THE 
HAL NEW-YORKER. 
Domestic (Ecotiomj. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE 
HOME DECORATION. 
JENNIE JOY. 
To make home beautiful is the desire of every 
true householder. To make the surplus earn¬ 
ings go as far as possible to the accomplishment 
of this end, is the aim of every cultivated person 
of humble fortune who has a home to beautify; 
yet how few thore are who know how to make 
the moBt of what they really do possess. To be 
able at all times to put the best side out; to 
utilize the odds and ends ; to make the rag-bag, 
waste-paper basket, wood-yard, field, and forest 
yield their treasures for the decoration of home, 
requires a tact, which unhappily, but few pos¬ 
sess. It is an art, in fact, which to acquire, 
richly repays hours of careful study. 
Capital can purchase luxuries, but a thorough 
knowledge of the harmony of form, proportion 
and color, is requisite to render even these lux¬ 
uries pleasing to the eye. A few dollars in the 
hands of the poor man can buy the long-coveted 
parlor carpet, but unless he has acquired the art 
of discrimination, the hard-earned parlor carpet 
may, after all, prove but an eye-sore to the 
buyer, from its lack of harmony with the other 
appointments of the home: and, instead of al¬ 
most furnishing a room of itself, as many a well 
chosen carpet has done, it will, by its incongruity 
of tint, figure or texture, present the disagree¬ 
able appearance of a gayly colored patch on a 
faded, thread-bare garment. It is not always 
the fault of the laborer and his patieut, toiling 
wife, that their cottage walla are bare, or, what 
to a finely cultivated taste is far more paiuful to 
the eye, covered with coarse, cheap ebromos: 
or that the contents of the rag-bag, representing 
in the rough, abundant material for many a 
charming chair-tidy, lambrequin, warmly tinted 
rug or door-mat, are weighed out to the oblig¬ 
ing one-horse country peddler in exchange for a 
tin dipper, or a glass milk-cup, forsooth, which 
is to be wedded to the white-ware sugar bowl ; 
or that the accumulation of the waste-paper 
basket shares a like fate, at a sacrifice of many 
choice gems of literature, pure pearls of thought 
and lovely bijoux of art, which, carefully culled 
from the rubbish and neatly arranged in a book, 
would be the Bouroe of untold delights, and con¬ 
tribute towards cultivating a taste for the beau¬ 
tiful. 
Their eyes are dazzled by the magnificence of 
their wealthy neighbor’s gaudy trappings ; and, 
unconscious of the handsome adornments within 
easy reach, they begin to rear for themselves an 
airy castle in the clouds, dome over dome, and 
to count the time when they, too, shall be rich. 
Instead of enlarging, by the simple means al¬ 
ways at hand, a taste for the loving harmony of 
all the notes of beauty, they toil od in their 
plain, dull rooms, with nothing to elevate 
thought or incite the play of fancy, until taste is 
hopelessly perverted; and the poor laborer and 
his patieut work-weary wife, lose, beyond hope 
of recovery, the capacity for the higher delights 
of the soul which were theirs by divine right. 
A prominent feature in the appointments of the 
home is cheerfuLness; and no room, however 
tastefully and richly furnished can present a 
truly cheerful aspect, unless it is well lighted. 
How strange, that light, the symbol of all good, 
without which nothing could exist, should be so 
often excluded from our dwellings! That the 
glorious snulight, giving strength and beauty, 
brightness and bloom to our garden parterres; 
should be treated as an enemy to the well-being 
of the “ olive plants round our tables." 
Earth's dumb creatines realize perfectly, the 
sanative benefit to be derived from the sun’s 
rayB ; hence we observe the mastiff, worn out in 
his master’s service, slowly issuing from his 
dark kennel, to Btretch himself at full length on 
the sunniest piece of turf within reaoh, to bask 
in this elixir of life. 
But even the health-giving sunlight will fail to 
render our rooms cheerful if it fallB on leaden- 
lined walls, and dull, somber-colored carpets and 
upholstery, which reflect not back the golden 
beams. Let the walls be embellished with hang¬ 
ings of a soft creamy tint; the pictures upon 
them be suggestive of happy, active life ; let the 
carpets glow with warm, rich hues so Boftly and 
artistically blended that no harsh lines shall 
detract from the harmony of the whole; plaoe 
bronzes and other ornaments where they will be 
ready to fling back with coquectiah art, the first 
ardent glance of the day god as he ascends 
through the red gates of morning; through 
parted window-draperies of lace or sheeny mus¬ 
lin, let the red waves of Bolar light roll in upon 
us in floods; that they may warm our rooms 
and the hearts within them ; that home may he 
the brightest, cheeriest spot in all the wide, wide 
world. 
