1C THE OMAHA DAILY ! BU3E : SUNDAY , JUNE 2 , 1895.
SHORT PIECES D P
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Of Carpets of every grade , remnants of Matting , odd lots of Lace and Silk
Curtains , odd pieces of Furniture , a few Rockers , Chairs , Folding Beds , Business Man
Bedroom Suits , will accumulate in a stock like ours as a natural result of a Ewery
busy year's retailing. We will commence tomorrow to
Understands lio\v wo cnn sell the best Furniture and House FunilslilnKs nt BO
low a price. During the last year many law manufacturers were obliged to
sacrlllce their goods In order to renllxe the eash to carry on business. We were
tin the ground and bought largely carload after carload of Hook Cases. Fold
Make a ing Ueds , Hod Hooin Suits , t'lialrs and all kinds of Furniture and Carpets , 'way
below cost of production. Then , too , we buy directly from the manufacturerH
In carloads , thus getting quantity , prices and discount and freight savings
from 10 to i.0 per cent. These advantages and benefits we are giving to our
Clean Sweep customers.
We do not Issue circulars to mislead the public , but endeavor to show you
In the dally papers exact Illustrations of many of the bargains , and what we
do not show , tell you how we can best serve you , and t'l\e you the beneilt of
Of them all. If you want something exceptionally good at a funny price our cash purchases.
come and see what we have laid out for our June C'eanup. This funny
price will make you laugh and leave a good big margin in yourpocketbook
Or.o of our Ouk Con-lies A IllUo IllfM- Tinco p.ecos. Hardwood llutlroom Rnttnn . Child's Pnr- Antique Iii2 Heel. Mimtol Ju o ( I'olil- . 'loan 2 Stove Iturnnr , Juno Oasnllno Cluiiii $237 . 'oodOikli- Rack
. wonfl fewlm Bull \f-xVi \ Mirror In Diussor , .45 rluiro .1 uno Clean $3.00 ft 4,60
Juno ( 'nrpctorTiitiettiy ( J.our Up 1'rlco Cover , nicely made. Roukcr only. ? . 68c Juno Uloan Up I'rlcoonly . Upl'rico Up 1'rlco I'll Price Juno loan up 1'rleo . . . ,
Our space is limited , so we can show only a few of our wonderful bargains , all over our immense establishment ; but from them you will get aa iJea of the prices offereJ. We give you our former prices and
prices we will sell them for in our JUNE CLEANUP SALE.
all wool Ingrain , .Tune clean-up sale . 421c $75.00 Hoil Itoom Suits , June clean-up sale . $4-8.00 $7..00 Combination Folding Hed , .lune clean-up sale $38.00
Oar
. ' Matting , June clean-up sale . 28c $00.00 Hoil Itoom Suits. June clean-up sale . 158.00 $50.00 Combination Folding Hed , .luno clean-up sale iV2.00
Our -l.'c
Our - 7.ric Japanese Hnisscls Carpet , .Tune clean-up sale . 46s ? . " 0.00 Hi'd Hooin Suits , June clean-up sale . tf'l-.OO $4r > .00 I'prlght Folding Hed , .Tune clean-up sale 22.00
Tapestry , ' . . 22.00 S'-.Vi.OO Mantel Folding Hetl , .Tune clean-up sale 14.00
Our lido Oil Cloth , .luue clean-up sale . ISc 3'tri.OO I5eil Itoom Suits , June clean-up sale -
Our 2.e China Matting , June clean-up sale . . . 15 ; I5etl Uooni Suits , June clean-up sale . 14.00 Mantel Folding Hed , Juno clean-tip sale 11.00
Our Terms Our OCwJL W t - ) ( Low 0 itr Prices c-i , Refrigerators and Ice Boxes , Extension Dining Tables , Free to Every Customer.
Cist or Weekly or MonUiIy Payraccts. e d \ SmallProfits
Of bUCCeSS : ) Easy Terms A Good Ice Box A Good 6-foot Plated
. Sugar Spoon
8IO 01) worth SI 01 iliiwn | j $10.00 purchaser a ;
81 01) ivfiolt , 81 00 month only Dining Table.
