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iinpaoa slod runner nra employed
'iQ Passions.
. ly now has now over ton thousand
of solidly built and well equipped
.
venty-fonr young women hold tho
o of ,J,L.B. from tho University of
-'-.an,
nly-ono yen' faithful service cn
i public teacher to a pension in
i in.
women of America use four timet
U silk in proportion to population
women of Europe.
"inl Henry H. Jackson hat offered
"cut the City of Savannah with
t picture to bo bought abroad for
and to send thither an expert
t it,
French Government is about to
i ninn-of-war of such elastic ma-l-.tt
when pierced by a projectile
1 1 ure will close up immediately
. Vip cannot link.
N'ew York Sun facetiously ob
ilint ''Bismarck is undoubtedly
to preserve the pcico of Europo,
i!.irly that pieco of Europe which
n as Alsace and Lorraine." .
Detroit Frce-Preu asserts that
'vdrwAsnnd porhnps never will
nania hat made at Panama. They
'o in a dozen place in South
i and nearly always shipped
Panama.
Jcrsoy Court revoked a legacy
i) to Henry George, tho autht r
'' and Poverty," from an cx
Hsciple named Hutchitia, who
- "Wo It to aid in advancing tho
"sirie.
Xtture announces that a new
; is causing a steady and in
lediueof coffee production in
ud that the rivers of the Argon
iblic havo bceu successfully
v.th faliuou eggs from Den-
1 dinners in I ondon tho guests
them bear's ham from litis-
s from the Volga, haunch of
fiom I upland and cokis from
Che fashion of game and fruits
countries is the result of modern
s for transport.
Surah Burr left about f 90,000 to
nit Siuai Hospital and the
Orphan Asylum in New York,
-iual for Christians to make bo-
to Jewish institutions, and the
Veascngor advocatos a memorial
ilurr's memory.
. n manufacturers, according to
:;go Sun, propose to ask the Gov
to slackwntcr 125 miles of the
; y llivcr and then dig out an
bed 40 milos to Lake Krie, so
no ;o,000,000 per year in the
uon making iu Western Tcnn-
i.irinoo hierarchy is suid, by tho
rk Wur!tl to pay Sir. A. Gibson
y of $10,000 a year to look after
rests of the Vtah Zion at AVa-h-
Ile is a square-shouldered, so
iced ccntleuian, dignilied in man
luticent in speech, and used to
vspnper man.
p.o splendid monument to Maria
-Ma, lately dedicated at Vienna, is
. Ur tho finest and most costly work of
kind in Europe. The Kmpress is
presented in a sitting posture, her
-ht arm exteuded and her left hand
gasping the sceptre. At the four cor
i ts are equeatran figu-es of her four
uat gonerals Dnun, I.audon, Trium
'-hevcqhuuller, . The inscriptions are
!i:lo on the front, "Maria Theresa,'
it on the back, "Ijccted by Francis
-pli I,
ia a recent address on agricultural
uti.nics, by Hcv. H. Price Collins, be
le the Ilingham, Mats., Agricultural
.tl Horticultural Society, he stuted that
' 1H?0 there were 2,U5,035 farms in
its L'nited States, and in 1880 3,008,907
.rm, an increase of a little over. fifty
r-.t ceut. The States rank, in the esti
u.Uc.l valuo of farm products, in the
.allowing order: Uliuois, fjoa,000,000;
Aew Vor:;, $18,000,000; Ohio, 15tl,-
iiO.O'JO; Iowa, 1:10,000, 000; Pennsyl
Miuia, 12!',00(,000; ludians, $114,000,
' i0, and Massachusetts away down to
n iu J the bottom of tha list.
Huudreds of seals are being slnngh
ced off the mouth of tho Columbia
er, on the Pacific coast, they extend
' in great numbers as fur south as
h-.mook. The mode of operations is
ry simple. From the schooner, which
i l be Lose of operations of each crew,
it oT a number of boats, each with
ao men, oue to row and one to shoot,
i Uu trick is to wound and disablo the
M without instantly killing it. A
il struck in a vital part doubles up,
i s and sinks. A seal wounded will
.y on the surface till it dins, and a
, it that approaches near enough for an
. npaut to get a shot cau get to the
.1 ami haul it aboard before it dies,
tl.tru is any delay,aud the seal dies be
i it it reached it is lost to its captors
i goes to the bottom,
a cnosa-couNTHY feplrti
A waysMe Inn, a blacksmith's forge,
A furnae flaring in the gorge,
A fnrm-hnu and a ruined mill,
The ftoorbgata gone, the big wheel still,
A Inks with lilies on its breast,
A Urn kiln on th hill's sharp cr at;
Bueb pleasing changns meet the eye
However fast th wheel go by.
