THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TTIt'lisDAY. .TAXI'AlvY 31, 1901.
THE WRECK OF THE 1019,
HY FRANCIS LVMMi.
(Copyright, M, by Frnnrls I.yndp.)
They began to call hor ad unlucky engine
l.eforo the factory shine wan off her lagging,
6 nil Superintendent Benson Hardy "old
Man Uencc." thu men called hlra when they
felt good-humored was wrathful aplenty.
Ho had railroaded too many years not to
know that an engine's reputation Is at
much u matter of good roport a a
woman, and that It Is a good bit easier
to get accusing tongues n-wag about either
than to Mop them. .None the less, It was
truo that engine 1019 began to make a
record for deviltry as soon as she wnn out
of the setting-up shop.
Though she wi. a passenger machine, built
to pull tho fast mall on mlle-a-mlnutc
spurts, they put her on a freight run to
break her In, and I.arry Carnahan had her.
On her first trip sho foamed like a sodr,
fountain, kept Larry running n foot race be
tween the two Injectors to keep water In
lier, and camo In covered with alkali nnd
Ignominy. On tho second trip she went Into
tho ditch, and Larry wbb brought back In
tho caboose with a broken arm, an rye
pouged out and a good third of his scalp
Bone,
Thoy picked her up with the derrick car,
rebuilt tho sldo sho hail torn off In the
plunge down tho embankment, ami sent her
out again, this time with Amos Oilman at
the throttle. Amos was n New llampshlra
man of tho cool-blooded type and a
born man-hnndler of machinery. For a
tlmu tho 101'J flirted with him coyly;
drepped a link-block nut on one trip,
slipped uu eccentric on tho next, nnd broke
a sprlng-hnngcr on tho third. Then, after
a few days of good behavior lo lure him on,
sho smashed his record in a rear-und col
lision. Amos was a man of few words, and
ho took his medlcluc thirty days' vacation
without pay with true New England
tolclsm. Hut to us In the roundhouse he
con Ilil i'il tho facts In tho case; facts which
ho had not thought It worth while to men
tion In tho carpet session with old man
llenee
"Soo 'em? In broad daylight, with
nothln' In tho wny? Of courso l saw "em.
Hut I couldn't choke that big bitch off no
moro n I c'd lly. Throttle was Jammed
tlgl.ter'n tho bark to a treo, and when 1
hossed her over, sho Jas' growled back at
mo nnd slid Into 'em as If tho track 'd
been greased a-purpose."
OlIman'H lay-off and tho 1010's second re
building were accomplished In the snmc
thirty days, hut when tho unlucky engine
was ready to go out the men were shy. No
good man eared lo risk his record on her
nnd tramp engineers, with everything to
gain nnd nothing to lose, were not plentiful
on tho (V & (J-H. In old man Monro's time.
Tho superintendent made his light against
Hupcrslltlon, llko tho stubborn old Industry
colonel that hu was, but ho was fairly
benten. (liven n chanco to redeem himself
nnd tho 1019 at ono anil the jame timer
Amos Oilman promptly ask'". I for his time
check: nnd when three other good men
choso a llko hard alternative, tho 1019 was
run In on tho "dondplt" and her llro was
banked.
It was at this stage of tho battle that
Harry Spencer came to old man Hcnce's
rescue. Hnrry was pulling tho Lone Pino
accommodation with tho "fit), a "Baldwin"
too light for tho work, and of his own
motion ho went '.o tho superintendent, nsko.l
for the 1019 nnd got her. Thereupon tho
big llyor seemed to turn over n now Icnf.
It was ns If sho had left the degradation of
tho freight-pulling and revenged herself ac
cordingly. That was what Hurry said when
tho men JOUtd'hlrrf'nnd n.iked him If lie had
ordered his coinn, laughing, ns ho laughed
at everything. Hut Amos Oilman shook his
hend and prophesied. "You wait." he snld.
"Sho's layln' off to fool 'round till you ain't
wiitchln' her; then sho'll up nnd do ye."
