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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1888)
w I k K IK I, la i .4 BUDDING STATESMEN. the MEDALS OF HONOR. Hew Uncle 8am Rewards the Ueroea ei Ilia Army and Navy. The modal of honor is the one decora tion given by the United States to those of its soldiers and sailors who distinguished themselves by acts of in dividual gallantry. This decoration T Little Fellows Who Walt on Great Law-Maker of the Senate. The Senate page corp3 numbers fif teen as bright and quick boys as can bo found anywhere. They reooive ap pointments on tho recommendation of Senators, and come from all sections of ; tne country, lhere is the elongated i was authorized for military service by and dark-hucd Southerner and the ! a joint resolution passed by both ruddy-cheeked and chunky Western t houses of Congress and approved July boy. the quick Northerner and tho 12, 1862, authorizing the President "to spectacled Xcw Euglander. They are j cause 2,000 medals of honor to be pre paid $7.r a month each during the ses- ; pared with suitable emblematic de sion of Congress, which generally lasts j vices, and to direct that the same be about eight months for the long and j presented in tho name of Congress to three months for tho short session, and such non-commissioned oilicers and at tho close of the latter it is customary j privates as shall most distinguish to vote them an extra mouth's nay in i themselves bv their trallantry in ac- order that they may return to their homes. In addition to their salary tho pages make quite a goodly-sized sum by selling autograph alliums containing tho signatures of the Senators ana prom inent people whom they buttonhole for their autographs. Their period of butterfly life is rather short, however, as it generally does not extend beyond two Congresses, the age limit being be tween Jen and sixteen. After they reach the age of sixteen they are com polled to leave. I Tho pages are very neat in their edress and pay grout attention to stylo. They wear tunic coats and knee pants, generally of some dark material, and fnffect dark black silk stockings. Their J l,vork begins at uino a. in., when they Iissomblo in the Senate chamber and jut the desks of the Senators in order or tho day. arranging tho several 'ills, petitions, etc., on them, after 5ltltt lltlliW.2 "f lltr ! t itlMNlilii fat Mini tie v can a muse themselves until twelve clock, when the Senate convenes, at hich time they station themselves on ther side of the President's platform. fter tho chaplain's prayer ins in earnest, and aiit'y on the run, answering tho snan the 1; nrrers of the Senators, earw ig bilis- and papers to the President's inl excuting tho multitudiuoti:; dm. jtro'cloc i - -s:on, releisin i it is customary for Senate usually is in session till when it goes into Executive the pages from duty. the Senate to on J'hurjSay evening until -jouru .lllilll' H-l1 lltV 41l.ill.k - ?- X .. - f..u ':iu.i i.i,'i :i I!.", iiteu in HLi:iiiiir iyr page- to dj in Hie interim, and ty amus'j themselves in various yy. Some are continually poring r novels of "The White Eagle, the pper" order, but the greater num : are enthusiastic bicyclers, those yi are not fortunate enough to own a el not begrudging paying sixty an liour for tho rent wf one. and jyaro the amusing squabbles among si a- to how many minutes one h:is de it before another bikes it. they n: lured it on shares. It can not leaied, also, that some are con- d gum chewers. Tho wide marble isters on either side of the stair ng to tho upper floors offer a great tatioa to them to slide down them tion and their soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection." This was followed March 3, 1803, by an act authorizing the additional issue of medals of honor for such officers, non commissioned officers, and privates as have most distinguished, or may here after most distinguish, themselves in action," appropriating 20,000 to de fray the expenses of tho same. Th medal prepared was a five-pointed star, tipped with trefoil, each point containing a crown of laurel and oak; in the middle, within a cir cle of thirty-four stars, America is personified as Minerva, with her left hand resting on the fasces, while with her right, in which she holds a shield bearing the arms of the United States, she repels Discord. Tho whole is suspended by a trophy of twocros.sed cannon and a sword surmounted by the American eagle, and linked with the dependent star. A ribbon of thirteen stripes, blue and white, headed with a stripe of plain blue, unites it with a clasp consisting of two cornucopias and the arms of the United States. Tho medal is of bronze, and no distinction they are con- has as yet been made by giving medals . ., '! 