FACTS ABOUT PNEUMONIA.
B Or.
Pneumonia U classed among the infectious
diseases, but mor likely the dlplococcus-pneu-inonla
Is the result of disease. Instead of the
cause of It. Childhood and old age, those of
lowered vitality, and those much exposed to
Inclement weather and alcoholic devotees are
especially liable to pneumonia, and, having
had It once, are predisposed to the second
attack.
The death rate In the United States for pneu
monia averages about 25 per cent and stands next
to consumption (tuberculosis) In frequency as cause of
death. It usually begins with a hard chill, nnd is fol
lowed by a high fever, with pain In the lungs and a
short, catchy respiration and a peculiar flushing of the
face on the same side of the afflicted lung, for, fortu
nately, It more often Involves but one lung, and should
It be the left side, heart Involvement seriously compli
cates the case.
When taken with a chill It Is always best to call In
your physician, for a chill usually means trouble ahead,
and It Is unwise to waste time In home experiments. Tut
the patteut In bed. In a well ventilated room, preferably
an upstairs room with southern exposure, and keep an
even temperature of 65 degrees. OH the chest, both back
and front, and cover with a layer of Iamb's wool. Avoid
cold compress and Ice packs. The food should be light
and easily digested, as broths, soups, milk, whey, or
well beaten eggs, given raw, and not much of anything
at a time, save cold water ad libitum.
Visitors should not be admitted to the sick room ; It Is
bad enough to be sick, without being critically Inspected
by ' curious friends, who usually tell doleful stories or
maintain a hopeless silence and wear woe-begone coun
tenances that would atrlke terror to a burglar. If the
patient Is able to care whether you do or do not call, a
card expressing sympathy and good wishes, or a flower,
will bear your message, and will not injure the patient.
FARMEES SHARE IN PROSPERITY.
By Mai. Edwin C. Hardy.
To-day the American farmer occupies a po
sition of pre-eminence in the realm of Indus
try and commerce. He is the lurgest con
tributor to the . wealth of the nation. He
doss more than any other agency for the gen
eral welfare. He is the chief factor In the
country's prosperity, of which he Is enjoying,
and most deservedly, a liberal share.'
What the agricultural producers of the
United' States have done is graphically set forth in, the
annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture. What
the possibilities of the future are may be conjectured
from what has been achieved. The product of American
farms this year was more than $2,000,000,009 greater
The laugh of a child.
There's the laugh of the dawn In the
waking east.
And the laugh of the noonday sky ;
The laugh of the breeze, the delirious
laugh
Of the flame when the night-winds sigh.
There's the laugh of Jhs stars, and the
meadow brook.
Of the sea, and the festal wine.
The frivolous laugh, and the wonderful
laugh
Of the heart at affection's shrine.
There's the laugh of ths rose at the set
ting moon.
When the night has flown away,
But the happiest laugh, the ineffable
augb,
Is the laugh of the child at play.
Boston Transcript. .
ROUCHIXG beside the crackling
(Ccamp fire Danny shivered mis
' erably as the damp fog pene
trated . his thin clothing and chilled
him to the bone. He drew his knees
up stiffly, and huddled himself In his
rugged blanket.
He was aloneln the camp, for the
men had gone to do some work up the
road.
He had been dreaming of home just
before he awoke the dear old home
back in Missouri, where he and his
mother had kept house together after
father hud gone to seek a fortune for
them all farther West But that was
a long time ago, when Danny was quite
a little chap, and since then many sad
things had happened. First, father's
letters had ceased to come, and then
after a while the home had been given
up, and Danny and mother had en
tered upon dark and troubled doys. And
now there was no mother any more,
and Danny, left alone In the world,
was manfully trying to make his way
out to San Francisco, where he vaguely
hoped be might find his lost father.
Danny had fallen In with a repair gang
of railroad men, and agreed to do odd
Jobs about the camp for a little money
he would need when be reached San
Francisco.
