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' XIV. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1885. NO.21 jj~ ' V O L ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N 4 On the Cars. ed cars, Conductor gone, eat:ant day Druinmer "fly," alin trv'Itug Looks at maiden ar away. With a sigh. Vaoant so(tt, . Asks the maiden By hor sido, "Is there ono Only one .Loves ou mOro In which toilde. ''han Ihavo dlone?" Dandy drumnier. Maid looks conscloul Blaok ltlistncie, Itather coy, Thinks good chanco Drumeiners heart To make a nash. Full of joy. Grinning, asks "May I ask May ho rido Wondrous bliss, . vacant sont For the boon her sido Or one sweet kiss?" Maid says "Yes," Maid says "No, Looking sweet. "1woultd hardly do, DruAmnor happy For there's ono To his feet 'I'hat loves inc true." Hap )y drutnnerl "I will win you Har-arned east,, From his side," Spends for "gocdfrs" runmmnor says, For his mash. With conscious prid( Train boy's stock' "Htardly think so," Dlsappears, Maid replies. Grins with joy, " "ris conductor," To. his ears. lilink surprise. Sells the drummer "Jie's nmy husband, 14ls, cakes, 1)ort't you see? Nuts antid candy, Iiere ho comes, Awful "fakes.' You'd hotter liee." Conductcr cone"s, Door iees open, Druiuner's cash )runner bold, Pays the pars-igo D)ashes out For his uinsh. l.ooking sold. Conductor looks Conductor grins, At train boy sly, You know the rest. With a wink 'Iwenty dollars 1, From weal her eye. In his vest. 'Iom P. Mmgan in the Tlirough Mail. I3AE;Y.M 1!Nl0111'. "Nina dear, won't you come ai( play with me?" and little Arthur gaze tp w>is fuilly into the delicate. dreamn face of his sister. Nina turned slowly in her big cush ioited chair, a s mile of intense sorrow breaking over her pallid lips. "Are you tired of playing alone, i aby"" she asked softly, layinr bii sfiill thin hand tenderly on his golet curls. "Oh, so tired! When will yol h abIe II)to play with mite- again in the gar lon? Y(u u.;l to le so gay; now yot are ;lways y.1, and sitting in her( alone,'' reproachfully. A few tea's tricklc, down the litth girl's pale cheeks, and she heaved i deep sigh. 'Poor Artie! I wish I could rur about ats I used. It makes me very un happy to think of those bright days when we ran so joyfully amlongst. thi pretty flowers, chasin;g the bluewtinget utterily, or whet tired, resting be neath some shady tree, watching tht tiny birds fly from branch to branch singing so sweetly. W1ill that time eveI come again, I n,nder!" Artie listenet i silence to his sister'. words, scarcely grasping their mean ing, only knowing that she ha( changed since tlhose days; the one< bright merry child had becomn palt and languid, never leaving, withou aid, her chair by the win;low. his sweet childish voice, his innocen blue eyes raised ruestioningly to hers "I do not know, baby dear. I thinl soon the pain will leave me," earnestly "T'hen we shall be able to play to gether in the rarden again?" a ray o hope tilling his ,nind. Nina smiled sorrowfully. and hei eyes wandiereti towards tile pleasait scene stret('hing before the open win "Summner w'ill soon be over, Artie and in th: iitumni there are no flower, to cli, ;,r butterilies to chase; even thi bird,i 1 -ave uts then for sunnier lands. Artie's bright look faded, and hi. rtosy i; took a doleful cirye. "ir. 'I.i ivery n;uhrlty, Nina, no to in ke 1' '' well. Whyi does he com< lheru i-ve ry t if hen tioes lnot Curt Nn:nwer was imeilrrupjted b3 the entr anc ofC iir s. A rrol, to wh'ion: '"Wat i E, haby3--whRat 11a1 hiurl you?"' shi use. ~ d Itnderly, l iftinug lhei little sone o'i to heri kneec, as she sank h inlto ai cI lhai beside~ ila. .Nina rap)idly explained, her words bringing ai troued iiIIi ghtI to M rs. Ar rol's e'yes, a hiitter~ p)ang to het' heart, '"Poor Aruie! Well, lie cannot want you more thanu I; he must have patience for a little while. Soon you will be as strong andi well as ever,'' she said hRopefuilly, feeling far fronm believing the words she used to soothe the boy's grief. She had knownt for some time the( fatal t ruthI: that her gentle little girl, im spite of al1 t heir n iursing, wouili soon1 leav'e thiln1 ini so)lrrow; the doctoi had briokenl th ne1 Rws to her' one0 SUm 1m1e1 eve, whlen Nina, after a long run with Artie, hadl quiietly fainted awvay. Since then she had grown gradually weaker; uniable to layt3 with hem brot her; too weary for anything but rest. day aifter day, in her large chair, dtrawnm close to thle easement fron: whiich she could see the dar' 01(1 gar den, where Artic roametd in mood3 sol itud(1e. Thea da passed swiftly by, and still Niagrewv m1ore1 fragile; and Onc( morn'uinig A rtie, .suddlenly entering th house, saw Dr. (liif and his mother, theo lat ter' with tearful face, t alking earnestly ini I 10 halhl. "Ylou say the end( is near? Cian yot not tell mec how long it wvill be beforc miy (darling leaves n.e?' Mirs. Arr'o alskced plead ingly. 