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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LiaCAJirBKia rr rttw, EUOENE CITT. OREGON. Wbj r.B(ltoliaMa orhulara aastaed. Englishwomen an showing a niarksd iunonty over Ann-man women to lb tx.llcg urwr. Thy are taking pnaed bod attaining marked intellectual dis tinction, nut becaus their H'Uwllo advantage arc fwW nor because of rnperior intellectual gift, but because of letter phyttque. more normal nervou irttem. and consequently greater power of endurance. The contrast etnphaalx tb propo sition which 1 maintain, namely, that Ilia Brit, tb greatest physical need for women U a training to reat; not rot in th mm of doing nothing-, not repo kj the tense uf inanity or inactivity, bat k restful activity of mind and body, which mean vigorous, whole .in rx-rvou tyttem that will enable a wom an to aWidon herself to her ttndy, her work and ber play with freedom and ran which are Uto fast becoming, not a lust art, but lt nature. We hae jumped at the conclusion that the sty la of training which U admirably tutted to men mailt be equally adapted to women. However that may be in the future, there la a prior noceseity with women. After their greatest physical nurd it tupplied thry may will, prob ably r-acb the place where their power will be increased through rigoroua exer cise. It U evident that the gymnasium and varioii exercUe established in chool and college for women have done little or nothing toward aupplying thia great eat need. The girl are al way defeat ing the end of the exerciae, first, by en tering into erery motion of the exercise itself with too much nerroua ft rain; nrond, by following In their manner of etudy, in their general attitude of mind and habit of body, wys that in tut ef fectually tell againat the physical power which might be doveloped by the exer cine. - Annie P. Call In Atlantic Monthly. Falv.rltr Edeaalle. for Kagllab . Women atudanta ambitioua of finiah Ing at Oxford will be urprised to know that Souicrrille ball, the Oxford annex, la not a college at all, but aitnply halla or home where girl desirous of Oxford privilege lire in the protection of an academical bouse. The muiociation for promoting the education of women at Oxford engage lecturer to give ipecial instruction to the itudenta and obtain admission for them to the university lecture. The lecture are not given at the ball according to the custom at 1 laniard college. New York, and Newn bam and Uirton, of Cambridge, Eng land, but the girl go to the university accompanied by a meinlier of the asaoci atlnu and listen to the aame lecture a tbuir brother. Unaccustomed have the men become to these fair invader that they aran-ely look up when they enter the room. bix bjnir' work a day including the lecture U recommended by one of the princi pal a mfllcieiit, a every hour after that count for Ion and not for gnin, in her opinion. The girl that l not clever enough to get on with that i not apt to distinguish herself if th work nine hour a ilnr. 'It U one of the great misfortune of the age that hardly any ono U able to see that no amount of rubbing will make tin into ailver," write an authority 8lie also advise girl not to come to the university too young. becaiiM a womnn' brain ia stronger than a girl', and "the woman know when and where to tint a well a when and where to exend hernelf." London letter. A Remarkable "Woau'i Mask" Rarallsd The tiotorioii "Woman bank," one of the most cunoii cose of swindling ever known in lloitoii, i recalled by the death of Mm. Sarah C Howe, the pro jector and manager of the tchemo. It will be remembered that the plan of Mr. Howe' "lunik" waa to receive de posit from women only not leu tlian .K0 nor over ILOOOoli which interest at 7 per cent monthly waa to be paid. lndeel, interest for the timt two mouth waa returned in advance to the "cue tomer" on making a deposit It wa repnwented to be work of charity, the iinpmmMo rate of interest being ac counted for by reference to a myateriou "(Quaker fund," administered by Mr. Howe for the benetil of needy women. Htrang a it may apsar, it waa not only the tgmant who were deceived by thi traiuqiareiit nonsense, but persont of education and experience the coun try over. Among the believer and de fender of Mr. Howe waa Muia Dodgo, the (iail Hamilton of literature: and there were other of equal hrewdnea who wallowed the tale of "charity. Mr. Howe might hare gone on to thit day taking in the money of the crodu loti to pay out a In tore t to other equally creduloua bad not the news paper piuhed an Inveatigntion and mail good itory alwat it Then the collapse came, and Mr Howe waa aent to prison. She died, it U aaiil, in want Ikaton Common wealth. Hlrb WMa' Idl M.era, "How do wealthy women tpond their idle hour. waa question proponnded to me by a young friend a few day ago. "Do you think they really have an idle timer I aid in reply. "Oh, ye," my questioner replied, "1 am ure they bare." 1 remembered the query tome day after, and having occaion to call upon ome wealthy women of the exclusive tut, 1 inquired a to their idle hour in dulgence. Oue woman informed me that be made all her own underwear, which upon seeing I found (howed evi dence of an accomplished needle: another lady laid he painted; auother waa inter (ted in school matter and dabbled In literature, and before I got through I rains to the conclusion that wealthy women were as indiutrioua, considering the many social calls Umn them, a tb working women. 