But though Dannay was a brave
little lad, there was a big lump In bis
throat as he tried to roll himself more
snugly In his blanket And somehow
the strange, solemn stillness frightened
him. There was no sound of life any
where. And just then happened the strangest
thing that Danny had ever known.
Without a warning of any sort, the
earth suddenly heaved and rocked be
neath him, flinging him violently over.
There was a crashing sound, as of
rocks falling and breaking, close by,
aud tho same Instant the burning pine
logs frdm the camp fire were scattered
all around.'
Danny was too terrified to scream.
The thought crossed bis mind that this
was perhaps the end of the world, and
he felt sick and faint, as aell as fright
ened, but he managed somehow to
scramble to his feet, and tried to think
.what had happened. Then, recalling the
strange stories he had heard over the
evening camp flrep. It flushed across
him that this must be one of the
mighty "tremblers" old Morgan, the
foreman, had often told him of. Danny
bad thought bo would not know what
t was.
"Don't you fear but what you'll
reckernlie a trembler when you feel
lit; boy," Morgan bad said to him grim
I. "Ain't nothln' else la all creation
Saving the Flyer
HftaS
JIT. Dearborn.
than that of seven years ago. What will be ihe figure
seven years hence? It Is not unreasonable to assume
that they will be doubled, perhaps trebled, before tit
half-century Is reached.
Secretary Wilson shows that tbs corn crop may be
Increased by one-half within twenty- five years from old
soil, and that the cotton crop may be trebled without a
miracle. In all ot'.ier respects agricultural product inn.
under Improved condition of cultivation, will Increase.
Those who are apprehensive that jtopulatlou may out
run the mcansc of subsistence will And no support for
their theory In the facts presented In the agricultural
reiwrt.
As to the farmer, Secretary Wilson draws a cheering
picture of his present condition. He has become n large
participant In the better conditions of life which he has
so materially heled to bring about. Very generally he
has attained financial Independence. In the' Middle West
a million agriculturists are debt free ami ore lending
to the banks. More capital Is being Invested In Improv
ing farms. The farmer "Is becoming a traveler, and
he has his telephone and his dully mall and newspujter.
A Dew dignity has come to agriculture along with Its
economic strength."
To-day the Intelligent and progressive farmer keeps
In touch with the world. He Is posted on the markets.
He Is Informed respecting conditions that sffct his In
terests, no gives thoughtful attention to whatever will
Improve his own affairs.
PATIENT WOMAN
'
screw herself up to. the same pitch. "I couldn't do that,"
exclaimed the docile wife; "It would be rude and un
ladylike." The patient woman may bs a reformer, but, like other
mortals, she must expect to sacrifice herself to the cause.
She may be good and virtuous, and still her domineering
husband will do as he likes. It Is the man who Is mar
ried to a woman who does not waste any sympathy on
him that usuuly proves hlmfelf to be a model husband.
This does not mean that the sensible woman spends
her married days quarreling and making up. She knows
that she needs tact and judgment to succeed as a wife
as lu every calling. She conserves her energy, and when
she expends It she uses It to good advantage. When she
wants to kick she does not give the ball a timid, modest
thrust, but, like' the successful football player, she valts
until she can send It Into the coveted goal.
kin do the stunts an earthquake kin.
once It gits agoln'. Earth Just opens
her mouth good an wide, an' swallers
up ever'thln' In sight."
From somewhere far to the east
ward there shrilled through the fog
the distant whistle of a locomotive.
Dunny knew It must be the westbound
overland flyer, which passed tho camp
early every morning. He groped his
way toward the. tracks. Suddenly he
stumbled over a ridge of rocks. Creep
ing cautiously along on bauds and
knees, be soon discovered that the
track was all tora up. In places the
wooden ties stood on end In a Jumbled
heap, and the rails, wrenched from
their fastenings, were twisted and
broken.
With a great terror clutching at his
heurt Danny sprang up hastily and
rushed back to the camp, stumbling ns
he went. He thought of nothing but
the train, with Its precious load of
humanity, speeding on to destruction.
