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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1902)
GATHERING AND PRESERVING THE WINTER APPLE SUPPLY. PICKING, A SHOUTING AND PACKIN AMKIIIC'AN apples took Ilia highest (rlx nt tliv Inxt Purls I'ipoallliiii, unci the grent aiiperlnrlty of our ft tilt over liny rnlaed in Europe Ima limit liven admitted. Wh hnve, i iwlnlly In our norllirrn tier of Htntt-a, Juat lliii right (iiinlilniillim of toll mid cllninlo for producing n "f tln Iltiest lliimr, liliih color mid kooI kcvpli'lt ipnilltJvai lint tin northern grown Amerlrnit npplc nlau owra Ita fninn iilirimil In I hit great r-nro taken In pncklug It for market. Rapid trnimll, low rules for freight nml, above nil, ample fncllltlua for rold atiirnira (by tix-tiiiM of which fruit tuny lo kept uiilll well lulu llm winter nml toward spring, wlini prlcea are. blahest) nil hnvo miiiMni'il to iniiku apple ciiltnru very profltnlihi of Into. When llio Hipli gnthcrlng senaon In lit I (h height, tlm groivcra nre, rlaltcd by the ,ciita of city pnckiT, who nru In the or tharda n noon na tlm extent of tlio crop hna been determined ntnl rendy to emit nut for tlm lieat fruit on the tree. It must liu hand picked, rlpo Ami sound, lint not mellow, Helm-ting Dm urnilu rontrnctod fur, tlin pnrkcr'a expert first Inya two tnuraea of npplea nt (lie bottom of Imrrul, hla aaalatnut cnit y Iiik In n liualii'l slowly without bruising, slinking them up amnrtly, another Imalirl nnd another linklnif cicctnllnir, until the linrrel la two-thirds full. Tim Inal niul tlilnl bushel la packed In liy linnd, two courses Mng left nliorii tlm lop of Hie linrrel. Tlio problem then la to lit In tln hend In spite of tliv heaped up npplea, ami ilila la nccmnpllahcd liy menu of n prean, u simple Imt powerful nffnlr constructed of two uprlidita miiili) of ono nml n ipinrtir Inch atcel hcut nt tlio ends to lit utuliT tlio Iwtlom of tlio bnrrel niul rcalat tlio pressure wlilcli rotnea from n screw hend fastened to tlm other end. At tlio liotlom of tlm acruw la mornbl prcaauru Imr tlio exact diameter of tlio barrel nt tlio top, mnt la-licnth Ihla tlio lund la arranged nboro tlm npplea. (Initio "TALKED AOOUT." Tho nelKhNira tnlked nhout her nearly everywhere, they tnuf, They talkiil nhout her till alio tllcdi they talk nhout hr )et. Tho high mid low nil mkc of her, ua did tho old nml yonmc, And rtery Koaalp toaaeil her II n mo Ukhi her tiluihlo tonitun. Twna alio who klaaed tho bnliy flrat nml bleat Ita happy blrthj Twna she who helped to guldo lla feet throuiih nil the pntha of enrtbl 'Twna aim who wntchod besldo tho ll nliertiin Ihu dyluic lay, Twaa she who sootlu-d the stricken frlenda when ono wna called uwny. Tho neUhbora tnlkcI nlut her nenrly everywhere they melt They talked nlHiut her till tho died; they tnlk nhout her yet. They tnlked nlmt her wondrous linnda, her henrt ao full of love, And now the nnifela tnlk of tier who dwella with them above. ' Nlxou Waterman. IN THE DARK X Hwciit ono iiiornlnn to Tolsny to aeo a llttlo liouso to which I lmil fallen holr, nml, nftcr lircnkfitnt, I took my kP)" ,l f"m"y nf",,Jr- A I wna nlioul to lenvo tho olllco, tho lund clerk cnllwl mo to lila ilvak nml wild! "Tlicro la nlo aome money coinluc to yoti from your uncle' catntc, Blx thousnml franca). Hero It la." The mirprlHD wan moat ngrccnlilo to me. I took the liluo bllla nml Nllppcil them Into my pocket-book without conntlim tlieni. IlocnitHO of tltla ilelny, I lmil lo hurry to Kt t Htntlon lu time. Kortuniilely, tho train wna Into. It pulled In Ji't na 1 atcppe.il ot( tlio plntform. Heelnit nn cmiity compitrt input, na I auppoaed, I burrleilly enter ed It. Aa I ant down. I anw tlmt I wna not Mono. A Indy ant lu tlio rlnlit-lmud corner of the Kent fncliiR me. I drew bnck na fnr na possible lu tltu left-hand corner, not lmcnuao of aiiaplclon, na I lind nlrcndy forRottcn my windfall, but In onler to atretcU out nud rellcct nt my enao. Tho lndy wna young, beautiful, nud cleunnt. A dnrk-bluo trnvcllngdreaa of a correct cut act off her Blender, graceful figure, Slniwca of golden linir