alxmt the "world of art,.” But Because Tasso and 
8hakespeare wielded the pen, Is It therefore pre¬ 
suming In any of us to become so much Its master 
as to compose agreeable letters, such as will de¬ 
light our friends? Seize the brush, then, as well- 
one may be a true artist, and a successful one, and 
never see a picture. 
In connection with the other style of painting, 1 
spoke of some articles upon which our fair sisters 
might expend their energies, I will add here, that 
whoever has learned the use of oil paints has al¬ 
ways at hand a universal beau tiller; has always 
the means at her command to create loveliness 
and combat the hard, and cold, and ugly, and com¬ 
mon. Shall 1 tell how ? 
Take two plain, smooth bottles, with glass stop¬ 
pers, and cover them smoothly with bright silk or 
satin, finishing at the necks with (rUls of lace. 
Then paint, a spray of wild dowers upon each, and 
you have a toilet set lit for a quean,-you just 
ought to sec my pretty red ones, adorned as t hey 
are, one with a blood-root, the other, an anemone, 
nestling each In the soft, bed of a dainty, red and 
white moss-mat. And you can—l wodt patent 
my Invention,—make a lovely hair-receiver and 
hair-pin cushion of cylinders of birch bark, fin¬ 
ished with red zephyr and satin, using the bark 
just as anybody else would perforated board,'und 
then painting upon It lilies or the valley precisely 
where other people would stick scrap pictures. 
And you can convert an old, cracked ilower-pol 
Into “ a thing of beauty ” and " a joy forever,” and 
make It do duty as a great bouquet holder, by 
mottling all over It a dark, ground, and light ing it 
up by a multitudinous array of gay, Liny Japanese 
fans. Pick up the rusty horseshoes out of the 
barnyard, wipe them, paint on them a black foun¬ 
dation and a wreath of red berries or blue forget- 
me-nots, and suspend them to little easels, or over 
your parlor-door, (on the Inside, of course,) by rib¬ 
bon run through. 
CHILDREN TEETHING. 
This ts a very trying time for the little ones, and 
for that matter, It la trying tor their mothers too. 
Dear little things, they feel uncomfortable, arid 
have no Idea what the trouble la, and so they wor¬ 
ry and rret,; and It is a wonder, If mamma don’t 
get cross too. 1 have one piece of advice to give 
young mothers, that It they will bear In mind, and 
practice, will be or more real value to them than 
gold. Never yet narwua and Irritable with your 
children. Keep calm and cool, whatever happens. 
You think, It Is Impossible; but It Is not; (t has 
been done by many mothers and more can do It If 
they only try. A baby cannot be hushed to sleep, 
If Its mother is all in a flutter; the little thing will 
cry and worry, till It Is all tired out, and goes oil to 
sleep through dear exhaustion. It does not have 
a good resttul nap, but starts and Jumps, und its 
mother has to rock It to keep It tolerably quiet. 
Young mothers, this is not an old woma n’s whim, 
it is trut h; try for yourselves and see. There is a 
sympathy between a mother und her babe, ttud if 
the mother’s nerves are all unstrung, baby's will 
be the same. But 1 was going to talk about teeth¬ 
ing. 
Children suffer terribly sometimes, even to 
death; and if mothers only undoistood how to 
manage them, they would be spared a great 
amount of pain. In the ltrst place, keep soft ilau- 
nel next the body, till they are two years old, cer¬ 
tainly. Then never neglect to keep close watch 
of the little mouth so as to know if the gums get 
Inflamed and swollen. It Is often a great relief to 
have the gums lanced, It should always be done. 
If there is a purple hue upon them. The bowels 
should be kept, open by a suitable dlet-oat, meal 
gruel, chicken broth, beer tea, are all good arid 
proper food for little people-neither Handles nor 
sweets of any kind are healthy, they cause the 
food to coagulate in the stomach and the result Is 
pain, then of course, baby cries, In distress. A 
very nice thing to draw Inflammation from the 
gums, is to take the feelers on lobsters (they are 
the long slender things that grow from the head), 
and cut them up Into pieces, a little more 
than a quarter of an Inch long, and string them 
like beads, and put them on the babe’s neck. 
You will be astonished to see how quick they 
draw the Inflammation from the gums, and 
(anise a line eruption of the skin all around 
the neck; sponging the head In cold water 
Is very soothing; but above all things, let the 
child be out of doors all that is possible. It gains 
strength and then its mind Is diverted from its 
uncomfortable sensations, and a baby is better 
every way for enjoying the sunshine and pure air. 
it Is better than medicine of any kind. Where one 
lives In the country, there Is no excuse for shutting 
children up in the house. 1 do not know how city 
people do manage to raise children, I should think 
they would all die for hick of air and sunshine. L 
do not wonder that elly-raised people are puny 
and dwarfish, 1 think It more of a wonder that 
they Uvo at all. open air Is needrul to make any 
living thing develop and grow, and sunshine gives 
animal and vegetable, nature strength. 
