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VOL. XIII.
FORGIVENESS Iwant of a
while the e
To drink the dregs of rank Injustice's ran back I
cup were laid
And smile as though the draft were er's shed,
sweet and clear; old womal
To feel the dagger-thrust of wound- who had j
0l pride, slightly sli
Yet to the bosom clasp the steel more dition.
near; The villa
To check the passion of the beast- ty of its c
revenge- for an hol
Yet seemingly do naught but raise thy mothers
hand; with their
To keep sure silence when the hot bedding at
words burn shed for t
At wrong, before the soul can under- affliction 1
stand; burned oi
To rise a moment from the mortal drew on,
mire vived, and
To see things past and present and to to the she
come; Meanwl
To grant the heavenliest blessing Anice Roi
earth bestows She had E
With heart and soul-nor hold the ite chips;
lips long dumb; ing cold,
Ever to seem oblivious of the hurt, up each
Though in remembrance it may ever in what 1
live;- one. Bu
O, human soul, so often torn and, tried, dealing
All this it means sincerely to forgive! frocks, '.
-Youth's Companion. she mad(
-------- tthat sort
of the fo
It hapr
BEN-R. Y. bert Tu
ing on
Dy FAITH e BMueoFDis . broke on
Tucker
girls, bu
About a week ago, in a moment of bairby, to
Indiscretion, I strayed into a "baby- Thebaby, to
show," and made the mistake of say- in the oI
ing that I couldn't see much difference escaped
in the little dears. carried
This baby-show did not differ nota- able to
bly from others. It was held in the and th
vestry of the Methodist Church in a hour or
suburban town. Thirty-tour babies hour or
were "entered;" and of course all their the
mothers were there, as well as many her mot
of their aunts. the "gir
I did not realise until I got well in- settled
side that I was the only man, young blear f
or old, in the hall. It seems that the n l
rest of the men were bright enough had goi
to stay away. The place was a bower end the
of young maternity, and of fluffy pink Now
and baby blue. The air was vocal that he
with cooing and twittering sounds. and ha
Thirty-four "perfectly lovely" baby nl ha
carriages were ranged round in a light, s
semi-circle, each against a background ishe e
of pink dimity and each containing a that lit
berufled and bepowdered baby. Some only th
of the youngsters were shaking rat- her bal
ties, some were grasping wonderful herand alu
bottles of white fuluid, some were it to hb
gurgling and some were leaping near- Othei
ly out of their nests in an excess of so well
gleeful health. babies
A manufacturer of infants' food had tel
offered a prise, for the handsomest takes
baby, and every one of those young variou'
mothers had high hopes of taking it.
Some artist should try to depict the tify
foolish smile that overspreads a man's pmeus
face when he finds himself, inadver- and a
tently, amid such surroundings. a"Thn
was sneaking toward the door, when
nine or ten of the mothers, who knew
me, outflanked my line of retreat, and ear-m
with tuch laughter, drew me back A
to be "umpire." wife 1
Umpire at a baby-show! Arbiter
and judge as to which of thirty-four hang
babies was the prettiest! Think of chaln
the consequences! The undyingwife
friendship of one young mother, and somel
the eternal enmity and reprobation of o so
the other thirty-three! But
Before I had been led half round the But
cooing semicircle I saw my danger, not
and hit on the trite expedient of de- wom
claring that they were all so pretty onth
that I could see no difference In them. chan
As the mothers were incredulous, I n
grew insistent, and declared vehe- ern
mently that I could not tell the babies daree
apart. dre'
They tried to instruct me. "Oh, but or
look at their hair!" cried one. r
"I have looked at it," said I. "It br
differs about as much as the down on
so many peaches." to d
"Isn't he horrid? But compare their t
eyes!" cried another. Ben
"Just like so many beautiful little
gooseberries," I insisted.
"Oh! Oh-h-h-h! Oh-h-h-h-h'" burst kne
forth on all sides. She
"Ladies," I cried, desperately, "you h
know very well that if these babies
were shifted from carriage to carriage,
while you all shut your eyes, you
couldn't tell them apart to save your
lives! You may think you could, but ci
you couldn't. Iet me tell you what les
happened at the fire at Norland last h
spring! Iet me-let-"
It was at this point that I was T
stopped by the mothers. They would to
not hear another word. In fact, they ou
turned me out of the vestry.
Denied the privilege of telling them at
that story of the Afire at Norland, I wi
offer it here to vindicate myself. m
Norland was one of those little vil- at
lages on the borders of the lumber
country which are predestined to burn ho
up once in about ten years, or may
be fifteen, or with extreme good luck, sa
twenty. The houses, stores and mills El
were all built of wood, with shingle ly
roofs; and all about were great
"yards" filled with piles of boards, cl
clapboards, shingles and lumber waste. G
If a fire started in one of these mill- ki
yards with the wind high. during a '
dry week, nothing except the hand of b
Providence could save the town. D
At Norland the inevitable happened b'
one afternoon in Masy, a year ago. It B
was a lumber-yard fire, with a Afine
northwest wind, which whirled blaz
ing embers aloft, sowing them broad- 1
cast over the village and-well, the I
poor people had about twenty minutes i
in which to save what they could. s
There were lots of babies, and of "
course they saved the babies first,
and ran back for other household I
treasures afterward. 1
SNow it was the time of the day when
Smany of the infants were taking their
afternoon naps. They were, anatched
out of their cradles or cribs, along
with such of their little wraps, blank
ets and other clothee as came handiest,
and carrnd as quickly as possible
alms the "1Cme brook road" to wind
want of a better place to leave them- "Why, o
while the excited mothers and fathers took out 1
ran back to save their goods-they "But he
were laid in an empty granite-work- Tucker si
e er's shed, and left in charge of an up. "Wi
old woman, called Aunt Anice Roe, -" she
who had made her own escape in a "Yes, I
slightly singed, somewhat dazed con- got there,
e dition. austerely.
