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THE BUBAL INEW-YGBKEB. 
AUG. 41 
“ Here, this ‘bunk’ is mine—I fixed it up and 
I intend to call it mine,” replied he, nettled. 
“ Well, then, if it is yours, all yours, we’ll 
move, and when we hold our club we viou’t let 
you come,” said the other boys. 
“ I don’t care,” said Dick, “ Dol will stay 
here and tell me all the stories and you shan’t 
hear ’em, so there 1” 
“ Will, you ? Will you, Dol ?” asked they in 
a breath. 
“ If you don’t behave, I won’t tell you an¬ 
other thing,honest 1 won’t,’’replied I, solemnly. 
“ Well, never mind, we’ll take the horse 
story now, and settle the ‘bunk’ business after¬ 
ward,” said Charley. 
But as the fire bad burned low and the wind 
whistled mournful tunes through the trees, 
and I felt so sleepy that I could scarcely keep 
my eyes open, I begged off. The whole story 
of the Trojan war was too long to tell then, 
and as it would spoil it to tell just a wee little 
bit, I persuaded them to wait till another 
evening. They demurred a little, but were, on 
the whole, quite good-natured. ' 
“ I liked Minerva, all but the way she treat¬ 
ed Arachne,” said Jack,‘‘and I think she 
might have had spunk enough to own up she 
was beat, so 1 do.” 
“ Good night, till next week,” said I, “ we 
will then have the story of the Trojan war,’’ 
and with that I wrapped my shawl round my 
shoulders and “ scooted ” into the house, and 
off to bed. DOHA IIARVEY VKOOMAN. 
A LETTER FROM TEXAS. 
Having read so many letters in your ex¬ 
cellent paper, from farmers’ wives who do the 
cooking, washing and ironing, and all other 
work in the house, not only for their own 
families but also for their hired help, ’tis a 
wonder to me however they can accomplish 
so much. Or, if they can, whatever becomes 
of their little ones meantime ? Even before 
the baby is born the mother should never tire 
herself out—she should never stand too long, 
or exert herself to lift or move heavy objects. 
She should find time to lie down to rest for a 
while, every day. Then when the baby conies, 
it is necessary to have an almost entire rest 
for the next two weeks, at least. 
Many mothers need a mouth or even longer, 
to rest and regain their strength. Of course, 
the baby shouldn’t be nursed every half hour; 
but there are many mothers who certainly do 
nurse their babies about so often. Once in 
two hours for a very young baby is sufficient 
—and the time between can be lengthened as 
the baby grows older. If you will give the 
baby a little water sometimes when it cries* 
you will generally find that it will not cry to be 
nursed. But, of course, if the nipple is poked 
into its mouth it will nearly always nurse. 
Tis a mother’s duty as well as pleasure to take 
care of her baby. What mother wants to put 
away those little clinging hands, whose very 
touch is like a benediction,to go and w ash up a 
lotof dirty dishes? Or how can a mother leave 
her precious, tender little baby in the hands 
of a hired nurse, who just cares for baby be¬ 
cause she is paid to do so, and whose chief ob¬ 
ject is to get it off to sleep as soon as possible, 
and how often she gets an opportunity by 
means of some half-poisonous drug ! How 
can the mothers who work all day long give 
the little one its daily bath, to keep its little 
body sweet and clean, and as it grows older, 
who is to see that it learns regular habits and 
that no harm comes to it when it is playing 
out-of-doors, for it is not right to keep a little 
one shut up in a hot kitchen nor in the house 
all (lay. Sometimes the little ones come 
so fast that there is a new baby 
perhaps every year, in the first few years of 
married life. Then, if the mother undertakes 
to do all the work, the babies often have to be 
neglected, simply because there is no time to 
care for them, when the mother has so much 
to do. When at last the tea dishes are washed 
and put away, it is then too late to care for 
the babies, because they are then sound asleep 
in their beds, or, most likely, they have crept 
away in some ‘corner and fallen asleep on the 
floor, tired out and dirty, and perhaps feeling 
grieved and sad in their little hearts, that 
mamma will not “rock-a-bye.” Boor baby— 
poor mother, too ! for she loses the sweetest 
part of her life when her babies grow away 
Irom her. 
