RATES OF ADVgWTItfiyO. On Sqaa, !. Inserttoa .zrA.-l Oil 8ior, on Inch, moot On Square, on. Inch, thro month.. On Sqoars, one Ineh, on year M Two Sqnarr, one jear. 11 " Vnarter Colnmn, one year... Balf Column, on jear SO On Column, on jaf ....lot 0 Legal sdverUsosjenU tm mU p B ch hv MTtiOA Harris a4 eatk notice pmta. All ol D for yearly aTrtl.-rt ". tarty. Temporary xIthUmbeiu murnl h pei4 U adTaae. Jet work eeaa on aellTory. iH 70REST REPDBLICAN J. E. WENK. So i Bmearbaugh A Co.'a Building KLM ITRIBT, TIONBSTA, FORES REPUBLICAN farm, tl.00 per Year. Ho KHwffiHIorii netlved for a shorter period ' n Ihra milt. ,iorrtporSnr solicited front U parts of tin i.trr. Nonvtlc will b taktu of shod, j mom MiirialMtMi. VOL. XXI, NO, 14, TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 188$. S1.50 PER ANNUM. Cannon on sled runners nro employed the Russians. ftnly now has now over ten thousand iilos of olidly built and woll equipped 'I way. Twenty-four young women hold tho rree of J,L.B. from (he University of . hignn. "wonty-one ycn' faithful service cn s b public teacher to a pension in . ensin. ; women of America use four limes itch ilk in proportion to population o women of Europe. neral Henry 11. Jackson has offered present tho Cily of Savannah with ( st picturo to bo bought abroad for '10, and to send thither an expert ir.tit. Eronch Government is nbout to i a man-of-war of such clastic ma ! that when pierced by a projectile ,'erture will close up immediately -ito ship cannot sink. New York Sun facetiously ob s that '-Bismarck is undoubtedly ims to preserve the pcicc of Europe, Tularly that pioco of Europe which own as Alsace and Lorraine." o Detroit Firc-I'i-emi asserts that never was and perhnpi never will I'nnnma hat made at Panama. They ule in a dor.cn 1accs in Foulh M!i and nearly always shipped h Panama. w Jersey Court revoked n legacy 000 to Henry George, tho anthir ';mss nnd Poverty," from an ex disciplo named Hutchins, who ; o give it to nid in advancing tho theories. ''n A'ature announces that a new ' jug is causing a steady and in ; decline of offce production in . and that the rivers of the Argou lepublic Lavo been successfully i with Falmon eggs from Den- .nd dinners in I ondon tho guests i red theni bear's 1mm from K in lets from tho Volga, haunch of r from I .upland and cokis from The fashion of gnino and fruits i:r couulries is the result of modern iitics for transport. -s Sarah Burr left about $00,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital nnd the v Orphnu Asylum in New York. unusual for Christians to make bo- 1 to Jewish institutions, and tho !i Messenger advocates a memorial -i Burr's memorv. ern manufacturers, according to ii ugo Sun, propose to ask the Gov- it to slackwatcr 12.J miles of the ny lUver and then dig out an ml bed 10 miles to. Lake Erie, to savo 1:0,000,000 per year in tho ; iron making in Western Pcnu- . Mormon hierarchy is said, by tho York World, to jiay Mr. A. Gibson try of $10,000 a year to look after siterests of the Vtah .ion at Wa-h-ii. He is a square-shouldered, so faced gentleman, dignilied in man ...i reticent in speech, und used to newspaper man. i'llie Jplondid monument to Maria i uorcsa, lately dedicated at Vienna, is , y far tlo tinost amluiost costly work of the kind in Kuropo. Tho Empress is represented' in a sitting posture, her right ami, extended and her left hand grasping tho sceptro. At tho four cor ners are equestrian figures of her four ;rcat gouerals Dnun, I.audon, Traun Khcvcqhueller, . The inscriptions are simple on tho front, "Maria Theresa,' und on tho back, 'Erected by Francis Joseph I, lfiS.V in a recent Address on agricultural statistics, by uj H. Price Collins, be fore the Hingham, Mats., Agricultural uud Horticultural Society.he stated that in 1870 there were 3, USD, 985 farms in tho United States, ajid in 1880 3,008,907 farms, an increase of a little over fifty per cent. Tho rUutes rank, in the esti mated valuo of farm pr xlncts, in tho following order: Illinois, if'JOIl, 000,000; .New Yor'.;, $178,000,000; Ohio, $l.)tl, 000,000; Iowa, $1:10,000,000; Pennsyl vania, $l2l',00(i,O00; Indiana, $114,000, tiOO, and Massachusetts away down to ward thUom of tho list. Hundreds of seals arc being slaugh tered off the mouth of tho Columbia river, oiigtke Pacific coust, they extend ing in girat numbers as far south us Tillamook. The mode of operations is very simple. From tho schooner, which is the Laso of operations of each crew, put o!f a number of boats, each with two men, ouo to row and one to shoot. The trick is to wound and disable the vl without instantly killing it. A id struck in a vital part donbles up, 3 and sinks. A seal wounded will ij on the surface till it dies, and a , at that approaches near enough for an fupatit to get a shot can get to the ) ,1 uud haul it aboarel before it dies. ! there is auy delay,uud the seal dies be- it is reached it is lost to its captors i goes to the bottom, ACROSS-COUNTRY 6PtMk A wftyslrlo Inn, a