He must save the train or die trying.
Snatching a blazing brand from the
Are he ran with It up the track. The
splintered ties tore his bare feet. m
several times he stumbled over the
wreckage, but he stopped for nothing.
The hope began to die away in his
heart. And then, suddenly, the en
gineer leaned out of his cab and
fi'VIJoSi:
jffiStr Jj&yC sf&3.
HE HELD niS TOUCH.
cunght sight, through the gray blanket
of fog, of Danny's waving torch.
Throwing on the brakes aud shutting
off the steam, be brought his great
throbbing engine to a standstill the
train's length beyond the boy.
When some of the passengers and
trainmen went back to look for Danny,
tbey found him sitting at the side of
the track, looking very white. The
train had swept him off his feet:
"Mighty brave little chap!" said
some oue near the door. "There are
three miles of track suuk clean out of
sight just ahead of us. If It bdn't
been for him "
But Just then another face, that
Danny somehow seemed to know.
smiled tenderly down ou lilin ; and th
next thing he knew a big man was on
his knees beside him, aud ail at once
everybody's eyes seemed to be filled
with tears.
"My boy! my boy!" the big man
sobbed, brokenly. "To find you here,
like this, after going back to the old
place to look for you!"
And then Danny knew Just w hat the
wonderful thing was that hud hap
pened. He had found his father at
last! Pennsylvania Grit.
AH Detail Ai ranged.
"Dear," wblieied the eloping lover,
"what shall we do with the nim lad
der? We shouldn't leave It bunging
there."
"Oh, that's all right." -replied the
coy damsel, "pa said he'd pull It up
again so we couldn't get back." 'Phil
adelphia Press.
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fMmmm
msMmmm
IS A MENACE TO THE HOME.
Dy Delia Auttrlan.
The development of Judgment and reason
has taught woman that belligerency la a mas
culine accomplishment which only 'needs a lit
tle practice to be acquired. The other day a
woman was telling a friend that her husband
was the best of men until something displeased
him, and then be was dreadful. The wise
woman counseled that the next time this man
worked himself Into a tantrum his wife should
RESTORED CONFIDENCE.
Mrs. Potter had spent a week at the
mountains, and naturally her nelghlors
plied her with questions as to what she
had seen and how she had enjoyed her
visit. "We all know you're fond o'
your house and home." said one of the
neighbors, "but wasn't It a kind of a
relief not to have to think of washing
and Ironing and baking and sweeping
for a good long week and Just feast
your eyes on views and sights?"
"Yes," said Mrs. Potter, with an absent-minded
expression, "of course the
mountain views are grand. I took n
good look at 'em morning and night,
and sometimes between."
"For the land's sake!" cried the
neighbor. "What did you do the rest
part o' the dny?"
"Well." said Mrs. Potter, looking as
If she had been detected In ii crime,
"that woman we boarded with. she'd
been using some kind of washing-powder
that had enten ho!es In her clothes
and tablo-Ilnen, and she didn't know
how to make her own yeast, nor she
didn't nnderstand the Ins nil' outs of a
boiled dinner.
"She bad only been married a year,
and she was brought up nway from
New England, so you couldn't expect
anything different. But as I said to
Anna, my duty lay clear before me.
'"You tnke In the mountain views.' I
said, 'and I'll see what I can do at the
kitchen end o' the house.'
"To tell the truth," and little airs.
Potter looked as nearly defiant as was
possible to a woman of her size nnd
with her features, "those mountains
kind of overbore me. but that kitchen
made mo feel ns If I was some account,
after all!"
So Inconaldernte.
The crew of n certain life-saving sta
tion on the Xew Knglund coast has had
little to do of late because of the rar
Ity of wrecks In thnt Immediate vicin
ity. Nevertheless, the crew hud In the
past frequently proved Its bravery and
efficiency.
One rainy day, at the appointed time,
tlw crew failed to appear at practice.
