WEST POINT LIFE. Fol ic VK.Aim or im;ii ins(. pi-im: kdi: mi. is. The I'lch's Yenr of Servitude mill Siihiiils.loii to ll.iliui - I'ro H rani in p r Hnlly Idle mill Study. NO place exists in the t'nitcd States the imnic of which in so closely interwoven wi'li the i, history of t!ii country ti that of Wet Point. It wni ii i-'iuspioiiotts place in the days of the I vol n t i : ttnry strii.;;;!.', when its t ; j mu-rii j 1 1 u-ii I sitnu tiim mmlo it desirable, nnl iienr mill nboitt it Were enacted minis of 1 he deeds of hero: in which will liro to tin- credit of the pntriotin ('unliti'iitcis whiTi the 11 r i tin!-" of till' lli'i'tildio shall liM. Its k i 1 n.'tt i'-ti on tlio llud-on, hivb the. New Yuri; I r il in tic, is one 1.1 tli beaitlv r-iit4 of thi country, and, while (treat ehnt'tres have been made tienr it sin-e I he days of thi Hi vulnt ioii and the ri!" Ii'IiIIl"k hand of nineteenth century progress bus t r fitist 1 1 tin I many dis tricts ni'iir it into modern, prnsaiu tntii", West l'oint remains mtdrlilnd mill mi'ji stic lis it left thn hand of the Itrrnt Ar.-hiteel, and even tliu mo'. :u I'llilcliii' K which have been rrcc'. i nil llii- In ic.liN which uvrriool; !!' rivi r nnd tin' proud tu'-uiitiunt win, .i recalls the tinnns of departed heroes pule into lusiiiiliiiiiic!) lelore tho picture of nntiiriil In Hilly which nothing rnu ob literate while the Hudson winds be ncntli tho rocky ri ill's nnd verdure 1:11 I Mil ii 1 iff lit add tloir colors to tho scene. I 1 1 1 to tin1 Aim-riciiii West Point is attractive beyond its nsstviuit ioli with tho days if old nml its natural beauty, because from tin- academy which the (lovi r ii ii: en t maintains upon tlio li"it vail. .it ciiiiie tlio men who wrote their mum in imperishable, loiters upon the coiitilry's history Hint repaid in many iti'tatices with their life'H blond the benefits which they received there. 'I lie in lets come from till purls o( the country; they represent nil grades nni classes of tlio eoiiiliinnity, hiuI tin re is probably no educational iii't't'ilion on tho continent in which ii inuii'ii social, political or liniiiiciiil standing wonlil count fur lew tlinii m West l'oint, nml where his advance iiicnt mul linnl pnidiiutiou would .In j'oinl Ko thoroii'.'hly nml exclusively upon inn own pctxuial work. Cadets tiro iippointcil by members oT (.' j-iiri'! s nml liy tho President; nnd in recen; years it hns been tlm custom to ;;ive the places of principnl nnd alternate to the n-piriints by roinpolitivo exam iimtion. A eatnlidule must lie over hi vetiteen yenrs old mid under twenty-two. H ho is miller live feet in height ho iH ineligible. l't iuii'-t he jierlectly lorined utnl uui-t l;o of "tjood inonil'' 'lia rueter. lit; must l.'i nblo to rend nnd wtito tho lOrmlieli liiDi:iuiLTt correctly nnd to perform, with facility and tiai'in-iiey, the vurioui operatiouH of tho (;ioiiml riih.H of nrithiuclic, of roilm tioii, of Biinplo and comin,iind piopoitiou e.nd vulvar nn I 1o;mihii1 fractious, mid imvo nluiowlodgeoi JIulinli t'rniii'.nar, of ilo.M'i iptivo j'coriiphy, particula'.iy of tho t iiiteil stales ami of tho conn try'H history. Tho regulations pro vide: "So mnrrieil pcr.-iou kIiiiII lie ndmittcil as n cnudldato ; mi l it any cnmlidato nhnll ho mmrii'd hclorc grndiiation ueh mnrriiiHO i-liull In; coDHidered as cqnivalcut to a rerinu tioii, nud ho chilli leuvu tho imitilutioii accordingly." After n hoy him p:--sod tho j'rescrilicd rxaniination and has been found qnaliiied mentnlly, physi cully nnd morally to liecomo 't; cadet, ho lum t report ou or beforo Juno l ' following tho I'Xiiininntiou to the hlipirilitcne'cut of the nciidcmy and 8ign au ngrucincut for serving m the follon iog form : I, r.f tho Kla!o of , nenl Veat, iimntlip, ilo her'ilty enirn'-'e, witn tlin cen-cnt of iny 'iirents or Kniirilinii, Unit friini the ilatu nl my n liui--il'iii in a ca n I nf th I nll.