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Hock of Acei, CUft for Me!
The great liynniH of the world that
have touched the hearts of many thou
sands have usually been the expression
Of a vital Imllviduul experience. They
have not been written as mere pieces
of literary composition; they have
been the crystallizing of personal sor
row, personal faith, or personal reali
sation. They have been the summing up
of years of hope and struggle, focused
In an Instant of expression, as the
century plant storus up vitality for
Jecndos to he evidenced at last in a
sudden (lowering. The circumstances
that Insphed some of our great devo
tional hymns niUBt deepen the Interest
in both the song and the singer and
reveal that mighty kinship of human
jouls, that divine aymputhy, that con
fers deathless fame on a few simple
verses, soul-hlographies liviug in song.
This greatest of hymns was written
In 1775 by Hcv. Augustus Toplady. u
very learned Kngllsh divine, who died
at the early age of thirty-eight. The
hymn has the rate, wondrous spiritual
ecstasy he revealed In his dally life. In
his last Illness he said. "I cannot tell
the comforts that I feel In my soul;
they are past expression. It will not
lie long before God takes me; for no
mortal man can live after the gloiles
which God has manifested to my soul."
Thn mnrlilo tablet over his crave says:
He Wrote "Hock of Ages, Cleft for j
Me."
The Sweet Ily and Uy.
Iu 1SC7 this hymn, known as
"The
rlweot By and By,"
was written ut
Klkhorn. Wis., by S. Fillmoie Bennett,
who was as-
s o c 1 a t e d
with .1. P.
Webster In
arranging u
new collec
1 1 o n of
hymns.Web
s t e r w a s
nervous, sen
sitive a n d
easily d I s
roura g e d .
O n e day,
when very
blue, h e
went Into
Her nett's
ofllce, and when asked "What's the
matter, now?" answered "It Is no
matter, it will all be right
by and by." The Idea flashed Into
Bennett's mind, ns he then expressed
It. was " 'The Sweet By and By!' Why
wouldn't that mako a good hymn?"
Turning to a table he at once wrote
the words; Webster Jotted down the
music as If inspired. Half an hour
later two musical friends entered tho
room und It was sung by the quartet.
Nrkr.-r, My Hod, lo Tine.
Of the many hymns written by Mrs.
Sarah Flower Adami. the only one
that has survived Is this hymn, based
on the Bible story of Jacob's vision at
Bethel, the Imagery of which narrative
It follows most faithfully. It first ap
peared In a volume called "Hymns and
Anthems." published In 1841. The chief
criticism made against this hymn Is
that It does not mention a Savior. Hcv.
A. T. Hussel added n stanza covering
this lack, but the new lines nre rarely
used and they never bocamo popular.
Jenm, I.urnr of Sly Nuul.
One day Charles Wesley wbb sitting
by an open window, looking over the
beautiful fields, when he saw a little
bird pursued by a hawk. Tho poor
thing, weak and frightened, In seeking
to escape from Its enemy, flew Into the
room and found refugo In Wesley's
bosom. As the poet wus then In great
trouble nnd needed the safety of a ref
uge, the consolation of help from a
higher power than his own, the Inci
dent seemed to him a divine message,
Allow Tlnio for Play.
Tho nil work and no play woman
soon becomci scarcely nioro than n
machine, n machine that too often runs
without tho wheels bolng greased in
a hard, grinding, squeaking way, re
quiring much more strength and time
than if a llttlo lubrication had boon
given in the shnpo of occasional pleas
antmoments snatched by the ways, says
tho Jacksonville Tlmos-Unlon. Thero Is
ono thine certain; It Ib bettor to try
and be content with llttlo, doing with
out some things thnt we may have a
great deslru for, than to so wear our
CMJr
and. thus Insplied, he wrote the fa
mous hymn.
Hold III Fort, for I Am fuming.
