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TVJriCSOF THE TIMES.
OiOlCE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
at and Criticism HaMed L'pon
A H Anpeninga of the Iiay Hitori-
Y 1 a-if pa rtl
Atliw Carneg! says It Is a d!s
UTac; fi- any 111:111 to die rich. Andre
a'l Intend that any of bis money
a1, le liuriKvl.
iiir,1 Carnegie says he expects
V Wve nothing when he dies. Mr.
XJttrnvgj.? is mistaken. He will leave
vwj" Unsavory memory.
A lKkkeeier at $l.Si a year who
ioiustrate bis ability to steal f?.:,i.
VMt ta ten years is uot without redeem
teff qualities. He has at least the dls
cd. of being an Object Lesson.
tulouel Bob Ingersoll should sit
oVwu wane day and devote a few tilin
gs ts ;t his valuable time to the calm
eosiItration of the question which of
the w U doing the more real (food In
the fld iilmseif or (Jesieral William
- , of the Bal ration Army.
The'Clncfmwtl firm that wan said to
tort made jWyXK) out of Thomas
DwM English's "Ben Boll" sued him
I nUel when he intimated that they
b4 arolea it The virtje of enterpris
es; publishers Is not to be availed
with impunity by presumptuous au
thors. "tV"hy cannot the eagle swim?" asks
ohm foolish person. The American
Wd attends strictly to business and,
aot ktiving advanced views of any sort,
hi satis Bed to be beautifully nntural in
the xjiiTe for which a long course of
olulfn has fitted him. High may be
auar, and may his voice volume never
be Wsa.
Rubensteln was fortunate enough to
reap abundaut rewards of his artistic
feaius while he lived, and dead his
tiitry is heaped with the (lowers of
adulation. His personality and pas
sionate art drew all who came within
'his influence to his feet They find It
har) to realize that the nimble finders
and trtowing mind which translated
tho.sht axiil passion into soul-stirring
anosjc are stilled. "Alas, alas, the one
hjeorble thine."
-VoMi)er of our cherished ideas has
") 1 pa ruthlessly destroyed, and at the
5 jB-ts f bacilli breeders. It has been
V-Stewd that warm or hot bread was
v yvfaoWome, but here comes Dr. Tro
s&L a Russian, who says the heat re-
j.ws! i hake It kills all the pestiferous
- aHHw-ia, w Jt Is innocuous, while bread
'what Is cold or has been cut Is the
of myriads of these wrigglers
nnpronounceable names. What
IB these scientists leave us?
SUtHue geological sharp has announced
4fct long ago, ?.':! tloss in "the gvv
itHi'ibtiPif vre hear so much about the
Mt lakes 'were draiued by way of
Jb Illinois River, Instead of the Mag
He further alleges that the bed
njt tbe Illinois Is ulxnit thirty feet above
vht jf the Niagara. What a good op
' aw rr unity this opens out to the rustlers
W Chicago, to dredge the Illinois, say
Bftj feet deeper, and start the lake
ptw tt the Gulf of Mexico by way of
'Vaft iWiuois find Mississippi route and
:WWs abolish the Niagara, falls and all,
At a stroke uf the spade!
When Barkeeper Barney Fuerstein,
"t Cinnamon's saloon In Newark,
X. 4, was ordered to hold up his hands
1 tiro robbers who hud covered him
' 'iA rwolvers he didn't do it neither
'4H be. spring for a gun or feel around
tor a. Iwing staiter. He simply yelled
mA ran. His two assailants followed
fct fjmple. This is an example all
Vwiswolders oug'it to remember. If
u atrake at night and find a burglar
ita the room, don't try to get your re
"hw. The fellow would probably
Ua it from you if you did. It is bad
iwwash to be pounded with the butt
' '&4 mt otnebody's pistol, but It Is worse
t he whacked with your own. Just
yU as If you were an Infant whose
Mrw had put a pin In the wrong place.