1'hiladvlphta I'm tsrlaaa kbsala. A gl deal of indignation baa been xcitd by a discovery recently made by the Calcutta custom of a trails in pn hoiis Caabinrr shawla. It apieer that Urge qoantitiee of thawla have been im ported into India from Ut fjiany, with Imitation Cashmere mark on them. On arrival in Calcutta the thawla are treated by aim peculiar prvicea and then aent Into the interior and sold there aa real Cashmere rod action. Their actual coat in Calcutta t atxmt 3Land tbey fetch when sold about J3. Mr PHicObOPHV I aint m rtoal its4 Ms tWI llirff IIiimx. sk all .Mil HlraxW m nas. As '4 IImv mm ll.crr H a i nsa m k4 rrw iw o, IWVHIIS IIUU VUS rtOM I ubM4 Ts iuimi um I su4 n k-rflx-i, I anus ' laal a eiaa M su a siwui ilw ia4 as raa Is pisali uuu ssussb lu sail Tbm muaoans inslllwls) Ha saiiaf ml a's aail saik IihIiIci in aiA.niliBur'i laJk. An rrilie m.fHnl i ff shua tm all fi sal to 'or htm. I Isitsl s rsllst east thai baa Tas mitmt lan-lsfs Hiibir sa4. MlMit simI ST'rr fri.ad bs aaat Would mUp ainl r ' sua soas rscsat tut eanris of mm. Hul bs aaf lis tins' laoosbi ibsr' saay Wlthoat as BMilielss. aa4 knast Tkat bs d (II sail wltaosl see , Ha ke rsiisnt em. as lasf tedirtls Ibal ks 4W usm saf Murm as kaows IU Tact kls bs. Tks fsllaf UmL sad lost ku kss4. As4 wsAUarsd ia kls als a tpsU, Tbsa railM and al last r ssu; list sTy msnd tnat said ks'd die Wsal bs.k sa bits staraaUr lit aarfcsraj saoaik. I (sasx Wbsa soom alls awrs asd asm tiki lass, fur tbsta ens os lbs sllmissst aids Toslalm II aist fair dlrvdsi Asd I ts tsowsd soom ts lay asd sail, A ad 1t t son sad eat tp lata, Ts kstf k mmm fsuo Ibsf sssid tat tar ra at a raslsr (aik TVs sit-as k) sad vksa folk A India fault s-ltk lvridsars. And balkla esoas lbs surld duet tkake Al sr'rr praaria sisp Ibsf lata Ms maa M (fsat UU ks eas aas Has laaa luea lulls bs soaid bs tl wrlppsd la mil sad surt and bare Us fcsa ki sia est aarsksr. Hi ductsrsa M) Is la; aald UMUalluna and bs eaUaBad. jnat ds fosr bast, aad bfalaser blame Tbal follsrs. Ibal ootinu uat lbs Mu&a. I've alius notMsd (rsat taeeaai 1 etliad sub Irauuiaa, mors or laaa, Atd II 't lb insa aba doss lbs bast Tbal (11 mors kM-kt Ibaa all lb fast, Jamas WblUMb Klls? la Umaba World. Usrald, THE MODERN MOLOCH Fir minute to 7 Dow'i great factory waa at tllent a a churchyard. Tb great, broad belt bung limp Tb mounter flywheel teemed to be so many obstruction bar ring the ligbL The long shaft that transmitted power to tb hundred of machine looked Ilk cold ray of light. Tb machinery bad grim look Much of It waa aa forbidding a tb teeth that grin In the jaw of atknll That wa the Impression It tnad on Ur Jayn aa baccotnnied John lkw. Jr.. through department after department. 'How many people do yon eraployr 'Nearly 800 on our pay roll men and boy." 'Keep you pretty clot. I suppose yon never get a bolidsy " Dow Jr. laughed. On the con trary, my father goes away whenever b desire change, I go off every fall. bunting and lishing. ttuy away two and three week been away ii and tb shop never unseed us." Doctor Jayue look of wonder in vited the explanation, given with par donable pnde. "System-method, doctor If I do ay it myself. l)r Jayne. yon won't tind factory in the country, giving employ ment to aa many band where every thing runt aa tiuoothly aa at Dow'a W do everything methodically ber all tbedepartmeiita dividiii iiion system stio lines. regulutMi like clockwork." Vea," aaiil the dis.Uir 'I have been told a thousand mile away from borne that Dow ta regarleii as the model es tablishment of the country." The ouly way to run a factory," said Dow, Jr., in a matter of fact way thut Impressed the doctor, wbo was making round of the workho in quest of in formation be deemed essential to the eoa.plr-tenes of a hook be bad in band "iiow do you kit'p track of your peo plof So many coming and going I tnp pos you dou't know your own opera tives " Dow, Jr.. took out bis watch, glanced from it to a clock at the end of a room tbey were in and said. Just wait a minute and yoall e Stand near tin wtudow. doctor." Tb doctor observed a number of men and boy coming into the factory yard. All earned dinner pail ur basketa in their baud They troied Into tbe mill ta drove, by two and three, migly laughing talking punning and ihovtng each other until they eutcred tbe de partment the doctor was In There the flow of good natured chaff ceased a the operative took their place al the ma chine they attended to A they passed tb tunc kerar oflic the doctor beard tb timrkeeKr and hit assmtitiit repeat ing In monotonous tone Thirty six. seventeen three buudred four forty rive eleven, seven hundred one, two. nine twenty one live bun dred.'a the arrival of the operative Wa recorded. buddenly a gong tounded-the doctor Kartell, iimullaueoualy th long, uar row belta and the big, broad belt be caiu taut, the monster flywheel re volved, tbe long line of pulley over bead whirled, the machine, big and little, champed a tbey teemed to wbet their teeth on red hot and eld iron Blanching it in their jaw Ilk ravruou monster and tossing the mm out again like so many husk or euidy shell after tbey bail atsiorbed the kernel The aonnd that tilled tb room a iron inet