LITTLE SKAMSTRKSS.
Jenny Wilson was sitting sowing by
tho window of tlio littlo shabby parlor
that looked out on the High street. It
was a dull afternoon in Novemlier; tho
sky wancovereJl with heavy, drab colon!
clouds; the lost few yellow loaves wero
falling from tho great elm in the market
place, mid I hero was u nw chill feeling
S,i the air. Jenny was stitching nway
diligently. Shu had net herself a task to
llnish !fore tea time a silk gown to
tnon.l and alter for tho clergyinnn'H wife,
who wr.i going to dino that evening at
IScvhill iilnce.
jenny wan not pretty, but she had a
friwh, swoot little face, a large, smiling
month, pleasant gray eiyes, and neat,
Binoolh hair. There waa something cheery
ami courageous ntxiut tho little woman.
Life was not very Hinooth to her. 4She
bad to Hlifch morning, noon and night to
keep he- invalid mother, and it was hard
work to niako Iwtli ends meet, lint no
one evor heard Jenny complain. She
used to go singing about her work, and
up and down tho dark creaking stairs
that led to her mother's bedroom. Jenny's
voice was delightful. It did you good to
hear it. it was so clear and sweet and
fresh, like the voice of some lark on dewy
Binnmer mornings. And it had leen very
well trained by the organist, who wil
lingly devoted his spare hoar of an even-in-;
to teaching tho little seamstress to
fc v and sing.
Tim market place looked very empty
when Jenny looked out on it every now
and again to rest her eye. Hut presently
who Iward the noise of wheels, and saw
tho Iteyhill carriage with I.ady Violet
herself "in it, and another lady, Lady
Eleanor Anion, a freurnt visitor to Iley
3 nil place, seated by her. Lady Eleanor
was dark and pale, with u liouuliful
melancholy lace and large sad eyes
eyes that seemed to haunt you. Sho was
an heiress. People, said that she had
cared all her life for Jlr. Richard Foyne,
onoof L-uly Ariolet's penniless younger
brothers. lady Violet, so tho story ran,
would have lieen very glad to have had
her for 11 sinei-ia-law, awl was always
asking her to lloyhlll to meet Mr. Foyne;
but lie never seemed to regard Eleanor in
ny other light than that of a mere
friend. Lady Eleanor had had a groat
deal of trouble; she had lost both of her
parent!) and her only brother, and the
wealth that would have been such a
pleasure to many icoplo, seemed to her
only a burden.
To Jenny's astonishment tho carriage
fitopped lief'ore her mother's house, and
tho jiowderod footman rang tho bell.
Jenny ran to open the door.
"Does Miss Wilson live here?" esked
Lady Violot, from tho carriage.
"My name is Juno Wilson," answered
Jenny, with a vaguo hope that Violet had
come to order a dresa of her. "1 am a
dressmaker."
Lady Violet Sprang out of the car
riage and Lady Eleanor followed her.
"Wo want to hear you sing," said
Lady Violet, pleasantly. "Will you sing
to us?"
Jenny s little workroom had never
hold Hitch grand visitors before. It was
a dingy little parlor, with horsehair chairs
and sofa. There were a few prints on
tho walls: The lord lieutenant of the
oonntr. holdintr a roll of turners in his
hand, and with a pillar and a curtain in
the liaekeround; "Tho Meeting of Wel
lington and lHucher after Waterloo," and
a lady slmix-ring at a dovu uixm her
linger.
Jenny Kit down shyly to tho little old
niano. and beiran. with a certain tremor
in her voice, "Angels over bright and
fair." The pure notes, like tho song of
a lark, mug out through tho little room,
growing stronger and clearer as Jenny
lrathcrnd coura.ro and wont on.
Lady Violet was warm in her praises
of Jenny's slninr'.
"Wi'i vou et .hi ui to ltoyhill this
evening, "and t. .; ; to us?" sho asked.
"Wo want to have sotno music; my
brother. Mr. l'eynu, is so fond of it.
What would lw your terms?" sho wont
on, hesitatingly, and with a pretty blush
of cinlvirrassinenl, and then she naniod a
hum which fllU 1 Jenny with delight.
What would it not buy for her invalid
mother!
That eveninjr at Ueyhill, when the
ladies came into the drawing niter din
ner, t her found Jenny already awaiting
tin m. as Lidy Violot hud directed. Kho
had dressed herself in her Sunday black
nilk, with a bunch of violets fastening
her n-at muslin lle'iu, and a silver crow
- her only ornament - on black velvet
round bur neck, lady Eleanor came up
and miid a few kind words to her.
Eleanor was very geatle, often very si
lenl, but when she spoke you could not
choose but listen, tho voice was so sweet,
and tho words thciiisolvun nover seemed
trivial.
