes his place beside M 
M. Malou, and, spoaklng aside to him — 
“ ‘ Aro we again at the Secret of the Conies- tl 
si on?’ ti 
“ ‘ No,’ replies M. Malou, In the same tone “the r 
question la about the Doryphora, We have got 
tho Doryphora.’ 4 
“ * The Doryphora—good heavens! Is It a new e 
malady ?’ t, 
“ ‘ No, It is an Insect—a parasitic Insect.’ a 
“ * A new parasite! We have plenty already.’ r 
“ * This one attacks tho Potatoes.’ c 
« ‘All!’ says M. de Lantsheere, visibly relieved, s 
“‘My dear colleagues,’ resumes the Minister r 
tor the Interior, ‘ I request all your attention. 
Pray listen tome. I have not exaggerated tho a 
gravity of the situation, I assure you. All our 
Potato fields are hi peril. Besides, If the Dory- e 
phora spreads with us, our international relations c 
will bo compi omlscd. It Is clear to me that If tho t 
wretched Insect multiplies In Belgium, Germany, t 
France, or Holland, England will put us in quar¬ 
antine. These countries will stop our exporta ' 
rigorously at the frontier. Industry will perish 
of plethora. It Is already very lit, alas 1' 
“ ‘ As a peg of consolation, we shall, at least, 
have no more of the Specter of Annexation,’ In¬ 
sinuates M, Malou, 1 
“‘That, peg scarcely consoles me,’ continues 
M. Deleour. *1 would prefer the Specter of An¬ 
nexation. But let us return to our escaped Dory¬ 
phora. We must retake It again without delay, 
before It gets tho key of the fields. It Is at Glaln 
that tho insect now Is.’ 
“ ‘Do you believe that the Doryphora Is still In 
that village ?’ asks one of the M Inlstera. 
“• It Is probable,’ replies M. Deleour, ‘I have 
good grounds for thinking so.’ 
‘“In that case, I know a remedy,’ says the 
Minister tor War. 
“ 1 Speak, General!’ 
“ ‘You say that a great national Interest la at 
stake V 
“ ‘Yea; very great!’ 
“‘And this . . . Doryphora Is still In the 
village of Glaln V 
“ *1 believe so.’ 
“ * very weU. I make It my business; It is in 
my Department.’ 
“ * What la your project?’ 
“ ‘ Burn Glaln.’ 
“ ‘ And Its Inhabitants ?’ 
“ ‘ It would bo wise to bum all; but they might 
at the utmost be forewarned, and made to leave 
before tho execution, first submitting them, of 
course, to a rigorous examination.’ 
“ ‘ The remedy would be efficacious, but It Is too 
military,’ observed M. Malou. 
“ 1 Have you not said that a great national In¬ 
terest Is at stake ? For great evils, great reme¬ 
dies!’ 
“ ‘ It Is so, but the remedy is too military,’ reply 
all the Ministers. 
“ * I am amazed at you, and cannot understand 
your backward scruples. You do not keep pace 
with tho progress of civilization. We now'do 
many worse things In time of war.’ 
“‘But we are In time of peace.’ remarks the 
nonorablc M. Deleour. 
“ ‘ That Is why 1 would not burn the Inhabit¬ 
ants of the village,’ sharply replies M. Thlebault. 
‘ I am not one of those Generals who-’ 
“ * It, would be efficacious, but It Is not feaslblo,’ 
Interrupts the Minister for tho Interior. ‘ We 
should be subjected to hostile criticism, The 
1 newspapers of the opposition, would not tall to 
turn It to profit against us. They would be capa- 
! ble of likening this proceeding to the Inquisition, 
) St. Bartholomew, and the like. No, no! it would 
bo better to run the risk of the Doryphora. 
- . . . But there are other moans. One might 
Institute an active search,’ sayB M. de Lant- 
s sheere. 
‘“Arouse the zeal of tho population by the 
3 hope of a large reward,’ proposes M. Beernaert, 
c “ * That is It; put a price on Its head, as we did 
for Oblln.’ 
“ * But it has no head,' objects M. Malou. * M. 
8 Beernaert said just now that it Is round, like a 
Pea.’ 
“ * 1 said It was round, like a Pea, it Is true; but 
r tt must, nevertheless, have a kind of head, or 
e something which does Instead of It, since It has a 
d mouth—and It has a mouth, since It eats Pota¬ 
toes.’ 
1 - “ * That Is no reason,’ murmurs M. Malou. 
‘There are some animals which eat, although 
? they have no head.’ 
e “ • That Is rather too much,’ said the Ministers, 
looking at their colleague with a distrustful air. 
“ * But oysters and mussels, for Instance,’ con- 
ir tlnues the chief of the. Cabinet, ‘ they eat, al¬ 
though they have no noad.’ 
j- “ ‘The discussion Is beginning to wander from 
1, the point, gentlemen,’ Interrupts the Minister for 
the Interior. ‘Lot us return to tho questlou, If 
x- you please.’ 
“Has the Academy been consulted?’ asks M. 
r. Malou, 
r o “ ‘ Faith! no one thought of It,’ replies M. Del- 
js cour; ‘but we are sufficiently competent In our 
Bureau; we will do without Its advice. Besides, 
time pi'esses. I return to my proposition of a few 
minutes ago. What do you think of a prize of a 
thousand rrancs to whoever succeeds In placing 
bis hand upon the fugitive? The figure Is high, I 
allow, but It cannot be concealed that a groat na¬ 
tional luterest Is at stake.’ 