Our minister’s wife was a nice sweet woman, 
and she had a pretty babe about eleven months 
old, but It was a delicate child. It's mot her was 
so afraid that a breath of air should blow on It, 
that she would Insist that every window and door 
was kept closed. I wanted to tell her she was 
spoiling tile child, but, somehow It did not come 
handy to do It, and 1 never like to give counsel 
unless asked for it. One day she sent tor mo to 
come quick, as baby was In a tit; so of course 1 
went; the poor woman was crying and wringing 
her hands: “Baby will die! baby will die!” and 
baby lay in Its cradle In convulsions. 
‘•oil, 1 hope not; do try and be calm,” said 1, 
taking the little creature on my lap. 1 got my 
Unger In Its mouth so us to see Us gums. The eye¬ 
teeth were cutting, and the gums were swollen 
fearfully and ulcerated. “Here is (lie trouble. 
Get a lancet, quick;” but they had none, neither a 
sharp penknire, and the village physician was live 
miles away. "Well, give me a darning needle,” 
THE RURal 
They had that, and I pierced the ulcerated places, 
and they discharged fearfully. I then soaked the 
little feet lu warm water, wilted some burdock 
leaves for drafts on the feet and put a mustard 
plaster between the shoulders, and In just fifteen 
minutes from the time T came In the. house the 
baby was nestled In its mother’s bosom, looking a 
little pale, but Its fever was gone, and in two days 
those eye-teeth were cut through all light. 
“I think baby would have died, grandmother, If 
you had not come; how can 1 thank you enough?” 
“ By learning how to take care of her yourself,” 
and then I had a good chance to talk to her about 
training up children; and she was a good, sensible 
woman, and remembered what l said, and prac¬ 
ticed It. too. The rest of the children fell into the 
hands ol a wise mother, and she had no more 
trouble about, convulsions or tits, or even delicate 
babies. The younger children cut their teeth the 
easier they come, but there Is a great difference 
in age about cutting teeth, somo have four teeth 
through at four months, while others do not have 
more than that at a year old, Opiates of all kinds 
are Injurious to children. A little sage, or catnip 
tea, Is better than a gross of soothing syrup or a 
gallon of paregoric. Burdock leaves are a grand 
thing to use with children, and grown-up people, 
too. l would never be without, them in the house; 
they allay Inflammation and cast. 1 pain so quickly. 
If they hud not been so useful. God would never 
have spread them so plentifully around every 
house, so t hat they could have been gathered so 
readily. 1 have seen them applied to the bowels 
In cases or Inflammation, and never knew them to 
fall In giving relief. For toothache and neuralgia 
they are excellent: for sore throat they are good, 
u green, you want to wilt them on the stove before 
applying; If dried, you want r.o warm and soften 
them with either wurrn water or vinegar. They 
are better than doctor’s stuff at any time, and can 
be got quicker. 
A mother must have her thoughts about her, 
and not get frightened when the children fall sick. 
No one needs presence of mind as much as a 
mother; and she must leam to think quick and 
act promptly when a sudden emergency comes up. 
Many painful hours and sick days could be avoided 
if mothers would only take proper precautions and 
use suitable remedies when the little ones are first, 
taken sick. A warm foot-bath la one or the best 
things In the world to allay pain, and it Is gener¬ 
ally the last thing that Is thought of In cases of 
fever or inflammation, .rust have your thoughts 
about you, and learn w'hat to do. 
Grandmother. 
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A BREEZE IN TIMBERVILLE. 
