The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, August 01, 1895, Image 6
', , 'V - if- f. TMC BEST OF LIFE. Not till life's heat is cooM. Tbe headlong rush slow tsi tu t ipiiet l"i", And every purbli'id passiou that has ruled Our oiier years, it lea hi Spun os in Taiu. aud. wetry of the rare. Ws tip do more who loses or woo win Ah! not till all the best of life seems past The best of life begin. To toil ful uaj fame, Hftnd"l.(ing, and the tickle guests of pra iae. For pia.v or power or gold to gild a naine Abflre the nif whereto All path will bring na, ere to lose our day. We, on whose ear youth's pas-ung bell has tolled, '2, la bluv:nB bubbles, even a ohildren do, Forgetting we grow ld. But the world widens when Such hope of triral gain that ruled ua lie Broken among our childhood's toy, for then We win to self-control! And mail ourselves in manhood, and '.here rise Upon ii fn.ra the vast aod winilet.s hemht Thoae i lenrer thought that fire unto the bulll What stars are to the night. The Spectator. CHAPTER I. Three steely wreaths of smoke from three dual's floated toward the park. The night was calm, with scarce breath of air to net the tree tops nod ding No one thought to Jar uion the still ness of the sceue by uttering his thought aloud. Besides there was no need of speech; they were friends, and, being friends, smoked on In peace, helping by their presence the unfolding of each other's. dreams. But the spell was broken at last. The jwarai coloring of Lewis Forbes' dream had vanished into a grayness of va cancy. He rose, and by his motion disturbed hlg guests. The three men rose and shook them selves free of the last remains of w hat they had Just tried to conjure up agabi before them. The heat from the fire began to make them more sociable, and they lalked on all sorts of topics, their conversation taking on a wide range, from the new est book on conveyancing to the latent opera. At last the talk came In nearer cir cles and assumed a more personal In terest. "I suppose you are both going to the Hansotue dance next week?" suggest ed Le wis Forbes, the host "Perhaps; I know guile kuuiv yet," replied his friend Spencer, In a tone of the least possible concern. "I dare say I shall go." drawled Ca rew. Who could have connected these al most careless replies with Agues Ran some's bew itching eyes and cherry lips, whose unsubstantial Image tliey had been kissing in their counterfeit of passion? Each slowly took from his pocket a delicately-tinted envelope, from which he drew a letter. A glance sufficed to show that the contents of all three, were the same. The truth flashed upon them, lighting up for thcin the ludicrous side of the matter. To do them credit, they tried to be angry, but, despite themselves, they burst into a roar of laughter. When they had finished they consol ed themselves by calling the lady a flirt, accepting their Infatuation as a fact too real to be displaced by rea son. Forbes was the first to suggest that they should discuss the matter in all Its ben rings. "What is the good of that?" asked Carew. "To arrive at some understanding," was the reply. "Well, but after all," Insisted his friend, "the best man will win." "Yes or the first," was the rejoinder. They sat for a long time propound ing solutions of the difficulty. All kinds of devices were mentioned to ascertain the lady's feelings on the subject. At last Spen.-er wag seized with a happy idea. "Lot us all propose together," he ex claimed. They looked at hlin In surprise. "AH togPther?" they echoed. "Yes." he explained, "w hy should we not all three call on her, or, perhaps, writing would bp less embarrassing. They wit a while and pondered, tills Idc objections that were not objec tion, filially they set themselves se riously to think out the details. CHAPTER II. Acne Rausome, like a bee among the heather, hoveling over the purple Delia, was In her boudoir turning over with dainty fingers the books and pret r thine ta left the mirror and lay on the Before the Are, too Indolent al- 1 to thin. Os ksMl not lain long before a gestfe aa vu aanounced, and ft was evl Cast If bar eager aod lovlag welcome ' that fhev were more than friend. Thli- was bis flrt visit after his acccpmuce. and as yet he was still only a friend of the family. They were still talking -now about themselves when the maid brought her mistress a letter. She read It and very demurely Land ed It to her lover, but before he had half got through it she broke into a peal of laughter. "Wnat answer shall I give, dear?" "Well. I think you had better tell the truth," he replied. "Tell the truth V she asked, repeat ing his words. "Yes. that you haven't any prefer ence." "uli, but suppose I have?" she re joined archly. A kiss was her only reply. This was the letter which caused her such amusement: "Icar Miss Kansome: We, the unde signed, having the honor to make you a somewhat curious request Each ot us aspires to the honor of your hand, and. being dear friends, we cannot. In the light of this knowledge, set our own fancied individual claims before those of each other We pledge ourselves to abide by any decision at which It may please you to arrive. Hoping that you w ill find it possible to help us, aud that you will pardon what may appear im pertinence, we have the honor to re main, your most devoted admirers, 'i.KWIS FOIiHKS. 