iron, welding rutting thaving and pounding waa deafening, th whirling pulleys and eccentric movement of the machinery added to the confusion Keren o'cl.s k precisely, aud to seo ood every nun woman and boy in Dow't factory was at work I IKstor Jayne readily excused Dow Jr. wbo was railed away by a band aora young fellow, a friend evidently ad looked wonderingly al tbe opera bom of a wartime beside him A very mall boy attended th machine Th movement of the small boy arm and band were to regular that I Victor Jayn Insensibly aasoviaud bim with tb ma chin It wa difticnlt to tell where the machine ended and tbe boy tsga The mall tv never nis-le a fslse move Tb bit vt iruu was liltvU wild oue baud from ooe int tb Mm piece in another form wa caught op dexterously thirty tecouda later from tb machine, although seemingly tb tame instant, However, as the mac bin manipulated thirty piece in minute, it foll ed. as a matter of course, that the small boy wa not tUnging tbe tame piece of iron at himself through tbe machine at rap idly a appearance indicated. Tb atnall boy't tret were never oil tb machine, kit band teemed to be a part and parcel f It, It niad lb doctor tired to look t bim. 11 looked al th boy-machine r Kiac bine-boy folly tea miaala bafor k diwovered that tbe boy foot wa a part of tb mechanical operatioo. Uanla. eye, feet all war going ail oa tb Jump. "Canon. Isn't ItT Dor tor Jayn tamed to fiud Dow, Jr. at bit albow "That boy make 190.000 movement very day first b pick up th blaiik from tKe tray, put it la tb groove wbil re more with hi other band tb piece ootnmg oat ber. If you notlc very tlm be reacbe oat hu ngbt band b lifu hu left foot, preawe thu treadl and be baa to to tb piece from tb machine to th levator." -What hi bans 'Yoall bav to ask bim. All w know I tbal b rues number eleven." 'lie doaaa't look lvea." said lb doo tor Dow. Jr., nulled. "W bar them at all age." Tbea a-Mretting th boyi "Vou ll bar a holi day tomorrow W1l that down. Tb small boy blinked both eye and nodded, and Dow. Jr., led Dr Jayn through th other department. When the doctor returned to hi office b tned to estimate tb probabl length of Urn that tb very amall boy wbo operated number eleven In Dow' fac tory could keep it up Ther were fifty two week in a year, aixty working hours ia a week In round number Nearly 60,000.000 motion in a year Then tb doctor drew a mean in esti mating tbe pulse what looked like a eery neat calculation caused the doctor to ponder profoundly If a man or wom an had a little rest recreation now and then-It wouldn't b to bail, but tbe out look for tb small boy wa not encour tf1" bouiebow th doctor couki noi dis miss tb mall boy from bit mind the next day H heard tb whirling, whirl ing, whirling of the pulleys, the clump clamp, clamp of iron; tine I led the oil that greased tbe million branngs in Dow't factory Tbe impression imvi by the very mall boy and the ravenous mac bin wa not a pleasant one. He wa sitting alons before a ruddy Ur (h waa a bachelor) when the calcu lations growing around the mull boy were broken by a lumiuon. Tb m tu rnout wa unexpected, but Dr. Jayne wa on of tb professional men who be lieve they owe something to their fellows He accompanied bis visitor to a squiiim part of tbe city, ascended a long, dark flight of stair, and wm nshered into a meanly furnished room, provided with a lounge and an old fashioned truckhed. The lounge waa falling aart The trockbed bad a thin straw tick on it and a ragged quilt no blanket On the tick lay a boy witb bis face to tbe walL Tber were foul smellt in th alley below tbe window The house bad a our tnielL TU wall were uamp Wretched poverty wa atamped on everything in tbe room, there wa a aound of drunken revelry in the upper and lower room and In the alley. "What is the matter with bimr An old, old woman, with snow white hair, eye dim mod with age and puUii-d band, rote from the louuge with dim- culty. aud in a voice scarcely louder than a whisper said: "lt' Ilk a fever, ir." She stood beside the bed a the doctor spoke to the boy "Turn your face thi way and look at me. Tbe little limp form turned tlowly over and Dr. Jayne looked down into the bnght eye, on the burning cheek of tb boy he hud olwerved in Dow't fac tory Th doctor looked at hira intent ly, felt hi pulse, then, in low, measured tone "A critnel a shameful crimel Over tasked murdered slow mnrdor mur dered by lncher Then, turning to the old woman, "What made these marks on his wrist and annsT Tb boy turned hi face away. Tb old woman looked distressed. Her band wer moving up and down her faded gown, they caught each other and fell helplessly away a she answered in that loud wbuir that was more effective than any volume of sound uttered by buuisn lips "Hu father my on beut hira!" 