ness. Neither attachment nor even hahlt Impress¬ 
es him; never tame, though not wide awake 
enough to be exactly wild.” 
Nevertheless, the animal gives Indications or 
intelligence when badly treated, IT we may judge 
irom its revengeful nature, well Illustrated in the 
following account: “A valuable camel, working 
in an oll-mlll, was severely beaten by the driver. 
Perceiving ihul the camel had treasured up the 
injury, and was only waiting a favorable opportu¬ 
nity for revenge, he kept a strict, watch upon the 
annual. Time passed away ; the camel, perceiv¬ 
ing that It was watched, was quiet and obedient, 
and the driver began to think that the beating was 
forgottCD, when one night, after the lapse of sever¬ 
al months, the man was sleeping on a raised plat¬ 
form in the mill, while, as Is customary, the camel 
was stabled in a corner. Happening to awake, the 
driver observed by the bright moonlight that, 
when all was quiet, the animat looked cautiously 
around, rose softly, and stealing towards a spot 
where a bundle, of clothes and a bernous, thrown 
carelessly on the ground resembled a sleeping 
figure, cast Itself with violence upon them, rolling 
with all Its weight, and tearing them most violent¬ 
ly with Its teeth. SatiflU 3d t hat Its revenge was 
complete, the camel was returning to its corner, 
when the driver sat up and spoke. At the sound 
of his voice and perceiving the mistake It had 
made, the animal was so mortllied at Uie failure 
and discovery of Its scheme, that It dashed Its head 
against the wall and died on the spot.”—Cassell’s 
Natural History. 
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THE FIRST BABY IN CALIFORNIA. 
It was on the Fourth of J uly, and Downievllle cele¬ 
brated. The stars and stripes floated from a peeled 
and lofty plue, and the chorus of the anvil had re¬ 
echoed through t he lulls. The house was crowded 
with the miners; poet, reader and orator had per¬ 
formed their parts, and the recently organized 
brass band was giving In boisterous resonance 
some National anthem, when, suddenly, there 
burst out the feeble wail of an infant; llrst low, 
then swelling out In all the defiant strength of his 
baby lungs. The band put forth us loudest strains; 
the baby, Incited to renewed exertion, redoubled 
Its vigor. 
It was nip and tuck between the band and the 
baby. The young mother did her best to divert 
the chad and hush him, when from the audience 
there up-rose a brawny miner, and shaking his 
flat at the musicians, he cried: “ H ush that 
blamed band, and give the baby a chance !” The 
band stopped Its playing, and never did stalwart 
men listen to sweeter music than those exiles from 
home aud women, as they drank in the tones of 
the walling child. There were rears lumaDyan 
eye. The chlLd was hushed upon Its mother’s 
breast,, and at tire word there went up three 
rousing cheers for the first baby of the Northern 
Sierras. 
USEFUL MATTERS OF FACT. 
I nchosted bronze Is mentioned as a recent Paris¬ 
ian novelty m bronze or copper ware, with gold 
and silver ornamentation. To fix the latter on 
articles of bronze or copper, they are first painted 
in water colors, the principal ingredient of which 
is white lead. When several articles are to receive 
tho same drawing, it may be print ed in the same 
manner as porcelain painting. The places which 
remain unpointed are varnished. The object Is 
then laid In dilute nitric acid, which dissolves the 
color and hlt.es the metal on the painted parts to 
the required depths; after washing the object, it 
Is placed in a gold or sliver bath, where the free 
surfaces are electrotyped in silver or gold; the 
varnish Is then removed, and the w hole surface Is 
polished so that the gilded and sUvered parts are 
not unduly prominent. After tills comes the 
bronzing, a fine effect, It Is said, being produced 
with black bronze by sulphide, of copper in the 
spaces between the gold and sliver. 
Archers wore a formidable part of all ancient 
armies, aud the use or the bow seems to have been 
known to all nations when llrst discovered. 'The 
Scythians were the best ancient archers, and the 
English among the modems. The victories of 
Cressy, Poictters and Aglncouil. were chiefly 
gained by the English archers. The Scythian 
bow was of horn. The English long bow was five 
feet six, and It was made oi steel and brass. 
Arrows were from three to five feet. Ash was 
used by the English and goose leathered, two of 
the fledges white and one black. The heads were 
Iron or brass, wltli light, steel points and small 
barbs. The strings were of gut or hide or hemp. 
A sheaf of arrows was twenty-four, and the archer 
was armed with a maul and a dagger. The Eng¬ 
lish archers drew to the ear steadily, A furlong 
was the distance of the butt In shooting at marks. 
