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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.
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