A MOUNTAIN BEAUTY.
USAX STEBBINS
was ly all odds the
best looking girl oa
Grassy lick, with
out being remark
ably beautiful, for
bauty Is not a no
tieeable character
istic of mountain
women, old or
young, and how she
had ever come to
marry Im Skaggs
was a wonder to rue. for I-em was by i
all odds the homeliest man on the lick, j
aDd homeliness is a characteristic of
mountain men. I knew Lem quite well,
and had befriended him on many oc
casions, even loaning him money
enough to get married on. as his crops
were not in and he was scant of funds,
and when they had been married about
a mouth I asked him one day how It
happened. He was a good fellow all
over, was Lem, as guileless as a baby
and as honest as the sunlight, and when
I asked my Question he blushed and
grinned.
"She was tuck by my good looks," he
laughed.
"Of course, of course," I laughed
back,' "any body ought to see that but
my eyesight Is weak. Tell me what
you did to win her?'
"I didn't do not bin'. Colonel. I Jlst
wuz."
"That won't do, Lemuel. You are not
the kind that win that way; you must
have made yourself attractive In some
other way."
"Hope to die, Colonel, ef I did," he In
sisted. "I jist wuz and she got tuck.'
"Didn't you court her pretty hard?"
"Did I?" and he drew a long breath as
of relief at the thought of Its being
over. "Well, I should say I did. Why,
I come mighty nigh mortgldgln' the
farm to git her things he didn't seem to
want when I give 'em to her."
"What did you give her?"
"Everything, Colonel. It got so bad
to'rds the last the folks at the stofe
told me ef I'd lump my dealln'g they
reckoned they could let me have 'em
at wholesale prices."
"She couldn't stand your liberality,
Lem. That's what got her."
"Xot a bit uv It," he continued. "All
the time I was takln' her all aorta uv
things she wuz makln' eyes at evry
feller that come along, and sorter ex
pectin' me to keep up,my end uv the
swingle tree, jist caze I kinder seemed
to hanker atter doin' it that a-way."
"But you kept at itr
"I reckon not," he laughed. "All uv
a sudden I sot in fer Mary Flnnel and
give the store folks a rest on buyin'."
"Then what happened?" I inquired,
with a hoiss that I would now get
some Information.
He laughed a low, gurgling laugh,
such as a boy would give vent to when
caught In some of his natural depreda
tions.
"Well," he said, "she kinder swapped
eends on t other fellers, ajid swung
'round my way, but I wuzn't glvin' a
Inch, and I didn't have no talk with her
fer mighty nigh two weeks, and then
one evenin' as I wuz passin' her house
on my way to Mary's, and she knowed
it, I s.;en her Tiangin' on the gate lookiu'
out into the future, er sometliin' uv that
sort, that I seen a picture uv onc't an
agent wuz selliu'.
" 'Good evenin', says 1, not offerlu' to
stop.
" 'Good evenin'," says she. 'Pears to
me you're iu a powerful hurry.'
" 'Kinder,' says I, slackln' up some.
'I promised to be down to Mary's 'bout
this time.'
"She kinder looked down at the
ground when I told her that, and kicked
little rock out of the path that wuz
layin' thar, and I felt like a sheep
stealln' dog fer sayln' what I had.
" 'I reckon you'd better be burryln'
along then, for Mary ain't the kind tbat
likes to be kep' waiting',' says she.
" '8'pose, said I, 'that you don't keer
f I stop and talk to you fer a minute,
do you?
" 'I ain't keerln' what you do,' says
sb, kinder sullen.
" 'You look like you wuz expectln'
someb .ly yerwelf,' nays I, teelin' es ef
I'd lio lo choke whoever the feller wux.
- That's what,' says she, and I felt
more'n ever like cbokin' somebody.
"'Who la Itr says I, watch In' the
streaks uv a laugh 'round ber mouth
and eyes.
" That's fer me to know and you to
And out says she, laugbln' right out
M'I reckon I'll be goin' on down to
Mary's,' says I. thlnkin tbat I wusn't
makln' notbln' hangln' 'round Susan.
" 'Mebbc jron wouldn't ef you knowd
who was comln? says she, kinder
reachla' orer toe gate.
" 'Wsfl, tall dm,' aays I, 'and sea tf
fHattf.'
"'I reckon not' she says, still a-nag-g!n'
me.
" 'Who's they?" sayg I.
