BY
THE
CARE OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. .
" By Dr. E. C. 3ef, ot Chicago.
Whenever it la possible, all conta
gious diseases should be sent to a hos
pital for treatment; frequently, how
ever, this cannot be done and it is
j founl necessary to treat the patient In
tf" "tv, the home. Such being the case lsola
S" Vt ' 1 ',' 1 tion of the patleut Is the first thine to
be looked after. For this purpose a
room should be chosen In the upper
story and If possible the sunny side
of the house. It should be cleared of
all pictures, cloth chairs, carpets, Bofns,
dr. e. c. sweet, etc. Nothing should be left In the
room which cannot afterwards be thoroughly disinfected,
unless It be cheap books, pictures, toys, etc., that can be
burned after the Illness is over.
The contents of the room should include bed, bed cloth
ing, wooden chairs, (able, couch for the nurse and a .stove
or fireplace, the latter if possible. The door should be kept
closed, and outside a sheet should be tacked up, hung so
as to reach the floor; this sheet should be kept constantly
wet with some antiseptic solution; a tablespoonful of car
bolic acid In two quarts of water makes a very good solu
tion and one easily prepared. The nurse should not be per
mitted to mix with the rest of the household, and all dish
s, utensils, etc., In which food Is sent up should be washed
and ringed in carbolic acid water before they are sent down
Children should not be permitted to attend school, or other
public places when contagious diseases are in the home.
The ordinary diseases requiring such isolation are scarlet
fever,, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, mumps, and
chicken-pox. Typhoid fever and erysipelas do not need to
be so isolated, influenza cannot be Isolated it spreads so
rapidly, while smallpox is so dreaded and so very con
tagious that Isolation can hardly be trusted to the Indi
vidual family. , .
After recovery the room should be closed up and dis
infected for twenty-four hours. There are. several good
disinfecting agents, but the best and one most used at the
present time Is formaline; a pound of this should be used
to a medium sized room; after the gas has been in the room
for twelve hours, the windows can be opened. Then all
cloth goods must be washed and boiled. All woolen ma
terials as well as the walls of the room should be thor
oughly washed with the carbolic solution, then after the
room Is thoroughly aired by the admission of air and sun
light it will be ready for occupation again. ,
rain, and put up lightning rods to prevent lightn.ng mrito
Ing them. If God does not vary bis law for the benefit
of churches, why should the state be expected to do so?
It Is argued that many churches are not self-sustalnlngi
J . . . . . ... -Atll'l
at present and that to tax them wouia renaer mem buh
less so. Thousands are less able to provide for their chil
dren because of the tax collector. Why should the laborer
pay taxes upon his humble home and the religious corpora
tion be exempt? ,5Iake all property bear Us Just and equal
share of taxation and you lessen the laboring man s bur
den. When the worklnsman feels that his burden Is
heavier because the magnificent possessions of the church
are omitted from the tax roll, do you wonder that the
church loses Its power over him?
In 1850 the church property of the United States which
paid no taxes, municipal or state, amounted to $7,000,000.
In 1800 the amount had doubled. In 1870 It was $305,483.-
587. The census of 1S00 reported the alleged value c
church edifices, the lots on which they stand and their
furnishings, as $0S0,fiS7.10G. This does not Include par
sonages, lots, monasteries, convents, schools, colleges, etc
A conservative estimate of the value of the church prop
erty of all sects In the country Is $2,000,000,000.
The taxation of church property Is In the interest oi
American principles and In harmony with the experience
of nations. Exemption is a relic of the principle of cnurcn
and state, inherited from the old world, and not yet elim
inated from our political system.
JAMES J. HILL.
CHURCH PROPERTY SHOULD BE TAXED.
By Rer. Madison C. Peters, D. D. ot Baltimore.
The general theory of all Just taxation Is re
clprocal service. Judge Cooley, in his "Law of
Taxation," says: 'The protection of the govern
ment being the consideration for which taxes
are demanded, all parties who receive or who
are entitled to that protection may be called
upon to render the equivalent." It coststhe
community something to enjoy the use of prop
erty. If tlie church paid taxes, It would pay ita
fair and honest share to secure its enjoyment of the use
of property.
