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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1887)
TEI .EPHONE ap : m innvilli A • WEST SIDE "TELEPHONE. -—Issued---- EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HUNTING OSTRICHES. HOW THE ARAB OF THE DESERT JUNE 17, 1887 I ANCIENT ISRAEL IN IRELAND. Did the Jews Contribute to the I'opula- tion a Great .Many Years Ago? A WILD NIGHT. Respecting tho Anglo-Israel mania, a self- HOW THE NEWS OF LEE’S SUR< evident and undeniable proof of an early RENDER WAS RECEIVED. settlement of IsraelitLsh tribes in tho United — BY- Kingdom is afforded by names of towns, of a The Mont Favorable Timo for the chase. nature which historians as well as ethnologists Tlie Story Told by a Member of the Preparation of tho Horses—Tbo Game ’Tnlinagr« «& Hentli, admit. Everybody will agree that Dover, for Army «.f the Cumberland—The Boys in View — Methods of the Huntsmen. Publishers aid Proprietors. instance, is nothing else than a dialectical Among the •Mountains of East Ten • ~ « —--------- :------------------------ -— form of tbe locality Debir (Joshua xiii, 20). The Capture. nessee. Edinburgh is no doubt tho Eden town, and, SUBSCRIPTION RATES With the Arabs of tbe desert the chase and in fact, there is au Edenic view from that One year.............................. It was near tho middle of April. Darkness Six months.......................... ... 1 25 capture of tlie ostrich is the most attractive town. Eboracum (York) is either tlio town had settled down over the great bivouac. Three months...................... .... 75 aiid aristocratic of tlie many diversions in of Eber or else Ebras, “the blessed town,” Tho bugles had sounded the tattoo. The Entered in the Postoffice at McMinnville. Or., which they indulge. Tho first thing attended with a Latin termination. But let ns taka grizzled veterans who had been squatting to when a hunt is contemplated is the prep London, whoso derivation is still doubtful; around tho camp fires, talking over the as second-class matter. aration of the horses. They are entirely de as a Hebrew name we shall find it to bo Lau- scenes of the past, and wondering when the prived of grass and fed on barley for seven or Dan, “the dwelling of Dan.” Old London * war would be over—had knocked the ashes HOME AND FARM. eight days before the intended hunt. They was, therefore, inhabited by the Danites (per from their pipes and crawled within their are allowed to drink only once a day, and haps a part of them went over to Den mark, little “pup” tents, or their shelters made of —Don’t forget to put a little salt in that at sunset; at that time they are also although not yet claimed by tbe Danes). boughs. All was still save the measured the soft morning feed. Fowls to do 1 washed. They take long exercises, and great In the name of Dublin is most likely to be tread of the sentinels as they passed to and attention is paid to the arrangement of the found a reversed form, that name seeming fro upon their l>eats around the sleeping well should always be fed a little of it daily, dissolved in food. Its use pre- harness. The Arab says that after seven or to lie Dublan, tho dwelling of Dub or Dob. army. eight days the stomach of the horse disap This word, which means usually in Hebrew Suddenly there came rattling through the veiAs anil cures many vicious habits. pears, while the chest, tho breast and croup a bear, could dialectically mean a wolf (hard clear night air a sound that aroused every Try it. — Troy Time». remain in ilesli. The animal is then in con ened from Zeeb). The wolf represents tbe soldier in an instant. We bad often heard it —Fried Herring«: Clean them ami dition to endure fatigue. This training is tribe of Benjamin (Genests xlix, 27’, conse before and it always meant business. It was scale and dry in a towel. Take a called “teeliaha.” The harness used in this quently a port of the Beiijamites settled in tbe long roll at division headquarters. And hunting is much lighter thqn that in ordin Dublin, and that perhaps in tho time of a piece of letter paper, rub a little hot ary use, especially the saddle and the stir Jeremiah, who, it is known, cainooverto Ire such a long roll as it was! The drummer handled his sticks as if ho was pounding for or cold butter on it, fold a herring in rups, and the martingale is dispensed with. land, married an Irish princess, and brought his very life. When a soldier hears tho loi.