household
HIMT
a-
II pat Curt Bnrni.
Tho pnln caused by n burn cnn lie
allayed by tho simple process of burn
ing ngnln, If n person linn tho mlsfor
tuno to burn tho Imnd or tho finger, the
pnln cnn bo entirely stopped by hold
lug the Injured member ns nenr hh pos
sible to the Ore for n minute or two.
-,-lte'ii
ituvA iiue-Pot.
There nro n Brent innny times when
n glue-pot In the house Ih n well
spring of pi en mi re, nnd Ih nn economl
csil Investment, especially when of the
kind here described: liny nt a tin Hhop
one small tin cnn. costing live eentH,
nnd n largo one costing about ten
oentH, In which the smaller can be set;
live or six centH' worth of Blue will
mend n grent ninny broken nrtleloH or
will fasten things tlmt have become
unbilled. Tut the slue In the Hinnll
cup with a little water; put boiling
water In the larger nnd net the glue
etip In It; In a few minutes the glue
will melt nnd be ready for use.
DrrtiriilliiK Ili-d-ltoniiiH,
Home of the seven-cent (lowered
muslins are most charming when ruf
fled for curtains mid covers, or when
trimmed with a white cotton ball
fringe. With ordinary denim and
dotted muslin, or even with choose
cloth, any bedroom may be made
charming. There are many chintzes
that cost only fifteen or sixteen cents
n yard. The printed Indian cottons
nro 'interesting, and the cretonnes, nr
mures, scrlnis, cotton dnmaskH and
taffetas all lend themselves with de
lightful -estilts to the decoration of
bedrooms. There is an Infinite va
riety from which to make it selection,
but It Is never to be forgotten that
however pretty the paper, n large flow
er has no place In a small room.
Figured and flowered curtains also
have no place In one hung with flow
t'Tal or figtiiod PAfr. Heavy curtains
ought not to be lighter In tones tltnti
the walls. With an occasional por
tiere the case alters, and again with
certain Venetian silks taking up some
one tone In the room.
Hurljips mnkc an excellent wall cov-
orlng for small rooms, especially when
n wnll Is likely to be rubbed by any
one making the bed. It can be wiped
off with ammonia and water and pic
ture nulls can be driven Into It and
pulled out without leaving n mark.
Harper's Uazar.
I'limn Drnpery.
The piano, unless treated decora
tlvely, Is a stilt article or furniture.
As standing the back to the wall dead
ens its tones, mimic lovers are In
clined to reverse the Instrument nnd
place tho back toward the centre of
the room. As that Is unsightly, some
drapery Is needed, which should be
rich and henvy. A good way Is (o
cover the back -with it broad, double
box-pleatlng or sill;, drape over the
top ami one side a hanging of the
Name colored plush Should silk alone
be used U should be richly embroid
ered. A iiitislcal score and musical
Instruments artistically grouped would
ha very effective. The embroidery
' should be In monotone. If the piano
Is placed diagonally across oue corner
the stiffness Is relieved by standlug
behind It a handsome screen, prefera
bly one of dark, rich coloring and
matching or contrasting with the
wood of the Instrument. A black back
ground with mixed figures In gold em
broidery, Japanese In motive, Is dee
oratlve. A rich, dark corner cabinet
Is also suitable, or a tall pedestal hold
ing a bust or it statuet. Other things
will suggest themselves. Good House
keeping
.Household
Hamburg Steak Haked-Hub deep
cooking dish with onion, line with
.thinly sliced bacon, sprinkle with one
snltsponnful of pepper, season two
.pounds or raw Hamburg steak with
one minced onion, one teitspoouf til each
or sage, thyme, parsley and celery,
, one tcnnpoonful of salt; pack Into
' dish, cover with thin slices of bacon,
1 Hake fort" minutes.
llellclous Apple Salad-Take half a
dozen rather tint apple, peeled and
, Mtccd. and add a Spnnlsu pepper.
Tdiopped Hue. Place In your salad
bowl the tender leaves or a large iieaii
of lettuce and upon that the apple
slices sprinkled with the chopped pep
per. Over all pour a dressing com
posed of six tablespoonfuls or olive
oil, two tnblespoonfuls of lemon Julee
and a little salt. Serve with cold
meats.