'IHoilSli'MF.il, "WILLIS CAREW." They discussed the wording of the re- j ply. and decided to couch it In surh a form that no mention should be made of the engagement, while no Iir.ct nc j ceptance of the proposal contained in this note should be given. j Agnes suggested that Jack should, call on !'.r!ws that same evening, shrewdly guessing that the friends would meet at his lodgings In eager ex pectation of the reply. CHAPTER III. It seemed a though the clock woulo never strike 4. Would the court never rise, that pKir juniors might doff their wig and stuff gown and hasten away westward? But Lewis Forbes got home nt last, eager for a letter that he hoped to Cii.t But when he found It he did not open It, but, with his mind In a ferment, waited for dinner and the arrival of bis friends, who were to dine with him. They arrived together, and both In quired: "Where is It?" They arranged themselves around the table. In the middle of which lay the precious envelope. "Opeu It," suggested Carew. Spencer nodded approval. "(ientlemen: I thank you most sin cerely for the honor you propose to cou. fer upon me. I much regret that I can not help you out of your difficulty by IMTsoiial preference. Would not such a case be better left to pure chance? A pack of cards might work out a so lution. Thanking you once wore mos sincerely, and awaiting the result with some anxiety, I remain. Yours very truly, AGNES RANSOMR." He finished, and set a pack of cards on the table without speaking word. They shuffled them still in silence. Forties was the first to break it. "Yon see, cutting for the highest or lowest card is one of the crudest of methods. Iet us play vingt-et-un, the first to turn up a natural to be the lucky mail." They agreed, and the deal fell to Forbes. Iiay began and went on round after round, but still no "natural" turned up. Every other combination in the pack was dealt except a "natural." A visitor was announced to relieve the monotony. He proved to be Mill- man, who, true to bin proposal of ;bei morning, had called and found things as he had anticipated. "We won't keep you a moment," urg ed Forbes. "We are only waiting tr,r a natural." CHAPTER IV. Another round was being d."alr; each one had a card. Millman, looking on saw the light In Spencer's eyes; glanc ing at Carew he was surprised to -e his mouth twitching nervously. Both evidently had a good card. Forbes dealt each a second. - "XaturaU" eame from both smltil taneously, as they started up frtn the table. Forbes looked at his own cards, rath er from curiosity than anything else. "Natural r he shouted, his fac aglow with excitement. "But." Insisted Spencer, "you forget the agreement was the winner should ! be the man who turned up a natural ' first" "Yes," objected Forbes, "but surely we must keep the rule of the game. If the dealer gets a natural it cancels any others. The rule Is, as you know, 'Quits pay the dealer.' " "But don't you see," argued bis friend, "that this Is not a regular game?" "Appeal to Millman," suggested Ca rew, himself uncertain whether to ad vance his own claim or not Forbes undertook the task, and after putting him In possession of fhe lead ing facts, concluded by saying: "Now, who do you think Is entitled to propose to Miss Rflnsome?" Jack appeared for a tuomeut to be deep In thought At last he said, very slowly: "There Is dhe way out of the diffi culty " "Yesr "I will safe yon the trouble. I will marry Mlaa Kansome myself." "Oh, bat It's no laughing matter,' protested Forbes, giving utterance to the feelings of bis friend a weU. "Of course not," assented the umpire; "but It solves the difficulty, doesn't tt? I Besides, " he added. "It's easier for me I I n engaged ta bar." SOME people may think It the eaalest thing In the world to write a letter, but graceful lettur-wrtt-ing Is an art; and It Is an uudeulabla fact that, notwithstanding the suierior educational advantages of the present time, comparatively few women of the period can write a well-expressed note. The construction Is apt to be awkward, aud the whole production lacking In that Indescribable stamp of culture which the note of a well bred woman ought to posses. It Is bard to say Just how this state of affairs has been brought alwuf, for certainly this most essential part of a young woman's education has of late been apparently neglected. Thirty or more years ago note writing was an accomplishment; to be sure, the diction was then somewhat labored and the style verbose, but every well-educated woman uuderlood the art of writing letters and notes. It may be that the higher branches of education are to day deemed of more imKirtanee. and l hat the stud'-ufs time is Vu) engrossed with them to attend to what may be termed the purely womanly accom plishments, in these days.' when two or three hastily written pages take the place of the old fashioned six or eight pages, note-writing should reach a state of perflation; aiol It is to N- Imped that teachers and parents will become conscious of i his need In modern edu cation, and that the next generation of girls will be proficient In It Facility of expression and readiness of diction should receive particular at tention In a school couise, and practice notes on every conceivable sublect should be fre;u.