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A Quaint Old Farmhouse la County
Ireland, Built In 1705.
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In tho county of Antrim Ireland'
northernmost district there stands a
(omfortnble old farmhouse, which until
recently attracted little notice, but
which has now become a place of much
more than local fame, Parish or.uio.s
liolnt out tho homestead of llcrvock
with unction, and errant Americans
drift thither from Lame. Hplfast, and
even distant Dublin, For this squarely
hullt farm house was the eunabula
gcntls, or nursing home, of the house
of MeKlnloy; and under this venerable
roof was horn James McKlnlcy, pioneer
of the family in America, anil ancestor
or tho president of these I'nlted States.
Dcrvoek Is not far from Lough Noagh
In whose calm waters the fisherman in
still believed to see at intervals all the
spires and pinnacles of some proud city
or the forgotten past. One may hire a
jaunting car In busy Relfast. and jour
ney thither ngrocahly enough. The
farm house stands on a slightly rising
ground. A hedge or mil thorn trees
masks the front, until the long boho
veen or lano, with a sudden turn, brings
the traveler Into tho trim inclosiiio,
half lawn, half gaidcn. which surrounds
the entrance door. Hehlnd tho house
rlres a brace of prading elms, and
against their iKht given foliage the
cold gray atones of Dervock stand out
In stern, but not unpleasant relief.
Two stories high, with narrow.minll
paned windows and a fort of lean-to
addition audi is the outward aspect
of the MeKlnloy lottage. t'p to a de
cade since the roof was picturesquely
thatched, but the present tenant tore
away the straw, and covered Ills home
with more useful, but certainly less at
tractive, slates. Iu the low doorway
stands a 'half-door," that hospitable
Celtic ltlca, which keeps undesirable
strangers out. while bidding a hearty
welcome to the desirable. Ileslde this
door, through which one gets a U-v
of tho neatly kept interior, stands an
ancient granite stone, now used as a
seat, but which once occupied a more
important position. The two chimneys
of the cottage are very old, but so
strongly and scrvlceably did the Me
Klnlcys of former days build them that
subsequent dwellers found In them
nothing to alter. The same, Indeed,
HOME OK PRESIDENT M'KIN
may bo said of Dervock an a whole
it was built throughout solidly and
well.
From many residents of the parish I
gathered scraps of Dervock history, un
til It wbb easy to traco tho modest story
of the old house. Sonic said that tho
McKlnley's were a Scottish race, that
settled In Antrim during James I.'s
plantation of Ulster; others stoutly
maintained that they wore of pure Irish
stock, and merely a sub-trlbo or branch
family of tho great house of O'Neill.
However this may be, It Is fairly cer
tain that during the reign of Charles
II, James McKlnlcy, son of another
James MeKlnloy, and called "Sliamus
Oge," or "James the Younger," settled
upon tho lands of Dervock. The name
of "Shamus Ogo" may bo found among
the list of those to whom a contract
for tho making of a road along tho
shores of Lough Ncagh was Issued In
tho year 1GS8. In 1709 David MeKin
ley, of Dervock, was a collector of the
"hearth tax" In Antrim. Doubtless
these ancestors of President McKlnlcy
had a dwelling on their farm, but no'
Vestiges thereof remain.
Tho existing structure was built In
17C5, as one can seo from the old stono
peat hitherto alluded to as standing by
tho Dervock door. This old stono was
formerly the hearthstone of tho farm
house; but a former tenant, (hiding that
his floor had Blink below the level of
tho Etone, removed It and had It set
i. an a seat. Then It was that on the
reverse of the granlto slab was discov
ered tho Inscription, "W. McK., 1705."