The village burned, all save a moie- "Why,
ty of Its outskirts, to windward; and Tucker, 14
for an hour or two even the babies' other in
y mothers were too much occupied too:" she
with their now homeless furniture, will poor
)t bedding and best bonnets to go to the hers! It
shed for the babies. It was a time of I've kept
affliction and distress. But as the fire She was
burned out and the smoky evening wouldn't
al drew on, the parental instinct re- dreadful!
vived, and the mothers came hastening times it
to to the shed.
Meanwhile poor, confused old Aunt househoh
ig Anice Roe had done what she could. Gilbert
She had spread blankets on the gran- tion to b
he ite chips; and as the wind was blow- lawsuit
ing cold, she had dressed and muffled lunbars
up each of the little crying creatures out speS
er in what she thought came with each village
one. But it is not strange that, in fellows
d, dealing with the collection of little Perha
,e! frocks, socks, blankets and bottles, at t i
she made mistakes; and a mistake of story Is
that sort once started, went the round shy wro
of the fourteen babies. te t
It happened that a certain Mrs. Gil- solu
bert Tucker's mother, who lived a few Youth's
miles out of the village, had been call
ing on her daughter when the fire
broke out. To this mother's care Mrs.
Tucker had consigned her two little What
of girls, but had run, herself, with her "Ther
Sbaby, to the shed. he
a The Tuckers owned another cottage that is
ay- in the outskirts of the place, and this States 1
escaped the 0onlagration. To it they it on a
ta carriei the goods that they had been, ed a g
the able to save from the burned house, the
n a and they were thns occupied for an need, am
e hour or two. Then they went to get is ome
heir the baby. On their way they met a course
woman, who said to Mrs. Tucker that agricull
in- the "girls" with her till she could get could
settled again. This was not quite anh r
the clear, fo: dirs. Tucker's mother had which
ugh not only taken the "girls" home, but he con
wuer had gone round by the shed and tak- he con
pi en the baby along, too. are spl
pNow Mrs. Tucker naturally supposed retcal
oc that her baby was still at the shed, reti
nds. and hastening thither in the fading proble
a light, she misappropriated an infant in this:
ound pink socks and in a pink frock which has, I
she knew very well, having completed
that little gown with her own hands these
rat- only three days before. Glad to find ate co
erful her baby, as she thought it, so well of stu
were and quiet, she marched home, bugging leges
it to hir heart. lectur
near- Other mothers, however, did not fare make
so well. There were three very young but, I
babies which their own parents could tute t
not tell apart by lantern light. Mis- tion
takes were made which distressed the a
oung various families. Soon efforts to rec- helpe
Sithe tify the blunders began. At intervals ought
na puzzled father or a terrified mother I wo
aer' came hurrying back to return a baby year
and ask for another. shoul
. "This isn't our baby!" exclaimed him
wh one. "Ours had a mole on his left say,
knew ear--or ivs it his right, George?" be ni
back A man Laid his bundle down, in some "TI
embarrassment, and said that his the
wife had sent him back with the baby conti
rbiter Aunt Anice had given him, to ex- end
ak of change it for their own. He was evi- expe
nofng dently used to doing errands for his whk
r, and wife, for he inquired, "If they had ur
ion of something a little heavier, in a light- reau
er shade?" in c
nd the But the mothers who came were have
not inclined to be humorous. Two is v
langer, women claimed the same baby, and cout
pr de- one of them left the shed in tears, fuln
pretty without any baby at all. The ex.- post
Ionhs,. change of clothes had proved bewild- wot
veh- ering. One nursemaid, who had been ides
be deceived by the misleading apparel, ago
babes dared not divulge her error that night, tioc
or at least she did not. This made ic
Sbut trouble in the home of Mrs. Ella Dun- be
I. "t bar, who soon was on the threshold th
own onof nervous prostration. e
'Oh, where is my child?' she cried de
to distracted old Aunt Anice. 'There the
isn't one that resembles my little the
i little Ben!"
Aunt Anice wrung her hands. She
" burst knew nothing about it. The several er
parents had come and got their babies. evi
ou She supposed they knew their own leg
babies children.
"aaraae, .But what shall I do? What shalle'
sI do?" sobbed Mrs. Dunbar. pa
e, you "I don't know! Oh, I don't know!" a
ve your cried the sympathetic old aunty. "Un- th
uld, t less everybody who brought babies sh
and last here fetches them back and we sortly
them again!"
This proposal, although repugnant fo
I was to many, seemed to be the only way of
c tould out of the difficulty; and the next hi
morning there was a novel baby-show t
ing them at the shed. No prize for beauty or a
rad winning baby ways now tempted the tE
sedlf mothers. The babies themselves were (
ltl v at stake
a lumber All were now in a calmer mood,
Sto burn however, and there was a better light. le
omaThe infants were exchanged to the
olc may atisfaction of every one, except Mrs.
and Imils Ella Dunbar. Her baby was apparent
h shingle ly missing. she
What was more and worse, she
reboas claimed as her own the child that Mrs. t
her waste. Gilbert Tucker had taken and now E
hese mill- 'eld. The two children were said to a
durin a resemble each other, and had been
e hand o born at about the same time. Mrs. I
town. Dunbar vehemently asserted that thea
happn d baby Mrs. Tucker had was her little a
nr ago. t Ben. Mrs. Tucker as positively de
ct a fine dared it to be her own little Henry. 4
ired blaz- The two mothers really required to
elem braa- e restrained a little, Mrs. Dunbar in
--well, the particular. She was well-nigh frantic
ty minutes from anxiety and indignation. Per
hy euyd suaded at last to return home, she fell
hey o f seriously ill. Mr. Dunbar consulted
bles first, a lawyer, who promptly began the pre
houehold lilminaries for a case in court. The
mystery lasted until late the third day,
e day hen when Mrs. Gilbert Tucker's mother
takkng thed r came placidly into town and brobaght
r nat sned the children home.
re, alaon "Here's the baby, Sarah," she said,
rape, blon- as sha entered the sitting-room. "He's
ae hnnd dist , been good all the time. I suppose
p possble you've missed him dreadfully."