The state avoids a deficiency in Its revenues by trans
ferrlng to other property Increased taxation, not by the
voluntary action of the taxpayers, but by the compulsion of
"law, all of which is out of consonance with our repubticau
" institutions. The founders of our republic wisely separated
church and state. But if he are taxed for the support of
churches, it cannot justly be said that church and state are
separated. The churches enjoy no immunity from the ope
rations of the- law of God. "
They place roofs-upon their buildings to keep out the
REMEDY FOR TRUSTS.
Br J. J. Kill, President Sreat Northern ft. ft.
There are different kinds of trusts
Some of them are formed for good pur
poses and serve the public welfare,
and the President and members of Con
gress and other Intelligent people ought
to be able to discriminate betweei
honest and dishonest corporations,
Take Here Krupp. the great Germar
Ironmaster, who died recently, as an
example. . He was a very rich and
powerful and benevolent monopolist, and made Germany
richer and more prosperous and his 4.i,000 employes happy.
There are other good monopolies. The large number of
consolidated corporations are honest and well managed and
are for the public welfare. Others, however, were organ
Ized for speculative purposes and capitalized at enormous
figures to sell stock to people who don't know any better
than to buy it, and such schemes ought to be crushed out
The remedy Is simple. Compel them to make a show-down
before they are allowed to put their stock on the market,
Make them sbow what they have got and what it is worth.
If a company In Rhode Island wants to sell stock In Call;
fornla it ought to be required to give people out there an
honest statement of Its business, as national banks and In
surance companies are compelled to do.
OLD
FAVORITES
i
ecutton of the voucher, instead of the
date ou which the second impression
was made.
"Postmasters are Informed that con
tinued failure to comply with the re
quirements of the .law in this respect
may be considered cause for removal,
I so they had better get a move on
themselves, and act accordingly.
Postmasters will find the law set out
In kairtlnn Q1 nnofal laws m n ,1
Rory CM ore. , ,
Yonnn n,.rv O'Mnre i-onrt-.! KnthlMin 'H " irj" uau oeurr 'r
Wqivii- up, or jtome oi mem wm lose xueir
He ws boiil na the hawk, and she soft billets." Washington Star,
ns the dnwn
ttt'l-'H'4"HH"H4IWM.HH.tl
PARAMOUNT" COMMISSIONER.
He willed in hi. heart pretty Kathleen
to please.
Vnd he thought the beat way to do that
was to tease.
Now, Kory, be aiay," sweet Kathleen
would cry,
Reproof on her lip, but a amile in her
ere
With your tricks I don't know, in troth,
what I'm about;
Faith, you've teased till I've put on my
cloak Inside out.
Och! jewel!" Bays Rory, "that sanies U
the way
You've thrated my heart for this many a
day;
And 'tis plnsed that I am, and why not,
to be sure?
For 'tis nil for good luck," says bold
Rory O More.
Indeed, then,"' says Kathleen, "don't
think of the like,
FIREMAN'S ADVICE.
Don't Jump from Burning Building
Till Heacue la I m possible.
Were you ever caught In a fire? Tray
that you never may be, but if you
ever are one of the unfortunates, be.d
this advice given by the vote. an Chief
Swlngley, of the St. Louis Fire De
partment, who says that iu forty-nine
out of every fifty cases where persons
jump from burning buihllngs and are
killed or lujured they would be rescued
if tbey waited until the arilval of lb;
firemen.
"What persons should do if cut off
from escape is to shut the door of the
room in which they are and make for
the nearest window. The best way Is
to crawl. There Is always a sraco
next the floor where the air Is good.
Jamea H. Blount, Who Hauled Daws
the Flag la Hawaii.
James H. Blount, who died In Ma
tin. Ga., recently, was for twenty
rears a representative In Congress and
was known the,
world over as
"Paramou nt"
Blount He was a
represen tative
from the Macon
district from the
Forty-third to the
Fifty-second Con
gress, inclusive. He
was chairman of
the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of
the House during ,AME8 blount.
the first Cleveland administration, and
was sent to Hawaii by the President
to haul down the American flag. When
asked on what authority Mr. Blount
was sent on this mission, administra
tion officials answered that he was
tent to Hawaii, as the personal com
missioner oi the President with "para
mount authority" to investigate and
act. By his direction the American
flag, which had been raised over the
islands, was hauled down.