Whereat Horry laughed again nnd swung
tip to the cab to move tho big engine slowly
ncross tho tilting turn-lnble.
"When sho smashes me, I'll smash her,"
ho snld, leaning from the high cab window.
"When you hear sho's killed me, you needn't
get out tho wreck train; there won't bo
enough of her left to make scrap out of."
"Ilegorry. thin, I'm bettin' a tin spot ye
don't," retorted Carnahan, who wns Just
getting out after tho scalping episode.
"Whin she geU good an' ready she'll make
tnty-tmsh lv ye, an' nlvver turn wan hair."
"We'll see about that," laughed Harry,
nnd In tho fullness of time they did see.
Notwithstanding tho prophecies of evil,
It seemed for a long lime as If tho 1019's
demon had been safely exorcised, nnd when
Hnrry had paced tho big llyor on tho ac
commodation for a month or more without
a mishap of nny kind tho powers began to
talk of putting her on the mall run for
which sho had boon purchased. As to this
Harry had nothlug to hay, as a matter of
course, but when It leaked out that tho
10I9's engineer was likely to bo transferred
with his engine to tho run with tho fast
mull ho took occasion to call upon old man
Hence In the tatter's private ofllco.
"Just a minute when you get time, Mr.
Hardy," ho said, and when tho superin
tendent wheeled around In his pivot chair
ho continued. 'It's talked around amung
tho boys that I'm going to gut a clinnco to
pull the mall. If it's so, I don't want It."
Now Mr. Ilensnu Hardy was n truo toro
of tho Spttnlsh lighting breed In the sense
that ho had his particular red rag of eii
rngenient and Ills red rag was tho slightest
Indication on the part of an engineer that
his "nerve" was falling. Wherefore ho
bent his heavy brows on this reluctant
youngster nnd scowled nnd rasped out his
disapproval.
"What's tho matter .with you, Spencer?
Losing your nervo?"
"No. I guebs not. Hut I'm pretty well
satisfied with tho accommodation run."
"Oh, you nre, nro you? Well, so long as
you work for tho C. & (J. It. you'll go
where you're sent,"
Of course Harry Inughed. Ho was of
those who would laugh and offer to shake
hands with death it tho narrowest pass.
Hut there wns defiance In his rejoinder.
"I guess I don't have to work for tho
O. & O. it. when you got through with
me," ho said; and so it ended for tho time.
Since a railroad olllce U leaky as any
sieve, It soo.i came to be whispered about
that Harry had flatly refused tho mail
run, and tho why was a small mystery.
In tho wage scale the mall engineers were
at tho top, and, while the mileage was stiff,
the runs were fnst, and the lay-overs pro
portionately long. Hut Harry had a reason
of his own for wanting to keep the ac
commodation run, and of this reason none
of us knew until later. The Lone lMne
accommodation was an even day's run; wost
from Oram! Unite to Lone l'lno ono day.
nnd back the next. This arrangement gave
tho crews every other night In Lone l'lne,
nnd th.v of itsolf wns a standing grievance
.in the eyes of most of us. For Lone l'lno
boustod no more than a station, n stock
corrul, a water tank, nnd tho Illimitable
plain, with In ro and there a ranch house
to dot It.
Of tho off-day crow of live men, four
cnrrlcd four-ntory dinner buckets and slept
on bunks In tho station. Hut the fifth
man and that was Harry bought a
broken-winded broncho early In tho game,
nnd ambled away to the nearest of the
plain-dotting ranch houses every other
evening ns toon us he had Mdetritckod hi
I rain and rurod for his engine. Wo nevor
guessed what the real situation was at
Jepson's ranch, nut 11 one lino morning when
Harry rode over with a girl besldo him,
She was pretty enough to make tho other
members of the accommodation crew gasp,
and they made instant Inquiry of the sta
tion agent whether Harry wag parading the
lulu for tho young woman's benefit.