820 00 worth S3 OO < livn
SI OOvcnk , St 00 inoiitli A Rug to Carpet customer A fine
sio : oo wortJ . i t fie win it , . r oo iiHiiuh Open Saturday and Monday Evenings A Good Refrigerator A Good i every ;
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WBO OO worth . . . f * OO work. OO Illlllltlt , '
S7(5 ( OO witrtli . . . WTil ) week , 88 OO ininttli only Kitchen Table. 'w Engraving to every $50.00 purchaser.
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8100 OO worth Si ! no wcclc SIO 00 inontli
ESTWe Are the Largest House Furnishers in the West. Others Advertise Yon Will Find Our Prices Lower.
PROGRESS AMID POVERTY
Significance and Exults of the Hull House
Movement in Chicago.
SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL REFORM
Two Knorgc Io Women Fount ! nn Oaili In
u Desert of 1'ovcrty , C'rlmu ami Cn-
cloanllni'ss Scope of the Work
and Its Achievements.
CHICAGO , May 30. ( Correspondence ol
The Dee. ) If you wish to keep up with the
times In this very progressive city you must
study sociology. You must not only have
such knowledge of the subject as can be
gained from books and lectures , but you
must have such knowledge as has been
gained by actual experience. To get this
experience you must bo perfectly famllat
with the city as set forth In Hull House
mnps and notes.
These locate the different races and classes
to exactly that you know Just where to go
to find what you want. For Instance , all
the dark blue parts of the map show you
whore the Italians live , and the red shows
the' 'Polish quarter. In the same way yellow -
low Indicates that hero live the self-support
ing poor , while the purple districts are In
habited by what Is known as the "relief
class' Other races and other classes an
Jn.dlcatQd by other colors. These maps wen
prepared by residents of Hull House ant
this.brings.me to the subject of my story.
It , U not .a reformatory. It Is not a char
liable Institution In the ordinary sense o
tbo word , stnco every one pays for what hi
gets there , but It can perhaps bo best defined
fined as a social experiment.
'
POVERTY IN PLENTY.
The Nineteenth ward Is the most dense ! }
populated district of Chicago. Nineteen dif
ferent nationalities are represented by It :
Inhabitants and the sanitary conditions an
something frightful to contemplate. Plent ;
ot children here , half clad , halt fed am
wholly neglected. How could It bo other
wise ! Whole families Hvo In one room am
In thousands ot cases the Joint earnings o
such families do not amount to ? 5 a week.
As you wander about through the narrow
filthy alleys and miserable tenements yoi
begin to understand the why and the where
fore of the anarchist , and go away fcellni
utterly helpless and miserable. Hut thli
Tooling ot helplessness did not overcome twi
bravo women who flye years ago came t <
niako their homo In the very midst ot thl :
tqualor and want and sin. They believe ;
that social Intercourse could best oxpres :
the growing sense of the economic unity o
society , and so moved In.
Think of attempting to Influence such i
Community through Its social life , when
( ho only gatherings were about the door :
'of a saloon to see the pollco drag out thi
participants In a flght or In the halls o
como miserable tenement to sco a drunkan
beating his wife and children. Out thesi
bravo women beMoved that th saloons wer
the social centers because they had no rival
nd that many men and , horrlbli
to add , many women who frequentci
them , would soon desert thorn It somethlni
bettor were provided.
, ORIGIN OF TUB MOVEMENT.
No child growing up tn that district todaj
can complain that something better has no
been provided , for the two rooms Into whlct
MUs Addams and Miss Starr first Invited i
few women of the neighborhood to take tei
with them , much to the surprise ot tha
seldom Invited few , have grown to Hill
House , which. Alms to be and Is a socla
Center about which these people may groui
their various organisations and enterprises
Hull House does not make the cornmor
mlitake of trying to reach people enl :
through thelc deslro for Improvement ; I
bat provided amply for those who can enl ;
fee reached through their desire for mmuc
I
ment. I think , however , that this has been
lone In order that the desire for amuse
ment may lead them where a deslro for
something above and beyond It may have a
chance to reach them. Indeed , young men
lave been known to frequent the free bll-
laril rooms for months , who at length , either
out of curiosity or sheer Idleness , have
dropped Into a chair near the door of a
lecture or class room and discovered that
Lhero were other things In Hull House than
billiard rooms and other things In life oven
more enjoyable than billiards. It may not
bo all chance that the way to the billiard
rooms lies through a reading room and by
the doors of some lecture and class rooms.
