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The National tribune., 1882-02-25
A WRESTLING LABORER,

A mason was in the habit of whstling to his
laborer whenever he wanted a fresh supply of NOR
tar and as the scaffold on which he wrought was
rather small, this occurred very often during a
days job. A joiner noticing Pat answer dutifully
to every call from the mason, thought of playing
a trick ON him by initiating the whistle, and thus
brought him up with a hodful of mortar when
there was no room for it. The mason told Pat
that he had not whistled so he had no other alter
native than to trudge back with the load. This
having occurred the third time during the day
Pat thought he would watch to hear where the
whistle came from He had not waited long with
the hod on his shoulder when he heard the iden-
teal whistle underneath where he stood, and lean
ing over, he the head of the joiner protruding
out of the window Immediately below. Pat with
out more ado emptied the hod over the whistler's
head. The joiner yelled and sputtered while at
tempting to clear himselffrom the adhesive mass
and in the midst of his confusion heard Pat above
shouting at the top ofhis voice. whistle me bhoy,
when you want some more mortar"
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
ICE FOR TEETHING CHILDREN.

The pain of teething may be almost done
away and the health Of the child benefited
by giving it fine splinters of ice picked off with
pin to melt in its mouth. The fragment is so
small that it is but drop of warm water before
it can be swallowed, and the child has all the
GOODNESS for its feverish gums without the
slightest injury. The avidity with which the
little things taste the cooling morse the instant
quiet which succeeds hours of fretfulness, and
the sleep which follows the relief, are the best
witnesses to the magic remedy. Ice may be fed
to three months child in this way, each splin-
ter being no longer than common pin, for five
or ten minutes the result being that it has swal-
lowed in that time teaspoonful of warm water,
which, so far from being harm, is good for it,
and the process may be repeated hourly as often
as the fretting fits from teething begin.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
TO KEEP THE GIRLS WARM,

A seal-skin sacque costs so per cent. more than
it did five years ago. Seal skins have not been
worn more than fifteen or Eighteen years. FASH
ion. and the discovery of new methods of pre-
pairing and dyeing-Or first the latter and second
the former-brought them into USE The seal
fur, as seen here, is the inner coat When on
the back of the seal this fine fur is hid by coarse
hairs, which are removed by process Of pairing
down the upper side of the skin. The color of
the fur as known to wearers is artificial. If the
Government had not taken measures to protect
the seal wearers of seal sacques would be few
in a short time. The Shetland seals were
once numerous, but have been exterminated
The Newfoundland seal is in the market, but is
inferior to the seal of Alaska. The islands of the
Behring Sea are the only ones in the world where
seal catching has great Importance.
From 1851 to 1870 the scientific world knew
nothing in regard to the history of the seal The
Smithsonian Institution did not possess perfect
skip and skeleton of the seal, although thousands
of men and millions of dollars have been en-
ployed in capturing, dressing and selling fur seal
skins for the last hundred years. The vast breed
ing grounds bordering on the Antarctic have been
entirely depopulated Between 1877 and 1921
1882, 374 seal skins were taken in the Prbylov
Islands: between 1921 and 1912 45S, SOP skins,
and from 1912 to 1861, 372 900 skins. In the year
1868 the number of skins taken was $4,000. In
1870 only 1866 were captured. During the last
ten years the catch has been little less than
100000 per year. The whole number taken be-
tween 1896 and 1880 was 1861 ,O51 skins. The
seal catching is done in June and July. After
that time the fur begins to shed" and is worth
less. The natives are paid forty cents skin for
their labor-Pr0Uidence Journal.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
STAND UPRIGHT.

Some six hundred years before his birth in
Bethlehem Christ appeared as a man to Daniel
at Babylon, but of so august a countenance that
the prophet falls at his feet as if dead. The Son
of God will not speak to him thus PROSTATE, and
Daniel encouraged by Him crouches before Christ
upon his knees and the palms of his hands. But
Jesus has nothing to say to him in this attitude of
quadruped. "stand upright" he commands,
"and understand the words that l speak unto
thee" Humility is essential to us also, but it is
only when a man is squarely upon his feet in full
possession of every faculty that Christ will talk
friend. Even in your most adoring intercourse
with God He will respect your divine manhood
only as you respect it William u.
Baker.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

