TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Happenings ot tka Day Historical ud
Is ItfU nearly all the birds of Eu
rope were killed by the cold. Wolves
Die red Vienna and other large cities,
mod, dnren by hunger, attaked the
people Id the streets.
Look around among youacquaint
ances, and it you see some close-fjted
merchant that under) ays his clerks
and will walk a mile to save car fare,
who is spending hundred of dollars
in advertising, you can sa.'ely wager
that it pays
Statistics show that all occupa
tions that expose the person to dust
predispose to tuberculosis, and that
persons who follow di-ntary occupa
t.ons are likewise predisposed to the
disease. Those who live outdoor are
almost entirely fiee from is. Con
tagion, espe jally due to floating
gertus, scerus to explain these facts
sufficient y.
The iational Guard of Pennsyl
vania consists of (,;(.u men, and all
butieveoty-ih.ee (,f them reported
lor duty at the catup ou the field of
Gettysburg The Natioual -Military
parks of the 1 tilted states wi.l be
great places for the mustering of its
fores, and the movement to put the
neld ef :shiloh on the same footing
as Chickamauga and Gettysburg
ought to go through without deiay.
The "yellow jacket," about which
so much has been beard ot late, is
rather a vest tbaa a jacket. It is
watte of rich yellow satin, has no
sleeves, tits the wearer cioely. and
reaches to the thighs. It is fastened
on the si:le with small buttons, and
has embroidered on the bosom the
royai dragon of China. There are
but hall a dozen men in the Chinese
- Umpire who are entitled to wear iu
It is well known that a reward of
&(X was offered for the head of John
Hancock, whose bold, impressive sig-
nature is so reu-arkable on the Lec-;
laration of Independence. Well, bet!
signed the docuweut as if be whed'
to throw his whole soul into his pen, j
and rising from bis scat, exclaimed:
""There, Jonn Hull can read my name,
without spectacles. He may double
his reward, and I'll put him at de
fiance." "All legal treatises and documents
during the twelfth and two following
centuries were written In a stiff,
affected, an I undecipherable hand
called Teourt hand." It was inten
tionally illegible, that the knowl
edge ol the L.w might be effectually
kept from the common i eopl The
manuscript of the ninth, tenth and
. - -eleventh
centuries seem to Le ai
written by the same hand. This was
due oo the ini.ueuce of Charlemagne,
who selected a articulnr style of
handwriting, adopted it. atul ordered
every scribe to write after that as a
copy.
Ir is not the fellow who goe
around whining aoout unkind fate
and the wreck it has wo: ked In his
Individual case th;tfc is g'litii; to help
"tilings out a mire, but the man who
recognizes th:it bis tontriving brain
-and strong right irm are a part and
do mean part, either of fate, who
goes to work to gather up what is
left, and put the best face possible on
an ugly situation. : uch are the
brave and cheerful spirits who in
every crist of whatever kind tread
ruowa the nettle danger and pass iiy
'ingiy oer the wrecKs of past impru--dence.
Ir now and then transpires that a
' detective is an ass but instances are
rare in which be is a horse. A sa
gacious equine quadruped has just
been the means of the arrest or some
daring robbers, and the recovery of a
large portion of their booty. The
police, btving caught the horse with
one of the villains, set him loose and
followed him, believing that he
would And his way back to the place
from which the thief had taken him.
So it pioved, the horse adroitly picic
iok his path to the stable where the
stolen goods and a whole nest of the
villains la concealed. The Chicago
pdt ce department o. gbt to pension
that bone.
The Greeks have a beautiful cus-
loot, when entertaining company, or
' Ccking piece of lead and dividing it
tM (wain, one half or the piece being
tt by the host and the guest tak
'iltiM other as the part. These
iaas of lead are kept as belr-.r-being
banded down from gen-
7;;,"l tf enwratloo and from fam
': , : tMiif. iiif proMM of Urn pur.
i x tat ftmily It mar be
f tCr formr boat b
Iki la lxt or trouble. Tko
HCs wUl Icleetl pleo of
V' f
- .
the former hospitality it renewed and
eternal friendship pledged.
