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DEC. 26 
eyoB beheld heavy counter-panes, thick shoes and 
coarse dresses. All welcome and needed things 
to be sure, but, oh, such strange girts for a jolly 
Saint to send 1 The big tree which was finally 
adorned with rosy apples and walnuts, covered 
with silver paper taken trom the necks of old bot¬ 
tles and secured with the wire of an old mouse¬ 
trap made Quite a fine appearance, especially at 
night, when It was Illuminated with little sticks 
of pine wood. 
Since then I have seen all kinds or Christmas 
ees, bur none has ever out-shone or even 
quailed that pride of our western home. For, 
had wo not exorcised our Ingenuity and Inventive 
faculty to the utmost 7 And was It not the object 
of admiration Of every visitor during the following 
week 7 And had we not the satisfaction of hear¬ 
ing that every log hut for miles around had an 
applo and nut covered tree the ensuing Christ¬ 
mas? It. was a cheap but genuine Christmas joy 
la the depth of the wilderness and the hearts of 
the humblest backwoods-man. 
HOMELY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
Thkhk are a few' of the accomplishments prized 
by our grandmothers which even In those days of 
machinery, of co-operatlou, and ol luxurious living, 
we canuot a fiord to have classed with the lost arts. 
Among these la the art ol plain sowing. In the 
olden times the sampler and patchwork nude 
girlish lingers early acquainted with the use of 
the needle, and though no one can care to see 
those particular Industries revived, yet there are 
few women who do not flud sooner or later that 
in their lives "the needle bears equality with the 
beautiful craft, of the pencil and the mighty power 
of the pen.” Whether It Is cheaper or not to buy 
ready-made under-clotlllug Is not the question. 
The point Insisted ou Is that every woman should 
know how to make her own clothing neatly, skill¬ 
fully and readily. She may add to this know¬ 
ledge that of embroidery and lace making, JuBt as 
she may add to a practical knowledge of bread mak¬ 
ing that of making cake and desserts. There Is a 
great effort made uow-a-daya to acquire accom¬ 
plishments comparatively useless and the neglect 
of those which are of first consequence. The lit¬ 
tle girl may begin her apprenticeship to the needle 
by making doll clothes, and as patterns lor all 
manner of Uillputlau garments are for sale In pat¬ 
tern stores, she can learn to cut out and put to¬ 
gether at the same time, or course she must 
have Instruction, direction, assistance: to give 
these is one of the purposes her mother was 
specially created tor. By and by the juvenile 
seamstress may be p romoted, and permitted to 
exercise her skill on larger garments and later be 
taught machine sewing, But before this she 
should master all the mysteries of" over and over” 
stitch, ot hemming, relfing, overcasting, caustlich, 
backstitch, gathering ana facing down, Little 
folks always want to do what they can’t do, and 
a promise ot permission to undertake a difficult 
task will often stimulate a child to do well that 
which Is entirely within Its power. Then they 
Bhould bo permitted to enter upon larger under¬ 
takings. 
Mending Is another accomplishment possessed 
by very few young ladles. This branch of do¬ 
mestic industry la usually relegated to the mother 
or grandmother of the family where there la a 
grandmother, and the young ladles play the piano 
or embroider when they would be more usefully 
employed In meadlng. This imposes a greet deal 
of drudgery on the one who has all the mending 
to do, and releases from what should be a pleasant 
task, those most able to perform it. No matter 
how wealthy a young lady is, she should know 
when her wardrobe Is In perfect order and be 
able to keep It so with her own hands.—Religious 
Herald. 
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WHAT TO TEACH OUR DAUGHTEKS. 
Tkach them self-reliance. 
Teach them to make bread. 
Teach them to make shirts. 
Teach thorn to foot up store bills. 
Teach them not to wear raise hair. 
'Peach them to wear thick, warm shoes. 
Bring them up In the way they should go. 
Teach them how to wash and iron clothes. 
Teach them how to make their own dresses. 
Teach them that a dollar is only a hundred cents. 
Teach them to cook a good meal of victuals. 
