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MAY 24 
THE RURal NEW-YORKER. 
freckled face might make them think our acquain¬ 
tances weren’t very high-toned.” The young man 
is staying. 
Julia A. Moons, the sweet singer of Michigan, 
was nearly paralyzed with astonishment when re¬ 
cently Informed that ficl/tt didn't rhyme with “ he 
cat.” She has not sufficiently recovered to finish 
her half-completed poem " On the Birth of a New 
Spring .”—Atlantic Monthly, 
An ounce of honey consumed at luncheon costs 
the bee who manufactured It %o miles of travel, 
and he gets no belt either. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Higher Education. and :i Common Ennirtinge. 
By 1* rural- Gilbert Hamkuton, President, McCosrr, 
Prof. Anoki.o we Guhjcunaits. New York: A. S. 
Barnes A Co. Price to acute. 
The necessity for a common language which 
shall hold the place that Latin did In the Middle 
Ages; a language which shall make all the educat¬ 
ed world akin, m speech at least, must, be evident 
to the most Indifferent observer. French Is the lan¬ 
guage of polite society, and It. is made the medium 
of communication In most diplomatic circles, but 
as Mr. Hamerton shows few, very few even among 
the educated classes ever •moNfer French. Latin, 
It. Is claimed, Is too dead to be available, and there 
Is a movement to make tfreek the universal lan¬ 
guage. Modern Greek Is near to the Greek of Plato, 
and a strong argument In Its favor Is Its perfect 
adaptability to the expression of new Ideas and the 
nomenclature of new things. Mr. Hamerton's pa¬ 
per Is most Interesting and suggestive. 
The Reform in Higher Education, an anonymous 
article, presents lhe serious defects or our college 
education very forcibly, and the facts showing 
wherein lies the superiority of foreign methods, and 
ihe suggestions as to how our system can tie best 
Improved should obtain Tor the article the serious 
consideration of those who have, the cause of edu¬ 
cation at heart. In tipper Schools, President Me- 
Cosh, among many other recommendations, strong¬ 
ly urges that religion should be taught In our col¬ 
leges by the ablest men In them. Ills views In this 
connection are liberal and Ills suggestions Judi¬ 
ciously expressed. 
Study of the Greek and Latin Classics, by chap, 
Elliott Is an able defense or the study of the class¬ 
ics, one which It would be as well for those who 
sneer at. dead languages to at least glance over. 
The remaining papers, The University System In 
Italy, Universal Education and industrial Art Edu¬ 
cation In the United States, are carefully written 
and well worth a reading. 
The Voyiitfes it ml Adventures ol Vasco do 
<*aiuii. liy Gioo. M. T'uwli.. Boston: L*-n & Shep¬ 
ard. 
Tills excellent work should meet with a cordial 
welcome from parents. The boys will read, and 
long ago they revolted rmm the milk and water 
literature or the average s. s. library. The good 
little boy wlm ivads an exemplary life and dies at 
an extremely Immature age, Is nothing more than 
a monstrosity to them. They may respect Ills 
good qualities, but all the same they regard him as 
a “muff.” What Lliey want are tales of stirring 
adventure, with men of force and character for 
heroes. Falling to find anything to their taste In 
the hooks provided for them, they subscribe liber¬ 
ally for the newspapers which contain everything 
calculated to give them distorted views of life; to 
incline them to lawlessness, and to rtevelopc ft 
contempt, for pa rents, home and the refinements of 
civilized life. Brigands, cni-throats, tramps, are 
their ideals of manhood. II la to supply these same 
hoys with wholesome, interesting reading, and to 
wean them from the pernicious literature of the 
flashy newspaper, that. Mr. Towle has consented 
to write the Heroes Ol History, of which Vasco do 
Gama is t&e flrst. Be Gama's history Is rull of 
striking adventures, thrilling Incidents and peril¬ 
ous situations, and Mr. Towle, wliilo not tacrlile- 
ing historical accuracy, has so skillfully used his 
materials that we have a charmingly romantic 
tale, beside which the Indian blood and thunder 
stories or the " Boys’ Weekly ” arc drivelling lmbe- 
clllty. 
