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THE WIFES SHARE
have a poor opinion of the
WE we care not how poor
- or how well-to-do he is that
r
does i not acknowledge that his wife
has a share in the income of the farm
The man who acknowledges this in
words and does not give by actually
passing into the wifes hand some of
the share does her a rank injustice We
are aware some men excuse them
selves by saying that it is all in the
family anyway or women are no
managers Both are very slim excuses
What man who has worked hard
would like it when the few dollars
come in that the toil produced should
his wife take them and use them all in
buying a sewing machine an extra
cloak and half a dozen plated spoons
which are all in the family when the
liusband has set his mind upon having
-a good new jackknife when those
hogs are sold She has the right to
do it as much so as the man has to
buy a feed cutter an extra rubber coat
and a whip when the wife had her
heart upon having a pair of kid gloves
That women are poor managers is
proven false every day Many a suc
cessful man owes his success to his
wifes good management and many
more would be successful if they left
more of their affairs to the judgment
and management of the wife
It is a burning shame the treatment
some women get in the money matters
of the copartnership made at mar
riage We do not believe in marriages
for a money consideration but hold
that many a woman would be happier
had the promise to love cherish and
keep been carried a little further or
made more specific so as to have obli
gated to a literal sharing of the money
be it little or much
An extreme case was brought to our
attention a few days ago A farm wTas
to be sold and after the deed was
made out the wife hesitated before
-signing it When asked why she re
plied Before signing that paper and
lier voice grew steady and firm I
want to know what my shares to be
Ive worked as hard as father all these
years on the farm and Ive pinched
and managed and earned whatevers to
be paid for it as much as he and I
want a set sum thats all mine and
that I can hold in my own hands and
have belong to me alone The law
yer who made out the paper saw deter
mination in the tone and manner and
acknowledged her right and asked her
how much she considered her share
I thought of that too she replied
Its been forty years a good forty
years for we took the farm in the fall
and this is spring and it seems to me
her voice broke a little at this criti
cal moment it seems to me she re
plied as if Id ought to have 20
That is a true statement of a recent
happening Think of it man A wom
an so belittled by forty years unrecom
pensed servitude that she called 20 a
f air considerationfor her services Man
are you degrading your wife to such a
position Farm Field and Fireside
Revenue Officer in Skirts
Miss Lucy E Ball has just been ap
pointed chief of the spirits department
by Collector Kelly of the Brooklyn in
ternal revenue office There is only one
other woman in the United States
folding a similar position The new
chief is a pretty girl with dark hair
and blue eyes and a face that is full of
wSmttjM
MISS LUCT E BALL
intelligence She lives with her par
ents at 3062 Dean street Brooklyn
Four or five years ago she entered the
service of the internal revenue depart
ment in Greensboro X C the heart
of the moonshining district In 1S94
Collector Healey appointed her as a
deputy in the Brooklyn office She was
-afterward in charge of the income tax
department while that law was in op
eration Lately she has been keeping
acpounts of brewers and cigar manu
facturers Her new duties will be in
relation to the distilleries of the dis
trict
The Lovable Woman
Tory lovely and lovable is thewoman
who has cultivated a disposition angel
ic enough the good and not the
evil side of human nature who can be
severe with her own failings and ex
cuse the faults of others We are told
that she is a dull uninteresting crea
ture and if we take the trouble to look
linto the master we find thatshe does
not laugh at her neighbors pet weak
ness she does not enjoy hitting out
right and left at the world at large
and is always ready with a plea for
unseen and unsuspected reasons
which if they could be revealed would
go a long way toward modifying harsh
judgment Our lovable woman may not
be witty she may be a little prosy but
she it is to whom we go when in trou
ble for sympathy and confide with a
feeling that our secret will not be torn
to shreds as soon as our back is turned
CurJs and Crimps in Profusion
If nature has been niggardly in the
matter of curls woman must hie her
to the hairdresses this season to entreat
him to make good the deficiency For
curls of all sorts and conditions are all
to be popular The only thing which is
tabooed is the smoothly drawn Madonna-like
coiffure which has beei the
solace of the indolent woman for a