The summer boarders on the veranda
of the hotel waited In vain for the ex
hibition which should vary the mo
notony of a dull day. Finally one of
them went over to the quarters of the
crew to learn the reason.
"Aren't you going to practice to
day?" asked he,
"Njt to-day. sir."
"Why not?"
Then the brave Ilfesaver, hero of
many rough seas In the past, made an
explanatory gesture toward the sky,
nnd said :
"What, In this rain?" Harper's
Weekly.
The .Milky War.
The milky way In the heavens Is
comiosed of myriads of fixed stars,
but It Is not true that they have any
Influence that anybody knows of ou
tho direction of tho wind or other ele
ment of the weather of the eurth.
Their apparent changes of position are
duo only to the changes of position
by the eurth In Its dully and annual
revolution". The stars In the milky
way are so far from the earth that It
takes thousands of years for the light
from them to reach us.
Which Is there more of In tho world
abuse of nieu by women and of
women by men, or courting?
Make the stories you tell on a. rainy
day as short as possible, especially If
you tell them uuder an umbrella.
THB intellectual younq man.
Girl Tried to Keen Coaveraatloa oa
Hick latvlleotaal Plan.
The lata Maurice Barrymore told a
capital story oue evening. It has gons
the rounds more or less since then, but
I have never seen It In print: '
"A socletjr bud goes to her first big
Prty. It Is a gorgeous social event,
and she Is all flutterlug with excite
ment. The star of this big party Is a
young man recently returned from a
long trip abroad after completing Ills
course at Harvard. He Is very hand
some, very brilliant, very rich. All
the young women are overwhelmingly
Interested. The brilliant young man
meets the little debutnnte, and falls
head over heels In love. He dances
with her repeatedly, aud then asks If
he may call The girl, very much agi
tated, says hhat she will ask her mam
ma. Mother, equally agitated, tells
her daughter to say that they will be
delighted to have him call ; and he
says that he will drop In on the fol
lowing Thursday evening. The society
bud goes home, her head whirling with
the excitement of her first flirtation
and the anticipation of a call from the
real catch of the season. Next day
she peeks out some of her girl friends.
" 'Just tuiuk, he's coming to call next
Thursday evening,' she says. Oh. my,
what'll I say to him when he calls?
He Is so smart and intellectual; gradu
ated at Harvard and traveled abroad
and all that. I Just know I won't be
able to talk about the thlugs that In
terest him. What do you think he'll
want to talk about?'
"'1 dare say,' replied her friend,
'that he will want to talk about liter
ature, art, or history.'
" 'But I don't know anythlug about
them.'
" 'Why don't you read up? You have
four days, and you can do a lot of
reading In that time.'
"So the young woman read history
for four days, so that she might be
able to carry on a conversation with
the Intellectual giant from Harvard,
who had traveled abroad. Thursday
evenlug came. He arrived and was
shown Into the parlor. Presently she
came down. He arose and took her by
the band and began to talk to her as
follows: .
" 'Uee, but I'm glad to see you again,
and aay, you're look In' fine tonight
That gown Is a corker.1 How have you
been since the dance? Didn't we have
a great time? Say, I never enjoyed
myself so much In my life. You're the
greatest partner I ever danced with.
When It comes to two-stepping you're
the sure enough limit Honestly, you
are. I'm not strlngln' you. I have
teen thlnkla' all week, about comlu' up
here tonight, and you don't know how
tickled I am to see you look I u' so
well
"For ten minutes he gabbled on. She
leaned back In her chair, calm and self
possessed, determined that this Intel
lectual being should not be compelled
to bring the conversation down to her
level.
"Finally there was a lull, and she
' looked across at him and said : 'Wasn't
that too bad about Mary, Queen of
Scots?'
"The young man was startled. 'Why.
what do you mean? he asked.
"'Haven't you heard about It?' she
exclaimed. 'Why, gracious me! She
bad her head cut off !' "George Ade
in Success Magazine.