"Why, es." said tho ngent. "That's
Miss Cartwrlght Miss Prlssle. the kids
call her. She's tho schoolma'am, from
ftomewhprcH down east, nnd she boards at
Jepson's. Why good gosh! I s'posed you
all know what took Harry over there.
He's dead gone on her In plum up to his
ears."
Hut Harry wns not "In," ho wns only
longing to bo, longing to take the plungu
and dreaded it more and moro ns timo and
better acquaintance paced off tho terrible
distance between this dainty, low-voiced
eastern product of good breeding nnd edu
cation and a rough young tellow who knew
how to get tho most out of a big ten
whet ler and knew little else. Notwith
standing lie had met her every other even
ing nil summer, ho still found it difficult
o talk to htr. even with the 1019 for a
theme.
"I thought maybe you'd like to sec her,"
ho was saying. "That's why I asked you to
rldo over. Isn't sho a whnle?"
Miss Cnrtwrlght laughed appreciatively.
"Some of your railroad figures of speech
arc Just too apt for anything," Bhc said.
"I think I never saw such n tremendous
big ono before; or Is It only Hint I've never
noticed?"
"Oh, I don't know," laughed Harry.
"They aro building them bigger every
year."
"Aro they?" Bhe said. And then: "Don't
you feel terribly ufrntd of It, sometimes?"
Harry laughed ugaln. "No, I haven't
come to that yet; not even with tho 1019,
though sho has scared out a good many of
tho boys,"
"Scared them out?" snld Miss Cnrtwrlght.
with mi uplifting of tho brows that made
Harry shiver and then turn hot with lovo
for her. "I -don't understand."
He explained, giving tho story of tho
1019's diabolisms, and sho shuddered In
sympathy. Whereat he loved her tho more.
"Of course, thero Is nothing to tho su
perstition," sho said; "but still, I should
think you would bo afraid."
"It's my business not to bo afraid; nnd,
after nil, she's nothing but a biggish bunch
of Iron nnd steel. Would you would you
Ilk.- to sco how sho rides? I've got to run
out on tho 'V and turn nround."
Miss Cnrtwrlght caught her breath and
said sho wouldn't dare, but sho ended by
letting Harry help her up Into tho cab.
Tho little spin around tho "Y" wns the
mtiest tnsto of a locomotlvo ride, but It
awoko'a hitherto dormant appetite In tho
scl'Gol mistress.
'It Is simply Inspiring," she declared,
with unfeigned enthusiasm. "I wish 1 k'to
going to bo here longer, I'd come over etry
little while nnd ask you to let mo do if
ngiin."
Harry's Jaw dropped. "Aro you going
nway. .Miss I'rlsslo?"
"Yes, I'm going back home. Didn't I
tell you? This Is only a summer school
you know, nnd we close next week."
Harry helped her down from tho cab and
up Into her saddle without n word. And
on all tho long dny's run to tho Hutto
tho tlrcmnn remarked that ho never laughed
once. A week later Harry had another in
tcrview with tho superintendent.
"You snld awhtlo back that you'd llko to
put the "19 on tho mail." ho began.
"So I would If I didn't have a sot of
superstitious fools for runners," snapped
old man Hence.
"Well. I've been thinking It over and
I'll try It. If you want mo to," said Harry.
Then he made a condition. "I'd llko to
put In the rest of the week on tho ac
commodation, If you don't mind."
"Tho rest of the week" carried him past
the close of the school In the swalo beyond
the Jepson house, nnd, as good luck would
havo It, tho closing exercises wero on tho
Thursday evening, which wns tho night of
his lay-over at Lone l'lne. So ho went to
the little shnck school house anil sat
through tho exercises In a dream of bliss
and nftcrward had the Ineffable Joy of
walking back to the Jepson ranch with
I'rlscllln.