Tradition confidently asserts that this
means "William MeKinley, 17C5," the
datJ being that of the completion of the
farm house. ,
In a small Irish country parish It Is
easy enough to follow tho lino of a re
spectable ycomnn or farmer family
bark for five or bIx generations. Every
i-uch parish has somo sheannachlo, or
wlso chronicler, whoso business It Is to
keep track of Just such homely genealo
gies With tho assistance of tho Prot
estant rector of Gushenditn (tho Row
Samuel Arnold Rronnan, M. A,), a noted
Irish antiquarian, I found but little illlll
culty in connecting President McKln
lcy with the Dervock family. Indeed,
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Antrim,
lu the record!? of the parish church are
the christening entries of ".lames, son
of William and Hannah MeKinley. of
Dei voc!;," and of his In others, John.
I'etrr and William all between the
years 1"0. ami ll". These were the
children of that David MeKlnloy. of
Dervock, who collected the hearth tax,
and the grandchildren of "Shamus Oge
McKlnlcy."
.lames MeKinley came to America,
anil his son David, of Columbiana
(utility, Ohio, was great grandfather of
tho president. Ills, nephew, William
MeKlnloy, Inherited the old homestead,
ami during the troublous times of lTttS
thiew lu his lot, as did very many 11
ster Protestants, with the I'nlted Irish
men. He was a dose friend of Henry
Joy McL'raekon, the leader of the I'lster
rebels, and during the summer of 17!)s
a party of yeomanry, commanded, furi
ously enough, by a ('apt. llanna, de
scended upon Dervock farm and c.ip
tuied MeKinley and a quantity of rebel
arms and ammunition. McKlnlcy was
taken to ("oleraine, and. tho eounliy be
ing under martial law, he was tried by
iliumhead court martial ami shot in
the market place, together with three
other patriots.
Dervock has long since passed out of
MeKinley hands, but the present ten
ant, a stui dy I'lster yeoman, claims
relationship to the family In the female
line. A near-by churchyard lias many
MeKlnlev tombs, and among them may
be seen that of William or 1VJS.
anc.ela iirenan.
nREEDlNGSNAKES FOR A LIVING
ll'IH Sollll" of till" Nllj .nlw IlKll.l
Do It.
The bo"'iity given by the Indian gov
ernment for snakes' heads in order to
('.'.terminate tlie.se reptiles has led to a
few of the dishonest natives breeding
them for a living, says Pearson's
Wedcly. An Englishman recently trav
eling through central India made a pe
culiar discovery. In the heait of a
dense jungle he came across a mde
hut. and close at hand was a large pit.
covered over with a tight Sluing wood
en rover. Ho found Hie occupants of
the hut, two disreputable looking na-
LEY'S ANCESTORS IN IK BLAND.
tlvcs, and asked them tho meaning of
tho peculiar pit. They Informed him
that they were breeders or snakos.Thcy
caught all sorts of snakes and put
them iu the pit, the bottom of which
was covered over with dried grass and
leaves. They kept tho snakes hero
some six months, feeding them on all
kinds of small animals and birds. They
then tilled a large earthen pot with
poisonous herbs, lighted It, lowered it
Into the pit and secured the tight fit
ting wooden cover, and thus smotheied
tho reptiles. The cover was allowed
to remain on for a few days; It was
then removed and the snakes taken
out by means of a long polo with a
spike at the end of it. Their beads weie
then cut off and ono of tho rogues set
out for the nearest government agency
to obtain tho bounty, while the other
ono caught fresh snakes for tho pit.
The snakes very often devoured ono
another, but tho mothers generally
managed to bring up their young,
though It was a marvel they bred "U
all in such a plac.e, being, ono would
think, contrary to their nature.
Woko Up lii u Com ii.
From the Maryville, Mo., Review.
Paul Pelkey, of Fllmore, Is still living
and Is 102 years old. Ho took sick
and died forty years ago, was dressed In
gravo clothes and was placed In a eof
Jln In an upstairs room at his homo.