-ntly written. I,et more attention he paid to composition and less to the modishness of the hand writing. I't that be naiural; It mat ters little w hether the style be angular, round, large or small, so long as It be legible. If there are any who doubt that note-writing Is a lost art let hftn New Htyles in look over a dozen or more notes of in vitation, regrets and acceptances writ ten by debutantes snd the average so ciety woman. They are for the most part lxse aud crude. Verlmslty Is tire some, but It Is preferable to brevity that amounts to curtuess. An abb! rhetorician once said: 'if you have not time enough to write a letter or Invi tation correctly ilo not write it at all." Higher education lias !ts great advan tages, but young women wrote belter notes In tin- days of less pretentious home traiuing aud governesses. On came they, tbe loveliest throng In tbe world, Their banner of faith and allegiance unfurled. Bent low every knee, upraised every eye To their star of deliverance far up la the sky. American Wheelman. Farmers and The'r Wives. There Is no question that some farm ers' wives have a hard time. I am not speaking of farmers wives as a class. They not only have to do all the house hold work, which Is often too much for one woman to perform, but quite fre quently too much outdoor and barn work. I say the farmer should take a great deal better care of his wife than of his team. I am not sure that he always does. There Is one thing the husband can do If he la poor, and that la to be kind and affectionate to his wife, says a writer In the Mlror and Farmer, for even If she hat to work hard the work will aeem lighter If she knowa It la appreciated, and that her husband still lares and appreciates Tbe Wheeling: Women. HBP ( ier. The farner should b- courteous tu bis wife, yet some are fsr from being so. you would think. If you could hear tbem talk tu liiitlr wives aud scold them. They don't appreciate what they ' do for tii e ui and for their comfort i When going to your worn for the uay. wou't a kiss, a loving sinlie or a few affectionate words cause her to have ! better spirits all the time she Is alone, j aud wou't she be glad to see you when your work is done? I think so. It is I well worth trying. Let us try to make life more cheerful and happy for our wives. Tbeu we shall And more en joyment aud protlt In farm life and farming. There Is no place where kindness aud gentle words pay as welt as In home life. The farmer should be kind aud gentle with all of his stock, but his wife claims more and should receive It. Won't she appreciate It. though! Tbe Wide Palrt Ma ".!. Our pr i .vers have been -wer-d! j Tbe heavy, widely-distended ski -j will very soon be u thing of the piit I They are an abomination and on never to have been allowed to lieco"!. ; fashionable. Why. It would take fo'T ' hands to manipulate the folds In h" a way as to keep l!ie skirt out of t'i dust, and when n woman tries to ac complish the task with two her ;uip its soon forgotten in her cramp -1 tio ' gers, and she g-vi- it up in il. -;.i: . How anything so lolally unlit t ! worn III the street ever Ix-cnme a f.'isli l Ion Is a mystery to evei ione. except. jierrmps. those who manufacture the 1 hair-cloth. But physicians have de ; notinced the heavy linings as Injurious I to health, and this, with the gixxl sense of long-suffering mid heroic womcf J who have patiently tried to endure th ' burden for fashion's sake, has hrough atsuit a decided reBHlon against the and the heavy skirt must go. Flrat of Her Hea to C.et the Office, Miss feline (!ray. of (Juthrle, o:. has the honor of being the first womii- Rattling Uree. appointed as a Culled States Commis sioner. In business circles it is well known that Miss Cray is in every wa capable. IOr4c Spotted esprit net in both black and white Is used for neck ruffles. Skirts remain straight and round, with godet and organ pipe barks. The newest materials for costumes are alpaca and bareges of the old kind revived. iJouble-breasted traveling capes when opened aud thrown back reveal revels of velvet or corded silk. A fetching cotton fabric, showing fancy stripes ou dark and light blue grounds, is known as marine twill. The general revival of wash material for gowns will be an Interesting phase of the summer world of fashion. All bouffant effects should lie left en tirely to the thiu woman, who iie-ii-them aud can wear them wlih good iv suits. Patent -leather shoes, with blue' stockings aud tan shoes with stocking to match, are the relgulug styles of li: season. Hats of combhiatlou straw and sat. braid are trimmed with bauds snd r;, settes or standing bows of the sani pliable fancy braid. Tall wouieu may wear long cape with good results, but those -who an short or of medium height should wo-: tbem much shorter. Oardeu data for the coming sumiui : are better named than ever, since ot top and sides Is a horticultural dis play marvelous to look upon. Lnce on tlie stylish shoulder cape. by means of stiff linings Is made to