TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Coaaeati and Critiriama Baae4 Upon
Ike Happeninge of the Day Hlatori
cal and .c Not.
The road to success U paved with
good advertise uienta.
The homeliest language carries con
viction If It la the truth.
It U eaay finding reasons why other
folks should be patient
A Louisville paper prints an able edi
torial on "How to Save Water," but It
la unnecessary. Its readers know how.
The latest literary craze seems to have
truck Its proper level. An Arkansas
City man has Just named his cow
Trilby."
li Hung Chang objects to the remov
al of the bullet from his face. LI evi
dently wants to keep all he can get
from Japan.
If there is any charity that has no
entertainment planned for the Imme
diate future now Is the time to stand op
and be counted.
Japan manifests no unusual mod
esty in making her claim for Indem
nity. She is more than half civilized
in this particular.
Professor Bebrlng's competent declar
ation that diphtheria has been con
quered is the greatest piece of medical
news of the present generation.
Pam gets 112,000 for six concerts at
Covent Garden, and yet they say her
voice has gone. Such figures mast
make a manager's heart go pity Paul.
New Jersey must be permeated with
the very essence of the spirit of reform
when a plumber In Newark la to be
Indicted on account of ths slse of his
MIL
The number of colleges whoa sta
" dents have adopted resolutions against
naalng is uow increasing almost as fast
as the number of colleges where basing
ia a regular amusement.
Strange what methods sots town
adopt to stimulate Immigration. Craig.
Neb., held a town election, bnt no on
could be found who would accept ofice
and so no one was elected.
A Minnesota legislator has asked a
barber to pay him 1500 for raining his
beard. A Minnesota legislator who Is
ahy on beard Is placed at a great disad
vantage, and the claim ia probably
Just.
A Brooklyn Jury has awarded 18,000
for the loss of a finger. And yet the
Brooklyn trolley has killed 107 persons
with In the last few months without
baring to pay a cent It's cheaper to
kill than to malm.
We favor the proosltion to build a
twelve-hour electric flyer between New
York and Chicago. Every facility
ahould be extended to the Gothamltes
to enable them to get out of that town
as quickly as possible.
Had Casslus M. Clay died thirty years
ago it would have been better for his
fame, he would have killed fewer men,
and he would not have figured In the
humiliating spectacle of a man of W
.years of age marrying a girl of 15.
A Minnesota paier Hays that cer
tain literary critics are excited liecause
it cannot 1? discovered what Iwrainc of
King liar's fool, who suddenly disap
peared near the end of the third act
Perhaps he is that fellow up In Ninln
. ger who claims that Mr. Bacon wrote
Mr. Sbakspeare's plays.
A poor girl in the East who sang for
an Invalid has been bequeathed, so
runs the story, one million dollars in
memory of her simply lay. It is a
pretty story, but how fearful In result
If It shall stimulate the vocal powers
of the thousands whose repertoire is
made up of unpopular songs of the
day.
Only a short time ago a well-known
English writer penned these lines:
"When a man Is old enough to do wrong
' be should be old enough to do right
also. Don't come now and rob me of
all I have In the whole world. You are
so rich In other things. Leave me the
little vineyard of my life, the walled la
garden and the well of water." Pathet
ic, under the circumstances, are they
not? They were written by Oscar
Wilde. '
' Nice New York people are writing to
their newspapers In protest against
some of the features of the recent horse
show. It appears that the fashionable
, women went to the show to exhibit
themselves in an "orgy of color," garb
ed "In styles of dress formerly only
affected by unfortunate members of
the sex." Sitting In the boxes, they en
dured the stares of the promiscuous
crowd complacently, nay, even Invited
them. The starers In the promenade
could not see the horses In the ring, did
not care to see them, while they could
surrey the women In the boxes and
speculate on the relative amounts of
their wealth. "The whole spectacle
was unalterably vulgar," writes a
wsiisin Of course It waa And If a
New York "society woman" thinks that
of it what must have been the opinion
of the bouyhnhums In ths ring con
amine the yahoos la box and prome-
Tb wife of a man In Manchster, N. Y.