season or two Pompadour combs help
to give the roll its stability They are
fastened in the hair in such a way as
to press the fluffy puff out toward the
face instead of in from it When the
hair is worn a la pompadour as far as
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HAIRDRESSIXG
the facially decorative part is concern
ed the back hair is generally gathered
up on the top of the head There it is
coiled loosely and roundly instead of
in the pertly erect and narrow fashion
recently prevailing In deference to
the rage for curls the ends of the coils
are oftentimes free Simultaneously
with the announcement from the hair
dressers that the hair must be curled
comes the declaration from hygienists
that the curling iron must go It is
branded as the deadliest foe to softness
and fineness of the locks This would
be a particularly discouraging conflict
but for the fact that the makers of kid
curlers have devised an almost pictur
esque method of curling the hair The
little inoffensive kid curlers are all
provided with narrow ribbons which
tie in dainty little bows all over the
head
Louisiana Bachelors in Peril
The palladium of the Louisiana bach
elors liberty has been ruthlessly swept
away by a recent decision in the Uni
ted States Circuit Court and if he has
not taken to the woods he is at least
as circumspect in his dealings with
the fair sex as a Quaker The civil
law in that State has always frowned
on breach of promise suits and refused
to recognize them A certain Mrs
Cheek however finding that her vener
able suitor Herman Pilger would not
fulfill his promise to many her brought
suit against him in the Federal courts
and recovered heavy damages against
him The decision may bring to light
many hundred breach of promise suits
which have lain dormant for years be
cause the State law recognized no dan
ages for a bruised heart
Equality of Sexes
The new woman should take her
way to Burmah There travelers say
is the only place on earth where true
equality between the sexes exists In
spite of this it is claimed no women
are more womanly than the Burmese
-women whose good sense enables them
to perceive the line where they ought
to stop In the higher classes a woman
has property of her own and manages
it herself In the lower classes she al
ways has a trade and runs her busi
ness on her own responsibility The
sexes choose their own occupations
and it is curious to see the men
times sewing and embroidering while
the women have nearly all the retail
trade of the island on their hands Ex
change 1
Make It Yourself
Lanoline cream which is considered
excellent as an emollient for the skin
may be made as follows Obtain half
a pint of lanoline and half a pint of
pure oil of sweet almonds Then put
ting a tablespoonful on a china plate
add an equal quantity of almond oil
mix thoroughly and add from half a
teaspoonf ul to a teaspoonf ul of tincture
of benzoin until the paste drips from
the knife a steel caseknife is best for
the mixing process in about the con
sistency of thick cream All three of
these ingredients are absolutely harm
less It should be rubbed in at night
American Girl Who Surprised Paris
The fete recently given by the Coun
tess Castellane formerly Miss Anna
Gould was one of the most elaborate
ever seen in Paris Three thousand in
vitations were issued and the cost of
the fete was not far from 100000 The
event was planned to reproduce the
fifth day of the fetes celebrated at Ver
sailles on the occasion of the marriage
of Louis XIV with Maria Theresa of
Austria
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EDUCATI0NALC0LUMN
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT
Importance of Guarding the Health
of School Children Whole Number
of PupilB in the United States Child
Should Not Be Crowded with Work
Health in the Public Schools
The recent action of the San Fran
cisco Board of Education in excluding
children of consumptive tendencies
from the public schools has naturally
provoked much comment That the
board is justified in taking all possible
precautions to protect the health of
school children no one will question
That the dread disease consumption
is remarkably prevalent among all
classes of the population is also admit
ted but that at present there is any
more reason to fear consumptive con
tagion in the schools than there has
been during past years is a matter that
only detailed investigation may dis
close The health office records for the
fiscal year 1894 95 show that the per
centage of deaths from consumption
during that period of children of school
age was about 1 in 1000 Those fig
ures are not alarming but the school
authorities act wisely in making ju
dicious restrictions which may operate
to check any increase in that percent
age
The common sense view of the mat
ter is says the Examiner tint children
of apparent consumptive tendencies
should not be confined in a school room