-.l st.'iti'H Military A.'ii.le.iiv I will m:rvo Intlw Army ol tlio L'nlti-d Ha;m mr lifht years aiilemsuoiiiriiiiiehawil ly uniu jM'icnt imiiionty. Thocndot nlno stibscrtlios to nu ontu to Niipport tho Constitution of the l uited Stntep, nnd that ho w ill bear truo nlleyinacti to tho Xntiounl (lov erumout. Tlio number of men in West Toiut U comparatively unnll, nhout 3 II) in till, and the now student becomcH con spicuous at once by tho manner nf Iub rarriao nnd his lack of military bear ing. This in juet as truo of tuopo who mmtmt TIIE ME-iK IIAIiTj, had some experience iu to-culled mili tary tcboola before they came to West l'oint as of the boys who coins frenb from their motber'hapron Btriugs. The "setting-up'' is done by upper clnss nun, whoso apparent severity bus CMUcil many n youtiR heart to bent rapidly and whose shunt of "Whnt'do you mean by standing that way V or "You, 1 mean, you there," or "Don't you know what your right foot is?" La, caused a lump to rite in the throat of many a new cutlet who until that moment laucietl that he was letter per il et and with points to spare. The new man couius to the academy nt that time of the year when the hard work for tho;0 who remain is over, mid camp life begins. Hard aud emot ing work has been the order oi tho day; unceasing, tireless application to the studies which extend over a wid fluid has taken the time of the whole year, and the student hails the advent I Jane with joy, because it bring the enmp pon nnd cnnipnrntivo rent. It in particularly welcome to ths men who nrn just rompletinu; their tlrnt yenr, who will cmcr)io from their pleb- ' -' :.;."i,r:;t.'.f '- iv .v-..A )-.- "mi: t:.rri.t: 'jumhicvt, dom into fu 1 1 - lloilyji'd ividoMti;'. who will throw off t ho nailing yoke of tin ilerliiiL', a ud will have u new lot of pleli.-' with whom to (jot even for what they t hi'tn-elvcs h ivo endured. And yn, with every yearling hhiiidiliir ill wait lor him, the cadet ctiterH cuup for it si'ii-ou of iilmiit eleven week. Jf hm I'eart is not broken by the tipper elios tnrti while in camp, nml if lie passes the examination which fol low n few moiitliH later, lie beeomes n fitll fleded eidet, with a prospect oi' beiin; Kiaiitlaled fletil tho Ni'hnol in four yen-i. 'J ho camp trial ii tho Af A IH'.MK.' l:f.:t;,Mi;; most M'YCn test, and the man who fori, I b: oil','h th" or leal of the peculiar Imping to which t!ie ph l is niilijeeto I, who can control hiiii'i-it ntllieieutly to take it all in lh proper spirit, who can keep up wi!h his htudiea in the in ii ii time ii ti i ! acquire nillicietit riidiiiiente.r.v knowlvtlgo of mtlitnry lui'.tt' rs to sutisly hia insl rnctors ihoivs I i 1 1 i 1 -1 well (,ualilled lot' tlin wor!; wi.j 'li will follow nnd lor tlio pDiiti'ins of t. inl and rrsjiomiiliility to v.'lii.-h he may bu culled later. Jt does t; d, mutter who tho man K win (her ho is the. :tm of a .Senator, a f!i in inl, it diplomat, or a black Hiiitb, wlietht.!' rich or puor, ho m ii pleb with Hie pl.'bs, and no jiov.er can save bint i'roiii innking love to n broom stick in the prcct'c.i oT n lot of upper cin-K nn u if th"y tiecido that lio shall do so, no inllnence can ciiin for him i tho privilege of sittiii'; iu th.i presence of an upei r clifs man unless t!i-.t niaii ! ii'ks him to do so, mid his miL'e-'ry, station or Julurii ptospects would avail ! him iittlo if l:o fi.iled to ".iir-' the ' ttrper class m:in proprrly and r.spctt- I it My. I Tho pleli is ri5-.i1 tiy excluded from . nil the si.einl luuctious, Umi Iittlo en tcrtailiiiients nml jolliiieations. lie i him no part in the joy.i nml sorrows of i tho older men, ho cm make no visit", I although he f rci'.:uutly nceives snvh l nnd at lioura when they nro tho lca-t ! expected. Ho is treated by men who wtro p'l.