Emerge itcic* How to Avoid Thom and How hi 
Meet Tliom. Compiled by Bout. g. Wilolk, M.L>. 
Now York. G. P. Put nam'd bond. Price, la cents. 
This pocket manual Is worth many times the 
price asked ror It. Every family mud, at, times, 
feeltlie need of some such helpful HU lo book. A 
review of the con I cuts will give a fair idea or i he 
scope of the work. Poisons In general, special 
poisons and ready antidotes, snake-bile, inad-dog 
bite, insects bites and sUngs, bleeding, kerosene 
and other combustible liquids, lire, burns and 
scalds, lightning, sunstroke, railway accidents, 
broken bones, shocks, blows, falls, lost, starvation, 
fainting, apoplexy, sea-sickness, foul air, coal gas, 
fire-damp, burning gas, choking, exhaustion, sud¬ 
den lever, croup, dlpthovla, convulsions, taking 
cold, colic, toothache, ley sidewalks, morass, in¬ 
fectious discuses, drowning—how to restate, how 
to restore—hot water method, Michigan method, 
holding the tongue, Harvard method, Sylvester 
method, inflating the lungs, hot iron method, elec¬ 
tro-magnetic method, oxygen method, traction 
over the ribs, rolling on a barrel, rate of movements 
in artificial respiration, to&t of correctness, result 
or long submersion, when is a case hopeless? need 
of well-described cases of resuscitation, signs of 
death. The directions given are full and simple. 
Alt-g : A Pubtorul amt other poems. Zai.m. Barnes 
Gustaic.ii.v. Boston: Luc & Shcjard, New York: 
Charles T. Dillingham. I’rieu, rfr I .rat. 
Tub author has charmingly condensed the 
merits of an attractive romance In the agreeably 
measured poem, " Meg," tlm winning simplicity 
of which rliyme-clad story delightfully enlists the 
Interest or the reader. The t ribute to our lamented 
Bryant Is artistically lewelled with poetic taste. 
Not Peace, but a Sword,” Is written with some 
dramatic power. Altogether the chain with beau¬ 
tifully wrought links is richly chased with elegance 
of topography and binding. 
doc M omen. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS FAITH R1FLEX. 
A FLOWER FOR THE DEAD. 
1IY JUMA C. It. DORR. 
You placed tills flower in her hand, you Bay ! 
This pure, pale row in her hand of clay 
Methinks could alio lift her sealed eyes 
They would meet your own with a grieved sur¬ 
prise ! 
She hftK been your wife for many a year. 
When clouds hium low and when skit-** were clear; 
At your feet she laid her life’s tlud spring', 
And her summer’s glorious blossoming. 
Her whole heart went with ihe hand you won ; 
If its warm love waned as the yearn went on. 
If it chilled in the grasp of an icy spoil. 
What was the reason '! 1 pray you tell. 
You can not,:'' I can ; and beside her bier 
My soul must speak and your soul must hear— 
If she was not all that she might have been. 
Hers was the sorrow, yours the sin. 
Whose was the fault if she did not grow 
Like a rose iu the summer ? Do you know ? 
Does a.lily grow when ItBleaves are Chilled ? 
Does it bloom when its root is winter killed? 
For a little whilo. when you first were, wed, 
Your love was like sunshine round her shed, 
Then a something crept between you two, 
You led where she could not follow you. 
With a man’s firm tread you went and come; 
You lived for wealth, for power, lor fame; 
Shut into her woman’s work and ways. 
She heard the nation chuut. your praise. 
But ah! you had dropped her hand the while; 
What time had you for a kiss, a smile ? 
You two, with the same roof overhead. 
Were as far apart as (he sundered dead. 
You in your manhood's strength and prime; 
she worn and faded be Tore her lime. 