blacksmith's form, A furnaca llaring in the gorge, A fnrm-lioiiF and a ruined mill, The flood-gatoR gone, the big wheel still, A Inke witli lillos on its breast, A lime kiln on the hill's shnrp cr st; Pueh pleasing changes meet the ey However fast th wheels go by. The ro.ir of train upon the brldgn, The riflo's rraek lipyond tho rhlge, The plowman's whistle, tho milkman's song, The farm dog's baying, clear and strong, The bleat of s'.ieep, tho roadster's noigh, The click of renper m Its way, Tim songs of birds, the drone of bees, Fill ear nnd htart with eestacies. Oft hore and there a glimpse is caught Of scenes with fun or folly fraught; A cow, roused from her stupid sleep, A floek of pauic-strieken shoop, A horse that with a frightenod Bnort In frisky antics finds resort, His stupid driver, with jerk nnd curso Only makes the rampage worso. A peacock spreads his gaudy tail, A gobler's tinted crest grows pale, A I umpkiu on a farm yard gate Stares at you with his mouth agape, Whilofroin the hedge a rustic lass Dings kisses at you as you pass, Not that she's forward with the men, Hut knows you'll never meet again. O'er dusty mails, nmld grocn trees That fling sweet odors to the breeze, Along ravineR where, when 'tis late, The jay calls harshly to his m ite, Hy red grown swamps where phantoms walk, And bitterns in the dimness stalk, Hy brooklets flashing in the sun. By fields In russ-t clad, and dun Fast churches in the woodland shade And graveyards where the dead are laid; fast orchards with their fruitage rijw, And green lanes Bwiftly lost to sight Thus onward o'er tho ground we specsl, Exhilarating sjort, indeed! As to the bird with outspread wings, It vigor to the muscles brings. Frank 11. Stauffer, in De'ruit Free Vfj EDWY OF TYiNEDALE. A STOIIY OF OLD KM) I. AN P. It was a time and country of arms. Valor wat the saint by whom all sworo, and no death was feared pave n de.uh on tho straw. And with valor ruled song. When tho clash ol swords was for a moment stilled, minnesingers nnd min strels sang of the sweetness of love: nro not the teiidurest blossoms of the year those that aie fostered bv tho snow drift? Tho Tower of Tynedulo lind had its baptism of blootl and consecrations of song more frequently, it may well be, than any other castle witliin ihe same horizon bounds, for it stood on disputed ground. It was a deliunco in stone llung dow n by an early Tyncdalo, and many a time bad the llrnuksomo men da-hed themselves against it in vain assault. Once, indecdjthe portals had traitorously yielded, and tho banner of iho hated house of the ns-aihinls bad taunted the scatten d Tynedales from the battlements of their own tower. That dishonor bad been wiped out in the dos; crate courage of the lecupture, but its memory roused to new life the old family loud, which had its birth in tho buried past. It ws the thought of that unforgotten sbnine l hat made more lofty the bearing of tho lord of Tyncdalo ns ho entered the demesne to which a long absence had made him well nigh a stranger. The gay laughter of his retainers, who found it joy enough to feel the shadow of Tyncdalo oaks once more abovo them, sce.ncd to his car but to mullie the angry mutter of defeated men. His stcoil, responding to his unconscious touch, bounded forward, and carried him in advance of bis tra'u to the open ing in the forest that commanded a il l tnnt view of the lQcr. And there the sunbeams that flashed from S car-head and sparkled from tho jeweled dresses of lady fair and gallant knight and wa'ting expiire sank into chadows nmid tho folds of tho lirank somo banner, which lirauksouie hands had Hung ojee more from tho battle ments of Tyncdalo Tower. Dark and sullen hung the silken folds heavy with shame. And dark grew the brow of the lord of Tyncdalo, dark even as tho shadows of tho forest, when that mes sage met his cyo. An indill'erent forester, to whom it mattered littlo whether tho Hag of the tower were gules or nrgent, told the brief t ilo of the day's foray. An nttnek, a surprise, a went defence, u few hours of dospcrato hand to-hand lighting wiihbi tho old wal s, and then tho sunset with its revelation; that was all. The party camped hastily. 'Wo are help'e-s," said tho old lord, bitterly, " wilhiu those walls a handful may laugh at a host ; without, a handful like this would be but a dash of summer raindrops ou the stones. False stones, they prote t f.c nnd friend alike.'' Tl en spoke i'dwy, the heir of Tyndale. ".My lo;d and father, an it please yon, I will enter th tower. My harp will bo my passport, for a minstrel hath free warrant to hull nnd bower. Once within, it will go hard but I lind means to open tho gates to our men cro the morning." The old lord's eyo Hashed. Ho felt tho fever of youth throb in his veins for a mo ment; then it pas ed, but he beheld his ow n spiiit kiudling keen and high in tho dauntless youth who faced him. 