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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1897)
Datrlson Journal. BO. D. CATUT, Edltsr mm Frp. HARRISON, . . . fcEB. The trouble with the average Cuban sympathizer la that he does nothing bat sympathize. A good man who goes wrong will get ten times the space In the papers that a bad man will when he reforms. You can't tell from the elaborate re freshments served at a social function what the family will eat for the next three days. The Cadillac preacher who talks about the "awfulness of the nude" may be able to surest same easy d vlce for having babies born with pa jamas. A Jersey City landlord woke a ten ant up at 12:43 on the morning of March 1 to demand the rent due that day, and was thrown down his own stairs for his early bird business. Islington, England, refuses to have a public library, even when It can have one for nothing. The parish has re jected, by a large majority, an offer of fifty thousand dollars for such a li brary. Several Eastern, contemporaries ex press surprise because a Chicagoan celebrated his 112th birthday last week. No loyal Chicagoan can be induced to quit in the face of an approaching census. A piece of railroad, a sort of connect In ; link less than half a mile in length in Jersey City has just been completed at a cost of $3,000,000. This is prob ably the most expensive piece of rail road in the world. That was a touch of nature when the incoming fishing smack held up the outgoing liner to learn how the Carson fight result??.- it tosVi liner $10 to stop asj give the information, but the J$ke was worth the money. Gladstone at 87 Is only one of a se ries of grand old men abroad. Pope Leo XIII. is 80; Verdi, 82; Bismarck. 81; Crispl and Ruskin. 77; Herbert Spencer, 76; Fririce Hoheulohe, "5; Max Muller and Li Hung Chang, 73; the Marquis of Dufferin, 70. The hanging of Jaexjs ' and Wall ing, dental students, in Kentucky, for the murder of I'earl . :-yan, may be a lesson to many young men who are perhaps laying the foundation for a similar crime. And the probability that Walllr.g was far leas guilty than Jackson only adds to the lesson of avoiding evil companions. A Cleveland woman has sued her father-in-law for heavy damages be cause he prevented her from talking. Preventing a woman from exercising one of the Inalienable rights of her sex, of course, is sufficient ground for the action; Dut in tne case in point me de fendant filled the plaintiff's mouth with plaster, and he isn't a dentist, either. There is nothing in life ttetter worth having than the feeling that one stands honestly before all men. The con sciousness of uprightness and the rep utation for reliability and evenness of temper, and a desire to make every thing go smoothly, have not only a very high social value, but are com mercially a most excellent and trust worthy capital on which to base busi ness success. One of the most offensive features of the Nevada arrangement to become the foster-mother of prize-fighting U the announcement that women will be admitted to see the fights. It would be an abuse of one of the best words in the English language, to give any crea ture found at one of these brutal ex hibitions the name of woman; a name that every good man honors, because he bad a mother to love and respect, and that represents the gentlest and the purest qualifier in bur an nature. Two of the most powerful nation of the earth have shown a willingness to take the lead in substituting arbitra tion for war. " These two nations are traditional enemies. The adjective is used advisedly and with thankful rec ognition of the fact that both nation are of one blood and that blood is thick er than water. .. Xet each of these na tions believes itself to be unconquer able. In view of these facts, where else aad In what other way could the aovwaent in behalf of universal peace have received such an Impressive im petus? It la aald that the desire for pleasure grow of Itself without an urging, and needs restriction rather than nour ishment. But the gardener, (n csati Tftttag a plant, does sot aeek to spread n over vast surface and greatly en large Its area, bat rather to obtain a finer, richer, more beautiful and more fragrant blossom than before, tto the true cultivation of pleasure does not .aim to Increase Its quantity so much as to Improve Its quality. Indeed one promhMOt reason why serious people kold pleasure In such light esteem la because tt la ttt cafcivated, but left to grow nu and wIM. Thus It cltaga rios!y t jae lower portions of oar na tin, aoa rarely associated la act r with the higher and worth - cxt jad according to - . "iZ'.' J cay f may not be :'Ji xJzn. and wia dV Each man must form his own opinion of this, using ail the means which l: has at command, and must utier that opinion with sincerity and yet with modesty, remembering that, with all the Intelligence he can bring to b-ar, he is yet fallible. The free discussion of such convictions, with the reasons which underlie them, is one of the best means of nrriving at true and wise con clusions. But this is very different from the wordy and often angry disputes which take place between those who advocate a change because they are fond of new things and those who would