-sibly hia iri nd a short time beloro ha eatuo to tho Academy in aj maimer which is woro thnn iudill'er-! enee, and many a poor fellow, think ing it nil over, aud realizing that for two years ho must remaiu on tho reservation, with no hope for ono day's vacation, has olenehed his lists in auger and consented to remain only becnu-o tho hardship if it r.U wus hotter than tho brand of cowardice with nhioh ho would bo innrkuu if ho left. When thn man least expects it, j ii number of upper class men may como into Ins tent nnd sit down where j they can tin l a place. He muat stand, I and tbeu may come nn order to tell a I story nhout his travels in India or lea land or New Jersey, to go through tho I manual of arms with n lead pencil, to I stand on ono loot while ho names tho ! principal rivers iu South America or tha cnpila's of tho Territories in the I'nited titntos. Thou there nre cor tain t'tiiibthetiio exorcises for which tho uppsr class men havo a great liking when they uro performed by a pleb, mid men have Leuu kept busy per forming thete cxtroisxB by their tyruunici's until they were exhausted. Tho new man worries along and works and plods to keep up with the. ; required standard in mathematics, I English studies, Frcnoh and military j discipline. Ha becomes a housekeeper, also. Ho must leuru to take care of his room and his outfit. Tho rules prescribe that ho shall havo two pairs of uuiforiu shots, six pairs of white gloves, two sets of white belts, eight white shirts, two night shirts, twelve collars, eight pairs sock?, eight pairs summer drawers, eight pairs for win ter, six handkerchiefs, sit towels, ono clothes bag, mtulo of tickiug, ouo clothes brush, one hair brush, one tooth brush, ono comb, one mattress, ouo pillow, two pil!ovcae9, four sheets two blnckets, one quilted bed cover, one chair, cue tumbler, one trunk, oue aceouut book aud one busiu. He is commanded by regula tion immediately alter reveilla to hang up his extra olothing, to put such articles in tho clothes bag an it is in tended to contain, and to arrange hia bidding aud all hia other effects in the precrribcil order. Tie may not, nr. cordiiiR to the regulation, keep in hi room nny of thn iniplemeutu iifeil in chesit, liackcmninoii or nny other game, nml ho mtiKt. obtain n permit before nny map, pielurn or iieco of writing enn be posted or attached in nny way to tho walln of bin room. When camp Konon Cornell neain many of thn ph bs of tho lnt enrnp seasnn Itavo dt'nppeared ; no:ne tt-s-parteil b -foro tho camp t'loei, other niii'il not. eland the strniii of work diirilii; tho winter monlhs, soino failed to pas t he.fatiuary rr ami nit ions, nml, with the other wlio fell by the way side, they went back to their homes, smaller, po.-il Iv, than they were when they re. ived their eppnititmetit, mid, nllhouh in ninny itistaiicei it may have te.lteii argument, to eoiivilieo peo ple of tho fact, tll liBaitlt in tiutilly yiveii us the eaitse for a change in tho plans which ha I a neneralHliip for their object only n few month before. l'or those v ho have reinntned in tho institution u now era is about, to be M i ii. At the ,Juuo exercises tho plelm arn nlloweil to muku their debut. Their bearini; lias become manly mid soldierly by Hint time, they havo no iptired no much of the mddier in tho yenr past thet. they do not resemble tho boyn of that time, and parents mid friends who eonio to the Academy hardly know th-m. Thr-y feel n priile in tlio fact that they have lived throiiih iheir year of ple'iilotii, and n otio trrectt them more heartily as tiny enter tho domain of tho upper class men th'.'.i tho yeatluifja who tiro about to sha'co the dust of thetr con dition from their luiots nnd enter tho nioro clifiniliKl sphere of deeund eluss men. With tlio ra liuitioti hop tho plcb's tiiuo of probation ceases. Tho t AT Wr. -T IOINI'. upper elites tnnii goes so fur ns to se cure partners for him. nnd between thn smiles of pretty girls tho release irom thraldom, tho consciousness of hitiiin;; won tiin respect of tho older men, and his anticipation of his good tune iu camp with the nc.v men, the yearling' cup of happiness is nearly full. JJut. tim hop lti ;ta only a few hour, lint (M'tip season soon cud, and then begins tlio work naiu harder than tlie year lielore and moro of it. Sot only drill regulations, discipline and all matters pertaining to tho science of i:r I'fist bu studied nnd mastered, bu! Jii;rbT uint hematics, French nnd .Spanish and literature must bn grappled v illi ami Ihey keep t very