'The (dOctor' shook his headl, thet pointing thraoughx the open door, salk gravely: "D)o you. see yontder trees-the onc< green foliage yellow, and dropping leaf by leaf, to the ground? When tho~ have all fallen, atnd the trees are bare, y'our (lear 'hild will dIroop and dli also." Mrs. Arro-1 hid her face in her tremb ling hands, deep sobs breaking fron her grief stricken heart; she searcoli heeded the dloctor's kind consolinj words. Ilow could she be0 resigned when one of her loved children was slowly fading ft'om herP She dlid not notice Artie, with whiti troubled face, anti wistful eyes, stoa silently out int thte garden; and for long thte chiild walked a bout, forgetting, ir this new sorrow, thte interrupted play with Carlo, his big (he rishied diog. Many times after this, Mr's. Arro: would look at her little boy in silent wonder; he was so strangely quit-sc-R thoughltft. Slowly, one by one, tho wvithered leaves foll to tho groann, aoa etani something from Nits's fr e life. Soon Mr. Arrol, te g the end might come in his absence, gave up going to business, wandering instead aimlessly about the house-too pained to stay always near his darling, and not daring to be far away. One morning, after a short tender visit to Nina, he stepped into the gar , den, now no longer gay with bright flowers or the sound of ch! !dish mirth. He had not gone far, ere he came upon a sight which made him pause in mute amazement. Standing on a chair, beneath a wide-spreading tree, was Artie, absorbed in winding strong thread round the twigs and branches within reach. Full of curiosity, Mr. Arrol stepped forward. "Artie," he began softly, "what are you doing, my little man?" . Artie, not having heard his father's footsteps, started violently, almost losing his balance on the hi i chair. The thread dropped from his hand to the ground, and he turned a white scared face to Mr. Arrol. "What are you doing, Artie?" he re peated. Gaining courage from the extreme gentleness of his father's voice, and the affectionate gleam in his eyes fixed up on him, Artie began trembling: "It is a secret, papa. lYou won't tell, will you?" Mr. Arrol smiled at the child's earnestness; yet the blue eyes were very wistful, almost pathetic. "I promise you, Artie, I will keep your secret," he said kindly. Artie leaped from his high perch, and standing before his father, gazed up eagerly into his face. "Papa, not lone ago, I heard Dr. Cliff tell mamma tlat when the leaves had fallen from the trees, Nina would die too, and I do not want her to go away, so to keep the leaves from drop ping, I tie them to the branches. It is difficult, because they are so high -will you holp me, papa?" Mr. Arrol gulped down a sob which rose in his throat; the sweet innocen: idea of his little son brought a sudden wave of sad emotion to his heart. How could he answer that simple question, and dlash all Artie's bright hopes to the ground, by telling him how useless it was, holdiug nature thus in cheek? "Dear Arthur! Poor little fellow! Nina will bo glad when she hears of your lovinr trust. I will help you icry willingly, but alas! tha task of keeping back death would be as difficult as trying to prevent the leaves from fall ing! See even now, that slight gust of Swind has broken your slender thread the leaves are gone!" It was true, and with a bitter cry Artie threw himself into his father's arm<:, feeling for the first time, tho weight of grief hovering round him. A.e )r. Cliilthad said, scarce had t:o last yellow l.:. es left the gaunt branches than Nina's gentle spirit fled to 11o1.L. it' v s, roat n.,j A 1"t in 11a' 1.1 only a dimi mtiemiory to brighten his lonely young life. Aiice in a Ialloon. 'Let me see. Which shall I tell yo)wl? Did you ever hear how I went up in a balloon? No? 'T'hen here it is. W-Vhen the (ermans besieged Paris in 1h71 1 had just signed a contract with i1t r. Jim Fi.k. I h:al to go, but was not able to do so because all avenues were closely guaarded by the enemy. ''en someone sugrested going up in M un! of the balloons used in transmit si disp:atches, and, there being no atltr:rt ve, I went up. First, when we ase enl.i, the conductnor, another lady, amil I. the balloonz went up. up, clim~b ir uip, untit we could see Parzis like an alve couldi flying high over it. The c:u- of the hballoon swun!i! from side to side, and made me' .-o dizzy, v atched the Clumn endom util ittapered ofro what it was to at point the size omylittle fingei-. I saw the cathedr-al Notr-e D)ame gr-owing fromi what it is to a halt the size of myi) fist. I saw the people first the sizeo of men, th"n as small as (tolls, andI fin'ally look like black pins stuck ini a checkcr. board. lBy this time I grew quite sick, and fell back ii my13 seat anid shut my eyes, and I thought I was smotheried; Oh, so smiothered. I tried t o br-eathie an d cat ch the air, which wcas to me receding with my mouth and( 1my3 hands, so,so lIereup)on Mdile. Aimee threw herself hack in her easy chair, shut tier eyes, and clutched with her hands, which wer-e extended above her head, like the proverbial dlrowniing man catching at a straw. '"['len the ballooni begani to go dlowni again and I got miy mind and1( my breath back. 