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HOUSEKREPER.

BoM.ED Beer FROM SoUP.-The beef to
ken FROM Soup may be utaliEed in various
ways The best way to employ boiled beef
is to cut it, cold, into slices of extreme thin.
ness, dressed with buttered toast, or else to
eat it as a salid, the dressing to be seasoned
with plenty Of herbs.
A TH1N shawl may be made warm by fold
ing q newspaper inside it. The paper ia
imperviOus to the wind and cold air from
out side, and prevents the rapid escape of
the warm air from beneath IT, If you suf-
fer from cold feet, told piece Of newspaper
over your stockings
To REMOVE DIRT FROM THE Eye Take
q hogs bristle double 90 as to form loop
lift the eye-lid and gently insert the loop up
over the ball, which will occasion no disa-
greeable feeling. Now close the lid down
upon the bristle, which may now be with
drawn. The dirt will surely be upon the
bristle.
To STEW Fowl WITH ONIONs. w ash
it clean, dry and truss il az for boiling, put
little pepper and salt into it, rub it With q
bit Of butter, rs also the saucepan I; put 10
with the fowl pint Of veal stock or water,
& little pepper and salt, turn il now and then
and when it becomes quite tender, add IL or
| 6 small onions, and let them stew for half
an hour young fowl will take one hour,
and an old one three hours to stew.
PLAIN CAKE.-Two cups of -four, one
cup Of sugar, two eggs, one half cup Of but
ter, half c1p Of sweet milk, half teaspoon
full of soda, and one of cream tartar sifted
With the flour. Bake slowly 10 an oven not
too hot, and cover with paper until nearly
done The paper, if put on when the cake
is first set into the oven, prevents Il from
rising ia the middle and bursting opeR-
This last i good rule for all cake.
FoR THE SIcK-RooM.-Th' following 70 =
cine makes a deliciOusy ref.e lGy wash i'm
the sick-room, and cools the r2Lilg leNu
Take Of rosemary, WormTvod, laVende4,
rue, sage and mint, large handful of each.
Place in a stone jar, and turn over it one
gallon Of strong cider-vinegar, cover closely,
and keep near the fire for four days, then
strain, and add one once Of pounded cam
phor-gum. Bottle and keep tightly cork
ed.
There is French legend connected with
this preparation (called viaaigrs a QHGtrs
UoteursJ. During the plague at Marseilles,
a band Of robbers plundered the dying and
the dead without injury to themselves They
were imprisoned, tried, and condemned to
die, but were p4rdoned on condition of dis
closing the secret whereby they could ransack
houses infected with the terrible seOurge.
They gave the above recipe.
Ii ID very aromatic and refreshing In the
siek-rOOm 50, if it can accomplish nothing
more, il is Of great value to bOu0ekeepsr&
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Giants of the Olden Tina.

In one Of bis regent lectures, Professor
Silliman the younger, alluded to the dis
pvery Of the skeleton ofaa enormous lizard,
Of eighty feet Frem this tho professor nm
ferred, as no living specimen Of such mag
nitude has been found, that the species which
it represents haaSbapue degnerated The
verify Of his position be endeavored to Gu
force BY sllusion to the well known existence
Of giants ID eldes times. The following is
the list upon, which the singular hypothesis
IS based: .-.... s-.... -..-...
The giant exhibited at Rouen, in 1880,
the professor says, measured nearly eighteen
feet. Fif
Gorapias saw girl that was ten fees
high l.--r4. it t-a
The giant Galabra, brought from Arabia
to Rome, under Clandibus Cesar was ten
fset high.
The giant Feregus, slain by Orlando,
nephew Of Chsrlemagne, was twentyeight
feet high. ~.
In 1914, near St. German, was found
the tomb Of the giant Isorant, who WIS mot
less than thirty feet high.
In 1880. near Rouen, was found a skeltou
whose skull held bushel Of corn, and who
was nineteen feet high.
The giant Bacart was twenty-five feet high;
bis thigh bones were found in I7O4, near
the river Moderi.
In 1928, near the castle IN Dauphine, q
tomb was found thirty feet long, sixteen
wide, and eight high, on which was cut in
in gray stone these words: = Kintolochus
Rox." The skeleton was found entire,
twenty-five and quarter feet long, ten feet
across the shoulders, and Eve feet from the
breast bone TO the back.
We have no doubt that there were
giants in those days." and the past was per-
haps more prolific in producing them than
the present But the history oflgiants dur
ing the olden times was not more remarkable
than that Of dwarfs, several of whom were
even smaller than the Thumbs and Nuts Of
our own time.
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LIQUID Fuel in England