Tho funeral was ready to start and
thn stairs wero very narrow and old
fashioned nnd but two men could haa
dlo the coflln. They started dowi the
stairway with the coflln and ono of the
men slipped nnd down went the
coflln biimpty-bump. Tho coffin broke
open nnd the corpse sat up and rubbed
his eyes nnd asked for a drink of water,
and Paul Pelkey's funeral was put off
Indefinitely, nnd hns not since been an
nounced, and It Is raid Is not likely to
bo for some time to come.
A (looil lii.
lluriow-l-"That,s a dandy wheel you
have there, old man. I'll tnko a llttlo
spin on It some day. Iy tho way.what
kind of a wheel do you think I ought to
ride?" Marrow "One of your own,"
Plck-Me-Up.
THE MYSTERY OP SLEEP.
X" One ("mi i:nrlljr i:pt.iln tlin rhv
iioiiirnii of Mtimlirr,
rrom the Iondon Spectator: Thete
Is a remarkable fact connected with
sleep which must not bo overlooked.
The sleep or n human being, If we are
not too busy to attend to tho matter,
always evokes a certain feeling of nwc.
(!o Into a room where n person 19
sleeping and It Is difficult to resist the
s-onso that one is In the presence of the
('nti.il mystery of existence. People
who teniember how constantly they
see old Jones asleep In the club library
will smile at this, but look quietly and
iilotie at een old Jones and tho sense
of mystery will soon develop. It Is
no good to sny that sleep Is only "mov
ing" because It looks like death. The
person who Is breathing so loudly as
to take away all thought of death
causes the sense of awe quite as easily
as the silent sleeper, who hardly seems
to breathe. We see death seldom, hut
wcro It mote familiar we doubt if n
corpse would Inspire so much awo as
Hie unconscious and sleeping figure
a smiling Iriesponslble doll of Ilcsh and
blood, but u doll to whom lu a second
may be called a proud, active, con
tinuing consciousness which will rldo
his bodily and bis mental horse with
a hand of iron, which will force that
body to endure toll and misery and
will make that mind now wandering In
paths of fantastic folly grapple with
some great problem, or throw all Its
force Into the ruling, the saving or the
destruction of mankind. The corpse
Is only so much bone, muscle and tis
sue. The sleeping body Is the house
which a quick and caper master has
only left for an hour or so. Let any
ene who thinks sleep Is not mystery
try to observe In himself the process
by which sleep comes and to notice
how and when nnd under what condi
tions ho loses consciousness. Ho will,
of course, utterly fall to put his linger
on the moment of sleep coming, but In
striving to get as close as he can to
the phenomena of sleep he will realize
how great Is the mystery whleh ho l
trying to fathom.
THE BLACK DEATH.
Son llrlli'wil to Mo lili-ntlr.il illh the
lliilimilr I'liignc.
The pestilential disease which pre
vailed so extensively in Europe iu the
middle ages and which was known
everywhere as the black death caused
an enormous loss of life. Thin dlseaso
Ik now believed by epidemiologists to
be Identical with the bubonic plagiio
of tho orient, says Popular .Science
Monthly. No doubt, however, other
pestilential maladies and especially tp
phus or "spotted fever," wero con
rounded with the prevailing epidemic
disease. The last-mentioned disease Is
(omctlmcH known as "famlnu fever,"
on account of its liability to prevail
In epidemic form during periods of
scarcity of food. Typhus was not
recognized by physicians as a distinct
dlseaso until about the end of tlic fif
teenth century, and typhoid fever,
which prevails as an endemic disease
in all parts of the civilized world, was
not differentiated rrom typhus until
the early part or tho present century.
Thero Is, therororo considerable con
fusion as icgardn tho real nature of the
illsase In many of the epidemics which
occurred in Europe during tho middle
ages and even as late as the last cen
tury. Hut there can be no doubt that
the bubonic plagiio was one of tho
chief causes of moitnlity. It continu
ed to prevail lu various parts of Eu
rope during the sixteenth century, mil
during the two-thlrds of tho seven
teenth, but during the latter part of
the seventeenth century it became more
and more rare, nnd after the middle
of tho eighteenth century Its only per
manent habitat In Europo appears to
have been a limited area In tho south
eastern portion, from which It occas
ionally spread northward, without
however, extending much beyond the
limits of the IJalkan peninsula. Dur
ing the early part of the present cen
tury It still occurred to uomo extent
In this region where It prevailed as
an epidemic for the last time In 1SU.