'iThe conductor sad we were out of danger, and we finally] dr-opped downi in a field andl climbed out, glad enough to be on earth again. --1 iouston ( T1ex. ) C'hronicle. A Japanese House. In describing the Japanese village at Knightsbridge, the Londlon Telegraph say's: The houses are built of woodi andl bamboo, and standls on posts rais img them about eighteen inchles above the ground. Tihie floor is comnposed'of thick rush mats called tattams, each five feet ten inches long by two feet ten inches wide. Thel size of thio house is invariab)ly determined by the number of these mats used, and( a Japanese. in giving an order foi' the construction of1 a house, would at once indicate the 1 kinid of structure lie required by say-ing 4 that it must be so many mats in area. I Thus, an ordinary house will have the floor coveredl wit h three or four mats,l whereas that of a wealthy person might ahave twenty. Commonly the buildings < have only one floor, but sometimes an.. I - other is addehd, and one of these is erected here. Access to the second(i floor Is obtaiined by a ladder inisideO, aandl there is a sniall balcoaiy running round, (1 Intended however for oranamnent and niot I afor use. The fronts of the houses con sist of sliding frames filled with paper, I and all the wvindows are also of paper, a an eythin texture. Each house hsissrine liclosing a god, atnd sonme I of these shineis are very elaborato anal I .eautiful pieces of workmanship. The internal decorations uisually consist ofi paper, p)rinted or painted with flowers I and( various deosigns, but ini some cases thiero are also most ingenIous and beau tiful eil'ects p)roduced lay means of em bossnd pRAP and silk A Irultij (uai," of ll>na.'n rt'c Unh,.p usa-The Tryir g (Ir .ict of F-it .;tsg New Drer,u'(. Op ra ai,tl Other Faull-I) - T .tl.-ta aM 'I'heir Acerstri( -V,&rtot(, Thing.4 a W.n:ut ("'ta' I):,. Ti: ("lIAl ITY SYST1:M. When domicstie unh:app iuess exvti in a family it. generally iap)ens tha tie case mav b;e tracet to Imon y !,'a ters and to the ueIlial dl:vision of tli commo: fun Is, say', t 1. L aii;-ill Couur:cr-,our,(l. P'robally ei_ht w< Imen out, of Lin who :. r.' marr:itd an hav-,, 1:o other visible miean1C of ,.ipor than a husbandl :.re dei.,ulent 1,poi that hu b:ud's gener:)sity for a-v'ry Cents they have to sy:)i. The it-a < it hlusb:int b1iinI get-l(r1iis to ir.4 wif is (llitc a :b,udl Its it wt1 he fo Iy other buse pairneu o b- ger erouts to his a a.i:4te. A w-.l",w%er wit I. i1 fa'hof chii(lrel hi1: to pay good rouiid siimn to sotme; b1',a,1eK()e)p for att-'ndin. to to 0e .:jamea duties h Wife perforied for her boua."d, 1odg.i.n and (l:othes. ile does i>t g :nub w"heii the h)OUIk'el).:r c:)mte 14o he saliry, nor :-k her" what she ti.l wit al the mney he gave her 1at iil nor i:ui ; inl :lU :g.:r.live:i toire voi(e it :30 won't to ia ;.1.t of s4t No, she has earn-, ,i her 1onev, he r spects her right to it, :11d in- lp.IVS it like a man. i-n, his v.. ta1 w;,; hons keelrer he pa:tler likl%e ,a busi,a,::. is trae lie gave ler libe:r:.I cred,ts 1 dry-!oods shap, iilli ;er,'. and dres tma kers'. at';(-- i.r: .h Va t oIstitutt his ideas of fIi:::"i.e .i .. Vt1:it lt h)11d she of notey? Such a thing : i vig her, or ra:tier sharing with he it portion of the pirodu(t of his iabor ts one of a domestie firm never ocein red to hit. Ilie wa quite willin_ t trust her to keep the honor of his i:im tid n::e, to raise his ehitdreni; but dolut as to her 1)Sine,ss capacity nevt L'rosse.I his muind. ThI:%t sh)e woul] foolishiy v aste m:onley if she ->Uld g< Saf it was his fore'gone (ielsiiol atlthou:' f.,r ic.rr she IHad ma:tae hii: bolln, and wcith1 un,'x:impl!edl ceoi; Omy lie i.' now ila !e to i)-,reciate sh is (tea 1. It is not :;n une1lmmo1 thin for II %N ')ml inl to h:ive to worrv her hu: bhand for I cent; for Car fare to tik ber to ("h1ur< h. When yo1 see I w< a:n1 car:ry h( r "o)iaCXet lton)ey." a din ir .o. tucked a the 1' I '1 of h.er glove you miay cone lihdI she . ,s : huban ;)f this de;,"ri)pI if)n. For a pioutld-spiri itd, n:it.uraily iti.ie'etdteut w0oman11i t have to he.r, ):i-itin, and h:'lle for few doliars froml her nu 0.1.md is one < the most dgIdii,niug inistorttu:es thr r"n befal her. It iS true -:,nl- Wote ito not mind t!e-,ing for maone' or ti havingr to explain in elaborate dcta the wAy and wherefore of the demal< and other women look at the partne ship biSiness in a still broader viev amd do not hesitate to apply for th: which is manifestly their due, but 01 p. LIICSC Litere 1. a largo taaj.rl of wives to whom it is an infernal mo tification to ask, day after day, yet after year, for money from their ow husbands. A friend of mine who i been married for forty years has hurry every morning after her husbar as he leaves the dining-room to try at get from him money for the dinner marketing. This has been going < during all those years, and if by ar chance she should fail to run after hi he would quietly march down tow and not leave a cent. It often tak( the greatest tact, courage, patienl and gentleness to coax from him su fiicnt money to by for _ herself or hl children the clothe.s demanded by ti customs of decency and civilizatioi It is not possible that a woman, hoi over forgiving, can feel altogethe- mi resentful toward suchl a man. D)ow in her lonely heart of hearts she fee the indignty put upon her. It is a veryvwelto argue that if a woman hi ecdit nt the stores-and can bt clothes, shoes, hats, wrap)s---heo has ci need for money. Those who argi this should just try a dlose of such trea ment themselves. Why3 need a bod hive if once in a while they may n<( bave the innocent pleaisuire of indl ing in a book or magazine, a bit alunawvare, a useless odd or end thiz will weoar its welcome out maybe, bi that is so temp)ting to buy. A ma may be a miser, but lie doesn't foci th need of it because he has in his pock< money which lhe can just take ottt an 11pend( for cigars, an orange, ilunct toda water, or the papers. Ile is n< like the woman, who, if she wvants t upend 50 cents en herself, has to runt ier husband and ask him as a gi ~avor and piece of generosity to giv icr the pitiful suim. 