Health should ever take precedence
over learning and the sound body must
go with the sound mind Entirely for
reasons of self protection such chil
dren should secure the panacea cf
open air life The ill ventilated often
overcrowded school room is not the
place for a child to battle with the
germs of inherited disease And this
suggests that the school directors may
wisely look into other sanitary prob
lems of fully as great concern There
should be absolutely no opportunity for
the germ of typhoid to gain a lodg
ment School rooms should not be over
crowded Ventilation that architec
tural problem which up to the past ten
3ears received but little attention in
the erection of school structures
should be looked into most carefully
Calisthenics and a general and system
atic course in physical culture should
be given more attention than at pres
ent These suggestions are only in liue
with reforms in the best Eastern public
schools such as those of Boston and
Cleveland In the primary and second
ary schools as well as in the college the
pale faced dig is no longer the fash
ion The best body produces the best
mind
The Use of Got
A writer some months ago in a West
ern school journal said So much has
been said and written on the word got
that many a pupil thinks it is a word
to be shunned Much of the teaching
concerning this word is intemperate
teaching therefore untrue with all of
which I agree
There is no doubt that got is a much
abused word and that it is often incor
rectly used especially in the sense of
have How often we hear it used in
this way How much money have you
got I have got only a dollar I havent
any change Have you got a match
about you are familiar examples of a
common but erroneous use of the word
got in the sense of have or possess
and it is right that this use of the word
should be criticised and condemned
The true use of got is that in which
the word signifies to get or acquire
It is therefore correct to say I have got
ten or I have got my lesson A pupil
is told to get a book or a pencil he
may reply correctly I got it or I ave
gotten it In a similar manner ne may
say I got a chair for the teacher I got
my lesson or even I have got a chair
for the teacher and be strictly correct
in his use of language because in each
case the word has the sense of secured
or acquired
I am not one of those who believe
that because an incorrect form is used
by a writer who is usually correct that
it should therefore be sanctioned and
I therefore cannot indorse the expres
sion credited to Emerson nd pres
ently because they have got the taste
etc It is not good English even though
it be Emersonian When Thackeray
says What have men of letters jot in
our time he uses the word correctly
for here it signifies acquired
Of course there are many uses of got
which do not fall under either of the
cases so far discussed Thus Dickens
sayjs Th guard shot thron dead and
then got shot cfead by the other four
The meaning here is was In the sen
tence He got appointed we have the
same meaning if it indeed is not an
abridgment of He got himself ap
pointed as we would say He got
himself a new suit of cloches
This idiomatic use of got may not be
incorrect and indeed I have no serious
objections to the use of got in the sen e
of obligation as We have got to go
We have got to swim or we shall
drown though I prefer the form We
must swim or we shall drown
The use of got to which all gram
marians will however agree to make
objection is that in wnich it is made to
denote possession as in the sentences
before quoted In teaching our pupils
the correct use of rhis word like all
others let us see that they understand
the reason for the doctrine they be
lieve Ex Teacher in Educational
Xews
Dont Crowd
Do not crowd the child with work
take things slowly and steer clear of
any forcing process Long lessons and
an endless repetition of the same kind
of work will be sure to crush the inter
jest and sympathy of the young mind
The system of education that sacrifices
the child for the glory of the school or
the teacher Is radically wrong in prin
ciple and a danger to society To dig
nify such clumsy attempts in the
schoolroom by the name of teaching is
a burning shame The whole business
of sending children home at night to
worry over lessons for the next day
should be wiped out Parents should
not tolerate a practice that is grinding
the system of the child into a bundle
of nerves Six hours in school closely
confined to work and several hours
more at home at night fretting over
tasl to receive the coveted merit mark
from the teacher may do for the
of Dickens that blow
the boys and girls at every sweep clean
out of the region of childhood but it
will not do in a rational system of
teaching where the heart and the
mind of the child are permitted to
grow in a natural way in the knowl
edge of truth and understanding No
one will make a mistake upon this
