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* f L * have .Heard Them All , and There is No
Foundation for Any of Them ,
Some of them run like this : "Yes , we ought to have a sewing * machine. My wife needs one , but just now I can't afford it. " At the same time
you are spending 50c a day for beer and tobacco. 50 cents a day will buy three sewing machines in one year , and nothing but your condemned
selfishness keeps your wife from having a sewing machine. Here's another : "I would buy my wife a sewing machine but her health is poor ,
and I think the use of a sewing machine would be injurious , " That is an awful cowardly excuse.
Poor Little Woman , You Value Her Health So iuch , and there is Such an Air of Earnestnes in What
You Say , that She Really Feels Grateful to You for the Blessed Privilege of Setting up at
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Nights to do Her Sewing by Hand.
She even tells her neighbors how thoughtful her husband is and how he woiild have bought a sewing machine for her longa o , only he is so
worried about her injuring her health. Now listen- . You allow that poor little woman to stand over a wash tub or an ironing1 board all day
without a thought of injury toher health. C
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achine
eifishness
Yon have plenty of other excuses of which we will speak at some other time. Below we give some
reasons for buying a machine of our manufacture , but whether you buy it or not , buy some kind of
sewing machine. Don't let your wife b3 without a sewing machine , She needs it , and they
are sold on terms that place it within your reach.
In favor of tlie Union Sewing Machine , we present for your consideration tlie following : It is light running , quiet running and very simple. It sews backward or for- *
ward. It does embroidery equal to hand work , and has been awarded 1st premium wherever exhibited. Have one sent to your liouse on. trial and convince
yourself of its great merit by practical tests at your own home. Let up on your selfishness and buy your wife a UNION at
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COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE ,
Various Ilouis of News Prom
Weekly Contemporaries.
AN INCREASE IN POPULATION.
Link ifncICMnu Married Mrs. Render-
gun Trades Oil' Her HO H For
a Mower Other Items
ol' Interest.
The writer of tlio appointed while glancing
over n pile of country weeklies in fauiirch or
matter * relative to the condition of crops in
this section of Nut vi re's great garden , luul
Ills attention attracted by divers items of
news contributed by correspondents of the
various journals , mid without wishing to in
cur the disploas lire of the aforesaid contrlb
utors or violate the international copyright
law , proposes to emulate to 11 certain extent
Bartholdl's statue of Liberty m New York
harbor by reproducing some of the most im
portant events which have occurred during
the past fortnight. For example among the
Sango "Silvers" sent in by mail to the paper
published at the county seat It is learned
thai :
"Curt Maycs has painted Levy Adam's
barn In the latest style and the latter can
now boast of having ono of the nobbiest
biuiib In these parts. "
If there Is anything In the world that any
particular locality should bo proud of m a
collection of "nobby barns. " A good nobby
barn will enhance the v.ilno of the real estate
U | > ou which It Is situated 00 per cent every
time. And whnn a barn is palmed in thu
latest none of your prehistoric style it is
a thing of bounty and a Joy until it has to
bo repainted. May the good work of palut'
Ing barns go on until ovnry shed in thu htato
la ornamented with nil the colors of the rain
bow.
