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Show THE FRE HOMIE. iiNS AyMorte aii wlLich, the situations they desire. Public opinion might become a potentfactor in correcting this im- other brainless individuals walk so to be conspicuous, is. affectation. To move about in a shuffling, halting, blundering manner for the purpose of emphasizing foliage, are tied round day, says of one of the worst of them: or shears used for trimming wicks. Some women appear measurable evil. If public opinion required every woman’s education to include a thorough understand- of a housewife, with particular. attention to the care, correction and early education of children, public opinion would aid in inaugurating one of the most needed, reformations the world has ever known. 7 One of, the sadest sights imaginable is that of a young mother being tyrannized over by an ill-governed child, by reason of having indulged ‘his young kingship until she has lost all T. B. LEWIS, THE Associate . GOLDEN Editor SILENCE. What though I sing no other song, What though I speak no other word, _Is silence shame? Is patience wrong?— At least, one song of mine was heard; One echo from the mountain air, One ocean murmur, glad and free,— One sign that nothing grand.or fair _ In all this world was lost to me. I will not wake the sleeping lyre; I will not strain the chords of thought; The sweetest fruit of all desire Comes its own way, and comes unsought. Though all the bards of earth were dead, And all their music past away, What Nature wishes should be said She’ll find the rightful voice to say! Her heart is in the shimmering leaf, The drifting cloud, the lonely sky, And all we know of bliss or grief She speaks in forms that cannot die. Journal of Education. <> > AND No. spoken to? CHILD. 2 most successful method of governing children is to teach them to resist temptation and jealously guard them from degrading associations. Many of the plays and games indulged in at birthday parties and suprize parties have a tendency to destroy.all delicacy of Since human beings are essentially gregarious animals, it is a feeling before the age of manhood serious misfortune to be an only and womanhood is attained, but of child. An only child is apt to rethis we will write in our next. ceive more attention in regard to his humor, and less attention in regard to wholesome and _ necessary restraint than the average American juvenile requires,. in order to prepare him for making his way in the busy, bustling world. If in the shelterd home nest he has had no dear, sweet, sister or loved brother to share his treasures and pleasures, to whose wishes he has been taught to.sometimes yield his own, he has missed so great a blessing that its loss, if one can be said to have lost that which they never possessed, can not be over.estimated. We believe that the mother of an only child would find. her cares diminished, rather than increased, by adopting some sweet tempered orphan, as two children are easier taught and trained than one. But whether one or many little people claim a mother’s maternal love and guidance, there are very essential life lessons that no one else can so teach a child as their own mother. No. sensible person would apply for a position in business requiring both intelligence and skill, without having made thorough preparation and being able to give satisfactory references, but alas! what a sad commentary upon the condition of our society when we see all around | us candidates for the noblest. and % queenliest position by woman—that Sivvi. < NG; —_-o ~ ever occupied. of wife and ‘-Giggling isnotZconversation. Many ‘seem to labor under that delusion. If complimented, they giggle; if amused, they giggle; if they are in want of a new theme, they giggle; if they want toshow appreciation of others’ talk, they giggle. This bad habit spoils the effect of the best anecdote or the quickest retort. But don’t oh, don’t laugh and talk at the same time. of struggles There are various kinds used to punctuate conver- sation, as the. ‘te-hee, te-hee,’ and the sniffing giggle, and the nervous, halfhysteric giggle, etc., etc. Watch your own conversation this week. Watch in. <> the <i <S- YOUNG There WOMAN, is very HEAR little YE! accomplished in talking to people about their faults who in spite of their disagreeable traits and. mannerisms, affectations, and repulsive with spirits of. ammonia, as its effect is immediate. No rubbing is required, and cold water can be used just as success- fully as warm. Take a teaspoonful of ammonia to a quart of water, dip the hair part of the brush without wetting the ivory, and in a moment the grease is removed; then rinse in cold water, shake well, and dry in the air, but not in the sun. Soda and soap soften the bristles, and invariably turn ivory yellow. A Room ror THE Boys.— In a family where there are growing boys of twelve or fourteen, it isan excellent plan to set apart a room for the special use of the boys—a room aside from their sleepingroom, one which shall reflect the shop or minature printing-press, any his precious possessions. and all of habits have made their way up to a tolerable plane of respectability. They have worried along, unconscious of the burden they were carrying, until these lege of making their better parts would have kept them down forever they have come to regard as the most cherishable features of their character. But those self-same persons at one time in their lives were susceptible of being taught, and had they been blessed with the association of some sensible friend who would have reminded them in the proper way of their repul- sive habits they would have corrected them. Having thus introduced a not altogether agreeable subject we shall presume upon the good humor and good sense of those who have not quite reached. the period of egotism referred to and suggest a few items in good | breeding in which nine tenths of the young women of the present day could if they would find profitable study. Affectation of any sort is an unmistakable evidence of weakness. It is simply a returning to the mentality of apes and other