'What! Heat a little fellow like thittT" The doctor, In spite of hi familiarity with degradation and brutality, wa very angry "My son drink doe nothing but drink. Three holidays, sir topl treat bim be get drunk somehow and scolded scolded so, and I couldn't help It, air I couldn't" lor wretched gown wa up at ber yea, but the doctor was occupied with the boy There waa something here worse tlian fever The boy's nervou yttem had received a severe shock, lie questioned the boy closely, went to a drag store uear by, returned, adminis tered sonis of tb medicine he brought, left Instructions with the grnudmothcr and returned to by ofllce, reflecting upon the problem of life more seriously lluvn be bad ever doue before, aud be bad the reputation of a very consider ate, thoughtful maa lie vtnted the fever stricken boy early tbe uext morning "He didn't sleep mure than an bonr. sir, all night." the grandmother whispered, wnnging ber bony band helplessly The doctor looked at bis patient, wbo waa tossing hu band and moving hu bead. "Hesbeen-flighty all the time." Th doctor turned the torn quilt down, felt th boy's body, bit head; timed bl pulse thru cnddenly turned to tbe win dow and looked out When the old woman spoke to him be met ber look with a steady gaze There was uo tiga of eiuoiiou. bis voice was a Untie lower perbapa. "Do yon think" "It I very hard to detennlne. The chance are against him Have you any other mean than thi boy (upplied you. Tb eld woman shook her head The doctor made a mental note. Then be administered a powder, looked long and earnestly at his patient, turned and left tbe house with a preoccupied air He returned again at noon. A bleary eyed wretch, with bloated foe and shambling gait a creature whom prolonged debauchery had roblied f all that is noble and tpinted in man lurched agaiust bim in tbe entry. "Are yon yon the doctor's been tending my kidT Dr. Jayn shored bim aside witb a little) concern aa b would pnsh a dog from Li path, but before he had tepi J on th stair tbe drunken wrvU b addea " "Co 'co yoa'rt not wanted any longer Th boy't dead deavi i'j hej-r Tb doctor waa going np stair, sud denly h paused, descended and ad dressed a slatternly looking woman, wbo stood in a doorway "1 tb boy dead.1" "Died half aa boar Dr. Jayn walked away A n wa returning to bis office a familiar voice aooosted blin. 11 tnrnod to meet lb familiar voire of Dow, Sr. "Heard you looked through my fac tory the other day. My son pok of it Just home from Colorado. Wonderful country out there. Von found every thing in apple pie order In my factory I'm satisfied at bear! Took m twelve years, "air, twelve year to perfect my system. I don't mind telling yoo yoo are not ta tb basins that after all la aid that can be said, th chief reason, the real secret of my success has been yoa eaa't gnes what, doctor I'll wager yon anythiug yoa can't" "1 need not try," aald th doctor. "Well in two words 1 always kept ray machinery in repair. 1 used to rely on two tuchinil when I bad (MX) band I doubled them it paid pat another on gained right along by it; now I har (juO band, bow many men do yoa think I bav looking after tb machinery alone I mean, keeping it in proper repair?" "I wilLnot venture to guess, Mr. Dow. "Ten ten. sir, wbo do nothing bnt watch tb machinery and repair it 1 have a systematic factory, I flatter my self." "Th system I very fine. Indeed," re plied Dr. Jayna, "A very fine eyitem," be added meditatively, at they separ ated. David Lowry in Intuburg llul letia Tbe Trsvsllaa Mas. Whatever be may bare been in tb past th traveling man of today ocenpie a moat important position in relation to mercantil affairs. U ta numbered by many thousand and represent th in terest of many million. U U found in all classes of business, representing all line of ware, and bit influence upon matters even outside of bis own vocation it strongly felt Tb traveling man of today, to be (ucceatful mutt, in tb first place, be a geutleman in deed and in action. Then he must be possessed of busmen acumen and tact, be ambitious, active and tireless. He find it to hi in terest to keep informed on current topics, and 1 a ttort house of news and informa tion. He must be pleasing in address and neat in appearance. All these be ts. a be now exists, In tbe best type. In the drag business tbe trav eler it a very important factor. There are about l.sj directly connected with the wholesale drag tradoof thi country, thi number not including proprietary, pliimnareiitical or druggist' sundries bouse. These 1.2.V) traveler are an ex pense to tbe wholesale druggist of about f-l.ooo.ooo, and we may be sure that if they were not a necessity and of value. commercial salesmen would not exist, Pharmaceutical Kra. riplorlns the Vsotrlloqslal Laryas. Mr. It. il. Mohr. the ventriloquist, went through a strange experience the other day. In one of the luboratorie of the Harvard medical achool be tub uutted to an examination of his throat anil chest by a number of physiological experts, to determine what special for malum gave him hi peculiar powers. The expert are uncommunicative concerning the result of the examina tion, and Mr. Mohr, who i not a phys iologist at all. did not learn much about htmiMilf. "They put mirrors down my throat,' be Mini. "They led me by narrow pas sage into a dark chamber, and what they did there I don't know. After ii waa all over they told me that my lar ynx wa tl.ittor than that of other men and shnped something like a woiuau's, aud also that one of the sto in my throat was drawn downward instead of upward by the connecting muscle. "1 can't make much oat of that ex planation, but I can make a living out of my peculiar throat just the same." Then he threw hi voice under the ta ble and laughed hoarsely. Uoaton Her ald. Uulrb Willed. An actor, now famous, made his first appearance on the stuge In a provincial rity where theater goer were accustom ed to make their disapproval