From the Sanborn "Sittings" corner is
clipped the fallowing :
"Link Jackson has returned from
Iowa with his brido. U.irpi'iitor &
(3n'o ( and the Middle boys arc smoking at
his expense. " Not Inns win bo moro pleasing
to the native Nebraskan than to know that
"Link" has returned. Of cout-bo tint ) action on
his part is the mopercaper. That ho brought
his bride with him IB certainly commendable ,
for who would think of leaving his br.in now
wife In Iowa whllu ho rode a sulky plow this
side the Ulg Muddy < Hut Link did not do
the square thing whim 1m fiozo everybody
out on thu cigar dual except Carpenter tc
Qago tind the Middle bo.\s. Ho should luivo
in ado It a frco-for-all ,
F om Tlnirnuui comes a piece of important
news to the effect Unit
"Mi's. Ilcndeibon traded two hogs ,
and paid the difference in cash
for Mr , lluck'H mower list week. "
Why Mrs. H , t > houhl have traded oft tlioio
two hogs for an old mowing machine is dllM-
cult to comiuvheml , but it is fair to piusuino
that she has n reserve herd of swine and
slather * of gru s to cut , Tliu sumo UJITO-
fcpondcnt announces that :
"Albert Jucox dirges in mounting
( figuratively ) not bo cause of thu
loss ol property by tno wind , but
when the win let KO of his
liotiEO and It fell , it coniplotcly i-ovoicd ,
crubhcd mid wiped out his dog Hill. Well ,
.Albeit , 'no great loss without home small
gain. ' The neighbors will not complain so
much about their dnga getting whipped and
olni\vud theroby. " Ii wauld appear fiom thu
above that "Bill" was u "chnwer. "
A gentleman who MKIIS himself * * *
write * f loin Loup Ferry that :
"Mr. Dlnsdulu cuuio very near being
hot recently , DQIIIO of the" bullets
coining within tluvo feet of Mm.
lie thinks the mouth of Horse crcok a dut | >
jrerous place to vlHitVe ; would remind thu
boys to Le mure curoful wltli tliat rule.11
The udvlco convcved by Mi' . * * t In
this cuso in good , und doubtless Mr. Dim-dale.
Will coincide lu this opuiion. . It Is not plo.i- . .
act to have cno's hl.te porfor.itcd with t > i\iy
to the pound pellets , and "the boys" men
tioned should bo moro careful.
The Pleasant Kulpro Journalist , Mr.
Divide is evidently on the anxious se.it , for
ho prefixes his two nticksfulof-items by this :
"Will the hog contractor please bring my
liogschuto home ! " Now , if there is any
thing under the broad canopy of earth that
is calculated to make u man rise up in his
wrath ana ejaculate in words moro forcible
than polite , it is to Imvo u hog contractor
borrow n swine "schute , " and after "schut-
ing" hogs with it until hu cannot rest , fall to
lestoroitto its rightful owner. But Mr.
"Divide" in using the press as a medium
will doubtless recover his loaned property in
a very short time.
"Sod Poltcr , " the Bcnbo at North nidge ,
remarks that :
"Butter is so low in price that
some people let their children use it to dco-
orate themselves and the walls with "
While tins may seem strange It is doubtless
true , and at this juncture It mnv not bo Im
proper to remarlc tn.it there is nothing on
earth so attractive us n handsomely
butter-decorated child. The custom of but
ter decoration is an old ono and was llr.st
pnicicedII U. C. It is in vogue in certain
portions ot Ethiopia oven now. The fashion
would dgubtless be very popular at present
but tlie price of the article lias been so high
that ordinary folks could not afford it. Tills
piece of news Is very gratifying indeed , as it
Is a straw which snows that if the
price of butter declines still further it will
not bo long ore every family In the United
States can decorate tlioir children with the
choicest product of the creamery.
Another rustle reporter informs the deni
zens of the burg In which he resides that :
"Wo noticed that Sam Smith is having sand
hauled on his lot , that looks a little suspicious
don't , iti" It does for a fact. When Sam
Smith or any other man has sand hauled on
his lot it looks siibpieiouH , especially If Sam's
grocery store Is on the fi out portion of the
aforesaid lot. Hotter keep an eye on Sam ;
hu means mischief.
From "Hosts of Satan" u thriving village
oft' in the direction of the setting sun from
Now Voik city , a party named "Occasional"
writes that :
"Uro. Wadklns' old mnro was bitten by
a snake ami came very near waving a farewell -
well in dead earnest. "
And what could be n sadder sight to a per
son , of tender feelings than to BOO an old
maio ' 'waving a larowell in dead earnest"
us a result of snake oltol It is Indeed sick
cuing to Dunk of. Brother \VatkiiisHhould
bo thankf.il tlial his sympathies woru not
harrowed up by un.v such proceeding.
"Occasional" alt > n ivh'tes that :
"Deacon Snrghum is a rustler. Ho culti
vates his crop bv starlight.