We clip the following from the Me-
eAanies Megazins
"The question Of generating steam by
means Of liquid fuel has not progressed dur
ing tho year just closed 20 much as might
have been auticipased from the stir that was
made abput it during 1868. The truth is
that the question received an impetus from
the Circumstance that railway retrenchment
and economy led for time to the use Of IN
creosOrted sleepers This caused cresOte to
become drug in the market, and the pro-
ducers net their wits TO work to devise means
Of getting rid Of their accumulating stock.
Inventors also followed, and for a while the
liquid fuel question promised great issues
But railways have taken to CreosOting again,
and the matter has 10 Q certain extent died
out. Not but what in many instances
liquid fuel il still used, but its application
IN this direction is far from general The
question, however, has taken a very impor-
tant turn i'm another direction, as has been
recorded In our columns. This il the appli-
cation Of liquid fuel to metaIlurgical pur-
poses, which has been so successfully carried
out by Mr.. Dorset in Woolwich and
Chatham dockyard Mr.. Dorset first ap-
Piled bis system Of burning liquid fuel to a
plate bending furnace at WOOlwich, witt
such excellent results that the authorities
directed its adoption at Chatham. There it
is at work Ia two furnaces in one it is heat
ing small PiaAss for bending for gen.
eral work, and in another il is heating
armorplates for bending for the Sultan, now
in course of construction in Chatham dock
yard This 10 most valuable application Of
this principle of burning liquid faei
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sliding through the open space, ID accelerated
ln Its scent by the mass of lead that sur
rounds it, and falls uStb dreadful rapidity,
which is moreover, increased By the action
OF polished steel rollers running in copper
grooves hzed inside the upright posts. In
It's fall il just shAves the surface Of the
lunette, and 10 finally stopped BY two springs
covered with discs Of India rubber. which
deaden the sbeck and prevent noisc. The
reader will now comprehend With what sim
pilclty and, security the guillotias accom-
pushes It's terrible work. TIE criminal, hav-
ing mounted the scafold, finds himeeIf in
mont Of the vertical bsscule, which extends
nom just above bis ankles 70 the middle Of
n,s breast, and facing him also is the lunette,
with its movable portion raised. The exc.
cutoner pushes the bascule. which falls into
toe horizontal position, and then pushes it
along the table; the bead Of the victim
seems, as il were, 10 THROW ieeelf into the
ssmIeirsalaf opening of the lnnette, and an
assistant Immediately ssises bold of the haix.,
Two things remain now to be dose---one is
70 press the button which acts upon the me
chanisM cf Ne upper portion cf Che lunette,
esuaag l. 10 f4ll md secure tbsi head'of the.
cElminal-ths lsther ia TO let loose the, kniSa
which is TO cut the bead off. On ,decapita-
ton taking place. ybe head, is thrown into
tie basket while the exechtuner BY a single
motion slides the bcdy down the inclined
plane. The rspiditg Of the motion ID almost
lnconeeiyable, and death is as . matter Of