rippled buck under n dnrk-bluo felt lint, trimmed with n bnnd of ribbon nnd n quill. A dnlnty pntent-lentber ahoo wna vlallilo below tho hem of her aklrt. A watch with aomo coquottlah trlnkcta buiiK from her belt, while n, bangled bVncelet on her left wrist In dicated a pretty fcmlnlno vnnlty. A Kold-linndlcd umbrella. In Ita ahcath, leaned nunlnat n portlero near Iter, l.'rom my obaorvatlon, I gained an Impreaalou of aobcr luxury, o trlflo 12u Kllsh In Ita rluor. A nowspnpfr lny on tho lndy'a lap, nnd alio wna rending It with audi perfect unconsciousness of my surveillance that 1 could not oven boo the color of hor oyca. After wo bad left tho Mnlsona Lafltto station, tho thought occurred to mn to rend over enmo loiter which I had merely glanced nt In tho morning. I put my bnnd In my pocket to got thorn, nnd I felt tho pocket-book. A fecllug of plensuro enmo over mo nt tlio ro mcmbinnco of my bequest, and I could not resist a childish dealro to liamllo my llttlo fortuno. I tok tho bills from my purso and, In tlio porfect security of the cloned compartment, I counted thorn without tho slightest suspicion of iiolng wntchod. Tho alx thousnml frnncs were there. I folded tlio money up, put It bnclc Into tho pocket-book, nnd, with my usual heedlessness, laid iho purso down besldo mo with tho letters I wna going to rend. I now took thusn up, ono by ono, rend them, nnd tossed them back ou tho sent, I wns soon mndo nwaro, by tho vi bration of tho conch, tlmt wo had reached tho Aanlervs Ilrldgo. Tho young woninn folded up her nowspa por, and, without glancing In my di rection, begun slowly nud composedly to unlnco tho glovo on hor right hand. Finally alio drow It off. Wo wcro about to reach our destination. It wns uot tho time for rvmovlug ouo'n gloves. O APPLEH FOR Inalilo tlio barrel nml nml tlio applca nru from JO to 70 centa of rominlaaliiua nml full. Htlll the net did not Impress mo at the time. I merely ndmlred the slim, ner vous bnnd, with Its tnHrlng lingers. Tho girl clnnpcd nml unclnpsed them with marvelous nglllty. na If they wcro numb from their bondage. The shadow of tho great wall of tho Ilatlguolh'a noon fell tiK)n our car, nnd I noticed that tho Innteru wna uot lighted. A moment afterward, with a confused rumbling of wheels and rails, wo en tered tho tunnel. Hoon I funded I heard tho sound wna" barely perceptible In tho general frnens-n alight rustling nuioug tlio pa pers nt my side. Careless ns I usually am, It la a wonder that the sound at tracted my attention, nnd atlll moro of ono that I thought of my pocket book. Itj- aomo Intuition, however, I did ao. Not Intentionally, but with an In stinctive, rough gesture, of which I should havo been nahamed In the day light, I forcibly threw both my hands over Iho Bcnttcrvd papers and preaacd them down with all my might Theu, with a atart, I felt aomethlug moro under tho pile, like nn nnlmnl In n trnp trying to escape by twisting, turning and pulling. I bom dowu nil tljo hard er. Juat then tho train whistle shriek ed out. Tho s wed slackened and wo enmo to n atnudatlll lu the blnckncas of the tunnel, l'or n moment, I experi enced a verltnblo nightmare. With n rustling nnd teartug of papers, tho struggle continued, silently but fierce ly. After having wriggled and turned iloajKTntcly In overy direction, like a strangled reptile, tho hand, crushed under my palms, lay quiet. I saw untiling, heard nothing, uot even n breath. 1 knew, however, that my companion wna on tho alert, noting my overy movement. BufToenled by emo tion and wcnrled by the tension on my nerves, I waited for tho daylight for deliverance. After n period of time, very short, probably, but tho length of which I could uot estimate, tho trnln began to movo slowly. My relief nt this wns so great that my whole tnlng Involuntari ly relaxed from Ita tension. This wns evidently expected, for tho tin ml again tried to freo Itself, not by violent Jerk this time, but by a strong, steady pull ing. I felt It slipping along, llttlo by llttlo, under tho papers. I Imprudently raised my palm n bit to got a fresh hold. When I again boro