*; it salt and pepper it and broil. Eat The bridle also undergoes many changes, tho over a copy ot tbo law, which is now buried roll bo never waits for orders. It is an alarm with a little lemon juice or make a mounting and earlaps being taken away, as ill tho Mount Tara (from Tliorah, tbe law). that has but one i ^‘ailing. His duty is to get sauce with butter and vinegar.— Ex- they are considered too heavy. The bit and Tho tribal characteristio of “ravening as a “traps” on and take his place in line, and to frontlet are made of rope, without throat- wolf’ still continues to mark tbe descendants. bo very lively about it, too. The drums at change. bar.d, and the reins, though very strong, aro It is uot unlikely that Piiomiciaus settled also the headquarters of each brigade took up the —Breakfast Biscuit: One quart of extremely light. in England, which lias long been suspected sound and the piercing blasts of bugles joined flour, one-haff teaspoonful salt two The time most favorable for ostrich hunt from the frequently employed word Bal as a in the chorus. Startled from ‘their sleep, the prefix in Celtic localities. Could not Syden soldiers kicked off their blankets, and it teaspoonfuls baking powder, < n -half ing is when there is the greatest heat. The mean “the home of tho Sidouiansi'—A wasn’t a minute until the companies were ounce butter; mix together; adii lniik higher the temperature the less is the ostrich ham formed, ©very man with his accouterments able to defend itself. The Arab says that Neubauer iu Notes and Queries. enough to make a soft dough; roll out when a man stands upright and his shadow buckled on and his musket at “shoulder” in Interviewing Henry Ward Beecher. quickly, handling as little as possi is only- the length of his foot is tho response to the “Fall in!” of the orderly ser There are probably but few newspaper re geants. Ag^jn diums and bugles sounded, ble, and bake in a quick oven.— The exact time to hunt. Each horseman is accom panied by a servant, called “zemmal." He is porters in this city that have not interviewed the companies marched to the color lino and Caterer. Henry Ward Beecher. The Plymouth pas the regiments were ready for action. It was —Cattle should not he permitted to mounted on a camel carrying four goat skins tor enjoys great popularity among the re a moonless night, and the darkness of the oak filled with water, and barley for tbe horse, feed on clover land in the early spring, wheat flour for the rider, some dates, a kettle porters, for ho is accessible, genial, and, as a voods was but feebly dispelled here and there as the crop will hardly be able to de in which to cook the food, and everything rule, talkative. He is always ready to en by tho flickering light of the smoldering tires. MOMENTS OF ANXIOUS SUSPENSE. velop iu full vigor if this lie done. which can possibly be required for the repair gage in a harmless bit of chaff with tbo news* Neither should stock be permitted to ing of the harness in case of accident. The paper men, but ho will not brook insolence. 1 Every ear was strained to catch the rattle The last mentioned fact was recently im graze on it late in the autumn, as (his horseman wears a linen vest and trousers, and pressed upon the ulleged mind of a swagger of shots on tbo- picket line. No sound was covers his neck and earn with a light material save the bustlo of the assembling troops reodevs it very liable to winter-killing. called “havuli,” which is tied with a st ip of ing youngster who said that be represented a ■ heard and the voices of the officers os they gave the —Albany Journal. camel’s hide. His feet are protected by san Brooklyn, paper. A rumor that Mr. Beecher necessary commands. It was one of those —When purchasing pure-bred stock dals and bis legs by light gaiters, called “tra- was dead got started in some unaccountab le moments of anxious suspense that test the and spread like w ildfire. Reporters courage of tho bravest veteran. give the preference to those breeds best bag.’ He has neither gun nor pistol, his only maimer by the score hurried to Mr. Beecher’s house An orderly from brigade headquarters adapted to the soil, climate and facili weapon being a wild olivo or tamarind stick, and were there confronted by tho famous five or six feet long, with a heavy knob at dashed up and handed a j»aper to the colonel ties of the farm. , It1 will not do to sud one end. preacher hale and hearty. After a while of our regiment. A bit of candle was found, along camo a young man who said to Mr. and by its sputtering light the colonel glanced denly transfer an animal from a luxu BEGINNING THE JOURNEY. riant pasture to a barren hillside. Before starting off the hunters ascertain Beecher with an impudent grin that ho had at tho message. Jumping about four feet been sent by the city editor of Tho Brooklyn into the air he gave one wild, piercing yell Good breeding is important, but the where a large number of ostriches are to be ---- “to find out whether Beecher was alive that an Apache chief might strive in vain to best of breeds will fail to give satisfac found. They are generally met with in places or dead.” rival. We all thought for the moment that tion unless kept under propir condi where there is a great deal of grass and rain “Well,” said the Plymouth 'pastor, “I sup j ho had gone crazy. When he camo down has recently fallen. The hunters commence tions.— Cleveland Leader. he handed tho paper to the adjutant, their journey early in the morning. After pose you know who I am?” “Ob, yes,” answered tho fellow pertly, “but letting off another yell, and told him —Sponge Jelly R >11: Four eggs, one one or two days’ traveling, when they have I would like to have it directly from you that i to read it to the regiment. It was a copy cup and a half sugar, one tablespoon arrived near the de-ired spot and they begin you are not dead. ” of a telegram from Secretary Staqton baking powder, beat the whites sepa to see traces ot their game, they halt and “ Ab, ” murmured tho .stalwart pastor as ho I announcing the surrender of Lee's army. Tbe rately and the sugar and the camp. After settling, two intelligent slaves laid a heavy hand on the funny young man’s I scene that followed no words can adequately are sent out to reconnoiter. They carry a yelks together until very light, then goat skin at their side and a little bread. coat collar. The next instant tho young man describe. The colonel and adjutant swung add part of the whites, then a cup of They walk on until they And the ostriches, was held up in tho air and shaken as a dog their hats and danced around and fairly flour, then beat well, then a little which are generally on elevated places. As would shake a sawdust doll. Mr. Beecher set howled. Every officer and soldier in the regi him down on the sidewalk not any too gently more fimir. then tlie rest of tho whites soon as the game is in view one lies down to and quietly remarked, “Now, you can go to ment, and in every other regiment, did the j same thing. We had beard shouting and and stir easy; put it in and bake. watch and the other returns to convey the in your city editor and tell him that you have yelling before, and had done our full share of formation to the camp. The birds are found Spread and roll as quick as you can.— in received actual proof that I am alive. ” — New it on occasion, but never anything like that troops consisting eften of as many as sixty. Boston Budget. which greeted the reading of this dispatch. The horsemen, guided by the scout, travel York Times. From one end of the camp to tho other the —Although tlie hogs are more sen cautiously toward the game. The nearer they A New Heredity Needed. sitive to cold than other domestic ani approach thes(>ot the greater is their caution, All wise reform must commence with rec confusion and uproar were prodigious. Men laughed and danced and hugged one another, mals, yet they receive less proteotion and when they reach the last ridge which ognizing the fact of heredity, and that by and rent the air with every kind of noise pos hides them from tbe ostriches they dismount that law human ills are multiplied, and by it during winter. The most important and creep forward to ascertain whether the they may be diminished. Jt will do little sible to tho human voice pitched in its highest requisite in a pig-sty is dryness. Tho birds are still there. If such is the case a good to work for individuals here and there. key. It was as if the inmates of a score of accumulations of s I hs I i and manure moderate quantity of water is given to the Such conditions must be created as shall lunatic asylums had been turned loose in those usually found in some pens are fruitful horses and each man mounts again and pro make a new heredity possible. That cannot Tennessee woods. When the yelling had in some degree sub causes of cholera and other diseases, ceeds. Tbe servants and camels follow a little be accomplished without improving the en sided, from sheer vocal exhaustion, the sol and it. is a practice to pour corn into distance behind, carrying with them corn vironment of those to be reached. If men diers began to cast alxiut for other means to and water. live in good houses, drink pure water, are such jiens, one-half of which is wasted. make a noise. It didn’t matter what it was The horsemen divide and form a circle accustomed to frequent sight and contact Better treatment of the hogs would in around the ostriches at such a distance as not with those who are worthy of honor, have I —the more discordant the better, only so that sure greater weight oh a smaller pro to be noticed by them. The servants halt given to them tho inspirations which are es I it helped to swell the awful din. Meanwhile portion of food.