This raised a storm among the op-
ponents of the administration, and Mr.
Blount was nicknamed "Paramount
a title which stuck to blm through the
remainder of bis life. He was a close
personal and political friend of Mr.
Cleveland, wlio supported his action
in Hawaii. Mr. Blount was a man of
For I half gave a promise to soothering Smoke always rises. I don't care if a
Mike; building is filled with dense smoke, a
The ground that I walk on he loves, I'll window cau be reached by craw ling
'e nouna. and keeping the head close to the floor.
r mm. a. xwry. i u ruvuCr ,, , Persons should get on the outalde of
Now, Rory, I'll cry if you don't let me the window. The room may be filled ppomlnence ,n the g0uth and a leader
to: with fire, but it will take some time . a,,twn nnmncmta in
Shure I dhrame every night that Vm before the fire reaches them. Persons ronlrrM1. M, Blount was born la
liarini ' I fiVtrtlllrl Walt linf II VtAtw tls-vVirai Aatflh All I
.A x., , .... , T, . - Macon in 1837. He was one or mo
Och! ' rays Rory, that same I m de- flre before Jumping. It Is almost sure , t ,and ownerB In mlddle Georgia.
Ii7hrpfl tn nenr f -i .u 4 1... I
0""- , , 11 f,l 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
r or auraines always go oy cuiuranes,
my dear.
So, jeVel, keep dhramin' that same till
yon die,
And bright mornin' will give dirty night
the black lie.
An' 'tis pinned thut I am, and why not
to be sure,
3inco 'tis all for good luck," soya bold
Rory O'More.
DELIGHTFUL 8CENERY.
"Arrah, Kathleen, my darlint, you've
teased me enough;
'Burning buildings do not fall lm
mediately. They are generally burn
ing at least half an hour before they e of tha Beautiful laecaaea in tne
heirln tn fall Krpn If h hnlld rnr Carina Lake Region.
does betin to fall. thi nirtlon where New York State affords the lover of
one Is may not fall. Of coarse, when nature many an opportunity to satiate
persons are placed in great danger, tnlm ror 8cemc UB"KulB- AUO u,
minutes seem like hours. The en- 3tlc Hudson, the broad and gently
a-lnes eet to firm. In tho malnrltv of sloping valley of the MonawK, me ior-
m hm within a r mWe. -ft- tho est lakes of the Adliondacks, the moun-
alarni has been given. Another thing w,n v,ews 01 ,lue "
Sure I've thrashed for your soke. Dim., that I am reminded of is the fact of fdeur of Niagara are among these.
DEFECTS OF MODERN PREACHING. '
Br Prot. Charles W. Pearson.
Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees
that they had made "the word of God
of none effect through their tradition."
Very nmny of our religious teachers of
to-day are doing the same thing. Mod
ern preaching lacks truth and power.
The Bible is the most precious of all
books. Its teaching that man la the
child of God and heir of heaven en
nobles human life and Is the great basis
of virtue, happiness and high achieve
ment. The Bible Is a noble collection
of law, history, biography, precept and
poetry.
Grimes and Jim Duff
And I've mude myself, dhrinkin' your
health, quite a baste,
So I think, after that, I may talk to the
pruste."
Then Rory, the rogue, stole bis arm
round her neck,
So soft and so white, without freckle or
speck;
And he looked In her eyes, that were
beaming with light,
And he kissed her sweet lips don't you
think he was right?
Now, Rory, leave off, sir, you'll hug me
no more,
how few persons know the location of but none offerf t0 he t0"rl8t1 a, more fn"
flre alarm boxes nearest to their reel- l'c'"K luvimuuu umu u
deuces, and how to give an alarm. Ev- 'ne cenu f1 r f,,"1 77,
ery one should familiarize himself with and Particularly th vicinity of Caynga
UH&t!, IV 0 bills jrieu is lauiuuo, auu n
the location of the box and how to
turn In. an alarm." Washington Star.
Lessons In Talking Should Become
Part of Our Education.