dowu, I clasped only my pocket-book. Tho baud hnd escaped, I knew not when nor how. I hastily opened tho purse, felt that Its contents wcro tlicro, then put It Into my vest pocket nud stupidly cross ed my arms over It. At last a gray light penetrated luto tho compartmcut, followed by tho bright light of day. My first glanoo wns nt tho lndy opposite. She sut In exnetly tho anmo place, with tho samo air of haughty Indifference. Nothing nhout her toilet was disarranged In tho least Not a fold of hor dress seem ed to havo been moved. Tho nows papor lay folded In hor lap, tho gold handled umbrella leaned ngalust tho portlero, tho pateut-lcathor too pro truded slightly below tho hem of her skirt. Shu looked palo, however, nnd her cyos were bout ou her right baud, na alio slowly Incod up her glove. It truly seemed aa If I wcro waking from a dream. And what proof could I offer to tho contrary. Tho train stopped nnd tho platform was on my aide Tho lndy rose, drop plug tho paper from hor lap, took her umbrella, nud with a perfectly com posed and pollto "Pardon me, sir," passed In front of mo. Feeling stupid ami duped, I put out my arm to detain her. Hut sho wns already ou tho steps, nnd noticing my gesture, alio turucd halt round, nud for tho first tlmo I saw her eyes. They wcro ns blue na tho sky and limpid and beautiful In expression. They gnzed at mo with so much sur prise and candor that I waa disarmed complotely, and I let hor go Unmolest ed. Ilnd It not been for tho rumpled. torn papers on tho sent besldo mo, I might havo been tempted to bcllovo that tho imi to but tlcrco duel In tho dnrk was meicly a hallucination or a bad droam. Translated from tbo French for tho Argonaut. COM) STORAGE. lint pcralatcut measure la tlicn annlled until tlio fruit la forced tlio hend In place, when It la llrinly nailed, ready for atorflKo. Tor two or threw inoutha nfler pocking thero la sufficient nalatmico from within tin' Irarrcl to liol! Ilia head In plnco, Imt after Hint tlio npplca alirltik, nml nt tlio end of alx inontlia, If atlll In storngc, tlm pucker opena tlio barrel nml fllla It na In tlio drat liiatnnrc, I'ipert packing makea tlm difference between n full nml n "alack" linrrel, which la also tlio difference between profit nml lo whrti tlm fruit la nucllom.il off nhronil, any nt Liverpool, for tlio "alncka" bring only ouo-fotirth to onc-clglith tlio prlco of full onca, A linrrel coata tlio pnekrr nhout .15 centa delivered nt Iho orrhnril, the fruit to All It f 1 for No. 1 grade, Iho coat of aort itis;, packing, freight from orclinril to atornKe nml other Incl driitnla lirlniiluK tlio total up to quite ft! per linrrel. I'relfihtaito ncroaa tlio ocenn, any fnm Now Vurk to Liverpool, vnrlea per linrrel, to which muat bo nilileu tlio coal Incmeiitiila. Tho first Anierlcnn niplea are and) to hnro conn ncroaa the Atlantic with rnro ohl Hen I'mnklln In ITCH, nml their llnvor ao nppenleil to the llrltlah tnate Hint they were In crent .Icmniid nt fotirpence ench. .More thnu fifty yenra ago Iho famoiu Newtown I'lpplna aold In Ixnuloii at 121 per linrrel, the uohlllty sirntnhllnK for them nt n ituluea n dozen. Juat nt present tho full llnrored Ilnldwlna nml Hen Dnrla vnrlvtlca nro In lilxli furor, forelitn tnatea runnliiK to color nml slinpo na much na to Alio cntlnit qunlltlea. In forelKit shipments, nlnro nil, Iho kivplni; Motility of Iho fruit la lo liv considered, na It la well known flint a slnslo "inuahy" npplv will apoll a wholo linrrel VYALK ON 8TILT8. A I'lctiiresriiQ Method of Locomotion In Poiitliwrateru Frmice. In southwestern France there Is a de partment known aa I .amies, bordering ou the Hay of Illseay, which la among tho moat ilwtolnte and unproductive re gions In Kurope. It has ati area of nearly -1,000 square mile and a popula tion exceeding 300.000. While the east ern portion of thin department Is fertile enough to permit of successful agricul ture, the western jiortloii consists only of desolate tracts of sand banks, marshes and swamps, covered with heath nml dwarf shrubs. Tlic Inhab itants llvo In scattered villages of mis erable