Thet are naturally eierclsed In
Great Britain over Senator HiU'i
bill for the prevention of Anarchists.
With Germany, France, Italy, and
even Switzerland taking similar
steps, it follows that England will
remain the only asylum for these
troublesome geutry. But the true
Briton's vanity is equal to the occas
ion. A usually sane authority, speak
ing on the occasion, savs that there
will be undoubtedly a big influx to the
country. The enmity of the foreign
police will educate the lleds in the
ms of com eulruent The conclus on
drawn is that the necessity of watch
ing disguised b uib-tbrowers "and
slabbers at every street corner will
be excellent practice for the detec
m ncouaua i ara. we nope
that it will sharpen the wits of Lon
dou's jyilics, for they seem to ueed
it. i;ut won't this sortof exoerien e
be rather dear to pay for? However,
if I oo'lon says, "Hang the expense,"
nuliody else need object
EvKitv few days some apology for
manhood with more brass than brains
jumps up with an es,siy on girls.
; This abominable class of literature
always logins with a sneer and ends
with a kick. a distinct flavor of
sourness permeates it The genuine
K-rl is absolutely unessayaMe. No-
' Ujily un .erstands her: she du't
understand herself, .he is a del'ght-
rui Dunaie or contradi tlons. As
wise as a serjent, she is as innocent
as any sucking dove She is modest
as a violet and sweet as a barrel of
molasses. She is as rosy as a w nter
apple an 1 as plump as an Indian
summer partridga She knows some
thing about the piano, and lots aiiout
making biscuit She is tender with
her sweetheart, and sets the dog on
the other fellow. She is an armful
til delights, and blessed is the youth
she takes into partnership in wearing
out the sofa, .she Is a daisy and a
dumpling, and in all God's great
creat on there is nothing worthy to
be named in the same breath with
her.
The Governor of Formosa evidently
has a long and well-QI.ed puise. As a
good Chinese citizen he is now filled
with the spirit of uncompromising
and never-dying hatred towafd Japan
and all that Is Japanese. He proposes
to bring about the subjection of the
Japanese hmpireand the decimation
of the Japanese nation even though
it takes the last coin out of the old
stocking into which he had been
dropping his financial savings for
some years. He has published a
schedule of the rewards he wi.l pay
for the ca, ture or destruction of
Japanauese fighting ships or the kill
ing or capturing ot Japanese soldiers
or sailors. The sinking of a big Jap
anese warship will enri -h those who
o the sinking to the extent of
0 ; if the warship is a small one the
destroyers will receive "Iy T,ijO!). A
Japanese orbcer. dead or alive mi
worth $-00 to the Chinaman who has '
hitu, while the Cele tial who li only I
lucky enough to get hold of an en-1
listed adversary 'vill receive l '. i
iieanng n luinu tne great purehas
mg value of money hi hlna and t he i
ext etuely small wnges paid through
oi,t the Chinese Empire, the scde of i
prices is an extreme., noerai one. a .
great ti.any enterprising but unem
ployed Americans would like doubt
less to assist in forcing the Governor
,v - "i - ., ; ,.t
The TiaTSiif o( Schooljrlrls.
Children ot eight years dress in a1
similar miiuner to those of ten, ouly
that their skirts a e frytu on'.' to two
inches sho; ter, each being two yards
a rfi a half tsutHa anrl mil h tria m i i -
uuvj a HUH v IVlVr tlli'l W1UU LUC IU.O
tion three-inch hem, writes Emma
M. Hooper in a sensible article on "A j
fccnooimrra Uuttit" in the Ladies'
Home Journal. The full, gathered
skirts are still seen, but are not as
universal as the Iront and sides gored
and full back. White nainsook
guimpes are worn at this age, though
proving an easily-soiled luxury for
school wear, hence the popularity ol
bigb waists. When a high guimpe
is worn through the winter a heavier
under-vest is necessary to keep the
cloth ng of an average warmth.
oung children wear plain material
more than mixtures but these come
in so many weaves that It is an easy
matter to buy Henrietta and serge
for the fall or spring, and sacking,
cheviot, cloth, etc, for midwinter.