In October. ISO t. Allatoouu Pass, a
defile In tin Mountains of (ieoigla, was
guarded by General Corse with l.fiuu
men. It was a stiong strategic point
and, moreover, a million and a half
of latlons were stored there. Fresirh,
the southern general, with C.OHO men,
attacked the garrison and drove the
defenders Into a small fort on the ciest
of the hill. The battle was fierce: the
iioitheru soldiers fell In such numbers
that further lighting seemed folly But
one of Corse's olllcers caught sight of
a white signal Hag fluttering In the
breeze on the top of Kenesaw Moun
tain, act oss the valley, fifteen miles
away. The signal was answered, and
then came the lusplilug message fiom
mountain to mountain: "Hold the
fort: I am eomlng. -W. T. Sherman."
Cheer after cheer went up. and though
hopelessly reduced In numbeis they
did hold the fort for hours until the
udvance guard of .Sherman's army
came to their relief. Six years later,
P. P. Bliss, the evangelist, heard the
story In all Its vivid detail from n
soldier friend, and then wrote the
wonls and music of tills ruinous hymn.
I'rom Clreenlaiid'a Icy Mountain.
On Whit Sunday. 1819. Dr. Shipley,
an Kngllsh clergyman, was to preach
a missionary sermon. On the day pre
ceding, Di. Shipley requested his son-in-law,
Bishop Reginald Heber, to
write "something for them to sing In
the morning." Heber retired fiom the
table, around which a group of friends
were assembled, and In n corner of the
room wrote this hymn at one sitting.
Artlllrlal Silk.
The manufacture of artlflclnl silk, it
Is reported, hus become quite a thriv
ing industry In Genua" although it
seeems theie are only ceitaln purposes
for which it can be used, but still these
am very numerous. The output of the
Rlbertleld district alone, It is said,
amounts to $12!i,000 monthly. Certain
disadvantages connected with the
pioduct. among which is Its highly in
flammable character, having acted a a
deterrent to ItH manufacture, hut an
Improvement in tho process has re
cently come Into use in France which
aolds most of these disadvantages.
According to this method dry nitro
cellulose, India-rubber solution and a
salt of tin, preferably stannous chlor
ide, ure mixed together In the propor
tions of 100 pounds of the first to 7
pounds of the second and G pounds of
the last. To this a suitable solvent,
like benzine, is added in such quantity
as will bring the mixture to the de
hired consistency.
Lemon Iulre or llarranin.
Now that the sale of a bogus lemon
ade has been forbidden by luw, it
would lio Interesting to know what ac
tion would follow an Investigation of
the compound ubciI as lemon Juice In
many of tho barrooms that pretend to
lie of tho first rank and nro entitled
to a place In that category so far ns
their prices can put them thoro. The
mixture commonly used in diinliH le
qulring lemon Juice possesses only ono
quality of the real thing. It Is sour,
but It suggests the fruit In no other
particular and tastes of foreign in
gredients too strongly to deceive the
most inexperienced. New York Sun.
selves out body and spirit iu their at
tainment that wh lose tho power of en
joyment, too tired to care for anything.
So tho wiso woman, though, llko tho
woman In the Bible, she rises "while It
Is yet night," she yet makes suro of a
llttlo time every day poViaps not
more than a half hour which is her
very own, and with which stranger or
friond "Intermeddloth not,"
Fools and senslhlo men are equally
lnnocuou-i. It is In tho half fools and
half wise that tho greater dauger Ilea,
Goethe.
DANGER OF THE PLAGUE.
Amerlran I'lltri Are hy No Mmm Im
mune to Hi l)r.
In the nbieuif of a fedeial health
boiiid It hecoims the proper business
or all niiinli Ipal health otlttluK es
peiiull at the sc.tpuit to lie piepared
to resist the possible approiit'lies of the
bubonic plague. That the world is by
no means ftrr fiom the menace of a
gieat epidemic of this "h'tick death"
Is the ilei'hiriitliin of a man who speak
with aiithorltv III L. F. Buiker is a
pathologist who was at one time a
member of the racultv of the Johns
Hopkins univeisltv, and who now oc
cupies the chair of pathology at the
Rush Meillcul College. Chicago. Two
years ago he was sent to India and
ChliiH b) the former Institution to
study the plnitue conditions, and later
was appointed to Investigate the plague
cases in San I'tanclsco for the gov
ernment Piobnbl) theie Is no Ameri
can who Is bettet qualified to speak on
(his subject than is l)i Barker. In a
recent .idiliess before a medical society
Dr Barker aunoiiuied that American
cities are far fiom Immune as to the
sneaking pestilence." which Is spread
chlelly through the agency or rats.
