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SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE
EVIL THEREOF.
tM not the heart a future grievance bor
row, Nor o'er out path ono faintest shadow
Let not the londs which may ansa to
morrow Obscure the fairer sunshine of to-day.
To-day is ouis the past linn passed for
ever, Its jovs and griefs alike are ours no
more;
Tho future Ilea beyond Time's silent river,
A dim and distant and untrodden shore.
Tho world's no fair, and life no grand, that
living
Should one sweet hymn of purest rap
lure he:
From Nature's hand, so bounteous in her
giving, -
The fulnes ours, to reap uncrniinglj",
And ours the lilies, thuuigh Hope's en
chanting vi'ion,
K'en ilatkencd skies to view with prom
ie rare; ,
To grnup at Jovs, though Phoonix-hkc
they're risen
I'rom out tho ashes of a past despair.
As (o the day. Its burden or its sorrow,
So U onr strength by Love all-wise de
creed; I'oyond the trust which lookclh to the
morrow
Not ours the striving, nor is ours tho
need.
He Isnowrlh best tho sowing and tho
reaping
Who left the power of will unfettered,
free;
The great, kind God, who holds within His
keeping
Faeh dav and hour through all eternity.
Beatrice Tlarlowe. in the November
Woman's Home Companion.
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3: fhe Unseen Singer :
1WAS nlone In the little seaside
town, the solace of work being
denied mo because of the Illness
that bad brought me there to seek
for health. I was desperately tired,
und my nerves were in n Btnte thnt
rendered all enjoyment Impossible.
I used to He lute In the mornings,
for there was nothing to do but wan
der Idly on the promenade, and the
trivial pleasures of the crowd vexed
me unutterably because I could not
ehnro them.
It was only nt night I realized thnt
possibly this Irksome time of rest was
bringing me nearer to the recovery of
my health. Then I used to wander un
til! nil but the latest of the visitors hnd
loft the promennde. It was Impossible
not to be nt rest. The coolness of the
ulght, the soothing murmur of the
sea, and the shining jellow lights of n
fishing village across the bay, com
bined to make a perfect world, and ns
I watched I know thnt even the garish
duy might presently give mo pleasure
Hgnln.
I bad been perhaps a fortnight In tho
place when tlrst I Haw tho lady of
whom I would tell you. It wns only
for n moment, ns she drove pnst In the
compnuy of nu older woman, but thnt
moment's sight wns enough to till my
thoughts until I saw her ugulu upon
the morrow.
She wns beautiful beyond all words;
I fnnclod alio could hardly have passed
tho ago of twenty; and speech and
bearing hnd been denied her. She had
tho innocent gladness that remains
while they nre yet young with some
who are thus allllcted. She looked
upon tho world with beautiful bright
wyes, nnd, In despite of fate, was well
plensod to be alive.
Hut she was talking with her lingers
to tho older lady, her companion, In
whoso eyes ns they looked au the girl
I saw nn lullnlte pity expressed.
That pity Instantly Invaded my own
lienrt, though its object wns gone out
of my sight within a few seconds of
iier appearance; anil, despite the fact
thnt I knew not so much as her nnme,
there was mixed with the pity a sense
of angry rebellion against the fates
who had thus allllcted her, wantonly
robbing of Its vnluo a generosity that,
through hor, might otherwise have
gladdened tho wide world.
Now, more than ever, I regretted my
loneliness, for I had no ono from whom
1 might expect to gather any Informa
tion of my gaming the privilege of her
acquaintance. I made some futile In
quiries at the hotel, and only got so
far as to bo almost certain she was,
like myself, a visitor.
On tho next day, at nbout the same
bour, the carriage passed ulong the
length of the promenade. She was
Htlll Innocently glad to be alive, eon
tout to accept her burden so If It were
no burden at nil; It was with smiles
sho looked Into the pitying eyes of her
companion, and I could fancy thnt tho
messages sho wns conveying with
nwlftly moving lingers were humorous
appreciations of what she saw ill-omul
cr.
My earlier questions had been ml.
dressed to it quaint, elderly waiter nt
the. hotel, a man who had In some sort
made It his especial task to see to my
well-being, and who was tho nearest
approach to n friend I possessed with
in a hundred miles of the place. It
happened thnt I was lunching at the
open window one day when the car
rlngo passed, a little earlier than usual.
