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Of Carpets of every grade , remnants of Matting , odd lots of Lace and Silk
Curtains , odd pieces of Furniture , a few Rockers , Chairs , Folding Beds , Business Man
Bedroom Suits , will accumulate in a stock like ours as a natural result of a Ewery
busy year's retailing , We will commence tomorrow to
UnilerstniulR lion * \vo cnu soil tlio bout Furniture nntl House Furnishings at so
low price. During tin1 last year ninny law inniiurneturers wore obliged to
Bsu'rlllee tlielr KO < MH In order to n-all/.e the wish to carry on butlnosH.Ve were
on the ground and bought largely eaiload after earload of Hook Cases. FoldIng -
Make a Ing Heds , Ued Hooni Suits , ( . 'hairs and all klntH of Furniture and C'ariu'ls. 'way
below cost of production. Then , too , we buy directly from the manufacturers
In carloads , thus getting quantity , prices and discount and freight savings
from 10 to HO per cent. These advantages and benellts we are giving to our
Clean Sweep customers.
We do not Issue circulars to mislead the public , but endeavor to show you
In the dally papers exact Illustrations of many of the bargains , and what we
do not show , tell you how wo can bust serve you , and ghe you the benellt of
Of them all. If you want something exceptionally good at a funny price our cash purchaser.
come and see what we have laid out for our June C'eanup. This funny
price will make you laugh and leave a good big margin in your pocketbook
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Ore of our O.tk Coii'hes Cover , nicely made , $475 wood bewltiz Milt l- > \Ki Mirror In Diossur , $9.45 rliiiro .1 uno Cluan $3.00 Ins Itt-il Ju o I loan Sti > \ < > , , t 11110 Olea n A -'oodOiltli 11 It.'ielc
Tapestry ,
JuuuC.uur Cnrpct or Up I'rlco Kucltcr utily. . Juuo Uloan Up I'rlco only Up 1'rlco Up Price UpPrlco Jlmj |
Our space is limited , so we can show only a few of our wonderful bargains , all over our immense establishment ; but from them you will get an ilea of the prices offerel , V , you our former prices anJ
prices we will sell them for in our JUNE CLEANUP SALE.
Beds-
Our till wool Ingrain , June clean-up sale $ " . " ) . ( ) ( ) Hed Iloom Knits , .June clean-up sale $48.00 $7. > . ( )0 ) Combination Folding lied , .lune clean-np sale $ . ' 18.00
. . H8.00 . " 0.M ( ) Combination Folding Hed , .lune sale il'2.00
( Mir l..c . .Japanese Muttiuc. .lune clean-up sale 28c SliO.OO Hed Kooin Suits. .June clean-up sale $ clean-ill )
Our "e Tapestry HnisM-ls I'aijit't , .lunu clean-up sale 4Cc ? r. . ( > .00 Hed Honni Suits , .June clean up sale . " . H'1.00 S-ri.M ) ( ) 1'prlght Folding Hed , June clean-up sale 22.00
Our Itlif Oil C'lolh. .Tune clean-up sale ISi $ : tri.OO lied Iloom Suits , .lune cle.ui-np sale 22.00 Jf'.Ti.OO Mantel Folding Hed , .lime clean-up sale 1/1.00
Our 2."ic C'hlna MattliiKilime clean-ui sale 15j $ iU.UO ! Hed Uoom Suits , .June ( . lean-up sale 14.00 Mantel Folding Hed , .lune clean-up sale 11.00
Our Terms Our Secret , Refrigerators and Ice Boxes , Extension Dining Tables. Free to Every
Cash or Weekly or Monthly Paymccls. e } SmallProhts
Ol OllCCeSS : ) Easy Terms A Good Ice Box A Good 6-foot Plated
KIO 00 worth-Si 01 iliiwn Sio.oo purcliaser a Sugar Spoon ;
mi 1)0 ) wneli , IS1 00 innntli only . ' , o < y B B Dininor Table.
( $30 00 ivortll-S'- ! Uiiwn
8HO 00 north. . . . Nl Kit RO OOvcuU win k , , IH5 # 1 OO OO month nioiilh Open Saturday and Monday Evenings A Good Refrigerator A Good , A Rug to every Carpet customer ; A fine
Nr ( ) OO uiirth , . . ! ' - ; 00 < - < ! < - . S7 Ol ) nuiutli ,
VT.t OO iirtll . , W4 nortuk , 8K OO inontll only Kitchen Table. 'V Engraving to $50.00 purchaser.
every
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Are the Largest House Furnishers in the West. C "Whatever Others Advertise You Will Find Our Prices Lower.