When our children leave their babyhood 
our duiies towards them increase. We should 
try to find time to feel an interest in all of 
their little concerns. Every little leaf and 
flower, the little birdie, and every pretty 
thing they find in field and garden, are full of 
interest and pleasure to them. How many 
times a day our boy will run in to me with a 
pretty flower or an odd leaf, a bunch of grass 
to show me how pretty it is, or draw me out 
into the jard to look at that funny worm, or 
this little bird’s nest hid away in the bush and 
full of such pretty little eggs. What if 1 
weie too tired or did not come to look at them? 
Would lie not soon mis© to feel tin interest in 
them himself, and learn to find nature very 
commonplace and uninteresting? Then could 
we expect hi in to be contented and happy in 
hi > country home? Or would he not very soon 
be longing for the excitement and companion¬ 
ships of a city life? Papa and mamma do not 
feel any interest in his pleasures, and have no 
time to play with him. 
If mamma only some times would give up 
that everlasting work and go for a walk with 
him! If she would even read him stories, or 
tell him tales of her childhood, or of some of 
the many strange and wonderful things there 
are in the world! When papa comes in at 
night, if he would only play little games with 
him, or if papa would let him sit on his knee 
and tell him of the wonderful adventures he 
has had during the day, then home would be 
so much nicer! As he grows older, he will feel 
the dullness and the want of sympathy more 
and more, until he is glad to leave home. 
“’Tis nothing but work and eat, and go to 
bed,” said a farmer’s son “ I would rather be 
a tinker’s ass.” 
It is a mother’s duty to try always to look 
sweet and pretty in the eyes of her children. 
Does she want her son to grow up to respect 
and admire her, or her daughters to become 
pretty and attractive girls, she must keep her¬ 
self neatly and tastefully and prettily dressed. 
Even a little three-year-old will look pleased 
to see “mamma so pretty to-day,” and will 
often feel a pleasure in its own pretty clothes. 
We owe it to our children to make them just 
as pretty as possible. We must, therefore, 
have time to take caie of their health and 
make their home life as free from care and 
happy as possible, not by letting them neglect 
their household duties, but by teaching them 
to feel such an interest in these little duties 
that they will perform them willingly 
promptly and cheerfully. We must have time 
to teach them to be pleasant, and kind, and 
helpful to all about them. We must find some 
time to help them in their studies, to join in 
their plays, to help them to make pretty 
things for their rooms, and to take a pride and 
pleasure in keeping their little treasures in 
nice order. We must try to find time to be 
not their mother alone, but their dearest 
friend and often their playmate. 
A mother should find time to read, if it is 
justfora little while every day, in order to 
have knowledge of some of the many changes 
time brings. 
If she does not do this, the time will come 
when she must feel with a sore heart, that her 
own children—the children for whom she has 
suffered and borne so much, and for whose 
comfort and happiness she has worked for 
years—are ashamed of her before their com¬ 
pany. They are afraid lest she should say or 
do some odd thing that will show every one 
present how ignorant she is. 
“Her hands are so red and rough you know, 
and her dress is so old-fashioned, and her hair 
always will get out of order! Boor mamma! 
she looks very well in the kitchen, but she is 
so out of place in the parlor 1” 
Any other woman can very well learn to 
make the children’s clothes, to wash and iron 
for them, and to cook their food properly; but 
’tis the mother even more than the father, 
more than any one else on earth, who holds the 
moral welfare of her children in her hands 
and ’tis her first and highest duty to try to be 
faithful to this her great trust. mary, 
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CUBID’S BOW. 
A beautiful mouth is considered the great¬ 
est charm in a woman. A French writer says, 
“To be beautiful a woman must not talk 
much or she will contract her mouth in an 
unbecoming manner.” It is the sins of early 
life, however, that have to answer for most 
of the ugly mouths, If children are permitted 
to suck their thumbs, or fingers, or lips 
by their careless mothers or nurses, the poor 
infants must suffer for it in after life. I once 
knew a beautiful child of seven, whose mouth 
was being altered and spoiled by sucking her 
second and third fingers, a habit that she had 
contracted in babyhood. To such an extent 
had this been practiced that the third joints 
of the fingers were considerably longer than 
they should have been. The biting of the 
lower lip is an unfortunate habit with many 
school girls. Severe measures, if others fail, 
should be used to counteract these habits. 
