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PRiAjCTI'ClArL BAIRLIAMBNfllAiRy UAfW
TOR WOMlE3Nw
BY ETLlLiA tBOPlOE KiI'RIK,
Chairman of Educatibnal Department
' off FiekJeirafcian of Clulbs f or Stia-te V. .'
of iPennsylvtania. .
'FQUIRTH OJBSIS'CHN.
IIElSlSIOiNiS.
calle-d incidental
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These i motions aTe
motions i Tecause they arise from other
motions; and must 'be acted upon be
fore tihelmotion that gives rise to them.
'First '1An appeal from the decision
of tlie iCihir." - ( .
Hxamplel lA question lias been decid
ed 'by t'he Cttiialr. (Some one wiho rejects
to ihe decision will rise and -say
Miadame Chairman, I appeal from
the decision of t'he Chair." .
This appeal must be seconded. -.
The 'Chair then gives her reason for
t'he decision,, aind ays, "Shall the
Chair be sutataed? or 'IShall ; the de
cision of Che Chair stand as the judg
ment of . the meeting-f" ' i
. II a -majority vote jin the affirmative
the Chair is sustained. :!If there are
tan equal amMriber of
affirmatives and
called a ti vote.
i negatives, the vote is
Ordinarily a (final vo
te loses a motion.
Ibut in an "appeal frdm tflie decision of
t r ' the Chair," a tie' vote!
carries.: ,:.
be amended. An
W Mr VUlllilV V -
appeal is not debatable it the decision
relates to indecorum
or ,a violation of
r. .fWhen' . debat-
ihe. rulles of ; spealciri,
able," a memil?er is allowed to speak (but
i once., .
' ; Bec'o'n)d.'Ofejectidn
tkwi of a question,"
to the considerta-
(If a motion is made which a member
thinks Is not of. enough importance to
warrarit; discussion, lor if it is not for
the "best; good of the' meeting, she may
address ;the Mohair, and when recogniz
ed, may1 -say:' . j j .y . .
''Madame Chairman, I reject to the
consid'erati'on of the quieistion." ; . ,
- This- -abjection must be - made when
the motion is first-made,
and before it
question !be
has heen debated', i
The Chair. 1Shall
r considered?'? ;
the
Ctf a two-thirds neerative vote is firiv
en, it cannot he considered. Ht does
not require a second! It cannot : he
amended. It cannot he debated. v
ThiTd,-j-,iRieading of papers."
, If. any memlbetr aski? for tlhb fTead'inig
of any paper not understood, i the Chair
shall direct it to he read.) If there are
. - any objections to the reading, the ob
jections jshall he put to vote." tAm ofb
jec'tion cannot -be amended or debated.
TVmrth. "Withdrawal of a motion."
If the ( mover; of a motions wish to
'wtithdraiw .tlh'e mlcitioin, "slhe may do so
with the consent of. the second, provid
ed the motion has. not "been stated py
the Chair. If it has heen stated by the
Chahv it lean (be withdrawn only by a.
formal motion. ,. . . " . . N - ' .: .' ;r:
The form is,yUIadami4 Chairman, I
move toj'withdraw the motion."
This formal motion to withdraw re
quires a; second. It cannot ,be amend
ed or debated. ; j y . j . . ; . . : -
iFJf th.-j-'To suspend the rules."
iSome times the regti'lar rules of a
body ; interfere with the transacting, of
important Ibusiness, and! for this, rea
' on a motion ,to suspend the rules is
often practical and convenient. ,
The form is,. "Madame: Chairman, I
move to ' suspend the rules Which in
terfere I with the transacting of the
Ibusiness 'before 'us."
interfere.) . ;: y.
OSee rules
that
This motion requires j a second.
It
connot !be .amended. jcannot le de
hated. It requires a. two-thirds vote.
(Review of incidental motions: 1. Ln
'j ' ' ' I" .
.- .t y .!. ' -
appeal.
2. Ohjection to the cpnsidera
a question.1 3. Heading of pa-
ion of
pers.
Withdrawal of a mption. 6.
Special remarlcsi ffliememfber that the
Objection to fehe consideration, of the
question requires a two-thirds nega
tive vote. Remember that the suspen
sion oflthe rules requires a twcnTfoiirds
Vote to! "carry! it. .'Remember; that in
case of an appeal a tie vote: sustains
the. Chair. : -i .1 ! I
iSubject for short discoission, Have
Women; the Creative (Faculty ?' '-Harper's
Bazaar. ! 1
POI'NTEID PAIEllAGJEllADPHS.