PROGRESS AMID POVERTY
Significance and Ihsults of tli3 Hull House
Movement in Chicago.
SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL REFORM
Two r.norccpc Women round nn Omls In
u Desert of 1'ovcrty , Crime niul Uu-
cleanliness Scope of the Work
niul KB Achievements.
CHICAGO , May 30. ( Correspondence of
The Dee. ) If you wish to keep up with the
times lu this very progressive city you must
study sociology. You must not only have
Euch knowledge of the subject as can be
gained from books and lectures , but you
must have such knowledge as has been
gained by actual experience. To get thla
experience you must bo perfectly famllar
with the city as eel forth In Hull House
maps and notes.
Thcso locate the different races and classes
BO exactly that you know Just where to go
to find what you want. For Instance , all
the dark blue parts of the map show you
where the Italians live , and the red shows
the Polish quarter. In the same way yel
low Indicates that hero live the self-support-
Ing poor , while the purple districts are In
habited by what Is known as the "relief"
class. Otbor races and other classes arc
Indicated by other colors. These maps were
prepared by residents of Hull House anil
this brings me to the subject of my story.
It , 1 not a reformatory , It Is not a char
liable Institution in the ordinary sense ol
the word , since every one pays for what hi
gets there , but It can perhaps bo best do
lined as a social experiment.
'
POVERTY IN PLENTY.
The Nineteenth ward is the most donsolj
populated district of Chicago. Nineteen dlf-
fcrent nationalities are represented by It :
inhabitants and the sanitary conditions an
something frightful to contemplate. Plontj
of children hero , half clad , half fed tun
wholly neglected. How could It bo other
wise ? Whole families live In one room ant
In thousands of cates the Joint earnings o
cuch families do not amount to $5 a week.
As you wander about through the narrow
filthy alleys and miserable tenements yoi
begin to understand the why and the where
fore of the anarchist , and go away fcellni
utterly helpless and miserable. Hut thli
feeling of helplessness did not overcome tw <
bravo women who fly ° years ago came ti
make their homo In the very midst of thi ;
equulor and want and sin. They bellevei
that social Intercourse could best cxprcti
the growing cense ot the economic unity o
society , and so moved In.
Think of attempting to Influence such i
community through its social life , when
the only gatherings were about the door ;
of a saloon to see the police drag out thi
participants In a fight or In the halls o
omo miserable tenement to see a drunkan
besting his wife- and children. But thosi
bravo women believed that tha saloons weri
the social centers because they had no rival
nil that many men and , horrlbl
to add , many women who frequentei
them , would goon desert them It comcthlni
better \\etc provided.
, ORIGIN OP THE MOVEMENT.
No child growing up In that district todaj
can complain that Homethlng better has no
been provided , ( or the two rooms Into whlct
Miss Addams and Miss Starr drat Invited i
few women of the neighborhood to take tci
with them , much to the surprise ot tha
eldom Invited few , have grown to Hul
House , which alms to be and Is a socla
center about which these people may grou ]
their various organisation ! and enterprises
Hull House doe * not make the commoi
mUtake ot trying to reach people enl ;
through their desire for Improvement ; I
i > * provided amply ( or those v.ho can on ) ;
toe reached through their desire for amu < c
nent. I think , however , that this has been
done In order that the desire for amuse
ment may lead them where a deslro for
something above and beyond It may lu-ue a
chance to reach them. Indeed , young men
mvo been known to frequent the free bll-
laril rooms for months , who at length , either
out of curiosity or sheer Idleness , have
dropped Into a chair near the door of a
lecture or class room and discovered that
Ihero were- other things In Hull House than
billiard rooms and other things In llfo even
more enjoyable than billiards. It may not
be all chance that the way to the billiard
rooms lies through a reading room and by
Lhe doors of some lecture and class rooms.
The residents are all men and women of
culture both of bruin and heart. They do
not pounce upon the newcomer or the oft-
conicr , either , and talk to him about his
body or his soul. Ho ha\lng eyes and ears
Is allowed to como freely where ho may see
and hear , and beyond a friendly greeting
no more Is said unless he desires It.
AMUSEMENTS PROVIDED.