Ovbter Macaroni Hreak half n I
pound of macaionl In Jinall pieces,
cool; In plenty of salted boiling water
until tender; drain and arrange lu a
deep pan. the mncavonl and one pint
of oysters lu alternate layers. To one
cup of rich milk thickened with one
tablcspoonful of flour add tho oyster
liquor, oue tablcspoonful of salt nnd
one snltspoonful of pepi r; pour over
the niaeuronl nnd oyster and bnko one
half hour in a hot oven. Serve with
tomnto cntMip.
Philadelphia mnkes nlnity per cent,
ot our Ingrain carpet.
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HIS COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.
Itnnlnliit-riif ' Hurri'MimI Id iiii Old liny
ly Hip New of Unlonvllle.
"It Is a fashion, I know, among city
folk to ridicule the country paper,"
says n reformed traveling man, "but
I hnve been a regular subscriber to the
Unlonvllle Jlanner for over thirty
yenrs. There's one evening In the week
that I look forwnrd to with r.est.
That's Monday night, when I light my
old pipe, put on my slippers nnd lie
back In the bnttered rocker for a mus
ing nnd a dreaming over my copy of
the Un uner.
"Yes, there It Is. Hasn't ehnnged a
font of type, I guess, In forty years.
Hnrne old, queer Job type. Same old
Washington press "still grinds It out,
I'll bet, nn It did when I wns n freckled
boy nnd used to hnng around the front
door of the tumbling rookery where
siiowy-linlrcd Editor Moore used to be
P'ckhig up Jhe type or methodically
scratching down the fact that 'Miss
May Hmltli Is visiting friends In our
neighboring burg,' or 'John Loftus Is
preparing to build a new barn. Most
of the lumber Is already on the
ground.' - W-'.:
"I turn to I lip front pnge first, of
course, nnd here, In my 'Local Nowh,'
I ascertain that 'Miss Klin .Stuart has
quite a elnss of music pupils here In
town and also conducts a class hi Pat
tonsburg. Miss Stuart has n good
(uallty or musical talent.' Why, dom
ino, dear me; don't It bent nil how
things do move! Why, I used to go to
the high school In Unlonvllle with
Klin .Stuart's inolher. And ninny a
time I hung May baskets with her and
then hung over the old white puling
gate nnd held her hand until nn omin
ous raising or an upper window Indi
cated that a parent or Kiln's mother
desired the daughter's presence with
in. "And, let's see! Why, here's some
thing: 'Walter Thomas has been to the
city this week, laying In a new stock
or goods. Peter Flgel Is helping out In
The Kmporlum during Walter's nb
sonce. Well, It Is surprising how some
boys'll come up In the worid in spite
or poverty nnd distress. Know Vho
that Walter Thomas Is? Well, sir,
he's the grandson or old Pnp Thomas,
ns we used to call him, who used to
live away down there by the railroad
In that little hut or n place, and had a
cabbage patch nil around the house.
Desolate n looking place ns you ever
snv.
'Tap wns sort or half-witted nnd
had a mm who I hl.utild mi.v war fully
three-ipinrters wltted. A peaceable,
law-abiding well-digger ITe enme to bo.
Mnrrled n leal bright girl, renlly con
sldernbly above the nvernge, nnd here
their son's become the lending mor-
lohtuil lit Unlonvlllel Tills Peter Flgel
Is it relation son. maybe of nn old
foreigner who settled down In Unlon
vllle nnd earned u living nt cobbling.
Said to be of noble birth he was, and
mysterious generally.
"1 shouldn't know the faces that
would greet me on Mnln street, I sup
pose now. Most of 'em come up since
I was a boy. I wonder who renlly has
made the truest success, the boys who
stayed at home or those who were go
ing to conquer the great world out
side. There were my schoolmates who
married and settled down In Union
vllle, nnd their sons nnd daughters are
to-day's young men nnd women. I was
going to do such big things when I
struck the city that 1 couldn't exactly
make up my mind to take time to
nunc back and court' Susie Wlllliuns.