The residents ore all men and women of
culture both of bruin and heart. They do
not pounce upon the newcomer or the oft-
comer , cither , and talk to him about his
body or his soul. Ho having eyes and ears
Is allowed to como freely where ho may see
and hear , and beyond a friendly greeting
no more Is said unless he desires It.
AMUSEMENTS PROVIDED.
Besides the billiard rooms there Is a spa-
clous gymnasium , big enough to play a game
of ball In , nnd provided with everything In
the way of apparatus. There Is a fencing
club where marks , foils and gloves are pro
vided , and members of various clubs and
classes are permitted to use one of the halls
for dancing parties. So you see Jack need
not be a dull boy at Hull House for the want
ot a chance to play. - Intellectually the
house has made extraordinary provision for
Its frequenters. Over 100 professors and
teachers connected with the universities , col
leges and public schools of Chicago give
their services free. The University exten
sion of the University of Chicago gives a
course of lectures each year and the Social
Science club provides the best speakers for
occasional lectures. If half a dozen people
deslro to study some certain branch they
form a class and a teacher Is provided.
Not for charity , though , each member pays
50 cents a term. This pays for gas and
heat and removes the feeling of getting
something for nothing. Every department
In the house has grown from a discovery
made through natural and reciprocal social
relations.
SANITARY CONDITIONS.
Miss Addums has given special attention tc
the sanitary conditions of the ward and has
tallied to her assistance every mother In It ,
Those women have made life such a burden
to the garbage collectors that even the extra
supply of d's In Miss Addams' name has not
been found sufficient to relieve their "over
charged feelings. Mayor Swift has recently -
cently added to their woo bp appointing Mis :
Addams garbage Inspector for the Nlneteentl
ward. This gives to an already busy womar
much additional labor , but It means a greal
deal In the way of cleanliness and healtt
to a people who ore greatly In need o !
both.
In art , literature and music Hull Housi
maintains that the best Is the Attest ant
It offers no other. The lectures and con *
certs arc exactly such as are- given befon
audiences ot scholars and musicians.
And now how does Hull House appear t <
the casual visitor ? In a region whore spaci
Is so valuable that a foot or two Is otter
the source of much costly litigation , am
where every person and thing seems to to
cramped and squeezed In Just as much ai
possible you suddenly como upou a vacam
lot , bounded on two sides by a woven win
fence at least le-n feet high. This Is thi
playground made this spring by tearlni
down two very low tenements. It Is enl ]
treeless as yet , but there are tents am
awnings and hammocks and sand plies ant
buckets and spades and balls and tennli
and croquet , and men and women who an
children again for the sake ot the children
Watching them you decide that each of tin
nineteen nationalities has contributed Iti
share , but Just let me show you how mud
Chicago Is In the crowd. On tbo openlni
day the gates were kept closed until i
certain hour , but the children who wen
accustomed to riding under the rivers am
over the > roofs were not to bo delayed by t
trifle such as a , ten-foot wire fence. I
afforded no foothold for climbing , so the ;
burrowed out the and with their naught ;
little hands , crawled under and opened th <
Hull Houve play ground eomt- hours betor
scheduled time.
TJIB JIOUSD AT NIGHT.
Around the corner from this pity grrmni
you come upon a haute with a door yard
I Door jarcls are.not. . common on HiliUa
street. At night the doors are open and It
a brilliantly lighted. It would puzzle a
tranger to determine what he had come
upon. As you pass you catch stray glimpses
of pictures and statuary and well filled book
cases , and hear snatches of music that > ou
hlnk must have wandered here by mistake.
The crowd passing In and out talks us If It
night have come direct from the tower of
label , and It Is composed of "all sorts and
conditions of men , " women and children.
You turn to the resident under whose es-
ilonage you are seeing the house , and ask :
'Is this a gathering place of the nations ? "
But he answers cheerfully , "Oh , no ; we have
no Chinese. '
You go In , nnd If It chance to be a na-
lonal rece-ptlon night you are sorry In the
Ibrary that your German vocabulary haa
been allowed to dwindle to "Yah , Frauleln , "
and "Neln , Meln Herr , " while In the dining
room you discover that because you can
ilng Italian songs you are not safe In trying
to carry on an Italian conversation. In the
art exhibit room Mile. Vallerlo Is holding a
French reading ; In the Octagon Miss Starr
iss a class In Dante , and In the drawing
oem Mr. Edward Gregg Is lecturing on
Bohemian history. In the kltchsn Miss
Welch , A. B. , is conducting a cooking class ,
and a cash girl's club Is holding a meeting
n one of the halls. Miss Crlm's class In
English and letter writing occupies the
studio , and It goes straight to the heart of
; he average woman who can write threb
: lmcs as fast as she can talk , and talk very
last , Indeed , to see the amount of time and
labor some poor , toll-stiffened fingers must
put Into a few badly spelled lines.