Xenophon says, “ A man’s home and fireside 
are the sweetest of all human possessions.” 
Possessing them in all their beauty of perfect 
harmony, we are richer than kings. Evelyn 
writes, ’* 'Tis from the want of symmetry in our 
buildings, decorum in our houses, that the 
irregularity of our humors and affections may 
be shrewdly guessed.” To correct this out¬ 
growth of a straggling, deviating tendency of the 
affections, the only proper way is to begin at 
once the delightful occupation of !< brightening 
up the place.” While we are studying the art of 
rendering our homes and firesides the beautiful 
temples over which Love may sweetly preside ; 
we are fostering a thousand delicate heart blos¬ 
soms whose clinging tendrils will keep the affec¬ 
tions fresh and full of aroma, even to a ripe old 
age. Thus every day is a festival, and that 
which makes it the more splendid is gladness. 
Beneath many a rough exterior there awaits 
our bidding the Sweet Spirit of Beauty; and 
ever near us lingers her twin sister, Harmony. 
Our bands may wield the sculptor’s chisel which 
shall unchain the embodied thought hidden 
within the rough-quarried block or marble ; our 
eyes may discover the flashing jewel within the 
unpolished stone; our souls strike the key-note 
which shall waken to life a thousand sweet and 
holy symphonies in .the divine atmosphere of 
Home. From many a concealed oovert and by¬ 
place we may woo the very soul of loveliness to 
come and dwell with us—an abiding guest. 
Thus shall all the chords of beauty within our 
habitations Bweetly accord with the grander 
harmonies of the eternal Home. Thus shall we 
pass from these our earthly Paradises, not as 
strangers to such delights as the aDgols know. 
Thus shall we enter, with soul’s attuned, to the 
celestial melodies. — Our Father's House — by- 
aud-by. 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Graham Bread. 
Set sponge with wheat flour as for white 
bread; when light stir with a spoon into a pan 
of Graham flour adding salt and half a cup of 
molaBses to Beven pounds of flour, or a large 
tablespoonful to a medium-sized loaf. Mix aud 
lot rise as for white bread, leaving the dough 
very soft if kueaded, or if mixed with a spoon, as 
Btiff as can be stirred. A hotter oven, also a 
little long er time in baking is necessary than 
for white bread. Mbs. Randall. 
Paterson N. J. 
Com Starch Cake. 
One cup of sugar; one-half cup of butter; 
whites of three eggs; one-half cup of sweet milk; 
one cup of flour; one-half cup of corn-starch; 
one teaspoonful of oream-of-tartar and one-half 
of soda. Dissolve the soda in the milk ; mix 
the cream-of-tartar thoroughly with the flour 
and add the whites beaten to a froth the last 
thing, flavor to taste- Mbs. S. V. W. Cabbis. 
Crumb Pudding. 
Odd bits of stale cake can ba made into a most 
appetizing dish in the following way: Over a 
quart of crumbs turn a pint of scalding milk and 
let them soak. Then add three eggs, well beaten, 
and a half-pint of milk ; half-teacup of desicated 
cocoanut. Bake twenty minutes. Flavoring may 
be added, to suit the taste, and raisinB or 
currants, if desired. 
To Prevent Stained Hands. 
When there is danger of staining the hands 
from preparing fruit or vegetables, rub them 
with fresh lard. Rose Gekanicm. 
Baked Pish. 
