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Year: 1877

AS summer approaches rules for bathing
are appropos. Whether in bath-tub, river
or ocean, bathing should be accompanied
only by pleaGurable sensations. The whole
body should be kept aglow. If any shiver-
ings or chilly sensations are experienced,
either you are not we'll, the water is not of
the right temperature, or you are bathing
too long. At all events, such feelings are
natures warning that you should at once
leave the water and give yourself thorough
rubbing with coarse towel. Bathing,
especially swimming, necessitatesgreat mus
cular activity, therefore in order that diges-
ton may not be interfered with, at least
one hour, and better still two or three,
should elapse between a hearty meal and
bathing. 1t is easily seen that eleven in
the forenoon, four in the afternoon, and
just before retiring at night are the best
times for bathing.


Some like cold dash on rising in the
morning. Very few, comparatively, can
can stand such shock to their nervous
system. Let those who enjoy it, and ex.
perience glow during the opperation, con.
tinue the practice; but let them be careful
how they urge its adoption upon those
whose nerves possess a less degree of
resistance.


Any one desiring to acquire the habit OF
cold bath every morning should begin
the custom in the warm weather, continu-
ing it during the winter, and not commence
i'll the latter season.


If you are perspiring from walking, row.
ing or other exercise, as you reach the
place of bathing do not las some advised sit
down on the bank to cool off before enter.
ing the water. Doff your clothes and dash
in as soon as possible, only being careful to
keep up the exercise without intermssion
after you are in the water. In this way
you continue the glow which you ex-
perience from the previous exercise.


Ten, or at longest fifteen minutes in the
water should suffice for the strongest
aqueously inclined urchin. Strive always
to leave the water before you feel chilly, Oh


'J a. eiO AAot dPPIOdCll vi any SUCH
sensation, and continue or rekindle the
glow by vigorous rubbing with coarse
towel.


Turkish superstition says wet your head
thoroughly upon entering the bath; we say
do it to prevent rush of blood to the brain,
which event may cause death.


Finally, as bathing, apparently simple
process is not without its dangers, We
would warn all boys not to begin the prac
tice too early in the season, or to repeat il
too often daily. Many have found an
early grave by over indulgence, while
Others have endured long years of suffering
from the obscure effects of excessive bath.
ing. No physician should consider il
below his calling to give specific direction
to all seeking his advice as TO when and
how long they should bathe.- Christian
Union.
Year: 1877

ADVICE To You've LADIEs.-In marrying,
make your own match; do not marry a
man to get clear of him, or to oblige him,
or to save him. The man who would 90 TO
destruction without you, will quite as likely
go with you, and perhaps drag you along.
Do not marry in haste, lest you repent at
leisure. Do not marry for home and a
living. Do not let aunts, fathers, and
mothers sell you for money or position in
bondage, tears and lifelong misery, which
you must endure. Place not yourself
habitually in tho hands of any suitor until
you have decided the question of marriage.
Human wills are weak, and people often
become bewildered, and do not know their
error until it is too late.
Year: 1877

AN EFFECTIVE SCARECRow.--The best
scarecrow is suspended 1ooking-glass


Take two small, cheap mirrors, fasten them
back to back, attach cord to one angle


and hang them to an elastic pole. Whei,
the glass swings in the wind the SUMS rays
are reflected all over the field, even if it be
large one, and even the oldest and bravest
crows will depart precipitately should one
of its lightning flashes fall ON him. The
second plan, although terror to chickens,
is especially well suited to fields subjected
to the inroads of small birds and even
chickens. 1t involves an artificial hawk
made from big potato and long goose and
turkey feathers. The maker can exercise
his initiative skill in sticking the feathers
into the potato so that they resemble the
spread wings and tail of hawk. 1t is
astonishing what ferocious bird of prey
can be constructed from the above simple
material. 1t only remains to hang the
object from tall bean pole, and the wind
will do the rest. The bird will make swoops
and dashes in the most headlong and
threatening manner. Even the most in.
quisitive of venerable hens have been
known to hurry rapidly away from its
dangerous vicinity, while to small birds il
carries sunmixed dismay. Scientific american.
Year: 1877