moment of the cadet's time employed. Tt is ab solutely impossible; for a man to keep tii with his class unless ho worki hard, nnd tho class as n whole, would lull behind if tlu work wero not con tinuous. To be eonvincad of tho prime condi tion of the cadets ouo must sen them at ti meal in tho largo mess hall, known us (Iraut Hall. Tho senior cadet oip fain is superintendent of tho hall, nnd sits nt n tiblo facing the door sur rounded by hisftair. Tho cadets march to the hall nnd uro divided wheu they reached thera into squads correspond ing to tho tables iu tho mess hall. Knoli sqund is accompanied by nn offi cer, who is responsible for the behavior of llid men at tlio table. It is a matter of course that tho man who carves, who does nil tho work mid who is served Inst is n pieb. The hall is deoorated with tho portraits ot graduates who have won t'nme since they left the in stitution, and the plub, looking upon these pictures, may console himself with the thought that the pictures represent men who in their day had to tlo what ho was doing. A corps of men is kept busy waiting upon tho cadets, whose appetites give proof of their tine physical condition. To ho a cadet and a Into riser is an impossibility. Tho hours for daily duty are laid down as follows : Kcvcillo at 5.31) a. in., and 0 a. m. on Sunday; polioo call, live minutes aftor revoillu ; snrgeou's call, tlfteen minutes after reveille j breukfuet call, thirty min utes after reveille. After breakfast tho cadets have a few minutes in which to "brush up," and a4, 8 o'olook they are called to quarters for study and recitation. They havo dinnur at 1 o'olook. From - till t o'clock more study and recita. 'IIArHT. AT WEST TOINT. tion, and then comes evening parade, a'ter whioh tho battalion marches to supper. After supper they havo thirty minutes, and are than culled to quarters for study until 10 o'clock, when "taps" is sounded, and the sig nal for "lights out" finds the cadou tired and ready for sleep. Ou Wednesday and Saturday after noons the cadets have no duties to perform, and unless they have been guilty o( some slight infraction of the rules they may take a rest. Hut a 3 rV iili life I prep into tho courtyard of tho bar Mes on tlio'n afternoons will con vince thn visitor that all endets nro not angels. While their rompnuiotn are nt, rnso, those who have trans grossed must pace up nnd down a eer tnin part of the yard accoutred nnd armed tlio same ns a regular infantry man on sentry duty, nnd if the cniy wnlls were transparent they would dis rlose to view nlso some who must sif ter for their misconduct by being con fined to thetr rooms. Tlio strictest discipline, tho severo course and the high standard required uro the oaucs for depleting tho rnnks of the cadet corps, nnd it is estimated that about, sixty per cent, of thoso who lire fully accepted us eadeta drop out. before the tour years' term is completed. Those who remain and urn gradu ated receive n cash capiti.l ol !?I!I2 to start with. Out of the Pii I') n year which is placed to the credit of every cadet. $1 is taken every month nml kept for him, and at tho end of his term nt. West Point ho receives it in n lump sum. The purpose of the ar rangement is to' place thn young oilicer out of need and to enable him to buy his officer's out tit. Thn .."il1) s year which a cadet receives from lliofiov eminent never reaches him in tho sliapn of money. His a ceo u nt is sim ply credited with the amount, nnd ngninst this charges nro made for his clothing, booki, board, laundry ami all incidental expenses, nnd tho great problem in how to keep out of debt. To buy anything with money of his own is au impossibility, because n cadet is kept penniless, nnd oue of the regulations prescribes that no cadet shall apply for or receive money or any other supplies from his parents or from nny person whomsover without permission of tho Superintendent. The thiid nnd fourth years iu tho nendemy nro equally severe; but the men who have outlived the hardships of tho preceding terms r likely to survive nnd nro finally graduntod