'The young wvil vho has the couirage to dlemand at th >eginning of her marriedt life a wveekl >r monthly allowance, of money-whic uhiall be p)rop)ortionate to her husband' neome-may be saving herself from ife-time misery. Aniy woman whi mubmits to the charity system-th Joard, lodging, and clothing p)lani-i Ls much to be blamed as she is to b >itied. A TCY!NNG ORDEA L. "It's an awfully trying p)rocess, iti teed it is, trying on a dlross, and yo iced not laugh at me for saying so, rnd an inten se young lady piursed ui ier lips and looked with a glance c -trosp)etive annoyance upon01 her corn >anion, a reporter for the San Francis to Chronicle, who wvas evidently ehafl ng her about her into experience. 'Now, do you mean to tell me," stud he man, between the jolts of the car is it bumped over the Kearney stree rossin g of Sutter street, "that you ac ualhly faint when you try on a (fress?"' "'It is a fact that I (10, and I do no vant to be laughed at about it at all Vhty, I am not the only one wbo faints )ther girls do. Oh, It is dreadful! >erfectly direadi the idlea of going neal dlressmaker.'" And the fair yotun ady gave a pretty shrug to tier shioul'l rs. "What kind of dresses make yoi aint the most when you are trying hem oni?" cotitinu ied lier persecutor. "'Oh, this kind,"' and the ill-used be ng kicked out a foot which raisedit dlue skirt. "You see, these are whiat art ailed tailor-made suits --made in imi. ation of the ciothes of gentlemen, .nd they have to fit just so, or the3 vould not be fit for anything. Ther< re over so many changns. You havan'i an idea. Why, soueti1ws wholeaeams have to be ripped' out, and then we 1- have to stand so still that no wonder your strength gives out.'' "How many times has your strength given out under a trial?" d ''[ remember fainting three times one morning while having a dress tried on. hut that was excuQaile; it was my first party dress, and I was awfully particular. The dressmakers got quite s alarmed, and I was made to desist from .t having alny more trials that day. But I am nothing to what some girls are. e You won't believe it, but I know some o of my friend have to be braced up with regular drinks durin'r the time .1 they are under the dressm,&er's hands. t Some of theni are perfectly horrid and a keep you waiting and standing. I have 5 stood from 8 to 12 o'clock without any 4 thing passing my lips. Now, can you e wonder why I did not faint?" r "I sulpPOSe the figure has a great - deal to do 'w ith the time?" h "Well, no; I take quite as long as anybody else," said the fair r young lady, with pardonable assur s ance, "a'inti I amu sure I ani not such a ubad figure. But the dressmakers tell e me it is just horrid to try to give a thin r woman :a fit. They ' ive them any Il anount of trouble, wrlile those who 1, h:1t soiething of a figure tley say >f they cn:t get arong well etnoui hi with. von TL i: -rIm:ATI:. IAi opera toihet can be varied to suit h'I aste of the wearer, while those oo it ting private boxes indUIge in a full di :-ss toilet, with all the accessories, d iiiI ega'it flowers; imaniv, by tho dti.!:on of a soit es de bal and pretty I ..,net, ii ake a handsoie blhiek or dark silk serve for their costime. The taies of all can be suited in the vari i'ty of liandsome combinations shown. ri A striking and handsoie dress is of o combined pink, satin, :ual white lace, which has an efl'ect of hle,imatiful delica r ey. 'rThe skirt is of satin, arranged in j box pleats, which are ironed down t quite flat to within a few inches of the edge. where they puff out and make a d loosely pleated llounce, falling over - very narrow pleated flounces, alter e natoly satin and lace. A tunic of lace is gracefully draped on chale with long, flowing bows of satin ribbon. The back drapery is very prettily arranged in large loops, like a bow trimmed with lace edging. The lace and satin cor sage is pleated and is secured at the waist by a ribbon belt fastening under a bow of ribbon, with long, flowing ends. a A more beautiful dress can hardly be if imagined than the following: ~The t foundation is of moss green silk; over 1 this is a drapery of cream-colored o gauze covered with Persian embroidery it in raw silk, forming a transparent cov ; ering over the greei. The edge of this overdress is cut in bell-shaped r, points of embroidered applique g;een t velvet, and the whole of the back of the dress, which falls in long, plain pleats, ;y & ,ir. up to the w'.st wit th' r- same green velvet bells. Tho bodice ar is trimmed aroand the edge with simi n lar bells, the sleeves also. 