Desldes the billiard rooms there Is a spa-
clous gymnasium , big enough to play a game
of ball In , nnd provided with everything In
the way of apparatus. There Is a fencing
club where marks , foils and gloves are pro
vided , and members of various clubs and
classes ore permitted to use one of the halls
for dancing parties. So you see Jack need
not bo a dull boy at Hull House for the want
of a chance to play. Intellectually the
house has made cxtraoidlnary provision for
Its frequenters. Over 100 professors and
teachers connected with the unlveisltles , col
leges and public schools of Chicago give
their services free. The University exten
sion of the University of Chicago gives a
course of lectures each year and the Social
Science club provides the best speakers for
occasional lectures. If half a dozen people
deslro to study some certain branch they
form a class and a teacher is provided.
Not for charity , though , each member pays
50 cents a term. This pays for gas and
heat and removes the feeling of getting
something for nothing. Every department
In the hous.o has grown from a discovery
made through natural and reciprocal social
relations.
SANITARY CONDITIONS.
Miss Addnms has given special attention to
the sanitary conditions of the ward and has
tallied to her assistance every mother In It.
These women have made life such a burden
to the garbage collectors that even the extra
supply of d's In Mlbs Addams' name has not
been found sufficient to relieve their lover-
charged feelings. Mayor Swift has re
cently added to their woo bp appointing MUs
Addams garbage Inspector for the Nineteenth
ward. This gives to an already busy woman
much additional labor , but It means a great
deal In the way of cleanliness and health
to a people who are greatly In need of
both.
In art , literature and music Hull House
maintains that the best Is the fittest and
It offers no other. The lectures and con
certs are exactly such as are given before
audiences of scholars and musicians.
And now how does Hull House appear to
the casual visitor ? In a region whore space
Is so > aluabe ! that a foot or two Is often
the source of much costly litigation , and
where every person and thing seems to be
cramped and squeezed In Just as much as
possible you suddenly come upou a vacant
lot , bounded on two sides by a woven wire
fence at least ten feet high. This Is the
playground made this spring by tearing
down two very low tenements. It Is only
treeless as yet , but there aye tents and
awnings and hammocks and sand piles and
buckets and spades and balls and tennis
and croquet , and men and women , who are
children again for the sake ot the children.
Watching them you decide that each of the
nineteen nationalities has contributed Its
share , but Just let me show you how much
Chicago Is In the crowd. On the opening
day the gatea were kept closed until a
certain hour , but the children who were
accustomed to riding under the rivers and
over the roofs were not to be delayed by a
trlrto such as a ten-foot wire fence. It
afforded no foothold tor climbing , so they
burrowed out the ( and with their uaugbty
little hands , crawled under and opened the
Hull HOUKS play ground some hours before
scheduled time ,
TJIG HOUSE AT NIGHT.
Around the corner from thla play ground
> mi come upou a haute with a door yard
| n-jor > arils are no common on HalattaC
trect. At night the doors are open and It
s brilliantly lighted. It would puzzle a
stranger to determine what he had come
ipon. As you pass you catch stray gilmpacs
of pictures and statuary nnd well filled book
cases , nnd hear snatches of music that > ou
hlnk must have wandered here by mistake.
The crowd passing In and out ( jilts us if It
night have come direct from the tower of
label , and it Is composed of "all torts and
iondltlons of men , " women and children.
You turn to the resident under whose es-
ilonage you are seeing the house , and ask :
'Is this a gain-ring place of the nations ? "
Hut he answers cheerfully , "Oh , no ; we lave
no Chinese. '
You go In , and If It chance to be a na-
lonal reception night you are sorry In the
Ibrary that your German vocabulary has
been allowed to dwindle to "Yah , Krauleln , "
and "Neln , Main Herr , " while In the dining
room you discover that because you can
sing Italian songs you are not safe in trying
o carry on an Italian conversation. In the
art exhibit room Mile. Vallerlo Is holding a
French reading ; In the Octagon MUs Starr
las a class In Dante , and In the drawing
room Mr. Edward Gregg Is lecturing on
Bohemian history. In the kltchsn Miss
Welch , A. B. , Is conducting a cooking class ,
ind a cash girl's club Is holding a meeting
n one of the halls. Miss Crlm's class In
English and letter writing occupies the
Etudlo , and It goes straight to the heart of
: he average woman who can write three
: lmes as fast as she can talk , and talk very
'ast , Indeed , to see the amount of time and
labor some poor , toll-stiffened fingers must
put Into a few badly spelled lines.