Uright red looks very attractive oa
small children, though the range of
eolois for them is unlimited. They
are m nature women with cape and
epaulette ru 1 es, large sleeves and
round waists, making each little tot
nearly as broad as she Is long satin '
and velvet ribbons, piece velvet and j
velveteen, oraia ana suran aie tne
tr. minimis for nice and general wear.
An Kiceptioii.
" ne thing must be admitted la
favor of our sei," announced an ad
vocate of female rights and saperlor
Ity to her husband.
"Id the time of need wo are al
ways strong. Can you mention the
aama of a slogla womao who baa tea
her bead la time of daaawrf"
"Why, then was too loraly Marl
ABtotootto, tor dwr," aoKSoatad ltr
THE YEAR'S WANING.
I ah mm IU It tbM Um tba th jmn ku vua
And Uwt to uaa mut muala Mthiag but
lapt ud ol-it
Earliest cnikei, that out of tha mid tuinmer
midnight e'mplaioBg,
All tbe luii tuaiinar in m takett with tab
tU diuaajrf
Thocf B ihou b-tnpe-t Bo dretm of frott to tho
fioaert that tlumbe-.
Though no tree for it leatet,
ou in k- fj Hfin
d- oied of thy
Yet with th UD.rii-ilrn; ear' h" bole.1
ovt-r tuy rtul ib m dot cumber.
And in t bo ; r a lost ) o.ilb m&aeat n.t itilt
i in r i Ei.
. . " . -
Aotweia-t tn o. tnat btu nijibn of Derrab-r
are bla ke-t ttnl blctakett
And wf 5 lb hi.ul ciate leiaat n. a Kir In
uiv r om.
And I v o j in:i.:,e
gtnif u biu
Ibou win miij f a
gar. at sow xl in my
little pneil full ujKBf cri kei 1 haT tbut
in wining.
If 1 but imke bim dwa out uf bit i Jai. oo my
own hi, el',
M bl:ti tr lm i 10 itaii tUn U.e bin Lt-.t kS'.wa
to Iby tl.rliiS.k!,
Fall of th rnfMur of Lit, M ty, uiora, boit.
nd biiUM'lf ;
L.iiii; m puly addor; for Dot or ont ' t tor
i;-i;oii
Lur-i. i. k tlix l to hit ft, t It btck the
1 irj to bit tree.
Bfttt tb u tio tit c a nri&ke ma belle. . wbile
tbp uu: uter ft Urg'ra.
B0TtT tban blo ia b&: btt beoo red lf aud
t-I ti tT tlliitt be?
W. D. uuwel lu i ct.in Trut I log.
NIGHT AT HOUND TOP.
I m.ide many friends at Iirookrleld
Academy, but headstrong, impulsive
Jetry Long was my fav rite amongst
tbem ali. One day, near iht close of
the term, he said.
'lion, you are going home with me.
to stay at least two weeks. Now
don't begin framing excuses, for I
won't ac ept any."
Then he walked away as If the
matter was quite settled and It
was.
So it came about that three weeks
later 1 found myself, with Jerry, be
Ing onveyed across the country In
the family arryall toward l.'ound
To, as bis home was called. It
seemed to me that my friend acted a
little oueerly on the way. He talked
incessantly, and in one Instance
bioke in upon Jason's remarks. Jason
was the ga: doner and iiiau-of-all-work.
j
"I tell you what, Master Je ry," ,
he was saving, '-things are dull
enough now that "
He e Jerry frowned at bini, and
bgan to talk atxiut the lands ape. ?