huts and subsist by fishing and WALKI.SU O.N STILTS. hunting and the raising of swlno nnd sheep. The latter nre of a wretched tirewl, thus partaking of tho nature of their country. Tho chief peculiarity of tho Inhab itants la that they walk on stilts, the use of tho Intter greatly aiding locomo tion on the arid Iambi nnd snlt marshy plains. Illustrative of this method of locomotion wo print n picture from tho Illustrated London News showing tho peasants ou tho way to market. The Inhabitants nro cblelly of tho Gascon race, and whllo rude nnd naturally poor they nre good-natured and bos pltuble. HAD A SALARY OF 850,000. Hut lie Itcalunoil Ofllce llccauao lie Coulilu't Live On It. Ono might tblnk that a salary of $50.. 000 a year, tho sum paid tho President of tho United States, would bo aulll- clcnt to keep tho wolf from tho door of almost any man, even though ho held tlio cxnlted station of Governor General of tho now Commonwealth of A ua trail a. Rut Lord Ilopstoun, who was appointed to tlmt olllco n yenr ago last January, when tho federa LOUD MOl'ETOUK. tion under tho Southern Cross begnn Its existence, did not think so, nnd therefore ho threw up his commission nnd hits recently returned to Ungland, snya Lesllo'a Weekly, Tho explanation given is that tho demands upon Uio hospitality of tbo Governor General nro bo grent tlmt ?50,000 a year falls to pny tho bills, and as Lord Hopctoun did not feel like eking out tho balance, from Ills Own IllCOino hn nuerntwlnl tlio Job. If this Is true, It would seem j ns If hospitality In Australia cornea 1 higher than It does In most other lands, nud much too high for a country just starting out ou n path of political In dependence. Doubtless much of tho expenditure Is duo to needless ostenta tion. Tho acting Governor General of Austrlalla, pwullug tho appointment of n successor to Lord Hopctoun, Is Lord TunnyBon, a sou of tho famous poot. A Borrowing Kansas Willow. In her "card of thanks" a Miami County widow, after thanking every body else, concluded: "I also thank tho baud for Its consoling music and Mrs, Averlng, tho milliner, who fur nished mo such becoming raounrlng. My dear husband's farm Is for nalo as soon ns proper legal steps can bo taken, nnd will bo sold at a bargain, Ob, death, thou art tenlblo." CLOSE CALCULATION. Itnrdalilus of "Ilonrillua Around" In the Olilen Times, It la wllhlii tho memory of many middle-aged people that Iho custom of school teacher "hoarding around" wna Ihu usual thing In country districts. Al though n custom which the tenchern set. dom liked, It la doubtful If many of them hnd na hard a time ns a young achoolmnster who described his experi ence In tho New Kiiglnml Galaxy for 1817. Tho nrllclu was written by Loon- nrd Apthorp, then nn undergraduate of '"nkera, la transparent, unbreiiknbla llowdoln College. Tho young schoolinns- ""d "on-apllllng, the acid so titlon ho ler was to receive fifteen dollars n "f II1 " 'B""" oM eIeclr ninntli mid his board. i 'J'0, From tho flrat day I perceived that I ' Itemalns of a pro-Columbian aacrlflco wna at board on speculation, and nt tho or lfna' station on the top of tbo No mercy of n closo calculation, bo writes. vn,'n d Chnnl, at a height of 20,000 .... ' . 1 . , 1 1 . - 1 ..... I. t.. 1,1 r, ,,n on day the wholo d nner cona sttd of a single dumpling, which they called n pudding, and flvo sausages, which In cooking shrunk to the size of pipe sterna. There wcro five of us at table. A few tiny afterward, on my return from school, my eyes were delighted by tho Bight of an animal I hnd never be fore seen. It waa a raccoon, which tho young man, Jonathan, hnd killed and brought homo In triumph. When skin ned ho seemed to be one entire mass of fat, and of a moat delicate whiteness. I waa overjoyed, and went to bed early to ilrenui of delicious steaks which tho morrow would bring. Long before daylight 1 heard tho fam ily stirring, nnd the alacrity of quick footsteps nnd the repented opening nnd shutting of doors all gave assurance of the coming holiday. I was soon ready for breakfast, and when acnted at (able I observed that the