' Nte hundred and ninety-nine chances
t c the fellow will fall out of the
window In an effort to get away. We
never known of a case where It
aUed. Try It
TVit Alaska Is steadily progressing
" )a vivlUsation Is shown In the annual
report of Governor Sheckley. During
tLe j-par the fisheries have been success
ful, the mines have yielded profitable
iMttarns, the population has been large'
ty augmented by Immigration and the
.heopto have enjoyed a season of tin
aanal progress and prosperity. The
Valuing of saw mills and the manu
facture of lumber In the Territory has
' trolutlon)zed the manner of construct
taj habitations In nearly all the native
Xtfeures. Tba Indian police force of
JLfcaska has been of great utility, pre
iMUnx the making of native whisky
! Indian Tillages, keeping the peace
u4 preventing bloodshed and compel
Iks Indian children to attend the gov
'ronient schools. Governor Sheckley
bm nays that the tendency of Alaska
rtvcs la to abandon a nomadic life
'toA rk employment In the mines and
' ' fcl&H, la which they can earn a living
vHltt certainty and enjoy some of the
' fff clvlllr.ed man. The Oover
'WT rec4ar'nds an Increase In the ap
' -fWlsUm for the education of chll
1 la the Territory.
It H wldently the Intention of the
Mr Caar of Russia that there shall be
t hn m little freedom In that conn
rTslh la a notable lien. Ptonle
V-m get the permission of the po-
v. "Yar trftrjrtMM Own. and If any
.. t . . ' - ', , ary the p-
lice are boumi lo assume that they
have dU'uitri d u couspiracy. They
lire rievef lu alioUt this, and COllsc-
(juenrjj whi n the other day a lady put
upon the trout of her house emblems of
niourjiug for the late Czar, and did
not first get the permission of the po
lice th-y proceeded to make life un
p!ea.aijt for her. She might have been
hulf way to Silieria by this time, but
the Czar happened to hear of the case,
and then he made it unpleasant for the
pvlloe and actually had a chief of police
placed 1'iider arrest The Czar there
fore uiealis that the people In Russia
shall le frfte to put up mourning for
the ('7Jir. This Is the first step. Free
dom for other things will come later.
It was not within the Ixmds of reason
able exiK-ctation that so imiortant an
event as the dedication of the new
reichst.ig building In Berlin should
have been allowed to pass without
demonstration from the Kaiser. The
new building, which Is an elaborate
and expensive structure, was dedicated
with all proier ceremony, but not until
after the Kaiser had signally displayed
bis trait of originality. For, In the first
place, the young monarch. Instead of
going to the reichstag to Inaugurate the
session opening simultaneously with
the dedication of the new building, had
the reichstag come to him, a proceed
ing which might be paralleled should
the Tresldent of this country insist up
on Congress' coming over to the White
House to hear his message. And In
still further emphasis of bis sover
eignty. Wllhelm there delivered a
speech In which he alluded to bills
which he desired to be passed and gave
a stern admonition as to "the pernicious
conduct of those who attempted to dis
turb the executive power In the fvrrllll
ment of Its duty." It Is safe to assume
that the bills thus championed by the
Kaiser will pass. The peculiarity man
ifested by Wllhelm on certain previous
occasions shows that when parliament
and Emperor come into conflict on any
point It is not Wllhelm who will give
way.
INVENTIVE EXPLORERS.
They Found Substitute When Their
Tea and Soap Gave Oat
Explorers, perhaps more than any
other people, are constantly proving
the truth of the old adage that "neces
s!ty Is the mother of Invention. Many
things w hich we hardly value because
they are so common and so easily ob
tained seem often to these exlWs from
civilization of almost priceless valu.
Many are the expedients they employ
to make good the loss when the last
scrap of the highly-prized article disap
pears. A while ago a German party ander
Lieut Morgen were scouring th Inte
rior of the Cameroons to find out Just
what sort of a country Germany ac
quired when she raised hr flag there.
hey were long In the far Interior, and
some of the supplies gave out One
day the last tea caddy was emptied,
and there was great lamentation, for
cw things are more comforting to men
a tropical wilderness than a cup of
tea. The party were mourning their
nhappy lot when one day Mr. Weiler
returned from a Journey from off the
main route which had occupied him for
several weeks. He brought with him a
considerable quantity of a graaa-llke
plant with yellow bloaaoma, which be
had found In a natural clearing In the
forest He was attracted by lta aro
matic smell, and It struck him that It
might be made to answer as a substi
tute for tea. Sure enough, the men rel
iBhed the new beverage greatly, though
It did remind them a little of the camo
mile tea which their good nurses UBed
to administer at home when they were)
sick; but It was so great an Improve
ment upon that Insipid drink that they
thought it rather unjust to mention the
wo together.
