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their attention to something which will bo truly 
art work. 
Fourteen Weeks in l’liyslcs. R. J. Dorman 
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Many of the hymns in this collection are.new, 
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fifty hymns, arranged with rnuslo. 
MAGAZINE NOTE!!. 
St. Nicholas for December wl'6te the appetite 
for more. There Is Just enough 02 ante-Uhrlstmas 
flavor about It to let you know the merry season 
Is near, and to assure you that the real Christmas 
number of St. Nicholas Ls yet to vorae. 
The December number has eight extra pages 
and fifty pictures, and begins with a poem of 
home-Ute that sings Itself into the heart. 
There aro several short stories, the most at¬ 
tractive or them being these retold by T. F. Crane 
from the versions familiar to Italian children. 
They arc the dear old fairy tales that everybody 
knows and loves, but In strange Italian dress, and 
delicately- illustrated by Alfred irederlcks, Mr. 
Crane also explains iroin v/hat ancient sources 
come those beloved stories. 
Young students of uerraan are presented with a 
short legend lu that language, for them to turn 
Into English; and Very Utile Artists are supplied 
with whlte-llue pictures to bo copied upon their 
slates. 
The serial story, A.Tolly Fellowship, by Frank 
It. Stockton, carries Us readers througn a “Jolly ” 
Installment of fun and travel In the sunny south¬ 
land. Half a Dozen Housekeepers, with their 
winter fun and frolic and laughable scrapes, con¬ 
tinue, and the text ls enlivened by three flue pict¬ 
ures from the pencil of Frederick Llelmau. 
Several articles la Llpplncctt’s Magazine for 
December will be found of special interest to 
different classes of readers. All who have made 
mechanics an object of study, theoretical or 
practical, should read Edward H. Knight’s lucid 
description of the machinery exhibits at the 
Paris Exposition, which is accompanied with cuts 
of some ortho most striking and novel specimens. 
Everyone who cares about art w.Iltlnda mas¬ 
terly, yet not too technical, analysis of the 
characteristics of the dlilerent schools of the pres¬ 
ent day lu some Aspects of Oontempoary Art, 
by M. G. Van Rensselaer Those who care to 
know something or what Spain ls doing lu the 
way of literature, and Indeed general readers 
as well, will be charmed with I rofessor T. F. 
Crane’s account of A Spanish Story-Toller. Ed¬ 
ward King writes pleasantly of Danublan Days, 
with the aid of many good. Illustrations, and 
Isabella Anderson, a resident of Venezuela, gives 
a graphic aecouut of the great earthq lake which 
destroyed some of the fairest regions of that 
country In the spring cf the present year. For 
Perclval la concluded In this number, which ls, 
we observe, enlarged to admit of Its completion 
with the. year. Miss Olney’s Through Winding 
Ways grows steadily In Interest; Sister Silvia ls 
the title of a very touching story, and the poems 
and shorter papers are numerous and diversi¬ 
fied. 
The December Scribner contains llcilon by 
four of the leading American novelist, viz; Mrs. 
Burnett’s Haworth. The Great Dcadwood Mys¬ 
tery, by Bretc Harte, a complete story lu a seml- 
sailrlcal vein. An Irish Heart, a pathetic Old- 
port story by T. W. Hlggonecn, and the fifth In¬ 
stallment of Mr. Boycsen’s . alconcerg. 
The Illustrations of Dr. Brewer’s fourth paper 
on Bird Architecture (The Humming-Birds) are 
regarded by the managers of the Monthly ns 
among the most exquisite cuts yet published by 
the Magazine. The Clift-Lweliers, by Emma 
Chamberlain Ilardacre, embodies the latest di-- 
eoverles regarding the rulnsof the-sanJuanreg on 
(some of which are situated lu the rock at a 
bight of too fool), and Is written under the sanc¬ 
tion of Protessor Hayden. The Douglass Squti- 
rel of California, has found a friend In John 
Muir, who writes with enthusiasm aud with rare 
knowledge of thisllttlo forest-planter. Mr. Bolies 
draws some Indian boys using the Douglass as 
a target tor archery-practice. There ts also a 
sketch of ©ora D'lwrla the eminent philan- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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throplstand social writer of Wallachla, with a 
portrait after Schlavonl. 
