V-V: KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDHStH CALLED TO CHICAGO. Sr. Thorp Offered th Chair of Hiftory tl tht University There. Trufiwor Francis Newton Tho-po, ona of tin vouniri'St of til" members of tin" fii'-ulty of the Vnlvorslty of Pennsylvania, lias Ix-on honored Py a mil to Ihii I'lilversiiy of (Id niKo, to ovupy tint chair of history In lliat university, whl'di tin 1111s nt present tit the University of I'entisvlviinlii. lln nil re quests lilm to a-eepl the post and enter ut- n ills new duties nt onnn and lie has niiout !- olded to n 't. It In likely, liowvor, tlmt will iitlnii" In hi nre'sent duties until the clnso of tin) ti'rin nnd itn to I hl 'iuro In the summer In time for tlm lull oponin::. l'rofessor Thorpe lm been very activo In IIih I nlver-lty ii work In the nix years III widen, lie turn llilod the chair of American history. ll In tin- nutlior of several historical works, Iirlnclpnl of which nre, his 'History of th 'eople of tho V lilted Stat n treatise," nml n serli-s ot similes on "Mate t (institution. Itoth of those have gained widespread niton tlon nnil have won lor hltn considerable, ills tliu'tion. Illi resignation will lu received ut l'ennsylvnulu with rent r-irret. A twrplnr entered the t M'denoe of liev. Father Ueifnory, of Ht. . u . ih'tm ( ntlmllR church, South Enston, win... he wan In tlm I'lnneli ndlolninu huldlnir service. II" was discovered liy M-. .Mary Iterirnr, of Mouth llfthli'ht m, nml Minn Mary Jacqiuiln, who wore In tho house with Mrs. Hennery, tlm nirril mother of tho priest, who is lyiiur nt tlm point of dcnth. Ho pointed n pistol nt the women ami tnhl them to ke' ipilot, hut they scrcnnied nnl their cries were heard In the hur'h. Thin lirnuiiht several momhers of the I'huir Into tho hoiiso nnil the liurirlur find. Il Kot t'21, the morning "olli-i-Uoii, which lny on i tnliln near the window through which ho had entered, A notice wan posted nt tho Western File Works nt lienver Falls to the elTeet tlmt th plant would resume operatlonn full handed on April il". Them lartfii works have liosn closed down since (Motor Inst. When rnn iilrilt full employment In given to nuout 8'0 persons, no thnt n notice of resumption In Kind news to many families. With the re sumption of the (lie workn every Important Industry nt Denver Falls, with one exception, will be in operation. That exception in the Slayer Pottery Workn, which wns burned last fall, tut It in beiiijf rebuilt blut-er nml belter than ever nnd will be la operation by the 1st of June. (leorire Huchannn, colored, of New Hnven, wnn arrested In Wheeling byoOlcertiitrdener for murder, lie having hot'iind kllletl Henry Smith, colored, nt Cnnonliin( last .Inly, Veiinsylvniiiii olllcern nrrived nnd lluchnriiiii wnn taken Imck. Smith boarded with ltiirhnmin nt New Hnven. Ono uiuht while the wife wan nt church, the two men iiinr reled and the husband shot hlnllh twice, kill Iuk hlui. He then enenped. (leorite Murphy, n passenger brakernnn on the Colimii'lil and l'ort lieposlt llmlrund, tiindon mirnciiloun enenpe from iuntitul death it Columbia. lie stepped from the engine on which he wan riding in front of n dralt of cam whli-'h were lieiiiu shifted down n nidine. He wan rolled fifty feet, He wnn picked up Insensible nnd taken to the hospital. He id injured internally, but may recover, Kfl'ortn lire tieinit mad" to form n pool lietween the Aitooim Iron Companv, the l'ortai;e Iron Companv, of lliineaiisville; the Hollidaysburir Iron and Nail Company, find tho Klennor Iron Company, the four lendim; Iron concern in Ilinlr county, for the manu fnctiirink' of mill Iron, The Cambria Iron Company furnace, nt (inynport, may be upernted by the Joint lutereetit. Klttnnnini; presbytery of tho rresbyterinn church held a two 'days' session at Indiana. Hev. Iir. II. 1. Wllnon, of AlleKheny 'llieo IokIcuI seminary, nnd Fililey i'. Wolf, of Klltnnnint', were chosen commissioners to the treneral assembly, with l)r, S. V. Sliilcr, of Saltsl 'Hru, and S. C, Lewis, of ludiaiin, an alternates. ItnLert Elliott, of Knst llrady, n brakernnn oil tho Allegheny nlley riiilroinl,rell between the ears at W ood Hill and wan instantly kill ed. Th" bodv was cut in twain. An Iniiui st wan held by Coroner Snowden nud the rail road companv was al solved from till blaiiiu. i;iliott leaves n wife nnd family. Hev. .lohn M. Mllller. of tho Methodist T'plscopal i.