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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1897)
GRANDMA. Wheu grandma puU her glasses on And look at tue just so If I had done a naughty thing She's are, somehow, to know. How ia it she can always tell fco very, very, very well? She say to me: "Yes, little one, n'riiin io your rye!" And if I lik the other way. And turn aud seem to try To bunt fur something on tbe floor, She's mrv to know it all the inure If 1 should put the glasses uo Aud look in graodaia'd eyes. Ik you suiiiie that 1 should be ISO very, ery wise? Now, what if 1 should find it true That grandma had Wvn naughty, too? But ah', what am I thinking of? To dream that grandma could Be anything in all her life But . t a.'id kind and good! I'd better try itiyseif to le So good that when file looks at me With eyes loving all the day I'll liner want to turn gvvav. JI0LLIES DOUBLE. If a wan ever loved a woman faith fully and with all his heart I loved Molly Toppington jut an truly. It had only lieea a matter of a couple of months since she had promised with the sweetest and umst becoming of blushes to be mine for good and all. and I wan the happiiut beggar oti earth until one day I receive! orders from the head of the firm with which I was connected to go to New York and at tend to some bu-siucKK there vvhi di would keep ine away from Boston for three weeks. Three long, miserable weeks without Molly. The thought was unendurable, but it had to be en dured, nevertheless. For although I was getting alon' very well hi my chosen profession, that of architecture. my fi-runi were largely dependent upon the well-known lirm which em ployed uie, ami naturally I was com pelled to do their bidding So 1 broke the new s as gently a possible to Molly, comforting her as bent I could w ith the assurance that three weeks were not so long after all and that some dav there would be uo separation at all for us. Dear little jrlrl, she was almost heart-broken, but she had a brave spir it, sud she smiled Jit me so lovingly and awcetly through the tears which glisten ed iu her dark eyes that I felt almost SO I VVl.l.h.1) MTSKt.F TOIiETtrEB WITH A JKKK. i IW tempted to throw my position over and stay by her. However, I concluded that such a cou.-'ie would be extremely foolish, if not a together unfair fo Mol ly, whose futtirt was concerned as well as my own. aud accordingly I summon ed tip all my courage for our parting. - "Mollie, sweettst" I said, "I wish o very much tve tnuld go together but we can't can we " "No, Dick, but you will write to me, won't you every day?" "Yes, darling twice a day." "Good-by, sweetheart." "Good-by. Dick, dear." And so we parted. And her image haunted me all through my journey and seemed to speak to me all the next day. although I was busy every minute of it with plans and estimates and cal culations. When tbe day'a work was over it was worse than ever, and I etarted to walk down Broadway, the bluest, loneliest and mot pitiable ob ject on earth, when by one of those strange dispensations of Trovidence I ran plump Into Harvey Gakell, my old chum at Harvard. "Well," be cried, "of all the long faced. God-forsaken-lookinu individu al you are the worst. Have yon htfit your last friend, or what, other catas trophe has overtaken you'" I felt somewhat ashamed of the cause of my down-heartednesa being ' discovered. So I looked up with a forced amile and tried to answer blm lightly. I remembered suddenly that I had neglected to write to Harvey to tell him of my engagement, and he probably knew nothing of it. I would wait, therefore, until a more suitable occasion to announce it to him, a I felt ure be would rally me on my remorse ful atate. , . "I'm all rljrht,w 1 answered. "Can't a nan pull a long face for his own amuse ment without his friends' making re ; mark?" "Yon can't pull any more to-night, anyway," aald Harvey. "I'm going to take you home with me, and you shall meet tli jollies little girl in New York. . You will like her, I am sure. Rhe la Just .your sort." I looked at Harvey suspiciously and ' ajewstionlngly. I knew be bad no aht ten and lived alone with his widowed ' mother. "Ob. so," be laughed In answer to my - look. "You're wrnag there. Not tbls ' Cae, old ckap. Bbe la just a little conoln " 1 kT only jnat discovered, and "3r Tory foad of her, That lo all WBt bee aaTected yet, and I foeas . 