WOV. <0 
*' an e»rlr day we shall again rerer to 
tS -S 
Th £oI“n? j*s^5 g0 ®d &oo.‘ 4BETn s - Pdeips - 
Miss Phelps mil add notaUttle t0 llep 
tatlon as a vlg° r cnm and orfgina 1 writer by this 
f e T t l W ° Tk - Wc can bftrdly do juTuco tO tbe 
book in a mere notice : it la to be regrettedtim? 
t rates the 
, ttt o masters—art and a husband. Am the E! 
ne, a rare comblnatloi) oc .strcntrrh /nrui-,. 
£? w«If'rhe an n aCC0rap l l8ll0d and -WcessrulT 
list., with the prospect, of a brilliant career m 
tho opening chapters wo Mnd her‘'fam-rL. - 
r I n hu f0re SlU ‘ lear0s * blbch against her wii’i 
ui n partially recovered he meets a ,-, 0 . 
f * 6 8 , * btor l‘l*Physical weaknes 8 aU hJ r *ate.u 
tenderness, the loro she had kept under L ?!! 
Strong a hand, overpowers her and S.Ji! 
marrted £, Mged ho, ' sc ' lf 10 be "is wlfe.Vhe? 
uvn l ° PeDs ai,s P Io| ouaIy, bur m a roar or 
“ a “» "1 »«r. I» r knom^h’f; 
vor,“*“ ”L?”a™, Sh " “««0lUa“S 
~»£*5S&'ZE£?%!2Z 
Mrrs,rrr n ' o,i ' r “ ; i 
the bubal WEW-YOBMEB. 
Saints' lorffotia. 
COW DUCTED BY FAITH HIPLEY, 
THE FARMER’S wife. 
b,rds morning- 
riio dewdrop glows like a precious w,„ . 
tUltA iu tbe hI[Icm are dawning ’ 
hut sbe S never a moment to look at them 
Those'° hUrato ^ 
Tbo world Is jliiod wit uSZZ /** *°*"«?• 
"tSffigs- ■««wi ■«&,.«** 
acters of°?oST 80S , he U8UaI ^lety of char- 
are drawn with the perfection we have , C a r ne nS ‘"clot of «UJu country]^ 
talnlncr !? , | ) | )r - Holland. As a story It Is enter- B, H after the strife and weary tuss 
the lim-ront H y ’ ,be k,0d 18 weI1 conceived and T K Vlth lif<! ,H don e,andsho lira ,,t, 
J 1 ° Ht l ,re 8Crved to the end. AS a study It rr tJilt,0U ’" brai “ heart and» 
Is no less a success. Aside from pleasing there L a ,J T* aud <tou *tatew shall C a 
an o ndeavor to Show the proper wav to den i Jin Z, 1 thlnk th,J “wcetest Joys of ho 
I b« pauperism a nd crime I action t i,l h ‘ A ""*« <>' eternal life, 
so rapidly on the Increase anonir'ra mmi 8 Untoth^ 1 ° rowa ot il “ wi " be 
i.and teaches that almsgivinganvof n* Way Worn **»«'• wife, 
lous forms, either t ££-- 
ti«i5?42o , 5SSl5y£ l t ^ r ' J< ? lrt : Jt ! a rul *;'««f«S THE PRIZES. 
1 luui good, that the best tray tJ^JJa' nUj lT ff,VOa srrettt pleasure to noil 
an, rnJ.f , mtn “ talSTS JcoTomy "* nam '’ d lad "» that they C 
and aid him In procuring remunerative Z l’ Cera Pcted for the prizes offered 
0nt ’ that the Religion of Humanity mus, li aWur *l8 Will be promptly forwarded 
nr aM "mu, t,r z rr zrr™«««it 
It Z m ' C,d Witb Ulc 01 beauty 
It ahocould pause and drink it in • 
22S e> “ h ? *“ y8 ’ m " at ' Vllit f° r duty— 
Neglected work is committed Bin. 7 
The day grows hot and her hands grow wearv • 
^aatatsss^r- 
»g» -“*■ 
and 8ewH . 'bough ln-r head is aching 
time for supper and •• chore* - draws nigh. 
tier lK)ya at school must look like others 
■a 
^rSs&ssssL. 
f Is the lot of all iu country life. ' 
D wi 2 S^^ atJd weary tussie 
With life is done, and sho lies at rest 
The nation’s brain aud heart and muscle- 
ifcT 80I1N iltlJ (lutlifhtf^r*. .uhnii ii i 
And I think the sweetest Joys of heaven* Wc8t 
The rarest bliss of eternal life, 
m . h o 81re8t Orowa of lUJ "ill be given 
Unto the way-worn farmer’s wife 
Caontl/^~ tm 13 ,h0 mem- 
ocra orit-can bu supplied with an attractive is- 
cup,ition for the long winter ovSK« %T 0 
- Thos® who P hav r7W ! 1] be es P cc ' a lb- hucr'eJng? 
