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THE FIREMENS MASCOT
LILLIAN BROWN of
Greensboro N C has been
officially adopted by the North
Carolina State Firemens Association
She was born in
Fairfield N C ner
first appearance in
Greens boro was
about three and
one half years ago
when she entered
the female college
there It so hap
pened that she was
assigned to play
the leading role in
the drama The
Firemans Heart
miss BBOwx at the college stu
dents annual performance As Hya
cinth Bradley the pet and mascot
of the firemen Miss Brown captured
every heart in the audience and espe
cially those of the lire boys Soon after
this at the regular monthly meeting of
the Eagle Hose Company Miss Brown
was formally adopted as the firemens
daughter and her name placed upon
the honorary roll of the companys
membership Already the daughter of
the company boasts two medals for
bravery displayed at fires and several
resolutions have been passed and sent
to her by different bodies of citizens
who owe to her plucky work many
thousands of dollars
Pair of Convenient Scissors
The adaptability of a hairpin is
proverbial but the New England de
signer of the combination device here
shown evidently wishes the tool to out
rank the hairpin Devised for indus
trial use it combines on one handle
as shown a small hammer head and a
screw driver One of the blades is
pointed and provided with a shoulder
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A WHOLE TOO- OUTFIT
for use as an awl A convenient scale
is also handy and a right angle trian
gle or square is added formed by the
two blades when opened to their full
est extent Then of course the regular
scissor construction is there so that
there is a complete workbox a ham
mer screw driver awl measure
square and scissors each and all of
which uses the ordinary scissors is
often forced to do duty
Seatins Guests at Dinner
English society has adopted an in
genious plan for seating guests at a
large dinner or luncheon The idea has
been adopted in Canada and has never
failed to give satisfaction In the la
dies dressing room conspicuously plac
ed is a leather tablet made on the ex
tension plan so that it can be large or
small to suit the number of guests
Surrounding each imaginary table for
often several tables are used are small
openings made to hold a card bearing
each guests name which can slip in
and out like a photograph case so mak
ing it usable for any number of dinners
A duplicate one is also placed in the
mens dressing room near the dinner
cards which are inclosed in a tiny en
velope assigning to each man the wom
an whom his hostess desires he shall
take in to dinner Each guest is ex
pected by this means to study out his
and her seat at table much as one fa
miliarizes ones self with the plaa of
the theater when choosing seats When
dinner is announced and the guests en
ter the dining room to take their seats
they are not obliged to wander ignor
antly around the room in search of their
places but are able intelligently to find
their particular table and place at once
without the least solicitude on the part
of the hostess
Dangers in Cold Creams
Many women are sorely troubled at
observing that no matter how careful
ly they guard against the appearance of
blemishes their complexions are con
stantly becoming coarse and disfigured
by ugly lines and spots that detract
much from their comeliness There is
no doubt that too frequent use of poorly
made cold cream is the prime cause of
many troubles causing especially
blackheads Not that it is not excellent
in its place and should be on every toi
let table but the ignorant use of it or
of any other oily substance clogs the
pores and retards the natural circu
lation Cold cream should never be al
lowed to remain on the skin over night
It does no good and lots of injury Wash
the face with it before retiring by rub
bing it gently in with a flannel or soft
towel and then as carefully removing
every trace of it with a perfectly clean
one keeping up a gentle massage until
there is no oiliness on the skin at all
This mode of treatment will be found a
certain aid and there will be no damag
ing results afterward So many people
decry the use of soap upon the face
which is all a gross mistake provided a
good reliable quality is used white cas
tile very delicately perfumed Soap
-with hot water effectually cleans the
pores but of course it must be thor
oughly washed off and a brisk rubbing
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given the skin to promote circulation
To sum it all up there are after all
only a few simple rules to follow if one
wishes to improve her complexion or to
keep what she already has The gen