lids. Woman’s Join nal:—Tabltha Bowers wrote 
to me that she saw an article signed with my 
name in your paper copied tram the Iuter-ocean 
(see Rctt.iL N'ew-Y'orkek of May loth), and I 
thought If you were kind euough to do that, maybe 
you could give me some light In these matters, and 
I am sadly troubled. My let tot., which was pub-, 
llshed in the luter-occan, somehow fell into the 
hands of Elder .Tenklns, and he came to me very 
much disturbed In mind. It seemed so strange, he 
said, that after listening to his preaching so many 
years, 1 should now he Jed astray by these infidel 
reformers. In vain I assured him that I was still 
sound lu the faith, and was only seeking to under¬ 
stand the real moaning of St. Paul’s teachings and 
their application to the present time. He replied 
that the very fact of my having written to a secu¬ 
lar newspaper for Information, wus evidence sufll- 
elent of my lukewarmness. “ Why, Elder J enkins, 
what could 1 do,’’ I cried lu my dismay, •• I had no 
husband to ask?” He patted me on the head (for 
he had taken his seat very near me, us Is the min¬ 
isterial custom), and looking smilingly light Into 
my eyes said, “ Why, child, could not you ask your 
pastor?" 1 do not suppose anybody tn Timber- 
vine will see your paper, leastwise I hope Elder 
Jenkins won’t, but l must confess I felt real un¬ 
comfortable. In t he first place, I am by no means 
a child—being about midway between childhood’s 
first and second stages. Again, I do not think it Is 
nice lor men, even If they arc ministers, to pat 
women on their heads and eaU It a tatherly In¬ 
terest. X hud a good rather, but when 1 became a 
woman he- treated mu as such, and I can not make 
such manners seem natural But. l shoved my 
chair a little farther off and put on as brave a face 
as I could, and asked him If he would tell me Just 
how he understood St. Paul. He said that Woman 
was the “ weaker vessel ” and that it, was a slimne 
for her to ** speak in church,” or to “ pray wit h 
uncovered head,” that they should not wear 
‘•broldered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly 
array.” Now. l do not know what the fashions 
are In Boston, but In TLinborvllla the women’s 
non nets hang on their buck hair, and their bends 
are all uncov ered, and they wear great heavy gold 
chains outside of nil their wraps, and they go to 
church with their hair frizzed and braided in a 
most marvelous manner, and never a minister has 
opened his mouth to condemn such unseemly ap¬ 
parel. I .utterly, however, they wear what they 
call “bangs,” and the hair comes elear down to 
their eyes, and maybe st. Patti Ls responsible for the 
style. I must say that 1 have noticed with pain that 
at our church sociables Elder Jenkins pays a great 
deal more attention 10 these gaily dressed ladles 
than lie does to the soberly attired women of Ills 
flock, and sometimes when I have been thinking It 
over, I have been almost afraid St. Paul might 
have done the same. 
Then the Elder went on to say that according to 
Paul “ Adam was not deceived; but the woman 
being deceived was In the transgression.” I asked 
him If that meant that Eve, really believing that 
the eating of the apple would make her wise, was 
a greater sinner than Adam, v\ ho ate his with his 
eyes open Just because Eve offered it to him? lie 
sakl that all the misery In the world was the result 
of Eve’s Insane desire for wisdom; that if all 
women were wise It would subvert the entire order 
of creation, for their husbands could no longer rule 
over them; as to Adam, he went on to say his sin 
was a manly one, and that the sins men committed 
NEW-YORKER, 
in consequence of the attractions of women were 
never visited so heavily upon the men as upon the 
women, by nature or society; Woman Invariably 
paid the penalty. It might appear hard, but be 
believed it was according to the established order 
ol things. Then 1 asked him what st. Paul meant 
when he said, •’ Let not a widow be taken Into the 
number under threescore years old, having been 
the wife of one man, well reported of for good 
works; If she have brought up children. If she 
have washed the saints’ fee.t, If she have relieved 
the afflicted. If she have dllllgeutly followed every 
good work. But the. younger widows refuse.” Be 
looked at his watch and said his call was already 
too long, that he had agreed to meet a committee 
of ladles that afternoon who were trying to devise 
means to raise the minister’s salary anil refurnish 
the parsonage ; there was to be a donation, party; 
and then they already had a sewing society and a 
intte society, which mot every week; but they 
thought, perhaps, something might lie done in t he 
way of noonday lunches and straw berry festivals 
la the evening, In parting he again laid his hand 
upon my head (this time solemnly as if he were to 
pronounce the benediction) and said, -Mv dear 
Oil I kl, do not distress yourself with such abstruse 
questions; but live quietly in the sphere where 
you rightfully belong, remembering always that 
‘ Grent is the mystery or godliness.’ ” Now Mr. or 
Mrs. Editor, whichever you may be, I belong to 
that committee, and am expected to meet with 
them to try to raise this good man’s salary. I do 
not outstep my sphere when l go around with a 
subscription paper for his benefit. I am considered 
modest when I force, tickets tor church festivals on 
unwilling buyers; in short, I can do a great many 
things which are exceedingly revolting to my 
own sense of propriety, and be told that 1 am only 
“bearing my cross,” but when I dare think for 
myself upon any subject, no matter how quiet, I 
am, I get out of my sphere directly. 
