X lirt trouble with domestic help
left her practically helpless save
for the aid offered by her husband,
gladly aci-ej, ted his service and allowed
him to no to market with a feeling of
security which was raiher marred
when the result of his shopping had ar
rived, and the kitchen and refrigerator
combined were Inadequate to accommo
date the generous supplies tin- kind
hearted but misguided man had sent
home. The writer, w ho chanced in just
as a very bewildered young woman
was imploring the butcher to take back
at leas; .me pair of chickens and the
grocer hifd consented to depart with
four out of the six boxes of berries or
dered ,y the husband, was greeted by a
Woebegone, 'Oh, what shall I do with
all ibis stuff?" ami from that the con
versation drifted into a serious strain,
bearing, of course, on the topic upper
most in the mind of the bewildered
housewife.
A tot generally acknowledged char
acteristic of men In their Wholesale
habit ol doing things. They have al
most no regard for smaller details of
living. Women, on the contrary, pay
scrupulous attention to little things,
leaving the larger ones to take care of
themselves. This may Imply that men
have a larger, more liberal way of
looking at things than have women, but
It does not necessarily follow that such
way is the wisest or the most econ
omical. There was the man who, when
bla wife asked him to buy her a min
ihade, brought home six. "I thought I
might Just as well get several," he said
by way of explanation. A woman once
uggesled that her husband order some
toilet soap on his way down town. The
top tdielves of nil the closets In their
home are still filled with the slowly de
creasing pile of toilet soup that he at
auce had sent home, and that was some
rears ago. "Whenever 1 come home
full of the praises of some satisfactory
purchase," said this woman, "my hus
band always says: 'Well, why didn't
You gtt more f it?' He can't utidcr
itand that one may Ilka a thing, and
yet like but little of It, according to
her need." Give a man a free foot
In shopping or marketing or "ordering,"
md you will find that, however excel
lent his taste as to quality tuny be, he
has no discrimination whatever with
respect to quantity.
Give Htrcnicth and Hrn.,t,
One of the wealthiest heiresses now
sojourning at Newport has at her home
a splendidly fitted outdoor gymnasium
In which she and her girl chums take
almost dally exercise. The place Is so
arranged that no prying eye can gaze
on the work done. The floor consists
of the smoothest possible greensward,
the care of which devolves upon a
gardener who has no olhei diities to per-
MA KINO A llhCOKIl.
form. All around the high wall sur
rounding the retreat are stacked abun
dant supplies of every conceivable gym
nastic appliance. This season the
heiress and her friends hit ire gone til
ebletly fur vaulting, I" which a number
Of them IlUVO become adepts. Among
those who have amused themselves
wKU the vaulting pole. In this select
spot are Mr, ".lack" AMtor, .Mrs. Itoyal
Phelps Carroll, Mrs. Burke Kochc and
other equally well known In eastern
society. The live daughters of Levi P.
Morton are nil clever gymnasts, as Is
also Mrs. Duncan Elliott, who. hy
means of constant outdoor cxerelscstlil
retain thi! beauty which belonged to
her as Sally Hargous. Vaulting for a
record wag indulged In a few days ago
by a party of Newport belles, married
and single. The winner was a girl well
known In million-dollar society annals,
and she wore a coatum specially got
ten tip for the occasion.
Has Agalnat Hex.
Tlie "new woman" wan unmercifully
cored lit Hlnnlnawa, Wis., in a recent
ddretw by Kev, J. M. Cleary, of Min
neapolis a prominent Catholic priest,
who will probably be appointed bishop
Mom I Fall dl.Joeee. The addresx
Of k
was made to the students of .St. Clars
Academy.