'Go, my child. The honor of Ty no dale is in your hands." ho it shortly came to pass that a gay young minstrel boldly demanded ad mittance lor his hurp and himself at the gate where Fdwy, of Tyncda'c, m'ght not puss for his life. A rude welcome greeted him from the hall. "Enter, thou minstiel lad. Puch a day as this hath merited a night of song. What ballads hast thou that aro newt" "Ballads new and old in plenty to pleasure the lords of Tyncdalo Tower," answered Edwy calmly, resting his harp near the board about which lounged tho dark men of liranksome, pledging their victory in taukaitts of Tynedale ale. At his feet, trampled and stained, lay the silken banner of his house, rudely turn from the battlement. But no one saw the lire that smouldered under Edw's lowered lids. "Sing, harper, and Osw ald shall dance the morrow." Edwy had ulieady noted the bound figure of vitor of unmoved taunts of first tone Oswald, an ancient scr tho house, who listened to the rudo jests and the soldiery. Once, at the of Edwy's voice, a quiver passed over his blootl-staincd check, but lie raised not his eves from the floor. Grim, stern, silent, ho Waited, nnd if he strained his iron muscles niminst tho cords till he felt them slip nnd yield, no one heeded. Tho youth with his harp was morodivorting "than the impassive prisoner, whom their savage gibes moved not. "A song! a songl After tho battle cry, tho madrigal." Edwy's lingers had been straying over the strings of the harp, Waking those low, soft murmurs that musicians love. Now, With a free hand, he (truck the ringing chords, and no one save Oswald heard aught but cnreless melody ill tho young voice that tilled the hall. As Edwy finished the song, he lifted ids eyes nnd s piarely encountered nn in tent gae, which ho seemed to have felt beforu he turned. He saw a mere boy, whose f.dr, floating ha r and gravely sweet face made him seem as apart from these dark-visaged men of blood as a saint stepped down from the stained windows of s tine cathedral. Once before that boyish face with its halo of golden hair hud held Edwy's eye, nnd with a lightning Hash of memory that earlier meeting was recalled. It was a lonely spot on tho mouutnin side, and tho fearless boy, with failing strength, was holding at bay an nntlercd stag. Had Edwy's trusty spear swerved then or lingered, no morrow had ever smiled on the brave hunter. Now in the doep look, more potent than -speech, that held their eyes locked for a moment ere they swerved aside, Edwy lead that lie was known His fingers trembled as hestruck slow fragments of music from tho obedient strings, and there was a ringing in ids ears that sounded like the battle-cry of the Branksomcs. Then the blood surged back to his heart and ho lifted his daunt less Tynedale face to big foes. Trapped and at their mercy he knew himself, but at least he could show them how the Tynedales were wont to die. The liiju'd drops of music shivered into a sha p si lence as his hand forsook tho strings to rest lightly on the short sword at bis belt, while his haughty glance swept tho hall. But there was no answer to his silent challenge, and now in the averted face of the boy lie read not the triumph of an enemy, but the grieved perplexity of a chilil. Edwy understood. That the boy re membered li is benefactor's faco was proved past doubt in that first long gaze, and now his troubled silence revealed that ho remembered tho bene faction also. But silence was hard for Edwy's beating heart to bear, and striKing the chords sharply, he gave to measured music the tumultuous words that throbbed in his brain. Tho carouse nbout the board was somewhat hushed, but Edwy sang only for tho boy, whoe drooping eyes could not bear the stead fast ga.e he bent upon them. " Lone is the mountain pith, Hark is the glen, Kier.-e is the antlered staj, Hater of men. Hapless the hunter now, backing his spear. Woe to the hunter lad, Heath drawetb near. - Long may the maiden wait, Stirling her moans; In the loan mount tin glen Whiten his bones." I The boy shuddered and met Edwy's look pleadingly. One word from those beardless lips and the minstrel had sung his last strain, but tl e word was not spoken. Edwy read the conflicting emotions that held him passive, and with that sensa of power that is tho wine of strong souls, he knew his own dom ination over the heart he hnd preserved. in one tierce moment he grasped the full strength of life. Tho littlo bai.d waiting his signal without, the walls that ev en now echoed to the laughter of the foes of his house, all rested on his power to hold nnd control tho will of the child who now raised cpicstioniug eyes to his, ns asking counsel. The battle courago flushed his dark cheek as ho once more touched his harp. Ho must sing, as ho had' fought, for his life aud the honor of Tynedale. ' Faithless are lovers, but lovers are many? Maidens are cruel, but hearU heal amain; Thankless arj beggars, who take the drink- PI111V, Few hold remembrance while one moon may wane. Chiefest in infamy whom may we call! Ingrate of ingrates and king of them all! I