It was a beautiful night, starlit and ns
still as If the wind hnd nevor blown across
tho brown wnstes; n night of all nights
for the saying of such things as wero clam
oring for speech within him. And yot for
tho llfo of him he could not suy tho thing
ho hnd determined to sny. Kvory time he 1
tried to formulate that unspenkublo ques
tion the terrible distance between the
schoolmistress with n Wollesley diploma
and an engineer with calloused hands
widened to a chasm Impassable from his
Bide, at least. So ho took her homo nnd
bade her good night nnd tho thing was left
unsaid. Afterward, by wny of penance, ho
scamped his bed, breakfast and morning
farewells and went to tho station to sleep
what sleep there wns for him on tho com
fortless cushions of the day coach.
The mall run was to begin for Spencer and
the 1019 on the following Monday, but on
Friday tho lOOii broke n side rod nnd was
laid up lor repairs. So It came about that
Harry went west on his first mnll run
Friday noon, passed I.ono l'lno In tho night
and doubled back with tho east-bound mnll
two hours late on Saturday.
Lone l'lne was not n stop for tho mnll,
but when you try to mnko up lost time with
live heavy mall cars it tultcs steam and
steam takes water. Harry know ho would
hnve to get water before reaching Arroyo.
bo he told the fireman they would All tho
tnnk nt Lone lino. It was not because ho
had ni.y further Interest In the lonely
pralrlo station, savo for Its memories. If
Miss Cartwrlght's plans hnd not miscarried
sho was at this moment trundling eastward
on No. L', which train tho faster-llylng mall
would pass at a siding nn hour's run be
yond Lone l'lne.
Tho 1019 was behaving beautifully that
morning, and she slid up to tho water tank
at Lono l'lne and stopped with nice
precision under tho tank spout. Harry was
down In a twinkling with his oil cnn. nnd
bad mrnlo hnlf tho lubriratlvo circuit when
thero was a rustlo of starched skirts be
side hi in and a sweet voice saldi
"Oood morning. Mr. Spencer."
Harry looked up and promptly dropped tho
oil ran.
"You?" he exclaimed. "Why. 1 thought
you wero on No. 2.
Miss Cartwrlght's laugh was of chagrin.
"I meant to be." sho said. "And my
luggage Is on No. 2. Hut t Insisted on
telling them nil goodby nt the houso nnd
wulklug over. So I had tho pleasure of
feeing tho train run away from us."
"Hut what are you going to do?" de
manded Harry, utterly oblivious to tho
fact that the tank wns full and that ho was
losing previous seconds of tho bard-earued
time.
"Mr. Mann says I can go on tho way
freight." she explained. "I am waiting
for It."
"Tho way freight! Why, It will take you
nil day lo get nowhere!" The. - had a
during flashlight of an Idea, and In tho
dazzlo of It promptly broke one of old man
Henco's ironclad rules. "Thero aro only
mall cars on this train. Miss Prlsslo, but If
you'll trust the c.ib of tho 1019, I'll rarry
you to Arroyo, where you ran catch 2 ns
she comes along. We pass her this sldo of
Arroya."
Miss 1'rlscllla Curtwrlght was not of
thofce who dwell in the valley of inde.
clsion. On the spur of tho moment she
ncccnted his otfer. was lifted, first to tho
footloard, and then to n seat on Harry's
box, and five minutes later tho Lone l'lno
station was a mere blot on the brown
plain, and tho big llycr was pitching nnd
f It I r na . I . V. I n t. . t r-i ... .1 n mnl.1.nptr
can when it Is turned loose under the
hand of a man whoso nervo Is alt that It
should be.
For tho first few heart-rending miles of
If t'rUnllln u-nt fntr1v torflflmt fc'Ar Ihia
rnllati nh nhiit linr llrta Hahtlv. trnnwlni?
"that If she opened them it must bo to
scream, 'men uy slow degrees tho terror
f It slipped Into admiration for tlw calm
yed young fellow at her side, the man
ihfl U'fi m.nnn.Otln tnn nil .Ma honiln.
