Ladies Column.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 86, 2 March 1876, Page 3

Ladies Column.

Thefirst schppl^pi.vwpi^epieve^ known :in the r Ottoman^ __mpireu fias^jusfe.beeh. instituted, at Carip "Hy^ the Xhediye." .'*"'• Tjh'e 1 W_-teyah Meth6di_t Ha* ihv_i_ted', a new, name for, an old ladyi r ijt r c^ls her/ a : *f matriarch." ' '-'"'•''"' "> '■'•' T|he Empress Eugene > |i : diamonds.hp,v l e j been sold to the Maharajah of^u.tia.la.' An. old lady, hearings some sbne say that the mails were very irregular,' said" f'lp was so in my' young -days; no 'trusting any on 'em." *— ' ' Through the efforts of -Mrs Crawshay, an : office for " lady helps," has been I opened in London. ■ " Sally r in 'Silk" isth4 newest designation ;;for a domestic; assistant of this class. , . *'\ " The ' custom of ladies interchanging whenever, they meet; has, been so* much--ridiculed that it is going out of fashion . among refined American "people, and is only kept alive in the rural districts, where railroad, telegraph, and newspaper facilities are unknown. The following inscription was. recently found on an unclaimed/bbnn-t box at a railway station : " This box contains my very best bonnet j So,;porfcer r lpray you,- itfothing upon .ifc'..:.;' . - ! . It is made of a ribbon, a rose, and a f eather, With crimp, lace and velvet to ;hpld them- to- ' gether." * ' ' •-....•-... - ...

To Remove Fly Specks.— -Boil someonion skins, and use, the water in which they are boiled as a wash., ft w t ill save, mpre than half the labour, -particularl^' on mouldings and other unevensurfaces; Awnings can be rendered Waterproof by j plunging the fabric into ablution containing twenty per cent, of suap, and afterward into another solution contain-J in^ the same per centage of sulphate of copper. Wa?h , and .the, operation is finished. \ ::: ' ''" ' : I

_ A New Orleans paper thus discourses : — f If men are the salt of the earth,' women are the sugar. Salt is a neces^r /Sitjr, sugar, is, a. luxury. Vicious, men are! the . saltpetre, , hard, stern men the rpcksalt ; nice family men the table Wit. Old maids ara the brown sugar,' goodnatured matrons the loaf sugar ; pretty girls the line pulverised* white" sugar." Tp the.wife of Jud^e ThpmasiJ.Gunn,whp resides three miles south ..of Smith-, ville, in Clay county, on the road leading from Smithvalle to __iberty,was born a. baby boy, on: the.:29th day of September last, the mother being in the seventyseventh year of her age. , The baby weighed eight pounds at the time ; pf its biith, and is a hearty well developed ! child. Judge Gunn is an old, 'well-' known and highly-respected" citizen" of the Clay County. Old Winston was a negro .preacher in Virginia, and his ideas of theology and human nature were often 'very original. A gentleman thus aqcosted the old gentleman one Sunday. "Winston, I understand you believe every woman has seven devils. How can you prove it ?" »' Well, sail, did you never reader in de Bible -how, _eyen debbles . we're cast outer Mary Magalin ?" " Oh, yes j TVe read that A -"-Did you ebber hear of 'em being cast out. of any odder woman, sah !" " No, I never did. 1 ' Well,den,all de odders;got'em yet." , There is no balm left in Gilead sufficiently powerful" to heal the lacerated feelings ;of. the; young, lady whose ;patent aerrted rubber bustle burst.on Sunday, in, Trinity Church, San ' -Francisco," during' the sermon. She .is like Rachel weeping for her children and will not be! comforted." The "noise was J bad" enough, but to have to Walk dowh the aisle all flat was too- much for the Sensitive,, and. she fainted into A the rarpas t - of | the editor of the « San Francisco" News Letter,' ' who, in recognition of her beauty, thus records. the circum- : stance.