"Never since the demon drove Eve
out of I'aradise." said Mr. (ieary. "has
a more dastardly und villainous attack
been made on humanity's happiness
than is made In the name of woman's
independence, under a standard of tin
reasoning and delusive warfare. All
who watch the trend of the times iu
the camp of the loud-voiced champions
of woman's emancipation will know
that this is not overdrawn. Their the
ories have been pushed to serious ex
tremes. Their boldest defenders have
dared even to claim the unholy privi
lege of revising the inspired Word of
bid to suit their mad purposes and of
bringing into the world a woman's
Bible, prepared by woman and publish
ed by women, iu which man will be as
signed to the Inferior place for which
they claim nature Intended him. lier
banner beat's this device: "The New
Woman; Man's Inveterate Foe' Think
of that! This means, if 11 is carried
out, war iu every household. Sex
against sex."
Famous Women of Litters.
Mrs. Oliplmnt.
Mrs. burton Harrison.
Mrs. Hurverford.
Margaret Dj and.
Ir. I'urkhumt on Karly Marriages.
It Is closely iu keeping with the whole
train of argument to say a word In re
gard to early marriages, writes the
Uev. Charles II. Park hurst, I). I)., in an
article on "The Safeguards of Mar
riage," in the Ladles' Home Journal.
That Is the natural order of events.
Divine Intention scents quite distinct
upon the matter. Such marriages when
properly consummated are a means of
personal establishment and security to
the parties Implicated. For a young
mau or a young woman to be whole
somely married Is the next step to be
ing regenerated. To lie. out of that
condition Is counter to nature, ami to
disregard nature subjects to all kinds
of exposure. It Is sometimes forgotten
that nature's arrangement and Inten
tions are In Uie nature of a divine ordi
nance, which may be of the same an
thorltatlvettoss as though drafted lit
erally and included in the decalogue.
Patents Issued to Women,
The New York Times has been inves
tigatiug at Washington the patents Is
sued to American women, and Muds
them to number 5,i;tH. The negro
woman Is also appear, ug on the list. A
recent, patent Issued to a dusky daugh
ter of the South for a self-waiting table
shows great ingenuity of construction.
A movable circular portion of the table,
supported on rollers, Is mounted on a
central pivot, so as to admit of Its being
tunic J. Articles of food are placed
upon litis rotary section, so that a per
son wanting anything from ilie oppo
site side of the table has oiu,;- to turn
the central section to bring It within
easy reach.
What Mnri Kxpet'f of n Wife,
A man expects his wife to be belter
than he, writes Mrs. Iturtou Kings
land In the I-adies' Home Journal. No
matter how little religion a man may
have himself his Ideal wife Is always a
woman with the purity of soul that only
a Christian can have; and to a good
man It Is usually part of Ids religion to
believe that his wife Is morally higher
and nobler than himself.
Won First I'rlsee.
rn Boiton competition this foot w
declared perfect.
The duke of Hamilton'! only datigh
ter, 11 years of age, Inherit a fortune
of $1100,000 a year
ft X' J V .
BAD SCHOOL HOOKS.
CHILDREN'S f YES AFFECTED EY
POCR PRINT.
li-form Dcniau led iu Kxistins
t of Orudin -jrov li of College
Orutorjr uud Orutora in the Veat
bchool and College Note.
fet-Bult of Ki-icnt Inve.tUatioi:.
The result of the investigation con
ducted by a professor iu iale college
regarding the effect t small print text
books on the eyesight of pupils awak
ened interest in a matter of grave coii
teru to parents. It was shown that iu
a large majority of individual tests the
text books in common use were injuri
ous to the eyes ot the young, while
some of the books were printed from
type thai would unduly strain the eye
sight of grown persons. As a clincher
to his argument the professor proved
by statistics that the use of glasses by
school children is markedly ,m the in
crease. 1 he subjec t is one that should
arouse among parents a strong, persist
ent demand for reform as will obviate
the dangers so dearly shown. Defec
tive eyesight is an atllinion not only
of a lifetime, but extends through gen
eratlons. This has lieen proven by
tesis recently conducted in tin- public
schools of Toronto. Over olio children
between the ages of 7 and 17 were sub
jected to rapid individual sight tests.
Tlie examin.il ion revealed some Inter
esting facia concerning tin- prevalence
of defective vision among Juveniles.
