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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, PR1DAY, OCT. 11. 1895.
7
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STILL GOING WEST.
TWO PER CENT OF POPULATION
CONSTANTLY MOVING.
he PrnccM Sometime I.ooki Natural
Hut o n tlrnrrul Ituln One Cnn Sco
the Finger Mnrl of nn I'liexplnrcil
Force.
t-i gwhisn emigration to
rip III tho west began, as
AM car'y ns 1783' lh0
JW leaders of tho oast
or7 orn utates were
frightened. Thero
Htlll exist old
pamphlets, not to
say old caricatures,
which ridicule tho
dcslro to go west.
In a dozen forms tho
old story la still told of the emigrant
from a Massachusetts town, who went to
Ohio,' carrying with him n jug of mo
lasses, and camo hack boasting that he
had sold his molasses for enough to pay
for tho molasses and iho jug. On tho
right hand nnd o.i the left, every effort
was made to persuade our people that
they had better stay here nnd not trust
themselves to tho rlcn valleys of tho
Scioto nnd tho Miami. Thoso who
went nnd trusted themselves thero
were perfectly Indifferent .as to what
, was said to those who remained be
ll hind. And thn carlcaturo nnd tho
,' pamphlet nro now left , to the dust of
antiquarian libraries, and only referred
to as Mrs. Partington's broom Is re
ferred to, with which she tried to sweep
back tho waves of tho sea.
AH tho same, however, llttlo or noth
ing Is known about the wavo of emigra
tion. Do Tocqucvlllo studied the
matter with care, nnd gnvo to us tho
curious figure, which has been vcrllled,
that tho average flow of the wnvo was,
In his time, seventeen miles In a year.
A similar flow began from tho Pacific
coast eastward, after wo took a foot
hold in Oregon and California, nnd the
two waves hnvo met each other.
There aro pcoplo to-day who arc as
unwilling to encourage emigration to
tho west from New England as their
grandfathers were. They aro n llttlo
apt to bo pcoplo who own tenement
houses, ten stories high, and would bo
glad to make them twenty stories high
If they could get good ronts for tho
nineteenth nnd twentieth stories. They
nro people who aro living uuder tho
delusion that a city, because its popu
lation is large, Is prosperous and rich.
But tho prophecies of theso people,
and tho Partlngtonlsm, docs not in the
least affect tho purpose of those pcoplo
. who wish to emigrate. As Abraham Lin
' coin would have said, moso pcoplo who
want to go want to go, nnd those pcoplo
t fflha mean to go mean to go. In point
f-jpfct, roughly speaking, 2 per cent
of tho population of the seaboard states
movo westward every year. It is a
llttlo curious, and it Is satisfactory for
us in Massachusetts to observe that
tho attraction of Massachusetts to an
other set of people is, In its way, ns
, great as, in Its way, tho attraction of
the western valleys. It would prob
ably bo fair to say that at this moment
280,000 persons born In Massachusetts
are living In othor states of the Ameri
can union, and that 280,000 persons
born In other states aro living in Mas
sachusetts. Tho two fancies about meet,
each other. Tho account Is about as
broad as it is long.
At the interesting meeting held on
4 Monday evening, tho first colony club
in Massachusetts was formed, not to
make nny particular colony for any par
ticular place, hut sot on foot such ar
rangements ns shall tond to tho com
fort of emigrants. Tho Col
ony Club proposes to collect and circu
late information on tho subject of
open-air life In tho west. It proposes
some such mutual nssistanco ns has
proved posslblo in the Chautauqua clr-
' cles and other great reading circles of
tho country. It proposes tho establish
ment of similar clubs In all the larger
contcrB of New England. And it cannot
be doubted under prudent ami wise
management' u batisfactory result may
be secured.
To a certain extent, tho Indifference
nt the general government towards in
terior emigration may bo atoned for
'by such arrangements as theso clubs
mny bo ablo to make. Edward Everett
Hale, in Boston Commonwealth.
A I1iurt I'urly.
