their words were as vain as the heating of tiny 
wavelets against a sturdy rock. Sir Owen would 
ride Plautagenet; and there was an end ol It. 
The only compromise that Lady Ohevenlx could 
effect was that he should take the groom wlih 
him. 
“ If It will please you, Violet," hp said, " I will 
do so." lie thought himself very good-natured In 
giving way so far. 
“ I shall be back to dinner all right,” he told 
her “ I may be rather late, for I shall ride murid 
by Parkerly Copse.” 
“ Martin," said Lady Chevenix to the groom. 
11 do not leave your master tor one moment. Do 
what you can.” 
“ I will, my lady,” he replied; “ but 1 misdoubt 
me It will end badly.” 
Lady chevenix re-entered the house, and Felix 
went back to his writing, violet retired to her 
own room, to while the time away with a hook. 
The sunny hours or the beautiful day wore on; 
no cloud came over the smiling heavens; yet there 
was a faint wall In the summer wind which to the 
weather-wise heralded a storm. The shadows 
lengthened, and Felix had not left the library; he 
had partaken of a biscuit and a glass of sherry 
there, as he was anxious to get this work done. 
He had completely finished by six o'clock, and on 
going In search of sir Owen was told that he had 
not yet returned. Lady C hevenix was In her 
room. He would have been glad If he could have 
gone home then ; he did not care to remain for the 
long formal evening, still he was unwilling to 
leave Lady Chevenix until her husband returned. 
The first bell rang, and he went, to his room, sir 
Owen, he was told, had not returned, and her lady¬ 
ship seemed anxious about lilm. After a little 
while Felix went Into the drawing-room, where 
Lady Chevenix sat, dressed for dinner, superbly 
beautiful In a dinner dress of blue velvet and a suit, 
or pearls. She turned to him anxiously. 
“ sir Owen has not returned,” she said. “ I have 
told them to keep back the dinner until he domes.” 
lie saw that she was anxious, and did his best 
to cheer her. tie went to the balcony, where roses 
and jessamine grew In wild profusion. 
“ Come and look at these flowers, Lady Cheve¬ 
nix,” he said. *• I read a beautiful legend about 
the Jessamine the other day.” And while she 
stood by his side he related It to her. 
The anxious look fell from her face, and her eyes 
lost their strained, intent expression He thought 
If he could keep her attention engaged until Sir 
Owen returned, how well it would he—how much 
pain It would spare her. She turned to him sud¬ 
denly— 
“ Do you think anything can have happened ?” 
she asked. “ ought I to send servants out to look 
for Sir Owen ?” 
“ Martin is with him.” said Felix. 
He left her for a few minutes, under the pretext 
of finding something that he had missed. In reality 
he gave directions lor four of the men-sevvants to 
mount at once, and ride off In search or their mas¬ 
ter ; and then he returned to Lady Chevenix. 
" I am growing frightened, Felix.” she said. 
In this hour of supreme anxiety all barriers 
seemed to have fallen between them. She forgot 
that he was the man she had forsaken and de¬ 
ceived. Hire thought of him only as one in whom 
she put tnnnlte trust-In whom she had tnllnite 
faith. He was once more t he Felix in whom sire 
had relied from her childhood upwards. 
“ I do not think you need be alarmed. Lady 
Chevenix, and lor this reason—Martin Is with him. 
If anything had happened to sir Owen, the groom 
would have hastened back; ol that you maybe 
quite sure.” 
The thought was reassuring, and Lady Chevenix 
was relieved. 
(7b be continued.) 
NEEDFUL EDUCATION. 
A congress met at Manchester, England, last 
summer to consider the subject of teaching Domes¬ 
tic Economy In common schools; the Duke; of 
Westminster presiding. Among the subjects pro¬ 
posed as part of the general elementary school 
training. In addition to letters, words and numbers, 
or measures, were order, method, punctuality, 
cleanliness, health, temperance, shelter, warmth, 
fresh air, clothing, food, cookery, thrift, penny 
banks, etc. 
