2 ljc imc0, Nctu Blaomftcft, 3a. THE MANAGING WIFE. ZRA NEWTON lmd just : finished J looking over liis yearly accounts. " Well," asked liis wife, looking up, " how do you coino out?" . '', I find," said her husband, " thnt my expenses during tho last year havo been thirty-seven cents over a thousand dol lars." " And your income has boon a thousand dollars ?'',' " Yes, I managed pretty well, didn't " Do you think it mana-ring well to ex ceed your income '(" said his wife. "What's thirty-seven eeuts '!" nkcd 3Ir. Newton, lightly. " Not much, to be sure, but still sonic thing. It seems to mo that wo ought to have saved, instead of falling behind." " Hut how can we save on this salary, Elizabeth ? We haven't lived extravagant ly. Still it seems to have taken .it nil." " Perhaps there is something in which wc might retrench. Suppose you mention some of your items." t " Tho most important arc house rent, one hundred and fifty dollars, and articles of food, fivo hundred dollars." " Just half." " Yes, and you'll admit that wo can't retrench there, Elizabeth. I like to live well. I had enough of poor board beforo I married. Now 1 mean to live as well as I can." "Still we ought to be saving up some thing against a rainy day, Hzra." " That would be something like carry ing an umbrella when the sun shines." "Still it is well to have an umbrella in tho house." "I can't controvert your login, Eliza beth, but I'm afraid wo shan't be able to save anything this year. When I get my salary raised, it will be time enough to think of that," " Let me make a proposition to you," said Mrs. Newton. " You say one-half of your income has been expended on ar ticles of food. Are you willing to allow me that sum for that purpose V " You guarantco to pay all bills out of it?" "Yes." " Then I will shift the responsibility upon you with pleasure. Hut I can tell you beforehand you won't bo able to save much out of it." " Perhaps not. At any rato I will cn- ra"e not to exceed it, " That's well. I shouldn't relish hav ing any additional bills to pay. As I am paid every month, I will at each payment hand you half tho money." The characters of husband and wife may be judged from the conversation which has been recorded. Mr. Newton had but littlo prudenco or foresight. le lived chiefly for the present, and eeem ed to fancy that whatovcr contingencies) might arise in the future, would some how be provided for. Now trust in Provi dence is a very proper feeling, but there is a good deal of truth in tho old adage that God will help thoso who will help themselves. Mrs. Newton on the contrary, had been brought up in a family which was compelled to be economical, and although she was not disposed to deny herself com forts, yet sho lelt that it was desirable to procuro them at a fair price. The time at which this conversation took place was at tho commencement of tho second year of their married life. The first Btcp which Mrs. Newton took, on accepting the charge of tho household expenses, was to institute tho practice of paying cash for all articles that came un der her department. Sho accordingly culled on tho butcher and inquired: " How often have you been, in tho hab it of presenting your bills, Mr.. Wil liams ?" " Onco in six months," was tho reply. " And I supposo you sometimes have bad hills?" " Yes, one-third of my profits, on an average, aro swept off by them." " And you could afford, I suppose, to sell somewhat cheaper for ready money ?" " Yes, and I would bo glad if all my customers would give me a chance to do so." ' : " I will set them un cxamplo then," said Mrs. Nowton. " Ileroal'ter what ever articles shall bo purchased of you will be paid lor on the spot, and we ex pect you to sell as reasonable as you can." , . This arrangement was also ruado with tho othors, who, it is scarcely needful to say, were very glad to enter into tho arrangement. Ready money js tho great support of trade, and a cash customer is worth two who purchase oa credit. Fortunately Mrs. Newton had a small supply of money by her which lasted till tho first monthly installment for her hus band became due. Thus she was enablod to carry out hor cash plan from tho b& ginning. ...... Another plan which occurred to her as likely to save expense, was to purchase articles in larger quantities. She had soon saved enough lrom the money al lowed her to do this. For example, in stead of buying sugar a few pounds at a time, sho purchased a barrel, and so suo- cecded in saving a cent or more on the pound. This , perhaps, amounted to but a trifle in the course of a year, but the same system carried out in regard to oth er articles yielded a result which was by no meaus a trine, Thcro wero other ways in which