ABOUT BABIEs-Different countries have
different methods of dealing with their
young. The Greenland baby is dressed in
furs and carried in sort of pocket in the
back of his mothers cloak. When she is
very busy and does not want to be bothered
with him, she digs a hole in the snow and
covers him all up but his face, and leaves
him there until she is ready to take care of
him again. The Hindoo baby hangs in a
basket from the roof, and is taught to
smoke long before he learns to walk.
Among the Western Indians, the poor
little tots are tied fast to board, and have
their heads fattened by means of another
board fastened down over their forheads.
In Lima, the little fellow lies all day in a
hammock swung from tree-top, like the
baby in the nursery song. In Persia he is
dressed in the most costly silks and jewels,
and his head is never uncovered, day or
night; while in Yucatan, pair of Sandals
and straw hat are thought to be all the
clothing he needs, and in America they fix
the baby in a nice little carriage and knock
the underpinning from below the harmless
pedestrian as tho mother calmly propels
the vehicle and gazes in the shop windows
at the latest spring bonnets.
Year: 1877

There's COW with,fve heads, if you go
to the Central Park you'll see it," said a
New York joker to broker The broker
went to the Park, but didn't see the FIVE
headed COW, and on next meeting his
friend, took him to task for his deception.
g didn't deceive you," said the joker.
" l said if you went to the Central Park
you would see it, and didn't you see the
Park ?"
Year: 1877

Judge Key, Postmaster General at Wash.
ington, said the other day that when he
accepted his position he fully intended to
bring his family to Washington. 81 sent
for Mrs. Key" he said, "to come and look
over the ground with me, and select a
house, fit should seem best. We examined
number. Of course, in this position, and
with so large family, we should want a
large house. The lowest that we found we
could rent furnished house for, of suitable
size and location, was $500, or about one.
third OF my salary; we were offered a
suitable house for that (the one which
secretary Thompson now has), but after
carefully hguring the matter up one side
and down the other, we found that INV
salary was insufficient to allow me to bring
the family here and "keep house" as |
desire to do. After paying rent there
would be $500 left. With a large family
IN large city, and living as Cabinet
Minister with proper respect for his
position should, this would not 20 far. If
my family was smaller or my salary larger.
or the habits Of society here little less ex.
pensiye, could live within my salarv in
Washington, but under all tho circum.
stances it seems impossible. l have ever
been the advocate of cheap government.
low salaries, and low taxation. am on.
posed to splurge and style when the money
70 Keep itup has TO come out of other
peoples pockets. As a general thing I
think our officers are paid enough, some Of
them too much. A Congressman gets
about $1,000 month for the time he has
to stay here. He can attend to other bust.
ness part of the year. But Cabinet
Minister cannot carry on business, and he
must remain here all the time. Still |
don't complain, and don't believe in
further increase Of salaries for any officer
or class Of officers. One increase is but an
entering wedge for another. am simply
like hundreds of others here of all grades,
unable to bring my family and enjoy the
luxury of homo of my own"


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When Won hova nothfno IN g..
Year: 1877

A young lady in Albany went up stairs
to her room on Sunday night, and before
locking the door looked under the bed to
see if there ives any one there. There was
somebody there. 1t was man. With re.
markable pesence Of mind she quietly
walked down stairs to give the alarm and
the intruder was arrested. Ever since the
Garden was planted, gentle woman has
made 1t point to look every night for a
man under her bed. Her discretion and
prudence have at last been yindicated.
Year: 1877

" If we are to live after death, why don't
we have some knowledge of it?'' said a
skeptic to q clergyman. "Why didn't you
have some knowledge Of this world before
you came into t?n was the caustic retort.
Year: 1877

"Piety," remarked an Arkansas preacher
to his congregation the other day, "does
not consist in noise. The Lord can see you
give to the needy just as easily as he can
hear you pray the roof off,"
Year: 1877

This is something which quite, a
little boy could make. Cut out three
pieces of thin weod, foot long by Six
inches wide smooth anG sand-paper
two of them, bore a hole in each corner
and in the middle of one side, and
fasten them together with Tue wire,
cord, ribbon, or the small brass pins
which are used for holding manuscripts.
The pieces should be held little apart.
Cut one end of the third piece into
some ornamental shape, glue it firmly to
the back of one of the others, and sus-
pend it from the wall by q hole bored
in the TOP. It will be found O useful
thing to hold letters or pamphlets. A
clever boy could make this much hand
somer BY cutting pattern over the
front, or an initial, or monogram, or
name in the middle. The wood should
be oiled er shellaced.