"Before these days of dellghfully
written and widely distributed descrip
tions of passing events, conversation
l'hat'a eight times to-day you've kissed was regarded as an artistic aecoin-
me before." plishmeut, and valued a great deal
Then here goes another," says he, "to more highly than It is at present,"
make sure, gnid a matron in th New Vork Trll-
or there s luck in odd numbers, says
I
Rory O'More,
Samuel I.over.
PUOF. PEARSON.
LULLABY.
Rockaby, lullaby, bees in the clover!
Crooning so drowsily, crying so low!
iRockaby, lulluby, dear little rover!
Down into wonderland,
Down to the underland,
Go, now go!
Down into. wonderland go.
Jlockaby, lullaby, rain on the clover
'(Tears on the eyelids that waver and
weep'i
Itockaby, lullnby, bending it over!
Down on the mother-world,
Down on the other world,
Sleep, O sleep!
Down on the mother-world sleep.
;Rockaby, lullaby, dew on the clover,
.Dew on the eyes that will sparkle at
dawn!
.Rockaby, lullaby, dear little rover!
Into the stilly world,
Into the lily world,
Gone, now gone!
Jnto the lily world gone.
J. G. Holland.
The Successful Applicant.
EARCHING through the want
columns of one of the daily pa
''pers, Marlon Dudley came across
the following advertisement.
WANTED By a young man, who is
studying the violin, some one to accom
pany him on the piano. Apply between
11 a. m. .and 3 p. m, at 33 avenue.
She read it over again and then
i.pwI to the other side or tne room,
where her mother was busily engaged
in writing letters.
"I don't want to disturb her," she
murmured, "and I don't believe she
onld care. I'll try it anyway.
She quietly folded the newspaper and
llDDed noiselessly out or tne . room
down the stairs and Into the narrow,
crowded streets below. Hastily gather
lng up her skirts, she walked briskly
for fifteen minutes, and then stopped
in fmnt of a lodging house on ave
nue.
It required a little courage to mount
the steps and ring the bell, and she was
hnif inclined to go back. But the
thought of their necessity urged her on
The door was opened by a motherly
looking old lady, who conducted her up
two flights of stairs and showed her
Mr Jeffrey's room. Marion paused out'
side the door for an Instant, wondering
what her mother would say, her lady
like mother, who did not think Marion
would lower herself to work. "Well, I
am here, and I might as well go in
Break, Kreuk, Break.
Break, break, break
On thy cold gray stones, O, -sen!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
O, well for the fisherman's boy
That lie shouts with his sister at play!
0, well for the sailor lad
work will never hurt me," she murmured.
As soon as she knocked the door
opened and disclosed a young mau.
'You have come in answer to my ad-
studio she found it deserted. Thinking
that be had gone out for a few minutes
and would be right back, she sat down
and began to read. Ten minutes passed
by, and still he did not come. She got
vertlsement ?" he asked In a deep, rich up and went over to the piano. Fasten-
voice. ; ed to the stool she found the following
She nodd?d assent. I message:
"Will you come iu and play some ac-1 Dear Marbn Received a telegram
compunlments, then?" this morning. Father very ill, so I had
She entered a small, nicely furnished to go home. Did not have time to send
room, with a piano in one corner and a you word. In haste, DICK.
violin resting on the table. It was a She re-read it. How lonesome it was
medium size piano of a German make, 1 without him! Supposing he should not
and by striking a few chords she found come back? If his father died, he prob
that it had a deep, sweet tone. Now . ably would not. With a little sob, she
that she had arrived so far all her fear
vanished.
"I suppose you have had a good many
answers to your advertisement," she
said, while she was selecting some music.
"Oh, yes, quite a number," he replied.
But such playing! It fairly 'set my
teeth on edge. Suppose we try this?"
The piece he placed upon the piano
was Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."
Marion's face lighted up, for it was one
of her favorites and she had played It
many times. He observed the look and
smiled. "You are familiar with this?"
"Oh, yes," she answered, "I am very
fond of it."
They played it through, and when
they bad finished it be praised her
warmly. "It Is such a relief to hear
good music. If you had been through
what I have to-day you would sympa
thize with me."