— Ban L'raneiseo Chron when the horsemen separate, and as soon as sential to the best development, the result all the brass bands were playing, though they see their masters in position they walk will be manifested in the next generation. nolnxly could tell what the tunes were; the icle. shriek of fifes and rattle of drums were heard —Notwithstanding great care, pi right before their prey. The ostriches flee, The generation following the French revolu on every band, and the buglers strained to but are met by the hunters, who at (list only tion was distinguished by such an epidemic anos, and especially uprights, will be drive them back into tbe circle. They are of nervous diseases as bad never been known make themselves heard until it seemed as if come smeared and lack lustre. Do not made to run around the ring, and in this way in French history. It was the result of the they would blow their heads off. Then the attempt to use any varnishes or furni their strength is exhausted. At the first sign terrific strain upon mind and heart and nerve artillery opened. Gun after gun joined in the mighty chorus until every battery in the ture polishes, but. take luke warm of fatigue in the birds tlie horsemen dash in of those delirious years.—Amory II. Bradford 1 corps was sending forth its thunders to echo and tbe flock separatee. Tbe affrighted birds in Andover Review. water, make soapsuds and wash thor among the mountains. Regiment after regi open their wings, which is a sign of great ex oughly, a small space at a time, either haustion, and tho hunter, now feeling sure of ment began to fire their muskets. The men A Mysterious Society “Man.** took their cartridges from their Ixixes, [loured with a sponge or soft rag. quicklyxnb- his prey, selects his bird and runs it down A Boston man writes from Paris to a in the powder, rammed down the paper for bing dry with a larger rag. A piece and finishes it with a blow on tbo head with friend : “You know, of course, the exceedingly wadding, and blazed away. The balls they of old tablecloth is the best for ,this tbe olive stick. breezy volumes of descriptions of society in threw upon the gi ound; there was no further THE CAPTURED GAME. purpose.— N. Y. Examiner. tbo European capitals, written by a certain use for them. The moment tbe bird falls the man quickly mysterious and exceedingly outspoken Count —Foremost among all fertilize^ is dismounts A LITERAL PAXDEMONIUM. and cute its throat, taking care to Perhaps you can imagine the din, but it’s common barnyard manure. That bold the head at some distance from tb^body Paul Vasili, that have appeared/ Well, I have found out tho identity of this mysteri more likely you can t. When the soldier« which gives it its peculiar value is that so as not to soil tbo plumage. It is said tho ous ‘Count Paul.’ It is none other than it contains all tlie plant elements, and male bird utters loud moans while dying, but Mme. Juliette Adam, the versatile and vi had shot away their cartridges they hunted up all tlie camp kettles and tin jians, and beat is, therefore, fitted to nourish any crop ; the female dies in silence. When the ostrich vacious directress of Tho Nouvelle Revue, them furiously with sticks and stones, still is on the point of being taken by the hunter, whose salon is tho center of all literary Paris. hence we call it a general and not a if yelling and shouting as fast as they could be does not wish to kill it he »pecific manure. To be sure, there are can easily drive it with the stick Sbo has been absent a good deal of late, and— gather breath enough to do so. The camp well, when a Parisian editor wrote to ask certain concentrated manures which, to where the camel is, it is in such Mme. for an article the other day, she inad was a literal pandemonium. Heaped with wood the fires blazed high, and the forest a as if the soil ri-']iiires the particular plant an exhausted condition. After the birds vertently sent him an unpublished manu aglow with light. slements of which they are composed, are bled to death they are carefully skinned* script of Count Paul Vasili. The editor Men did ail sorts of grotesque and ridicu- so that tbe feathers may not become injured, charged her at once with being the ‘ man ’ will yield larger returns, pound for lous things. They climbed trees and yelled and the skin is stretched upon a tree or a pound, than will barnyard manure. horse and salt is well rubbed into it. Then a whnm.all Europe was »«peculating about, and through the branches; they made heroH? she sent him an answer which dodges with speeches from logs and stumps; they turned Yet for general use upon the farm there fire is built and the fat of the bird is boiled out denying.”