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Show - .... - NT. i This occupation 'develops Vthe use of both hands. Tho sense of beauty and appreciation of number and symmetry are nourished, and the inventive powers of both teacher and puilCcdnstantlyl stimulated. Paper, leather," ribbonVstraw and dther materials-mabe used forbraiding. Strips of different widths can beoisedhndj a ; variety pf y - . The fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth Gifts consist of interlacing audtjointed slater and paper fofineriivinlngi.irnerewith geometrical and fancy figures, capital letters, angles, etc., are made. The main object of this occupation ,is to, accustom the child to an clean, Jneat and ;cprreet performance: of his work. wThe"paper strips; for; Intertwining," which constitute the seventeenth gift,are to be prepared by the pupils themselves and demand a considerable amount of manual dex? h- - ' ; ' CAMILtA ' study IngJorthe lyric stage. y ,; Miss Amely Boelte, author of " W omant Labor and Woman's Mission," is now pre- -j paring the fourth edition of her book for - piiblicatidn- .- peas-wor- k, . A In sked peas. 071th thMeaslrhpte2niafeVi.'t als a great variety of skeleton figures and objects are formed, the peas serving : as corners, and the wire as; edges. Columns,: prisms, pyramids and articles of household furniture are readily constructed by this gift, the qualities of bodies being made palpable in great disti ncthessj and the eye develo ped for perspective' drawing. ; ," :ff ' The twentieth Gift is. material for mod cl- 's self-appare-nt . house-buildin- g, f ;.. " gres3 form tho solid or "whole, In gradual steps to its parts, until it "arrives at the image upon the plane, and its conditions as to line and point The child is inducted into the laws governing color; modeling; and in boring, piercing, .measuringccutting, etc., a foundation-i-s laid for the afterrwork of the artisan and artist terms which, as we know, were largely synonomous in the pastrwhen art was' most successfully cultivated!., Frcebol shared the. lot of all great and wise inventors, haying bcendriyen from place to place In his own country, "with an um. brella for his and; a knapsack fof his pillow." But the voices of nature and, revelation, especially In the great matter of educating the.young, are finding new listeners and interpreters, and the ideas of, Pesta-- ; -- -- j i i bed-roo- lozd'awf Frcebel-- m . arc-prevaili- ng to-da-y, In -.:. . f . young jewessjiame(LFranklin Rosa uuiversuy oi . eipsiu. Grace Stuart made her dcbut? as an actress ;at Union Square Theatre ;ew . .Miss grand-daught- , ; t; Ex aUeht'feipe' for seed over add one-ha- lf ram. children for summer teething; etc. Take'one ounce 'bf anise and steep it thoroughly; straiu it boiling hot f ounce of Turkish rhubarb grated fine, of aa ounce of carbonate of soda, pound ef sugarand one. pint of Jamaica, . Oiyj in small doses, according to the age crm-plain- Boat-Insti-- er - 5 " : -- Calcutta as a:resldent physician;-- under the care of the Amcrican Woman's-Unjorshe was much beloved among "the Hindoosand bcr Influehccw most powcr-fu-l ih'favor of highef development.- - She-wayears of age. only twenty-nin- e : Mis-6ion- .,, ' s r- WhenTIIaydcn. "heard; his'greatlniaster for: the piece "The Creatoh,,-performed- last time, which. was the fruit of nino 3rears toil, (during 'which iabor, he says, before, I sat down t.o; the" instrument I prayed God with earnestness that ho would enable me to praise him worthily,) at the words "Let there bo light and there was light," when instruments were united in .one full burst of gorgeous harmonyemotion seemed to. shako-th- e wholo frame of tho aged man. all-th- Ilis pal e face c r I mso n ed ; Ji is bosom j li cay et one-quart- er cnUd one-hateasppbnful three or four times a day; '" fur an older one "a ieaspoonful, ani so, 'on. ". lf The following if an excellent receipt for canker, aad is goo for children troubled with diarrahca of canker; l oz of golden when thera ;is no seaL l ,oz of haberry hark, 1 pz of gitai myrrh,d oz of . ladies slipper, I oz of garden Isage, loz peach blossoms, or 2 of the leaves, 1 oz red willow bark., Add water and steep, then pour off and boil down to one quart;1 sweeten with honeyj or white sugar; a'dd liquor enough to keep it from souring. Dose one-hateaspoontul lor a chui one year old. lt . A Bran Bed , for Burns.The Sanitarian - , sayji that in cases bf bad scalds of children, in which. a large part of the body is involved, it knows of no dressing so good as a bran bed- - that is, a bed of bran in which the patient may he, and be covered with a thick f investment of the same. This dressing has the advantage of not requiring change jbr each day asrtliO inoist particles fall off they, can bef replaced with - fresh ; bran, without dbturbing the; .patient' One of 'the; 'severest; cases of scald recovered by this treatment :'' A great deal pf harm is done to patients by frequent dressings, and any method, that obviates this is most desirable. Patients frequently are exposed for hours to the ac-- t tion of thOjairi suffering, unnecessary" pain hyllie old: andi ;tedious,proQess of. dressing. 1 The air,!