Then the soap dwindled away and
for some weeks before the last piece
disappeared the men had been racking
their brains for a substitute. An old
Hausaa woman came to the relief with
a suggestion which helped them out of
their dilemma. She told them to cut
banana leaves Into small pieces, mix
them with palm oil and aabea in cer
tain proportions, and roll the mixture
Into little balls. The result waa quite
satisfactory. The little black balls
were by no means a perfect aubstltute
for the best qualities of toilet soap,
but with due patience In their use,
they performed their office very well.
Of course some of the men would not
bo happy If their tea were not sweet
ened, but life waa still worth living
after the sugar gave out Lieut Mor
gen extracted the sap from sugar cane
Rnd boiled it until It became a thick
syrup and finally granulated Into a
coarse brown sugar. It didn't taste
exactly like the product of a sugar re
finery, but It was a good deal better
than no sugar at alL New York Sun.
Cable Way Over a Deep Ravine.
Across the Devil's dyke, a deep ra
vine near Brighton, England, a cable
way has Just been erected and opened
for traffic From a single steel-wire
rope, three Inches In diameter, stretch
Ing 1,200 feet between two Iron col
umns on either aide of the dyke, are
suspended steel anchors, two feet from
fluke to fluke, by wire ropes of smaller
dimensions and of varying lengths, so
as to bring the line of anchor on
level. On the fluke are supported two
wire road cable, one Inch In diameter,
on which run the pulley which sup
port the car. The car are Iron and
wire cages, seven feet by fire, carry
ing eight paaaengera. They are moved
by an engine on the bank, driving an
endless wire rope to which the car I
gripped, like our cable care. The cable
la 220 feet above the bottom of the
ravine, and the trip take two minute
and a half.
Whet a woman ayi nothing when
her hatband quarreia, be regard it a
the worst of tsUainf MCH.
BARS FOR TIIK STOCK
BUILDING IN WHICH ALL MAY
BE HOUSED.
Advantages of Having All Kinda of
Htock l.'nder One Hoof-How to Have
a Constant Water Hupply Weather
Report on the Farm.
A Convenient Barn.
Pome farmers would be glad to build
contemplated barns so that all kinds of
stock kept on a place devoted to gener
al farming may tie gathered under one
roof. This plan has Its advantages and
Its disadvantages more of the former
than of the latter, perhaps. If one places
rTO. 1. FEBBPECTIVE VIEW OK BARN.
Its proper value upon eajte In doing
one's work. The Illustrations given
herewith may afford suggestions for
those desiring to build general purpose
barns. The barn Is of the ordinary
shape, with a wing on either end, as
seen In Fig. 1, the main or feeding
floor being across the middle of the
barn proper. The floor plan (Fig. 2)
leaves little to add by way of explana
tion, except that provision may be
made for feeding the young stock from
the second floor through cbuu-s at
the end of the barn proper. It Is In
tended for the young stock to run loose
Id the pen provided -which should have
a cement floor and that the manure
from the cattle and horse stalls should
be wheeled dally Into this pen, spread
T-IM 1,1.
Hc.t
pis.
f-H'
StrnK
FIO. J. GROUND PLAN
and covered with litter. It will thus
be firmly packed and kept b the best
of condition. If such a bam eould lw
built where It could have a (try cellar,
the manure cold be dropped hrto the
cellar, where also could be stored roots,
while the silo could extend down
through the cellar, the root room, being,
of course, partitioned off from the
space devoted to the manure. Ameri
can Agriculturist.
Improving Meadowa and Panfiirrn.
In most meadows and pasture fields
re patches of greater or less exwtit
that are not nearly as productive a the
remainder of the nld. though the rn
tire surface Is wnifiruily seeded. These
anproductlve places are usually kmrfls
or hillsides, from, which the fertility of
the soli has been exhausted by washlug
or cropping. During autumn Utey can
easily be located and brought bank to
a state of fertility. First apply a good
feeding of timothy, or other grass see4,
and then cover the entire surface half
in Inch or more dep with wellrrottd
barn yard manure, sc a heavy sowing
Df commercial fertilizer, passing over
the spots several times with a spring
tooth or other harrow. The early fafl
rains wlh cause the seed to germinate,
nd the whole surface should present a
healthy, green appearence before win
ter seta In. Frequently a field that han
been Into grass foe many years is well
et with moss, In which case scatter
seed over the surface, apply some rich
manure, and harrow until the surface
looks ragged, th us laying the founda
tion for an Increased growth of herb
age, and all at small expense, without
replowing the field. These bare spwts
are not at all pleasant to lok at ami
do not speak wet! for the farmer. Or
ange Judd Farmer.