1 1 V. ui inui ur iiutu uert3 winra ui peculiar heroism have been performed. This medal is within the reach of the humblest private in tho army, and is prized by its most distinguished officers. A large majority of those who have received the medal were enlisted men in the volunteer ranks during the civil war. but many have also been conferred upon members of the regular army not only for heroic acts during tho war, but similar deed. while engaged in lighting the hostile Indians in the ardous campaigns on the frontier. The medals of honor for the navy were authorized by an act of Congress passed in the latter part of 1361, to be accorded by the Secretary of the Navy to such petty officers and others of in ferior nink as should most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action in the navy during the war. It was a bronze in the form of a star with live points, with a device emblematic of Union crushing tho monster Rebellion, around which were thirty-three stars, tho number of States then in the Union. The naval medals were accorded to 320 persons. Those given in the army GENTLEMEN IN AFRICA. Chiefs Who Are Dintlnculshnrt for Tact and l'leasing Conduct. Til Livingston's travels ho is contin ually referring to tho dusky females of Africa as ladies, but it is very seldom that explorers have occasion to apply the word gentlemen to the men they meet. Among the great tribes north of Victoria Nyanza. however, are a few chiefs to whom Sir Samuel Baker, Emin Pasha, Stanley and a few other white men think the word fitly applies. Baker said, for instance, that Kata grua was the only gentleman he met at tho big King Kabrega's court, and Emin Pasha is equally complimentary. He says that while he was in tho so ciety of Katagrua that chief never onco asked his guest for a present, and ho received very politely and with every appearance of pleasui o the few insig nificant presents tho white man was able to give him. Before Emin Pasha met this gentle- . steamer. MISCELLANEOUS. Yon never hear the bee complain, Xor hear it weep nor wail; Hut if it wish, it can unfold A very painful tail. K'uiftinrrfpn Critic. The bright boy in a Burlington, Vt., Sunday-school, who said that a Freo Will Baptist was one who went into tho tank of his own accord, was sent down to tho foot of the class in theology. N Y. Tribune. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. It's a pity that tho dude can't bo allowed the woman's privilege of changing his mind. Perhaps if ho wero he might possibly make a swap for one that was occasionally good for some thing. Journal of Education. The reason why so many old families die out is because the younger ones have not bee sense enough to swarm. They want to stay together and live on each ve. X. O. 1'ica- The sum of 100. which was do posited in a Hartford bank in 1824, has ' other until they all st grown to $2,621, and the person who ' ylmc- placed it there has been dead for sev- ! She "Ha! ph. why did you .-end eral years, while the rightful heirs only j ne a little red tlag to-day!" Kalph (a learned their good luck a few weeks , rejected and dejected suitor) -I beg ago. ' you will wear it as a signal of danger. More than three hundred Italian ' Von know. I would not like to see tho lanorers sailed from .New lork for! other fellows suffer as I do home the other day, being unable to Life. Vfc4 W Am !-. . ..-.. A ?ff. ? V uuwuil eilipiUYIIieiU. 