point if he remembers that the child
is not made for the school but the
school for the child To preserve and
properly encourage the childs interest
and the germ of sympathy in his
moral nature will be worth infiaitely
more to the child than technical ability
to solve intricate processes or for that
matter than any kind of knovledgo
from books School Forum
Importance of Seat Work
Seat work must bear a direct relation
to the occupation of the day for its
own educational value rather than to
merely occupy time The end is to get
knowledge or skill or to create a prop
er habit of doing work Ingenious nov
elties or devices merely to kill time are
inadmissible as only the thing that in
and for themselves need to be done
have sufficient vitality to command
the interest of the children
All merely mechanical exercises
should be reduced to the minimum ex
cept where the desired result is merely
mechanical dexterity The teacher
rhould provide suitable work and give
directions in doing it when necessary
she should also inspire a child or give
him a proper motive to act
The importance of seat work cannot
be overestimated as what a child does
actively with the instruction he has le
ceived has more to do with his real
education and character than has even
the very important period when he
merely passively receives help from
others Mary F Hall in the Mil wan
kee Course of Study
Great Number of Pupils
The report of the Commissioner of
Education for the year lS92 93 shows
that the whole number of pupils en
rolled in schools and colleges public
and private in the United States was
150S3G39 or 225 per cent of the en
tire population This was an increase
over the preceding year of 370567 The
enrollment of public in the public
schools for the year numbered 12510
719 an increase of 1G2 per cent over
the preceding year while the average
attendance increased 345 per cent
There were employed in the year 122
OoG male and 2G0954 female teachers
The number of schoolhouses was 23G
427 valued with their contents and
appurtenances at 39S435039 The
school revenue for that year was 105
000000 the total expenditures 1G3
000000 There were 1549S9 persons
attending educational institutions
above the high school grade 510420
pupils were enrolled in high school
and schools of similar grade
A Slight Defect
The teacher was Jow voieed and
pleasant mannered The pupils were
courteous and well behaved and the
timbre of the school was at least 90 on
the scale of 100 The class on the reci
tation seats were spelling by sound
and were doing a laud office business
at it
Thus far all was satisfactoiy but
here was the fault It was one of these
slate banging desk thumping schools
Theslatesand shoes made noise enough
for a cooper shop or a blacksmith bbop
Say girls and boys noise is not neces
sarily the sign of a busy workman
Some business shows the skill of the
workman by the quietness with which
he does his work school business is of
that kind Only the apprentices in this
branch of business make much noise
with their tools Dont spoilt an other
wise good record by careless habits in
the use of slates or swing ol feet-
Moderator
The Road to School
In winter when it freezes
In winter when it snows
The road to school seems long and drear
Oer which the school girl goes 3
But when the pleasant summer comes
With birds and fruit and flowers
The road to school how short it is
And short the sunny hours
Bnt to the girl who loves to learn
And wisdom strives to gain
The road to school is always short
In sunshine snow or rain
When Li Hung Chang reached Hong
Kong on his way to Russia not a sound
was heard from the immense crowd of
natives who seemed to look on in awe
mingled with intense curiosity at the
celebrated statesman There was nc
outward manifestation from the mass
es but the strictest silence which is
the Chinese sign for great respect
was preserved no one daring to speak
loudly until Lis chair had passed to a
considerable distance
Cambridge University proposes to
confer an honorary degree upon Simon
Xewcomb professor of mathematics
and astronomy of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Baltimore Md and upon Fran
cis Andrew March professor of the
English languages at Lafayette Col
lege
Gen Sir John Adye in pleading that
old soldiers should be employed in the
postal setwiee of Great Britain says
that about 15000 men every year re
turn from the army to civil life at an av
erage age of 2G
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BLUE AND THE GEAY
BRAVE MEN WHO MET ON THE
FIELD OF BATTLE
Thrilling Stories of the Rebellion Old
tiddlers Bnd Sailors Relate Interesting
Reminiscences of Life In Camp snd 01
the field Incidents of the War
In Memory of Gen Philip Kearney
Close his eyes his work is done
What to him is friend or foeman
Rise of moon or set of sun
Hand of man or kiss of woman
Lay him low lay him low
In the clover or the snow