"She give a little chuckle, and I come
up to the gate and rested my bands on
it to one side uv her'u.
" Ta and mother," she says. 'They've
gone down to the schoolhouse to preach
in' and won't be back tell b .t'clock."
"'Ain't you kinder lonesome waitin'
hyer by yerself, Susan?" says I, half
way fryln' to pull the gate open, but
she held It shet.
" 'I reckon 1 wuz," she says. "That's
why I come out and bung on the gate.
It's mighty still like In the house.'
" 'You reckon you w uz":' says I.
'Ain't you, uow?' and I chuckled my
self for ketch in' her.
" T'r'aps I am and p'r'aps I ain't
she sniggered, and tossed her head
"I tried to o-n the gate, but she held
It shet.
" 'f you want me to stay, why don't
you say so?' says I, gettin' ugly.
" 'I reckon you kin ef you want to,'
says she, mighty pesky.
" 'Susan,' says I, what's the use uv
foolln'?'
" 'Foolin' about what?" says she.
" 'About me and you,' s.-iys I.
" 'I ain't a foolin',' says she.
" 'You air,' says I, 'and you know It'
" 'f you don't like me, Leui Skaggs.'
says she, bridlln' up all over, 'you kin
go 'long. I didn't ax you to stop, did IT
" 'But I do like you, Susan,' gays I,
glttin' skeert an' tryln' to pull the gate
open go's I could git clos't enough to
her to coax her.
"'I reckon you like Mary Flnnel a
sight better,' says she, holdln' the gate
ag'ln' me.
" 'I reckon I don't' says I, and I could
feel the gate give a little.
' 'You wouldn't talk that a-way ef she
wuz In hearin' distance,' says she.
"Wouldn't I? says I, and I heaved
and sot on the gate, but It didn't move
a peg. 'You Jlst fetch her up here and
see ef I wouldn't
" 'Xo, you Jlst go down thar,' Bays she.
That's whar you started fer.'
" "I didn't do nuthln' uv the sort,' says
I, glttin' desprlter every minute.
" 'You told me you did,' says she, and
I could feel the gate give some and then
ghet up ag'ln.
" 'You oughter know, Susan, says I,
serious, 'that I was jist a-fool!n',' and I
could feel the gate a-glvln' way and
shettln' and then glvln' way ag'ln.
" 'An' you ain't lyin' now, LemT sayg
she, a heap sight softer than any time in
her life.
Course I ain't Susan,' says I, and
the gate come open about six Inches.
" 'Ef I only thought you wuzn't I-em,'
says she, lettlu' the gate slip my way a
leetle more every minute.
'"Y'ou know I ain't Susan,' says I,
gh'in' the gate the strongest pull ylt
You know It and you know I never
give a snap uv my finger fer any other
gal in these parts and that all the time
I've been a-haukerin' atter you and
wantln' you for my wife, but you kep'
foolin' with me all along and bust-in
my heart mighty nigh, and makin' me
want to go off and chop a tree down on
myself. You know it Susan, you know
It,' and she h'lsted her bands and the
gate swung wide open.
""What about Mary?" says she,
standin' thar before me, lookln' gweet
er'n peaches and roses.
" 'Dern Mary," says I, clean forglttln'
my manners, and 1 recht out both
hands fer Susan.
'Oh. LeniT says she, anu well, Col
onel," he laughed as big honest face
reddened beneath its saffron hue, "I
reckon you're old enough to know the
balance."
"I wouldn't be surprised. Lent," I re
plied, blushing just a shade as a mem
ory or two came slowly back from the
rosy past
He looked up smiling.
"And say, Colonel," be said, "I wuzn't
any purtler that night than I wux be
fore." "Come off, Lemuel," said I, slapping
him on the back, "It was so dark Susan
couldn't see yon." New York Sun.
Mantelp'eees IOO Years Old.
Some alterations are being made In
the old Harding House, Washington,
Pa., which wa built by David Brad
ford, the leader of the whisky Insurrec
tion. In the remodeling a very elalsir
ate mahogany mantel has been taken
down, which was put In place '100
years ago. The mantel was made In
England, and was carried ktoss the
mountains on mule-back. It Is 11 feet
high and 7 feet wide, and finely carved.
It Is believed the mantel cost 1300 when
new, and there are two more Just as
elaborate In the same bouse, set up at
the same tins.