course instantaneous, The oblique blade,
made enormously heavy by its leaden shaft,
and simultaneously by It's shape, its weight
and its cutting power. The fall, maths-
matically calculated, occupies three quarters
Of secend, The respective parts played
by the executianers assistants are settled
in advance. One Of them seizes hold Of the !
bead, the other raises the bascule from the
bottom and weighs down the legs Of the crii-
ninal !, while the executioner hastens on, the
These combined movements,
I'll differing one from the other, are accom-
plshed by three individuals with precision
and simultaoeOusDess that prevent the
smallest hitch from occurring.
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The work day week has cast its yoke
on troubIous toll and careful qOest;
The llngerIng t. ~Ilight'S SaRron cloak
Trails DER the dusky west,
And curfew clocks with measured stroke
Ohime In the eve Of rest.
From falIow heIds and woody deIls
The CT ickets chlrp their pleasant lays,
The kine come up, with tinkilnE bella,
Through al The loomy ways;
And buckets drip By busy wells,
And rudy ingles blaSe.
His whirliDg wheel the miller stops,
The smith bis silent anvil leaves;
His wringing axe the Joiner drops;
No more the weaver Weaves;
HIS loaded wAin the peddleT props
Beneath the tavern caves.
A happy hush, . tranquil balm
AZ If the week day eark and care
Were Hfed d and len Ne calm,
PefvAdss the qliet air;
A sehse as Of q client psalm,
A feeling ~ Of prayer.
For now the night, With soft delay,
eesns broodt 9 ikr tssdBF aove,
While she lest hours Of Saturday
shut In the homes % love,
Add TIE sweet sabbaaA spans he way
To boiler homes shove.
God help us all, Hlnea here beIow
Fee Saturdays are ours a. bese,
And cut of pam and earthly wOs
Re~ days Of sabbath restI
God teach ne tina we may know
The Sabbath Of the biese.
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struments ara formed, or else some means Of
tempering the metal TO allow of its being,
beaten into shape, and Afterwards hardened
to souorous density. For genuine gong
u brittle; il viii crack il struck with bard
Substance; and yet it bears hammer-marks
oil over il. We do not know whether
English instrument makers have not sup
Piled gongs because there is no demand for
them, or because they could not make them.
But, IT the latter, there need no longer be q
scarcity In the market for French metal
lurgist has been experimenting upon a gong
and cymbal metals, and has revealed the
chinese secret, if secret it has been. The
nature Of the alloy has long been known !;
It consists Of eighty parts Of copper to twenty
Of din. But the shaping attempt to beat
this compound into dish form, and it flies
like procelain. The trick lies in first heat
ing u and hammering it while at dull red
heat; L ~ then mallable rs Boft iron allow
i % ecol, andnit reapses into friability.
1hs 4eking ola geag must be tedious work, :
though for the thin metal viii soon cool,
and there must be incessant reheatines. A
bsrbarian's patience must be required for the
task Perhaps il is The labor thus spent
upon gongs that renders them 90 expensive.
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The Art Of Making Gongs.

