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APRIL 3 
was nothing compared with what followed. The 
doctor having Bald to his student, “ And you at¬ 
tend the moral philosophy class also?” “Yes.” 
• * Well, you would hear lectures on various sub¬ 
jects. D11 you ever hear one od cause and effect?" 
“ Yes.” “ Does an effect ever go before a cause ?” 
‘ YeB.” “Yes? Give me an Instance." “A man 
wheeling a barrow.” The doctor then sat down 
and proposed no more questions. 
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RECENT LITERATURE. 
How to Learn Shorthand) tlic titenoKMipliic 
Instructor. An Improved System nt Short¬ 
hand Writing. Arrangedspecially for theinse of 
those desirous of aruuiriuif the art without the ala 
of a teacher; being toe simplest, most practical, and 
the best adapted for reporting. By Arthur M Baker. 
12iil0, paper, lift cents 8, U. Wells & Co., publishers, 
737 Broadway, New York. 
This is the latest manual published on the sub¬ 
ject of shorthand writing. It does not propose to 
teach an entirely new and untried system, but Is 
based on the best and most successful of the older 
stenographic (as distinguished from the purely 
phonetic) system of writing. We notice, however, 
that there are several new features introduced, the 
two most important of which are a phonetic vowel 
scale and a method of showing tho Place of a vowel 
In a word, without using the phonetic vowel signs 
as In phonography, or breaking the outline of the 
word. For reporting we think it, is better suited 
than any other system we have seen to those 
whose natural Inclination Is to write a quick, free. 
running hand. 
We do not think we can recommend to our young 
readers a more useful and Interesting occupation 
for these long winter evenings than the study of 
Bhorthand writing as taught In this little book, and 
the low price at which it Is published places It 
within the reach of all. 
Four Months iu n Sneak-Box. By Nathasiei. 
H. Bishop. Illustrated. Lee A Shephard, Publish¬ 
ers, Boston, Mass. 
To anyone unacquainted with the many terms 
applied to crafts plying the rivers, the above pub¬ 
lication would suggest a subject foreign to the 
reality. The book Is a description of the expe¬ 
rience of a cruiser in a “Sneak-Box,” which Is de¬ 
scribed ns a vessel combining much lu little; 
curiously constructed; possessing the qualities of 
comfort and service. The journey was made down 
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and along the coast 
of the Gulf of Mexico. For interest and instruc¬ 
tion It Is deserving of much flattering comment. 
The maps and other illustrations serve to Increase 
the Information derived from this pleasing narra¬ 
tive. 
MAGAZINES FOR APRIL. 
for some time been compelled to forego the pleasure 
of reading, has spent thousands of dollars In value 
and lost years of his time In consequence of get¬ 
ting up several hours before day and studying by 
arllflclal light. His eyes never got well. 
Multitudes of men or women have made their 
eyes weak for life by the too free use of the eye¬ 
sight. In view of theso thlngH, It ts well to observe 
the following rules In the use of the eyes: 
Avoid all sudden changes between light and 
darkness. 
Never begin to read, or write, or sew for several 
minutes after coming from darkness to a bright 
light. 
Never read by twilight, or moonlight, or of a 
very cloudy day. 
Never read or sew directly In front of the light, 
or window or door. 
It Is beat to have the light fall from above, ob¬ 
liquely over the left shoulder. 
Never Bleep so that, on the first waking, the 
eyes snail open on the light of a window. Do not 
use the eye-sight by light so scant that it. requires 
an effort to discriminate. Too much light creates 
a glare, and pains and confuses the sight. Tho 
moment you are sensible ortin effort to distinguish 
that moment cease and take a walk or ride. 
As the sky Is blue and the earth green, It would 
seem that the colling should be of a bluish tinge, 
and the carpet green, and the walls of some mel¬ 
low tint. 
The moment you are tempted to rub the eyes 
that moment cease using them. 
If the eyelids are glued together on waking up, 
do not forcibly open them, but apply the saliva 
with the Unger—It 13 the speediest diluent In the 
world—then wash your face and eyes In warm 
water.—Exchange. 
This has been going round tor about ten years, 
and Its ownership, we guess, Is lost; but It Is good 
enough to go on Indefinitely.—Phrenological Jour¬ 
nal for April. 