place of Jonathan was vacant. "Whero Is Jonathan?" I asked. "Gone to market," said they. "Market! What market, pray? I did not know there was any market In theso parts." "Oh, yes," they said, "ho Is gone to , about thirty miles to the south ward of us." "And what has caleld him up ao early to go to market?" "Ho Is gone," an Id they, "to acll hit raccoon." FOUND A fRIEND WHEN IN NEED. A venerable man now prominent In Western railway circles, but In his youth a comparatively jioor boy In a little town In central Illinois In the thirties, told this story not long ago at a social gathering: "I waa only a boy," he said, "but I wanted to seo a little of the world. My father hadn't much money, nobody hnd money, In fact, but bo fitted ma up as well as he could, with a suit of his own making, for ho managed to pick up a living, even In that frontier village, aa a tailor, and sent me to Springfield for a little visit. A batter In town made me a sort of plug bat. such as nobody of this generation ever saw; and with all my belongings, ex cept what I had on. In a little, hair covered trunk, I went to Springfield. It waa then a two days' Journey. "I mado something of a sensation In my Kplko-Ullcd coat and high hat, but I wua having a good time until a ca lamity happened to me. There waa a big political meeting of Whigs In Springfield on tbo day I arrived there, and my trunk somehow got mixed up with tho baggage of the politicians and disappeared when they did. What be came of It I don't know. I never saw It again. There I was, without a cent of mon ey, away from homo for the first time In my life, among strangers, and I was aliout as dcolato a boy as you ever saw. When I discovered my loss I wandered about tho streets, forlorn. and forsaken, till I was nearly tired to a moro deflnUe gen,ei maklDg the death, nud then I sat down on a door- ul)Ject more rcal nnJ giving tbe ordl step nnd cried. n h of emuiatinc ber. "Presently somebody tapped mo on Nt , ag0 a tala clergyman tho shoulder. I looked up, nnd a pleas- .,,. ,., nllpa,lona 1o T0Unir men all ant-faced stranger was standing before me. " 'What's tho matter, son?' he said. "I told him my story. " 'So the Whigs havo robbed you. of ilfeprofcssional nnd commerclal bavo they?' bo said, patting me on tho nmld tbo ,un of city nfe and from head. 'Well, that's bad. Hut cheer uIct country homes. From theso an up, my boyl Things might bo a good BWcra wo nro Biad to note that the deal worse. What Is your father's young meQ generally do the subject name.?' I i,i nil sneak In a kind and broth- "I told him. " 'I know him,' bo said; 'I'll wrlto to him.' "Ho dhL and this was tho letter: " 'Springfield. 111.. Aug. 7, 183-. Mr. Blank: Dear Slr-I found your boy on tho street hero to-day, without any clothing except what bo wns wearing. , flt uer ng a home provider and en Pleaso send him somo mora. Yours ablo bcr to tako her place as an every truly, A. Lincoln.' I dny worker In this very busy world. "That was the end of my troubles, nnd thero Is no recollection of my llfo knowledge of Glbboup Decline nnd that I cherish with a deeper senso of j,-au 0( the llomnn Empire, but they re gratltudo than I do that one." J oMre ber to know of the decline nnd Youth's Companion. What Did Noah Hat? Thero Is no record, so far as 1 know, of what Noah and his family ate dur ing tho flood. After telling Noah what to tako In tbo ark, God said: "Every living Bubstnnco that I havo mado will destroy from off tho faco of tho earth." Thero wcro no tanks In tho ark, according to the best known de slgus, therefore tho aquarium existed not. Tlicro la no record of tlio prlco of boef j therefore wo oro permitted to draw an Inference. Beef was higher then than It has been since, for It was on a par with tho game, and gamo was higher than tho highest mountains of earth. Therefore fish. God did not tell Noah to tako fish into the ark. Ho must havo thought tlmt fish could tako caro of themselves. But all flesh nnd creeping things wcro destroyed. Tho chanced nre tlmt Noah nnd tho boys wet n few Hues during tho forty dnys and nights of water, hut they