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OKAND ARMY ENCAMPMENTS.
F the ninniHl encampments of the Grand
Army veterans served do other purpose
they would ho hi vu lunhh for the Influence
they exert us visible evidences of the na
tion's strength and vitality. At a time
when the public Is absorbed (n Ihe contem
plation of diverse troubles, political and
iirra.erelal, they disclose the presence of a national spirit
whir), took us throtiRh an upheave! far greater and nioro
terrlblf than any peril now evn remotely seen. It ma.
fce doubted whether any other event, of the year does ho
inch to correct our historical perspective and enable us
to e thin' In the'r true relation as doe; tMs annual
rw'Sna oi the o'd soldiers.
'i'ht lltial ahaudoiinient of Ihe encampments, when it
fcttuKTitn necessary to discontinue them, will he a distinct
1ms to the nation, depriving It of an object lessoiiwhlch
Hii stimulating and helpful and could he given In
other way. The mere Might of the aging veteratiH on
nrade Is something to Htlr the Imagination and kindle
ihctt the HreH of loyalty and national pride. No com
memorative ciiHtom or memorial service which may he
adopted In Inter years will take the place of the sight of
the noldlertt themselves.
There Ik added reason, therefore, why each of the en
campments to come should he made the occasion for such
a drinonstrntion of deep and tender Interest, as that which
ton greeted the veterans In their meeting at Minneapo
lis. Not on sentimental grounds alone, hut for reasons
fft practical policy, wo cannot well make too much of
tlieito meetings or cherish their memory too carefully.
GMcngo News.
' EDUCATING! FARMERS' DAUGHTERS.
II K question of how to educate the daughter
of farmers for the real duties of life has
been solved by the government, of Belgium.
Free schools have been established lu dif
ferent sections for the purpose of giving
girls Instruction In the many branches of
agriculture and home housekeeping, Girls
are admitted to the schools when fifteen years old, and
kept In training for ten months. During that time they
arr expected to study and master the elements of agrl
ralttrrr, dairy farming, housekeeping and accounts, and
fce pcepnrat to go out In the world and practice the les
son, taught. In many Instances becoming teachers.
Belgium Is-a thickly-populated country. There are nu
merous cities and towns that tempt the young people to
letre the farms. The daughters of well-to-do farmers
utt Inclined to take life easy imd try to live above work
In on the farm. It was to correct this growing evil that
Ihe new schools , were Instituted. 10 very school admits
flfleeii pupils. Every girl has a room' to herself, and
wast take proper care of It while she remains n student.
Jilt are dressed alike, and their clothing is made of ordl
awri material. A term of ten months generally enthuses
the pupil with a liking for the farm, and results In keep
2j the girls at home and benefiting the country by their
Mt of usefulness.
Modern life on the farm should be enticing to the sons
and daughters of the country. It certainly presents many
ttraetlons not found In life pioneer days of agriculture.
There Is 11 hope for homes and happiness in the future
'that cannot be held out In the marts of commerce. Any
sffteru of educating that0 tends to training the minds of
toplls In a different, direction Is not to be com
tended. The world of humanity must beeofue a
Iwnjc-loving and homedmlldlng population to insure
peace among the many 'families. There are more,
opportunities on the farm for getting an Interest In
the land than in any occupation offered enterprising
young people. Tlivre Is a future in agriculture for wom
en. It. has opportunities for advancement In every legiti
mate field of human endeavor. That work should not
bo overlooked by any parent or guardian. Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
DIRECTORS WHO DO NOT DIRECT.
HE summer season Is iminillv uneventful In
"V I tbo tlnanclal world, but developments of
I I late have attracted world wide Interest. The
UIIIU H kllllL-o nun DViril I ItU tl.-lln.ll.Tll U I ll.lli-
of frenzied tluauce, lu the destruction of a
Chicago bank and a great Philadelphia
banking and real estate loan concern. Hun
dreds of poor people, have fopnd their hard-earned sav
ings swopt, nway, and the newspapers are again busily
discussing that great tlnanclal menace, "the director who
does not direct." Well known and able tluanclers of
Philadelphia were on the board of the trust company,
nnd regularly the late president showed them large pack
ages containing the company's securities -all "gilt-edged."