Who but the traitor to friend and to honor! I Who but tho dastard that, drunken with strife. t Strike, ut the bosom that succored nnd saved him. OrTei-s him death who hath rendered him life HohiI in dishonor or living in shame, Jiards shall remember the dastardly name." Edwy ceased. Had ho lost or won in tho game where the stake was life? The I boys's grave eyes glowed with a clear I light, and as the impetuous strain sank i to silence, he dicw the harp from Edwy's arm. I "Methinks your songs ring not true, fair harper. There bo blacker traitors I than he wiio slays even a friend." And with a mournful yet steadfast ; look ho gave in song his answer to j Edwy's challenge: "Youthful knight, I charge thee well I (jiiai'd tho banner that thou bearest; Though it leads lo blackest he'l, j Though o'er naked swords thou farest; j Though thy life, thy friend, thy soul, Doomed be to endless dole." j Edwy had lost. As the verse ended with a tremble, tho two stooil silently side by side, watching tin quivering st"ings. The lust faint vibration died away, nnd with eyes that seemed not to see, the boy stepped forward and raised his hand imperiously for silence. But l'dwy was before him. ' ".Nay, boy, there shall be no need. I saved thee once from death, I will save ' theo now from ingratitude." Hunt hing up the silken banner of his hou-o ho wound it ns a shield about his left arm, aud with drawn sword ho p'anted his back against a friendly wall. " Vc ineu of Braiikjome, beard ye ever melody like this before'" Aud liltiu; bis clear voice, the battl ' song of the Tynedales rung out over the j he ids of the conquerors with defiant boldness. " A TyntMlalel a Tynedale! and marry St. Andrew to aid ! While b'.ood may (low or edge may bite, a Tynedale wields tho blale! While heart can Iwat or eye can see, a Tyne dale fronts the fray! A Tynedale! a Tynedale! St. Andrew wins the day!" There was a hush like death; then the wide hall echoed and re-echoed with n "Death to the Tynedale:" and fifty Swords Cashed thflir menace Out; fifty focmcn, will with hatt!, leaped to face him. Then they paused, awed by the diuintlessnoss of the proud youth, whoso eyelid never nnivcrcd. He would die, but not alone. A moment, and they rlosed upon him, while fashing steel on steel struck fire. A thriek, a groan, but not from Edwy's lips; ft narrowM" cir cle of sword-points, yet with gunrd nnd thrust Edwy held his own. ile feit the blood flow from his brcnet, tho Wall seemed to weaken nnd yield, and gasp ing out "A Tynedale'." he sank to the floor. Was it the echo of his voice, or the wild-heart blood beating in his carsf His last words were caught up and re peated : "A Tyncdalo to the rescue! A Tyne dale ::' Then for Edwy came silence. But not for the hall. Through tho portal sprang Oswald, leading the Tyne dale men, who had wuitcd without in tho shadows for Edwy's siguul. Tho signal had come, but from Oswald's hand, at tho moment when the defiance of the minstrel iu thu hall had left the door unguarded. Hand to hand nnd knee- to knee they fought about the board; but the cry of "Strike for Edwy I"' made the Tynedales irresistible. The mead had not ceased to flow from the overturned tankards be fore Tynedale Tower again floated tho banner they unwound from Edwy's nrm. Then Oswald lifted Edwy's head nnd staunched the wound in his breast. The blue eyes slowly opened. "Edwy, lad, how is it with thea?" Edwy laughed. "I' faith, Oswald, I fear me my harp must lie idlo for many a day. But is the boy safe?" Li'y A. Long, in Ovir land. Egyptian Plnguo or Flies. I watched a child of about two and a half years, say ( ni ter Harrison, writing to the Chicago Mail from Egypt, enjoy ing a crust of bread. There were about it n swarm of flies, and I do not exag gerate when 1 say two or three tlo?cn were on its face nt one time, in patches ns big as half a dollar, about tho eyes und mouth. It would screw up its eyes when they threatened to go in. I thought some must have gone into its mouth with the bread. It did not seem at nil an noyed. I saw a sleeping child on the street, whoso face was almost black with the insects. It smiled.as if angels were whispering in its ears. I have seen men talking pleasantly together while a dozen flies would bo promenading about their faces. I asked a man how he could stand it. "Mashallahl They don't bother me," was his reply. This has made the fly bold, and he seems unable to understand what a foreigner means when he tries to drive them off. He has, too, rcmarknbly prehensile claws, and keeps them keen nnd sharp when taking constitutional walks over European countenances. It was probably the knowledge of this quality which made these people pronounce it bad luck to drive them ofT. They found it best to educate the masses to bear tho infliction nnd to get used to it. Nearly nil the religious and semi-religious prohibitions nnd usages of the people of tho world probably had their origin in some ma terial benefit. The cow was hard to raiso