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JAN. 24 
THE BUBAL ME W-YOBKER. 
Swindle,” the following name la mentioned In 
the category Baxter & Co., who do not carry on 
business where their circulars say they do, but In 
a back room up two flights of stairs In New Street. 
The various firms who advertise to forward upon 
receipt of so and «50 cents a bound volume of Web¬ 
ster’s Unabridged Dictionary are also pronounced 
by the special agents of the Post Office Depart¬ 
ment to be impostors. 
The Eureka llog Cholera Co. has made a number 
of victims out West., in Warren County, Iowa, an 
organization has been formed to resist the pay¬ 
ment of notes given by farmers. The Patent Iron 
•lack men get. farmers to sign a contract as agents, 
but make the contract a note which Is soon dis¬ 
posed of to Innocent (?) parties. The Sliding-Gate 
humbugs, despite a judgment against, them, are 
still trying to collect royalty. A heavy boot applied 
to the. most honorable part, of their persons, ts 
the best argument with them, The "Ladles’ 
Favorite Clothes Wringer ” Is pronounced worth¬ 
less, except as a plaything lor children. The 
Sprague Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, are ac¬ 
cused of making It. 
The latest swindle Is styled " census taking." A 
gentlemanly fellow drives up with blanks lor statis¬ 
tics on the farm—bushels of wheat, number of catt le 
raised, acres under cultivation, etc. between the 
tables and the foot of the page, where the rarmer 
signs his name attesting the staiemem,, is a blank 
space, whose existence Is accounted for as afford¬ 
ing room for miscellaneous Information, in a 
month more the farmer receives notice from a 
neighboring bank that his note for $1150 Is due. He 
knows nothing oi the note, hut Investigation shows 
that the "census taker” has tilled In the blank 
with a promise to pay, which, being now In the 
hands of an Innocent holder, must he paid by the 
unlucky dupe. 
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BSIC-A-BRAC. 
“ What were the worst results of the civil war?” 
cried an orator. “ Widows”—shouted Jones, who 
had married one. 
A GOOD EYK CUKE 
“ Can you cure my eyes ?” said a man to Dr. 
Brown. 
“ Yes,” said the doctor, “ If you will follow my 
prescription 
Oh, certainty, doctor,” said the patient; “ I 
will do tiling to have my eyes cured. What Is 
your remedy, doctor ?" 
“ You must steal a horse,” said the doctor, very 
soberly. 
“ Steal a horse, doctor 1" said the patient In 
amazement. “ How will that cure my eyes?” 
“ You will bo sent to State Prison tor live years, 
where you could not get whiskey, and during your 
Incarceration your eyes would get well,” said the 
dootor. 
The patient, looked somewhat incredulous, but 
he did not adopt the doctor’s remedy. 
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MAGAZINES FOR JANUARY. 
Goon Company.—Number 5.—1880, Contents. 
A New Year's Song, Elaine Goodale; A Basement 
Story, Edward Eggleston; Acer Sacchartnum, E. 
S. Gilbert; Roman Mosaics, II, Emily F. Wheeler; 
A Hard Baigaln; a story, Horae** E. Scudder; 
Reflected; a poem, Rose Terry Cooke; Certain 
Men of Mark: ill.—Bismarck, George M. Towle; 
A Lawyer’s Life, R. R. B ; The Problems ol Freneh 
Protestantism, K. W. Hitchcock; Opposition; a 
poem, Sidney Lantor; The Mystery ot Gillyflower 
inn; a story, Lizzie W. Champney; Impressions 
of Washington; A Day Homo for Working- 
Women s Children, Amanda B. Harris; Greek 
meets Greek; a story, Mary Dense!; More Nook- 
town Gossip. Carl Clinton; Aspiration; a poem, 
Helen Kkin SLtrrell; Editor's Table.—Smith versus 
Smith; Gladstone Redlvlvus; You begun It; The 
latest phase of the School question; Learning a 
Trade; Literature. 
“Extract From Impressions tn Washington.” 
—There Is a nameless fascination In the Washing¬ 
ton air. The average citizen, living far removed 
from the capital, often wonders why the office¬ 
holder who once comes to Washington Is so kith to 
leave It. that he will often stoop to almost any 
device to secure a further lease of power,—whether 
It be four years In the White House, another term 
In either end of the Capitol or only a longer com¬ 
mission In a petty department clerkship. But 
when the citizen comes to Washington himself, 
the mystery is solved. He may not be able to 
define them very clearly, but he cannot stay long 
In the City without, himself experiencing In some 
measure those subtle Influences which render the 
capital so attractive to the permanent resident. 
Even to the casual visitor there Is something very 
Interesting about merely watching the great 
governmental machine or Inspecting lls compo¬ 
nent parts. The very atmosphere, of the capital. 
