AU@. 3 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 4©S 
by Aldrich; The Europeans, by James; and 
The Stage in Germany,; by Sylvester Baxter, to¬ 
gether with New England Women, John Bull 
and The Moolid of The Prophet, make an In¬ 
teresting number. The Contributors’ Club 13 
very sprightly for dog-day weather. Book re¬ 
views have taken the form of essays recently, and 
add considerably to the Interest of the numbers 
In which they appear. 
The second paper of Impressions of America, 
by Rev. R. w. Dale, in the August Eclectic, Is 
devoted to politics; and a very Just appreciation 
the writer has of our ways and our manners. 
Johnson’s Lives or The Poets by Arnold, The 
Great Tropical Fallacy by J. A. Wilson, and 
Midhat Pasha's Ideas ou Turkey are very Inter¬ 
esting papers. It Is not every month that the 
clever editor of the Eclectic can muster between 
the green covers such an array of Interesting 
matter. 
Lippincott’s has Invited Mr. King to cover Its 
first eighteen pages with an account of his Im¬ 
pressions Along The Danube, but the most Inter¬ 
esting and novel paper Is that by Marie Howland 
on Musical Notation. Every one Interested In 
music should read it, and help give the old 
method a parting kick. 
Mr. E. H. Knight of Centennial renown says 
somethin o-> that worn-out subject, the Paris 
Exposition. Our learned Consul at Cardiff has 
broken away from the tread-mill of official duty 
to tell Ills American readers about A Welsh 
Watering Place. Lucy Hooper says The Em¬ 
press Eugenie Is not growing old gracefully, and 
more besides that will interest tho gossips. A 
Saxon God, and the serial, Through Winding 
Ways, are excellent Action. The gem of the num¬ 
ber is Henry James, Jr’s, The British Soldier. 
Appleton's Journal begins by relating the 
woes of Flora, the ideal representative of the 
New York girls who work on artificial Hewers. 
Mr. Rledlng has treated the theme gracefully. 
C. F. Woolson goes Up in The Blue Ridge, and 
weaves a story about tho bad men who make 
whiskey all the night, and drink It all the 
day,—the Illicit, distillers. Genius and Labor by 
J. Hernl Brown, Views of Westminster Abbey, 
Part 1, Beautiful Actresses, and Out of London 
are articles that would sustain the Interest of 
the most exacting reader. 
The August Popular Science Monthly has a 
varied and attractive table of contents. The num¬ 
ber opens with a continuation of Prof. Du Bols- 
Raymond’s address on Civilization and Science, 
the special subjects of discussion In this Install ■ 
ment being The Teciinlco-imiucuve Period, and 
The Dangers which threaten Modern Civilization. 
The next article is a brief but forcible address, 
delivered at the Harvey Tricentenary by Prof. 
Huxley, who, on the strength of his own Investi¬ 
gations, gives the most emphatic indorsement to 
Harvey’s title as one of the world's greatest dis¬ 
coverers. The third article In tnls number Is the 
first of two illustrated papers on the teredo, or 
ship-worm—the creature which makes such havoc 
of our marine timber. Tho author, Dr. E. II. von 
Baumhauer, brings to his subject the results of a 
long course of observation and experiment, car¬ 
ried on and completed under the auspices of the 
Government of Holland. Following this Is an ar¬ 
ticle on Tho Dread and Dislike or Science. Under 
the title Man and hla Structural Affinities, Prof. 
A. R. Groto discusses our relationship with the 
apes, Illustrating the subject with a variety of 
new aud accurate representations of ape anato¬ 
my and physiognomy. Voluntary Motion, by 
Prof. Payton Spence, M. B., la a paper of great 
interest, especially to teachers, as .It brings out 
In a very striking way the enormous Importance 
of our Inherited aptitudes in the process of educa¬ 
tion. 
Prof. Youmans opens the editorial department 
with a strong article on Religion and Science at 
Vanderbilt University, In which he sharply criti¬ 
cises the Inconsistency and bigotry of that Insti¬ 
tution In turning out Prof. VVlnchell. American 
Influence In Civilization, and a graceful and ap¬ 
preciative tribute to the memory of Mr. George 
S. Appleton, recently deceased, complete the Ed¬ 
itor’s Table. Tho remaining departments main¬ 
tain their usual high standard of excellence. 