Tho old-tlmo donkey party recently
suggested a new form of evening enter
tnlnraent, namely, n "heart party." A
largo heart mado of red flannel cloth
was pinned upon a sheet hung from n
door. In tho center of tho heart was
sowed a small circle of whlto. Arrows
of whlto cloth with pins placed therein
wcro given to the guests, each nrrow
bearing a number, tho number corre
sponding to u list whereon thonnmes
nnd numbers of tho guests wero placed,
Tho point of tho gumo, of course, waH
to sco which person, when blindfolded,
would pin tho arrow nearest to the con
trol spot of white. Four prizes wcro
offered one each for tho lady and gen
tleman coming tho nearest to tho cen
ter, nnd onp each to those coming tho
farthest from tho bullsoye. Tho prizes
consisted ot a heart-shaped pincushion,
a heart-shaped photograph frame, sil
ver heart-shaped pin, and a heart
shaped box of bonbons. Tho booby
prizes wore n Brownfo holding a tiny
heart with an arrow inscribed "Try,
try acain," and n pincushion made of
rod satin, Bhapcd like a beet. Ladles'
Homo Journal.
Sim .hint Kt lllio Up.
. Tbo'fcmalo spider Is a) ways larger
than tho male, and; if accounts bo truo,
is of a rather peppery disposition.
When tho husband becomes obstinate
jt..l h.III nt. AliA.r niilaio 4tii Invlnor
',,111111 YVIW IV uuvjr uiiiviu, vmv IUIIIIB
wlfo eats him up to get ria or mm and
eeks a more obedient spouse, xiy
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HIS UNPLEASANT DUTY.
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Dlil Not Miiko Very llitril Work of
It, After AC.
Now tho wild rush for home begins,
nnd whon one of tho women, who havo
gotten to know each othor very well,
appears upon the porch of tho country
houso or hotel, vallso In hand, and
while tho lmpntlent driver ot tho stage
or carriage protests loudly and often,
this sort of thing occurs: "Good-bye,
Miss Bemls (kiss), (lood-bye, Miss
Jones (kiss). So sorry to leavo you all!
Good-bye, Mr. Brown; kiss ytnir daugh
ter for me. All right, driver; we'ro
coming. Good-bye, Miss .Tdhks (kiss).
Good-byo, everybody. Come along
Katie; all right, driver. Where's Miss
Burt? Oh, dear! I've left my umbrolln,
and It's bad luck to go back! Oh,
thank you so mucht All right, driver!
I declare It's too bad to leavo you nil.
You must call and sco us some time
Newark, Ohio, you know. Good-bye!
Good-byo!"
There's n -flutter of handkerchiefs
from tho slage, a reply from tho porch
and 'the vehicle has turned the cor
ner. A quiet llttlo man, who saw one ot
these performances the other day, said
to his wife:
"Maria, must wo do that sort ot
thing when we go tomorrow?"
"Why, certainly!" was tho reply.
"You wouldn't bo Impolite, would
you?"
"Yes, I would," said he, earnestly,
"and I will, too. I'll never do that, and
I toll you so right now. I'll say good
byo to the whole lot In a general way,
same as tho deacon said grace oyer tho
whole barrel of pork, but I won't go
round In any such fashion ns thnt."
"Then they'll bo very much hurt,
and so shall I," snld his wife. "You al
ways do want to sneak out ot every
thing and leave it tor mo to do."
"Oh, all right," ho Hiild, doggedly;
"I'll do It."
So when they appeared on the porch
tho next day, equipped for traveling,
tho husbnnd lnld his satchel in the
'bus, rnmo back, seized the prettiest
girl, gave her a rousing kiss, nnd said:
"Good-bye Miss Field; I really hate
to leave you."
Then he gyrated around like n hum
mlngtop, shook hands with tho men,
hugged tho landlady, and kissed two
moro pretty women married, these
before their husbands could protest or
his panic-stricken wife Interfere.
Then ho bounced into tho omnibus,
and said, as they wore driven depot
ward: "Woll, Maria, that was one time I
didn't sneak, did I?" New York Be
corder. A Mmlrl Child.
Her temper's always sunny, her hair
Is ever neat;
Sho doesn't caro for candy she says It
Is too sweet!
