, 1866-10-14
FOR THE LADIES,

The NosioH Of Last week winds up discus.
sion Of the problems Of domestic economy
thus:
Housekeeping Is human, boarding Is SIM
ply animal. Yet even the lower animals
know enough to avoid boarding, the only c1-
eeptlon being the apparent exception Of the
western rnttlesnake, who Is said to take
lodgings and meals with the praisie dog.
AppaT.nt exception, We say, because our
70 sink himself into mere boafdef. Every
little while he swallows his landlord or one
of the family. which, In manner, Is land.
ing houses.r
s1oRT ABOUT MISS BRAppoy.
A correspondent OF the London Htrc1d
g1ves this account OF q literary feat ".Lady
Aud1ey's Secret wns originally ANNOUNCED
for publication in three volumes. The man
uscrlpt <as punctua1ly seat to the publish
eIe, npt when the work sas printed I. con
sa'ned only two volumes and ten pages, 1t
had been announced that the book vas to
appear at a certain day, and when tho blum
der vas discovered that day was almost 1t
hand: What was to be done: The precincts
Of Saint Bride were plunged into cons.esns-
and the awful Hdings were broken to Niss
braddon; She paused little, and then
asked HuT long can yon giya me to fitl 10
the three hundred blank pagesr Eight
Gays AZ the utmost. Tou shall have The
eopy tn good time and the whole copy was
IN the hands Of the publishers four davs af
teFwards: And marx It, 3{lss Beaddoo dii
not inteflopt single word 10 the two vol
umea already printed, although the novel
Last ltne.h
THE nPHEss aaLoz1A.
The Empress Catlotta, wife OF MaxImiliau
Is By no means the Impoverished person
some people suppose her 10 be j; she Il one
OF the richest princeases In Europe, as she Il
one of the most beautiful and highly accom-
plished; Her father, king Leopold. lets her
about eighteen millions Of dollars and she
has several millions besides.
SOUTHERN wpxKy.
The Norfolk tFirginsa) Old Dooaiason, has
'sontheFa hdics do not talk to anything
IKE the ZANE extcnt IS In former years
ing this phenomenon among the signs Of the
times. We believe 1t Is the result Of a mys
terious solcmnity that has In the last few
y,eass Of trial and mighty erents czept over
the world. Levity ls not As widespread.
~ aen .na ma *omsn ntf nov. nov lo9e more IN
carrying out The eud OF their being, No
may bc wrong, but such are our own conyic-
iions, tn spite Of the wickedness abroad In
LADY BooEKEpERs.
AAC AA0&9A A3{pC Q3a4 LE44{Ae7
During recent trips through tho shoe man
uhctu1inE towns we noticed that majority
Of the manufacturers had young ladies en-
ploycd in their counting rooms as book
keepers and accountants They arr more
generally reliable than the other sex, careful
Correspondents, are not liable to hare loa5ers
In the countinFfoon smoking their employ
er's cigars during HI absence, aud Last, per
hapa not least, don't spend his money play
Ing billiards or driving Est horsea.'
MOTHER AND ISFAST RECEPTIONS.
There Is t'somethIng new under the sun''
after all. What do you think Of \ 'tnot.<r
and now fashionable receptions took place
on Thursday last. The young wife Of one Of
our distinguished lawyers Invited her lady
friends to see her beautiful infant when Il
reached the advanced age Of four Heek1.
The rosy looking baby WAS attiscd in beau-
tiful dress Of lace. slecyes looped with cold
and broad blue kash around 1ts virgin waist.
The mother wore an elegant French gown of