crush everything new because they prefer old methods. Emigration to America has created so great a dearth of labor in the azri cultural districts of Germany that Chi nese coolies are now being imported 'n perfect hordes for field work in the provinces of Silesia, East Prussia, l'o seu. and I'omeraida. Inasmuch as ?he coolies are content to labor for twenty cents a day, all told, the German land owners are enthusiastic about the in novation, and those peasants who have hitherto turned a deaf ear to the argu ments in favor of emigration are now being driven to the wall, and may shortly be expected to arrive in this country in shoals. It is almost certain that coolie labor will in a short time be extended to other German industries and trades, and before long John Chi naman is likely to become as great a problem in the labor market and in the political situation of Germany as he was a few years ago in the United States. Sixty-five new graves were filled in the Suicides' Cemetery at Monaco hist winter. The cemetery is in barren, un cultivated land, and within it are bur ied any who have taken their lives through losses at the Casino. Four blank walls inclose the square of earth; at the head of the grave jf each unfortunate there is only a pl.i'ii, na paiuted piece of wood, with a number on it. Under several of these mounds is the original of "the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo." Nobody ever did. of course, "break the bank " Each table starts with a certain amount of money, and when that is ex hausted the play is stopped only until a fresh supply can be taken from the strong room. The actual reserve of the bank, ready for emergency, is one and a half million dollars. Recently. Monte Carlo obtained a new lease, one which will insure it the gambling privi lege until 1913. Monaco is a small prin cipality under the rule of Albert Charles Honore, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, and he it is who lets out the privilege of running a gambling-house at Monte Carlo. He charges five hun dred thousand dollars a year for that privilege. Germany is In advance of all other nations in the safeguards which it hag set up against public impositions. For years a patent on medicines has been obtainable In that country only on the condition that the secret of the compo sition of the compound be made known to the proper authorities. Such swin dles as false advertisements are se verely punishable; where an enterpris ing merchant announces cheap bar gains in articles damaged by fire or water, or for the reason of a bankrupt cy or any other cause, the fact must be strictly true, or the enterprise is promptly nipped in the bud by the frost of police and Judicial prosecu tion. And law in Germany is not a dead letter. The constable does not wait to be prompted; the busy, preoc cupied public Is not depended upon to break through Its lazy motto that what Is everybody's business is nobody's business; in brief, no false good-nature whatever obtains. On the con trary, the duty of ferreting out hum bugs is shouldered sternly by the mag istrates themselves, who dig behind and under every suspicious enterprise with stern purpose, with the result that very few of the commoner, gross impo sitions ever go unearthed and unpun ished. In Germany, men and women can thus walk into auction-rooms, or Into shops advertising cheap bargains, with a feeling of security as respects the true character of the sale; aud where else is this the case? Even for eign concerns advertising their busi ness in German newspapers are ob served; and If information Is gained of the swindling character of the under takings, the public Is openly warned against them, precisely as It would he against a thief at large. The expense of exposing foreign swindlers Is paid out of the state funds. - , His Revtpjgf. The theatrical agent Who goes out ahead of a show always faaa many fun ny experiences, and acpfdally with the seeker after free Jattaes la one rural cities. Ramsay KtorrU, who Is advance man for May Irwiaf company, tells a funny story about lug- last trip to Pitts burg. He lingered pver to see the show open Monday night, and while standing In the box onVt of the theater In toe afternoon he beard the Ucket -seller having an argumiBt over the telephone with some one. Finally the tlcket-sell-er bsjng up the receiver with an oath. Mr. Tiis inquired what was the mat ter. Tne ticket-seller said: "That is from M , the dramatic critic; be never fail to work every ad vance man for four passes to the stow." "GotHy," said Mr. Morris. "I gave him four, but what's the trouble?" "Well," said the rlet-seller, "that fellow pays his board wrtti those passes and buys groceries, and does other things. He has just called np here to tell me to take up tw passes to-night and refuse admittance to the bolder. He as ye that be gave them to his grocer for two doten egg, and that the egga were bad, and be wants to get eves." Moat people only get married to keep tat neighbors from talking. EDUCATIONALCOLUMN NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. ' Bone Provisions of the Indiana Com pulsory Education Law Devices for Promoting: Good Order in the School roomMottoes for Teacher. Compulsory Kdncation. Indiana is to try a