Th roar of train Upon the bridge.
The rifle' crark beyond the ri'lge,
Th plowman's whistle, the milkman's song,
The farm dog's baying, clear and strong,
The bleat of sherp, the road star's neigh,
The click of reajwr on Its way,
The songs of birds, the drone of bees,
Fill ear and heart with ecstarlea,
Oft here and thpra a glimpse ia caught
Of scene with fun or folly fraught;
A cow, roused from her stupid sleep,
A flock of panic-stricken sheep,
A horse that with a frightened snort
In frisky antics finds resort.
His stupid driver, with jerk and curse
Only makes the rampage worse.
A peacock spreads his gaudy tail,
A gobler tinted crest grows pule,
A bumpkin on a farm yard gate -Stares
at you with his mouth agape,
While from the heilge a rustic lasa
Flings MasM at you as yon pasa,
Not that she's forward with the men,
But knows you'll never meet again.
O'er dusty roads, amid green trees
That fling sweet odors to the breeze,
Along ravines where, when 'tis late,
The Jay calls harclily to bis mite,
By red-grown swamps where phantoms ralk,
And bitterns in the dimness stalk,
By brooklets flashing in the sun.
By fluids In russet clad, and dun
Past churches In the woodland shade
And graveyards whore the dead are laid;
Fast orchards with their fruitage rijie,
And green lane swiftly lost to sight
Thus onward o'er tho ground we speod,
Exhilarating sport, indeed I
As to the bird with outspread wings.
It vigor to the mu teles brings.
frank . Slauffer, in Detroit Fret Yf.i.
EDWY OF TYNEDALE.
A STOHY OF OLD E.VOI.ASD.
It was a time and country of arms.
Valor wa tho saint by whom all sworo.
and no death was feared save a death on
the straw. And with valor ruled sonr.
When iho clash of swords was for a
moment stilled, minnesingers and min
strels sang of the sweetness of love: are
not tho tendcrest blossom's of the year
those that aie fostered bv the snow
drift? Tho Tower of Tynediilo had had its
baptism of blood and consecrations of
soug more frequently, it may well bo,
than any other castle within the same
hoi iou bounds, for it stood on disputed
ground. It was a dcliance in stone tlung
down by an early Tynednle, and many a
time had the lirauksome men da-tied
themselves against it in vain assault.
Once, Indeed, tlie portals had traitorously
yielded, and tho banner of i ho hated
house of the assailants had taunted the
scntterid Tynedalesfrom the battlements
of their own towr. Thut dishonor had
been wiped out iu the des; crate courage
of the recapture, but its memory roused
to new life .the old family loud, which
had its birth in tho buried past.
It was the thought of thut unforgotten
shnnieihiit made inoro lofty tho bearing
of the lord of Tynedalo as ho entered
the demesne to which a long absence
had made him well nigh a stranger. Tho
gay laughter of his retainers, who found
it joy enough to feel the shadow of
Tynedalo oaks once more above them,
seemed to his ear but to multie tho
angry mutter of defeated men. His
steed, responding to his unconscious
touch, bounded forward, and carried
him iu advance of his tra'n to the open
ing in the foreit that commanded a d s
tnnt view of the lQer.
And there the sunbeams that flashed
from 8 ear head and sparkled from tho
joweled dresses of lady fair and gallant
knight and wa'ting esquire sank into
rhiidows nmid the folds of tho llnink
somo banner, which lirnnksonie hands
had flung once more from tho battle
ments of Tynedale Tower. Dark ft-id
sullen hung the silken folds heavy with
shame. And dark grew tho brow of the
lord of Tynedalo, dark even as tho
shadows of the forest, when that mes
sage met his eve.
An iudilfercnt forester, to whom it
mattered little whether tho flag of tho
tower were gules or argent, told the brief
talo of the day's foray. An attack, a
surprise, a wea defence, a few hours of
desperate haud-to-hnud lighting within
the old wal s, and then tho sunset with
its revelation; that was all.
The party camped hastily.
"Wo aro heln'e-s," said tho old lord,
bitterly, " within those walls a handful
may laugh at a host; without, a handful
like this would be but a dash of summer
raindrops on tho stones. False stones,
they proto t Tie and fr'.cnd tilike.''
Tl en spoke 1 dwy, thehoirof Tyndale.
"My lii.d and father, an it please you,'
I will enter th tower. My harp wdl bo
my passport, ' for a minstrel hath free
warm nt to hall and bower. Once
within, it will go hard but I find means
to open tho gates to our men ere the
morning."