In public discussion there are some timely 
papers by experts; The National Bank Circula¬ 
tion, by Professor W. G. Sumner: Are Narrow 
Gauge Railroads Economical? by Loreoza M. 
Johnson, an engineer who has built both broad 
and narrow gauges, and a painter’s view of Art 
at the Faria Exposition. 
Dr. Holland discusses The Prudential Element, 
Literary Materials and Tools. Social Needs and 
Social Leading, Home and Society has a second 
Installment of Hints to Young Houskeepers, and 
an account of The Maternity society. The 
World’s Work bas descriptions of now appli¬ 
ances, Including street-car Motor, New Electric 
Lamp, Improved ironing Machine, Improvement 
In making Artificial stone, Automatic Device 
for Reproducing Music, etc. 
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SCIENTIFIC) AND USEFUL. 
A good waterproof cement ls made by dissolv¬ 
ing five parte of gelatine In hot water, and add¬ 
ing one part of chromate of lime; the cement 
must he kept in vessels which are well shielded 
from light. 
The Suez Canal, among Its other curiosities, 
presents the traveler with the extraordinary 
spectacle of vast flights of flying-fish, which at 
times suddenly appear In the vicinity of the ves¬ 
sel and as suddenly disappear. 
Tiib reason that rnllk holla more readily than 
water ts because It. ls a thicker liquid, and con¬ 
sequently less neat ls carried off by evaporation 
of steam ; therefore the heat of the entire mass 
will rise more rapidly. Again, there ls a tblu 
skin which forms upon the top of heated milk, 
which of course confines the steam, and In¬ 
creases the heat. 
The principles of acoustics are but poorly un¬ 
derstood. As a general rule the ceilings of halls 
and churches should be at a moderate elevation 
only, .sometimes the hanging up of flags or dra¬ 
peries will Improve the acoustic properties, some¬ 
times a hood or false celling becomes necessary. 
The whispering gallery of St. Paul's, London, 
offers an Interesting example of one of the prin¬ 
ciples of acoustics. 
The article known as vegetable Isinglass, and 
which has hitherto been derived from eastern 
Asia, Is now extracted from French factories. It 
ls, In Its crude state, a yellowish gelatine, but 
wh ch, after repeated experiments imder the 
auspices of the Industrial Society of Rouen, has 
been successfully converted Into what bids fair 
to prove the best sizing for cotton cloth known. 
Macerated in water tor twelve hours, boiled for 
fifteen minutes, and stirred till It la cold, the arti¬ 
cle gives a clear solution, which, as It, does not 
again become a Jelly, can be laid in Its old atAto 
upon any textile fabric, and be left to dry. one 
Invaluable property It possesses la that of defy¬ 
ing, at common temperatures, damp and mildew, 
and is therefore being applied to give luster not 
only to French prints and muslins, but to wool- 
ena and silks. 
Tkkat.mknt ok Chronic alcoholism. —In reply 
to a question In the BrltlBh Medical Journal for 
May -l, p. (100, regarding the best treatment for 
the tremors of chronic alcoholism, and a substi¬ 
tute for the constant craving for drink which ex¬ 
ists, Dr. Lauder Brunton recommends fifteen 
minims of tincture of perchlorlde of Iron, with 
tea minims of tincture of nux vomica, as most 
eMcaclous ror the tremors, combined with bro¬ 
mide of potassium if restless at night. The cha¬ 
lybeate mixture, either aloue or with the addl- 
tionot tincture of capsicum (five or ten minima), 
relieves the craving tor drink, for which purpose 
also a mixture of carbonate of ammonia In infu¬ 
sion of gentian ls valuable. It there be derange¬ 
ment of the stomach, It should be treated by ten- 
grain doses of sub-nitrate or carbonate of bis¬ 
muth, with magnesia and tragacanth .—Loudon 
\h‘d. Record, 
Among the hosts of catarrhal specifics that al- 
almost annually are pressed upon those who are 
inconveniently awara that they possess noses, 
we acknowlege the presence of a stranger which 
ls spoken of by “New Remedies” as follows: 
“ Among the new remedies for catarrh, cold In 
the head, sore throat, foul breath, asthma, and 
all bronchial affections, the smoking of a prepar¬ 
ation, of which eubebs forms ono of the princi¬ 
pal ingredients, seems to have been received with 
great favor by the medical profession and the 
public, and ls rapidly coming Into general use. 