-hurch nt tirceiivilie, has n signed Ids puetoraie on account of ill health. He will i.o to .iacksoi.vilie, l;la., where he will take chnrgo ol the Trimty Methodist church of Hint city. Her. L. I, Hudcr, of tlmt city, Will occupy (he pulpit. The I.onpmond Iron fompnny nnd the Conshohocken Tube company, of Coiinho liocken, have irone into the hands of receiv ers. The failure in the largest that him ever occurred in this county. Liabilities will amount to about 300,OUO. The a,-cta will not be over 100,001). Hev. N. Lucoock, X. D., of the I'lttsbnrR oonference, lias resigned the pnntornte of the Smithllcld Street M. K. church, l'lilsbur, to tnke clinrife of the L'nion M. E. church, St. l.oilla, Mo. llr. Lilcmick is one of the most brilliant nud scholarly ministers la the M. K, church. One of the largest timber deal In ninny yearn has just been cloned by the purchase of Uti.OOO ncre of timber land In Center. Clin ton, Union and Lycoming cou ntlen, ubout 110 miles east of lmllufoutu. M. H. Kulp II Co., f Hhatnokiu, are the purchasers. Three masked men entered the house of John WuhIIuk, a merchant at Kvurson, and carried away tHOO, The (obhers knocked at the door, which wnn opened by Whaling, whom they intimidated with revolvers, forcing him to bund over the money. Sirs. Catharine Conley, of I'lttsburg, has laid claim to a tract of land In Merer coun ty, worth 1(10,000. It was granted to he.- father by the government for services lu the war of lain, .Mm. Conley bud not heard of the fortune until recently, blie is ever Hi. The woods surrounding the Khnmokln Powder Company's works, at Irish Valley, were set ou lire uud the flumes soon crept towards the magazine. Although in danger of being blown up any minute, a gang of men finally saved the mill. Every officer in the Sixth Heglment. Xn- tiounl Ounrd ot l'eiinsylvunia, tins written to Colonel Perry E. Washnbuugu requesting him to make a strong enort to to Have the regiment selected to represent the brigade lu Mew Vork on April il. Carrollton Adams, ot North llranch. Wyo ming county, was shooting at a target when lie ac.ulduutuiiysuot his wife in the Head, kill ing her instantly. He was Immediately ar rested to await Investigation by the coroner. The miners of the Essen Coal company, ot Federal, held a meeting nnd decided uot to Igo to worn uuuer tue ironciuu. iney asseu Jfur fiu cents, which the coninauv is wiillnir to pay under the 10 per oeut piau.' The main of the rottsvillo Water company burst at St. Clair, nnd before the great How lot water was checked, a portion of the road- iced of the Handing nullwuy s 41111 ureek branch was swept away. .Workmen remodeling Westmoreland coun- lty oourt house, at Ureenstnug, found many Eumeui aocumeuiB oeariug iiie signatures o leorge Wnshiiigtou, WUilaOi i'euu and Kluf leore. It wns accidentally discovered the other (day that several boys In the First ward Bunool at Mew caHtie were m tue uuuii oi karrylug revolvers into school. I Kittle nuue s uouse, at jonnstown.wastna boene of a night of drunken revelry, nnd in the morning one of the participants burned it down. The loss is about 01,000. I Grimes Mattoi, an Irwin merchant, was peld up by three men, but recoguli-.ed uue'f (voice and named him and all fled. The next aT he was assured It wr I all olta. CONGRESSIONAL Abitraot of the Important Mesiurss la Both Homes. April 12. The Hennt" met nt noon fur the llrst time nlncn the death of er-Senntor Voorhees, who, until n recent day wnn a con spicuous member of th" body. Th" opening prayer of llev. I'r. Mllbiirn, the blind "Imp lain, mail" eloitienl reference to Mr. Voor hees' brilliant tiilenls.linpiinsloned nrilor.elo nui'in'o, geuuiiie patriotism and the nnselllsh liedlcatlon of his great powers to eviy cause, human and divine, which enlisted his care, fiivln" eonnohitloii