house, though they're generally all over town.
and nobody can find them when there is a fire.
They brought the engine into our yard in about
ten minutes, and just as Sue and the cook and
had put the fire out. But that didn't prevent
the fremen from working with heroic bravery,
as our newspaper afterwards said. They knocked
in our dining-room windows with axes and
poured about a thousand hogsheads of water
into the room before we could make them under
stand that the fire was down by the barn, and
had been put out before they came.
This was all the Professors fault and it has
taught me a lesson. The next time anybody
wants me to improve my mind I'll tell him he
ought to be ashamed of himself-Harpers Young
People.
I'VE would caution our boy readers in regard to
the terrible results that may come from pouring
alcohol on burning substances. The fame will
catch the stream as it falls, and mounting to the
bottle accidents of the most disastrous character
may ensue.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
THE DISESTABLISHMENT OF BELLS.


The law has, in the matter of bells, less regard
for the nerves than regard for the privileges of
religion Secular bells of all kinds have one by
one been disestablished in the metropolis The
muffin bell, together with all other noisy modes
of advertising wares has been, in theory at least
silenced. The call bell for ringing workmen up
to time has been prohibited like steam whistles
and horns, used for the same purpose without
the sanction of the sanitary authority. Musical
hand-bells are liable to the same suppression as
the street hand-organ, the common enemy of all
mankind who live above the basement floor
Church bells alone, except at one time the unor
thodox bells of Roman Catholics have been sub
Jected to no statutory repression. Bells in their
purely musical function may, if they pass the
bounds of the definition of nuisance be restrained
by Injunction, as happened in the well-known
case of the Roman Catholic Chapel at Chaplain ;
but the passing bell, the funeral bell and the
bell for service are not only allowed but enioned
by the canOns Some repression on these most
disturbing forms of ringing may fairly be asked
Passing bells may well be dispensed with alto
gether in towns; and funeral bells in the neigh
borhood of houses might, without improperly
be required to be closely muffied Better re-
minders of mortality are found nowadays in the
columns of the daily newspaper than in the
church steeple.-LOndOn Lar Journal
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
NICKEL-oRIGlN OF IT'S NAME.

Nickel" says an old magazine of 1924, sig
nifes in German, from which it is derived false,
dirty foul, and in this sense is applied to the
very worst description of females. Now, nickel
is found in different parts of Germany and was
supposed by the miners to be copper. AS they
could not, however, extract any copper from it,
they gave it the name of Kopfernickel, OF false
copper. When a scientific chemist by the name
of Cronstedt came to examine it, about 1850, and
found that it was metal different from all others,
he retained the latter part of the name given it
in reproach, and called it nickel, which has since
been universally adopted; and thus an element
of nature is stigmatized by term than which
no more Opprobrious name can be given to a
woman For any other people but Germans this
is certainly of no consequence, but it is rather
curious specimen of the manner in which Names
that in scientific point of view ought to express
the qualities of substances are applied. Nickel
is rather a scarce mineral, and is always found
combined with some other metals, which, for a
long time, occasoned its separate existence to be
denied. The brittle metal that is usually sold
under this name always contains iron, arsenic,
copper, cobalt, and bismuth. When pure, it is a
fine white color, resembling silver, and it is
rather softer than iron 1t is malleable both
when cold and hot, is attracted by the magnet,
and like steel, may be converted into magnet,
pointing, when suspended, to lie north like
common magnetic needle 1t is, perhaps, most
remarkable on account of its forming part of
almost all the stones that have fallen from the
sky (meteoric stones in every part of the world"
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
TOo-TOo DINNER CARDS.

The New York San describes the following
novelty in dinner cards: At recent dinner
party in this city some odd dinner cards were
used. They were excellent limitations of square
soda crackers, made of pale silk and filled with
down and sachet powder. The edges were
slightly colored, as a cracker is Drowned in the
baking, and the print of the cutting stamp was
copied by the silk being stitched together in
places In the centre, where the name of the
manufacturer usually is, was the name of the
guest. AS they lay upon the pure white linen
by the plates, they looked like such fresh, good
soda crackers that it was disappointment to
find that they would not break and crumble
into brittle mouthfuls.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
THE BOYS.