Ou: of th,. .mm i children examined
fifty, or 10 per cent, of the whole, were
found to possess marked defective
sight. Of these fifty, thirty-five were
gil ls and fitieen were young boys. The
doctor said iliat the x-ii entage would
have been higher had the children been
those of professional men or students
rat iter than of business ne,.,.i i
many Instances eyesight, is permanent
ly Injured by straining the muscles of
the eye. The doctor says that no child
should be allowed to get too close to
his work, while printed matter and
writing should always be from fourteen
to eighteen Inches from the eye of the
child. I "ale yellow and pearl gray are
the colors least trying to the eye, and
Philosophy,
hchoo.mastcr Why did you not tell me this before, Jones, minor? I er throws a
Hogged " 8U"J,,ct- Vou ftre !10W at liberty-ex to outsider yourself er not
Hhotild be used as much as possible in
the materials with which children
work.
Only ten of the .MX) children exam
Ined were entirely color blind, but in
nearly 2." jkt rem. the sense was prov
ed markedly deficient. The color test
was a very simple one. From a light
wooden rod hung a fringe of small
skeins of wool, the colors being ar
ranged In a certain order-greens min
gled with fawn shades, pinks with
blues, and reds with yellows. A knot of
green was placed in the child's band
and he was told to throw over the roil
my similar color he discovered among
'he fringe of skeins. Where the sense
of color was acute the greens were in
stantly selected; where It was feeble
much hesitancy and searchiinr were dis
played,
In cases where the sense was mark
edly deficient fawns and greens were
mingled, blues were pronounced identi
cal with pinks, and no attempt was
made to distinguish between yellows
and reds. The child In whom the color
sense was wanting chose every color
lu turn. In no Instance was the child
Aware of his defect, the deficiency up-
I)..,.-.,,,,, uoi uavuig come under the m,
tlce of Its parents.
In view of these facts. It becomes the
duty of parents and school managers
to Insist on such changes as will cui.vk
and ultimately prevent Injury to the
eyes of children in the schools.
CollCBC Oratory In the Went.
For tw niy-tive years tlie ruling pas-
iou of the western college student has
been the passion for oratory. Ku far
as we are aware, says the itevlew of
Reviews, uo one has ever attempted a
general estimate of the causes or the
results of this unexampled devotion on
the part of at least a hundred student
communities through the entire period
since the war lo the art of public ad
dress. But to deu;. the fact itself would
be to confess total Ignorance of all the
springs mid motives of the life that
ha long dominated the undergraduate
groups from Ohio to Colorado. To
ome extent this ardent student passion
for proficiency in public speaking has
been encouraged by the college authori
ties. Hut for the most part it has been
neither encouraged nor recognized by
the faculties of Instruction. Like col
lego athletic In ftie east, the cause of
college oratory In the west ha been
promoted by the unofficial co-operation
of the students themselves, with the
tolerance rather than the full approba
tion of teachers who have been Jealous
nt anvthlntr HiM threatened In wonkwn
lit to class risitt.
.rk.
I I shoulder or the
Nrcs detit or pre
ot eve-v western
fessors. tiie students
college have persisled iu jttac-!i'U- all
enormous iiiiiiortatn-e to ihet- ,eli'-Ji
ret ted, self-taught, co-operative schnob
of debating and oratory. The so-called
literary societies of the western colleges
are iu fact for the most part training
M-hooU in the art of public speaking.
The extemporaneous debate, c,irH m)
on under the strictest possible parlia
mentary discipline, has always bis-n
I the favorite exercise of the literary to
j cleties. Most colleges have several
oi iiiese associations, which compete
with each other for the acquisition of
the brightest of the new lads ai tl e
opening of the year. The student who
does not join one or another yt( the so
cleties is a very exceptional fellow; and
the older members consider u their
loyal and brotherly duty to help every
new member, no matter how timiu and
tongue tied he may be at first, to ac
quire the art of expressing himself i
the reseii-e of an audience with So.i.e
degree of freedom and confidence.