"That Is the lady of whom 1 was
epeaklng," I said to him.
He looked out of the window with
quick Inteiest. "A dear little maid, If
I may say so. Yes, uifd the poor dear
Ib deaf and dumb; she's tnlkln upon
her lingers. Well, I thought from what
you told me thnt they must bo strung
ers In theso pnrts and so they are. I
dou't even know the horses nor the
carriage."
Thus passed several dnys. I began
to llnd myself vitbtly better, and, with
tho growth of energy, to look forward
pleasurably to the time when I should
return to my work In London.
My good friend, the waiter, hnd sue
ceedod, much to his delight, In getting
mo to go for numerous drives through
tho lovely country that surrouuds tho
watering place. I had evon, an dlvero
occasions, net forth on foot and ex
plored the const nnd the Inland Inncs
for myself.
I went nlonc, but I never felt the
nhsenco of companions, for my expedi
tions nlwnyw took plnce before or nfter
the hour nt which sho might he ex
pected to pass nlong the busy prom
ennde, nnd bo my thoughts were al
ways htiHy, whether with anticipation
or remembrnnce.
Never ouco did she fnll me: never
onco did her n III let I on seem to ma the
bountiful gnyety of her mood. It np
penred Hint she snw mul enjoyed every
little thing thnt could be Been; nor
wmh It nltogetlier a young m nil's vnnl
ty thnt mndu me wonder whether nhc
bad begun to notice the fact thnt a
certain Hallow Invalid was nlwnyH Idl
ing on the promendu nt the hour when
Hbe drove by.
I enme to understnnd the rontlno of
their dally outing. They were mani
festly living somewhere to the west
of the town. Every day they went
through the Inland lunen nt the buck
of It until they were n mile or two to
the cast, nnd, then, descending sea
wnnl, drove home by the promennde
nnd the road thnt RlcIrtH the Ben.
Now, one day, with no Ret purpose
thnt I would have confessed, not even
to myself, I took the western rond and
went Into the country. The road lies
for Borne dlstnnce between low hills
and the Hontbern sea: at tlrst the sun's
heat was Intolerable, but gradually one
mounted higher, nnd then the sunlight
.nu lint Hut fit iif-nnmnniilittiirit nf Mm
lv,lv wlnl tlmt ,,u,w tnm ,(! Hn'
sn I wiiir iiii-wiii'ii in iiii insr nr
spirits until I had come to the edge of
n great valley that runs lutand from
the sea.
Some dozen or so eottnges nnd n lit
tle pier stood nt the margin of the
sea. Inland n few bouses were seen
among their fruitful orchards. Hut
at the edge of the slope there was a
little space of wild wood, nnd, this, as
I looked across the flower-grown
hedge, tempted me to rest. I climbed
the Intervening barrier and lay down
In the shelter of a little oak tree.
It may be I slept. Certainly I wns
n long time under the oak before I be
came nwnre thnt I wns not the only
occupant of the wood. Some ono was
singing softly, nnd I could benr foot
steps moving slowly through tho fern.
I could tell by th sound thnt the new
comer wns stopping hero nnd there to
pick dowers.
Now, I hnd enjoyed tho solitude, but
even nt the llrst the person who wns
coming townrd me did not strike me
ns nn Intruder. Her singing wns In
absolute concord with my mood; It
wns as If one hnd thought of a poem,
and u moment later found oneself
humming the melody that would make
of It n perfect song. I lny and wultcd
and the singer came nearer.
The song ceased when she presently
appeared. She was n little sturtled,
but not near bo much as I.
"Then you are not dumb?" I cried
Involuntarily, an I started to my feet.
Sho hesitated, nnd a llttlo smile
played nbout the corners of her pretty
mouth. "It la my nuut who Is dumb,"
she Bald. Then, with u sudden re
covery of her dignity, "I don't know
why you should nsk."
lint that was a matter I hnd no great
dltllculty In explaining ere I came back
to London the happiest man ou God's
earth. Hlack and White.
Hello of the Days of the l'retonilor.