Teach them how to darn stockings and sew on 
utions. 
Teach them every day, dry, hard, practical com¬ 
mon sense. 
Teach them to say No, and mean it; or Yes, ana 
stick to It. 
Teach them to wear calico dresses and do It like 
queens. 
Give them u good, substantial common-school 
education. 
Teach them that a good, rosy romp Is worth fifty 
consumptives. 
Teach them to regard the morals and not the 
money of r.helr beaux. 
Teach them all the mysteries ot the kitchen, the 
dining room, and the parlor. 
Teach them that the more one lives within his 
income the more he will save. 
Teach them to have nothing to do with Intem¬ 
perate auu dissolute young men. 
'Teach them that the further one lives beyond his 
Income the nearer he gets to the poor-house. 
Kely on It that upon your leaching depends In a 
great measure the weal or woe of their after life. 
Teach them that a good, steady mechanic is 
worth a dozen loafers in broadcloth. 
Teach them the accomplishments, music, paint¬ 
ing, drawing, If you have time and money to do It 
with. 
Teach them that God made them In His own 
image, and no amount of tight-lacing will Improve 
the model.—The Advance. 
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'Too Much Noise.—A writer In the Journal of Sci¬ 
ence remarks that noise Is a contributor to the tear 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
and wear of modern city life to a very grave degree 
and wonders why, while a steady war is waged 
against many other anti-sanitary agencies, no 
really serious and persistent attempt has been 
made for the abolition ot superfluous Bounds. No 
complete and satisfactory account has yet been 
given regarding the cause or the Injurious effects 
ot sound In excess upou the nervous system. Ner¬ 
vous Irritability arid cerebral disease appear to 
keep pace with the multiplication of sounds, espec¬ 
ially among thinkers. He proposes, therefore, as a 
palliative, the absolute prohibition of street music 
and of church bell ringing, and the prevention of 
such sounds as prooced irom dogs which bark per¬ 
sistently, and from harmonious organs, and wind 
Instruments in general, except In houses which 
are detached. 
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ABOUT WOMEN. 
Mas. Hayes has, It Is reported. Invited Mrs. Gar¬ 
field to visit her at the White House this winter. 
In order that she may see something of the respon¬ 
sibilities of the Presidential household before she 
assumes them. 
Miss Anna Dickinson has read her new play, 
“ Aurellan," before a Philadelphia audience, and 
the Press, ar, that city, su>a she had "a most 
cordial reception, aid the closest attention, 
broken only by applause, was given to her play.” 
Mas. Mary Lincoln, the widow ol President 
Lincoln, has returned to the United Stales, Her 
stay abroad was extended over three yeais, with 
the hope that her health would be improved, but 
she Is in a very feeble condition, and will make her 
home with her son Robert, In Chicago. 
Lucrktia Mott died at her home near Philadel¬ 
phia, on 'Thursday, Nov. 11, aged eighty-eight. 
she was burled on the Hth. The body, plainly 
dressed, was encased In a plain walnut coffin. Ap¬ 
propriate services were held at the house. The 
body was Interred lu l air Hill Grounds according 
to the rites of the Friends. 
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Oh, how refreshing, palatable and reviving is a 
draught of cool water with Hop Bitters In It, to a 
fever patient. 
Jlftus ot tjic (S&frh 
HOME NEWS. 
Monday, Dec. 20 ,18S0. 
Among new bills in congress are those imposing 
a duty of at least one and one-half cents per pound 
on all fresh-water fish called hard flBh, and one- 
half cent on alt fresh-water fish called soft 
fish Imported into the United states caught In 
Canadian waters; providing for a commission 
of five Representatives, four Senators and five ex¬ 
perts to revise and readjust the tariff; repealing 
the export tax on tobacco, snuff and cigars; 
making the trade dollar a legal tender; for the 
prevention and suppression of pleuro-pneumonla; 
to provide for the regulation of commerce by rail¬ 
roads ; proposing a constitutional amendment on 
the subject of free schools and of election; and to 
reduoothe postage on letters to two cents. 