1 WO now. manly person he visited Chief Anfini, with whom he became very friendly, and whom he described as "the only negro gentleman" he had met ir. four years' wanderings in Africa. Anfini is one of the chiefs under King Kabre ga, and he rules a district in Unzoro. Dr. Emin describes this remarkable person as a portly, well-dressed man of middle age, who is possessed of inborn tact, never asks for presents, and is not inquisitive about the private affairs of his guests. Since tho Arabs began trading in his country Anfini has been able to procure many articles of European manufacture. Dr. brigands, . "Voumr man." li s:nd. n!miilv. who had been confined ever since their, "what would vou think if I shiml.I mt j arrival, were sent back by the same an enemy into my mouth to steal away .steamer. mv brains?' ! mmiii h.. ti,;.,t- The famous cattlo trail between sir' li!.--..nih..l th. ,nn- ,.,' Texas and the North will soon be wiped -that you were going to'iui'uiinecesl out. It was COO miles long and one bary expense." X J'. Hun. '"- mi.-, aim neu me original survey With A.VJ0 000 m oiurauo was mane m:s strip was ' single do- .. .. c u ui u,e uo men. me j reaoa h) be discouraged. Txvontv veara railroads have now rendered it useless, i from now we shall be W(M..:i ia!li;vmin. -A two-year-old child died at At- ios in dog.,, though wo mav possibly , au., ,,o., ei ;l jearago ,v snort lo!H.a few t,iVMp.-.Loilb,iile VourLr. time before its death the child s hair Journal. Ow ... ,V ....,1 .. 1 1 t .iseu uu aim a euri piaceu id a Dox An article is going the round v.ii.1 9o.ut.-ui uie cuuus piaymmgs. , the j,.,,, headed: "Hov jut uiuui u.iv. wneii uie oox was v;r ' !- ...,?... " . l. IL.1 1 lll!T opened, the hair was found to have.' .lIld iuteresting. but" when a'vouii" man grown over two feet. faIls in ,ove he (lo:,-t I)olldL.;oVer A laris tradesman one night ro-'mioa. ili!t,11thf.fbi;c.-.w s.,i.i. Emin says that Anfini is the only negro j cently asked the old woman who came umi raM f-v.niicallv in the d-irk" Prince he has met to whom clothingand , around every morning to clean up his t'omcrcille Journal. .!-... ...1 -1? ., ! cj-i... it t... i:j..1 , II " rwuuiur oiuer civiiizeu appliances ii " i; uneu in see iieopie Hanging, i,.-, .,.:,. , ,. :t.. ..-r , , ,,. .. . i ii , ... . . i l ro.p.'ftive son-m-riw "Jl'vbmi ave found their wav to his country haqe ' Jnd when she said no. told her she had , ., ,:r. .... ;.. . .i-- . ,. -i , it , ' i , 4 i i i ciis.om jii-stihes me m asking vou how e. nut ., rui...u wie next morn- , llItfh yon ai-e going to giv y , mg. then. She supposed it was a joke tcr in c.:&SJO we ni.,n ie until the next morning, when she , fathe:-in-law Ves. ami wh; hav become indispensable. English flannels and is scrupulous!, clean. He is tho only native in the central regions of the dark continent pushed open the door and found the who habitually uses plates and metal j dead body of a man hanging in the ' torn justifies me in oyotir uaujin- Prospectivo modern cus- iffkiiig you how , j, . ... ...,nIII lu UK. ,.,.,,. f villi" ll5f.j vim ..r.,.,. t.. ...... spoons at his meals. When Dr. Emin ' passage. He had put up on the shut-, with nn. m().,ev.'- :rcxai &.?,. ' was his tnifst. bananas and other fond ' lers the notice: "Ciosod on account nf i .. .'..'' ." J ' J" were passed around on China dishes. ' death in the familv." , . -h,la-'ey "4 statistics '1W U ,. mnn in t..i..t... vi t,,lu" UKU 'oy-nve per cent, ol niaio , - " ., . , . ' '' criminals are unmarried." who imagines that he is a Teapot. He , . .., - , ., , uL-i nnil l,.j,.'- ' i ...l.fo..M,.,r,.w ,, ,...,! u:... ' w. """..I ln.- "'" 7...7 .... ua. i w f'....b. &u. n ,jl Vllliui S14IJ tri:i. I e -i .... . i - - Tinrki Tn. ik?ii? iiiTi-i.i f.. tr.it..i?..i... T' him that he , ., ., , ' .... . ., ' .vim uie eiisiun s:ie;ifu v.-.is so ueep one at !vit "ii ('i.iiio,. .....,i.i i....... j.... .. i .....w ....... v .....7.1 v.t.t. i(.i ii.in.a sjsssassssssssiaWKMslassssswaaia3 FARM AND FIRESIDE. The farmer who carries a note book in his pocket and jots down his mistakes as well as his successes in hi.