in India. Tho cow was most neces sary so tho wise priesthood made her sacred nnd thus preserved her. Hogs, flesh was subject to diseases in Egypt and Syria, so the hog was made relig iously unclean aud infested with devils. Tho Sleeper of Sriltpetriere. The Parisian Eudoxie Adclouin, the sleeper of the Saltpetrierc.has awakened,, from her long sleep, which was co!T tinned without a moment's interruption for nineteen days. Sho had a slumber of fifty days early in the year in the hospital where she now is, aud has been for many years. While she was on both occasions sleeping relays of mcdic.d men kept watch by her bedside. Some hours before her second period of somnolence ended she showed great nervous agita tion, often started and had intermittent fits of trembling. Sho at length opened her eyes in the midst of a burst of loud laughter, which continued for about ten miuutes. During that time she stared fixedly, nnd appeared, though laughing so hard, as if under some painful appre hension. Then she spoke as if she were nd-drc-sing her mother, who was not with her, in nn endearing manner, nnd on being handed n ghes said sho only saw her mother's imago in it. Hie has since become quite cheerful, but seems to have hardly any ideas save tho.-e sug gested to her by tho doctors. Contrary to what is observed in most hysterical subjects the souse of tasto remains whilo she is under the intlutnce of suggestion. Thus, if she is given aloes and told it is sugar she will swallow it, but make a wry face to show dislike. If told to drink water from a champagne glass sho shows exhilaration, aud if a package which Dr. Voisin says contains an emetic is put into her hand she has violent fits of nausea. L"t lvn A'eicu Tho (Jueen's New Chulr. Siuco the Queen met with a slight accident at Windsor nnd sprained her knee she has not been able to stand com fortably for any long period, aud lit drawing rooms, although appearing to stand, she has really been sitting on a cleverly-arranged chair of crimson and gold. This year another and lower ( hair was substituted for some reason or other, with the result that several ladies nearly tumbled over when they kissed hands, as tho Ouccn was sitting so ex ceedingly low that it was quite a gym nastio exercise to bend down to her hands. London Truth. The Iron Duke's Confession. Tho reminiscences of the frreat Duke of Wellington give some idea of his wonderful activity when in the field. "For many years in the peuiusula," ho uuiil tlf 11 lid ri'sai.i 1 uj.Llotit' ! i, tlm first four years never. I slept live or six hours; sometimes two or three, Iu India it is not tho custom to undress; I never did. In Spain I never marched the sol diers more thuu twenty-live miles a day; in India I once marched tho troops nor. , enty-two miles in a day." HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Wastilng Made Kasy. Washing is made ensy by doing away with rubbing the clothes before boiling, t-clect the nicest clothes and wet them thoroughly in Warm Water (not hot), wring ottt ready for boiling. TO every bucket Of water use a tablcspodhfill of coal oil, put in soap to make tt gOdd suds, and just before the wnter boils put in tho coal oil as directed. Stir well, and when 'tis boiling put in tho clothes, and stir and punch around several times. Don't crowd the clothes in the boiler; let them have plenty of room for tho water to pass over and about; boil about twenty minutes, stirring frequently. Takeout, rub through What we call boil ing sudS rinse and blue and they Will be clean and nice; proceed in the Same Way for other clothes, a tablespoonful of oil for every bucketful of water used in the boil, and more soap. It tnkes more soap than usual, but soap is cheaper than labor. Colored clothes that don't fado can be washed the same way. farm, Field and Stockman. Conveniences in Small Hoiiros. In small houses, where closets are not abundant, many convenient receptacles for certain things can be made to answer other purposes as well. An ottomnn, for instance, tall enough to serve for a feat, may have a top piovided with hinges, which on being raised discloses a par titioned box for hats and bonnets. A long window scat made from a pine box an I covered with figured jute makes an admirable place to lay away clean sheets and spreads; and cue as long and only half ns wide is a great convenience in a dining room for the table-cloths and napkins in use for the day. Hanging shelves such as are used for books, when furnished with curtains, may bo appro priate 1 to castor, tumblers and other appointments. A bachelor friend might be tempted to take cure of his slippers when there was a certainty that there was nn appointed place where they would be found when wanted. A slip per case is not n dilllcult thing to make. The prettiest ones are made like a huje bath slipper that is, with a vamp, but no sides. 