The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, April 16, 1885, Image 1
' XIV. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1885. NO.21
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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.