The old lord'seyo flashed. Ho felt tho
feverof youth throb in his veins for a mo
ment; then it pas-ed, but he beheld his
own spit it kindling keen nnd high in the
dauntless youth who faced him.
"Go, my child. The honor of Tyne
dalo it in you: hands."
So it shortly came to pass that a gay
young minstrel boldly demanded ad
mittance for his harp and himself at the
gato where Fdwy, of Tyneda'e, m'ght
not pass for his life. A rude welcome
greeted him from the hull.
" tnter, thou minstiel lad. Such a
day as this hath merited a night of song.
AY hut ballads ImU thou that are new I "
"Bullads new and old in plenty to
pleasure the lords of Tynednle Tower,"
auswercd Kdwy calmly, resting his harp
near the board about uhicb lounged tho
dark men of lirauksome, pledging their
victory iu tuukutds of Tynedale alo. At
his feet, trampled and stuincd, lay the
ailken bauuer of his house, rudely turn
from the battlement. But no one biiw
the lire thut smouldered under Kdw'd
lowered lids.
"Sing, harper, and Oswald shall duuee
the morrow."
Fdwy bad ulready noted the bound
flguro of Oswald, an ancient ser
vitor of tho house, who listcnod
unmoved to the rude jests and
taunts of the soldiery. Once, at the
first tone of Fdwy's voice, a quiver
passed over his blood-stained check, but
lie raised not his eves from the floor.
Grim, stern, silent, he waited, and if he
strained his iron muscles against tho
cords tilt he felt them slip nnd yield, no
one heeded. The youth with his harp
was more divorting "than the impassive
prisoner, whom their savage gibes moved
not.
"A song! a sons;! After the battle-
cry, tho madrigal."
i-.awy's tinners had been straying over
the strings of the harp, Waking those
low, soft murmurs that musicians love,
isow, with a free hand, he struck tho
ringing chords, and no one save Oswald
heard aught but careless melody in tho
young voice that tilled tho hall.
As Kdwy finished the song, he lifted
his eyes and s piarely encountered an in
tent gaze, which ho seemed to have felt
before he turned. lie saw a mere boy,
whose f.ilr, foaling ha r aud gravely
sweet faco made him seem as apart from
these dark-visaged men of blood as a
saint stepped down from the stained
windows of s mo cathedral.
Once before that boyish face with its
halo of golden hair had held Kdwy's eye,
and with a lightning flash of memory
that earlier meeting was recalled. It
was a lonely spot on tho mountnin side,
and tho fearless boy, with failing
strength, was holding at bay an nntlered
stag. Had Ed wy's trusty spears-nerved
then or lingered, no morrow had ever
smiled on the brave hunter. Now in
the deep look, more potent than -speech,
that held their eyes locked for moment
ere they swerved aside, Edwy lead that
ho was known
His fingers trembled as he struck slow
fragments of music from the obedient
strings, and thero was a ringing in his
ears that sounded like tho battle-cry of
tho Branksomes. Then the blood surged
back to his heart, and he lifted his daunt
less Tynedale faco to hi foes. Trapped
and at their mercy he knew himself, but
at least he could show them how the
Tynedale wore wont to dio. The liqu d
drops of music shivered into a sha p si
lence a his hand forsook the strings to
rest i:gntiy on the snort swora at his belt,
while his haughty glance swept the hall.
But thero was no answer to his silent
challenge, and now in tho averted face of
the boy he read not the triumph of an
enemy, but the grieved perplexity of a
child.
Kdwy understood. That the boy re
membered his benefactor's faco was
proved past doubt in that first long gaze,
and now his troubled silence revealed
that he remembered the bene
faction also. But silence was hard
for Edwy's beating heart to bear, and
J striking tho chords sharply, he gave to
, measured music the tumultuous words
that throbbed in his brain. Tho carouse
; about the board was somewhat hushed,
but Edwy sang only for tho boy, who-e
drooping eyes could not bear the stead
fast ga.e he bent upon them.
" Lone is the mountain pith,
Dark ia the glen,
Fieroe la the an tiered staj,
Hater of men.
Hapless the hunter now,
Larking his apear.
Woe to the hnnter lad.
Death drawetb near. -
Long may the maldeu wait,
Stirling her moan;
In the loan mount lin glen
AVbiten hia banes."
The boy shuddered and mot Edwy'
look pleadingly. Ono word from those
beardless lips and the minstrel had sunsr
his last strain, but Ho word was not
spoken. Edwy read (he conflicting
j emotions that held h:m passive, and
j with that senss of power that is tho wine
( of strong souls, he know his own dom
! inntion over the heart he had preserved,
i lu one fierce moment he grasped the
. full strength of fife. Tho little batd
waiting his signal without, the walls
that oven now echoed to the laughter of
j the foes of his house, all rested on his
. pow or to hold and control tho will of the
cliilil who now raised questioning
eyes to his, os asking counsel.