Jason Wiked bewillered. then w.th !
a glance toward me, whistled know-
lngly. j
Ail th s gave me the impression
that 1 was being made the victim of
a plot of some kind, and my Ituagina- '
.lion began to run wild. I wondered
if any of the Ding family had gone
mad an 1 tx-en onlined in the east
wing or the west wing, or the attic,
and if they would escape In the mid- i
die of the night and choke me, as I i
had read of their doing In novels. A
midnight t ugg'e with a maniac or
so was a possibility decided iy.un pleas
ant to contemplate. ;
It was n arly noon when we as- '
cended the winding road that ied to
the sc luded h me of the Longs.
Their grounds covered the whole of a ,
large hill the lop of which was a
circular plateau. Fioru this the place
derived its name. The building it- ;
self was a large frame structure
just the kind of a bouse to be haunted i
with a mysterious insane annex, I
tnought '
"ljjli, I hoie you won't think It
mean In me " Jerry said iu a kind of
nervfius haste, when we had aligh ed
and Jason had driven on to the bain, ;
i '-out tne laet is they are gone."
1 "hom:' Who.'" 1 aske4. thinking
I of the lunut cs.
"The whole family. They are at
the ea-bore. I've Ken there once.
It Is stupid. I'd rather lie here at ;
bound Top it you will stay with i
me. "
An I thitl ttwaj all T n-.a itPunt U.
relieved, and promised to remain the
required time, leeling that I should
like the t lace very much.
And 1'ke it 1 did. Jerry Invented
all sorts of amusements. One of
Ui!UJ was sn'ioting at a marv with a
arrow, and we became ..uite
prollcjen in .(.heart. As Jjy put
w"(jlifd bafe nlade ery re
spectable Indians. When the archery
gie tiresome he contru ted two
lassos
sallied
jf h0. .liner 'ttti,
for tl), W.th these Wild West
codtrhanres. Stumps, orokeri limbs
of trees, and. In fact, any kind of
pro e tlon that could U found, were
promptly caught in the cods.
We
felt more like Indians than ever.
One day a boyou horseback brought
the Intelligence that the housekeep
er's sister, who lived about four
miles away, was seriously LI, and
wanted Mrs. Jason to come to her at
once-
"All right, Jason." said Jerry.
"You and your wife get reidy while
I hitch up." And be was outside
before an answer could be made.
"Just like that boy!" the gardener !
aid. He is good-nature itself. Dress
yourself as quickly as possible, Mar
tha, and w M go"
"liut who will get breakfast Tor
the boys?" she asked. j
I'll warrant lerry won't starve, j
nor this young man, either. Leside,
we may te 1 ack again by morning."
And thus it happened ttiat Jerry
and 1 wcie left together at Hound
Top. In spite of ourselves, when
the sun went down and the twilight
deepened, we felt rather lonely. The
thought that tbe nearest neighbor
lived a mile away bad never occurred
to us be 1 ore, but now It did so with ,
peculiar significance.
We locked li e doors and windows,
drew the blinds and lighted the ;
lamps. This made things look
brighter. Nevertheless, , we retired
early, aod both occupied the same
bed Just "for company."
It must have been nearly midnight
when I suddenly awakened. I was
dimly esaaefcrtu that eomothlnir bad
broken at atanibar, aod lay still to
Of It tia aacea, wfeaurar it waa, ,
In less than a minute a slight
I noise coming from the ball below at
tracted my attention; at the same
time Jerry laid bis band on my arm.
Some one is trying to get In," be
whisired.
t)r is already in," I said grimly,
j Let's dress."
Vi e rolled out of bed and tgan to
get into our c ot ties with much
more sjeed than neatness It Is any
thing but i leasant to be awakened in
the dead of night by unusual circuiu
. stances, and we were pretty well
; frightened. After dressing we stood
facing ea n other, with chattering
, teeth not knowjng whatjo do oesl.
i "Ot coiiise he's after the silver,"
said Jerry.