'T'lhe bodice is is fastened with gold buttons. o A stylish dress is of two shades of d lilac velvet of the darker shade and d satin merveilleux of the lighter. 'T'he 's skirt is of the velvet, plain in front; n the edge is cut out in tabs over a kilted y flounce of the satin. The back falls in n plain, straight folds, the sides being n turned back as revers, showinI their lining of satin merveilleux. Each of e, these revers is edged with a thick che f- nille fringe. The bodice has a short r basque, the front having graduated e points of the velvet, showing back of .them thme satin. TIhe sleeves are trim - mued with the satin to correspond. .. Philadelphia T'imes. Is WHAT A WVOMAN CAN 1DO. 1 She can say '"No,'' and stick to it for Sall time. She carn also say "No," in such a Slow, soft voice that it means ''Yes.'' eShe can sharpen a lead pencil, if you give her p)lenty of pencils. ' She can dance :2' night in a pair of tshoes two sizes too small for her and enjoyv every minute of the time. f She can pass the display wind(ow of ta dIraper's ,shop) without stop)ping-if tshe is running to catch a train. n She can walk half the night with a 0 noisy baby in her arms without onuce texpressimg the desire to murdter the in Ifant. She can appreciate a kiss from her thusband seventy-five years after the marriage ceremony has taken p)lace. heeu suffer abuse and neglect for year, whch ne tuchof kimdliness or consideration wvill dtrive from her recol 0 lection. 0 She can go to church and afterwards tell you what every woman in the eon 1 gregation had on, and in some instances 5 she can give a faint idea of what flue text was. 3 She can-bunt what's the use? A B woman can (to anythminu' or everything s and (10 it well.--hilada7phia News. Hleigh Bells. How maniy know~ how sleigh bells are - muade? The little iron ball is too big 1to he put t hrai.gh the holes ini the biellI, an y1113et it, is inside. liow (lid it g'et ) there? f T1his little ball is called "the jiniglet." - When you shake the sleigh bell it j inigles. Whlen lie horse trots thle bllIs jingrle, jingle, jingle. In miaking the hell th;is Jingle is pu inside a little ball I of mud, just the shapile of the ouitsiide of the, hbell. 'lbis umumd ball, withI the jin glo o nsidle is pl aced in the mioldt of the out side, and thie melte d me(tal is pouredl in, which fills u p thle s nice betweent thei ball andI Ithe mnold. V,hen the mohlt is taken off you see a sleigh-bell, but it will not ring, as it is full of sirt. Thei hot metal driies the dirt that thle bellI is madoe of, so it can he shankenm out. After the dirt is all shaken out of tIhe holes in then bell, the little iron jinglet ,villI stilli be in the bell, and will ring. It took a goodh many years to think b )w to make a sleigh-bell. P--lopular Sci .nce Monthily.i A suiccessor to the tmusical p)rodigyi Blind Tiom has been ifiscovered'i in Greenville, s. C. A t;-yeart-old son of t G. W. Ware hasi a remanrkablhe talent for noilsic and enni at one repirodue on t an accordtion or piai:no any tune p)layed 0' 2r wbhlm' to hm. EDUCATIONA L. Quallfdcatlons Neccssary for a Progressive ant Practical School Muperln tentlent. Oleunings From Various Sources on var lous Subjects Embracing Suglest ivo lilnts. PUnLIC OPINION. President E!iot of Harvard Universi ty in an address before the Massachu setts Teachers' Association the other day, said it would be niuci bitter for two or three towns to maintain one high school adetp...coly equipped, rath er than for each one to maintain a weak and poorly equipped high school. The only thing that stands in the way of such a union is local jealously, andi the sooner that is set aside the better. More liberal appropriations for salar ies of evening seiool-teachters should early follow, that the ;e schools, as far as can be, may be made a widely reeog nized and well regulated part of the state system. Statistics tell us that eveningschools, like day schools, when under similar conditions, have proved a success, but when maintained under eleemosynary management, or by an indifl'eront public support, have iever justified the expenditure.-Maltcrssachu sclts Board of Education. To learn to read easy Latin prose and ordinary French prose at sight, is as good training for pupils who are not going to college as it is for those who are. * * * If the technical schools should add to their usual retquirements for admissson, Latin, and the elements of chemistry, physics, botany, and zo ology, they would strengthen the high schools, secure to all their reirula r pu. pils a broad and firm founttion for special studies, and raise the g eneral level of their own courses.-Presidcnl Eliot. I asked two Prussian oflicers, whom I met in the summer of 1871 at Portres inn, how the German troops behaved when going into battle,-did they cheer and encourage each other? The reply I received was: "Never in our exper ience has the cry, 'Wir musscn srizen,' -we must conquer,--been heard fromi German soldiers; but in a hundred in stances we have heard them resolutely exclaim,' Wir mr ussent unscr licht thun4, -we must do our duty." It was a sense of duty rather than love of glory that strengthened those men and filled them with an invincible heroisni.