Many cooks find it a difficult thing to remove 
a baked fish from the pan to the platter, and, in 
answer to a question as to “ how it is done,” we 
give the following method, hoping it will be of 
service to those who have never tried it: Dress 
and stuff the fish in the usual way and bind very 
smoothly with tape or strips of cotton cloth from 
one end to the other; put several muffiu-rings 
in the bakiug-pan, rubbing each with a little 
lard, and on these place the fish; pour a little 
water in the pan and bake slowly, basting fre¬ 
quently with batter and water. When nicely 
browned, and cooked sufficiently, remove from the 
rings with two broad knives—one under the 
shoulder, the other under the lower part—to the 
platter. With a sharp knife cut the tape the 
length of the fish, carefully pulling each piece 
out. Should the fish then be not quite browu 
enough, return to the oven-grate for a Bhort 
time. Have prepared a cap of sweet cream with 
butter, salt, pepper and chopped parsley, and 
bring to the boiliug point; add any gravy which 
may bo in the baking pan and pour hot ovor the 
fish. The scales may be loosened by immersing 
the fish for a few minutes in hot water, and the 
earthy taste, so disagreeable in fresh-wator fish, 
may in a measure be overcome by spriukliug 
plentifully with salt and letting stand over 
night; in the morning rinse and wipe dry with 
a napkin. e. m. 
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POLITICAL. 
Monday, June 17th, 1878. 
The sub-committee of Investigation sent to 
Florida has returned and made a voluminous re¬ 
port. The three principal witnesses examined 
were McLtn, the State canvasser; Diggers. 
County Judge of Baker County; and Edmonds, 
Clerk of Leon County during the canvass. Be¬ 
sides the recently published couf esslon of the first, 
he told but little that Is ’new. Diggers testified 
that although he was one of the local canvassers 
for his county, the clerk and a petty justice of the 
peace canvassed the votes without bis knowl¬ 
edge, and returned a democratic majority of 
ninety-five; whereupon he created a private 
Board of his own by appointing a temporary jus¬ 
tice of the peace, and, securing the sheriff’s co¬ 
operation, secretly canvassed the votes, and re¬ 
turned a republican majority of forty, by throw¬ 
ing out the votes of two Ttlden precincts. One of 
these was thrown out on the ground of intimida¬ 
tion, because a man told Diggers that bis vote 
had been refused, and promised an affidavit to 
that effect; the other, on the ground of illegal 
voting, because there were half a dozen names 
of non-residents on the list. This return alone 
was presented by McLln to the State Canvassing 
Board, because, according to hla testimony, It ap¬ 
peared to be properly attested, and most favor¬ 
able to the republican party. A large number 
of "jolly jokers,” or fraudulent republican voting 
papers, seem to have been scattered throughout 
some parts of the State, and Edmonds swore 
that Joseph Bowes, then Inspector of the Elec¬ 
tion, and since rewarded with a clerkship in 
Washington, told him that he bad stuffed the 
ballot-box of Precinct 13, in Leon County, with 
seventy-three of these “ jolly jokers,” and so 
saved the State for Hayes. Offers were made to 
prove democratic frauds, also, In different parts 
of the Ktate, but a majority of the sub-coinraittee, 
which consisted of two democrats and one repub¬ 
lican, ^declined to investigate this branch of 
the subject. 
With regard to the forged signatures to the 
duplicate certificate of election from Louisiana, 
ex-Govemor Kellogg’s clerk, now holdlug a Gov¬ 
ernment appointment In Washington, testified 
that Kellogg, having signed the document 
handed It to him to have It attended to; that he 
left it for signature in a room to which any one 
had access; that no one was placed In charge of 
It; that after some time he found the names of 
the electors affixed to It, sealed it up andseut it 
on to Washington; but that he could not say who 
signed the names, except. tboBe of Kellogg and of a 
few others whose signatures he was able to Iden¬ 
tify. There Is little doubt but that most of the 
signatures of electors on It are forgeries, like 
that of Judge Levlssee. A duplicate of the origi¬ 
nal Incorrect certificate, having the genuine 
signatures of the Louisiana Electors, was sub¬ 
mitted to the Electoral Commission along with 
the forged production, and the republicans there¬ 
fore claim the members of the Commission had 
ample data to come to a proper decision, and. 
consequently, that there Is nothing In the case to 
Invalidate any of the proceedings with regard to 
the Louisiana election before the Electoral Com¬ 
mission, or In the actual count before the two 
Houses of Congress. On the other hand, the 
democrats Insist that the original document was 
Invalid, because not drawn up tn accordance 
with the Constitutional requirement, and that 
the Commission w r ere ignorant of the forgeries 
affixed to the other. 