1 tot ho." k l:t o3 I of I oWt ear a r mot tto "JoKtoot Uttio girt la ( TUn ma osiy mm "oi- llcwt little girl" for nie. aud she wan In Boston. But If I refused Harvey would be offended, and when he found out that I was engaged he would think nie a love-sick champ. Ik-si--" what was the harm? Mollie herself, 3ear, un selfish creature, would be only too glad to have me pass tuy evening in pleas ant company. I could not have her, and There was no use making, myself more miserable thau I need t . So I determined to go home with Harvey. I wanted to have a long talk with him over college days, and as for the jolli cst little girl in New York" why she could take care of herself. After a brief talk we arrived at Har vey's homo, a cosy little house in East Fifteenth street, and I waited iu the dra wing-nsitn while Harvey went in searcb of his mother, She (same iu al most immediately, a handsome, white- haired womau. whom I reinemls-red very well from college days. I used to lie (juitea favorite of tier's and she wel comed me very aru;!y. "Yes. Mollie is home." she said in an swer to a quct-tion of Harvey's. "She will le down presently." Mollie! I started at the name, but re covered myself immediately. It wan not a very uncommon name, but u wa i. little singular that Harvey's cousin shou'd btf a Mollie, too. We chatted together all three of us for a few minutes, and then there was a rustle of skirts in the hall and Har vey's little cousin stood In the door way. Fur a moment I thought my brain had been suddenly affected. Harvey arose from his chair, but 1 kept my sit and clini hod my hands iu the ef fort to retain my senses. Standing there tn Harvey (iaskell's drawing rotn d-r tbe "Jolliest little girl In New "i rk"--as Mollie. my Mollie Torpit!?! ti or else my eyes deceived me. 1 1 takes a loiig time to tell it. but a hundred thoughts passed through my mind in the in-ta tit she was standing there. Then the truth or what seemed to bo the truth, flashed across me that it was simply a wonderful resem blance intensitied by my love for Mol lie. and that the wish was father of the thought. So I pulled myself togeth er with a jerk and managed to ex change the usual commonplace of an iiitrduotion. But I could not take my eye iff her for an instant, and I finally detected Harvey hs.king at me In a most amused manner. It ha often occurred to me as strange that among so many million people there should not be some who are more alike as to features aud form. It would (seem to lie the merest chance that nature doe not create more du plicates than she does, for after all we must all have the same features, the indispensable nose, eye, month, and so on, ana tne mere tact or one nose being Roman or retrousse and a pair of eye being blue or brown and a mouth being large, small, ugly or pretty these things are mere accidents, and I have often wondered that people should differ as much hh they do. I was not pn-pared, however, to find an example of my theory In the person of a duplicate to Mollie Toppington, for surely she and this other Mollie, who was introduced to me as Miss Forsythe, were duplicates. I could scarcely eat a mouthful of dinner for watching her across the table. She bad Mollie's brown hair pre cisely, and It was done up just as Mol lie does hers, even down to the little escaping ringlet that fell over ber tiny ettrs. Hereye were dark and had the same soulful expression as Mollie's and her mouth had that same inde scribnble droop and fullness to It which made me want to kis.t it, until I sudden ly remembered that she was not Mollie my Mollie. When she spoke, too. ber voice was Mollie's voicp. She seemed io have the same tastes and opinions the same little manuerisms. Her dress, a simple thing of Mine light idtie material, was precisely like a gown 1 had seen Mollie wear half a dozen times. It was terri bly bewildering. I did not know what to make of it all, and I answered when spoken to quite at random. I detected Harvey and hia mother glancing at each other in an amused way. They roust have thought me terribly and sud denly smitten with Mollie Forsythe. Once or t wice I was tempted to explain my state of mind and ask them for a solution of the mystery, but I refrained from doing so because I thought It would sound foolish. Probably the re semblance would not be nearly so won derful to anyone other than myself. After dinner we went into the drawing-room, and Miss Forsythe went to the piano to play. Kven here tbe won ders were not to cease. As soon as she touched tbe keys I thought how much ber touch resembled Mollie' Motile Toppington, and when she began the rat tow bar of a serenade, a dreamy thing that was my Mollie's favorite, I t the whole mystery up as a bad job, a ad then and there a very strange thlBf happened. 