A little south of the county-house
at Iturlliigton stood 150 years ago a
small liulliiu village, which Is marked
ou the old maiis of Northern Pennsyl
vania as Oschuuu. Many interesting
relics of r. bygone civilization hae
been found In the grounds where this
Indian village was, near thu country
house. When the excavations were
made for the foundations of the couu-ty-hous
, nmong the relics found were
a number of coins that bore different
dates up to near the advent of the
white man lu Bradford County. Sev
eral of theso coins were presented to
tho Spauldlng Museum at Athens.
Two coins belonging to Superintend
ent 12. W. Putnam are of bronze, ono
an English halfpenny of the reign of
King Goorgu I and the last a larger
piece, which Is very singular In Its
make-up ami history. On one side it
bears an Irish harp, with a crown
ahovo It. On the reverse sldo Is a
room containing a table with money
upon It. A hand is extended toward
the table, as If to take the coins. Au
mined man with a drawn sword
threatens thu hand, and above lu an
are of tho circle are the words:
"Touch not, says Klldaro." Thu
piece be..rs the date oi 17-15, which
luniks the year when the young pre
tender, Charles Edward, was trying
' i raise a rebellion In Ireland, nnd thu
coins must have been brought to Bur
lington within a year or two by somu
French refugees, who hud been con
nected with thu pretender's party.
Troy (Pcuu.) Gazette.
Hns Xumes to Spurc,
The Dowager Empress of China re
joices in tho names of Tzehsl Toonyu
Knngl Chnoyu Cliuunnchcng Sholumg
Chtuhlen Clumgslh, but such a name
being clumsy, they call her simply
Tze-hsl. She is a lady of middle
height, with black hnlr, dark eyes and
feet shaped according to nature, A
witty Journalist described her oh -tho
ouly mini lu thu Celestial Empire. Such
Is tho Empress Dowager of China.
It has been frequently stilted that
Tze-hsl's parents were of the lowest
social grade actors according to some,
smull merchants according to others.
Both statements arc erroneous. Tzo
hsl's fnther, Ll-Tzuu, wns n Mnnchu
noblo who held, somo years before the
birth of his daughter, an Important
Government post at Peklu. Every
body's Mngnzlue.
It never rains but it pours. Unnk
dcfnlcatlons long hid nre now coming
to the surface In nil directions.
During tho present century 100 hu
man lives, $125,000,000 nnd 200 ships
have been lost In fruitless efforts to
find the North Pole.
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And now It nppenrs from records
found In Pekln that the Chinese dis
covered America. They mnde about
as much use of It ns they did of gun
powder or the mariner's compass.
A Brooklyn woman who was charged
with horsewhipping her husbnnd ad
mitted the truth of the nccusntlon In
court, nnd added: "I only did what any
woman would do." Docs this explnlu
the meek air of some Brooklyn hus
bands? i p
The London Dnlly Mall snys thnt
the days of the banjo nre numbered In
England, and that that Instrument will
soon be Included In the same category
with the mouth organ and the accor
dion. The zither Is growing In popu
larity, nnd will probably be tho favor
ite Instrument during the winter.
Spectacular science astonishes tho
multitude and wins their money. The
philosopher patiently studies tho laws
of nature, and modestly announces his
discoveries. Then the scientific prcs
tldigltateur goes Into partnership with
the promoter. Soon nfter "the pub
lic" acquires souiu new stocks und
somo experience.
Scarcely a dny passes during the
hunting season that the news reports
do not tell of one or more persons shot
for game by careless hunters, but Bel
dam or never Is there any mention that
the gunners hnvc been nrrested. Is It
not time to mnkc nn example of some
of theso people, by way of teaching
others to exercise a llttlo prudence?
It deems fair to absume, from recent
reports of wild animal experts, thnt
the giraffe will before long be known
ouly in nursery books and dusty rec
ords of science, for ho seems to bo
rapidly approaching extinction. Once
this unimal was abuudnut In South
Africa, but he has been pursued by
hunters until ho Is now very rarely
met with.
In ono of tho school buildings In
Grand Ilnplds, Mich., there wns a plan
proposed, some eight years ago, to
havo a savings bank, in which chil
dren might deposit their pennies. It
was a grcut success, nnd lately was
Introduced Into other schools, until at
present there are 000 such banks, with
several thousand depositors, whose
savings amount to over $1700.
