Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-29
IN U M BIER 3d..
A LADY IN HER HOUSEHOLD.

 A LADY IN HER HOUSEHOLD. Without regularity. no house can be
 managed with any degree of seconpmyaor comfort. No mistress or head of house.
 hotd therefore. should irnsr her donhesljc
 with the &easee ofthe store rooms, cosefs
 aud kitchen, without keeping asscxSs$sl
 supe ryision over each of Hhems herself The hest hour for inspection, ,lp regard to these matters, Is immediately after break.
 fast "A II The tnateriaIs or stores. as well
 ns tbesnecessary directions, fnaythen6e given, out.s She should see. also for sher-
 self, that everything is made the best use Iof by those to whom she entrusts the lculinary operations. and that nothing is
 lefrsio tie chances of disorder and waste. No lady should seser regasd herself above this routine ofskillful house oarc3 for, howryerj accomplished slle may be- l her domestic duties are of the first isnports
 ance. Thus. itisregafsl styfhe simple llhiiat-
 tsas alone of ahe dinner tabIs-l4its app0iiss
 menis and the mode vf sconductsbg en such
 an occasion rlhe influence of a Ifaitbeul attention 10 duty. on The part of ihe femnle head or Household aiIafrs, is at once eyi.
 dent a wiling should not only bs sit
 it's proper place but have pmce byassIk
 Clean ableN lipsn should ohlBs Tbssg giseR
 out altcrthe asoileds has beep returned la Its proper place. Glass should be kept.in
 a closet in 'tke difing room, and only. tbdE
 plumber of glassss given'ol tasSt may u
 MAH4pd.s as TzauNnstA g'sNSae Ses1 .Eyrsytlaipg being thus atsfand, and ths utmost catetuIness enforced, much tlpublev
 and m in the course Of the year, considerable Iloss will be avoided. PuntfuaJity aiD lhs
 management 0falf home affairs is 'dlso iiis tdlspvnsable Fhs n,sals should always |unless unnvoidAble casualties intervene,
 he ready .at tue accuslouAed and expeclrd lhour. If the mistress sais punctuab .the IaoIncslics will also be Sd and thus ths
 nall.d Of ahe husband wfll not be rtH7led, IHud Aheress s@sillabe no confusiona aDdeaA0 |b,ckerings, but harmony and sa chsefful Appreciation of, every meal, followed hy Igvnia1 relaxation and pleasant conversa.. ltiS3 pas YesA' - = #ss' 'ss These are not ,riars. hostevsrss they may appearslo some. If the insolvency 6G
 thousands could be traced 10 its soutceiIfit lwo0Id be found to have commenced with lthe non- performance of these household |dulies by the wife Tor other female head of 'af1aiis-for without order there is ne econouiv.1 HHss ssssssFH assa al@ kaess I IsDEpESDEsc B. A western editorF re- lcenlly offered his hat for the best essay on i. Independence. The following obtained
 ;ae prize:: NM \
 s.. National ndepcndeuce is easier m1s lIagined thandescribed; ; personal independf {, ence consists etnphatically in being sllpat-
 led in clean shirt. drawers. socks. and . |nicelY blackFd pair of of bools. wilhr at IIsast a dollar and Il iaIf and clean cambric |Iia your pocket, on Sunday morning, with your wife upou one arm and tie biby ups on the other, taking your course towards
 your owp preacher, m the expectasionsgo gof doing our. owns snoozlng in your oWn pew, { wherein no one does venture to nudge you with lheir elbow ortckle you with straw. Lose AND SHORT DArs.-At Berlin l and London the longest day has sixteen {. hours and half; at Stockholm, the long est day has eighteen hours and half; at
 Hamburg, the longest day has seventeen hours, and the sIortess seven; at St. Petersburg. the longestday has nineteen
 hours. and the shortest five at Tornea, in } Finland, the Ionges, has twenty y-one hours . land half; at Wandprhus. in Norway, . lthe day lasts from the 2lst day of May to tie 22nd of July. without interruption !; , and atSpitzbefgen, the longest day IS three | months and half.
 ~ A FArALIsr. A Western paper Fub- fishes the following s.I know m old ; man who believed that swfat was 10 be ! would be- He lived in a region infested ! Ihy savage Indians. He always took his gun with him, but this tune found that l some of his family had taken it out As :. The would not go without il, his friends tan- s iaized him by saying there was no danger , of the Indians; thathe would not die tlll i, Inns tune come any how. Yes, says lhe old fellow. suppose 1 was 70 meet nn In. E dlan and his tune was come, U wouidn' [
 do not to have my gun.
 "A certain botanist constructed flora Z clock by obtaining flowers that opened at diff i. refent hours oI tHe uay, anu dfrahSfhS thcH IT s tue proper ofietJ but friend has invented vegetable clock which shows more ingenuity : than the first. He says the best way to pro /, d,lce snch a time piece is to .sget up at eigh ! o'ciock'' (get n potato clock. ; Ut takes four things to make thorougl 1. lgentlensan Yon must be one in your principles n d gentleman in your tastes, gentleman ,fl your person, and gentleman in your manners
 No man who does not combine these qualitie f can be justly named true gentleman
 !, -. Accept lock of my hair," said an ol h bAchelor to widow, handing her large curl ,i asr, you had better give me the whole wig [. s;Madam. yon bite hard, but pray don't risl n break king yonr beautiful porcelain teeth" 5. -A German writer observes that nth
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