- farm work, will have a very interest ing and profitable book for reference next season. By good management of tho pas tures it is possible to secure a supply of grass until late in tho fall, and then with a patch of rye sown early in tit j fall, it is possible to have a supply very early in the spring. National Live Stock Journal. An hour and a half nooning is nono too much for the farmer and his labor ers in the long days. A little later in the evening, when harvest work is pressing, is better than hard work in the middle of day. I'raine Farmer. A long-handled brush. Jongenougli to reach tho ceilings, is as important to a good housekeeper as a good broom: if the walls and ceilings are lightly brushed before the room is swept, the paper will keep clean and fresh much longer. It is utter folly to say "farming don't pay, but it is a fact 'that profit! are not as large as they would be with more acute intelligence employed in the business, and. withal, liberal pvp nration. which is a condition precedent, to full success. Tapiooa fivam: Two tabUpoo-i-fuls of tapioca soaked over night in to Select a j warm water, ono quart of mill:; boil very scentifie ten minutes with the tapioca, two- thirds cup of sugar, yelks of thro eggs, salt and tlavor to taste. B ;at th j whites of the eirgs to a stiff froth, 'add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, sprea.l over the top and brown. That habit of throwing every tml down, any how. in any way. or a i place, is one of the mo-.t det-st .b!? habits a man can possibly get into. It is only a matter of habit to eorrjei th;-. Make it an intlexible end of you- li' to "have a place for every t'lin; an I every thing in its place." Itural .Yew represented in a this country has no or Mis people never presume to appear m public in a nude condition, but all are decently wrapped in if ).. doming. out notning can convince Both Stanley and Emin Pasha spoke is not a teapot, and an earthe Mr. Cliit-.-mftnv men ninh II Stt ll-lt lihS-iit I j-.aaa I it w.,- aT U jrm llifit IIa .4i..I, . .., .A A . ttV " l4u iiauii4iiiaiii: ui rw ( i. lit auuM uut lint; anil lO rCH"e- ts.-t miesa s naiiKiro or rnmo Jimister. i sent tne spout, bends tho other to rep-' Dr. Emin says he "must be placed ! resent the handle, makes a hissing ' 'i. rather than walk down, and "mounted to several thousand. CAt- fir: teiov-'iiy wun wnicn tnev no (when il to the tassellated tloor 'bclou s ccruun ueat.ni would terriit mothers. ry are all young politicians, Uikc n interest in tho debates and arc ,sghly posted on all topics that before tlie Senate, and religioush, 1 the position and merits of theii rtive Senatorial favorites. It h Iroiumou thing, after adjournment fpme heated debate, for them tc ! des and debate the argument; Id con that they have heard. And at it with a vim, defying parlia-, acquaintance." It was this man, who had raised himself from the lowest rank to the highest place in Uganda next to the King, who asked Stanley if he could give him some quick poison with which he might make way with himself in case he shonld ever lose tho favor of the King and his life should in conse quence be in peril.- X. V. Sun, A ROYAL LAUNDRY. Puck. - -"Is it becoming to mo?" she ask -d. as she paraded in the costume of one .t,V. 1 i, if any one comes near him. is ,.v . , ... .,..., , ... , . .. '"les. my dea." said he. meekly. a-.. il-si uit; iiil uiiii aim urcaK ..jj tlTTimifr tlio fur nnrrw fr..nt1k,t..tt f mtr ' Tinic t .,it....f 1. ...mtitn. . ....... .....w..,, ...v. .v.. .w .v ,t.iiiii.uii,u v uii ...o . i.iyn.c;ni, luti .J,.l IJlll" SlC.llll, V..,,l.,l .. t 1 --- -I- IO ,. tlTltl.'l ,AM ,-.'l".J ttrt hiiliil'.t 11 cago Inter Ocean. MIND AND MATTER. The Effect of Kxtrci:trly Hot WVathrr na IliftVrent KlmW r Men. One cf the most interesting studies bearing upon this subject (of tho rela tion of mind to matter) is found in ob serving the effects of a high tempera ture upon different organizations. The nervous, sensitive, egotistic man when the thermometer ranges among the nineties, is chiefly intent upon pub lishing his perpetual discomfort. In stead of sitting still and cooling his l-y law ana grammar alike, and i mind through work or genial diversion, 'much in earnest as though they ! ho moves busily about telling every d $.",000 a year for it. But