Worse even than an ugly mouth, is an un¬ 
pleasant breath. Very many estimable people 
are the victims of this without being aware 
of it. Bhysicians advise for this the use of 
lemons, claiming that they are the most puri¬ 
fying of all fruits, and the aromatic odor pro¬ 
duced by lemons rubbed on the teeth, gums 
and lips lasts longer than any other. For a 
feverish breath that results from the stomach, 
a few drops of lime water used as a gargle, or, 
better still, a half teaspoonful of bicarbonate 
of soda, in a little water will haw© the desired 
effect. a. c, 
GOLDEN»GRAINS. 
Usually it is not worth while to reason 
with a fanatic, because he will give his fancies 
all the authority of your facts. 
The servant who drops tears feelingly at 
religious services an' 1 drops dishes unfeelingly 
in the kitchen, has her tenderness altogether 
too much on one side. And it is a poor kind 
of religion which seeks opportunities to set 
others straight, but overlooks its own crooked¬ 
ness. 
We want characters that will stand tempta¬ 
tion, and not snap asunder under the sudden 
pressures of life. 
If we remember that we are the children 
of God, that he has commissioned us to work 
for him, and that, every duty, if properly per¬ 
formed, is a service for the Lord, we will be 
happy, and as we cheerfully and intelligently 
work we will realise that every movement of 
the shovel or the hoe, and every sweep of the 
broom is for God. Cheerfulness, study, con¬ 
secration—these make the happy Christian... 
Over and above all is God; and His Brovi- 
dence is about us as the sea is about the ship. 
We seem to take our own course, but it is 
often the reverse; and, rough-hew ourselves 
how we may, there is a Divinity that shapes 
our ends. In Him be our trust. In Him it is. 
Hasty conclusions are the mark of a fool; 
a wise man doubteth, a fool rageth and is con¬ 
fident; the novice saith, “I am sure that it is 
so,” the better learned answers, “ Beradven- 
ture it may be so but, I pray thee, inquire.” 
It is a little learning, and but a little, which 
makf s men conclude hastily. Experience and 
humility teach modesty and fear. 
The New York Express says there is a 
difference between those two temporal bless¬ 
ings, health and money. Money is the most 
envied, but the lea^t enjoyed; health is the 
most enjoyed, but the least envied. 
To insure long life, recreation should be a 
part of our daily life. It makes the busy man 
thoughtful and keeps the thoughtful busy. 
It insures health, success, and the accomplish¬ 
ment of more and better work in less time.... 
Blato said there is nothing so delightful as 
the hearing or speaking of truth. For this 
reason there is no conversation so agreeable 
as that of the man of integrity, who hears 
without any intention to betray, and speaks 
without any intention to deceive. 
There are times of retreat in every great 
life, says Dr. Barker, times when we are not 
to be found. 'An asylum need not be a tomb, 
retreat need not be extinction. For a time 
you are driven away—make the best of your 
leisure. You want to bo at the front, instead 
of that you have been banished to the rear: it 
is for a wise purpose. Gather strength, let the 
brain sleep, yield yourself to the spirit of the 
quietness of God, and after what appears to 
be wasted time or unprofitable waiting, there 
shall come an inspiration into thy soul that 
shall make thee strong and fearless. 
There is more power in one tear of a loving 
sister than in a dozen lectures about duty. 
Habit, like the ivy of our walls, cements 
and consolidates that which it cannot destroy. 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
Whatever you dislike in another , take care 
to correct in yourself. 
In the Rural’s kitchen there is a pump, 
the maiu pipe of which branches ; one branch 
goes to a big cistern, the other to the well. 
We have merely to turn a crank to supply 
whichever water we need. Isn’t this better 
than drawing from a well for all purposes ? 
It will be remembered that two or three years 
ago we mad a the inquiry whether it was de¬ 
sirable that the well should be closely covered. 
Most of the replies received said no, it should 
not be covered at all. Our well was made by 
excavating as deep as possible and sinking three 
feet cement tubes. The last one extended 
above the ground a foot and a half. The top 
is covered with an octagonal wooden cap, 
reaching down but not touching the soil. As 
trees are growing about this makes a pleasant, 
shady seat, while, on the other hand, it ex¬ 
cludes all dirt, insects, worms, toads, etc. A 
two years’ trial of this well demonstrates that 
the close covering does not, in the least, inter¬ 
fere with the purity of the water. 
HOW TO CAMB OUT. 