w.m Invokeii lor the fatuily of the man who had inwrlbed his nam" on the tablets which perpctunted the great orators and statesmen of bin genera tion. Immediately following Ihn prnver Mr. (lor. man, of Marj land, moved that an n mark of res; t to their bit" associate the Senate ad journ, adding tlmt many Senator ilnlrcd t ntteiid the funeral. I he motion prevailed, and at VJ-tt'i p. m. the senate adjourned. April IS. Senator Chan ller Introduce'! Ills bills empowering the secretary of the nnvv to take possession of the armor plnnln of th" Itethli'hem and th" Carnegio contpn nlss. He Intends that th government nhnll tiiK" only th" ll' thh'hem plant and use It to complete th" I'oW lllilllilshed war Vessels, .lust compensation shall be mild" through the court of claims. Senator chandler f scheme seem to meet only with rl leule. April 15. The Chipmunk oil Holds, the Seneca oil company and th" Seue. a nation of Indians In W estern Nov ork occupied tlm attention of the Senate for several hours th: morning, and Senator yuiiv not only ex posed some alleged shady transactions be tween the oil eoiiipnuy nml th" council of the nation regarding nn oil lease, but at the nairni time secured nctlon by the Senate designed to render null and void n h ne which the company secured from the coun cil of the Indian. It was the Indian appropriation Mil that wnn under consideration uud the Senr.to spent the day on it. Til" Indian bill wan not completed when at 6 o'clock tilt Semite ndjotirncd to Mon day. April 1.1.- llcpresentntlvn Smith, of .IcITer- on, called up the libel bill to-ilny and pro. posed numerous ntnendinents. II" wu. suc cessful in haxlng them adopted, and advanc ing tli" bill to the third reading calendar. The amen Imei-.tn provide Unit If the matter regarded us libelous Is substantially true, published with good motives and for J'lstl- llllble end?, the defeiidllllt shall be n' iUltted, but the jury shad deterinlne the law and thi facts, lu no case Is the defen.'.nnt to be in dieted fur tirinliiig and publishing the snine li"VI In more than one county ol the com monwealth. Hi" commonwealth is nlso given th" right to stand aside Jurors. The liou.-e refu-ed to pa-s a bill doing swav with the publication of the sherllT s flection proclamation by voting the measure down. An amendment to the compulsory education net proposed by Mr. Hammond, of Vi estmoreliinil, was passed en second reading. It Increases th" ag" limit of pupils from 13 to HI years, permits school diiei toi'H nr controllers to designate spri'tal school? for olTenderi', truants or disobedient pupils, mid requires n gl-tralion of all pupils by the ilteiidaiice olllcer nml a report of the all. lentcs. This, completed th" morning ses lioii. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. April l:l. -The Walton cnplt.d bill passed llnally in the house to-day by a vote of 1411 to il'i.'and the senate promptly concurred in the amendment. Th" measure w hich now goes to the governor for his slu'iiature, came up this morning on a s ml order. Mr. Smith, of lleiifoni, moved to go into commit tee of 111" whole Tor the consideration ot his amendment, which limited to ill o.diio the cost of furnishing and dccoriiting tho build ing. Alter a short debate the motion was ileftnted by HI yeas to it'j uuys. Mr. Ilobn.of Allegheny, then moved to go Into eommltten of the whole to amend by providing for an unricx to tlie cast wing of the proponed building, to be ciuipp"d at a cost of not morn tlinn t2.i.000, wuh a l imit to furnish lieiil and light lor t.li" public building. llarrlsbiirg, April, M - After n desultory Stiugu'l". luslllig three hours, the new Cllpl tol bill passed the liniisu (.a second reading without a division. In the Senate the following Mil were In troduced: Mr. ilyde, I'.ik, authorizing eon traeis between overseers of the poor lu nu borough or township In c. unities not having county poor houses and tin a"C -;' in charge of the poor in ndjoiu. it unties having county poor houses. Mr. auu'hiiu, Ivnckiiwann, nllou.ug tho matiufacturo nnd sale of oleomargarine un der certain