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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

On motion of Ar. ]. II. Osmer, Daniel D. Fassett,
esq. of st. Louis, No.. admitted 10 practice.
No g76 Annie NJ. DAWSON ct al, plaintiffs in error
vs. The Board of Trustees township ~ range T. Ford
County. Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. w.
No 517. William s. Hoyt, appellant, VS.. Amasa
Sprague et al
No SIS Charles G. FranckIyn ct al, appellants
Amasa Sprague et al. Argument concluded by Mr..
George F. Conlstock for the appellants.
No. 200. The Congress and Empire Spring Company
plaintiff in ID. A EnOwlton, jr. Ell AL
TORS &c Argued by Mr.. Francis Herman for plaintiff
error.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
New York General Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. H.-COtton quiet; sales 347 bales:
Uplands, Ii I5-l6c; Orleans u SI6c; weekly net
ceipts s452 bales; gross receipts 81 75S exports-to
Great Britain 7.9S bales to France &c bales the
Continent $50 bales; sales APP bales; in stock 49,
bales Flour, Southern dull; common to fair extra
81 755 35 good to choice do, s. 4OG675 Wheat fe-
verish and unsettled, opening steady closing in buy
ers favor; light export demand; uagraded red 81 IA
al q. Corn in buyers favor, dull; ungraded, sin
sac. Oats 1sGic higher fairly active; No. g. 43l,(G
4Slzc. Hops quiet and firm yearngs choice l46aDc
Coffee firm and quiet Rio llGl4c. Sugar quiet; Bahia
65sc: fair to good refining, lI6t7 13I6c: prime nc
refined steady, in fair demand; standard a 9d9ISc
Molasses, moderate jobbng trade; New Orleans 35CG
SIC. Rice firm fair inquiry. Rosin steady: 81 spG
1STs. Turpentne quiet; 471s@4Sc. Wool firm and
unchanged; moderate inquiry. Pork stronger; better
export demand; new, Sl4 81 old. Sl3 Middes very
steady, long clear nc short clear long and short
clear, 754c. Lard opened higher and strong; closed
with the advance partly lost 50 S2aS 375. Freights
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
SUE.
BY UNCLE DICK BRIGHT.

"Sav. Sue. see how l sue and sigh,
And On the lea lay low
For upon this day do die
Ifyou, . Sue, say so!
No tcll-tale sign does she shy show
While he his mad pleas plies
The tear drops that downward flow
Oozes as case from his eyes.
"Ah, wee upon the way we war
DO YOU not, Sue SO say?"
He fingered on his knee nigh, nor
For answer knew no nay.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
The Oldest Fossil.

Senator Maxey is the only rebel West Pointer in
the United States Senate and the Oldest fossil. In
politics he hasn't got past talking about the party
of the Constitution" and claiming that the De
mocracy is that party. Yet if there has been any
party that has repudiated the Constitution, and
spGt upon it, and sought to nullify it. the party re-
ferred to by the venerable Senator from Texas is
the one. What can be thought of the consistency
of a native Kentuckian, educated at West Point at
the expense of the General Government, who fol-
lowed Texas out of the Union and fought in the
confederate army, rising to the rank of major
general and now talks about 1.-The party of the
Constitution ?"-Chicdgo Tribune
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
DIED.,

COLBERT-Departed this life January H. 1851
MARY L. beloved wife of Richard Colbert aud
daughter of the late Jane r. Brent in the forteth
year of her age.
Her funeral will take place from John Wesley
Church. Connecticut avenue, Sunday, 10th inst at ii
o'clock a. m. Relatives and friends of the family
are respectfully invited to attend.
Asleep in Jesus Blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake TO weep.
cincinnati papers please copy.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
THE REPORTAIREI
BY 81 OUR TELEGRAPH BoYl

BY 81 (OUR TELEGRAPH B0Y.)
How Goth the busy rCpoTtaire
Improve each possible item,
He sicketh the dogs on little children
And watches till they bite EN-.
Then grabbeth he his notebook close,
And with fiendiSh laugh
HES him To the Sanctum,
With column and half.
The night editor, he eyes him
With an awful gathering frown,
And cries. The papers up already,
To four lines bile it down"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
A CuIfUrad nEx5ua