The drawing room nt ltoyhill was sepa
rated from tho dining room by large
folding doors and a heavy brocade cur
tain. As Eleanor was siicukiug Jenny
naw nn absent and preoccupied expansion
vonu over her face, and, following tho
direction of Eleanor's eyes, Jenny saw
that the curtain had Iwen piuhed aside
to admit ono of tho gentlemen, lie
came up to IjuIv Violet.
"1 could wait no longer," ho paid;
'they were discussing hounds and horses,
and I thought it would never end. Now,
Violet, when is our inuslo to Ivgin?"
Lady Violet introduced him to Jenny
as her brother, Mr. Foyne.
"Miss Wilson is going to sing to us,
Mellaril," sko said. "Will you and
Eleanor take her ii)to tho hall mid settle
rith her what tho musio is to txtf 1
must go and 'bilk pretty,' "sho con
tinned, in an undertone to her brother.
glancing at tho other lathes, and pres
ently wo will conio in and listen."
The piano btood at ono end of tho hall,
and hero at night it was Richard's habit
to sit and listen to musio in tho dark
corner lnwido tho piano, whoro ho could
vat'di tho singer almost unseen himself.
Jenny followed Ijuly Kleanor into tho
hall. Mr. Feyno opened tho piano for
her and arranged tho musio. There waa
a kindnea mid a courtesy in his manner
-which were jicoullar to him a great
gentleness and doforenco whenever lie
addressed a woman. Ho waa by nature
very enthusiastic, and, whatover tho on
ihusiasm of the moment might lw (and
Hm one succeeded tlio other with groat
rapiuity), it waa to him at tin) timo the
- . . .1 I.J. 111.
ono great nun mm oujoct oi ma mo.
Musio was now his paaaion. A low
wtl niro ho know littlo about it, ami
cared less. Now ho could concuivo no
greater plea.sure than listening to music j
all day and every day. Lady Violet had
sung to mm uniu bug waa notirse, iu-
though lief stylo ot music was noi ac
cording to las taste. She win.,' nothing
but modern balladn and little French and
Italian songs, and had attempted in vain
to render classical music to his liking. '
Than it was that sho had taken counsel
of tho organist who had recommended
Jenny to her.
So Jenny sat nt the piano ami sang one
song after another to him. Her lepcr-
tory contained eluelly oiu nauaiis sucn as
"My Mother Dais Me J mid Jiy Jiair
and solos from the oratorios. Mr. I eyne
said very little, but Kit in his dark corner
with his eyes lixe l on .Jenny, li was
only when Lady Eleanor said that sue
feared they wero tirmg iuiss nson uiai
ho said in a low voice to Jenny: "Ah, 1
forgot that I was selfish; I could listen to
you forever.
Eady violet, who nan come mio me
hall, rang the 1 ell and asked tho servant
to show Miss Wilson to the housekeeior't
room. "You will want something nftoi
all that singing," she said, kindly, "and
I have told Mrs. Uenson to havo some
supper ready for you."
Jenny was I towing her way out when
Mr. Foyne made some hasty steis towards
her.
"I cannot thank you enough," he said,
gently; "you have so much reverence and
religion in tho tones of your voice, that
one feels liettcr for listening to you."
When she was gone tho party criticised
her singing.
"It is a pity," said Mr. P,oyhill, "that
she doesn't learn something besides those
old songs and sacred music. It's all very I
well of a Sunday evening to havo sacred
music, but one likes a little change of o
week day."
Mr. Feyno answered a littlo holly that
to sing any other kind or. music would
sjwil Miss Wilson's voice. "Don't you
agreo with me?" ho cried, turning ic
Luly Eleanor, "that her style is perfect.
Any change would lx for tho worse."
"Sho sings charmingly," replied Lady
Eleanor, a littlo vaguely. Whereupon
Mr. Feyno returned.
"Ah! I forgot, Lady Eleanor. You
don't care about music. I wonder at it.'
Eleanor grew crimson, "lam learn
ing to care for it," she said hesitatingly.
Tho next day at breakfast Richard
Ix'gged his sister to ask Miss Wilson tc
comoup again and sing. Lady Violet was
only too glad to be able to provido some
pleasure for him. Sho readily acquiesced,
but when she and Lady Eleanor were
sitting together in the littlo boudoir, she
referred to the subject of Jenny, ar 1
found Kleanor far from responsive. Lad)
Violet's sitting room wan a pretty little
room overlooking tho lake and distant
woods. It was siniplv crammed with
knicknacks and pretty littlo useless
things. There wero plenty of littlo table
covered with china and silver Ixixes and
bric-a-brac. There was no such thin?
as a reasonably sized tablo at whicl
any one could wruo m conuori.