V cQoVen bfrealthi lis eqiuoivailenjt to . a
pttea. ofi gndl'ty j
The more "wie thank of some, r people
the less; we thlink of itlhJem.
A maih seildom g-e'ts so full of emption
that he! has no rcom 'for dinner. ' ? . f
i Mo, nva n hias the courajgie to 'tell . a
wiomtan f thie thing- that hieir miinroir does.
SU!IriAlNlA' !DIlSLlSrrtEE.
Explosion of a 'Boiler thia't Caused tJhe
L6ss of. Six Hundred! I4Ves. " : .
Thie 4'esitruictlon Kyf ptlhie TJixi'tied. States
Warship CVIainie was 'terriblie1 eniougih,
especially im ithe. loss of life, caused' by
the blosvinig up, and almost total diem
olition of :the magnilfi'oent ahicl, costly
marinle struCiture. ibut, so far iasi loss of
humia'n lif e is oon'oerned, the Blu'ltaina
disaster on thte tMisisi'sisiipipi riiver .in 1S65
stands almtost. without a. pairall'el i'ni thie
hisitory of marinie disasitem The snidie-
Wheel steamer Sultiana was a fine .boait,
2S5 feet long-, and. was (built for amid
run a Jong time tio the' 'Dou'isiville amid
ew Orleans tralde, !but at .the tiimfe of
the fearful disaster. J Which ened her
existence, she. :waisy raumitfe in 'Sater St.:
Louis nd. (New Orleans trader Ciaptiaiin
Silly Cropper, who tnow cornmteUndlsi thie
Big Kanawha, was until a trip or twio
before the disaster, j a, clerk on. hier. ' :
The Sultana left iMew oneaais lor ex.
m j t i n u i.riiir;a n li ii- iiiiaaiivnii. i i. ... .i . w i w .... tt - j
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KJUTK1BUT1VIS JUSTICE. ' iwukwwu jmrawiiiNaui'iUi.N'i,- .-.... . . i' : J
Spanish 'loyalists in Havana cheer-
fully contribute I $30,000 or $40,000 to-
wrd the' purchase of" a warship for
presentation j " to the government at
Madrid, but they give little or nothing
to feed the- 175,000 starving Cubans
who are Demg supported by Amen-
can charity, f The cries of the famish- igro olf iyeryiforM
ing women and! children throughout ' 'oetotl-y made: lfflecstor of the 0cirtL of
the island falj upon heedless ears in the Baivalninah.-'Gt;-lSKae:!y.ias a. reward of.
gay capital, j whose inhabitants dance' i?2? X ?cT1xmL
and sine an (1 throne in mprrv drnvpa' 1896- This . igU-rtHe! . aptpo-intan-eqlB . has
S?V5 aS555f f Z i ..driven hMthie d
to their Sundayi bull fights, supremely gf tae&& ixx&ai who voted the
mdifierent to the appaling scenes .of i&wjtWdatis 'Wdfi&ty to 1896 ajnd! miigihit
suffering anq death which j lie beyond yihaive (W.l-iiliikdield tio eton'tlidniuie vo;t
the city walls. There will surely come y inlg :t. yiThietitierv-wlhiidh! We! ifp-uMish
a fearful reckoning' for all
1 ! this inhu- -
inanity and Crime, and when it ; comes
the. standard of Spain will fall into the
! dust 'of humiliation beneath the blows
j of retributive justice. New ; York Mail
and ISxpressJ
Uouis In1 Aipril, 1865. - ISbe had ' & good
trip of freight and a' numJoer ox caiam.
and deck iasiehfiters. Nothimg occurred
of amusual interest on this ; trip unrtal
she.reaJdhed Viclksburg. Here sh)e took
bn two. thouisalnd onie hundred! 1 disk
dhargedl Fedieral f-sbldiiers . ilbounid) . (for
' their homes in thie . "Nor therai ahidi Etalsit
emi Stat esu X After leavinig : j-Viclksibung
. she made slow time coming up the
swift cjurrenit of the MississJipp1!, and in
due :tkme.i: reached Memphfe p fwiitto h!er
dmmienlse cargo. Shie took on. sulppliles
at tMmphiis and left there ahotut mid-
' nii'gh't. iShe had reaichied a -potot about
tea mllea ahove Memphis Ibau'fc t 4
, o'cJock the ntext mloroiitag, whtich was
Aprdll 26th,. land ; whent everyhodly- on.