eral health must be good the diet look
ed to plenty of outdoor exercise taken
a fondness for the bathtub cultivated
and ones temper kept unruffled at all
costs
Dress for School Childsen
The principal of the Mount Vernon
school for girls Miss Leila Lockwood
in discussing the matter of dress fori
school girls expresses gratification at
the interest parents are manifesting in
the subject I find now she says
that there are few corsets few high
heeled shoes and a large proportion of
sensible gowns worn by the girls If I
were to mate suggestions for school
dress I should say that it would be ad
visable to have light materials Light
garments of serge or cashmere should
be worn and clothes of extra warmth
for outdoors Children dressed too
warmly complain of the heat of the
school room and ask to have windows
opened which is impossible White
aprons for little girls keep them always
fresh and dainty If it is incuLcated
that a soiled apron or hair ribbon shows
a lack of refinement they soon acquire
habits of daintiness in the care of their
clothes One thing I should like to em
phasize is that it is unfortunate that
children are obliged to wear out clothes
which were made for best in the
school room It would seem to be much
better to give them away to poorer rela
tives and keep always simple gowns
for everyday wear
Corsets to Reduce Flesh
A French physician who has made a
study of obesity in women and its rem
edy comes to the front with the state
ment based upon his professional ex
perience that the constant contact of
elastic has an excellent effect on what
is politely called adipose tissue It
checks its development and reduces it
when developed The elastic further
tends to produce a long slim waist
without in any way hindering an easy
respiration and a healthful digestion
It is peculiarly good at forming a
Louis XV waist It is interesting to
learn that there are periods in waists
Autocracy we have noted produces a
long waist and democracy as seen in
the days of the Thermidor an unconi
monly short one Early Victorian
waists substantial but later Victorian
waists seem inclined to model them
selves on those of the golden days of
the French Louis
Grievance at the Capital
The freedom with which the residents
and tourists in Washington attend so
cial functions at which they are not ex
pected will soon make it necessary to
demand admission tickets at the door
There has always been a great deal of
scandal about such matters but this
year the imposition is worse than ever
At her reception a few days ago a
Washington hostess invited 300 people
whose names appear upon her visiting
lists and supposing that as usual many
of them would like to bring friends pro
vided supper for 500 Nearly 1200 peo
ple were admitted of whom 900 receiv
ed no invitation At the Chinese min
isters the other day the crowd was so
great that it was almost impossible for
people to enter the house or to get out
again without tearing their garments
off and at the last diplomatic reception
at the White House the ushers claim
that there must have been over 500
people who were not invited
One of the Newest Sleeves
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Tastefnl Odds and Ends
Very dainty 5 oclock aprons are of
the purest white ruffled with lace and
finished off with satin ribbon bows
The gold chain purse which the swell
girl carries has a semi precious stone
set in the top It Is the latest thing
The new photograph frames are of
iron china embroidered linen and dark
wood The oval and diamond shapes
are the best
For a comfortable dressing room tiny
Dutch clocks are beautiful and useful
The prettiest are of delft china in vari
ous odd shades of blue
One of the latest and most beautiful
Haviland dinner sets is in white with
a decoration of irregular gold edges and
four leaved clover in natural colorings
Slippers of bright quilted satin lined
and trimmed with fur are luxurious for
the afternoon nap Bright yellow satin
bootees trimmed with golden mink are
lovely
NOTES ON EDUCATION
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU
PIL AND TEACHER
Memory Like Muscle Can Be Cul
tivated Self Control Should Be
TanKht Dont Nag Dull Pupils Dis
courage the Habit of Tiptoeing1
Cultivating Memory
You can cultivate your memory just
as you can cultivate your muscle and it
will improve steadily up to a certain
point The science of memories as itis
called has recently been studied anew
in Europe where some surprising re
sults have been achieved in the experi
ments that were tried It has been
found for instance that a man who had
a poor memory from youth was enabled
to so strengthen his mind by assiduous
cultivation that he could without the