'c TTSS me Cleveland Herald: "They tell Of very
'Tbo sGGq divine in Boston who instead of saving
JI.ettIon will now be taken up impreSsiyely
Sl P To which the Boston 7TaaseJiut replies
ercotp p there is such man here but he is poor
soTIs NJ compared with the Cleveland shepherd of
and The says The deacons will now sail around,
chips" e7"'ioH VIII enthuse ana pass IN lis
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
ALEETLE TOO LONG.
BY W. 3. SHAW (SEsToR.)

BY W. 3. SHAW (SEsToR.)
Oh. skirt! beautiful skirt
jerkcd through the dust and dragged through the
dirt!
Once YOU were white
As the mantle of snow,
As the leaves of the lily
When the Spring zephyrs blow.
Stiffto the touch and fair to the eye,
Neat TO the gaze of each passer by;
Now tatteTed and spattered-
Oh! piteous wrong,
Beautiful skirt,
They made you too long.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
W.sBIyGToN, D. C.. JANUARY 10, 1881.
THE GOOD TIME COMING.
BY BEN lie FEvRE.

Tdreem of a beautiful time
When the world shall happy be;
when the elephants and hyenaS
shall blossom on every tree;
ubpn tamarinds and potatoes
shall cease their dreadful roar;
when turnip trees shall blossom
In the garden for ever more.
Idrram of a great republic
When the people shall all go West,
Cow plumbS and reap tomatoes
In the land they love the best;
When pig iron and molasses
Shall blossom on every hill,
And chickens low in the barnyard,
While gOoseberries toll at the mill.
I'm weary of seeing the cabbage
Handle the rake and the hoe;
I'm weary of watching and waiting
For the grasShOpper bush to grow;
Hong for the time when spinach
Shall cope with bread and milk;
When hens shall lay potatoes,
And horses spin raw silk.
Oh, sweet were the vanished hours
When | wandered down the glen,
And wreathed my brow with tomatoes,
or plucked the ripened hen;
when the donkey twincd up the trellis,
And the cucumber chirped in the grass;
And the sweet potato whistled
To its mate in the mountain pass.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
Business Chances.
8oar0ina.

nor SALE-TWO MONTHS RECEIPT FOR
Il room and board in good hotel; party leaving the
city; price, $50 Address HOME, Republican Office.
jal5-5t*
DERS0NS VISITING WASHINGTON CAN BE
Il accommodated with rooms and board at rs
street northwest. iaI3St%
THE FREMONT HOUSE offers good rooms with
Il hrstclass hotelboard, for SIS and $50 per month;
house is well furnished, heated with steam and every
way desirable. ocso'
20 TABLE boardels can be accommodated at so
cO per month. with the very best everything the
markets afford, at DRIVER q SCHOFIELDS. 1913
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. auI7-t
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
Foreign stnc1- marLat

LONDON, Jan. .-Consols for money, sS GIG; for the
account, 9s;I United States bonds As HIS II5:
SIS, 1885,. coupon. Atlantic and Great Western
rsts SOS do seconds. 49, Erie, 81; Illinois Central
I294; Pennsylvania Central, 6S3s; Reading 32Is The
amount Of bullion gone into the bank balance to-
Iin,- il
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
Sosf ono Souna.

21 n REWARD-LOST-ON PENNSYLVANIA
aOIO avenue, between Seventeenth and Eight
zenith streets northwest, ppcketbook, containing
money and night key. The finder will receive the
above reward by returning the same 10 ]. p.
CRUTCHET 1901 street northwest. ial3St&
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

BALTIMORE, Jan. H-Virginia 6'S, old 30 bid: do
deferred I6 asked: do consolidated. 13sS past due
coupons 81 new IO-i0s, 49,; Virginia 1O0s, coupon
81 bid to-day
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15