Lord Puuucefote in refurnishing and
decorating the interior of the British
Embussy, nt Wnshlngton, puys Ameri
can upholstery and decorative wall
papers the compliment of using them
In preference to those of British manu
facture. He Is reported ns saying that
the American goods nre better In qunll
ty nnd cost less than British goods of
n similar kind. He thinks there is no
doubt thnt lu this Hue of manufac
tures the United States leads the
world. This is Indeed a remarkable
compliment to be paid by the Ambns
sndor of one grcut Industrial nation to
the manufacturing genius of another.
Miss Alice French Octave Thnnet
at n recent meeting of the club women
nt Lincoln, Neb., sounded the praises'
of the "modern man," claiming thnt
he is generally unappreciated. Miss
French believes that the modern man
Is doing his unobtrusive best In every
walk of life, and that the modern
womnn Is doing hers. That sho is n
good wife, a good mother, a good
friend nnd neighbor. Agnln, that "tho
modern man" Is under lire from his
owu familiar friends; In Is attacked
by extremists ou both sides, and yet,
harassed, worried, gondett, he doggedly
lights on with a Jest instead of n
groan, and never BUspects that he Is
either a hero or a martyr.
The news from the universities nnd
colleges all over tho United States tells
of an nctlvlty In the higher education
most encouraging to every lover of
progress. Our institutions of learning
have mndu remarkable advances in
this gcnerntlon, nnd In faculties, In
students uud In every provision for
the purposes for which they were
founded they are going far beyond
their previous achievements. lttch
streams of benefaction have poured
In upon them. The number of new
buildings, thu establishment of new
professional ehnlrs, tho enlargement
of tho legions of tutors uud Instructors,
the swelling of tho classes and other
signs and proofs of an American lib
erality toward tho uppei schools of
culture, glvo causa fur rejoicing to
every iutelllgeut patriot.
(TROUBLES OF THE POOR,
Food and Clothes Are Possible, Bat Rent
Worries Thetn.
"If you own tho roof over your head,
you don't know whnt rcnl trouble Is,"
snld the factory hand. "Of course
folk havo got to eat, nnd they've got
to hnve clothes to wear, but It Isn't
tho thought of that that's always
hanging over their heads, making
them work themselves to death wheu
they've got work, nnd fret themselves
to death when they haven't. Every
now nnd then wo boo something In
tho papers how easy It Is for a poor
widow (or worse than widow) to feed
herself nnd a family of children oi
twenty-five cents n day, and if the
woman hns good Judgment and under
stands marketing such stories are not
bo far wide of tho mark. Ontmenl
nnd potatoes nre cheap, nnd there's
odds nnd ends of meat nnd bones thnt
mny be had for next to nothing that
will moke good soup.
"As for clothes, all poor folk who
try to keep themselves looking de
cently know how far contrivance will
go In making them hold out. Skirts
mny be turned Inside out or dyed when
they nro faded or spotted, and there's
n lot of wear In the second-hand shoes
that tho cobblers sell cheaply. Of
course, we'd all rather cat the best
steaks nnd wenr Bilk nnd velvet, but It
Is not having to do without them that
keeps folk awake at night. It Is the
rent. Thnt goes steadily on, no mat
ter whether you've trot work or
whether you are lying around Idle,
and it Is n hnppy day for a tenant
when the Inndlord can bo talked Into
bringing down the rent by a dollnr.
Not that nil landlords nre hard
hearted, as some folk seem to think.
Landlords nro Just like nil other men.
some being better nnd some worse.
Now, there's n poor womnn who works
In the snme plnco with me, n widow
with two children, nnd Bho lives In
one of the toughest neighborhoods In
the city. Well, Inst full when that
womnn wns too sick to go out to work,
she got 918 behlndhnnd with her rent,
nnd found out nfterwnrd thnt the mnn
whoso business It wns to collect It hnd
been paying it out of his own pocket
right straight nlong. The house be
longed to n family In which there were
some minors, nnd bo nil expenses nnd
revenues hnd to be nccounted for to
the family lawyer, nnd thnt was why
the eldest son, who collected the rents
In person, could not remit the widow's
?0 a month, ns his fnther might have
done, but all the snme he wnsn't go
ing to see her turned out on the
Btrect, knowing her to be a good ten
nnt. Of course, she begnn to pay the
money bnck as soon as she got to work
again, but It was n great help, his
advancing It, for If It hadu't been for
that she would have had to pnrt with
her sewing machine, which she hnd
Just finished pnylug for on tho install
ment plan. As long as she can hold on
to that mnchlno there Is no great dan
ger of her starving, unless Bbe Is too
sick to hold her head up. Thore Is a
benevolent ioclety that, when she Is
laid off from the shop on account of
work being slack, gives her four wrap
pers a week to make nt 50 cents nplece
and pays for them In provisions."