slightest apparent trouble recall min
ute facts giving dates and names He
could recite whole passages word for
word after reading a book
A French scientist however has
pointed out that this is done at the ex
pense of the other intellectual powers
and that the whole of the mans mental
energy had been diverted to a single
channel He was so busy remembering
dates and names in history that he for
got his dinner It has also been claimed
that a memory for minute facts is culti
vated at the expense of the judgment
and that a due sense of proportion of
large events rarely accompanies the
recollection of names and dates
Here are four fundamental facts to
be borne in mind by those who would
improve a bad memory
First That our remembrance of any
thing depends principally on the force
duration or iteration of attention we
devote to it
Second That the idea of attention in
creases with acts of attention
Third That ideas are recalled by
ideas which by likeness contrast or
otherwise are adapted to suggest them
Fourth That the faculty of remem
bering is strengthened by efforts of re
membering
Sbine men have a remarkable mem
ory for names Others can not readily
recall names nor dates but who never
forget a face New York Journal
Tiptoeing
There are many teachers particularly
those engaged in primary work who
experience great difficulty in breaking
up the bad habit children have of tip
toeing Many pupils persist on entering
and leaving rooms with a squirming
awkward gait acquired in many cases
through being allowed to walk on toes
If trained and encouraged to walk
properly with weight on the balls of
the feet there would be less disturb
ance and annoyance resulting from the
entrance of late comers to church serv
ices entertainments etc
It is possible to train children to walk
quietly and yet walk as nature in
tended Awkwardiness and clumsiness
are the outcome of self consciousness
We can supplant self consciousness
with self possession in a great degree
by selecting from among our pupils
those who are noticeably in that condi
tion to work examples etc at the
blackboard by sending them on er
rands to other rooms in the building
by keeping them on their feet for a cer
tain length of time every day and by
making them forget self as much as
possible Too much attention can not
be paid to correct poise and carriage
Call childrens attention to some well
known and respected citizen who is a
nearly perfect type of physical man
hood Ask them if they ever saw him
walking down the principal streets on
tiptoes and I assure you they will read
ily see in imagination the ludicrous pic
ture you present
The tiptoeing exercise could very ap
priately be taken at a period set apart
especially for plsical development in
some school rooms or in a gymnasium
as a means of securing muscular free
dom and invigoration but as an exer
cise to be taken jointly with other class
room work it does not seem suitable
Primary Education
Teach Self Control
One of the most valuable lessons the
school can teach is self control a com
mand of the temper No teacher can
hope for success without the control of
temper that will enable him to keep his
head under the numerous provocations
of school life We know a teacher who
when an angry pupil comes before him
for reproof says You are not fit to
talk to now about this matter you are
angry and an angry pupil has not his
usual sense Go out sit down get your
temper back and then come to me and
we can adjust this difficulty in a little
while This advice applies to the
teacher with as much force as to the
pupil An angry teacher is not in con
dition to pass just judgment upon a
case and if he acts while in a passion
he is almost sure to have cause to regret
his haste An exhibition of passion on
the part of the teacher injures him in
the estimation of the school and weak
ens his authority Punishment admin
istered in a fit of anger is subversive of
the ends for which it is given and fails
to carry with it the moral support of
the school The pupil feels that if he
can only avoid the teacher until his
anger is gone he will escape punish
ment Under no circumstances should a
teacher allow himself to fly into a pas
sion in the school room and in case he
finds his temper rising to an unseemly
height he should dismiss the matter in
hand until he is again master of him
self Central School Journal
Spelling
The only way to learn to spell is to
spell Be not deceived by those who tell
you that spelling can be taught as well
incidentally Do not fear that your
pupils may learn to spell many words
of which they do not know the mean
ing Middle aged inen who under the
old regime learned to spell every word
in McGuffey at a time when they