It docs not follow that all western
students become orators; but it certain
ly does come to pass that practically all
of them acquire the ability lo i,t,ii,d
upon their feet in a public place and
say anything that they may have occa
sion to say with directness and without
undue embarrassment or confusion of
manner.
Li. i
Dr. D, ,'
sity of J;
gradual
School i, '
In our , .
s the I'uhlic Schools,
i r, president of the i'niver
i.ois, in his address to the
if the Indiana State Normal
'e.-re Haute, said In part:
iiiblic there is one institution
which
towers above all others and
was not created; it has grown.
w Inch was not created; it
It is ooeif lo all, free from Intolerance,
providing an equipment for any liveli
hood. It Is the great free schisil sys
tem of the country, with Its lic.vxxi
teachers. Its l.'i.ijiin.tKX) children, and
costing SHo.iHXt.fxHj annually. It is
at once the best exemplification and
the best inspiration of American char
acter, it Is the capstone of our temple
and It holds the place of honor nearest
the (lag. We are accustomed to say
that the teacher makes the school and
we say rightly. In the plan of the old
education the school was a place of
detention, the work was only routine,
and the teacher was the embodiment
of force. In the plan of the new educa
tion the school is a workshop; the
teacher is a helper; all are to do orig
inal work together. More than one
school has been borne down by too
much profundity, administered with
too miicli solemnity.
Wluit They Study at Yale.
An interesting table has been pre-
I pared showing tlie hours or instruction
devoted to different studies by the class
: of lMMi In the academic department of
j Vale (which will graduate next year,
tint whose schedule of electives is now
made out), and Ihe class of bSil2, which
graduated as '!Mi entered. From this It
appears that the classics still lead; In
deed, they make nearly one-fourth of
the work of lSbii, but they were as
much above a quarter for lN'.IU as they
arc below It for l.s!tii. Furopean lan
guages are practically in the same ratio
for the two classes. Mathematics take
a tiotewoiih.v and comforting drop from
H.N per cent to !I.S and from second
place to lifth. r.ilitical science ad
vances from 7.U t. i.h and Fngllsh hap
pily moves up from to 1').!). History
gains, too.
Following is the schedule In detail:
1S!K1. isirj
Studies. l'eret. l'erel.
Ancient languages. .
F.nropean languages
History
Kiikiish
Miithemastics
, ...2.'U
. . . . H.2
.. .12.2
.. . .l'l.'l
. ... !1,H
... !1.S
S.fi
, . . s:a
... 1.N
... II..-,
... 0.2
27.1
U.D
!).!
s.r,
1 I.X
7.)i
K.a
K7
0.8
Political science
Philosophy
Natural science
Biblical liter it ore
Art
Military science.
Music
Physical culture
0.2
0.1
Boanoke college In Virginia seems
likely to become tlie educational head
quarters of ('oreiins In this country,
Surh Beting Kin of Seoul has been a
successful student at Uoanoke since
January of last year and now Mining
Hyen Mo has arrived at the college to
study Kngllsh, preparatory to matricu
lating as a student next autumn. This
college has had Choctaw students for
Rome twenty-live years and a few years
ago enrolled among Ita students three
young Japanese, sons of members of
the Imperial privy council.
No phase of the growth of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania has been so strik
ing as the number of new buildings.
Within the last five years Ave new
buildings have risen on the college cam-
i the aileghnce f sio.j.
drill or i.ilMifnior.v v
j Vet ili spite of the -i,
I acme opposition of
ALL ABOUT TIIE Fa 1121
SUBJECTS INTERESTING TO
RURAL READERS.
Derice for Removing Uacka and Was
on Beds Arrangement for Winding
Barbed Wire-Cheajj, Portable Pout
try Fence Farm and UarJeu .Note.
A L'aeful Contrivance.
The accompanying illustrations, from
the American Agriculturist, represent
contrivance
by which heavy racks
and wagon beds
can be taken off
and fin without
much difficulty. Iu
Fig. 1 the uprights,
a a. are 4x fxs tim
bers. Tlie cross-
C w o
pieces, b b. are one
inch boards. The
crank, c, is frni an
old self-bin. lor. The
tiottkft-s Ht the too
ft are secured by a 12-
inch bolt, which al
so bears a pulley.