Now York Times.
A Frank of tho Great Storm.
W. It. Householder, ono of the em
ployes of the House of Itepresentn
tlves, tells an Interesting experience
of his son, a corporal In Battery O,
First Artillery, ami the Galveston
Hood. "My son," said Mr. Household
er, "was stationed nt Fort Snn Ja
clnto when tho storm broke, nnd we at
llrst feared thnt ho was among the
twenty-eight soldiers drowned at the
time. We aid not hear from him for
three or four dnys, uud iiien we got a
card saying ho was all right, but had
lost everything he possessed. He had
kept his clothing, letters uud money
In his locker, and it had been swept
away, A short time after the disas
ter I received a letter from a Mr.
Webb, of Lamarque, Texas, saying
that a locker had been fouud there bear
ing my name and containing articles
that evidently belonged to my sou. I
ordered the locker sent hero to me.
We fouud everything intact, although
the clothing hud been damaged by tho
water. Tho locker hnd beon cnrrled
over llfteen miles by water, and left
thnt fnr Inland from Galveston. My
son hnd n close shnvc, nnd nearly lost
his own life. Ho had a number of
closo shaves while serving In the Phil
ippines as n sergeant of tho Twenty
third Infantry. He was In half a
dozen battles In the Philippines, but
his experience ut Galveston will linger
with him longer, he Bays, than any ho
oer had In the army." Washington
Star.
Just What She Deserved.
In tho railway carrlnge snt a woll
dressed youug lady tenderly holding a
very small poodle.
"Madame," snld tho gunrd, "I nm
vepy sorry, but you can't havo your
dog lu this compartment."
"I shall hold him in my lap all the
wny," sho replied, "and he will dis
turb no one."
"Thnt mnkes no difference," snld the
gunrd; "I couldn't even nllow my own
dog here. Dogs must ride In the lug
gngo vnu. I'll fasten him all right toe
you."
Don't you touch my dog, sir!" said
tho young lady. "I will trust him to
no one!" And with nn Indignant nlr
sho marched to thu luggago vun, tied
up her dog, and returned,
bout tlfty miles farther on, wheu
thu guard came along agnln, she asked
him, "Will you tell mo If my dog Is
all right?"
"I am very sorry," snld tho guard,
politely, "but you tied him to n port
mnuteuu, and ho wns put out with It
at the lust ututIou."-TH-Blts.
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good Roads Rotes
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Oiled Itoiwls and Their Ileneflt.
F. WHITE talked not long
ago to the Good Bonds As
sociation of Southern Cali
fornia about some experi
ments mnde by him nt Chlno. For the
Inst two yenrs a good deal hns been
done in his pnrt of tho country with
oil on country roads, tho prime object
being (as on railroad beds) thu suppres
sion of dust. This wns the only thing
nought when Chlno contrnctcd for Its
llrst lot of oiled roads, some twenty
llvo or thirty miles In length. But It
was soon discovered that oil might bo
made to build up a surface that would
resist the wear of travel, nnd thnt Is
thu grent nlm of the Inter practlco
there. Mr. White said thnt the roads
were orlglually constructed by a con
tractor who guaranteed "a dustless
road" from May till December. Dur
ing the llrst seasou the contractors
sprinkled them three times. Subse
quently, the town undertook to care
for the roads Itself, and It was then
fouud that one application of oil would
do more good than the contractor's
three.
Oil sprinkled directly on n sandy or
alluvial road will do little good, Mr.
White says. It should be surfaced
with a firmer material before tho oil is
applied. Sand, properly covered,
makes n wonderfully linn bed. When
Mr. White was put In eharo of the
ronds of Chlno, he found a section of
sand half a mile loug over which a
clayey gravel bad been hauled from u
distance. The stutT hnd once been
used for making bricks. Only n few
Inches of It hnd been spread over the
sand. Yet It mnde n line road for dry
wenthcr. When wet, holes would
work through In a short time. But by
oiling the rond wns greatly Improved.