There was a great enamel Ikjx
of French bonbons which was con
tinually replenished, there wero plenty
of magazines and novels, and o
profusion of delicately scented hothouse
llowers. Everybody liecamo hopelessly
idlo directly they entered tho room, nnc
they always spent tho morning with then
feet on tho fender, carrying on tho most
desultory conversation.
"1 am so glad Richard liked hor sing
ing," Lady Violet was saying, "for it
will help mo to porsuado him to stay ot
hero."
"Yes," answered Lady Eleanor, r
littlo drily, "Miss Wilson's singing may
havo that desired effect."
"Why, Nell, what's the matter? there's
no harm, surely"
"No, no," cried I-ady Eleanor, quickly,
"nothing! I feel sure sho is a very goo
girl, it is only my folly. 1 thought 1
fancied oh, nover mind. Don't lot's
talk any more about it. l-ct's seo the
now frock of yours. I can't lo cure
whether I should like-tho silver with the
salmon color." And her cheeks still re
mained crimson, though sho was ap
parently occupied with tlio con' ideratioi:
of lady Violet's wardrobe.
So Jenny e-amo up again and again to
Reyhill place, and sang of nn evening tu
Mr. Foyne. Ho was always courteous
and kind. Thero wero momenta, so
Jenny fancied, when ho entirely lost
sight of her personality, and only identi
ties! her with her music, as ono might
think of a bird. lie said many things to
her in praise of her voice, but never made
her any inero compliments, Thero was,
Jenny felt, a curious relation established
between them. Vncoiisciously, and with
out analyzing the fivling, she looked for
ward eagerly to those evenings. Tho dim
hall, with its vague .scent of violets, the
warmth and the luxurious beauty of (he
house, after tho chilly diuginess of her
homo, tho sense of ci..i.v leisure after the
toiling and moiling all day brought to the
littlo Heani! tress an iudotlnablo sense of
pleasure. Had lady Violet Invn olJor
she would have foreseen the danger, but
such an idea never occurred to her. Slit
waa much too busy wi' It her own round
of enjoyment. And Mr. Feyno himself,
alorlxd in the pleasure cf the music,
and Ux chivalrous and modest to think
ho waa inspiring tiny other feeling than
that of tho niiuvst frioiuLhip, where it
waa his intention to inspire nothing
wanner, never dreamed of any drawback
to his intimacy with Misa Wilson.
Thero was a little woman staying at
Reyhill who always liked to have her share
in what waa going on. She was a little
old spinster of good family and very small
means, who siont her life in visiting
going from ono great house to another,
plaing when others danced, writing
let t era for tho lady of tho house, going in
to dinner with tho boro of tho evening,
and informing a thousand littlo duties of
tho kind in return for the hospitality
otfero,! her, Sho was a toady ami a mis
chief maker, but was so useful that sho
waa still a welcome guest. Sho had al
ways an inexhaustible store of e oulldential
gciip, and could make herself very
agnvablo after hey own fashion. In per
son ehe waa very tiny, with black hair,
and bright eyes iko 'shiny Wads. She
was very anxiifs to ingratiato herself
with I-ady EleJjor. to whom sho had
hitherto jviid vjfivt in vain, and sho unw
at a glance ilmeM-M Ration of affairs.
"That fo'h-JTV-lmrd Fcyae," shogaid
to herself, "wfl Vt himself into a bcnijto
by nad by, yid ill livj nil bin cltauooi
with Lady UaBu.riugoiHl:,O0Qa year,
and Unit beautiful old plr.co in Hanij)
shire). Ho doesn't seo what lie's doing,
nud a friendly wonl in ukuoii will pu
things straight, and make Eleanor my
friend for life."
So, after luncheon one day, sho sidled
up to Richard, and asked him to come
into the hall to see some nrt needlework
she was doing for his aistcr. When they
wero alone she lx?gan to her unsuspect
ing companion:
"I dare sny you think mo very meddle
some, Mr. Feync?"
An a matter of fact, Richard had never
thought of her nt all, and now he looked
at her startled and utterly unprepared for
what was coming.
"I have known you so long, fIio cop
tinued, "that 1 must give you awarning.
1 know you don't see tho thing as other:,
do, but you really mustn't spend every
evening listening to that musical little
dressmaker. People arc Ix'ginning to
alk," she went on, inventing on .the
fjpur of tho moment, "and you elont!
know what you have put into her silly
little head sho will expect you to marry
Iter; and she is head and ears in love. I
assure yeut. if sho collie's up like this,
night after night, to sing to you, there
will be all kinds of stories. No ono re
spectable would employ her as dress
maker if she hetsher cap at gentlemen!"