Ilrmliml l)iroiincnt of the .ill ml.
Sir Ii. Holland says: Whatever the
ory we hold as to the functions of the
brain or mind, It I(J certain that the
powers of the brain are only gradually
developed, and, If forced Into prema
ture exercise, they are Imiinlrmi i. !,
oltort." This Is a maxim, Indeed, of
great import, applying to the condition
and culture of every faculty nnd func
Hon of body or of mind, and sl:igulrly
so to the memory, which forms In one
iiwimu uiu luiiuuuiiun or intellectual life.
A reculated oxerclsn eiinrt f i.i i J
fatigue. Is Improving to It, as, Indeed,
it Is to all faculties and functions; but
we are bound to refrain from goading
It by constnnt and laborious efforts In
early life, and beroro tho Instrument la
strengthened to Its work, or It decays
In our hands.
Dutchmen tin. Uar.lc.t fimokom.
Holland holds tho first place In the
world as a nation of smokcrB. Every
Dutchman consumes on an average 100
ounces a year. Tho Ilelglan comes a
good second, with an annual consump
tion of eighty ounces, followed closely
by Turkey, with seventy ounces, and
tho United States with sixty ounces
Germany. France, Spain, and Italy
tread closely on their heeln, whllo the
I'nlted Kingdom comes comparatively
low on tho list, with twoiity-thre's
ounces.
Common lal TrnTrlnr In (irrinnnr.
Ccrnmny has about 00,000 commer
cial travelers on tho road .100 day3 a
year. Their expenditure In hotels Is
estimated at $150,000 a day, or ?45,000,
000 a year.
'OLD l)AMAS(TKHLAI)B.
GIVEN UY THE CZAR TO PRESI
DENT JOHNSON.
It llrlpril to Hull. I KtnRiloiiift Tho Hilt
In Miiiln of Horn Orimuii'iitcil tilth
TmMciIJ WIic "Ilia" Si-hIiIiiii-,1 U .VIiiiIo
of iooil, tl
I 1 P. Parmer, the county surveyor of
Columbiana uiiintv, Ohio, who realties
I at Lisbon, has in Ills pos.scrslon one of
the rarest hhlorici! specimens In e
Isteme. It is a') old Damascus blade.
i which, It is i l.iluicil. is over two thou
sand years old. it Ik of nude design
; and workmanship, and v.as made eu
I tirely by hand, the Irregularity of liu
Ines proving mine conclusively than
anything c.(. u antiquity. Shortly
, after the assassination of I'lesldenl
I Lincoln uu uiisiuccssful attempt was
J made upon the life of the (Var of Kil
! fda. A tlect of American warships was
; font on a inil.se across Hie ocean, and
, Incidentally carried a message of con
I Bratiilatlon to Russia's ruler from
j President Johnson. Assistant Socio-
tary of the Navy Pox aconip.inleil the
I squadron, on board the Mlantoiioinah.