No one will be inclined to question the Import¬ 
ance of all these subjects. Tt Is often the ease that 
a whole family suffers disease or exposure or want 
because the father or the mother hits never had an 
opportunity of learning some ol t hese lessons. And 
It can safely be said, on the other hand, that no 
family need want or suffer If all parents were early 
trained to a knowledge and observance of even 
only a part, of them. Mr. E. Jones of Amberley 
street, Liverpool, who is one of the most indefati¬ 
gable and also one of the most sagacious and dis¬ 
creet of philanthropists, presented a memorial to 
the congress, In which he asks the truly pertinent 
question, “ How time is to he found for these con¬ 
fessedly Important lessons?” He answers the 
question himself, by suggesting that, there is a 
great deal ol time wasted In all the schools on mere 
verbiage, and especially In oral spelling. Words 
are tossed rrom teacher to class ami their letter- 
names are chattered over and over and over again, 
until the jingle makes a durable impression on the 
ear; but this does not enable the scholar to spell, 
for tt is the hand, not the ear, that must do all 
actual spelling; and the eye, not the ear, Is the 
natural guide of the hand—quick to show the proper 
form, and equally quick to detect any error In 
copying It,. 
Neither Is oral spelling any aid in teaching read¬ 
ing. on the contrary It Is a great hindrance and 
obstruction; so great, as or itself to delay progress 
for mont hs, to say nothing of t he fur greater waste 
of time and trouble and tears t hat is caused by the 
unphilosopliic, but Inherited custom, of trying to 
teach spelling orally Instead of through writing. 
Bestles Hie time that may b r - gained in this line, 
there is the Important condition of willingness to 
learn—de,v))v?—-whti'b Is worn away by the weary 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
round of parrot-like repetition without thought, 
which makes the spelling-book so hateful to the 
t ired a ml disgusted little learner. The child wants 
to hear something that can be pictured in the 
mind, and called up and ruminated over. In this 
connection there Is pertlnencyln the Baying that one 
man can take a horse to wafer, but ten men can't 
make httn drink. 
Mr. Evans shows that by the present mode about 
one-third ol the school time, throughout the entire 
elementary course of six grades, is given to spell¬ 
ing. and yet the results as given by her Majesty’s 
Inspectors in the blue-book for TO- ’77, show that t>o 
children out of 100 pass the limit of public school 
age (13) without gaining anything but a mere ability 
to read, write, count, and do some rudimentary 
exercises In grammar and composition. But with 
a portion saved ol the one-tliinl fit the entire time 
for school attendance, the children might be In¬ 
structed, to their great pleasure ami delight, as 
well as future advantage, In some such lines of 
actual and useful knowledge as, say: 
One hour per week—Order, method, punctuality. 
One hour pier week—Health, cleanliness. 
One hour per week—Temperance. 
One hour per week— Fresh air, ventilation. 
One hour per week—Food, cookery. 
One hour per week—Thrift, penny hanks. 
(t should want to add or ctange so as to give 
one hour per week to soil and plant culture; one 
hour per week to a voter’s duties; one hour pet- 
week to Imparting a taste for studies of nature or 
natural philosophy.) 
That it is practicable bot h to lind time lor such 
lessons and to give them. Is proved by the experi¬ 
ence ot schools in this couulry. Among many 
others, the schools of Tyrone, I’a. dispense entirely 
with spelling as a step to reading, finding It really 
a great Impediment. The 111,lie ones learn to read 
much sooner and with more pleasing tones since 
they have been tauglil to distinguish words by 
thel r sounds Instead of by lint letter-munes. spel - 
Ung Is taught later by an Ingenious and speedy 
method, which exercises the eye and the band 
upon It, and uses the phrases and sentences ol the 
readers, in which the meaning aud uses and 
changes of words appear, Instead of the spelling- 
book, in which they are dead and laid out In rows. 