1 blush to relate It, as now, hot I went over to the piano to turn ber kanaic for, and la the Intotri caUoa of ber presence I forgot the Tory exiotonra of MoiUe Toppington, of Boa- 41 I k- A ton, while I made lore fast and furious to Mollie Forsythe, of New York. She seemed a little surprised first when I spoke to her in tone of un doubted admiration, throwing all the meaning l could Into my common places. But on the whole she took it very well, and in the brie? time during which she was playing over a lot of tender melodies aud I was whispering sweet nothings into her ear, we became to all intents and purposes lovers. And it was not until, w ith a fitart. I remem bered that it must U growing late and took my leave not until I had emerg ed into the street that I thought of Jlollie Toppington. of Boston, and of uai a miserame creature i mtd oeen oi oer. i ue tery inougni or my con duct filled me with the deepi-st shame. and I actually. blushed at my own du plicity. How could I ever look Mollie my Mollie in the face again? For now I had left Mollie Forsythe I knew that I only loved Mollie Toppington. and I longed to see her ami speak to her as only a true lover may. What a pitia- ' - 4. iyv- .ii 7 e r Tt nxEii a.i n.to. ble specimen of a true lover I was! My brain reeled with perplexity. Yet surely the situation bad extenuating circumstances. Although for a time I had completely forgotten Mollie Top. plngton and made love to Mollie For sythe, 1 sliotild never have given her a second thought bad she not won (It rriiliy resembled my Moilie. in fact. to all intents and purjHises, she jyaa my Mollie. I honestly do not believe I i-ould have told them apart. I do not expect jieople to believe this statement, but it is true in-vert heless. 1 could only partly Justify my conduct by assuring myself that I had been under the delu sion timt it was really Mollie Topping ton, bit 1 felt in my heart of hearts that such an explanation would hardly Ite satisfactory to Moilie herself and, issides. there was Mollie Forsythe to ! considen-d. I have always hated male flirts even when they were free and had the right to Indulge and it would have Im-cii putting It very mildly to have called my conversation with Mollie Forsythe a flirtation. I thought of everything, even suicide for I felt that I had proven myself unworthy of Mollie Toppington, but I didn't do any thing quite so rnh. Instead 1 determined to forget Mollie Forsythe and that evening at the (Jas kells as completely as If It had never been, and by rigorous self-denial and self-sacrifice for her sake to atone to Mollie for the deviation from faithful ness to her. of which I hoped she would never know. Comforted somewhat by these high resolves, 1 sought my hotel and was soon lost In dreams of Mollie Toppington, of Boston -the only Mollie ever really loved. I wrote to Mollie the first thing the next morning as cheerful a letter as, I could under the circumstances, for I knew the dear girl missed me terribly, and I would have given a good deal for a sight of her. 1 hen I started out to attend to my business. When evening came 1 was bluer and lonelier than ever. h. for five minutes talk with my Mollie! Was ever a lover so un happily placed? I walked aimlessly up Fifth avenue, hoping find some di version in watching the throng of peo ple, the fashionable hurrying home to dinner and the working people return ing from their day of lalsir. Suddenly my heart gave a great thump and I rushed forward to meet my Mollie then I remenilicred that It was not my Mollie, but Mollie Forsythe. of New York. She seemed very glad to see tne, though, and in an instant the same shameful thing had happened again I had forgotten Mollie Toppington, of Boston, in the presence of Mollie For sythe. Oh, the pltv of it! In a few short minutes 1 had spoken words which