a care ful housekeeper is nblo to limit exponso which Mrs. Newton did not overlook. With this objoct iu view, she was always on tho lookout to prevent waste, : and to get tho full valuo of whatovcr was expen ded. Tho result was beyond her anticipa tions. At tho close of tho year, on examin ing her bank book for she had regularly deposited whatever money sho had not oc casion to use in ono of theao institutions she found that she had one hundred and fifty dollars besides reimbursing her self for the money tho first month, and having enough to last another. . . " Well, Elizabeth, havo you kept with in your allowance?" asked her husband at this time. " I guess you have not found it so easy to save as you thought for." " I have saved something, however," said his wife. " Hut how is it with you t" " That's more than I can say. How ever I havo not exceeded my income, that's ono good thing. Wc have lived full as well, and I don't know but better than last year, when wo spent fivo hun dred." "It's knack, Ezra," said his wife smil ing. She was not inclined to mention how much sho had saved. She wanted some time or other to surpriso him with it when it would bo of somo service. " She may possibly have saved up twenty-fivo dollars," thought Mr. Newton or somo such trifle," and so dismissed tho matter from his mind. At the end of tho second year, Mrs. Newton's savings, including tho interest amounted to three hundred and fifty dol lars, and she began to feel quite rich. 1 ler husband did not think to inquire how she had succeeded in saving, suppos ing as before, that it could be but a very small sum. J lowcvcr, he had a piece of good news to communicate. His salary had been raised from a thousand to twelve hundred dollars. lie added : " As I beforo allowed you one-half my income for household ex penses, it is no more than fair I should do so now. That will give you a better chance to save part of it than before. In deed, I dont know how you have succeed ed in saving anything thus far." As beforo Mrs. Newton merely said that she had saved something, without specifying the amount. Her allowance was increased to six hundred dollars, but her expenses were not proportionally increased at all ; so that her savings fur tho third year wero larger than before. His expenses had increased by a hundred dollars, though ho would havo found it difficult to tell in what way his comfort or happiness had been increased thereby. In spito of his carelessness in regard to his owu affairs, Mr. Newton was au ex cellent muu in regard to his business, and his services were valuable to his employ ers. They accordingly increased his sal ary, from time to time, till it reached six teen hundred dollars. He had steadily preserved tho custom of assigning one half to his wife for tho samo purposo as heretofore, nnd this had become such a habit that ho never thought to inquire whether sho found it necessary to employ tho whole or not. Thus ten years rolled away. During all this time Mr. Newton lived in tho same hired house for which ho hud paid an annual rent of one hundred and fifty dollars. Latterly, however, iio had be come dissatisfied with it. It had passed into tho hands of a new landlord, who was not disposed to keep it in tho repair which ho considered desirable. About this tinio a block of sxcollont houses wore erected by a capatalist, who designed to sell them or let them as ho might have an opportunity. They wero moro modern una much better arranged than the ono in which Mr. Newton now lived, and ho felt a strong deHiro to move in ono of them. : Ho mentioned it to his wife ouo morning. . . i " " What is the rent, Ezra?" inquired sho. ' " Two hundred and twenty-five dollars for tho corner house ; two hundred for either of the others." " Tho corner one would bo preferable, on account of tho side window.". . " Yes and they have a largo Yard be sides. I think we must hire ono of them. I guess I'll engage one to-day ; you know our year is out next week." " Please wait, Ezra, until to-morrow, before engaging one. " For what reason ?" " I should like to examiuo the house." Soon after breakfast Mrs. Newtou cull ed on ', Squire Hent, tho owner of tho new block, and intimated her desiro to be shown tho corner house. Tho request he readily complied with ; Mrs. Newton was quite aengiueu wim un mu ur monu ments, and expressed her satisfaction. Aro these houses for sale or to let 7" she inquired. ' ' " Eithor," said the owner. " The rent is, I understand, two-hundred and twenty-five dollars. " Yes, I consider the oomer house worth at least twenty. five dollars more man the rest. ."And what do you charge for the house to a cash purchaser V auked Mrs. Newton with subdued