I The bnttlo courngo flushed his dark
cnccK as tie once more touched bis harp.
He must aing, as he had' fought, for his
life aud the honor of Tynedalo.
' Fa'tbless are lovera, but lovers ar many!
Maidens ar cruel, but heart beat amain;
1 hankies arj beggars, who take the drink
pnnv. Few hold remembrance while one moon
mar wane.
Chiefeat in infamy whom may we call!
lngrate of ingratea and king of them all?
Who but the traitor to friend and to honor?
Who hut the dastard that, drubken with
strife.
Strike at the boaoni that succored and saved
him,
Offers him death who hath rendered him
life
Honil in dishonor or living in shame,
Bards shall remember the dastardly
name."
Edwy censed. Had ho lost or won in
tho game where the slake was life f The
j boys' grave eyes glowed with a clear
i light, and as the impetuous strain sank
j to sileuce, he dicw the harp from Edwy's
arm.
j "Mothinks your songs ring not .true,
fair harper. There be blacker traitors
I than he who slays even & friend."
And with a mournful yet steadfast
1 look ho gave in song hi answer to
I Edwy' challenge:
"Youthful knight, I rharse thee well
I tiuurd the tuinner thnt thou bearest;
1 Though it leails to l.laek-v-t he I.
Though o'er nuked swords thou farest;
Though thy life, thy friend, thy soul,
Doomed be to end leu dole."
Edwy had lost. As the verse ended
with a tremble, tho two stood silently
side by side, watching tin quivering
st'ings. The lost faint vibration died
away, and with eyes thu"iecnied not to
see, the boy stepped forward and raised
his bund imperiously for silence. But
Fdwy was before him.
'Nay, boy, there shall bo no need. I
saved thee once from death, I will save
theo now from ingratitude."
Suat hing up the silken banner of his
hou-o ho wound it as a shield about his
left arm, and with drawn sword he
p'antcd his back against a friendly wall.
" Ve men of llrankjomo, heard ye ever
melody like this before I"
Aud liftiughis clear voice, the battle
song of the Tyucdules rung out over the
he ids of the conquerors with defiant
boldiiefs.
" A Tyuedulel a Tyuodale! aud merry bt.
Andrew to .id !
While t!ood may flow or edg may bite, a
Tynednle wield the bla tel
While heart can beat or eye can see, a Tyne
dale fronts th fray !
A Tynedale! a Tynedale! St. Andrew wins
the day I"
There was a hush like death; then the
wide hall echoed and re-echoed with n
"Death to the Tynedalo 1" and fifty
awords Cashed their mennCc out; fifty
focmen, Wild With hats, leaped to face
him. Then they rmtiscd, awed by tho
datintlessnois of the proud youth, who-o
eyelid neTcr quivered. He would die.
1'Ut not alone. A moment, and they
Closed upon him, while fashing steel on
steel struck fire. A fhriek, a groan, but
not from I'd wv' lins: a narrowini? cir
cle of sword-points, yet with guard and
thrust Edwy held his own. Ho felt the
blood flow from his brenst, tho Wall
scelried to Weaken and yield, nnd gasp
ing out "A Tynednle!" he sank to tho
floor.
Was it the echo of his voice, Or the
wild-heart blood beating in his cars?
His last words were caught up and re
peated :
"A Tynedale to the rescue! A Tyne
dale!" Then for Edwv camo silence.
But not for t lie hall. Through tho
portal sprang Oswald, leading the Tyne
dale men, who had waited without in
tho shadows for Edwy's signal. Tho
signal had come, but from Oswald's
hand, at the moment when the defiance
of the minstrel in tho hall had left tho
door unguarded.
Hand to hand nnd kneo- to kne they
fought about tho board; but tho cry of
"Strike for Edwy I'' made theTynedalcs
irresistible. The mead had not ceased
to flow from the overturned tankards be
fore Tynednle Tower again floated tho
banner they unwound from Edwy's arm.
Then Oswald lifted Edwy's head and
staunched the wound in his breast. The
blue eyes slowly opened.
"Edwy, lad, how is it with thee?"
Edwy laughed.
"I' faith, Oswald, I fear me my harp
must lio idle for many a day. But is
the boy safe?" LVy A. Long, in Ovtr
land. Egyptian Plagno or Files.