I would have given half of my life to recall. As we walked slowly toward the Gaskells I told Mol fie Forsythe that I loved her that It was a case of love at first sight, and that 1 could not live without her that ftic must promise to le mine some day; to try to learn to care for me then if she could not now. When a fellow makes love for the second time he learns how to go about It. and I don't think I said a word to Mollie Forsythe that did not carry weight. But never M word 6id I say of Mollie Topping- tom of Boston. We parted at the Gss- kelfs door, or rather Just within it. For Mollie Forsythe bad promised and I had gathered ber Into my arms and pressed a kiss npon her warm, red lips. That night T went t Boston by the late train, meaning ta see Mollie Top pington, confess my duplicity aud re lease her. I meant to do the same with Mollie Forsythe, for I felt I was un worthy of either of them. But the nearer I got to Boston the stronger my love for Mollie Toppington Income, and tbe more Indistinct the memory of Mollie Forsythe. I saw Mollie Topping ton the next morning, and the dear girl was so glad to see me that I completely forgot Miss Forsythe. I determined to write her a letter explaining the strange coae, aak her forgiveness and never see ber again. But my buolneaa la New York had to bo completed, and I tfcoasht after all It would be better aal maaUor to aoa .41. ir i Mollie Forsythe and ask her forgive ness in person. So I mild good-by again to uiy Mollie and went back to New York. To make a long story short, when I saw Mollie Forsythe I reverted to my unfaithfulness once more, and so 1 wan for nearly a jear. I was comticlled io 1 in New York about half my time on busini-ss, and when I wad there I loved Mollie Forsythe. When 1 wan lu Boa ton i loved Mollie Toppington. Was ever a man so situated? Wtm there ever sttcb a ease of "iww happy could I be w ith either?' I wa perfectly happy with either Mollie; when away from them 1 wa consumed with remorse. j Neither knew nor dreamed of the exist- ence of the other, and the n!rain of keeping this knowledge from them, to gether with the cotiscioustli-ss of my own guilt, was killing me by inches. I grew pale and thin. Couldn't eat or sleep, it was dreadful. To cap the climax, Mollie Forsythe, of New York, announced to me one day that she was going to Boston to visit her aunt who lived There. (If course I could not raise any objection. Instead I had to appar delighted. This. I thought, would bring forth the inevita ble climax to the past ten mouths of deception and intrigue. The time hail come. I thought, to get myself out of the way. ami once more my mind re verted to suicide. But suicide Is cow ardly, and as I had sinned, so must I face the cojisinpienccs. I thought, and I determined to see the affair out. it was several days after the arrival of Mollie Forsythe in Boston. I had managed io see her and Mollie Top pington ltoth often enough to avoid suspicion on the part of either of them so far, but I did not know how long I could manage it. Mollie Forsythe and I were taking a walk and had wander ed out into Cambridge. Suddenly I fei; as if every drop of blood had left my body. My knees smote and I al most fainted. Then' straight ahead of us and coming toward us rapidly with her light graceful step whs Mollie Toppington There was no turning back, tio escape from any quarter. The crisis had arrived. I looked at Mollie Forsythe. She was ! smiling a happy, conscious smile. Sud- j deiiiy she caught sight of Mollie Top pington and her face lx-camc a study. Mollie Toppington was so engrossed with Mollie Forsythc's rcscmhlaniv to herself that she did not even recognize me t first. Nearer an.! ar"r the two Wot n npproaohed c. 'ii other while I 1 1 .