5E4 4TEE TSsRI sT4 SID CT LOFTS
FAST EXPRESS.
5:O9-BaltmOre, Elcott City. and Way Stations.
-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS.
G:jo-BaltimOre, ANNAPOLIS, and Way. (PiedmOnt
Strasbqrg, Winchester, Haserstown, and Way
s:IO-Point Of Rocks and Way Stations.
S:45-STAUNT0N AND VALLEY EXPRESS, ICON
meets for Haserstown and at Point of Rocks for
s;OO-NEW Y0kK, PHILADELPHIA. AND Bos-
TON EXPRESS.
tsOo-On sunday only. for Baltimore, Annapolis, and
BALTIMORE EXPRESS (stops at HyattsyilIe
College, Beltsville, Laurel, Annapolis Junction,
1910 PfT Ff 'CHICAGo, CINCINNATI AND
ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
Stations.
tI:25-on sunday only, for Baltimore and Way.
,Oj-BAITIMORE EXPRESS.
tt2::35-NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND Bos-
TON EXPRESS.
erick. Hagerstown, and Way, via Relay
43O-BALTIdORE, EVANSVILLE, AND LAU-
REL EXPRESS, Frederick, via Relay stops at
f4:45-Pomt Of Rocks, Frederick, Hagers;own, Win.
OfRocks and Way Stations only.l
fEi0-Baltmore, Annapolis, and ay stations
PRESS, (Martinsburg aud Way, via Relay.
6:O5-POint of Rocks and Way Stations.
S:50-BALTTHoRE AID LAUREL EXPRESS.
ts:5O-PITTSBURG. CINCINNATI, AND ST LOUIS
s45-BALTIMoRE, EVANSVILLE. AND LAU-
fIo;oO-NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. AND BOS-
TON EXPRESS. Sleeping car TO New York,
and special sleeping car at Philadelphia
fDay. Sundays only. Other trains daily, except
All trains stop at Relay Station.
For further information apply at the Baltimore and
Ohio ticket offices, Washington Station, and 69 and
1851 Pennsylvania Avenue, corner Fourteenth Street,
where orders will be taken for baggage to be checked
received at point III the city.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
Sfucfion Sales.
United States Marshal's Sale.

DY VIRTUE of a writ of fieri faeias issued out of
ID the clerks Office Of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia and to directed viii sell at
public sale, for cash, at Thomas Dowlings auction
store, corner of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue, on THURSDAY, the 10th day of January
1884, at 10 o'clock m all the right title, claim, and
interest of the defendant in the following described
property to wit:
Twenty Directories of the City of Washington for
the year 1851 seized and levied upon the property Of
VIM. H Boyd, satisfy execution No. ID 80 at law
in favor of Eva s. Smith. FRED'K DOUGLASS,
jaIl-dts United States Marshal, District Columbia.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

DY A WHITE NAN, SITUATION AS COACH
ID man III private family; the best of references
given. Address NJ. p, Republican office. ja13-3t$
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
REAL ESTATE
The Official Transfers of Yesterday as
Recorded.

Mr.. ]. T. Olmstead presents the following trans
actions in real estate in the District yesterday, as
reported to him by the Recorder of Deeds:
Thirteenth street west, between and D streets
north; part of lot north feet inches by lO0l,
square E3; Charles Walter TO Ann Callahan nominal.
Eighth street east, between and III streets north;
subl0ts and (3S by II5), square 9l2; Hannah A.
Gambrill and Edward w. Oyster to Marietta NJ. Cas-
tillO, nominal
c street south. between Second and Third streets
east: part of lot u (east 10 feet 21s inches by
depth square 1853; president and directors of George
town College TO Emma ]. Carpenter, 1914.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

7 ARGE. FINELY FURNISHED ROOMS on
i ! first floor: prices low: adjacent to Wizards,
Riggs and Ebbitt Houses CRATE fire; board, if de-
sired at Fourteenth street northwest. ial4-3t&
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
Sor Sale.
HOUSES.