A Wigon Jack.
It should be made of seasoned hick-
7. The lever la 1x2 In., 44 In. long.
the legs 1x2 In. long, cross bar lxl4
SO In. leng; bolt legs to lever 7 la. from
end, bolt crossbar 22 In. rrom same
end, bolting loosely and using ln.
bolts. For the pin In the end of the
crossbar use -ln. rod bent as at B,
and Insert the bar as at C; It should
project 8 In. Give it a coat of paint
It la light but powerful, holds a wagon
securely, Is quickly adjusted, and when
not In use will fold up compactly or
can be hung up by the pin In the
bar C.
Weather Reports on the Farm.
To show the need there Is for the far
mer to be In close communication with
the source of Information, I will give
an instance. In my business of farm
Ing I early realised bow much success
depended upon the weather, and made
a dally study of tbe reports sent out
by the Weather Bureau. These I ar
ranged to have reach me each morning.
One morning that gave promise of be
ing the best day of the year, I sent two
team to cut a clover patch of sixteen
acres. A soon as the day's weather
report came I saw by It that a storm
waa coming from the west and I hur
ried to my clover field and stopped the
work there, sending the team to culti
vating In tbe corn field. The men were
disgusted, and looked at me as If they
thought I had lost my mind, as there
waa not an Indication of a storm to be
sees. I west to a neighbor, who bad
begun hi ratting that moraine, bat be
looked at th kr and declined to be ad-
Re "took a stork In weather
WAOON JACK.
reports," and his field would be cnt
that day. The next morning It was
raining, and for five days thereafter It
rained. My clover was uncut and
saved; my neighbor's crop was ruined.
How many others were misled by th
fatal brightness of that uioruiug, or
what the loss was I don't know.
A careful study of the weather re
ports has shown me that over wt -r
cent, of the prognostications given by
the Weather Bureau are correct. We
farmers have as much right to have
this information delivered to us In the
day of It as has the merchant in the
city. Correspondence of the I'hiladel
phla Ledger.
Farming at the Motion.
The work of a station Is sometimes
ts-st 'rformed in making examina
tions of the methods and results of prac
tical farmers who have nothing to do
with the experimental part of agricul
ture, and then In publishing these re
isirts. Often the experiments are con
ducted under such. peculiar conditions
at the stations that It would hardly lie a
fair thing to conclude that the same re
sults would happen on the average
farm. The Illinois station seems to
realize this, and the opinions and meth
ods of feeding sheep, hogs, and cattle of
over one hundred practical farmers and
breeders are published In Bulletin thirty-six.
making a most Interesting sum
mary of the state of feeding and breed
ing In Illinois. From this we learn that
the majority of farmers or freeders
whose opinions are given make cm
and pasture the chief reliance for feed
ing, generally fed unground, and even
unshellivi by the majority, and stall
feeding l only occasionally practiced.
Very few foods outside of corn ami pas
ture are given, and ensilage, strange to
sny. Is mentioned by only a few of th-se
breeders of beef. ( In a few other points
there Is considerable disagreement and
the question of breed preferred varies,
although among sheep Shropshlres leaf
by a small majority, and among pigs
the Poland Chinas are the favorites,
and among cattle the short-horns. tier
mantown Telegraph.
Yield Icr Acre.
The farmers of the I'nlted States pro
duce less per acre than farmers In Eu
rope, and this means nt a greater pro
portionate expense, as double crops can
sometime lie grown for the same out
lay of labor. It costs no more to plow
am acre of land that produces twenty
five bushels of wheat than for twelve,
anif nearly the same proisirtioii of la
bor must be bestowed iimiii harvest
ing the smaller field as the larger. It
Is by compelling the hind to produce
more per acre that the fanner must in
the fiwnre Increase his profits.
A Contant Water Hiipply.