The color roso in Richard's faco to tho
roots of his hair. For ono moment ho
was too angry to speak, and the foolish
woman, taking his silence for a sign of
consent, went on archly: "You are
throwing away all your chances Willi
I-idy Eleanor. Ye-s, yes; I know she's
Ixjcn in love with you ever &inco sho was
a child in the schoolroom; but yon can't
expect this kind of thing to last forever,
nnd one day sho will get tired refusing all
tno irreat people who propose to her."
By this time Richard had recovered his
voice. "All that you havo staid to me is
utterly false and untrue!" ho cried, his
voice trembling with anger. "Neither
Miss Wilson nor myj-elf havo over enter
tained for a moment tho ideas you have
been crcxxl enough to iniputo to us. Ami
if ix'ople havo talked, they havo simply
dono so becauso tbev aro malicious and
coarse minded."
Tlio littlo woman was now frightened
at what sho had done. "I'm suro I only
e.ioke becauso I wished to sparo Iady
Eleanor pain; anybody could 6C0 that she
cares for vou.
Richard was beginning to deny this
storv too. when suddenly ho stopped
Sonteth'ng within him told him that this
at least was true, though ho bad never
Ixjforo known it.
Tho silly woman rambled on incohe
rently, trying to excuse herself for med
dling. "Of course, it was ruining the
girl and I felt sorry for her Miss Wilson,
1 mean. A girl's character is so quickly
onestioiiod. and then what remains? I
couldn't le'ar to think of it!"
"Do vou mean to say," Richard de
manded, furious, "that Miss Wilson's
reputation has sulTored in the slightest
doL'ree. or that she has been lowered iu
the eyes of tho world, by my fault?"
His opponent preivaricate!, hesitated,
and then linally agreed that it waa bo.
Sho was so terrified that sho scarcely
knew what she was saying, and her one
idea was to ecapo from Richard, who,
erect lx.fo:o her, his handsome faco still
handsomer with passion, and his angry
eves lixod upon her, was ready, so sho
declared, "to kill her!"
"Thero is only e)ito remedy," Mr
Fevtio said, slowly: "I must ask Miss
Wilson to Iks mv wife. That to, it ap
pears to me, the only way to put every
thing straight;'.' and ho strodo out of the
room, leaving tho wretched creature to
ret-over her sensea. Without asking any
body's advice, without pausing to consid
or, ho proceeded to act on his blind ha
pulse. It was a pouring wet day; the
rain had been bteadilv falling all day and
tho ground was sodden and the trees
dripping with moisture. Tho landscape
looked blurred and blotted, nnd tho only
sound in tho air was tho regular, rhyth
inic Fob of the rain. Richard passed before
tho hall windows, wrapped m the black
Spanish cloak that lady Violet used to
call his "conspirator's cloak." He heard
a tan on the glass, suyl turned round to
se ljtdy Eleanor, who smilevl and waved
her hand to hint. "I wish you joy of
vour wet walk!" sho cried laugh
ingly. Richard moved hastily away
a sudden coiisciottsni'ss seized him
that this really was tho woman he
loved. He bail nover realized it before;
now it was too l.Uo. lie hurried down
to tho littlo town and rang the liell at
Jenny's house. Tho little apprentice
showed mm up into the parlor, where
presently Jenny, with a Hushed and
startled fae-e. tnado her apiearance. He
went up to her, regardless of his dripping
cloak that was making puddles on the
threadbare i-arpel, and liegan earnestly:
"I nm afraid, Miss Wil.-on, that you
havo Ikvh annoyed by these abominable
reports nnd scandalous stories." He
jNitiscil, taking Jenny's blushes for a con
tinuation of his words. "1 am deeply
grieved," he went on, "that any one
should have dare 1 to mako my ltamo the
seiutve of any discomfort to you, but it
you wish these stories can bo silencetl nt
once. 1 havo come to ask you to l.o my
wife."
ltsocnied to Jenny aa if tho room
reeled with her. For ono moment, and
for ono moment only, sho hesitatel. Ho
continued in a faltering voice: "I am
)oor, as you know, but 1 would endeavor
to make you happy if you could bo con
tent with the little." that I can offer."
Then Jenny tttn.od her honest eyes
towards him and lookenl him full in the
faces "I have lward no slanderous re
ports, sir," shosai.1, with simple dignity;
"and even had 1 heard them 1 could put
an end to them. You havo dono mo too
much honor. I could never really suit
you. You ought to marry a lady; and,"
dropping her voice nlmost to a whisjwr,
"you don't love me, sir; and I couldn't
marry any one who didn't. 1 can't thank
you "enough. 1 nhall ivmemlvr your
gexHlncsa to my living day; but you uuut
evxeuse me, sir, and ono day you will bo
glad for what 1 havo done."