—New York Post their clothes inside out; they rode one an is nothing that will take the place of for a long time. When it is very liquid it is other on pules—they did everything that this most common manure.— ICestern poured into bottles made of the skin of tbe Treatment of Whooping Cough. great fertility of resource in this direction thigh and leg and strongly fastened at the Rural. The following method of disinfection of suggest. At the headquarters of our bottom. The fat of one bird is generally suf sleeping and dwelling apartment« and clothes could brigade a horse bucket full of eggnog was —All seeds will run out unless kept ficient to fill two of these cases, and it is said up by selection. Many of tlie kinds of tbe fat would spoil in any other vewel. After is recommended by M. Mohn in the treat made, and the general and his staff indulged ment of whooping cough. It is said to cure in copious libations. After several “rounds” fered a« mw are only fixed up by selec the trying out process the flesh is prepared the cases .iq^nediately. The children are they sallied forth and seized the instrument« tion from old varieties. The improve and eaten by the hunters, who dress it well washed and clothed in clean articles of dress of tbe band, and formed fora ¡»aradethrough ment of squash and cucumber se ’(is by with pepper and flour. While all this is going and removed to another part of the town. tbe camp. The general headed the proces on the horses are carefully tended, watered age can be explained on scientific prin and fed with corn, and the party remains The bed room and sitting room or nursery are sion with the Imss drum, which be pounded ciples. When fresh, they are fle’hv quiet for forty-eight hours to rest the ani then hermetically sealed; all the bedding, so furiously that he broke in one of tlie playthingsand other articles that cannot be hear!«. Tbe staff officers, with boms, blew and contain pabulum, which gives mals. After that they return to tbe camp or washed are exposed fn'ely in the room, in the moat wildly discordant blasts. As they vigor to the young plant«, but with age seek more game , , , which sulphur is burned in the proportion of marched hither and thither, regimental and To the Arab the chase of the ostrich has a twenty-five grams to the cubic meter of company oGii.-ers and hundreds of soldiers they get rid of the surplus food. double attraction—that of pleasure and of space. The room remains thus charged with fell in behind tbe general and his staff, until Cucumbers from old seed fruit a great profit. The price obtained for the skins well deal better, and mele«i plants are compensates for the expense. Not only do sulphurous acid for five hours, and is then the column of howling lunatic« was a quarter freely ventilated. The children return the • of a mile long. thorter jointed, and flower at til"' third the rich enjoy the pursuit, but the poor, who same day, and may sleep and play in the dis Four years of toiling and suffering «ueb as or fourth joint when from fresh seed know howto arrange for it, as well. The infected rooms. — Lancet. others know not, of weary marches and vigil« they would not live a flower until the usual plan is for a poor Arab to bargain with by day and by night, through fierce heat and some one who is weU to do for the use of hi« beating storm; of iacing th* pitileMi bullets tenth.— Boston Globe. i horse camdl, harness and two-thirds of the Huiuoroui liut Ghastly. and screaming shell, amid awful M-eneaof provisions. The borrower fur They tell a story of a fir« in Chicago that death and human anguish; long months and —tn certain Austrian coal mine« necessary nishes the remaining third, and the result ot that bad thinned regiments of 1,000 to work i« suspended in dangerous place» the chase is divided in the same proportion.