A system for famishing a house and
iarn with a constant supply 01 water
from a spring at some distnnce Is
shown fn the accompanying illustra
tion from Farm and Home. The reser
voir on the hfll Is 5fl feet above the
the buildings and connected with the
spring B by th- one-Inch pipe K. The
distance between spring and reser
voir Is !, feet Midway along this
line of prpe Is the windmill D which
pumps the water Into the reservoir.
In the mi Lac drain with pipe E Is laid
COSBTAST WATER BUPHLY.
anothw returning from the reservoir
to the buildings. In the upper part
of each building Is a smaller reser
voir. These are supplied from the
larger one on tbe hill. Where It Is
Impossible to place the larger neser-
volr high enough to make use of grav
ity as a means of returning the water
to the smaller ones the water can be
pumped direct from the spring to the
reservoirs In the buildings. In this
case It Is best that the reservoirs be
larger than where they are eupplW
from one of mammoth size.
Water Vegetable!.
In China many of the shallow pools
have their bottoms planted with edible
lilies, lotus, water chestnuts, water
spinach and other vegetables which
thrive In marshy lands. Tbcee grow
rapidly, and In the warmer sections
produce more than one crop each year
It might be wise to try some of these
water vegetables In this country, as
they will furnUh a greater variety of
food than already exists here.
Farm Notes.
The consumption of mutton has large
ly Increased within the past six years.
and It will continue to do so. Here Is
an excellent field for the farmer to
handle the mutton breeds.
The Oerroantown Telegraph says that
If a cheese factory Is located In a good
dairy district and farmers persist In
sending only Inferior milk to it the dos
ing of that factory la only a question of
time.
If the elder doe not turn to vinegar
It Is due to the lack of air (oxygen) and
It should be poured out Into tubs and a
few days again poured Into the barrel.
Any method of admitting oxygen to the
cider will answer.
A damp roosting place is an abomlna
tlon, and yet fowl prefer a wet roost
free from lice to a dry one covered
with vermin which sap their blood and
strength. This will explain why some
people' chicken prefer to 'roost on
tree.
Some sort of pear, notably the
Bartlett Chapp's Favorite and I.ucra
tire, never fall of a crop, and by us
Ing care varieties may be planted so as
to come In one after another. Th pear
la a sure crop all the time, and the won
der la that more of them are not to be
era about oar farm bouse.
IT iw;s uriuictjoi)
KEEPING THE CHILDREN AFTEfl
SCHOOL HOURS.
All Scholar Are Not Caialte of I lo
in k the Hume Amount of Work in a
Given Tiuie- i'arcnta Should lnttr
tl TheftiHclvea in the School.
etyiut A fter HchMrl.
"Wb:'t are jou keeping them for?"
said Miss Wiley to Miss Kprugue, to
w hose ruoiu she had come at nou.
"Why, to MilUc up tln'lr work, of
coiiii.'' was the reply.
"Wasn't tliere time In school hour?'
"Time for most of the class, but some
of these were Idle, and are dumb aad
slow, so they have to stay."
Here a ls-y came up with a slate, an!
Miss Nprague looktsl over his work.
"All right but this hist problem. Uxik
that over and find your mistake." A
girl came with scriteri'-es "left over"
from the language lesson. Her errors
were noted, and she was sent back to
her seat In the lull. Miss Sprugue said
a little sharply, "I lou't see how your
pupils all get their work U.ne at ex
actly the same time, so all can be dis
missed." "They don't all do the same work.
There Is 110 set definite amount that
must be done In a given lcssou. John
works hard all the time ou one prob
lem, while Henry gets bcvco or eight
done. Henry Is so much ahead to u;
sure, but I'm not going to keep John at
uoou to finish and so punish myself,
and keep him at work mom hours
than the law allows."
"1 hat must te a nice, easy way to get
along, but I can't reconcile It with my
conscience," said Miss Spragne, tartly.
Miss Wiley felt herself growing tart,
too, and as a delinquent brought his
slate up at that minute, she "look hcr
eu off." Which was right? As I m
Miss Wiley, of course I think I am.
Suppose the last lesson of the morn
ing was that In arithmetic. We ate In
simple Interest. I have Is-en at the
board half an hour working with Biein,
"explaining, iM-rsuading, expauilng;"
all have worked with zeal; they've
heard so often about reckoning lnt-rest,
and uorw they are reuily doing it, and
it "Isn't a bit hard." Then 1 say, )pen
your boks 011 page 203 and yn" will
find a great many of these pnlems,
and I want you to s-e how many you
can do by yourself before tie bell
rings."
