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whiskey; and let mothers, above all others, beware of drinking when nursing. The whiskey passes from their stomachs into their milk, and poisons their own child. This is a positive fact.

"A DRUNK WOMAN" AND HER CHILD.

And think of a drunk woman carrying and managing a child! I was once, many years ago, walking in Lothian Street, when I saw a woman walking along very drunk. She was carrying a child; it was lying over her shoulder. I saw it slip, slipping farther and farther back. I ran, and cried out; but before I could get up, the poor little thing, smliing over its miserable mother's shoulder, fell down, like a stone, on its head, on the pavement; it gave a gasp, and turned up its blue eyes, and had a convulsion, and its soul was away to God, and its little soft, waefu' body lying dead, and its idiotic mother grinning and staggering over it, half seeing the dreadful truth, then forgetting it, and cursing and swearing. That was a sight! so much misery, and wickedness, and ruin. It was the young woman's only child. When she came to herself, she became mad, and is to this day a drivelling idiot, and goes about for ever seeking for her child, and cursing the woman who killed it. This is a true tale, too true.

Literary Notices.

BOOKS BY MAIL.-Now that the postage on printed matter is so low, we offer our services to procure for our subscribers or others any of the books that we notice. Information touching books will be cheerfully given by inclosing a stamp to pay return postage.

When ordering a book, please mention the name of the publisher.

From T. B. PETerson & BrothERS, Philadelphia:HARRY LORREQUER, and his Adventures; and TOM BURKE OF OURS. We have received these two volumes belonging to the series of Lever's Military Novels, now being issued. These novels, as well as those which have preceded them and those which are to follow, cannot fail to become popular, as they are just suited to the present public taste. They have finely illustrated and illuminated covers, and their whole appearance is elegant and pleasing. Price 50 cents each.

TRAIN'S UNION SPEECHES. By George Francis Train, of Boston, Mass. These speeches, which are eminently patriotic in character, were delivered in England since the breaking out of the present war. The profits of the sale of this book are devoted to the establishment of the London American, the only newspaper of its kind in Europe. This paper is intended to represent American interests on the other side of the Atlantic, and is loyal to the interests of the federal government. Price 25 cents. We have also received a fine card portrait of the author of this work. Price 10 cents.

THE LAW AND THE PRACTICE OF THE GAME OF EUCHRE. By a Professor. This book is intended to fully post those who indulge in the highly popular game of euchre in all the rules and regulations of the game. It is a tasteful little volume, containing half a dozen chapters, or more, entering fully into the "science" of the matter, and imparting much real and practical information. Price 75 cents.

VOL. LXIV.-50

From RUDD & CARLTON, New York, through T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, Philadelphia:

A BOOK ABOUT DOCTORS. By J. Cordy Jeaffreson, author of "Novels and Novelists," etc. This is a reprint of an English publication. The author has gone to work in a systematic manner, and gives us first a chapter or two on early doctors and the traditional badges and insignia of the profession. Then we have various chapters on Apothecaries, Quacks, Fees, Bleeding, Mesmerism, and various other matters pertaining to the medical profession, written in a most lively style, and abounding in humorous anecdotes of physicians and their patients, from the days of Chaucer to the present. A readable book. Its frontispiece is a copy of Hogarth's painting of "The Undertaker's Arms." Price $1.50.

A POPULAR TREATISE ON DEAFNESS: its Causes and Prevention. By Drs. Lighthill. Edited by E. Bumford Lighthill, M. D. This book is the production of gentlemen who have had long and extensive practice in the treatment of diseases of the ear, therefore they handle the subject with a skill and judgment that will gain them the confidence of all who examine what they have written. They treat in detail of the anatomy and physiology of the ear, together with its diseases, the causes, symptoms, and prevention of deafness, with a review and correction of many popular fallacies concerning remedies, etc. The book contains a number of anatomical illustrations. Price 50 cents.

From D. APPLETON & Co., New York, through PETERSON & BROTHERS, Philadelphia:

AIDS TO FAITH: A Series of Theological Essays. By Several Writers. Edited by William Thomson, D. D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. About a year since, there was quite a commotion in the religions world on the occasion of the appearance of a volume bearing the title of "Essays and Reviews," written by several distinguished men, some of them prelates in the Church of England. These "Essays and Reviews" were looked upon by many as striking blows at the foundation of the Christian religion, as they attacked undisguisedly many articles of faith, and openly questioned the infallibility of the Scriptures. In reply to and in refutation of the arguments contained in these "Essays and Reviews," this volume, "Aids to Faith," has been carefully prepared, in the hope of building up again those religious sentiments which, in many, the previous volume had so ruthlessly destroyed. Price $1 50.