-k"d on with about tin- same de gree of morbid Interest which a help less traveler might feel in viewing a quarrel of two wild beasts for the priv ilege tn ( him. My strength had failed ti e and I stood rooted to the ground. The two Mollies cnuie nearer tn each other. In another moment they would meet. A curious smile came over isitb their face. The seconds seemed years to me. Suddenly my truant strength came kick, 1 did not think. There was no time to think. But, acting on the prompting of instinct. I turned and fld actually ran as hard as my legs would carry me. The no.! five years of my life I spent In Japan. The Church of the Nativity. We return in time to hi- the proces sion of bishops, priests, nud lu-otde that is forming In the square in front of the church. Ka h is dressed in his most gorgeous rols-H. Turkish soldiers line both sides of the street to keep the ny open for the procession to pass. TIip I.atln Patriarch of Jerusalem has Jost arrived. The pns esttion of priests, carrying banners and immense cau dles, meets htm. then turns, and all go Into the I-aliti chapel through the main entrance. Following, we are sur prised to find the main entrance so small, it can admit but one at a time, and that one must Ktmip to enter. From the masonry it can Is' .seen that the etitraiice was once much larger. The reason for the change was that the Mohammedans at one time did all In their power to injure aud nnnoy the Christians, and even used to ride on horseback into the very church. The door, therefore, was made small to protect the church from this sacrilege. Once Inside, we we we are in a very ancient structure, l'art of the mason ry dates from the time of Constantlne, w ho built a magnificent basilica on this site, about the year 3,10 of our era. All w e can see of the oldest work, however, probably dates from not later than Justinian's time, alsmt 5.VJ A. D. In J any case, tne chureii is a venerable building, and ft has witnessed some stirring scenes. In it Baldwin the Cru sader was crow net, king of Jerusalem. It has lsen repaired a numlierof times; and once, when It needed a new risif. King Edward IV. of Kngland gave the lead to make one. This was alsiut the year 1482. '1 he lead roof did good service for almut two hundred years, and might have lasted much longer had not the Mohammedans melted It tip to make bullets. However, another roof was soon provided. Inside, the building consists of nave and double aisles. The aisles are separated by two rows of columns made of red limestone. These columns have plain bases, and are surmounted by Corinthian capitals. They are nine teen feet high, and at the top of each a cross is engraved. The church is now owned by Hie l.stln, Greek and M. metilan Christians.-8t Nicholas. Too Inquisitive. The young woman with the auburn hair who bad come after tin? marriage license looked at tbe probate clerk In Indignant surprise. "Want to know my agar she aar caotlcolly repeated, "My age? Why. ay, yooo feller, yoo cnuat tblafc you're a IA Hang Changaraag, ooat your It requires mora to retaaiB at to talk NOTES OX EDUCATION. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU PIL AND TEACHER. How One Incorrigible Schoolboy W Conquered teafnM I I rt qtirnt AmonK reboot (hi drro Snnliaient Agrainet Corporal Punishment. The "Wort l or." I have known a boy who was called "the worst boy" in a scb'wd room of fifty boys. The teacher was l!ed "the best teacher in town." She was 44" years old and he was 1.1. Her man ner was haughty, tn was his. Shs would have her own way If a will had ! to be broken Ui pieces; so would be. When he was only ;j jears old he com mitted a digri'ssion for which his moth er asked him to say he a Horry. "But 1 am not sorry," he said. "Then I will whip you till yon are s.rry." she ex claimed, and forthwith proceeded to ap ply the rattan to tie- iioy. Howls and yells followed, the mother resting oine in a while to ak: "Will you say you arc sorry?'' "You can ls-at me isMaiisc joii are the blggi-st. but I'll never be sorry," he answered. She went on whipping. Besting again, she demanded: "Will you eay you are sorry?" "You can kill me. bin I'll never say I'm sorry," he exclaimed, with fury flashing eye and trembling ImmIv. That mother nut bv the rattan. She was defeated, and ever after h controlled her. She was not wise enough to turn that strong will In an other direction instead of opposing It. Ills teacher was not wise enough to turn his will In the right direction eith er. Such scenes occurred in the school room between the two! Disgraceful, heartrending. At last he was expelled from sch.tol. His father went to the school committee to lutercsle for the l.v. On the Issird was a lady. She was touched by the father's appeal, and she Influenced the rest of the coin- mitlee to allow him to return to school She sat In an ante room and watched the teacher and the boy that day wit! out tne isiv knowing