1 he shape is cut in pasteboard and covered with closely quilted satin. Tho toe, which makes tho pocket for the slippers, is lined with thick linen of the same color, if possibleas the satin. The slipper is hung to the wall by the heel, ut the back of which a loop should be made for that purpose. Detroit Free I'res'. Care of Picture". In cleaning houses one of the principal cares should be the pictures. It is too often overlooked or left to tho care of servants, when the lady of the house should give it her personal attention. Each picture, as it is taken down, should be carefully dusted and the cord or wire wiped. Then lay it on a table, wash the glass and polish it until it is perfectly char. Wipe the frame with a soft cloth wet in warm water and rub off oil Hy specks and other dirt. If tho picture is framed with a glass, paste paper smoothly nil over the back to keep dust from sift ing through the cracks. Frames of polished wood, oak, walnut, or in fact anything but gilt, will bo greatly improved by rubbing them with a solution three pats linseed oil and one part turpentine. Apply with a woolen cloth and rub with a clean woolen cloth until perfectly dry. When cleaning gilt frames, the gilt will sometimes come oil with Hy specks. The spots should be touched with n little gold paint applied with a soft camel's hair brush. Old frames can bo made to look like new if painted all over in this way. Do not get cheap gold paint, ns it always looks dull aud will not pay. for the labor of putting it on. Before hanging the pictures, fasten a a large clean cloth over the brush end of the broom, and wipe the walls all over. If the walls are pnpercd, and tho paper is torn or defaced, cover such places with scraps of the paper, matching, if possible, to the figures. If you have no pi.ccs of the paper, a Japanese scroll, or a cheap placquc, or even a bunch of dried grasses tied with a nice bow of ribbon, will cover the place and add beauty to the room. ( Inc lady covered pieces of paste board with colored satin and fastened the bunches of grass to them, and they were very ornamental. Pictures J should never be hung too high. You often seo a choice littlo painting Inn g so high that you would have to mount achair to see what the subject is. Always hang thera so that they can bo easily seen by a person of medium height. It is considered to bo in better tasto to use two nails instead of one, it gives a more symmetric nl effect, nnd, indeed, it is worth considering as a matter of safety. Bo very careful to hang pictures in the proper light. If they aro to be seen in a strong light do not not put them iu nn ob-cure corner, und if painted in bright colors, do not place whero the suushine will fall on them. St. Ltu 'a Sttyiwji. lteeipes. Smotiikukd Ciuckkn. This is par ticularly nice when tho fowl is young and tender. Split tho chicken down the back, cover it with lumps of butter, and season with a little pepper aud salt; add oue-half pint of water; covcrclosely und cook iu the oven until done. SriN.cii. lick carefully, put into boiliug wat r and boil one half hour; when nearly cooked add a dessertspoon ful of salt: drain from the watt-mud put iu a dish with a little butter; cut it sev eral times with n knife and garnish with slices of hard boiled eggs. Asi'MiAi.t s and Eon. A good break freak dish is made of cold boiled aspar agus and egg. Cut the asparagus iu small puces, season well uud put iu a buttered baking-dish. Beat some eggs, add an capiat amount of milk, and have just enough of the liquid to cover the asparagus: spi inkle bread crumbs on top in ii bake slowly like custard. This is especially nice to serve with tender slices of boiled ham. Pot v to H sn. One pound of pota toes boitid and chopped, one boiled onion also chopped, and a tcaspoonful of finely chopped parseley; put these on the tiie witli half a pint of milk aud a pinch of pepper; when it has stewed gently tive miuutes, beat two eggs, stir a tablespoonful of butter iuto the pota toes, und then ndd the eggs; stir gently till the whole looks like custard, then remove before, the eggs curdle. This may now be put iuto the frying-pan oi oven and browned, or eaten whits. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE A CONGRESSIONAL TERM OFTEN USED LUCIDLY EXPLAINED. ivl.of la riono When tho Hountf Adopts a Motion to (Jo Into "Com mittee of the Wholo" on a nin. Aftef the general debate had ended on the tariff bill, a proposition was made, by the member of the Hotie of Hcpre scntntives who had charge of the meas ure, to some of the Hepublicnn leaders, to dispense with the consideration of the bill "in committee of the whole." Perhaps some of the readers of tho Comianio i do not know what is meant by this phrase, or if they do know, they rnay not be aware what is the object of "going into committee," as it is called, on a bill. The committee of the whole is exactly what the term suggests. Its membership is tho same ns that of tho assembly. The British House of Com mons calls tho committee "a committee of the whole House," In the I nitcd States House of Hcprese.ntatives