it it , body how hot it is, with gestures and r playroom, the awful mysteries ejaculations to match. He is a mental Ii they allow no other morta' ! radiator, bent upon transmitting his penetrate, whore the pages kick t own conditions to other minds, and :i jinks. For good and sufficient without intending it is generating his , apparent t. the mo-t casual own discomfort within others. r. this room is located in a dis-1 On the other hand the man of oven Ii secluded portion of the Capitol i temperament, of cool mind, avoids all . ana there they shout, laugh mention of physical and thermal con to their heart s content. It ir idtcn that quarrols among their lull in blows, as it means a sum- appear before that awful tribu- ithe mind of a page, the ser- I'-arms. to bo followed by a sus- fof two weeks or more with loss Rges are under the charge and of old Captain Bassctl, who Ipied the position, it is said. ire tne memory of man. lit h as a page himself and is now Md-headed and white-bearded .'man. His itost of dutv II tne President (charges, whe; 'thorn. It wo nuity for a fourteen-year-old pose of $75 monthly, but em rise quite equal to the oe Pthers again have quite a bank account. Those' who -! unions on a not day. it is purpose is to get his mind as far away from them as possible. Ho hears his nervous friend lling down his pcii or spade and declare that it is too hot for work. To him congenial work is the very best means of keeping his attention away from physical discomfort. One feels comparatively cool in this man's pres ence. He is a partial refrigerator and transmits his own conditions. The mere physical temperature of a man on a hot day is not the measure of discomfort. In the busy se:ison hun- : wig Wll left AJleUMe I ureds of flew England farmers Uril in foien Uil-djSin thehot sun h4.ck ex- "," irit'ir,ic"'i'B m"wtJ w"j linate as to have relatives in II Of COUI-hft Sir. woll Innlrnrl ..... r.lYwWa. ,1lw. !..;. 4 rt 4.... ., . riuKiv. MIU II. .U ill irUSlf lU mercies of ther typical ouse Keepers IxMotkiij after h or less i-eckless: s Taken as f;y are a very goift.eiha'iily; ,ig lot of boys, and ure taid t iinprovuinent on Iho force essioits. Senalor Gorman iage. and tho stofyi that' ly had his ears milled. by sett on occasions whon.no rrace. iV. Y. Graphic Ircmarkable coincidence in litli a Berks County (Penn.) ling by name, is that both born on February 22, Ire took place on February Itheir six children (which i sets of twius) were borii l-eaOK ImM l&ftnuta.'u the day. iiuVji'one is accosted on tho roadside and reminded that it is a ter ribly hot day, ho will generally reply with true Yankee drollery that it is splendid weather for corn. The farm er's mind is on the hay and corn crops instead of the heat. His mind is kept cof.l by congenial labor and the prom ise of good crops. , s p ;f j luitis Jrutrofiiinari is.tnue-of beasts. One of the most painful" sights to a puesfm'of jkind.'lij'Jirt'is to'ee: the dis tress of horses that pull the, street cars oh a-'scrirching. diiy.'Thoseinnimals re crivc t;lebest-eare and treatment by th'e cbnip'anics, and their' . muscular otren.'rth is not over-taxed so far as ' more work iscoricorncd Ahorse doing thepamo,work on 4 country road would 'rfptlMrttpif'e? WiHJliilt is tho tremend ous strain upon their nerves caused by constant fear of losing their feet on the smooth pavement when starting the car that chiefly induces their sweat and somi-lorture. Even with a horse it is the condition of mind that largely de cides its power to endure heat and n Anecdote Chararterl e of Kin; I.ud. wis J. of Hat-aria. King Ludwig I. of Bavaria, whose name is being recalled at the present time in various ways, was ri much noted for his lavish expenditure of money in beautifying his capital as for his economy in minor matters. It is said he wore the same old coat to be shaved in for forty years, and when ever it rained sent a lackey for his old umbrella, saying it was too bad to use the new one, for it had cost seven gulden. The following anecdote is quite characteristic of the King: Among the many privileges enjoyed by all persons in the slightest way connected