None but Cinnamon could heretofore
make gongs to perfection. 1t used to be
supposed that they possessed the secret OF
mixing the alloy Of which the clamorous In
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Brussels and its Manufactures

The Belgians, especially in Brussels, so
closely resemble the French people in man
ners, customs, language and many other
characteristics, that you can scarcely believe
you are not In a French city. There is
much of the same love of 6ne sights, fine
music, shows and places of amusement and
pleasure that characterize the French every
where, and while the Belgiaus have their
essential French traits and tastes, they are
also a most industrious, frugal and econo-
mical people. At least One-third the citizens
Of Brussels speak the French language
The manufactures Of Belgium are something
extraordinary, relatively to those Of other
peoples. Doubtless. few nations Of the
world excel them in the extent or value of
their mechanical productions, where the size
of their population is taken into the account.
1t is The superior qualities Of their carpets
for example, that hasgiven the name Of their
chief city to style Of carpet used through
out all countries where civilization extends,
while they have enormously large interests
in various mechanical products.
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UPHOL ST { r Y
DEPARTMENT.

A full assortment of Table and Pia-
no Covers, Nottingham Curtains,
VeStibuIe and Curtain LaCes, Reps,
Terrvs, Damasks and BrOcateIles,
Store and Office Shades, Metal,
Gill and Wood COrniCes, Fixtures,
new and elegant designs for Lam
breuuins and Draperies, French
Cretons and Chintzes for Curtains
and Furniture Coverings, Window
Hollands, &c.
MATTRESSES & BEDDING
MADE TO ORDER.
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,.., Working People
o'e any time, a. the Savings Bank is ke
open Oh
"a ! u UR0AY EVENINGS
for their convenience.

Wb.n. y &u6ntIfVlnk Uep0sit0rS L
prsos,, ueN DepoStor nrut comes to the Savings BAt
lv1,r " ere taken and records made 90 that ne nj
The ovns. 1lentned, and 90 IN in . book is Id
m tnereot cannot be defrAuded
10 the ess OF this institution is confined exclusive
dspon,sS Y arc care OF Savings Deposits and Fund
oaSness Is transacted ~ II -
apon - proportion OF the funds are invested by Iob
ans ssesle 10 the city Of Chicago In making sut
DspO,itor, .,ce Is alWANs given to applications fF(
lnTitD a. " slAl mans, who have accumulated In q
Ad a, !. slhc ent funds TO pay for lot Of grouB
srsc,ns h,i, NJ '"rrnW something more 60 aid them <
hsna,lvsNuinP 1, oe used A. perm ne nt homes
D" Oepostcrs W DrA"bo EUROPE OF elseWnS
NM. nIaAnao lam o. Cheap Cottages, selected BY . eoA
We Aayins. In this inSritution, may Be ssep
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1AedfOrkinsnlau' AdrOfatt
,uRusHrD svHRT SATURDAY NJ
A. G. CAM ERON,
:. ,s5 South Clark Street, Chicago
Mo. 112' South Fourth st.,
YHILADHDHrA, PA.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF The LABOR UNION
susscRIPTIoH TERMS:
,oDv. per year IN advance, ....-...-..sSS 90
,,,,. COPY, si1 months, l9O.
New ADVERTIsEMETNs'
70 HOUSEKEEPERS
AND
uoUSE-FURNISHERS.I
FIELD,
LETTER
& co,
FIELD,
LETTER
ARE NOW SELLING

Fresh Lines OfBrOwn and Bleached
TsbIs Damasks at SOC, 50c.I and
inward; Turkey Red T. Damasks
.tM.45. Damask Table Napkins,
Il and $L25 per dozen, and upward.
pillow and Shesting Linens, all
widths and qualities, DOylieS, Fruit
Navkins, Toilet Mats, FOWeltngS,
crash, Marseilles, Lancaster and
HOnsvcOmb Quilts. And In their
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eft ~ the Uncle we want"