Instinct with the ofllcial and social Hie that centers 
about the seat of government in a great nation, 
seems to possess a singular charm, which disposes 
one to linger and enjoy It. The stranger no longer 
wonders that the office-holder likes Washington, 
that he constantly schemes for an extension ot 
his term, that. If Anally deposed from power, he 
so often prefers the most humble position here to 
a residence elsewhere. 
Not the least among Washington’s charms are 
Its physical and climatic advantages. No one can 
longer doubt that the city is fit. to be the capital of 
a great country. The comprehensive plan on 
which It. was laid out. In the early years of the 
struggling republic, gives one a fresh respect for 
those far sighted ratbers who could even then de¬ 
vise a scheme which should to-day tit the necessi¬ 
ties of the seat ot government for fifty millions of 
people, and be capable of equal development with 
the progress or the nation hereafter. The broad 
avenues are a constant source of deUght, the parks 
ana squares are ample tor the needs of a large city, 
and the great system ot Improvements, carried 
through with whatever corruption under the 
Shepherd regime, laid the basis for the transfor. 
motion of Washington from a straggling and ne¬ 
glected town to a handsome metropolis. Nothing 
goes farther to justify the choice or this locality us 
the capital than Its climate. Though It suffers 
from the summer heats, its temperature during by 
far the larger part, of the year is most comfortable, 
and the change from the Inclement weather which 
prevails over the greater portion of the country 
through the winter months to the usually balmy 
air of the capital is especially grateful. Indeed, a 
winter residence at Washington possesses greater 
charms than In any other cityon the continent, what 
with its mild weather, Its exceptional social ad¬ 
vantages and the attractions which the meeting ol 
Congress presents to any one Interested In study¬ 
ing our system of government at its fountain-head. 
Every' year the capital la becoming more and more 
the winter-headquarters for people of leisure, for 
persons of literary tastes, for students of politics, 
for devotees of fashion, and a composite society is 
gradually growing up In which everybody Is sure 
to lind congenial elements. 
The Saturday Magazine —The issue of Jan. 3, 
1880, has been received. Contents are : Miss Monk- 
ton’s Marriage; A piece of Porcelain; Clawdevii; 
The Russian Gipsies. 
A Piece of Porcelain.— Tike a good deal else 
both lu the works of nature and ludustry, the 
beautiful porcelain which adorns our rabies and 
mantel-pieces had a harsh and unexpected begin¬ 
ning. 11 does not rise, at the bidding or the skllUul 
potter from clay found ready-made 1 u the bosom 
of the earth, but is dependent on the nice, choice 
and careful adjustment of several elements, which 
are drawn from different places and demand very 
different treatment, before they come before us 
compacted Into the beautiful clay that takes the 
shining shapes we so much admire. Porcelain Is 
broadly distinguished from earthenware through 
belDg a seml-vltrllled compound; one portion of It 
remaining Infusible while the other ruses, and, 
comhlulng with the Infusible part, forms a smooth, 
compact, and aernt-transparent substance. The 
beauty of porcelain results from the silica In the 
clay, which Is lnrustble and preserves its whiteness 
under great heat; this gives to It the hard and 
resonant character, while Its senu-trausparency 
comes from the elements that ruse and envelop it. 
in China, where lor ages porcelain of a very fine 
quality has been made, a peculiar clay was found 
in the earth, which greatly simplified the earlier 
processes ror the Chinese potters; and In the de¬ 
velopment of the Industry la Europe, research and 
Invention have done their utmost to discover a 
dlreeier process than has yet beeu attained, lienee 
probably the popular error by which the name 
was traced to the French /jour cent anneen. Instead 
ot to the Portuguese porervnna, a cup, based on 
the Idea that the materials of which porcelain Is 
composed required to be matured underground for 
a hundred years. The bulk of the materials do in¬ 
deed require long maturing in the eat th, but the 
origin or the name could hardly have sprung from 
that. Not the least interesting part, of the manu¬ 
facture, as we are fain to think, is the Initial process 
of clay-making. Some time ago we had the privi¬ 
lege ot a leisurely walk ttuough one of the largest 
and most famous porcelain works In England, 
under the coneuct of a guide well able to explain 
to us all the onts-und-lns of the mauufacture, and 
we. In our turn, shall now make the endeavor to 
tamlllnrlze others In some measure with what 
proved of the greatest Interest to ourselves,—//, a. 