HELPFUL FARM HINTS
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE AGRI
CULTURIST AND STOCKMAN.
.heap lM.rr.ck lor Mack inn Hay- But
ter Boi Which I'ermita teamplinu
Way la Thio Corn Good W aBon
Wrench General Farm Note.
A Wagon Wheel Wreuch.
The wreuch shown in the cut for re
moving wagon w heel for greasing op
erates iu a way to uve time and pa
tience and protects the
hands and clothing. The
casting is shaped as in
the cut The square box
fits on over the nut or
"burr." The crooked arms
reach around the rim of
the bub and at the ends
are attached straps, one
long and one short and
both passing between the sKkes and
comingtogetheronthe inner side of the
wheel. A buckle such as is used on
overshoes or a hook and eye that will
readily lock together are then fastened
to the straps. The w reneh having been
attached, it is only necessary to raise
the axle on a wagon Jack to clear the
wheel and give the wheel a whirl The
wrench being fastened securely to the
spokes, the nut is turned off by the mo
tion of the w heel. The wheel is then
sllpiied nearly off, the axle greased and
tlie wheel did back In place, twirled
round and the nut Is on without dirty
ing hands or clothes. If the nut Is in
clined to stick, the wheel also acts as
a lever.
, Apple Pay WetU
"How the neighbors laughed when a
tanner at toe age of 00 years began to
set out a large apple orchard," says the
Massachusetts Ploughman. "He is now
over eighty, and for some years he has
sold a crop of four or nve hundred
barrels 'of apples. That is better than
life insurance, he thinks." Yes; and
some who have hail no faith In orchard
ing for profit In Orleans County have
got at least one eye open to see us late
ly sell a good crop of Scott's winter at
J2.50 per barrel, right at home. It
pays much better than buttermaklng at
?oing rates, though the two go vt ry well
together. Swapping a barrel of appb-s
even for a barrel of flour, or an equiv
alent In grain feed, suits us nicely. And
It Is but a few years since we sold our
apple crop, right through, at $4 a barrel.
It don't hurt a man's feelings much, un
der such circumstances, to be called a
crank. We can grow apples at less
than we can potatoes. While the trees
are young, and from that up to full
bearing, we raise beans enough be
tween the rows to pay all the expenses,
and also good crops of curants and
jrooseberrles Ix-tween the trees In the
rows. The Russian varieties of tree
fruits come to fruiting age at least
three years sooner than the old varie
ties Spy, Baldwin, Greening, None
such, Gravensteiii. etc.
Hay fUackinn Made Easy.
One of the best and cheapest der
ricks for stacking hay out-of-doors con
sists simply of on- straight jle forty
feet high, secured In an upright posi
tion by means of four guy rojies each
about eighty feet long. J'htce the pole
In a somew hat slanting jHisltion so that
the top will be directly over the center
of the stack. For Instance If the stack
is to be eighteen feet square, the lot
toni of the pole will be placed on the
outside of this square, with the top
directly over the center. Fasten a
strong piece of wood, 2xi feet, on the
bottom of the pole with wire rings In
each eud, by means of which It can be
staked firmly to tlie ground. The four
! iruv ropes are fastened to the top of the
au(1 tr) Ull. ground by menus of a
stake. The pulleys and hay forks are
attached much the same as i,n a barn
and are oiierated similarly.
For making the pole I use two tele-
graph poles, one twenty feet, the other
twenty-four feet, and splice them firm
ly together. For guy roeg, take six
or seven strands of No. 12 galvanized
wire, draw them tight and twist The
best way to do this Is to fasten one end
to a post by means of a chain with a
swivel and pull them taut with a large
wire fence stretcher such as Is used In
putting up woven wire fence. The
swivel will permit the bunch of wires
being twisted any desired amount. The
guy rows will cost $2.40. the pole 82.50,
and Iu addition you will need the hay
fork and pullvys, which can be taken
from the born. The total exiiense of
this device Is consequently only 84.00.
The whole apparatus In position la
shown In the cut Farm and Home,
Irritate Karly in the Morning,
The best time to Irrigate Is early In
the morning before the sun becomes
hot, or In the evening when It Is about
to go below the borlson, says the Agrl
culturlst A good time Is when a cloud
conies up and a shower Is expected.