and their names sent to the War Depart ment, with the recommendation of I tlio Academic ISonrd for comutiesiou iu tho army. KISSIXU TMK 151 1! I.E. Ileotts Which l.lps of Presidents loiieheil When Sworn In. The liiblo on which McKinley too"; the oath of office as President of thn idled States is nn ituiisunlly hnnd omo nnd costly copy of tho Testa 'lent inntlo especially for the occasion in Ohio nnd presented to tho new i President by Pishoii Arnett, of Wil- lur force College, n colored institution iu tho Ptiekeye State, on behalf of tho African Methodist Kpiseopal Church. Its covers tire of l ine morot'eo wil h satiu linings, white satin panels an I etit edges wil h n gold plat'i in tito center, and is engraved with the lot lowing inscription : William MeKin . Icy, I'rosid. nt. of the I'nifod States of . America, Inaugurated March 4, 1S:I7, 1 The Look on which he was swnrn in to tho highest oliloo within tlio jjift i of the pcotdo was n matter of quite: I decided soul iinelit with President Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland asked tho I privilege) of being sworn ou a Iittlo I -l" - ' .. J VVi) mnLR ON WHICH M'KISr.rT TOOK THE OATff. red Bible which had been given to him by his mother in his boyhood, when he tlrst left the family rooftrec, nnd ho took the oath at tho beginning of both of his presidential terms nn this took, which be treasures fondly. Tho custom, however, has been for the United States Supremo Court to furnish tho Bible on which the Presi dent takes his olllcinl oath, and this tradition has been carried out by the clerk of the court ever since that tri bunal was established, except on the two occasions when President Cleve land was installed in olKce. Mr. Mc Kinney, Clerk of the Supremo Court, who has held the Bible ou which Oar Held was sworn and every President after him, has always marked the verse which the President touched with his lips, and after tho inaugural has pre sented the book made historic by thl eveut to the President or his wife. The first inauguration of (ieorgo Washington in the Federal buildinj. in New York on April 30, 178U, was delayed by the failure to procure a Bible. Just as the arrival of Wash ington was announced to Congress, Chancellor Livingston discovered that there was no Biblo in tha building. He was Master of St. John's Lodge No. 1 of Free Masons, and happened to remember that there was a Bible iu the lodge room. A messenger wus quickly sent to bring the book, and it i-i preserved to the present day uicouj tm relics of the lodge. The Sea duils. The big sea gulls, such as ara teen about tha harbor through the wiucer, come irom further nortii in the tall, and late iu the spring they go north , again, or far out to sea when the , weather is cooler and tho rUh upon which the gulls feed are more ahtiu i da nt. There are many fishes that : seek deeper, cooler waters in the sum ; mer, and the gulls follow them. There i nre smaller gulls, however, commonly called bluotibh gulls, that remain out ; side the harbor all iu turner. 2iew ; York Sun. e v -V iwn'rnryuiitnuy II 1 1 Ux, ' wit e s sv vrt i .r vwA ,',l . Jiir.si:iioi,i MAtiivits. A MNF.M I'll.I.'lW-l OVRtl. A dattitv squnre pillow has a rover of white, embroidered with smail sprnys of (lowers carelessly scattered over it. These are worked with wa-h-nblo silks in soft, pain colors. Tho pillow is finished with a four-inch ruffle of thn linen, tho odgo of which is worked in scall'.ps. TO rl.FAN OILCLOTH". Cut into pieces half a it ounce of beeswax, put in a saucer, cover en tirely with turpentine, nnd placo in thn oven until melted. After washing the oilcloth thoroughly with a flannel, rub the wholo surfnci) lightly with n bit of flannel dipped in melted war: and turpentine. 