It can be smoked In au ordinary pipe with ease, 
comfort, and even pleasure, as well by the ladles 
and children as by the men of the family, and a 
direct cooling application Is made to those parts 
which are found Irritated In catarrh and othir 
diseases mentioned. Those who have tried this 
remedy, (Marshalls l’repar.d Oubebt). say that 
aftef smoking oue pipeful of It, the worst cas* 8 
wilt experience Immediate relief, and a perma¬ 
nent cure may eventually he effected by using It 
according to directions 
THE WOMAN’S CLUB. 
AMUSEMENT FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. 
What shall Ido with my little ones to amuse 
I them during the cold days which arc hastening 
onus? you ask Some day when you are very 
busy give wee little B ss ( vtao can Just sit a'one) 
a feather, be sure her lingers are a ti lde sticky (is 
most babies’ are); then see how sh;j will amuse 
herself by pulling It from oue hand, only to find 
It adhere Just as closely to the other. It will en¬ 
tertain her for a long time, aud Julia who ls older 
can make bubbles with a pipe. No matter It she 
does wet her apron, let her enjoy herself. It ls 
(limcutt for adults to be content unless employed, 
and what can we expect of these little active 
minds and spirited bodies unless engaged in some 
busy occupation. They must be diverted, and 
many simple things will Interest them for hours 
at a time. Let them string button molds, build 
block houses, watch the sand In the hour-glass 
or give them goograplcal puzzles to plaoe to¬ 
gether, and they will be instructed as well as en¬ 
tertained. 
All of us can remember when visiting, Low 
lonely and weary we were because of nothing 
to <?0. Let these Little ones all have something 
to do, and make It your study, for If you do not 
find something ror them, Satan wilt. 
When visiting recently, the little daughter of 
my hoBtesa came Into the room, her pinafore cut 
to pieces, anil holding the scissors, behind her. 
“Mamma, pee what naughty scissors did” said 
the little culprit. 
“ Child what have you done” said the irate 
mother, " why did you cut your apron thus?’ 1 
And, taking her rudely by the arm little Miss was 
thrust—not gently—Into an adjoining roam, 
theie to await her punishment. 
“ My friend” said I “ you know I would not In¬ 
terfere in the government of your child, but In 
her absence let. me remind you that she came to 
you asking for some paper to cut., and you cast 
her aside. Had you then given her something to 
do, the tempter would not have enticed her into 
mischief.’' 
Listen to the wishes of the little ones, do not 
pntthem off till they can he taught to remem¬ 
ber that older ones must be cared for first, and 
Instead of slapping the little hands, even when 
erring, kiss them when they have done well, and 
refuse the kiss when they have been wicked. 
Soon you will see that the kiss would do for them 
what unkind treatment never would. Leatu the 
great luxury of doing good, and, sisters, think 
more of brightening the lives of the little ones 
give" to your keeping than of using the rod to 
to enforce obedience. God pity the mother who 
cannot govern herself! how can she rightly 
govern her child? Do not wait till the little 
hands a s at rest to fill them with flowers, or 
till the loving hearts are stlU ere you bestow the 
words or pndearment and pralso. They will 
fall more sweetly on the listening ear than on 
the closed coffin lid. Fill their lives with sweet¬ 
ness now while you may Fern Leaf. 
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USEFUL AND USELESS HUSBANDS. 
The average husband is conceded by all Intelli¬ 
gent wives to be utterly useless when at home. 