compulsory edu cation law next year. The law pro- vides that all able-bodied pupils be jtween the ages of 8 and 14 years shall : be required to attend school for the period of twelve consecutive weeks ui ; each school year. They are not l!m : Ited to the public schools, but may at j tend private or parochial schools. I The provision relating to the ap- polntment of the truant officer aud I the penalty for not complying with the I law is am follows: ! It shall be the duty of the County j Superintendent of Schools fortownshlp, I aud of the City Superintendent of I Schools in a city or town, together with the secretary of the State Board of j Charities and one member of the State Board of Education designated for !such purpose by wild board, to appoint ! one or more truant officers, not exceed i ing five in number in any county, who ' shall be assigned to duty by districts composed of townships. The truant officer shall see that the provisions of this act are complied with, and when from personal knowledge or by re-port or complaint from any resident of the township Or townships under his su- ! pervlsion, he believes that any child , subject to the provisions of this act Is I habitually absent from school, he sliiill Immediately give written notice to the i parent, guardian or custodHtu of such child that the attendance of sue!) child at school Is required, and if within live days such parent, guardian or custo dian of child does not comply with the provisions of this section, theu the tru ant officer shall make complaint against such parent, guardian or cus todian of such child, In any court of record, for violation of the provisions of this act, and any such parent, gmrd lan Or custodian of such child who shrill violate the provisions of this act shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, to which may beadded, in the discretion of the Court, Imprisonment in the county Jail not less tlian two nor more than ninety days. The law also makes provision for parents, guardians and cu.odians of children who are too poor to furnish their children with books n.ud neces sary clothing. The school officers may also maintain a "parental home" for incorrigible and truant children. Any child not being 12 years old may be compelled to at tend this "home" for an indeterminate time not longer than 120 days. This new law if It can be fully en forced will add at leost 20 per cent, to the enrollment of the schools. The measure is in line with the educational thought of the day, and while it has Its defects, It is the general opinion of officers and teachers that it will have a good effect upon the State. New house will have to be built In many places In order to accommodate the pupils. Teachers and officers are looking for ward to next year's work, lellevlng that much good will be accomplished by the strict enforcement of this new law. Richard Park, County Superin tendent, Sullivan County, Indiana. Mottoes for Teachers, Things before words. Telling Is not teaching. Work with the individual. Talk with, not to, the children. Absence of occupation Is not rest Praia the work rather than the child. Be sure the point chosen la the right one. Let every lesson have a definite or leading point. Be not simply good; be good for something. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Individual recitation Is the safeguard to thoroughness. Blessed la he who has found bis work; let him ask no greater blessing. A person is worth in this world the effects he can produce no more, no leas. To become proficient in any profes sion there are three things necessary nature, study, practice. That teacher la most successful, oth er things being equal, who hides her self in her subject, thsvt her pupils may suppose that they find out everything for themselves. A reliance upon their own intellectual ability is thus devel oped. Have a purpose In life, and having tt throw Into your work such strength of mind and might as God baa given you. Boone County (Iowa) Normal Insti tute. For rVosaotlnsj Good Order. Children generally find a good many questions which they wish to ask their teacher, or their companions, In the school. Tbey nod it necessary to get a great many mislaid books, pencils, etc.; there is frequent need to "speak" or leave the seat." When we taught our second country school, a friend gave us a suggestion as to this matter. Accord ingly, we promulgated the rule that no request for any of these favors must be made while a recitation was Iu progress. One who had any want of the sort wss to set a book on end on bis desk, and go on with his work. At the end of the recitation, we visited each such desk, answered all ques tions and usually did all the errands. Two things were noticeable, vIe., the reduced amount of business, and the greater quiet with which It could be Oas of tbs nusat ways of secoiing the good will or an idle or mischievous ' boy is to get hlni to help you atsjut something; you and he are then in partnership; you are "running the ma chine" together. It is well to have a good many committee, on which you may judiciously appoint those whom you propose to conquer by use. There may be a committee to receive visitors, a committee ou ventilation, a commit tee on the adjustment of the