The American Naturalist.— Contents: Proto¬ 
plasmic Dynamics, IV. S. Barnard; A Sketch of 
Comparative Embryology, ll.—The fertilization 
of the Ovum.) Charles Sedgwick Minot. Progress 
of Inveterate Palaeontology In the United States 
for the year 1879, C. A. White; A Review of the 
Modem Doctrine of Evolution [Concluded] E. 
D.Cope; The Tongue of the Iloney Bee. A. T. 
Cook; Recent Literature; General Notes; Botany; 
Zoology; Geology and Palaeontology; Geography 
and Travels; Microscopy; Scientific News; Pro¬ 
ceedings of Selentllie Societies; Selected Articles 
In Scientific Serials. Tho table of contents suffi¬ 
ciently recommends this monthly to the lover of 
scientific subjects. 
Harper's Magazine. — Contents. Music and 
Musicians In England, Mr. John Lillie, Illustrated; 
Some Pennsylvania Nooks, Ella Rodman Church, 
Illustrated ; La Villa Real de Santa Fe, Ernest In- 
gersolt, Illustrated; An Irish Fishing Village, J. 
L. Cloud, Illustrated; Shipwrecked, A Poem. 
From the French of Francois Coppee, E. W. Lati¬ 
mer, Illustrated; Luca della Robbia and his 
School, E. D. R. Jilanclardt, Illustrated; Before 
the Shrlue. A Sonnet, Loulso Chandler Moulton ; 
The Swiss] Rhine, S. II M. Byres, Illustrated; 
Home Studies m Nature, Mary Treat, Illustrated; 
The Old Mill. A Poem, Thomas Dunn English; 
White Wings, A Yachting Romance, William 
Black, Illustrated; Mr. Wltherton's Romance, 
Phoebe Yates Pember; A Farewell- A Sonnet, A. 
H. Louts; Early History of Bible Illustration, W, 
C. Prime, Illustrated; An Easter Card. A Story, 
Virginia W. Johnson ; Navy of the United States, 
E. H. Derby; Mary Anerley. A Novel, R. D. 
Blackmore; Madrigals, A. Bowman Blake; Editor’s 
Easy Chair; Editor's Historical Record; Editor’s 
Drawer. 
The First Appearance of the tankers in 
Santa. Fe:— The first American wnoseems to have 
penetrated to New Mexico was James Parsley— 
an adventurous fur trader who found his way up 
the Arkansas, traveled extensively through the 
mountains of what Is now Colorado, and finally 
worked his way down to Santa Fc, w here he went 
to work as a carpenter, growing rich through high 
wages, but suffering always a feeling of restraint. 
An occasional Frenchman had appeared; but Purs- 
ley (who, by the way, is credited with being the 
first intelligent man who discovered gold In the 
Rockies) was the sole citizen of the l nited States 
who was there to welcome the Immortal Pike 
when, on that bleak March day In 1806, he unwil¬ 
lingly tramped Into Santa Fe at the head of his 
Falstaflian band, hatless, bootless and trouaerless 
through a year's campaigning on the plains and in 
t he mountains. 
The Mexicans were greatly alarmed by this sud¬ 
den realization of the proximity of the progressive 
and well-armed Yankees, and tnelr consternation 
resulted very unhappily for the few leaders of 
that conquering tide that finally should over¬ 
whelm the effete rule of Spain in the New’ World; 
yet for a long tlmo after Piko’a expedition nothing 
occurred to frighten funner the proud and indo¬ 
lent hidalgos .—Ernest Ingoraoll, iu Harper's Mag¬ 
azine for April, 
P use no logic a i, Joornal. —Contents: William 
EUery Channlng, Portrait; Tho New Education; 
Comparative Phrenology, The Ethmoid, Parietal 
and Frontal Bones,Illustrated; Unity of the Human 
Species, II; Honduras and its President, Marco 
Aurello Soto, Portrait; The Mlwok Indians, Illus¬ 
trated ; Getting Kid of Intemperance ; Hector, his 
Work and ways; A Plucky Woman; The Young 
Folks on Cherry Avenue, (. hap. 4, a Reading Les¬ 
son ; Disease—What 13 It ? Food lor Young and 
old; Hoe-handle Medicine; Another Opinion, with 
a Preface; A Parable; Cooking Notes; Notes in 
Science and Agriculture; Editorial items; An¬ 
swers to correspondents; What They Say; Per¬ 
sonal. 