...... . v m, wa, , , ,y iv ,w .... ,tl,D IIU'IV
tnfltllnP moll nml mi nnrl .t.Mnn.ntallilF
Just here sho had a glimpse of tho Ideal
... V. I 1 1. . i-1 . t . . . , i
,iuuuuia, kiiv ?uuieiumg wuicn is noovo nil
education and refinement, and Is npart from
eunir, me ming wnicn is able to stand In
Its own strength, and which has called tho
woman at all times and Innunpq In mm.
mandlngs not to bo denied.
As for Harry, apart from a warm glow
of trlumnhnnt unttnfnpHnn hnm nt ihn
nearness of her, it Is to bo feared that ho
wns moro of tho engineer than the lnver
Just then. Tho mall schedule was reck
lessly fast, and It was a point of honor
umong the men to make Its time to make
up tho time when It was late. Hence,
Hnrry was nrettv u-ll nm.nimi in si
ting tho last possible wheel-turn of speed
out of tho 1019; and when tho chattering
eunusi oecpeneu to n steady roar, and
tho endless lino of telegraph poles became
n reeling procession past the cab window,
ho was still coaxing tho big flyer 'with
added little Jerks of the throttle.
It was on tho great All on Dumn moun
tain that tho end enmn. Al tM r,oi.
f, - -- ,'"..11. IUU
t. & o-ll. rounds tho western slopo on a
.uvui gruuc, turns tno northern shoulder
on a long curve with n slight descent, nnd
then pitches sharply down to cross a 1.000-foot-deeti
ravlnn nn fh im'mi !,
Harry saw on turning the shoulder of the
mountnln aged him ten years In hnlf as
many seconds. Just beyond tho center of the
hi mis uio passenger train which he had
uue.i Kruiiuuiiv nvprinkiniMnti,i it .....
standing still. Three car-lengths In Its rear
u uitiimceu ran oroKe the doublo lino of
enining steel. And 100 yards nearer a flag-
mnn was racing up tho grade, making
irantic signals to the onrushlng mall.
What thero was to be done was done
Instantly and to little purpose. In the turn
Ing of n lenf Harry had tho 1019 In tho re
verse motion nnd had given her tho air.
Then ho realized that tho 1019's demon
was once mor in possession. Something
wns wrong with tho olr brake nnd It fnlt..,i
to respond. With it quick yell of warning to
his fireman he gave tho whistle signal
which calls for the application of tho broke
u uio train crow, and tho result of thl
was Immediate and Inirlrnl win, h.
sudden checking of tho train, brought about
when every mall clerk In tho five cars
jumped ror tho cords of the "automatic."
tho coupling between tho engine and the
nearest car snnpped with a report llko n
pistol shot. Then, freed
the demonlnc 1019 shot nway Joyously for
me iuuiikc ni tne tiroKcn rail, regardless
alike of reversed steam and Harry's frenzied
efforts to mnko the driver brakes take hold.
Ho desisted when ho saw It was no use
onu looKeu up into I'rlscllln's face with r
smile that for all her Icy terror sho saw
and remembered.
"Sho's going to kill lift." hn and) nnnll
but If you love me ns much ns I do you
nu ii iuui nor anil go together.
She was too terrified to speak, but he
answer was In her eyes and In a quick
out-reaching of her nrms to him. Ho saw
and understood, nnd nt the catching of a
breath snatched her from tho box, backed
out of tho cramped cnb to tho running board
nnd leaped with her out Into space when
tho broken rail was no moro than a short
enr length nway.
It was tho rear brakeman of No. 2 who
witnessed tho subsequent events.
"Say, It looked to me like she was hlttln
It a mile a minute when Bho struck tho
break, but I guess I was Borne rattled. She
h'lsted up on ono sldo when she found the
rnll gone, give a grunt, and went rollln'
down them thero thousand feet o' dump
with her drivers n-Hplnnln' In tho back
gear llko Fourth o' July fireworks.
"No; thero wasn't much left o' her worth
plckln' up when she landed 'mongst tho
rocks at the bottom o' that gulch, you bet.
And when wo'd all swallered onco 'r twico
wo looked to seo what had come o' Harry
and his girl. Sny, they wasn't hurt no
more'n I was n'r half so bad scalrt. Tho
dirt trnln 'd bcon workln' on their sldo o'
tho dump, nnd It was all soft and slldey
llko where they hit It.