Dorcas Allen. 
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GOOD INTENTIONS. 
Ic all the letters written in my mind, had been 
sent to the “ Woman’s Club ” and accepted, I 
would surely have had a hearing before this. 1 
enjoy every issue of the dear Rural, and think 
the “ Club ” a very helpful part ot the paper. 
As the months have passed by. I have thought I 
would surely write before the next “ meeting,” and 
while making beds, dusting, mending, etc., my 
thoughts were busy; so day after day passed, and 
I never sat down to the task. B.v-and-by I passed 
into the Invalid corps, and during the weeks that 
have now lengthened into months, t have read let¬ 
ters that were cheering and helpful, and in my 
seclusion, gave mo peeps Into other women’s lives. 
While suffering 1 have been happy with husband 
and children; but the plans and resolutions 1 have 
formed day after day. If written, would even ex¬ 
ceed my imaginary letters to the * club.” As time 
passed, and the strength I expected did not come, 
one code of resolutions after another passed out of 
mind, that were never "presented before the 
house.” 
So ls life, more or less, to every one. I com¬ 
menced to study periods of history, and Miss Har¬ 
vey’s letter was the means of my botany coming 
down off the shelf the first time any one came 
in t -0 get It for me. 1 would like to renew my 
drawing again. Miss Harvey’s directions are veiy 
plain and encouraging, and half the battle is 
almost won when one fairly commences. I will 
have to wall lor strength; but let me say to every 
mother who reads this ;and fathers, too), cultivate 
your minds and hearts; strive to be intelligent 
and cultivated. Do riot spend the golden part ol 
your lives accumulating property tor your chil¬ 
dren. while you yourselves reed on h hsUk If you 
do, old age will find you rttcaryfeO—your children 
will lind you so, and although they muy love you 
too much to utter It, their hearts will bleed over 
the fact. 
All children will not. bury It In their hearts. 
Parents are often told how little they know, which 
Is most sad, for It embitters instead of purity lug. 
How much we mothers ought to look to Christ, 
asking that our frail bark with our heart treasures 
may be guided tn the truest way on earth, and into 
the safe haven above. He is our true helper. 
“Just before going to press.” as the editors say 
—which Is partly true In my case, us 1 was about 
to mull this—I read M. A. B.’s ” Truly Spoken,” of 
June 21. I commend it to all for even more than a 
second reading. Dear sisters, there is meat in it 
of the most nourishing klud, for If partaken of, It 
will strengthen the soul. M abgueritb. 
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EXCEPTION TAKEN TO JACQUELINA’S 
VIEWS. 
I am surprised that the many Rural readers 
have suffered the article of Jncqueltna, In Rural 
of May 3, to pass unanswered. I have waited, 
hoping that an abler pen would defend the teach¬ 
ings of the Bible, she says: "It there ls one 
lesson which Is being constantly impressed on our 
attention, it is that there are no providences in 
matters of worldly advancement .” 
I have heard of a man la one of our large cities 
who started In business with but small capital. 
He promised God If he would prosper him he would 
give to Him one per cent, or an he made. He kept 
his premise, mid lu the course of a few years was 
enabled to pay $48,000 Into the treasury of the 
Lord. Was there no providence lu that? J. must 
certainly think God does not, mean what lie says. 
If she does, what will she do with "No good thing 
will He withhold from those who walk uprightly?” 
also, "But seek ye first the kingdom ot God and 
ltis righteousness, and all these things shall be 
added unto you?” 
I do not understand by that that we are to seek 
God, und then sit quietly with folded hands and 
wait for God to feed and clothe us. But r do be¬ 
lieve If we seek God faithfully, and serve him will¬ 
ingly and obediently, He will help us in worldly 
matters, lor certainly such ts the teaching of the 
text quoted. How can we believe less, and accept 
God’s holy word as truth ? 
Now, concerning those people in the hospitals 
and poor-houses, I would say with a very wise 
man, "I have been young, and now I am old, yet 
have 1 never seen the righteous forsaken or his 
seed begging bread.” God knows how near they 
lived to Him. 
1 would also like to know how she would recon¬ 
cile her views with the well-known case of George 
Muller, of Bristol ? 
About building and supporting churches, will 
Jacquellna please read Malachl, 3d chapter, 8th, 
9th, loth and llth verses, and tell us what God 
means there ? Faith. 
THE REASONS WHY. 