HOUSES.
4 HANDSOMELY FURNISHED HOUSE, IN
"A excellent location; house for and furniture
for sale: the house is filled with good paying boarders
that Will remain permanently; furniture little
used; will sell at reasonable rates. for selling
leaving the city. Address FURNITURE, Republican
Office. jaI4-3t*
nor -SALE-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
L property for sale. JOHN SHERMAN & CO., st.
Cloud building. Real estate and loans jy51
ETOR SALE-First-class large new house, with mod
= ern conveniences; IL rooms, two bathrooms,
waShroom dry ce1nented cellar superior finish, and
convenient. Address owner apply at premises No.
1906 II street. VIII rent to private parties no22m*
MESCELLANEGUS.
I>OR SALE-A BASKET CLOTH DOIAfAN
Il cloak, trimmed with handsome fur, and mutt to
match Address NJ. A. C., Republican office. jal5-St&
A HANDSOMELY DECORATED SET OF CHINA
"A numbering over $50 pieces, made 10 order in
city. Address CHINA, Republican office. jal+3t*
DART OF THE FURNITURE OF A FULLY FUR
l. n!shed house; the owner would reserve rooms
ior rent OF the rest the house is in fine location;
three days, Mrs. =. B., Republican office ja143t*
GUNS AND SLEIGH CHEAP-ONE NEW
~ Creedmoor rife, SIS; one double WeSSon shot
gun half price: and set runners for carriage g.
w. {. DODGE, corner Ninth and G streets north
west desc
Il Several secondhand LandauIets, new and
secondhand Coupe, Coupelets. Coupe Rockaways,
anu o'f RRT AZ Gi Te WI, pc Soid cheap
repairing promptly attended to. del+Im
EOR SALE-TYPE-A LARGE FONT OF NON
H parcel, in good condition Will be sold in guam
titles TO suit purchaser Address NATIONAL REPUB-
LICAN. de13tf
NEW SAFE, MADE BY THE CFLFBRATED
~ manufacturers, Messrs. Mosier Bahnan d Co.,
Cincinnati. Ohio Can be at this office.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

A WHITE WOMAN, WHO IS GOOD HOUSE
"A keeper, wishes situation as a cook in first
class private family restaurant, or would take
charge of laundry; best preference. Apply
of Twentieth and LIST
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

DY A SETTLED WOMAN, A PLACE TO WAIT
ID and sew for an invalid or aged person. Ad-
dress 472 street southwest jal4
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
THE WICKED FLEA.
BY G. H. u.

By @. II. IT.
How doth the little, lively flea
Delight TO hop and bite;
Remains quiescent all the day,
But whoops it up at night.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
.HTAraTIARA

A NURSERY COVERINGS, WHO IS WILLING
"A 10 travel; one who has received kindergarten
training preferred. Address with reference ]. NJ F.,
LIP New York avenue. jal4-3rS =
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2Sanfeo.
-NN@N4~~0-
." EH -

TNTANTED-A HOUSEKEEPER IN A SMALL
w family ont of the city. inquire at 1921 New
York avenue northwest from 10 II o'clock. yaI5-3t$
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Holiday Presents
6Grapelers' &lli0e.
PALIIMORE AND O4iIo hAILhOAD-
THE MODEL FAST LINE AND THE ONLY LINE
BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE
WEST VIA WASHINGTON.

DOUBLE TRACK! JANNEY COUPLER! STEEL RAILS!
Schedule to take effect Wednesday, December l. 1850.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