The Illustrations lu Harter's Monthly for Au¬ 
gust are noteworthy, especially Birds and Plu¬ 
mage. The other Illustrated papers, The Golden 
Age of Engraving, Tho White Sulphur Springs, 
An Old-Fashloucd Spa, aud A Glimpse of Nature 
from My Veranda, are Just tho kind of food that 
pleases the literary palate in the summer. The 
serials, Macleod of Dare, and the Return of the 
Native, are probably the two best of the year. 
The Chinese Question It expounded by a writer 
who uses John comprador as an example, it is 
shown that John is not only able to hold his own 
among the outside B vrb irlaus, but Is equal to 
beating European traders at. their own game In 
hls flowery native land. The E lltor’s Easy Chair, 
Scientific Record, and Tho Drawer are as full and 
interesting as ever. 
St. Nicholas Is as sprightly as If he were not 
a hoary old fellow, but as young as tho most en¬ 
thusiastic of hls youthful admirers. Under the 
Lilacs, and Dab Kluzer are charming serials, so 
diverse that, the tastes of the Magazine’s wide cir¬ 
cle of readers must be met and satisfied. Jack In 
the Pulpit, The Letter Box, and the department 
for the very well people are as pleasant as an ice¬ 
berg in July. 
Dkmarest’s Magazine for August has a colored 
plate of Rip Van Winkle for a title-page, and It 
Is further embellished with some half dozen full- 
page Illustrations. The stories, excellent miscel¬ 
lany, useful hints on etiquette, and about the 
cuisine; answers to correspondents, fashion In¬ 
telligence, with Illustrations of the latest novel¬ 
ties in jewelry, fichus, coinures, combs and cos¬ 
tumes, must interest every lady who Is so fortu¬ 
nate as to see a copy of the magazine. The 
younger people cannot but be pleased with the 
Young America department. . 
Jur Ml am fit, 
CONDUCTED BY MISS FAITH RIPLEY. 
IN THE GARDENS OF KEW, 
A Memory of 1849. 
How well I remember the day that we went! 
We sailed up the Thames in the DucheSs of Kent; 
And we both sat apart from the holiday crew; 
And we landed at last by the Gardens of Kew. 
And I wore a poke bonnet—they Rive one the blues, 
When one looks at them now in an old Loudon News: 
But you said I looked lovely—it mayn’t havo been 
true— 
But I liked it, I know, in the Gardens of Kew. 
And Love spread hls glorious glamour around 
As you told me you’d been dowu to Fulham, and 
found 
A small house with a lawn aud an exquisite view— | 
O, it sounded so sweet in the Gardens of Kew. 
But I doubted—you kissed iae, and bade me bo sure 
That “ the gas was laid on and the water was pure ”— 
It was foolish perhapB; but what could a girl do ? 
I gave you my heart in the Gardens of Kew. 
I was only a governess, toiling till dark, 
And you were an underpaid Government clerk; 
Bnt though friends Baid we’d multiplied sorrow by 
two, 
The sum total was bliss—in the Gardens of Kew, 
How we loitered and dreamed through the mid-sum. 
tner day! 
Was grass ever so green, were flowers ever so gay ? 
And a sunset, seraphic as Paradise knew. 
Streamed its splendor that night on the Gardens of 
Kew. 
Then the mellow moon rippled the flood with its gold. 
And you put your coat round me for fear I was cold, 
Though the balmiest zephyr July ever blew 
Sped us blissfully home from the Gardens of Kew. 
Three months after we took, a poor husband and wife 
Our Joint ticket, third class, for the journey of life; 
We’ve had griefs, but the power of true love pulled us 
through— 
The love that we sealed in the Gardens of Kew. 
And sometimes, though now we have wealth and to 
spare, 
With a house iu Hyde Park, and a carriage and pair, 
As we take otir hebdomadal walk in the '• Zoo,” 
I cast a fond thought to the Gardens of Kew. 
Well, taking the years as they’ve flashed by us fleet, 
The sweet with the bitter, and bitter with sweet, 
I don't quite regret it, my darling, do you J— 
Our saunter that day in the Gardens of Kew. 
[London World. h. b. f. 
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KEEP OUT OF THE KITCHEN. 
J. E. M. 
Now that the summer heat Is upon us, I would 
urge mothers and housekeepers generally, to 
spend as little time la a hot kitchen as (. osslble. 