The teachers give dally talks and Illustrations on 
the morals and virtues that lend to secure health, 
comfort, competence, usefulness and enjoyment, ol 
life. w. 
GENTLEMEN WHO LACE. 
Devioes for Securing a Fin© Figure 
Claims of Benefits to be Derived. 
[Forney's Progress. Feb an.) 
In this country a lew men wear coreefs, and 
seem to like them. OottscliaJk, the pianist, and 
equally celebrated as a beau, always had on a cor¬ 
set.. The male corset wearers are those who take 
their coats to the up-town tailor, whose advertlsh- 
mentmay be found almost- any morning in the Led¬ 
ger. This ingenious relloW has an arrangement 
which lie puts into coats, by which one's shoulders, 
are made to look as broad as a prize-fighter's. 
With ouc of Ills Inventions, and, a perfectly con¬ 
structed corset, the figure of a man becomes Ir¬ 
resistible. tt lsa secret, that the ladles know as 
well as ourselves, that the shoulders of all our 
coats are more or loss padded, that frequently our 
vests aredttto, so that with the exception of the 
hair of our heads, which Is usually our own. there 
Is about the full-dressed man, almost as much 
sham as surrounds the lull-dressed woman, Rut 
our male corset-wearers, will not talk, 'i hey hide 
their corsets figuratively as well as actually, and 
would deny the whole thing, if they were asked 
about it. A dally newspaper reporter Is the au¬ 
thority for saying, that the tailor who makes 
heavy shoulders out or slim ones, keeps quiet, on 
the subject. Many attempts have been made, 
but all In vain, to Interview him. One must torn 
to England, to discover bow a man feels to be 
tightly laced. Here Is a gentleman who wears 
ladles’ shoes because he thinks them more com¬ 
fortable, and goes for his corsets to a Store w here 
there are lady attendants, as “ 1 And them much 
more obliging than male assistants usually are.” 
He tsa connoisseur in corsets for gentlemen. Lis¬ 
ten to him: 
** i strongly advise to have the corset made to 
open up the back only, as I And It Is much more 
comfortable to wear and lighter, than when made 
to open In front, in the now common mode. I can 
truly affirm, from my own experience, that moder¬ 
ately tight lacing (say three to four Inches less 
waist measure than the natural size) Is not only 
not prejudicial, but, on the contrary. Is very bene- 
Aclal to the health. My occupation Is of a seden¬ 
tary nature, and i used to suffer much from pains 
in my side and back, and from indigestion; but 
about a year and a half ugo my sister persuaded 
me lo try and wear a corset, and she a ltered one 
of her own to suit me. I found it rattier Irksome 
ror the first lew days, but that feeling soon passed, 
and on my next visit to London 1 had a corset 
properly made to my own measurement. Since 
then 1 have had another one made, smaller In the 
waist and wider at the chest, which f am now 
wearing. The pains have quite left me aud my 
health Is generally much better I lian it used to be. 
Besides tills, the feeling or being tolerably well 
laced Is very com TOT table. From my own observa¬ 
tion and Inquiries 1 And the practice of corset- 
wearing by young gentlemen is becoming much 
more usual, but, we don’t make any display ot t he 
fact.” 
Jn France and Germany many more gentlemen 
affect corsets than In England or America. 
TO CLEAN OLD ENGRAVINGS. 
There are many way* suggested for accomplish¬ 
ing this object, but the following plan, ir carefully 
attended to, gives good results. Place the prints, 
one or two at. a time, In a shallow dish, and pour 
water over them until t hey are completely soaked 
or saturated with it; then carefully pour off the 
water, and pour on them a solution of chloride of 
lime (one part liquor calcls chloratse to 39 parts of 
water). As a general rule, the stains disappear as 
If by magic, but. occasionally they are obstinate. 