Sho loves to study lessons her sums
nro always right;
And sho gladly goes to bed at 8 every
single night!
Her apron's never tumbled, her hands
aro alwayB cloan ;
With buttons missing from her shoes
sho novcr has been seen.
Sho remembers to shy "Thank you,"
and "Yep, ma'am, if you plense;"
And sho never cries, nor frots, nor
whines; she's novcr been known
to tease.
Each night upon the closet shelf sho
puts away her toys;
Sho never slams tho parlor door, nor
makes tho slightest noiso;
But sho loves to run on errands and to
piny with llttlo brother,
And uho'B never in her llto been seen
to disobey her mother.
"Who lsthl8 charming llttlo maid?
I long to grasp her hand!"
She's the daughter of Mr. Nobody,
And sho lives In Nowherclnud!
Helen Hopklus, In St. Nicholas.
IVoof of (Irnlui.
' First Poot I think Thomson's "Sea
sons" Is tho most rcmnrkablo book ever
written. Second Poet Why? First
Poet It contains over 1,000 lines on
spring, and bo managed to get It pub
lished. WORTH KNOWING.
Women have colds in the head less
frequently than men, bocauso they arc
not accustomed to heavy headvcovor
Ings. When nn artery has been sovcrod tho
blood comes in Jets, becauso tho heart
throws It directly to tho point where
tho artery has been cut.
Tho most scnsltlvo nerves aro in
tho nnse, tongue and eyes, becauso In
theso orgnns greater sensitiveness
Is needed than In any other part ot tho
body.
Many diseases cause pallor because
In wanting diseases tho number ot rod
corpuscles in tho blood is diminished,
ami this fact Is apparent in tho color of
tho Bklu.
Tho cheeks become palo from fear be
causo tho mental emotion diminishes
tho action of tho heart and lungs, and
so impedes the circulation.
Tho tnsto Is often tho last faculty to
bo Impaired by old ago, becauso It Is
most needed for tho protection of tho
Individual against tho usa of unwhole
some food.
Tho term "thick-headed" as applied
to stupid people, has Us foundation in
u fact of nature. It often happens that
tho brain shrinks, and as it docs, eo
tho skull sometimes thickens,
People sniff tho air to locnto an odor,
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lyL'iiuae uy umiunmuji mo noiuriiH a
fluKirAM .ir.ritltv nt filn In .1niu In .ln
ll" Hi""1'" ". Ill, IHU
nerves aro bolter exposed, and tho odor
more clearly pqrcelyed.
Venous blood Is bluo or almost, black,
because it contains many impurities
collected from tho system, and has not
lUelf been purified by contact with the
a4r In tho lunge. , ,
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WE ARE EAR BEHIND.
SWITZERLAND BURIES HER OWN
DEAD.
Itlrli nml I'lior Anll Tlicnm-lim nf n
I.111V ill AiltAnrcil (It lllrntlon- Dcitlh
.Mnt4 All i:tnnt f.nvr Worth Adopt
Inir. NITEI) States con
suls In Switzerland
hnvo been lnvctl
gntlng tho laws
rolntho to tho biir
lal ot the dead.
Mr. G Iff oid, tho
consul nt Basle, re
ports: In tho can
ton of Baslo City,
tho law provides for
tho burial of tho
5fc
m
jo i
n
tlcad at the expenso ot tho state. Collins
and all othet necessary articles me fur
nished on application to certain under
takers designated by the government.
Evoi-vtlilmz rnnticeted with tho Inter
ment Is absolutely gratuitous Includ
ing tho grave and tho snrvlre. Ulch
and poor nro alike entitled to tho bene
fit of tltls Imv. nml ml classes avail
themselves of It freely. Of tho 1.021
burials which took pluro In tho cnv
1S93, 1,101 were at tho expenso of tho
canton. The execution of tho law Is
entrusted to nn ofllclal of tho sanitary
department. Tho ncLuiints of this de
partment for tho year ISM show that
the cost to tho canton arising from the
gratuitous burial ot tho dead was as
follows: Coffins, $2,388; builnl ex
penses, $r(ir2S; salaries, $3,323; caro of
cemeteries, etc., $2,300. Total, $13,341.