The Parthian cavalry were thought to be very 
formidable as they discharged their arrows back¬ 
wards, and could thus shoot equally well while 
retreating. 
M. Tovama describes a simple way of seeing 
stereoscopic pictures without the use oi lenses aud 
without any straining of the eyes. The two pic¬ 
tures are lobe mounted with an Interval between 
them of about an Inch and a half. Then by means 
or a partition between the pictures and the eye, 
on the ordinary skeleton stereoscope, l he two parts 
are so separated that the light, eye shall see only 
the right picture and the left eye the left picture. 
When this Is dono the two pictures will combine 
just, as easily as with an ordinary stereoscope. 
The blackness or certain public buildings in 
London and elsewhere, for a long time attributed 
to the effect of smoke, has lately been found to be 
In great part the result ol the development of a 
peculiar fungus, the precise nature of which has 
not yet been determined Tills suggests flic possi¬ 
bility of so treating the surface of the stone as to 
secure tho removal of the coating, since any sub¬ 
stance that will kill this low form of vegetable life 
Witt probably permit Its ready removal—a result 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
much less easily attained If It were a deposit ol 
smoke or soot. 
Tue telephone has been exhibited on the Island 
of Formosa, in the China Sea, In the presence of 
the Imperial Governor. Messages were transmit¬ 
ted a distance of 80 miles, to the surprise ol the 
Chinamen, who showed deep Interest, in the ex¬ 
periments. 
To Make Moss Aim ere to Wood crosses.—D is¬ 
solve gum tragacanth to a thick mucilage, and 
after putting a llrst covering of moss on the cross, 
put it away to dry. The second or third time 
every part can he partly covered, and It will firmly 
adhere. 
To clean lamp chimneys, hold them over the 
nose of the teakettle when the kettle Is boiling 
furiously, one or two repetitions of this process 
will make them beautifully clean. Of eourse they 
must be wiped upon a clean cloth. 
GkoCnuTka.—A French chemist asserts that If 
tea be ground like coffee, immediately before hot, 
water Is poured upon 11, It will yield nearly double 
the amount oi Its exhilarating qualities. 
A wood waterproof paper for covering jars used 
in preserving, etc., may be made by brushing over 
the paper with boiled linseed oil and suspending It 
over a line until dry. 
Ordinary red bricks may be enameled or glazed 
by subjecting them, while well heated, to the 
action or the vapor of common salt fused In the 
furnace. 
Stove Polish.—T he best black ink mixed with 
the whites of eggs makes a good stove polish. 
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MAGAZINES. 
Aitleton's Journal for July, contains some 
most excellent reading which cannot fall to secure 
for it a wide audience; but the article which will 
appeal most strongly t,o Rural readers will be the 
story which occupies the place of honor; Rlearda, 
by Mary Wager-Fisher. Before one has read a 
column of it, the sex of the author Is revealed. No 
one but a woman of strong sympathies, and one 
keenly alive to what love and wifehood mean to 
women, could have shown so delicate a perception 
of the attitude of the average wife toward the 
man whose name she bears, in a stales of conver¬ 
sations, carried on between a gentleman of rather 
conservative tendencies, and one who sees In mar¬ 
riage only intolerable slavery lor women, the read¬ 
er Is treated to some novel, instructive aud strong 
views ol certain phases of socia l file. The masculine 
egotism which considers that, by taking a woman 
to wife, H Is entitled to demand of her utter self- 
renunciation, receives some well-merited criticism. 
What the author has to say of forcing girls to 
become pianists Is a so thoroughly, coin mon-sense 
view ol the subject, that It Is to be regretted for 
the sake ot myriads ot girl martyrs to this modern 
Instrument of torture that It Is not possible to se¬ 
cure for the “ view” a reading by every woman— 
be she maid, widow or wife. The whole drift or 
the story Shows l hat It is the result of a careful 
study or love in Its relations to womanhood. While 
there Is no Indication ot a desire to overturn exist¬ 
ing social relations or any hint that It is best for 
woman to be alone, still, the necessity ior some 
radical change In the relative positions or wives 
and husbands, is plainly pointed out. It must not 
be Inferred from the foregohig that this is one of 
those Tiresome stories modelled after C'lms. Reade’s 
tales, “with a purpose' wherein every thing—Inci¬ 
dent, character and dialogue—Is subordinated to 
the purpose, ijuice the contrary, in Rlearda, the 
characters have had the breath of life breathed 
into them, they are not merely mouthpieces 
through which the author gives expression to her 
views. The story is bright, suggestive and enter¬ 
taining, and well repays a reading. 