For The dispatch
In the Dtspotch of the I'd instant was the
following wilticism, sent by Edmund ABOUT
to the Partisan journal lie So'r. =,
"To a French soldier somebody pronered
the consolation You at least have tents.
VouS avez des tentes.' Now, the Word tente
is pronounced the same rs the word tdnte,
which means an aunt. This similarity
prompts the reply of the soldier. who says
or is made to say, Tdntes ! (aunt y indeed;
it is the oncle (uncle) we WANT"
This pun explains the situation. Inc
French, both soldiers and people, have felt
the need of a head-of some one person
with genius sufficient to plan the whole sys-
tenn of attack or defence, and to know what
military commanders were fitted to carry
out each part of it. Napoleon relied too
much on the prestige Of France and her
armies. He did not appreciate the danger,
was not ready for immediate, vigorous ac-
ton, and could not command the confidence
Or affections of his subjects. One may infer
from the European dispatches that he was
considered an incumbrance both at the
camps and in Paris.
The Corps Legislatif was divided by dis
.ensions, while the Paris Government and
he ParisianS were trammelled by a mutual
distrust. In addition to all this, the French
troops, indisputably gallant and brave, have
20 long associated rapid movements and
brilliant victories with Napoleonic strategy,
that Napoleon's recent inactivity, together
with the successful advance Of the Prus.
slams, the quick succession of battles, and
the prompt arrival of relnforcements,
wheresoever and whenever they were
needed, might well discourage and discon-
cert them.
On the other hand, King William, Bis
marck, and Won Moltke, form a triple head,
md might inspire any nation with conf
lence. 1t seems they felt two years ago
hat they were prepared for war. Under
the control of these, aided by Steinmetz,
Frederick Charles, and others, the people
we're moved by one impulse, and the army
was an immense machine, each part per-
forming its functions, and thus achieving q
surprising success.
There is something grand in the manner
IN which this Prussian trio made their pre-
oaratiunS, kept their own counsel, waited
Ior their opportunity and when it present.
ID itself, sent their splendid armies into the
enemy'S country along its best lines OF at
tack. and followed up their victories so
rapidly and judiciouSly that the French
we're exhausted before they could tho
roughly organize for defence. These stra.
'eeistS have evidenced q knowledge of af-
airs, a %self-coHtrol, 4 selt-reliance, and a
aim power, which excite admiration yet,
while one admires, ones heart bleeds for
he mourners, the wounded, the dying, and
he dead, whether French or PruSsian.
CHIEF.
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InfarYantiOu.

II there were conflicting reports aoout
the movements of the Prussian and French
armies, and about the battles they fought,
the kilograms about Intervention are fully
I'D with those reports in all the matter Of
conflict and confusion. One day there Is TO
be no Intervention /; the next everybody
will intervene. One day Russia is parleylns
with France with the view to armed inter-
vention for the preservation intact OF the
French territory the next day the SENT
official paper of st. Petersburgh declares
that France must submit to dismember-
ment; that it is absurd to say that the
Prussians should be content without a piece
of French territory in making a peace ;
that she is entitled to such indemnity after
her brilliant victories.
Now we have it stated that England will
not interfere because her Queen is opposed
to it, and Mr.. GLADSTONE pays great re-
spect to her opinions (why shouldn't he y;
and furthermore, because of GRASv1LLE's
aristocratic hostility to the Republic OF
France. These causes arc further strength
ened, it is said, by the intimatlon from
Prussia that no interference from neutral
Powers would now be influential. We sus-
pect the last reason has the greatest force.
Again, Russia comes forward in the shape
of an amended message to France, in which
the Car is reported to say that he cannot
"accept" (FAvRE made the impression
that the Car proposed it, such an alliance
as that spoken of by JULES FAvRE, nor take
hostile steps against Prussia unless in con-
junction with Austria or some other Power.
The Car wants to be we'll backed before
he takes the field against the Prussians.
These are the latest outglvings about in
%tervention. The best that can be made OF
them is that there is avery great respect en-
tertained generally for Prussia and her
army!
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NOTICES.