i commanded by John .1. t'ornwell, of
, Lisbon, Ohio. Secretary Pox was pro
jBcntod with tho sword by the Czar In
person, nn a token of his high esteem,
accompanied by the following speech:
, "I piesent to you, sir, as the repre
, scntntlve of on,, of the foiemoht and
' mightiest of modem nations, this
sabie, as a material appreciation of
your nation's high icgard for my vvel
' rare ami safety. Thiough ages It ban
been Measured In the archive.? of my
i fathers as a hcmhlanco of the mighty
, races that sv.ajed the destinies of fu
ture generations on the shores of the
Mediterranean; It was carried thiough
scones of carnage which marked tho
upbuilding of the powerful sovereignty
of Western A ola and has outlived the
kingdoms It helped build." The an
cient treasure was accepted by the sec
retary, with an appropilate response,
and as the licet steamed out of the Rus
sian port ho presented the sword to
Commander Corn well. While the licet
was off Toulon, Pranrc, Commander
Cornwell died suddenly of heart fail
ure. The vessels pulled iu nt the port
and a telegram was sent to Paris for
i burial casket. A squad of marines,
under command of a lieutenant, was
sent on shore to receive tho casket from
tho train and convey it aboard the dead
comniander'n vessel. The casket missed
connections, but the sailors, who were
unaware of that fact, hiintlctl a casket
which arrived on the train on" to the
Ironclad. The fact that the box was
quite heavy did not excite tho suspi
cion of the .sailors, and after It had
been taken to tho cabin the mate
opened the cover. Consternation
reigned on board when there was dis
closed tho body or a beautiful young
lady, burled lu n wealth or flowers.
The lid of tho casket was hurriedly re
stored to Its place and preparations
wens promptly made to return tho body
to tho depot In Toulon. Hut the story
of the alleged seizure had spread, cre
ating Intense excitement in tho French
port, and a. city official was preparing
to board tho American warship with a
search warrant. Explanations were
made, but tho mistake came near caus
ing an international disruption. The
French newspapers characterized the
actions of the American sailors lu the
most scathing terms, assuming that
the taking of the body of the young
lady was a prearranged plan. Com
mander Cornwall was buried at. Tou
lon and the old sword was given Into
his widow's keeping, mid she lu turn
presented It to her brother-in-law, Mr.
Farmer. The blade Is twenty-two and
one-hnlf Inches long and one Inch
wide, tapering to a point. Tho hilt
Is made of horn, ornamented with
twisted brass wire, and Is as hard as
adamant. The cross pieces are of
leather, tipped with sheet brass. Tim
scabbard Is as Interesting as the blade.
being fashioned from wood, with .,
sheet brass covering. It was orna
mented In crude style by indents or a
pointed tool. Near the hilt, on the
blade, are a number or odd characters,
resemwing ancient Hebrew inscrlp
tlons.
Monn .Sole fr (In- Shorn.
An Inventor has hit upon a method
or putting Htono soles on boots and
Hioes. Ho mixes a waterproof glue
with a suitable quantity of clean quartz
sand and spreads It over the leather
solo used as a foundation. These
quartz soles aro said to bo very fioxl
bio and practically Indestructible and
to give the foot a firm hold ovou on
the moat slippery surface.
I'ornt I.IHT In WUeoiiklii.
Ernst Rruncken. tho secretary of the
forestry commission of Wisconsin, is
making zealous efforta to secure tho
reforesting of the cut-over lnnds of tho
state with pine trees. Ho announces
that the "plne-klngs" have promised to
replant their cut-over lands with trees
a year old If the state will see that the
fire law pertaining to forests is strictly
enforced.
Fouling the l.onlly PIiiiiiImt.
Freezing will not Injure a newly pa
tented water pipe, which has n yield
ing '0rc in tho center, strong enough
to withstand the force of tho water un
der natural pressure, but which col-lapt-'H
as Mki Ice expands, and prevents
bursting, tho core enlarging again as
anna as tho water thaws and the prea
bui" Is removed.
Hints In ("oior.ulo.
A Colorado ornlthologlbt computes
thnt 3t: species of birds are to be found
iu that state.
NATIONAL ARCHITECTUnt,
NO. 1.
This Is the first of a scrl'i of ten
architectural articles written for H1I3
paper for the benefit of tho.so thinking
of building. These articles will bo Il
lustrated by resldrnccs of low and
moderate cost, and showing size and
arrangement of rooms and the cost to
build.