LECTURING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
On the night of my first visit Prof. Moul-
ton of the University of Chicago was de
livering a lecture on Shakespeare's "Temp
est. " The audience would have mads a
good study for Shakespeare himself. It was
attentive , however , and Prof. Moulton was
learned and witty , as he always Is. He Is a
fine reader , and as he read , "Be not afeard ;
the Isle Is full of noises , " up through the
opsn windows came the regular Halstead
street chorus of crying children and fighting
dogs. When he reached ,
"Sometimes a thousand twanging Instru
ments ,
Will hum about mine cars , "
two bands In rival resorts were playing , one
"Tommy Atkins , " and the other , "Her
Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back. "
But only the frivolous spectators noticed
these things ; the real audience was utterly
oblivious to them.
In the Fencing club I witnessed some
doughty deeds that would have roused the
envy of even your Dr. Dssprecher and Mr.
Mullen. One young Italian , whose eyes , In
his excitement , fairly blazed through his wire
mask , was as lithe and graceful as a tiger.
The Omaha young man dubbed him a trans
planted Romeo , and gave him the rose from
his button hole , which was the only lan
guage they had In common.
KITCHEN AND NURSERY.
No matter how utilitarian the Idea , the
artistic Is never lost sight of at Hull House.
The kitchen Is a copy of an old English
Inn , with low , dark rafters , diamond windows
dews , and a large fire place. Besides serving
luncheon , the foods cooked here are deliv
ered hot by the quart or pound for home
consumption.
In the day nursery are cleanliness and
comfort , and charts and pictures of famous
Madonnas. In the parlors of the Jane club ,
the home of fifty young women , who Occupy
fine flats under the chaperonage of Hull
House , I found a bowl of roses , an open plane
with Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" on the
rack , a number of really One pictures , some
of them presented by the artists who painted
them , and what seemed very natural consid
ering the time and surroundings , a young
man and woman holding a very confidential
conversation about the weather , no doubt
The club Is composed of working girls , &nC
their expenses amount to (3 a week rci
capita.
No religious services are held at Hul
House. It Is strictly non-sectarian. On Sun
day afternoons concerts are given , but thej
are not what-oro called sacred concerts. Prof
Tomllns , who directed the World's fair chor
uses , has undertaken to train a chorus o
500 working people at Hull House. Ho hai
alto offered prizes for tba songi that wll
belt express , both In music and words , thi
home life and aspirations ot the worklni
people.
The reildents pay their own expenses am
girt their Mrrlces. No public appeal to :
tunds hti ever been made , and many ugre
with the poor woman whose baby was .kep
: lean and happy In its nursery , and whose
msband was kept sober In Its coffee house ,
who explained that "H. H , , " the mark used
on Its belongings , stood for half heaven.
As for the little woman wnose heart con
ceived and whose brain directs It all , even
; rateful , not-to-bo-outdone-Chlcago , cannot
Ind a name good enough for her.
STACIA CROWLEY.
A handsome new Roman Catholic church
for colored' people , to be known as St , Kath-
erlne's , has just been opened In New Or
leans.
C. M. Bailey , a Maine manufacturer , said
: o bo the wealthiest man In the state , has
for years employed a band of evangelists to
work in the small towns of the state.
The Episcopal fund ot the diocese of New
Hampshire , amounting to more than $50,000 ,
Is largely Invested In western securities
which now yield little or no Income , and
the Episcopalians of the diocese are wonderIng -
Ing how the salary of Bishop Nlles will be
raised.
A Roman Catholic street preaching mis
sion Is being organized In Cleveland. Its
work will be similar to that cf the Salvation
army , but It will not adopt the fantastic
methods of that organization. One of the
most prominent workers In the movement
will bo Father Elliott of the Paullst Fathers
church of New York City , who Is an en
thusiast on the subject of propagating
Catholicism among Protestants.
A new religious sect has been started In
Missouri. The members elect an "angel , "
whose business It Is to fly to heaven every
little while and find cut what God wants the
members to do. Contrary to what might bo
expected , the members had no dllllculty
whatever In finding a man who was both
able and willing to fly to heaven as- often
as was desired. But when he makes the
trip ho Insists on being absolutely alone.