There comes the boys, Oh, dear, the noise!
The whole house feels the racket;
Behold the knee of Christie's pants,
And weep DER Bertie's jacket.
But never mind; if eyes keep bright
And limbs grow straight and Timber
We'd rather lose the trees whole bark
Than find unsound the timber.
Now hear the tops and marbles roll;
The fioors-oh woe betide them
And must watch the banisters,
For know the boys who ride them.
Look well as you descend the stairs,
often find them haunted
By ghosty boys that make no noise
Just when their noise is wanted
The very chairs tied in pairs,
And made to prance and caper;
What swords are whitfield out of sticks;
What brave hats made of paper.
The dinner bell peaIs loud and well
To tell the milkman's coming;
And then the rush of steam-car trains "
Sets all our ears a humming.
How oft say: What shall do
To keep these children quiet?"
If could find good receipt
/ certainly should try it.
But what to do with these wild boys,
And all their din and catter,
Is really quite a grave affair
No laughing, trifiing matter.
Boys will be boys'-but not for long,
All could we bear ABOUT us
This thought: How very soon our boys
Will learn to do without us.
How soon and tall. deep-voiced men
Will gravely call us Mother"
Or we be stretching empty hands
From this world to the other.
More gently should we chide the noise,
And when night quells the racket,
Stitch in but lovely thought and prayers
While mending pants and jacket
-HouSeteepe'
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
THINGS TO MAKE A NOTE OF.

SCALLOPED FISH.-Any cold fish, one egg,
milk, one large blade of pounded mace, pepper
and salt to taste, bread crumbs, butter. Pick
the fish carefully from the bones, and mOisten
with milk and the egg; add the other ingredi-
ents, and place in deep dish or scallop-shells;
spread over with bread-crumbs, butter the top,
and brown before the fire. when quite hot,
serve.
BEEF CAKEs.-Take some cold roast beef,
that which is underdOne is best and mince it
very fine; mix with it grated bread crumbs. and
a little chopped onion and parsley; season it
with pepper and salt, and mOisten it with beef
drippings and walnut sauce some scraped cold
tongue or grated ham will be found an improve
ment; form it into broad fiat cakes, and spread
a layer of mashed potato thinly on the top and
bottom of each; lay in small piece OF
butter on thetOp of every cake; place them on
dish, and set them in an oven to brown.
FRIED CHICKEN.-After neatly dressing and
carving in pieces of proper size, parboil half
hour or longer until tender; take out with a
fork, and place in frying-pan of melted butter;
fry brown by frequent turning to keep from burn
ing. A nice gravy is made by pouring the
broth in which it was boiled into the frying pan,
with thickening of flour and any seasoning pre-
ferred Curled parsley, arranged as a garnish
adds to the general effect.
OUTLETS OF COLD MUTTON.-The remains of
cold lOin or neck of mutton, one egg, bread
crumbs, brown gravy tomato sauce. Cut the
remains Of cold lOin or neck of mutton into cut
lets, trim them and take away portion of the
fat; should there be too much, dip them in a
beaten egg, sprinkle with bread-crumbs, and fry
them a nice brown in hot dripping. Arrange
them on a dish, and pour around them either
good gravy or hot tomato sauce.
HAM PIE.-Pick the ham into small nne
pieces, boil cup Of rice beat up two eggs, and
stir it with the ham and rice, with pepper,
salt, and onions; put it into deep pan, and
bake in moderate oven
PARsNIPs.-Wash we'll; scrape them, and cut
in two or four pieces lengthwise; boil IN water
with little salt in it until tender, which Will
be in from one-half to three-Quarters OF an hour
when quite done, dish up in a warm dish, with
melted butter poured over them, or warm butter
with little minced parsley in it or mash the
parsnps and form into small cakes, roll in -four
or dip in egg and bread-crumbs, and fry light
brown; send TO table very hot. You can also
brown the parsnipS sliced rather thick
FRIED POTATOEs.-Pare, wash and slice thin
raw potatoes, lay in ce-cold water an hour or two,
dry in napkin have pan of hot lard, and put
in few at a time, and fry light brown sprinkle
with salt, and turn with a fork, take out with a
wire spoon and put in a dish and set in the oven
until ali are cooked. To be eaten either hot or
cold.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
NOT AN UNNATURAL MISTAKE.