felt when an entertainer did not succeed in pleas ing them. He wo young and nervou and failed dismally in th part be wa endeavoring to pieseut, aad oon found himself the target for an assortment of objectionable bric-a-brac. When tbe uproar was at its highest one of hi dis gusted auditors flung a cabliogo bead at bun As it fell on the stage the actor picked it np and stepjied forward to the footlights He raised his hand to com mand silence, and when bis tormentors paused to hear what he hod to say, ex claimed, pointing to the cabbage bead "Ladies uiul gentlemen, I expected to please you with my acting, but I confess I did not expect that any one in the uilieuce would lose hi head over it" He wa allowed to proceed without further molestation. H McArthur In Harper. IU((srs la Cold Nsw Vork. The number of beggars in tbe street is appalling. It I impossible for any one to resist their appeals, for the uf fenngt which many of these unfortu nate go through is nptutrcnt from their wretched condition. Half of them are only partly clad, and in some iustance the physical tnflVnngs must tw intense. A day or two since a lady of my ac quaintance told me of a woman and child wbo had taken np a position on the corner near ber bouse, tbe woman turning a small organ in an effort to attract a few pennies. Mie wa actually sitting in the enow and the remained there two hours, until one of the neigh bors went out to her assistance. There was not a penny in the tin box on th organ and the woman wa frozen al mot into insensibility. Th child was taken to a hospital, where it subsequent ly died. There was no romance about the matter. It was a simple illustration of the awful misery which ha been th lot of tbe poor dunng the recent cold weather In New York. Ulakely Hall ia Brooklyn llagle. Hstlar Of as lis Is. Max O'Hell has been guilty of saying that he hi-s the next time he is born it may be aa au American woman. And a wnur in The Woman' Tribnn answer that if be were an American woman now and bad to work for half pay or lee because of hi sex. and If be mar tied end should find himself owning tcither hi person, hi children, nor th proceeds of hi daily toil, and if be should find himself unable to bare any voice ia shaptcg the laws which touched him la every rrUr n of life, being taxed without- representation and gov erned without hi consent, to ay aotb ing of tb dress tyranny be would be nbjert to, b might wish be were Max O 1U11 again. (JIKL CARPENTERS. V0UNQ WOMAN STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO DRIVE NAILS. The Slojd Clsaa. la Wblcb Olrls Are Tsaikt Haw ta llssdle lawk. Kslvss aad Jab rieas. Is lb Msrssal Call.(S la Ms rb City Cead Trall(. In th Normal college tbe latest addl tloa to tbe rurrlrulum th Slojd class Is pronounced a great success by lb girls wbosvsll themselves of the opportunity tr) Irnra bow to daftly hand I taw. kmf ml plane and other tools. It It a rare fnlly grsded system of manual Iralntng "educational carpentering" one might call It. Ily It pupils ars taught how to use their batxl skillfully and usefully and bow to mak measurements by th eye. Incldru tally, too. It inculcates thoroughness, care. Industry and perseverance, by means of wbirb only can the highest success be achieved. Tbt !bijd Idea was conceived In Sweden, and baa proved wonderfully tncresaful I l.ra In fact, so enthusiastic are tbe hwedet aa to the beneflta to be derived from course In Mlnld that a wralthr gen llrtuan named Abrabamson ha devoted hi own charming villa and estat at Naas, near Gothenburg, to b used aa a Slojd academy. Teat her from points a far separated a Holland. Icrlaud. t hill and th United rtat hers meet during tb tu miner month! to learn for themselves tb merit of tb system. Among the first to go from thi city In Iixj, ul at ber own expense, waa Dr. Kniily Ida Conant. professor of DedasotfV at th Normal college. After a course of six week, during which she worked for six hours every day at tbe bench nd listened to lectures on th the ory, tb returned to America thoroughly Imbued witb the merits of the Slojd tys lent as an educational factor In tbe devel opulent of children. Another trip to Sweden eouarmed tne first Impression, ami after several confer encr witb a committee from th board of education It wa decided to establish inch a class In th Normal college for such of th graduate aa could secure a scholar hip. Twelv young women bave attained the Froud distinction, and now the .Misses Uutn, llvaltle, liole, llurlinson, GillM-it. Kornmsn, Lrvine, .Veehaii, .Moore. Khoades, Sllberburg and Wittknwski are fitting themselves to teach manual trnln Ing when the long coveted trod schools hall be established a a part of th public achool system. IN Till WOHKKOOM. I tnent a dvlilghlful morning with these young women recently, and found them very prollcient in dovetailing, doweling and all the other ordinary operations of carpentering. hach girl wore a larga gingham apron and began operations by arranging the tool on the framework In front of ber neatly hanging the cross, tip and back taw to the left aud the Jock and smooth planes to the right, while tbe divider, file, ruler, knife and inarkiug gauge were safely stored In the lower rack. The place of honor was given to tbe drawing board, upon which was safely secured the draw Ing of the nnslel under consideration These