.d" to tod- - 'Baby? " echoed Mrs. Tucker,
IS, A34 Q e bg()13 *L~r. ~"Wba~~ 'beb~'Tr'
"Why, our baby! Your baby that I A cot
took out home with me!"'
"But here's the baby!" and Mrs.
Tucker stopped rocking and held it WON FAVI
up. "Why, mother, you don't mean
" she gasped, unable to say more.
"Yes, I do: Whose baby have you
got there, Sarah?" cried her mother, Exciting A
austerely. Unoffend
t"Why, I don't know!" wailed Mrs. to Pass
Tucker, looking from one child to the Him
other in bewilderment. "Yes, I do,
too:" she groaned out, at last. "What Georges
will poor Ella Dunbar say to me? It's Yankton,
hers it must be! I took it, and here oi his wa:
f I've kept it! I thought it was mine! oiy in Ne
L She was sure it was hers! But I ly escapes
g wouldn't give it up. Oh, it is too bals, to a
- dreadful! I thought a number of brother of
g times it didn't seem just like Henry!" The stoi
"Ben" was restored to the Dunbar the excitit
Lt household, and much humiliated, Mrs. an unoffe
I. Gilbert Tucker transferred her affec- obliged tc
- tion to her own small "Henry." The against i
lawsuit did not come off; but the eated in
d )unbars still pass the Tuckers with- tioune
ýs out speaking, and the wags of the through
,h village have nicknamed both the little father of
In fellows "Ben-ry." was force
le Perhaps the ladils who mobbed me the begit
at the baby-show will say that this clared th
of story is all a miserable fiction, clum- I would
id sily invented by me to put them in lea or a
the wrong. None the less, it is the ab- see my i
ii- solute truth, every word of It.- to me o
w Youth's Companion. terranea
1-the nava
re FOR SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTUR for was ca
le What the Natlons Might Do to Further a ishinute
er Good Caad of se
"There is no country in the world had
ge that is doing more than the United o diz t
,is States to elevate agriculture and put forliber
ey it on a high scientific plane," remark
en ed a government official who was in eitn ht
se, the city the other day; "but what we trol. I
an need, and need badly, just at present, receive
,et is some provision for a post-graduate fense.
Scourse for students from our different the ns
iat agricultural colleges-a sort of agri- "This
en cultural West Point, where they dom, a
could cross the line between theory for a
cite and practice and form a body from when t
tad which future college faculties mightw en
but be chosen. As things are at present, taken
- he continued, "these institutions are to the
turning out a lot of young men who for a t
sed are splendidly trained as far as theo- time I
retical knowledge goes, but they don't time
know how' to apply it to practical
ing problems. What I would propose is rules,
this: The Department of Agriculture way ir
dch has, beyond all question, the finest w an
staff of specialists in the world. Let
nd these gentlemen prepare a post-gradu- that b
ate course, open to a certain number I wou
ell of students from the agricultural col- more
King leges throughout the country. A few ed a '
lectures a week by each wouldn't years
fare make serious inroads upon their time, I wa
)ung but, in the aggregate, would consti- on th
ould tute the finest post-graduate instruc- that
his- tion in the world. At the same time
ssed the students should be taken on as years
rec- helpers, and they would emerge thor
rvals oughly fitted for practical usefulness.
)therI would have each man devote one islan
baby year to general work, something that Iould
should broaden him out, and then let
imed him select his specialty and put in. sO
left say, two years at that. There should some
be no charges of any kind for tuition. a we
some "The department fully recognises such
his the value of such special training," cub,
baby continued the speaker, "and to that the
ex- end the secretary is now trying the I
s evi- experiment of offering scholarships main
or his which permit those graduates who se- tribe
had cure them to enter the different bu- of ti
light- reaus as assistants under the experts
in charge. About forty scholarships info
were have been given out, and the scheme for
Two is working first rate, although, of Chie
and course, it hasn't the elements of use- very
tears, fulness that a regularly organized whd
ee ex- post-graduate government academy re
ewld- would possess. When the scholarship wet
I been idea was first suggested, some time test
pparel, ago, it met with considerable opposi
g, tion from the scientists in the ser- refu
ghd vice. They argued that they might ad
be undermined in their positions by
ehdthe very men they had Instructed; der
but since then it has been so clearly wot
demonstrated that politics has nothing val,
" cried whatever to do with the personnel of 'wa
lThere the Department of Agriculture that chi
little the objection is, for a number of rea- one
sons, very interesting and important.