I watched a child of about two and a
half years, say Carter Harrison, writing
to the Chicago Mail from Egypt, enjoy
ing a crust of bread. There were about
it a swarm of flies, and I do not exag
gerate when I say two or three dozen
were on its face at one time, in patches
as big as half a dollar, about tho eyes
and month. It would screw up its eye
when they threatened to go in. I thought
some must have gone into its mouth with
the bread. It did not seem at all an
noyed. I saw a sleeping child on the
street, whoso face was almost black with
the insects. It smiled. as if angels wcro
whispering in its cars. I havo seen men
talking pleasantly together while a doen
flies would be promenading about their
faces. I asked a man how he could
stnnd it. "Mashallah! They don't
bother me," was his reply. This has
made the fly bold, and he seems unnble
to understand whut a foreiguer means
whon he tries to drive them otf. He has,
too, remarkably prehensile claws, and
keeps them keen and 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 off. They found It best to
educate the masses to bear tho infliction
and to get used to it. Nearly all the
religious and semi-religious prohibitions
and usages of the people of the world
probably had their origin in somo ma
terial benefit. The cow was hard to
raise in India. The cow was most neces
sary so tho wise priesthood made her
sacred and 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.
The Sleeper of Saltpelrlere.
The Parisian Eudoxie Adclouin, the
sleeper of tho Snltpetriere.has awakened,
from her long sleep, which was con
tinued without a moment's interruption
for nineteen davs. She had a slumber
of fifty days early in the year in the
hospital where she now is, nnd has been
for many yenrj. While she was on both
occasions sleeping relays of inodic.il 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
minutes. During that time she stared
fixedly, and nppeured, though laughing
so nurd, as if under some painful appre
hension. Then she spoke as if she were ad
dressing her mother, who was not with
her, in an endearing manner, and on
being handed a glass i-aid she only saw
her mother 8 image in it. She has since
become quite cheerful, but seems to
have hardly any ideas save tlio.-e sug
gested to her by the doctors. Contrary
to what is observed in most hysterical
subjects the souse of taste remains whilo
she is under the inrluince 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, and if a package
which Dr. Voisin say contains an
emetic is put into her hand she has
violent fits of nausea. Lvn.lun Neuct,
The Queen's Now Chair.
Since tho Queen met with a' slight
accident at Windsor and sprained her
knee she has not been able to stand com
fortably for any long period, aud nt
drawing rooms, although appearing to
stand, she has really been sitting on a
cleverly-arranged chair of crimson and
gold. This year another aud lower
i chair was substituted for some reason or
other, with the result that several ladies
' nearly tumbled over when they kissed
bunds, us tlio tjuecn was sitting so ex
j cecdiugly low that it was quite a gym
! nastio exercise to bend down to her
hands. London 1'ruth.
The Iron Duke's Confession.
The reminiscences of the great Duke
of Wellington give somo idea of his
wonderful activity when in the field.
"For many years in the peninsula," ho
once said, "I undressed seldom; iu the
first four years never. I slept five or six
hours; sometimes two or three. In India
it is not the custom to undress; I never
did. In Spain I never marched the sol
diers more than twenty-live miles a day)
in India I once marched the troops er,
enty-two miles in day."
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Washing Made Kaoy.
Washing is made ensy by doing away
with rubbing tho clothes before boiling.
Select the nicest clothes and wet them
thoroughly In Warm Water (not hot),
wring out ready for boiling. TO every
bucket Of water use a tnblcspooriful of
coal oil, put in soap to make 9 grjdd sudSj
ana just before ttio water boils put in
the coal oil-ns directed. Stir well, ana
when 'tis boiling put in the clothes, and
B'lr and punch around several times.
Don't crowd tho clothes in the boiler;
let them have plenty of room for the
water to pass over and about; boil about
twenty minutes, stirring frentiently.
Takeout, rub through what we call boil
ing suds, rinse and blue a ail they Will be
clean and nice; proceed in the Same Wujf
for other clothes, a tablcspoonful of oil
for every bucketful of water used in the
boil, and more soap. It takes more soap
than usual, but soap is cheaper than
labor. Colored clothes that don't fade
enn be washed the same way. earm,
Field and Slockman.
Conveniences In Small Hansel.
In small houses, where closets are not
abundant, innny ctnvenient receptacles
lor certain trunks can be made to answer
other purposes as well. An ottoman, for
instance, tall enough to serve for a feat.
may have a top piovidcd with hinges,
which on being raised discloses A par
titioned box for hats and bonnets. A
lonar window scat made from a pine box
and covered with figured jute makes an
admirable place to jay away clean sheets
and spreads; and one as long and only
hall as wide is a great conrenienco 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 be appro
priatel to castor, tumblers and other
appointments. A bachelor friend might
bo tempted to take care of his slippers
when there was a certainty that there
vas an appointed place where they
would be found when wanted. A slip
per case is not a difllcult thing to make.