The steamer Couon Plant, valued at * *7,ooo, 
belonging to the Old Dominion Steamship Com¬ 
pany. was burned on the llth, while lying at 
Tarboro, N. 0., together with 140 bales of cotton 
and other merchandise.A special from New 
Philadelphia, Ohio, says; •* The petrified child of 
this place, and the wonder of this section, died ou 
.Saturday, Dec. llth. In death as In life the flesh 
on Its body Is almost as hard as alone, To me 
surprise of every one the child lived In thlB con¬ 
dition nearly a year. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. A. Knlsely, are in great distress for fear the 
body of the child will now be stolen. It was de¬ 
posited In a strong vault, which will be carefully 
guarded.Not long since a onild escaped 
from the almshouse at Salem, Mass , and went to 
work for wages at Baxonville, hut the authorities 
arrested her and sent her back, but the Massa¬ 
chusetts Society tor Lost, stolen or Abused Chil¬ 
dren has interfered la her behalf, and the city 
officials of Salem are willing that she should be 
put at remunerative employment again. 
On Sunday the 5th, Ort Hendrickson, residing lu 
Todd county, Minnesota, twelve miles southeast 
of Wadena, started deer hunting with fils brother, 
and they parted company In the woods two miles 
from home, in about half an hour three shots 
were beard, and when the brother reached the 
spot he found Ort’s dead body with three rllle 
balls in It and a knife pluuged to the hilt through 
the body In various places. The brother followed 
the trail of the murderera six miles and then lost 
It. The cause or the crime Is unknown. 
Elisha Estes, a farmer, was ratally shot by J. 
W. A1 verson, another farmer, near Cascade, Pitt¬ 
sylvania county, va., lor trespassing on the lat¬ 
ter’s premises on horseback.It 1 b not be¬ 
lieved that anything will be done by Congress re¬ 
garding the sugar question until after the Christ¬ 
mas holidays.A resolution requesting the 
resident to invite Franco to participate Lu cele¬ 
brating the Yorktown surrender has been pre¬ 
sented In the House_,...Itls said that a fund¬ 
ing bill will be passed by congress at tnis session, 
but It la by no meanH certain that Secretary Sher¬ 
man’s sugestlons will be closely followed 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
AN explosion occurred at the Pen-y-Graig col¬ 
liery in the Rhondda valley In Wales, and It Is 
believed that between eighty and nlucty persons 
perished. An exploring party discovered sixteen 
corpses, and search was impeded by the after¬ 
damp and debris. The pit Is about a mile from 
the scene of tne great explosion In the Dinas col¬ 
liery In the Bame valley, January 13, 1878, when 
sixty personB lost their lives. Later—It Is now 
ascertained that elghty-Blx of the persons In the 
pit at the time of the explosion are dead. Twe ty- 
two bodies have been recovered thus far and 
l hlrty-four more have been seen In the pit. 
The arrival of emigrants has decreased since the 
1st of November. According to official figures, tne 
number who have arrived here during the last U 
months Is 804,248. There were 247 deaths and 140 
births on vessels landing steerage passengers at 
Castle Garden. Germany sent over the largest 
conungeni, as mo rouowing figures will show: 
England, 25 ,hot ; Ireland, 00,224; .Scotland, 7,472 ; 
Wales, 2,495; not specified, <ifi; Germany, 70,850 ; 
Austria, 3,493 ; Hungary. 1,007; Sweden, 29,183; 
Norway, 8,288; Denmark, 4,432; Netherlands, 
2,592 ; Belgium, 1,002; Switzerland, 5,4»3; France, 
3.220; Italy, o,'jui ; Slolly, l; Greece, So; Spain, 
1,027 ; Portugal, IT; Russia, 5,920; Poland, 1; 
Luxemburg, 409 ; Bohemia, <t,cso.Mr. Glad¬ 
stone has summoned (he members of the British 
House ot Commons to attend Parliament on Im¬ 
portant business.There have been upward 
of T,2ou,ooo applications ror Panama canal shares 
In Paris since the subscription list wua opened_ 
_The Pope has conferred on D. J. Murphy, a 
wealthy merchant or San Francisco, the heredi¬ 
tary title of Marquis, In recognition or his great 
services to religion In America and Europe. 