s he It has fully demonstrated, among oth- son
several er things, that the training received at pro
babies. even the best of our agricultural col- oat
ir own leges does not fit a graduate for im- he
diate work in the field. I am told by at
it shall several of the leading men in the de
partment that their student helpers tu
know!"are of no real assistance until after bet
y. "Un- the second year of their apprentice- bu
babies ship. Prior to that time they are ful- "'
we sort ly occupied learning to apply theory to ed
fact. There is a continuous demand ha
pugnant for competent instructors on the part e
fly way of the agricultural colleges, and, if we m
he next had a great government university co
-s-show such as I describe, it would furnish th
auuty or a magnificent body of men from which th
pted the to draw. The idea is being seriously d
re e were considered, at Washington, and I tl
wouldn't be surprismed to see it laid "
mood, before the next Congress."-New Or- fn
ter light leans Times-Democrat. r
ept Mrs. A Simple Life.
ppprent- The main duties of a wife, accord- a
ing to a traveller in Central Africa, a
rae, she are the cultivation and preparation of 1
that rrs. the food of her husband and children.
and now She has to do all the hoeing required,
e sid to and this generally occupies the morn- g
sad been lng and forenoon. On her return she
ue Mrs. has to wash and pound the chimanga
that the seeds into ufa which is the staple diet,
her little ad pay attention to the brewing of
veely de pombe (native beer). When the ufa is
e IHeery. cooked, so little does her lord and mas
'ured to ter appreclate all this work. so little
)u u n does he even care for her, that she I
h frantic may not share his meal, but wait pa
Ser- tiently for what he may leave. or if he
o ,she Iel has not left enough, wait till he has
nlted finished eating before she may cook
nte some (or herself. Such a thing as wo
n the pre- men and girls eating out of the same
thid Thy pot as men and boys is never known.
a mother Seercbilgb6 Fisk.
id brraght Many deep sea fish carry search
lights. One species, called the chins
Sshe sad modon, emits a strong, white light.
om "He's Another glows with a rich, golden
I 5n)Po5e light, like a small incandescent laLp,
hly." while yet another carries a lantern
t. Tucker, on its head aed emitS bright ;roau
rays.
A CONICT'S ODD LIFE. applied toe
exact locat
not seen 1
WON FAVOR OF A CANNIBAL CHI:F enot so . I k
BY HIS SURGERY. tie busines
out on Wh
Exciting Adventures Through Which an Corresponnd
Unoffending Young Man May be Obliged Journal.
to Pass When Fate Seems Against
Him- DOI
Georges Lascelles Latroune was in President S
Yankton, South Dakota, recently, ties
on his way from the French penal col- W. S.
ony in New Caledonia, where he bare- Ainslee's
ly escaped the clutches of the canni- "It has
bals, to a cattle ranch owned by his Stickney,
brother on the White River. go Great
The story that Latroune tells shows farm life
the exciting adventures through which lessly sot
an unoffending young man may be advocate
obliged to pass when fate seems to be methods
against him. "I was born and edu- of creatie
e cated in Southern France," said La- ever ther
tloune in broken Engllsh," and ers scatt
e through the wrong idea held by my prairies.
e father of life in the French navy, I ers come
was forced to enter the service. From not in at
Le the beginning I disliked it, and de- munal, t
s clared that the first opportunity I had tion, for
I- I would desert and go to South Amer- cial pros
n lea or come to the United States to finer any
b- see my brother. This opportunity came Ie advo
- to me on a long voyage in the Med- ers into
iterranean, but 1 had been away from each onw
the naval officers only three days when the mor
I was caught. I made the most of this, laborer
for I knew it meant some kind of pull- houses
a ishment. 1 was accordingly sent on a intersect
foreign cruise, but the utter hatred I times le
had of naval life took entire possession ers in
d of me. and when the vessel reached would t
ut Cadiz I decided to make another break satisfac
k for liberty. I knocked down the senti- would 1
in Iel, bound his hands, and set out of sickr
we again for a point beyond French con- oblitera
t trol. I knew if I was caught I would rates tl
ite receive severe punishment for this of- which,
te fense. I seemed justified, for to me have n
l- the naval vessel was a prison. does mi
ey "This time I had four days of free- regions
ry dom, and had nearly completed plans "Yet
ry for a successful escape from Cadiz ous in
mt when the French detectives found me ishness
ht at my lodging place, and I was again flockinj
are taken prisoner. This time I was sent in alre
ho to the penal colony in New Caledonia the op
for a term of five years, during which large o
eo- time I was practically a prisoner in the clear g
n't nickel mines. During my confinement an ado
is I worked faithfully and obeyed all some t
re rules, thinking that this was the best . T.