Tho tears unbidden roso to her eyes,
but, courageous to the end, she made him
a littlo cttrtsey that had, ho felt, a world of
grace and dignity in it, and left the room.
So the flatter ended. Hut three months
after, when Mr. Feyno and his brido wero
pending their honeymoon in llniiihire,
they went for a lonsndo over tho downs,
and Rie-hai; told Eleanor the whole
tory. She invo u cry of surprise, mid
then, juttting her hand softly on hU arm,
"Ah, Rieliurd," &lw wild, "don't you seo,
9l loved you too well to do you any
liurui, and it was because sho loved you
U tat she refused you?" Annit Followoe,
la Lciurq Hour.
BICYCLIST STEVENS IN MEXICO.
Ilnrd Jtoadu to Travrl In tlio Mlilut ot n
I:wiKTii!!t Miit.
Starting from Canton on Oct. 13, I I
had expected to reach Kingkiang inside
of twenty dnys; but calculations Iwiwd
on my experience in other countries
failed mo entirely in China. I found it a
totally different country from any of the
ouiera I have traveled, IxMh as regards
roads, jieople, nccommo lation, and cx
pcrienco generally. It would lie IStIo
exaggeration to say that the only rads
in louth China (the north may be a little
different) are the rivers, and no exagger
ation whateve r o say that tho only pieier
way to travel is with a lxwt, in which
one can travel as in a house. Strictly
leaking, there aro no roaels at all, as wo
understand tho term; only narrow foot
paths, leading here, there and every
where, and yet nownsro in paiucui.u ; uu
intricate mass of tracks about the rice
ilelds, in which a stranger finds himself
hopelessly bewildered to commenco witn,
and invariably lost at last.
The first day out from Canton, after
traveling, I should think, thirty miles, 1
found myself in a village about thirteen
milca out. Neither aro theso pathways
of that asphalt like smoothness for which
an exix'rienced cycler naturally yearns,
who sees the pleasant autumn weather
gradually gliding past, and the distance
ahead still great. On tho contrary,
Ixiwlders and rough slabs of stone, once
laid level, but now more often sloping at
angle's that render them precarious foot
ing for anything but a goat or a bare
footed Chinainan. aro the chief charac
teristics. In addition to this they are
often not more than two feet wide, and
often rise several feet alxwo the waving
paddy, so that travelling them is a feat
really equal to the xu-fonnanco of walk
ing "on a wall. Under these circum
stances a person frequently thinks of
swapping bis bicycle for a "pariah yaller, "
and riddling tho purp with bullets.
Ta-ho was the first city where the au
thorites saw fit to favor "me with an es
cort. They sent a couple of soldiers with
mo to King-gang-foo. They evidently
knew what they were uljout, for I should
havo fared badly had 1 reached King-gang-foo
alone, "not knowing the direct
route to tho Yanien. The soldiers be
trayed anxiety as wo approached tho
city; the mob collected, and, whilo yet
se'veral hundred yards from the Yamen.
the stone's lx'gan to come, and wild yells
for the Fan Kwaes rent tho air. Missiles
that would have knocked mo senseless
had I Ikhmi wearing an ordinary hat only
made dents in the big pith solar topee 1
had worn through India, and which
effectually protected my head and shoul
ders. I escaped into the Yamen with
but a few trifling bruises and ono spoko
broke out of the bicycles but ono of tho
fioli'k'rs got badly "hurt on tho arm
probably a fractured bone. The soldiers
warned them that I was arini'd, and un
til we reached tho outer Yamen gate,
they confined themselves to yelling and
throwing stones; several then rushed for
ward and seized the bicycle, but the offi
cials came to tho rescue and hurried me
into the clic-hsien's otliees It was pan
demonium broke loose around tho Yamen
gates all the evening, tho mob howling
for the "foreign devil," the shouts of the
soldiers keeping them at bay, and tho offi
cials loudly expostulating and harangu
ing thinn from time to time, as the din
soeiiu'd to bo increasing. Proclamations
were tent out by the che'-hsien, and,
toward midnight, tho mob had finally
dispersed. I was then placed alxwril a
sampan, and, with a guard of six soldiers,
spirited olf down stream. After this the
authorities never allowed me to travel by
bicycles but passed mo on down stream
by boat from town to town, under guard,
until wo readied Wu-chiugon tho Poyang
IIoo, whem, by much persuasion, 1 ob
tained permission to take a short cut
across country to Kiukiang, but still with
an escort. Thomas Stevens' Letter.
How Sinn Din In Itiittlw.
When we got into the Brock Road in
trenehnieiits, a man a few files to my
left dropped dead, shot just alxwo the
right eye. He did not groan, or sigh, or
make tlio blightest physical movement,
except that las chebt heaved a fow times.