Ho said the president. Not one of those well-known and
able financiers ever dreamed of Investigating the pack
ages: and for all the directors knew the packages, rep
resenting the foundation of the whole structure, might
have contained sawdust.
The truth was at last revealed, hut not through any
mental efforts of the directors. The .suicide of the un
fortunate president started an Investigation, quickly dis
closing a state of affairs that might never have material
ized had the directors fully appreciated the 'importance of
their trust. This, and many other similar disasters have
developed such an obvious moral that a new era must
come an era In which directors, whether of the Bank of
England, or of a concern capitalized at $.",000. will exer
cise a vigilant safeguard over the Interests of all who are
dependent upon their company's success.- -.Montreal Star.
TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR WIFE.
HENEVEH a man with a wife and famllv
Jk 7 Incomes a criminal, he inflicts cruel suffer
W I lugs upon the Innocent. These silent sur-
1 t.j n v . v- iv (Ail- urijn ,ti rt 111 It I 1 lai 4- 1
misery they endure cannot be appreciated
by those who have never passed through
such a harrowing experience. It. is lament
able that so few men observe the rule which Tacitus says
was observed by the old Germans, "In all important mat
ters they consult, their women." The blasting of many
a man's reputation, once fair ami unspoiled, might have
been prevented If he had made a confidant of his wife
in his business affairs. Defalcations, embezzlements, be
trayals of trust, and other criminal acts committed in the
feverish haste to get rich quickly In many Instances
would not have been engaged in if the wife had been .
consulted before the first wrongful or doubtful step had
been taken.
Most: women have swift intuitions in matters Into
whch the moral law enters. Few of them are skilled
lu finance, yet the foundation of the financial success of 0
very many men lies In tlio prudent counsel aud'manuge
ment of the wife. Numbers of our most successful busi
ness men owe their good fortuue largely to the encour
aging or restraining advice of their wives lu all Import
ant crises lu their affairs. As one of the chief sufferers
when a false or Imprudent step Is taken by the husband,,
the wife Is entitled fo take the place of counsellor and
guide whenever such aid Is needed. Philadelphia Ledger.
THE GERMAN EMPRESS IN COMMAND OF HER OWN REGIMENT.
At a review during the maneuvers
tutu, empress led her own regiment,
the Garde du Corps, past the kaiser,
the .cuirassiers' uniform, hut not the
replaced by ft plumed hnt. Tho late
In Stleslu the Ger
the cuirassiers of
The empress wore
helmet, which was
'Empress Frederick
used to take command of her own regiment of hussar?,
whose uniform she wore. The empross lakes an active,
Jnterest in military affairs" and Is a great student of his-.
' torlcal works hearing on the wars o,f Europe.
, Aid Wclwht.
A youug man who wanted to get on
Ibejtollce force, but wos six pounds un
er weight, applied for advice to a cop
Who had been on the force, seven)!
rears.
"It l the eaulest thing In the world'
said the experienced one. "Just lKjfore
you go In to take the-physical oxuinlnu
tlon eat a lot of boiled cabbage anil
drink all the milk you can. Water used
to be the regular thing,- but it Is not
so heavy as milk and the stomach holds
loss of Jt. Milk and cabbage are the
heaviest 'foods In the world. . Yon can
Increase your weight five to ton pounds
within an hour."
The candidate followed the advice
a ud, passed with twopounds to span'.
Am ugly woman is uglier than un
ugly mail.
Tin- 'IViup -.it.
We were crowded In the cabin.
.NoL a soul would dare to sleep;
It was midnight on the waters
And a storm was on the deep.
"I'is a fenrful thing In winter
To be shattered by the blast,
And to hear the rattling trumpet thumtar,
"Cut away the mast."
.So wc gathered there in silence,
For the stoutest held his breath,
While the angry waves were rolling.
And the breakers talked of death;
And as thus we sat In darkness.
Each one busy in his prayers,
"We are lost," the Captain shouted,
As Re staggered down the stair.
Hut his llrtle daughter whispered,
As she took his icy hand :
"Isn't God upon the ocean.
Just the sauie as on the land?"