SITUATIONS.
DY A SETTLED WOMAN, A PLACE TO WAIT
ID on and sew for an invalid or aged person Ad-
dress 412 E street southwest. jal4
ID class laundress and cook; no objection to board
mg-hOuses; good reference. Address 2la4 4 street
northwest. Ja4
A SITUATION BY A COMPETENT MAN AS
n coachman or groom, or for anything else that
quire at JOHN MCDERMOTT & BROTHERS. car
rage mandatory, $40 Pennsylvania avenue. jal4
A LADY DESIRES A PARLIAMENT POSITION,
"A where she can make herself useful and be CON
ad reqr 9e % dd f Rev Pei.
Corcoran street Washington, D. Q tal43t~
A WHITE WOMAN, WHO IS GOOD HOUSE
"A keeper, wishes situation as cook in a first
class private family restaurant, would take
charge of laundry; best preference. Apply corner
of Twentieth and streets northwest. ial3-8t<
A SITUATION AS CoACFMAN IN PRIVATE
city Es sGG ao
west. jaIs-3t*
DY A GERMAN. UPHOLSTERY. CABINET, OR
useful in a furniture store. address GERMAN, il
Congress street, Georgetown. D. c. lal3-ax
DY A WHITE MAN, SITUATION AS COACH
- man in private fallily; the best of references
MIsCELL.NEOUs.
WTANTED-A SINGLE GENTLEMAN TO
w join me in renting a room: object, cheap rent;
the best reference furnished. Address p r., Repub-
lican office. ja15-3t*
DY DEPARTMENT CLERK AND WIFE, TWO
southern exposure, between Tenth and Fifteenth and
and y streets northwest; terms moderate, and par
particulars, a. AGNEW, United States Treasurers
: Office. jaI+3t*
A YOUNG LADY, OCCUPYING a HANDSOME
"a suite of rooms northwest, would like as a room
mate lively and agreeable young lady, who is neat
and fastidous; terms go per month; best references
idence COMFORT, Republican office. jal+3t*
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nor RENT BY b. H. WARNER

OFFICE ROOMS in No 1913 and 3l9 FOur-and-a-half
street n. W.; also in ass Louisiana avenue II. W.
Call for weekly Rent-List.
NOR RENT-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
l. property for rent. JOHN SHERMAN d CO.,
fc3-u l1Oud Building
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

GECOND FLOOR, CONTAINING THREE
y rooms; front room furnished: heat and gas; gas
in middle and back room: bath (hot and cold water
on same floor; 5; reference exchanged, &7 street
northwest. iaI33t&
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15

A SUITE OF FURNISHED ROOMS. ON SEC
~ ond floor, suitable for a member of Congress;
TO four principal hotels and three lines of
street railways. Apply at 12G2 L street northwest
iali-3t#
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16
Not Used to Him.

A policeman heard whistle shrilly
blown and female voice calling for help,
and after a short run he reach the scene
of connection. A man was getting up
and falling down again on the door-steps,
and female had her head out of an up.
per window and seemed to be half scared
to death.
whats the matter ?" asked the Off
Ger.
"a man has been kicking on the door, y
she answered.
"This man here?"
eyes. thought he'd tear the whole
house down."
The officer reached out for the man
and made two discoveries at once. 1t was
the woman's husband, and he was fight
ing drunk.
"Why, this man wouldn't hurt YOU
he's your husband" he called out.
els that so? Charles, is that you?''
Bet yer LIES smee," mumhled
Charles.
"Then you really must excuse me,
Mr. Officer. You see, we have only
been married six weeks and do not
readily recognize him yet. I'll be down
in a minute. darling"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16
A Persian Legend.

When Malek ell Abb left the home of
his childhood that he might go West and
salt mine and grow up with the coun-
try after unloading upon some young
fellows down in the provinces, his moth
er gave him forty pieces Of silver, and
made him promise never to tell a lie.
$50, my son." she said, in voice husky
with hairpins; ego, we may never meet
again, and if we do, 1 will probably be
married before you come back, and it
would not be pleasant for you to live at
home, and have to call some square,
headed old mutt pa"
The youth went, and the party he
travelled with was assaulted by road
agents, who shot the driver, cut open
the mail-bags, blew open the express
box, and went through the passengers.
When one of the robbers asked the boy
how much he had, he replied with sur
prising candor:
81 have ten dollars sewed up in my
garments.
The robber laughed hoarse, cultural
laugh in the United States language,
and passed on to an elderly man, think
ing the boy lied. Another robber asked
the boy the same question, and receiving
the same answer, laughed as did his
comrade. Finally the chief called Malek
to him and asked what he had. The
boy replied:
II have already told two of your peo-
my new clothes"
The chief ordered his clothes to be
ripped open and found the money.
"And how came you to tell this?" he
said.
because, replied the boy, 81 would
not be false to my mother, whom SOL
emily promised never to tell lie."
saw, cheese that!" the robber chief
replied; "thats too diaphanous, strip
ling; it won't laundry. Stand him on
his head, fellows, and tap him for all he
is worth"
So the robbers stood Malek on his
head and pounded the soles of his feet
with the bastinadoes until he disgorged
from various secret pockets, belts, double
shoe soles, and from the straw and
cushions of the coach, 125 dinars, a gold
watch, lot of Erie stock, seven railroad
passes, some promissory notes. a new
derringer, photographs of Maud Granger
and Sarah Bernhardt, marked poker
deck, flask of Old Cabinet whisky,
some chewing tobacco, diamond pin
and O bloodstone ring, package OF
counterfeit tens, and a slung-shot. They
then cut off his neck and tossed him over
into the canyon.
"That," said the robber chief, as he
pocketed the bulk of the swag, "will
teach him to keep his promise to his
mother next time. Always play awful
close on man who tries the honesty
Law on a railroad agent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16