I kept putting it oft and putting It off
until I should get a Utile better mid a
little better position until, first thing
I knew, PliU Kerns up nnd mnrrleil
her and I wns loft. So, Hint' how It
Is, mid bless me If I don't wonder
sometimes ns I muse over the old Hnn1
uer If the loys who stayed at home
liavi made such n miserable failure of
It after all.
"So, I rend nlong to ponder over the
memories Hint those quaint Items In
the 'Local News' nll forth. Well, you
may poke fun at the country weeklies
as you will, but 1 fall to see ivhy the
fact that 'a resident of rJuloii?lllo Sns
lately bought the place of allot Aer resl
ilent of Unfnnvllle, ami Intends to
move Into It,' may trot be an well worth
chronicling In tile local paper of Union
vlllo as the fflwit thru the dog c a. Ct
mous actress died un- thc stoinnor Is
worth two-column plot tires and a
lmlf-coluniu dcicrlptfon Irr city dallies.
Itlumcri'f I can sec ntiicfl dllTerence
In merit bctwovn a poodle dog c4Jtor5.il
lu a city dally and 'a- big tnbhirgn Just
laid on thedestof yc-cdltr' of j cotmv
try weekly." -Boston coiivspuadenve
of the New York Sun.
A.IVrxv Selii-inm
A new scheme to get people- to liy
a paper lias- been iva trial by the lief
eree. a London iqvortlng: Journal
Lt
advertised that on certain day a nnm
her of peihouo In Its-enqiloy would pa-
tiol certain thoroughfares nail count
the copies- men In the bauds or tuck
ets of people wtio pn.ss them. On
reaching a crtnln unndvcrllscd num
ber the counter would present the pec
miii with un t-nvolopc- containing a
cheek, for two guineas; Sucb a scheme
i would not apiH'al to American waders.
as they would not consent to make
walking, advertisements of themselves,
even though they might capture a $10
bill for doing so. v
Munition of the Victorian V.m.
The Victorian Era has taken Its
phi e In history. It dawned at twenty
minutes mist two on the mornlnir of
June Ht. lJvt", and closed at half-uast i
six on the evening or January 'J2, HH)1.
says St. .lames' Gazette. It lasted
170 minutes and 'J.OOtl.riOO.'JOO seconds.
All but 51(51-'.! hours of it were lu the
nineteenth century.
The art of dentistry wns introduced
Into- New York City by John Green
wood In 170S. lie Is said to have mailo
tho first artificial teeth over mttuul'ac
tured in tutu couulry. . -
GIANTS IN A" CONTEST
CHICACO SAID TO HAVE THE BIC
CEST POLICEMAN ON EARTH.
Un In Hlx Ve.nl Three Indie Tall nnil
Weigh .117 I'd ii ml Champion Police
men of Otlmr Cltlri Modern OolUthi
In and Out nt Shown Tall Women,
There seems to be n revival In liter
ature pertaining to glnnls. One phase
of it started In St. Louis.
The other dny a Ht. Louis editor dis
covered, a wonderful young ilnnt wear
ing tho liliic uniform nnd brass but
tons of the St. Louis pollco force a
stalwart son of Anak, Impressive In
his official trappings nnd a terror to
evildoers. With a flourish of bonstful
delight he sent forth a challenge to the
students of glnnt greatness In other
cities, calling on them lu words thnt
rnng a dellnnt note to produce the
equal or superior of the St. Louis Go
liath. The towering specimen of glnnthood
offered by St. Louis Ih Patrolman Mur
ray P. Davidson, twenty-nine years
pltL IUh hejght Is six feet two and n
half filches, and Ids weight 121)1 pounds.
The challenge In his behnlf was di
rected to Tile" poilce chlers In other big
American cities.
"Hnve you any ofllccr In your city
thnt will beat him?" said the loiter.
The proud boast or St. Louis thnt It
hnd the biggest policeman on earth
was destined to early humiliation.