Tho law hns been In operation only
ti few years, but haH from tho first been
regarded with great favor, oven by
those, who, as tax payers, aro moat
burdened by It.
In tho other cantons of the country
gieat diversity exists, somo of tho can
Ioiib hnvlng not yet udopled tho now
method. All eccm likely lo do so.
Irving It. Itlclminn. consul general,
says:
Graves, generally, arc only to recclvo
one body, and arc not to be oponcd for
the reception of new bodies until after
tho lapse of such number of years as
Is assumed to bn required for tho com
pleto decay of tho body, which varies
in tho different cantons from thrco to
twolvo years for children nnd from
twelve to twenty years In tho caso of
adults.
Wherever frco burial has been Intro
duced, It was done on the principle thnt,
death making all men equal, thero
ought to bo no distinction In tho burial
of tho deported. It is assumed that nil
tho citizens and residents, high or low,
rich or poor, will avail themselves of
the provisions of the enactment, nnd
thnt all tho funerals and Interments
will bo equally plain and unostenta
tious. Tho course pursued by tin authori
ties of tho city of St. Gall in each enso
of frco burial Is given In the following
extracts from the municipal police reg
ulations: An attendant calls at the
houso of mourning, after verbal notlco
of death has been given nt tho pollco
ofllco, and receives n further notlco In
writing. Ho attends to dressing tho
body, gives notice to tho coroner, to tho
offlcor of vital statistics, to tho clergy
man, the bell-ringer, tho undertaker
and tho grnve-dlggcr. Tho attendant
must nlso issuo tho Invitations to tho
funeral, nnd must be present half an
hour beforo tho tlmo of burial. Tho
undertaker nnd giavc-dlgger must, nf
ter receiving notice, go nt once to tho
houso of mourning, measure the corpse,
provldo the coffin, and placo the corpse
therein. On tho dny of burial, they
must seo that tho body Is taken from
tho house of mourning nml placed in
tho funeral car. They must escort tho
car to tho grave, take from it tho cof
fin, Inter It, and cover tho grave.' Tho
coffin must be black, and capable of be
ing hermetically sealed. Tho sexton
must sow tho grave with ryo grass.
In front ot tho houso of mourning an
urn must be put, on tho day of tho
burial, for tho reception of cards of
condolence.
WILL VIRTUE BE REWARDED?
A Writ l'uliit Cuilrt ttlm Compound lilt
Colonel to OWr.r thn Iti'sntulloti.
Tho establishment of tho color lino
In tho West Point summer encampment
recently guve rlso to a good story on
the commandant of cadets, Colonel
Samuel Mills. Tho regulations pre
scribe that everyone crossing tho color
lino or passing the colors should salute
by lifting his enp with tho right hand
and placing It upon his loft shoulder.
Colonel Mills neglected this Important
ccromony not long ago and tho sentry
on duty promptly stopped him nnd
compelled him to obey the regulation.
Tho commandant next dny s6nt for
this cadet, a third class mnu, who, by
tho nay, comes from Indiana, and
talked to him long and earnestly. The
young man icfused to dlvulgo tho sub
stance of the Interview, but the gcnornl
opinion Is thnt the cadet will bn given
corporal's chevrons In the fall, when
changes are made In the officers of the
battalion.
A i'n to Kli'lilonntnln.
"When I was In India," said tho man
who had traveled, " tho natlvo thlovcs
stolo tho sheets from under mo while
I slept, nnd I never knew it!"
"Yes, and when I was In the North
west during the boom," Bald tho man
who will hover admit thnt America can
be outdone, "I had to sleep in a room
where there wero four real cstnto agents
and ono ot them stole a poroiis plaster
from my back without awakening mo."
So many people aro not at homo
when a golden opportunity knocks.
Arkansas Is shipping cypress shingles
to Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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THE PUULIC SCHOOL.