conditions, requiring the article to be colored a noii.poisonous, deep green, and Increasing the minimum line from f :iuu to .0( and the penally of II) to : days to uot excelling six mouths for t lie llrst olVeuso and providing for two years Imprisonment for every subsequent olTcnse. The Senate adjourned ou the bill requir ing all eoiigrcsxinjitl. Judicial and legisla tive candidates to Im nominated ut primary elections by ballot, which wus on filial pas sage April 14. The Senate got down to busi ness at 11 o'clock, but there was very little work done during the lira! hour. Then the resolution to investigate the workings of the Central Ilallroad of New Jersey nnd the ilkcsbarre nnd I.ehlgli were reported negu tlvelv. This resolution alleges that the two companies are really one, nnd that the Intter company has failed to pay tlie state taxes to tlie amount ot many minions oi uoiiarn. The auditor general, lu a letter to the com mlttee, says that no money is due the State for taxes from this oorapany. senutor (lib. con, the author of the resolution, made a long speech lu fsvor of it. He was interro gated by several senators, but did not seem to be able ta satisfactorily answer Uniques. Hons. A vote was taken on the resolution, and It was defeated bj a vote ot thirty to three. The followlni Mils were Introduced: Jly Mr. Thomas An ant supplementary to au act to provide lor the better government of the cities of the first clnss In this Common wealth, llv Mr. Jlillelnen An act to securo better ventilation, wiring nud lighting of public schools, by Mr. liecker Au act to provide for better government lu cities ot the nrst class. At 12:45 the Senate took up the calendar, nnd the llrxt hill pu final passage wus the hill entitled" An act providing Hint all enndidaten IM Congressional, Judicial nuu legislative i ib trict be nominated at primary election." 1 TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON. A Caloswl Monument to be Dedicated In ritlladelphlu. On the lSth df May a colossal monument will be dedicate 1 to General Washington In the city ot l'hlladolphln, and tho coretuouj will be one of imposing character. Borne idea of the magntflcenoe of the mon umeut may be ierlved from the fact thut its aost will fall little short of 60O,OOO. As a work of art, It is even superior to the Grunt monument in Haw York Citv. More tnau elgbty-a'.x years have elapsod siuoe the movement to erect a haudsoms memorial pile to General Washington lu the city ot fiitladelphla llrst started, nud the original ulnuoers of the enterprise have loilfl since passed away. The llrst subscription to tue luud was made lu Jim, nml otnors ioi lowed in rapid succession; but tho movement beuau to lag ulter a few months, and il looked attoaettine us It the monument would never b erects I. Finally, however, the great enterprise has been successfully com pleted, aud the towering pile nt ir.itrbie which Penntylvanlii on Muy 15 will dedicate to the vtnues of General Waslilugton is iu every respeot worthy of Ike pu'.rlotio iua puis wkicu Inspired It. BisbepT. D. Huntington (Eplsoopal) of Byraevse, has eoullrmed 8'i,000 persons during tue HI yean of bit eplscoata. MAY DAY. t'KSTIVAIiOF TIIK MiOWF.K, ITS ORIUIX AMonSKKVAN( K. Mnr Iny 4(1(1(1 Ycnra Ago- l lto lny In Ktypt, t'lilnn, Mexico and I'cru Oltl Ciistoinn In I'oiinertlotl Uilh tho llollilny. FOn the i it joyr compd OH the origin of May Dny with yon associations, wo nre llcil to co buck to n time ( wik'u men perHiiuitioil l no powers o? untiiro nml culled tUcru poila ami poildesse. How far Imck tliogoil lies of Hie tlower wn mlorcil nt tlie sen'on when tho cnrlh Jitit ou her green inntitlu with it llornl BjinnRle of every line, wo do not know, for the earliest records rienk of nuprinp; festi val m a u instittttiou alremly well es tablished nud evou then liuowu from iiKire nticient timcK. The Kgyptinni inn.lo picture of evcrythitip, bo it, is. not sttrpriKitig thnt nmong the pnitit in on tho walls of their catacombs there should ho found some which, from the ai:eoiupnuimcutn of (lowers, nurlnnds nud wrenth, nre judged by the nntimiuriiiti