Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1868 — A Few Maxims for Young Girls. [ARTICLE]

A Few Maxims for Young Girls.

Never make your appearance in the morning without having first brushed and arranged your hair, atid dressed yourself neatly and completely. Keep your clothing in perfect order,— Never let pins do duty as- buttons, or strings take the place of proper bands. Examine every garment when it comes from the wash, and, if necessary, mend it with neatness and precision. Do not sew up the holes in your stockings, as we have seen some careless, untidy girls do, but take in iv broad margin around the hole, be it small or large, with a tine darning needle and darning cotton, and cover the fracture with an interlaced switrh. so close as to be as strong as the body of the stocking, and fine enough to be ornamental. Train yourself to useful occupatlbn. Remember it is wicked to waste time, and nothing gives such an impression of vani-' ty and absolute silliness as a habit of idleness and never having anything to do. If yoiT are in your father's house, take some department of household labor upon yourself, and a part of the sewing, and make it your business to attend to it. Do not let a'call from this idle girl, or a visit from that, or an invitation from the other, interfera with the performance of your

duty. If .you can cultivate to perfection some art by which you could gam an independent livelihood, do it whether there fa a necessity for it or not. Do it quietly, if you will, but do it There is no telling I when or under what circumstances you may need it. Pbesebvation of Buildings from Decay.—We have before adverted to the use of superphosphate of litae and barytes in protecting calcareous stone from the corrosive action of the sulphuric acid liberated by burning coal Another method adapted to the preservation of any stone surface, and much used lately, is the application of several coats of soluble glass. This has now been tried on many large edifices in France, England, Germany, &c., with gratifying success—forming a transparent coating, which does'not deface the stone in the least—allowing the finest carving to be seen through it —lt is stated tbit M. de Champs, the French interpreter who Accompanied the Chinese Embassy, will return to Boston within a few mouths to ratify a matrimonial engagement made daring his stay in Boston.