Tho prettiest ones are made like a huge
bath slipper that is, with a vamp, but
no sides. 1 ho shape Is cut in pasteboard
and covered with closely quilted satin.
The toe, which makes tho pocket for
the slippers, is lined with thick linen of
the samo color, if possible, as the satin
The slipper is hung to tho wall by the
hcol, at the back of which a loop should
bo made for that purpose. Detroit Fret
Care of Picture..
In cleaning houses one of the principal
cares should be the pictures. It is too
often overlooked or left to the care of
servants, when tho 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 nnd polish it until it is perfectly
clear, wipe the name with a soft cloth
wet in warm water and rub off nil ily
specks and other dirt If the picture is
framed with a class, naste nancrsmoothlv
all over the back to keep dust from sift
ing through the cracks.
Frames of polished wood, oak, walnut,
or in fnct anything but gilt, will bo
greatly improved by rubbing them with
a solution three parts 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 fiy specks.
The spots should be touched with a little
gold paint applied with a soft camel's
hair brush. Old frames can be made to
look like new if painted nil over in this
way. Do not get cheap gold paint, as
it always looks dull and will not pay. for
the labor of putting it on.
lie fore hanging the pictures, fasten a
a large clean cloth over the brush end of
the broom, and wipo the walls all over.
If the walls are papered, and the paper
is torn or defaced, cover such places
with scraps of the paper, matching, if
po&siblo, to tho figures. If you have no
piices of the paper, a Japanese scroll, or
a cheap placque, or even a bunch of dried
grasses tied with a nice bow of ribbon,
will cover the place and add beauty to the
room. One 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 little
i minting hurg so high that you would
lave to mount achnir to tee what the
subject is. Always hang them so thnt
they can be easily seen by a person of
medium height It is considered to be
in better taste to use two nails instead of
one, it gives a more symmetrical effect,
and, indeed, it is worth considering as a
matter of safety. Bo very careful to
hang pictures iu the proper light. If
they aro to be seen in a strong light do
not not put them iu an ob-cure corner,
and if painted in bright colors, do not
place where the sunshine will full on
them. Ht. Lflu.it Smjimji.
Itecipea.
Smotiikuku Ciiickkn. This is par
ticularly nice when the fowl is young
and tender. Split the chicken down
the back, cover it with lumps of butter,
and tcason with a little pepper and talt;
add one-half pint of water; cover closely
and cook in tho oven until done.
SriNAtii. lick carefully, put into
boiling Wat-r and boil one-half hour;
when nearly cooked add a dessertspoon
ful of salt; drain from tho water aud put
in a dish with a little butter; cut it sev
eral times with a knife and garnish with
slices of hard boiled eggs.
Asi'AiiAiii k and Enn. A good break
f re uk dish is made of cold boiled aspar
agus and egg. Cut the asparagus in
small pieces, season well aud put iu a
buttered baking-dish. Beat some eggs,
add tin equal amount of milk, and huve
jiibt enough of the liquid to cover the
asparagus; sprinkle bread crumbs on
top ULii bake slowly like custard. This
is especially nice to serve with' tender
slices of boiled ham.
Potato Hash. Ono pound of pota
toes boilid and chopped, one boiled
onion also chopped, and a teas noon ful
of finely chopped parsclcy; put these on
the fiie with half a pint of milk aud a
pinch of pepper; wlien it has stewed
gently live minutes, beat two eggs, stir
a tublcsiioonful of butter into the pota
toes, and then add the eggs; stir gently
till the whole looks like custard, then
remove before the eggs curdle. This
may now be put into tbe frying-pan oi
oven and browned, or eaten white.
IQMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
L CONGRESSIONAL TERM OFTEN
TJ8ED LUCIDLY EXPLAINED.
What la Done When the uonw
Adopt a Motion toOo Into "Com
mute of the Whole" on nut.
Aftef the general debate had ended on
tn tariff bill, a proposition wa made,
by the member of the House of Ilepre
sentatives who had charge of the meas
ure, to some of the Kepublican icarnrs,
to dispense with the consideration of
the bill "in committee of the whole."
1'arhans some of the readers or tne
Com anio i do not know what is meant
by this phrase, or if they do know, they
may not be aware wnni is mu ii,ki
"going into committee, n i. is in,
on a bill. The committee of the whole
is exactly whot tho term suggest. its
membership is the same as that of tho
assembly. The British House of Com
mohs calls the committee "a committee
of the whole Houte," In the I nueu
States House of lleprcscntatives it is
u.imllv termed "a committee of mo
whole on tho sfnlo of the I'nion." Thd
Senate considers bills "as in committee
nf the whole." but its system is slightly
dirTereut from that of tho other House of
Congress.