In the great epidemic or tin- fourteenth
century, whlth cost s.'i.OOO.OOO human
lives, It was a characerlntie of the
plague Unit It dew-loped b bounds Be
fore theie was time to take piecautlons
a vast pioportlon of a community
would he In the guisp of the disease,
while the lemalnder would be tenor
stricken. Hindu writings M) yeats old
note the fact that u visitation of the
plague was nlwa.vs pieceded by a gieat
moitallty among rats. Dr. Barker
noted that lu India he saw dead rats
every wheie. ami the Hiime phenomenon
has been observed lu .liip.ui. It Is be
lieved that If the indents rould be ex
terminated, as the government or Ja
pan has proposed, the danger of an
epidemic of the plague would he much
reduced.
ART OK WALKING.
Common-Sent Footwear Makai Hood
I'eitettrlmn of Auierli'Mii lllrl.
The Anieilcan girl Is learning how
to walk. For iiiiiiij years she has been
a muityr to Fiench high-heeled shoes,
the toothpick toe and the wafer sole,
but now common sense footwear Is the
vogue. It took a long peilod of dls
comfoit, If not actual sutTerlug, to con
vince woman that she could wear a
sensible shoe and not detract from her
personal charms, comments the Cincin
nati Commerclal-Tiibiine. Now that
she has been convinced of the error of
her ways more Interest Is manifested
In the conect stylo of walking and tho
proper manner of holding tho skirt,
lu correct walking there Is the poetry
of motion, the delicacy of poise and tho
scientific adjustment of the weight of
the body which the ancients knew so
well, but which the moderns slur, if
they do not absolutely Ignore The
girl who walks correctly Is a joy to
herself and all who behold her. She
has some purpose In life. She Is, nine
times out or ten. neatly diesseu,
bright-eyed and healthy. Watch her
and you will see thnt the hall or her
foot Is the center upon which tho
weight of tho body swings; and that
upon the heel and the toes there Is
an even balance of the strain, If such
It may be called, the heel not bolng
called upon to do more than the toes
or the toes more than the heel, while
the sole Is the medium between the
two extremes. In correct walking the
foot Is placed evenly upon the surface,
with the pressure first upon the heel,
then upon the hall of the foot, and
then upon the toes. From the ball of
the foot, and the toes the Impetus and
elasticity of the stride originate.
A Trafficker In Vanity.
There are many queer pursuits In
tho world, but or them all It Is doubt
ful If any rank higher in tho "Land
of the Odd" than the .tralllc curried on
by an enterprising Yankee In New
York. Ho has his place In the base
ment of one of the ofllce buildings on
lower Broadwny anil deals In labeled
trunks nnd traveling bags that Is,
trunks and traveling bags that hnve
seen service abroad anil thnt bear tho
labels of foreign hotels. A man go
ing to Europe. If he works Judiciously,
can on his return get twice what ho
paid for his bag or trunk nt starting.
Tho enterprising Yankee who conducts
this queer trulllc meets the passengers
of Incoming steamers. He sizes up his
people with an accuracy born of long
oxperlence. knowing Instinctively who
it is that has probably exhausted his
funds on his trip an the other side and
who will bo very willing to accept a
good price for his belabeled traveling
appurtenances. Baltimore Run.
Henllanil (SU flrlanre Itedreued.
Scotland has got one grievance re
dressed. The commission that was ap
pointed by the private legislation pro
cedure (Scotland) nct.a short time ago,
to consider Scottish applications for
what aro called "provisional orders"
has been sitting in Edinburgh, nnd has
disposed of much legislation relating
to towns, harbors and railways. Be
fore the new act enmo Into force, overy
private hill from north of tho Tweed
had to go to London to be considered
by n committee of parliament, and a
mile of railway could not be built with
out the London Inwyors getting their
"pickings" from It. Tho now net abol
ished all this, nnd now Scotlnnd is uhlo
to settle Its own affairs lu Its own
country.