loped with another rsllow, a few weeks
ths sSQond fsUow
wjtii a third fellow, lu a few mouths
eloped from him and went back to her
husband, and, afwr testing the quality
of his forgiveness for a short time,
eloped atain with number two. And
now the ra.sh and hasty husband an
nounces that he has "tiled divorce pa
pers." A New Hampshire man ought
not to be so precipitate. She may not
"make a practice" of eloping, after alL
It is announced, with some appear
ance of authority, that Kussla will offer
no objection to any terms of peace that
may be agreed upon letween between
Japan and China, There has never
been any real reason for supioslug that
she would object, and the endless sug
gestions made of intervention In the
matter by the Western powers have,
probably, nearly all beeu without any
real foundation. One nation cannot
Interfere between two others in Buch
matters without some reason founded
In principle or in urgency of Interest,
and there has been nothing of either in
this matter. Japan's exaction from
China cannot, for any long period, af
fect even the volume of Eastern trade
with Europe.
Speaking of newspaper advertising, a
man who has tried it says: The news
paper is the commercial traveler In city,
county and home, who tells at the fire
side, to its evening circle, the merits of
your wares and merchandise, if you are
wise enough to employ it to speak for
you. It never is neglected, never goes
unheeded, never speaks to inattentive
or unwilling ears. It never bores. It
never tires. It Is always a welcome
visitor and meets a cordial reception. It
speaks when the day is done, when
res vanish, when the mind at peace
and rest is In its most receptive mood.
Then it is that Its story is told and all
wbo read treasure what It says and are
Influenced to go- where It directs for
the thing of which It speaks.
Once again the cry of "Cuba Libre"
has been raised, and this time it Is
having a loud echo In Europe. M. St
Cere points out that the Insurrection
Is regarded with serious apprehension
on the other side of the Atlantic. Gen.
Martinet Campos will scarcely be able
to commence military operations before
September, and there Is little doubt
that military operations on a very ex
tensive scale will be necessary to quell
the revolt The Cuban Insurgents are
In the position of men "once bitten and
twice shy," and they will not again be
caught with chaff, as they claim was
the case when the Spanish "strong
in" "pacified" the Island eighteen
years ago. Meanwhile, as L t Cere
remarks, ths Insurgents may possibly
obtain recognition as belligerent, and
this would be a most serious blow at
Spanish rale In the Pearl of ths An
tilles.
Among the other novel Ideas suggest
ed for the plans of the new battle ships
now In course of preparation In Wash
ington Is a proposal to place a turret
for two 8-inch guns on top of each of
the main turrets containing the heavi
est guns. But for the statement that
this plan originated in the Ordnance
Bureau it would be regarded as a pleas
antry. Aside from the difficulties that
would be encountered In providing for
the proper supply of ammunition to
the tipper turret there are two serious
objections to this arrangement In the
first place, the concentration of four
guns In such close proximity to each
other would be dangerous. If one
heavy projectile, striking the lower tur
ret or barbette, should disable the
turning machinery all four guns would
become useless except upon that angle
of train where they happened to strip.
S-condly. If the two turrets were Im
movably attached to each other, their
guns could not be trained on different
enemies. If the turrets were to revolve
Independently of each other the ma
chinery and the arrangements for am
munition supply would be very com
plicated. It Isn't welltosaciifice weight
at the expense of efficiency. The two
story turrets might have that effect
The Art of Eating.
The art of eating in good form is
constantly becoming more complicated.
Table utensils are daily being added
to the list, until now a key to the use of
the many forks and spoons of all sorts
of shapes and sizes Is needed. What
a contrast to the simplicity of the days
of Mate de Malntenon, when that lady
thought a man vulgar because, when
offered a plate of cutlets neatly be-
frilled, be took one with a fork Instead
of holding tt In his fingers and gnaw
ing the meat, as was then the custom.
In these times of bacillus In the very
air, It Is advisable to touch food with
anything but the fingers, however, and
only yesterday at Parker's I saw a man
wbo has traveled much and learned
more, eating bread cut In squares and
prodded with a fork.
Alien's Motion.