Chler Klploy, or Chicago, read the
challenge. Then n sardonic smile un
coiled Itself upon his usually Impertur
bable face. He touched an electric
button and asked for Kdward Mar
tini. In response Martini wns speedi
ly ushered Into the chief's, presence.
The latter proudly surveyed his sub
ordinate from the ground up, his
gaze' seeming" to rest on the colling
when It had reached the giant's head.
"What are your dimensions, Mar
tini?" asked Chler Klploy.
"I nm six feet three Inches In
height," said the policeman. "My
weight Is .117 pounds, my chest expan
sion eight Inches."
"That will do." nnswered the chief,
with n lofty wave of his hand. "It
bents the St. Louis giant, nnd we cnn
rest on our laurels until we hear from
some other precinct."
He is thirty-six yenrs old, nnd n na
tive of Wisconsin. His record, di
mensions and photograph were
promptly forwarded to St. Lonls. to
the grent chagrin of the champion
glnnt of thnt town.
It wns only u dny or two before n
Ohio giant entered the lists. This wns
Olllcer I K. Starred, a member of tht
Columbus police force. Hut he failed
to carry off the palm, no easily beat
the St. Louis giant In every point ex
cept height. His principal measure
ments are: Height, six feet one Inch;
breadth of shoulders, twenty-six
Inches; chest and wnlst girth, each
fifty-five inches; cnlf of leg, twenty
Inches; thigh, thirty Inches. He Is
thlrty-nlue years old nnd weighs 317
pounds, 'i ho Iluckeyo glnnt has thirty
pounds the better of Clilcngo's biggest
policeman, but the latter Is superior
and more Impressive In height. Yet
he lowers the proud standard that was
raised by the champion giant of St.
Louis.
There nro doubtless runny other
blue-coated giants that will be heard
from before this Interesting contest
is ended. It Is nntuTiil that men of ex
traordinary strength nnd proportions
should seek nnd tlud employment on
the iwillce force of large cities. X year
or two ago, Just uftoc the reorganiza
tion of the Mrondwiry squad In New
York, It was snid thnt Arlciibald Tug
gart and Harry Graham, at thnt tfmu
roundsmen in the sqiaid, wero proba
bly tlie biggest policemen In the world.
Cralmui was the tallest man on the
New York police force; being: six Teot
jIx mid s ualf inches im height, but his
weight was only U15 pounds.. He was
tall And thin that he was called the
Hghtnlnc rod cop. In every point ex
cept that of height he. la out classed by
iuo Westerners already referved tot
Taggurt. lu every way except In
liu'Ight. was a lurpir main than
Oraliani. Ills measurements weru;
Height, six feet five nnd u half Inches;
chest, forty-seven Inches; wulst, thir
ty-seven und a liuir inches. His
Tvelght was 278 pounds.
Still, all modern (lollaUis are not
found in tlt police nuiks. When Em
rerov William made his- celebrated
tour ef the Holy Lund, two yours or
more ago, he took with Mm ror spec
tacular purposes the-tnllest man In the
ticrtunn Army. This flermnin glnnt
L was reported to l seven feet eight
I luetics In height. Prince Frederick
Yf.,ii .il.tivut himi nt t-Pin IlrlKiu Yliim
gent of Rniuswldr, who recently at-
lliut'tl iu iiiiijvii ilj, iuu i4iiii;r. ui
the Hoheiizollerns, being over six feet
three Inches In bright.
Oswald Ilalllus Is now snhl to bono
of tho greatest giants of the Herman
Army. Ho Is a Ifcmirhm by birth,
twenty-three- years old, and seven feet
one iuchi 111: height and still growing.
He weighs 3X pounds nnd Is, unlike
most extremely tall men. In perfect
health. He was recently married to
Miss Hootnen, a native of Touquhi,
China. Her mother wns a German,
and heir father a Chinese. She Is con
siderably taller than most women,
beluff six feet six inches high, and
when last heard from wns still grow
ing at the rato of two Indies a year.
Hnssln All, who gives Cairo, Egypt,
ns his homo. Is said to be eight feet
i five Inches tall. Ills head Is thirty-one
Inches long. He married n Mtiliom-
mctnu lady who wns six feet high at I
the ngo of fourteen.