'Tis a common story. This rose, you say, 
You laid iu her pallid hand to-day ? 
When did you givB her a flower liefore ? 
Ah. well! What matter when nil is o'er * 
Yet stay a moment; you’ll wed agaiu. 
I mean no reproach ; 'tlH the way of men. 
But I pray you, think, when some fairer face 
Shines like a star from her wonted place, 
That love will starve If it Is not fed ; 
That true hearts pray for their daily bread. 
t Sunday .t j'ternoon. 
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LAMBREQUINS. 
PANSY KAY. 
It Is surprising now that lambrequins have be¬ 
come “l.lie rage,” the various shapes, sizes and 
materials we see ibern tn, and the many different 
articles we find them adjusted to—windows, doors, 
mantels, tables, ottomans, brackets of all sizes— 
and yet, one can scarcely decide, where the grace¬ 
ful drapery Is most effective. I presume that the 
greater number of the women who read tills have 
some chamber of their brain hung wit h Idealistic 
lambrequins, which they have tn vain essayed to 
bring before the admiring eyes of litclr lady 
friends. For your benefit l will give a low “ hints ” 
picked up by observation and experience, la the 
hope that they may aid you In bringing to light 
your preconceived, ideas, 
A pretty cheap window lambrequin to heigh ton 
the.effect of unbleached curtains, was made In the 
following way, by a young lady who possessed a 
greater supply of contrivance than of blue delaine. 
There was a remnant of Ihe delaine trimming, 
which, when cut iu two, was only sufficient for a 
width of the goods to go perfectly plain across the 
window, i lowever, nothing daunted, tt was put. up, 
and in the center three plaits made turning up, the 
plaits commencing at the lower edge; this made a 
point at each side but drew the lambrequin over so 
that quite a margin was left on each side; fortu¬ 
nately there was another remnant about six Inches 
wide, which she had hitherto considered of no use, 
but which was now readily seized, cut iu four pieces, 
for the sides of the two windows ; the. pieces then 
doubled together so as totorm loops, a plait made 
lu the top, and fastened on to the sides of the 
lambrequins at the top, the loops extending down 
to within a tew Inches of the points. 1'hus the 
pattern made from necessity became us pleasing 
as though cut after the most approved style. 
Where erotoauo-stnpos are u.-umI on curtains the 
lambrequins may be made ot the same material, 
and are. very beautiful; they could be made like 
those described above, without the loops at tbo 
side, tt preferred, by making them wider across 
the bottom (.ban top, that is, cutting them off slop¬ 
ing on the sides towards the lop. 
Two window curtains, ol' the latest pattern, 
with lambrequins to match, were noticed side 
by sloe In one ot our large establishments a few 
days ago. The one of elegant maroon velvet, the 
curtain lull at the top underneath the lambrequin, 
but the lambrequin plain, without a plait fastened 
on a rod by means of rings, and as straight across 
the bottom as the top, it being but a width of the 
velvet, the breadth of the window, without gatnl- 
turo of any Id ltd. The other, a short distance 
away, was thought to be ot Gho same expensive 
material, but on closer observation was found to 
be drab canton flannel. This curtain, about an 
Inch from the front edge, was trimmed with a 
band of delicate pink canton flannel. The lambre¬ 
quin was made similar lo the velvet, one, except It 
was hemmed across the bottom, and a band or the 
pink flannel set on above the hem to match the 
curtain. TUIb curtain hung In as rich deep folds 
08 the velvet one. and formed n striking but- beau¬ 
tiful contrast to its companion. 