The other articles arc: Reforms in Asiatic Tur¬ 
key ; Italian sketches. I. The Homes or the Plas¬ 
ter-Image Men. TI. Italian Moving; The Sunny 
Side, a novel. The Midway Inn; by James Payn. 
Conspiracies In Russia; Karl Blind, Moralists on 
Blue China; Mr. Browning’s Dramatic Idyls; 
The Queen’s Private Apartments at Windsor; The 
Rose of Love ; a poem; Marie Le Baron. Editor’s 
Table and Books of the Day, conclude the number. 
Phrenological Journal. — Contents: Arthur 
Pernhyn, (Dean) Stanley, wlih portrait; Fire-files: 
the Lampyrlcs, Glow-worm, Cucajo; Temperature 
vs. ltesplrativeaess; Making a Home; Mrs. Belva 
A. Lockwood, port,; Brain and Mind, chap, xiv., 
applied In the Educal Ion of Children; l'nule J lin- 
mle, the Cripple; The Thorn-bush; Russel's Sick¬ 
ness; A Florentine orphanage; Philosophy of Re¬ 
action; simple Curvature of the Spine, with 
Illustrations; Isaac Pitman on Diet; Some char¬ 
acteristics of the Late Epidemic; Poetry—Sum¬ 
mer, The Old Ruin, The Innocent Sleep, Drifting 
with the Tide, Take a Drink; Editorial items; 
Notes In Science and Agriculture; Answers to 
Correspondents; What They Say; Library; Per¬ 
sonal Items; Wisdom; Mirth. 
Hints on Bathing.— Avoid bathing within two 
hours after a meal, or when exhausted by fatigue 
or from any other cause, or when the body Is cool¬ 
ing after perspiration, and avoid bathing altogether 
Iri the open air It, alter beluga short time In the 
water, there is a. sense of chilliness, with numbness 
of the hands and feet; but bathe when the body Is 
warm, provided no lime Is lost In getting into the 
water. Avoid chilling the body by sitting or 
standing tmdressed on the banks or in boats alter 
having been In the water, or remaining tot long In 
the water, but Jeuve t he water Immediately when 
there is the slightest, feeling of chilliness. The 
vigorous and strong may bathe curly In the morn¬ 
ing on an empty stomach, but the young and t hose 
who are weak had better bathe two or three hours 
after a meal; the best time for such la from two to 
three hours after breakfast. Those win - are sub¬ 
ject, to attacks of giddiness or ft»lathe;*: aud who 
suffer from palpitation and other sense of discom¬ 
fort at the heart, should not bathe without flint 
consulting tlielr medical advisory.—/Vireno/or/ical 
journal for July, 
Herald of Health, Contents for July.— 
Physiological and Sanitary Marriage and Parent¬ 
age, by the Editor; Where there's a Will there's 
always a Way, Eleanor Kirk; Wear and Rest, 
Mrs. Chilian B. Alien, M. 1); Life—Heaven—The 
Gold ot Hope—Facts and Fancies—Good Advice. 
Practical Hygiene in Jails. The Last of the 
llohenzolierns; Death of William Lloyd Garrison 
—A charming Old Age; Hygienic Rural Resort 
and Colony; A Cheap Breakfast—Oatmeal Pud¬ 
ding ; To cook Cabbage and Cauliflower—Dietetic 
Medicine—Material for Breakfast—school-room 
Headaches; Effervescing Gruel -Cleanliness for 
Children—Current Literature; Health Foods. 
The Last of the Hoiienzollerns.— " This will 
lie the last of our flue Hohenzolleni race,” wore 
the words of Blsmark when he heard of the pro¬ 
posed marriage or the Crown Prince of Prussia to 
the daughter of Queen Victoria. The practice of 
intermarriage among royal families, which has 
been going on In Europe for centuries, and which 
has resulted In a close relationship among the 
great body or the royallty or Europe, has, as Is 
well known, had a most deteriorating effect upon 
both the physical health and mental capacity of 
the reigning ramillcs. Throughout the whole 
Christian era one royal family after anot her has 
arisen, founded by some military hero or states¬ 
man, and has maintained its physical and moral 
stamina for a few generations, and then under 
the. combined influence of princely dissipation and 
the physical weakness that results irom the In¬ 
termarriage of relatives, has become so effemin¬ 
ate as to lose Its power and pass away, giving 
place to some younger and more vigorous family. 