Whe n that is the case, pour on the spots pure 
liquor calcls chlorate, and if that does not suc¬ 
ceed, add a little dilute lUtro-muriatlc acid. There 
Is no print that will not succumb to tills treatment; 
in fact, as a rule, they become too white. As soon 
as they are clean they must be carefully washed 
with successive portions of water until the whole 
of the Chlorine Is got rid ol. They should then be 
placed in a solution of isinglass or glue. Many 
collectors color this solution with coffee grounds, 
etc., to give a yellow tint to the engraving. 
They should then be dried between white blot¬ 
ting paper, either in a press or under a heavy 
book, and Anally Ironed with an ordinary Hat-Iron 
(o restore the gloss, placing clean paper between 
(lie Iron and the print. Grease stains arc much 
more difficult to remove. Benzine is the best fur 
t his purpose, small grease spots may be removed 
by powdered French chalk being put over them, a 
piece or blotting paper over the chalk, and a hot 
Iron over that, ’to clean manuscripts the chloride 
of lime wjll not do, us (lie uniting will not stand 
its action as will the carbon printing ink. There Is 
another kind of stain In the form or brown spots, 
which Is often caused. In framed engravings by the 
absorption ol the coloring matter Horn knots In the 
wood behind, only clear st uff should be used for 
backing, and to preclude the possibility of stains, 
thick paper or pasteboard should be placed between 
the engraving and the wood. To remove surface 
dirt from engravings and mezzotints the most ef¬ 
fectual plan is to use common bookbinder's paste, 
which is to be applied with a paste-brush both to 
the back and trout, ol the print. The paste wAl 
take u)> the whole of the dirt, which will come 
away with the paste when it Ls removed with 
water. A bath of plain water completes the oper¬ 
ation. from which the print will emerge as fresh 
ns when first issued. -Monthly Magazine or Phar¬ 
macy. 
THE CHARMS OF ROYALTY. 
Sir Chari,ks Dilkes’s objection to the proposed 
extra grant to the Duke of Connaught on nls mar¬ 
riage Is based on the belief that the business of 
royal grants is very considerably overdone. The 
Budget ot the current year (Ihjh) bore the follow¬ 
ing charges of this nature; The Queen. $1, 925 , 000 , 
to which must be added the revenue derived from 
the Royal Duchy ot Lancaster, about $ 2011,0011 more; 
the Prince of Wales, $200,000 and the revenue of 
the Duchy of Cornwall, which ls about $350,000; 
the Princess of Wales, S50,000; the Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh, $1 in,(Min; the Duke of Connaught. $75,000; 
Prince Leopold, f io.ouo; the. Crown Princess of 
Prussia, fto,mm: Princess Ludwig, of Hesse, $:-hi,(mhi; 
Princess Christian, of Sc! 1 leswlg-11 olstelii. $30,0001 
Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lome, $30,000; 
Dutchess of Cambridge, $ 30 , 000 ; Grand Duchess 
01 M ecklenburg-Strelltz, $ 15 . 000 ; Princess Tech, 
$25,000, and the Duke of Cambridge, $60,000. It 
does seem that Sir Charles Dilkes’s objection is tol¬ 
erably well founded, 
it will be seen to make the modest little sum of 
$ 3 , 225,000 of the earnings of the poor, pouring Into 
the laps of one woman and her children. Words 
are quite inadequate to express one’s astonish¬ 
ment, not to say Indignation, at such Injustice. 
Wine from oranges.— Experiments have re¬ 
cently been In progress In countries ravaged by 
the phylloxera, lu regard to the substitution ot 
orange juice lor grape juice In wiue making. The 
first wine made from oranges, in Spain, has Just 
made Its appearance in the market of Valencia. 
Four kinds have been produced, one of them a 
sparkling wine. They are all said to be of an at¬ 
tractive color, perfectly clear, of an agreeable, 
sweet, slightly acid Aavor, and of an alcoholic 
strength of about in per cent .—Druggist*' circular. 