PHOENIXIANA; or, Sketches and Burlesques. By John Phoenix. This is a collection of sundry sketches, originally published in the newspapers and magazines of California, and written by the late "John Phoenix." They are all humorous; the first, an official report of a military survey from San Francisco to the Mission of Dolores, a distance of two and one-half miles, particularly so. However, it must be confessed that one becomes tired of reading a whole volume of this kind of writing, no matter how funny it may be. The sketches are illustrated by characteristic engravings. Price $1 50.

From T. O. H. P. BURNHAM, Boston, through W. P. HAZARD, Philadelphia:

CADET LIFE AT WEST POINT. By an officer of the United States Army. This book professes to be a history of the author's personal experience at West Point, written in a lively narrative style. It must be confessed that the account he gives of a young cadet's life at this place is not a very flattering one, and his story may be the

means of cooling down somewhat the ardent desires of many representatives of Young America to be admitted within the classic" walls of this military academy. The book is prefaced by a descriptive sketch of West Point by Benson J. Lossing. Price $1 00.

THE OLD LIEUTENANT AND HIS SON. By Norman Macleod. This book depends more upon its pleasing pictures of human nature, and its quiet truths and moral lessons, to attract the reader than for anything like absorbing interest. The old lieutenant, "Captain" Fleming, as he was called, is almost too perfect and too artless a character to be a true description of a bona fide naval officer. Nevertheless, we are all, more likely, better pleased with him than though the author had more carefully "held the mirror up to nature." The hero and heroine of the book, Ned Fleming and Kate Campbell, are models and marvels of perfection and constancy, as heroes and heroines of romance are bound to be. Price 30 cents.

From T. O. H. P. BURNHAM, Boston, through J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co., Philadelphia:

CAN WRONG BE RIGHT? A Tale. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. We have read this story with great interest, and we have no doubt hundreds and thousands of others will do the same. It is a romance of English life, of a gentleman who, tormented beyond endurance by the whims of a heartless woman to whom he is engaged, breaks with her at last, on the very eve of the weddingday, and marries a girl beneath him in station, though refined and gentle by nature. Then come the trials of the wife, who discovers that her husband cannot forget his first love, until, maddened by jealousy, she resolves to commit suicide. She leaves him, but at the last moment changes her purpose and wanders away. She is missed, letters are found from her announcing her selfdestruction; and, after a few months, her husband marries the woman to whom he was first engaged. Then come all the trouble and difficulty which lead to the conclusion that wrong can never be right. Price 38 cents. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; Declaration of Independence; and Washington's Farewell Address. This little publication will be found very convenient for reference. Price 10 cents.

From ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, New York, through WM. S. & ALFRED MARTIEN, Philadelphia:

THE SUPERNATURAL IN RELATION TO THE NATURAL. By the Rev. James M'Cosh, LL. D., Author of "The Method of the Divine Government," etc. A very valuable work, intended to refute the arguments of the "Essays and Reviews," which have been so full of mischief, especially to young men. One of the questions started by the "Essays and Reviews" relates to the reality and possibility of supernatural operation, and it is that question which is here discussed in an able, thorough, and reverential manner.

THE "I WILL'S" OF CHRIST; being Thoughts upon some of the Passages in which the Words "I Will" are used by the Lord Jesus Christ. By Philip Bennet Power, M. A., Incumbent of Christ Church, Worthing; author of "The 'I Wills' of the Psalms," etc. A work interesting from its subject, and useful from its warm and living piety. It is full of exhortation, counsel, comfort, and encouragement.

THE LIFE OF ARTHUR VANDELEUR, Major, Royal Artillery. By the author of "Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars," "English Hearts and English Hands.' This is an account of one who was that rare being, "a

Christian from the cradle to the grave," and his life, so full of joy and brightness, of duties fulfilled and ends attained, is one of unusual interest. The writer is worthy of the subject, and her well-known style adds an additional charm to the book.

THE SHADY SIDE; or, Life in a Country Parsonage. By a Pastor's Wife. This is a reprint of a work which some years ago was extremely popular. The story is as interesting as ever, evidently drawn from life, and by no means too highly colored. We recommend all to read it, that they may learn something of the trials through which many a pastor's wife and family pass unmurmuringly.