memorized easily but did not know the
meaning of one tenth of the words
know to day that those who teach the
false doctrine of Incidental spelling
indulge in dignified nonsense You may
safely challenge them to point out the
educational principle violated by teach-
ing children to spell words of which
they do not know the meaning but
which they shall need to use by and by
Do not go to extremes in either oral or
written spelling Use both methods
But spell spell spell Your teacher did
you good service if she enabled you to
memorize your spelling book so thor
oughly that you can recall whole col
umns from that book You might have
memorized something better but the
probability is that you would have
memorized something much less serv
iceable if you had not been so employed
Our pupils will be provided with good
spelling books and teachers will see
that they are used Manual of Infor
mation Cedar Falls Public Schools
The School Was Not in It
I had the occasion the other day to
send one of my lower grade boys to a
store with a dollar On his return he
said They cost fifty eight cents lay
ing down his purchases and here is
your change handing me a quarter a
dime a nickel and two pennies
But how do you know it is right
I asked expecting him to call for a
paper and pencil subtract fifty eight
cents from a dollar and then see if the
result tallied with the change received
or go at it by some other round about
school method He didnt
Taking the change in his hand he
said Fift3 eight sixty laying down
the two pennies seventy depositing
the dime seventy five placing the
nickel a dollar putting down the
quarter
It was a proud moment for me I felt
proud of the boy proud of his teacher
and proud to be their principal proud
that in my school common sense meth
ods prevailed
Where did you learn that I asked
patting his head
Oh I learned that at home Tho
Western Teacher
Hoosier Kules for Health
Something like a sensation has been
created by the set of rules issued by the
Indiana State Board of Health to gov
ern the public and private schools of
the State Under these rules the slate
and slate pencil will go to be replaced
by paper pads and lead pencils Pen
cils and pens and desks must be disin
fected every day The floors windows
and woodwork of the schools must bo
scrubbed with disinfectants each day
Banisters ana tops of tables must be
treated with a disinfectant once a week
No unwashed boy or girl must be admit
ted Open wrater buckets for driving
are forbidden The water must bb
drawn from a faucet and a small cup
used A general anathema is pronounc
ed against all children who wboop oxr
otherwise cough who have sore mouths
or who exhibit evidence of cutaneous
disease Ex
Dont Najr
Dont nag pupils nagging always does
a lot of harm Yes we know all about
the difference between theory and prac
tice This is practice were talking
about now Its easy to get into the
nagging habit and its the nagging
habit that writes the name schoolmas
ter or schoolmaam in every line of
your face and makes it appear in every
movement of your body The highest
art is to conceal ait the best school
master is the one in whom the man
conceals the master Aaron Gove
Losing the Power to Chew
It has been argued that owing chief
ly to the introduction of knives and
forks and the consequent partial dis
use of the teeth the jaw bones of civil
ized peoples are gradually undergoing
attenuation A dentist claims the hon
or of being the first to endeavor to de
termine the exact amount of muscular
strength of the modern liuman jaw To
this end he has constructed a special
dynamometer of his own invention
with which he has carried out a series
of experiments on no fewer than 500
persons of both sexes and various ages
It seems that the owners of the 500
jaws were able to exercise on an aver
age a pressure equivalent to about 100
pounds but the maximum and mini
mum owing to age and other causes
were widely different A little girl
aged 7 for instance could raise the in
dex of the dynamometer to the thirty
pound mark with her incisors alone
and to that of sixty five pounds with
her molars while an elderly medical
gentleman succeeded without appar
ent effort in exhausting the resources
of the indicator with a pressure equal
to 270 pounds Tid Bits
Interlocking Brick
The new brick whether used in an
outside wall or an inside partition are
designed to tie themselves together in
such a way that the wall cannot be
sprung outward nor cracked Upon
both the upper and lower faces of the
brick are recesses and projections or
nipples the nipples being ordinarily
made to extend a slight distance above
the plane of the margin of the brick
In breaking joints the nipples on the