A handsome mantel lambrequin may be made 
as follows: Take two pieces, say eighteen Inches 
wide—they could be cut wider or narrower to suit 
your mantel —and fifty-five Inches long, they 
should be of black satlneor silk; saline If you wish 
to applique a design in cretonne embroidery, and 
silk If you want to paint on Jt, as the silk presents 
a much better surface on which to paint; these 
for tho side pieces. Then cut a piece of crimson 
saline the length of the side pieces, and wide 
enough so that when they are sewed on, the lam¬ 
brequin will bo the width of your matt tel. Where 
the black pieces are sewed to the crimson, cover 
the scums with herring-bone stitch In gold silk 
floss. In the center of the crimson piece, make 
three plaits turning up and fasten with silk cord 
and tassel. The effect or the mantel thus draped 
Is very pleasing. One mode of emheUshlng lam¬ 
brequins lu general Is to paint designs on cloth, 
cut them out and applique them on the lambre¬ 
quins tn medallons. White and gray storks are 
popular designs. 
Another pretty mantel lambrequin, with tho 
additional charm of being Inexpensive, is of pink 
cambric covered with coarse, white swlsa. Cut It. 
out square tn the center, eight Inches or so rrom 
the shelf, and about the same distance across; 
then cut six Inches down and six Inches straight 
across toward the edge; then cut a scollop the 
same length down. Cut again straight across, 
make another scollop, and so continue until you 
reach the edge on either side. The straight edges 
are trimmed with cheap, fluted swIss, edged with 
lace, such as Is often worn In dress necks; the 
scolloped edges are simply hemmed. Dark crim¬ 
son roses with brown and green leaves are then 
cut out of cretonne, and basted In a graceful pat¬ 
tern over the entire lambrequin. A dressing-table, 
covered in like manner combined with it, gives 
warmth and tono to the room. 
Bracket lambrequins can lie made or almost any 
material, from handsome velvet painted in 
water colors, to those embroidered in Berlin wools 
on bed-ticking. For a pretty cheap corner lam¬ 
brequin lake three-quarters of a yard of Turkey 
red calico, blue delaine, or any other material you 
may prefer, gather In plaits at one end, rasten ot) 
the wrong side and sew on a tassel of Germantown 
wool. Let this come about. mid-way below your 
bracket sbelf, then let the cloth extend across 
the shelf, and up the corner of the wall any dis¬ 
tance you like, having a box plait run up the cen¬ 
ter where it is tacked to the wan; at the top place 
a bunch of autumn leaves or Spanish moss, al¬ 
lowing the moss to trail gracefully down the sides. 
Some object to Spanish moss on account of Its 
sombreness, but when used with discretion, and 
with here and there a tiny bunch of red berries 
or autumn leaves peeping out among the gvay. It 
will have an effect quite the reverse of gloomy 
and must, bo classed by all ns a line decorator. 
Whou your statuettes or vnses are dark they should 
be thrown out by covering the lambrequins with 
swlss, but Parian marble ornaments when placed 
on brackets draped as those described above seem 
warmed up. 
Persian embroidery Is beautiful for lambrequins 
as Indeed It Is for anything. Quito a pretty lam¬ 
brequin was made of three pieces of opera flan¬ 
nel the edges notched, and In the center of each 
piece was a black velvet palm leaf embroidered 
In applique with oriental colored silk floss. A nar¬ 
row band ol white flannel follow ed Che windings 
of the edge, put on with applique, with herring- 
bone-smeli worked IhroiighjjW center. Another, 
the center piece was of white o^cra flannel with 
a bunch of green velvet oak InaY^s In gold floss, 
appllqued above the leaves was a black velvet 
butterfly. The two side pieces were ol black flan¬ 
nel, with a design In scarlet flannel appllqued on 
with gold floss. Around the edges and the shoir 
was a frill ot the flannel scarlet and white cut 
bias, with the edges ra veled aud^uitun with her¬ 
ring-bone-stitch through the center. Ticking 
makes real pretty lambrequins, and of course 
Cheap ones. The white strips are all worked In 
a variety ot colors In zephyrs, and In different 
stitches as: chain, herring-bone, cat-stltch, etc., 
finished with a parti colored fringe of wools. 
A BEAUTIFUL COLOR. 