-self docs no in jury, but the extreme hypcrasthesia of tho skin produces a state , of , nervous tremor which leads to exhaustion. R. N. Y. , t - '- ' - , L:';. 11 In the Cathedral of Limerick- there huncra peal of bells which it is said, were brought from a conventIn Italy, for which it had been manufactured by an enthusiastic Ital-ian, withf great labor and skill. coufso of his wani derlngs'brbufeht him 16 Ireland. On a cafm and beautiful evening, as the vessel whicli bore him floated along the broad stream of of tho Bhaunon ho suddenly heard a peal from the CathcdraI,;t6wcr. They wero tho long-los- t treasures of "his": moiiV; bclUliq: ''"Crossinghi3'aVihs .'."upoti Jus ory. laid ho himself back In tho boat, and breast, gazed and listened. - When- - tho rowers looked around, Uieyi&iw his face still turned toward .tho 1 fcatbpdral, .but his cycsThad closed foreyerion the.world. , ;Such a tide of memories, had swept, over f he sympathetic chords of his heart- - that they had snapped under the Vibratrdhf " " " ' - - - -- " j "' i, V: l'.! Hi... ! i , lit .vf. j ,j t, i - '- , ' j , s -.- '- . . ; j f ' "t' i ., ' ',t. J. if, e convuUiyely, his eyes streaming with tear3, and lifting up towards heaven his trembling: hand,, ho exclaimed,- "not unto me, not unto me, but tin to Thy 'name be all th' - ' :: --- ' - ';. ':' glory:"- t,; one-hal- , e - : ; er -- ' -- ' ; York Monday evening August 23rdJ T Slm is the of Prof.' Moses St uartj . , V" v of Andover, Mass.', :3fis3 Hannah J3o'Rothschil(J has rjresent-i- i ed200tt&s. to th National-Liftutfon.io establish a life boat; station, iri i Do Jtothschild, her memory .of.Baron-Mayfather. ,T Miss Mary pcelye formerly; of Cleveland, OhloJ died recently fcat "ilussoorie, India, whensh had just successfully entered upon a life of U3efulnes. She was three years in . ing in bees' jWaxclayi putty,;pr other plia-- f Frce-bel- :- Rubensteln who gave a course of lectures on Science two iears ago has recently received the degree of t)rl of Philosophy from' the1 r - m- -- rEx.Q0EENf lsabella: resides in Franco at, Trouyille, with her three daughters. When, they appear in" their carriage in public; they; display the French and Spanish flags, wav. ing side hy side. . - - V f said, to be three hundred American girls, ' abundant scope for .the inventive faculty of the child.; 'Among the objects, that can; easily be produced; FrcebePs manual mentions:... A tablecloth with four hanging corners, a bird, asailboata canoe, a saltcellar, a kite,wind.mill, japairof Jioots,. a flower-po- t, a chest of drawers, etc. The nineteenth JGift is material for pieces of wire of the thickness of a halr-pi-n pointed at the ends,being inserted ble substance; and this isdJnoitha.Tsirialf. knife- on a smooth licht board. The Wooden use of th is, although the last gift in as to re'method, is so quire hardly passing notice. The child Is always "at home" in tho wet sand, in the dirt and in the snow; kneading, house.keeping,f making Torts, figures of man and bcastj and even with its bread crumbs making balls, In aword, it has been well remraked that mostf children are born sculptors, A .,. . Itevie'winir. we find that the materialised C.:' C0IJB;-;- In Milan at the present time, there are : in almost endless variety. Beside this, it lsJ preparatory! toldl 'plastic: Work, and give 4 ct AVOMANTS RECORD. - i Charcoal has . been discovered to be a cure for burns: ' By laying a piece of cold charcoal upon a. burn, the paiu subsides immediately. By leaving' charcoal the on one hour; the: wound is healed 'as has been demonstrated on several occasions. ' The ' remedy is cheap and simple, and deserves a trial.' -- t paper-foldin- g. -- . and-produ- The eighteenth Gift is material for This exercise has been called .''a compendium of elementary mathematics," nYGIENIC NOTES. -- oar.own.land.. "t . The medical profession recommended the .: of tho :mostien-;- r Kindergarten and,-manlightened and philanthropic are giving the subject their serious consideration. I may instance, in conclusion,: the recent "action of the Rhode Island State Medical Society which, among its twelve' resolutions-rafte-r statlng :its belief: that In the; haste; for merely intellectual culture, he nervous system is undulv developed and overtaxed to f the dpiriment of; other portions, "thus giy--ing hsd to a long train.' of ills, ; ing'an unsymuietirlcatraud distorted organ-- f Iration In the yoang"--I- t resolved: - r lst"That physical culture Is of primary ; importance, Tthat gymnastlc' exercise should-b- e made a part of our school system; and : 2d. That the Kindergarten system should be engrafted upon our public school system. ,? J ; patternsvproduced. 71 i ono form or another, in almost every school house. and seminary throughout Europe and and so ingeniously turned to account" as to " produce,very gratifying results. '' Tho fburteenth' Gift: iff Material for braid'strips.'. ing or1 weaving wftlipnrti-colore- d ,' A GiiiiMAx pedlar sold a liquid for the; extermination of bugs. "And how do ycu; use it?' Inquired the man7 after ho had bought iL r "Ketch to bug, nnd drop, von little drop into his, mout,' answered 'the pedlar. "You do!" exclaimed the purchaser.;;?'! could kill It in half that time by Vell,1 exclaimed the stamping on '' Jt'l, German "dat.Is a good vaytoo." . |