Sleep for Children.— - There is ho danger, that children: can sleep too, much. The old proverb, " Who. sleeps eats," is illustrated in. those little .he's' who sleep most. WakefuPchild.en are almost, always : peevish,. -- irritable,, arid lean, If they, can be induced. to sl6ep abundantly they' are quite likely toj become good-natured- and plump.' Their sleep should be as much f during thie hours of darkness as possible, "and,; therefore, it is- better- that they -should gd to bed before sunset to have their sleep out, than to lie -long after sunrise in the morning. - - '

A. Woman's Promise.. —r Henry parey, a cousin to. Queen Elizabeth, after having enjoyed . Her, Majesty's favor several years, lost it in the following manner : — As, he> was ..walking, in 'thp garden of the palace under the Queen's . . window she., asked _. him, in jocular manner. "-What does, a man tthink when he is thinking of nothing 2" " Upon a woman's promise," he replied : " Well "done, co'usrn •!" .said; Elizabeth. .Some, time after he solicited the honor; of a'peeragej and reminded 4h'e-Queen ; that she had promised it to him. " True!'' said'she, "bur that was a "woman's-nro-mise. ••• - •■• • ' '' - .. •.! I .... . •• ••[-•• ~-<

sA Lady Mason.— lt is a mistake tosuppose that - the"! lady Jw'ho-' tohcealed herself in the r room where a "lodge" whs £b_ut to be held, .and .whp.whea ; discovered, was compelled. 1 p¥ alio we'd 1 ..to be initiated, is a myth. Thief : " cldck-casp'^may *he" a; my thrbur tfrr lady was not.- She was the Hon. Mrs Ajldworth, and continued through life to.; 'take an .active interest jn^the order into whi_h-^ih her s --.ykut¥^^ gained, adi|u^O-i^.^Sjbe_\_piinded. .thp' -Djubiinb-ii-y-ileh. lnstitutibn for 5 orphan"' d^dghtei^tofima-ons..^ :r. He-cpbrtraifestill-' Mngsj .: in, the principalf Ipdgp-room in^ pbrK, arid under^t,^'tt^S*isf_ijfi!'".b^:M(_ J iipron ran dij a walk? sl.ejised.ito> wear! when;, -he attended lodge meetings. "

'~ ; Dome'sti. "Economy.-— Miss Sedgwick t _u_s,a_sertedithat^ a woman beppmesk otber;? things being lequal, the :-. mPre- -j udiciously :: she. - will: manage her domestic' concerns." -.- And wel add that, tbe more ; ,knowledg^,ra„ .y^pman ppssesses pf the. great principles of morals, philosophy, and.' human happiness, the' more.importahce'she.rwili atto her-tation and; to the name, of -a. ""gpqd housekeepei^'/ ;Tt ;.is; ;pnly ;tl_iJ6se whb . ha ye. been superficially educated, br. instructed 5 in , showy:. accomplishments, whb despisp the ordinary ' duties ef idle is beneath their, notice. :! Such persons have not sufficeht.clearness.pf , reason tp r see^ that -f'dpmestic economy" includes everything which is calculated to- make J pepple love home a"nd> be happy there..A 'System,'; of Condensed Gaining for! La'dies.^-4-Make you£'> Bied': is the morning ;c sew buttons on youtohus,*?' band's 'shirt; do hot rake any {grievances; protect the • young- and; tender branches of. your family ; 'pl&p.t'; a smile of good; temper on your face.; and carefully root out all .angry .^elings;; and expect a good crop. of happiness; '•' /.". The ! Marriage King.-^- Old ; •t^riters declare that ' the wedding-ring was origin ally, employed .to. . signify ..the. ..wife's. . servitude .to hey; ;;husbsnd,;rand-.,>yaß, plalced upon the left' hand because i iii^ ferior to the right. 'Wedding-rings were not always: worn;, plainr as nowy but at one ; time Nearly resembled, the^ modern Kethrothal tbkehs> : iH >' Theing: chased, set with stPnes, and inscribed with" emblems and mottbesv • The ring , "ikused in niokt ceremonies ; of phristian ; -marriage, . except in ',tb_ "Society, of. .Friends; but even many 'Quakerradiei' wear a ring,, after, : although M.i*, iid.fe. employed; during, the '■■ marriage --.67; mony.-. Thut the; wedd.ingrringf is;, hot cpmmonly, used among the Mormons is : perhap. due- to motives of ecpnomy: Psalms v. Hi__s.~A ; maideh lady, suspecting, that her. female servant was regalihg. her young man upon the cold 1 muttpri of the larder^, called Betty and inquired whether 1 ''she had nofc'heard : _ome oiie speaking" to her s dol wh' stairs. '■'■ "Oh. no, l ma'am. '*% repli._i n the girl, "it was only me singing a psalm."- "Well, Bettys" Replied -the rold, it aid, "I have no objecting 'to ; your : singing psalms; but let us have no himsi Betty — -I have- a great- obejection to Hi_.s;" : v - !! •■■ ''■'■' '■■ — .- ;r - 5 -^.' 7 :.-..