Oar "Indian Accent."
Every little while some English
writer appears with the theory that
the physique of Americans Is becom
ing assimilated to thnt of the abor
igines. It Is a philologist Enid Camp
bell Dawncey, who now uses this the
ory to account for the peculiarities of
American speech as "due to a particu
lar formation of the palate, peculiar
originally to the American Indians,
but now shared, by the invaders."
That this Is nonsense apiiears from the
fact that Americans taken in childhood
to England speak with an English ac
cent There can be no question as to
the marked divergence of English and
American speech, particularly In the
matter of Intonation. American speech
is much more monotonous and less
siiontaneous, the regular fall of the
voice at the close of sentences being
perhaps bookish rather than conversa
tional. Thus American speech, among
the cultivated, Is apt to be simple, even
and logical, like a page of print, while
English sjicech Is much more varied
and expressive in Its cudenees.
Springfield Republican.
Dead Onto Thrm.
A statesman, In an argument, had
turned the tables rather neatly on his
opponent. Senator Dolliver, In con
gratulation, said:
"You remind me of a Fort Dodge
doctor Dr. X . This gentleman
once had a grave dug for a patient,
supposed to be dying, who afterward
recovered, and over this error of Judg
ment the doctor was Joked for many
years.
"Once he attended, lu consultation
with three confreres, another patleut
The patient really died. After death,
as the physicians discussed the case to
gether, one of them said :
" 'Since quick burial Is necessary, we
might Inter the body temporarily. I
understand our brother here has a va
cant grave on hand
"Dr. X smiled.
"Yes he said. I believe I am the
only physician present whose graves
are not all filled.' "
I'ltr Them.
An Atchison man and his wife sat
down tlie other night and talked It
over. "We have been facing It for six
; weeks," he said, "and dread of doing
what lies before us Is not making It
any easier. We have It to do; let us
begin now." Ills wife agreed with
him and departed sadly for the cellar.
When she returned she carried a Jar
of preserved fruit. They had decided
to begin to eat their way through 187
quarts of peaches, 47 quarts of straw
berries, 78 quarts of cherries and 43
quarts of plums put up lust summer.
Atchison Globe.
A woman may be an angel or a devlL
nnd being an angel la easier than being
devlt.
What Will Become of the 1
Little Red School House?
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Is the little red schoolhouse doomed?
Will the district school, lu which so
many of our leading men received their
early education, cease to exist In Illi
nois? Yes, it the plans of Denn Dav
enport, Superintendent Bayllss. and
other leading educators of the State
are carried out as expected. Theso
men declare that the district school,
with one teacher, poorly paid and fre
quently Inefficient, often with less than
five pupils, cannot meet the educational
requirements of to-day. They say that
the farmer's child has the same right
to an education as the city boy or girl.
What Is more to the point, they do-
Clare It Is possible, at no Increase of
expense, or at the most of a very
alight Increase, to give to every rural
community as good educational advant
ages as possessed by any city In the
State.
The remedy proposed Is simple, yet
decidedly efficient, as demonstrated In
other States. It lies In consolidating
several weak districts In one strong,
vigorous school, hiring competent tench
ers at living wages, and transporting
the children to and from the centrally
located school In wagons. A very sim
ple procedure, certainly, but one which,
declare the friends of the system, will
revolutionize the educational affairs of
ths State.
Need of m Rented? Admitted.
The need of a remedy for existing
conditions has long been known to ed
ucators. Years ago It was realized by
those who studied conditions thnt the
district school had failed to lire up, to
its standard of years ago. but a rem
edy was slow to develop. Consolida
tion, as practiced In twenty States of
the Union, Is believed by all who have
a knowledge of the facts to be the one
solution of the problem.
The district school has been on the
wane since 1870. Despite the enormous
growth In population lu the past thirty
six years the district school has shown
a constant decrease In attendance.
Schools which formerly had several
score enrolled, of ages ranging from 0
to 25 years, can now barely muster a
scant half dozen, none of them over 12
years of age.