1 The idea that he was not after us
brought a feeling of relief, but of
course we wouldn't allow him to
have the silver.
Alter listening at the ioor a short
time we cautiously opened It. Jerry
( crept to the balustrade and peered
i over it. He d;ew ha k quickly and
, motined me to appr. ach.
The full uioon.beiiig alout an hour
, high, shed its light through the
: iare transom above the front door,
j By its aid I could plainly d stingulsh
i the rgure of a man almost d.rectiv
bel,w us. le was stealthily trying
a itey In the lock of the dining room
door.
"Wait here and wat h him!"
! Jerry whispered.
"I did not take my eyes from the
man, who was completely absorbed
iu the work of picking the lock,
very soon Jerry was with tne again.
In his hand he carried one of our
laswios. l.re 1 could ut ter a remon
strance he had ra sed the c dl above
his bead, whirled it around a few
times a. id sent itoowD in the direo
tlon of the intruder. It was a rash
and unwise thing to do. but Jerry
never was in the habit of thinking .
twice
Rather through a piece of rare good ;
fortune than skill, the slip-nose
oropied over the fellow's head and
we drew It tight. The Idea was to
catch him by the neck, but t he c 11
reached his ankles before it could be
tightened.
n seeing somethmu pass in front ,
of bis eyes the mart started back with
an exclamation, tne tightened roi
about his leet causing bim to fall to ;
the tSoor.
"I'ull, Hob, pull:" Jerry cried ex-j
ritedly.
We put our strength to tne task, j
and so- n had the man's heels nea ly
as high us h k head bad 1 e; n. Then
we fasiened Him iope to the baluster.
"1 e'U w be won't (e aule to cut
loose In a hurr," said , erry, com-',
place 11 1 v. J
"Hut what If there are more?" I
asked apprehensively.
i never thought of that"
l5aog: A shot rang out sharply,
and ei hoed through the empty house.
1 felt the wind of a bullet that sped
past, my check.
We dodged back quickly. It would
evidently be hazardous to go down
sta.rs while our prisoner was aimed,
and if left alone he might work him
self loose in some way. Mill we did
not Intend to give up the tight, so,
securing po-ltio;is where oUervations
could be made in safety, we waited
for developments.
!'p to t his time the burgl7 had
said nothing, but now he called out
gruliy,
"You'd better let that rope go. It
will le the worse foryou if you don't."
receiving no reply, he lieg.'n to
threaten; the nuiutr of evils he pro
posed to inlllct on us in the event of
getting free were not a few, and were
all ingeniously ;:hosen. Finding this
aiso lnefloc tuai, be relapsed into si
lence. I'resei.Uy he liegan fumbling in bis
po kets and soon we heard the
crackling of a match. Hold. rig the
light as high as possible, he took de
liberate aim at something and II red.
"We must stop that," 1 said, -lie
U shooting at the roie."
Taking off my coat I rolled It Into
a bundle, Jerry following my ex.
ample. It was not long before we
sijw the light of another match, and
launching one bundle at it, had the
satisfaction of seeing It extinguished.
Entering the bedroom wa brought
111 1 t hi iTa nrmflilb sf il j n L't a blinnls
and pillows. Every time the ma,.
kt"rTir-lr"3r .fltrh we hnrleil Kf.rncf .W.'o-
at blip and put it out Maddened
beyond measure, he sent shot after
shot iu our direction, together with
a great deal of profanity.
"Watr h him and count the shots,"
Jerrv said, and hurried away to one
of the upirer rooms.
He soon returned, carrying a ham
mock. "How many shots, Bob?"
till, altogether."
"Are you surei"'
"Certain."
He said no more, but seizing a pil
low held it where it could be dimly
seen, moving it about slowly. The
tr.ck was successful: the bullet cut
through the clolb, causing the feath
ers to . y. 1
"r"ow Is our lime!" 1
Uttering these words, Jerry sprang j
down the stairs. Expecting to be ,
nhot full of boles, and yet not willing 1
to be outdone in courage, I followed.