Miss Ella Ewlng, the Missouri glnnt
ess, who Is eight feet four Inches In
height, recently completed a Iioiifo for
lierself nt tho town of Govln, In thnt
State. . Her new hoimo has doors ten
feet high, ceilings fifteen feet high,
! with chairs, tables, beds and overy-
thing In proportion. Uefore this she
never had n bed long enough to sleep
In with comfort,
The greatest thin glnnt or recent
times wns Joseph Hluclsyewskl, a la
boring man In Chicago, who was seven
rect eight Inches lu height, but weighed
only 12T pounds. He lately died nt
the age 'of forty-one. He came to
America from Poland.
Chicago hns now n renowned boy
glnnt In the person1 of one Harry Mey
ers, who says thnt he quit the show
business a short time go to become n
trnmp. He Is one of the few trntnp
nlnnts on record. He Is twenty yenrs
old, stands six feet eleven Inches lu
his stocking feet and weighs over 300
pounds.
Tennessee hns n reformed glnnt. lie
Is the Rev. Chnrles Kesterson, n nn
tlve of Hancock County, In thnt Stnte.
Ills height Is seven feet eight Inches,
though lie snys that In tho prime of
manhood lie wns over eight feet tall.
Ho is now seventy-five and weighs
itb'out 300 pounds Years ngojie was.
a moonsmuer nuu general nu-rouun
terror. Then he wns converted, Joined
the Unptlst Church nnd began prench
lug. He wns still engaged In this
work nt Inst accounts.
It Is said that the tallest man ever
accurately measured wns Wlnckel
meyer, who wns eight feet six Inches
in height. Chang, the Chinese glnnt,
the tnllest person ever exhibited In
this country, wns only seven feet six
Inches high, though he pretended to be
over eight feet.
The tallest womnn on the American
stage is Miss Mary Tull, who, besldo
her histrionic talent, hns won world
wide fame as the favorite model or
some American sculptors ror their
goddesses or liberty. Miss Tull's
height Is considerably over six feet,
which naturally limits her Held of
endeavor as an actress. New York
Sun.
IIi'iIkoIiokr nnd ninlm,
Writing to a sporting contemporary
n gentleman offers to receive any num
ber of hodgeplgs "up to n thousand,"
us he believes they would do good on
his estates lu Devonshire. Some peo
ple may be disposed to wonder what
service cnn be rendered to agriculture
by creatures that do occasionally make
a late supper of chickens and part
ridges. The truth is, the hedgehog has
never received full Justice. He Is,
take him all In nil, an admirable
henst. Everybody knows that the
hodrjolioc P-.tH iw.)s! iki1 sPijjs, but
few people, perhaps, have realized that
he Is also a liberal consumer of moles.
Now, there tire ninny estates in Devon
shire where the mole employs a band
of men to keep his family down, and
there are places In Surrey, quite near
London, where neither mnn nor trap
cnn stop the ravages or these crentures
on what is Intended to be the lawn.
Where the soli Is sandy the mole lives
deep, nnd he Will tllug up a chain of
veritable niountnlns in Ills Journeys
Under one's lawn in the course of a
single night. This conduct mny be
borne with In parks nnd meadows, but
In gardens It becomes Intolerable. It,
may be suggested, therefore, to those
householder whose lnwus arc ravaged,
by moles whom neither trap nor pro
fessional trapplbt can control that it'
few hedgehogs in the garden might
bring the pestilential moles to some
sense of the fitness of things. Loudon
Globe.
Curloim riitli From it Driven Well.
Some time ago a driven well was
sunk at the Howell Creamery, Pine
Island, to the depth of 'SAi feet. The
supply of water obtained equalled only
one quarter of tire amount necessary,
und In order to obtain a greater suit
ply two charges of Jovelte, a new ex
plosive, were discharged by William J.
ltrown, an expert in its use. Both
charges were set off simultaneously by
nn electric battery, and a column of
water eight Inchen In diameter was
thrown to a height of IHM) feet. Many
curious tilings came up from the bot
tom of the well, Including three curi
ous fish. They weru about eight Inches
long and had neither head nor tall,
both ends being alike. They could
swim its easily lck.vard as forward
und were not provided with eyes or
mouth. There were several small ori
fices at each end of those curious llsh.