At the bottom the
uprights are 2.
feet apart. The
rope may lie of any
rK. j. convenient siy.e.anu
the hook should have an opening of 2'
inches. Drive an old bolt into tlie low
er end of each upright, so that the
frame will aland secure. Now set four
posis, f Fjg. o, y fPci apart each way,
nail strips of boards, e, on each side at
the top, to keep the crosspieces iu place
When you want to unload or load the
rack, drive or back in between tho
posts. Mock the hind wheels, set the
pulley frame directly behind tlie wag
on. fasten the hook to the hind cross
piece of the rack, and with the crank
hoist if high enough so that the cross
piece, d, can be put In place. Do the
same with the front end, and you will
have your rack high and dry. In load
ing hoist only high enough to pull out
the crosKpieee, then let the rack down
on the wagou only one end at a time.
The posts must be of sufficient height
to permit of the wagon with the rack
on Ixdng driven underneath the cross
pieces. The rack should be kept under
shed or shelter and will then be In ser
vice for several seasons' usefulness.
Anyone handy with tools can easily
construct such a device, the use of
which will goon save enough time and
hard work to pay for Itself.
To Grow the Largest Melon.
The Watermelon Bulletin glvea the
following directions for growing the
largest melon; Select your hill or hills
that you want to try for largest melons
In your deepest and clearest sand, that
has been well fertilized to begin with,
not allowing more than two plants to
the hill; one Is better. Now perforate
the ground with holes, such as a broom
handle would make, from near the hill
to three and four feet in circumference;
then with a liquid fertilizer from stable
orcowpen. fill In these perforations, rake
the surface and repeat once or twice
dining the progress of vines, to cover
ground. Give for your largest, melons
the form, or young melons, with the
largest and stockiest stem, as Indicat
ing Its capacity to draw on tlie parent
vine.
For RolllriK Wnrbed Wire.
The illustration represents a very
dimple and convenient method for tak
ing up and winding barbed wire. It is
made simply by driving two forked
slicks Into the ground, ro that, the
forks will 'be three feet above the sur
face. In these forks lay a stick two
and one-half Inches In diameter, and
BAIUIED WI1IK WINDLASS.
on one end of this stick fasten a culti
vator wheel. Attach the wire to the
stick, ami by simply turning the wheel
It can be secured In a compact roll. If
a device of this kind is arranged on a
frame rind placed on wheels, the wire
can be quickly rolled up. By attaching
to t In- loose end and turning the culti
vator wheel the machine will be pulled
along as the wire is taken up, and the
work Is done very satisfactorily. Or
ange J iiild Farmer.
lo Not Thresh Barley at Once.
A urewur of Petersboro, (int., sends
tills word to barley growers: "When
you cut your barley dou't thresh It out
at once, but let it slay In the stack or j
mow for a mouth before llireshlng to I
sweat. This sweating is a chem.'cal
process which greatly Improves batiej
for malting purposes. Barley threshed
as soon as cut never nialta well. Bar
ley Is better for being cut slightly green
and alowed to stand in the field until
dry enough for housing."
Dry Bordeaux Powder.
Kor some years a dry powder similar
to bordeaux mix lut e, that Is, consisting
of copper, sulphate, and lime, has been
on the market under the name of Da
vid's power. In 1S87 It was hesitating-
1
fiT
" ' tKO
H
FIO. 2.
ly recommended by the Department of
Agriculture for tiie use of potatoes. It
has, however, been entirely superseded
by Bordeaux mixture, since the latter
i more economical, adheres better to
the foliage, and, according to the expe
rience of most growers, says the Con
liectieut Experiment Station, is easier
to use.
Fitting a Home Collar.