LECTURING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
On the night of my first visit Prof. Moul-
lon of the University of Chicago was de
livering a lecture on Shakespeare's "Temp
est. " The audience would have made a
gooJ study for Shakespeare himself. It was
attentive , however , and Prof. Moulton was
learned and witty , as he always Is. He Is a
line reader , and as he read , "He not afeard ;
the Isle Is full ot noises , " up through the
open windows came the regular Halstead
street chorus of crying children and fighting
dogs' . When he reached ,
"Sometimes a thousand twanging Instru
ments ,
Will hum about mine ears , "
two bands In rival resorts were playing , one
"Tommy Atkins , " and the other , "Her
Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Uack. "
Hut only tha frivolous spectators noticed
these things ; the real audience was utterly
oblivious to them.
In the Fencing club I witnessed some
doughty deeds that would have roused the
envy of even your Dr. Dssprecher and Mr.
Mullen. One young Italian , whose eyes , In
his excitement , fairly blazed through his wire
mask , was as lithe and graceful as a tiger.
The Omaha young man dubbed him a trans
planted Romeo , and gave him the rose from
his button hole , which was the only lan
guage they had In common ,
KITCHEN AND NURSERY.
No matter how utilitarian the Idea , the
artistic is never lost sight of at Hull House.
The kitchen Is a copy of an old English
Inn , with low , dark rafters , diamond windows
dews , and a large fire place. Desldes serving
luncheon , the foods cooked here are deliv
ered hot by the quart or pound for home
consumption.
In the day nursery are cleanliness and
comfort , and charts and pictures of famous
Madonnas. In the parlors ot the Jane club ,
the homo of fifty young women , who occupy
fine flats under the chaperonage of Hull
House , I found a bowl of roses , an open plane
with MendeUsohn's "Spring Song" on the
rack , a number of really fine pictures , some
of them presented by the artists who painted
them , and what teemed very natural consid
ering the time and surroundings , a young
man and woman holding a very confidential
conversation about the weather , no doubt ,
The club Is composed of working girls , and
their expenses amount to } 3 a week pei
capita.
No religious cervices are held at Hull
House. It Is strictly non-sectarian. On Sun
day afternoons concerts are given , but the )
are not whar-are called sacred concerts. Prof
Tomllns , who directed the World's ( air chor
uses , hai undertaken to train a chorus o :
600 working people at Hull House. He bai
alio offered prizes ( or the icngi that wll
belt expreii , both In music and words , thi
home life and atplratlooi ot tha worklnj
people.
TQC residents pay their own expenses one
gtvt their Mrricej. No public appeal fo
lundi hai erer been made , and many axrei
with the poor woman whole baby waa ktp
clean and happy In Its nursery , nnd whoso
liusband was kept sober In Its coffee house ,
who explained that "H. H. , " the mark used
on Us belongings , stood for half heaven.
As for the little woman wftote heart con
ceived and whose brain directs It all , even
; rateful , not-to-bc-outdone-Chlcago , cannot
ind a name good enough for her.
STACIA CIIOWLEY.
A handsome new Roman Catholic church
for colored people , to be known as St. Kath-
erlno's , has just been opened In New Or
leans.
C. M. Bailey , a Maine manufacturer , said
Lo bo the wealthiest man In the state , has
tor years employed a band of evangelists to
work In the Mriall towns of the state.
The Episcopal fund of the diocese of New
Hampshire , amounting to more than $50,000 ,
Is largely Inve&ted In western securities
which now jleld little or no Income , nnd
the Episcopalians of the diocese are wonderIng -
Ing how the salary of Bishop Nlles will be
raised.
A Roman Catholic street preaching mis
sion Is being organized In Cleveland. Its
work will be similar to that if the Salvation
army , but It will not adopt the fantastic
methods of that organization. One of the
most prominent workers In the movement
will bo Father Elliott of the Paullst Fathers
church of New York City , who Is an en
thusiast on the subject of propagating
Catholicism among Protestants.
A new religious sect has been started In
Missouri. The members elect nn "angel , "
whose business it Is to fly to heaven every
little while and find cut what God wants the
members to do. Contrary to what might bo
expected , the members had no difficulty
whatever In finding a man who was both
able and willing to fly to heaven as- often
as was desired. But when he makes the
trip he Insists on being absolutely alope.