l’aj<\ in The /Saturday Magazine, 
Dkmorkst's Monthly Magazine for January, 
1880—contents .-—.Mozart, Steel Eugravlng; Illu¬ 
minated Art Title to Volume Sixteen; colored 
steel Fashions; Good Luck Horseshoe; Cabinet 
name No 3; A Huppr New Year, M. E. s.; The 
Now Year, a Floral Design; Eighty, Margaret 
Songster; The Trumpet Major, Thomas Hardy; 
A Dedication, Rose Geranium; The New Year, 
Mrs. C. S. Nourso; The Red Plaid, Auber Forres¬ 
ter ; TaiKq vm,U Girls, imagination, Jennie June; 
Little Miss Spinner, or the Story of a Voice, Sarah 
Bridget Stebblnga; Specimen Hunting at the vine¬ 
yard, Mrs. Annie E. Preston; Consolation. Scrap- 
sey, a story of to-day, by H ; New Year's Eve, by 
Cricket ; Plans tor a Dwelling House. House and 
Home—Household Art; Blades of Grass; A Paper 
of Pins; World of Science; Pressed Ferns; The 
VVedgewood Portland Vase; Chair Scarfs. 
Young America’s Corner—Right About. Face, 
Josephine Pollard ; Parlor Pranks of Dr. Pucker’s 
Boys, or Christmas In the Old Stone House ; Mari¬ 
onettes; Careless Faun; Demoresf.'s New Cabinet 
Game, No. 3; Illustrated Rebus; Fancy Work- 
Card and Letter Receiver; llalv Pin Holder; Lam¬ 
brequin Tor Bracket; Handkerchief Box; Spice 
Box: Diamonds or Thought; All the World’s a 
St age, four Illustrations; What Women are Doing; 
Editorlum—A Happy New Year; Whiter Enter¬ 
tainments; Mozart,; Mr. Hardy’s New Novel; Cur 
New Title; Oalrich Farming; Good Luck; Pros¬ 
pectus for ikhO; Domestic Science; Kitchen. 
Fashions—Colored Steel Plate of Costumes De¬ 
scribed; Thyra Corsage full-size pattern; Review 
ot Fashions ; Models of the Month; Lace; Fash¬ 
ionable Jewelry; Coiffures; Hair Dressing; ve- 
ronlque Train; Leoule Cloak; Georgette Cloak; 
Fashionable Fans; Ruffs; Evening Gloves; Neck¬ 
erchiefs; Lace Fichus; Eulalia overskirt; House 
Dress and Visiting Toilet; Opera Dressing; Feath¬ 
ers and Furs; Alplionsine Polonaise; Zuhna Pe¬ 
lisse; Thyra corsage; Ora ,sleeve; Daphlne 
Basque; Edroyna Polonaise : Fashionable Trim¬ 
mings: Bangles; Fancy Costumes for Children; 
Winter Cloaks and Jackets; Brides’ Dresses; 
Winter Fashions for Children; Flulta Costume; 
House Saoque.; Bijou Coal ; Paula Dress; P.eaulort 
Suit,; Cornell Vest Ladles’ Club—Answers to 
Correspondents; A Household Treasure; Our 
Premium List; Correspondents’Class. Literature 
—Reviews of New Books; Business Notices. 
This Issue Is presented In its usual attractive 
form. The useful- ornamental and entertaining 
qualities combined recommend it to the ladles. 
Eklectic Magazine. — Contents: —Steel En¬ 
gravings ; The Smile; sir Walter Scott and 
his Literary Friends at Abbottsford; On Free¬ 
dom. by Professor Max Muller; The History 
ot Money, by sir John Lubbock; Mathew Ar¬ 
nold's Selections lrotn Wordsworth, by Prof. J. 
Addington symonds; A siding at a Hallway sta¬ 
tion, by James Anthony Froude; Suspended Ani¬ 
mation, by Richard A. Proctor, B. A.; A village 
Idyll; White Wings—A Y'achiing Romance, by 
William Black; Beasts, Birds and Insects In Irish 
Folk-Lore, by Letitla McClintook; Forms ot salu¬ 
tation; A Sermon In stone by Austin Dobson; 
Mademoiselle de Mersac; The Book Language of 
China, by Herbert A. Giles; A Mathematician’s 
view of the Theory of Evolution, by \V. H. L. Rus¬ 
sell, F R.S.; Shuttlecock and Battledore, by S. 
WaddJngton; Literary Notices; Science and Art 
The Nordenleldt Gun. Lighting Ships by Electric¬ 
ity, The Black Mildew of Walls. The Origin of our 
Domestic Animals, Blasting coal by Compressed 
Air, Hardened Glass, Fire-Proof Compositions; 
Varieties.—Christian and Pagan Rome, Hedgehog 
and Viper, Early Days of Victor Hugo, Protective 
Mimicry lu Birds, Rondeau. 
