rIASZARD’S GAZETTE APELI, 26.

Gloanlngs from late Papers.

GIRLS Suoout LEARN TO Kerr Houst:.—1\'o young lady can be too well instructed in any thing that will ulli-Lt the comfort of a family. Whatever position in society she may occupy, she needs a practical knowled«_re of the duties ofo. house-keeper. She may be placed in such circumstances, that it will he utinccessary for her to per- form tnuch domestic labour; but oit tltis acooiuit, she needs no less knowledge, than if she was -ibligetl to pie- sidc personally over the cooking stove atid pantry. In- deed, I ltave ofteti tliougltt it was more dillieult to (lll'('t'l others, and requires more experience, than to do the same work witlt our otvit liaiids.

Mothers are freqttetitly so nice and particular in their domestic ttt'l’t.lll,‘_’(.‘lllL‘l)l.\‘, that they do not like to give up aity part of their care to their childreii. This is a great mistake, for they are often bttrdeiied with labor, aitd need relief. Children sliottld be early taught to make tlicnt- selves nsefiil to assist their parents in every way in their power, and consider it it privilege to do so.

Young people cannot realize the itnportancc of a tho- rough kitowlcdge of liottsewifet'y, but those who have sttl'l'ered the iiicoitveitieiices and tnortificntions of igno- rance. Uliililrozi should he early indulged in t|ieir_dis- position to bake and cxperioient iti cooking in variotts ways. It is olien btit a tr.>ublesomc help they atford, still it is a greater at-lviiiitage to tlicrit.

‘I kn--w a little. girl. who, at nine years old, mttde a loaf of ltreiid every week during the winter. Her mother taziglit her how tnuch yeast and llour to use, and she b.rt-mite an expert baker. \\"licnever‘shc is disposed to try her skill in itialtiiig simple cake and pies. she ts per-

mitted to .) so. Site is tlitts, while antusing herself, learning an tinportaiit lesson. Her mother calls her “her little liottsekecpcr,” and she often permits her to

Wirting and reading, except for the purpose ofbusirtess, are to the tiias.-4 ofthe people superﬂuous, even as it discip- line for Memory, and a dangerous gift when they are use completely at ratidom, as the cotnuton people use them, No tlittt they acquire only a tmiltitudo of distorted notions ; be- cause by this niciitiu, the trutlt his senses teach him, wlticli nature has given him for his guid tncv. becomes fumiliarized with another and distorted ll‘IlllI, which takes tto ﬁrm hold on his tttitid, and yet robs him the power of judging for himself.

\Vo:trAN.—VVlty are women so given to exaggeration? Catt anybody tell ? And then, they are so impudcnt about it. A wotnan will tell you to your face, that “site was ll‘l;;lll(’llt‘(l to death,” a few hours previous, and expect you to believed her declaration, notwithstanding she is alive and well before you. She will also, in describing anew boi:itet patterns, declare that every one of them "is the loveliest thing shi- ever saw itt her life ;" and, in speaking of sonic foppi.~h fellow, who is perhaps your rival, will boldly ttssevcrtitc tlittt “lie is the liandsornest titan she ever set eyes oit." And she expecting you to take her to the Opera that very night, too, perhaps ! Funny Fern has truly said that, “\\'oiitiitt is ‘ln_VSlel'l0lIS, nitfatliomable, contradictory and delightful !”— JV. Y. Ledger.

Bnr.AnsTui-‘rs.— In consequence of easterly winds, rt large itttitilter of vessels from tlte United 5. were detained, at lilhl dates, in the Br-itish Channel, loaded with ,-_vi'ain. It was believed, that there were cargoes of brt-adsttillls oll't|to port" of Liverpool, from tlte United States and front the Mediter- rean, autonnting in tlto nggt-i-gtite to lC0,000 quarters of tvlieiit and 50,000 quarters of ltidiuti coitt.

Alady in the county of Goochland. \’n., recently gave ltirtli to three living daughters, all of whom, as well its tltc mother, are doing well at last accounts. It is said, that

during Munroe’: Administration, it lady of L-ttiisiittitt gave

got what is rieeessat‘y for the table. She hangs the keys by her side. and very musical is their jingling to her ears. I think, before she is otit of her teens, upoti which she has not yet entered, that she will have soiiio idea how to cook.

Some mothers give their daughters the care of house- keeping, each a week liy turns. lt sums to me a good arrangement, and it most useful part of their education.

Domestic labour is by no means incompatible with the highest degree of reiiuement and mental culture. Matty of the most elegant attd accomplished wotnen l have ‘known, have looked well to their household duties, and have lionon-d themselves and their husbands by so dttittg.-A/ton.

A Loxo Cat-:oir.——A friend of oitrs purclinsed a bill of ootls of his ncigltbotir last Dcceitilter. He asked no pztrticular term of credit, but remarked playftilly, that the vetider mig'.tt send in his bill for tlietn on the first

rainy day. Well, a fortnight passed away, and the bill was sent itt. “ Why,” said the purchaser, “this bill isn’t due. It was to be paid for on the ﬂrst rainy day.”