It may seem like an idle piece of advice to a 
great many who, like the late Pope, regard them¬ 
selves as‘‘prisoners,” with no chance of escape 
from their enthrallment. Yet the busiest 
worker can lessen the hours she spends In its 
torrid heat, If she will only practice a little head- 
work over the matter. 
in the first place, much work may be done to¬ 
wards preparing meals berore the fire Is lighted; 
when the room Is at Its coolest, vegetables can 
be prepared, and the baking got well under way 
before striking the match. Then put, on all 
sLearn and let the work go on with the greatest 
dispatch, while you betake yourself to the well- 
darkened dining-room and set your table, or do 
whatever work comes next to hand. You can 
keep your eye weU on the kitchen and all Its 
operations, without actually remaining lu It. 
I have seen women take their sewing lulothe 
kitchen on a July day, with the stove In full 
blast. 1 would not do It, If l had a wood-shed I 
could move my chair into. 
The desire to keep the house well shut up and 
in order, induces many a poor woman to sacri¬ 
fice health and life on that “ American Moloch,’’ 
—as good Mrs. Blackwell calls t he modern cook¬ 
ing-stove, Remember, that nothlug you have Is 
too good for you to use, tolling mother, and that 
too on every day of your life. Do not save up 
your house aud furniture for your children’s 
step-mother; very likely she will never appte- 
clate your sacrifice and will be far more careless 
In Its use than ever you were. Is it worth 
while to hoard for a stranger ? 
As far as you can, carry on household opera¬ 
tions outside the kitchen. Never Iron there. If 
you value health and comfort, choose the coolest 
spot you can find to spread your Ironing blanket; 
though It takes a few steps In and out to get your 
Irons, It will save ten times the labor in strength 
and comfort as you go along. Do not prepare 
your vegetables beside the hot stove, but take 
them luto the back porch It possible, or some 
other shaded spot, la the fresh air If you can. 
It Is attention to these “little tilings” which 
are In reality great things, which will bring you 
through the summer heat with health and vigor 
unimpaired, instead of laying up In store the 
germs of a long, low fever, through the fall. 
Keep out of the kitchen all you can, and while 
there, mitigate Its severities so far as lies In your 
power. 
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THE LITTLE PLEASURES OF LIFE. 
ELLA F. M03EBY. 
One of these Is an observance of family festivals; 
the remembrance of the children’s birthdays, the 
marriage anniversary, the rejoicing on the day of 
Thauksglving, when all the fruits of the kindly 
earth are gathered and stored away, and the 
whole household, old and young, come together 
at the home with which their childish memories 
are all associated. The good cheer, the smiling 
faces, the friendly greetings, do much to foster a 
spirit of mutual love and thankfulness, which 
may keep a heart of warmth In the working days 
that follow. No nation, no family, no Individual, 
can afford to lose hls days of thanksgiving—the 
open recognition of the tender watchfulness and 
liberal bounty of « Divine Providence who num¬ 
bers all our steps. 
The marriage anniversary; how pleasant It Is 
to see husband and wife, who have long borne 
the heat and the burden of the day, looking back 
to the Joyous dawn of love and Its fair anticipa¬ 
tions of coming delight, with the earnest trust 
that all has been fulfilled In a, higher and better 
sense than In their dreams, und that all the ex¬ 
periences ol life, the sad as well as the bright, 
are working out a more perfect fulfillment In the 
great hereafter, Tho brothers and sisters In that 
home love each otner more for the love which the 
father and mother bear each other. That love 1s 
like a fountain, sending down Its pure Influence 
and power Into all the affections, the friendships 
and charities of the home. 
The birthdays come like a succession of fair 
atones on the chain of gold. The baby’s first 
birthday, with its dimly seen roses. Its one sum¬ 
mer anu spring, and the dainty, pretty gifts that 
a baby has, the little dresses and wraps of the 
softest texture and the most delicate colors—all 
the household loves the baby's birthday! Then, 
perhaps, that of the big boy of the family-rhls 
fishing-rod and tackle, hls balls and books of ad¬ 
venture, and kites, that overtop the roofs of the 
houses, and games to be shouted over. What a 
contrast It Is; but It brings a breezy stir of mus¬ 
cular life and strength that Is good for the quiet 
members of the household, carrying them closely 
Into the out-of-doors flavor and zest of things. 
A pretty German custom has upon the table of 
the birthday party as many candles grouped 
around the child’s birthday cake, In the center, as 
the years it has Uved, beginning with the one 
bright taper in the middle for the baby’s first 
anniversary, and adding light after light to the 
brilliant collection of the fifteen-year old son or 
daughter with the shlnlngrlngof lighted candles. 