'I hen rub with a dry cloth. A polmh is produced, nnd tlin surface is lightly coated with tho wax. When tho lloor requires to bn cleaned, the wax is washed off, together with tho diit or dirt that may lnivo gnl lu red, white tho oilcloth is ore-si-ived. is s si'nsv wisnow. The sweet pea may bo used ns a lovely nnd fragrant screen against tlio ngliness visible from many windows, (liven a long, narrow box for this purpose, with a simple trellis work of ordinary wire or twine, well pulver ized and enriched earth, with n small addition of sand nnd n moderate amount of snnshine sweet pen vines being easiiy scorched, nnd if not ac tually dying, losing all their beauty in consequence aud a pretty window and a flagrant room mid plenty of blossoms for cutting maybe secured. A peculiarity of sweet peas is that the higher they nre trained tho morn pro fusely they will bloom, nnd if all fading blossoms aro removed beforo they can go to seed a constant succes sion of bloom is secure I. vm;v ii.usrv new i:r.DsrnrAis. Daintiness and perishability seem ti lie tho characteristics most sought af ter in the beibprends that bear ilif mystic stamp "imported." Tho late.-l nnd perhaps tho most frail is made o.' lino French Swiss over palo eolore 1 silk, pink, blue or yellow, tini-die I with a deep frill about tho edge, mi 1 with insertion or lionitoti laco iu a delicate pattern above. As is tiin caso with all the best hono hold fnrnishings, whether for the table or the bod, its beauty is made to de pend rat her upon exquisite fineness of material nnd perfection of finish than upon elaboration. Simplicity is con sidered essential to truo elegance, but, alas, it is the simplicity that means greater ou hiy than do tho more ornate designs. Silk beneath and cotton nbovo is always indicative of tho hi.-h-est degree of elegance, it is only tlio wealthy who can afford to hid - tiieir lino wares, and these lovely spreads are no exception to tiiu rule. Their lining mnst bo of tho best, nn.l their simplicity is only a cloak for a more generous expenditure than would be required for many a more showy cov ering. Nuw York Journal. ritrtiE-. Oatmctl Porridge Stir slowly on half cup of oatmeal into three cups of freshly boilitig water in double boiler ; add one-half (enspoonful of salt. Boil one hour nml servo hot with hot sugar and crcu.li, or sirup, as preferred. Orange Jelly Soak half box of phosphated gelatine au hour in cup o. water. Add cup of sugar, juice of three oranges and one pint of boilin r water. Slir, sweeten more if unttj right flavor, put in small cups of i.e. Turkey Pot Pie Wurm tho pieces oi turkey meat torn in strips as largo is possible in a Iittlo butter. Lay in centre of platter. Make a uio ?reom gravy with care, having it smooth and well scisoued. Dip pieces of stale bread or halves of baking pow der biscuit, and lay around the od'0, Serve hot. Corn-Drop Dnmplings Chop tin content oi a can of corn very ntie. Add two well-beaten eggs, two table spoonfuls of flour, a tablespoonful ot salt and one-eighth of a tublcKpoonful of peppor ; mix well and drop a tea spoonful nt a time into a kcttlo of boiling water ; let them boil for teu minutes and serve wit u the chickev. Fork and Potato Cakes To ono cup of lean, cold pork that has been chopped very fine add two cups of mashed potatoes. Season with ouu half tcaspoouful of salt, ono-qnurt -r teaspooniul paprika aud one teaspoon ful of onion juice. Form into cakes, dip into slightly beaten egg, roll iu sifted bread crumbs and fry iu saio.i ing hot fat nutil a golden brown. Baked Apples, with Walnuts Peel six large apples, scoop out the upper half of the cores ; place them upright in an earthen ilisti. Put into each cavity ono English walnut, broken in small pieces, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, one tea-poonful of bntter; sprinkle with sugar and pour in the dish one cup of cold water. Bake for twenty-five miuutei in a quick oven. Baked Cheese Pudding Two cup fuls of broken crackers or stale bread, one cupful of grated cheese, (iruyere or any mild variety ; place in a but tered baking dish alternate layers of crackers aud cheese, a dust of salt and pepper an l small pieces of butter. When the dish is full pour iu sufficient cold milk to two-thirls till the dish and baka !orty-iive luiaul.'s iu a hut oven. Milk Biscuits To one quart of flour add two heaping teaspoouiuis of bait ing powder, oue teaspoonful of salt. Bub in oho tublespoonful o.' shorten ing, mix with sweet milk, about oue and a half cups, into a soft douh. Knead lightly, roll oat into a sheet, cat into small biscuits, place in greased pans so they will not touch each other, brush with milk and bake iu a quick oven (or tea minutes. CONGRESSIONAL. Abstract of ths Important Mssmrti In Both Houisi. Miireli 2:1. - t.ess than two ?nrn represen tatives were In th.