Tho gravel employed Is peculiar to
Southern California, but Mr. White
is confident that any disintegrated
granite, such ns mny be found lu other
Stntes, would work equally well.
In mnkitig new ronds he llrst grnded
the foundation nud then put on n lay
er of this gravel seven Inches thick lu
the middle uud six nt the edges. Af
terward ho made It nine Inches thick
In the middle nnd eight on the sides.
The foundation was rolled hard and
kept wet Just abend of the gravel.
The latter was also thoroughly soaked
when spread. A heavy orchard culti
vator was run through It, while tho
water was being poured on. Harrow
aud roller were used to shape the rond
up, and finally it was given a chance
to dry.
When the rond had dried out to a
depth of fully two Inches it was care
fully Bwcpt and the oil put on. The
llrst application should be liberal. On
a rond eighteen feet wide Mr. White
puts from 100 to 150 barrels for each
mile. Before the oil Is applied It Is
heated to a temperature of 200 degrees
or over. The hotter tho better. Sote
dltllculty was experienced In getting
tho oil well distributed, and llnally
Mr. Whlto Invented a machine of his
own to do tho work. Tho trouble at
first was to regulate tho Uow. Mr.
White ndds:
"The result of our experiment nt
Chlno hns been u road that Is hard and
smooth, nnd shows no appreciable
wenr nfter It hns been down over n
yenr. Mnny visitors mistake It for a
bitumen road. A number of the store
keepers kept It swept before their
places. This rond hns hnd three ap
plications of oil since It was built, two
last year and one this. The quantity
put on this year was not more than
about one-fourth that put on the first
time. When oil Is applied to such a
road nfter the llrst application there
Is but llttlo penetration and the sur
face Is left sticky. To remedy thlB,
some gravel (the same material of
which tho road Is formed) 1b screened
and sprinkled over tho surface by a
man expert In the use of a shovel.
Just sulliclcnt Is put on to take up the
surplus oil uud no more. Tills is im
portant. I designed a machlue for
this work, which will do It more
evenly than a man with a shovel, and
at less expanse. This sprinkling with
gravel makes up for the previous wear
on the road, and In a fuw dnys pneks
down with the travel to a Btnooth, hard
surface. If desired, it can bu packed
down at once with a roller.
The llrst application of. oil to a road
built as above described penetrates,
If all tho conditions nre right, to n
depth of about an Inch. Uniting with
this top layer of gravol It forms nn
elnstU covering to tho road beneath
and takes the wenr. And yet "olnstlc"
Lis not quite the word. Tho aurfaee
hns more of the yielding nnturo of
lend aud has a "flow" like lend. A
heavy load on a narrow tire will dent
It some, a wider tire following with
smooth out tho dent. It yields slightly
to horses' feet, nnd Is, therefore, a fa
vorlto rond with horsemen, giving less
Jar than a stone or cement road. Such
a surface, which can be easily kopt
Intact by Blight repairs dono at tho
proper time, serves as a buffer between
tho Impact of horses' foot, the Imprint
ing of wheels nnd tho roadbed beneath
and accounts for tho slight wear,
"Women Soldiers In China,
Women In China hnvo tho privilege
of lighting In tho wnrs. In the rebel
lion of 1850 women did as much fight
ing as thu men. At Nnnkln, in 18511,
500,000 women frpm vnrlous pnrts of
the country were formed Into brigades
of 1!J,000 each, uider femalo oUlcers,
Of theso soldiers 10,000 were picked
women, drilled "iiso.ied lu tho
city.
LEARNING HOW TO WORK.
The Foor of Flttsborjr Are llelng Taught
Many Useful Lessons.
In such societies ns the Domestic
Arts Association, of Pittsburg, one dis
covers a movement in tho direction to
ward teaching woman how better to
conduct the kingdom which Is Indis
putably hers.
The object of the association Is to
establish Biich n school where young
women may bo thoroughly trained in'
tho home making artn. Tho originat
ors of the plan believe that, by estab
lishing such a school, household
work may bo raised, ns nursing bun
boon In n similar mnnner, from tho
rank of raenlnl lnbor to a profession
which capable and competent young
women will enter.
The nssoelntlon's work this yenr hns
been divided Into four departments.