--/'ro fessor Tyndal. 'T'hose whose reading is limited sel dom make a success of teaching. They form a class of "verbatim teachers," who teach children sound not sense. \Mary Allen lWcst. The results of reading are best pre served by communicating them to oth ers. It is of little use to read to one's self and never to speak of what one reads.--Lyman Abbott. We should remember that the direc tion of a stream is easily ch'anged at its source. "You can make something of a Scotehnian if he is caught young," said )r. Johnson; and the saving may be applied to the little people of all lands.- The Lighthouse, f'ilminglon, N. U.~ lRducational journals furnish Ia meaiis of iprovemtent which no teacher can aflocird to ignore, and whibc no success ful teacher does ignore. The best teach ers need such helps; and what is to he r"aid of f he teacher who fails to proie hiiinself with such impleienis ?-- The .\<crmarcl Te'acher. Child-nature is a fur+incc wherein the animal dross nma1y be purged an the lindIl and hieart left pure and m fresh for thme enltranlce of good ilhoughits antd the ex pression of noii le deeds; or thle gem - med~ bteaty of pri'usii. .souils imay lie sot tid and corroded and1( burne i.it v ith gzood, love niotinig pur', :ui hiate all lii at is hioly'~. - -. Wi . JIourm'n/ of-A iva Wecan imiagine camses where' the ipresence of a suipersitendentt in a townl lua) niot lie anl iuiiiixedu joy to the teaceris. Th'le only . saft' basi oin wichl bothI thle suiperiniIttedent and ( teacher may staiid is onie of mu11tuali respect, trui-t, anid kirineitss. Where there is a lack of any of these < utalitit's, all par t's fail to securel th le bieneii ts which The( supeiirinlteiinlent, fmrom his posi tioni, is like a watchiiam til the tower. lHe imust look afar a r iead thle si ens of senise lie i a seer. while the tteachler pini ned down tto her schmod-room iou tine w .11 findit her hmorizon,Ii nrrowi ng, if no fieshi life toomes to herti from toutsideIt 'Thle p'rogressive smipterintendenit is suppiosetd to lbe thior'ouighIl nequainiitted have his 'r'' openl to what is going oin iln thioi en-eles wvher'e there is the mo1(st lift' antd progress.s Knlowing wvell the condtlitioni of hiis owni schiools, thir weak ness andt thit lionis in thie way, it is his bulsiniess, as we'tll as leasurle, to be on the lookout, to glean from thle wvidle tieltd all t hose lilth ods antd hi nts thiat w'ill lie (if service to hiis own teachier's. [In no other way cani lie be'omei soi truilv iclpful. T1he true su1per i intenet is not a syv." lie takes it for granted thait his teach rs are as n mieh in eane st ias lie i.s; thatn hey mecan to work faithfully, initelii 'rintly, antd w it ri everenitce. HIis 1pos. ion being oiie oif greatert freedomi th an lie teaceher's, niatuiirally ina kems of him n a iourice of supply. The teneers hiav.e a 'ighit to look to him for niew l ighlt andt iei p. lie need niot ('omm ndt but sus rest. lie ineed not li.stten biehindl closedl ioiors, or pumip sniall urchins in regaitd o (lie inn ier wor'king oY tf school life. I is oiwni judtgmien iiand i pien(tr'at ion viii give him.all hit has a righlt to know. i'he tdrift of a teacher's wsorik, thle t ual. - ty of her spirit, are noit such hi rd hinigs after all, to tieteriii n'. No miatteCr how far wromng a teacher 1, if lier miistauke's are poiniiteti (llt ini a i;tdly mainner', she wvill take it kindtly fshe dieserv'e. to hohull her position. Thel gr'eatest powe~'r of thie superin 'ntdent is hiis mtoral for'ce. lie can Ilate iius teacher unde ob10'(li gations liat are far mlore hiimiling than iallie onannds thaimt can lie uttered. lHi-1 ian nature soniehow reseiits a ''You. ust.' but who Ciln hold il ,agai:s a good way winningly presented) This is not'an ideal picture. We aret hing of one who is all this, and even more, to his teachers. There is that unfailing courtesy and appreciation, the mark of the knightly soul, which makes his vis its a help and encouragement. And often the few direct words, and the ad mirable teaching-exercises given to the pupils, let in a flood of light in more than one dark place. But the teacher has pnuch to remom ber in her relations with the one who is to be her helper. First she must take it for granted that her superintendent is her helper; not o.e to simply discover the flaws. Nothing can be well done without this nutual conlidence. Second, :'te must expect and invite criticism, even if it makes her wince. She can do better without praise than that knowledge which shows her where her failures lie. The best thing one can do even if under harsh criticism, is to set one's teeth and profit by it. Third, the teacher must realize that she is only one wheel in at vast machine, ad that she must do her part well for the sake of a greater whole. There fore, in all matters where a p' 'onal feeling might easily enter in it is wiser to ignore self as much as possible, and remember the cause. Of course the wise stperintendent will respect the personality of his teachers, and allow great freed )m in the working of the schools. But the obstinate, bigoted teacher who does not take kindly to innovation, and who will not go outside of tradi tion, tust not expect that a wide awake, progressive superintendent will r ' lw aers a n 11nmixed blessing. It is uliy11iV Ichm:n nature to appreciate mo1)t itlat whiich is following along in the lin s of one's nost earnest pur A good deal nmore' m(iglht be said on this subject, yet witIi a nhutual respect, confidence, and kin iiiness, how much may be done! 