SHOE CASES.


These cases are meant to take the
place of paper when shoes are to be
wrapped up in trunk. They are made
of brown crash, bound with red worsted
braid. One end is pointed so as to turn
over and button down, or the top has
strings over the braid to tie the mouth
up. There should be three or four made
at a time, as each case holds but one
pair of shoes and you will find that
mamma or your unmarried aunts VIII
like them very much.


A NEW KIND OF CHR1sTMAs-PIR


Nothing can be droller than to hang
up ones stockings, and nothing prettler
or more full of meaning than Christ
mas tree. But for some Of you who may
like to make a novelty in these time
honored ways, we will just mention that
it is good fun to make Christmas
pie in an enormous tin dish-pan, with
make. believe crust of yellow cartridge
paper, ornamented with twirls and
hourishes of the same, held down with
pins, and have it served on Christmas
Eve, full of pretty things and sugar
plums, Jokes and jolly little rhymes
fastened to the parcels. The cutting
should be done beforehand, and hidden
by the twirls Of paper but the carver
can pretend to use his knife and fork,
and spooning out the packages will IN
sure q merry time for all at the table.
And one more suggestion. Little articles
wrapped in white paper, can be put
inside cakes, baked and iced, and thus
furnish another amusing surprise for
the "pie" or the Christmas tree.-'2.
Nicholas Magazine.
Year: 1877

The Jordan Valley, from Lake Tiber-
las to the Dead Sea, is about seventy
miles in length. Three miles is its
average breadth, although it widens at
places into plai3 ten miles broad. These
plains are beautiful GASES, which fact
will remove the impression, now popular,
that the whole region is sterile desert.
There are many streams running out OF
the mountains on either side, and in
every case, where the river leaves the
foot of the hills, there is ruined village.
There is little difficulty in picking out
among these many of the localities men
toned in the Bible. Along the course
of the Jordan We find ruins Of many of
the bridges built by the Romans. One
of these, Just below Lake Tiberias, con-
sists of ten huge arches, and must have
been handsome structure. By irriga-
ton the valley of the Jordan, embracing
200 square miles, may be made as fertile
as the Nile, and will support half mil.
lion of people. The expense would be
triAing, and anything that grows in the
hot-beds of the world can be produced in
the Jordan Valley. The valley and ad-
Joining ones have numerous hot sulphur
springs. Some miles east OF the Jordan,
just below Lake Tiberias, is o small
basin containing q large hot spring and
some ruins which indicate that it was at
one time popular resort. There are
remains of large theater and many
houses that must have been magnificent
in their day. The whole country Is filed
with ruins.


There are popular traditions that
Sodom, Gomorrah and other wicked
cities of the plain are submerged. The
belief is erroneous, and the Dead Sea
has never exceeded its borders. These
cities must have existed at the northern
end of this body of water. Every Link
in the chain of evidence leads to this be-
lief. On the plain at the northern end
of the sea are some rebuilt cities, exactly
corresponding in number and position
to the cities Of the plain that were des-
troyed by the great confagration men,
toned in the Bible. At one place are
three cities, above ground, in "layers."
First are the mud houses of the Arabs
next under these is city built by the
Romans still under that is Hebrew
city, and still lower down. where men
have turned up the earth thirty or forty
deep, there are the ruins of still another
age.