Somebody— a crusty old bachelor, of course, In¬ 
quires why, when Eve was manufactured of a 
spare rib, a servant was not made at the same 
time to wait on her 7 Somebody else—a woman, 
we Imagine—replies In the following strain: “ Be¬ 
cause Adam never came whining to Eve with a 
ragged stocking to be darned, collar string to be 
sewed on, or a glove to mend, 1 right away—quick 
now !* Because he nover read the newspapers 
until the sun got down behind the palm-trees, and 
stretching out, yawned out, * Is not supper most 
ready, my dear?' Not he. He made the fire and 
hung the kettle over it himself, and, we will vent¬ 
ure to say, pulled the radishes, peeled the pota¬ 
toes. and did everything else he ought to do. He 
milked the cows, fed the chickens, and looked after 
the pigs himself, and he never brought home half- 
a-dozen friends to dinner when Eve hadn’t fresh 
pomegranates, lie never stayed out till eleven 
o’clock to a political meeting, hurrahing for an 
out-and-out candidate, and then scolding because 
poor Eve was sitting up and crying Jn&lde the 
gates. He never played billiards, rolled ten-pins, 
and drove fast horses, nor choked Ere with cigar 
smoke. He never loafed around corner groceries 
while Eve was ibcking little Cain’s cradle at home. 
In short, he did not think that she was especially 
created for the purpose of waiting on him , and he 
had no idea that It would disgrace him to lighten 
Eve's cares a little. That ls the reason why Eve 
did not need a hired girl, and from it may be in¬ 
ferred the reason why her fair descendants do.” 
—Wovnanat work, 
-- 
ERRATUM. 
In the Women’s Department of June Hth a lady 
correspondent was made unjustly responsible for 
a. number of errors in naming plants and (lowers. 
As a matter of simple Justice to the lady we repub¬ 
lish her letter as it should have appeared, and 
hereby tender her an apology for our inexcusable 
carelessness. 
A Southern Letter. 
I have a beautiful flower garden, with many 
choice roses, lilies, shrubs, etc., etc. I would sug¬ 
gest an exchange of plants and seeds; many of 
your readers may have more of one kind of plants 
than he or she wishes, and would like ro exchange 
ror others. For Instance, I have many or the 
longfflorom Lily, and would like to get the Llllum 
auratum In exeliauge. l also have the Caladlum 
esoulentum, Spanish Moss, many grasses, wax 
plants, etc. I live In Beaufort S. C. W© raise 
lino bananas and oranges- Our roses are trees, 
not shrubs. 1 wish you could see th;m. The Sa- 
frauo, Lamarque, Bon Silene, Marechal xiel and 
souvenir de la Malmalson, bloom all the year. I 
know they would astonish our Northern friends. I 
enjoy reading the Rural Nrw-Yorkeu, and will 
be pleased to correspond with you about other 
things. Respectfully. S. I. Givens. 
A GOOD PRESCRIPTION. 
Personal cleanliness ls not Invariably a “ pas¬ 
sion ” even with Individuals In the upper ranks of 
society. Wo have heard of a British General 
whose antipathy to ablutions was a matter of no¬ 
toriety among his friends and acquaintances. 
Meeting one of them, the General complained of 
being unwell. 
“ What seems to be the matter ?” Inquired the 
gentleman. 
" Can't tell.” said the General; “ but I don't feel 
exactly well.” 
“ Allow me to prescribe,” said the gentleman. 
No otqcction being offered, he advised the Gen¬ 
eral to lose no time in procuring " a convenient 
tub, hair tilled with tepid water, and a blg-slzed 
lump of brown soap.” 
“ \pply the soap and water liberally,” said the 
gentleman, “ and repeat the experiment again and 
again.” 
" Why,” said the General, “that simply amounts 
to washing myself.” 
The gentleman, putting on a very serious look, 
remarked, " It is liable to that objection.” 
Neatly Pur.—Last tall there was a division of 
the Freshman Latin class, containing thirty-six 
students, nearly halt ot whom were ladies, in 
looking over the records wc And that there were 
nine members of the class who earned a standing 
of too, and that seven or ihese were ladles. Now, 
girls, we noble males never complain because you 
swear, we never say a word against you because 
you chew tobacco, and wo might in time become 
accustomed to your wrestling In the halls; but 
when you beat us in scholarship, you are carrying 
the joke loo far.— L'nirenUcy Reporter ([atm mi- 
wsity). 
-— A-*-*- - 
In making Pumpkin pies, instead of using all 
gtngiv for seasoning, use two-thirds cinnamon and 
one-third ginger—quite an Improvement to the 
taste l —try It. 
Put your Madeira Yiues and Dahlias at the back 
door; when you throw out water, they will grow 
so much as to surprise you, and take up the moist¬ 
ure so that the water wtu do no harm, V, 