1'iiMlni; of Horn Hmige.
The conversion of the trnmwny sys
tom of Glusgow from horso haulage to
electric traction Is now nlmost nn ac
complished fact, and soon the horso
cars will bo a thing of the pust. Tho
olcctrlc cars, unlike those operated on
this side of tho Atlantic, nro double-deckers
LIOHT STREET COSTUMES.
CoinparatWely Ntn t'lilia. Although
started Nnmr Yeir Aro.
Wearing light costume on th
street Is a conipauillvelj new fashion,
although the fail slatted two or Ihice
seasons ngn At piesent the fashion
has been i allied to Mich an extent
thai the plain dark gowns ate con
spicuous rioiu cotitiast Not only are
the smait gowns of this season light
In color, but In textuie, and gauze
veilings and silks that weie at one
time onlv consideteil appropriate for
midsummer, and for ganleu parties
then, are now woin for shopping and
going about Foulard gowns, nlwii.vs
uppioprliitr. nlnH uxeful, are ex
tremely fanciful In design ami mini
elaborately trimmed with lace ami
embioldery, and made lu the lightest
or most brilliant coitus The small
est dressmaker make for their best
customets the quietest of gowns to
come In town for a day's shopping -the
black and white check silk mo
hair, a light wool, the thttk blue, u
gray veiling, with a touch of color or
with lace collar or levers, no luce on
the sklit. mohair gowns trimmed with
the same material or taffeta lu flat
folds or bauds. Hues of stitching eith
er white or the color of Ihe gown,
and the only attempt at lightening
the somewhat revere effect Is lo be
seen In the front of lace. Dark color
or black taffeta silks ate made also
for street wear, but also very plain,
with short Jacket and skirt trimmed
with stitching In tucks and folds.
Striped or checked silk ginghams,
made quite plain, are also smait for
stieet wear in summer or for a day's
shopping. These ate on 'the lines of
the tailor gowns and aie made without
lace or embroidery, excepting what Is
used In trimming the waist.
INSANITY PROM COFFEE.
A 81. I'miiI, Minn., Woman tnauim from
IU I'D.
A Mis. Lludberg of St. Paul. Minn,
was leceutly adjudged by a piohato
court to be insane. On Investigation
she was found at liei home lu a state
of manlcal excitement so great that
she could only with dllllculty he re
strained from tearing off her clothing.
According to her husband's statement
and the loets which were elicited by
the investigation, it appeared that the
cause of Mrs. Llndbcig's insanity was
the use of coffee Mrs. Lludberg had
for some yeais been accustomed to the
free use of coffee for the relief of
headache. The headaches hud gleatly
Increased In severity, and the amount
of coffee was gradually increased. Re
cently she had been taking thlrt) or
forty cups of coffee dally. Tea pro
duces the same effect as coffee. Nu
merous other cases have been reported
In which a complete breaking down
or the nervous system has resulted
from tho use of tea or coffee. Tea
tasters and coffee-tasters furnish many
Illustrations of the deleterious effect
of these beverages. Mrs. Lludberg
wns simply r coffee drunkard, ami was
as much addicted to her beverage as
any toper was ever addicted to liquor.
She kept her coffee-pot boiling con
tinually, and devoted her whole atten
tion to the brewing of her favorite
beveruge.
A Famon Apple Tree.
The American Cultivator says that'
the original greening apple tree is still
standing on the farm or Solomon
Drowno at Mount Hygela In North
Foster. R. 1. The tree was a very old
one when the farm wus sold In 1KUI.
Tho seller Informed the purchaser that
It wad a pity the old tree was going to
decay, ns It produced the be.st fruit or
any tree lu the orchard. The pur
chaser determined to see how long ho
could keep It alive, ami it still sur
vives after almost another century Inn
been added to ItH venerable vears. But
It shows signs of final decay, and the
parent of all the famous Rhode islauu
grcenlngB, which has set Its graft on
the orchard. of almost all the world,
will soon be liu a neighborhood iiicm
o'v. It Is doubtful if there is a mure
famous u'i;ie tree to be found in till
PomonVs gioovcs irom end to end l
the earth.