When tho llotl'O 01 jcpreeninwvcs
adopts a motion to go into committee of
the whole, the peuner leaves me cuair,
which ia taken bv som member desig
nated b? the Sneaker. A new set of
rules comes into operation, much simpler
than those of the House itself. Some of
the changes should be mentioned. There
is no calling of the roll. All divisions
are taken by risincr or by passing be
tween tellers.
Again, there is entire liberty to offer
amendments, winch, under me moucrn
methods in our House of Representatives,
Can rarely be offered at all, unless by
consent of th committee which reports
the measure. But speeches on amend
ments are lim'tcd to five minutes each,
whereas the time allowed to ono who gets
tho floor when the House of Representa
tives proper is in session, is an hour.
Most important of nil, thero is no
"previous question." and the committee
of the whole has no power to shorten
debate; but when the member having
chaVtre of a bill thinks that a certain
clause has been discussed enough, he
moves that the committee rise. If the
motion is carried, the Speaker takes the
chair, and then the same member moves
that debate on the section or clause uu
dcr discussion be limited to somo time
one minute, five minutes, or somo other
time. If this is voted, the committee
resumes its session, nnd the Chairman
carries out the order of tho House by
stopping debate when the time fixed has
eiusped.
Now what is the object of this macliln
ery? It is to cnablo membors to con
sider monsuroi rnthor more informally
and more expeditiously than they could
under the rigid rules of the House of
Representatives, and going into com
mittee also gives them an opportunity to
see the bill as a whole, 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 tho clause have beca
acted on, the member in charge moves
"that the committee rise and report the
bill to the House."
The motion is carried, the Speaker
takes the chair again, and the member
who has been presiding as Chairman re
ports that the committee of tho whole
House has hud under consideration suih
and such a bill, and reports it back to
the House with a recommendation that it
pass, with suudry amendments, or with
out amendment, as the case may be.
Then the first question is on agiceing
to the amendments made in committee of
the whole. If no objection is made,
they aro voted on iu a lump, but fcquent
ly, by agreement, some ono or more
amendments are reserved to be voted on
separately, and then tho yeas and nays
may be called.
Without any reference to the tariff
bill, it may be said that the liberty to
offer amendments is one of the most uso
sul of helps to good legislation, nnd it
has been far too much i urtiiilcd a' ready.
If the House of representatives were to
go into committee on every bill, as tho
Senate does, many crude ani unworka
ble sections would b'j made more intel
ligible and practical Youth's Coinjtnioii
French)' I.uc'd Explanation.
"All rain and no sun makes tiado
mighty dull," sa d a Maiden l.ane dr-ig
merchant to a New York Tilt ram re
porter. "I think the drug stores aro
about tho best patrouized shops in the
city just now."
As thociowd waited for their drugs to
be put up tho proprietor tried to fit a
big cork into a little bottlo, and, when
a boy asked, abruptly:
"Where do corks como from?"
"Ask 1 renchy, thero."
"vrenchy" was a young gentleman
from the South of Fiance, gaining a
rudimentary knowledge of drugs and
tho English language, and mixing both
with c uul fluency.
"Did you ever see corks grow,
Frcnchy'r" asked the boy.
"Ya us, . ceituiu, Monsieur, many
times, but 7 ay grow not like ze fruit;
it is re I a k. air is much cork cut in
mycouutreo, but moro in Portugal."
Hlou't it kill the tries!''
' ay ay 7 ay lif e hundred aud f efty
year, e cork is not cut till zo ti e J is
feel I ecu, zen not till is ze twenty-fife, or
or ze most zut. air is always ze eight
or ten year between, and e cork is
more, mooch more, nfter zo cutting, but
oefer so good as ze first."
"Ever see it done?"
"Oui, oui, monsieur; ze vat you ca'l
'em, 'small boys,' see efcrysing, eh 1 ay
cut ze 1 ai k up aud down ze tiee, zen
around and around, aud take out to
blocks; soak 'em iu wusser, and press
'em under it helTa loads. en ay are
are dried by a firo and packed for y is
countree. Zen zee leeile corks are
made, ze cutters cut ze block up like ze
candy caramels, zen ray make'ein lOiind
wiz a sharp knife, but you Americans
haf e ma hine vut cuts 'em twenty times
so veree quick. And re littlo pieces, ve
pariugs, sofze pariags, mousieur ;ay
re burut to make ze 'Spanish black.'
Ze trees are vereo large, and ze name is
ay huf ze leetlecups, uionsicnr.ya-as,
ie oak, il zeoak, and zee branches grow
low down on z bo t ze trunk, on
trunk, and ze 'mull boys' we go vaieo
any up in zem."