"Harry helped the schoolma'am up, nnd
they stood nnd looked down at what was
loft o' tho '19. Tho girl sort o' shivered,
but Harry ho Jest laughed and Hnlil. T
told 'cm IM smash hnr If h
kill me, nnd I guess I've dono It right.
And sho didn't get tho mall, n'r sho didn't
get us. Old mnn Henco il clvn mn thirtv
days for It, on gen'ral principles, I s'poso.
urn, j nun t cure, j'rissie, If you don't. I'll
put In tho tlmo goln' back home with you
and gottln' ncqualnted with your folks.' "
And that Is precisely what ho did.
nnit'ATltl.V OF (JIHI.S.
Ailvloe tn MntlirrH In (he Mnttrr of
i'raliiliiur IliiiiKlitern.
Tho respective merits of women's col
leges and co-cducatlonal Institutions for
tho training of girls nro being freely dis
cussed at tho present tlmo. A woman's
club recently wrote to .Mrs. Eva D. Kel
logg, who Is a well known writer on educa
tional matters, for advice in the matter of
training u little girl from childhood to
graduation.
Her reply, later given In "Primary
Education." was, In part, as follows:
First, I would make sure that my little
girl was a good, healthy animal heforo I
put her at school anywhere. A stock of
physical vitality Is a far richer possession
for your child than nny early stimulated
brain. Let her live ns close to naturo ns
you poslbly can manage, oven if you havo
to movo Into tho country to do It. Lot
her "run wild" ns far as safety and good
senso will permit.
Don't begin to teach her "her letters" in
tho mistaken Idea that you aro helping her
to read. Teach her to uso her eyes to soo
things to sea what Burroughs calls "the
lino print" In nature. Do your utmost to
keep her close to nnturo by keeping there
yourself. Help her to fall Jn love with
everything beautiful tbout her nuil to
believe that every object In nature Is worth
learning about. Make every tree, every
blossom and vCTy bird note a Joy to her.
Stories? Yes. lots of them. Not too many
fairy stories, nor too many myths, but pure
bcnslblo selections from both.
If sho were physically strong enough at
I years old f would send her to a kinder
garten; If not, 1 would wait till sho was 5.
A good kindergarten Is the very gate of
heaven.
Public schools after that? Of course.
Do you shrink from tho contact of a miscel
laneous public chool for your littlo girl?
Sho Is born Into n miscellaneous world.
Hut what If ntr teachers uio not of the
right kind? Then, my dear woman's club,
It Is your duty as an organized body of
earnest, Intelligent mothers, to agitato the
matter till they are.
Hut, n warnlug. Don't take a word of
hearsay us to tho lack of worth In these
touchers. Oo to tho schools yourselves and
flud out. Oo with kind hearts and an honest
deslro to be Just and helpful to a sister
woman.
When this little girl reaches the ago of
12 or 13 years give her most careful con
sideration. Is she tired, restless, nervous,
capricious nnd Inexplainable to herself
Take her from school. Oive her over to
freedom and naturo again. To push hor
through. Or allOW her to be nilahr.l thrnitn
a graduation at this time, If she is not
normally well, Is a moral wrong. It seems
almost unbelievable In this day when ct.ll-
dren are being studied hygi- lically with nn
X ray scrutiny that our irls aro urgrd
through their graduating yeir by the keyed
up, nervous prodding of pet tent cxaminu-
tlons. No itillucnce can ! i ni murh to
chnugo theso conditions as 'tie concentrated
effort of n woman's club Any sensible
incisure concerning the hools which a
club, composed of the bexi women In tho
community, would launch and tactfully
push forward would not fail When enough
Influential mothers unite In protest against
the wrongs In our present school curricu
lum these wrongs will be righted, nnd no
ono will suggest that su. h effort Is not
within the "sphere" of jour womanhood
and motherhood.
Shall my daughter go to high school?