Eye-Sight.—M ilton’s blindness was the result of 
overwork and dyspepsia. 
One of the most eminent American divines having 
JMIratb grafting. 
SABBATH. 
'Tis tho pearly lixrht of the holy dawn 
That shimmers through night mists cold, 
For angel fingers aside have, drawn 
The amber bars of the gates of gold. 
And down from Die loight6 of the upper skies 
Is dropped the ladder that Jacob saw, 
And men look up with their weary eyes 
To the shining stair with a weary awe. 
The. day « a-throb with the heart of God, 
With the .lubilate of love o’er death; 
And man alike with the lowly clod 
Feels the wakening Btir of Ms warming breath. 
There’s a pause in tho mad world's empty mirth, 
There’s a Sabbath hush in the clear blue air; 
Through heavenly portals there floats from earth 
Tho fragrant incense of human prayer. 
The message of mercy iB borne anew 
To the wayward Bpirit, the guilt-stained soul; 
And the words of the promise fall like dew 
On the heart that longs for the silent goal. 
On the seething billow s of human ill 
Are treading the l'eet with glory shod 
And the. keuison falleth, “ Peace ! be still !” 
’Tis the gift to man of the rest of God. 
—Cora 8. Bourse. 
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PEACE. 
“These things I have spoken unto you, that In 
me ye might have peace ” (John xvl. 33). 
“ I know the thoughts that I think toward you, 
salth the Lord, thoughts of peace ” (Jer. xxlx. 11). 
“ Great peace have they which love Thy law: 
and nothing shall offend them ” (Psa. extx. igg). 
“ Be of one mind, live In peace; and the God of 
love and peace shall be with you ” (2 Cor. xlil. li): 
••I will both lay me down in peace, aDd sleep; 
for Thou, Lord, only rankest me dwell In safety ” 
(Psa. lv. 8). 
“ Blessed are the peace-rnakers: for they shall 
be called the children of God ” (Matt. v. 9). 
•* Let your requests be made known unto God. And 
the peace of God, which passeth all understand¬ 
ing, shall keep your hearts and minds ” (Philip, 
lv. 6, 7). 
An Ancient Prayer— “Keep mine eyes, lest 
they behold vanity: keep mine ears, lest they 
hear lying; but let them ever be open, to hear the 
word of God. 
“ Keep my hands, that they may do no Iniquity; 
but may rather be raised in prayer to the Lord, In 
holiness and purity. 
“ Keep my mouth, that I may speak no folly; 
that I may neither detract from the absent, speak 
111 to those present, nor answer evil with evil; on 
the contrary, may 1 bless Thee, O Lord, at all 
times; let Thy praise be ever In my mouth.”—S. 
Jerome. 
Sweet Words.— Five of the sweetest words In 
the English language begin with H, which Is only 
a breath: Heart, Hope, Home, Happiness and 
Heaven. Heart Is a home-place, and home Is a 
heart-place; and that man sadly mlstaketh who 
would exchange the happiness of home for any¬ 
thing loss than heaven. 
Let us, for our consolation, our hope, our en¬ 
couragement, our strength. In every night season, 
remember the narno of the Lord; and let this 
be also Uic motive to constrain us through love 
to new obedience; for the Palmist not only remem¬ 
bered the Lord’s name, but was able to add “ l 
have kept Thy law.” 
Knowledge of God.—Is there nor, such a tiling 
as Intelligent Ignorance? I think s », and our 
knowledge of God ts such an Intelligent Ignorance. 
The Instructed man’s knowledge of God Is distin¬ 
guished from the Ignorant man s la being only a 
more intelligent ignorance. But that is some¬ 
thing. 
Kkei- firm hold of your Father’s knowledge; stren¬ 
uously seek the kingdom. In quietness, accept 
the methods of his unchanging providence. Thus 
shall your hearts he kept in peace amidst the 
storm ol lire, with the happy thought, *• so lie 
hrlngetli them unto their desired haven.” 
Christianity is, In society, like that agency In 
the physical world which drives suns and systems 
on their tremendous tracks, yet binds them In glit¬ 
tering harmony, holds them to a central order, fills 
them with Joyful life, and illuminates them with 
universal beauty. 
With the dawning ot Easter let us resolve to 
follow the example of the One whose glorious as¬ 
cension is celebrated. 