Dean Eugene Davenport of the Illi
nois College of Agriculture, who has
studied the situation carefully, gives
the following facts concerning the
schools of the Sfate, as proving con
clusively that the district school is en
tirely Inadequate to the needs of tho
country child :
In 18.S0 the enrollment of the un
graded or common country school was
437,220; in 1890, 378,100; In 1!HX). 340.
037; in 1904. 318,218. a decreuse In
twenty-four years of 110,002. In the
same time the attendance of the grad
el school advanced from 200,821 to
000,330. The number of country schools
In 1880 was 10,033 and in 1004 10,077,
while the number of teachers decreased
from 17,347 to 12.297. The decrease In
the number of schools Is but 250, while
the decrease In teachers Is 5.050. This
Is accounted for, says Dean JJavenport
in the fact, that In 1880 It was custom
ary for the summer session of the rural
school to be presided over by a young,
Inexperienced teacher, usually a girl,
aud the winter session was taught by
an older and more seasoned pedagogue.
Now the entire session is taught by
one teacher, and unfortunately it Is the
more able one who has disappeared lu
some other occupation.
In tho same period the number of
graded school teachers has advanced
from 4.008 to 15,174. und the high
school teachers from 140 to 1,811. The
number of graded schools has Increased
from 1,031 to 2,218 and tho high schools
from 110 to 400.
Coat Per I'opll ST.14 la 1880.
Iu 1880 tho cost per pupil enrolled In
tho ungraded school was $7.14. In 1904
It uad grown to $0.62, and the quality
of tUe teaching hud In the meantime
seriously deteriorated. In the graded
and high school the cost per pupil ad
vanced from $11.20 to $14.81, but one
tulrd more than the cost of the mere
elementary training received In the un
graded school.
The wages paid for ths mala la ths
Ungraded schools In 1890 averaged fpv
per year and $257 in 1004. For tho
femals the average1 wage-In 1800 was
$170 and $240 In J 004. In the same
perlo4 the average for the graded school
female teacher was $487 In 1890 and
$600 In 1304, For the male It waa $751
In lMo and $882 In ID04. In 1800 wom
en teachers In ungraded schools worked
for as little wages as $4 per month. In
1904 ths lowest wage paid was $15.
"So you See," said Dean Davenport,
"the country school Is In a serious pre
dicament. Unless something Is done
shortly, many of them must go to the
wall. Indeed, In number of districts
there has been no school for years be
cause of lack of attendance. Superlm
tendrnt Bayllss' last report shows that
1,150 schools had less than fifteen pu
p':.i. that R25 schools bad less than ten
pupils, nnd 229 less tha,n five. . Taking
$40 month as the, cost,. of, a teacher,
$00 per year as cost, o( .fuel and other
exinsA8,, and you hare, fo,r an eight
months' school $380,, which menus In a
school of five thatc.acb pupll,t)s icting
the district $78 perjrear,; hjls rliupos
slble for anybody to suceeMfully teach
fire pupils especially If they are young
and unambitious, as Is usually the
cuse."
Condition la Other States.
The conditions In Illinois are no
worse than they were In Michigan, In
diana, Ohio, and Iowa a few years ago,
before these States adopted consolida
tion. In Michigan In 1002. fifty-one
schools of the 0,452 districts hnd two
pupils or fewer and held no schools,
and eighty-three had five pupils or few
er. The cost per pupil In these eighty
three schools was. $09.50 per pupil per
year. In the graded schools the cost per
year of ten months for each pupil was
only $10.40. The same conditions ex
Isted In Missouri and Iowa, but In the
latter State conditions have since been
materially. Improved.
"By consolidation of schools," says
Dean Davenport, "Is meant the uniting
of two, three, or more small and weak
schools Into one that shall be strong
enough In point of uumbers to be In
tercstlng nnd strong enough In the way
of money to afford a comfortable build
ing, two or more good teachers, aud rea
sonnble facilities for work. '.It also
means that outlying districts with but
few pupils shall be combined , with a
near by school that Is strong, rather
than be organized Into nn Independent
but weak district In Its fullest seuse
It means the uniting of all the schools
of a township Into one or two so lo
cated as to be most accessible.