shades, a committee ou water supply, and if a stove is used to heat the room, a com mittee on stove, fuel and temperature. Usually the pupils will feel a degree of pride iu serving ou thexe commit tees, the teacher will be relieved of some care and work, and there will be a little more of a feeling among all the pupil, of a common interest and com mon resKn.sIb!llty in all the details of , the school-room. Exchange. Emery. Emery is one of the few valuable rocks not yet produced in important quantities in America. Large amounts are yearly brought from Turkey and the Greek Islands, where it has been quarried since history began. Its won derful properties were no secret to the ancients, who used It for cutting and polishing; but their methods of work ing are not certainly known. Curious ly, modern methods of mining this sub stance have miide no progress, and to this day ledges of emery have In-en heated by huge fires and the hot rock cracked by douches of cold water. . During the middle ages, and for many years afterward, the properties of emery, while not forgotten, could not be utilized. The old art of working was lost, and ingenuity was unable to give t:si ful forms to this Intractable substance. It long defied every effort. SI v :y, however, emery iii;:iiti came lu lu i :.;-e, first as a polish'?:.,: and cutting powder, and Inter, in the form of small grains, was attached to fabrics like a sandpaper. Meatus were afterward found to cement and mold Its small particles into wheels. Emery wheels soon came into life, their remarkable cutting properties proving at owe the great industrial Importance of the In vention. Years elapsed, however, before the emery millstone could be made; but at length this, too. was accomplished, and a practical emery Ktone was brought out in England. Later, Yankee Ingenu ity Improved upon this aud produced the present successful rock emery mill stone, which is built up of large blocks of emery set in (strong metal. These millstones grind fast Itecause the emery fine is always sharp, and as they are not damaged by heat, they can be run at high speed. Many new use will doubtless lie fovmd for emery; but probably it can take no more luiortunt place than that of the emery wheel and the emery mill stone, the one cutting and polishing Ln the shops the hardest surfaces and the other grinding the surface to any do gree of fineness. The Puzzling Apostrophe. A Chicago paper deplores the lgnor an e displayed by painters of the use of the apostrophe, not only In the pos sessive case, but In any instance where it Is required. Not only is it left out where It should be used, but many of the painters "make a bluff at it" by in- J sertlug where It has no call to be seen, j "Ladies Entrance" Is seen over the' back doors of hundreds of saloons In' U.if CHJ, luouftu o i oui.- v c m; toe . astonishing variation of "Iadie's En trance." An entire article could be! filled with these monstrosities of "En glish as she Is painted." Ou a trades man's wagon the following is minted ln rather neat letters: "Grocerie'a and Meats." "The Worklngmens' Ex change" i located on a prominent street. The funniest sign of all reads thus: "Cigar's, Tobacco and Candle's. All the Dally Paper's for sale." Possi bly the guilty painter wlio has Indulged In these monstrosities does business on Paulina street, because a big sign ovei bis door reads simply,. "8 ION'S." It is certainly strong circumstantial evl dence. The Isle of Fire. One of the greatest natural phenom ena ln the world Is the island of Ore, which Is situated In the crater of the plains of Grobagana, In Java. Tbe Island, which Is about two miles In cir cumference, is really a lake of boiling mud. From its center great columns of black slime may be aean rising and falling back again, unpolled by some mighty force. Huge bubbles of hot mud, which fill up like balloons, are constantly seen ou the surface of the "lake," and they burst with loud de tonations. Surrounding the lake Is s sea of bright vegetation, which when seen from a distance glows with a sub dued, lurid color, giving the whole the appearance of smoldering fire. Married by Prosy. To this day marriages by proxy axe allowed In Holland, and are mostly fa vored by Dutchmen who hare gone abroad, leaving their sweethearts be hind them, and who find It Inconve nient to return home to claim their brides. After certain legal formalities have been carried out, a friend of tbe bridegroom goes through the ceremony for him, and then the bride Is shipped to ber far away husband. "Happened to see your wife on a wheel yesterduy. If I remember, I beard you declare you would never allow her to ride." "Yes, I know. Hut she had a chance to trade off her pug dog for a wheel and I thought I would choose the least evil." Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. McBrltle "Before we were jiar rlerl you often wished there was some bin ve deed you could do for me to show your love." Mr. McBrlde "Yes, dear, and I would do It now." Mrs. Mcftrlde "4V.S0, love, go riowt, Into tbe kitchen snd discharge Brld- ft." Boston Courier UtISI' r OKMSOF THOl'UHT. SOLOMON AND TUPPER TWISTED TO SUIT A MODERN TRADE. The Wiaiom of the 8aea ami the Wit of the Maae, Uvea tbe Work of the Missionaries, Are Crist in the Mill T hey Are I'oached Upon by Aulhors and Advertisers. Whether Solomon invented all his prov erbs, or gathered them from many sources with a nicer seu.