L.lltUll MtTt.S.
The English shoe workers' strike has been
compromised.
Cleveland Is about to adopt the Plngree
potato plan.
Kansas City Iron molders struck against
a reduction and won their point.
Cabinetmakers of France want to form an
alliance with American craftsmen.
The organized hatters In Newark , N. J. ,
are talking of another great strike.
The bricklayers , numbering 10,000 , of St.
Louis , are on strike tor higher wages.
John McBrldo and > 1J. . McOuIre attended
the musicians' convention In Chveland.
The Increase of wagrs among the Ohio
wire and nail workers affects 6,000 men.
Roustabouts on the Mississippi steamers
recently struck for higher wages. The mat
ter was compromised.
The headquarters of ( he International As
sociation of Machinists IB to be removed from
Richmond , Va. , to Chicago.
The strike of the St. pouts garment work
ers against the sweat sliop contractors ended
In a victory for the strikers.
Five thousand New. Jersey potters have or
ganized a national union , which has been
affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor.
London county council has fix bills before
the British parliament asking the privilege
of municipalizing the waterworks for $175-
000.
000.The
The machinery molders of Cleveland , after
a short strike , succeeded In obtaining a uni
form wage scale. The minimum rate Is
* 2.50 a day.
P. J. McGulre. general secretary of the
carpenters , has lately addressed large meetIngs -
Ings In Chicago , Cleveland , Columbus and
adjacent cities.
The American Federation of Labor execu
tive board has given the brewery workers to
understand that theymuit withdraw ( rom
either the Knights of Labor or the federation.
According to Uraditreet'i about 75,000
workers received Increased wage * during
April , two-thirds ot whom received the same
without striking.
The Prussian government has decided to
establish state warehouses after the tub-
treasury plan edvcce'ed ty the farmer1
alliance * of thla country.
THE SCHOOLS OF THE PEOPLE
A New York Illustration of tha'"Fad1
Evils in Public Schools ,
COMPULSORY EDUCATION INPENNSYLVANIA
Documentary Proof of the Tlrst 1'rco
1'ubllc School The Nutlomil Conven
tion lit Ucnvor CommoncomcnU
Uducutionil Notoi.
The New York legislature passed an act
to compel systematic teaching In all the
schools as to the effects ot alcohol and to
bacco on health. A similar law was enacted
some years ago , but It was not enforced , nnd
the superintendent of the New York City
echcols has filed a protest against the present
act , which must be approved by the city au
thorities before It becomes a law. The super
intendent says that while the act cannot pos
sibly accomplish any good purpose not al
ready adequately provided for , "It makes In-
oidlnate demands upon the time of the
pupils. "
Discussing this point and "fads" In gen
eral , the New York World says : "It would
bo a good thing Ifxthe legislature could be
Induced every year to give heed to that one
wise little sentence. The great majority of
pupils In city public schools have only a
very few years In which to get any educa
tion at all. Bread winning necessity reduces
the period of their echool attendance to a
minimum. They have barely time at best to
learn to read , write and cipher , and , In fact ,
the greater number of them learn these nec
essary things very Imperfectly. Every hout ,
every minute , of school time devoted to any
thing else robs them of Instruction wh'ch they
borely need to equip them ( or the work of
earning honest livings.
"The 'faddists' nro the curse of the schools.
They seem never to reflect upon conditions.
Tl ey proceed as If all the school children
had before them the full period of education
which is granted only to ( he children of the
well-to-do.
"Tho patent fact Is that our schools are
unable to do adequately even the necessary
work that lies before them. They cannot
provide even rudimentary education for all
the children who have a right to claim It.
They turn thousands away every year and
Instruct the others very Imperfectly. So long
as this state of fucts exists every suggestion
to Introduce other Instruction than the neces
sary teaching of reading , writing and arith
metic Is distinctly wrong. "
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Philadelphia Is confronted with a condition
similar to that complained or In New York.
School accommodations are Inadequate. It Is
estimated that 20,000 children are shut out
of the schools at the present time , because
the school authorities are unable to supply
the necessary buildings. Notwithstanding
this fact the legislature has passed a compul
sory education law , which Imposes severe
penalties1 on parents who fall to send their
children to school.