drawings are mode in pen and luk from the object Itself hy accurate measure ment and nerve as working diagrams. One-half theclass was completing the han die of akiiifesharpeuerof soft, white wood. tbe other hail started upon a hydrometer which is designed to measure the hydraulic pressure of liquids, both designs being en 1 1 rely ullllUriau In character, all articles of luxury being excluded from the course. Passing from oue bench to another I on- ticed with pleasure the rare grace ami rra. dexterity ilipUyed In the manipulation of the tools. I woiildn t M so rash as to say that the girts worked moreelfectlvely tbnn the boyt would have done, but I am very ture that they worked much more prettily. There was uo cluimiiiiess displayed any where. No girl cut her tinner, ur st-ruiied tbe skin olf. or bit ber tbuiub with a ham mer insiesd uf a nail ami uml naughty words to relieve her feelings, o- did any of the awkward things that Isiyt would have doue under tiiiillar circumalancra. And neatness and tidiness prevailed everywhere. It was evident that the girls took genuine delluht In the work, aud what people, big or little, like they generally do well. After poring over bunks and storing tbe memory witb as many dry facts as it will hold, thit rarM-nteriug must form a de ligbtful relaxation. For that reonon, if for no other, I should think that II ought to be encouraged. Hut In addition to that It baa a genuiue educational value. It brings luto piny the very faculties that are too much neglected io the routine work of tbe educutioual treadmill. in ton TIIMSINO. Dr. Conant. when being asked hisviewsa to tbe direct value uf a course In Slojd upon a child, said: "It undoubtedly implnuts a respect ami love for work evu of tbe coarser kind. It filters onler. cleanliness aud care slid encourages attention, Indus try and perseverim-e. One principle of Slojd lnit that the pupil intit do the work alone, the teacher simply leiuliiiK and controlling, and henre this training must have a marked influence ou char aeter." lreseutly the gong omiuled ami the hour waa over. Kocb inislt-1 was rnrvfully put away, and the music of saw and plane was drowned in the hum of voices and ripplintf Isunhter. During the few minutes of recreation that ensued the fair carpenters were full of animation, and many a jest and pun was lossnl to slid fro. The sharp e lues of the tools bad ut blunted their wits nor their appetites, ss was shown by the sandwiches they consumed. Dolling aprons and sleeves they crossed the hallway and entered the bright little klU-ben fully equipped for the concocting of toothsome edibles. Mrs. Hope, tutor of the culinsry department, welcomed them lid each girl donned a fetching while rap and apron and demurely IikWuoI to a treatise on the merits of cooking rice in tbe "double boiler," written by a member of tbe class. That concluded they followed out tbe Instruction of Mrs Hope and pre pared for the broiling of chops aud arrant bling of rs-t;, and the making of chocolate. Verily the world moves. Here were girls who, beaide ahsorbing more ur leas vain able knowledge concerning all the edura lional "oloKlea" and "isms," were actually learning bow to do useful work witb their bsnds and cook. Won't some of them make regular Jewels uf wive sum day 'New Vork Herald. Ed want Waldo Emerson, tb lecturer, kt a too of lUlph Waldo Kmersoo. tbe illstio gulshed Concord philosopher H ki now between forty Ave and fifty years of a and Interested, apparently at a matter of heredity, la philosophical tubject. A belief rilsted among the ancient Mel irons, t be Naiibesof tbe Mlnslwtppt rsl ley. tbe I'eravisiis ami tbe Appalachians of Kloo.la I hat ILe sua was the radiant ataale of chiefs and brave wbo bad died ia I attempting sum valorous deed. A b!v of bees la composed of tb qntea. th worker or neuter and tb drottsa Tb quae Is the mother of ail tbe tntivtd sola la tbe hive, and tbe lay aa man? as 4.0UD eaur in twenty four hours dunng lb I mora productive srasim. Pars .T. a. wblcb I largely bjmI ts tbe , manufacture of caadlra, is a par by lro rswbotv eoaiaimag nothing els lha car boa aad bydruea. being precisely tbe tame Ingredients at la ordinary cool g, taoagb ta aasAber Una. NEW YORK WOMEN AND THEIR DRESS. Harts Ab-el rlra.as to Ceataasa Are itsswrollr riUMaM. There are many things la which New Turk U uperir to any other city on the American continent, although th state ment may b questioned and a bill of pcrticular asked for. But all agree that Oothaia laU in fashion for men and women. Th stylos for women' ipparel ull com from gay Pari. Fully t year mutt elaps after a garment be come tb rag In Pari tor th newest treatioti to make their appearance in Kew Vork, and quit a moch titn l .quired for Loudon to follow Pari, al though tbe great citie aronly a few hour apart. It often happen, too, that Kew Vork women are quicker to follow tl Parisian style than their English sisters, so that it would seem a though th fashion plate crus th ocean twice to reach tbe tight little island. One New Vork women begin to pop nlarix a bat or gown or parasol or any other article of dres until it become th I age, it take quite til month for th new design to reach Han Tranciaca It take donble that time for the women of Boston. Philadelphia or Washington to fall into lin after th New York women, while three month mor