may hnvo used nets. Tho first mention that wo hnvo of fishhooks Is about 787 B, 0-, Whereas Noah aud tho hoys were catch ing flounders aud "wcaks" In 2310 B. 0. Now York Press. Why Tommy Does Not Practice Music Teacher 1 try to mako of your sou, zo llttlo Thomas, n graudo musi cian, but ho must help. I am 'fiuld ho docs not practice. Mrs. Woodby No, his father gives him 10 cents a flay uot to. Philadel phia Press. HVention II)pnotlzlng by mechanical means la Iho novelty of M. Leduc, who uses a mldlrcctlonal electric current with 150 to '.'00 Interruptions per second, A "dry" accumulator, from Hugltali , " '" '" " dltlon's lata finds In northern Argen tina. A suggested new American Industry Is tho making of fish flour. In Nor way, at seasons of abundance, the flesh of fresh fish Is dried and pulverized by special apparatus, and tbo highly nutri tious product can be kept and easily transported. The American built Oroya Itallrnad In tho Peruvian Andes attains tho greatest elevation reached by any rail road lu tho world. At one point It passe through a tunnel 15,0X. feet alMivc sea level, This Is nearly 1,000 feet higher than Pike's Peak, unit but llttlo over 100 feet less than the eleva tion of Mont Wane. The Oroya Hall road also enjoys the distinction of hav ing coat more per mile than the great majority of railroads. It Is 138 miles long and coat 13,000,000. Tho many tunnels, bridges and zigzags presented difficult engineering problems. The recent volcanic cataclysm In the Islands bordering the Caribbean Sea has awakened fresh Interest In tbo geological history of that part of tho earth's crust. Prof. J. Milne, the great English authority on seismic phenom ena, remarks that tho ridge on which the Islands of Martinique, HL Vincent and their neighbors lie Is a lino of weakness characterized by unusual In stability. Geology points backward to a time when tbo Isthmus of Panama was submerged, and when a belt of land, spoken of as "Antlllla," connect ed North and South America along tbo eastern border of the Caribbean Sea. Hut, like the fabled Atlantis, this land has sunk out of view, and only a line of Islands marks Its site. Tho hydraulic mining cartridge of James Tonge, Jr., Is designed to re place explosives In mines liable to con tain firedamp. It consists of a steel cylinder twenty Inches long by three Inches In diameter, across which are arranged a series of eight small tele scopic rams, and In use tbe cartridge Is pushed up Into a drill hole In tbe coal and band pumps force water Into the cylinder, driving out the rams. A pres sure of three tons per square Inch can be readily obtained. In about ten min utes the rams bring down tbe coal In large pieces, and with much less waste In dust and fragments than when ex plosives are used. A test of two years has shown the cost to be about tbe same as ordinary mining. But the coal Is more valuable, and tbe dangers are greatly lessened, many deaths result Inz vearlr both from accidents wltb ex plosives and from tbe Igniting of explo sive gases. The Urltlsn society or Ana has found tbo cartridge worthy of nn Important prize. THE IDEAL WOMAN. Oplntona of Younn Men aa to What Ehe Should lie. The majority of young people. In speaking of tho Ideal woman, refer to . I, .. wnmnn nt TVUltrV fl Till rnmQDHL and M wuklns says, "a pedestal Is , b'er ghak a placo t0 pIaeo ,1Ilmnn lieIl.L. , ,.rm ,n ... nrn.tlcnl QTcr the ciintry. and to a few young I .,., nnblnt- thpm for their concoTW t,on of ' tue iicai young womnn. The I ..