Tho life went out of his faco instantly,
leaving it without a particle of expres
sion. It was plastic, and as the facial
muscles contracted it took manv glumes.
When this man's body became cold, nd
y.i faco hardi-ned, it was horribly elis-
tofte-d, as though ho had suffered in
tensely. Any jK-rson wlio Had not seen
him killed would have said that ho had
endured supreme agonv before death re1'
leased him. A few minutes after ho fell
another man, a littlo farther to tho left,
fell with apparently a precisely similar
wound, lio was straiglitene'd out and
livetl for over an hour. Ho did not speak.
Simply lay on his back, and his broad
client roro and fe-11, slowly at first, and
thesi f:utcr ami faster, and more nnd
mere feeble until ho was dead. And his
f.u-e hardened, and it was almost terrify
ing in Us painful distortion.
1 have been dead soldiers' face which
were wreathed in smiles, and heard their
comrades say that thew had died happy.
1 do not believe that tho faco of a dead
soldier, lying on a batibtiild, ever truth
fully indicates the mental or physical
anguish or (loacefulncss of mind which he
suffered or enjoyel before his death. Tho
face is plastic after des-tUt, and as the
facial muscles cool and contract thoy
draw tho face into many shapes. Some-
tiinea the dead smile, again, they stare
with glassy eyes, nnd lolling tongues nnd
dreadfully distorted visages at you. It
gex for nothing. Ono death was as
painless as tho other. Wilkcson's
"Recollections of a Private"
(ntil mul l'airr.
A iwirasraph in ono of tho state jiapcrs
as to tho relativo weights of gold coin
and paper Snowy has made n demand on
druggists for tho uso of their scales. It
appears that a question waa raised aa to
the number of $1 bills required to equal
the weight of a $3 gold piece. The'
guessee ran nil tho way from ten to one
hundred or more, but tho scaloa showed
that seven bills will just tip tho scaled
down on the sido wlterotho paper money
is )Jaced. Teste liero in Hartford give
tho samu results, Uieir being a very slight
variation when now bills are used.-
Hart foul Times.
Wliat is ooouaouly colled friendship
ovoti is only n littls mow honor among
roguos. Ttiorau.
NEW YORK'S INDL' 7'JAL SCHOOL.
I'm ct I nil KiiinvlrdKi- lie Ccntrnl Iilrn
oT lli' I n-t It nl. mi A J.'oii.
The new build, r; of the Industrial
Education atwocintion, of this city, is now
in readiness to bo seen, and visitors will
be welcomed at any time.
From top to Ixjttom tho building,
which is (50 feet wide and 100 feet deep,
has been remodeled and filled with every
possible convenl 'iico for the tndning of
voting ix-ople in half a half hundred
branches of useful: .-. For the cooking
class there are faci'l'.'.es for teaching a
c'.jsh of sixtv girls at once; i-i tho depart
ments devoted to sewing, ebawing, mod
cling in clay, carpentering, kitchen
training, and all' branches of domestic
service the machinery is simply suicrb,
and there is also a kindergarten for tho
youngest children not yet old enough to
learn anv practically useful work. The
central idea of the whole institution is
that the bov or girl does not obtain in the
public schexils the practical knowledge
necessary to mako a living; ho or she
must get that more or less umuuuiiugiy
after scluxd davs are ended, with ho con
sequence that the oy who would havo
made an excellent plumber becomes a
bad carpenter, and tho girl who would
have made a comfortable living as n.typc
writer is condemned to mediocrity in
some shop.
This gnat work to which this vener
able building is devoted is not in any
senso a charitable work, all tho lessons
given there having to bo paid for, but
neither is it a money making institution,
and the charges aro simply sullicient to
cover the expenses. For instance, cook
t. ten cents a lesion, which
pavs for the material used in the lessson;
th6 children in the kindergarten pay Ml
cents a week; lessons in dressmaking,
domestic service, embroidery, may lx.) had
at trilling cost from the lxst of instruct
ors. The building has been opened only
a few weeks, and although tho advan
tages oflVrod aro scarcely known, pupils
aro already flocking io its classes. In the
departments devoted to children tho man
agers wish to impress ypon parents and
the public that it is not in any sense a
charitablo work, but an attempt to make
people understand that technical, manual
education is an essential factor to a lx)y's
or a girl's whole training; in, other words,
it is the carrying out of tho kindergarten
svstem lx?yond the kindergarten age; the
introduction of technical education in the
public M-hooIs of I lost on and Chicago
proves to have been of very great value
to the children.