"Wo hear ominous Insinuations of stock
polsoiil.i ? , Like the fence and Imrnescut -
tuif. 'tis July evidence of total depravity In
the best s'jcioty. '
" 'Malcna , ' the aforetime mii'st of 'S itan's
Host,1 has gonu out WJ3t to bo b jni again in
a fresh atmosphere.
"Chinch bugs arc eating tomato plants in
Goopor county.
"Mrothur Watkina' ire was raided by seeing
the preacher and tumllv driving across his
b.-an new listed corn , but when ho headed
tliuin elf ho fuuiul ho will not half so mad as
the parson's wife at being jolteil ovov these
ridges , "
It KOO.S without saying that the deacon will
"got thero. " A man wiio works by Htarhght
never falU. ISut it is sid : to learn that thuio
U "total dopi.ivltj" In the bu-U hoiloty in the
"Hosts of S.itnn , " und how tiroJ the Go- > per
county peoplj must bo as they watch these
confounded chinch bug scoop the tomatou
Plants. And then , ton , the idea of thu min
ister driving across Brother Watkhib corn-
Held. .Such actions arc ) reprehensible hi thu
uxtioiuu
From another wiitcr it ii. ascertained that
"Davo Patter mi J Jim Kawllnu'shavcshulled
corn fur lien Lei : h , 1. 1C , und J. O. Boamau
i ) . S , Kthell mid Alf Uvuiii. the past week.
Tlio boys uiv ins tiers , iinJ pal ties having
corn to st.cll should b'ivo them call. " Dave
und .lint always uvro uibtlcrH and will inulco
tl.elr mniK In the world sometime.
The Mithir of Httu'llng "straws" says :
"Attl-c eotnnu luc'niMit at the op < % r.i houf-o
on Friday uveiuni' , thu two graduates ,
ICmma Van Ness nuil Addlu Hroxvor , road
tlnu esays in n .way thta was u credit to
tlieirpuents. " This piouo of information is
as riifrCKlii.n ; as a stiow r in August , Foe a
long tlmoull } LUn0lallej ( who huvo icid
crH.iys havu ptTforiuu I the f.u-lc la a manner
whle'i rellected credit on themselves nmj in
"every partiuUr ! lu&luuio ha\ts jjivcn thulr
parents the cool shako. It is to bo hoped
that these young ladies have established a
precedent Unit will bo followed and that
hereafter young 1 idius with essays to rend
will share thu honura witli father and
mother.
it is very gratifying to note an increase in
the population of this state us one may inter
from the follow'vj ' , ' , n western exchange :
"Grandpa Cunningham drove mound the
neighborhood last Thursday at tlio rate of
forty miles an hour. The cause , wo learnud
later , that a new live-pound daughter ar
rived at their housu. It makes grandpa look
young.
CharlesSommcrs is rejoicing over the birth
of a young son at his liouse ; also George
Button has another little button come to be
suwcd on.
U. Hardcll says the little girl at his IIOUEO
isn't very largo but awful nicj.
Mis. Nellie Martin came and brought her
little son over to sec its grandparents , who
who are very proud of him. "
Let tlio goudyork go on.
A sad accident occurred at Otis a fu'v days
ago. The particulars arc as follows :
"liddio Odoll , the little SDH of George O loll ,
whllu noumling c ips on n wagon wheel , hail
ono of his eyes put out , and the other ono
badly injured. This ought to bu a warning
for the boys of Otis to keep away from guns ,
as it ib tliu second boy that has had his eyes
injured in tins way. "
In addition to the gun , wairon wheels
should also bo taboooJ , us in this case it
would appear that ono is as dangerous us thu
other.
Tlie above comprise * some of the most im
portant events. H has been a goou week for
nowH , mid thu prospects uro brightening
every day. C. M. J.
THE USHKUh PhNClIj.
A Hundred MillloiiH Ucqiihito to Keep
Yankee Flimci'K and Kniven Husy.