i "hoard was soomd asfeep, excepit .those
who were onj duty, suddenly one of her
' ibbiilers exploded with iterrMc' force. The
report was heard for miles. -:Thie scehe
was one of holy 'terror. The explosiioin
itore the slide but of the hull,, the hoalt
loegvn u sojisk. mm vaajwu, vyiumc cvgr-
I)
The . pof itaioJal f cMy of maikiing negro
i atpn'tmenftil) In- 4tlhle;. eouth iwihtch aim
i offiensdrve tx ttftiwhii'tle i as tgtreat as m
15 VT- ?
! 0n!St; oofwt tihe- blaJcto a
ae- .buit ithieyif Oifuirit! y :t!hei republican
Tjiartiyais a Jpoiatraal wgajmz'a'a'oin.! "' 'A n-e 1
jefllseWhieiite! 'flrprye la' iwieH-tiitfioirmedl SJoaittih-::
ennfeir. emiygpsy: tlhnis mtust miq-vijaajbay
(be Itlhte effect yssnich. appojinitmien'ts and
liite -waainfeigeHpu he'eid'ed. H)t iii a
conidiitiiionv'nk j Wheoiry,; wihlifclh oomfnoinlts t
itlhie admiinisltjriBtdori r-to tlhiiis matter. '
N'ew York ; 'Janliimg ' Posit. ' 1 .
pthfiinig iahovjinatter' ;was : soon j buiin!itng
iMore than W;c1 thbusand- human heangrs
ttionia arounidVithe M-tfa!ted tookit. Thie
cries ,io-tiiieH5lto!& and of the wuhdied
Were tieraihie, tany . .Were rescnietd,wMle "
others-reacclr. the slhoretsit Oaie thou
sand six l hundired li?ves were' lbs't, and
in-less thainl &n hours tmaeri By diay
. light Jtfhexfii had -hurn)ed off,! the" hiull
had sunk ouit df sighit, and not a vestig-e
' was lieft -ittjijairk -the - pot Where 'tthe
..!SuHtanai :.-wap6st. Only - a few cf-the
officersi and' ,!ew of the ill-fated boat
eisscaped'; wft -their lives--liisviiille
CourieTHjoairiiip.
There maty, te .nothinlg ttinderj
the sun
surpass
but , the imatEUons frequently
thJeordgdnaJ f if . -. -" .
, It is1 !bettritk pairchase two centis
worthy of nituSjc . daily from the" organ-
grinder than'. . owe ifote a grairic
0!nl!y a. feVsy'ears .ago- peopslK
grand pdano.
e gazed
to. wonder atl tthtear last gas IbEll. .
THE UN1TEP
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Four states have no tramp laws.. In
three West Virginia;, Kentucky, and
Louisiana the .tramp is. -'worthy
poor." They commit him . to f public
labor; one,' New Mexico, to labor on
the streets and roads; the other, Mis
souri, sells him to work six 4 months to
the highest bidder., Pennsylvania adds
the rigor of solitary confinement to
hard labor. , New Hampshire and Con
necticut, offer, a .reward for -.his!; appre
hension.; In Nevada the district attor
ney? gets $10 for convicting him. , Gen
erally he is condemned to work in the
bridewell, prison, or penitentiary. Il
linois sends him to the house of cor
rection to work off a fine; but allows
local authorities to employ him if they
desire. England sends the tramp to
the workhouse. , France makes him do
convict; labor. ' Germany and Belgium
put him on penal farms. Chicago Re
cord. y - -
IDHEiD TO 3AJVH3 1A' 1PATEE3NT.
" iMlary Hoimes, 'the "inuolse, who was
biurinfed . by the explosion of am oil lamp,
at the ttiGme jof Jerome (H. SWeaip, (No.
1730 iDTamioinld ' sitreelt,' iMonldaiy I indgiht,
died early yesiterday,,mtoirniing in the
MeidJChliin ' hoEtpiitafl ' from her
m juries. Bhe was carilnfe' for a stick
WhiBd when the 3almip exploded and set
fire to "ithe "bed on which thie ttiifctle one
(Bay.- tWlhile putoffinig out "the iflre a spark
f ell uponi her 'dress, which luckily ignat
ed, owing to" some of .the oil having
(beteinf )is.pffiled" upomi fi!L lMiem?beiis iotf the
hloiuls'ejhoM rata tk ' ther asslstatalce, Ibut
iye!flore -the 'fi'ames .: wiere "exttinlgtuiiished
she was terrlhly (burned aibout the body
4Plhiladelphia Record.. :
. Ybu can draw .yoHir own doncdiusaon
from . the . fact that : there isn't enough
truth in exigence . to keep tongiues of
gossips constanttay vwag!g5lng. - .