1..1JIUK XOTkS.
The English shoe workers' strike has been
compromised.
Cleveland Is about to adopt the Plngree
potato plan.
Kansas City Iron molders struck agalnsl
a reduction and won their point.
Cabinetmakers of France want to form an
alliance with American craftsmen.
The organized hatters In Newark , N. J. ,
ore talking of another great strike.
The bricklayers , numbering 10,000 , of St.
Louis , are on strike for higher wages.
John McBrldo and iP. J. McGulre attended
the musicians' convention in Clsveland.
The Increase of wagrs among the Ohio
wire and nail workers affects 6,000 men.
Roustabouts on the Mississippi steamers
recently struck for higher wages. The mat
ter was compromised. ,
The headquarters of ( he International As
sociation of Machinists IB to be removed from
Richmond , Va , , to Chicago.
The strike of the St. j ouls garment work
ers against the swe t sljop contractors ended
In a victory for the strikers.
Five thousand New. Jersey potters have or
ganized a national union , which has been
affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor.
London county council has six bills before
the British parliament asking the privilege
ot municipalizing the waterworks for $175-
000.
000.The
The machinery molders of Cleveland , after
a short strike , succeeded In obtaining a uni
form wage acale. The minimum rate Is
(2,50 a day.
P. J. McGuIre. general secretary of the
carpenters , has lately addressed large meet
ings In Chicago , Cleveland , Columbus and
adjacent cities.
The American Federation- Labor execu
tive board haa given the brewery workers to
understand that they- must .withdraw from
either the Knights ot Labor or the federation.
According to Bradetreet's about 75,000
workers received Increased wages during
April , two-thirds of whom received the same
without striking.
The Prussian government has decided to
establish state warehouses afUr the tub-
treasury plan sdvoct'ed by the farmers'
alliances of this country.
THE SCHOOLS OF THE PEOPLE
A New York Illustration of the'"Fad1
Evils in Public Schools.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION INPENNSYLVANIA
Documentary Proof of the First Free
1'ubllc School The Is'utloiml L'onvon-
tioi ut Denver Commencements
IMuculion'il Notes.
The New York legislature passed an act
to compel systematic teaching In all the
schools as to the effects of alcohol and to
bacco on health. A similar law was enacted
some years ago , but It was not enforced , and
the superintendent of the New York City
schools has filed a protest against the present
act , which must be approved by the city au
thorities before it becomes a law. The super
intendent says that while the act cannot pos
sibly accomplish any good purpose not al
ready adequately provided for , "It makes In-
oidlnate "demands upon the time of the
pupils. "
Discussing this point and "fads" In gen
eral , the New York World says : "It would
bo a good thing ItMhe legislature coula be
Induced every year to give heed to that one
wise little sentence. The great majority of
pupils in city public schools have only a
very few years In which to get any educa
tion at all. Bread winning necessity reduces
the period of their school attendance to a
minimum. They have barely time at best to
learn to read , write and cipher , and , In fact ,
the greater number of them learn these nec
essary things very Imperfectly. Every hou ? ,
every minute , ot school time devoted ' to any
thing else robs them of Instruction wh'ch ! they
korely need to equip them for the work of
earning honest .livings.
"The 'faddists' arc the curse of the schools.
They seem never to reflect upon conditions.
Tt.ey proceed as If all the school children
had before them the full period of education
which Is granted only to ( he children of the
well-to-do.
"Tho patent fact Is that our schools are
unable to do adequately even the necessary
work that lies before them. They cannot
provide even rudimentary education for all
the children who have a right to claim It.
They turn thousands away every year and
Instruct the others very Imperfectly. So long
as this state ot fucts exists every suggestion
to Introduce other Instruction than the neces
sary teaching of reading , writing and arith
metic Is distinctly wrong. "
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Philadelphia Is confronted with a condition
similar to that complained of In New York.
School accommodations are Inadequate. It is
estimated that 20,000 children are shut out
of the schools at the present time , because
the school authorities are unable to supply
the necessary buildings. Notwithstanding
this fact the legislature has passed a compul
sory education law , which Imposes severe
penalties on parents who 'fall to send their
children to school.