The St. Petersburg Gaios, supposed to echo the 
sentiments of the Russian foreign office, Insists on 
energetic and decisive measures In relation to the 
Chinese question.Seventeen transports 
with 9,ooo men left Arlca on the 15th ultimo to 
enter upon a campaign against Lima, Peru. 
A sad and dramatic eviction took place In county 
Wicklow on Wednesday. An old man named 
Arthur ivftvanagh, In feeble health, who had a 
cabin ou the property ot Earl Fitzwilliam, had 
fallen behind In ills rent. A decree of ejectment 
was obtained by the earl, ills gamekoeper with 
two bourns went to execute the decree. They had 
to carry Kavanagh out or the house, and as he 
was crossing the threshold of thu cabin the poor 
old man gave one gasp aud died in the gamekeep¬ 
ers’ arms. Ilia body was laid by the roadside. 
Over It for hours sat his only mourner, a grand¬ 
daughter. Kavanagh was formerly lu a good posi¬ 
tion. He had been unable to work for two years, 
and was bed-ridden ror Borne time. .The 
Times’financial says: "The finances of the Uni¬ 
ted Slates may excite the envy notonly ot England, 
but of Europe. The unprecedented rate of re¬ 
demption is having Its natural effect In raising the 
credit or the United States to a level with the 
mostBtald and best paying communities of the 
Old World. In reaching that' level the United 
States will only attain 11 b rightful position. A 
country which Is so faithful to Its engagements, 
whose resources are so limitless, and whose popu¬ 
lation increases with such remarkable rapidity, 
ought to enjoy the best credit accorded lo any 
State. In all probability, should the conditions 
remain favorable, Secretary Sherman will accom¬ 
plish hia refunding operations at a rate nearer 
three or four per cent. The very rapidity with 
which he is able to pay off the debt, must aid h im 
most materially by reducing tbe supply of stock. 
This, acting pan with the augmenting de¬ 
mand ror sound Investments, will give him an In¬ 
calculable advantage In Ills operations.” 
[Des Moines Iowa State Register.] 
Hon. S. XI. Yoder’s Position. 
A representative man’s opinion on other than 
political matters, Is of ten of great use to his con¬ 
stituency. The Hon. «. II. Yoder, or Globe Mills, 
Pa. has thus recorded his opinion on a subject of 
popular interest, i have been selling St. Jacobs 
Oil tor the last year. I have never heard a person 
speak of It except as a splendid medicine, and as 
the great specific for rheumatic affections, 
whethertnfi ammatory, acute or chronic, swellings, 
sores, sprains, burns, wounds etc. I sell more 
St. Jacobs OU than or any other kind or liniment 
and It gives universal satisfaction. 1 will always 
keep It on hand. The farmers say, that for man 
and beast, they find nothing to equal It. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEW8. 
While most of the Eastern States have suffered 
from drought during the past season, the Missis¬ 
sippi Valley seems to have had an unprecedented 
amount ot rain, which the Vicksburg commercial 
says aggregates 90 09 Inches for the eleven months 
ending December 1.The W'eal herford (Tex ) 
Herald says that G. W. Wakefield, a one-armed 
farmer, Is cultivating, unaided, thirty-three ucres 
ot corn, eight acres or cotton, one acre of water¬ 
melons, aud one and a half acres ot sweet pota¬ 
toes.An Orange County, Fla,, gentleman 
expects to make forty tens of cassava starch this 
year.The Constitution of Florida provides 
that after isso the Legislature shall pa s a law 
making an educational qualification for voters ... 
_Sheep-ralalng is Raid to be the principal Indus¬ 
try of Geneva County, Ala.In Birmingham, 
Ala., more than uhi houses have been built in six 
weeks_In leisure time during the Winter 
the rarmer should go over the orchard and destroy 
the eggs of the teni caterpillars. They are easily 
discovered In clusters around the small twigs. 