are required for St. Loui and New Orleans women to make np their mind to be in the gay procession. The women of some of th nuuller citie follow a year and a half after New Vork. or two years and a half after the Parisian beauties. It Is much the same witb men's cloth ing. London is, aa it ha alway been, the center of fashion for men's garmonu, and it take fully a year for new designs to become popular in New Vork. The question of how much money New Vork society women spend annually far dresso and whether they wear costly gown more than one induced me to aslt the best known man dressmaker in thi city and London what be had to say on the subject He told me soma inter esting facto. "The richest people, at a rule," be said, "are more economical Id dres than those in moderate circumstance. Tbe Princes of Wale is so imbued with tb pint of economy thut she actually baa ber gown iniulo over for her children. "Generally four drawing room oc cur annually, and the prince always ha a new dress for each occasion. She pays her own bill and doe not wait for the heir apparent to be dunned. Often sho wear the same dress half a dozen timer), but not at notable royal functions. Her dresses, all told, cost over $JO,000 a year, possibly 110,000. Thi doo not include loco trimmed dresses. "(jtieen Victoria 1 the most econom ical of the ro) al family, and from year to year has her gown cut in the tame style. Lady Dudley I a splendid second to the queen. "In New Vork the most expensively dressed women are not tbe very richest When Edith Kiugd'iti wo an actress the cared less for expenses than now. Then she would order a dress and never ask the price, but now a Mrs. Uould she al ways asks the price, and often remarks that because the is Mrs. Gould she disw not wish to pay any more for a dres than the regular price. Ada Kchan i mora liberal aud seems to care less for expeiise than many ladies whose lius baudt are rated a worth million. Mr. Ajttor it not extravagant at all in dress. Mrs. Coleman Drayton and many others I could mention are not prodigal in tbe matter of dresses. The average society woman of wealth tiever tpelid over fi.UOO a year in dres, for tbe very reason that they wear each dres many time. "Ball dresses are the cheapest, and although usiiully the most frail, tbey are often worn four time. The tulle is changed fur each ball, bnt the skirt re main tbo nitie. Reception dresses cost more than bull dresses, and are used many titmy by simply changing tome part of tbo tnmming. Even wedding dresses were occasionally nsed again for grand occasion. All the big price re puted a paid for dresses are largely fic titious and tiever deceive knowing ones. The hauitsomest velvet dres that could be devised could not cost over (JJoO, and a cloth dress is worth only f 150 at the highest price. Old loco or something expensive in triiuiiang might make a dros cost a great deal mora, but on the whole $100 or fr.tx) would go a long way toward getting the finest kiud of ma terial for dressed. A woman wbo upends 1 1. 1,O0 a year on dresse aloue ia more liberal than many royal dame. I closed the conversation by asking him what finally became of the fine drosses of the rich. He said that had always puzzled him. His guesa wa that they wore either sold or given to poor relations. roster Coate in New x ork Moil and Express. Muadsrful Csrav, A. J. Mercer, living near Burden, Kan., ha soma corn which is the rarest ever grown. Tbe patch waa small, but the corn U a kind that ha never been seen in this country before. Last tprinjx Mercer opened a mound on bis farm, and in it found a lot of corn, along witb prehistoric relics, show ing that the corn hod been put In there age ago. It was in a sealed jar, and wa about a pvk in quantity. He gave away half of it to bis neighbors and ther wbo heard of it and wanted a few grains for a enriosity. When planting time came he thought k would be a good idea to plant eouie of It, and prepared a patch of ground near bis house and planted about two quart of the seed. It came np and thrived well under the cultivation given it The ears came well. The ear wer about six inches long and tbe grain wer close together, standing np with sharp point. The grains are small, being about one fourth the size of an ordinary grain of com. Mercer thinks that this must undoubt edly be the ongtnal corn of this country from which the present has sprung through long and high cultivation. What is remarkable aliout it ts that the mound from which it was taken has vry evidence of being very oM, for tree wer growing on it that could not be ies than $i year old. The relic found with the corn are similar to th I found in the moundt of Illinoit and Ohio. : and this mound mast have been co existent with those, which are believed , to have been over I.OuO year oil Mer cer ha sent taint lee of bit corn to fnrndt in tbe east and to the govern ment ofSciai at Washington. Fort Worth (Tex.) Gazette. A Crwleal Ism, A May 1 hope to are your wife thit afl rrjooof (7) B-Hardlr. fib ia showing a new drtaa Uafrtssid Jus now. and that will keep aer busy tut avral boura-Scaaia. UOMEO AM) .li;u,T THE OLD, OLD 8T0AY RETOLD , Tmu( tl.ela.ut 4 ,M lb. Yrstb.r ml Iks l.lrl . , dirt O Laa.e-Tb. Nardae,, teaead ta frlM far ri. ,. la tb cnmuial coon of Napu rtory of Romeo aud Juliet m bfe waa told recently 1 .n Leon, of th