Mnjr ttn Turn m n Weapon Aclnt All
TliroAtrntuc Dangers
American Dairyman says: A short
tlmo ago we called attention to the
statement of Mr. Mulhall that tho ag
gregate wealth of this country rcpre
hcntcd fl.OOOwr capita of population,
nnd took exception to his deductions In
this matter as not representing tho veri
ties of tho problem. Slnco thnt tlmo
our attention hns been called to tho fig
ures of tho census of 1S90. nnd these
ovldonco thnt Mr. Mulhall Is n past
grand master of tho order ot figure Jug
glers. Tho wealth of the country In
1889, as revealed by tho census, was
$02,082,000,000. Its distribution among
tho 62.C22.2riO of population when
groupod Into families phowed that 182,
000 of thesu latter owned $13,307,000,000,
or 70 per cent of tho entire wealth of
the country, while tho remainder of the
population, represented by 12,820,000
families, owned the remaining 30 per
cent of the wealth of tho country, as ex
pressed by $18,715,000,000. Stated In
another form, 13,002,000 families own
$02,002,250,000. and l.l per cent of them
possess 70 per cent of this vast wealth,
whllo 0S.G per cent of theso families
control only 30 per cent of It. If this
body of wealth wero distributed equal
ly among tho families of tho country,
each of them would havo $1,771.77,
w hllo as actually owned, the 182.000 av
erage $237,181.31 each, whllo tho av
crago of each of 'tho 12,820.000 families
Is only $1,458.20. Theso nro startling
figures, and Indlcnto thnt tho methods
of wealth distribution In this day and
country are crude, aa well as faulty,. if
Justice to thoso that bear tho burden
nnd perform tho toll of their generation
Is to enter Into tho problem. Tho reg
ulation of tho distribution referred to
Is n question of vast dimculty, but,
nevertheless, It admits of equitable
adjustment. If, however, tho distribu
tion of wealth Is permitted to exist un
disturbed, ns at present constituted, the
appearanco of an aristocracy of
wealth richer thnn tho ono that cor
rupted, cursed and crushed ancient
Romo will appear In this country In
tho second decade of tho twentieth cen
tury. To avoid this the broadening
of opportunity for tho masses Is essen
tially Imperative. The teaching of so
clnl economics In tho public schools Is
nlso n mennB to lessening the gravity of
this coming danger.
THE SPIKETOWN DLIZZARD.
lloir tli ii Killtiir ."Mumiui'il to Kopo In
the Iti'lnrtiint AilirrtUer.
"James," said Editor Clugstou, of the
Splketown Blizzard, "go and see what
makes that abominable smell."
Tho ofllco boy went and presently
enmo uack with tho information that
somcuouy in tno ncignboruood wns
burning rubber.
"Hiram," said Editor Clngston, "sec
If you can And out where that horrible
odor comes from,"
Tho foreman sailed out nnd sniffed
the air. On returning ho gave It us
his decided opinion that some cook not
far away had inadvertently burned n
beefsteak.
"You aro both light," said Editor
Clngston, 'seizing his pen and begin
ning to write, his lofty brow nllame
with tho light of a sudden Inspiration.
Tho next number of tho Splketown
Blizzard contained this item:
"Tho frightful smell that permeated
the ntmosphero last Monday wns
caiiKod by tho accidental burning of
ono of thoso rubber steaks which tho
rostaurant nlwnys supplies to
Its customers.
"P. S. Unlets satisfactory nrrango
niontu nro mado at the business depart
ment of this ofllco this saiiio Item will
appear In tho next issuo of tho Blizzard
with tho blank properly filled out."
GREAT THOUGHTS.
God never wrought miracles to con
vlnco atheism, because iu ordinary
works convince It. Bacon.
Drudgery Is ns necessary to coll out
tho trennures of tho mind ns harrowing
nnd planting those ot tho earth.
Margaret Fuller.
It Is only when to-morrow's burden
Is added to tho burden of to-dny thnt
tho weight Is moro than n mnn cnn
bear. Georgo Mncdonald.
There is nothing so small but that we
may honor God by asking his guidance
of it, or insult him "by taking It into
our own handn. Busking
Tho tnlent of success Is nothing
more than doing what you can do well,
and doing woll whatever you do with
out u thought ot fame. Longfellow.