Tlio people of th" United States use ,
in round mimboi'H , about 10t)0l,00l ) ( ) ) ( lead
ponoils every year , hooked nt in the
iifTgrogato theno ilgurou proseut an im
posing array. Uut whou cipliurud
down to the fact that thib nllown less
than two pencils per your to otieh pur-
sou in the country the army in
stripped of much of its majority. As
thorn are many who UMJ a limit 100 u
year , it logically follow that there are
many who uover iibo any. A larjjo pro-
lioialou of the lUO.OOO.OOi ) fall vu'tims to
the Yanko habit ofhitlin ; : . In ad- ,
ditiou to tills a threat dual of waato IB
caused by the iuutility of stubs.
Tlio above ontimato wtih { jivcn by
Johami Fabur , the worlil-famous lead
pencil manufacturer , of Nuromborr { ,
whom a Philadelphia News reporter
mot recently. Mr. Faber Htiil the out
put of poueilH in the United. States is
from 10.500 to 10,000 jfrosu per wcolf , of
which hut 1J ) per cent arc bunt abroad.
Au the importb amount to about the
sainu porcoata < , ro the manufauturo rop-
rotonta the number used hero.
' 'Tlieood UbOil , " bald Mr. Fahor , "is
always cedar , thu dilluronco iu the coat
arimiitf from the linisli of the lead. The
vii"ions qualities are i'luibed by tlio
grinding uecobsary to produce an amal
gamation of the plumbago and the
I'tirth. The longer they are ground the
butter the amalgamation. The o pen
cils that tire lille'd with gritty uub-
stauces to "utiiioyiiig to writers are
scarcely subjected to the grinding pro
cess at all.
"Tho cheaper grades are mtulo in this
country. It would not pay us to make
thorn , whereas it docs pay in tin * United
States. The reason for this is the dif-
foroui'o in the w.igcs of employes. In
this country the wngcs tire very high
and manufacturers uro compelled to
utilize tlioir plants day and mirht. As
the donwnil for a HM-clubs article ib not
EJtllcipiit tn war rant the continuous mau-
u'li turo o ( high grades , u Inrgd part of
thc.litm is- given to the miilirigof cheap
\ oncilh.Vo nuinufacturuaboutbi.x thpu-
baaJ f-iois p.-v wcet ; undneud them to all
qihu-ters < ) ( the globe. ' s
THE LIGHTS OF THE CLASSES ,
JLeading and Attentive Boys mid
Girls in Several of Our Schools.
THE IZARD AND THE BULLGINE.
Itnndoin Notes ol' n Visit to tlie Class-
Itoom Made During the I'-u- )
{ ; io-hiiunt 4 oi'tlie CIiii-
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In the .Midst of Sin.
MhsMeKoon , the principal , told Tin : 13 ii :
man Unit itiiS jiupils liad been enrolled thu
present year of whom thirty were colored.
The enrollment lust year w.is JCJ1. The ave
rage altund.iucu , it was thuu/lit , would not
appj.ir so lar-jo as that of 'sT , owm m linly
to the fact that a number o tltii scholars are
of Jewish extraction and liuvo boon detained
f 10111 school in a moro strict celebration of
Hebrew rel niuiib festivals by the uiiuivretlu
rabbi of the svnugo ttu , Ur. Ijuiison. Tiio
improvement in scholarship and dapoitincnt
during tliu > oar were said to bo highly satis-
taetory. Tlio hdiool , as everybody knows , is
environed with sin and filnnorb , having sue
ccbsfully escaped the danger it stood at one
time of being converted Into n place ot lodge
nient of both justicu and law-breakers.
Thuio ara SCVLMI classes in tlie building and
in each of these tlio following childion were
considered the leadeis :
Huvcntli grade , MissMcICoon Anuio Rico ,
Lbzio IJempsuy , Hatimi Hengeii , Henry
l-uisgo , Lena Newman. Sixth grade , Esther
Nuwimiu , and Morris IConohl.
Fifth grado. Miss Hnttio M. Allen-
Division A. Mary Kirtley , Ncttio Nichols.
\Villlo I'ricsmau , Jesse Murritt. Division
H. Harry Kosenstern , Agnes Williams ,
George \Viii3lodc , Minnie tjinith.
Fourth grade , Miss Hnnn.i J. Godso
Division A. Annie Hressman , William
Schell , Mublo .lardine , Minnie KobimnuU.