Three or four hundred eggs are in one cluster, and 
Its destruction saves the tree from the ravages of 
as many voracious worms In Spring. .The 
House Committee on Manufactures has heard the 
protest of produce merchants against, the sale or 
oleomargarine and other Imitations of butter. The 
manufacturers Ol oleomargarine are on hand, and 
there promises lo he a regular butter war...... 
Twenty-seven artesian wells are In Fort Worth, 
Texas.Tho senate has passed a bill provid¬ 
ing for the sale of tho remainder of the reserva¬ 
tion ot the confederated Otoe and Missouri tribes 
of Indians In Nebraska and Kansas to actual set¬ 
tlers of said lands, with the consent of said Indi¬ 
ans, the proceeds to be placed to the credit of tho 
tribes, and a new reservation to be selected for 
them, they desiring to quit their present reserva¬ 
tion. The rate of passage Into the interior 
for emigrants Is now so low that a very much 
larger number of those who come trom other 
countries either have purchased through tickets 
or do so upon arrival, and It will be much easier 
ror farmers to obtain a supply of willing help than 
during previous years.Mr. M. B Uershey,. 
Muscatine, Iowa, has'recently imported Beventy- 
three head of Short-horn cattle.A million 
and a quarter pounds of honey goes from San 
Diego County, Cal., this year.Wood sold on 
the streets at Fort Worth, Tex., during the snow¬ 
storm at $20 a cord. 
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Distance all Competitors. 
The dairyman who uses Gilt-Edge Butter Maker 
will increase Ills product 6 per cent,, Improve its 
quality 20 per cent., and distance all competitors 
who do not use It. 25 cents’worth ot the powder 
will increase product and market value of same 
*3.00. can you make a better investment? Sold 
by grocers, druggists and general storekeepers. 
Send stamp for Hints to Butter Makers.” A(L- 
dress, Butter Improvement Co., Buffalo. N. Y. 
Taopic-KKDiT Laxativb removes Habitual Cos- 
tlveness and all kindred complaints. It Is com¬ 
posed entirely of concentrated fruits and medi¬ 
cines. Druggists sell It 
Druggists say that Lydia E. Pinkiiast's Vegeta¬ 
ble Compound Is the best remedy for female weak¬ 
ness that, they ever heard of, for It gives universal 
satisfaction. Send to Mrs Lydia E. Plnkiram, 233 
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass , for pampleta. 
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A Kuro Treat. 
The American Publishing Company of Tlartford,. 
Ct., (asper advertisement In another column) have 
In press and will soon Issue a new book entitled 
" My Wauwnrd I'antner,” from the pen of the 
popular author Joslah Allen’s wife, who has 
heretofore so pleased the public with her spicy 
books "My Opinion# unit, Betsey nohhet's, and Sam- 
anttuiat the Centennial,' over which inanyahearty 
laugh has been had. This now volume promises 
to surpass lu many respects her previous works, 
and we with other readers may expect a rare treat 
when the volume Is out. 
Bbiitkks ok produce w ill find the advertisement 
of Messrs. B iO Ward In this paper. Their ad¬ 
vert laement did not appear In last week’s paper, as 
then stated. 
“ That medicine goes right to the spot, refresh¬ 
es, revives and cures.”—A patient on Hop Bitters. 
Burnett’s Cologne received the highest 
award at the Centennial Exhibition. It Is filled 
In elegant Dottles—glass and cork stoppered, and 
basket covered—ahd Is for sale by all first-class 
Grocers and Druggists. 
SPECIALS FROM THE CHIEF CENTERS 
Until Snturdnv, Dec. 18. 
