. Rural essays . or every room in the largest house, may be warmed andventilated at the same time, in the most complete and satisfactorymanner. We assure our readers that we are the more in earnest uponthis subject, because they are so apathetic. As they would shakea man about falling into that state of delightful numbness whichprecedes freezing to death, all the more vigorously in proportion tohis own indifFeience and unconsciousness to his sad state, so we arethe more emphatic in what we have said, because we see the na-tional poison begins to work, and the nation is insensible. Pale country
. Rural essays . or every room in the largest house, may be warmed andventilated at the same time, in the most complete and satisfactorymanner. We assure our readers that we are the more in earnest uponthis subject, because they are so apathetic. As they would shakea man about falling into that state of delightful numbness whichprecedes freezing to death, all the more vigorously in proportion tohis own indifFeience and unconsciousness to his sad state, so we arethe more emphatic in what we have said, because we see the na-tional poison begins to work, and the nation is insensible. Pale countrymen and countrywomen, rouse yourselves ! Con-sider that God has given us an atmosphere of pure, salubrious,health-giving air, 45 miles high, and—ventilate your houses. * We ought not, perhaps, to include the Germans and Eussians. Theyalso love stoves, and the poison of bad air indoors, and therefore have notthe look of health of other European nations, though they live far more inthe open air than we do. The Norway Spruce Fir Kll ir„w„ „ee al , l:j,n. |,„,, . ,|,.„„„erc,. , ■, CI 2 It. ; :,„.< ul tl,. i,*. If. TREES. THE BEAUTIFUL IN A TREE. February, IN what does the beauty of a tree consist ? We mean, of course,what may strictly be called an ornamental tree—not a treeplanted for its fruit in the orchard, or growing for timber in theforest, but standing alone in the lawn or meadow—growing ingioups in the pleasure-gfound, overarching the roadside, or border-ing some stately avenue. Is it not, first of all, that such a tree, standing where it can growuntouched, and develop itself on all sides, is one of the finest picturesof symmetry and proportion that the eye can any where meet with ?The tree may be young, or it may be old, but if left to nature, it issure to grow into some form that courts the eye and satisfies it. Itmay branch out boldly and grandly, like the oak; its top may be broadand stately, like the chestnut,
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