with the court, during tho reign of liis easy-going predecessor King Max, from the chief marshal down to the 1 oven heater, was that of having their soiled linen washed in the royal latin- I dry. Shortly after King Lud wig's ac cession, as he was standing ono morn ing looking out of the palace window, his wonder and curiosity were aroused by seeing numerous wagons drive up, one after the other in front of the royal residence, all laden with mysterious looking bundles, which disappeared within the palace walls. Sending for his castellan, the King inquired the meaning of this strange procession. "May it please your Majesty," replied the astonished castellan, "it was ever the custom of our late King of blessed memory to allow a few needy and deserving persons to send their wash ing to tho royal laundry." "A few persons!' exclaimed Ludwig; "nearly an hour have I been standing at this window, and there is still no end to the procession. This is an imposition, a downright imposition, and it shall go on no longer." And he gave strict or ders to have the bundles remain un opened, to keep them till Easter Tues day, when they were to be returned unwashed, with a strict injunction never to be sent again. The result was, adds our chronicler, that half of Munich had no clean shirt for Easter. X. Y. Vod. and then, if any one come: very une: off either his handle or his spout Canadian girls, it is said, allow their lovers six months to made a de- I'lSinn If tint l-nnlli i rvn.tTj.iil.inT,. f .......... .. ... JUL... . .,.. IH.UHU1J bashful and the young lady is indulgent she may give him a place on the sofa and accept contributions of the sap of the maple with which he comes laden to her fresh from the forest for another three months. But unless somewhere in that time he asks her to bo his own ho must seek other firesides. She doesn't weep at the parting or make any time over it. There art as good fish in the sea as ever were caught, she argued and in that reason she finds consolation for the misspent time. Canadian girls are not only pretty, but they are all trained to make good housekeepers. )ou't yon wish I could dress in this 1 fashion always?" "Xo, my dear: but , I wish." he added musiugly, "you had ! lived when that was th:; stvle." Lightning-rod agent (to boy): "Is that your father Iyinvf there in tho shade, sonny?" Boy "Xo. sir: pa's away, an me and ma is the only ones at home; that's a ded book agent. D'ye want to sell ma any thing?" "Thunder, no!" said tho lightning-rod man. The day will come in this country when the man who carries a cano under his arm and the man who car ries an umbrella 0:1 his shoulder, will be taken out and hit with a squash, and hit hard enough to kill. Then the woman with the baby cart wants to look out. Detroit Free Prci.. Long-haired Stranger. "My friend, don't you believe in the grand old maxim that 'Honesty is the best policy?' Citizen "Well. I didn't use to. sir; but now that I have accumulated a snug fortune and retired from business, I'm beginning to think there's some thing in it. An honest man, stranger, is a very noble work indeed." 7Y;;c. According to the Jtejm'dican. a Springfield market man sent an order to a farmer in a neighboring town fur some chickens, but neglected to state whether the fowls should be shipped alive or dressed. .Not being "up on current literature, he w:is rather sur prised to receive a postal the next day, on which was written: "Tho quick or the dead?" "Why, Bilbcck." said Stngleman to a friend in a restaurant. "I thought you went to housekeeping a week ago. and now I find you here taking your j tionally full-blooded and vigorous per ineals?" "Yes," said Bilbeck. garnish- sons, on the condition that the coif ing a fried oyster with ketchup, "two days after we commenced housekeep ing our cook was taken sick, and my wifehas been filling her place, and you know she took lessons at a cooking school. " Drake's Ma jazinc. I work. Boston Globe. T '1?' "i?' How to Make an Easy Rug. Take a piecb'o'f ' Brussels or tapestry carpet the sizo desired. With wooden needles nnd 'Germantown yarn knit a lace about- four or. five inches wide, choosing