it is usually termed "a committee of ho whole on the state of the Union." The Senate considers bills "as in committee nf tlm whole." but its system is sliuhtly different from that of tho other House of Congress. When tho IIotlc of representatives adopts a motion to go into committee of the whole, the Spcuncr leaves uie cnan, which Is taken bv some member desig nated bv tho Speaker. A new set of rules comes into operation, much simpler than those of tho House itself. Some of the changes should be mcutioncd. There is no calling of the roll. All divisions are taken bv risina or by passing be tween tellers. Agnin, there is entire liberty to offer amendments, which, under the modern methods in our House of Kcprescntatives, can rarely bo offered nt all, unless by consent of the committee which reports the measure. But speeches ou amend ments are lim'ted to five minutes each, whereas the time allowed to one w ho gets tho floor when the House of lieprcsetita tivcs proper is in session, is an hour. Jlost important of nil, there is no "previous question," and tho committee of the whole has no power to shorten debate; but when the member having cha'rrro of a bill thiuks that a certain clause has been discussed enough, lie moves that the committee rise. If tho motion is carried, the Speaker takes the chair, nnd then the samu member moves that debate on the section or clause un der discussion bo limited to some time one minute, live minutes, or some other time. If this is voted, the committee resumes its session, nnd the Chairman carries out tho order of tho House by stopping debate when the time fixed has elaspca. Xoiv what is the object of this machin ery? It is to cnablo members to con sider measures rather more informally nnd more expo litiously than they could under the rigid rules of the House of Keprcscntntives; and going into com mittee also gives themnn opportunity to see tho bill as a wholo, amended, before they are obliged to vote on its passage. For when the bill has been re id through, section by section, the clerk pausing when an amendment is proposed, and resuming the reading when nil amendments to the clause have been acted on, the member iu charge moves "that the committee rise and report the bill to the House." The motion is carried, the Speaker takes the chair again, nnd the member who has been presiding as Chairman re- iiorts that the committee of tho wholo louse has had under consideration stub nnd such a bill, and reports it back to the House with a recommendation that, it pass, with sundry amendments, or with out amendmer.t, as the case may bo. Then the tirst question is ou agreeing to the amendments made in committee of the whole. If no objection is made, they are voted on iu a lump, but fcqucnt ly, by agreement, some ono or more amendments are reserved to be voted on separately, and then the yeas nnd nays may be called. Without any reference to tho tariff bill, it may be said that the liberty to offer amendments is one of the most use sul of helps to good legislation, nnd it has been far too much curtailed a'ready. If tho House of representatives were to go into committee ou every bill, as the Senate does, many crude mil unworka ble sections would by made iroro intel ligible and practical Youtt't Coinjmnioii. Fi'cnclij's Lucid Explanation. "All rain and no sun makes trade mighty dull," 6a d n Maiden I ano drag merchant to a New York Trie rum re porter. "I think tho drug stores aro about the best patronized shops in the city just now.-' Asthociowd waited for their drugs to be put up tho proprietor tried to lit a big cork into a little bottle, and, when a boy asked, ubruptiy: "Where do corks como from!"' "Ask 1 renehy, there." "i'renchy" was a young gentleman from the South of Franco, gaining a rudimentary knowledge of drugs aud the English language, and mixing both with e iual fluency. "Did you ever see corks grow, Frenchy .'" asked the boy. "Vans, - ceitaiu. Monsieur, many times, but zny grow not like zo fruit; it is ye I a-k. air is much cork cut in mycountree, but more in Portugal." ' Don't it kill the tries?'' ' ay say zay lif ze hundred and f efty year, e cork is not cut till ze tie; is fecfteen, zen not till is ze twenty-life, or or ze most zat. air is always zo eight or tcu year between, aud o cork is more, mooch more, after zo cutting, but nefer so good ns ze tirst." "Ever see it done!" "Oui, otti, monsieur; ze vat you ca'l 'tin, 'small boys,' see cferysing, eh ? 