The statesmen who have determined the mar¬ 
riage alliances of such families have seldom had 
the practical wisdom to apply the principles of 
natural science in tho choice of suitable com¬ 
panions tor tho royal youths whom they serve, ft 
would, appear, however, from the remark of Bls- 
mark which wo have quoted, that he realizes the 
Importance of preserving by wise marriages the 
physical and mental stamina of the grand llo- 
henzoliern race which now rules the German Em¬ 
pire; nearly all the members of which are still 
noted for their physical and mental strength and 
vigor. But, the warning which he uttered was un¬ 
heeded, and the young family which resulted from 
the marriage that lie opposed, Is, though Intel¬ 
lectually bright, so weak physically, that there 
Is scarce a prospect of Its ever giving to the Ger¬ 
man throne a ruler lit to succeed the glorious old 
Emperor William, or his gallant son, the pres¬ 
ent crown Prince. 
The art, of human culture, or “stlrplculture,” 
as It now called, Is of all sciences the most Im¬ 
portant to human welfare and progress; and when 
from the throne to the cabin of the peasant Its 
teachings are observed In determining marriage 
relations, and above all. In prohibiting unfit, mar¬ 
riages, the world will have entered upon an era 
or progress such aa can never be secured by the 
devices of statesmen or the labors of philanthro¬ 
pists.— Hernia of Health. 
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BRIC-A-BRAC. 
AN ENTOMOLOGICAL LOVE AFFAIR. 
He epider locust talking to 
The apple of hi a eye— 
He gave a hopper two aud yellod, 
" Alia, you’d butterfly I” 
The skipper's brow with rage was knit— 
" I tick my leave,” quoth he, 
“ And you shall sometime l'eol m.v mite, 
Although Just now 1 flea.” 
“ O Katy, dear, my heart is yours,” 
Tho other fellow said; 
“ These ages it. has bent for you - 
’Twill beetle 1 am dead 
“ Her., yonder lies my little farm- 
Come, lot’s together roam , 
Make thou my farm a paradise. 
My little house thy home 1” 
The maiden gunt the mansion glanced, 
Then on his breast she hid 
Her pretty fane—did she accept! 
Conclusion : Katy did. [.S7. Louis Journal. 
Mary Clemmer, in a poem addressed to John G. 
Whittier, says: “ Thou hast never taken my hand, 
nor looked into my face all tenderwtae.” And we 
don’t suppose he ever will, ior ho Is now too old for 
such roollshness. When he remembers the de¬ 
plorable fix M r. Cameron got into by simply send¬ 
ing the widow a few oranges, lie firmly resolves 
that he will continue never to take a woman’s 
hand and look tenderwlsc Into her face. Mr. 
Whittier Is a very sensible person, If he does write 
poetry .—Nornstoum Urmia. 
STATE statement, 
1 never in the State of Maine have ever taken tea, 
Yet all of Ite inhabitants are very fond of “ Me." 
About the ” Old Bay State” there's something far too 
strange to pass, 
For all who go to Boston are sure to go to “ Mass." 
The folks In " Little Khody” may not be very dry, 
Yet every person seems to have a fervent love for 
” /(. I." 
In the Centennial “ Keystone State” the women and 
the men 
Talk proudly of their worthy “ Pa." and also of his 
” Penn." 
Aud even we in Gotham, with prospects proud aud 
high, 
Well know our State is always near, because of course 
it’s ’’ X. V." 
Far iu the South, quite “ A la." mode, a mighty State 
holds sway, 
While close beside it is another, always light and 
“ <;<*." 
Another one we cannot ’• Miss."— its merits well we 
know— 
And further north large cities that are always bound 
to ” 0 
And now I think I'll cease my rhymes—no doubt 
you’ve had your fill; 
II ( should take you further West, you might bo taken 
** ill." Baltimore su,i. 
“Are grapes healthy ?” asks an exchange. As a 
fruit, opinions differ, George Washington, Chris¬ 
topher Columbus, Noah, Napoleon the First , ftnfl 
JULY 42 
Mary, Queen of Scots, ate grapes, and they are all 
dead now. Draw your own conclusions. 
AN INCIDENTAL. 
He dropped his teeth In the flowing tide, 
As he feebly leaned o'er the vessel's side. 
His troubles luternnl and mental. 
“ Quite a misfortune," they said to him. 
But he answered coolly, with visage grim, 
*’ Oh, merely an in-sea-dontal!” 
Mr. Talmage’s remark when the crowd hoisted 
him oil their shoulders—“Gentlemen, gentlemen! 
There is evidently a mistake. I assure you I have 
my legs with me.” 
Jor SHomra. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS FAITH RIPLEY. 