At the root our pris rier co ered us
with the revolver, and demanded In
stant release 011 pain of death.
'Might a well pot that thing In
your pocket; .Mr. Man. 011 can't
use a cartridge more than once.
Come on, Hob! We'll wrap bliu up
in tbls hammock " said aerry, i d
van Ing to where he lay.
Taking 1 lm at th boy's breast th
villain pulled the trigger. A sharp
click was the only result the seven
hooter waa erupt: . ;
It was ao easy matter for ua to roll
blot op in the hammock until there
was no possibility of aacapo. He
looked very , much like a fir that a !
spider had worked a poo for a outlaid !
ortbte tlma, not being able to move a
Usb Tfeaa Vt lewarad kit toela
It
to be . burtly after miduighu
'Might has well stand guard over
him the rest of the niahu" I said.
There may be other"
Investigation showed that the
lock of the front door had been
picked. We. secured it and lit the
lamps.
The chickecs were heraldhig the
dawn of day when the we come sound
of wheels on the gravel dilveway an
nounced the return cf the gaideuer
and his w ife. The report of her sis
ter's illne-s had ten greatly exag
ge rated.
, Jawn was not a little surprised
when snown our inu h-uund captive,
. and started off to hunt up the.Mieriif.
. That individual made his apiiearance
at about o'cio k, and lfore noon
landed our'Citch" in the county
, JSli.
He proved to !e a much-sought af.
ter convict who had escaped from the
penitentiary, where lie was serving a
life sentence, a d no trial was neces
sary for bis reincarceration.
We resolved to keep our adventure
a secret troiu the academy bo.vs, but
it leaked out somehow, and It became
necessary fur us to punch the beads
of several for putting the appellation
cowboy" before our names. Wav-
eriy.
BEAUTIES OF THE WEST INDIES
Creole and Onitdrooii VV bo Kkrel tn tbe
rt of Ore-Hint; "! Mlrllo(.
In l'arbndoes, as in the Fiench
colonies, the term "Creole" Is rightly
used to designate the de
scendants of I renrh and .-pamsh
sett ers in the Island not necessarily
these who have an admixture of ne
gro blood, says a correspondent of
the I'hiladelphia liecord. Some of
the Creole women are extremely
beautiful, and their dark loveliness
is enhanced by the tropical beat
which renders Kniish women faded
and worn iu a few years time. While
an Anglo-Saxon grows red as a boiled
loiter under the glowing sun and i
becomes a dem'd damp, moist, un
pleasant IxKly," one of the Latin race
merely lo ks a tritle paler, wit h eyes
more luminous and dn amy under in
lluence of excessive beat or stroug
emotion. Some of the uuadroon giris
ai? even handsomer than the Creole
mini tney resemme in 11. any ways
and generally exeel In dressing and
flirting. The "ra e problem." as It
is called In t he t nued Slates, bids
fair to be sol ed here. .Many of the
most prosperous clti ens are colored
men, who were born In slavery. The
tiettcr c ass of them are ambitious to
show the world mat they are ompo
tent to do what the white man does,
and to improve on the model if nec
essary. Already they are found In
every walk of life and bran b of busi
ness on the island, associating freely
with the whites and highly esteemed
by them, though intermarriages are
comparatively rare. Slavery was
; abolished only eleven years ago. yet
one of tbe !cst plantations in Harba
j does is owned by au ex-slave, which
is worth. I am told, lo0,u0 , and last
S year yleldeo some . 00 hogsheads t"
i sugar. This morning I noticed ou
j the street a Sergeant, black as elony
: and built like a Hercules, superin
j tending tbedigg ng of a ditch by
1 soma soldiers from the guard house,
i mostly white who were undergoing
punishment The eiony Hercules
! carried a rattan, which he applied
' lustily to the backs of h s charges,
i and it see . s to me that th white
' backs got rather more of it than the
black ones.
A 1 Mtnout l'tu,tor'rf Wllo.