There is a proverb that *• necessity Is the mother 
of Invention,” and It has proved a true one lu the 
method of producing one of the loveliest shades 
of a light brown, that I ever saw. Wo were tired 
of washing white worsted and woolen hose, and 
determined lo make a change tn the programme, 
so I took about four quarts of butter-nut shucks 
(that is, after the nuts were cracked 1 took the 
shells, with the bark on them), ami put them luto 
an 1 1 on kettle, poured on a pailful oi soft water 
and boiled them three-quarters of an hour. I then 
strained out all the shucks, put the liquid on tho 
stove, and wont to get a piece ot copperas lo dis¬ 
solve so as to set tho color. But I found there was 
none to be obtained short of four miles' travel, so f 
dissolved a ta'olesixxmful of saleratus, and poured 
Into the kettle or dye. 1 then washed the hose In 
warm soapsuds, wrung ami put them Into the dye, 
I stirred them frequently, then look them out, 
cooled, wrung, and hung them up to dry. The 
next day, 1 washed them thoroughly In hot soap¬ 
suds. and i.tiey are cerralnly the prettiest shade of 
light-brown 1 ever saw, and they grow brighter 
each time they arc washed. I have tried the dye 
twice since with the same result. It colors cotton 
beautifully, and Its great beauty is its durability. 
It would make a beautiful shade tor a carpet, and 
l t docs not spot. Had I been able to obtain the 
copperas, 1 would have, had a very dark-brown 
color; that was what I expected, when I com¬ 
menced the operation. With the aid of saleratus tho 
result, was an entirely new color that Is just as du¬ 
rable, and far prettier than the dark-brown, i 
clocked some or the hose with bine, and sorno with 
magenta worsted, and they are very handsome. 1 
have often wondered If many of our household 
recipes were not the result of necessity or acci¬ 
dent. Housekeepers have the opportunity of try¬ 
ing' Innumerable experiments, and It U very pleas¬ 
ant to have the result a success. When we can¬ 
not outaln what wc wish, lt la very nice to have a 
substitute that wo can use, that will answer our 
purpose Just as well, and prove more satisfactory. 
Once when I was coloring with anatto, I had no 
soda to set tho color, and Instead, took some lye, 
and found it, so much superior that I have used lt 
ever since In coloring. Farmer’s Wife. 
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HER MAJESTY’S SHIP PINAFORE. 
“Auodo you really think that wo could give a 
representation of this opera, lo our dead-and-alive 
village ?” So writes a young correspondent. 
There seems to me no reason why i he young 
folks, In any village, may not amuse themselves by 
rehearsing and giving / ‘Intijore. Themuslc, though 
bright and pretty, la by no means difficult and 
one “who can carry a tune” ought to be able to 
slug the score correctly after a. little practice. 
The costumes are simple, and there is but one 
scene, which represents the deck ol tho Plnafrrre. 
As the ship Is supposed to be at anchor, Instead of 
a boundless expanse of the deep, blue sea, at the 
back, there should be a view ol a town In the dis¬ 
tance. At tho hack of the stage runs the bulwark 
of the ship; at one side is tho captain's cabin, a 
small houso. Flags and sails can be a rranged so 
as to relieve any bareness. 
The crew are a Min'd In plain sailor costume, and 
t he sisters and the aunts and the cousins can wear 
yachting suits; but this Is a matter In which they 
cau exercise their own taste. Some of the cos¬ 
tumes produced In N. Y. theaters have been 
marvelous.. One worn by a female relative of 
Sir Joseph Porter’s lives In my memory. She 
reminded rue of that “creature In pink with a 
mother In green,” with whom David Copperfleld 
flirted so desperately. A muslin or lawn dress, 
a fancy garden hat, and long, lisle thread gloves, 
Is an appropriate costume. Cousin Hebe can 
bo arrayed more showily. One costume selves 
throughout tho opera for the sisters, aunts and 
cousins. Josephine wears a walking costume In 
the flrst act, amt a bridal one In the second act. 