The department of foods hns opened
cooking clubs In tho tenement districts
of Pittsburg, tenchlng the housekeep
ers of thnt district bow to buy nnd
cook food so ns to obtnln the best re
sults possible from their small In
comes. This work has been most suc
cessful, the women having shown iv
great Interest in It, nnd nn eager de
sire to learn as much as possible.
Thu department of clothing hns do
voted Its efforts to tenchlng poor
women how to moke their clothes nnd
keep them In order, and has met with
such success that the present equip
ment In the way of machines, etc., Is
Insulllclent.
The Junior department, devoted to
the interests of the children, has dono
a variety of things. There has been
classes In cooking nnd sewing, nnd
tho dltllculty has been, not In securing
pupils, but In providing n Mifllclcnt
number of teachers. This department
has also established n penny savings
bank for the children. It hns started
nlso n circulating library, the books
having boon lent by the Carnegie Li
brary. The fourth nnd Inst department Is
known as the department of service, or
employment bureau. Three of these
were opened In different parts of
Pittsburg. The head of this depart
ment Btntes In her report thnt sho )
thinks It Impossible to do much, If
anything, for employer or employed
until the time nrrives when a training
school for domestic service can bo
opened.
A member of the society snld recent
ly: "In nil these efforts to Improve
the conditions of home life we find
thnt the greatest need of needy people
Is the need of knowing how to work."
New York Tribune.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
In noble souls valor does not wnlt for
yenrs. Caroline.
Nothing is bo dangerous ns an" Ignor
nnt friend. Ln Fontaine.
Kunvery nnd llnttery nre blood rela
tions. Abraham Lincoln.
Humility is the true cure for many a
needless henrtache. Montague.
To give np interest for duty Is tho
alphabet of morals. James Hluton.
The freedom of the mind is the h'gh.
est form of independence. G. B. Fisk.
Whilst we nre considering where to
begin it Is often too late to act. Quin
Milan. The end nnd nlm of nil education Is
the development of character. F. W.
Talker.
We are ashamed of our fear; for wo
know that a righteous mnn would not
suspect danger nor Incur any. Wher
ever n man feels fear there Is an
avenger. Thorcuu.
To acknowledge our faults when wo
nre blnmed Is modesty; to discover
them to oue's filcnds In Ingenuousness
Is confidence; but to preach them to nil
the world, if one docs not tuke cure,
Is pride. Coufuclus.
Thu wise mnn has his follies, no less
than the fool; but It has been said
Hint herein lies the difference: Tho
follies of the fool nre known to tho
world, but nre hidden from himself;
tho follies of the wise are known to
himself, but hidden from the world.
-Coltou.
Half the dllllculty of fighting nny
severe bnttle or accomplishing any
hnrd tnsk vanishes when a man feels
thnt he hns comrades nt his side fight
ing In the some cause, or that the eyes
of those he loves are upon him, aud
their hearts praying for his victory.
C. J. Perry.
To get good Is animal, to do good is
human, to be good is divlue. The true
use of a man's possessions Is to help
his work; nnd the bust end of nil his
work Is to show us what ho is. Tho
noblest workers of our world bequenth
us nothing bo grent ns the linage of
themselves. James Mnrtlneau.
A Lensnn In FersoTeranre.
One of tho drollest of anecdotes pos
sessing whnt might be termed nn
"animal subject" was told recently
by Lord Blbblesdalo at a meeting ot
Progressives ln London. To cheor
them who were t bout to enter the elec
toral fight, he narrated this fablo,
which It Is no exaggeration to call un
matched even In the pages of the great
Aosop himself: Two frogs fell Into a
bowl of cream. Ono was an optimist
and ono n pessimist. The pessimist
frog, at once growing hopeless at tho
general look of ills surroundings, let
himself sink, to rlso no more. Not so,
however, the optimist frog. He re
flected thnt he hnd never boon lu any
such situation' before, but thnt he
should do his best to got out of It. And
so hu swam aud swam, and though he
soon became convinced that ho could
not possibly cmorgo from the bowl, ho
at longth grew assured that tho iluhl
through which he pnddled wns getting
thicker. Ho did not nt all understand
this state of things, but continued to
paddlo uboujtjghero and there, till nti.
Inst. lo. lie Wi?V unthroned secure! v on-l
u put of butter whlcn he himself had
I unwittingly created
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