1 or some years Kussch Con well did
i not em loy a private secretary, and
during al. thai time Mrs. onwell at.
tended to ail hi private correspond
ed e, keeping accurate account 01 ad
bis iectuie engagements, and when
ever piussioie goiiij,' with linn upon
his to.irs. writes vtaudeA. liowyer iu
tbe Ladles' Home Journal.
Mrs. Conwell is tail and of noble
presence and engaging manneis.
l oud of her home, she is a model
housew.fe. looking carefully aiter
every detail in the home and In all
purchases for the family, always
legulating her duties to be at leisure
to do any work or visiting which she,
' a a pasto.'s wife, may bo called upon
at any t me to do. Her home is a
' home to all her friends, and to any
and all of the members of bcr bus-
band's church.
j Mr. and Mrs. Con well's only child,
, Agnes, who has just past her seven
teenth year, resembles both parents
in looks and character, and assists
them materially in their church work.
She is also a teacher In the Sabbath-
, school connected With her lather's
church.
Tlio Conweli family spend their
summers , in the iierksbire Hills,
whore, nine miles frem "the nearest
station," stands "The Little House
on the HilL" There, f r three months
of the y ar, they dispense hospitality
with lavish hands. Mr. Conwell
spends his weekdays there, returning
to J'lilladelphia each Sunday lo
preach to bis congregation. I
Japanese Scholar.
A Ilullalo panersays that KedelilTo
College, formerly llarvaid Annex,
has among Its undergraduates this
year the brst Japanese g rl who has
come to this country to be educated,
.'lie is a Miss hids Mori, and she Is
dcseriUMl as a charming combination
of Japanese features, ugllsh dress.
American coliiure, and "Japanese
Ang.o" langi age. She is the daugh
ter or a wealthy banker In anaga
wa, Japan, who was converted to
Christianity some years ago and has
educated his sons and daughters in
that faith. Miss Mori will study lu
England aod France, as well as In
tbe I'nlted States, and will than re
turn to Japan to devote herself to
educational and missionary work.
She la twenty years old.
Tjib hlrtM the world owes an id lei
wlil Mvor ta paid toadoad b4
Consulting the clock, we found
ERRORS IN PRONUNCIATION.
CoaiBM Mtatakea Md In rUtela
rave
afetl anil urn lo ltvMt.
Why should so many prisons say
sMintauighitv instead of spon
taneeity.' says tbe ew York Adver
tiser. There is no excu e tor saying
ap-prieot lor a-pnect or eck-qua-ble
for ec-qualile or j'.r-rin for K-nn,
or asatldity to asafetlda. or en zu
eela for Ven-e-zu-el-a, or Adon is
(short O) for Aoo nis long 01, or
luan-na tor l)ia na (long a), or mat
trou 0 pat tron, and so on. It is
just as easy to accent the last syll
able as tbe first iu ' pretense." Some
foine persons call bomb "boom" in
stead of "bum,'- because the spe ling
seems to warrant It, but when they
call tedious 'le;us" they have
uosuch ajiparent warrant In the
West an I ,-oui,h the "I" in isolate is
made long and nearly every where edu
cated irtsoiis say tru k-u lent lor
true cu lent, a men able lor a-meeo-able,
lev-ver for lee-ver, and give the
sound '11' In up instead of '!' 111 It In
su h words . s squirrel, stirrup, and
sirup Tlieie are many words In
which the aecent is persistently mis
placed by per-ons who know tetter.
It Is common tn put the accent on
the second st liable of i eremptory lu
sU'ad of on the Ursl on the Urst instead
of these ou 1 syllable 01 coquetry, on
the second Instead of the tlrst syll
able of xetnpl.iry. eb Many persons
pi ace the accent on the tlrst instead
ot the second syllable of inquiry, and
do not givo the -i' Its procr lengtn.
The accent In gladiolus should I e on
the se orid syllable, with a long d,
but many place it on the third.