What It Cot to riclit Hire.
The cost of the New York city lire
department, the eflleleney of which Is
unchnllenged, Is ftt.fiOO.OOO a year.
Chicago, which has suffered more se
verely from a great conflagration than
any other large American city, ex
pends ?1, 500,000 n year for the main
tenaneu of Its fire department, and
Boston, which has suffeied severely
In the snme direction, though very
much less populous and a more coin
pact city than Chicago, expends $L
1!00,000. Southern cities generally
spend llttlo on their Urn service, and it
has been found generully that the ra
tio of cost Increases us the population
becomes more compact.
Will Hell Kx-rrlilenr Jewel.
Carlos ISzctn, ox-prcsldent of Salva
dor, who has lived lu California ever
since he Hod from his native country,
some time ago negotiated a loan on
his own and Mme. E.em's Jewelry,
nnd, being unable to redeem the valu
ables, will soon sell the lot In Sun
FrnnclHco. His wife is the daughter
or a wealthy Gautenialnn. who refuses
to give her any financial assistance
because she refuses to return to the
land of her birth. Sermr Kzeta left
Salvador because a price hud been
placed on his head.
Clergyman on .Imiuli.
Rev. Dr. Gaston, n Baptist clergy
man of Santa Rosa, Cal., has Invited a
trlol ror heresy by declaring that Jo
nah died iu tho vv mile's belly Instead
of jolng thrown out upon the shore
and' proceeding upon his mlsslonury
expedition, as i elated In tho Bible,
A BUILDING CEMENT.
A VERY IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
UY THOMAS A. EDISON.
He i:tirrl to Nee HU Cement Drive
Out Quarried Nlnue a tliillillnc Ma
terial Intention Will I'rarlli ally Ho
Away nllh (nriuter.
Thomas A. Fdisoii has discovered
how to make "Poitlaud cement" at mi
extremely small cost, sas a leceul
New York dispatch lo the Chicago
Record-Herald. This statement, at llrst
thought, sreuis lo be comparatively tin
Imporant. Yet Ktllson knows the Im
mense value of his discovery. He ex
pects that his cement will drive out
quarried stone and luick as buihliuK
materials He foicaecs us the lesult of
his dlscoveiy that It will cost very
little to build houses, and that there
fore rents will be very low. He also
foresees that these same houses will be
as nearly fireproof is concrete and
steel flames can make them.
With cement so cheap a house will
be "pouted." not builded. And the
'"pouring" of the house will occupy but
a few days. The house will be habit
able when Ihe couciele solidities. For
several years Mr Kdlson has been
working on tin leceut problem and
the pioblem of making cheap and prac
tical storage batteries. Roth Invent
(Ions have now been perfected Insur
ance Kngliieeiing, which will be pub
lished toinortow. will contain an Inter
view of Its editor with Mr F.dlson.
The Inventor says cement, combined
with steel, will be the building mate
rial of the future, ami continues. "My
Impiesslou Is that the time will come
when each contractor will have stand
ard foi ms of houses, twenty or thlity
varieties The foinis will be made or
wood, ami a contractor using one or
the standard shapes, will simply go out
nnd 'pour" a house. There will prob
ably he hundreds of designs. The con
tractors will put up their concrete
fixer ami have their beams and fornM
ready They will pour the form ror
the llrst Mory and so on. To do that
all they will renulie will he common
laboi -a few men ami ono boss. That
is what I think will be dime eventually.
And such u house can be made very
cheaply. It seems to me theie will
not he much use ror carpeiiteis then.
Theie will be cabinet makers, to be
sure. Why. even the lloois and stairs
will be made or concrete" .Mr. Kdlson
was asked If Portland cement would
be cheap enough for general use "Yes,
I think so." he said. "When the price
of cement gets to be $1 a bariel or $r
a ton, and people know the.v can get
It for that there will be enormous
quantities of It used."