Tenth regmient lerv. while station. t i i., 1 tl.rM,eutMlv i .... .. r'l r- -j ,".wuu vain turbartolo de Villon mvk beaiitif! yonng woman The Notrln..i.. ... lly U among the m.mt powerful 11, huil" where a g.sl deal of the did feudal U-m flonnshe In tpite of tu ttlJ ' unity Donna Man lleniiragn W ul Notarbartolo and the mother of ik. yonng woman, hod a brother st-v,,,! in !. for political offeiiwn ,.,, J baiiu.he.1. but the returned to with , .. ..... .,,., ,nr w four years of age tbe administer th, ricb patnmony of her family r. beautiful Cathenne was ber vounw child. ' " Tbe question before the ennrt , whether the young officer commm, suicide or was murdered by the lin.th of the young girl His i..y W4, f,1( at the door of the Noturliortolo nUni. He bad been shot through the tvr,i and a pmUd was fonn 1 at In feet fn evidence for the pnvtiuii w. th.t h bad been called into the h-"i,, Cathenue old nurse Calogem u 4. rello, and that Catherines brother &, were hi tworn enemies, had waited I bim at th entrance and hud thot t,i Francesco Notarbartolo. who tu cused of having organized the plot tat previously fought a duel with the krer It wa a oue tided tight, however q which all tbe fury was with Notarhw tola Leone, wbo was an ripen swi man, foiled all hiadewrutet!ack u4 allowed himself to be wonmled rstber than run the risk of killing the bruto of hut ladylove. Frauceoco w the recognized chief of the M.itia aoety in Palenuo Eleven turns be wu the point of being arrested, bnt on rtr occasion be wa saved by the Mali tni at ono time he wo concealed it it bouse of a near relative of the chief of police. Tbe trial of the case extended thmn.1 ' two years in Palenuo, and then tu venae wa changed to Naples, when; n lasted for eighty day Love letten it abundance from Leone to Ctlheni and from Catherine to Leotir were nL in which the tender passion was psir.inj with all the high coloring peculiar lotto Italian school The brothers Nutsrptr tolo did not deny anything of tlw tt affair between their sinter Catherine a the young officer; they siiiiply cnchDni themsvlve to a deniul of the char-.t of murder. One of them. Pietro Un-Und in hi examination that Leone com pletely unknown to hnu when be re ceived the following note 81a-1 lovtyour bler tsiliertns Protnavt Uis last word. If II alinuUI ls "So." I fn'r my word thsl I ball Simla Uj It and Hast w longer. In describing the effect of the letter Pietro aaid: "I tpoke of that letter to my mother wbo suid The young out is crazy. The marnage is uiiiblt I infonued Lieutenant Leone uf tbixlnis lon and advised bun to postpone a far at possible the ttnpid notion uf gettitg married We parted on the best J tenmv A few day afterward wbiit t were at dinner, we heard a pit M outside the door. We came dust ul found Leone dead at tbe dr lit kU just sent a bullet through bit breart." "The medical reports seem to esti lish that Leone did not kill h:ius-if lr. was murdered, the president of tut court remarked. "On tb contrary." Pietro r.p"D.W 'He shot himself in the heart L)fi alway shoot themselves in the betrt and bankers always shoot tliemelveii th bead. Whether it 1 the heart v thobratn.lt is alway the affected ptrt that they aim at" The old nurse, who carried th Mir of the lovers, denied that the ui lucei Leone to come to the houe The deposition of Untie. Sr. thef!M of the young man, was particularly'!' matic, Hesaid "When I homed Out my aon wo in love with oue uf tiif S tarbartolo young ladles I knew that tt wa all over with him. All ttieloveruf tbe yonng Iodic were killed br tl brother Notarbartolo Francesco ItW Boccardo and his brother in-law CVp pola." "If I tnick down Coppola." the e cused Francesco interrupted "H cause be began to court uiy mter t" tanoe. anil then d.erte.l her to iu-iM love to my titter Man. And now p Constance I crazy from love ' "Yon are also accused of having il", Lieutenant Leone Why did y away after the tragedy'- the presiJeti asked. "Boca use I knew that I vrou'J " " pected. I have already been in pn for beating policemen, and I kno wtw H U to be hut np in four walls' Other witness. gave the details of tn duel, in which Leone wa. kind etioafk to allow himself to be wounded t brother of hi exfted bnde be"'" were then prwluoed to show that tb broken hearted lovers were p by th orders of the prond old and of the temble brother who Uined her decision. Leofie for a tim cepted hU fate, but on receiving ing and tearful document fn.tn l"' rin. begging bim to continue b- and atking him if be bad cease.1 U .a 1. w bi .,! detenuineil to re- a., uv ,i7avMw rt tarn to Palerma Hu X tlu nrml him not to ITO t "CJ you." tbey saiiL . "Well, let them kill me. Le-.o1- I can't give up my l"v- ve up my io- . hU of hit comrade. te-ttfieJ tb bad any idea of tuicid rwvmt-l to murder, cr tt h-. Severol or I ha never hod 1 to manslaughter, for quarrel w-t Leon and tb brother. cnbed. Fr.nce-.-o rlurtt. eenunced to hve yew. ""pn-r, Tb. other, were 1"'". Cathenne 1 crazy -Ne 3 A Wltur Cbaras. A Wflmington man come, in ti pocket a piece of tkin that ,11, front a man . neck and then uaneJ- W n.,t the IU v umingion , maa claim ia i" 1--. t- n ' piex. of UnneJ tk.n wiU keep b lipping 00 th ice- The bo 1 aVghborhood ar. watt-hit him loibUwbat rirtu. there u u . tb charm. Th owner of tbe V anrues that it if po ' u TTtim from falling it him to fai- " " "