Under the new la\v every child In the com
monwealth between 8 and 13 years of age
must attend for at least sixteen weeks In
each year a school in which the common
English branches are taught. The law Is
sweeping In Its requirements , excepting only
such children as are certified by parents or
guardians to be mentally or physically In
capacitated , or who live two miles or more
from a public school , or who are being In
structed In other schools or by private teach
ers In the common English branches which
are taught In the public schools.
The law Is highly penal fn Its provisions ,
A fine of (2 Is Imposed ] on parents or
Ruardlant In every case for the flnt offense
against the law , and for each succeeding
offense the fine Is $5. This fine Is Imposed
by the school board , but an appeal Is allowed
to the court of quarter sessions of the propel
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countr.
In order that the law may ba fully enforced ,
and that none may escape Its provisions , i
ceniuH of the school children of etch district
must b ; taken by the assessors at the same
time that the annual assessment Is made ,
and that list Is certified to the secretary of
the school board of each district. Teachers
are required to report to the board monthly
the namfs of all children who have been ab
sent without satisfactory reason for five suc
cessive days. Thus the school board will
be fully advised as to all children who fall
to comply with the compulsory law. If the
secretary of the rchool board shall fall to
comply with the provisions of the law he
will be liable to Indictment for misdemeanor
and to a fine of { 25.
Accordng to the Times of Philadelphia
the city must provide for 20,000 additional
school children Immediately , or else the law-
will fall of enforcement In that city. Like
conditions prevail In other cities of the
state , and a vast outlay will bo required to
give effect to the provisions of the law.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The authorities of Greeley , Colo. , and
Cheyenne , Wyo. , have united In extending
an Invitation to the delegates to the con
vention of the National Educational associa
tion to visit those cities at the clone of
the convention. The convention meets in
Denver the second week In July , and Is ex
pected to conclude Its labors by the 13th.
The hustling cities on the north have ar
ranged to take the delegates on a special
train , which will leave Denver on the morn
ing of the 13th , stopping several hours at
both points , and return to Denver In the
evening. A more Interesting excursion could
not be made , and those who fall to accept
the hospitality of Greeley and Cheyenne
will have cause to regret It.
FIRST'FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
By means of an old deed exchanged be
tween two of the earliest merchants of Bos
ton , C. E. Rldler locates the Bite of what
many scholars believe to be the first recorded
free public school In America , supported by
general taxation namely , on the south side
of Cornhlll , near Washington street. The
triangular block bounded by Court street ,
Washington and Cornhlll was , says the Bos
ton Journal , originally devoted to the follow
ing public bjneflcent purposes :
A town corn bin on Cornhlll , a prison or
house of correction , established In 1C32 ; the
school , the first meeting house , occupying
the commanding position at the corner ot
Dock Square and Cornhlll , and a tavern
where the Ames building now Is. Opposite
on Washington street was placed the par
sonage , the shop of Cogan , first merchant ;
the first market place , where the old state
house stands , and the armory. Near by were
the great dock , the powder magazine , the
spring on the hill above , the aqueduct , the
gteat cistern and other safeguards against
fire , town bell , the town clock , the great
Indian cemetery , only a few steps away from
the earliest burial place of the whites ; the
town house , the legislature , the criminal and
civil courts and the marshal.
The meeting house having been planted In
1632 , Cornhlll became one ot the very earliest
streets of Boston. Starting from the site of
the meeting house In Washington street , the
first great thoroughfare Into the Interior.
His conclusion Is strengthened by the fact
that there are In the neighborhood pictur
esque old alleyways , notoriously crooked
streets , and' ten so-called public squares.
Just above are the three hills , Pemberton ,
Mount Vcrnon and Beacon.
Here also Is Tremont Row. where lived
Governor Vane , Governor Belllngham , Gov
ernor Endlcott , the second schoolmaster of
Boston ; Rev. John Cotton , teacher of the
church ; his son. Seaborn , and John Hull , the
mint master. Here Tremont street begins ,
another great , but newer thoroughfare. The
newer Shawmut , on a lilll overlooking the
valley and the neighboring ocean , was begun
by the whites on the epot where the red men
left off.
The school was started voluntarily In town
meeting , April 23 , 1C35 , 2GO years ago.
COMMENCEMENTS.
