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The Duchess of Sutherland wishes very
much to hear you play, and she has request
ed me to inquire whether you will do her the
pleasure of coming to the party which she
proposes to give to-morrow evening.”
“Ah, but in England, we express it the
other way.”
“ Very possibly' —but unless you express
it in the better way’ I have described to you,
1 shall take no notice of the invitation.”
The Englishman, evidently very angry, re
peated the invitation as directed.
“ I am happy to accept the invitation of
the Duchess,” said the artist.
P)iloso}jl)n for tljc People.
PACTS RELATIVE TO GREEN TEA.
There are two or three opinions in the Uni
ted States about green tea, which are great
mistakes. One is, that the Chinese themselves
do not use the green tea; this is a mistake.
But they do not use such green tea as is used
in England and America. They commonly
pick out the dried and fine parts and separate
them, calling one gunpowder, and another
hy'son skin.
The second mistake is, that the green tea
is made by roasting it on copper plates, which
turns it green and gives it its sharp and as
tringent qualities. All the tea made about
Zeetung (a good many thousand pounds) is
dried in iron pans.
But if the Chinese do not make green tea
on copper cans, they do what is a great deal
wosre. They mix Prussian blue with what
is sold to foreigners, which gives it the green
ish blue color it so often has, and something
of its astringent qualities.—Prussian blue is
poison: and the only reason why green tea
does those who use it here so little harm is,
that it requires but a small quantity to color
a large amount of tea. But still, small as the
quantity is, it does harm; and the people not
accustomed to the use of green tea can hard
ly sleep after it. You may always tell wether
there is Prussian blue in the tea, by’ drawing
off. If the infusion is perfectly clear and of a
slightly saffron green color, it is all right ;
but if it has a dirty appearance, as if there
was coloring matter suspended in it, then
.ygere is some of the Prussian blue or some
tin ng else there.
The Chinese put the Prussian blue and such
stuff in the tea, as foreigners have taken a
notion that green tea is not green tea unless
it is very green. People in England and
America don’t like green tea, such as the
Chinese use, and wont buy it. Well, the
Chinese are very accommodating people, and
ilffey laugh in their big sleeves, and say, ”
Since foreigners want very green tea, we’ll
giae it to them, but they’ must give us more
for making it so green.” Little green tea
goes to the United States that has not more
or less Prussian blue or some other drug, to
give it a high color. —Christian Intelligencer
HOW TO CLEAN SILVER PLATE.
Well-kept silver plate seldom requires more
than to be washed every time it is used, with
a swab, or soft brush, in strong soapsuds.
Soft soap is best. Rinse the article in clean,
soft, hot water, and wipe it dry', while hot,
with a linen towel; after which, it must be
well rubbed with soft goat-skin. If it has
become dull and greasy looking, after wash
ing and wiping, clean it well with a piece of
flannel, wet with spirit, or common whiskey,
dipped in powdered chalk, or whiting. Let
this dry, and'then rub it off with a soft, dry
brush, taking care to clear it out of the en
graved lines, and then polish with soft leath
er.
The insides of coffee and tea-pots must be
scoured frequently with wood ashes and soap-,
suds. Forks and spoons should be cleaned
daily with whiting only'.
The stains made upon these, by boiled eggs
can easily be removed by rubbing the spots
with table salt, while wet, after washing with
warm water.
The black spots upon castors, salt-cellars,.
&c., may be taken off by rubbing them with
flannel wet with spirits of hartshorn, and dip
ped in powdered magnesia; when dry rub off
with a brush and leather.
Iron Moulds should be wetted, then laid
on a hot water-plate, and a little essential salt
of lemons put on the part. If the linen be
comes dry, wet it, and renew the process, ob
serving that the plate is kept boiling hot.
Much of the powder sold under the name of
lemons is a spurious preparation ; and there
fore it is neeessary to dip the linen in a good
deal of water, and wash it as soon as the stain
is removed, to prevent the part from being
worn into holes by the acid.
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Floor-cloths should be chosen that are
painted on fine cloth, which is well covered
| with the color, and the flowers on which do
not rise much above the ground, as they
wear out first. The durability of the cloth
will depend much on these two particulars,
but more especially’ on the time it has been
painted, and the goodness of the colors. If
they have not been allowed sufficient space
for becoming thoroughly hardened, a very lit
tle use will injure them ; and as they are very
expensive articles, care in preserving them is
necessary'. It answers to keep them some
time before they are used, either hung up in
a dry barn where they will have air, or laid
down in a spare room.
To take out Mildew.—Mix soft soap
with starch powdered, half as much salt, and
the juice of a lemon; lay it on the part on
both sides with a painter’s brush. Let it lie
on the grass day and night till the stain comes
out.