'le teacher may not scorn advice, and it is her duty to car ry out all suggevstions that are for the benefit of her shools. The superintendent may" respect tho teacher's originaity, and ' should real ize his own failures enonghi to be char itable with hers. Joutrnel of 1duc tion. A Swedlish G:1divat. Th( 2d of leibruary in Sweden is con sidered the midwinter (Iat. In the era of paganismm it was a great festival in honor of the heroine (Goa or (oja, dei fied under t11 name of I)isa, to whom the whole hmlnth was eonseerated he sides. 'I'le legend of (;Oat is very cnri ous. It states that onte tinme when the country was visited by a frightful fan ine, the national assembly deeided that, in order to alleviate the general dis tress, it would be necessary to put to leath a part of the population, especial ly the old and infirm. Goa alone dared to protest loudly, and claimed to be able to propose a means of reme(yill the dearth, which would prove more ellicacious as well as more humane. The King ordered the execution of the deeree to be postponed; but in the in. terim, desiring to test the sagacity of theyoung girl, and to confound her audacity, he sent her word he would duly receive her on condition that she would come to his dwelling neither on foot nor on horseback, nor in a vehicle, neither dressed nor undressed, neither by (lay nor by night. Goa solved the enigma. She came to the King's house on a sledge drawn by ia goat, holding on to the side of the sledge, with one leg resting on the pole of the sledge, the other on the goat. She wore a fishing net on ly in lion of gar ments, andl she came exactly at the epoceh of thoe solstice, when the month is still undeterminedl, at the time of at fuill moon, but while it wvas yet twi light. Bleing admliitted to sp)eak, she advised that the 01ld and infirm, in lieu of being exteriminatedl, shon hi be mere ly sent to the still u1npeopled parts of the coumntry, where they would be able to ob)taml the mleans (If existence wvithiout bm anbudnto the commuinity. ad viser had chiarmued him i by her beauty andl her wit, lie took her for his wife. F'iga ro. lIfg Addted to HIer Age. A North of Englaniit merchant, hav ing lost his wife by dea1th, ordered a sculp1 todr to ereo t a handsome marble anonunu-nt ico (ver her grave. O n visiting II' lwilimtery a week or two latter, the icehanit foundte thiat hiis instruct ions had0 been compllied with. lIt. 01n read ing the inIscrip)tioni he' was suirpr'isedl to Iiluo thle remiiain; de.ti'crbe as those of 'Saiah Anugelinta Smijth, alged 137.'' In bolt haste ando hot tempijer lie rushed(u IoIwn to the wuelpltor's. "Wha:t in the Ely,':jin F'ields"' (or wordp s t Ithat lfeet ), "mado101 you >tt noy wife's age dlown as 1:37? l)idn t I tll you that she was only 37 P" "Yes," repIlilld thle Soil ptor, '"that is ~o, hut , you Iie0, ats I was puIttinlg a per'oially fine monlilunient tup, I thought t wlobl sort of (all atteition to it I eM someiuthinig out oIf the conmmon onl 1 ayedl1 ot , buitCit ceians~ 1.1 are fash - onablile just now,t1' andi, as5 1 thought i :luI'd like pedople to see tha:t you'dt (1ne10 lie fair thing by your wife, I thought| ou woun1' t iiri h iav ing something| taritlIinig put on thle inscription to at--. ra0't atteniitin. We're0 dloing it for a'l lie bet terl class of gravestones."' Thle mierchianit was coinvineed, and he O iiseiIpt ion remi)ainied. And that is .ow it hiappenis that so many Ycenutena In ns have bee'n heard of lately.---Leeds /ecrcury. -- ..--.. Tlhere isn't a leaf of tobacco growvn n the island of Key West. It all omles from Cunba, and is mantufactured uito eigars which oiu,rht to be as good .s those of lIavana, iut for some imyR crious reason they are not. There Is llpposed to be some fragraiit potency ni the air of hlavana which give's ci ears a flavor they can get in no other o('ality, but whiat it is andl why its harm nidoes not exist elsewhere neither he tobacconist iior meteoroIlogist can xplain. Tob)acco grown from the ame stock, manultIfactue bi(01ly the samto iton in thle same warl', hals a dlifferent lavor, or bouqiuet, as thler' call it, ii olled into cigars in Key~ West from hat it has if doiie nol in llavana. Three billion wooden toothplek ae manufactured each year in this eoun try. The living expenses of an ordinarily economical single man in the Montana mining regions is over $62 per month. One of the New York prison convicts lately invented a hat-pressing machine, the patent on which he sold for $10. 