-e of perumueiit worth than Mr. Tupper exereiswl iu his later compendium, ih and ever will he a open question. Solomon's copyright rttu out long before Tupper's time, anil both are now poached upon with impunity by all classes, from authors to advertisers. Hut, taken by themselves, proverbs well repay careful study. Students of thnol ogy find iu the proverbs of the different races tbe clearest proofs of ih ir real char acteristics, for tncy are the shrewdest ami yet most intimute expressions of their daily life. Judged by the comparison of these homely sayings, it will be found that nil nations are of one kindred, possessing common needs, common aspirations, ami seeking similar reliefs from toil and la bor. On the dustiest shelves of our li braries may he found collections of all the proverbs of the different nations, quite a lare proportion of the work hav ing resulted from the interest which mis sionaries have taken in their earnest studies of the uncivilized peoples whom they seek to instruct. That the shrewd ayings of the Scotch or the bright hits of the Irish should be carefully collected gives little cause for surprise; but a col lection of Abyssinian proverbs, of those of the Tamil language, of Icelandic lore, of the Sanscrit, South Sea Islands, Chin ese, and Hottentot Solomons does excite curiosity. The missionaries have found it a pleasant as well as a prolitnVe :.ik. It delves deep into the idioms of the lan guage, tells with unerring accuracy the mental tendency of the peo,.'i . and by in troducing the foreigner Into the inner thought of both home and trade shows him the real life of those who adopt them as every-dny expressions. It is impossible to read the well-collated proverbs of the Chinese without realizing that a home life exists in that flowery kingdom which rivals that of many more civilized countries. No Solo mon, no descendant of Abraham, could eclipse the trade proverbs of the Chinese. They touch ou trade with a keenness and thoroughness which proves them to be masters in that school. The baser life of the Hottentot, the loose morals of the fel lah, the independent spirit of the Briton, are all crystallized in their national prov erbs. In England and many other countries it was formerly very usual for a trades man to select some proverb as his motto, and thus post his principles plainly over his shop door. It remained, however, for an American house to appropriate the proverbs of the world en masse and use them for their own advancement. New Yorkers who ride on the elevated roads, or people who in less favored localities et.il jog along iu the slow street cars, are familiar with the blue and white proverbs which proclaim the merits of Sapolio to the world, livery omnibus in London and almost every "tram car" in Uugland is similarly adorned. They made their first appearance on the Broadway omnibuses, were gathered out of over 4,000 pages of the world's collec tions, and twisted to suit t je case. Many are beyond easy recognition in their new dress, many are entirely original, but these are also printed between inverted commas, which lend a glamour of anti quity to them. To-day we are told that over 20,000 of these blue cards are dis played in public conveyances carrying over G.000,000 passengers daily. Condensed thought generally requires paddiug to make it intelligible to the masses, just as the stomach of the horse must he distended with hay to make the oats digest readily; but with proverbs it is quite otherwise, 'ldeir popularity is only reached be ause they have passed muster as being clear to every mind. They tell their story with a directness and brev ity which pleases the public, as the dic tionary did the old Scotch woman "They air braw stories," she said, "but unco' short." Turned to tell the practical story of Sapolio, they often acquire new inter est. Who reads tbe advice, "He patient and you will have patient children," with out an innate respect for the advice which follow, not to fret over house cleaning, but do It easily with Sapolio? And who can repress a smile when the Sapolionic artist pictures the patient father and the Impatient twins defying tbe proverb? But the mother will be back sooner If ibe fol low the sdvice. Our familiar "The pot call the kettle black" takes a new Inter est In its Italian form. Tbe pot says to the pan, "Keep off or you'll amatch me." Tbe universal toll of the world flada ex pression In the Catalan phrase, "Where wilt thou go, Ox, that tbotj wilt not plough?" Almost all nations possess a proverb which declare that "if you forbid a fool a thing, that he will do," and with confidence Id the good will of tut public tbe advertiser of Sapolio puts It in this form: "Forbid a fool a thing and that he will do." Ho we say for variety: "Don't use Sapolio but then you're not a fool." "A touch of nature which make all the world akin" spring out of tbe quaint thought that "A needle, though naked ltelf, clothes others." Who can near it once and ever see a needle without recall ing It? Who fails to recognise the picture It auggest of the aid given to the poor by the