They say hy-rneen-e-al, with the ac
cent 011 the inee." The exaJierating
thing about it is that some or these
persons who are so car le-s about
common words take utmost pains to
learn how to pronounce llouguerean,
and are convulsed when they bear
anybody mispronounce Chopin and
Heethuven. becently they broke ut
with vawz tor vast;, though the
weight of authority is against it
Webster authorizes ooe pronuncia
tion, the long "a' arid hissing
Worcester prefers the t' sound, but
npt the aw." Tbe improper use of
the sounds of "a' Is most serlni.s.
Those who have the courage to use
the Italian or tbe modified Italian
'a' often use it uol&winily, as In
cawn't and fawther. The proper
sounds ot u' particularly in God. dog
and some other words, are widely Ig
nored. The common usage Is wrong
in the case of the terminal 'ine'in thj
name if chemicals, as morphine,
chlorine, Iodine, anllene, len.ine,
etc., all of which should 1 pio
nounced as though there were 00
final It Is mospbin, not mor
pheen. ( liAnglng I, torn.
Among people of limited means
there is a popular superstition that
fre (Uerit changes of underclothing la
a gross extravagani a On tbe. con
trary. If pro erly managed, nothing
is more economical In hot weather
than to wear a fresh suit 1 f linen
eveiy day. When one wa ks much it
is a matter of sheer nece sity to have
clean stockings every morning . or
Is anything easier than to rub out a
pair of hose in a b.iMii kept lor this
purpose With c stiie soap, and two
changes ol water, the .oh is com
pleted iu live minute , and p nued
where they , atch a bree e the stock
ings dry Immediately. With half a
dozen pair of ho e and a determina
tion to lie t idy the poorest; woman
can be as charmingly dainty as a
bondholder's wife
Sor is It imisjs ibie to follow thia
same plan with camb ic garments.
If left to soak in a lather or soap and
water every night and rm-d In the
morning they are as fresh as nee I
be tTeouis.; tb y must b.- thor.
ougbly latin lered once a week, and
such perfunctory wa hlrigs only a
ply where clothes are not actually
soiled, but fee, sticky and awry. No
scrubbing or injury to the hands is
ne essary, and run thiough a .mall
mangle they come out smooth and
delightfully fresh in feeling
Farh and every me of these sug
gestions means a saving of money, as
cloth from whl h the r juration
is quickly removed last longer, stock
ings wear better when frequently
changed, and so on
These seir same rules apply to care
or the jicrson. me who noses her
mouth with listerine once a day, who
Use, a clean, st fT brush freely on her
scalp every morning, who never fails
to do her exercises before a big plunge
bath, Is sure to have smaller bills
with the doctors arid dentists than
th.) woman who neglects s jch details.
None or them are costly irdblcult
and they all mean Incrcaied beauty,
elegance a d physical ictiustnesa
Helping Idle Work innn.
A plan for helping worthy work,
men who ire obliged for no fault of
their own to remain Idle, is lo suc
cessful operation in Heme. Swltzer.
land. It Is a sort or combination of
mutual aid society and emjilovmeqt
bureau, under the direction o acorn,
mlttce of seven men rep.csenting the
labor unions the emp oyers and the
city government Subscribers to tha
bureau pay monthly dues of r, cent
each, and the fund thus obtained Is
Increased by gifts from employera
arid by an annual appropriation of
" xy t'e City Council. Hub.
scrlhers who are out of work foi two
weeks are thereartcr entitled to ben.
erlts tanging from twenty to thlrtr
ccots a day. Those who leave
work w thuut Just cause forfeit all
right to any benefit whatever. Tha
assoclat Ion, through iu otllccrs, mean,
while acts as ao employment bureau,
bringing together would-tw employ,
ers and those seeking work Tha
members report twice a day at ' tha
large and cotnlortahle headquarteraT
accepting work unhesitatingly when
ever oi'ered.
thb word oompaor for eoma
la UMKualrea.
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