The Inventor said that one part of
cement, three parts of sand and live
parts of broken stone would be the
mixture for concrete, and that broken
stone was better than brick, lu icply
to a question as to the thickness of
walls lu the ordinary house he said
"The bottom course ought to ho of
Portland cement, twelve Inches up Jo
the first story, and eight Inches above
the first story. The loofs will he of
cement also."
Mouth' (Iranlle (Jnnrrlei.
"The granite quuriieH of the south
ure not only numerous, hut are rnpldly
comlng Into competition with the quar
ries or northern stales," observed T.
II. Binder or Atlanta, nt the Klggs In
Washington iccently. "A contract for
115,000 cubic feet or curbing fiom Geor
gia bus n ntly been put down here lu
the District of Columbia several days
In advance of the stipulated time,
whereas the contracts from the north
ern quill lies are very oftetr tilled con
siderably aHcr the time limit has ex
pired. The granite or Georgia now
goes as fur north as Philadelphia and
as far went as Chicago. The state con
tains an Inexhaustible supply. Stone
mountain, a sho.t distance out of At
lanta, is seven tulles In circumference
and three miles iu diameter, rising I,
iViO feet hlg'i and tunning one of the
geological wonder or the world. It Is
without a lluw and without seams or
any kind.
Modem TruinpnrlHtlnii lliivlcen.
Two modern transportation dmices
have been Invented by a British engin
eer, who has constructed a trolley nutl
moblie line, similar to that exhibited
at the Paris exposition, at Kdersvv.ilde,
a small city near the German capital.
In this system the automobile lecelves
Its motive power from an overhead
wire, by means of a trolley, which Is
connected with the automobile by a
movable cubic. This shows the ve
hicle to turn out at any place on the
road. The line lias been favorably In
spected by experts, and the system is
expected to meet with general favor
lu Germany.
Co-l)ierutlve Cooking at fcriionl,
In the rural districts of France ev
ery pupil, boy or girl, takes to school
lu the morning a handful of vegetables
and puts them lu a large pan of water.
They are washed by one of the older
pupils, who take turns at performing
this duty. Then the vegetables are
placed In a kettle with water nnd a
piece of pork, and nie cooked while
the lessona aio going on. At 11:30
o'clock each member or the co-operative
association, has a howl or hot
soup. To cover tho cost of fuel nnd
meal, those pupils who can afford It
pay from two to four sous a mouth.
IVoniimWt Hellred for Ai;e,
Professor John Bascom, professor of
political economy at Williams College,
has been retired for age. He was
Kraduated from Williams with tho
class of '4'J. Ho was president of tho
University of Wisconsin before ho
Joined tho faculty of Williams In 1881,
nnd hi the author of several religious,
philosophical, and economic works.
CHIP ON PARSON'S SHOULDER.
Noted KnKlUh Ulerft-yraaii Always He
fined In II HiillUd,
Rev. Forbes Phillips, better known
lo the reading public by his nom do i
plume of "Athol Forbes," has a very!
vivid and distinct nersomilltv. II.. u
not In the remotest sense of the word
a conventional cleric. A thorough
bulldog to look at. very broad itti.l
thick set. with a tremendous head, a.
luusslve. clean shaven face and tvvink-'
Hug. humorous eyes, he Is the plcturo
of one of Lever's Irish priests. He Is
not popular among some of his brother,
parsons whose composure he has u
trick of rullllng at times, while his do-,
Ihince of the higher powers has often!