MY CREED. 
I hold that Christian grace abounds 
Where charity is 6eeu ; that when 
We climb to heaven, 'tie on the rounds 
Of love to men. 
1 hold all else, named piety, 
A selflHh scheme, a vain pretense; 
Where center is not, can thoro be 
Circumference'/ 
This I moreover hold, and daro 
Affirm wher'er my rhyme may go: 
Whatever things bo sweet or fair. 
Love makea them so. 
Whether it lie the ltlllabies 
That charm to rest the nursling bird. 
Or that sweet confidence of sighs 
And blushes made without a word; 
■Whether tho dazzling and the flush 
Of softly sumptuous garden bowers. 
Or by some cabin door, a bush 
Of ragged flowers. 
’Tis not the wide phylactery. 
Nor stubborn fast, nor stated prayers, 
That makes us saints; we Judge the tree 
By what it bears. 
And when a man can llvo apart 
From works, on theologic trust, 
I kuow the blood about his heart 
Is dry as dust, 
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LETTERS FROM A COUNTRY GIRL-No. 15. 
MARGARET B. HARVET. 
Painting In Olla. 
By this time, I suppose, my friends must have 
perceived that I, too, have had the “ art craze.” 
Well, so 1 have, Indeed, and I am not over It yet; 
In fact, I hope to retain a mild form of the dis¬ 
ease throughout the balance of my natural life. 
And to those of my readers who are beginning to 
indulge In the same hope, I would say; If you 
are once truly Infected, you will never get over 
It completely, and you will find In the possession 
a never-falling source of gratification. If you 
want to dabble In oil colors, you will never be sor¬ 
ry, having once attained the slightest degree of 
success. Provided you don't attempt too much, I 
think I can safely say that you will probably suc¬ 
ceed better in oils than In water-colors. Paint¬ 
ing flowers In the latter materials constitutes an 
exquisite, delicate, distinct art by Itself, and Is 
rather out of the common way for amateurs, 
though, as I tried to show In my last letter, very 
few need he afraid to attempt a little of something. 
011-colors come in tubes at prices ranging, ac¬ 
cording to the plgihents and size of the vessels 
from fifteen cents up to about a dollar. An as¬ 
sortment of long-handled sable brushes, running 
from numbers three to eight, round and flat will 
be required. Of these It Is best to have the smaller 
round, and the larger flat, they cost about fifteen 
cents apiece. The place of a palette may be sup¬ 
plied by a common dinner-plate, and or a palette- 
knife by an ordinary pen-knife, Have also, plenty 
of rags and a bottle of turpentine at your elbow. 
In squeezing tho tubes, close the thumb and fin¬ 
ger firmly over the bottom-edge exceedingly close, 
so that there will never be a portion left between 
the base and the hand. Never press out more than 
you think you need, as It Is next to Impossible to 
save paint once out of the tube. Drop on the 
palette, and the color is ready for use, Just as you 
see It. TUere Is not, as In water colors, any wash¬ 
ing, and rubbing and walling for a drying pro¬ 
cess, to he gone through with before you can 
judge of effect. You will, most likely get your 
brushes and Ungers, perhaps, also, your dress, ex¬ 
ceedingly dirty but the rags and the turpentine will 
remedy all that. What I have said about the Im¬ 
possibility of Imitating nature, and the falsity of 
mere, heartless copies and the rtglufulncsa ot aim¬ 
ing at usual characteristics and general effect, 
will hold good In the main, as regards oils. But 
In this case, 1 would add that It Is neither easy 
nor necessary to put In tho same amount of fine, 
delicate work as in water-colors, even in treating 
precisely the same subjects. For one thing, the 
vehicles now under consideration have a richness 
and brilliancy In themselves which the others 
luck; and for another, an effect Is much more 
speedily attained by them. 
Oram the object to be painted with a line brush, 
loaded with white paint. Further than this, I can 
give no other rule than: Observe nature, use 
your Judgment, and consult, your heart,—for you 
must fore what you seek to portray. But, con¬ 
trary to tho necessities or water-color painting, 
you need put In no elaborate groundwork, tor here 
you can frequently see your way clear from the 
beginning. In mixing colors, you can often hit 
tire shade you want almost Instantly. 
'The U‘clini<int‘, as yon see, is In fact just nothing. 
Every riilug depends on your own eye and taste 
and hand. The generality of mankind, and more 
especially womankind, have been afraid to at¬ 
tempt anything In this line because they have 
heard so much of wonderful genius and grand 
creations, and a great deal of high-flown talk 