- ibosn who Invo not, aeeu the beautiful em-efa 
wrought by decorating those ftxuZtoiy-shZed 
vases and plats win scarcelycS Jrw? 
be the work of untrained hands ^ Can 
---- 
IS THE TIME SPENT 
In Beautifying Our Homes, Time Wasted? 
BY MRS. N. W. F7BLDS. 
Surbi.t not, unless God Himself lias m „i„ „ 
which falls upon our senses, awakingSerfiJShi? 
potent than In our homes? Who ho <i ulck/J'-VJ a 
St his i'Ji !> ° Wl ' r aa 'blldren 7 I believe 1 
bellevo that ^ » 
s 
shall enrich, oot despoil, their ltvos. y, 
I ain aware that our homes ,i n „ n , ^ w 
abodes of beauty for the Jklnir- bc ° omo p£ 
fab-y godmothers to I urn ouV dust in J 118 Ua7, ‘ si 
tear-drops into J, vZ, ‘fo gold,our , n 
t"at cli who,S me^X'Z 'ZTV° 
fairy godmother (the almlghiv d iin! Ut 
their homos with beauty , u.a-i.iJ,. " U f '" 
taste for arrangement It they do in t n * V * U 1 ll<> Dil 
possess It. AH farmers’ wives nnT U ‘ LMJl8elvt!H tin 
beauty In our ” Und « r stund that wr 
343 
1110 v iT,Tni\Z?r?ace 3 M t0 sU '° 
c pronounced it a success dJrJJJ ,Plr volcesj 
-• M»h old slU,log-room ln\o a bZbf th ' lt U Cl ' anged 
s felt somewhat repaid ’ b C0S ^ P arIor > 1 
f ofZrr^iS mo D Z; Ul ° ^ beauty 
^ro "ap,der.7nd n!csitL!JSjJ bfcdd ' Wo 
for the enjoyment which they gJvo ThiZltw 
ono of the many attemnhn r h«» l "Is la but 
j»r^,°^'r,r' rtu , res wu c» 
quently or v,v,m v ts nono " !0 »^ fre- 
WORTH Or tiilOR.SAVINo APPLIANCES 
IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 
by b. c. d. 
S5sS~>“S 
families ui.Vvraab.tS ^ over most large 
Of mr\Sai!Z| br,PdW ' , ° 1,,la a stfi ady family 
larm In’ addiuoi' Z ( * C ,» "-go 
SF'isgpH= 
‘xr? to »n. u , .ssr- 
^-^SKsr« sr ssrs5'^« 
. jp-TSSSKSS 
w . 
!..■ m„ r“ r5K,“s,r" 
tom^ Thv°u™ S' T‘ , s 
»«». m klns i o^?CTnr?b'.“„HT 
XSTiiSSa** I 
thus secured mraiiut iniT« i ou,y ana, 
r j « 'to«.u .E"L"‘;”;',x™7 ro i u r!', 1 ; 
l ?° ,s ’ ft ' ld Odhlpplng mysHir with a saucer or vlr ( 
olsh and a brush, early and zealously r commenT <' 
=SH£S-« i 
1 ' hade bouquets or leaves and ferns The ro1 
list I draped over the whit.- m,, .,, s ' *" e gr' 
~==^=Si~~ s 
THE prizes. 
““pWt^n.'ima'tonTLeo &8hl l ,S tCd by ° HCAli 
This little volume Is full of Dleasnni 
ffiri-rsssrziSSt 
ylew - 1 be covers with their grates,. J>,,??, nt or 
ami woman win captivate bshV’-Joleror 1. raa, ‘ 
and the imcjug win attract children or a w* 80 ’ 
growth, while the baby will go url * & 1 tfor 
item’s Plcturos iJwrmaS Ur f° Ver 
pretty girt hook. UJ 1 k0 a very 
««««»»™. 
latest addition to the N y TribuneZ* 1 ,S tbu 
series of cheap literature -Ph bune 8 P am P"let 
mmim 
ffJS ! U ® Nouth-Paelilo Island, m., wriiir is ej 
SJ fam g 7 lnH " " C(lv, ‘ ,n d{,H ‘ :rl PMon or tropical' 
chV.JJ o ornIt,aol °^ an<l climate. Mr 
luicbts Hkaok has congratulated our American 
author on the merits of this pleasant womand 
wo may add that, even those who h-J , ’ J 
mmfi t !‘" lh ' 1 by I)K Ko ®'a Robinson CrusocZii 
lind their emotion agreeably revived by this new ' 
»M wrt-eoua setting or a company Il4.™ ‘ 
■ ,«£snsr snzr-r"»° *»»*■ 
’ cerapetert for mo p|i /0 s nrr r, ?''" h ',' C ' J ‘ :H ' ri|ll > 
"*® »m Ho Prom.,«)• ronvardoa lte 
„ 01 ow C "PB «*««*. 