Furniture Polish.—A lcohol, 21 ounces; gum 
shellac, 2 ounces; linseed oil. 14 ounces; gum ben¬ 
zoin, 2 ounces; oxalic acid, l ounce; white resin, 
2 ounces. Dissolve the gums and acid In the alco¬ 
hol, let It remain 24 hours and then add the oil. 
This polish has been In use In the writer’s family 
for fully 50 years, In a damp climate, and has been 
found to keep the furniture In good condition.— 
Druggists' Circular, 
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RECENT LITERATURE. 
IMiiloiiioiic’* ilnrriiigi‘. By Hunky Grkvillk, 
rhiln. T. H. Peterson at Bros. Price 75c. 
A welcome preface to American readers Intro¬ 
duces tills novel, designed to correct, many false 
Impressions relative to the supposed mysteries 
attached to t Ills famous author’s early life and 
nationality, as a writer of the present day, we 
have none whose works have afforded so distinct 
an Insight Into Russian homo life as Henry t De- 
vine's novels, Dosla and Sorita. To these popular 
and powerful works, perhaps may be attributed 
the false impressions now circulated that the 
author must necessarily be of Russian origin. We 
now learn that Henry Grevlllc Is u French lady- 
born m Parts, educated In France, and essentially 
French. Through rare ability she has risen from 
obscurity to t he foremost ra nks ol' French novelists, 
and she merits the great fame her writings have 
brought her. 
The chief elements of Interest in Phllosncne’s 
Marriage lie in Iks simplicity. Totally devoid of 
the Immorality usually pervading French novels, 
a thorough knowledge ol rural life Is evidenced, 
combined wllh a keen observation of human na- 
lure, and the whole is given to us with a real 
though quiet humor. The work is to be commend¬ 
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talk of a country village and the very small 
schemes of designing widows and pseudo fortune- 
hunters It. possesses also one higher element of 
Interest In effectively tracing the lntlucnco of a 
pure and, noble nature on a frivolous one. The 
plot ls light and the Incidents, though neither nu¬ 
merous nor startling, are admirably adaptedto the 
subject. We regret to notice much of the author’s 
brilliant style ls lost In translation, hut sufficient 
of the original piquancy remains to recommend 
the book to our readers. 
The Shadow of Hampton Mend, By Mrs 
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This is the story of three families, (t wo of which 
are American.) and the varying fortunes of each. 
Hampton Mead Is a plantation in North Carolina, 
where the story opens, and when well developed It 
Is transferred to England, We can mention the 
book only with “ faint praise.” It ls not abofe the 
average of American novels of recent publication. 
Roderick Hume. By W. Bardeen. Syracuse 
N. Y.: Duvis. Bardeen & Co. 
Untie n the guise of an entertaining narrative of 
the adventures of a young school teacher, the 
author gets In some very good hits on the system 
of the modern Union school. He claims that the 
book Is in no sense a satire, but In depicting certain 
phases nr tlic institution directs attention to evils 
which It Is to be hoped future legislation will 
remedy. 
('nr me it. By Prosper Merimee of the French 
Academy. Philadelphia : T. B. Peterson & Bros, 
ail cents. 
The outlines of the story of Carmen are doubt¬ 
less well known from the libretto of t he Opera of 
which it Is the foundation. II Isa powerful and 
picturesque, story of brigand and gypsy life, ot pas¬ 
sion and jealousy, with capabilities of Intensely 
dramatic situations which the librettist has seized 
and elaborated The volume doses with a, chapter 
on “ Gypsies and Gypsy Character,” which will he 
found interesting. 
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MAGAZINES FOR MARCH. 
A School-Master os a Rlng-Ma9ter. 