What cares he he cannot know
Lay him low
As man may he fought his fight
Proved his truth by his endeavor
Let him sleep in solemn night
Sleep forever and forever
Lay him low lay him low
In the clover or the snow
What cares he he cannot know
Lay him low
Fold him in his countrys stars
Roll the drum and fire the volley
What to him are all our wars
What but death bemocking folly
Lay him low lay him low
In the clover or the snow
What cares he he cannot know
Lay him low
Leave him to Gods watching eye
Trust him to the Hand that made him
Mortal love sweeps idly by
God alone has power to aid him
Lay him low lay him low
In the clover or the snow
What cares he he cannot know
Lay him low
George H Boker
My Old Commission
I met Captain Richard Carter the
ex Mayor of Dodgeville at the depart
ment encampment He was recently
appointed a member of Governor Up
hams staff with the rank of Colonel
It is not a matter of very great im
portance but it makes me recall a
pair of young fellows of the long ago
Maybe some of the results of the recall
will afford two or three minutes of
pleasure to the Times Herald readers
Ill try them anyhow
In 1S61 as soon as they could get into
the service after Lincolns first call for
troops a couple of boys one in Racine
where the encampment met last month
and the other in Grant County were
soldier material in the Second Wiscon
sin Infantry the late General Fair
childs regiment The Racine boy was
William H Upham now the Governor
and the Grant County boy was Richard
Carter now aprominentlawyerand gen
eral all around good citizen of Dodge
ville I congratulate both Upham left
the army at the end of seven or eight
months to go to West Point Carter
Private Carter stayed until the end of
the war and was a captain when he
came home If he is like other colonels
and generals on governors staffs he is
pleased with his commission but it
means ever so little when compared
with the yellowing paper given him in
the war days that says he is a captain
that he won the commission by faith
ful service in actual war Ask Colonel
Carter to trade his old captains com
missionto obliterate all record of his
war service for any kind of a modern
commission that of Governor minis
ter to St James Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court or even
President and see how ouieklv he
will place the yellow commission over
his thumping old heart and say
Thank you not if you were to make
me ruler of the world to give me the
Bank of England not if you were to
pass to my keeping the treasures of all
of the governments of the earth
I have not overstated
From what I have said does the new
generation get an idea of the satisfac
tion with which soldiers look back up
on their service in the war that gave
the world its greatest most promising
best government I hope so for that
is the object in writing of the old cap
tain and the new Colonel
Ask any volunteer who helped to
make up the vast Union army what
would induce him to have all knowl
edge of his soldiership removed from
muster rolls and other records in Wash
ington and at his State capitol so that
it might never be known that he had
a part in the struggle under Commander-in-chief
Abraham Lincoln and see
what he would do what he would say
Our brigade newsboy got hold of
some Baltimore and Washington pa
pers and brought them up to the line of
battle the third day at Gettysburg He
was sitting on his horse counting ouf
and selling papers as fast as he could
take the change When the great ar
tillery duel that preceded Picketts fa
mous charge began he happened to be
on Cemetery Ridge near the archway
in the cemetery Solid shot and shell
flew about him as thick as Green Bay
flies in June The little fellow threw
away his papers wheeled his horse and
pretty nearly outflew the Confederate
missiles When asked why he depart
ed that day so abruptly he said he had
forgotten his revolver and went back
to hunt for it and that on the way to
the front General Meade had halted
him and told him to stay in the rear as
his army could not afford to lose any
more of its best men
I want you to look at this old Testa
ment said C B Aubery There is
my name written by Lieutenant Leach
Company H Second Vermont He
bought it in Washington in July 1SG1
and presented it to me What memor
ies that Testament brings back I re
member the hour he gave it to me
How solemn I felt and how homesick
too How I wanted to throw my arms
about my mothers neck and have her
talk to me the dear mother I had run
away from Lieutenant Leach was a
Christian a real one There were
prayers in his tent everv night and
morning and on Sunday there was a
prayer meeting as a oy of 12
jxssau
who had taken French leare to qo to
the war and needed just such care as
Lieutenant Leach extended to me He
gave me that Testament at the close of
one of the prayer meetings and with
a hand resting on my head said My
lad read something in that book ev