Divihion U. Levi Judd , Frances 1 Uncle ,
Augustus Strathmnn and Kiln Scott.
Third grade , Miss Allio 1C. liu.in Dlviblon
A.iiWaUer Dunn , Laura Washington , Frank
Folder. Mag io Donohiii.1. Division 15.
' - Mamie llioiius Jae't-
I'litoi- Wallow , , Mary -
son and Alic3 FiMiiklin.
Sei-onu grailo. Miss Li/ziu Necdhnm
D.Visiiin A. Michael Foley , Thoiiias Wm-
sliulu. Division H .lames ( Jallaghor , ICinma
Worm and .lames KilK.
Fir t rjnule , Miss Fannie Ulanchard -
Divihinn Ii. Delia S.'linelllj.iclior , K.ul
Krooimnn. Division C. llertha Willie ,
Drue ilhi Schnellhacher and Clyde Dunn
Firstgrailo , Miss Mpsollo Kdd.v Division
A. Leonard Travis , Ihnnia lioohnborif ,
Mosses and Alter Hroiibon and Katie Silk.
I'Afl. M.II ( ) I. .
This connii.ts of two lonp , low , rakish-
looking structures which huvu found lodge
ment in what was formerly somebidy's or
chard on the corner of Twenty-third mid
Paul streets. They are copiously surrounikd
bytiees. They contain four classes under
tliu prii.clpalship of Miss Can 10 Haitly.
During the i c.ir U.V ) children have boon en
rolled , iiiuludiiiir foil" colored ones.
Fourth A , MIS.S Hartiy Coilr Owens ,
Tillio Oofo , Cnaries Hechtel , Stella Hod-
lord. Third U Hebecca Hodhon , Mury
Euowold and Annie Martin. Mary ICaewotd
was not absent during tlio year.
Thiid A , MISJ Itiisallii Kddy Holle Knglo-
dow , Huitio Huohtel , Hurnuiu Lindner.
Second H Fdiiuio Doybe , Lena Chnstetibon
and Kva Hell.
First C , Miss Kate Hutmaker Goldie
Ooldurubbor , Willie Hodford , Lizzie Smith.
Second A , Anna ChrUtiaubeu , Udward Sod-
erhold and Hulph Libby. Amelia Cattcn ana
Fanny llcriog were in regular aiteudunco.
Pli-bt H , Mibs N. L. Lewis. Ethel Barker ,
Earl Hechtel , Hairy \Vciu and Lldu Ander
son. Third A , Donald Armstrong , John Jup-
Bon und Harry Gormou.
UAIIIl eUluOI. .
It is like telling an oft-told tale to refer to
the objectionable features of this building ,
which in the niuin uro u couple of basement
rooms and u couple of rooms aUo upon the
upper doors , The teacher of the class
In ono pf the latter told the
writer that she. had frojucnty to
send phildroh home during the day because of
their inability U > Withstand the vitiated sit-
in squirt of thu iU-yeiitilatccl apartment la
summer mid the enervating effect of the
"burned air" from tlu furnaces during the
winter. Thu original intention of tlie de
signers of thesj rooms on the upper doors it
is ditll'-ult to determine. Eich H about the
si/ij of a match-box and opens on either side
into a lar c class roo.n. There are windows
on but ono side , and in winter and summer
thu occup mts are , as it wore , between the
devil and the deep t > aa. The furnaces do
their work in tlie cold , tlie sun in the warm
weather , and tlio lack of ventilation takes a
hand in the giiny throughout the you * . The
looms in the h moment sjum to huvo been
fashioned after these m the vaults of the Chat
eau D'Ifs , and are suitul to the nurposos
to which these were put and it is firmly be
lieved arj h.ivmir a somowli.it similar e'Tcct '
upin the child i en hero gathoied.
Miss Fees , the prineip.il , paid her rcsnccts
in a mild manner to tlie Mibsouii I'aeille
road , one of whose switches runs in tlio alley
north of the hdiool. Shu ran , of cour e ,
make no protest against the thundering noise
and thu shaking ol the building as the loco
motives pass , it , bat when they bland north of
the structure and whittle and rumble and
pull out don.ro vo.umosof smoke which enters
the building thioiijh closed windows and
ston lecitations for as much as twenty
minutes , Unit is tlio tiino that Miss Foos' ,
gentle soul rises in arms , but without being
able to abate the nuisance.