When they came down with a shower
of atones from the top of the column
of water they bouuded rupcntedly
many feet In the air. One wns cap
tured by a Polnrder. who, curious to
see Its Interior,, struck it with a dull
hatchet, but made no Impression what
ever upon the tish, although he killed
It. One Is still alive In capltlvlty.
New York Snu.
The CoiiKXHHHinnn TVnt to Sleep.
One of the most absent-minded mi.ti
in the House of Itepreseututlves Is Mr.
llurton, of Ohio, chalriuau or the com
mittee on rivers nud harbors. The
other day Mr. llurton having charge
of the appropriation bill, forgot that
for the time being he wns boss of the
House und that It was his duty to suy
when tho vvimiry lawmakers should
quit work. When that time ciuue Bur
ton Torgot all about It. The speaker
looked hard at him. but Ilurtca did not
come out of his trance. Finally Gen
eral Heudersou's patience gave out.
"The gentleman from Ohio' he shout
ed. Just as If Mr. Hurtou had been
asking for rejgnltlou. Tho Ohloati
Jumped up. looked bewildered nnd fin
ally blurted out: "Eh. h, Mr. Speak
er." ho stuttered. "I move the House
do now adjourn." "Well, he's awake
finally." muttered Spenker Henderson,
sotto voce, "but somo people do need
it lot of sleep." Chlcngo Chronicle.
King Kilwnrtt'n Curloim I'roperty,
King Edwnrd VII. Is proprietor ot
the beds of nil Itrltlsh tidal rivers, such
ns the Thames, the Morsoy, tho Tyne,
and others. He also owns that part
of the sboro all round tho coast Jlne
which lies between hlgli ami low-water
mark.
SUICIDES OF CHILDREN
LARGE NUMBER OF VICTIMS FUR
NISHED BY THE CITIES.
Pitiful Cnno of n Utile Sew York Olrl
Who Wn Wenry With Ihe llurtlenK
of Premature Woinntihool A Lnck of
K nil urn nee and Fortitude.
Oue Instance after another of self
Inflicted death of children hnve caused
n slowly Increasing Interest to trace
the cause and find a remedy, and at
last awakened a sense of duty con
cerning the Incredible state of mind
and morals which these young suicides
demonstrate aB existing In our day
and generation, writes n correspond
ent of tho New York Post.
There is something so nt vnrinnco
with human unttire, ns well ns so ab
horrent to nil snnc thought, In the will
ingness of a child to kill Itself, thnt
the natural itiipitl.se of the hearer is to
disbelieve the fact. The almost irre
sistible desire to make some effort to
remove The conditions which ' move
such tender crentures to destroy them
selves, might hnvj better hope of good
result", hnd records "been kept nml the
subject beeu approached more scien
tifically, with dnta, parentage, race nnd
nil the testnmentnry stntlstlcs which
could help theory nud suggest reme
dies. Unfortunntcly none of these
have been retained.
Cities unquestionably provide the
lnrger number or those victims, hut In
the majority of Instances noted the
circumstances have not beeu thoc of
either extreme wnnt or misery. Many
of the cases which have been reported
hnve been pupils of the public schools,
nnd there has been it questioning
thought In this connection: "Could the
schools help?" The Idea Is not that
the schools nre in fault, but that their
large congregations of children, com
ing out of sordid unenlightened homes,
might afford the most vital opportu
nity to plant new Ideas of what It
means to live nnd die and what should
bind n child to Its home.
Perhaps the Instance which finally
forced the writer to make this appeal
was this:
A child, a little girl, one of those pa
thetic creatures whom we know as
"Little Mothers," wns, nt eleven yenrs
of age, quite creditably heading the
household of her widowed father.
There were throe younger children;
they nre reported as having been
clean nnd watched over with that ex
irJonlfiiiiry ctmiltuiiKinn of vigiiunce
and good sense which Is common to
these premature gunrdlans of their
brothers and sisters. She Is not spoken
of as morbid or abnormal hi any way.
