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Home Before All Other Things.

see unrest, discomfort, strife and sin:
see girls-children in years-from whose
cheek the first blush of innocence, from
whose soul the last vestige of youth have
vanished, women sold to frivolity, wasting
most precious gifts, whose ambition his no
higher object than to mislead and triumph
over men: see men grown hard, selfish and
wicked, the slaves of their passions, going
down to death, with no hand to save-and
all for the lack of true home. Then | re-
member, seeing all this sin and wickedness,
that the home is the true kingdom of woman,
where her RIGHTS can never Le dethroned,
that all pure love, all right thoughts, all re.
ligions, all governments, if we could have
them live and flourish, must have their roots
beneath the altar. This conviction impels
me to say to every woman who has home
Let home stand first before all other
thinss:"-Mrs Henry Ward Beecher in
BrCoklyn Magazine.
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REPAIRING THE OBELISK.

The beautiful ohclisl presented few years
ago by the khedive of Egypt to New York,
and set upon its base in Central Park, was
rapidly going to destruction. 1t was chip
ping off and crumbling away.
Many suggestions were made for its preser-
vation, among others the barbarous one OF
painting it. At length mixture of parafiine,
creosote and turpentine was decided on.
This is called q water proofng mixture, and
has been applied to buildings to consider
able extent
The coating was applied to the heated
stone. The manner of putting it on was in
teresting. The obelisk is also called "mono'
lith," word signifying that it is ore stone.
The column is covered to its top with figures
and hieroglyphics Into the crevices of these
the heated coating had to be driven with all
alcohol blowpipe. The operation was sue
cessfully accomplished, and the stone is as
imposing as BEFORE the only difference being
that it is slightly darker j, color. 1t was SC
lofty and slender that great care had to be
exercised in erecting the scafrolding around
it, The glaze-like coating brought out the
carved figures in fine relief.
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Astronomical Events for 1856,

The principal astronomical event of 1856
will be the total eclipse OF the SUN on the 10Th
of August The line of totality in this eclipse
will cross the Atlantic ocean, travcrsing land
in the West Indies just after sunrise, and III
southern Africa toward sunset. On the coast
of Venezuela the total phase lasts nearly five
minutes, and at Grenada, in the West Indies,
the duration will be nearly four minutes.
1t seems probable that in the latter part Of
April and first part of May we are to have the
unusual spectacle of two fine comets visible
at the same time. Balnarls comet is increas-
ing i'll brightness. Another comet was dis
covered by Fsbly at the Paris observatory,
Dec. l, and this will finally surpass Barnard's
in brilIiancy. It will be seen in the north,
and its position will be very similar to that of
tho brilliant comet of 1881. For short time
it will not set at all in our latitude, but will re-
main visible throughout the night. The comet
is now visible i'll a moderate-sized telescope,
and is increasing slowly in brightness About
April the Increase viii become more rapid,
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l'etticoats. in Paris.

1t may, perhaps, moi tie amiss to devote a
f,w lines to the subjx of petticoats-upp
D tticoats that are worn immediately under
the dress. For dark toilets they arc made of
black or dark colorel silk; they are trimmed
with thick rlche o faille OF the same cclor,
pinked at the edges. or perhaps with se> eral
ruches of black lace, which is very pretty.
but not so scrvicea >le. For the spring there
are being made pc ;ticoats Of moire or watered
stuff in all colors. They are adapted to the
dress with which they are to be worn, dark
rstticoat heing orn with dark dress and a
cream o. ]nastic petti,oat with light q ess.
Tie moire of ich they arc made is cotton
stuff, viii Ii kee ps its stiffness, and there are
steel springs in the petticoat to form the
to,lrnure. Except for indoor toilets in Il 9
summer. white petticoats are no longer worn
directly Under the dress.-Harpers Bazar.
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A blue dinner is far more difficult to man.