The school has enrolled 810 scholars , only
27 of whom tire colored.
Eighth grade , Miss Siulic Hunker Will
Hartlett , Jesslu Mridgo , Frank Davis , Mullio
Ushor. Tliu last mentioned was perfect in
attendance.
Eighth grade , Miss Catharine Stillwcd
Bessie Skinner. Martin Larson , I'earl Elian.
Seventh B , Li/zio Shields , Ernst Fried and
Ada Gilmori ! Ida Sweifel , Frank Haskell ,
Bessie Skinner and Charles Morrison wore
in attendance tliu 1111 days of the jear.
Seventh A , Miss Ida Wilson Guy Cramer ,
Walter Anderson , Walter Bowie ? mid Frieda
Paulson , Sixth B , Faber Schneider , Ciaudio
Brown , Edwnul Brown uud Ida Hammond.
Those in perfect attendance were F. Paul
son. Thuisio IMiodes and Anna Meyer.
Fifth B. Miss Miiiiiio Dye Harry Leas ,
Annie Hall , Halliu Beans , 1'hoebo Hoe ] , Melissa -
lissa Knii'ip. Perfect attcndamc , Willie
Chapman and Julia Lc.ulcr.
Fifth A , Mits Jennie Stull Lottie Fraser ,
Ann , i Shook ami Andrew Dnteher. This is
the c'.uss wnich is located in oneof thu match
boxes.
Fourth B , Mrs S N Clmplin--Lulu Cook ,
Hena WllliaiiH , M i.y MiNit'co. Frank New-
combo. This is another match box class.
Fouith A , MIM IVimildMamie Hayes ,
Mary McVaster. Dor.i Eiu'wold The last
mentioned and Henry Mdeswero perfect in
attendance. Mrs I'ernald's class is in ono of
the "dungeon collt , " in tlio basement.
Third A , Miss Xellti W Ison Sophie Kng-
Icr , May Weaver , Ir.i Bull , I 'limbo Thirl wull.
Gertie .lohpson and George Humplirey weio
perfect In attendance.
See.Mid H , Miss Belle Shallor-Mnry Smitli
mid Ilia Shatter weiu in perfect attendance.
Second A , Mibs Cathailno Foos- Julius
Goodman , Walter Sharploss , Ottilia Meier.
Purfect attendance , Otto Miner.
First B and C , Miss Cabsio Shallop- Mary
Claubscn , Clara Engler , Robert Johnson and
George Chapman. Tlie latter was purlect in
attendance.
Tills is another of the subterranean cham
bers wheie tlio little ones tire caged subject
to drafts , extremes of tcinpcratuiu , malarial
odors and execrable ventilation.
The annex is an L shaped wooden building
containing four rooms , only two of which
are plastered. In the others tliu laths grin
from wall and cellinu'
Third B , Camilla ElliottMattloBardwell ,
Cora \\Vu\er , May Leas and Howard Hey-
man. Howard Judbon was present at every
session.
Second A , Miss Mary Crnno Annlo Christ ,
John Christ and A-'iics Johnson.
Fust B , Metta Do Cou Eddlo Baitlctt ,
Edith Stovoiiband George Brown ,
First A , Emu Hough -Hurry Unity , Al
beit StroiiB'fest , FiedFischir and Andiew
PASS BdlOOJ , .
Miss Grace Wilbur is still the principal of
this Miiuttti structure and her stall IB almost
the b.unu as it was u .scar ago Five bundled
names huvo been enrolled , twenty of which
belong to iouug colored gentlemen mid ladies.
The school has uu annex , two classes bruit , '
in the building formerly occupied by bt ,
Barnabas school , half u mile dtau on t'all-
fornia street. Tin : HKIS man was conducted
through the building by Mlsb Wilbur , who
loft sumo parting instructions t < J tlio litUo
tots in lier class to draw some spiral curves ,
"bisect the pnpe" and other things of Unit
kind which the toddlekm scientists seemed to
understand moro thoroughly than many of
tlie writer's adult acquaintances do even
now.