“ All tho Ministers approve. 
‘“It Is then decided,’ continues tho Minister 
tor the Interior. ‘T will occupy myself without 
delay about this affair. It is necessary that from 
this evening a notice, promising tho reward In 
question, be printed and posted up at Glaln. 
There only remains one point to bo settled —to 
which budget shall wo impute the expense? 
Mine lias no provision for anything of the kind.’ 
“ ‘It appears to me,’ says the Minister for Jus¬ 
tice, • that It should be to tho chapter of agricul¬ 
ture, which concerns the Department of the Inte¬ 
rior.’ 
“ ‘ My credit Is exhausted,’ objacts M. Deleour. 
* Besides, agriculture (tho dict ionary of tho Acad¬ 
emy says so)—agriculture is the art of cultivating 
the earth; It has for Its object production aud 
and not destruction. The court of Accounts would 
refuse the payment. But your budget, my dear 
colleague, hits formally provided for tho case; r 
see figured thorn—at article 39—80,000 francs for 
measures of public safety.’ 
“ ‘That refers to measures against foreigners,’ 
said M. de Dante beero. 
“‘That is It,’ said M, Malou; ‘that Is it pre¬ 
cisely 1 Tho Doryphora la a foreigner; It Intro¬ 
duced Itself Into our country without a passport, 
and without being provided with a permission, to 
stay here.” 
“Unanimous consent. It Is nearly 10 o’clock. 
The Ministers rise.” 
THE SCRAP-BOOK. 
Every ono who takes a newspaper which he In 
tho least degree appreciates, will often regret to 
see any one number which contains some inter¬ 
esting and Important articles thrown aside for 
waste paper. A good way to preserve these Is by 
the use of a scrap-book. Ono who has never 
been accustomed thus to preservo short articles, 
can hardly realize the pleasure It affords to sit 
down and turn over the pleasant, familiar pagos. 
Here a piece of poetry meets the eye, which you 
would long since have lost hod It not been for 
your sc.ap-book. l ucre Is a witty anecdote — It 
does you good to laugh ovor it yet, although it 
maybe for the twentieth lime. Next Is a valu¬ 
able recipe you had almost forgotten, and which 
you found just lu time to save much perplexity. 
There Is a sweet llttlostory, tho muoiory of which 
has cheered and encouraged you when almost, 
ready to despair under the pressure of life’s cares. 
Indeed, you can hardly take up a slnglu paper 
without re-pemslng. Then hoard with care the 
precious gems, and see at tho end of the year 
what a rich treasure you will have accumulated. 
0UT-D00R EXERCISE. 
MOTHERS, consider It your religious duty to take 
out-door exercise, without fall, each day. Sweep¬ 
ing and trotting around tho bouse will not take lt« 
place; the exhilaration of the open air andeliango 
of scene aro absolutely necessary. Oh, I know all 
about Lucy’s gown that “la not finished,” and 
“Tommy’s jacket,” and evon JUs coat thrown 
in your lap, us II to add the last, ounce to tho 
camel’s hack; still f say, up and out I Is it not, 
more Important that your children, In their ten¬ 
der years, should not bo left motherless, and that 
they should not he horn to that feeble constitu¬ 
tion of body which w ill blight every earthly bles¬ 
sing? Let buttons and strings go; you will take 
hold of them with more vigor and patience when 
you do return bright and refreshed. 
Mrs. Cady Stanton Is credited with making a 
a very sensible and sarcastic reply to some one 
who asked her If she thought that girls possessed, 
as a general thing, the physique necessary for tho 
wear and tear of a college course of study. Mrs. 
Stanton answered:—“ I would like to sec you take 
thirteen huudred young men and lace them up, 
and hang ten to twenty pounds’ weight of clothes 
on their waists, perch them up on three Inch 
heels, cover their heads with rlpplee, ohlgucms, 
rats and mice, and stick ten thousand hair pins 
Into their scalps; It they can stand all this, they 
will stand a little Latin and Greek.” Whenouo 
wants to have a particularly neat thing said about 
women, the most Judicious way Is to get a woman 
to say It, 
-♦-*-*-—■-- 
WOMEN. 
A London letter says the Queen’s drawing¬ 
rooms are not as well attended as usual this sea¬ 
son. We suspected our absence would be sadly 
felt and commented upon, but we can't afford to 
go over there every season to give tone to the 
Queen’s “ drawing-rooms.” 
An cleotric belt for ladles, which la said to have 
a tranquillizing effect upon the nerves, Is the 
last invention. For steady comfort, however, it 
Is not likely to supersede tho old and popular 
belt which is composed of a coat-sleeve with a 
young man’s arm Inside of it. 
A smi- on the broad, boisterous and open ocean 
ueedeth no pilot. But It dare not venture alone 
on the placid bosota of a little river, lest It be 
wrecked by some hidden rock. Thus it Is with life, 
Tla not in our open, exposed deeds, that we need 
the still voice of tho silent monitor; but in tho 
email, secret, everyday acta of life, that conscience 
warm us to beware of the hidden shoal3 of what 
we deem too common to he dangerous. 