How properly to adjust the collar of
a horse, says the Agriculturist, is a
knowledge that all men do not possess,
and many disagree on Imjtortaut mat
ters. Some men keep the inner surface
of tlie collar soft and pliable Every
time the collar is put on it is pressed
and puuimeled until it is soft. Others,
equally as good farmers, never soften
the wearing surface of the horse's col
lar, but simply rub off the accumulated
hair and dandruff. The latter plan la
most practiced. The wearing surfaces
of ox yokes are as hard as seasoned
wood can make them. Iu purchasing a
horse collar take the horse with you
and have the collar titled. A short col
lar will choke the animal and cause dis
tress. If a tiilie too long It will do no
harm if raised up at the bottom by put
ting a pad under al the top. The liatnes
should always be buckled close and fit
ted snugly at the collar, t'siug tlie cob
iar on other horses runs the fit
Portable Poultry Fence.
Poultry fence making is often consid
ered a great task and therefore many
choice specimens are practically spoil
ed for breeding purposes. For letta
ble fence construction as shown below,
take a piece lx(i inches and ,'i feet long
PORTABLE, BECl'KE AND CHEAP.
and another piece 1x3 inches and of
Hufliclcut length to reach from ground
to top of upper rail of panel. Nail these
pieces together at right angles and a
support is made. Drive a 30-penny
spike nail Into the edge of the upright
deep enough to hold firmly and bend up
ward to form a hook on which to haug
the panel. Drive tlie spike so that when,
each section rests on It the pickets will
clear the ground. The pickets or panel
may consist of lath nailed to light
scantling. By the use of this fence,
you can regulate the size of tlie yard
and if no fence is wanted, it can b
taken apart and stored under shelter.
A. F. Whltright, in Farm and Home.
Intelligent Breeding.
The animals Intended especially for
breeding purposes should be fed in a
manner different from those that ar
being fatted for market. A very fat
animal Is not suitable for breeding, and
many valuable mares, cows, sows and
ewes that are very high in flesh either
die In giving birth to their young or
fail to produce vigorous offspring. Th
many cases of milk fever which occur
among cows and ewes may often be
traced to the use of too much concen
trated food and a lack of judgment In
feeding. j
Cultivation of Corn. 1
Practically without exception the ex
periments conducted iu a dozen States,
by practical men with scientific accu
racy, have given results In favor of the
shallow cultivation of corn as com
pared with deep cultivation. In every
case cutting the roots of the corn re
duced the yield. The best results are
got by a thorough preparation of the
ground before planting, and after that
stirring tlie ground to a depth of only
two or three Inches enough to break up
the crust that sun and showers form
on the surface and to root out tlie
weeds.
A;rlctiltnral Notes.
Improved farming improves the farm.
Don't fall to make that damp cellar
dry.
Keep air-slacked lime 'x your coops
and about, your houses.
One advantage witi fecks Is that If
they are properly UA they are rarely
sick.
Turnips and potatoes are best fed by
boiling and mixing with wheat bran.
The best results are obtained when
not more than 100 fowls are kept on an
acre of ground.
For egg production there can be no
mistake In selecting either tlie Leg
horns, MInorcns or Anemias.
One advantage with sheep is that
they will pick up a good living In places
where cuttle would nearly starve.
Vou are liable to Infect sound trees
by using on them a knife with which
you have cut out diseased wood.
It is difficult to decide which is the
best strawberry. A variety that suc
ceeds finely In one locality may be a
failure In another.
When plants are set in the ground
great care should be taken about water
ing. In the vast majority of cases
evening Is the best time.
Chopped raw onions given to the
fowls two or three times a week act
as a stimulant to the blood and an
appetizer. They will do no harm at
any time.
The health of a horse depends on
the soundness and proper adjustment
of his teeth. They are the millstone
that grind his food, and frequently need
attention.
Good cows, well cared for, and their
butter product well made and Judi
ciously marketed and all the by-product
used to the best advantage com
prise one of the most profltabU
branchen of all our agriculture.
When ireat production of any kind
Is profitable, mutton production must
be. The sheep Is a double source of
Income, and to produce a pound of
mutton certainly cost no more than to
produce a pound of any other meat.