rest way in which to get my entire freedom nonse"
Let at an early date. At the end of my the sit
u term I was much disheartened to learn
(i- that because of my former escapades city c
iber ter,
ol- I would be obliged to spend five years and tl
fol more in the mines serving what is call- to rot
dn't ed a 'ticket of leave,' which meant five
ine, years during which I would prove that agedig
ame, I was thoroughly reformed. I acted men,
rue- on the same plan as before, deciding leadir
time that proper conduct was the surest clergy
imeroa'd to freedom, and as a result two tion t
has years were taken from the sentence, educe
ess. "When I was set free I had neither
ess money nor means of escape from the
that island. I found no means by which I
t let could earn a living among the whites,
so I entered the woods, hoping to find
could some way by which I could escape. For
on. a week or more I lived on nuts and "A
nixeson. such animals as I could kill with a the i
lan," club, but at the end of this time I had form
that the misfortune to fall in with one of nish,
the few cannibal tribes that still re- way
theips main on the island. I knew that these Ame
to se- tribes had whites among them most smal
S u- of the time, and that it did not neces- on a
rts sarily follow that because a man fell man
ships into their hands he would be served up trac'
ships for dinner. I was made a member of he I
ee of Chief Masou's body guard. Life passed cour
,ue- very pleasantly for several weeks, beer
nnized when one of their festivals occurred, mon
ddemy and two of the young native women no F
Swere killed, against my strongest pro- thel
time testations, and served to the chief and and
those connected with his household. I old
ipos- refused to partake of the human flesh this
Sger- and thereby incurred the displeasure two
might of Masou. For this I was placed un- wo
ute b der arrest, and it was decided that I tim
c ry would be served up at the next festi- ly
ohg val, which would soon o'ccur. While I sob
eloif was under guard it happened that the det
e that chief's son fell out of a cocoanut tree ba(
ifrea- one day, breaking his leg and suffering cor
ortant. other injuries, which during that sea- in
gt son of the year made his recovery Im- las
ivodth probable. This was the favorite son of set
a col- one of the chief's favorite wives, and rec
'o io- he was more than ordinarily solicitous we
told by about his recovery. di
th d "At this point my fortune seemed to col
eth le turn. My father had studied surgery m
Ilafter before he went into the mercantile of
,etie- business, and from seeing him dress,
Ire ful- wounds I had a certain crude knowl
teory to edge of surgery. On one occasion I/ a
demand had watched my father set the brok- ed
he part en arm of my little sister. This served $1
,e me well. I caused it to be indirectly 1
iv erst communicated to the chief that I had
funs the power of healing and could cure
u which the young mnu, intimating that in or- ut
eriusly der to possess this full power at the o
and time of operation it would be neces- 1(
St laid sary that I should be assured of my a'
) t O-freedom. The news came to him in so t
roundabout a way that it took his
fancy and he sent for me at once. I
told him I could heal his son before the
r next moon. He gave his consent and
Afria assured me of my freedom In case his
Son should get well. I set the broken
ln limb as best I could with what appli
hildren. ances I had, procured some vegetable I
emongum and applied it to his sores, and in
turn she four weeks the future chief of the tribe t
was able to hop about with the aid of
h pminga a crutch. At the end of eight weeks 1
ewing of he had thrown away his crutch and
e a uwas able to engage in all the sports of
and mas- the young royalty.
so little "Chief Masou was delighted with the
that she result, and when I expressed a desire
wait pa- to leave, he said: 'Here. take this. and
Sor if he while on your perilous journey, if any
il he has one interferes with you on this island,
may cook produce this and you will be permitted
ug as wo- to proceed in safety.' The talisman
the same which he handed me was this belt, to
kno kn. which was attached a hollow piece of
wood containing the message: 'Giv
en by Chief Masou, in the village of
v search- Meo.' This belt has the power of pre
the chias- ser-ing any one from the attack of all
kite light. Ranakas through New Caledonia. Ygu
ch, golden observe that it Is ornamented with
ent larp, beads and native coins.
a lantern "With this Mason gare me enough
hht tre French money to pay my fare to
Americr. Oa reaching New York I
applied to the French colony for aid.
and have only recently found out the
exact location of my brother. I have
not seen him for more than twenty NOTES O
years. I knew that he was in the cat
tle business, and I now find that he is
out on White River."-Yankton, S. D., Bernhardt
Correspondence in the Minneapolis irnhsdt
Journal. SomI P
DOI'T RUSH INTO CITIES
President S Sti Says Conatry Opporte*i Sariah
ties Are Large and Tempting.r
W. H. Iarwood writes as follows in expressic
Ainslee's Magazine: of the e;
"It has long been the belief of Mr. like chal
Stickney, the president of the Chica
go Great Western Railroad, that the
s farm life of America has been need- A
Slessly sombre. He is a very earnest Archer
advocate of a complete change in the
) methods of farm life. He is in favor mende,
- of creating a little community wher- all of te
'a ever there are even half dozen farm- are won
ers scattered on the wide Western laramu
°Y prairies. He would have these farm- element
I era come into a common community, ly drivi
m not in any sense theoretically com- vides a
e- munal, but a community for cultiva- tumes,
ad tion, for mental advancement, for so- quite tl
er- cial progress, for the fostering of the severit3
to finer and the jollier features of life. suitabk
me He advocates the union of these farm- Times.