stand out after fhe manner of quills upon an offended porcupine. White duck suits are to continue in vogue, but not tbe cheap, domestic duck. Tbe material that comes over the sea will have the preference. New silk waists of Rob Roy plii.ldert taffeta silk are made with plaited fronts, bias yoke bucks, full elbow sleeves, and velvet stork collar. A recent Imported French grass cloth Is msde over a china rose silk, the In tense glowing hue of the lining giving the entire gown roseate tint mm NEWS OF FMYUTIOX REMARKABLE GROWTH OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL. A Woman Wins lb Degree of Bachelor of t-clence la Civil Knliier ring -Mno j College la Thi Counti-jr-Fads in tbe He boo a. Where Teacher 1 rain. The uuiu.t achool idea has spread iu .. ' Hi-a with amazing rapidity of late, . : .ustltutes" and "summer assemblies," uprluging up In all parts of the country. Chautauqua leads tn pup uiarlty, though the school at Martha s Vineyard enjoys the distinction of be ing the oldest aud broadest in its meth ods. Tbe tirst summer school ever founded was that Inaugurated by the eminent naturalist. Prof. Agassi., on l'euikese. island, the neighbor of Mar tha's Vineyard. Tbe Chautauijua school of pedagogy was last season placed in charge of the president of the Teachers' College of New York. Wal ter L. Heivey. Ph. I). He will agaiu be lis deau tills season. With an able corps of asslsiauia, principally profes sors and Instructors from the Teat b ers' College, be puts Into practice the methods of leaching adopted ut that institution, tlie finest of its kind In ex istence. i The Chautauqua School of Pedagagy, know u as the Teachers' Retreat, ofters for courses designed to meet the needs of teachers in elementary aud secondary echoods, In normal aud traiu ing schools, aud of school ptiuclpuls. .ecu departments are open psychol ogy aud pedagogy, methods of teaching L iglish literature aud composition, ua Hi re study aud primary methods, Im.i- auy and geology, exiieriiiu-ut.il science, form, drawing und color aud expris slon. In a number of the courses laboratory and Held work are included, and In all the courses opportunity Is given for definite work toward a well-deflutd aim. A progressive course covering three years, supplemented by detiiiito reading and study to be done Iwiweeii times with suitable tests, lead to ihe Chautauqua teacher's certificat?. The number and variety of tbe courses en able the students of the ietiv.it' to re turn year after year without duplicat ing their work. The observation classes are an Important and Interesting fea ture. These. uuinber as pupils the lit th; sons aud daughters of the summer cottagers, who are taught by Mierettvat professors that the student teachers may learn the practical ways of apply lug their theoretical knowledge of In struction. At Martha's Vineyard the summer Institute offers additional in ducements for the training of teachers this coining season, including Instruc tion In all grades, from the kiadergar ten and primary through tlie regular college course. A presentation is made of the most practical and philosophies! methods of teaching. Besides these two leading summer schools which are offering special de partments In pedagogy, others younger, but promising, are being formed in many and widely separated localities. Some are State schools, as the Connec ticut one, and that at" Plymouth. N". IL, which is the only free one iu the coun try. The National Summer School at (ilens Falls, X. Y., Is doing good work, while the Virginia one U on the same plan as the Institute at Martha's Vine yard. The new school at Arm Arbot, In connection with the University of Michigan, has a college of pedagogy. At the Agricultural College, at Lan sing, Mich., whose botanical gardens are noted, the summer students camp out Harvard University has Its sum mer school at Cambridge, Mass. Even New Jersey lays claim to one, tlie Ava lon Summer Assembly, at Avalou, in eluding a school of forestry, while, tlie Brooklyn Institute has opened a sum mer school at Cold Springs, Loug Isl and. Our College. The general Impression produced by the commencement day reports from all over the couutry, says the New York World, is that we have a great many colleges In this couutry, aud that they are turuiug out a great many graduates. Tbe Impression Is not er roneous. Tbe increase lu the resources of utgher education In the United States during the last thirty years Is one of the most prominent features of our national development. While the other nations of the civilized world have beeu standing still or at best moving slowly In the matter of college growth, we have passed them with a rush, until we now head the list In tbe number of colleges, the number of students and the amount of endowment devoted to this worthy object. Not only Is this growth highly credit able to the educational spirit of the age. but there Is one feature of it which distinguishes It from the col legiate history of Europe and which is worthy of special attention. This Is the fact that while we have quite a number of well endowed and thriving State tiulverslllos. the larger number of our colleges and the grestpr endow ments represent the