Moke harm Is wrought by want of thought than 
want or heart.—D r. E. IT. Chapin. 
What more fitting emblem ot Christ's purity 
than the beautiful llowers. 
tograph or even a portrait to picture the life that 
sparkles in her face as tor a picture to portray the 
sunshine that dances on the dimpled surface of a 
lake which ever and anon breaks out into a quiet 
rippled laughter. 
Her social victory Is complete, and has been won 
after a hard battlo. Tho story has been told be¬ 
fore, but It Is worth retelling. She came to Wash¬ 
ington determined not to offer wine to her guests; 
this was the determination of a lifetime, and she 
would not and could not abandon It. To give a 
state dinner without wine was declared to be Im¬ 
possible; all Washington society was opposed to 
her; T believe It even became a Cabinet question. 
For a year she was a target, for the sort of arrows 
which It, is so hard for any woman to bear unflinch¬ 
ingly. But she bore It all; by her patient persist¬ 
ence and her tact she carried the day and con¬ 
quered Mrs. Grundy In her own field. She never 
has offered wine; Washington follows her lead; 
and I doubt whether any state Capital, not ex¬ 
cluding tho Capital of Maine, Is a more thoroughly 
temperance city than Washington to-day. 
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ABOUT WOMEN. 
The University of Brussels has for the first time 
admitted alady as a science student. 
Miss Bryant, daughter of tho poet, and her 
cousin, Miss Fairchild, were at last accounts 
among the Americans in Rome. 
Five male and two female servants will attend 
the ex-Empresa Eugenie to Ztilulaud. 
Two young ladles have been appointed census 
enumerators for Ashland and Catlettsburg, Ky. 
Another lady lawyer, Mrs. Laura Maxwell, 
has been admitted to the practice of law in 
Keokuk. 
He that has learned to pray as he ought, has got 
the secret of a holy life. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS KAY CLARK. 
MAKE YOUR OWN PIES. 
The widow of Dr. Cook, who lost his life in at¬ 
tendance upon the fever stricken people of Hick¬ 
man, has Just been elected State Librarian of 
Kentucky. 
The queens of tho world are lu a deplorable 
condition. The Queens or Italy and Sweden are 
dangerously 111; the Empress of Russia is very 
low; the new Queen of Spain baa fallen Into 
epileptic fits on account of the attempt to assas¬ 
sinate her husband. 
How well we remember, the fair days of yore, 
The old farm-hoiiBc kitchen, the bright painted floor. 
Those days of our childhood, where mother’s dear 
face 
Illumined each corner about the old place. 
Those pies of our boyhood! we've not seen them 
since. 
The custard and pumpkin, the apple and mince, 
So juicy and deep, and so mammoth in size; 
But then our dear mother, she made her own pies. 
The Empress Elizabeth of Austria, who has 
a great loudness lor English llteraturo, has sent 
to Mrs Isabel Burton, the wife ol Captain Bur¬ 
ton, a handsome gold locket with her monogram 
and an Imperial crown In diamonds to mark her 
appreciation of that lady’s book on the “Inner 
Life of Syria." 
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ADVICE TO LADIES. 
Then pretty, fair housewife, with home bright and 
neat, 
Your kitchen so tidy, your household complete. 
What happiness beams in your l air sicuny face; 
With Buowy white apron that adds such a grace. 
You make your owu bread, that is spongy and white, 
You “ put up” preserves, and mukc cake dark and 
light, 
Would you fashion a dainty your household would 
prize ? 
Then prelty. lair house wife, pryy irnkeyour own pios 
And dear little maiden, expecting to wed, 
Now don’t pass this by with a toss of your head: 
If your husband you'd please, all the days of your life. 
And make him the sweetest and best little wife, 
Pray, would you be healthy and would you be wise, 
Why, dear little maideu, then make your own pies. 
Maud Miller, 
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TO SCHOOL TEACHERS. 
Teachers of common schools often are at their 
wits ends to keep their pupils Interested in their 
various brandies of study. Iu my experience I 
have found no difficulty for the first halt of the 
term, but after that It is a hard matter, and the 
only real successful method I can recommend by 
actual trial, Is giving small prizes. If you are re¬ 
covering a reasonable remuneration for your ser¬ 
vices, you will not object to expending two or 
three dollars In this way- A nnounce to your pu¬ 
pils your Intention of rewarding those who prove 
themselves most diligent, those having the great¬ 
est number of perfect recitations, by giving them 
a small reward of merit. This year I have given 
my school notice of the prizes they may expect. 