one end of the under face of the upper
brick come between the nipples on the
end of the upper face of the lower
brick but there is sufficient space be
tween the nipples to permit the bricks
to be moved endwise or sidewise The
cement or mortar in which the bricks
are laid may be as deep or as shallow
as desired for when the margins of
the brick are brought in contact there
is a sufficient quantity of the cement
ing material to form a tie Scientific
American
Women Waitress in the Commons
Waitresses are to take the place of
waiters in the restaurant of the House
of Commons
TREES ON A TOWER
Trees Growing on a Courthouse Tower
in the Hoosier State
On the courthouse tower In Greens
burg Ind there is a grove of frees
growing from the apex of the tower
high above all other vegetation and
without apparent cause for existence
This is the only thing of the kind in
the world except in England where
there is a single yew tree growing
from a parish church tower which
has to be constantly watched and
nourished to prevent its expiring The
existence of the trees on the Greens
burg tower is very puzzling owing to
the fact that there is none of their
species within several miles and their
place of habitation is entirely devoid
of soil The building was erected
about thirty five years ago It stands
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TBEES ON GEEESBUROS COUIiTHOUSE
in the center of the public square on
a gradual elevation reaching about fif
teen miles around A grove of maple
trees surrounds The famous temple of
justice making one of the most beauti
ful parks to be found in the section
Dame Nature has ever since the first
tree in this lofty grove 167 feet above
terra firma first made its appearance
afforded ample nourishment to the
roots of the trees Creeping through
the narrow interstices betweeu the
heavy layers of hard rock the sprouts
flourish like the famous green bay tree
of tradition Even during the drouths
of recent years when all vegetation
in the neighborhood was suffering and
dying the trees continued to thrive
notwithstanding the fact that their
abode devoid of moisture and so high
in the air was always hotter in the
heated season than that of other vege
tation the large stones being occasion
ally so hot that the birds could not
alight upon them The seeds of these
V fSlike tliospofjthA
6emg small with a long stray
down It is supposed that the seeds
were carried by birds from some dis
tant place and dropped between the
rocks where they grew in the limited
amount of soil and dust gathered
there by the winds The first tree ap
peared on the uppermost part of the
tower about the year 18G5 and soon
manifested a speedy growth About a
year after on a different part of the
tower a second one was observed to
be growing being followed by another
one The roots wedged between the
stone the growth continued until the
largest attained a height of twenty
three feet and as they moved the
stones considerably the trees were
condemned as a serious menace to the
structure and the two largest were re
moved Now amid the moss and what
little vegetable matter can cling to the
elevated place others have continued
to sprout and grow until danger to the
structure is again feared and it is
thought that the time will soon come
when they will all have to be removed
OLDEST HOOSIER
Nat Straujrhn of Enrfish Ind Is
105 Years Old
One of the oldest men in the country
is Nathaniel Straughn who lives in
English Ind Mr Straughn is now
nearly 105 years old having reached
he century mark on May 8 1892
Uncle Nattie as he is affectionate
ly called by the residents of English
was born in Franklin County Ken-
OLDEST MAX I2f rSTHAA
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tucky He moved to Crawford County
Indiana in 1S16 and is still occupying
with his granddaughters family the
house he entered at that time The old
gentleman boasts that he has never
worn a piece of cloth that was not spun
and worn by the hands of mother or
wife that he was never in a lawsuit
pro or con and was never s witness in a
suit at law aad that he did 2s5 find the
need nirtll he was over 63
In his younger days Nathaniel Straughn
was a hunter and his old flintlock mus
ket occupies to day a place of honor
over the wide fireplace of his room
while below It hangs his modern shot
gun In his prime Mr Straughn weigh
ed 150 pounds and now at the advanc
ed age of 105 weighs 100 pounds The
descendants of this venerable man aro
reckoned at about GOO
Under Fire AVhilo Fighting Fire
Young Edward Robinson seaman in
her Majestys service was one of ihe
naval brigade at the capture of Luck
now and there a torrent of impetuous
feeling such as transports a man be