Then he kissed the little maiden.
And wo spoke in belter cheer
And we anchored safe in harbor.
When the morn was shining clear.
-Nathan Parker.
Thp J ref. Oltl Mail
"How seldom, friend, h good j5re.1t man
inherits
Honor and wealth with all his worth and
pains !
It sounds like stories from the land of
spirits.
If any man obtain tlist which he merits.
Or any merit that which he obtains"
For shame, dear fricud. renounce this
canting strain ;
What wouldst thou have a great good
man obtain r
Place title salary a gilded chain
Or throne on corses which his sword
hath slain?
Greatness and coodnes are not mean,
but. ends
lath he not always treasures, always
friends,
Tlie good great man? Three treasures,
love and light.
Arid calm thoughts regular as infant's
breath ;
And three firm friends more- sure than
day and night
Himself, his Maker and the angel Dvath.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
HER LITTLE MAN.
I''rih WlCr with V tvy Money awn
Not Wnnt Htm to Work'.
Frenchmen would sink Into- innocu
ous desuetude,, says the Boston Herald,
were it not for their females. Paris,
in .particular, is the paradise of the
incompetent and lazy good-looker.
And, really, when a young husband.
brings 11 lump sum equal to his wife's
dor, our American ideals may remain
shocked at his contvnted laziness, hut
we find It: 'hard to criticise with logic.
Pretty little Agnes TV , for exam
ple, hnd a $20,000 marriage portion
from her mother and site was engaged
to Paul G .
"Do you give her only $20,000?" ask
ed Paul's mother. "Make it $.".0,000
and I will give Paul the same."
Agnes' mother remaining obdurate,
nnd Paul's refusing to make an un
equal bargain, the young folks started
life on $20,000 each in gilt-edged bonds,
producing the joint, income of fliOO
and here comes the point. Paul had
promised Agues not to work.
"If I quit fa tlier and mother It will
not. lie fo live my days alone.' she said,
while to Paul she murmured : "You
will rather be with me-all day than to
go1 out and make money?"
After marriage ifwas up to Paul to
make good.
"lint we have only ."fl.iiod iv year,4
he argued., and being tempted "of the
devil he accepted n congenial' situation
af $2." oper. And his-young wife fell
sick of It.
His own mother was uneasy and "Ids
mother-in-law scolded. His congenial
occupation ought to be to jolly Agnes.
Agues grew anaemic, pined, had head
aches and emotional anxiety.
InJothe xnd they had to spend 1,200
In traveling to get her health, back.
Paul no, longer works, and nil Is well.
No other country has anything like
this proportion of Incomes from" rm
family accumulations', whera breaking
into capital" is considered 11 crime.
One consequence Is that women quite
as frequently as men mfly have their
own revenues.
Xoy. 11s Jules Simon pointed out, the
Froiieh married woman wis'hes, above
all, security for "the enjoyment of her
"little man." She fears change. ciuido is
an enemy to enterprise. A French girl
with $20,000 marriage portion will cor
tnlnly prefer aoo husband bringing the
same or moreon condition that .he be
"serlous".-esay at "once, obedient.
By having a sure Income of her own
of, say, $Jf0, she will Just as certainly
prefer an obedient, young husband earn
ing $10 per week In a government
ofllce with short, hours and a modern to
pension, to a hustler who might double
or quadruple her capital. And if she
has $!,f00 per year she will still more
certainly prefer an obedient young bus
band earning nothing to a wonder of
enterprise who, Is always at his otllco!
This explains the Immense vogue lu
France of those professions called "of
perfect repose." The phrase refers to
repose of mind In that thec professions
seldom tempt men to risk eapitnl in In
vestments; hut repose of body fs tux
stranger to their walks. They are army
ofllcer, government functionary (one
French voter lu ten is n government
functionary), barrister, doctor, en
gineer and university professor.
, Engineers, either of civil or military
special I les or of private enterprises, are
quoted high, but rather special. Often
they are men who work. Sometime-
they have opportunities to Invest money
advantageously. It Is a trifle too un
certain, too energetic, too masterful.