imitative animals. To mispronounce certain words because certain shallow minded and narrowly educated persons of a high social grade do so is affectation. Again, to contract pieces of fern or no importance to it at the base, but of lampto attach this point, not ing that, in order to think- have a smooth cut, as the resources at their command will allow. There should be a shelf in this room for the favorite books, a place for games of various. kinds, and if possible some fairly good musical instruments, if only an old fiddle or flute. In such a room the boy should be made to feel supreme, and should be at liberty to invite his comrades to enjoy an afternoon and the early part of an evening. With such a room his outcoming and ingoing, his work and play, may easily be kept under the watchful eye of his mother without his feeling a suspicion of his being under espionage. Itis always unwise to restrict a boy beyond necessary! limits. If he*is to grow aself-respecting, self-reliant: man he must early - be given as much freedom as possible for his own good, and must be allowed square ones; the tlame is much broader. But the corners must be perfectly even and smooth, else, when the wick is turned up h gh, it willsmoke. The per- son lighting a lamp should be careful not totouch. the wick with the match, as it has a tendency to roughen or spread it. Hold the match wick very close to it, and wait over the until the flame reaches it, instead of making frantic dashes at it, as I have seen people do, evidently under the impression that they were hastening the operation, when it seemed to me they were, on the contrary, retarding it, as they would draw the match away before the wick had time to ignite, and so several have to be made. trials I have had would so much comfort from following a simple direction given in some newspaper or magazine, thatI wish to allude to it here; viz., Keep the wick turned down below the top of the burner, except when in actual use. If this be done, and there is no leak about the fixture, there is no reason why, if the lamps are carefully wiped every morning, there should be oilon the outside by evening. By the way, why is it that so many housekeepers persist in keeping their common lamps on the shelf behind the kitchen or sitting-room stove, the very’ dirtiest place to be found? If in the kitchen, they are covered with moisture from boiling water, sense of proprietorship. Farm and lighted, lest the chimneys should crack._-Good Housekeepiug. > MEDICAL ~+—-— wore MISCELLANY. Stox-HeapacHeE.—The headache of indigestion, accompanied by scintillations and dazzlings fore the and evolution eyes, is always of gases scotoma, or of light be- due to acidity in the stomach. When not accompanied by aphasia or by of soda. of a four wait Let the patient take one-fourth teaspoonful in much water,—suay, to six tablespoonfuls, or more,— afew minutes, and if not relieved repeat the dose. The glimmering soon ceases, and the pain forgets to follow. Hot water can be used if the stomach is very weak, and Boudault’s pepsin will sometimes relieve it without the soda.— Science News. | HT owsehold, the nose in a case‘of hiccough. It is not necessary always to cause sneezing to in- I do not know whether Parents should see that the little ones are early to bed, and that their sons and daughters observe this need for renewing and increasing their strength. | men should not inflict their society upon young ladies to a late hour, and thus rob them of needed rest. Young ladies should havetheir regular company under- stand that they will not keep late hours. They will be respected and honored all the more for this evidence of decision of character.—Home and Fireside. CRAMPS IN THE.LiG.— Many persons of both sexes are greatly troubled with cramp in one or both their legs. It comes on suddenly, and is very severe. Most people jump out of bed (it nearly always comes on either just after going to bed, or while undressing) and ask some one to rub the leg. terrupt the spasm of the diaphragm but, if sneezing ‘should occur, the hiccough stops at once. Thisis in accordance with the aphorism of Hippocrates, “Sneezing, occurring after hiccough removes the hiccough.” Tue Best Nervine. — Physiologists agree that an abundance of sleep is needed by all,in order to do the best work, enjoy the best health and longest life. I have | known it to last for hours, till in despair they would send for the family physician; and even then if would be hours before the spasm would let up. There is nothing easier the spasm than to make let go its hold, and it can be accomplished for a doctor, who may be tired and in need of a good without night’s rest. sending When I have a patient who is subject toeramp, I always advise him to provide himself with a good strong cord. A long garter will do if nothing else is handy. cramp comes around the cramped, on, take leg over When’ the the cord, wind it the place that is and take an end in each hand, and give it a sharp pull,—one that will hurt alittle. Instantly the cramp will let up, and the sufferer can go to bed assured it will not come again that night. For the permanent cure give about six or eight cells of galvanic bat- tery, with the negative pole applied over the spot that cramps, and the positive pole over the thigh. Give it for ten minutes, and repeat every week for a month. I have saved myself many a good night’s rest simply by posting my patients subjeet to spasm of the legs how to use.the cord as above. I have never known it to fail, and I have tried it after they had worked half the night, and the patient was in the most intense agony. Even, in such cases, at the first jerk of the cord all pain left.