-lr seals to-ilsy nt 10 o'clock when the hotisn r'Hnit)lil under tlin special onler for thn consideration ol tint tarllf Mil. Ilefom prnm-Hinir with thnt.hnw ever, Mr. Wilson ( li-m. M. ('. i, npfinnrml at thn l.ar nnd was sworn In hy Mimsker ll'"'.!. Tim llrst sin nker nf the ilnv was Mr. Olh. sail ( Hep.. Teiin.,) In support of tho hill. .Mr. Inickery ( limn. Mo. i. nppnsnil thn Mil. Mr. Ni'wliinds, iSllverlln of Norsdni, then took lh Hour ns thn spokesman nf his par ty, which niiinl.ars tbr.'o members In tho house, March IM.-Tho tariff dnl.ntn In thn limisii was niinost ns .lull ns thn llrst. Them were two iiotatiln si nh'-s, nnn by Mr. Oros- v.-ni.r nt liliio nml thn other l.y Mr. MrMlllln of I nlitii ssi-.., hut thn rent of thn speeches, with thn poslliln exception ,f that of Mr. Wnlki-r of .Massachusetts, linnlly ornnteil n ripple on Dm monotonous sen of si.nnch iiinkltu.'. In thn Sennle thn ngrleiilliirnl appropria tion Mil was reported ju.,t ns it nmn from ' thn House. Mr. ( iiilom, licpuMh-iin, Illin ois, intro.biceil n I. Ill for n monument to Al.rahiim Mm-nln on thn Onttvsl.urir l.nttln. Held. Mr. Allen, Populist, Nebraska, follow ed up his attack of yesterday on elyll snrvlcn by thn Introduction of n bill to repeal thn civil service net, nil nets supplementary to It, nnd nil executive orders issued thereon. March M. Mm fourth nnd Inst liny nf thn general deluitnon the tiirliT hill brought forth n request nt thn opening of the session by Mr. Jtn i ley, democrat, Texas, for nu i xten sl.iti of two hours of tlin debute. Ho stated that ho hail been under treatment for sore throat and that It would bn Impossible for him to occupy ihn floor for nn hour to day. Mr. I'liyne, Hopiiblieini, xw York, oh. Jecteil to till' rcqucxt. .Mr. Tnlbert, Immncrnt, South I nrollnn, opened tlieili-.-iHslc.il In a 15-miuutti spench licnin-t the Mil. "I linmp " I lark i Hem. Mo.1, mndnonnnf his .'hnrni-terl-thi speeches ngninst tho bill. Jerry Simpson spoke iiallit tho bill. March ;. Tim real consideration of the tarifl bill began this morula";, when thn bill was thrown open f.,r sinnn.lment under tlin tlv-miiiiitn ruin. Thn lenders nn both sides worn in their places but thnrn wnrn hardly morn than 7U members on the floor. .Mr. l.Htihnm, ns soon as thn enacting clause of thn bill was read, moved to strike II out. Mr. Sherman, who was In thn chair, ruled that thn motion was out of order. Mr. Iio.-kery oilereil tho flrt nmnndmnnt. It was to the enacting elausn nnd was in thn nnturn of n proviso that whenever it was shown to thn siitisfnetiiin of tlin President that tlmrn wns n trust or combination to control thn f.ricn of nn nrlicii. on thn duti nl. In list, tlin duty on sti'-li nrti.-ln should bo suipctidcd. Mr. IHiigley made thn point of order that tlm amendment in eiTect was to thn fren list nnd ns the housn was now considering the dutiable llt It was not in order. 'l lm chair ruled Ihnt tlm lo.'kery nmnpd nicnt to tin. tarilT was out of order. .Mr. Iioekery appealed from llin decision of the chair. I In- ruling of the chair was sustain ed, KiK to KH. In tiin seiinln Senator Ouay Introduced a a batch of lifiy or innni bill-. They wero bills that hn had introduced at the last con gress, hut which had failed to become laws, and hn now starts them ngnlri on another tripthroim'h thn leislatlyn routine. Among tlm bills w-rn those for public building at A. 'Nee-port. Washington, Altoonn ami Wilk. sl.ui r". CYCLINO N0T3. Tlm Fren-li Touring Club lias .".1,0 ,0 mnm her. A bill for ten tnv itlon of lilcvdes has lie-in delcated in tlm Vermont Lcgisl.