GOD'S WAY OF PEACE: A Book for the Anxious. By Horatius Bonar, D. D. The name of this well-known writer brings with it an assurance that the work he sends forth will repay perusal, and this does so eminently. It is a clear and simple exposition of the dealings of God with man.

THE SHEPHERD OF BETHLEHEM, KING OF ISRAEL. By A. L. O. E. A very interesting little book for the young, in which the story of David is interwoven with a tale of modern life, and each told with much spirit and vivacity.

DAYBREAK; or, Right, Struggling and Triumphant. By Cycla, author of "Passing Clouds," etc. etc. This is

a story for the young, and is one well calculated to interest them, as well as to unfold and illustrate to them moral truths, important in the formation of their characters.

Godey's Arm-Chair.

FOR thirty-two years we have sat in our office, and every month have furnished our readers regularly with the Lady's Book, until now we have prepared the last number of the sixty-fourth volume. During all this time it has been "Godey's Lady's Book," without change of name or proprietor, and without change of character, except such as has resulted from our continued efforts for improvement. And we believe we can say, without boasting, that we have improved our Book. Ask the grandmothers of the present age if the Lady's Book which is now taken by their granddaughters is not a vast improvement on the magazine with which they were delighted in their youthful days. Yet, we repeat, in character, our Book has always been the same. From the first, our efforts have been to make it the very best of its class. And we leave it to our hundreds of thousands of readers to say whether we have not succeeded.

Thinking of the Lady's Book as it was, leads us to a sort of retrospection in regard to other things. When we opened our office thirty-two years ago, and issued the first number of our magazine, telegraphs were something unthought of, and railroads almost a matter of disbelief and distrust. Philadelphia was a mere village compared with what it is now; and we have many times, in those days, seen the whole mail from the South conveyed in a wheelbarrow from the post-office to the place where the stage departed for the east. Now everything has changed. A railroad car will scarcely contain the mail. Telegraph poles are familiar objects; and railways cross and recross each other everywhere, their trains bearing every month the Lady's Book to every section, even the remotest, of the land.

Verily the years we have devoted, and are devoting

to our Book are making an elderly person of us; still we hope to live to celebrate the golden anniversary of its publication, hoping that both its merits and its readers will have increased at that period in the same ratio as in the past.

GODEY FOR JUNE.-"Sitting for a Portrait" is a beautiful steel engraving, and the scenery peculiarly suitable to the leafy month of June.

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'Catching Birds with Fresh Salt." An original design. Have any of our young readers ever tried the experiment? We have, but did not succeed.

Look at that Fashion-plate. We defy competition. Is not the pony just such a one, young folks, as you would like to have? Let us again remark that our dresses are taken from the materials that will be in use at the proper season. We have the authority of the great house of Stewart & Co. for all the materials mentioned in the description of our fashions.

A splendid variety of engravings, illustrative of fashions, embroidery, crochet, and other work, will also be found in this number.

"Eastern Rambles and Reminiscences" are continued. A very lively story is "He could not see it." "Aid to the Chinkapins" will well repay a perusal. "Nixon" is a good story. "From May to November," a very popular story, is continued. We feel well satisfied with the literature of this number.

Iowa, March, 1862.

Some cry "hard times," but I prefer to economize in food or raiment if necessary, rather than give up such a dear friend as the Lady's Book; in fact, I'm lost without it, have missed it much already. But our mail facilities are miserable at present, and consequently I've delayed sending, hoping to be more favored as the travelling improves. Please accept kind wishes for your future. C. H. L.

LOGAN HOUSE, ALTOONA, PA., PENNA. RAIL ROAD.-A visit to Altoona, simply to take a look through the immense workshops of the great Pennsylvania Rail Road, would be agreeable enough, particularly as you have also a ride the whole distance through the most beautiful scenery on our continent, passing through populous towns, over a most substantially laid road, winding around mountains and through tunnels. This, we say, would be enough; but when you can put up at such a house as the Logan, situated at the foot of the mountains, and nearly surrounded by hills, from the top of which you have delightful views, this certainty adds to the pleasures of the trip. The Logan House was built and furnished by the Pennsylvania Rail Road Co., and is one of the largest hotels in this State. It is kept in the most admirable manner by Messrs. D. R. Miller & Co., whose attention to their guests is unremitted. The rooms are as well furnished as those of any private house, and the table not to be excelled anywhere. The constant arrival and departure of the trains make it a lively spot. And now, after having spent a week or more with our friends the Millers, jump into the cars in the morning and go over to Cresson, less than an hour's ride; away you go up the mountain at a speed equal to the level; and here you witness one of the most splendid specimens of engineering in the world-crossing a mountain in a rail road car, hitherto thought impossible until the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, determined to conquer every obstacle, "went and did it." Arriving near the summit, you go through a tunnel, and then