eagerness. " Four thousand dollars cash," was the reply, and that is but a small advance on tho cost." " Very well, I will buy it of you," added Mrs. Newton quietly. " AVhat did I understand you to say ?'' asked tho 'Squire, scarcely believing his cars. " I repeat thnt I will buy this houso nt your price, and pay the money within a week." - " Then tho houso is yours. Hut your husband said nothing of his Intention, find ill fact I did not know " " Thnt he hud the money to invest, I suppose you would say. Neither docs ho know it, nnd I must nsk you not to tell him for tho present." Tho next morning Mrs. Newton invi ted her husband to take a walk, but with out specifying the direction. They soon stood in front of tho houc in which he desired to live. " Wouldn't you liko to go in ?" sho asked. " Yes. It's a pity wo haven't got the key." " I have the key," said his wife, and forthwith walked up (ho steps and pro ceeded to open tho door. " When did you get tho key of Squire Hent ?" asked tho husband. " Yesterday when I bought tho house," said his wife quietly. Mr. Newton gazed at his wifo in pro found astonishment. " What on earth do you mean, Eliza beth V ho inquired. " Just what I say. The house is mine, and what is mine is thine. So tho houso is yours Ezra." " Where in tho name of goodness did you raiso tho money ?" asked her hus band, his amazement still as great as ever. " 1 haven't been a managing wifo for ten years for nothing," said Mrs. Newton smiling. With some difficulty Mrs. Newton per suaded her husband that the price of the house was really the result of her savings, lie felt when he surveyed tho commodi ous arrangements of tho new houso that ho had reasons to be grateful for the prudence of his managing wife. A Two Dollar Sell. Joo Dobbin's was exceedingly fond of duck hunt'in" nnd ono afternoon hist fall started out for some fun. Ho travelled nearly all tho afternoon without seeing a single duck or other gamo worth tho price of a char-'O of powder and shot and just beforo nidit camo across tho fields to tho road where a fine flock of ducks were paddling around in a puddle near a farm house. Close by .was the old farmer who after greeted Joo said : " 1 ou don t seem to havo had much luck ; guess you aint much of a shot." " it you think so replied Joo " what will you take for a shot at thoso ducks ?" "Weill don't know, what do you think it would bo worth to you ?" an swered tho farmer. " I'll give you two dollars for a shot, from whore I now stand, if you have a mind to take it." " Well, replied the farmer " hand mo your two dollars and blaze away for all I care. This offer was at once accepted by Joe, who hastened to pass over that amount of stamps, and taking a deliberate aim was fortunuto enough to kill nnd wound six ducks. Turning to tho farmer ho ex claimed, in tones of exultation, " rather a dear two dollars to you I guess you think by this time, don't you ?" " Uli 1 tlon t know but what I am saU isfled" replied tho farmer. " Don't you consider them six ducks worth more than two dollars ?" nsked Joe. " They aint worth that to mo," was the reply. " Why not to you?" " Hccauso thoy don't belong to mo, for I don't livo bore, I am just waiting for Mr. Johnson who lives hero to como home," was tho startling answer. Joo hustily loft that locality but beforo doing so, wus strongly tempted to empty tho other load into tho carcass of tho old fellow who had sold him so completely, and over after beforo buying a shot, ascer tains who is tho owner of tho property. Spoiled Children. Liko many unwise mothers a certain lady would never allow her child to bo contradicted, for fear that it might tnnke him sick. Her friends, as well as her husband, in vain remonstrated with her, informing he that such a courso would be sure to spoil tho child. Ono day she heard him screaming with uugcr in the garden. In an instant she ascrtaincd the causo ; the nurse had refused to give him what ho desired. " You impertinent creature," said tho angry mother, " not to givo him what he wanted?" " Hy my troth," said tho girl, " lie may cry till morning, and he'll not get it." Enraced beyond bounds, she complain ed to her husband. Tho man was as weak as the woman. " Do you have the impudence to diso- oey your unstress V " It is true sir. that I did not obev her The child has been crying for the moon, which he sees reflected - in the fountain. I could not give it to him, though com manded to do so, Perhaps my lady can." There was a general luugh, in which the lady joined, while sho possessed sum. cicnt sense to treasure up the lesson. SCIENTIFIC HEADING. Whlto Lead. A mixture of carbonnto and hydratcd oxide of lead, known as whito lead, is a chief ingredient of