Senator Allen caused a little quiet
amusement In the Senate recently, says
the Washington Post Mr. Chandler
was talking at an unusually late hour,
and everybody waa Impatient to close
the debate and go home. Suddenly
Mr. Allen arose and motioned apologet
ically to Mr. Chandler, who paused In
his remarks to bear what the Nebras
ka Senator bad to say. "Will the Sen
ator allow me to Interrupt him to make
a motion?" asked Senator Allen. "Cer
tainly." said Mr. Chandler. "Then I
move," said Mr. Alien, "that ths Sen
ate do now adjourn."
"Please ma'am,'' said toe cook, "I'd
like to give a week's notice." "Why,
Mary, this Is a great surprise. Do you
hope to better yourself?" "Well, no.
not sxactly that," answered Mary, with
a blush. 'I'm going to get married."
Christian Register.
A fresh, fat womaa of DO whr has a
sickly husband will claim that she Is
not over 82.
THE FARM AND HOME.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Agriculturiata bon't Realize Their
Favored Conditions Peach Cnlture
lncreaalnu; In Michigan Potatoes
Not a Profitable Feed for Cow a.
The Farmer' Condition.
The farmers do not realize their
favored condition a do the laborers In
the city who, in the best circumstances,
have hovering over them the agonizing
fear that they will be thrown out of
work with nothing to fall back on.
They envy the coudition of the farmer,
who. If he cannot always have luxu
ries, can depend upon having the
necessaries of life. Trusts and rings
may demoralize business, but no com
bination of man can prevent the sun
from pouring bis riches upon the re
sixmsive earth. The farmer can be sure
of good, pure, wholesome food; his stock
will not organize a strike against him,
but will serve him faithfully In return
for proper treatment There must too,
be a constant demand for the farmer's
products. People may do without fine
furniture, books, pictures, and fine
clothing, but they are not exempt from
the demands of appetite. People eat
during the hardest times, and to the
farmer all humanity looks for food and
clothing.
Peach Culture.
Peach culture ia on the increase In
Western Michigan, and in Kent County
many orchards of from 600 to 10,000
trees will be set this spring. The cli
mate Is dry, the wood and fruit buds
harden early and are consequently able
to stand a much lower temperature
than in some districts. The orchards
are profitable when thoroughly and
systematically cultivated. For In
stance. Mr. E. E. Church has an or
chard of SK trees, on a clay loam soil
well fertilised, st time of planting,
with barnyard manure. The trees
have been set for six years and given
thorough cultivation, planted to corn
the first two years and the third to
buckwheat, the returns from these
crops more than paying for setting out
the trees, care, cultivation, etc. The
profits given have been as follows:
1802, fourth year from setting, MOO;
1888, fOOO; 1864. $600. The trees are
set out one rod apart each way and
occupy about 34 acres, thus making a
total yearly profit of over $140 per
acre. Frank Whits from 2V, acres of
peach orchard five years old received
during 1894 432. J. E. Lee from an
orchard of 700 trees, set out 12 years,
in 1881 got 860 bushels, then 985, l,33o
and 925 busbels, or a total for four
years of 5,105 bushels. This fruit sold
on an average at fl.15 per busbeL
American Agriculturist
Potatoes Not ProStable for Cow.
Some of our dairy exchanges recom
mend feeding potatoes In small quanti
ties to cows giving milk. The feeding
value of raw potatoes is not very large.
It has 80 per cent of water, and though
a good deal of the rest is starch it does
not make a rich milk, nor Increase the
quantity, as will carrots, parsnips, and
beets. At present prices of potatoes
they are the dearest feed for any stock
that can be bought No matter how
cheap they were we should not think
of feeding them to milch cows. The
butter made from them Is white, scaly,
and lacks the grain that good butter
ought to show. Even so small an
amount of potato as Is found In the
potato peelings where potatoes are
cooked for family use affected the qual
ity of the butter. The potato peelings
will be eagerly eaten by horses that
have only dry feed. It will do them
good, relieving the constipation from
which horses In winter usually suffer.
Growing Ducks Without Water.