She npper.iod to be bearing her burden
after the wonderful manner of her
kind. One day she asked her rather
ir he would please come homo early;
"by 3 o'clock," she said.
Three oVloelc was Impossible to him,
but he came as soon ns he could, nud
when tho door opened to his bund,
there lay the "Little .Mother" dead
upon the floor. The bit of paper loft
for him said in purport unfortunate
ly the words nre not preserved"!
cannot boar the responsibility of car
ing for the children. I cannot bear to
go oil any longer, so I am going to kill
myself."
She wns tired of living, weary with
the burdens of premature womanhood,
mid unquestionably poisoned In
thought and judgment by rending, so
easily acessible, of how tired men and
women took their Impious ways out of
thi world. It would be Impossible to
express the vivid clearness of the picture-
left upon the mind by the brief
paragraph printed In the medley of
the day's "news." Poor little tired
girl, lying dead In her clean print
gown; brave enough to kill lierself,
and wholly Ignorant of the majesty of
life-or the enormity of death.
nor Innocence, her good iccord of
duty done, her stricken father, all
hnvH- kept her apart from the rest:
from the girl who throw her life away
because she could not go to u party;
or her who drowned herself" because
slue had been properly reproved; or the
lad who hanged himself In hl-r father's
barn, apparently lu a spirit of retalia
tion to some wound tohls pride.
We hear of frightful endings to the
lives of young men and women of nt
least American birth If not of Ameri
can, parentage, but there Is almost in
variably mi attendant revelation or the
breaking of the moral law which has
rendered the conditions of life abnor
mal. With these tlds appeal has no
direct connection, though they primarily-
have been cdtumtod where Influ
ences could have boon brought to hear
on mind and conscience and heart,
which would have gone before, and
closed the gatt against evil passion
und disgrace.
There seems to-exist a fundamental
lack of endurance nud fortitude; de
sire, however trivial, must be gratified
or the young spirit rebels to the ex
tent of taking Itself out of the atmos
phere of discipline-. Out of certainly
ten cases which have been noted to
be conservative in the absence of
data, we will bay within a year with
the exception ot the "little mother,"
the causes wero the merest trifles af
fecting comparatively comfortable
lives. The main reasons have been
anger at a sharp reproof, or the denial
of a coveted pleasure. There' were
two, schoolgirls In n rural district who
agreed: to drown themselves together
ror in, cause. Terror overcame them
whoa death npproaehed, and the
stronger strove to rescue her compan
ion, but failed, and when rescued was
ou the verge of final collapse herself.
The girl In whom I was most Inter
ested had onVv money enough to carry
her to her bourne, and was devoid of
other resources and without expo
porlenco. Yet she went without hesi
tation, after skillfully managing to ab
stract n few garments from her home,
nnd regardless of father or mother, or
any tie of love or duty.
The mother wus nearly crazed with
grief nnd apprehension, and the fain
lly, all hard-working people, expended
$1000 of their savings In their heart
breaking search, before a clever dctiMj.
tlve discovered her In a Ilostou street
coming from work.
Her only nud to her own mind en
tirely sulllclent apology wns: "I could
not stnnd being laughed at." She was9
wholly devoid of all realization of oh
ligation to her home and entirely obliv
ious regarding the relations of parent
and child.
Endurance Is nn unknown duty to
these children's undisciplined minds.
"I can't stand It," or "I will have It,"
nre tho Imperative rulers of their
lives. Only todny a little hoy of six
In nn "east side" tenement told ls
mother that he would not live nt home
If she required of him some small do
mestic service. "I'll quit yer nnd take
care of meself," he said, nnd the de
finnce wns so fearless and positive that
the poor mother trembled with fenr
a smnll hoy Is so easily lost In a great
city nnd her henrt ached with drend
of what he would threaten when his
curly pntc would reach to her shout-
Our quick-eyed, quick-cared chil
dren, who read with eager hnste the
newspapers so easily obtained, know
well who nro greatest nnd best among
our men nnd women. Might there nyt
be hope of lasting benefit from the
words of eloquent nnd tactful people?