It is safe to say that the first and most im¬ 
portant thing is to be sure of your party. Re¬ 
member that you are to eat and drink, and 
that you hope to be merry with them, for 
days and weeks, and therefore it is necessary 
that there be no incongruous element to spoii 
the sport. Be prepared to “ rougb.it,” awl do 
not try to burden yourself with all the lux¬ 
uries of your kitchens, to say nothing of the 
refinements of your dining-room and parlor. 
A camp stove is an unnecessary piece of 
furniture. It makes a camp look like a summer 
kitchen in a back yard. It is smutty, and 
unwieldly to handle, and, in short, it is one of 
the things to be left behind. At a properly 
made camp fire, (which is as inseparable from 
any romantic idea of camping out, as a range 
is from a city kitchen), every necessary cul¬ 
inary operation can be performed. I have 
ramped in many places from the shores of the 
blue waters of Lake Hopatcong, to the feet 
of snowy Shasta, and have eaten and cooked 
dainty dishes prepared over a fire such as I 
shall describe to you. If you are a true 
woodsman, you will not have forgotten to 
provide yourself with an axe. Select two 
green logs, six feet long and twelve inches in 
diameter, and as nearly as possible of an even 
thickness throughout. Lay these side by side 
on a level piece of ground, touching at one 
end, and about a foot apart at the other, thus 
forming an elongated V. Hew the upper 
sides until the surface is fiat enough to support 
pots and pans in safety. This will be your 
warming oven. Between these logs build your 
fire. When it is well under way, and blazing 
brightly, pile on it plenty of short, split sticks, 
and let them all burn to coals before beginning 
your culinary operations. 
If you have any lingering prejudices in 
favor of a stove, the following will answer 
your purpose. Have a blacksmith make you 
two bars of quarter-inch iron, four feet long, 
and bent over 18 inches from each end. When 
you are ready to build your fire, drive these 
bars in the ground about six inches apart at 
one end, and a foot at the other ; make the 
fire in between, and layover apiece of perfor¬ 
ated sheet-iron rather more than a foot square, 
and turned over an inch on each end, and you 
will convince yourself by actual experiment 
how very unnecessary are many of the so- 
called necessaries of life. 
A camp dining-table may be made by driv. 
ing four forked stakes in the corners of an im. 
aginary rectangle. Connect the end stakes 
with cross pieces, and lay planks from one cross 
piece to the other. Make it just high enough 
to stretch your feet under as comfortably as 
und©r your mahogany at home, with this dif¬ 
ference, that in camp you will sit on the 
ground. 
As it may puzzle a novice to know how much 
of each article of food to provide, the follow¬ 
ing will be found a safe allowance for each 
person for one week. One pound of flour; (or, 
if you are going to bake your bread, eight 
pounds of flour); one pound each of sugar and 
butter ; ono half pound each of bacon, lard 
and rice ; three-quarters of a pound of coffee ; 
one-eighth of a pound of tea ; one pint of 
molasses, and one-half peck of meal. To 
these add a four-ounce can of pepper for the 
crowd, and at least two quarts of salt and a 
can of baking powder for a party of six. 
These are the most necessary supplies, which 
you will supplement according to your per¬ 
sonal needs, and the distance of your camp 
from any village. Articles such as sugar, 
coffee, tea, etc., should be carried in tin cans 
with screw tops. A wooden fleur pail will 
carry the flour, and a smaller one the meal. 
If eggs are carried, pack them in the latter and 
there need be no fear of breakages. Unless 
you expect to rent a cow, as some friends of 
mine did when camping at Mt. Diablo last 
summer, you will carry a can of condensed 
milk for each person. Have two small spice 
boxes for the pepper and salt, with two covers, 
the under one being perforated. Rut the 
vinegar in a, large whisky flask, and as you 
may take some of the latter commodity along 
for “your often infirmities,” it will be well to 
adorn the vinegar flask with a conspicuous 
label. 
Rrovide also a knife, fork, and a large and 
small spoon for each member of the party, as 
well as a cup and a plate of granite-ware. 
The coffee-pot should have the lip and handle 
riveted, as if soldered they will be likely to 
melt off. The frying-pan needs no handle, and 
the plates can nest in it on the journey. A 
large pot, a three-quart granite stew-pan, and 
two smaller ones, with a pair of blacksmith’s 
pliers, and a Dutch oven, if you are going to 
bake, will complete the necessary utensils. 
The pliers are simply iudespensable, and can 
When Baoy was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
Wheu she had Children, she gave them Castoria 