voluntary gifts of the private friends of education. This Is true of no other country. Nowhere else Is wealth so generous aud so Judi cious In Its beslowal of bounty. The endowments given to colleges by citi zens of the United States In the past thirty years far exceed In amount all that baa been given for the same pur pose by all the rich men in all the great countries of the world In all his tory. Nothing like It has ever been seen. With such an origin and such a his tory our colleges must be typical and genuine American institutions. Their foundations must be deep down In our national life,- their strength Is a part of the strength of tiie nation, and ,r' !6 ,h,,r er1' rm,,b ,lr tju f ,Q), pa, i j i rty year, if the re cent rate of gruttlb Is iii.ilnlained. as It h is every promise of Isdng, another generation will make us the most pro ru:i.liy as well as the most widely lear ! p-tt'on the world has ever know u. Vouftg Womin Archit'Ct. Miss Marian Sari: Pa ker. of Detroit, is the lirst woman t gr.ioiiate from the depar'ineut of engineering of tbe Uni ve:sity of Michigan. She recently won the degree of bachelor of science in civil engineering. She has taken the full course provided for those who de sire to become civil engineers, except tbe fleld work In surveying, and far this she substituted drawing. How ever, she has taken all the theoretical work of tbe course and has stood all tbe time well at tbe head of her class. Will MARIAS SARA PARKER. Miss Parker entered tbe university four years ago from the Detroit high school, from which she graduated tn IHill. Her Object In pursuing this course, she says, was to become a practical architect Upon finishing her course she expects to practice her profession somewhere In the West, which she be lieves to be the most promising section lu which to settle. Her desire and de termination In overstepping tlie ordi nary bounds of woman's activity by seeking a technical education wpre not at all of a spasmodic nature. She as serts that It has been her steadfast In tention for at least ten years. Commencement DnT in Georgia. Hitch up the ox team, Johnny, an' drive 'em to the gate; For me to' yer mother's goin' to see Moll grmltiHte: An Jena's s hskin' biscuits, in' Sally's a-slicin' ham, An' I'm jest so proud o' Molly that I don't know where 1 am! Yer mother raised the chick mis that bought her hooks, an sweet To tiie was the dsily lubor in lie autn- lin r's linniin' heat. When I thought of her bright eye beiim- in' nil' said to myself: "I'll state Tlinr ain't no in I in ihe country so fitlca to graduate!" So I plowed in the summer sunshine, an' workc-d in the wintrr's -old; An' I've bought her the linest dresses that ever the store-men jold; An' I'll e her there, with her bright sweet eyes, like stars In the twilight lute; An' maybe there'll lie some tears in mine w hen I see her gradaate! I never was much on larnln' for my means w as mighty small, But I reckon when Molly omes hack home she'll know enough for us all An' thar ain't a gul iu Ceorgy, though you hunt fr 'em soon su' late. That'll look as tweet as Molly when she comes to graduate! Atlanta Constitution. Fads In the fclienl. heu the public schools get away from the rudiments of an English edu cation, says the Athuita Constitution, the tendency is to drift to the special fads of certain reformers, who are en ternally tinkering away at our educa tional system, one good thing about our old fashioned schools was their freedom from these new-fangled no tions. They tralued up a race of men aud women whose Intelligence and cul ture are the crowning glory of Ameri can cltlzeusuip. but they did not study one-fourth as many text Issiks as are now used In the schools. If they want ed to Und out something about alcohol and tobacco they learned what they wanted to know at home. Tbelr time lu school was devoted to the elemen tary studies, and the teacher who paid too much attention to matters outside of a practical English education was never warned long in one place. Some thing will have to be done to reduce the number of text-books and special studies or the schools will do tbe chil dren of the poor very little good. Educational Notes. A copy of the first edition ili;i,'i) of George Herbert's "thp Temple" was sold at auction at New York for $l,u",0. Tbe public school property of thu United Htates Is estimated to be HX', ihsi.iks). All property usd for educa tional purposes Is valued at $iifXMsn.. IKHI. A dispatch to the Loudon Standard from Moscow says (he Cy.nr has assign ed .VUkki rubles i$.'17,.iii)) to be allotted yearly ns pensions for scholars and uii'liors. A violent discussion Is going on In Trance over the co-educatlou of the sexes, and French public sentiment Is much opposed to the attempt to Intro duce It The California School of Mechanical Arts, founded by the geueroslty of the late James Lick, has proved to be a revelation to Its trustees, teachers and students In more ways thap one. Al though the school has been In operation for only about six months, It Is already attracting general attention, and haa so systematized Its students ss to abridge the labor of years and to attain the most surprising practical results. r i - I: - ; m