Ducks like water and will swim In It
whenever they get a chance, however
small they are. let It Is not good for
young ducks to have water excent for
drinking. Until their feathers are near
ly grown me aucgnngs cannot oil their
covering of feathers so as to exclude
water. When hens are set with duck
eggs and have the care of young ducks
tney win go tnrougn wet grass and
leave young ducks draggled and ready
to die as If they were so many cblckena
The Pekln variety of ducks bad better
be kept from water errant In Hiimmur
They -are very liable to Injury from
too mucn water at any age, the oldest
and finest-looking ducks often going
lame from a very little exposure, This
susceptibility to cold and wet I almost
the onlr drawback to thla nMibat va
riety. It Is a drawback that to, bow-
ever, easily avoiaea uy giving the Pe
kln ducks only water to drink mmA hr
keeping them In dry quarters.
Te- Teach a Nervosa Haras ta HtanL.
Many horses have the foolish habit of
frettylng and worrying after they are
hitched to a vehicle and are not allowed
to start at once. This may Ite over
come often by using the most gentle
treatment by patting and caressing
them and by making them feel at ease
as much as possible. Kindness Is some
times of no avail, and a course of treat
ment or discipline seems necessary.
When nothing else will do harness and
hitch the animal up Just as if you wer
going to take a drive. Put good strong
harness on and hltcb to a vehicle that
will not be broken easily. Drive to the
front gate, or whither you are In the
habit of driving to wait for others to
get In. Be patient and keep quiet when
the boras becomes restless. Talk to the
animal and draw his attention from
the surroundings as much as possible.
Take time to make these lessons long
enough and Interesting enough to thor
oughly convince the horse that It must
and can keep quiet when In the harness
and hitched up ready to start If kind
U-eatSMnt does not do, a little chasten
ing with the whip la beneficial. The
win point Is In taking tlms to make
I (he lesson thorough. Make It stand
still If It takes s whole day to do It
Wheu you have no time to spare do not
try to give Iissons In patience to s
duu b animal that is not supposed to
know as much as you yourself. Ns
tlouul Stockman.
lrlau Tomatoes.
With our present facilities for can
ning and preserving tomatoes In many
ways. It might seem strange to think
of drying tbeiu, but In some countries
this Is a common thing. In Italy an ex
tensive business Is carried on In dry
lug tomatoes to use during portions of
the year when fresh fruit cannot tie ob
tained. Tomatoes In that country are
grown for the most part between rows
of grape vines. Sometimes the plants
are trained on the lower bars of the
trellis to which the vines are attached.
The tomatoes are allowed to remain
on the branches until ripe. They are
then packed and pressed In bags made
of coarse cloth, which allows the pulp
to pass through, but which retains the
seeds and skins. The pulp Is then thin
ly spread out on cloth, boards, or In
shallow dishes, and exposed to the sun
to dry.
When It has become quite dry It I
broken up fine or ground, and put In
boxes or bags and sent to market A
large part of It Is used for soups, but a
considerable portion Is employed as we
use tomatoes when preserved In tin or
other cans. It Is soaked for a few
hours In warm water, and then cooked
In the ordinary manner.
Protecting Trees with Wool,
A new use of wool has been found by
the fruit growers of Western New
York. They ose It to put under the
bands around the apple trees In early
spring, so as to keep the canker worm
from ascending. This plan has ben
adopted by Mr. Udell one of the larg
est apple growers In the town of Swe
den. All that Is needed Is a few tecki
driven Into the tree, to which a string
is attached and woutid two or three
times around the trunk. The wool Is
poked under these tacks, drawing tht
string tighter, and effectually keeping
the wool In place. Only two or three
ounces of wool are needed per tree, and
no worm will ascend above the woolen
band. So soon as a worm touches the
wool It turns back. Tkls is better than
using coal tar, as that hardens after a
few days and the worms will crawl
over the hardened svrface.
Ajb Old Farm Reus Fletersv
Now ths hickory wttft Its ham
Cheers the wild sad rainy weather.
And the shoemaker Mas come
With his lapstone, last sad leather.
With his head as white ss wool.
With the wrinkle getting bo Mar,
And his heart with news as fuB
As the wallet on his shoulder.
How the children's heart will beat,
. How their eyes will shins with pieassre,
As be sets their little feat
Bare and rosy, in his measuret
And how behind his chair
They will steal, grave looks to summon.
As be ties sway his hair
From his forehead, like a woman.
When he tells the merry news.
How their eyes will laugh and glisten!