he u She saw the boy "get through his 'rlth j metlc study" long before the rL Then she sa w him "hitch" iu his chair. "Stay ,ln at recess for restlessness" observed ; .!! wrong, the teacher. The ladv of ithe school committee saw the !sy take , up a book and read. His mouth twltch ; ed. his features were couvukd with j nervous spasms. "Stay in after school to-nigiit for nuiking faces," command ed Miss Strong, the teacher. Then the lady of the school commit tee walked Into the school room and sked the tsiy to go Into the next risinl i with a sealed note to the teacher. Tbe note read: "Set this boy a bard exam ple in arithmetic and tell him to com Iwick aud do It A. 1!., of the school committee." No one was more surprised than Ms Strong when the school Isiard promoted oer worm ooy imo a room two grades above her own the next week. There he did admirably, and now he is one of the brightest business men of Bos ton. Nervous children need long recesses. varied exercises, a bright, cheerful teacher who has not too much of the Napoleon about her and one who Is willing to live and let live If you only give her a chance. The School Journal. . lirBtneaa Among fehool Children. The fact that myopia ia fn-qtietit among school children Is well known. It n u so well known that ImjmJr ed hearing is also frequently met with, j The children thus affected are oftvu ac , fused of tieing lazy and Inattentive, when iu reality their ears are at fault, lit lot shows that these cases are quite common, are easily recognixed, are gcu j enilly curable, ami when cured a large j iiumts'r of children are transformed, so j to speak, both from a physical and a moral standpoint. According to Well, of Stuttgart, the proportion of school children with Impaired hearing is 35 I-r cent; according to Moure, of Bor deaux, 17 per -ent. Helot agrees with Gete and other aurists, that the prosr tlon Is always 25 per cent., or one fourth. All the children In a class should be carefully examined and these seml-donf pupils will always lie found among the "poor scholars." The cause of Infirmity Is to In- sought for naso pharyngeal catarrh following measles, scarlatina whooping cough, adenoid j vegetations, hypertrophled tonsils, etc. nun normal eoiiuiiioiis are to be re- stored by appropriate treatment. Pop- tllar Science News. Need of a National l'nivcritr. It Is not the need of the District of (V.jmbia which are to be met by a Fnlveralty of the Cnited States. The local needs are well supplied already. It is the need of the nation. And not of the nation alone, but of the world. A great university In America would lie a school for the study of civic free dom. A great university at the cap ital of the republic would attract the free-minded of all (lie earth. It would draw nien or an lands to the study of democracy. It would tend to make the workings of democracy worthy of re spect fitly study. The New World has Its lessons as well as the Old; and Its material for teaching these lessons should be made equally adequate. Mold and ruin are not necessary to a univer sity; nor are traditions and precedents essential lo its cneetlveness. The greatest of Europe's universities Is on- uf her very youngest. Much of the creatncss of the University of Berlin Is due to her escape from the dead hands of the past. It Is in this releaae that the great promise of the American university lies. President Jordan, In tbe Forum. . Pro eaaional Btodaata la Coll. A pamphlet on prof eaaional ed ora tion In the United itatoa, jtwt loaned by the bureau of education, glvea aono Id teroatlaf etatlatlca. Tbe aaabor of medics students is more than twice si great as either law or theology tuetll cal. 22.H7; law, KhM: theology. KiO. There are 1,413 women studying luedi ciue aud tS studying law. Within the past five years the nuiulsT of denial students has increased from 1.1U5 to 5.347. w hile the number of Uw students is nearly doubhM. Dr. Miller, who compiled the reort, says the probable reason for this Is that when young men U'gin professional study they are not satisfied with the old-fashloiii-d, desul tory Instruction of a private office, but seek a school, where instruction ii given systematically nd they receive fresh lusplratiuu by mingling with o.thers engaged in the same pursuit. Hnjr tork in NnmHer, many pupils in the sch'sd rim? If tnere