An Austin gentleman. who travels great
deal, recently brought home, as a sample, one of
the hard, black biscuits that are put on the
table at the eating stations along the railroads
The morning after his return he heard great
hullabaloo in the yard. He went out and discov-
cred that his children had put the biscuit
on the ground and had put live coal On its
back They thought it was a turtle.-Tecas
Sittings.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
OYSTERS.
How long do oysters live? 1t is certain that
few die of old age, and those who do, die

How long do oysters live? 1t is certain that
few die of old age, and those who do, die
'Unhousel'd, disappointed, unaneld;
No reckoning made but sent to their account
With all their imperfectons on their head"
There is work by M. Victor Meunier, entitled
"Les Grandes Peches," in which it is stated that
oysters live for ten years, which, as Alexandra
Dumas says, is long enough for an animal that
has neither eyes to see nose to smell nor ears
to hear. What boots it how long he lives, so long
as he gasps his last breath as he glides through
the rosy tunnel of his murderers throat? In
fact, he is a mystery. A culinary poet sings
81 huitre est un hasard, I'm eclair
Qui passe avec les mois r.
That is the usual legend. Perhaps it was in
vented to warn the uninitiated that mussels are
at their best in the months whose names do not
possess that letter. When our frequenters of
London restaurants have become thoroughly con-
WINGED that the mussel is generally the component
part of all the oyster sauce they eat, they will
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
Besides the opportunity in order to become a
hero one must be possessed of noble impulses.

. give me back my boyhood's hours
Their truant escapades,
Their stolen sweets in orchard bowers,
Their watermelon raids,
Their Hastings on the pantry "snack"
That made ones palate Jingle;
But All! you needn't give me back
The slipper or the shingle.
-Ne,u Orleans Picoyune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-16
BAY4RD TAYLOR'S HOME.
From The Pailddeiphid Press.


In passing from oxford TO West Chester
made a detour from the nam road and visited
Cedarcroft the home Of the late Bayard layl0T'
The place is III charge OF "A courteous ana intenl-
o.nt negro couple who were busily engaged Ill
puttng the house and grounds III ordef In ahllSipd
ton of the arrival OF Mrs. Taylor ana her dangh
A farmer whose lands adjoin Cedarcroit sad
that Mrs Taylor and her daughter were very klhd
and polite to those who made pllerlmages 10 Cedar
croft. "'rhey are a good hit Ike bayaiu ho sau,
Z" He was kindness and courtesy PERSONNEL anu
master hand to entertain by his talk anu Stories
some folks Thought good deal Of his lectures, put
in comparison with hls conversations they were con-
strained and Misunderstanding. Lying under the
cedars he would smoke his long-stemned pipe anu
talk about hIs travels, about BOOKS ana eVerylhn
nuder the sum- IN vein that was charming be
vonl nv Door powers TO express. lie mas Oiten
kept me by the hour: and though am more than
ordinarily fond OF music, nave never near" ~, a
song IN my life which was sweeter 10 listen 10 IMAM
the careless half earnest haiJocnlar dissertations
in which Bayard was wont TO indulge, as he pulleu
away at his pipe and seat the smoke wreathS up
Another neighbor said /" | used to go to school
with Bayard He was always a inc fellow Tchock
full OF spirit. aud snap; lie was never 80 II p
boy or man, when he was dong some OIL , US a
favor es" he added rerectlveiy. By was goQu
neIghbor lie did heap for the town, anu "heh nc
died in Berlin Kenneth lost friend"
Your people about here" / Ventured. came 10
think, after while. that he was considerable OF a
man, suppose Z 80 - ,;
printin' and got to writing poetry and wantln' TO
20 TO Europe folks thought he was KINDER odd
like. but got uscu 10 all lHtt. anu SUM- "a no
nsej IN read his books lie was good neghbor,
and most of MS around mere cried when lie died.
1t was gratifying 10 know that Kenneth was
di,posed to forgive his literary transgresslons. =
passed on smiling. and contrasted the dIiereni
views of Taylors whom schoonate and Thomas nSGars
Bailey Aldrich Amid the signing Of me cedarS
the latter's beautiful tribute to Bayard Taylor
came back to me- and with full heart mnr-
INJURED the closing lines, and felt that they were
true:
And when the summer winds sweep over Cedar
croft, =,
He'll come again. / cannot make him dead" '''
Cedarcroft is advertised for sale. IL Is PIC,
turesouely situated. and tire house-a substantial
STRUCTURE of unfinished brick, built III lo5g-
stands umbowered among grove of cecars Inc
house where he was born stanus directly across
the road from CedarcrOft but his parents. who are
very old live IN a small brick house at hennett
Square, a few miles distant. They have recently
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary OF their mar
rage and are still hale and hearty. modest
monument recently erected, marks the poet last
resting place, in Longwood Cemetery, mile from
CedaTcroft.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-16
ROBERT BDCHANAN ON ROSSETTI.
From The Academy.