Wk take pleasure In announcing the Issue of Vol 
10 , ot tho Encyclopaedia Brltaonlc.i. Published by 
J. M. stoddart & Co , 727 Chastnut St., Phlla , Pa. 
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CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
A DINNER IN EVERY-DAY HOUSE. 
MRS. ANNIE L. JACK. 
Our bread iB good this week, light, sweet 
and white but has one fault—the under crust 
is soft. The amateur cook tells me "that 
stove will not bake well at the bottom.” I 
know it sometimes fails, and as it is sixteen 
years old—which is exactly the age of said 
"cook”—I think it has faithfully done its 
duty- "Never miud,”I say "we’ll have a 
new one when our ship comes home.” The 
butter is fair. It, was tnado in August, and 
might be richer in color and flavor. Wo are 
usiug the worst first, though, I have asked 
a good judge and he says ‘‘fair to good." 
“A plain dinner to-day," I said this morning. 
A small roast of beef was put into the oven 
care having been takeu to have it hot. so that 
the meat would glaze over on the outside and 
retain its juices. We allow a quarter of an 
hour for each pound, and I have to give an 
extra quarter for our failing oven, especially 
if the wind is southeast, which has au effect 
on the draft. In order that the children maj 
not eat ton much meat, I make, with roast 
beef, a Yorkshire pudding which is put into 
the pan after the greater part of the gravy 
has been turned off and about 20 minutes 
before serving. It is very simply made, be¬ 
ing a batter of flour and milk with an egg 
well beaten up in it. This is thinly poured 
over the pan, the meat, of course, being raised 
on a staud The children are all fond of it 
served with the beef and vegetables. Of the 
latter we have Hubbard squash which is 
steamed, and takes but a teaspoouful of butter 
to make it palatable, and is very good without 
any. Our potatoes are Early Roses, than 
which for tatde use I require no better. Boiled 
20minutes in boiling water with a little salt, 
poured dry, and the pot well shaken for a 
minute, they are lit for—well! for even a 
Rural connoisseur. 
A few small onions boiled in milk, are 
relished by the chilareu aud are a specific 
for colds during this changeable season 
Indeed when eaten freely, boiled ouious 
will break up an obstinate cough caused by 
cold. We have home-made pickles, of course, 
but do not find them a necessity- I noticed 
that the "cook” was studying her Freuch 
exercises while the dinner was making head¬ 
way, sol proceeded to make a simple pud¬ 
ding. There is plenty of apple-sauce made, 
so a deep pudding dish is filled three parts, 
then, taking about four or five table spoonsful 
of flour. I go to the jar of sour cream, and 
pour in enough to make a (hick batter. This, 
when beaten well together, is poured over the 
apple-sauce. There is uo soda, salaratus ot 
bakiug powder, yet the paste will be light, and, 
I think, healthful. We put butter on the table, 
but no one takes it, except one lad. and as he 
is to chop wood this afternoou, I have uo 
fear hut he will work it off. A rosy apple 
finishes our repast. It is one of our plaiu 
weekly dinners. T might have added some 
of the extra dishes in which we sometimes in¬ 
dulge, but prefer to give a specimen of our 
usual fare. And who shall say that we have 
not dined ? Gravy ? Of course. After the 
grease is poured off, the gravy is thickened 
by adding a little burnt flour and water, salt 
and the least dash of pepper. It is uot always 
very gravy-ish, but it is all we require,—and 
I may add we all seem satisfied 
HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
On eutering the new year we recall our reso¬ 
lutions of last year, and on examination find 
ourselves iu some respects the gainers, al¬ 
though, after all, so far behind the mark, that 
again we set ourselves to form new ones for 
the year just opening. Instead of being dis¬ 
couraged by past failures, let ns be encouraged 
to fresh efforts if we can mark ever so little 
progress. 
But how few of the days that are gone would 
we be willing to lake all in all and live over 
again. Each day comes and goes, and we say: 
"Sarely to-morrow will bring us fewer mis¬ 
haps, less hardships, more victories.” And so 
we go on fighting the battle of life. To the 
household it Is a battle with dust, with dis¬ 
order, with the thousand and one thiugs that 
men take no note of, but which ate of vital im¬ 
portance to their comfort aud well-being. 
In every departmeut of life the warfare is 
going on. To the raun of science, peering into 
the stars or delving into the depths, it is a com¬ 
bat for fresll victories. To the artisan, to the 
farmer, lo the professional man, in whatever 
branch his life-work may lie. it is one long- 
coutlnued struggle, and it should be matter for 
rejoicing that man is so constituted that his 
happiness and highest development are, in a 
great measure, uudor his control. 
Looking back on one, two, three years, we 
sue but little advancement iu our little world 
of domestic life; but take a sweep backward, 
say fifty anfi a hundred years, and hear what ou| 