most oil paints. Its puro whito huo nnd great opaqueness mako it a good basis to which other col oring matter can bo ndded. Paint made from it will completely cover and hido a larger surfaco than if mado from any other mntcrial. The relativo " body," or cov ering power of different samples may bo tested by weighing out 100 grains of each, and adding, if tho lead is ground in oil, threo drops of boiled linseed oil; eighteen or twonty, if tho load is dry ; then spread the different samples as uniformly as may boon pieces of glass. Hold them between yourself and tho window, nnd thnt which looks darkest most opaque has most body. Whito lead is made by tho Dutch pro cess, which was invented two or three hundred years ago, and introduced into England and America about tho begin ning of this century. It was first made in this country at Philadelphia. The process probably differs in detail, in every establishment, but snbstantially consists in exposing pieces of tho metal, so cut or cast us to offer a largo surface to the action of vaporized vinegar or acetic acid, which forms a tribasie acetate of lead (three parts lead to one of acid); com monly placing clay pots, containing lead at top and vinegar some distance below, on layers of spent tan bark, whose fermen tation heats nnd evaporates tho acid nnd at tho samo time gives out gaseous carbon ic acid, which takes the place of the acetic acid as fast as the latter is drawn away from the acetate by the attraction of the still uncoroded lead. Layers of tan and pots, separated by boards, arc piled up to the top of the building, and then shut up for nbout threo months; nt the end of which time tho lead has become a white crumbling mass. This is then put through revolving screens, so that any bits of metallic or 1 blue' lead remaining aro sifted out. The weight of tho white mass is not far from the sum of the weight of lead and vinegar. After screening, it is thoroughly washed with water to re move any free acetic acid, ncctates of lead or other metals that may havo been mix ed with the lead, nnd liko impurities. It is then dried by evaporation nnd ground in oil, eight pounds of oil to oiio hundred pounds of white lead. It is packed iu small iron-hooped kegs or tin cans, and is then ready for market. Thirst Quenched Without Drinking. It may not be generally known to our readers that water, even suit water, im bibed through tho skin appeases thirst almost ns well as fresh water taken in wardly. In illustration of this subjoct, a correspondent has scut us tho fullowing abridged quotafion from a " Narrative of Captain Kennedys losing his vessel, and his Distresses Afterwards," which was noticed in " Dodsley's Annual Register for 18GD." "I cannot concludo without making mention of tho great advantage I receiv ed from soaking my clothes twice a day in salt water, and putting them on with out wringing. It was a considerable tinio before I -could mako the peoplo comply with this measure, although from seeing tho good effects produced, they afterward practiced it twico a day of their own ac cord. To this discovory I may with jus tice attributo the.preservation of my own life and six other persons who must have perished if it had not been put in use. The hint was first communicated to me from tho perusal of a treatise written by Dr. Lind. Tho water absorbed through tho pores of tho skin produced in every respect tho samo effect as would havo re sulted from tho moderato drinking of any liquid. Tho saline particlos, however, which remained in our clothes became in crusted by tho heat of the sun and that of our own bodies lacerating our skins nnd being otherwise inconvenient ; but wo found that by washing out theso parti cles nnd frequently wettin g our clothes without wringing twico in the courso of n day, tho skin became well in a short time. After theso operations we uniform ly found that the violent thirst went oil' and tho parched tongue was cured iu a few minutes after bathing und washing our clothes ; and at tho same tune we found ourselves as much refreshed as if wo hud received some actual nourishment. Four persons iu tho bout who drunk suit water went delirious and died, but thoso who uvoided this und followed tho abovo practice experienced no such symptoms. A Uluo which will Unite Polished Steel. . Tho following is a receipt for a cement used to fasten diamond and other prec ious stones to mctulio surfaces, and which is said to be capable of strongly uniting surfaces of polishing steel. Dissolve fivo or six bits of gum mustio, each the sizo of a lurge pea, in as much spirit of wine as will suffice to render it liquid. In anoth er vessel dissolve in brandy as much is inglass, previously softened in water, as will make a two-ounce phial of strong glue, adding two small bits of gum am moniac, which must be rubbed until dis solved. Then mix the whole with heat. Keep in a phial closely stopped. Whon it is to be used set tho phiul in boiling water. THE NEW Family Sewing Machine, .EMPIUEnttv. Tl.n .... I .... .. . j im- am.i-'mum.m nu.'