poor, and of the help which is every where gained from the humblest of assist ant? What can be more practical than the Statement that "a hsodsaw Is good n thing, but not to have with," which nat urally suggest the proper use of Spoli0. Slang never can be confounded with proverbial phrases. It seems universal, bat it i merely a local form used to ea pres a transient but popular Idea. YVara ago, when a general rush at hotel keeping resulted in many failures, the slang ran: "lie's a very good man, hut he can't keep a hotel." All such phrases are local and temporary. They do not survive indeed, rarely possess merit enough to reach a second year without evident decline in popularity. We have noticed that none of the advertisements of Sapolio make use of slatig. and probably for this reason. Naturally many of the best proverbs used in this connection relate to household cleanliness, and all the original ones are framed to that end. "Dirt in the house builds the highway to beggnry," deserves recognition, despite its origin. House hold sayings, in the sense of four-walled buildings full of furniture, are quite lack ing in many Eastern tongues. We believe that no reference to clean housekeeping can be found in the Koran or even in the Bible, except that of the woman who swept the house to find her lost coin. Shakspeare rather slights the subject, hut whether liecause :i was not deemed impor tant in that int- ' tua) but dirty age or because he mia'id to grander things, we will not discus" . but the England of to day well says of home, "The cleaner 'tis the rosier 'tis," and our American adver tiser improves the opportunity to add that humble homes made bright with Sapolio are better than tawdry palaces? Alas, for the thoughtlessness of the man who forgot to ask whether his bride used Sa polio. The Scotch proverb records hi case: "Ye hae tied a knot wi' your tongu ye winna loose wi' your teeth." a profTt on big families. Mill Operatives Find an Advantage in Many Children. . The cable dispatch telling of tbe proposal of the Erench government to offer premiums for large families, hop ing by this Inducement to restore the native population to its size of a quar ter of a century ago, merely broach, as something novel, a system which baa for reasons not of statecraft, but mere ly personal, long been ln operation in Eastern Connecticut. In the mills, which are to be found" wnerever iu iuis uuiv noruou oi wis State there Is a wuter power, the work ers are French Cauadlaus. Big mills, with their hundreds aud even thou sands of operatives, ore numerous, and little mills, each employing from twen ty to thirty to 100 to UOO workers of both sexes are tucked down letween the bills ln all sorts of possible and seemingly impossible spots. In the large mills Is to Im found a sprinkling of women of other nationali ties, but fully 00 per cent, are French. In the smaller mills there are practi cally none but French workmen. What surprises the visitor who has come out of a New England city Ilka Hartford or New Haven to see bow cotton and woolen goods are made Is the number of children In the factories. Should this visitor nsk the superin tendent of a small mill to mint out the children of one family he will name half a dozen ln the room In which he happens to lie; Indicate another ou tbe stairs and four or five In the various workrooms. The father and mother may or may not be workers Id tbe factory. If th family is large enough the mother Is the housekeeper, and the onerous duty of the father Is to escort his offspring to and from work. He goes to tbs mill with them In the morning and knows that they are all Ii.slde the gata before tbe hour for starting the ma chinery. At noon he conveys them home to dinner and back to the tt? tory. At night be may come to taksl tbem home, but tks Is not an Imi tlve duty. On pay day he comes to the factory and draws the wages of all of them. This child farming Is but one act of the drama of French factory life. The years during which all the children work and tbe father drawn the wages are necessarily few. The fund for a life of ease must be made quickly. Tbs female child, which at 14 Is the source of greatest profit, Is ready to marry one of her own class at 10, and she does so promptly. The new husband and wife will work on In the mill for tbe next five years, with occasional Inter ruptions when there are additions to the family, and then they vanish. They have gathered their savings and gone to Canada to raise a family. Tbey make no fuss atiout tbe matter. It Is the regular thing. Ten years later, or even sooner, they will be Imck with a big string of boys and girls to earn money for tbem; they will gather the profits and retire for life to the Cana dian farm, as their fathers and moth ers did. It is noticeable of late years that the operatives are more In baste to lie rich than formerly, They rush lck to tbs factories with smaller families than were common twenty years ago. In deed, It Is rarely now that families of more thnn thirteen are found, and few In the factory tenements exceed ten In number. New York Times. "Va.vFiM4 a boy, "1 know what makes people laugh In their sleeve." "Well, my son, what makes themt " 'Cause that's where their funny bon !." Spare Moments. era-