If you wish success In life, mnko per
severance your bosom friend, experi
ence your wise counselor, caution your
older brother, and hojm your guardian
genius. Addison,
No ono can nak honestly or hopefully
to be dellvored from temptation unless
ho has himself honestly and firmly de
termined (o do tho best ho ran to keep
out of It. Uuskln.
A child of ordinary capacity and des
titute of property, but converted to God
in childhood, Is frequently worth moro
to tho church than ton wonlthy men
converted at tho moon of life. John
Todd.
Honest gobd humor Is tho oil and
wlno of a morry meeting, and thero la
no Jovial companionship equal to that
where tho Jokes nro rather small and
the laughter Is abundant. Washington
Irving.
What cares tho child whon tho moth
er jocks it, though all storms beat with
out? So wo, If God doth shlold and tend
us, shall bo hccdlesa of the tempests
and blasts ot llfo, blow they over bo
rudoly. Henry Ward Bcocher.
s An employment, the satisfactory pur
suit of which requires of a man that ho
shall bo endowed wlthii retentive mem
ory, quick at learning, lofty-minded
and graceful, is the friend and brother
ot truth, fortitude and temperance
Plato.
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mMrtiiflirti,Ti.f,1mr.,pi
DON'T LIKE WOMEN.
FLMALE MISSIONARIES OFFEND
, SOCIAL IDEAS.
."Iiinijnllittn t'uiulilrr Women Infrrlur
Hint UlllkW Tnkn Umbilici Whi'ii Tlirjr
Attiifk llit'lr llellglon Conversion ot
Chlnrte Women A trodou.
K
HE d 1 n tresslug
ninssaero of women
tnlsBlonnr Ior in
China has called
forth many expres
slons hf opinion
thnt woman should
not bo oncournged
by tho socletlos that
organlzo mlsslou
tuy effort to go to
posts, and happily
this view means for tho present,
to bo accepted by the bocIcIIcb
Probably, Indeed, women missionaries
attract special dislike from forelsn men
In Just tho sumo spirit of maHcultuo
domination that actuates Wesluyana
hero In voting against women members
or thulr conferenco. Of course to tho
Confucians, tho Buddhists, and tho Mo
hammedans their own icllglou Is us
certainly tho ono nnd only truti revolu
tion from henven ns Christianity Is to
tho missionary this may bo dllllcult for
us to lealtze, but It must bo realized If
tho caso Is to bo understood. It Is of
fensive, therefore, for tho honest tlovo
tco of ono of these heathen faiths to
hear his religion attacked and de
ficrlbad as a baseless, Immoral, and evil
superstition. It must bo doubly offon
slvo to hear his faith so attacked by a
foreigner of tho Inferior sex whllo to
havo his own wlfo led to think differ
ently from himself by tho other wom
an's persuasions must bo additionally
exasperating.
Thin special objection of a man to
hnvo heretical teachings addressed to
tho females of his family, this animos
ity towards efforts mado to placo his
women In nntagonlsm to him, wnn
naively expressed nt tho Congress of Re
ligions in Chicago. A really capital
papor on Confucianism was contrib
uted by the chief sccretnry of tho Ghl
ncso Legation at Washington, anil oven
this intelligent person explained thnt
to attempt to convert women to Chris
tianity wns equally atrocious with shel
tering crime. "If such a prnctlco ns
giving religious Instruction directly to
women and girls, or as screening tho
wicked from tho pursuit of JubMcq bo
allowed this will havo tho effect of
driving away all who vnluo filial piety,
propriety, sincerity, truth, nnd rcctl
tudo, and who havo n sense of shame."