The chief witness before the committee dur¬ 
ing the week was ex-congressman Darrall of 
Loulsana. He testified that Anderson told him 
frequently that the name of "visiting states¬ 
man” Stoughton, now Minister to Russia, was 
also attached to the Sherman letter; whereas, 
Anderson swore before the committee that It bore 
Sherman’s name alone. He also swore that An¬ 
derson told him that his protest with regard to 
intimidation in East Feliciana was true; and 
in several other points also he flatly contradicted 
Anderson, though lie owned that he had used the 
latter’s influence to secure for himself the collect- 
orshlp of New Orleans. The rest of the week’s 
evidence was of comparatively small Import¬ 
ance, beyond demonstrating the rank corruption 
of politicians In the Pelican State. 
On Friday the House decided, by two separate 
votes, that the Presidential title cannot be at¬ 
tacked, on the ground that the action of the last 
Congress was final In this matter; that no subse¬ 
quent Congress has any constitutional power to 
revise that action, and that any attempt to do so 
would be revolutionary. On the first vote t here 
were 215 yeas and 21 nays; and ontbesecoud 
vote, 234 yeas and only 14 nays. This kills Tllden’s 
chuuce of being Installed In the White House at 
any rate before next election ; and secures undis¬ 
turbed possession of that comfortable mansion to 
Hayes during hla full term of four years. 
Senator Matthews has returned no answer to the 
subpeena to appear before the House Investigat¬ 
ing committee; it Is said he fears Butlers’ exam¬ 
ination; his course Is considered highly Injurious 
to his reputation. The chief objection to Hayes' 
conduct, In connection with politics In Louisiana 
and Florida, Is his appointment to office of 
nearly all the worthies Incriminated or besmirch¬ 
ed by the recent revelations. Wood’s tariff bill 
has been defeated In the House by a vote of isi 
to 120, only six Republicans voting tor it, while a 
considerable number of Democrats who favor a 
high tariff, voted against it. Both Houses have 
agreed to keep the army up to the number of 
25,000 men. About eight millions have been ap¬ 
propriated by both Houses for the Improvement 
of rivers and harbors. This Is a considerably 
larger sum than that which Gen. Grant refused 
to spend lu this way, despite the vote of congress- 
Oregon has elected a republican governor and 
Htsite ticket; but a democratic congressman and 
legislature, so that Sargent, Its present republi¬ 
can Senator, will be succeeded by a democrat. 
The eornmlttoo appointed by the Senate to In¬ 
vestigate the charges Of bribery against 
Grover, Its other democratic Senator, lias re¬ 
ported that there is no evidence sufficient to sup¬ 
port such charges. The Senate committee to 
investigate the claims of Corbin and Butler, of 
South Carolina, to a seat, decide against the latter 
who at present, holds the position, and was known 
during the election excitement as "Butcher 
Butler.” ICx-tlov. Noyes arrived in this city early 
yesterday morning on his way from Paris to lestl- 
JUNE 22 
fy before the investigating Committee at Wash¬ 
ington. He emphatically denies McLtn's charge 
that he promised him a good position provided 
the vote of Florida was cast for Hayes, and says 
he will give some business to the committee In 
Investigating democratic frauds. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A meeting of the Keeley Motor Company has 
Just been held In this city to raise more funds; 
but the opinion Is pretty general that, the thing 
Ka fraud,and the stock-holders are loath to throw 
good money after bad. About 10 o’clock on Mon¬ 
day four mou armed with revolvers Jumped on 
a crowded street car In this city, robbed an em¬ 
ploye of tho Company of about $150, beat him 
shockingly and the conductor Eeverly. sprang In¬ 
to a wagon of theirs which ha# been following 
the car, and escaped; nor has the " finest police 
In the world” hitherto obtained any trace of 
of them. New York can beat the rest of coun¬ 
try even In desperadoes. 
The Western Union Telegraph Company has a 
new president—Norman Green—instead of the 
late Orton. At Fort Smith Arkansas died Gen. 
B. L. K. Bonneville, aged eighty-five—the oldest 
ufilcer in the U. s. Amy, and of the leader of the 
expedition described In Washington Irving’s, 
" Adventures of Captain BonuevlUe In the Rocky 
Mountains and the Far West” A Proiessor Ricli- 
tel, has been experimenting at Hartford Conn., 
with allying machine which he caused to rise 
and sink In the air at hls pleasure aud to advance 
against the breeze. 