The work should not be doue when the
anu Is shining hot, as the plants are
liable to be scalded. I prefer beginning
FOB STACKISO HAT.,
at four o'clock Iu the afternoon, otteo
keeping it Up until midnight, especially
on m.s.nlight uSgbis. At the 1 tali st.
tlou the total yield of straw and train
wa fifteen i-r cent, greater on plants
irrigated at night
Tbinnin- the Corn.
Corn should In thinned when it Is
under four inches iu height. If left to
grow six or eight Inches, the stalks are
deeply rooted, and w hen the extra ones
are pulled out the entire hill is dis
turlied. This work, iu Baltimore Coun
ty, is usually doue by contract, .VJ cents I
an acre being the prevailing price. The
best time to thin coru Is from the l'Hh
to the 2oth of June. After the third
cultivation, when the ground is loose
and moist, after the corn is thinned,
cross-cultivate the field. The coru w ill
quickly recover from the thinning and
grow rapidly. Keep the corn ground
frequently stirred, no matter how dry
tlie weather is. If a goinl rich sod has
been turned uuder, and a little phos
phate has been put in the hill the corn
w ill grow, in spite of a drouth. With
a steady pair of mules and a good
sulky -cultivator, a field of corn can be
frequently worked at a small cost per
acre. Do not let the soil crust over.
Baltimore American.
A New Butter Box.
Butter packed for export or for ordi
nary shipment has to be sampled by
means of the "trier," and It is neces
sary' to remove the lid of the box. At
least it has been necessary hitherto,
but a recent invention does away with
that necessity by providing a very con
venient method of sampling the butter
without taking off tlie lid of the box.
The new arrangement is very simple
and Inexpensive. A hole is bored In the
center of the lid, and into the hole is
fitted a cork, attached to a metal cone,
the latter. In turn, being lined with a
small ring and countersunk to the level
of the surface of the lid. When tlie but
ter Is to lie sampled the ring Is raised
and with a slight turn and n steady
pull the seal Is withdrawn. The trier
may then be Inserted in any direction.
BUTTKB BOX.
The whole process does not take more
than a minute's time, and Is thoroughly
effective. The accompanying Illustra
tions show how it is done.
Keeping Potatoes from Ml line
Whenever several varieties of pota
toes are grown on the same farm much
trouble has to be taken to present them
from mixing. A lot of mixed jxitatoes
never sells well, and ought not to do so.
There are other differences besides the
looks, as there Is a variation In quality
and In the time that the potato requires
for cooking. Some of the worst mix
tures are those of different varieties
that look much the same. The Early
Hose Is very" often mixed with the Late
Rose, and while the Early Hose cooks
to a mealy consistency the Late Hose
will be watery anil soggy after cook
ing. The seed potatoes should le care
fully selected, and when the tubes are
cut for seed each variety should be in
a room by itself, so tnat tie piles or
cut tubers may not get together.
Vermin on Cattle.
The most effective remedy for lice
on horses and colts that I have used Is
sperm oil. It will promptly destroy ev
ery louse and nit, and also remove
dandruff, dirt, etc., leaving the skin
clean and the hair In nice condition.
There Is not the least danger of taking
off the hair or injuring the animal In
any way. For large hog lice, apply
common machine oil freely, and it will
kill tliem all and at once. These are
simple, reliable and effective remedies.
Berry Notes,
For market pick every day before
too ripe.
Much labor and profit Is often lost by
this neglect
Always have a uniform quality, and
the box well filled.
Cultivated berries are less liable to
injury by frost or drouth.
Never allow stems, leaves, dirt or Im
perfect berries In the box.
Of all farm work It pays best for work
done, and suffers most from neglect
The fruit and vegetable gardens re
quire richest soil and best culture.
If any plants newly-set fail to live,
put others in their places at once.
For family use leave fruit on the
vines until fully ripe, and pick fresh for
the table.
Severe pruning of laterals will not
only Improve size and quality of fruit,
but greatly Increase the yield.
As soon as tlia leaves start, the affect
ed parts are easily discovered, and
should be cut out and burned at once.
Frequent cultivation stimulates an
early vigorous growth. The i-oots strike
deep Into the mellow soil, and the or
dinary drouth Is harmless.
Cultivate ofteu. It warms the soil
In early spring. It allows even light
rains to penetrate the soil und retain
the moisture for use In summer.
Most fruit gardens are deficient In
potash. An application of wood ashes
will supply this want, and Is especially
valuable for light, sandy soil.
THE COLLEGE COL' USE
EMINENT MEN DISCUS i AS TO
WHETH-R IT PAYS.