were ten more how many would there be? If there were eight fewer? How many panes of glass in one win dow? How many in ail the windows? Write the name of the month, How many day? in the mouth? How many dais lu the last month? How many In next mouth? How many hours In a day? In two days? Draw live lines across the slate, and draw live more lines aero them. How many Mocks on your slate? How many children In the row you sit in? How many feet have you all? How many ringers? How many noses? There are seven bones iu each of your ringers, and two In your thumb. How many lxnes have you in one hand? In both bands? Draw a clock on your slates. How many numbers on its face? In how many ways can you write the num lers? Make the hands sjiy 4 o'clock. Make them ay noon. Midnight. Six o'clock. How many meals do you eat In one day? How many In three? How many In a week? How runny Sunday in this month? How many days not coming on Sun days? How many school days? How old are you? How old will you in- in ls;i,s? u i;ni't How many eggs In a dozen? In tbrea dozen? S hat Is the difference between two dozen and a half dozen? feme l-'iirful Ktrrrfaen. Write the words of your hist read ing htwm In col u in us, making four columns. Arrange the words of your last reading lesson alplwilx'tically; that is. copy first those" words which begin with a. then with b, ana so on. Ar range tbe words of your hist reading lonson in columns, placing In the first columns words of one syllable, In the second words of two syllables, and m, on. Arrange the words of your i.-.st reading lesson In columns, placing m the first words of two letters, and In the second words of three letters, sad so on. Copy from your reading lesson all the name words. Write on your slatp the number of lines In your read ing lesson. Write on your slate the number of periods lu your reading les son; the numtter of commas; of que, tion marks; of semicolons; of hyphens; of apostrophes. or porn I Punishment. The sentiment against corpora! ptiti Wthment Is now so prevalent and so Strang that no teacher should permit himself to use the prerogatives with which he is Invested even by a very cautious school system, except In ex tremely aggravated cases. Tlwre are doubtless instances of notorious Incor rigibility In winch a teacher would be wholly Justified In severely punishing the offenders, yet even In such cases there are generally other means at the dist.ot! of the teacher, by which b may avoid accidental injury or unin tended severity. If It Is true that cor poral punishment may sometime be Justified, It is equally true that It may at all times be avoided. Kansas City Journal. I.ltrhttna of School Kentucky i the only State which reg. ulatesat all by legislation the lighting of school buildings ami which guards against overcrowding by specifying that the seats shall fit the children. Hnsiklyn Is the only city In the United States where (he school board has rule that the pup;!' seats shall not face the light. City riperlntrnUrnW. In the number of city superiutend m of public Instruction New York State leads with KM; Pennsylvania ha K2 and Ohio, I5it; Massachusetts comes next with 54; Illinois hag 4H; Michigan, 3H; Indiana, 37; Wisconsin. 35: New Jersey, 30; Missouri, 2: Connecticut and Iowa, Zi: Texas. 22: ami other State have less than 20. A Good Law. To guard against frequent changes of school Issiks without good reason au Ohio law provides that books after be ing adopted cannot Is- changed for five years without the consent of threei fourths of all the memliers of the school niven oy loruiHi action at a eg- tilar meeting. Peculiar Feature r Meh o, From the top of the cathedral spire in Mexico you can see the entire city, and the most striking feature of Hie view is the absence of chimney. Then. Is not a chimney In all Mexico, not a gate, nor a stove, nor a furnace. All the cooking Is done with charcoal in Dutch ovens, and while the gas Is sometimes offensive one aoon becomes used to it. The moat skillful of all pianists was Mszt When learning his profession he waa accustomed to practice scale and exerdaeo for ten hours a day. Itlaaald that be practiced thus lo private for ten years. . Vaccination, as a preventive of small pax, la aald to have been practiced In Cbtaa lot E. C U waa introdrtced In to England bj Lady Wattle Montague IB 173L