— has a certaim grim hum r to it. Tbe fire years broke out in a medical college, and a fireman, 100—all were past, tbe end bad come, and be during a fall ->f tltc barometer, experi Boston Herald. groping m a building, «aw what h« took to 1« fore the eyes of tb*«e scarred and war worn ments »till in progress haviug shown rome one insensible from inhaling smoke. Bo veterans arose in a moment blessed picture* that the quantity and intensity of ex he rushed to the proof rate form and conveyed of peace and home. Do you wonder that it to tbe street at tbe risk of his own life, only they indulged in tbeae wild and extravagant plosive g.ise* greatly increase’ *’ the to find when bo got there that be bad rescued demonstranon« of joy | Added to these were degree of atmospheric pressure dimin I a partly di me cr e d «object the glad feehngs of victory at la*t, after all ishes. —IN— Garrison’s Bnilflinz, McMiuiille, Oregon, CAPTURES BIG GAME. NO. 10« the blooa ana wreumeaness, and the patriotic rejoicing over a nation saved by then- valor ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. and sacrifices. Let me ask if you wouldn’t have been very likely to make a fool of your self for the time being if you had been there? THE MOST CELEBRATED REPRE* Let us hope that the recording angel vailed SENTATIVE BODY IN THE WORLD. her face that night.—W. F. Hinman in Inter Ocean. Charmiug Tricycle Riders. Two very pretty and very stylish looking young ladies have been making a decida! sen sation on the avenue by their dexterous rid ing of the tricycle. Both are remarkably pretty and wear handsome street costumes. One of them wears a gentleman’s high silk hat, the only difference being that it is turned up on one side and has a little black feather in it Her cloth ch-ess fits her trim figure ex quisitely, and on her wee, pretty f<K>t she w ears a long boot, like a backwoodsman. The top of her boot hides her pretty ankle, but the convenience obviates many of the ob jections raised to ladies riding tricycles. Her companion wears a Tam O’Shanter cap, which falls prettily about her head. Both the high silk hat and the Tam O’Shanter are kept on the ladies' heads by long, flat pins, and they go flying up the «.venue without fear of losing their headgear. They each own a single tricycle, and use these in the moruing, but in the evening, when the avenue is crowded, they ride a double tricycle, and cause many of the congressmen’s hearts, and senators’, too. by the way, to go pit-a-pat in unison with the girls’ daintily booted feet on the pedals. — Washington Cor. Baltimore American. A Censure Partly Undeserved. There is a good deal said about the idleness and so sn of American young women, the daughters of parents who are well to do in the world, which is undeserved. Because a girl is fond of life and its active pleasures, because she dances, is deeply interested in drass, goes to many entertainments and has what she herself calls “an awfully jolly time,” in no wise is this evidence that she cannot mix w ith all Jhese lighter undertakings >al hard work. We do not refer altogether to the endless little things which occur at home and which would cause growling and grum bling if they were left undone. But no one who has not been on the inside has any con ception of how much the girls do to help their mothers and ease the burdens of their elders. The gayest and most popular of society girls are not free from these duties, and they are usually taken as a matter of course. They are undertaken without a thought of lazy, discontented repining as a general thing; when this rule does not apply I pity the man, though he be fifty times a millionaire, who marries the girl. Life is not all rose leaves to them by a very great deal.—Toledo Blade. A Dangerous Practice. The practice of allowing children to go out at night to find their own companions and their own places of amusement may leave one in twenty unscathed and without danger; but I think that nineteen out of twenty fall down wounded or destroyed. And if there is one thing that should be more imperative than another, it is that your children shall be at home at night; or that, if they are abroad, you shall lx? abroad with them. There may lie things that it is best that you should do for your children though you would not do them for yourselves; but they ought not to go anywhere at night, to see sights, or to take pleasure, unless you can go with them, until they are grown to man's estate and their habits are formed. And nothing is more certain than that to grant the child lib erty to go outside of the parental roof and its restraints in the darkness of night is bad, and only bad, and that continually.