'ay cut ze I a: k up aud down zo tree, z.en around und around, aud take out ze blocks; soak 'em iu wasser, aud press 'cm under ze hell'a loads, 'cn zay aro aro dried by a lire and packed for is countree. en zee lectio corks aro made, ze cutters cut zo block up like ze candy caramels, zen zay make'eiu lound wi. a sharp knife, but you Americans haf e ma hino vat cuts 'cm twenty times so voice quick. And ze little pieces, ye parings, sofze parings, mousicur ; ay are burnt to make ze 'Spanish black.' Ze trees are vercu large, and ze name is zay haf ze let-tie cups, monsieur.ya-as, to oak, il zeoak, and zee branches grow low down on ze box I te trunk, on ze trunk, and ze 'small boys' we go vsreo lasy up in rem," WHEN THE BABY liAMK, Always In the house there was trouble and confusion. Little sparks of feeling flashing into flama, ' Signs of irritation, So sure to make occasion For strife and tribulation till the baby came. All the evil sounds, full o cruel hate and rancor, All the angry tumult nobody t blame! All were huBhed so sweetly, Disappearing fleetly, Or quite completely when the baby cama. Faces that had worn a gloomy veil of sadness. HearU Intent on seeking for fortune or tor fame, Once agnin were lightened, Once again were brightened. And their rapture heightened when the baby came. AH affection's windows opened to receive it. Pure and fresh from heaven and Rive It earthly name. Clasping and caressing , In arms of love, confessing That life hod missed a blessing till M baby came. Homos that were in shadow felt the gentle sunshine, Smiling, as if anxious their secret to pro claim; i Grateful songs were swelling, i Of mirth and gladness telling. And love ruled all the dwelling when the baby came. Hearts that had been sundered by a tide of passion, Were again united in purpose and in aim; In the haunt secluded, Peace divinely brooded, Where discord had intruded till the babT came. Little cloud dispellor; little comfort bringer! Baby girl or baby boy welcome all the same! Even o'er the embers, Of bleak and cold Decembers, Some fond heart remembers when the baby came. Farmer' Voice. HUMOR OF THE DAK. Not a bad riot A patriot. Minister of the interior Victuals'. One for ascent A penny bnlloon. Always carries off the palm The hand. Economy is the father of a fat bank account. Tho mnn most looked up to The one in the moon. An u natural curiosity-The calf of a cow-catcher. As soon as a man commences growing; bald he s ops growing hair. The dishonest butcher is always willing to meat his customers half-weigh. "Money is nothing to mo," said tho tattered tramp ns he turned his pockets inside out. It is curious how sweet a honey bee is at one end and how bitter he is at the other. Life. The wife who carries on her husband's pawnshop after his decease is truly a "loan widder." An African tribe is governed by a ruler who has no tonguo. He is not only the King, but the King dumb. Improbable stories in newspapers ought to be placed under tho head of marine intelligence. lifting. To keep a woman out of sulks the easiest way is to keep her in silks. Only a slight difference between U aud I. Jack Gondrellow's Small Brother "Jack, is there any past tense of duo?" Jack (gloomily) "Vcs, dun." Ilarcard J.aiu) uon. When a young mnn detects the first evidence of hair on his upper lip he feels elevated, when in rculity it is a sort of coming down. Very few people of tho present day ever saw or can tell what a petard is; but a politician kuows it is something a man can hoi-t himself with or by. Vicuiune. I met her in the giddy whirl. She struck me as a pretty girl; And now I've made her mine for life, Sho strikes me as an angry wife. llos on Courier. First Domestic "Wat's all that row up-Btairs;" Second Domestic "Oh, that's nothing; just the master scolding the missus about my cooking. Omaha World. It is satisfactory to learn that Henry M. Stanley is alive and well somewhere in Attica, although his postal facilities arc somewhat obstructed. I'rotidnc Journal The girls nre all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given; Their smiles o joy, their tears of woe, Ueeerll'ul sliino, deceitful flow. There is not one true in seven. Mercury. When n young man sits in the parlor tnlking nonsense to his sweetheart that's capital. But when he has to stay iu of evenings after they're married that's labor. A leading man among the Chinese in New York, now defunct, used to say that he could tell nil his countrymen here by their pig-tails, lie cau't now dead men tell no tails. Sitinja. You say you wonder why A clover mail like 1 Am unlucky. I tried Uirnu a well A tcmK'raiicti hotel in Kentucky. Mockintj IttrJ. A man "stops" at a hotel when he lodges for one night : he "stays'' when he is well fixed; he "puts up" when he is given u sky parlor; he is u "guest of the landlord" when ho docs not pay. I'icitiiuie. Enraged Husband "Maria, I can en dure this existence no longer. 1 am goiug to blow my brains out." Wife icalinlyl "Don't attempt it, John. You have never had any success in firing at small targets.'' Vhkaqo Tiil'itiie. She walked into the dry goods storo Witli Biately btep and proud; 81m tin u'd tho frills and laces o'er An 1 pushed asido the crowd; She aske 1 to see some rich brocada, Mohairs and grenadines; She looked ut silk of every shade, And Hu ll at velveteens. She sampled jackets blue and red She tr ed ou nine or ten, And then shstoss'd hot-head, aud Mid CShe "guess'd ahe'd call again." Sitiny,
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