"Consolidation either in full or In
part means the transportation of a por
tion of the pupils, and this Is one of
the problems. It Is generally neconi
pllshed in covered wagons, artificially
warmed, holding 15 or 20 children and
driven by reliable men under contract
and bonds as to regularity and good be
havlor. At first thought this would
seem expensive, but experience has
shown that It Is cheaper to transport
n few children than to build a school
for them. This Is because a wagon Is
ehcajier thau a schoolhouse, horses
cheaper than fuel, and because drivers
cost less than teachers.
"Where small districts already exist
consolidation means some changes In
buildings. These changes are sometimes
effected by moving together two or
more of the little old buildings, or by
adding a portion to one, makliv; n two
or three room house. In other In
stances, new buildings are erected. All
ways are open. A makeshift seems of
ten best at first, until tJie plnn Is lu
full operation, when a permanent build
ing seems sure to follow In good time.
Consolidation was first adopted In
Massachusetts In 1800. Now more thau
05 per rent of the townships of the
State have adopted the system, with a
saving annually to each township of
$000. Twenty States now have con
solidation, and all of them report it in
sueccssfu' operation at a big reduction
In ct. Iowa reports that consolida
tion lias been adopted In sixty-three
districts of twenty-eight counties. In
diana rejKtrts thut 181 wagons trans
port 2.591) children In flfty-ono counties,
the- largest number being In' Whltely
County, where seventy-three wagons
carry 1,114 children. In La Grange
County, Indlaua, thirty-eight schools
were closed und 428 pupils transported
lit a saving of $0,734 yearly.
From the reports of the twenty
States using the system the average
cost per month for transporting a child
to and from school dally Is $1.50.
Transportation a Stumbling- Block.
This matter of transportation has
been tho stumbling block In the way
of the genera 1 adoption of the system.
farmers say mac iiiu cost is too muchJ
i . i. .. k . i. i . , , , m S
anu uiui iuu ruuus. unu weainer fre
quently are In unfit condition for
travel. Dean Davenport declares that
It Is better to expose horses to the
elements than children. Children are
frequently made sick by exposure to
storms and from slttlug all day with
wst feet aud damp clothing after wad
v.- ;
ing snowdrifts, slush, and mud on the '
wsy to school.
Regarding the cost of transportation, .
he says that the farmers are already
maintaining the most expensive system .
possible. He says that through the
sending of children to graded schools
and high schools, the farmers are
paying a double toll, not only
maintaining their own Inefficient
schools, but assisting through tuition -
charges In maintaining city schools. He
has secured figures which largely prove
his assertion, , .
Adraataares of Consolidation.
The advantages arising from consol
idation, according to Dean Davenport
are as follows :
"It Is much cheaper for the same
grade of school.
"At the same expense much better
schools can be provided, because fewer
teachers being uccded,.a better grade
can be secured, a division of labor es
tablished, aud some sort of supervls-'
ion established.
"It. makes possible a country school
equal In every sense to the best city
schools, yet within the reach of farm
homes.
"The health of the children Is bet
ter when conveyed In wagons and land
ed dry and warm than when sitting all
day with wet feet and draggled clotb-
nlg after tramping through all kin 1g
of roads In all kinds of weather. ; . i
"The number who will attend school
Is found to be larger when children
are conveyed; the attendance Is more
regular and tardiness Is- unknown.
"The Inspiration that comes with
numbers puts life Into the school, that
ts impossible In classes of one or two
each. i '
,"It makes possible the employments,"?-'
of at least one exnerlenced. well eflu- -
rated teacher, under whose supervision ,
young and Inexperienced teachersftvIl ) . '
do better than when working alone tryV 'y
$ W icrnt-ij CTCiiuiug, . ... s-r
"It makes unnecessary the sendlnf
dt young boys and girls away from i
home for high school privileges on .the
one unuu, or iuu ureiihiiiK up oi uomes
, a t. . t a ,
on the other, in going to town to edu- -cate
the children." .Chicago Inter .