ery day as long as you live and you
will never get into serious trouble I
read it daily until I was made a prison
eruntil I got into what I thought was
mighty serious trouble when it was
impossible for me to read the Bible
Bible agents didnt come to see us at
Libby Prison I guess my too frequent
ly vacant stomach demanded more at
tention than religious training and
Bible reading in those prison days
Prayers in the soldiers tents were
not infrequent General Howard al
ways had prayers General Lee regu
larly prayed and Stonewall Jackson
several times a day Probably there
was not a company In the war that
did not have its praying men Go
with me to night through the com
pany street said Private E C Jones
of whom I have spoken in these let l
ters We will see what the boys are
doing It was about six months after
the company had gone to the seat of
war We went up one side of the street i
and down the other In three of the1
tents that night just before taps the
voices of men in prayer were heard
In seven tents the language of seven T
up euchre and poker came to our ears
In the balance of the tents the soldier J
statesmen and army commanders were
discussing the best way to settle the
great lamny tiuuuie mtu ivuiuu iu
North and the South had allowed them
selves to be drawn Jones at that time
was a man of piety He was shocked
atthe few prayers and much worldiness
of the company Two years later Jones
could lose his pay at poker a little l
quicker than any other man in Com-
pany E J A Watraus in Chicago
Times Herald
Grant and the Stableman
While Gen Grant was a student at
West Point his parents moved to Beth-
el Ohio and when theyoung man was
on a visit to them in uniform of course
the boys of the town made game of him
Long years afterward in writing his
autobiography he remembered this un
pleasant experience Opposite our
house he wrote stood the old stage
tavern where man and beast found ac
commodation The stableman was
rather dissipated but a man of some
humor On my return I found him par
ading the streets and attending in the
stable barefooted but in a pair of sky
blue nankeen pantaloons just the color
of my uniform trousers with a stripe
of white cotton sheeting sewed down
the outside seams in imitation of mine
The joke was a huge one in the minds
of many people and was much enjoyed
by them but I did not appreciate it so
highly
To this occurrence there was an amus
ing sequel not related by Gen Grant
but gathered by Mr Hamlin Garland
on a recent visit to Bethel and told by
him to the Washington Post
The name of the jocose stableman
was Harrison Scott and during the
war after Grant had captured Donel
son and Vicksburg and was recognized
as a mighty commander of men he was
riding along the lines one night hearing
abstractedly the roll call
Suddenly the name Harrison Scott
was called and a voice answered
Here
Grant pulled up his horse The cap
tain saluted The General faced the
company His voice was heard by
every man
Harrison Scott step forward
The man came forward briskly but-
nervously
The Generals low voice seemed
menacing as he said Harrison Scott
of Bethel Ohio
Yes sir
Report to me at headquarters to
morrow morning
Harrison was too scared to reply or
salute and the General rode away
Youre in for it my boy was the
unfeeling comment of Harrisons com
rades and it certainly looked like it
Its a case of court martial and a ball
and chain That little joke of yours
which youve bragged about has got
another end to it
The hostler had strong thoughts of
deserting but concluded to face the
music
The next morning he walked nervous
ly into the Generals tent Grant looked
up
Sit down Harrison When did you -leave
Bethel How are all the folks
and he inquired minutely about all the
people of Bethel and Georgetown and
together they laughed over the joke
about the cadet uniform
At the close the General said
Im glad to see you Harrison When
you write remember me to the folks at
Bethel
Died Standing
The incident of Ratisbon a French
officer though mortally wounded rides
back to Napoleon reports the capture
of the city and then falls from his sad
dle dead is paralleled by a story of
Gettysburg told by General Doubleday
and published in the Chicago Times
Herald
An officer of the Sixth Wisconsin Reg
iment walked up to Colonel Dawes who
was in command Colonel Bragg was in
Washington on crutches The officer
was very erect and very pale Dawes
aud Doubleday both thought he was
coming with a report or to receive or
ders But he was not He had a favor
to ask
Colonel he said to Dawes will
you tell the folks at home I died as a
man and a soldier should Then he
unbuttoned his coat His whole side
was shot away It was nis last ef
fort He died standing
eyeful scientific experiments prove
that at the depth of one mile ocean
ters have a pressure equal to oqq too
to tbe square inch
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