Channcey M. lJepew and Frederic
Coudert Believe tbat It Dora, While
Henry Clem a Will Not bin ploy a Col
lege Graduate In Ilia Oflice.
Affirmative Have It.
How much of practical value Is to be
got from a college course by a young
man about to engage iu business or a
profession has always been, and will
continue to be, a mooted question. It
is generally understood that the Hon.
Chauticcy M. I.-ew believes In the
modern university, and that he is Iu
alsiut as close sympathy with the col
lege student of to-day as when he was
himself a student at Yale. But while
Mr. Depew believes the college-bred
young man has much the better chance
in the race of life, still he does not con
sider the college training of these times
altogether faultless. Indeed, lie be
lieves It lacking In one great
essential, that is the decline of the de-
CHAl-.NtrY M. PKPF.W.
bate as a menus of training. "There
were debating societies luyollege w hen
I was a student," he said, "'and till the
brightest men belonged and took part
in the discussions. Nowadays few col
lege students would think of stooping
so low us to belong to a debuting so
ciety or of engaging In a set discussion
of any problem. I regard this as a na
tlonal calamity. It Is a good sign when
the people of any country begin sys
tematically to debate oil current affairs.
They sometimes take up the wrong side,
but that does not harm In the long run.
People had better be mistaken than not
to think and discuss, since thought and
honest discussion are sure, sooner or
later, to set them right"
While he does not In any sense ap
prove of the extremes to which the en
thusiasts of athletics carry their physi
cal exertions, Mr? Frederick Coudert,
the eminent lawyer and man of affairs,
Indorses the notion of thorough and
systematic training most heartily.
"There Is no doubt," said Mr. Cou
dert, "that the man who has a good
body and a sound mind, and both well
trained, possesses Incalculable advan
tages over the niau who has not these
tools with which to carve his way
through life. Just at present perhaps,
the craze for physical training has gone
a little astray. As to the advantages
IHMisessed by the college graduate in
business or professional life, there Is no
question at all. The college man has a
great lead over his competitor who has
not enjoyed the advantages of college
education."
Mr. Henry Clews, the Wall street
broker, who Is as well known in his
line as any of the men above quoted In
theirs, disagrees with them most em
phatically as to the advantages of col
lege education In business.
"You can judge for yourself what I
think of college training ns a prepara
tion for business life," he said, lifting
his hands, "when 1 say that 1 will not
have a college graduate In my employ.
The boy who promises to go Into busi
ness should understand the P.ugllsh
language so that he can express him
self clearly and unmistakably; be
should know how to write a plain,
legible hand rapidly; he should know
arithmetic, and lots of it lie should
also have the severe training In busi
ness methods that can be got only by
serving his time as a subordinate In a
business office. My exerienee has been
that the college graduate Is apt to have
none of these things, and, therefore, as
I have said, I do not take college grad
uates Into my office."
Kdiicatlon In China.
In no country Is education more high
ly esteemed than Id China. The child
of the worklngman, as a rule, cannot
hope to get more than a mere smatter
ing. But scattered through the coun
try are numberless families, the mem
bers of which for generation after gen
eration are always students and from
whom, as a rule, the .officials come.
They have no knowledge of any busi
ness or trade. They correspond very
closely to whitarc, or used to be, called
gentlemen In Knglsnd, and preserve
their positions with great tenacity, wen
when hard pressed by poverty.
. Rich parvenus, as a matter of course,
agate tutors for their children; and In
r l& L',
. -i
HK.VUV CI.EWS.
i ..i r .!.- of life mrabMal'
1 ;if- u it in ........ -
; ..rents will stint themselves to
an opjM.rtuiilt.v to some son who ha
shown marked Intelligence at toe i
i I lent neither of these
cla-ses couqiete on an equality with
those to whom learning is uu here.ll- ,
nrv i,n.f,.i.n. The cultivation auu
Intellectual discipline prevailing in
such families give their meuo.. -marked
advantage over those u f1
uo help of any kind at home, and who
must therefore dets-nd entirely on what
they learn from their paid teachers.