Invitations to college commencements are
trooping In. Princeton comes In college colors
with a program of exercises extending over
five days. The preliminary Is a base ball
contest wlUi the Yale nineOn June 8. The
final exercises will be. held In Alexander hall ,
June 12. '
The silver annlveruary of the 'founding of
Carthage college .at Carthage , 111. , will be
celebrated on the 29th Jnst. The exercises
will conclude with a banquet In Odd Fellows
hall.
Commencement exercises ot St. Mary's
academy , Notre Dame , Ind. , will bo held
Juno 13.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
The Now York school board has purchased
sites for twelve additional school buildings.
Five million dollars have been appropriated
for grounds und buildings.
The number of schools on tlio accredited !
Hsi of the university of California Is no\v ;
forty-eight. Nearly every section of Cal
ifornia Is represented.
The first woman to ho graduated from Sf ,
Andrew's university , Scotland , Is said to bt
Miss Blackadder , the daughter Of u Dunde
architect. She Is 19 years old.
In the name of the overseers of Harvard ,
President Eliot has offered a site for the proposed -
posed college infirmary. H Is Intended ta
make the Infirmery a memorial to the laU
Dr. Pcabody.
The now register of the university of CaN
Ifornla shows the total number ot students
enrolled at the colleges at Berkeley to ba
1,124 , of wlilch 309 are women. This Is an
excess over the sister university at Palo Alto
of twenty-four , they having Increahed 13 per ,
cent , while the State university Increase la
3G per cent. Including those enrolled In the
affiliated colleges In San Francisco , the-grand :
total amounts to 1,781.
It has been decided by the senate of the
University of Michigan to hold elaborate ex
ercises a year from this coming commence
ment to celebrate the successful cloe of Dr.
Angell's first quarter of a century as presi
dent of the university. A committee was
appointed consisting of the deans of the vari
ous departments to take the matter In charge
and prepare a plan for the celebration. II
was also votej to ask the regents to appoint
a similar committee to join In the under
taking.
Germany ha ? adopted the system ot separat
ing the bright pupils from the stupid ones
In the public schools. The sorting Is to ba
done not by the teachers , but by medical
men. '
Miss Nellie Temple , a graduate of Vassal1
with high honors In 1SS2 , lias been engaged by ,
the University of Lelpslc to atsls-t Dr. Ratzel ,
Its American professor ot history , In the prep
aration of a work on the United States. Mlu
Temple , It Is said , was pushed for a pro
fessorship In the university , and only , tha
rules of the Institution prevented her election.
The University of Pennsylvania will hold
examinations for entrance to the college next
Juno In over a score ot cities located In dif
ferent parts of the countiy. As the university ,
draws students from almost every state In
the union , tlieo local examinations will en
able many applicants living at a dlstanca
from Philadelphia to avoid the expense of a
long journey for the purpose of an examina
tion. The examinations will bo hold June 17
and 18 , and will all be ot the same character
as those held upon the same dates at the
university In Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia school board has abolished
June examinations In all grades below the
twelfth. Promotions In these grades will ho
made on term averages.
The board of regents of the University
of Michigan recently took the first steps
toward the reorganization of the homeopathlo
medical department. The department waa
declared by resolution to be distinct and
Independent of every other department , and'
a committee to draft a new ret of rules and
regulations for It was appointed.
Luther academy , located at Wahoo , Neb. ,
has Iscued Its twelfth annual catalogue , giv
ing detailed Information regard ng the colligu.
JTllK I'UlVIU/i.
Bam Walter FOBS In New York Hun.
Out from the harbor of the Shadowy 8hor
Wo pail into the clarinet ; ! ! of the day ;
A breath of i-plcu from InlumlH tur uwity
Allures ug on to where tha deep neas roan
The IlK'htnlrKH play uliout us , und before
Our cleaving prow the tempest works ill
way
With broken wreck , but Btlll we cannot
ntiiy. .
A voice beyond the storm calls evermore. '
1 . " '
TVe Hi'freml our satis to catch the wlri/i nnn
brvvite ,
The wandering zephyr , or the slmoon't
breath ;
And on wo sail , nor strength nor purposf
fallH ,
Till through the sunset of alluring seas. I
ThrouKh twlilfttit fipltndora do wo drift
toward death ; >
The Hllcnt Me of Unreturnlnjf Sulla. _ j [
Pittrburg , Kan. , boasts of a growing Labof
church , where true Christianity Is prctcbcl
by Rev Dr. MorrUon < who will deliver j
series of sermons on "Chrlit the Socialist. " >