_ The Clerk went back and the vender watched the clouds. A motitli passed away, yet there was no rain. There was plenty of snow, btit not a drop of rain. Atto- ther iiiontli passed away, and yet ‘there was no rain. There was plenty of snow, plenty of ice, plenty of cold, but no rain. A third month glided along, and on the last day, in the afternoon, the clotids gathered, and as they drifted across the sky a few scattcrin" drops of ruin

a a- n . pattcrcd upon the side-walk. “Here, said the impati-

ent vender to his clerk, “ take this bill and run down to‘

B's in Green Street, and get the money.” 'l‘om, took the bill and put out for Green Street. He stalked into B.’s shop, and as he handed him the bill, said, “ the bill is due, for it rains.” “Rains!” exclaimed B. “It rains, doesit? Look there,” pointing out through the back window, when the snow ﬂakes were falling, as if a dozen women were picking geese away tip in the sky. Tom went back to the vender without the money. He is watching still for the rain. Ilc says the weather will have to be pretty active ifit changes again, while he is going from his employer’s store in State Street, to B.’s in Green.-Albany State Register.

A little boy was munging a bit of gingerbread. His mo- ther asked who gave it to ltim.—“ iss Johnson gave it to me.” " And did you tltaiik her for it?” inquired the mother. “Ye—s, I did, but I didn’t tell her.

Wsi«-rr:n.—- A good strong adhesive plaster to make busy- bodies stick to their own business.

WHAT Ltrsitrrutm Is.—-Poetry is said to be the ﬂower of literature; prose is the corn, potatoes and meat ; satire is the aqttalortis, wit is the spice and pepper; letters containing remittances are the apple-dumplings.

Ladies are like watches--pretty enoigli to look at- swcct faces licste hands, but somewhat diﬂicult to

do I‘ regulate" ma once set " s-going.”

' ovary day.

birth to four sons, wltotit slienatncd \\'asliingtott, Jellersori, Madison and Munroe, all of wttotn lived to ntutthood. The samc lady, before her death, was the mother of thirty-six children.

At the close ofthis year, Canada will have 2000 miles ol fully equipped railway, costing .1318, 000,000 sterling.

It is said that Mrs. Stowe, tltc author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, will soon put to press it work illustrating tlte alleged idegradation ofthe poor white population oftlte South.

Iiitroitnivct-2 OFRECREATIOX.-3% Hon. Edward Everett used the following language a recent speech :

The Americans as a people—at least the professional and mercantile classes—have too little considered the. im- portance of healthful, generous -recreation. They have learned the lesson contained in the very word which teaches that the worii-oiit man is re-crcutcrl, made over again. by the seasonable relaxation of the strained facttl- ties. 'l‘he old world learned this lesson years ago, and found ottt, that as the bow always heat will at last break, so the man, forever on the strain ofthougltt and action, will at last go mad or break down. 'l'lirowtt tipoii a new contineiit—e:iger to do the work ofttventy cciitttrics iti two—tltc Anglo American popnlatioii has over worked, aitd is daily overworking itself. 1-‘ront morning to night—from January to l)cet-niber——braiit and hands, eyes and ﬁngers, the powers of the body and the powers oftlic mitid are itt spasmodic, merciless activity. 'I‘lierc is no lack ofa few tasteless and soulless dissipations which are called amusements, bttt noble athletic sports, manly otit-door exercises are too little cultivated in town or country.

A YOUNG hottscwife proudly declared that “ she had made (Ital mock-ttirtlc otit of her own cad.”

A WRETCHED old bachelor says, that matrimony is tltc news of the week.

\VHA'l' is that, which can often be fottnd where it is not?—}<‘ault.

'l‘iii-: cheapest cxeursioti you can make is iitto the realitis of fancy. No return ticket is reqtiircd.

NEVER tread upoiithc tail of a cat, or tell a woman that she is not handsome, tiiiless yoti are fond of nitisic.

Rooniis once remarked, that “A man who attempts to read all the new publications » tnust often do as tltc flea does—sl.'ip.”

Tun Pass» ouN.—'I‘hcro are two kinds of weapons. \Vo have Pnixhain guns, Minie riﬂes, and Sharpe's riﬂes ; bttt there is one thing that shoots further than all these. It is shot frotn the type battery. It goes around the wor d ; it circles cities and threads plains ; it wends its way througlt woods ; it rattles in the rigging ofthe ship on the most dis- tant sons ; it is never spent when aimed high, but ricochcts, striking with fresh force every form of evil, dishonour, and oppression.