ers into such a town or community,
am each one going out from his home in
ken the morning to his field as a city The I
is, laborer goes out to his work. The women
- houses he would have built at some forever
a intersecting point, which would at all favor 4
d I times leave the families of the farm- Of c
ion ers in immediate contact. Not only fortab
bed would there be a great increase in the increas
eak satisfaction of living, but protection is the
l- would be insured in the emergencies the hii
of sickness, fire and tramps. He would under
011- obliterate the isolation which sepa- appare
uhl rates the farmer from the world, and Small
of- which, if we are to believe those who er Sm
me have made a study of the subject, midst
does much to increase insanity in rural But
ee- regions. the h
ans "Yet on no point is he more strenu
adli ous in his writings than on the fool- utm
Ime ishness shown by intelligent men in built
gain flocking to the cities for employment just '
sent in already overworked quarters, when nto I
Ouic the opportunities in the country are soler tb
ithel large and tempting to the man of
t clear vision. Here is a quotation from
llen an address which Mr. Stickney gave
all some time ago:
bed i "'To the dogs with the sentimental
dol nonsense that the cramming process of COb
my the city schools and the advantages of "snot
ear I city churches, which you seldom en- mate
ad ter, "are all that makes life living," of th
years and that to remove to the country is ment
call- to rob your children of these advant- silk
thfive ages. Let laboring men examine the repel
that pedigree of the successful business bord
acted men, the distinguished lawyers, the Witt
Tiding leading physicians, the most eloquent with
uestwo clergymen, and almost without excep- An
two tion they the country born, rearer and vette
nce, educated.' "
either _sligl
n the A CRISIS IN OOQATEMALA dres
ch I to t1
:o find ow a Clvillas Was Enabled to Assist Ia H
e. For Saving the Government's Credit. nea
": and "A quaint experience I once had In vet
vith a the interior of Guatemala," said a orel
I had former resident of that republic, "fur- less
one of nishes a tip-top illustration of the
ill re- way they run governments in Central whi
Sthese America. I had occasion to visit a
most small garrison town in the coffee belt
neces- on some business and found the com- blo
an fell mandant in a state bordering ar dis
ved up traction. We took dinner together qnd
iber of he told me his tale of woe between
passed courses. His soldiers, it seemed, had
weeks, been without pay for over three Pol
curred, months, and as the government made en,
women no effort to provide them with rations, as h
e at pro- they had subsisted on beans, tortillas bal
ie e and and coffee furnished on credit by the the
hold. I old women of the village. Naturally Is
in flesh this credit had worn itself out, and de'
leasure two days before I arrived all the old wi
ced un- women went on a strike, since which at
Sthat I time the garrison had been practical-, fr
t festi- ly without food. Needless to say, the da
While I soldiers were desperate, and they had co
hat the determined to desert en bloc and go ed
nut tree back to their farms. I advised the ag
uffering commandant to telegragh the facts th
hat sea- immediately to the president, and at -r
ery Im- last he screwed up enough courage to of
e son of send the message. As soon as it was p1
yes, and received the president sent word to a tI
oicitoust wealthy planter 'requesting' him to e
dispatch some cash instanter to the
eemed to commandant. The planter gave a
surgery messenger a $100 bill and rushed him
rcantile off on horse back for the village, h
im dress which he reached at daybreak next o
| knowl- morning. When the poor commandant p
casion I saw the remittance he nearly swoon- b
he brok- ed away, for under the circumstances I
is er eved $100 was about as much use to him as I
ndirectlY 100 brass elephants. Nobody in the
at I had whole department could change it,
uld cure and he was in the depths of despair
aatinor- until I suddenly appeared in the role
er at the of good fairy. I happened to have
be neces- 100 one-dollar notes in my saddle-bags,
ad oo my and I handed over the bundle in re
h hmmnso turn for the bill brought by the
took his courtier. The commandant grabbed
Sonce. I the package and kissed me violently
eforfe the on both both cheeks. Glory hallelu
nsent and jah! The country was saved. Each
n case his soldier got a dollar, which he paid on
he broken account, and the credit of the govern
Mat appll- ment was restored. The garrison
vegetablej howled with joy and the old women
es, and in shed happy tears in the coffee, which
f the tribe they at once proceeded to boil. It
the aid of was a touching scene. If I ever go
ght weeks back to that place again I will be
rutch and treated like a prlnce.-New Orlea
a sports of Times-Democrat
d with the To Clean Delicate Fabr;cs.
th thsrand The English Society of Arts recent
nee yii any ly offered a prize of $100 for the best
tiey, iand, method of cleaning silk. woollen and
ethis island cotton fabrics, and this is the recipe
apermttad that wonl: Into a pint of clear, soft
hbise t, to water grate two potatoes of goodly
s belt, tof size. strainill through a coarse sieve into
Spiece ofiv- a gallon of water and let the liqutid
Sillage of settle. Pour the starchy fluid from
v roe ofre- the sediment, and in it rub the arti
trter of pre- cles to be cleaned, rinse thoroughly
edona. Y~u in clear water, dry and press
-nted with The sterlet caught in Siberian riv
me enough ers. competes with the pompano, fron
s fare to the Gulf of Meico, ai the .w~to f
lew S.0v I utioes # !n t~e thy prl.
NEWS FOR THE FAIR S light w
collars of
broadtas s
favor. Coa
NOTES OF INTEREST pN NUMEROUS skin, will bi
FEMININE TOPICS. Eton length
very long e
Bernhardt on Diamonds-Archerl Revived dlum lengtl
in Paris-High Heeled Shoe in Favor- background
Some Handsome Dresses-Women as
Baby PhotorraDhers-Et., Eto. L'fe of
With my
Bernhardt on Diamonds. panion, wr
Sarah Bernhardt says that the ing reaches
nearing of diamonds destroys the best came on t,
expression of the face, dims the fire where we
of the eyes and makes the teeth look since, havi
like chalk. snug little
comfortabi
Archery Revived in Pads. er, Indicat
Archery has suddenly become popu- short time
far with French women of the haute and stand
r mncnde, and courts are being laid out at My comps
- all of the country clubs where there claim in
- are women members. It is the popu- mine at t
a lar amusement with the "house party" miners at'
- element in the country, and is rapid- The matti
r, ly driving tennis from favor. It pro- our claim
- vides an excuse for coquettish cos- sisting ot
i- tumes, costumes that have an effect I took cha
a- quite the opposite from the tailor-like given a
ie severity of the garments supposed to be having b
e. suitable for other sports.-PhiladelDhia seven of
Our cal
Y- Times. one door
i' warmed
n High Heeled Shoe in Favor. store of
ty The high-heeled shoe, which many for both
he women declared had been banished bedstead
fe forever by the athletic girl, is back in ae madr
Sfavor once more. stools b
Of course the high heel is not com- covered
ly fortable to the average woman, but it consists
he increases her height, and the tall girl sts
inc a large r
le is the fashionable girl just now. Then tw-two
ies the high heel, when tucked cunningly woolen 1
under the shoe, detracts very much, a large
Sapparently, from the size of the foot. skins
nd Small wonder that the average suffer- cabin,
er smiles at sight of a mirror in the reasonal
midst of her tortures. with ca
But the girl who suffers most from various
the high heel is the one who wears a gether v
common sense shoe, with fiat heel and lessr va
built on a mannish last, all day; then, become
eat just when her feet are tired with the first se
hen day's tramping or golf, crowds them these
into high-heeled shoes two sizes smal- blended
of ler than the others. Our
And yet she is the girl who never cabin
a e complains and smiles as she dances. he I
of foot
atal Some Handsome Dresses. latitud
s of Cherry-colored foulard, spotted or ing 1h
-s of "snowed" with white, is a fashionable out of
en- material in Paris. A handsome gown some t
ug," of this fabric has a rounded emplece- hands
y is ment forming a double collar of white body I
ant- silk piped with black, the idea being walkin
the repeated at the hem of the skirt and dress
ness bordering an insertion of cluny lace. when
the With this toilet is a long dust cloak ing pe
nent with a string colored lace hood. suflcie
[cep- Another pretty gown was in cre- thus e
and vette pink foulard trimmed with in- Transe
sertions of guipure and having that
slight touch of black which Paris
dressmakers wisely consider necessary
to the gown of light coloring.