A blue dinner is far more difficult to man.
age. 1t is on unbecoming color for lamp
shades, making every one look ghastly. 1t
is therefore necessary to confine ones self to
blue ribbons, and almost the only blue
flower we have, the forgct-me not, is not very
ornamental These dinners are given 10 LII:
erary ladies, and have this sole excuse for
being, that they bring out the "old blue''
china, which is always worth seeing Blue
menus and blue chairs, blue portieres and
blue fans and favors are sometimes added,
but blue table cloth is unknown. A piece
of rich embroidered blue brocade may be
stretched under the silver epergne. We have
seen fine set Of knives, carver and all,
mounted in labis lazuli handles, curios from
Russia, brought out for one of these dinners.
But the plain, simple, moderate hostess might
make something pretty out of the idea if size
had a mind to Go so. Jockey caps of blue
satin and sashes and belts might be intro
duced A lace table cloth over blue reps
very pretty.
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Change lii Dress Cutting.

French dressmakers have made change in
their way of cutting waists. They now dis
pense with all datts, even for stout figures,
and the waists sit like glove. These waists
are usually open over plastron. There is
small side piece under the arm, and then a
front piece cut bias and fastened to the plas-
tron by seam which extends from the neck
down to the basque, and gives shape to the
waist. The seam is Indispensable, as tire
places the darts. Striped fabrics are par
ticularly we'll suited to this kind of waist; be-
cause the front is cut bias and sewed to tie
plastron, which is straight. The plastron
may be of the same goods, but it is better to
have it of striped or ribbed material for then
the contrast between the straight and bias
goods is more marked. Waists for young
ladies are very low in the neck, but they
have small guinpes underneath OF tulle lace,
plated OH tie shoulder and draped on the
inside of the waist. There are also ''cor'e-
let's" which arc taken under the arm. but
these also have guinlp,s Of plated crepe hsSe.
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BtLLFROQ AND BEETLE.

First the frog is Matched into a polliwig,
commonly called tadpole. When it comes to
that how many of us ever know, without
looking into the dictionary, that the correct
spelling and pronunciation are found in the
word "polliwig!" Again, how long does it
take the little tadpole to push out its legs,
slough off its tail and develop into u full
grown believing biillfroS that keeps people
awake nights:
Well, generally it requires two years to pro-
duce the full sized batraclian. 1t is hatche%l
from the egg in the warm days of spring. If
food is abundant, and it must be very abund-
ant, and il the weather is warm and water is
very plentiful, and SO on, the little poliwis
will develop into q frog before the winter.
But, generally, it is not till the second sum-
mcr that it can slough oil its degrading call-
dal appendage and rise to the full dignity OF
a creature without tail In Canada it al
ways requires two years.
The illustration shows how tile frog snaps
up a BEETLE with his long, lightning tongue.
The bull frog is q most ravcnous eater He
is carnivorous, eating every living creature
that he can get outside Of Bugs, mice,
birds, spiders, snakes, and small turtles and
grasSboppcrs and clawfish arc alike fish to
his not. lie is lot particular, hut he is
awfully hungry most Of the time. Good
sized pebbles lEsvc teen found i'll his stomach.
These frogs have been known to even gobble
up young ducks. But OIL the other hand,
young ducks also gobblc mp the frogs when
thy gel the clIaiitr, so honol:; are easy. The
tadroie of the bullflUg is large AMI strong,
and grayiSh green III color. In winter the
old FROG ceases to sing and hnri"s himself in
tho mud. But pollwigs in brooks and pools
are common enough Throughout the cold
weather.
This frog is the one that is eaten. Only
the hind legs are 1:scd for this purpose, and
they are a gryat delicacy, tasting more dainty
than the finest game birds. In South Caro-
lima tho bull frog grows sometimes to be
twcnty-one inches long 1t is caught for
market either by shooting or by batting a
hook with piece of red flannel Or with an
insect of some SORT The creature is SO vora.
cious that it snaps at everything it sees, and
therein lies its destruction.
The anatomical structure Of the frog bears
to that of a human being weird resemblance
that is startling. In swimming the motions
of the two are identical. This queer likeness
suggests strange kinshipS
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FASH!ONlETS.
avs will be worn in hats and