Boxton—W ool— There has been a large num¬ 
ber of mills represented In the market the past 
week, and manufacturers have looked over the 
grouDd carefully Tor weok places. They generally 
complain that, at the present price or goods, they 
cannot afford to pay the recent advance in wool, 
and that tine fleece must be bought at lower 
figures Some small lots, of ten to twenty thou¬ 
sand pounds of fine Ohio and Pennsylvania have 
been so'd within the past three da vs at 47c. which 
la Just about a cent Iwiow what. dealPfrs held tlielr 
wool at two weeks ago: but the same sellers would 
not, have sold loo.ooo pounds lot at that price, as 
they have confidence that the market for this de¬ 
scription will show more firmness after the new 
year opens and a more active trade sets In. The 
general rone of the marker. Is strong, and on cer¬ 
tain grades of wool no concession would he grant¬ 
ed to effect sales, but with a dull trade there will 
always he a little advantage to a buyer in good 
credit, and as a good many consignees like to bave 
their consignments cloved out at tne end of the 
year, manufact urers have secured some advantage. 
The sales of fine fleece have been 142 (KIO pounds, 
at prices fi ngtng rrom traffic., but ihe market 
to day for X and XX Ohio cannot bo quoted above 
«7k»47 )^c . although there l« a good deal of wool 
that could not be bought for these figures. The 
demand for Michigan V18S been light, and not 
ugh lias ) ild to establish quotations, 
combing and delaine selections show no change, 
and there have not- been any choice tors of comb¬ 
ing sold. Pulled wools are firm, and Oannel man¬ 
ufacturers bave taken hold quite freely, butter— 
The business In this arilole is confined to supply¬ 
ing the Immediate wants ot the trade, as no one 
Is disposed to anticipate the future, and most 
grocers want a fresh article. Stale lots of North¬ 
ern and Western butter are dull, and there Is 
quite a wide range of prices. We quote fine 
Nort hern and Western creameries at ,i3i«>35o; 
early-made do at 28(n 80c. line Western dairy made 
at 2555270,, with one or two brands at a higher 
price: sumtnc.r-mtide Western dairy ot 22@34c.; 
long dairies of Northern butter at 2Z(n,25c : West¬ 
ern dairy paokedfst. 2<i(423c. tor choice and 1 Cain Sc 
for common. Uhkksk—T here is a Steady demand 
mr small lots for Immthedlare use at l.vatiSMc for 
fine Nort hern, and tHe for Ohio, white fair to good 
cheese ranges irom lUa WJtfC. 
Chicago —Bpring wheat. The trading was very 
ralr, but the amount, offered was excessive, and a 
decline of upward of l .;c was suffered. No. 2 sold 
for ror ward delivery at *I.tn»4(ail OS for seller De¬ 
cember: *1.02 .wfi.oas, for seller January, and 
*i . 08 : i ca,*l .04 ’*i lor February December wheat 
closed atl*i.01t*; Jauuary at 81.02',,., and Fehtuary 
at *1.03^. Heller March was about and 
seller May 6 ‘jjc over January. Cash wheal sold to 
a moderate extent as follows: I n store—s.uoo bu. 
and 12 cars No 2 at 31.01 ^ 10000bu at.*i 0^,10, 
Ouii bn, and 80 cars at *1.02, 5,000 bu. and 37 cars at 
$i.u2hi B.otio hu and 3 cars at $1 02 closed at 
about gl.oijt;; 2 curs No 3 Spring Centra) receips 
u.[ Hover, 12 cars do. at 87c. 18 cars Iowa and other 
ood housesal 87* .e Ft ,our Buyers appear to be 
ndly demoralized, aud the amount sold whs Insig¬ 
nificant. Prices ranged as follows: choice ahd 
fancy white winter ex'ras, 78(4*8 23; common to 
good white winter extras, *8. <4*8 so; winter super- 
rtnes, *3 75<ai*4 60 - good to choice western spring 
extras ; low lo fair western spring extras, 
$4(.i|4 7ft; choice to taney Minnesota spring extras. 
*6 75(4*0.50; common to good Minnesota spring 
oxT.ras, *503*50; poor to Taney Minnesota spring 
patents. Sfi(<i.*T 75; low to fancy Mlnueaoia spring 
patents, *6(Vi)*7.76: low to choice spring superttnesg 
*2 6( 1(4*4.; rye Hour, *4.86®*5.; buckwheat, *3.35®, 
*5.60, corn— Prices for thlB cereal averaged 