Th architecture or a country Ir, sup
posed to give a good Index or the char
acter or Its people. Although the gen
eral style or the architecture may be
modeled upon the il.isnlc.il style or
antlqully.lt receives sn.'h modifications
through the taste of the people, an well
as rrom climatic and sociological con
ditions, as to give It a national Indi
viduality. Mut America Is more cos
mopolitan than any other nation; it
has little homogenliy lu Its tastes, and
owing to lln great sle varying ellmato
and Us very unequal distribution of
population, it can show little unity In
the conditions that clYcct archltectiiic.
This Is the rcfiiii why we have no ua
tlonal M.vlo of architecture at present.
Wo n"e elective In our tastes. We take
a little fmm one country and a' little
fiom another, and It Is not ahva.vn the
best that we take, nor do the various
things that we select always harmon
ize. In the early days of the country
conditions were very different. Two
races only were In the ascendency the
English and the Dutch and between
these two there was much in common.
There wan then evolved a thoroughly
national style of arcltreturc-the colo
nial, vvcrtby of the country and dig
nitlid iu lis cliarncleiirttlc as any. Al
though colonial architecture ceased to
have full sway several generations
ago, It has modified to some extent all
of the styles that have succeeded It
and Is responsible for much that Is best
lu our buildings.
Cities are lebullt and change their
appearance almost an often n-i a snake
changes Its skin. The relentless march
of Improvements, the shifting of popu
lation, the growth of buslnets and the
whims of fashion sweep away block
after block before they have attained
to anything like a ripe old age. A
few lone sentinels always stand here
and there to mark and enipliusUn the
fast changing stle of architecture, lu
these one can read all the abominations
of stucco, ornamental Iron, mansard
roofs, and the hundred and ono pe
culiar, flamboyant ami bizarre styles
that have had their day.
In the country and the town changes
are far less frequent (excluding, of
course, those unfortunate localities
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PERSPECTIVE,
that are exploited by the professional
promoter and boomer. Houses are
built with the Intention that they shall
endure for more than a decat' and
money is seldom available for useless
and silly ornamentation. For this
reason country houses are better, lu
tho main, than those of the city. The
decade that followed tho civil war,
a period fatal to the architectural art
In America, left Its mark over the
whole length and breadth or the laud,
and It dotted the countryside with
Queen Anne villas, and other llko mon
strosities. Hut put this period aside,
and country houses erected before and
since aro dignified, simple, comfortable
and home-like. What more could bo
asked than this? Tho deslro for some
thing a llttlo more elaborate than the
square houses of our forefathers no
longer finds Its outlet In a demand for
buildings that arc merely ornate. The
Intending builder Is content to avail
himself of tho tasto and experience of
tho professional architect, and never
beroro have architects been so thor
oughly trained and educated.
Accompanying this article will be
round the plans for an attractive vlllu
house for the country. It claims no
distinct stylo of architecture, but Its
composition Is agreeable In effect, and
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FIRST FLOOR
appropriate to nlmoat any part of the
country and climate. General dimen
sions: Width through parlor and dining-room
3'J feet; depth. Including
ficnt veranda to steps, 51 rcet.
Heights of storlcB: Cellar, 7 feet:
flrtt story, 0 feet ( Inchoe; second
story, 9 feet; attic, 8 feet.
Exterior materials: Foundathn.
tower walls, vrranda, enclosure ai '1
postB, stone; nil side walls, gables
roor, etc., shingles.
Interior finish: Hard, white plaster,
Plaster cornices nnd centers lu parlor,
library, dining-room, main hall and
bath-ioom; balance of floors, white
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pin?. Trim, In first story, yellow pine:
bnlanro of trim, white wood. Kitchen
and bath-room wainscoted. Open firs
places and mantels In parlor, library
and one bedroom. Colors: First story,
moss green; gables, sienna; stonework,
gray. Roof shingles left natural for
weather stain, Trim nnd sashes, very
dark green; veranda celling, oiled;
Iloor, brown.