STATES BATTl.gfSy
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THIE. OMtEJN OCP THE OTWlLw
" fTou heah dat?" said Uncle Wflllam
td the little' .pieOcanitnh'y , who: was
crouchinlg at his: feet. "You heah dat.
don't you?"
It was late at hight and am owi had ,
screamed von the roof ; ,!r
l'1'Dar's a murder gwine on some- "
vWhars,'. he continu'ed, "em . somebody
wuz killed, whm . dait " owl hollered. I ;
never knlawed it ter. fail. De oiwl in de.
killin': 'business hisself,' en he know des'
whut gwine on in; de dark night:" :
The pickaninny crawled1 under; the
bed rlotheis and covered (his h!eaidy,Thie' ' '
owl screamsed again and flew away. .
Truible, .trouibae !" mnttered -the old '
man, "en, eichi ' a .colldi raiimy nftgtot fer
it ! 1 shouldn't wonder ef some er dem
tow-uh'try ; niggers: ain't turn stool
ergin en putidey neck- in' de noose."
There Was -a, knock on' -Ithe door, a
shuffling of feet outside, and he, heard
flils name called, in .trembling tones:. .
"Open de do, Uncde fWdlllam, fer. God
sake!" .. . fi ...4:. ,.x ;
'He knew the vo'icLr huit he was sus- '
. pociKKus, and Jhe called through the win-
oow-cinxniKr. : .... ... , . ; 1
"Whut has you ibeen a-doin of now?
Whuit fotch you heah, so late?"
"'Open de do!. Open de! do quick!"
Uncle William loosened : the chain) a
dSttle way, when the man.' outside threw
his weight against the door and iforcted
an entrahce. -! y t.-
!He crouched, panting, din a dark cor- "
ner of 'the cafbjinw;.fv: -aA'y.:
-"yrimt has "you done nkw?" repeated
: tTnl'-'Waiiiw.l. .tSTgfyfab !harloir
yonr'less! you ftell me-nwhut .has you
done? Don't you see you scart die hoy
ter deth?" , . , - .- . -:- . -r. . -
The little pickaninny was sSttlnig Hp
in hed, screaming lustily.
Dey's ou'tsMe dar." said the man
'on: de grbun' : hut wai't twell d trpiJh .
my breath. Go out en f ottch enr to!"
Uncle William peered out in ithe d'ar3c- J
ness,- anQ saw. What appeared Itfo. Ibe a
well wfliiied-crocus sateOc lying on the
ground. , . . , -
t "You's Med somelbody," he said, ' en
cuit him up, en put him in diat sack,
en dragged him ter, my do' you devil,
iyOU!".:: ..' '--j y-j- ':--
"TNo. 1 a'ta't said 'the .mati. Hindi ih
reached out looked furtively around1
listening and then draggedt tine ; sadk
Inside.. . . .!.-,'. . r
lAnd then ':
He drew! forth: Omipt 1 1 lrrfcv v .Ifrtxrirt
ducks and five fat hens! -!
''TJey gimme a. close Tace fer half er :
mlile," said the man, 'Ibut I dodged 'env
en miade fer yo' place." ;
.Well, I declar" ! " said Uncle William,
reeirag me fowls, xhoughit If rum de
way you come, dat you'd been a-MlTin'-some-bodyj
!En heah it is muttin but '
cMcOoensJ ' IBuit dey,des ez fat ez hut-'
ter! (Stir dat fire, n put on de pot.
But Tawdj iLwdl i T thought fum-de
way dat owl hollered dat some'body
haki (been a-dbin' rer- somethin' wrong,
en-hit tu'ns! out ten he mi-ttin' ihnut
chickens P Well,, well! , tBut, Jim!"
I (Here he held up a. warning fi-nger.
, f "I IWeniin' ter you?' .r.
'.'"You orter quit yo meanness en jine
de ohurch! ; You pick the turkey; en
I'll pick de ducks !"-4Atlan)ta, Cotnstitru-'
tion
; Meo,iana wTom'en have morte faith in
-each other thaim they have an their own
sex.- ; r . . vy :. .
. J Most men are; generous to a fault
when the fault happens to tob their own
j When a man tsars a leaf off - oal
endlar he realizes - that his days are '
niumlbered. -y ,- :y ;: -;
v We have to guess. wh!at the- future
ajriKi' the merchant who never adver-
cisas nas m stxjjr'e.
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