The orthodox scheme of education Is
entirely concerned with the ancient lit
erature of China. The original w..rks
which occupy the students attem.ou
vcre fur the most liart W HI tell before
it... mature of either Greece r Home
had readied Its prime. But there are
commentators belonging to later i-rl-ods
who must also 1k perused with dili
gence. China has not .-eti an mum i
new races, such as have overrun h.u
roi.. since the days of our classical
ii.l.r I. nt ktilK from mere lapse of
time, the language of the country has
greatly changed, and the child begin
ning his studies cannot without expla
nation understand a single sentence,
even if he has learned to read the words
of the lesson w hich he has before him.
The student makes himself acquainted
as thoroughly as possible with those
classical works. The more he can
quote of them the better, but he must
master the matter contained In them as
well.
He must get to know the different
readings und different Interpretations
of disputed passages, and. tinally. he
practices himself in verse and pn.se
comisisition. Iu prose he carefully pre
serves the ancient phraseology, never
admitting modern words, though there
are certain technicalities of style which
will prevent his production from being
nn exact imitation of the ancient litera
ture. His verse must be In close Imita
tion of tlie old-time poets. They must
follow elaborate rules as to rhythm,
and the words must rhyme according
to classical sounds, which are very dif
ferent from those of to-day. The Nine
teenth Century.
Gov. McKinlty on Illiterocy.
Gov. McKluley of Ohio In addressing
the students of Northwestern Culvers
Ity ut Kvatiston. 111., said: "The hut
census shows that s7 per cent, of the
population over lo years of age can
read and write. Match It anywhere
If you can."
The showing Is certainly very credit
able to the C lilted States considering
the large number of Illiterate blacks
at tlie South, but there are a good many
nations on tlie globe In which the s-r-centage
of illiteracy of the population
above Id years of age Is less than it
Is In the I'tilted States. According to
the Governor of Ohio 13 per cent, of
our population above 10 years of aga
are Illiterate, but in Switzerland only
''..") per cent of the same class are IIUt
erate, In Scotland only 7 per cent, In
F.ngland aud Wales only 0 per cent, la
the Netherlands 10 per cent. In Francs
1 per cent, while of the army recruits
of Saxony, Wurtemburg, B.tvarla. Prus
sia, Deiiniark, Sweden, and Norway
less than 1 per cent are Illiterate.
The percentage of Illiteracy In this
country Is higher than it would be If
It were not for the uusctioled colored
children of the South and the foreign
population In some sections of the
Northern States. Italians, Poles, Bo
hemians and many other foreign-born
inhabitants come to this country un
able to read and write, and never learn
to do either. Perhaps no country on the
globe spends as much money per capita
In public education as the Initr-d
States, and few have poorer or worse
executed compulsory education laws.
But we are m.iking very commendable
progress in this country and the time
Is not far distant when we can match
tlie. more cultivated countries In Kurope
In the mutter of education.
Hcliool and College Note.
The growth of public libraries in tlie
l uited States Is one of the remarkable
features of our system of progress.
There are now nearly 5,mm of them.
The bill providing for the study of
the nature and effects of alcoholic
drinks In the public schools of New
York slate was vetoed by the governor.
It Is likely that .Mayor Swift of Chi
cago will follow the example of .New
York's mayor and appoint two or three
women as members of the Board of
Education.
The recently Issued senior class Ixiok
of Yale gives the average expense of
the students at $IJ2 for the freshman
year, $'.I4.'I for the sophomore, 8!i2 for
the junior and 11,032 for the senior.
This Is an average of $18 or 82o per
week for the college year of atiout
thirty-five weeks.
Alsiut twenty years ago Willlnm
Henry Hiuehart, the American sculp
tor, left a legacy to the Pea body In
stitute of Baltimore that now amounts
to alout f 100,000. The trustees of the
institute have determined to use this
fund for the establishment of a school
of sculpture In connection with the in
stitute. The universities of Glasgow and
Edinburgh re)Krt decreased attendance
In recent years. Only a few years ago
Glasgow had more than 2,000 students,
but now lias only 1,(171. Edinburgh,
heretofore, never had fewer than .lono,
but now only has 2.049. On the other
hand the number of women students
has steadily, Increased, Edinburgh In
the last term reporting 140 and Glas
gow 205. .
Only a few days ago It was an
nounced that a gift of over $.kk),(kjo had
been made to the University of Petik
sylvanla by the late E. A. W. Hunter,
to become available Uon the dea,th of
his widow and daughter. Now It Is
said that the provost of the university
has given $o00,0ti In honor of ba
father. This Is Indeed a day of geiier
ous benefactions to educational lustl.
tutlous.