MIA TAINTED ATMOSPHERIC
hilarious fevers are most prevalent In me iap'
Heavy md unwholesome exnalations then sr'se
from the earth, and the great disparity between
the temperature OF day and night predlsposes the
system, en- seebIed by the summer heals 10 epf-
dem!c diseases. The sccretive. orsaoa, the liver
esp, cislly, Are apt ut this period OF the 'e|r~
bee m inert and sluggish, and NIL the oo",',
powers rcqu re renovation. The best, lndeea Inc
only protection agsinst the morbid inhnesces OF
the season, Is a wholesome medic 'ted sumu!Aht'
Pre-en Inent among the restorative' OF this ciass'
and indeed foremost among the remeoiaI an9 Pr
ventive me1icines OF modern times, ssanas ~,
TETTEk'S STOMACH RITTEhS lts -
Is 20. excessive with rho western Hemirpns.. ',rns
has been d stand ,rd article Tor twenty 5Saro'
sales las m " be ascert tined by tne re.snuI 20
tu:ns5 are FAR larger than those OF any other The
prietary preparation on this continent anu y
f.stimony in its favor embraces letters OF applnI
val rom the most distinguished memners ,. d -
the learned professions and from wt'i-knomm re-
sIdents OF almost every city in the Union. nes
are i,s crt deutials. To state what IL Is dsnk W
IRE vent and sssuage the suferings OF inc nninhn
FAMILY would require more space tnan can W
Given To The subject here. The dyepentic, Lns III
IONS the nervous, the weak and emaclateo, tne
despnndtng. the broken-down. hno III US ienona-
ting and regulating properties q sure aia m nno
dia.e means OF relief. It isa pure Vegt Lhue sL ~
ciac. at once cafe and pctent, ana Tot with 'he
whsle materia medica affords no substitute;
"no'e Sc IL dend&wlR
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Of obtaining funds by voluntary subscrtp-
ton to help the political cause in Pennsyl-
vania. 1t will be remembered that some
two weeks since he opposed The cotnmittee
in carving out the plan suggested by the
congressional committee, believing that s6e
civil service reform required 1t sho,1, NC 1eg sa.
In fighting political Interference "as"''s
ton letter. h;s
I. is pity Mr.. Cox did not adhere to MS
original determination. IL IL noearm in
that there should be some such reform t.
the ans.; S,x.' n sSrv : stop to official interference
pG,s'p n%o1it pas . oaice-holdcrs are always ., up
fe, }ues1 ppeper iy'1 participate in tn, ne: ju ssS
n msns 9pSn will i' put a check upon the off,
c cHmsi in nsa m with elections by men
t e,O u,,nes Of public trust, n door to great
and fraud will be closed.
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DEFY aaODa
RoUss,
No. .ols MAIN STREET.

NEW GooDsi NEW ao0Dsi NEW GOODS!
striped Alpaca Lustres ut zoe. worth 2sc;; Mo.
hair Popiins only csc. worth a7ac.; BACK ana
white and Plaid Mohajrs at NC. worth 40c BLACK
Creme Cloth at 7sc. worth aL.25; Black ana Co
iors d Irish roplins very cheap s,sp Black lack a Vs,1 sn e AL
JcI,aan nj Al as: n full line Of Black Alpacas a. 40,
a. d5.v 50. 7sc. and 81: Turkish N"hairs End Tnrkiih
Srtlliautines Beaver Mohaira these gonds
sts psT and ID Plaid Grenadines at 70. l2s, and is.a;
White Grenadines, two yards wide. only Zip
az Ss" 50: Ii-WooI White F!annels At &C., very
shssp; handsome ne az 90 and 1 7se' per- err: yard
a full line Of Cloth; and Casaimeres Cor
sets, g.; Gam na 2 Ed Edre at an 3D. ins in r
a 81 10 IL 20 and CSC :; Pins. d.: Needles Sc; H1lr-
neis; s.; . fan Line of, of n R1asn Cotton pf'n It 10, &C.:
- go perrrmery. jet Jew,Iry, Note Ind Cap Ia.
per. anvelPPe; iad .es m nla gsntBls r, hsG iiSsss =;
70 snool Cotton ct aOc.; Trunks at factory
pricee.
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Tur TELEGRAPH WARs.-The LITTLE ma

TIE TELEGRAPH WARs.-The LITTLE ma
chine. represented by Mr.. CRAIG, responds
70 Mr.. ORroS's challenge on behalf OF the
MORSE instrument. CRAIG lays down sum
dry conditions, mainly technical, but with
accepting the challenge of ORION, pro-
poses a bet of 81, 600 upon the superiority
of the LITTLE machine, to be tested by a
trial of not less than twelve hours nor more
than two days and then he proposes TO
double the bet that the proposed telegraph
ing can be lone at a saving compared with
the cost of transmission by the MORSE tele.
graph. He furthermore proposes n bet OF
$40. 600 upon the transmission on one wire
of %, 900 words 800 miles. These rival sys-
tens will have the questions touching their
relative merits proved in time, whether
these bets are made or not.