After they had arranged the time
and money and Marion had started to
go, she turned back and asked Mr.
Jeffrey If he would keep her name pri
vate, as her mother objected to having
her work, and she did not wish her to
know of It.
"Your wishes shall certainly be re
spected," he replied.
All the way home Marlon thought of
the young musician. His frank, open
countenance, bis fine eyes and, above
all, his exquisite playing haunted her
strangely. 8he went each day to his
studio, and they both thoroughly enjoy
ed their music. He finally visited Mar
lon with his violin and they played to
gether all the evening, much to the
pleasure of Mrs. Dudley. After that he
dropped j in frequently and they spent
many pleasant evenings together. Little
by little she learned that he lived In one
of the small Western towns and had
come to Boston In order to study under
a competent master. He confided to
her all his hopes and ambitions, and
she cheered and encouraged him when
his courage failed.
One day when Marion went to his
lair her bead on the piano stool.
Just then a door opened and Dick
rushed in. He had received another tel
egram when he reached the station that
his father was better, and not to come
home. He stopped short when he saw
the figure kneeling at the piano.
"Why, Marion!" he exclaimed, "what
Is the matter?
She half turned her tear-stained face
toward him, but did not answer,
"Marion!" be cried, a sudden light
dawning upon him. In a second he was
beside her and had her In his arms.
In . a month their engagement was
announced. It was not until then that
they told Mrs. Dudley how they first
met. She only smiled wisely as she
said: "I knew It all the time." Indian
apolis Sun
GEOEGE SIPE, AN AGED MAN
WHO IS A CHAMPION CHOPPER
George SIpe, who lives In Hellam
township, near the town of Hellam
Pa., York County, lays claim to being
the champion woodchop
per in his township. Not
withstanding the fact
that ho la about 74
years old, he Is hale
and hearty and most
active, still following
his occupation as
woodcutter. He reads
the newspapers daily
without the aid of
glasses. Among Mr.
Slpe's achievements is
the woodcutting record
he made in four weeks. It consisted
of hewing 175 cords of wood, 3,500
rails, and 1,700 posts. It is said that
not a man has ever approached this.
GEOBXJE SIPE.
story rrom a recent snow: a man
went Into a lunatic asylum, and, look
lng up at the clock, asked an inmate
"Is that clock right?" "Of course
not," the Inmate replied; "if It were
right It wouldn't be here."
beauty has often been described. But
not far away, hidden where the trT-
CONVERSATION AS A FINE ART.
ins imff'Vii .in miTrlVii iMastt
BIT OF NEW YORK STATE SCENERY.
une. "We hear so many curious facts,
we see so much more of the world
than our conch-traveling ancestors,
that the spirit of astonishment Is less
easily conjured than of old, when the
sciences had destroyed fewer of our
Illusions and mankind was less analyt
ical.. Crispness, conciseness and hu
mor are the ludisuensable Imrredlenta eler seldom sees them, are many cas-
of the dish offered to the jaded men- end?" and waterfalls which would stir
tal appetites of the old and young the poet's heart, but which, like the
That lie sings in his boat ou tbe cay: 0f to-dnv. Lessons In the art of con- nower tnat is norn to uiusn unseen, ai-
- 1 . . . .
versatlon should be considered quite tract no notice, save wnen some pnoiog-
as necessarv to a elrl whose mind Is rnpher ana nis camera get into me vi-
exnandlnir in the hothouse of her lit- clnlty. Of such as these, femillar to
And the stately ships go on.
To the haven under the lull;
But O, for the touch of a vauished hand.
And the sound of a voice thut is still ;
Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O, sea!
tie school world as instruction In the PcPle ot Itnnca. having no
sciences or modern languages. The otuer fame-18 tue e"Sltrul bit or scen-
chlef difficulty, apart from the girl her
self, would be to find a teacher com-
ery pictured on tills page, it Is a
scries o' enscades on one of the creek
But the tender grace of a day that is pet(jut to make the study proflt. which flow into Cayuga Lake and Is
dead
Will never come back to me.
Alfred Tennyson.