yond all thought of personal 6afety
enabled him to win the Victoria Cross
The story of his bravery is told in
Sailor V Cs an article in the Strand
Magazine
At sunrise the English opened fire
once more the enemy being on their
flank as well as in front Thousands
of mutineers swarmed on the other side
of the river The fire was briskly re
turned and our gallant fellows begau
to throw up batteries of a sort Some
of these defenses had to be erected
among dust heaps the material being
branches of trees dry grass and straw
anything in fact that would make
the dust and sand of the so called earth
works which were on either side of the
guns
The weather was frightfully hoc
Water was scarce and difficult to pro
cure as the native carriers who had
manfully stuck to the British we e
rapidly being shot down Soon the de
fensive works became as dry and in
flammable as tarred rope During the
night the water bearers kept pouring
the precious fluid on the heaps but It
simply ran through only to be licked
up afterward by the fierce morning
sun
Presently shell after shell came fly
ing over the batteries for all the world
as if the Sepoys knew their tinder like
composition Suddenly the earth
works blazed up like a furnace and
then of course the guns had to be
abandoned
Not for long however In the rear
of the batteries were some large tubs
full of water together with a number
of water skins Seizing two or three
of the skins Seaman Robinson quickly
filled them and then dashed back to
the guns Leaping upon the fiercely
burning heaps he poured gallons o
water on the flame3 which he ultimate
ly succeeded In extinguishing Of
course while engaged In this heroic
work he was exposed to a deadly fire
though he was not hit at that moment
In order to reach the most obstinate
part of the blazing batteries however
Robinson had to go right outside with
his skins of water and then the Sepoy
riflemen redoubled their exertions
Two engineers who were at the samfe
time trying to effect some repairs were
tfeftfiaLteseamatfssIde
on the battery emptying the last requi
site bag of water he received a bullet
through his shoulder breaking the collar-bone
The young hero saw his as
sailant take aim and could no doubt
have sought shelter only he consid
ered that his duty was not yet finished
Only a Spot
Before Bismarck reconstructed tne
map of Europe and made united Ger
many a dozen little principalities used
to annoy travelers by detaining them at
their frontiers until they had satisfied
the customs demands
An American once had his carriage
stopped at the frontier of a petty
princes country The Herr Ober Con
troleur at the custom liouse came for
ward and much to his indignation was
received in a nonchalent way
The Yankee was ungentlemanly
enough not to get out of the carriage or
even to take off his hat The Herr Ober
sharply demanded the keys of the tou
rists trunks which his subordinate be
gan handling roughly
Here hands off 1 shouted the Amer
ican I didnt come from the United
States of America to be controlled by
you Put those trunks back Ill not go
through you at all Ill turn back Im
in no hurryand dont mind losing a few
hours Youre no country youre only
a spot Ill go round you
And history records that he did
Pay of Bullfighters
Bullfighters make more money than
anybody else in Spain their salaries
being much greater than the incomes
of any except the highest of the nobles
and comparing fairly well even with
the stealings of colonial officials In
the past year a toreador named Guer
rita appeared sixty eight times and
pocketed 306000 francs Another Re
verie has made thirty eight appear
ances and netted 143500 francs while
Mazzantini with twenty nine battles
to his credit took 131000 francs Bom
bita 129000 francs and Algabigno 115
000 francs Taking into account the
value of the bulls and the cost of trans
port it is estimated that Spain each
year spends more than five millions on
this so called sport Over 1000 bulls
were killed by the chosen few of the
public who only number twenty three
throughout the whole country
Perfumed Butter in Xiondon
Perfumed butter on the dinner table
is the latest fad of wealthy people in
London The dairies where this butter
is made are as odorous as a florists
shop or the laboratory of a perfumer
In the first place the buter is made
in small pats like those in ordinary nse
Each pat is wrapped in a bit of fine
muslin and placed in a bed of rose
leaves specially prepared in an earthen
jar On top another layer of the fresh
and delicate rose leaves is placed be
fore the jar is filled with a solid chunk
of ice Then the jar is placed in a re
frigerator and allowed to remain there
for ten hours when the pats are ready
for the customer