to lie of a spring fes tival, n least of Honors. May Day is thereforo nt least 4"0I) jenr old. When trnees of Mny lny are discov ered in tho earliest nges of l'?ypt and nt the dnnn of history in Ureece, ninoUR the KtrttscnuH, nmong the Cell of tho ltlione nnd the (lerninna of the thine, in Scandinavia nud Wales and Irelnnd, among the untivea of the In dian retnusiila nnd muoug the Abor- iiiuG.s ol America nnd Australia, nml New (iitinen, the conclusion in unfa thnt such a custom i of universal ob servance nnd remotest nntionity. So it in it v bo thnt the (Jlnticso nre not in extravagant ns they seem when they el aim t lint May 1 ny originated in the Celestial I'mi'ire 1)0,01)11 yenra before MAY PAY PANCP. OF LONDON nOOTm.ArKS. the flood, being instituted by tho never-to-be-enoiifih-prnisod Emperor (.'hi-When, who was fond of (lowers nnd employed exactly 1,000,000 men to tnke care of his gnrdou. I.ieitviug, however, the claims of tho Riorums Chi-Wbeo to be defended by hi own people, it is worth remember ing thnt a festival, iu many particu lars benring a close. rcRcmblnuoo to our May Day, was celebrated all over Italy and the south, or l.urope nt tho beginniug of the Christian era, when every one who could spare tho time went into the wood nml HoIiIh for a day's ouling, gathered flowers and re turning laid them ou tho nltnrs of I'lora. H is also interesting to know, that on these occasions the goddess of flowers was personated by a young girl, the prettiest who could bo liutud, who, during the day, received tho homage of her friends and was crowned with tho spoils of tho IIoUIh, a genuine Quoon of the Muy. As cities grow, it became inconvenient to go far into the uonutry, for tho excursion steamers and railroad traius packed lull of pleasure seekers were not, and a substitute was found by bringing a treo into town, setting it in tho ground in a publio place, decorating it with flowers, which the country people, in the hope of gaining shekels, or oboli or denarii, or whatever other coin was legal tender for debts publio and pri vate in the neighborhood, were easily THE IMNCK OF THE induced to bring in. Thus, in the May pole is seen the descendant of the green tree, and the dancing about it in circles is explained by the fact thnt tho only way to danoe around it at all is in a circle, and also, perhaps, the cirolo has always had a tuyetio signifi cance, being much used iu charms and incantations. From authors of our own tongue we may glean almost innumerable refer ences nnd allusions to the pretty cus tom of hallowing the May Day, and we also learn that loss than 200 years ago the Mny pole was as indispensable iu every English village ns the stocks or the pillory. When tho Puritans cutuu into power tho May Day dancing and flower gathering were tubooed nnd May poles wero all out down, Hut alter grim old Oliver passed away tho people begun to amuse themselves again, erected taller May poles than were ever known before, aud danced about them harder than ever, lint, as often happens in such eases, when nobody opposed the May Day aud its pole, both soon fell into "iunoouous detuctude," aud now there is hardly s I Mny pole to be found in all England. The custom of remembering tho day, however, still survives, and little girls wearing garlands, nnd enrrying with them n doll decorntcd with tlower, termed the "Lndy of the Mny," still go nbottt the town on this tiny, pre senting their doll to tho passera-by us a modest hitt for halfpence. III i t v WaI wSp MAV DAY IN THE It is a strange circumstance that the chimney sweeps and bootblacks of IiOUdon should be the only people iu that great metropolis who now do honor to the .Mny liay. When l'epys wns keeping his journal the whole court used to go out nt stinrisu to gather flowers nud wash their faces in dew for good luck and looks, but the custom gradually fell iu caste until dually it remains only among the dregs of society. Every Mny Day, however, it in religiously observed by the street boys, who, with greeu branches or leaves in their hands, pa rade to tho music of a II fo aud drum, nttended