Buttercup should be made to look fat, rosy, and 
forty, and have a peddler's basket on her arm. Sir 
Joseph Porter should be dressed In full court, cos¬ 
tume. and Capt. Corcoran in a captain’s uniform. 
There Is little “acting" to be done. The whole 
affair Is farctcal In the extreme, and any attempt 
to bo pinny, quite spoils the effect. A certain 
Jollity of manner and roguish ness of expression 
are all that are required. 1 know whereof I 
am mi when 1 sa y that an effort to be comic 
will fall ot Its object, lor I saw toe opera bur¬ 
lesqued by a minstrel troupe, and about the only 
amusing feature In tt was not Intended to be tun¬ 
ny. That was, the inability of the “minstrel” 
who played Ralph Rackst.raw to sing his part. One 
ot the crew had to step to the front and do Ralph’s 
ringing. Trouble was Ralph was a baritone, and 
the music Is written for a tenor. For the rest the 
burlesque was poor, and at times coarse. 
one dollar will buy Oliver I Miami & Co.'s rot Bos¬ 
ton) admirable book of the opera. It contains the 
PM opera, songs, concerted pieces, piano accom¬ 
paniment and the words toot ore spoken, all prop¬ 
erly arranged. 
I shall be most happy to answer any other “ Pina¬ 
fore ” questions, that toe young folks may feel dis¬ 
posed to ask. Faith Ripley. 
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LET WOMEN HELP WOMEN. 
Eoitors Journal:— Women do too much tor 
men and not enough for their own sex. Ladtes of 
means who make bequests usually give their prap- 
ty to men. Poor youug men have education so¬ 
cieties to hetp them along. Why cannot we have 
an education society for poor young women who 
are thirsting for knowledge, but have not the 
means to obtain It ? Will not some ot our benevo¬ 
lent ladles Start one ? I will promise to make my¬ 
self a life member, If lt does not exceed thirty 
dollars to do so. 
There are many men, called respectable, who 
employ poor women and take advantage of their 
poverty. 
Oh, how base! Let as all, dear ladles, who have 
means, do more ror our own sex, and less for toe 
men. Let the men take care of themselves for the 
present. They will not give us our rights. If we 
should lay down our lives for them, as many 
women have already done and will, no doubt, 
continue to do. 
Three men who live In Boston have lately asked 
me to help them. One wanted me to help him 
get tus poetry put into a book; the other two had 
some pamphlets to be printed, I was so hard¬ 
hearted that T did not help either of them. Many 
men thtnk women were made to do ror them. We 
had far better take care of our own sex, get. our 
education society going to a id poor girls, and ln- 
stl tut ions to afford a refuge from the Intrigues of 
men. To parents in the country I say, keep your 
boys and girls ai.*Tiome; Hus general rush to the 
city tor employment., which has been going on for 
years past. Is to be deplored. You had far better 
bring them up as patents used to, forty years ago, 
with good principles and some knowledge ot get¬ 
ting an honest living.— Mrs. TQfiiiiy in Homan's 
Journal. 
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FELONS. 
Felons are usually caused by a bruise which 
loosens the flesh from the bone, and then toe part 
becomes the seat of a gathering, and is sometimes 
very painful. Sometimes felons last a long time 
and have to be lanced, causing terrible pain ; but 
If taken ns soon as they can be determined to be 
felons, they may ho cured. The remedy to be ap¬ 
plied Is a soap poultice. Put seme soft soap over 
i he nre in a small dish; when It bolls thicken with 
luo id crumbs and apply as warm as you can bear 
It. Two or three applications usually effect a 
cure ; but It It Is obstinate, continue the remedy 
until a cure is made. When quite painful, this 
poultice will usually ease the felon In a rew mo¬ 
ments. On removing toe poultice, if a drop of 
water appears above a tiny orUlee In the sore, the 
felon is removed and no further trouble need be 
taken about it. Loretta E, Turner, 