Accommodations Tho principal
rooms and their sizes: Closets, etc,
aro shown by the lloorplans. Cellar,
under whole honsn. with Inside and
outside entrance, and concreto floor
Two rooms finished in attic. Hutlcr'
pantry connects dining room with
kitchen and contains sink and dresser.
Two set-tubs, sink, range and holler lit
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kitchen. llalhrooni iu second story
contains full plumbing. Two npcclnl
features In thin houso urn tho largo ex
tra closets in second story, and tho
lower-windows In parlor, which, filled
Willi plants, would make an attractive!
conservatory. The cost of this houso
would be $t,700, complete. Tho esti
mate Is based on New York prlcco for
materials and labor. In many sec
tion!! or the country the cost would be
less.- Copyrighted, ISO'S.
MUST BE peon OR RICH.
VShlilln CI.ik. llniml,ii"H"r A!t for
.Moilrrafo Trim lillln;.
A woman or moderate means who
has heard ami read or many philan
thropic plans for the housing of lab
orers' families thus laments: "I hear
all this talk about model tenements,
but why don't they build something
model for the middle class housekeep
er? When 1 hear them talking of water
being heated from the cellar In sum
mer, or from a laundry-houso In tho
center or a block or houses, the laundry
to furnish a cumfortablo place In win
ter and summer tor washing nnd Iron
ing, 1 say to myself: 'Why, oh, why,
does not some philanthropist rise t
the needs of tho grent middle cluBa'"
(live the luxuries to tho people of tho
tenements, by all means, but don't ne
glect the people who need them more
and would appreciate them so much.
Tim woman of the tenements does not
feel the need of keeping her children in
clean, starched clothes lu summer, but
1 must keep mlno in pretty, fresh
gowns; she does not feci tho need of
more than one or two gowns for her
children, and when her washing Is done
In a primitive way, sho sits out on her
doorstep to glvo her children tho nlr
while ulic watches them; 1 do not; I
must sew. One maid cannot do every
thing, and If my children are to ho
kept In even their plain little summni
gowns 1 must Iron them myself. Tho
kitchen Is hot. nnd I am tired when I
finish, but thero Is a big pile of sewing
and mending to be reduced, whllo m
mnld takes her afternoon off or taken
the children to the park. The wholu
houso Is hot from the kitchen, but time
makes no difference. Never In the your
Is hot water needed so much aa In
slimmer, when there Is tho dust nnd tho
grime of pcrsplrntlon to bo removed
from healthy llttlo bodies. What a
blessing hot water without fire would
be In summer to tho middle clas
housewife. Why doesn't tho philan
thropist, who says ho can make a fair
profit on his money by building model
tenements to bo rented nt moderate
prices, build model houses for hard
working housekeepers of tho better
class, who do not put coal in their bath,
tubs or garbage In their Blnks?"
Ton Mncli for Illni.
First Party "Here, Tom, take a sniff
of this nn' tell me If yer know what
was in It?"
Second Party (convulsively) "Why
It was whisk " (swoons). Judge.
Kullrnail Kurnlns.
dross earnings of nil United Stale
roadB reporting to Jan. 1, for the year
or part of It, embracing seven-eighths
oi tho mileage of tho country, ni
1963,442,095.
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SAWS,
A plum year a dumb year.
A cherry year a merry year.
, It Is bad luck to kill a swallow.
Lisping people nro good natured.
Fair hair Is the prison of Cupid.
Women with blue lips are scolds.
The cries of wild duck portend rain
Break an eggshell to prevent witch,
craft.
Keep till next Easter for luck and
for fun.
When man lost free will, woman
found it.
To "talk like an apothecary" la tc
talk unintelligibly,
April the first la All Fools' day be
caubo Noah shut out the dovo on that
day.
For the complexion, cat bread and
butter spread with the powder of eyo
brlght. "My dear," said tho girl to her lover,
"I wish thee everything except a good
understanding." "Rut why?" "Uc
caiice then you would no longer lovo.
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