In some of our most noted private
selHxris for boys several hours a day are
now devoted" to manual training, the
boys working at carix-nters' benches or
blacksmiths' forges, and soon developing
histes which, when cultivate!, may loof
the utmost value to them a few years
from now. In the famous scIuxd! found
ed by Felix Adler and supported by the
Society for Ethical Culture, of which he
is tho head, half the day is devoted to
learning from books and half the day to
learning how t do the world's work. 1
havo seldom neard a more interesting
lesson than 1 chanced to hear thero one
day, cotton cloth lxnngthe subject of the
lesson. The boys were required to te f
where the cotton plant grew, how it was
picked, ginned, spun, woven and made
into garments; they knew the average
nuinlx;r of liales produced in this country
and in Egypt and India, and they were
made to explain upon a miniature gin
and a miniature loom exactly how the
cotton in the fields canio to mako the
shirts on their backs. For the purposes
of tho lesson real cotton plants, with the
rilo bolls, wero shown, together with
pictures of the fields, and the boy who
came out from tho lecture upon cotton
cloth must have been a very dull boy in
dcel if lie did not unde'rstaml tlio sub
ject. New York Cor. Brooklyn Eaglo.
A I'l'titi'st AkuIuI Clu-up Hooks.
Tlio custom of "wiring" Ixxiks instead
of sewing tho sheets together, was im
ported, wo believes from America, and is
there used almost universally. Even
costly scientific treatises receive this
abominable treatment. Hero it is at pres
ent used chiefly for the cheap and ephem
eral literature, which perhaps it is not
unsuitid for. But Ixxik buyers should
refuse to take copies of valuable books
that hao lieen wired. All that ia neces
sary to avoid receiving them is to state
when ordering e'opies that "wired" one"
will Imj refused. If the publisher declines
to supply sewn e'opies, tho buyer should
order the work in sheets and liavo them
bound ii) by a competent bookbinder.
The extra trouble and cost will not be'
wasted. It is unnecessary to explain
the mischiefs arising from tho uso ot
wire; they are palmblo on inspection.
Ixmdon Literary World.
Telephone I'riiplieej-.
The prophet Isaiah, in tho fewest pos
siblo words, describes the construction ol
railroads:
"Every valkw shall lx) exalted and
every mountain and hill shall bo made
low, and the crooked shall bo made
straight and tho rough places plain.
And the glory of the Ixiril shall be re
vealed, and all flesh shall six) it together."
The prophet llabakkuk in the fewest
words iiosoiblo de-scribes the telephone.
"For the stone shall cry out of tho wall,
and tho beam out of tho timber shall
answer it." Second chapter, eleventh
verse; fourteenth verso: "For tho earth
shall bo filled with tho knowledgo of the
glory of the Lord, aa tho waters oover
the sea." Both of theso prophesies are
located in a class of disixmsutionnl prophe
cies, easily identified. Cor. Hartford
Times.
CluiiiBo of Taetlrs.
It was ono of tho maxims of Napoleon
that an army ought to clmngo ijs system
of tactics every ten years. His meaning
was, that success does not rest upon
forms, which ran Ixs copied by other
armies or generals, but upon living energy
and intelligence, which are always cap
able of dcviting new combinations; and
that formalism of miy kind is death to
armies, as to other "institutions. Con
temporary Reviow.
Sleip lor the Nervoui.
Every oue sliould havo eight hours
sleep, and pale, thia, nervous irsons re
quire ten. winch sIkmiUI bo taken rogu
larly in a well ventilated room.
Hit uaaaumntion of oil msal is rapitlh
iuurwNto" to tfct United States.
CHANGELESS.
WTien from tho woo-llnnd still and lone,
Throu?h the Ions summer nlRht,
Sail Thilomel's lmiMssioned tono
Thrills with love's iltf delight;
When, Eteep'il Iu balml.-t breath of June,
Tho enrth seems hnlf divine,
Ko chnnse know I in words or time,
Uut sine, "Wilt thou bo ininel"
When autumn's red nnd autumn's gold
Paint wood nnd Avoid and hill;
When winter nlRhts row divar and cold.
Low, 1 am clianRPlwwtlll.
TlioiiKh violets witlier, tob.-s fade,
Love's cnW'tidsr nnd mlno
Mark summer till In sun and shade,
And still my heart is Ibine:
Another AVord Needed.
The government ought to offer a re
ward for nnylxxly who will invent a word
that will pleasantly, picturesquely, agree
ably define a happy evening among
friends. "Secial" is ono of tho most
horrible words in the languages used as a
noun. "Party" means anything or
nothing. It is alsolutely unexpresflive.
"A gixxl time" comes in for a big drunk,
or a picnic, or a funeral, even, for there
are people who enjoy, really c.ijoy, fune
rals. "A dinner party" Fcems to stop
with the eating. Kow'if thero is a timo
when ieople aro unsociable, it is at i
big dinner party. If you aro fond of
eating, eouvi-rsation's a nuisances nnd
you can't get up any reasonable discus
sion that will not be broken by tho
course's.