Tho same writer tells us the husband
1b recognized in Chlncso religion oa tho
master of tho wife, in tho snmo degree
as henven is of earth, and tho sover
eign in ot tho subject; that tho Stato
takes no care of female education, slnco
It tests with tho bond of each family
to do as ho pleases with regard to its
female members; nnd thnt bo thorough
ly is tho responsibility, nnd theroforo
tho power, of tho father and husband
carried that tho mon actually bear tho
ponnlty of any offenses done by tho
woman! "A woman burning incense. In
tho cloisters shall bo punished with
stripes, but tho punlshmont Is Inflicted
vicariously namely: on the head ot tho
family to which she belongs. This prin
ciple ot tho Chlncso luw Is applicable
not only to this caso, but also to all vio
lations ot law In which tho offender Is
a femnlo person." This Is truly a lively
prospect for tho Chlncso husbandB and
fathers! No wonder thoy require tholr
women to havo crippled feet in order
that tholr goings-on may bo easily
supervised! No wonder thnt they teach
their womon a precept of Confucius,
that Sir John Bowrlng thus translated:
"A man should never talk about what
hoppons hln own homo within; but for
a woman 'tis a eln to know it what
takes placo without." This is enough
to ludicato how particularly objection
able Christian missions specially ad
dressed to Chlncso women must seem to
the truo believer In tho nntlonal reli
gion, and how hopeless must bo the
"warfnro" to which tho missionary so
cieties send Christian womon at the
peril of their lives. Mrs. Fenwlck-Mll-ler
iu London Illustrated Nows.
Ilolmlril or DUhonrnt.
It Is common obsorvatlon that men
mny have much ability nnd much
knowlcdgo of certain kinds, with the
faculty of ready expression which la w,
useful to politicians and public men,
without having the power of clear and
logical reasoning. They may havo per
versities ot Intellect nnd defects of
moral souse, which mnko them less
capable of reaching sound conclusions
than tho "plain pcoplo," who need only
to understand a subject to bo about
right In their Judgment of It. Fanatics
llko Bland, of Missouri, aro generally
elncero, but Irrational. In brains that
aro strong but not wholly sound delu
sion takes a deeper hold than in thoso
that nro weaker but more nearly nor
mal. Aro theso able and experienced
men, who formed the nucleus ot the
Washington silver convention and were
responsible for tho fiasco In which it
resulted, still tloludod on tho subject ot
free coinage and Its effects? The only
alternative supposition Is that thoy are
not honest, and nro seeking to dorlvo
somo advantage for themselves from a
policy that would surely bo disastrous
to tho country.
Depth of the Ka.
Small boys often auk their paronts,
"How deep Is tho sea?" Tho answer do
ponds entirely upon tho sen. The fol
lowing table, complied by oue who has
investigated, may help ono to tho solu
tion ot ono of the small boy's problems;
Average depth in yards: Pacific, 4,252;
Atlantic, 4,026; Indian, 3,058; Antarctic,
3,000; Arctic, 1,690; Mediterranean,
1,470; Irish, 240; English channel, 110;
Adriatic, 45; Baltic, 43.
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MANUFACTURE OF. MATCHES.
rhimiitinrini Hu-lun to It" thv Only Mntcrll
Amllntiln in the Trmlo.
A commission appointed by tho
French Government hnn been Investi
gating tho manufacture of matches,
with tho object of ascertaining If thero
was not some substance whoso substi
tution for phosphorus would lender that
industry ono In which men and women
could cngngo without becoming tho vic
tims nf horrible nnd fatal forms ot
poisoning. Tho commission hna Just
mado Its report, and the conclusions
reached by it aro of groat Interest.
Thero is, tho commission says, nothing
that can leplaco phosphorus as a quick
and convenient means to stmt com
bustion. Other chemicals would, In
deed, bo safer for tho employes, but
noun of them Is even approximately
safo or useful from tho standpoint ot
tho public. It Is ovldent, thcrcforr,
that the use of phosphorus mit con
tinue; hut, though thnt Is the enso, U by
no menns follows that tho manufacture
of matches must bo nt tho cunt of hun
dreds of lives ovory year. By using
proper precautions, tho comnilsaloncrft
declare, In tho ventilation of fnctorlos,
In tho structure' ot mnchincs nnd In tho
personal hnbltB of the workpeople, prac
tically nil tho danger cnn bo removed.