MILL Quu'rtoi¢.—lf it takes ten mills to make one cent, what is the manufacturing business good for P

Ctons SMotrut.—A gentleman given to statistics. esti-

Fuu: IN l’iitt.Aui;t.ritt.t——Loss $‘200,000.—Phila- delphin, April |0.——About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in tltc Artisan Buildings, it very ex- tensive tnunufiicturing et-titblisluneiit in Rttnsteitd Place, running west from Fourth street, abote Chest- nut. The ﬂames spread witlt great rapidity, and for some titne the labors of the ﬁremen were unti- vailing to check their ptogress.—'l'hc height of the buildings, and their peculiar situation, made it a inat- ter olgrr.-at dillieulty for the vttiioutt companies to bring their streams to bear wiili tnuclt effect upon the burning portions.

'J‘he nggrt-gate loss is supposed to be $200,000.

Mr. lluval, lttlto_~.:rtip|tcr, had forty sleaut-presses, and an iintnense stock of stones. Among the steel: in his esttiltlisltiiietit, were the lllltIr_:Hl[)l|S for Com- utodore l’err_t-’s work oti the Japan Expedition. The plates bcloiigctl to the Govt-riintent: value about $6000. 'l'he_v were all coniplete ittid reitdy to he sent off. The fire spread so rapidly that scarcely any thing was isaved except from the lower floors. The Utiitcd Stmcs llotel, near tltc scene of con- flngrittiott, was sli,-_:lttl_v tliiinagcd by lire, but titorc by water. 'l'he boarders lied, ntitl the house was llootlct! h_v the engines. Mrs. Margaret Christie, an intahd lady in it house near the hotel, (lied of fiigltt. The roof of the old lllitstttiic llall, on 3d street, ignited, but the damage is slight.

D!-‘.F1'ltL'C'l‘l\'l-Z Fini:.—At one o'clock on Satur- day afternoon, an alarm of ﬁre was sotiuded in the first district. The lirenicn turned out with their usual alitcrity. rind upon reaching Stidbtiry street discoveretl llzitttes isstiirtg front the sixth story of the (‘rt-rrislt Matkct—a brick structure fronting on Sun- lttiry street, but ltavittg entriiticcs on Friend and l’oii|:ind street. The licight of the fire, as well as the ,‘.Il'll(.'l’Z|l belief that the market walls would fall the Ittt‘lnt'itt the inner timber yielded. naturally dc- teried tlic litcnien from combating the ﬂames, and so the two upper storeys of the building were burned almost without opposition. The firemen now work- ed earnestly upon the four remaining storeys, but at great disadvantage. The walls of the market build- ing, as was anticipated, lell in and otit in great sheets, and with such tltrcatetting, that no one felt safe within the reach of tltcin. The engineers of the ﬁre department caulioried those under their cointnand, us well as the spectators, to avoid danger.

At two o'clock, Mayor Rice visited the ﬁre, and upon seeing the conditioti of aﬂiiirs ordered out the steam fire engine. That powerful maeltiue was soon upott the ground, nntl no tttatt who saw it in (lp(‘l‘7lllOll trill deity that its pcrfornnnces were won- derful. 'l‘wo streams from it were tnorc than equal to six from the hand engines. These streams were kept upon the burning uttnltct, and thus the firemen were cnaltletl to protect surrounding property. Story after story, the market \\ nlls fell, and Ill: wes- terly gable-5-tid brought tlowit with it the sash and blind cstitblislin-ent of Jerome Boles, 34 Frictid slret:l, nitd the building tnateritil storehouse of Jere- miah Stimson, -'34 l‘ortl:ind street. This crash in- ll.'ll.~lll(.‘tl the cxittletttt.-tttgreatly. and it was rntuored at once, that several persons were buried benctttb the ruins. The police and the engineers forced the crowd back, inspecting the ruins, and soon as- certained that no one had been injured.

The loss by this lire is very great. It will ex- ceed $200,000. Besides this, two hundred persons will be tlirowit out of employtncnt.—Boston Daily Courier.

A CHEAP H01"-Bi-:0.-We commend the following plan of starting plants for early use to the attention ofall farmers who are ttot provided with a hot- bed. ltis an excellent platt for starting cucumber and melon vines, wltetlicr late or early. It is from a corrcspondetit of The Rural N 'm- Yorker:

“After leveling down the top of the heap of horse staple manure, wltere it was heated, 1 covered it with pieces of rich tiirftakcii from the edge _oftlte barn-yard, cttt into squares 01 five or stxlltcheﬂ and placed grass side down. I planted my seeds in these pieces of turf so that caclt piece would make a hill; then when it was time to transplant, I just removed each piece of turf to a place prepared in the garden tvitltotit disturbing the plants in the least. I never saw plants grow so fast before, and not one of tltem was injured by the bugs, while some planted in the usual way were destroy them. For the convenience of transplanting, I should think that turf would be better thnnloolo

mstcs that $l0,000 wortlt of cigars srs smoked in Boston

to put on any hot-bod. ,