He may be acute and skillful at his business, and 
he may be an affectionate husband and father, 
and when there la anything to be done In the 
house In the way of repairing furniture or im¬ 
provising cheap substitutes ror bedsteads or mop- 
handles, he ls of less value than his own little 
hoy, who often helps his mother. While thlsls 
Undoubtedly true ot most men, there Is occasion¬ 
ally found one whose delight consists In con¬ 
stantly practising as an amateur cabinet-maker 
plumber or carpenter. He often prowls about 
the house, seeking articles upon which he can 
use a little glue or varnish, and devising plans 
ror filling up the corner of the dining-room with 
a few triangular shelves, and for putting up a 
wooden mantle-piece lu the hall bedroom. The 
sound of his saw and hammer are heard often, 
and he goes to bed at late horn’s, with more paint 
adhering to his fingers than his wife regards as 
strictly necessary. 
It Is a curious Illustration ot the perversity ot 
the female sex that a husband with this fondness 
for doing little useful things ls held among wives 
to he even more undesirable than the kind of 
husband who is perfectly useless. He ls charged 
not. only with a fiendish fondness for late ham¬ 
mering, but ls constantly upbraided because he 
“ makes so many chips." In vain does he explain 
that plaulng a board necessarily results In chips, 
and that, saw-dust la the Inevitable consequence 
of using a saw. He ls told that he ought to be 
ashamed of himself, and that no decent man 
would think of making chips all over the floor. 
These things, however, never dishearten a hus¬ 
band ot an active disposition, who cannot possi¬ 
bly find enjoyment In sitting at home and doing 
nothing at all; to him the little domestic jobs are 
a relaxation, especially when the nature of his 
dally routine business ls of another kind ; and we 
earnestly implore wives who happen to have 
such husbands to be Indulgent toward them, as 
they are really of more value to them and their 
children than those who, when at home, do noth¬ 
ing but fill their rooms with tobacco-smoke. 
John Lvnn. 
LIFE’S CHEEKY AUTUMN. 
RUTH. 
I wish that any one who fancies life at forty ls 
necessarily gloomy, would read the noble sermon 
by that most, noble man, Albert Barnes, on •• Life 
at Four score.” Such cheery, Inspiring, heavenly 
views are good for body and soul. With good 
health and even measurably easy circumstances, 
forty may be the very golden autumn of life. The 
little children are probably now grown and sound 
sleep can prepare one for the day's duties, and 
helpful older ones relieve the mother from many 
cares. \ good woman In any neighborhood has 
an assured position, and is prized In any com¬ 
munity ; aud this last adds not a little to the 
pleasantness of one’s condltlou. She has time 
now for small, neighborly charities, which bless 
her own soul eveu more than those to whom she 
ministers. Do not dread the fortieth milestone, 
because tile bloom wUl depart. Many a woman 
ls far more charming at middle life than she was 
in the rosy Hush of youth. Wisdom, the result of 
experience, and a thoroughly kind heart will 
make a wrinkled cheek and silvery hair more 
beautiful than the fairest face which has the 
“crow's feet ” of a sharp temper, or a sinful, cen¬ 
sorious spirit. It Is ourselves, and not our age, 
that will make as happy and admired, and better 
still, beloved. 
Do not adopt the gloomy view even when you 
have gone still further on the journey. As Linda 
gave us a verse on " Forty Years,” let me give 
you another on a still later age: 
“ J 11 st sixty two! Then trim thy light. 
And get thy jewels ulI re-set. 
Tis past meridian, but still bright, 
And lacks some hours of sunset yet. 
At sixty-two be strong and true, 
Scour off thy rust and shine anew. 
“ ’Tis yet high day, thy staff resume, 
And fight fresh battles for the truth: 
For what, is apo hut youth's full bloom, 
A riper, more transcendent youth. 
A wedge of gold is never old. 
Streams broader grew as downward rolled.’ 
Above all, to have the way seem glad and bright 
as we go down life’s sloping hill-side, we need to 
have It lighted from theevossof Christ. This 
can gild the darkest clouds that ever brooded over 
onr earthly p"th, and It will light us through the 
low-lying valley which stands at the end of tho 
way. 
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ONE REASON WHY SOME WOMEN AC¬ 
COMPLISH MORE THAN OTHERS. 
LEOLA. 