In r,dwarf Eggleston's paper on *' Some West¬ 
ern School-masters, ’ published In the March Scrib¬ 
ner occurs this anecdote of School discipline in 
Indiana In the old times: 
To a nervous child the old discipline was. In¬ 
deed, very terrible. The long beech switches 
hanging on hooks against the wall haunted me 
ulglil and day, from the time 1 entered one of the 
old schools. And whenever there came an out- 
burst between master and pupils, the thoughtless 
child often got, the heating t hat should have fallen 
upon the malicious mischief-maker. As the mas¬ 
ter was always quick to fly Into a passion, the fun- 
loving boys were always happy to stir him up. 
It was an exciting sport., like bull-baltlng, or 
like poking sticks ill rough a fence at a cross dog. 
Sometimes a ferocious muster showed an ability 
on his own part to get some fun out of the con¬ 
flict. as when on one occasion In a school In 
Ohio, the boys were forbidden to a (tend a circus. 
Five or six of them went, in spit*; of the prohibi¬ 
tion. The next morning the school-master called 
them out In the iloor and addressed them : 
“ So you went to the circus, did you ?" 
“ Yes, sir.” 
“ Well, the others did ftol get ft chance to see 
the circus. 1 want you boys to show them what 
It looked like, and how the horses galloped around 
the ring. You will join your hands to a circle 
about the stove. Now start-!" 
With that he began Whipping them, as they 
trotted around and around the stove. This story 
Is told. 1 believe. In a little volume of “ Sketches,” 
by Erwin House, now long forgotten, like many 
other good books of the Western literature of a 
generation ago. I think the author was one of the 
hoys who “ played horse” iu the master’s circus 
Color In Lawn-Planting. 
Mr. Samuel Parsons makes the following sug¬ 
gestions to a paper on “Lawn-Planting for Small 
Places,” to Scribner for March: 
As a rule, also, never plant a large, dark ever¬ 
green to front ot, and very near, a brilliant, light- 
colored, deciduous tree, for thus planted It. will 
dwarf and weaken the effect of the latter. On some 
lawns, however, a few massive dark evergreens 
may he used with effect In the extreme, and, If 
possible, north-west corner of the lot. They will 
protect and give character to the place, and height¬ 
en the effect of flic deciduous Dees. A striking 
contrast may be obtained by Interspersing a few 
white birches among, and In front of, these ever¬ 
greens. They will serve, in this case, to brighten 
the picture both winter and summer—though 
usually we prefer not to mix evergreen and decid¬ 
uous trees. Tills harmonious and contrasting 
disposition ol color requires careful study and even 
perhaps a natural gilt. For Instance, It ls bettor 
to introduce gay, bright colors In well- judged pro¬ 
portions. A tew bright flowers of deep red, blue 
or yellow, will have a bettor effect, dispersed here 
and there about The lawns than In one great mass. 
Introduce them, so that by means of t heir different 
natures there will be always during the season a 
few gay points to the picture. 
Liri’iNCorr's for March contains A Day with 
Hudson’s Bay Dog-sledges, illustrated, H. M. Rob¬ 
inson; Hungarian Types and Austrian Pictures, 
concluding paper. Illustrated, Edward King; Rich¬ 
ard Realf, Illustrated, Kosslter Johnson; Women’s 
Husbands—I. Narcissus—Chaps, v. and VI. (con¬ 
cluded.; Pottery and Porcelain at the Paris Expo¬ 
sition, illustrated, Jennie F. Young; Monsieur 
Painpelon'a Repentance, Anna Klchberg; Yester¬ 
day, Edgar Fawcett; My Village In the South, 
Part I., Annie Porter; Through Winding Ways. 
Chaps. XXV. XXVII., Ellen W. Olney; Live Wood 
in our Whipping post, Howard M. Jenkins; “If 
this be Love.” G. s.; Joseph's Adventure, 1>. C. 
Macdonald; our Monthly Gossip; Literature of 
the Day. 
Harpers’for March contains Present Tenden¬ 
cies of American Art, S. G. W. Benjamin, with 
twenty Illustrations; A Few Sea-Birds, II. W. El- 