by tw-j or threo figures fan tastically attired nud a "jack iu tbe x," whboo is indispensable to the oc casion. Who the jack originally rep resented, or what was the significance of his presence ou so joyous an occa sion, can not now be ascertained, but he is nlways on hand, aud in dillerent countries assumes dillereut forms. From street to street goes tho littlo procession of ragged nud dirty folk, halting here nnd there to dance nud caper nbottt, whilo one of the cumber diligently passes tho lint to collect such pennies us the spectators feel like contributing, but, poor uud dingy ns it may be, it is ono of tho survivals of the grand parades iu honor ot Flora, of which umpcrors nud kings were proud to be a part, Iu France there are more remains of tho old-time customs, and even to the present day tho dance of tho milk maids marching in procession with their cows is seen in soorcs of villages nt thi season. That tho ditnco origi nated with dairy people is unques tioned, aud it wus probably onco lim ited to their numbers, . but now it is participated in by any young women who choose, the ouly reipiisitu bciug that they shall near a dairy maid's hut, When tho uolc was at tho hoiclit of its glory iu England it was nlso in great favor in tho Low Conutrios, where May poles ns high as tho mast of a three-decker were olten set up. Some, turned iuto llogstnlT, still re main, and their former use may often be ascertained from tho remains of the paint with which they were formerly iloeoratod, for tho Dutch wero artistic, and, besidos decorating their Mny poles with stripes of red, white and blue, like barbers' poles, tboy often ornamented the top with an iton band, which, at the time of tne annual festi val, was covered with flowers, thus makiug a very prosentablo wreath, A tub containing a tree or shrub was oo- MILKMAIDS IN FltOVENCE. casionally substituted for the wreath, but as the tub was hard to get up and easy to full down, it was not in much favor. In the quiet country districts of France, Germany and Italy there are still queens of the May, young girls who are on this day crowned queens of the festivities. A little floral arbor is provided, in which the queen sits in slate all day long, taking no part in the festivities ; no one speaks to her ; save a bow or courtesy in passing, no one pays her any special attention, and the sitnatiou would soeut rather dreary, but tho honor of tho position has compensations, and at every May Day there is lively competition among the various candidntej. In many parts of Europe the May festival tukes the form of games and athletlo sports of various kinds. In England there were formerly the llobin Hood games among the country peo ple, whioh kept alire the memory of the merry outlaw and his oompauions. Various persons, dressed in obaraoter, enacted in an open square panto mime representing some scene obotsn A from the ballads which are the princi pal literary survivals of the famous hunter. Every entertainment, at one time or another, has a contest in arch ery ns a special feature, a peculiarity of the Hwiss gntr.es also, whioh have probably inherited this part of their programme from the exploits of Wil liam Toll. DAYS OF CJ:9Ut. It is a singular fact, as showing not only the university of the custom, but also the fact that all the varieties probably had one origin, that many of the features of the celebration in countries very widely separated are almost identical. The Chinese, as well as tho English, hnd a Queen ot the May, while iu Mexico aud Fern, the llt'KKN OP XIII! MAY IS F.lTIIorE. crowniugof a young girl with flowers nt tuts eenson is a hint of the sniM thing, Whilo there seems nothing so transient ns n jovial custom like this, nothing is, iu reality, more perma nent, nnd tho manner in which appar ently frivolous nnd meaningless colo brations nre handed down from parents to onililrou, irom rnoo to nice, consti tutes one of tho bonds which unite us to romoto ages nnd countries fur dis taut from our own. A NAIION OF UKAIlKltS. That Is Why Many Amnrlcnn Houses Now Have a I'lbrury. Thero muy be one or