Your reviewer inslnuates There is no mistaking
his innuendo) that a certain character in my story
Is a shadow picture OF the late Mr. Dante Rossett.
To show the Injustice of this suppositon, will sim
ply ask your readers To mpare the lineaments of
my Blanco Serena, n socety-huntIng. worldly
minded, insiDcere, Dut good-humored fashionable
palnter'with the literary image oi Mr. Rossett,
solitude-lovIng unworldIy. thoroughly sincere and
earnest, II sometimes saLurnlne, man of genius IN
revolt against society. The laundering OF windmill
criticism could surely go no further. wish To have
no mistake on this, TO Inc, very solemn matter.
What wrote of Mr. ROssetti ten years ago, stands.
What wrote Oh AIr. kossettI the inscription Of
God and the Man" also stands. Time brings about
its revenges Can the least acute observer OF htera
ture have failed to notice that the so-caled heshiy
school, IN proportion II has grown saneT, purer,
and more truly imprisoned III ice cause OF human
Ity has lost It's hOld upon the so-caled Heshly puO-
hc-even on the dapper master millers and nilers
men OF the journals OF nepOGsIn and mangnlty
Certain tues said 10 certain OF our poets:
Go that way; there lies the shore cut tO lnm0r-
talityV But the poets, alter gong "a few PAGES,
paused, recognizing, only true poets can recog-
ME, the easy descent 10 AcneIon. How strange 10
would be- alter all, II We, the so-caied Phailsees of
ten years ago, should lind ourselves called upOn IN
the end, to defend these very poets against their
own critics, against society, against the world!
Stranger things have happened. Iahmael, alter all,
Is close akin 10 Esau and L can say tor my own
part that not even the dead vi the brutal blunder
Iug wlndmills would prevent me from cnampIonng
Esau II 4 shOdld find the smooth hands Oh ia
j cob raised 10 destroy MIN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-16
A CURIOUS SNUPEBOY.


Shortly after the breaking out of the French
Revolution, its advocates denounced our Premier
as an enemy to the human race" that man, so
easy to live With" n Mao sang Ine song apCns MN
one day told him that a foreigner; who spoke Eng
lish toerably we'll had twice or thrice asked TO see
him: but not looking like proper applicant, had
been sent away, the great mans time being too
nrec,ous for him TO admit every stranger who, on
frivolous preteXts might seek TO gratlfy an idle
curlosity This person, however, had said he
should return in an hour tbe secretary therefore
Thought his duty to inform Mr. Pitt OF such inten-
ton and ask his further orders IN the affair
Have the goodness" said the Minister to open
The top eft-hand drawer in that cabinet, and bring
These were pair of pistols, and morocco case {;
opening the latter he produced snuff box, III which
was SGT portrait . $3.50.
ais that like our visitorP asked Pitt.
1t is the man. sir" answered the secretary.
Ha have expected him for some daysl He Is
sent over to assassnate when he calls again,
S,rw exclaimed the attached retainer, {" will
Won expose to danger your life on which so much
aThere will be no danger ] thank you; bot you
may be within call If you please"
Accordingly the Frenchman on his return, was
ushered into the room where William Pitt sat
alone--a loaded pistol in one hand. the miniature
Monsieur NIehee do Ia .Touche," said Pitt
calmly. you see / am in every way prepared for
Won thanks TO agent employed by this Govern
menf Attempt my life, and your own instantly
navs the forfeit. In any case, shall have you
secured and given over TO the law
The intended assassin stood paIaiyzeo and dumb
at this cool reception. ma ..,,.
"But" continued Pitt, there Is aho.neI ai.elna
tiye-persona safety and high rewards are IN your
power Sell your services to Great Britain hiake
your market of whatever secret Information you
can procure. that may guard us against tne nc
the necessary evils which policy forces as TO use IN
desperate casas do what no honorable man could DC