Eighth Granc , Miss Nellie Bennett Divis
ion B , Jennie M.uldox , Lorcna Sleek ,
Alma Peters mid Bon Ginsberg ,
Seventh B , Jennie Hultimin , Kosa Luhuing ,
Vernie Clark , Matcl Scw.ird. Nettie Haverly
and Kosa Lehiimg were neither absent nor
tardy during the llll dajs of the .school year.
Sixth B , Miss Huttlo Pratt William \ \ hit-
marsh , Annie Christie , William Bannister
and Mary Dodge Fifth B , Ella ICirkpatrick ,
Lillie Ciawford and Maggie Crawford. Per
fect attendance , W. Whitmarsh , Anton
Gsanter , Peter .lessen andNollio Butcher.
Fifth A , Miss Susen Eveletli Halph
Uodge , Lorin Gregg , Etta Henderson ,
Emma Ochsc , Leo Travis Fourth B. Emma
Duncan. Perfect attendance , Willie Bur-
mcistcr and Loriu Gregg
Fouith B. Miss Emily Uobinson Nclllo
Monanty , Beda Nilson , Clmrlcs Armstcad ,
Mary Ekwall. Fourth A. Odessa Dennis ,
Annlo Bennett , Frieda Lcuunborg , Bunnie
Wells , Burr Christie. Perfect attendance ,
John Ellip.in , colored.
Third B , Miss Grace Wilbur Albert
ICrnusevho has done three years' work in a
sui prisingly Miort time , Editli Chandler and
Morris Kopnld. Third A. Mary Hart. Edith
Chandler lias been perfect in attendance.
Second A. Miss McAleesu Florence
Cilimb , Mary Baker , Paul JnlTo and Minnie
Sehroeter. Second A. Camilla Gsantner
and Fred Ekwall. Camilla Gsantner did
not miss a session during tlio year.
Second A. Miss Mary Fraser Oscar Fro-
berg , John Monarty , Lena Kilkcr. First C1
Jon Crumb , Blanche Donahoo und Gertie
1'hlllips , The last mentioned was perfect in
attendance.
First A , Miss May Snnonds Mabel Cooper ,
Ellen Ekwall , First B , Clarence Swunson ,
Willie Hoso. This class was not distin
guished by perfect attendance on the part of
any of its littlu members because it is
changed thico timen a\ear , by promotions ,
in September , December and April.
Third B , Miss II E Simonds. This class
Is in the annex above referred to , and Miss
Simomls , the teacher , succeeds Miss Lucy
Leeds who recently went to preside
over a domestic circle. So far us Miss
Simonds could Judge , witli her compara
tively slightacijuiilntaiicu wtih thu children ,
the leaders in the second B class
wciu Frank Moiseinan , Sherman Smith and
Tamiio Ward. Third B , Luther Bannister ,
Caullluld Coburn and Lottio Terry.
Fifth A , Mrs. Ponniina't Fred Legeson ,
Louise Squires , Gay Manning and Alfred
Peters. Fourth B , Maiulo Wallace , Jerome
Lillie , Willie Hall and Mabel Barkur. Mary
Graham and Josie Meyer were perfect in at
tendance.
Brain Vet-nun Heart.
"Whit ! lese my head-for lovu , " ho suld
And laughing in tine disdain ,
" 1 worship intellect , and hoait
May not compete with bruin. "
Love overheard , and nnpry , called
Beauty tn do her nest ;
Siio came , slio smiled , and straight'.vny drew
The heart from out his breast.