I have some scholars who are almost men aDd 
women, and to this class I give a gold dollar to the 
most diligent pupil. 1 made this announcement 
only last week, and I already see a marked change 
In the recitations. This Interest will continue to 
Increase until the whole school will be under the 
Impression that perhaps this may be the last 
chance they will ever get to compete for a prize 
and consequently, there will be more Improve¬ 
ment in my school during the last four weeks of 
the term, than In any previous six. 
Teachers, you in the meantime must not forget 
that there Is a great responsibility resting on you, 
(1 mean the class ot teachers who are employed In 
the rural districts.) Farmers give their children 
into your charge and the future career of the child 
Is very orten formed by the impressions received 
in the first few years of school life. Therefore, be 
very careful and get the child started In the right 
course, after wMch It will take care ol Itself. 
Teacher, 
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MRS. HAYES IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 
In marrying, make your own match; do not 
marry any man to get rid of him, or to oblige him, 
or to save him. The man who would go to de¬ 
struction without you wilt quite as likely go with 
you, and perhaps drag you along. Do not marry 
In haste lest you repent at leisure; do not marry 
for a home and a living, when dy taking care of 
your health you can be strong enough to earn your 
own living, do not let aunts, fathers, or mothers 
soil you for money or a position into bondage, 
tears, and lifelong misery, which you alone must 
endure. Do not place yourself habitually In the 
society of any suiter until you have decided the 
question ol marriage; human wills are weak, and 
people often become bewildered, and do not know 
their error until It Is too late. Get away from 
their Influence, settle your head, and make up 
your mind alone. A promise may be made In a 
moment of sympathy, or even half delirious ec- 
stacy, which must be redeemed through years of 
sorrow, toll, and pain. “Circumstances alter 
cases” but lu the main, these suggestions hold 
good. Correspondent. 
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THE TOBACCO QUESTION. 
To anxious Marguerite In the last number of 
last year, l would say, that I know of only one 
way to secure her desired end. Create a loathing 
for the weed in your children and you may sleep 
quietly. This loathing is sure to develop It you 
bring your children up, as nearly as possible, on 
nature's original und true diet lor man, raw fruit. 
Every morsel of meat and cupful of milk, or ounce 
of animal grease brings the danger home to you. 
They may thereby become tobacco-users or lovers 
of strong drink, or both, I have three boys, hut 
am not afraid that either one will spend a cent on 
rum or tobacco, without a word of prohibition on 
my part. But, good heavens! the melons that 
were devoured last year during four months, 
would astonish you. Other fruit would also have 
been used If we could have .secured It. 
Chaute Co., Kansas. H. Studek. 
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CORRESPONDENTS’ NOTES. 
Ilow shall we color tho eggs for Easter ? 
n. f. o. 
Ans.— There are several m ikes of dyes used for 
this purpose. Much labor Is saved by this new 
mode. 
Will some one reply as to the rules of a hired girl; 
one who Is to do the work of the kitchen with the 
exception of fancy baking? By rules, 1 mean 
when, how and in what way they are to be per¬ 
formed. A Yearly!Subscriber. 
It Is safe to say that no lady In the present gen¬ 
eration has produced a more valuable impression 
by tho grace and simplicity of her manners In 
presiding at the White House than she. It Is 
worth a Journey to Washington to soe so simple 
and unconventional a lady at the very head of the 
best American society. Her portraits do her 
scant justice, llcr face is wonderluJly mobile it 
constantly expresses her own genuine enjoyment 
in the enjoyment of her guests. Her laugh is con¬ 
tagious ; and It would bo as impossible for a plio- 
Ans.—The only true solution of this problem, is 
to conform to the wishes of the ouc In charge of 
the household. Further comment Is lert to the 
ladles, who now have an opportunity to chronicle 
their opinion und experience. 
Efllo:—May use unbleached muslin, Swiss mus¬ 
lin, either plain or dotted, or linen batiste edged 
with lace, for curtains; for lambrequins, a new 
style of canton flannel Is In vogue ; It can be pro¬ 
cured of different shades. Patterns for them can 
be obtained from any pattern dealer. 