comes your descent on the other side. CRESSON SPRINGS is soon reached, and here you have Art and Nature combined-a splendid hotel seated in the midst of the woods, admirable springs, one of pure water surrounded by almost a field of rhododendrons, which when in bloom add peculiar beauty to the scene. At a short distance from the house, through a beautiful walk winding through the woods, is the mineral spring celebrated the country round. Mr. G. W. Mullin is the courteous proprietor of the hotel, and those who have once paid him a visit need no other recommendation. The Cresson is a large house, and is surrounded by cottages, for families who wish to live out of the bustle of the hotel. We have not forgotten our bread and butter days, and therefore think that when these articles are good, and Mr. Mullin has them in perfection, one need not starve; but it is not only bread and butter that you get at the Cresson, for there is the mountain mutton, which this house is celebrated for; but why particularize? Everything that the Philadelphia market affords, and some things that it does not, are found here in perfection. The scenery surroundings are majestic and beautiful, and a sojourn at this mountain house in the summer months is something akin to an earthly paradise.

A YOUNG LADY, whom we can recommend, wishes a situation as governess in a family-one where the children are young would be preferred-to teach Music and French, and the usual branches of an English education. Would have no objection to accept a situation as companion to a sick lady. Address Publisher Lady's Book, Philadelphia.

WE copy from a London paper the following:

SHAWLS MADE FROM HUMAN HAIR.-Although tolerably well used to the wonders of modern enterprise and novel inventions, we confess that we have been rather taken by surprise at the daring idea of a new manufacture of shawls from the extraordinary material of the human hair. We believe that application has been made to the committee of the Great Exhibition for space to allow of the introduction of glass cases for the display of this singular product of the loom. Amongst the recommendations of these extraordinary shawls it is stated that they are warm, and light, and shining, and very durable, and that they resist the rain as well as any Mackintosh. Notwithstanding all these merits, doubts are entertained whether taste or prejudice may not be against them. The beautiful lustrous hair, which is a sort of glory to the female head, while it waves in silken tresses, becomes less admirable when humiliated from its post of honor, and it may be doubted whether, as the collected debris of a hairdresser's salon, ladies might not shrink with distaste from wearing the mingled strands from many heads over their own shoulders. On the contrary side of the question, it must be remembered that most elegant ornaments are fabricated by those artists in hair, who seem to be born with a genius to the work; only these triumphs of ingenuity are prized as relics of friends beloved but lost. Time will show whether these shawls made from human hair will be patronized by the ladies.

INDIANA, Dec. 3, 1861.

I expect to forward a club every year as long as I live to peruse Godey. The best work of the kind now extant. Our rooms are not furnished without it.

MRS. B.

OUR MUSICAL COLUMN.

OUR friends who have sent us music that has been accepted for publication in the Book must have patience; their favors will appear as soon as we can make room. The Dew-Drop Waltz will be published in the August number. Since our last report we have accepted Unfurl the Banner, by H. P. Danks, and a Galop, by Miss Rosalie E. Smith, of Bermuda.

The Drum and Fife.-It properly comes within the plan of our "Column," perhaps, to notice here two new books published by Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. The first is Winner's Guide for the Fife, a reliable book of instruction without the aid of a teacher, including a great number of operatic and popular airs. Price 50 cents.

The other is the Army Drum and Fife Book, containing full instructions, the Reveille, the Tattoo, the various calls and beats used in the service, and a number of popular airs, to which is added the Bugler's Call Book, with all the calls, infantry, skirmishers, etc., used in the U. S. Army. Price 75 cents.

Chas. Grobe's New Sheet Music.-There is no composer now before the public whose writings are more heartily welcomed than Professor Grobe. The number of his compositions, their variety, and uniform beauty have long made his name a household word wherever music is appreciated. For the benefit of our friends, we give a short list of some of his recent works, any of which we will purchase and mail when ordered. The first six are easy, for beginners:

Polar Star Schottische, 25 cents; Kreutzer Minuet, 25; Schubert's Eulogy of Tears, 35; I Would that my Love, by Mendelssohn, 35; Six Scotch Airs, 25; Music of the Union, five National airs, 50; Almack's Waltz, by Beethoven, with finale, 50; La Douleux, waltz, varied, 50; Beethoven's famous air, Adelaide, varied, 50. All the following are brilliant variations on the airs named: Partant pour la Syrie, 40; Departed Days, 40; Faded Flowers, 40; Brindisi, Drinking Song in Macbeth, 40; Dear Spirit, Hear Me, from Le Pardon, 40; Still in my Dreams thou 'rt Near, 50; The Maiden's Prayer, 50; Santa Lucia, Neapolitan Barcarole, 50; Wi' my Love I'll March Away, 50; The Flag of Our Union, 50; also Annie Laurie, for four hands, easy, 25; Yes Schottische, four hands, 25; La Marseillaise, four hands, 40; Oft in the Stilly Night, four hands, 40.

Songs, Ballads, etc.-From Russell & Pattee, Boston: Saturday Night at Sea, quartette, 15 cents; God Save the Union, solo and chorus, 25; Comrades, Awake to Glory, fine quartette, by author of Lily Dale, 25; Kiss me GoodNight, Mother, ballad by same, 25; Jessie Graeme, song and chorus, same, 25; Rock me to Sleep, Mother, 25; The Boy and his Angel, 25; two beautiful songs with chorus, by Leslie, Visions of Childhood, 25; No More we Meet at Eventide, 25; two songs with chorus which we have heard sung at Sanford's with great applause; The Stars and Stripes, new patriotic song and chorus, colored title, 25.

Polkas, etc.-From same publisher: Rigoleta Redowa, introducing Over the Summer Sea, 25; Academy Polka, 25; Beurre Clairgean Waltz, handsome colored title, 35; Beurre Clairgean Polka, very pretty title, 50; Empire Polka, by Gilmore, leader of the famous Boston Brigade Band, 25; Leviathan March, 25; Fourth Battalion March, 25; Liebes Lieder (Songs of Love), beautiful waltzes, 35; brilliant variations on Rock me to Sleep, by Charles Grobe, 40.

Orders for any of the above cheerfully attended to by addressing J. STARR HOLLOWAY.

THE CONTINENTAL RESTAURANTS.-Mr. Stevens, of the Continental Hotel, has opened to the public two magnificent refreshment saloons fronting on Chestnut Street, and connected with the hotel. These saloons exceed, in their decorations and appointments, any establishment heretofore opened in Philadelphia, and probably have no counterpart in any city of the Union. The saloons, two in number, communicate, and are alike in size and decorations. The floors are covered with marble tiles, and the walls are frescoed in light and cheerful colors. Each saloon has attached four private rooms, handsomely furnished with velvet carpets, and the ladies' saloon has a retiring-room for the accommodation of guests who may wish to arrange their toilet. The tables and silverware are in keeping with the elegance of the saloons, and the whole establishment is alike creditable to the city and the taste and liberality of the proprietor. Ladies and gentlemen, and ladies unaccompanied, will find the Eastern Saloon free from any objectionable features, and visitors can be sure of respectful and proper attention. At the opening, the saloons attracted much attention, from the arrangement of the show windows. Those of the gentlemen's saloon presented an array of substantials, while the windows of the ladies' saloon had a number of ornaments in confectionery, done up in the highest style of art; and groups of the curious collected to admire the display.

WE have received the following communication; the writer heads it: "A Sad Case-Ladies' Skirts in the Cars:"

MESSRS. EDITORS: I am not a vain man, but I am particular about my boots. I don't like to see a spot upon their shining surface. Well, a few evenings since, I was going to a party; I took the cars; you know what weather we have had lately. I was nicely arrayed; boots shining as splendid as blacking could make them. We presently came to a halt; several ladies entered, and the dear creatures did spread themselves out amazingly. Don't they remind you very much, Messrs. Editors, of a peacock when he comes to a spread, only their dimensions are larger than his. I arrived at my destination, gave my coat and hat to the waiter, was about entering the parlor, when, happening to cast my eyes down, O horror! I saw that my boots were all smeared with mud from the skirts of the ladies' garments, as they swept by me, when they entered the cars. I left the premises at

once.

HOW TO CARRY FLOWERS.-When sent by post nothing is better than wrapping them in oiled paper; when carried otherwise, a piece of wet sponge fastened inside a wooden box, or layers of wet brown paper, or wet flannel as a lining to the box, or freshly gathered cabbage leaves, with their under side placed next the flowers, are unobjectionable. If the box is of tin, well secured at the lid, then a source of moisture is less requisite, for the leaves and flowers themselves will form an atmosphere of sufficient dampness for a short time. Another method, which answers extremely well when flowers are gath ered in dry weather, is, as soon as they are cut, to throw them into a bag, like a carpet-bag, made of mackintosh. If the snap of such an article closes well, flowers will remain fresh all day long in a broiling sun, as some botanical travellers well know. The reason why such flowers are preserved is still the same-the air around them is damp. Tourists who hunt after wild flowers, or ferns, should provide themselves with a bag of this description.

JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. Articles that Children can make for Fancy Fairs, or for Holiday Presents.

MENAGERE, IN EMBROIDERED NETTING. Materials.-A strip of black filet, 18 inches by 6, 12 skeins of gold thread, or one of maize silk (French), 1 skein Napoleon blue ditto. Cerise satin, black silk, a morsel of kerseymere, etc.

THE pattern may be darned on the filet from the engraving. The vandyke is in gold thread; the spots are in silk. Or all the spots may be done in silks of any colors, taking care that no two of the same are near each other.

The piece of filet is square at one end, and pointed in the other. It is to be lined with satin of a different color, and also with an inner lining of black silk. At the pointed end is a pocket of colored silk, neatly stitched. At the other end is also a pocket, with two pieces of kerseymere neatly bound round with ribbon, for needles. Between the two pockets a double piece of the same colored silk, stitched at intervals of three-fourths of an inch down the entire length, is intended for skeins of colored silks, cottons, etc. Finish with black and gold cord, and ribbon strings.

MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS.
Colored Shadows.

LIGHT two candles, and place them upon a table before light papered or white wall: hold before one of the candles a piece of colored glass, taking care to remove to a greater distance the candle before which the colored glass is not placed. If a piece of green glass be used, one of the shadows will be green and the other red; if you use blue, one will be of that color, and the other a pale yellow.

Curious Transposition.

Take a glass of jelly, and place its mouth downward, just under the surface of warm water in a basin. The jelly will soon be dissolved by the heat, and, being heavier than the water, it will sink, while the glass be filled with the water in its stead.

Refraction of Light.

Take a basin, put a shilling into it, withdraw from the basin until the shilling cannot be seen; then let the

basin be filled up with water, and the coin will again appear. This is caused by the rays of light passing from the lighter medium of the air through the denser medium of the water, and thus becoming refracted.

THE following is an authentic copy of an inscription upon a tombstone, in the picturesque and ancient graveyard of Whitemarsh Episcopal Church, situated about five miles from Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland.

It has been clearly proved to be the tomb of the father of Robert Morris, the great financier of the Revolution. He was a merchant in Oxford, Eastern Shore Maryland, and was killed by the wad of a cannon, which was being discharged, as a salute to him, from the deck of an outward bound vessel.

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"In Memory of

Robert Morris, a native of Liverpool, in Great Britain,

late a merchant at Oxford,

In this Province.

Punctual integrity influenced his Dealings,
Principles of Honour governed his Actions;
With an uncommon Degree of Sincerity
He despised Artifice and Dissimulation;
His friendship was firm, candid, and valuable;
His charity frequent, secret, and well adapted
His Zeal for the Publick Good, active and useful;
His Hospitality was enhanced by his Conversation,
Seasoned with a chearful Wit, and a sound Judgment.

A Salute from the Cannon of a Ship,

The wad fracturing his Arm,

Was the Signal by which he departed
as he was esteemed.

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CUT OFF THE BACK LEGS OF YOUR CHAIRS.-I will tell you a secret worth knowing. A thousand things not worth half as much have been patented and elevated into a business.

It is this: If you cut off the back legs of your chairs so that the back part of the seat shall be two inches lower than the front part, it will greatly relieve the fatigue of sitting, and keep your spine in much better shape.

The principal fatigue in sitting comes from your sliding forwards, and thus straining the ligaments and muscles in the small of the back. The expedient I have advised will obviate this tendency, and, as I have suggested, add greatly to the comfort and healthfulness of the sitting posture.

The front edge of a chair should not be more than fifteen inches high for the average man, nor more than fourteen for the average woman. The average chair is now seventeen inches high for all, which no amount of slanting in the seat can make comfortable.-Lewis's Gymnasium.

SCENE IN A CITY RAIDROAD CAR.-Enter a femalegentleman rises-she is about to take his seat without the slightest acknowledgment. The gentleman said to her: "I am not bound to give up my seat, and will not unless I am thanked for it." She refused to do so, and the gentleman resumed his seat. The unanimous ver. dict of the passengers was, "Served her right."

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