The mass of young Paris doctors,
barristers, fmietfonarie, professors
aud all army officers can be depended
on to .make model French husbands. 1
know the case of a young doctor w hose
ambition is ti write a lawk on French
watering places. To my certain knowl
edge lie has three fine girls with ample
marriage portions chasing after him.
The mother of one said the other day:
"f lohf him T would make Berthe's
portion $07,000 and pay my own ex
penses If he would agree on his word;
of honor that I should go with thern.'
"A dream of happiness!' her gossip
replied. "Your daughter pigeonholed ;.
h swell son-ln-luw, with nothing to do
always beside .voir,"
"And the relations, my dear think
of hfs relations! (She referred' to his
professional relations.) We would tilt
from one watering place fo another;,
hotels at half price, douches and in
halations for nothing, jump Immediate
ly Into the best medical sets of Vichy,.
Bourboulle, Uriage, Conlrexevillo, Vlt
tel, Plombleres."
"While ho is writing his book?"
"Exactly, my dear! Provided h
doesn't write it too quickly! If. he mar
rles Borthe I'll see-to that!"
She- need not worry.. The young fel
low will see to It himself- that book
will be his life work ; that and: the
dally Jollying of Borthe.
JOSIE'3 ICE-CREAM..
It was- next, to the very last day of
school,, and Miss Barton's kindergarten
was alL excitement, says the Chicago
News, for there was going to be u par
ry. "What, is ice cream?" asked Josie
t'zlewski, timidly, of a little boy in her
room., whom she met on her way to
school that morning. He stared at her
scornfully. "Huh!" he snorted. "Huh!"
Josie Czlewskl shrank into herself,,
abashed. Evidently it was an outrage
ous thing not to know alwut lee cream,.
and she was sorry she had asked. But
still she wondered.
She had ou her old. faded plaid dress
which she hnd worn most of the year..
Some of the others were dressed up
because of the party. Josio's sinking
of the heart, which hud been coinci
dent with the appearance of these en
viable garments, was almost forgotten
In her excitement over the Ice cream.
She knew what ice was like. Nobody
rau hi cook It. Ice cream must be th
delicious acme of one's maddest dreams,
Judging from the raptures about her.
She was afraid to display her Ignor
ance again, so she waited wth Spurtuiv
repression.
"You must, be patient," .Miss Barton.
warned them, when the janitor carried.
In the Ice cream. Josie Czlewskl watch
ed with eyes that 'grew bigger unci,
darker.. The sawdust -covered Ice al
most started the tears. Was that Ice
cream? Away with dreams!
But no, a delectable, rosy,, paper
shrouded block of something, appeared;
'lijals was Ico cream ! She- pressed her
hands tightly together, and whj'n 0the
wooden plate was put Into her lap, she
stayed at It, too happy to cat.
But she soon Joined, the others, whoso
spoons worked with olockltke rapidity.
Never had Josie Czlewskl imagined
anything like the taste of It.
On 11 wooden chair Miss Burton was
piling more of the ptipeiwovercd rosy
yjabs. .Tosie felt she could lyit. many,
many more slabs." But alas! the wood
en chair was empty. She glanced at
It wistfully ami started, for the paper
ou tt w:ui 'coated with a layer of melt
ed fee cream from the burden It had
carried. She tiptoed tdwurd it. Slio
gave one furtive glance about tho busy
room, and thvn, quicker than it takes
to tell the shocking face, Josie0 Czlews
kl bent over, and with her little pink
tongue lapped up the equally pink melt
ed ice (jronm from the chair. Miss
Barton's eyes beheld the scene. ' Sim
wavered, and then deliberately turned
her back on it.
"Did you have a good" time, Josie?".
the teacher asked the little girl who
had "learned that afternoon what lc
croain is like.
Josie turned starry eyes up at
teacher. ."Yes'tn," she nreuthed,
vently, "'oil, ycs'in !" ,
tho
fyr-
rumor CuerylnK CnimvUy. "
A camel can easily carry a weight of
one thousand pounds on its hack, abon
four times' :i,s much as a" hor.se can
carry. The camel begins work, at thJ
age of -1 anil Is useful for half a cen
tury. The horse, as a rule. Is nearly
played out a t the age of in.
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