Ist Is Hats on the Bois are crowded with o wO
flowers, and many of them are tied be- with f
neath the chin with narrow black vel- where
ad in vet strings. Some of the fancy col- whicb
id a ored straw hats are absolutely guilt- by cc
"fur- less of trimming. These are nfade in device
the a combination of shaded straws, es fri
antral which in front take the form of a big have
ist a bLw. Other fashionable hats are of ment
e belt crumpled "crin" trimmed with full- matt
Sds- blown pink roses. Shl]s
d Women as Baby Photographers, h.si
I, had Modern photography is making it pint
three possible for the coming men and wom- short
made en, who are being pictured awake and
asleep, laughing and crying, in the omn
rtillas bath and at play, to see themselves in whic
by the their childhood as other saw them. adop
turally Many mothers now keep an album the I
t, and devoted especially to each child, and path
he old where formerly once a year, or twice tech
which at the most, was regtrded sufficiently
ctical- frequent to picture the youngsters, the
ay, the daily life from the earliest infancy to
ey had college days is now faithfully record- A
and go ed. Many women are taking advant- fast'
ed the age of this fad, and are carrying on a A
facts thriving business.as baby photograph- Isign
and at crs, and the multitudes and eagerness the
rage to of relatives and friends for baby's Sc
it was picture with papa, with mamma, with ma0
rd to a the nurse and alone secure to them no foul
him to end of patronage. or 1
to the B
are a Fur Will Fly High Next Winter. are
eed him A marked increase in the price of fur
village, has been made. A prominent dealer
kk next of New York city says that Persian
nandant fur is the only variety on which he will A
swoon- be able to make the same price as effe
sstances last winter. An illustration of the great am
Shim as increase in the cost of skins is a red Bul
fn the ox pelt which a few seasons ago Oi
Lne it' could be bought for $2.50 or $3, and T
despair now costs $12 at wholesale. To fur- wlt
the role ther render the wearing of furs an ed,
expensive luxury during the coming so
-bag season it has been decreed by fashion at
e in re- that boas shall be worn very long, the 'I
by the shortest of them reaching to the knees tic
grabbed and the longest to the bottom of the je1
violently gown. The boas are also to be quite foi
d. Each wide, so that it will take a very com- th
fortable number of skins to fabricate of
Spaid on a fashionable neck piece. Muffs, not
Sgovern- to be outdone, are to contain nearly f
garrison as much fur in their ornamentation
women ias in their actual construction. A drop N
ol. it piece of fur containing the head and d
ser go shoulders of the animal is to be added
ill be to muffs of long-haired fuor. This piece
Orlea will be decorated with two tails, so
that when the muff is held with the
drop piece falling at full tength it will
reach nearly to the knees. The "drop"
may be rolled up with the muff, so as
ecent- to appear as it sewed to It. The un
r the best derside of the "drop" is to be utilized
llen andrecipe to contain a good-sized pocket, which
the recipe soft will be a great convemience. Muffs
ear, s are to be soft and fat instead of pad
of goodly ded Into stiff cyllnders. Sealskins,
seve intouid which are to be very dear, are to have
the liquid a great revival of popularity. Chli
the arti- ebilla in spits of its fragility will be
thtroughl in high tfavor. A newcomer t the
horoughly market wil be natural otter mad
beaver, which have been abeent from
beerian riv- popular usage for several years. M.L
e acolored furs will excel light one in
pano, s popularity. Mink and sables will be
e moti~* irwqr, ,oIatP,tIS of 4ar. Wih
light furs will have a great run. Shawl `tr 0
collars of a light fur on jackets of t U U
broadtal will meet with deserved Governo
favor. Coats, especially those of seal- Lieutenl
skin, will be short, scarcely more than pinal.
Eton length. There will De also some Secretar
very long coats, but the jacket of me- Superin
dlum length has been relegated to the V. Calhon
background. Auditor
Treuanr
L'fe of Woman Miner in Alaska
With my woman friend and com- Don Csfa
panion, writes Emma L. Kelly, hav- 1 i
Ing reached Dawson last June, we Distr
came on to the Birch Creek camp, Distr
where we have been most of the time 4 Distr
since, having made our home in a b Dish
snug little cabin where we have been S DinsI
comfortable during the coldest weath
er, indicated by the mercury for a Vbge**
short time at 82 degrees below zero e
and standing for several days at 60. *
Mt y companion and myself each have a
L claim in this district, I having won l
mine at the end of a contest, as two 0
miners attempted to take It from me. "
- The matter was settled by submitting
our claims respectively to a jury con
sisting of all the miners in the district.
t I took charge of my own case and was
:e given a verdict by a maJority vote,
)e having been sustained uy all except
la seven of those voting.
