ter of the jet. When the jet is
small, say about the eighth of an inch in diameter, the height of the
head above that to which the jet of water is expected to rise need not
be above six or eight inches.

In the mountainous parts of the country, ornamental fountains may be
constructed with very little trouble or expense. The water which flows
from springs in hill-sides may be made to form the head. It may be
conducted to the fountain through leaden or earthen pipes, or pipes made
of any material that is perfectly water-tight. If these pipes be
extended to the door of the dwelling, excellent water may be at all
times available--thus answering the double purpose of ornament and use.

MODEL COTTAGE.

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_A Dwelling of two stories._

This cottage contains, on the ground floor, an entrance lobby, _a_;
staircase, _b_; kitchen, _c_; parlor, _d_; tool-house, _e_; pantry and
dairy, _f_; back-kitchen, _g_; wood-shed, _h_; dust-hole, _i_;
water-closet, _k_; and cow-house, with brew-house oven, _l_.

The cow-house is connected with a court-yard, which contains a shed for
hay and straw, piggeries, with a manure-well connected with the
water-closet. The platform, on three sides of this dwelling, forms a
handsome walk, from which there is a door into the court-yard.

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The bed-room floor contains a best bed-room, _m_; a second bed-room,
_n_; a third bed-room, _o_; and a stair, _p_.

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_General Estimate._--14,904 cubic feet, at 10 cents per foot, $1,490.40;
at 5 cents, $745.20.

FLOWERS.

BY G. H. CRANMER.

What a volume of thought and feeling is contained in the simple flower!
As the lightnings which flash along the firmament of heaven, or the
thunders which startle the silence of eternity, are typical of His anger
and might--so are the beauty and simplicity of a flower typical of His
purity and mercy.

A flower is no insignificant object. It is fraught with many a deep
though mute lesson of wisdom. It teaches us that even itself, the
brightest ornament of the vegetable world, must fade away and die--and
the life which we prize so highly may be seen, as in a mirror, through
its different changes.

The withered leaflet is like unto a crushed and broken heart. Its fading
loveliness is like the approach of age as it throws its mantle of
wrinkled care over the form of some lovely specimen of humanity. Its
sweet fragrance is like the joys and pleasures of our brea