-iturn. Soap and walor am Ann tilings forsoilnl cork unrn, and nil lion ih tlm remedy is very siiii.y,tlijinim.s of riders luiv.i yat to dis cover if. It Is ritlrr.iteil that a blnylist enntravn over lirinnn miles nl (food road on his ivln-nl Willi le-s exertion Hum ho can walk four miles (111 foot. 1! ding after dark f ir pi 'asurn Is rrlil.l.l.ni fa Japan. An English writer ol.jn.-ts to such restrictions, but forgets that a cy -In cannot bn ri Men nfter I'J m. in Loudon' parks. Jilcy -linir snnins to havo n beneficial eiTacf nn liritish nrt. A criiiaof a r'cent exhibition slat'- that "..win, perhaps, to tho ragn lot cy 'lint , tlm nnutlcii!' works nrn less numer ous I hail u-ual this year, and smuluir iu sino." Thn transversa nrr.ingnmcnt of a serins ot metallii! -trips I. 't ween tlm intnrior of tlm air chii'iilicr an l tin tiire id of tlm tirn, in connection with a silk cor l nlo-igthi edges of thn st rips, s the sabjnet of a recent patent in nou-piiu .turabln bicy il.) tire-. If-r Is a hint which will prove most useful to novices when replacing tlin chain of their bicyclcst Jirlnif both ends together on thn top of front chain wheel, and It can easily Ira held in this position while tint rivat is being secured. Hnitlmt tlio Iittlo nut is carefully screwed home. To show what a bicycle can ho put to nnd what a cyclist oan accomplish, it is stated hat a young Australian recently rado from Coolirardle, In Australia, acro-is thn big .Inserts to Sociable, most nf tie) routn eon M'lingof wateriest strulelii-a of hundreds ot miles in length. A machine has bnnn Invented for measur ing cyclists Tor bicycles. All particulars as to reach of arms and leg, slwi of foot, etc., urn most cninfully noted, and thero is con sequently no necessity for ono upon receiv ing the in.iohliin being bothered to adjust it, nni repeat tlm experiment until comfort i obtained, that bolng at once ossurad. A convertible tundom Is one of thn novel ties of tim y,ur. A novelty coupling and hlngo make It posMnlo to change it double diamond into a drop-frame front and dia mond rear, or the dlumon.1 front and drop rear, or a double drop frame, liy removing thonnniral portion it can b.i ma. to into a single bicycle, and this cuu. be made either Uiuinond or drop, at will. . A point of advantago to nvelists Is found In a new pump connection which is said to lit all pumps, the manufacturers having adopted the stnndanl thread, Thn gain in this direction Is that If ono is out without a pump, mill 111.) tire Iwcomes deflated, any ordinary pump may bit used. It is very rare, ly, nd.ieil, that a wlio-;l.nnn gets any distnueu without mooting souiu oue who has a kit, Ths Tobaoon Habit. In IS'.ll the official physl.-laii of Vale nni. versity reported that in ciuss '47 students he had foiiud that in four years the 77 who did not u.sn tobacco surpassed the 7(1 who did us it to tlm extent of 10.4 per cent in in crease, in weight, 'H per cent iu Increase f height nnd '-'ii.7 per cent In increase of chest girth. luthesaaiB period at Amherst col lege it was found that the absiuiuent from tobacco gained '.'4 per rent Iu weigbnt, HI pen-cut iu height and 42 per cent iu chest girth. Hut the most striking revelation from the statistics was that respecting lutui capacity, tint Amherst abstainers having gained 73 per e. lit over thn tobacco users, wniie ut Vale the uverugn guii, wag 77.5 put Japan Is a literary country, with a history el writing mul literature sinco ut least A. Ii. 7IX bust year the number of books pun. Ilnhe.1 wns M,Vi:, ot wlu.-ii aO.tlUO were trans, luilous or can i llations. J.aw led Willi ,Ju, religion followed with 4,lsa. palming and sculpture hud 3, Oct), music l.wj, letters, novels, stories, ariti.-li.ins, etc.. 1,112 Hilt-a. In the course ol nu Interview .granted Dy LI li ung t b.uig to nil Kiiglixli journalist on hie return to ( bins, it appeared thm the viceroy does not peiguiiauy object to mis sionaries, mi 1 admits that their hospitals huve Ueeti u rautcriul erviee, but hn re sents thuir endeavors lu educate I'hiuesa wuaioa.
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