—Henry Ward Beecher in New York World. The Cooking Stove Apostacy. The religious papers are taking up whut some of them call tbe “cooking stove aj>osta- cy.” The point of their complaint seems to be that the caterer is gaining ground at the church sociable, and, like the political parties, they call on the country to “view nyith alarm” a ministry of three orders—pastor, deacons and professional cooks, the last in white vest ments, manipulating the ritual of pies and cakes. Well, good brethren, and why not? Did you ever view with alarm the flushed faces of the sisters of the church who have weayied themselves out from time immemor ial, l>ent their backs and risked their tempers preparing the simple meal “for whose restora tion you clamor?” If tbe caterer, with his white vest and white gloves, can relieve some measure of fatigue and worry on the part of tbe feminine portion of tbe congregation the church social will serve a letter end than it ever has before.—Kansas City Journal. Busy Men and Women. A busy woman who mast think, who must care for others, whose heart is in her work for others, and whose life cannot be confined within four walls or any narrowing conven tionalities, seeks her kind and saves her precious moments by receiving her friends upon one day in the week. The busy man, shut in his office for long hours, harassed by many cares and often flagellated by foes, finds it sweeter and better for the few mo menta’ chat in some attractive home, where beauty, music and flowers give him the needed jxietry to mate with his prosaic cares — (’uicago Tribune. > Awkward Hoars. A bright and busy little woman, who was asked to some entertainment from 3 to 5 the other day, «ent back word she couldn’t go, for she couldn’t go to heaven between those hour* in the afternoon! And they are awkward hours, when you come to consider it. Only the idlers, the butterflies and the gadabouts truly like this afternoon tea and chocolate visiting. For the workers it is destruction; but then, what right has a working man or woman to “ play ” before 6 at night? Herald. Women a« MiMlnnarles. At Wellesley college eighty young women I hiiv»* expressed a desire to work as foreign missionaries; at Oberlin, about KM) signified the same purpree, and, including all these and other college«, there ere about 400 young women willing to work in tbe foreign field — Public Opinion. Ginger in the Month. Ginger is said to Mieceed well in all the states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, but it Las not yet been demonstrated wliether it wiJl prove to le* a profitable crop or not. A Florula f«aper makes suggestions about tbe method of cultivating it— Chicago Timm r What May be Seen by a Visitor In tho G.ll.ry—How Business Is Conducted. No Limit to tho Length ot Speechee. Mr. Gladstone the Chief MagueL A visitor goes down to Westminster, let ua say on Monday, when tho house of common« is to meet, at 4 p.m. (nominally), in order to see the oldest and most celebrated representa tive body in tbo world. After being elbowed about among the “stranger«’’ (as the British public are officially designated in what ia supposed by a polite fiction to be their bouse) and ordered about by policemen who look at him as though ho was a spy or a traitor, the visitor takes his seat bi the gallery and glances down into the arena. It is 4 p.m., and the speaker is in his chair, but there are few members present, and nothing seems to bo doing. After a while the visitor becomes aware of a dumb show going on—a sort of pantomime in which the chief performers «re a clerk iu wig and gown at the table and a gentleman who stands at the right hand side of that piece of furniture. It Is the read ing ot the private bills. If any of these should be opposed, members will flock in, and there will be a debate and division. But otherwise tho chamber will be almost empty. Gradually members come straggling in and take their seats. There is scarcely room in the body of the chamber for two-thirds of the members, and therefore as the benches Oil up the lata arrivals take their places in the side galleries, whence they survey the scene. There are no convei ieneea for writing or taking notes, and as nearly every one baa hi« hat on, a less businesslike working body it would be difficult to imagine or describe. It is more than 4:30 o’clock before the real busi ness begins, for these gentlemen who are sup posed to be devoting themselves to the service of their country are really engaged during the working part of the day on their private