Could not tho authorities who so wise
ly provide profitable and Instructive
lectures on art, history and science,
free to the people of every district In
our city, find n way to break Into the
class routine of the schools, nnd try
what could be done to build up char
acter and oiien the eyes of the chil
dren? From time to time might not
magnetic, earnest men mnke the at
tempt to tell them what It means to
be responsible for life?
Sheepfkln WulMconM. "
It may be that the coachman sitting
tranquilly on the box, apparently com
fortable, though the wintry blasts do
blow, has got on a garment more or
less worn at this season by men much
outdoors. These men include coach
men, truckmen, motormen nnd others.
The garment Is a sheepskin waistcoat.
This Is a waistcoat made or sheep
skin wllh the wool on, and worn with
the wooly side lu. The skin Is tnnned
to a tnn color. The waistcoat Is cut
high In front nnd Is provided with
pockets. It Is worn sometimes In
I'lac cf a ea- Ue.f, vuM MiorWe.
be used, or perhaps with a Uglier
weight coat than the wearer would put
on without It. The overcoat Is, of
coime, worn over all, as usual.
Some sheepskin wnlstcoats are mnde
to button together at the front ns any
waistcoat would. Others are made to
fasten together In front with straps
and buckles.
There's a high degree of warmth
in a sheepskin waistcoat, but the price
Is not very high. They cost nbout
?2.r.O. New York Sun.
The Laureate HoIiIh Un.
t have read carefully most of the
tributes In the press to the Into Quien.
I hnvo also read the ode by Mr. Alfred
Austin. Ou the whole, I think the
presmen have done more justice to
the occasion than the poet. There is
a good deal of poetry In the prose, and
still more prose In the poetry; and of
the two the former seems the less out
of place, lly the way, Is the office of
Poet Laureate oue of those of which
the tenancy ha'i been confirmed by
royal proclamation? Many had hoped,
with me, that the demise of the crown
might Involve the demise of the laur
el wreath. Hut the appearance of the
official elegiac seems to nip this hope
In the bud, and deepens the national
gloom. Labouchere. In London Trith.
The Iiil ot lti- .our Community.
The very last act completing the dis
solution of the Society of Communists
at the historical village of .oar, Ohio,
which disintegration was begun over
two yenrs ago, was completed when
the last surveying and apportionments
were made. Not only the buildings In
Zoar, but also the 7(KHI acres of land,
have beta apportioned. The valua
tion of the properties received by each
member averages about $0000. For tho
first time since the arrlvnl, almost a
century- ago, of John ltauineler, the
Zoarlto leader, und his band of K!er
maii followers, the community is now
governed like other towns. A mayor
and couucllmen have been elected and
have already entered upon their new
dtitlci. Clncluuatl Enquirer.
A Perfect I.mly.
It was on a cable car, and two young
women were talking at a lively rate.
Onu of them said: "I never had n
more plen&ant evening. I liked Mrs.
Ill.iuk no much. Indeed, I enjoyed her
company very much. She Is u perfect
lady, and knows what Is due to her.
She never took the f rouble, like others,
b set out a table with a lot of stuff on
11, but she just had a tray mid glfTssea
and a pitcher, and the gentlemen of
the- company took the pitcher In turn
mid had It filled. Oh, hIio Is a perfect
lady and knows what Is her due. When
I have a home or my own I am going
to do Just the same. I like to see peo
ple know what Is due to them." New
York Herald.
Cow Worship In Africa.
Two slufct marches brought us to a
long pool of still water. Here we
found another brunch of the Magols,
who culled themielves Katua. To my
surprise I discovered these peoph) to
be cow worshipers and to Indulge In
certain rites which were supposed to bo
peculiar to the Hindoo religion. Tho
origin oC this cow worship Is presum
ably the satno with the Kntua us with
the Hludoo, traceable to the great do-
peudence placed upon the animal for
BiiHtenance. Tho Katun eat the cov
:o
but all their people turn out when
boast Is killed and go through mua
ceremony. They would not sell n Blu-
I gle cow. GeosrnphK .1 Journal.