,* r S 7‘ 2 onr homes, 
"'vormofi.»hors', v ,;“"p puS' 
“Advlsabimy or trai^h/eirts io . , ■ C "' 
“T"**’ « some U, or wZoT 
IT” ' rom a pane or wow.- 
I confess to being very much surprised atth. 
Interest manifested in the subiects , J JJ th 
ston—more especially the one or, *• u^SiJJ CU8 ‘ 
mtors liolnjf oncompromhiiTlo “mj, 
““7 “ “*»* W most slnS«r«r m, 
kind, personal letters that have 'lc r.rr , 
manuscript, Mine the fame If ceam ? 
tho gowl-wlll gsnerooajV”^ “ ’«™ 
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The Xarrauye or a Blockade R 
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Aukrican J’cb. Co., Hartford, Conn. 
The fib*, and Fall ot the Mustache and other 
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e Humorist of the Burllngten Hawkeye’ 
Pri?eS by R - M * wm *' ^’toUi-PP. 5: 
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That ain of Mine. By’the author of That 
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U th Diagrams. By Geo. E. Waring j 
Cloth—pp. goo. " r ‘ 
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The Te.e 010M1 - PP - 3 ^« ! SuwT 
„ a J e ' An Account of the Phenome- 
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m-ik-ir» k* ac tton, with directions toi 
miking a speaking Telephone. By Pryf A 
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To the Lady Re aders o f the Portfolio. 
Iiik Rural Nbw-Yorkkr hnvinn. 
fallen heir to a line sU'.ZnJ j' dnexpected U 
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sr,r,.x , s^as^-.r: 
s: n r^*-rmrrr„r"'-- 
pretty young girl, gracefully payer/ and lirrni r, 
pressed against her side a slate, on tuct Z V 
*°J DS , Suin8 ‘" The Contracted brow pnJ?' 
expression and drawn corners of J 
SZZJtT - «*- &T?S 
Utle fj Ought and Carry One n J bl 
thelS Jmm^ f 0 J er ]{ ° be of tbe8e Pictures t< 
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,n mU8f ‘ "eg.m and ended by handsZC S°’! 
!S~SS ™"53 
Y IngVs don. bCC3USC ' t0 ° mU0U nC0dJ( ' 83 nrnamente 
l wd( 'j; “^abllshrnent of cheese factories, by 
; 
Ure'Sng ST® 'T' Sav,n « applltt ^« as they 
i s f w°, r wh,, ; h th ° 
; Present ^ C ° mpW03 ta « 
Setrg™ttcn a6althrUlpraCUCe ' whlc " 8 "ould° 
pr-d^r^r fnrrillliU ' WIf ' n th0 most lm- 
pioyeu kinds of stoves with their nearly nermJ 
baking apparatus, and reservoir of hot wite^f 
or usefulness or iho|!!!hm farther on the variety 
drudgery lighter,!?siiorier 8 V»,^ a|f6 "CUsehold 
to show that it, would be dlfflcuirZ ' '""’Kh 
value or such thintrs the 
pore money value to J Vc' m'!r? f .' 1°" lo lbelr 
c°«»t, the pleasure of 1 einVabie 
Hl an orderly wav • in, ' Io nl| r work 
means we can gratify airy taste g whieh hy ,v 1,10,1 
poasi'ss as I ndlviduiiis - such H u J w * lna v 
enjoyment, helping forward anv f imi!!?' MOClaI 
pr se in which we are interested 0,1 tor - 
selves U> Rfieerl.iin It onr iiv.-— ,!i. X l| olhlrjg our- 
ble purposes, and last bur uoueast' J ri'^ no - 
K?i?wii occas,onaUy i®! 'oZZ£ 
THAT CHEMISE. 
b>a Vt; 8 1 h e°?p, !v!° n"?J,![ a K ooa "loa, to 
robe. One ladvof inv arm 0U ' ,jf , lhf1 W:l, 'd- 
great BUtlrtfacLIrii lliy aC( lUiilnUnce did so with 
Faith Ripley. 
ANOTHER NEW FEATURE. 
„uZ\‘° ZZ' t ZT"T n 1 “"«>» 
e«w rot^rr. m’ m? r,', 
These articles win be ruiiv )U b . r . r dt f C ° ra,tln ^ 11 
designed w r„ r „!,|, mam 
and in wlnterthTumlJr w?,iJ iSnh fr Wp In 
P’S' : 
^cr I studied to solve a mathematlcalproSem ^Vort, 5uSRS^«*,P r °- 
erred for there was company expected and nn p,,ri v wluoaunn if we ' n La ! wl ! ,r ; " s ° la ™r 
.t&irSoT ^' 10 cbm «’ * K r^vrofes $ 
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