All sorts of straws will be worn III hats and
bonnets this spring.
The latest novelty in fancy slippers are
those embroidered With garnet beads.
The latest fancy in splashers are large
fans spread against the wall behind the wash
stand.
Borders for entire skirts for side and back
panels and for parts OF frocks are the feature
in spring styles.
The brilfs of new spring mats are neither
vide nor eccentric They are narrower in the
back than in front.
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every way from forming the habit Of cry
ing. Study its expression; when it is tired
of playing on the floor take it up and dance
it about the room, and let it look out of the
window for a few minutes. In little while
it will be glad to go back aud play on the
floor again. II it is necessary to resort to
discipline, be careful to seize the right mo-
ment for it.
If you want the baby to learn to go to
sleep without being rocked, choose a day
when it has been unusually bright and
happy all tho morning, wait until twenty
minutes or SO after the regular hour for its
nap, then give cup of milk particularly
sweet and warm and nice, makeits little bed
soft AMI cozy, lay it down gently and soothe
it with little kissing and patting, and, if it
is not already too much spoilt, it will only
be too happy to close its eyes in the sweetest
kind OF s.eep. If it does not, its fit of cry
ing will be rs brief and as little injurious as
it can be.-BabyhCou.
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How to Keep Oysters Alive.

A discovery which viii be interesting to
scientists, gourmands, and f;shmongers has
been made by NJ. verin, a French scientist,
who is studying the question of how to pre-
serve oysters after they lave leen taken
out of the water. Mr.: Eerill found an old
Eottle, which had been picked up at sea, aud
to which several oysters were attached,
hanging as curiosity in front of a fish,
monger's shop, where it had been on view
for several months On examination the
oysters were proved to be all alive, with the
exception Of those the shell of which was not
quite intact.
The conclusion which NJ Verill draws
from this fact, and from experiments Of tho
same kind which he has made, is that, IL
oysters with perfect shell are PLACID in q
receptacle throu:h which the air can freely
pass, care bling taken tlat the empty part
Of tho shell is turned downward and tho
hinge upward, it is possible to keep oysters
perfectly fresh for several months Tbs
plan is ,er:ainly worth; trying, espet tally al
it can be oone almost wiunour any expeps&
Chi ago Tribune.
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and by the middle or latter patti Of that
nlonth it will undoubtedly become visible to
tLe naked eye. Its maximum brightness,
over GOO times as bright as when it was dis
covered, will be reached about May l, when
it will be situated in the sky, not far from
Barnard's comet; and by the end of May it
will have passed south of the equator, becorn-
ng again q tciescopic object. Another fa-
vorable circumstance is noted in the fact that
when the comet is at its bright ,st, there will
be 10 moon to detract from itssplcndor. Dr.
Weiss points out the possibility that OH April
2j or 81 the comet may be between us and
The sun, and may consequently be projected
on the suns disk.
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Green OYSTERS.

The green color which sometimes affects
American as well as European oysters has
formed the subject of late special investiga-
tion by a microscopist at the Smithsonian
institution. He finds that it is the minute
blood cells which become tingcd with green,
and that these tend to lodge i'll the heart and
the gills in numbers great enough to give q
green appearance. The coloring matter,
which may be vegetable or an abnormal pro-
duct of digestion, is entirely harmless, and in
no wise due to copper tincture, as is popu-
larly supposed.
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fashionably made. A woman should DO
pleasing in appearance to the latest day OF
her life.
The illustration shows black lace bonnet
which has pulled crown of piece lace and a
coronct OF bronze beads, consisting OF q drop
trimming of beads headed by beaded leaves
a similar trimming OF leaves and drops IS at
the back. A lace scarf, seven inches Wide,
extends across the front behind the coronet
and forms the strings. A large rosette OF the
same lace with beaded leaves at the CENTER
forms the trimming for the front
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Guardian Spirits of Ancient Romans.

The Junones were fairies or guardian
spirits of the female sex, one Of which the
ancient Romans believed to be born with
every female, to attend and watch over her
through life, and expire with her at her
decease, precisely as the Genii with males.
They were represented as young girls with
the wings of Il bat or a moth, and entirely
drapel The male spirits were generally
represented naked, or nearly SO, and with
tho wings of bird.-Boston Budget
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Tact In Managing the Baby.