While the mother binds the shoes
And they gither round and listen.
Alice Gary,
Butter Fata from Whey.
A new sou roe of butter ha been dis
covered by the Cornell College of Ag
riculture. It is found In the whey, a
waste production In cheese-making,
which has heretofore been only fed to
hogs and not thought very good food
for them. The discovery Is a method
by which the butter fate, always pres
ent in whey, can be separated in mak
ing butter. The-separator machine i
used. The saving will be- sufficient in
a large cheese factory to pay for a sep
arator In a short time. It means a sav
ing to New York dairy men of fslly
l,noo,Oi0 worth of batter per year.
The butter made by this process is said
to be of excellent quality.
Bees and Fruit.
The Department of Agriculture of the
United States has conducted a great
many experiment te- find out If pos
sible whether the honey bees, which
evidently did a great deal of good, were
guilty (as charged by some) of destroy
ing ripe fruit Hives were kept within
a bttlldlng from which the bees eoold
not escape. In this grapes, peacbee,
pears, and plums, varyta from green
to dead ripe, were placed. The bees
were left with the fruit exposed. Many
came to the fruit but never broke the
akin, but wheat tbey fusmd It broken
they fed npon the Jo Ice. The test
lasted thirty days; other bees were
tried with similar results.
Early European Postal Events.
1500, -March 1 (O. S.). Francis de
Taxis appointed "capltlne et malstre
de nos postes" by Philip, Regent of the
Netherlands, at Ghent It Is a matter
of record that the Taxis posts carried
English malls from Calais to Vienna
and Rome before 1500.
1504, Jan. 18 (O. 8.). Francis de Taxis
instructed to establish regular jxmts
between Brussels and the capitals of
Germany, France, and Spain, with
pay at 12,000 llvres per annum.
1507. England bad a "maglster pos
tarum," appointed by Henry VII. Pos
sibly It was Sir Brian Tuke, who serv
ed Until 1545.
1510, Nov. 12. Charles V. concluded
a contract with Francis and Baptist
de Taxis requiring them, for 11,000
gold ducats, to maintain posts between
Brussels, the capitals of Germany,
France, and Spain, and Naples. Every
postofflce was to have two horses. The
Brussels-Paris route was to lx covered
lu thirty six hours, Brussels-Burgos In
even days, and Brussels-Naples In
fourteen days. -The Postal Record.
woman's shoulders an not as broad
as her husband's, bnt aba can carry
more chips on them.
SOME NEW POE LETTERS.
The Gifted Aathor Makes Pitiful Plaaa
Hecauae of Poverty.
One of the most important literary
"finds" of recent years was a large
collection of jiersonal letters of Poe
! and of letters written to him by the
leading literary men of bis time. The
correspondence was found among the
papers of Dr. Kufus W. Crlswold, and
are to lie given to the world by his
son, William M. Griswold, for the pur
pose of clearing the memory of his fa
ther from the aspersions cast upon him
ever since the publication of his mem
oir of Poe. Dr. Griswold has been re
lentlessly criticised for this work, but
! is claimed that these new letters
will be a perfect Justification of his
statements. A selection from this cor
respondence has been edited by Prof.
George E. Woodlerry. and will appear
in three parts In The Centruy. The
first selection, dealing with Poe's life
In Baltimore, appears In the August
numW of the magazine. The follow
ing letter was written to John P. Ken
nedy, who had become Interested In
I'oe when the latter won the first prize
offered by the Baltimore Saturday
Visitor for an original tale:
Baltimore, November, 1834.
Dear Kir I have a favor to beg of
you which I thought It better to ask
lu writing, because, sincerely, I had
not the courgae to ask it in person. I
am Indeed too well aware that I have
no claim whatever to your attention,
and that evpn the manner of my Intro
duction to your notice waa at the best
t-quvocal. Since the day you first saw
me, my situation In life has altered
materially. At that time I looked for
ward to the Inheritance of a large for
tune, and, in the mean time, was In
receipt of an annuity for my support
This was allowed me by a gentleman
of Virginia (Mr. J no. Allan) wbo adopt
ed me at the age of 2 years (both my
parents being dead), and who, until
lately, always treated me with the
affection of a father. But a second
marriage on bis part, and I dare say
many follies on my own, at length end
ed In a quarrel between ns. He Is
now dead, and has left me nothing.