A POSTMASTER'S LOT.
able and interesting. But the cause
Is well worth a struggle, and the only
thing is steady, serious, dally culti
vation. Some people are born with a
turn for conversation; It comes by na
ture to them, to make the apt repar
tee, the sympathetic phrase, when oc-
Like That of a Policeman, It la Not
a UaDDV Une.
"A postmaster's lot, like that of a caslon calls for it; others have the airy g B r 8
policeman, is not always a happy manners, the speaking glance from
one," remarked a department official liquid eyes, the reserve thawing, con-
to a Star man this morning. ir he tagioua laugh. These are gifts of the
isn't being constantly Jacked up by favored few; but we are all endowed
the department, he is blamed and with the faculty of Intelligible speech.
about two miles from the University
City. It Is known as Enfield Falls. The
water that flows over the rocks like
filmy luce falls a distance of about
forty feet, and Its music as It glides
down Into the bed of the creek and con
tinues on its course to the lake is plea?
ON THE TRAIN.
abused more or less by the public, so
he gets it coining to him both ways.
The department Is going after fourth-
class postmasters now because they
are so careless In executing pension
vouchers, and the first thing some of
the first citizens in their communities
will know will be that they have
been summarily fired out of the ser
vice for failing to give heed to the de
partment's orders.
"The Secretary of the Interior has
reported that the auditor for his de
partment is hampered and delayed In
the auditing of the accounts of the
several United States pension agents
through the want of the exercise of
proper care on the part of the fourth
class postmasters in affixing the stamp
of their offices to vouchers for pen
sions executed before them as author
ized by law. '
"The main points of defects In the
use of a postmarking stamp on pen
sion vouchers are Indistinctness of
impression and variance of date from
that given In the jurat. If the Im
pression made by the postmarking
stamp Is not clear and distinct, so as
to show the date and the name of the
postofflce and the State, a pen or pen.
ell must not be used to complete the
Impression.
"Postmasters are Instructed to test
their stamps on a separate piece of
paper before making an Impression
upon a pension voucher, and to see
that the stamp will make a clean and
clear Impression, and that the date' Is
correct. Only one Impression must be
made on the voucher at the time of
Its execution.
"Vouchers returned to postmasters
because of Imperfect Impression of the
postmarking stamp must be re-
stamped, showing the date of theex-
and it behooves us to regard the mak
ing the utmost of It not as a mere
frivolity, but as a duty to our social
neighbors."
flNDS UNCLE SAM SLOW IN PAYING.
James U. Wilbur, of New York, Is 70
years of age, but he expects to live
long enough to make the United
States pay him $45,
000 for extra work
done on the New
York postofflce
building twenty
elgbt years ago. The
building has out
lived Its usefulness
and now is to be
replaced by a new
one,
At the time Mr.
Wilbur was a con
jaues m. wilbub tractor In good clr
f cumstances. Now
he is poor, partially blind, and afflict
ed with rheumatism. He is trying to
make a living selling rubber stamps
. He I've Just missed my train.
She Well, you didn't miss mine.
Perfectly Hopeless.
"I don't believe that man ever de
selved anybody In his life," said the en
huslastlc friend.
"And yet," said Senator Sorghum.
while waiting for Uncle Sam to pony "you want me to give him employment.
up. He has no love for ex-President You don't suppose I have time to teach,
Cleveland, who vetoed his little bUI blm the rudiments of business, do
after It had been passed by Congress, you?" Washington Star.
The old man's account has been fav
orably' reported by the House eight
times and three times the Senate has
passed it, but the red tape of govern
ment procedure proved a bar every
time Mr. Wilbur got ready to sign bis
receipt.
A too zealous desire to hear both
sides of the story Is really a weakness
for gossip.
Followed Instructions.
Mr. Subbubs Why, what's the mat
ter? Where's the new 'servant girl?
Mrs. Subbubs It's all due to a mis
understanding. I told her to dust this
morning, and the first thing I knew she
had dusted. Philadelphia Press.
No Ijongor His Own Master.
Stllphree Well, now that you're
married 1 suppose your wife expects
Every wife has the Inward hope that you to live up to your Ideals?
her husband's next wife will be mean Tideniann (sadly) Noj to her Ideals.
to him. ' Brooklvn Llfa.