The way 10 keep the l.aby from becoming
@spoilt' is to let it cry as little as possible
1t will gain strength of mind to endure its
necessary ills all the sooner if it is allowed
to suffer as little as possible from ills that
ean be avoided Its wants should be antici-
] ated, its sources of discomfort should be re-
moved as soon as they arise, without wait
ing for it to cry; it should he prevented in
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Where Women Doctors Are Liked.

Philadelphia appreciates women doctors.
There are eight female physicians there,
who have an annual practice of 100000
each. There are twelve whose incomes
average abovc $4,000 each, and there gre
twenty-five who earn over $1,000 year
each. .-Cuicago Journal
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New Combinations.

There IRE Japanese or Mikado borders,
Oriental, cashmere, medieval and mixed de-
sign bord ,rs in broche, of silk Or wco and in
endless V; .l,iety and beauty. Plain goods come
with all 1ese bordered and striped stutfs, to
be combi: ed with them in the composition of
suits who Sc general outlines are simple and
whose M, ke up is tailor-lilie.
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Director OF Publishing Establishment

Mile. Gull raumin, who died recently in
Paris, was for twenty->ix years the director
of La Revue des Economists, anl of great
publ hing establishment. This remarkable
type Of a Fr, nch old maid was petite, alert
in her movemen' gay and witty in conver-
sation, but too Absorbed to b. co uattish.
She lived IN handsome flat in tho Rue
Ri 1.helieu over her printing and pub ishng
ottic,s, VIII I. she had her editor. sal editors,
proo.- .-reauers and many Of her typo graphic
staff to dine with hr once Il week, and
wuere she often entertained the young
wome;i who folded and stitched 70 umes in
her office III, boast.d that she never
quarrelel with any one in her employment.
She believed in uaI righss but vas too
buy to cain them. One Of het common
sensic;l notions wa; that men were never
actuate>l by chivalry i'll trale relations, and
she held that tho sooner women g"t over the
delusion 1hs better it would Ue for them.-
ESchanre
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Dear Old Grandmother's Cooking.

Dear Olu GranomothetS N"oNl"S'
Most of our modern dishes arc very de-
licious Catherine Owen and Miss Parloa
are blessings to mankind ard yet often
wonder Why so many of my grarJnother's
dishes are obsolete. Who knows what
"cumnoldle' is. All / know is tGat it's q
dainty bit of lean pork rolled in some kind
of a mixture and fried very brown. NY
knowledge ends here may not have the
name spelled right, but that is the way it is
pronounced And "serappcl."-ou butcher
says be has 'scrappel," and such stuf as it
is: not the least earthly resemblance does it
bear to the scrappel my grandmother made
And how many housewives MAZE "souse IN
this day and age OF the world! It's twenty
years since ate "souse' that was 'souse'
and not pasty, lumpy, 'tasteless mixture OF
pigs feet and vinegar. 1t always reminds
me of glue.
Noodle soup is so simply and easily made
that anyto oily ought to he able to make 1t
well, and yet defy Miss Par.oa herself to
make it so that it will look and taSte and
smell Just like my dear old grandmother's
noodle soup. remember that her favoritc
seasoning. was "passiy," and it don't seem to
mo that it is used so very much now. The
last noodle soup ate was at one OF the best
hotels in America. The noodles We're III
great, hard, white-looking chunks. Again
I have had string or two of vermicelli or
macaroni put into weak broth and set Le-
fore me as genuine noodle soup"
The cookies of the present day arc good
so good, indeed, that I often feSl. like re-
belling when Mrs. Dane doles hers out to me
in beygarly Ids Of four AMI five at time
Thoy are good, Int they are not like Grand
mother Danes cookies Of twenty vars ago
Hers were yellow and half or three quarters
OF an in"h thick, and all specklel through
and through with caraway or anise seeds,
and they tasted-well can't begin to tell
how COOL they did taste. May be it was
because 1 stole them taat tuey tasted so
gool
sometimes buy "cottage cheese" Of our
milkman. My grandmother called it "Snlea'-
case" spell it just as SIZE pronounced it.
She usel to mix it with egs and sugar and
spices ard make SOM, kind Of a pie with a
sweet crust that was ever SO good. Who
knows anything about it: Her gingerbread,
ginger cookies AMI raised doughuuts Were
things like to think about whe ala very
hungry. But never worry my wife with
these reflections Dane, in Cool
Housekeeping
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At the Womcn's Normal College.