Yem'vo cither to devoto yourself to tho ,
menu or to your neighbor. If sho'a
pretty, you don't cat your dinner; if tho
dinner's good it requires a perfect self
abnegation to jay any attention to her.
A dinner party is neither ono thing nor
the other. Hut after dinnerl Well, "that's
different. "Soiree" is an abominablo
word. The man that coined it should
have been killed. Now, what can you
call a happy, merry evening? You can't
call it anything short nnd nice and pleas
ant. People talk abemt "spending tho
evening" just as if they had to put in
the lime somehow, and that was all they
wanted to do. "Calling" suggests a
straightbaeked chair, your hat in your
hand and tho hostess in discomfort, wish
ing you'd go. And there's only ono
word in the English language that means
comfort, and peace, and happiness, nnd
enjoyment, and that word is "1101110. "
San Francisco Chroniclo "Undertones."
Woman's Work In Karly Times.
Prior to tho American revolution every
colonial farm house and every black
smith's shop was a manufactory. For
everything was literally manufactured;
that is, made by hand. The blacksmith
hammered out axi's, hoe's, spade's, plow
shears, sewthes and nails. A tailoress
went from botiso to house to make up
the winter clothing, and was followed by
tho slux'inaker. The farmer prepared
the leather from skins which had laid in
the vat for a year, and his wife made
ready tho cloth. Spinning wheels buzzed
from morning tiil night. Skeins of woolen
and linen yarn hung on the walls of
every house. Seated on the loom seat,
tho fx-st woman of tho family plied shut
tles and treadles, weaving blankets!,
she'ets, tablo cloths, towels, bed curtainsI
window curtains, flannels and cloth for
garments. Every woman in the house
held manufactured something. Tho aged
grandmother spun flax with tho littlo
wheel; tlio youngest daughter carded
wool, and the oldest, if tho men wero
busy, ha'tcheled flax. It was hand work
that did it, and every hand did what it
could !est do. Tho women, whoso
"workwaa never done," not only carded,
spun and wove, but they milked tho cows,
made butter, bread and cheese, soap and
candles, cooked the food, did the wash
ing, and in harvest raked hay, pulled
lkix and dug itatocs. Tho neighbor
who happeneel in ' for an afternoon's gos
sip brought her work. The mother
patched or knitted as sho rested by the
fireside, or quartered apples for tho
children to "string' and hang in tho
morning in festoons on tho sunny out
side walls. All wero busy, always busy.
Youth's Companion.
Alnia Tudoniu'ri Dwell'MiR.
Sir. Alma Tadenia, most versatile of
artists, has added ono more world to
those ho has already conquered. Ho has
become his own nrchitcct, and M. Tissot's
house in St. John's wexxl, which waa
considered a gem in its way when the
French artist lived in it, has been trans
formed inside and out into something
quite marvelous to behold. In tho ex
terior are bits of nearly all tho styles of
all tho ages, from tho classic romantic
down to tho latest Nineteenth century
development of art, or eccentric fashion
and fancy.
Inside, the medley is still moro be
wildering, but always harmonious. Mr.
Tadema was resolved thai every nook
and corner of his now homo should havo
its picture, nnd each picture unlike its
iellow. Ono vista suggests Greece, an
other Pome, a third tlio gorgeous and
mysterious oast. The room designed 'for
the sjx-cial use of the artist's wife will lx)
ono of tho prettiest interiors in London.
Ilia own studio will also bo unique in
arrangement nnd decoration, nnd his
friends are already looking forward to
tlio enjoyment of his hospitality amid
surroundings that will enhance, if pos
sible, its well known grace and charm.
London World.
A Ilres of Ancient ay.
From tho most authentic authorities
wo learn that thero waa but little. any,
effort maelo to fit the garments to tho
bodv 450 vears before Chris , and tho
chief and "indispensable nrticloofww
was called tho "chiton," a linen hag-hko
top and bo torn. r wWo that
3SU "gl Fbo extended without dis
v mfort This particular stylo must havo
K an tho rage, as wo say nowadays,
or the richer class likewise wore tho
lJton, but it waa composed of silk in
stead of linen, and another binular cos
" i called tho "Ilimation." which was
ompoBCil of some sort of woolen stuff.
Brooklyn Citizen.
The rrench rre.lden't Salary.
M. Gro7(jtceivea w pwt of tho
French repuTilie n yearly salary of $M0,
000 besides tho following allowance
W.0O0 forhsatingal lis)"!". 6frVBn'"
rnd waihlng. $60,000 J !J
wants ami journeys and $23,000 for tho
malatenanoe of his game preserves.
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