an easy pattern. Tho color of the yarn . should contrast well with the ' prevailing 'color in tho car pet, ntlhoiign'maroon or cardinal usu ally looks well with any colors used for this purpose. " Haw the lace around tho piece of carpet as a border, and you will be surprised hew nice it will look. This is so simple to make that any one who can use the knitting needles can make a handsome rug in a very short time If a harder .yarn is liked, the Scotch Starlight will answer the purpose, for it wears excellently. For those who crochet but do not knit, any crochet edgo will ' Iook pretty, providing the hook used' is coarse, as the coarser this edgo is made the prettier it will look. MoslonMudyct., .,..., . , u.i0 FIFTY YEARS AGO. Queen Victuri.Vs Coronation In Wcstmin Iitrr Ahlwy .luue 1!8. 1K38. Fifty years ago. on the 28th of June, l&lS, the crown of these realms was placed upon the head of Queen Vic toria. On the morning of that memor able day the sky was overcast for a time, and between seven and eight rain fell. The procession, which a vast multitude had gathered to see, would have been shorn of half its splendor and attraction if the weather were un favorable. Happily the sky cleared and the sun shone forth brightly before the procession left Buckingham palace at ten o'clock. The beauty of the day was one of the charms of a spectacle which had not been equaled since the entry into London of the allied sover eigns in 1814. An incident occurred before the end of the ceremony at West minster abbey which in tho days of antiquity would have been hailed as a good omen and which, in fact, has proved emblematic of the brilliancy of a reign that is not only one of the long est but is one of the most memorable in our history. After the royal robe had been thrown over her Majesty's shoulders, after the orb had been placed in her hand and tho ring upon her finger, after the Holy Bible had been presented to her and the Archbishop of Canterbury had pronounced a solemn blessing, then, to use the words of our reporter, "a gleam of sunshine which now broke through the great south rose window lighted right on her Majesty's crown, which sparkled like a galaxy and lent a still more dazzling brilliancy to the scene." There, are men still living who were present not only at the coronation of the Queen ouiannaioi ner two preuooessors on ,.ftmrir,nn,i .,,. ,.:,. fn. tho throne. Yet tho vast majority of hair of :i riv:,l, and the countei--remedy iu v the people have no acquaintance with to l)C u.cll 1)V th0s0 who thi:ik thair ' strife sucn a ceremony now except at second hand, and it is our fervent hope that many years may olapso before another coronation takes place at Westminster Abbey. When the Queen was crowned there were some old men whose memor ies might-stretch back, to- the time when George HI. ascended the throne, yet there were many more to. whom such an event as a coronation-wns'nbt extra ordinary and who had neon pros-siit at that of George IV. seventeen years, and that of William IV. seven- years before. With the exception pf the coronation of Gcorge"IIL, no event of 'that kind was more noteworthy than Yorker. What the horse eats he can rt! will digest inside of four hours, t'ioiv fore he should be fed often an i have rich material in his stomach in s:n ill bulk. The chances of m.tuy a g. I race horse hare bjen spotleJ bv star vation. A horse or a ma.i with an empty stomach can never put forth hi-bo-t feats of strength or speed. It ' it taken trolting-horse trainers to Ie-tr:i this, but those who win have lear ic.l iL Field and Farm. The best authorities have settled upon a few staple prolucts whic'i cm tain food in a high degree. Fir; a'td foremost is milk. It is no oe.momy to scant the supply of milk iistvl by.: fam ily. It often takes the place o: other food to a large extent. Butter is whole some fat. and cream a palatable for.n in which to take fat when it is espe cially needed by the system. Chie- is very nutritious. The cereal f.i.d havo varying values. They are nu merous in variety, and, by making tho different preparations of oat. whe.it. barley and corn the staple breakfa ;t foods, a housewife can scarcely ji amiss. Christian at Work. SLEEPING AFTER MEALS. The Natural Way of Alillng Jig.