Then taey "buckle to," and. lief or
the bell, two or three have t'icin all
done, some are still staggering among
the first easy ones. The bell rings; I
praise their diligent work and tell them
how easy It will soon seem to iiem nil,
as they lear and put away slates.
They ull go out into tin; hall together,
happy ana" control.
Homo days when the work Is not iio
new and fascinating. I have to urge
lazy or flagging ones, and often assist
dull or stupid ons. Knt when school
Is out r want to lie, too; nnd I vw::,t r.o
one to stay unless he stays of his own
free will to ask aasistaiK.'e.
If a tout or a composition Is not fin
ished at bell time, all stay as a matter
of course until they have finished. But
we try to begin In time, and those who
are through first take little Iss-iks from
our library, to read until the liell rings.
Mlse Kprogu puts In a half hour's
more- work la a day than I do; the
same children are- there at Boon and In
tha afternoon, languidly or sullenly
finishing up their work;' they expect
nothing else? they will lie the failures
of the class in spite of )er, and she
might better save her strtngth.
Miss Sprague lately almltted that
she didn't know but tha: I was right
after alL Missouri TeackT.
Minnesota 'a Kchol Fund.
Minnesota has a large school fund
thuu any other State; nitre than double
that of any except Kanns and Texas,
and very much larger lhan either of
these. Tt Is derived forn the sale of
laud grunted by the gneral Govern
ment and now amount! to nearly f 10,-
000,000, which sum 411 be doubled
when aft the lands ffe disposed of.
The fuwds are safely lrested, and will
provide an abundantj'lncome for as
many educational Insjtutlons as Min
nesota will ever need. jBoth of the Da
kotaA have abundantiducatlonal pro
visions. North Dakol has over 3,000.-
000 acres and Bouth Dakota has over
2,400,000. None of th( land can be sold
for less than $10 an are, and an der the
constitution of the 8tte only the Inter
ess of the proceeds lo hu used. The
fund Is permanent
Washington has frrnnted 2,92fl,7ft0
acres for Its schoolsif which 2,2f5l,"Ni)
are for the commo schools, and the
rest for the State Ulverslty and scien
tific Institutions.
Dull iars.
Once In a while aay will come when
you go Into the Ihool room In the
morning with a du tired feeling, that
makes the very tlfigbt of work disa
greeable. You wofler bow you are go
ing to drag thntb the day. Now
what Is to be douf We answer, go to
work. Bouse yiiself up and ga to
work. It may rere a supreme effort;
bnt make the eftrt and conquer the
flesh by force 4 w'"- Begin with
pleasant voice d countenance the
work which yontiad planned, and In
a morvelously srt time the enthusi
asm you Inspired the class will react
on yourself, you'M forget everything
In the Interest f work, and the day
will slip away I most before you are
aware. You 11 not think so, but Just
try It 8ubllins the dominion of the
mind over tlicfcody; and work I a
panacea tbe viie of which I not gen
erally rememhd.
Now, If on t other hand, when you
feel out of eoi you allow the feeling
to hare domlnp over you, yon will act
o that the cU will sopn he out of
aorta, too. ad a dlamal day will b
passed by all pcerned. Itlaaooxrel-
t L ,..d our i.f .re. and y "
l(.ury.h't,k:..gj.i.i'-
r - ... .... . ...,oe st.lte cf tlet
Li,;MvM.-lt Is easier to wr. "baa
, inu. There Is one k-mi "i i -
M ,Srs hi, breeds ,.bi -' h
.. . ". rt two-wlle Ik- u,U--
'.rind rciiir-. res,
w phyi-' """' " -
pt all of the Utter sort "
sehts-l is dismlssea wva ..x
or .; ttialr. or grassy bank
t as nature prompts.- lluca-
.etiew.
. ... lirr.
i n T,llent exercise. Kcla
d- be obtained at the hardware
tofor as little as 12 cents a ....