affairs. Their best energies are given to the stock exchange, or tho law courts, or the office, or to pleasure; the dregs they kindly offer to the unfortunate country. BEGINNING OF BUSINESS. The first indication of business 1« in the no tices of motion, members (who are called by name), reading out the terms of a resolution which they announce they will move on a given occasion. Then comes “question time,’* which generally consumes from three-quar ters of an hour to nearly two hours. Any mamlier who has previously given notice of his intention may put a question to any mem ber of the government in the house on any subject, from a momentous diplomatic inci dent down to tbo parish pump of Little l’ed- lington. It cannot be denied that these ques tions sometimes bring forth valuable infor mation, but that information might all be printed, instead of valuable time being con sumed in the answer«. For be it remem bered that llieee answers are, in at least half the instances, all written down by officers in the particular defMirtment, and the minuter merely reads what has been prepared for him. To show the absurdity of this in reference to Ireland and the consequent necessity of home rule there, a member gives notice on Monday of a question he will put on Thurs day to the Irish secretary. That gentleman probably knows nothing of the subject matter of the question. He writes or telegraphs to Dublin for information and on Thursday re ceive« a reply from Dublin which he solemnly reads in the house. It would be difficult to oonceive greater inaptitude. Borne of the an swers given evoke party demonstrations on one side or the other, for the house is always full at question time. Whether it win ha full immediately after depends upon ths subject and the speaker. If there is an adjourned deliate to lie opened by an eminent member, most of the other members retain their place«. Mr. Gladstone is, of course, the chief magnet; he attracts every one. Next to him Lord Randolph Churchill draws the fullest house; and after that erratic politician would srewa Mr. Parnell, Mr. I<abouchere, Mr. Morley, Nir W. Harcourt, Nir W. Lawson, Mr. Hex ton and Mr. Chamberlain. But if an unim portant or dull man rises to speak there is a regular stampede, and where 400 or (00 man were just now sitting you will not see more than forty or flfty. The rest have gone to talk political gossip, or to write letter«, or to see some of their constituents. array or bmptt bencher . By 7 p. m., or a little after, as a general rule, nearly all the members have gone to dinner, and the chamber presents a lieggarly array ot empty liencbeo. To these empty benches and to tho weary speakers tho lx ires and wind bags hold forth for three mortal hours. Tbo period from 7 to 10 is generally sacred to them. They have nothing to say and they •ay it very badly. You have read or heard all the old dreary arguments a hundred times over; but these men bring them out as im pressively m though they were stating now ideas of tbo moot profound nature. There la no time limit to speeches in the house of <»mmons; and it is possible that this whole three hours might be taken up by one boro, though that is not often tho cere. At about 8 o’clock there b usually a brief cerestion, when the speaker goes out for refreshment (which is popularly supposed to con sist of a mutton chop and glass of claret); on his return the droning con tinues. At al slut lOo’clock p. m. the members begin to drop in, several ot them in evening (trees. It a good speaker ia on hb legs this b «lively time; if not, several of the gentlemen who have eaten and drank not wisely but too well go to sleep. Homo time between midnight and 2 o’clock In the morning the debate b either adjourned (generally after a wrangle), or there is a divbion; then, as tbo newspapers say, “tho rrrrydning motions are disposed of and t he hotuie adjourns. ” Of the bouse of lords I will say nothing; it b too terrible a theme. A dosen peers end three or four bishofie sitting for an hour con stitute the nominal session of that body. Wbat I have written Is of the “popular” bouse. On that rhomlrr decrepitude seems to have fallen. The vibtor b struck by its list less way«. With s few excejitions tbe mem bers do not seem to have gathered together to do anything; tbe nation’s business b not transacted here. You meet several good and earnest men. a very few able mon; but eol- lortl-. ely they appear to lie helplme. And so things are drifting, drbtlng—whither, who knows!— London Cor. New York Commercial Advertiser I I 3 I{* ! I ! fi » ■ i ♦