-,:i,n :m:l Strenj;thrniiiK the ISrain. There is a widespread seperstition. cherished by the great majority of th. people: that to sleep immediately after they have taken food is to endanger health, to favor the onset of apoplexy, etc. a superstition based on the as sumption that during sleep the brain i.- normally congested. There's, no doubt, such a thing as congestive sleep, but during normal sleep the brain :s an:e mic. When a person has taken a fairly abundant lunch or dinner the stomach demands a special influx of blood wherewith to accomplish its work o! digestiou; no organ can more easily comply with that demand than the brain, winch, when in full activity, is suffused with a maximum amount of the vital fluid. But a derivation of blood from the brain to the stomach can only take place, except in exeep- Toilet Recipes of Ancient Egypt. Curious hair recipes occur on somo of the papyri, some of which are very absurd. One to prevent the hair from turning gray directs tlmt a salve should be made from the blood of a black cilf cooked in oil; in another that of a black bull is preferred for tho same object. Evidently the color of the animal was to pass through the salve into the hair. In another place we read of the tooth of a donkey dipped in honey being used for really strengthening the luiir; bral lunctions be meanwhile par tially or wholly suspended. Hence many people alter taking dinner feel indisposed for mental action, and not a fow long for sleep. The al ready partially an;emic brain would fain yield up to the stomach a still further supply of blood and yeild itself up to refreshing sleep. Doing so it gains new strength: meanwhile diges tion proceeds energetically: and. soon, body and mind are agaiu equipped to continue in full force tho battle of life. But superstition, the child of ignor ance, intervenes, declares that sleep during digestion is dangerous, ad monishes the would-be sleepers to struggle against their perilous inclina tion, and, though telling them that after dinner they may sit awhile, as- of Lhe m. , .... and the ingredients for an ingenious , sures l'M Ui . aunge. "Alter sup injuring tho I ' ur """l'v ' """" xne minions .icuins ormnue. tneiviore. to which it condemns th hair-oil has been tampered with bv a unu ,""oru iae ""S-siious ottered to suspicions friend. Cakes of some com- t,1lem y flower animals, who have position which absorbed oil wore al. ; njwars pnictxced the lesso-w of sound ways placed on tne neaus ot tne guests , - - - ---i -" im- at least, and from them the oil grad ually trickled down through the hair. A most disagreeable practice this may seem to us. but to them it appears to have given great pleasure; and with the Egyptians as well as with tiio Hebrews, oil was symbolical of joy and gladness." Rouge and other coloring substances were- used by women of Egypt to enhance, as they thought. their beauty; the eves nad often agreen line under them: the lashes and eve-1 max 01 nor Majesty sme me sue,co- -ows wero penciled in black; and, as sion to- the crown of these realms was in modern Egypt, the nails were always settled bv act of Parliament .in the stained red with a preparation from house jf Brunswick. London Ziuu.' tho henna plant. Woman War Id ,'.,. 1 wnenever they are allowed to do so. Hence the human brain and human stomach of such vivtims contend with each other during the digestive process; the brain, impelled by superstition, strives to work and demands blood to work with, while the stomach, stimu lated by its contents, strives cam on its marvelous chemistry, and de mands an ample supply of blood for the purpose. The result of tho stru--g!o is that neither is able to do its work well: the brain is enfeebled bv bvnn denied its natural rest duriii" the di gestive process,;and the. healthy func tion of the stomach, degenerates into dyspepsia. Westminster llwiew. f 1 . fc i: . fe V I i .'??-!.". !.:i . ' -v if : R '- 3 &,:&- $ r :." '3 - r 8lv v? r vr wTrn.nsigv"ri U3CTclC- jr-if 4 if lA -TT ra A 5 Vf 9 w. 3 fi s - " v "LJf , R y rfpPSa