Stains of Wine, Fruit, &c., after they
HAVE BEEN LONG IN’ THE LINEN. —Rub the
part on each side with yellow soap. Then lay
on a mixture of starch, in cold water, very
thick : rub it well in, and expose the linen to
the sun and air till the stain comes out. If not
removed in three or four days, rub that off and
renew the process. When dry it may be
sprinkled with a little water.
Many other stains may’ be taken out by
dipping the linen in sour buttermilk, and
dryimg in a hot sun. Then wash it in cold
water, and dry it two or three times a day.
An Light.—An Electrical
Light is being exhibited in London, in the
presence of scientifick men, which is described
as of a most powerful character. The pat
tentee states that the light would be particu
larly applicable for light houses, and added
that the light then exhibiting (the expense of
which would not exceed a halfpenny an hour,)
if placed at an altitude, with the reflector above
it. would perfectly illuminate an area of 100
miles. A single jet, apparently not larger
than a star, as seen with the naked ey'e, upon
experiment, made the whole area of Water
loo Place as bright as day, and enabled spec
tators s o distinguish features and read hand
bills across the street.
Milch Cows.—ls you desire that these
should yield liberally to the pail, you must
feed them with something better suited to the
secretion of rich milk than dry’ provender.
Roots or meal slops of some kind should be
given them twice a day, at least, say morning
and evening. They should have littered beds,
dry lodgings, moderately warm, be regularly
watered thrice a day, just before being fed,
be curried or combed and rubbed down with .a
whisp of straw twice a day', and receive,
twice a week, an ounce of salt, or the same
quantity of salt, ashes and lime, mixed to
gether. — Me. Cultivator.
<E!)c tUorking itlau.
SONG OF THE LABORER.
Oh! can I forget as I bend o’er ray loom,
So many long hours, in this dark, stifling room,,
My boyhood's sweet time when I roamed all the day
Untamely glad as a bird in its play 1
Oh ! can I forget when ray own darling wife
Is soothing her hungry ones, calming their strife,
Her tears rolling down as she thinks of their fate,
Ilow fair and light-hearted her maidenly state I
Oh ! can I forget with what joy and what pride
I saw in the future a happy fire-side,
When our old age should in the cradle of home,
Where, when Christmas was merry, our children
should come.
Alas ! for the boyhood forever departed;
Alas ! for the maiden so fair and light-hearted;
Alas ! for the home and the happy ones nigh ;
God help us! we live but to toil and to die.
LIVE THEM DOWN.
Brother, art thou poor and lowly,
Toiling, drudging day by day,
Journeying painfully and slowly,
On they dark and desert way 1
Pause not —though the proud ones frown!
Shrink not, fear not —live them down !
Though to Vice thou shalt not pander,.
Though to Virtue thou shalt kneel,
Yet thou shalt escape not Slander —
Jibe and lie thy soul must feed —
.Pest of witling—curse of clown —
Hoed not either !—live them down !
Hate may wield her scourges horrid,
Maine may thy woes deride;
Sarrn n.ay blind with thorns thy forehead—
Envy's spear may pierce thy side!
Lo ! through Cross shall come the Crown !
Fear not foe man ! live them down !
GTl)e StljoolfeUou).
From the Schoolfellow.
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THE COTTAGE GIRL.
BY WM. C. RICHARDS.
<< Avery shower
Qf beauty was her earthly dower.’ 4
A cottage maiden, pure and fair,
As some sweet violet
That hloorns alone, wms Lucy Clare,
Whom I shall neTr forget.
But once I saw her as I passed
The unfrequented road —
My first delight, and ah ! my last—
That led by her abode.
Seated beside a fountain rude
Her pitcher at her side—
In careless—graceful attitude —
The maiden I espied
Iler rounded arm upon the stone ,
Lay in the sunshine bare ;
Her cheeks like rose buds newly blown,
Iler lips like coral were.
Her curls like sunbeams tired of play,
Upon her shoulders fell,
Her beauty seemed —in that lone way,
Some strange and holy spell!
With sudden impulse then I gazed
Half rudely on her face—
And from her revery amazed —
She started with sweet grace.
I answered to her timid glance
“Pardon a stranger’s speech,
I woke thee from a fairy trance
That brought surprise to each :
“ Now tell me, ere we part, thy name,
That when I’m far away —
Amid Life’s turmoil, I may claim
Sweet memories of this day I”
A blush suffused her glowing cheek —
She still seemed half afraid—
And when her lips found leave to speak,
“’Tis Lucy Clare”—she said.
JJatclj-tUork.
When is a nose not a nose ? When
it is a little red-dish.
J&gf* When is a man’s nose like a bell ?
When someone is wringing it.
“ I come to steel,” as the rat observ
; ed to the spring trap.
“ And I spring to embrace you,” as the
i trap replied to the rat.
“ Come get up—you’ve been in bed
I long enough,” as the gardener said when he
was pulling up radishes to carry to market.