In tho best regulnted establishment!!
measures have already boch taken lhat
put an end to the xtlsoaseH that a care
less and unscientific uso of pliosphorui
ptoduccH In thoso thnt handle It. Ado
quato safeguards against ucciosln and
blood poisoning mo Known and In uso
by some inniiufnuliirefri. Other perslht
In tho old ways, and their omployoB con
tinue to die, also In the old wny. 'X
atartllng feature of tho roport lit lta as
sertion that the match factories owned
and conducted by tho French Govern
ment Itself ore precisely thoso In which
tho conditions nro tho worst, whllo
many prlvnto compnnleH havo already
mado their premises models of arrange
ment nnd method, as healthful to work
In ns could bo desired. It has long been
known thnt tho "ullumottoB do la regie"
wcro the worst in the world, but pqr
haps tho labors of this bold and out
Bpokcn commission will result In im
proving tho official matches aa well ns
the places where thoy aro made.
Cnrlmm I'urN of KWcnco.
A new lead for deep sen sounding car
ries a cartridge) which explodoa on
touching tho bottom. A submerged
microphone rccolvca the sound and tho
depth Is estimated from tho tlmo occu
pied by tho lend In sinking to tho bot
tom. When leeches wcro kept In every
chemist's shop nnd often in prlvato
houscB their behavior was aubjoct to
constnnt observation, and It was genor
nlly noticed that In still weather, dry
or wet, they remained ut tho bottom, but
rose, often as much as twenty-four
hours In advance, beforo a change, and
in enso ot a thunderstorm roso very
quickly to tho surface, descending when
it was past.
Spiders are met with In tho forests ef
Java whose webs nro bo strong that It
requires a knlfo to cut through them. A
spider weighing four pounds, which has
taken up his residence In a cathedral at
Munich, regales herself with a largo
supply of lamp oil. A Texas spider
weaves a balloon four feet long and two
feot wide, which she fastens to a troo
by a single thread, then marches on
board with her half dozen llttlo ones,
cutB tho thread and away goes tho air
ship to some far distant point on tho
prairie.
Wo have it on tho authority of the
Brooklyn Eagle that smoke never coes
issuo from n volcano. Nor does fire.
The red tight seen abovo the. crater Is no
flame. It Is tho glow of molten lava re
flected on the under Bide of the clouds
of dust. And the clouds ot dust aro
never mixed with smoke. Thero nro
burst, of steam sometimes, but rocks do
not burn as wood does, und give off thn
finely-divided carbon dust that we know
ns smoke. The pictures of eruptions
In thq geographies of our youth aro
wrong, and bo are reports from Pres
co,y, Ariz., that smoke is issuing from
one of the peaks of the Hnrquo Hula
range, thus Indicating "that an active
volcano la developing."
A very curious phenomenon has been
much commented upon in the German
press, says the Philadelphia Record.
Prof. K. G. Fiedler, who has been in
vestigating tho appearanco of so-cfll(pd
fulgurites for many years, hns rocont
ly received two specimens, which are
tho largest bo hns over seen. Tholr
origin is duo to lightning striking n
bank of sand. This action of lightning
is explained In tho following wny: Tho
heat of tho electric dlschnrgo melts-tho
quartz to n fluid mucs, which becomes
solid after cooling off. The shape is
very odd, branching and forking out,
tapering toward tho ends. These ful
gurltc.i are hollow tholr entire length,
tho forked ends pointing downward
where found. Thoy nro from seven to
nine feat long, nnd thulr ends reached
Into very wet Band, whore all traces ot
tho lightning ceased.
SomVthlua; Hr Xpftiloil.
"Havo you got anything that's good
for a man with a darn bad case ot
chronic rheumatism?" Inquired tho
sour-looking customer nt the country
drug store.
"Yes, sir," replied tho conscientious
druggist, handing him a tract entitled:
"O Sin Sick Soul, Repont and B
Heuled."
Jl'rtuchcr In tli Chutii flung.
Rov. J. Murray has been sentenced to '
the chain gang in Murray county, Go.,
for violation of tho stato liquor law.
The preacher eloped 'With a widow' not
long since.
Bicycles hnvo seriously affected the
piano trade. When a glcl is asked
which she prefers for u present, a
piano or a bicycle, in most carta ah
choores the bicycle,
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