At Wellington a curious civil cas_ came before the Resident- Magistrate the other day. A midwife sued' a> man for «£6« 18s for. nursing his wife* during.: her confinement. The. man disputed L the claim on the ground that as : th_ ; woman had given a wrong name: when, they were married she was not his wife at 'all, and "cohsequently, he/was hoi liable for any expenses' pf" the- sort. It appears that when the defendant remonstrated rjwithj_.is supposed, wife, on the folly of her act she gave him another fictitious name,- : and subsequently ' ah-~ .other still. ' She, had tpld him ' she • was a perfectly virtuous ' woman wheri. she married him, but he had ascertained! that she had hadtWP children. previpu sly, and both of them were alive.: r Theyldidhot live happily- together, and h consequently r partedy;sh_j hbwever, ;; threaten-; ing t0..; make, ' him; 'support;'; the" '"two' : children^ She said she Ipy ed *the fathers ; of the.vtwp children^ much,. ' b-.ttpr c .than she did him,;andhad;.marripd,"him;in a fictitious name because she/.was determined riot -to ; live With him. His Worship held that under the' cifcuoistances defendant was not responsible for : any . expensesincurred.by. his, wife in the Jway of nurses, .and consequently, gave judgment in favor of 'defendant.

'•■ A terrible sequal to ahhours's amusement telling; ghost stories pccured at the,Surgical Institute. A room full of. yojung ladi-S) patients of the: Institute, • amused r and, ; excited . each ; . othe£ : by , stories . of terrific apparitions, hobgoblins, ghosts, $c. ' The gas had -b_eh' turned .out, either, intentionally; or: .-by! accident.,, In,the cliniaaxof a vivid story,, one of the girls threw her shawl 'over' a trembling comrade/' T A-l-ttle-'f ttstl'f. aind:strange cpndupt was -noticed. W^en.a., .light was brought, .the facb was revealed that the poor girl was : insane. She has remained-so/ ever; since, yet hopes are ; entertained; pf her recovery,:: — ■_ A little too' clever at ' it.— James Wharton wealthy,; but with a.reputation j for fastness, married recently. On the ! morning after the wedding the bride asked, .her. husband -to perioral ...an .offi.pej | of the toilet for" her, ma^e necessary by"l by the absence of her_maid. Her husband did it willingly, and when it was concluded was^ astonished utp find his; pretty wife in tears. "Why my own precious/ ! said 4 hei :: f * -what tf_; the' rtiattei* •with her hubby's pet ?" "O, Jimmie, .Jimo-ie !" replied the "poor girl, crying __-(' if her heart jwouli/bj'eak, $if ypu. had'nt laced a thousand .corsets you -never icould-\have Ekfritbati!;'-^;—

!Ho_-_.oWa_-'s 6_JTO__E_ra'^__cro Pj_.i,s.— - j Sudden changes ot temperature sorely try j all persons sub^ect'to r HeumaH-n., sciatiear, I tife doloreuxj -and many- maladies rfparceryA i less painful, though of shorter dura tion.!" iO|n.tne?ifiiß.t 'attack] .of etiffnes»:oi:ssufferipg -in any muscle, Joint or nerve, recourse should immedi_tely-he-had-to^fon_entations of th : e rseat^ ofjhefFd.J^eaee withjhqt^rmc andby'_iibs!-s_-n6^ .^le Ointment, the uneasiness: of the fiJKirt wd-^e-^asit-gedr^nfl^^ felling fedi_ce3;;-;v-l :^ heously taken, will -rectify constitutional ,dißtur4sinSe_Kah:d: rjn_s_v tteg s.tre^gtje !j|Npl remedies heretofore discovered haveprpveo- 1 sj^ctive^^^ ; rteo> ing uty, rh^matifl^d^crptnlous.i ; -^taiks, which/ a__ffct;!alt '"ages, ' "are T J c^LampnJyf!^^^^ y^x-y-yy