—Medical Age. a want of co-ordination, it is easily cured by common saleratus or supercarbonate A CuassicAaL REMEDY FOR HiccovuGH. —Dr. A. G. Gibson recommends tickling IMMERSED Cur. FLowers. —A curious exhibit was made by Miss M. Browell at the recent Feltham Horticultural Society’s exhibition. It consisted of a large rounded glass shade, standing on a broad, flat, round dish, the shade being full of water. being feel the to sleep.” the instrument must be sharp. I have} /Guests and callers should not allow their tried both round and square ends for visits to encroach upon the hours their wicks, and give my vote in favor of friends need for this purpose. Young it as bright and cheerful the modus operandi of this exhibit is well approved forms, with an effort to appear known or not, but I give it as told to me unaffected is affecta ion in a most by the lady who exhibited it. A glass a broad end is desirvicious degree. To adopt a style of stopper having flat, walking not your own, not because it able as a steady support to the flowers, and distort the language out of al! of its a few etc.,and smoke and dust arising from the stove. Why not put them in a closet, or, office of the future, where each shall if that is not convenient, have a shelf keep his chest of tools, if he has a taste If kept in a cold away from the stove? for carpenter’s work, his collection of closet in the winter, of course they shells or minerals, or butterflies, if he should be taken out and warmed before has ataste for natural history, or his This room ought to be simply furnished, in somewhat the style of an office, but the boys should have the privi- very eccentricities that in. the absence of with Thinking and doing, both use up the forces of the system more rapidly than yet not so as to crowd them. The : they recuperate, hence it is necessary to flowers should be those of erect habit, lay by a part of every twenty-four hours so that the water should not lift them for repairs and thus accumulate new The strength for recurring duties. Many die the appearance of not being affected is from out of their natural position. a most degrading affectation. Affecta- flowers with the glass stopper attached yearly from lack of sleep, the wear havtion, in short, is any peculiarity of de are then stood erect upon a large plate ing been greater than the repairs. Whoever, by work, pleasure, sorrow, portment whatsoever that is imitated or or other round dish, in which is about invented not for the sake of adding a half an inch of water. The dish with -or any other cause,is regularly diminishnew gvace to ones manner but simply to its contents 1s then placed in a tub, or ing sleep, is shortening life. The vital bath, filled with water, and the shade or ‘forces become so impaired that. disease be something else than yourself. The greatest struggle with lightheaded bell-glass placed over them. The dish follows. Husbands should see that their wives youths, and many that are not youths, may. then be lifted out of the water,| are not kept awake unduly by overwork, just now, is the popular effort to appear wiped dry, and be placed on a table, not to have any serious reflection on any where it will form a handsome and most the care of children or sick ones, but if The water ‘need be divide these labors with them; subject. The expression of a useful idea interesting room: ornament. in popular: society nowadays is liable to magnities the flowers, and a_ pleasing ‘give them helping hands and kind, lovWe learned ing words that will soothe tired nerves result in perpetual ostracism. The per- optical illusion results. son so reckless as to presume that he or that flowers so immersed will keep fresh ‘and induce sweet sleep. Cutter, the anybody alse ever thinks or could think quite twice as long as when exposed to great physiological teacher, speaking of Begonias,Bouvardias, Kucharis, the need of sleep says: “The mother— if they would, is looked upon, in a social the air. light, as being at least a century behind and similar tlowers look very beautiful alas! here we must stop. Mothers are in the water.’ : the only class who hardly get any rest the times. until the blessed Father takes them in Here is what a very popular lady, CARE OF LampPps.—Whatever about the |. speaking of the popular mistakes of the house is dull, don’t let it be the scissors His arms and gives His beloved eternal whether they had kept their small belongings in order? assuring her- your friends, and quietly study their faults not to annoy them, but to learn self by personal observation as to what to avoid.” LINDA. the correctness of their ideas of neatness, also whether they had} HOUSEHOLD HINTS. performed the light duties required of them promptly? at the same To Crean Hair-BrusHes.— The best time teaching them the sacred necessity of truthfulness even way in which to clean hair-brushes is Certainly types of all we hope to be. MOTHER swered rudely when little credit. The silent stars, the pathless sea, Are living signs of all we are, And maternal control over his unbridled passions. And what a sublime contrast is presented by a happy inte:ligent mother surounded by affectionate and obedient children. We know a mother who kept a daily record of her children’s conduct, order,punctuality and obedience. Every evening she called them to her side and inquired with loving seriousness, wether they had quarreled in their play,or an- though the record might do them The mountain-peaks that shine afar, WEEKLY. mother, who are wholly unfitted for possesses any peculiar grace but because ing of the duties MRS WESTERN — Wraps, Coats and Jackets for Children. The wraps worn by tiny babies of three and four are shaggy little coats of soft gray, suede color or white, called “King Charles” beaver, possibly from its resemblance to the shaggy coat of the spaniel. These coats are doublebreasted and have short shoulder capes striped with bands of brown velvet set on and graduated almost to a point at the neck where it meets a standing plush collar.” Tiny bell sleeves trimmed with plush complete the coat. The Directoire coat is a model for older children from six to ten. These coats are made of dark green gobelin blue and terra cotte red cloth and are trimmed with black astrachan. The material of these cloaks is usually a smooth-faced beaver. coat shape, fitting to They are the figure a long at the back with a bunch of shirring below the waist to allow fullness. Thefront of the coat is rolled back in a large revers or rolling collar, which is faced with black 5) DOT) |