.-csso! iiioir now mm im prove. I in;umfrtaurlnK Machines for IMit or leuvy work. iniliiccrl tint EMPIRE SEWINO MACHINE CO. to manufacture si NEW FAMILY MAnnvcir the Kami1 stylo and construction, Willi additional ornamentation, making It equal In beauty unci llnish with oilier Family Machines, whereas in. usefulness It fur OUTSTlllI'S ALL, C.'OMPETITOIW. The nrioe of tills now acknowledged neeessnrv nvtlele conies within reach of every class, nnd tho i "onipany is prepared to oner me mosr. UDcrni In ducements to buyers, dealers and lipids. livery iMui-iiiim n an it ii i eo. Apply for circulars and samples to KMI'IltE SEWING MACHINE COM PANY, 6 8 3m a No. 2!U ISowery, New York. HOMES FOR ALL, I.V THE Lnntl of Flowers nnd IVrpetiinl (irowtli. FLORIDA. Tlio Italy ol A.niilii,. IT IS not excelled In Ci.imath 1v any of tho I'nited Stales, anil It iniiv he doubled whether il ean lie equaled Iu the world. I.oeated on I he very borders of the Torrid Zone, still her situation between I he Gulf of Mexico and tho Ailantio (leean Is sueh that she Is swept, alter nately by the winds of tho lias'tern and Western seas, and relieved from tho burning heats which prevails III other Southern States; and thus It happens that by the joint Iiilluenee of latitude and peculiar location, she Is relieved, on the one hand, from the rigors of tho Winter climate of tho Norlliern and Middle stales, nnd on the other, from the extreme heat with which not only tho Southern Slates, but In the Summer time tho Norlliern Slatesare characterized. Settlers have not the hardships to under(!0 that have been the lot of tho pioneers who opened up and developed our harsh Northern latitudes. Tho ml I re year is a jieriietual season of iirmrlh, nblo to produce and send to market all tlic broduetions of the Troilcul and Temiierate Zone mutes ami months in advance of oid other loealilu,anl at u season vhen all such jinnhicthns, ore luxurious,, ami cum iiiioi' the vary hiahest prices ; The Florida Improvement Company, under the auspleesof the. State of I'lnrlihi, propose to furnish lands of uniform final ijualitii, and upon which ean be raised Veiietulilrs. Fruits, etc., eom liion to the more Northern climates, and all tho Chains, Klirn sand VKor.TAiu.Ksof the Tuoncs. Such S'leeteil lands, In tho IlKAlriiins'r part of tile STATU, and of I lie best cpialily. The Company havo issued a pamphlet Of 12$ paces containing lull and reliable Inhumation concerning Fmiuiua its Ci.imatk, Sou.,- and l'uo iit'crioNS. Willi a sketch of its Histouy which the Company will forward free of postage, on receipt of 2." cents. For oilier information or circular, address or apply to The Florida. 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ANTHONY' & CO., 591 Broadway, New York, Invite the attention of tlio Trade to their exten sive assortment of ttie above goods, of their own publication, vutnitfaeture und imjiortation. Also, PHOTO LANTEKN SLIDES and GKAPHOSCOPES. NEW VI E WS OK YOSEMITE. II. it U. T. ASTHONY& CO., 5iU ISiioadway, New Yokk, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel, Importers und Manufacturers of X'liotoci'tipliic) Mutei'Iiilt. 510.13 PHilKINS & HOUSE'S PATENT NON - EXPLOSIVE METALLIC KEROSENE LAMP. Ih AnKoi.UTEi.Y have from explosion or breaking; burns any Coal Oil, good or bud s given Mollis ijuut, no odor, and uses less oil. "U perfectly non eriilostw. The light Is bet ter than Is produced by any other lamp." W. S. di rk, rrvMcnl o Massachusetts jiuricultuml OUUyc. "It Is perfeelly nonexploslvn, gives a lictter light nnd is more economical Until any other lamp. In use." II'. IF. H'clls, late Sujsiiintenilent v 1'uUle Helmuts, Uitcayo. The apallhw deaths nml tires from glass lamps exploding und breaking create it great demand for tills lamp, it to sell it. Hult hit (Mnmssers; Aoenth wanteu KVEKYWiiKKB. tteuil for a circu lar und terms to Monttioinery ii Ct)., Cleveland, O. 'I Ilarelay Street, New York. D UNC'AN SHERMAN & CO,, JfAJNICKltH, No. 11 Nassau Street, NT.AV YORK, Issue circular Notci and circular Letters of credit available hi any part of the world. W Current account received on such terms as may be agreed upon. 1 12tf For Hand-bills,, or job work of any kind, Ko to the Time Ojjlce, Our "fiteam Power I'i-osh," will print a larger bill tliau any lresn in the county..
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