Oh Wednesday the 12th, William Cullen Bry¬ 
ant, the Nestor of American Journalism and 
among the first of American poeis, died In this 
city at, the age cf 84, having been born on the 
3rd of Nov, 1794. He never completely recovered 
from the Bentl-coosclous lethargy produced by 
tho concussion ot the brain due to the fall men¬ 
tioned here a fortnight ago. June snow storms 
during tho week lu Canada and even In Mass. 
The Indians are Once more murdering—this time 
hitherto chiefly the Bannocks ot Oregon. Dur¬ 
ing the week the telegrams make a total ot 34 men 
chlelly herders and mall carrier’s slaughtered 
by them. The settlers are raising and equip¬ 
ping volunteer companies and the military are 
pushing cautiously Into the hostile territory. 
Grave tears are still entertained of a general 
Indian war. 
Violent tornadoes In portions ot Ga., S. C. ana 
Va„ much property detroyed; several persons 
killed. Thos Wlnans, the Baltimore millionaire 
died on theioth. The communists aud “ strik¬ 
ing. "laborors of Quebec, to the number of about 
3,000 began a riot on the 11 th; sacked a number 
of stores and warehouses and threatened general 
pillage and luclndlarlsm. The troops were 
called out, aud after submitting to a severe 
stoning by the mob, fired among them, wound¬ 
ing a large n umber, killing one of the ring-leaders, 
and putting the rabble to flight. Forseveral days 
the disorderly element threatened mischief, but 
the presence of more troops from Montreal over¬ 
awed them, many ot the ring-leaders have been 
arrested, and for the present all Is peaceable. 
A vast railroad strike Is said to be Imminent so 
soon as Congress adjurns to-morrow; but It Is pro¬ 
bably only a rumor. The deateatod adherents 
of Lerdo are returning from Mexico into Texas; 
Gen McKtnzls with 500 United States t roops has 
crossed Into Mexico In pursuit of Escobedo who 
unlawfully made this country the base of his late 
movement against. Diaz. Towards the close ot 
the session or congress an effort has been made 
by a few senators to have eheesb made a part ot 
the rations Issued to the army. Nothing has been 
done In the matter yet, and farmers should see to 
It that their representatives tn the next con¬ 
gress should know tho wishes of their agricul¬ 
tural constituencies In this matter. SucU a 
measure would afford to the Boldler a healthy, 
palatable, nutritious and convenient addition to 
bis fare, while to the farmer It would open an¬ 
other market to hls product, besides having a 
tendency to popularize its use. 
POKE ION. 
On Thursday last the first session of the Congress 
assembled to settie the vexed Eastern Question 
was held at the Badziwlll Palace, Berlin. Ger¬ 
many, Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy, 
Russia and Turkey are the Powers represented. 
By mutual agreement tho deliberations in each 
session are to be kept strictly secret, until 
everything has been arranged, aud accordingly 
news with regard to the points discussed or de¬ 
ckled must be largely tinctured with conjecture. 
It, seems pretty certain, however, that Great 
Britain and Russia have agreed on the main 
points which have hitherto caused disagreement. 
Despite the protest ot her late ally, Russia Is re¬ 
solved at all hazards to re-annex Bessarabia, 
which was taken from her and assigned to Rou- 
manta at the close of the Crimean war. This un¬ 
derstood, she Is willing that the entire treaty of 
San Stofano should be acted upon and modified 
by the Congress. With regard to the Issue ot the 
meeting. It Is impossible as yet, to predict any¬ 
thing with certainty; but It is well nigh certain 
that peace must come ot it, whatever may be the 
changes effected by It In the map or Eastern 
Europe and Western Asia. The final terms are 
as yet In a great measure guesswork, aud tor de¬ 
tails of that kind ot work there Is no room In the 
small space accordable to news In an agricultural 
paper. 
Massacres still continue tn Bulgaria, as the Bul¬ 
garians seem determined to avenge ages ot op¬ 
pression by slaughtering all their Mahommedan 
neighbors. Vast numbers ot the latter have 
flocked to mountain fastnesses where they defy 
the attacks ot t heir enemies and even of Russian 
detachments, while they make frequent raids on 
the lower country and terribly avenge the deaths 
ot their co-rellgiontsts. There are about loo.ouo 
or such refugees In the Rhc.dope Mountains alone. 
The Emperor ot Germany Is nearly well; and 
Nobellug also is much hotter. The Reichstag, or 