In ancient times, there cannot be the
slightest doubt, this land was densely
populated by wealthy people. The
ruins which dot the country and the
fact that the Romans thought it worthy
of conquest prove the assertion. There
are to Be seen still, among other things.
the re INFANTS of more than five hundred
miles built by the Romans. The work
manship was superb, and even at this
day the drives are frequently we'll pre-
served. These, too, go to show the
former importance of the country, which
demanded such q costly means OF In
ternal intercourse. The valley is inter.
sected with irrigating canals, built by
the ancients, showing that they had
more intelligence than any that have
lived there since.
Year: 1877

"A Denver assayer gives this account
of the origin of the Colorado stone man
with tail: In August, 1875, five of us
were prospecting In the vicinity of
Pueblo. In coming upon sandstone
quarry, ono of the party observed sort
of likeness of man drawn upon the
rock. The incident occasioned deal of
talk about ancient creations, and the
idea Of getting up o second Cardiff
giant was then favorably discussed.
The party agreed to undertake the task,
and stonecutter named Saunders. who
had been working in the vicinity and
known to be q clever hand at modelling,
was at once sought out and an agree
ment made for the figure. While the
plan was in progress one OF the party,
in a Joking way, said the thing ought to
have a tail, as in ancient times men had
tails six or seven inches long. It was
decided amongst the party that the figure
should be known as petriied Aztec
Indian, and they would resurrect him
after six months and impose him on the
public as such. The stonecutter, not
seeing the joke, set to work and made
the figure, with tail appended. The
price paid the artisan was $135, and after
he had completed the figure twas buried.
The "Muldoon was made out of sand
stone and dried by the cabin fire, which
partly accounts for the little moles on
the surface. After the burial-two feet
from the surface of the ground-the
party went on their way to await the
resurrection. A few of the prospectors
had got wind of the proceedings and
were keeping an eye on the party, and
so they dispersed in different directions.
Finally they became scattered, some in
New York and the remainder in different
portions of the country. I had for
gotten nearly about the matter when
the discovery was chronicled in the
papers.
Year: 1877

Everybody knows that newspapers
keep biographies Of most living celebri.
ties ready in type, so that when one OF
them happens to die his career is in the
hands of the public an hour or so after
his Inst gasp. The other day, however,
the sudden death of NJ. Theirs caught
an Italian journal mapping, and this is
how it's editor filled up the void till the
literary notice of the dead man VAS
written "The sorrow with which we
are SO suddenly overwhelmed entirely
prevents as from saying anything about
this ilIuarious statesman; but when
our tears cease to flow tomorrow we
shall give an account Of his life, "
Year: 1877

There is little boy in South Norwalk
who has watched with anxious ewes his
comrades slide dewn hill, while he, hav-
ing no sled, was compelled to take up
with an old chair or barrel stave. His
foster-mether finally told him to pray
for one. He took his mothers advice,
and one evening prayed as follows:-
Now lay me down to sleep, want a
sled; l pray the Lord my soul to keep,
| want a cutter" The grandfather Of
the little fellow was informed of the
prayer, and was SO pleased that he bought
. sled, and q few mornings after it was
left by his bed, so that he could see it as
soon as he awoke. As his eyes first rest
ed upon 1t tho good lady behind the
door waa both surprised and shocked to
bear him say, "Well, now, where the
devil did that come from ?n
Year: 1877

Men and statues that are admired in
an elevated position have very different
effect upon US when we approach them:
The first appear less than we imagined
them, the last bigger.-Lord GrepiHe.
Year: 1877

During The early part OF the afternoon the above
named craft, which were sailed by their respective
owners, with the exception Of the rude. sailed By
Captain Pease, INDUCED IN many friendly trials Of
speed TO the admiration OF the spectators There
also on the LAKE a beautiful sailing model OF
schooner known the Lizzie, twenty inches in
length and ten inches beam, sailed by John Nc
Cook, u young son OF Commander McCo0k OF tho
United States Navy, who was among the party the
little dock the starting point. Tho schooner
Pioneer OF the Prospect Park Miniature Yacht Club
Captain smith owner, So inches In length ana II
inches in width, and the Lete, OF the same dimcn-
sons also spread their sails and tossed over
tho ripping waters. About fifteen minutes
past nvc while very light southwest breeze
prevailed sloop yachts OF the American Club
started the first heat OF the race from swell Cove"
They mad TO beat up to windward the lake 10
Shelter Cove, distance.o about three quarters OF
mile 10 n point where the signal flags posted.
The Judge Captain Parker, after starting the yachts
pui ed over to the "home stakes, where their time
was taken. The Zephyr won the first heat
by In anu us, and the second hea. by los. the
Corncia coming IN second, then the Cloud and the
Yankee Traveller In the schooner race the rudie.
having a very light breeze-lor which she Is we'll
adapted being narrow OF beam and fully rgged with
canvas-won two ol the three heats the Maria and
the Vixen coming IN IN the order in which they
cd
Year: 1877