I think the loveliest birthday of all Is that of the 
grandmother—placid, gentle, serene, not caring 
overmuch for the tblDgs of this world, yet full or 
sympathy for every Joy or trouble or care of 
others. Around her come the older sons and 
daughters, married and entered upon middle-life, 
with its responsibilities and labors. Then tho 
younger children, or the elder grand-children, In 
all the flush of expectation and purpose, the 
younger ones, reveling in a hey-day of uncon- 
s flous enjoyments, and, last of all the circle, the 
Infant lying In Its grandmother’s loving arms, 
with the same serene look of peace on Its young 
face, that shines lu the sweet aged face that bends 
over its slumbers. 
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OLD SETTLERS’ DAY. 
B. C. D. 
In the comparatively newly settled States, 
there are societies organized tn many places call¬ 
ed Old Settlers’ Societies. A residence In the 
State of a quarter of a century or more Is neces¬ 
sary to gain admission. I had tho pleasure or at¬ 
tending the annual reunion of such a society a 
few days ago. There Is always an Interest con¬ 
nected with the day which belongs to no other 
holiday ol the year. It Is a fourth of July with 
all the ooame and disagreeable elements omitted. 
It was refreshing to see so many old people to¬ 
gether, all manifesting such a lively Interest In 
the proceedings. There were vigorous old men 
and others bowed with the weight of years, yet 
all enjoyed adding their share of pioneer experi¬ 
ence to the common fund. The farmers recalled 
the time when they sold their wheat for fifty 
cents a bushel after hauling It to distant mar¬ 
kets, and were paid In wltd-oat money, which 
would hardly pass current until they reached 
home. Business men spoke of the convenience 
which they regarded a weekly m all 1 q the olden 
time. The old ladles told ot the time when they 
wore bonnets of such ancient shape that they 
would have cost them their social position In the 
Eastern homes where they were reared, yet the 
equality on which they all stood here made It 
quite endurable. 
Housework lu those days required the exercise 
of the heroic virtues: economy, to make a small 
Income take the family through the year free 
from debt; energy, to accomplish a large amount 
of work without any of the modern conveniences; 
patience, to wait for returns for labor aud capital 
Invested In a new farm. 
The pleasant-faced, gray-hatred old ladles of 
the audience looked as tt they felt rewarded for 
their early sacrifices, and one and all agreed that 
they had never taken more comfort in their lives 
than in those early days In a new country. One 
ot tho speakers remarked, that *• tu comparing 
the present with the past we seemed to bo bur¬ 
dened with too much civilization, there were so 
many things required to keep up our state, that 
we exhausted ourselves lu trying to enjoy our- 
solves, and that a departure towards the simple 
habits of the early pioneers would bo profitable 
to all concerned.” 
■--A-*--*- 
WAITING FOR THE BOYS. 
MRS. M’CONOCGHY. 
“How I do miss my little sewing* chair,” said 
Grace as she seated herself to sew In one of the 
common sitting-room chairs, “ I never feel at 
home lu these chairs. But mine has been dis¬ 
abled six weeks, and I never can get the boys 
to take It to the cabinet-makers to get It fixed. 
1 suppose a little glue would make It all right 
In two minutes." 
“I would’ut wait for the boys,’said Cousin 
Hester decidedly. 
“Take It. on my own shoulder and carry 
down the street? I fancy I see myself.” 
“No, Just step down the street and buy five 
cents’ worth of glue and we can fix It ourselves.” 
“ But we have no glne-pot.” 
“But we can Improvise one; take a little Itn 
can and setlt Inside a larger one, that will make a 
first-rate glue pot. Pour a little water In the, 
outside one, and put the glue, with a little water 
In the Inside one, and thus set tt on the stove to 
melt. That 13 all the fuss there Is about making 
glue. Now there Is Willie, who, I know, will do 
our errand for us, and we will mend hls wagon 
to pay for It." 
Cousin Hester was unlike most people. While 
they talked of doing things, and exploited on 
what a goed Idea It would be to have them done, 
she went to work and did them. So It, was not 
an hour before she was tinkering t hat rocking 
clmlr which only needed a rocker glued on, and 
tied fast with a string for a day, and thus It was 
as good as new. Willie hovered around de¬ 
lighted to see hls little wagon once more put in 
order; tbore were too or three books whose 
corners were glued on, and then Grade remem¬ 
bered her Sunday fan which had a stitch broken. 