such difficulty exists, as in that country
the higher caste women are not per-
mitted to receive attention of male ply
sicians when sick, their only resource
being the attendance of old hags whose
method of curing all diseases consists OF
charms and COMPUTATIONS. Not long ago
Miss Beilby, an English missionary. at
tended the wife of the Rajah OF Puma
during dangerous illness, and sue
ceeded in nursing her back to health.
On the eve of Miss Beilby's departure
for Europe the woman whose life she
had saved confided in her u message TO
Queen Victoria, describing the suffer-
ings Of Indian women, and asking that
female doctors be sent to their relief.
The Queen has signitied her intention OF
thoroughly investigating the matter,
and it is to be hoped that she will be as
good as her word.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16

Mr.. Emerson alludes, somewhere, to
the futter in every well-regulated house
hold, when stranger approaches. Now,
if the household is not well regulated.
the futter is apt to be very serious
matter. We know that the children, aa
least, are very glad to see company,
for, though they may rebel at the
thought Of clean faces and clean dresses,
and good behavior, they are apt to look
forward to a "good time" and an un-
limited dessert.
Sometimes older people, too, enjoy
having visitors. Longfellow tells us, in
Kavanaugh, that his hero would have
liked company every day in the year,
but it may be that his heroine (if a COM
Portable matron may be called by SO
romantic title) would not.
The truth is, that "guests, when one
sits in the shadow of dreadful PRESENT.
ment, till Bridget appears with hard
boiled eggs and overdone beefsteak, to
make one soliloquize "Oh, my pro-
phetic soul, etc., sometimes give US
trouble.
1t is true that over-refned good breed
ing may cause them to smile over the
excellence of the cooks failures, but
there are many establishments where
household affairs do not always admit OF
visitor. Perhaps this Turk, with his
eternal pipe, and the Arab, in his very
portable tent, may be always ready to
"welcome the coming"-but more civil
lied nations eagerly "speed the part
ing guest"
1t would hardly be possible, in this
30 bot
the most common of guests, have been
lately forbidden by law to cross
our thresholds. "Much might be
said on both Sides" in regard
to tramps. We hear dreadful stories
of their behavior, and the word
that describes them usually calls up
fancy painted picture, touched with
lurid colors. We see a fierce, sullen,
robber-like parsonage, who seems to have
escaped from the mountains of Italy, or
at least the plantations of the Old South,
armed with the traditional bowie-knife.
Still he is sometimes mild-mannered
young man, willing to work for very
plain breakfast.
1t will not do to dismiss the subject
without a few words in regard to the
treatment OF guests.
A few of the points which distinguish
the perfect hostess" are, perhaps, a
certain facility of putting each guest at
his ease, conveying the impression that
the welcome she gives is personal, II
not an especial one, her pleasant man.
ner, and her charming serenity. Her
tact is such that she is ready for any
emergency, and she has the rare gift OF
saying the right thing at the right time,
and to the right person.
But even if one can not be "perfect
hostess" one may, at least, show the
truest politeness to guests, by cordially
offering the best one has, and suggesting
no possibility of feeling mortified that
one has nothing more desirable to give.