Under the new law- every child In the com
monwealth between 8 and 13 years of age
must attend for at least sixteen weeks In
each year a school in which the common
English branches are taught , The law la
sweeping In Us requirements , excepting only
such children as are certified by parents or
guardians to bo mentally or physically in
capacitated , or who live two miles or more
( rom a public fchool , or who are being In
structed In other schools or by private teach
ers In the common English branches which
are taught In the public tctioole.
The law Is highly penal fn Its provision ! .
A fine of $2 l Imposed on parents or
guardians In every case ( or the flrtt otlente
against the law , and for each succeeding
offense the fine Is J5. Thla fine la imposed
by the school board , but an appeal la allowed
to the court of quarter aestlooa of the proper
county. " "
In order that the law may be fully enforced ,
and that none tnay escape Its provlaloni , a
cenaus ( the acbool children of each dlalrlct
must b. taken by the assessors at the same
time that the annual a sesbment Is made ,
and that list Is certified to the secretary of
the school board of each district. Teachers
are required to report to the board monthly
the names of all children who have been ab
sent without satisfactory reason for five suc
cessive days. Thus the school board will
be fully advised as to all children who fall
to comply with the compulsory law. If the
tecretary of the school board shall fall to
comply with the provisions of the law he
will be liable to Indictment for misdemeanor
and to a fine of $25.
Accordng to the Times of Philadelphia
the city must provide for 20.000 additional
school children immediately , or else the law-
will fall of enforcement In that city. Like
conditions prevail in other cities of the
state , and a vast outlay will bo required to
give effect to the provisions of the law.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The authorities of Grceley , Colo. , and
Cheyenne , Wyo. , have united in extending
an invitation to the delegates to the con
vention of the National Educational associa
tion to vlblt tbcso cities at the close of
the convention. The convention meets In
Denver the second week In July , and Is ex
pected to conclude Its labors by the 13th.
The hustling cities on the north have ar
ranged to take the delegates on a special
train , which will lca > e Denver on the morn
ing of the 13th , stopping several hours at
both points , and return to Denver In the
evening. A more Interesting excursion could
not be made , and those who fall to accept
the hospitality of Greelcy and Cheyenne
will have cause to i egret It.
FIRST'FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
By means of an old deed exchanged be
tween two of the earliest merchants of Bos
ton , C. E. Ridler locates the tlte of what
many scholars believe to be the first recorded
free public school In America , supported by
general taxation namely , on the south side
of Cornhlll , near Washington street. The
triangular block bounded by Court street ,
Washington and Cornhlll was , says the Bos
ton Journal , originally devoted to the follow
ing public beneficent purposes :
A town corn bin on Cornhlll , a prison or
house of correction , established in 1G32 ; the
echool , the first meeting house , occupying
the commanding position at the corner of
Dock Square and Cornhlll , and a tavern
where the Ames building now Is , Opposite
on Washington street was placed the par
sonage , the shop of Cogan , first merchant ;
the first market place , where the old state
house stands , and the armory. Near by were
the great dock , the powder magazine , the
spring on the hill above , the aqueduct , the
great cistern and other safeguards against
lire , town bell , the town clock , the great
Indian cemetery , only a few steps away from
the earliest burial place of the whites ; the
town house , the legislature , the criminal and
civil courts and the marshal.
The meeting hruse having been planted In
1632 , Cornhlll became one of the very earliest
streets of Boston. Starting from the site of
the meeting house In Washington street , the
first great thoroughfare Into the Interior.
His conclusion is strengthened by the fact
that there are In the neighborhood pictur
esque old alleyways , notoriously crooked
strtets , and' ten so-called public squares.
Just above are the three hills , Pemberton ,
Mount Vernon and Beacon.
Here also Is Tremont Row , where lived
Governor Vane , Governor Uelllngham , Gov-
error Endlcott , the second schoolmaster of
Boston ; Rev. John Cotton , teacher of the
church ; his son. Seaborn , and John Hull , the
mint master. Here Tremont street begins ,
another great , but newer thoroughfare. The
newer Shawmut , on a hill overlooking the
valley and the neighboring ocean , was begun
by the whites on the spot where the red men
left off.
The school was started voluntarily in town
meeting , April 23 , 1C35 , 2CO years ago.
COMMENCEMENTS.