Our cabin is ten by twelve feet, has
one door and two windows and is
warmed by the regulation sheet-iron
stove of this country, which answers
for both heating and cooking. The
in bedstead, cupboard, table and shelves
are made a whipsawed lumber, our
stools being made of huge logs and
covered with fur. The bed-covering e
it consists of furs and skins, including
yen a large robe made of the skins of thir- *i
Stw-two red foxes, lined with a heavy
cly woolen blanket. On our door we have C
h a large moosekin and two caribou
skins for carpet. The walls of our " S&L
tr- cabin, which have been hewn until *
reasonably smooth, are decorated *
with caribou antlers and wings from " O
various wild birds of this region, to- "
Ld gether with the leav;es of ferns in end
less variety, gathered after having * d
en, become beautifully tinted with the T
first snows of September, the hues of
these ferns being most delicately :
blended.
Our wearing apparel while in our
ver cabin Is about the same as that worn
in the States, save only in the matter
of footwear, which is always in this
latitude moccasins with heavy stock- F
ings leather footwear neing entirely
able out of the question. When out for
own some time it is necessary to keep the 3
iece- hands and face well protected, the
'bite body being kept warm with rapid
eing walking. In fact, there is danger of
and dressing too warmly for the trail, as
lace when this is done, the exertion caus
ing perspiration, a moment's quiet is
sufficient to freese the garments and I
cre thus envelop the body in Ice.-Boston
in- Transcript.
ar The Seotie Skirt.
At the present time a large number
with of women sweep through the streets
be- with their skirts and bring with them,
vel- wherever they go, the abominable filth
col- which they have taken up, which is
guilt- by courtesy called "dust." Various
de in devices have been tried to keep dress
raws, es from dragging, but most of them
a big have been unsuccessful. The manage
re of ment of a long town is a difficult
full- matter, and the -abit has arisen of
seizing the upper part of the skirt and
holding it in a buneC. This practice
can be commended neither from a
SIt physiological nor from an artistic
point of view. Fortunately, the
wom- short skirt is coming into fashion,
:e and the medical journals especially
,,e commend the sensible walking gown,
in which is now being quite generally i
them. adopted. These skirts will prevent
b the importation into private houses of
twcnd pathogenic microbes. - Philadelphla mst
Record.
rs,-the
Pashion Hi"'-.
ecord- A frog of crystal f~irm, a novel
dvant- fastening for a holoro or Eton jacket..
g on a A three-strap s':,per. with lhead de- nes
graph-islgn on the tc :andI straps, is about Bpa
eerness the acme of d",ssy foot-wear. 0os
baby's Some bhlt; for evening wear are I
a, with made al:most entirely of jewels. The
hem no foundat (·1 i.° narrow strip of ribbon D
or kid.
Buckles r: . t!heilr popularlty and of
frare increasing ."" tintly in size.
ear Those with Egypl,~·i .1 1, otlher an
P rsian tique designs are very a:u:stlc.
Shewll Among the new trimmings are highly
ice as effective bands of crash, nelge cloth
he great and heavy ecru silk, embroidered in
is a ed Bulgarian cross stitch, with silks of
us ago Oriental colors.
$3, and The Eton jacket, In its new form, is
To fur- without revers, and is double breast
furs an ed, with small buttons and cord loops,
coming so that it may be worn open or closed
aashion at will. It is jaunty and effective.
long,the The horseshoe, while not a par
he knees ticularly refined and subtle design for
n of the Jewelry, is unquestionably here in
b quite force, and fastens the siarp point of
ery com- the belt ribbon, the cravat, or the scart
t fbrichte of the outing girl.,
[lus, not Tocks, shirrings, fine pleatlngs and
In nearly tolds are the fancy of the moment in
nentation neckwear, and are remarkably cheap.
n. A drop No woman needs to be untidy in these
head and days, when dainty neckwear may be
be added purchased for a quarter.
bis pe There are new graceful autumn
tails, so models in both five and seven-gored
ith tskirts, the backs cut to conform to
gth it will the latest style, of a certain amount
ue "drop of fuiness at the back, in slight drap
The an cries, in box-plaits, a number of part
e i ly stitched plaits, or French shirrings,
ket, which very closely massed.
SMuffs The fancy for combining blue with
So pad- certain shades of green still prevails,
lns, though it has been worn so much that
reto thave many have tired of It. The newer
t~e chain- rhododendron blending of pink and
Iy will be blue is apt to form mauve, and is
mt in the therefore not generally becoming,
Sttor and though much admired on those who
- e-t from are fair enough to wear it.
mrr. Dark
ht o nes in More than 10 per cent. of all idiots
ls s will be aie the qjrqenv q tbtemper.te a
"r r Wlrh reit4
-aiLe troyeor GU, ul v ..IU...
(overnor-W. W. H.ard,
Lieutenant-GovernorrAlbert Esto
pinal.
Secretary of Staie-John Michel.
Superintendent of Education-John
V. Calhoun.
Auditor-W. S. Frasee.
Treasurer-Ledoux E. Smith.
U. S. SENATORS.
Don Cafferey and S. D. McEnery.
BEPRESENTATIVES.
1 District-. C. Davey.
2 Distriot-Adolph Meyer.
8 District-R. F. Broussard.
6 Distrit-P. Braseale.
5 Distriot-J. E. Ranadell.
6 District-S-. M Robinson.
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