000. The highest velocity that has been imparted to shot is given as 1,626 feet per second, being equal to a mile in 8.2 seconds. There are but two copies of the Gutenberg Bible in existence, and one of them was sold in London recently for $19,500. The incessant labors of Major Burke, director of the New Orleans Exposi tion, for the past six months have turned his hair white. Snakes are so numerous and pdsion ous in Southern Australia that reme dies for the cure of snake bites are al ways in great demand. At Leipsic a musical critic has been sentenced to five days' imprisonment for describing the leader of an orches tra as a "violin scraper." The old superstition that the howling of a dog at night is always followed by death has many adherents in the most civilized communities. On several transatlantic ships tele phones are now used between the bridge and the wheelhouse, instead of speakcing tubes as heretofore. Prince Krapotkine is steadily re gaining his health, and by the aid of his wife, who now lives at Clairvaux, Is able to do much literary work. "Murder hole" is the name given to a mysterious hole in the ground near Salem, Va. It is 40x60 feet in size and 136 feet deep. The average tempera ture at the bottom is 44 degrees. - Mexican merchants never classify their silks, cottons, woolens and linens, but mix them up indiscrimately, and their gloves and perfumery are kept in the same drawers with their shoes. Cadet Alexander, a colored lad from Ohio, stands nineteen in the West Point third class of seventy members, and Cadet Young, another colored academy lad, standa thirty-two in the fourth class of seventy-six members. Students and professors at Prince ton have been discussing hypnotism, and some of them don't seem to know what hypnotism is. Do you know, gentle reader? We do, having just looked it up in Mr. Webster's Diction ary.-Boston Post. Men have been employed on railways with the temperature at 104 degrees, and in the mines, under favorable cir cumstances, at 125 degrees, while in the stoke-holes of tropical vessels they are said to work occasionally ,t a tem perature of 156 degrees. A co<mign ! of hii -"l"-bees was lately taken out, from England to New Zealand. At present clover does not "seed" in that country for want of !r tilization for the blossoms. The im porters hope that the bumble-bees will save them $5,000 a year in clover seed. Mr. F. 11. Cushing, whose papers in the Century descriptive of his life among the Zuni Indians have attracted much attention, says that Zunis smoked ci garettes 700 years ago. Many of tho young inca of to-day are making a des perato effort to kill themselves and re vive the classie customs of the Zunis in both smoking and banging their hair. An inal ility to clearly perceive forms andi outlines, or forim-blindness, Is a defect that ha.s been discovered by a New York artist, who says lie has sometimes plaiced objects in the shape of hexagoiis, or octagons, or even so commnoii a shape as a p)entagonA or a five-pointed star before certain pupils as a test, and almost inivariably they were unable to distinguish one formu fromu another, even when with careful dlistiniction the dlifferences were ex plained to them. A ief Chapter on Girls. TJhie girl of 16 who will neither sow nor dio'iousework has no business to be deicked out in finery andi rambling about in search of fun and frolic unless her parents are rich, and( in that event she nieeds. the watchful direction of a good moithier none the less. There is no oh jection to fun, but it shouldi be well hioseni anid wvell-tiimed. No woman or girl who will nuot, work has a right to share the wages of a p)oor man's toll. If she does work, if she makes the clothe, she wea~rs and. assists in the household duties, the chianc*es are she will have enough self respect to behave herself wvhuen playtimie comes, but if she should still lie a little "'wild'' the honest toil she ha:s donec will confer upon her some degree of right to have her own way. ill-jud(gedi though it may be. The wvild girl tusuially aspires to prominence in some social circle or ether, awl her manners anti condluct are in a greater or less degree designed to attract the following of men. She should remem ber that followers are not always ad mirers, and that the most sincere ad muirationi a man ever feels for a woman in a dirawing-roomi is when he looks up)on her~ anti says in his own conscious iiless: "She is a perfect lady. "--Amer ?cunf Queen. What, Girls Shoul<d Iearn. TIo sew; to cook; to mendl; to he gen tle; to vialue time; to dress neatly; to keep a secret; to bo self-reliant; to mind a baby; to avoid idleness; to darn stockings; to catch a husband; to hold her tongue; to muake good bread; to make a house tidy; to be above gossip ing; to contro)l her temper; to take care of the sick; to sweep diown cobwebs; to marry a man of lis worth; to be a hielp mate to her husband; to keep elear of flash literature; to take plenty of activo exercise; to see a mouse without screaming; to read some books hesides. novels; to bo light-hearted and Ileet footetd; to wvear a hoes that won't cramp her feet. A man in Rome, Ga., holds a note of diate of 1818 that was made payablo whien Lewis Cass should be elected Presitdent of the United States. As raylor won, the note has never been ~ald.