two countries where the pcrccutugo of illiteracy is lower thnn in tho Unitod States, but there is no country more deserving to bo called a nation of renders. The peasantry of other lands rarely make a practioo ot reading ; but in America the laborer, the artisan and the farmer are ardout readers of tho daily nowBpapers, and often ot clues publi cations, even if they do uot venture into tho flold of general literature. Tho magazines owe tboir enormous oiroulation to their widespread love of reading, there being dozens of them that sell more than a hundred thou sand copies evory mouth, thus proving that they must go into millions of households. The tromendous and ever-increasing output of books is another testimonial of tho habit of the people. This growth of love for reading must to a great extent influence their lives for the better; and although it by no means follows that a library will make readers, there oun be no denying the fact that a convenient and comfortable room, with something of artistio sim plicity and finish about it, set apart nsosrrcrrvB Tiptr, and dedicated as a library, encourages and fosters tho hublt of reading, Tuat this is geuerully known and appreci ated is shown by the fact that of late years a very large proportion of the houses built contain a room set apart tot that purpose. It is well within the memory that when a house con tained two rooms on the first floor in addition to the dining-room, one was ffPHfl iffi tf' called "front parlor" nnd the other "back parlor," or, more euphoniously. perhaps, pnrlor and reception room. At the present time, however, one of the rooms is almost invariably dubbed tue library," oven if it has only a beggarly array nf books. Jt is meet and fitting that tho li brary should boa general sittic groom and the placo where (holiest ot tun home life centres. Most plans thnt nre drawn now give the library one of tho choicest locations in the house, nnd full advantage is taken of this fact in tho fitting nud furnishing of tho room. Keds nnd browns nro (ho most pleas: ing colors, but these mny be shaded t light fawn color, terra cotta, or warm yellow if nccessnry. There mny be n panelled ceiling nud hardwood floor, the latter covered with rich Oriental rugs, if means permit. Of courso these are not essential ; some of tho most de lightful libraries have merely papered ceilings, aud floors covered with cheaper carpets or dark mattings. Ju a new house where everything is planned from the beginning, the prob lorn of fitting the library is compara tively simple InK'tead of movable; bookcases, which are always cumber- FIRST FLOOR. some, low shelves should be arranged nround tho wntls as permanent fix tures, or they tnny he carried up to tho ceiling to All odd corners. Dust is a great enemy of books, nnd to keep this out is the excuse many people) give for stinking to the old-fashioned way of having bookcases with glass doors ; but this end is just as well ob tained by placing cscnloped leather valances on the shelves, or hanging at tractive India silk enrtnius in front of them. The central feature of the room should be an elegant library table for books nnd magazines, a desk rnado for writing and not for niero display, ons or two straight-backed chairs, several ensychnirs nnd a comfortable lounge. The attached plan shows that the architect has provided n most attract ive library, finished in cherry, with, flooring of maple, the whnlo room londing itself to the most artistio furnishing, and that without a great outlay of money. The nrrungomcnt nnd sizes of the rooms nre shown by tho floor plant, the width of tho house being forty- SECOND FLOOE. four feet four inches, and depth, in eluding vcrundu, tweuty tivo foct two inches. This design ran be built in the) vicinity of Now York for about three thousand five hundred dollars, thoutrh in muny seotions of the country tho cost should bo much less. Copyright 181)7. Why Hell Chatelain, the traveler in Africa, saya that among the 300,000, 000 of people in the Dai k Continent. ! 50.000.00U are slaves. 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