We are always being told that Mrs. So and So, 
with a large family and a Urge dairy, manages 
to keep her house In admirable order, besides 
finding time to read all or the newest books, as 
well as to visit and entertain, while Mrs. Some¬ 
body-else, who has only a small family, and but 
one or two cows, has an untidy house, and al¬ 
though she works Incessantly, she never has any 
leisure, for reading or visiting. One of the latter 
class once sail: “I was wishing last night that 
we had more cows, so that I could have more but¬ 
ter to sell. Father said that he could not see the 
sense of people killing themselves to earn some¬ 
thing, and that 1 worked all of the time now. I 
did not say anything, for I knew by experience 
that It would do no good. But I thought over my 
day’s work. First, I moved a bedstead; It was 
an old-fashioned cord-bedstead, with one side 
broken at that; the cord was la three pieces, and 
I was an hour taking It down; when I put It up 
tho broken side would slip out, and It took me an 
hour to get It up. If I'd had a decent slat-bed¬ 
stead It would not have taken more than fifteen 
minutes to have moved It. Then, I worked three 
hours washing wood-work that would not have 
needed any washing it there bad been netting to 
keep out the files Next, I sat down and sewed 
two hours by hand and dld;not accomplish as 
much as I would have In twenty minutes with a 
machine. Tlnu makes six houi s and ten minutes 
lost time lu one day, and It Is just that way every 
day. I think If I should do dairy work six hours 
every day all summer 1 would make butter enough 
to pay for more than one sewing machine.” 
I thought so, too. 
A HOME CHAT, 
A few months ago I was made glad by reading 
In the dear, old Rural the proposal for a 
“ Woman’s Club,” a corner where we might ex¬ 
change experiences for our mutual benefit, and 
now that the club ls fairly established. It remains 
with us to make It Interesting and readable. 
The October meeting of the club was burdened 
with the drudgery of house work, particularly 
dlsh-washlug. I have done house work nearly all 
my life, and am now keeping my own house and 
doing all my work, besides caring lor a dear, blue- 
and eyed baby, I consider it. more Independent and 
less wearing than either teaching or dress-making. 
1 began washing dishes so young, that I was 
obliged to stand upon a stool to reach the dish- 
pan, and yet to mo there ls something really en¬ 
joyable In the washing of a big pile of dishes, 
with plenty or hot, sort water, good soap, and a 
clean, soft cloth. Tha crockery looks so nice 
1 after being polished with a dry towel. 
Won’t some of the many women who are striv¬ 
ing after perfection in the art of housekeeping 
ana homo-making, give their experience ? 
1 have nothing, L believe, that 1 can exchange; 
hut I have patterns for a complete suit of mrants’ 
clothes, a night-dress, a yoke-dress, robe-dress, a 
morning-wrapper, and a shirt and bib; six pat¬ 
terns In all, which, l£ any one would like, I will 
send to them for 12 cents, to pay postage and 
rouble of cutting the patterns. m. e. r. 
P. O. Box 169, Phelps, N. Y. 
-- 
“GIVE YOUR GIRLS A CHANCE.” 
AUNT FLORA. 
If one has never taught her little daughter 
to dress her own dolls, as well as to make little 
quilts, sheets, pillows and shams, she can have 
but little Idea ot the benefit of such Instruction. 
Little girls desire to have their dolls dress neatly, 
as well as fashionably, and If they are shown 
how to make the garments and furnished with 
suitable material, they will do It themselves, at 
an early age. I knew a little girl who often aston¬ 
ished hor mother with a now, stylish hat lor her 
doll, which she Uad made from scraps her mother 
had given her. In this way she learned to fit and 
make the wardrobe tor ber doll, and when her doll 
was laid by she began making her own clothes, so 
that at the age ot fourteen years she could make 
herself a suit throughout. 
When I see mothers sit up half the night to 
dress dolls for their little girls, 1 cannot, but think, 
what a pity mothers will not be wise and teach 
them to do It. themselves! The children would re 
ally enjoy It bet ter, as It makes their little fingers 
skillful, ana they feel such an interest In having 
each doll look as neat as those owned by their 
playmates. 1 know this to be the case. Will not 
some one try It and report for the benefit of other 
mothers and daughters ? 