Invitations to college commencements are
trooping In. Princeton comes In college colors
with a program of exerclies extending over
live days. The preliminary is a base ball
contest wlUi the Yale nine on June 8. The
final exercises will be held In Alexander hall ,
June 12. l j
The silver annlverxary of the founding of
Carthage college at Carthage , III. , will be
celebrated on the 29th Inst. The exercises
will conclude with a banquet In Odd Fellows
hall.
Commencement excrcuea ot St. Mary's
academy , Notre Dame , Ind. , will be held
Juno i : ) .
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
The. New York school board has purchased !
sites for twelve additional school buildings.
Five million dollars have been appropriated
for grounds and buildings.
The number of bchools on Vtio accredited
list of the university of California Is now
forty-eight. Neatly every tectlon of Cal
ifornia Is represented.
The first woman to ho graduated from Sf ,
Andrew's university , Scotland , Is said to b
Miss Blackaddcr , the daughter ot a Uundcd
architect. She Is 19 years old.
In the name of the overseers of Harvard ,
President Eliot has offered n slto for the proposed -
posed college Infirmary. H Is Intended to
make the Inflrmery u memorial to the laU
Dr. Pcnbody.
The now register of the university of CaN
Ifornla shows the total number of students
enrolled nt the colleges at Berkeley to ba
1,124 , of wlilch S'J'.i nre women. This Is an
excess over the sister university at Palo Alto
of twenty-four , they having Increased 13 per
cent , while the State university Increase la
30 per cent. Including those enrolled In the
affiliated colleges In San Francisco , the grand
total amounts to 1,781.
H has been decided by the senate o ( the
University of Michigan to .iold elaborate ex
ercises a year from this coming commence
ment to celebrate the successful clo.se of Dr.
Angell's first quarter of n century as presi
dent of the university. A committee was
appointed consisting of the deans of the vari
ous departments to take the matter In charge
and prepare a plan for the celebration. II
was also vote ! to atk the regents to appoint
a similar committee to join In the under
taking.
Germany hap adopted the system of separat
ing the bright pupils from the stupid ones
In the public schools. The sorting Is to be
done not by the teachers , but by medical
men.
men.Miss Nellie Temple , a graduate of Vassnr
with high honors In 1SS2 , has been engaged by.
the University of Lelpslc to atnlW Dr. Ratzcl ,
Its American profcsuor of history , In the prep
aration of a work on the United States. Mlai
Temple , It Is said , was pnshvd for a pro
fessorship In the university , and only th
rules of the institution prevented her election.
The University of Pennsylvania will hold
examinations for entrance to the college next
Juno In over a score ol cities located In dif
ferent parts of the county. ! As the university
draws students from almost every state In
the union , thepo local examinations will en
able many arpllcants living at a dlstanca
from Philadelphia to avoid the expense of a
long Journey for the purpose of nn examina
tion. The examination will bo held June 17
and 18 , and will all bo of the same character
as those held upon the same dates at the
university In Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia school board has abolished
Juno examinations In all grades below the
twelfth. Promotions In those grades will bo
made on term avciages.
The board of regents of the t'nlvcrslty
of Michigan recently took the first steps
toward the reorganisation of the homeopathic
medical department. The department wan
declared by resolution to be distinct and
Independent of every other department , and
a committee to draft a new ret of rules and ,
regulations ( or It was appointed.
Luther academy , located at Wahoo , Neb. ,
has Urued Its twelfth annual catalogue , glv *
Ing detailed Infoimatlon regard ng the college.
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Burn AVnllor rong In New York Hun ,
Out from the linibor of the BhaJowy Shorn
Wo sail Into the glndncEU of the ilqy :
A breath of tplco from InlundH ( ur u\wty
Allures us on to where the deep teas ioar <
The llKhtnlPKH play ubout UB , and before
Our cleaving prow the tempest works HI
way
With broken wreck ? , but mill we cannot
xtity , i
A voice beyond the Btonn calls evermore. '
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TVe Pifrend our sails to cinch the U'lrvl ana
breeue.
The wandering zephyr , or the slmoon't
breath ;
And on wo Ball , nor strength nor purpial
falln , \
Till throngh the sunset of alluring seaff. '
ThrouKli twlllxtit vpltndora do wo drift ,
towunl tleutli ; \
The ollcnt lnle of Unreturnlnjr Hulla. _ I
Plttrburpr , Kan. , boasts c ( a growing LabcY
church , where true OhrlitUnlty la preached
by Rev Dr , Morrl on , who will deliver
aeries of sermons on "Christ the Soclallit. " i