I am thrown entirely upon my own
resources, with no profession and very
few friends. Worse than all this, 1
to at length penniless. Indeed, no
circumstances less urgent would have
h'duced me to risk your friendship by
troubling yoo with my distress. But
I could not help thinking that If-my
situation was stated as you could
state It to Cary Y Lea, tbey might be
led to aid me with a small sun tn con
sideration of my MB. now In their
sands. TMs would relieve my Imme
diate wants, and I tbea could look for
ward more confldentty to better days:
At all events receive the assurance of
my gratitude for what you have al
ready done. Most respectfully, your
sbedlent servant,
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
In another letter Poe has to decline
an Invitation to dinner with Mr. Ken
nedy, because he baa no fit clothing
to wear. The following gives a pa
thetic Idea of Poe's poverty; the letter
also being addressed to Kennedy:
Sunday, March 15, 1835.
Dear Sir In the paper wblcb will
be handed yon with this note Is sn
advertisement to which I most anxious
ly submit your attention. It relates
to the appointment of a teacher In a
public school, snd I have marked It
with, a cross so that you may readily
perceive tt. In my present circum
stances such a situation would be most
desirable, and if your interest could ob
tain tt for me. I would always remem
ber your kindness with the deepest
gratitude. Hnve I any hope? Your
reply te this would greatly oblige. The
18th hi fixed on for the decision of the
commissioners, and the advertisement
has only this morning caught my eye.
This will excuse my obtruding the mat
ter on yon attention to-day. Very re
spectfully. E. A. POE.
Against a Head Wind.
The lover of quiet has rather a hard
time of It In these bustling days. He
Is "at war with the fashion," he Is try
ing to sail against a bead wind. Peo
ple do not understand him, but they
have no hesitation whatever In con
demning him. Perhaps he Is Imagina
tive, Impressionable, sensitive to Influ
ence' from without, receptive. He de
sires repose, change of air and scene.
The city, with is everlasting turmoil,
the noise of the trolley car, the yells
of the newsboys, the sinister loafers
and wild, wilful business men, bas ex
hausted him utterly. He cau hardly
form the conception of the place where
there are no offices, no shops, no lum
bering carts, no dashing cabs. But he
pays $5 to a medicine man, and the
medicine-man assures him. that there
are such places, and that be can easily
gain them If he will. He la astonlshjed,
but he resolves to test his doctor's ex
traordinary assertion, and according
ly, In a short time, be Is on some
mighty vessel sweeping down the river
toward the sea. Like a garment be puts
off the self asserting city. Its streets
and bouses and alleys and organ
grinders, Its filth. Its wonders and Its
tears, its strange, mysterious magic
of humanity, drop from him like the old
coat that he throws upon the floor, and
he at last realizes the true meaniug of
rest
Revolutionary Krrors.
Tt Is certain that many of the movers
In the earlier stages of the French revo
lution, and I think also mime of the
so-called philosophical radicals of En
gland of Ufty years ago, wero misled
In their enthusiasm for democratic
change by a misapprehension of the les
ions of history. They conceived of the
republics of Greece and Koine ns If they
had been true democracies, and as If
their glories were due to the purity of
their structure. But In point of fact
they were nothing of the kind. The
working classes of Athens In the days
of Its extremest republicanism were
slaves, and, so far from being en
dowed with iprem political power,
they were not even trusted with wr
soual liberty; and In Home the existence-
of the vast slave population. In
creasing apparently as Home approach
ed nearer aiid nearer to democracy for
the free rlases of Its citizens, is a mat
ter In every one's knowledge.
These republics, then, were, as It
were, democracies for the upper ten
thousand, but for the lower classes they
were the rule of cruel masters. "IJt
cite," says the great student of an
cient municipal life, "s'etaft constltuee
commc si ces clases n'eussent pas ex
iste." These States throw, therefore,
no light on the great experiment of
modern England, and perhaps of mod
ern Europa. To constitute a State In
which the supreme power shall be giv
en to the lower orders In which they
shall be clothed with the power to tar
and to spend the money raised by taxa
tion, while the weslthy class alone
shall pay these taxes, this Is. so far as
I know, an experiment In statecraft
which bas never been tried with any
other result than one namely, the de
termination of the majority to live up
on their right of voting.