Yes, If she Is equal to It physically. Hut a
year of complete rest bc'wecn tho gnul
Bchool and high school wiuld often be a
wise course. With firm health sho can do
a great deal of hard study and valuable
work In n high sohool. Hut. I beg of you,
keep her out of "society" at this tlm. I!n
courage scnslblo athletic, early bedtime
and proper food. These will tldo her over
tho hard places.
Her reading? So much of her future
tastes and ambitions depend upon her read
ing at this time ono shrinks from recom
mending any course. Let her temperament
decide somewhat. If che Is fanciful nnd Im
aginative, offset this tendrucy with the lit
eral and practical; if prosaic and matter of
fact, give her the poetic and Imaginative.
Hut strive that her reading bo real litera
ture rather than the ephemeral book of a
day.
Our littlo girl has gron up. Can you
send her to college? Where? To a "co-ed"
university or n woman's college? In the
senso that co-cducatloit means equal ad
vantages for the sexes on the basis of right
and Justice, why. nmen to co-education
but when It means that tho sexes shall
pursue the same studies a u preparation
for life, that admits of di usslon. I think
there should lie equal opportunity, but u
different goal. The omission Is vital. Some
day a collego course for girls may come to
menn. first, the science of health. Not
uthlctlcs to excel somo rival team mid to
glvo mannish yells, but for the sake of a
sound body. Kvery subject taken up by
collego girls should be taught with nn eyu
to her training as a future homemaker.
To bo nn Intelligent, accomplished woman
and hold one's own In and out of a well
managed homo means much. Above art
science, literature or philosophy she needs
to know herself. Then. In her study of life,
every subject should include her needs In
the future home. Is science any less scl
enco because It embraces the chemistry of
cooking'.' Let mo say Jui hure mat every
youug woman needs a year of kindergarten
training as pupll-tencher beforo her mar
rlagc, Nowhcro Is the Frocbeltnn philosophy
moro needed than In n home of little dill
dren.
Hut If my daughter wishes to follow onn
of tho learned professions? Then Bhe must
tnke her place side by side with men In co
educational Institutions and forfeit the ben
eflt of n separate woman's college. Hut I
would not have her enter upon the technl
cnl training of n profession under 20 year.!
of nge, nnd only then If health were sound
principles firm nnd temperament fitted to
stand alone.
I speak from n close personal observation
of n largo popular co-education university
when I say that the dorpiltory llfo thero for
four years Is Injurious to tho average girl
Entering nt tho unformed age of 17, she at
once becomes n law unto herself nnd Inde
pendently elects everything her study
course, her men and vvomen friends, her
wny of spending evenings, her attendance
upon receptions, danceH nnd theaters, and
Is as much a guide to herself as It she were
steering a craft alonei on tho broad ocean.
Sho can neglect and brrult, unchldcd. every
physical law nnd rillnhor health through
late hour? night "spreads'" and eternal
"fudges." A chafing dish Is a college Idol
Do you ask why this regime? What is
the reason for permitting such unwise free
dom? Why. they nre learning self-government
and developing "self-reliance." Yes
nt a price that no young girl should bo al
lowed to pay. Some wisdom costH too much
They tell us that this Is a woman's nge
that it Is the era of her opportunities, let
us never forget that a woman Is not a mnn
Let us teach our girls that to be a broad
cultured, womanly woman Is the highest
goal for which they need to strive.
i:nic.Tiowi, MJTKS.
K. S. Converso of Maiden. Mass.. has
given Jllij.WO as an endowment fund lo
the Maiden Public library, which he and
his wife originally gave to the i Ity as u
memorial ot ineir son, i-ranK i;. t'onverso.
Friends of thn I'tilvcrslty ot Alabama are
urging that Oeneral Joseph Wheeler be
elected Its president, but It Is not yit surely
ascertained that the little soldier hero
would euro to Do shelved permanently In
this manner.
Concress does not nntirove of home studv
for growing children, and, In accordance
with Its recommendation, the Hoard of
Kducntlon of the city of Washington has
neciueii mat mere must do no Home study
in grimes neiuw inc sixin.