Hire and occasional application "l
i.-. ..... lie made l dot
fill zjrrv afw-o
good snil long service. The child dra wa
around objects ou paper; now let blin
learu to cut tlu-ni out. It will take much
practice, but It Is work that may tie
biade to pay. When the child c:ui cut
o a creiu-d or pencil line, straight or
carved, encourage him to cut by tbe
eye. to fold and cnt producing varlotie
units of design. lUug up a large sheet
of colored paper, aud paste the t"t
units on It as they are dcvelol. You
will be astonished at the Interest ami
pnde-of the Utile designers Of cours
the culldren will fold aud tut the varl
ons plane figures la counectlou with
their drawing. Mount tbte figures on
some neutral tinted paper; make a
school collection; encourage each child
to have a aet of his own.
Ask each child to bring a piece o
flannel or thick cotton cloth to lay over
his desk wlille cutting. This Is to
catch the pieces and deaden the sound
of the scissors If they chance to fall on
the desk. When the work Is over. Insist
that every sTap Is- picked up, tbe cloth
shaken Into the basket, and rolled and
folded. Empty spool-boxes, largest
size, make a good receptacle (01 tlie
cloths, and if the scissors are rolled ap
In them they are not as likely U mat
The New Education.
hfmic Pertinent Qurnttomw
Are your children In school? sk thw
New York Times. Do you know what
they are studying and how far alonjj
they are? Have you visited! tholr
school? Io yon know how iniichi light
they have In the schoolroom or any
thing aboot lis ventilation, or how
children are In the same room
them.' 1 erhaps they do not g:
well and their complaints nguln
tencher are loud and long. Have yoa
Investigated the matter, or do you think
the blame Is all on one side? A visit to
the school might reveal what sort of
person the teacher Is, and why tfwre 1
friction between her and your children.
If the children have work to do at
home, do you know If aud bom- they do
It? Do you give yojtsohHil boy anil
gnis nourishing, carefully jiiVV'
fiKsl, or do you let them have
that is at hand? Do you see that tlier
are early la bed and that thej have
plenty of sleep? Are you watrbful that
some Hme every day Is given to outdoor
play? And have you searched and dis
covered the little ambition every boy
and girl cherishes, and, If It Is reason
able one, are yon pleasing tftem and
gaining their confidence by fostering;
anu encouraging It? What of thee
questions, mothers, some or all of them t
Leader of the K iaderaarteat.
Mlse Ellaabeth Harrison! of Chicago,
the recognized leader of the kindergar
ten movement on both side of tbe wa
ter, Is a Keirtockl
an by birth and a
d la twit kinswoman,
of the Harrison
of Indlanai fame,
fihe completed her
studies for kinder
garten work foor-
teo years ago, and
Immediately began
teaching m a Lor-
Ing school. Her
girlhood) waa ailed
with social trt
eutered th IrlniW
garten work against the wishes of ha.
ramny, who ma not suspect that un
derneath her rare social gift lay th
sterner qualification of an ed sea tor
and leader. She Is dark, tall, alight
of distinguished appearance, and her
manners are fascinating and elegant,
She Is a powerful speaker, and as a lec
turer has attained bur greateat notori
ety. How Teachers Waate Time.
1. Ignorance In organizing classes.
2. Giving unnecessary drrectloua.
3. Coming to school without a defin
ite plan of work.
4. Speaking when pupils are not fir
lig attention.
5. Giving orders and Immediately
changing them.
6. Speaking too loud and too often.
7. "Oettlng ready" to do something.
8. Allowing pointless criticisms, ques
tions and discussions.
8. Asking pointless, wanderinv niua,
tlons, and going off on "tangent" u r
ainny
sijllie
MISS BABHIflOH.
tuiipha. and shu
ciiauoue.
10. Explaining what pupil already
know. I)f
11. Explaining what puull abonhf I f
"iuut uui iur inpmin -
fttlaMafHtria. WT
18. 'Ticking" at pupil.
14. Repeating answer after pJ
15. Giving muddy explanadJ
conceal ignorance.
10. Using tbe voice where tha
would do more.
IT. Asking question that ca be an.
wered by yes or no.
A New Ualvat, Badowaait.
A contribution of l.ooo to the Dai.
verslty of Pennsylvania was recjee
ately from John BparhawkV.r ll
. v. vuurs win! POOka nana
and lantern elide, UmtiuVtf o-'rr-
hltetara. eta., of m3
tlmea, and to be for the oa atZH
VtOmtm and dacfra4uat
it
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