“I’m trifling away your time,” as the
pickpocket said to the gentleman while steal
j ing his watch.
A book is a whetstone on which some
sharpen their razors, while others sharpen
their wits.
When Prince Albert gives her Ma
jesty a kiss, and the Queen returns it, what
public building docs it resemble ? The Roy
al Exchange.
David Fender, popping the question,
in a letter, concludes thus :
“And should you say yes, dear Mary, I
will truely be your D. Fender.”
JBfesr* Eggs are so dear in Trenton that the
: housewives use the white of their eyes m-
I stead of the white of an egg, to clear their
t coffee.
1
Hood once said, that phrenologists
J have never satisfactorily accounted for the
t fact, that when a man is puzzled he scratch
es his head.
Punch says the sea-serpent is an off
1, spring of the adder tribe—a great seal drop
i ped from Davy June’s midnight watch a ten
ant in-tail of the deep—an infinite deal of
! nothing!
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A Column Crcctcß to fm,
Very Polite.—A political p aD er in „•
mg the returns of an election S F v ’
; vi f sh in doing so, to wound the feeliogS
defeated candidate. 0
I More polite, still, were the comnllm .
Ihat passed between O’Connell and the
Lieutenant of Ireland. e Loi(1
n-ri happen to be my duty” :.
0 Connell, “ to speak against you. bJtlgSj
only mean it politically. [ bee- vn.. ii
consider it personal.” > ou will n ot
“ Not at all replied his Lordship - an(l
may be my duty to hang you, but Hhallo,
ly do it politically; I beg you will not con*
I sider it personal.” un ’
The May to Win a Husband.— If Vmir
sweetheart happens to call about supper til
go down into the kitchen and take a mutt™
chop. Broil nicely over a red fire, and J
I before him, with pickles and a jucr of ow i
ale. Whisper softly in his hearing,®Re words
;“ 1 did it.” You will find this a very L’ *
! way indeed to win him.
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A Touch Custo mer.— A Canadian of this
: city who bought a patriarch of a turkey that
had frightened every other purchaser from
; the idea of making a jaw-ful feast of him
I said afterwards:
I “ 1 look him home—my wife bile him tree
hours, and den he crow. My wife put him
in de pot wid de taters, and he kick ’em all
lout.” C
“ Crow, can you tell me de reason
why de white sheep produce more wool dan
de black sheep V 1
“No, Julius, de queshum is so much onde
abstract, dat 1 guvs em up.”
“Well, Crow, den I’ll tell you why de
white sheep produce more wool dan de black
ones; de reason am simply because dar am
more uv dem!”
Professor Porson, it is well known,
was not remarkably attentive to the decora
tion of his person ; indeed, he was, at times,
disagreeably negligent. On one occasion, he
went to visit a learned friend, (now a Judge.)
where a gentleman, who did not know Tor
son, was waiting, in anxious and impatient
expectation of the barber. On Porson’s en
tering the library where the gentleman was
sitting, he started up. and hastily said, “Are
you the barber?” “No. sir,” replied Porson,
“hut 1 am a cunning shaver, much at your
service.”
A hoy asked one of his father's
’ guests who his next door neighbor was, and
when he heard his name, asked if the gentle
man was not a fool.
| “No, my little friend,” said the guest, “he
j is no fool, but a sensible man ; but why do
j you ask the question ?”
“ Why, my mother said the other day you
I were next door to a fool, and I wanted to
1 know who lived next to you.”
An old lady remarkable for her con
fused idea of the meaning of words, described 1
j a clear summer evening thus :
“It was a beautiful bright night —the
i moon made-every thing as light as cork.”
The other day Mrs. Sniffkins being
unwell, sent for a medical man, and declared
her belief that she was poisoned and that
! Mr. Sniffkins done it ?”
“ 1 didn't do it!” shouted Sniffkins. “It’s
j all gammon, she isn't poisoned. Prove it,
| doctor, open her upon the spot —I am wil
; ling-”
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£&£?* A domestic, newly engaged, present
ed to his master, one morning a pair of boots
the leg of one of which was much longer
than the other.
1 “ How comes it, you rascal, that these
| boots are not of the same length ?”
“I really don’t know, sir,—but what botn
| ers me the most is, that the pair down stairs
| are in the same fix.”
i A bricklayer, who was working at
the top of his house, happened to fall througn
the rafters, and not being hurt, he bounce
up and cried in a triumphant tone to his fel
! low laborers: .
j “ There now I defy any man to go throug i
with his work as quick as I have done .
A witty lawyer once jocosely asked
a boarding-house keeper the following ques
tion :. .
“ Mr. ,if a man gives you five nu *
dred dollars to keep for him, and dies, wna
do you do ? Do you pray for him V’
“ No, sir,” replied Mr. ,“ 1 i0
another like him.”