Dr. John Kost, n phyHlelan of Adrian
Mich., who has several times mnde liber.i
donations to educational Institutions, Iium
given to the College of .Medicine and
Surgery of f'hleago n museum of zoological
specimens valued nt l.rpi),ii. Tho articles
tilled live freight cars when prepared for
sninmcui.
The president of the San Francisco Hoard
or utiuciUlon ror tne next year will be i
woman. btie got in ny the somewhat
irregular lottery ot drawn straws, llv
previous agreement, nuidu u year ago, the
director who wan to go out tins year was
to bo decided by lot, uml the one who
urew uio snort straw tor tno slmrt term
snouui do presiding oiucer. Now Mrs
Klncnld Is woiiderlnir whut her title will h..
Through the generosity of a former
student, who wishes his name withheld fur
the present, the grammar school of Hiuiiie
college is onnDlea to equip u large nnd w II
appotutcd reading room In connoctlon with
tho old collego Itbrarv It will In- liu-nti.il
In Taylor hall nnd will contain the best
mngnzines anil oilier perlodlculH in addition
to tno uururies ot tne institution, cmlirai
ng ji.kjo volumes, it will be furnished
witn nurary tames, cnairs and lounges, ns
wen us Huen inner comioris us go to muKi
tin nn ideul library. Tills wise uift. nmk.
ing nccessiblo to the uttenduntH n l
number of vnlunblo books, will give the
grammar school the best library equipment
oi ine seooniiiiry institution in tin West
The benefit to the Htiidcntu win I
calculable 1 ho authorities of the school
:eei greatly grutitieii ana unite In wnrm
tuuiiKs to tne uonor ot huh noDIe gift.
I.AIHMI A Ml I Ml I NTH V.
Georgia semln thousands of peach trees
in nuiiiu Sirica.
The engines of a llrst-eluss British man
oj-w.ir cost nuout jl;ii.v"u
A servant glrlK union has been formed
In Watertown, N. Y., on ,i briHls of ho.i-n
from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m., nnd fl and f3
jier weca as wages.
Chicago union carpenters will not clei
up tho Saturdny half-holiday during tho
winter mouths. The referendum vote whleli
Is being taken shows Unit the proposal to
nbollsh the half-holiday will be defeated
ny a iwu-inirii vote.
ArponlllliT In i puniirl trnm T,,,, Comitfl
Pa., the Philadelphia - Ite'iuling Coal si
iron company inst weeK mined ll.ryNi ear
of anthracite coal This Is thn lurirs
amount of conl mined In .in equal period in
uio mmury in ine i.eainng. and snows tun
they are pushing things for all that there I
in it 10 meet tne uemnnii ror fuel
During the past year there have been
issued .-i.Uni original patents uy thu paten
nflke, nn Increase of 2,3'il over the pr'iloiii
year. A total of 2.75S design imtenti wer.
I'sucil, which is it decrease of jm owr ivfl,
i n. -re was a decrease id eleven rclcm""
me exact numnur tor me ear being M
i ncrii wai u loiai ni i i.i trade marl;-" il
loweq. up increase ot i. while there wer
2v more labels Issued than iv.n
Th Ilultlmnre Locomotive worl: of Phi
dolphin renchnl hPzh water murk In the
point of production In the year l'rti. h.nln-?
turned out 1,21" locomotives, agult -t :!."
In 1HW. the largest mim'm-i ever imili hi
nny former ymr The additional nninoe
does not alone hIiow tin- i-eater oo ' u'
of the works In IWm. over that of i mm. i,,r
the locomotive of lMo exceed those , f ten
years ago In weight and drawing tmnp-i
by ntnrlv or quite W per cent. It t'i hunt
ing power of the engines turned out I i ''
was expresel In locunotlie r,f i(,e im
slzo us those built ten years ago it w 1 I
havo required 1 ') engines o- nearly a. uOle
the number constructed lr, W
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