On another part of this page, we publish
an "open letter from the Rev. DR.. Plumer
on the Book of Church Order. We publish
it, not because We believe the views there set
forth to be right, but because we desire our
readers to hear argument on both sides OF
question nov before the Church.


twill be perceived that the writer has lit
tie or nothing to say respecting the question
whether or not the Revised Book is better
than the present one; but that be confines
himself to an attempt to prove that it is
wrong to submit the Revised Book to the
Church at all; that it i5 an unwarrantable
disturbance of the peace of the Church, and
that it is asking the ordained cfi,ers of the
Church TO violate their solemn engagements;
and he would put an end to the further ex-
animation Of the New Book by declaring that
if the maj,rity should adopt it, he cannot be
bound by it, and by propheaying that its
adoption will rend the Church in twain. 1t
may be we'll to inquire briefly how far we
are to be Influenced by the considerations
which he presents.


If question has been thrust before the
Church in manner that deserves the severe
condemnation pronounced by Dr.. Plumer, il
will not be amiss to determine who is tht
guilty party, that our censure may be rightly
directed. Who is it, then, that is pressing
these changes on the Church when she il
averse to them, and when such agitation


must ipiure the cause of Christ by disturb
ing the peace and harmony of God house?'


Who is that is wearing out the "patienc'
of the saints, and is requiring our peopl,
either to adopt what they never desired
or to " commit sin by losing good temper
towards those who are urging the changes? ?
Who is it that is asking DR.. Plumer tt
"violato his solemn engagements?" 1t il
: not minister or elder here and there; it il
not turbulent faction, seeking persona


ends; it is not part of the Church, larg
or small; but this disturber of the peace, thi
! vexer of sanity tempers, this tempter to vic
Year: 1877

WHILE the writer was on a visit at Shawangunk,
New York, some four or Eve years ago, great SUIT
ferer from Sickness too weak almost to live and yet
too strong to die single bird was heard on several
successive nights at about twelve o'elock-and
sometimes in very unpleasant westher-to sing near
bis window It sang very softly, as if almost afraid
lest it should disturb the slumberer and yet wanting
to give him little pleasant cheer if his pains yet
kept him awake. 1t is simply impossible to describe
how sweet its almost thoughtful singing was to him,
or how preciously it brought to mind Eihu's beau
titul conception of God as giving "sOsgs in the
night" The little episode suggested the following
lines, which were written at that time.


Why every night meath my window, lone bird,


So Oft, and so soft, and so sweet singest thOu2
BY thy sleeping mate thou art not heard,


And the winds the darkness roughly plow
No star gleameth down in smile on thee,
And God and 1 only thy listeners be;
And he could hear an unsuug tunel
Is thy voiceful song for me alone2
An, thou art Gods angel bird to me


AS the raven brought bread to Elijah of old,
So Oft as the night draweth song from thee,


Thou bringest Gods comforts to my soul.
Ne, sleepless and tossing with anxious care,


Thou lurest to think of the God above,
Who wateheth His creatures everywhere,


And for bird and man hath faithful love.
So the winds may howl and the stars hide their


light,


Sing on, sweet bird, with all thy might,
God keepeth thee and me in sight,
And through thee giveth me His songs in the night


ChristiaH IatelligsReer.
Year: 1877

The general expression in this locality is,
II do hope our State authorizes have learned
enough in the school Of experience to refuse
10 allow the Hayes commission to arrange ma.
tiers for them'-sr in other words, compromise
them out Of our rights. They have no more
business meddlins with the eaairs Of this
State Il IN they have to attempt to fix up
compromise between the courts of New York
and Boss Tweed or than they have to
dictate terms Of peace between Turkey and
Bosnia.