Oceftn.
t . CURING A BAD HABIT.
t
wncn sir Hanarora r lemmg, ins t
noted English engineer, Inspected the
proposed route of the Caundlun Pacific
Uallway In 1SS.1, ho was accompanied
sy the Rev. George Mnuroe Grant The
party encountered the usual hardships
of traveling through a wilderness, but
has many Interesting experiences. One
of these, says Mr. Grant's biographer, '
was meeting the different parties of
engineers stationed along the way. !
Tho most picturesque person asso
ciated with this exploration of the '
mountains was Major Rogers, the dls
covererer and engineer of the passage
through the Sclklrks. Rogers was an
energetic man, renowned for unconven
tlonallty but exceedingly profane. The'
engineers who were passed on the east
ern slope of the mountains were In a
state of great expectancy at the pros- .
pect of the hard-swearing Rogers being
host to a clergyinnu. ;
uocers at nrsr wiij nniier tna lmnres-
slon that Grant, who was addressed as
"DoQtor," was a medical man. Tho t
day after the first meeting wal Sunday,
and Fleming proposed that Dr. Grant
should hold divine service. t ' ;
The ninlor took tho siiffwatlnn na n!
Joke, and with great energy drummed
up bis men. Dr. Grant preached at -length,
and . dexterously brought the .
subject round to profane swearing. ...
Avoiding any appearance of aiming
at any oue hearer, he pointed out the -usclessness
of the habit, and Incident
ally noted .Its gradual disappearance '
from the conversation of gentlemen.
, He had observed with accuracy one
salient point In Rogers'. character. The -
live like a gentleman, aud to have his
men regard him as a gentleman. The .
ri isi-ntiruA RfnifLr lintna Thn nnrl thora
Rogers resolved to abstain. .;iii
Once at least during their stay with i- .
mm Pila iyn..it u nitv a-uu AvltAr1 . Tw i.,
his lierou suppression of his vomu-!,:'
l.iry at a .'trying moment. SometMug ,
wiut wrensr -'with one of the ciioes. '
Kogers op'iiwi nis moutn, nut in me
nf -I... a llaniA,iilAl,n,1 1. i M -iuiaIva
11 1 k I. 1 1 1 1111ID IcillLlllliriCU HI, icowtlB
and stood helpless.
Grant laid his baud ou his arm. ' ' -
"Major, If you've got to get rid of It
go behind a tree and say It"
Sir William Van Home was fond of
telling of his ffrst meeting with Rogers
after this affair. After some talk. Sir
William said:
"What's the matter with : you,
Rogers? You haven't sworn once."'
"Well, Mr. Van Home, Fleming
brought a parson up here named
Grant. He gave us a sermon on
swearing, and be made out that it
wasn't gentlemanly to swear, so t
stopped."
I Lovt Ton,
A Danish paper compares "I love
you" In many languages. Hero are
some of them the Danish paper Is our
only authority for their correctness.
The Chinaman says, "L'o ngal nl ;" the
Armenian, "Ge slrem ez hea;" the Ara-j
blun, very shortly, "Nehubeeck;" thai
Egyptian, similarly, "N'achkeb ;' the
Turk, "Sisl sevejorum," and the Hln4 .
doo, "Main tym ko pljar karyn." But
overwhelming is the declaration of love'
of an Eskimo, who tries to win the cho-j
sen one by the pleasing sound of the '
dulnty little word! "UnlviflgssaerntdJ '
luinaiernmajuugnarsigujaK."
We wonder that it never occurs ta
a drunkard that he could attract a lot
of favorable attention by remaining
sober. Every man In town would con-. "
gratulate him, and speak well of him,
and help him In every way possible.