It may be doubted whether there Is
anything In history nay, more, wheth
er there Is anything In the nature of
man to Justify the boundless hope and
enthusiasm with which the experiment
Is regarded by many very influential
persons. The Contemporary Review.
Development of a Child,
From the earliest age of the child re
gard should be had to the proper de
velopment of 1U body. Regular feeding
and suitable food, dally stimulation of
the great excretory organ the skin
by bathing, a due amount of outdoor air,
and, as soon as the child Is old enough,
of outdoor exercise these constitute th
main part of early physical training.
Even in Infancy, a moderate amount
of rubbing of the limbs, a kind of modi
fied massage, excites a fuller circula
tion and aids development
Children should not be encouraged to
support themselves on their feet to
early. When a child begins to walk, lu
own instincts Impel it to almost contin
uous activity, which must at times N
Interrupted by sleep of the most pro
found nature. The sleep of young chil
dren should be carefully guarded from
Interruption, If one wishes to ears thein
from nervousness, peevishness and Ir
ritability. But whils the tendency of the child
to be constantly "on the go" must some
times be restrained, the object of suet
restraint should never be te make taa
child "a little gentleman" or "a little
lady;" In other words, to keeep lu
clothes clean. Those who give theti
children over entirely to the care of
nurse should see to tt that the nurse It
not too much taken up with the Idea
of having the children always "look
nice."
A child of 3, 4 or 5 years of age should
nave plenty or exercise other tnan inst
of being led or pulled about "by -tot
hand. Only one set of muscles Is called
Into play by this treatment and ths
practice Is easily carried to excess. Ths
coustant use of one set of muscles U
the exclusion of others, as well as the
assumption of an habitual posture,
tends to muscular, and even bouy, de
formity. That exercise Is most perfect which
calls Into use the greatest dumber of
muscles. For that reason, variety Is
advisable, even In play.
Though no exercise Is quite so good
as when performed out-of-doors, Indool
games must be permitted when Incle
ment seasons prevent the child from
going out Games of a more quiet na
ture may be necessary indoors, but
those which excite laughter are desir
able, since laughter alone excites soma
of the muscles most Important to s
healthful functional activity. Youth'i
Companion.
A Natural Wheel uf Ice.
A curious Ice formation made Its ap
pearance during a recent freeze on ths
Mlanus Ulvcr, near the village of Bed
ford, Westchester County, N. Y. Ths
Mlanus at that place Is a small stream
averaging about ten feat In width. Al
a place locally known as the "ten-foot
hole" the stream widens out Into a
pool forty or fifty feet wide, In this pool
there formed a cake of It about twenty-five
or thirty fset in diameter, and
perfectly circular la shape. This cir
cular cake of Ice kept slowly revolving
and was surrounded for a bust two
thirds of Its circumference by station
ary Ice. There waa a space of about
three Inches bet wees the revolving
cake and the stationary Ice, eicept al
the upstream side of the revolving
cake, where the water was open and
the correct quite swift Each revolu
tion took about six minutes. Scientific
America a.
Helping Indian Widows.
According to a vernacular paper In
India, a movement In aid of the remar
riage of widows among Mussulmans
was started two or Use years ago in
Kalaunm, lu the Ourdaspur district
The Mohammedan religion doe not
prohibit the remarriage of widows, but
long residence In India and contact
with the Hindoo has made many Mo
hammedans look down upon the re
marriage of widows.
Considerable opposition was at first
shown, but It bas leen overcome. A
widow remarriage association bas been
formed, and publishes a flourishing
weekly paper, which disseminates news
and Information on the objects of the
society. Over eighty widows have been
remarried within the last three years,
and the fund started to aid destitute
widows on their remarriage exceeds
twenty thousand rupees.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Tlmpany," said ths
leader of the brass baud to the boss
drummer, "but we shall bare to dis
pense with your services." "Why?"
"Why T You ask me why 7 A man wbs
has grown so fat that be can no ion get
hit the middle of the drum asks tus
why!"-New York Journal