A tiny drop of the strong glue was enough to 
make that all fast, and thus the children set out 
to explore the house, and see what else needed 
mending. There seemed enough virtue In that 
five cents’ worth of glue to put together a house¬ 
ful of loose pieces, in fact they did not know 
how much things were out of repair until they 
came to look into the matter, nor how snug 
and comfortable they would feel to have the 
furniture all safe and souud again. 
In tho afternoon Grace and Hester warmed up 
the glue again and sat down to make the pretti¬ 
est kind of a shell and rice frame, a little ebrorno 
for tbe mantle. 
“ Never wait for the boys to do what you can 
Just as well do yourself, Grace,” remarked Hes¬ 
ter. “ I never do; I can pound a nail as well as the 
best of them, and harness a horse, or dig up a 
flower bed; and you can learn, dear.” 
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UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES. 
In making up handsome costumes, ladles buy a 
cheap silk for the skirt proper, as the trimming 
used upon the foot covers It, and the richer ma¬ 
terial Is thus saved for more important portions 
of the toilette. Skirts are seldom lined now-a- 
dayB, and ladles think they wear quite as well If 
they are not stitched up with too fine a thread 
and too close a tension of the sewing-machine. 
A great deal of work that once was thought 
Important Is now known to be of little conse¬ 
quence, and so, instead ot carefully bllnd-stltch- 
tng or hemming "ounces, these are very generally 
prepared by tho sowing-mac.ilno. * Tho best 
French dresses are. made almost entirely by ma- 
chtnc-work, but in this country ladles prefer trim¬ 
mings at least arranged by hand-work, unless in 
the case of musllu and other wash-dresses. 
It Is no economy to use black thread for hem¬ 
ming black e&k dolmens, tor long before tbe dress 
Is worn out the black thread Is green, blue, or 
yellow, and shows a markeddlne wherever it has 
been used. 
A fanciful style ot trimming on a plain mate¬ 
rial or a showy mixture of colors upon a dress 
which ts to ho worn for service, only makes a 
poor return for the thought aud labor expended. 
Some of the prettiest dresses recently prepared 
were made of striped seer-sucker, at twelve cents 
a yard, trimmed with a braid lace with a croch¬ 
eted edge. 
Some ot the pleated yoke dresses sold In the 
shops this summer have beeu lined throughout, 
maktng them too warm for comfort, It is only 
the yoke which requires strengthening; the 
sleeves and pleated body are more satisfactory if 
not lined. 
In remodeling It Is easy work to cut off the 
long or old - fashioned fronts of polonaises 
and make the reversed apron, called the *’ wash¬ 
erwoman’s ; ” the pieces cut off require to be 
fitted to the outline of the rront, and the back 
may be draped tu any way most liked, or most 
easily done with the material in hand. 
Sometimes, la renova ting a dress, the fabric Is 
so handsome, and looks so new after having been 
turned, pressed, and generally revived, that a 
new trimming seems Indispensable. In the case 
of really good material, It Is economy to provide 
this, as the second wearing of a dress Is frequent¬ 
ly more satisfactory than the nrst, In every 
sense. This Is always the case where the frugal 
woman has spent all the money devoted to a dress 
upon the bare material, exclusive of the trim¬ 
ming. 
Buyevs, or other managers, had the new Bonaz 
embroidery a great convenience In the work ot 
renovation, as the manufacturers will supply it 
In overy shade, and of every combination, at 
nearly' the same pneo as Is asked for It lu tho 
shop3. Most of the blended embroideries on lace 
are also excellent garnitures, to which the per¬ 
plexed economist may resort when a shade that 
Is not at the moment a leading tint or fashion, Is 
to be provided with a match or a contrast of 
color. 
Industrious ladles will be glad to know that 
some ot the handsomest piece trimmings prom¬ 
ised for tho autumn trade, are bands worked with 
fine split zephyr, in long sketchy stitches—effect¬ 
ive but extremely ifciple. Borders worked in 
tills manner will be used as headings, above lace 
or fringe. 
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California Is, for women, the modern Utopia, 
a judge ot San Francisco having decided that, un¬ 
der the laws of that State, a wife has full and ex¬ 
clusive control over her own properly, and is 
competent to execute mortgages or transfers or 
real or personal property held lit her own right. 
In the words of the decision, the laws of the 
State are “Intended tu make the wife entirely 
free from the husband’s care and guardianship 
and more free and Independent In all things than 
the husband himself.” 