The average attendance at the Women's
Normal college in New York is more than
1,5UO, and the results of the systeia there
are particularly encouraging. 1t is said,
however, that the college rooms are danger
ously oyercrowded. Exchange.
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A colorel woman, Miss Carrie Bragg, il
editor of Tho Virginia Lancet, published in
Petersburg, Va-the only newspaper in tho
Union conducted by colored woman
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Some Good Advice to Country Girls.

Some Uoo0 AdFlce 10 country Ulrls'
Before making the plunge into city life
country girls should ask themselves what is
really to be gained by it. Perhaps in their
quiet rural homes some stray advertisement
has reached them, prom sing to young
women high salaries for light work.
Hundreds of advertisements are framed for
the purpose of deceiving the unwary. They
accomplish their purpose, however, and
large numbers of young girls rush up TO
the city, dazzled by the generous confusion
OF promises.
a girl from the farm answers one of these
advertisements. Life may havo Lean slow
and plenty, and there was some cne to care
for in the old farm house. w. en she goes
to the big city shs finds that the light
work consists in working all day in q
badly-lighted and il!-sm.Iling workshop,
wks e SCORES Of other girls AMI women are
employed at wages hardly high enough to
Keep body and soul together. We know
what often comes next The girl has left
home; she is ashamed or unwilling 10 re.
turn, and she must take tho conse Iuunces,
one of two things-shame or suffering.
Many girl finds first in the frivolities
and neyt in the ini luity OF the streets t lat
excitement y which regrets aud remorse
may be d .adened. If she is too strong in
principle, too pure and elevated in tone to
sink down to one Of the pitifu! women OF
the street, she may find rSclf in some co
garret, lonely, overworkel, despondent and
miserable Better remain at home than
risk the failure which attends so many gir.s
who 90 up to the city in pursuit Of high ray
for light work. 1t is the sa 'tesJ of all VEN
ture>, forsakirg county home for tho
il usions and deceptions of a large town.
Providence Journa.
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Of that chilly cline have to take back seas
when any OF our crape-shrouded ladi's cross
the continent They are never too old to
marry, and their choice lies almost in-
variably among the very young. Th,re are
not few gentlemen in this town to-day
who wear fine clothes anil tread lightly on
the cobbles who would be pouring owe" the
ledger or packing the Cali:oEi codes about
the courts for the us, of their lawyer-nas-
ters but for this trait in the constitution of
Our widows-San Francis, Wasp
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The only place in MaSsachusetts where
women do not outnurnber lnen Is Ill the
prisons.
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West of the mississippi River.

In forming an idea Of what west means,
it is stated that in the region west Of tbs
Miss .ssippi 551 states the size of Massaca'e
setss could be paced.
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Girls desiring to have small mouths should
very frequently repeat rapidly, Fanny
Finch fried five founder fish for Frances
Fowler's father"
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Rama Catesbiana.

This is the learned name of the common
hullfrog Common as it is, it is safe to say
that not one in thousand Of those who see it
every year know its habits or how long it
lives
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Signora Rubenstoin has received the high
est honors that can be awarded by the Ger
man school of philosophy.
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Mems Spring Collars and Scarfs.
The plain round collar for gentlene

rapidly going out,
and pity, too, for it
is the most becom-
ing lleckwear man
ever wore. But it
is doomed, and its
place is being taken
by the pointed styles
shown in tho illus
tration. The points
run from small to
large and sharp, to
meet the tastes of
wearers, VIII g t b er
they are con t en- t
with bainr n,of1pl.-
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Queen Victoria insists on reading and cor
recting personally the proof-silps OF The
Court Circular.