Tlinn lie too lute when brain bc anTe
To usk for hews and whys ,
Sought vainly i e isons to account
Thu spoil of beauty's eyes ,
He bowed his head to kingly power
That intellect imparts ,
But oh , he. bowed Ins knee to love ,
Fur lo\o is queen of hearts ,
Tlio most persistent rodent In these
parts , buys a Macon , Ci.i. , ( liapatc'li , was
one that monkeyed with Major Wall' ?
htci.-l trap. Tlie llrst pass ho intulo at
the trap bo got his tail cut clean oil to
whoie that ajijioiuhigo formed a junc
tion with hit > spinal column. Not being
featiblliid with the fondling received at
the jaws of the trap , ho returned after
IIID wound had healed and had another
gut-to with the trap , in whicli-cncuuiitor
be lost a hind log , which was bhr.ved oil
close un to his 'uhdomon. Alter this
mid got well ho returned to the tri :
and thrust his head into it. Major Wall
exhibited the romnins of the rat. which
wore imirrod , as you'litivo heard , by a
steel trap.
IN KAH OFF
The Warm Season A I'rofiisloii ol
Beautiful Flowers.
The Century : It is hardly necessary
to i-fiy that a country which has an area
of 5,600,000 square miles , and which ex
tends in latitude as far as from the south
ern extremity ot Greenland to the island
of Cuba , must present great diversities
of climate , topography and vegetation ,
and can not bo everywhere a barren
arctic waste. A mere glance at a map
is hiillleiont to show that a coiibidorablo
part of western Siberia lies farther
boiitli than Nice , Venice or Milan , and
that the southern boundary ol the Si
berian province of Soinircchiusk ia
nearer the equator than Naples.
In a country which thus stretches
from the latitude of Italy
to the latitude of Central
Greenland , one would naturally o.xpoct
to llnd , and as n mutter of fact ono doca
find , many varieties of climate and
scenery. In some parts of the provinoo
of Yakutsk the mean temperature of the
month of January ib more than 69 dc-
gi'Qos Fahrenheit , while in the province
Somipalatinsk the mean temperature ot
the month of July is 72 degrees ahovo ;
and Hiich maximum temperatures ns 95
and 100 degrees in the shade are com-
uaratively common. On the Tiunyr
peninsula , cast of the Gulf of Oh , the
nurmaiioiitly fro/.on ground thraws out
In summer to a depth of a few inches ,
and supports hut a scanty vegetation
of berry bushes and moss , while in
the southern part of western Sibo
riii watermelons and cantaloupes are
a profitable crop , tobacco is grown upon
thousands of plantations , and the peas
ants harvest annually more than 50- ,
000,000 bushels of grain. The fact
which I dcslru especially to impress
upon the mind of thu reader is that Si
beria is not everywhere uniform and
homogeneous. Tlio northern purl of
the country differs from the southern
part quite as much as the Hudson bay
territory dill'ors from Kentucky , and it
is as great a mistake to attribute the
cold and barrenness ot the Loan delta
to the whole of Siberia as it would bo to
attribute the cold and barrenness of
King William land to the whole of
North Amm-iea.
To the traveler who crosses the Urals
for the llrst time in Juno nothing is
moro surm-ising thnn the fervent heat
of Siberian sunshine and tlio extraor
dinary beauty and profusion of Siberian
( lowers. Although wo had boon partly
prepared by our voyage up the Kama ,
for the oxpurionco which awaited us on
the other aide of the mountains , wo
wore fairly astonished upon the thresh
old of Western Siberia by the scenery
the weather and the Horn. Pn the for ,
tile , blofchotiiing country presented to
us as wo rode swiftly east ward
into the province of Tobolsk ,
there was absolutely nothing
oven remotely to suggest an firctid
region. If wo had boon blindfolded and *
transported to it suddenly in tbo middle 41
of a sunny afternoon , wo could never 4
have guested to what part of the world
wo had boon taken. The skv wan as n
clear and blue and thu air as soft as the
sky and ahof California ; thu treea
were all in full loaf ; birds were singing
over the llowery meadows and tlio
clumps of blrolu's by the roadside ; there *
wore a drowsy hum of bees and a faint i
fragrance of lloweni and verdure in the it
air ; mid the sunshine was as warm and t
bright as that of a June afternoon in the
most favored part of the temperate
xono.
In 1707 a negro wonoh wag executed
by hanging for stealing sundry articles
out of the IxnitiO ol Mr. Forbes , und one ,
John louglni tiwus' burned with a letter
"S" for sstualinir ti copper kottia , "