Muttered Kplscopal devotees. He Is n
hero niiiong the flslier-folk with whom
his lot Is caHt, ami when ho comes to
London Is a prime favorite In his owir
bohenilun literary set. If ever It wero
true that a house-to-houso-golng par
son makes a chiirch-KoliiK-propIo, It
Is true In the case of thn vicar of
Gorknton, whose church a very lnrgj
and beautiful building Is crnmmod
fiom end to end every Sunday mornlim
aiul evening. Mr. Phillips Is a flue
preacher, thoughtful, Interesting and
original, with a quiet penetrating voire
and an Impel turbablo manner that
compels and rivets thn nttentlon of his
hearers. "One pleasing little ctiMom
when I llrst arrived nt Oorleston," ho
once wrote to a friend of mine, "w.im
to threaten the vicar with n horse
whipping when he offended any of tho
local big-wigs I had not been loir:
here before I ril Into dlsgracu hy find
ing fault with the mnnngoment of a
public Institution. The chairman emtio
up to me at n meeting and wild, Rhuk
Ing his list lu my face: 'Unless you nt
once withdraw your statement and
wille me nn apology and give 5 to
Hi" Institution of which I nin bond. I
will give you u d d good horse
whipping 'Thanks.' 1 replied, Mil
take the hoisewhlpplng, nild If I don't
send you home In a cab I will apolo
gize ami give you CIO Tor your pre
clous Institution.' Tills was something
quite new In tho annals of Goiicston
and horsewhipping as nn Institution In
the parish has slnco died quite out of
fashion."
PRESIDENT LAURA D. OILL.
New lrildent or lluruiird l Nwllre
of Main.
Tim choice or new women collego
presidents, Miss Wooley. Miss Hazard,
Miss Gill, slgnllles us much ns any
thing that has yet occuried regarding'
the future standards for college edu
cation, notably for women. Hero aro
llueu college presidents Hint are In
tellectually, socially, progressively tho
equal of any three men of their yc.iw
who have ever occupied the chair or
college president In this country. They
ure scholarly and womauly, have high
Ideals, nnd are well balanced, lnivn
deep conviction, and yrt retain n
ehnriuliiK personality and withal aro
skillful administrators Mbs Laura
D. Gill. Barnard's new president, Is
but forty years or age, a native of
Maine, a graduate of Smith, has stud
ied at Lelpslc, at Geneva, and at Sor
bonne. When tho recent Spanlsh
Aineilcan war broke out Miss Gill went
to Cuba miller the auspices of the Red
Cioss Society, and vn" dent at onco
to the fighting Hues. Shn acted as
nurse und as manager or hospital uT
ralrs In Culm and later at Montnuk
Point. At the close or tho war sho
took charge of the Cuban orphnn asy
lum under the direction of Gen. Fran
cis V. Greene. She taught after grad
uation with Miss Capon Irr the Burn
hnm school ut Northampton, and has
always been emlnontly successful as
student and teacher. Journal of Edu
cation. Ilow Kmlcrntlon M 1'romoteil.
It Is rcpoiteil m Bucharest, says a
correspondent, that nn Kngllsh com
pany Is arranging for the establish
ment of ii direct line of steamers from
Coiistantza, the Roumanian Black set
port, to Halifax, Quebec, Montreal nnd
New York. The new Hue will bear tho
name "Atluntlca Homanza." Specially
cheap passages are to be arranged for
emigrants, and It is hoped In this nn li
ner to induce emigration among tho
population of Knsteru Kurope, already
much overcrowded. Very low fares In
connection with the steamers will nlso
bring Austria and Hungary's emi
grants to this Hue, which hopes to
compete successfully with the llani
huig line. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Hplnnlni; Wheel Fad.
Warning Is given to nnglonranlnc
that the coming siuunrer must he spant
looking for the old-time spinning
wheel. Queen Aloxuirdrn has a fond
ness for the spinning wheel, it la
stated mi excellent authority, and
iimuses herself upon occasions by spinning-
She is fond enough of her spin
ning wheel to have had her plcturo
taken with It. Could anything mora
be said to prove tho truth of tho state
ment? Old spinning wheels are still
to be found, but If they once get Into
the shops they cost as much as If they
were to be used only for queens and
princesses for spinning cloth of gold.
New York Times.
fontrhanre for Vuryliie I'ltrli,
Wlule the structure of tho music of
strlilulatlug organs of beetles Is ox
ticmely simple, they sometimes pos
sess contrivances for varying tho
pilch. The general structure of such
nh organ Is a hard surfneo covored
with strlatlons, over which some other
member of tho body furnished with a
rnsplng edge or area Is rubbed. When
the striated surfaeo Is dlvldod Into
parts with finer and coarser markings,
variations of pitch can ho produced.
Soma aie wcatherwiso, some aro oth.
erwlse.
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