WHEN THE BABY 6XMB.
Always in Mm house there was trouble a ad
confusion,
Little aparkaof feeling flashing into flame.
' Sign of irritation,
So sure to mak occasion
For strife and tribulation -till the baby
came.
All the evil ounds, full of cruel hate and
rancor,
All tlie angry tumult nobody to blamal
All were hushed so sweetly,
Disappearing fleetly,
Or qnite completely whon the baby came.
Faces that had worn a gloomy veil of sadnem.
Hearts Intent on seeking for fortune or lor
fame, 1
Once agnin were lightened,
Once again were brightened.
And their rapture heightened whe the
baby came.
All affecttnn' windows opened to receive it.
Pur and fresh from heaven and Rivals
earthly name,
CUuping and caressing !
In arms of love, eonfeseing
That life had missed a blessing till th baby
came. .
Home that were in shadow felt the gentle
sunshine,
Smiling, as if anxious their secret to pro
claim; t
Grateful songs were swelling, i
Of mirth and gladness telling,
And love ruled all the dwelling when the
baby came.
Hearts thnt had been sundered by a tide of
passion,
Were again united In purpose and In aim; j
In the haunt secluded, -
Peace divinely brooded.
Where discord had intruded till the baby
came.
Little cloud dispeilor; little comfort bringer!
Baby girl or baby boy welcome all the
came!
Even o'er the embers, v- 1
Of bleak and cold December, '
Some fond heart remember when the
baby came.
Farmer's Voice.
II UXOR OF THE BAT.
Not a bad riot A patriot.
Minister of the interior Victuals.
One for ascent A penny balloon.
Always carries off the palm The hand.
Economy is the father of a fat bank
account.
Tho man most looked up to The one
in the moon.
An unatnral curiosity-The calf of ft
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 me," said the
tattered tramp as he turned hi pockets
inside out.
It is curious how sweet a honey bee is
at one end and how bitter be is at the
other. Life.
The wife who carries on her husband's
pawnshop after his deceaso is truly ft
"loan widder."
An African tribe is governed by a ruler
who has do tongue. He is not only the
King, but the King dumb.
Improbable stories in newspapers
ought to be placed under the 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 and L
Jack Goodfellow' Small Brothor
"Jack, is thore auy past tense of duo?"
Jack (gloomily) "Yes, dun." JIariard
1m mpuon.
'When a young man detects the first
evidence of hair on his upper lip he feels
elevated, when in reality it is a sort of
coming down.
Very few people of the present day
ever saw or cun toll what a petard is; but
a politician knows it is something a man
cau hoit himself with or by. Picayune.
I met her in the giddy whirl.
She struck me as a pretty girl ; j
And now I've made her mine for life,
She strikes me a an angry wife.
Hot on Courier.
First Domestic "Wat's all that row
up-stairsf" Second Domestic "Ob,
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 Africa, although his postal facilities
are somewhat obstructed. I'roriU nce
Journal
The girl are all a fleeting show,'
For man' illusion given;
Their smiles of joy, their tears of woe,
Dweilful shine, deceitful flow.
There is not one true iu seven.
Mrroury.H
When a young man sit in the parlor
talking nonsense to hi sweetheart
that's capital. But when he has to stay
iu of evenings after they're married
thut' labor.
A leading man among the Chinese in
New York, now defunct, used to say
that he could tell all his countrymen here
by their pig-tails, lie can't now dead
men tell uo tails. Sittinge.
You y you wonder why
A clever nun like 1
Ain unlucky.
I tried to run a well
A ti-ni-ruilee hotel
Ju Kentucky.
Mocking Bird.
A man "stops" at a hotel when he
lodges for oue night: ho "stays" when
bo is well fixed; ho "puts up" when he
is given a sky parlor; he is u "guest of
tho landlord" when he does not pay.
I'ieny unt.
Enraged Husband "Maria, I can en
dure this existence no longer. I am
going to blow my brains out." Wife
(calmly) "Dou't attempt it,' John.
Y'ou havo never had auy success
in firing at small targets." L'hUaoo
Tribune.
She walked Into the dry goods store
With .lately .top and proud;
blie tin u d the trills and laoea o'er
And putfbed aside the crowd;
(She a-,ke 1 to ae aoiue rich brooada,
Mohuiro aud grenailiuue;
She looked at silk of every shade,
Aud tlu-u at velveteaua.
She sampled jacket blue and red
bli. ir.ed ou inn. or Uu,
Aud th.u the tou d ber head, and id
bh "gutas d U'd call sgain."
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