-.. WI!re from men n all walks I cr,y manncr. riPnr.rt wtsh of th von itt t,nt his llfrt mmnnnlnn mnit I be Q boUBewfe, with all that the term ., wMl not denvlntr tho In,. po-rtnnce of education, this must not ha ,proiv ornamental, but of tho kind Tiln TOuni men do not object to her fall of the peoplo by whom she Is sur rounded. Mere dolls have no place In woman's work and women's bands are more beautiful after they have been soiled by useful employment As to tho subject of morals, tho young men say, that to have ono stand ard for men and another for women Is a relic of barbarism; and a doctrine that has no place In modern times. The rigid rule that keeps a girl at home evenings should also restrain a boy from wandering around tho streets or country at unseemly hours; tho evil effects of this conduct tells on tho ono ns much as tho other. All tbe answers require a girl to bo a Christian; aud many of thc'iu speak of special objections, such as card playlug, wine drluking, dancing, but with tho exception of wine drluking, theso open up too wide a field of dis cussion, and tho opinions of parents nro controlled largely by the particu lar society In which they uave been brought up or tho localty where they reside what might bo right In ono section would not bo tolerated lu an other, unless It bo wine drinking, nbout which there cannot be two opposite opinions among right thinking people. In olden times parents stood out against tho education of girls, but now adays tho danger Is of runnlfig to the opposlto extreme the education of moro adornmcut. To many of tho girls tho business of their husbands or brothers, tbo way they vote aud their cares aud worries havo scarcely any I Interest ror thorn, so long as they can . dress well, I We have not given tho Ideal woman from the young 'girls' point of rlcwj but one sensible girl oxpresaea It In n few words. Bho nsks to bo Judged by the same standard by which alio Judges I young men, "nml, nllowlng for acx, let ' I.... I,nw ll lt, lll.nptlntf wtllrtl It young mnn ought to have." Ho then wo can certainly say that tho caaeutlnl Idea In young men's mlnda of tmo womanhood la her ability to make a home In a palace or a cottage In affluence or In poverty ahe la tho ono who makes Itor aa a true mother arid wife glvea It: "We hnd n homo long before wo had a houao to put It In." Housewife. TEACHING TAR8 TO 8WIM. French Bailors Are Toor Bwlmmers How They Are Instructed. Tbo tar of tbo French navy are learning to swim. Moreover, they arc learning on land, or rather on board ship, and when they first hit water are supposed to bare the elements of natation down pat enough to keep them afloat and mov ing. The methods of tbe naval officers are scientific and the Innovation In Itself Is unique. Incomprehensible as It may seem, all sailors are not swimmers.. In fact. It Is absolutely known that there are fewer good swimmers, In propor tion, on board ship than on land. Why this la no It la almost Impossible to say. Just aa It Is equally difficult to account for tho fact that sailors are usually poor swimmers as compared wltb landsmen. But the French navy Is Intent on having Its fighting men sclen - title swimmers, and to make them ao.""-uH", u ( they teach by scientific methods. Tho I From tho Government. AH organl-i best thing to be taught In la In what Rations of capital and labor get their1 Is called a "swing," but, when there right to exist from thogoveruuient.and are not enough swings to go round, the It Is folly to say that the government French sailor uses a cbalr. In this. can do nothing. Itov. Dr. Lee, Pres- though they were In the water. Then, under tbe eye of tbe swimming master, they go through their maneuvers. It Is popularly supposed that a swimmer propels himself wltb bis bands and arms or the feet, but be doesn't This is the first thing taught A scientific swimmer uses bis bands and feet to ballast himself, as It were. He keeps afloat with tbem. Tbe mo tive power Is created by tbe way he uses his legs. First tbe tar Is taught to draw his legs up as far as be can, llko a frog, which leaves a diamond shaped opening between tbem. All this . t t. 1 1 1, I . 1 . .Mnn, n. I . V. 11UJB UF MS KWlllUg, UIU1KII BUU I.IIU ms nanus ana reet. -men ne is taugut to shoot his legs back together, exactly as a frog does In swimming. By this maneuver the "wedge" of water be tween his legs Is forced out and tbe swimmer springs ahead. It Is the same motive force that sends one over the Ice when "sculling" on skates. Then tbe French swimming master and a couple of assistants, says the Detroit News-Tribune, bitch a rope around the beginner's waist and pitch him overboard. MEN WHO DELIVER MAIL. He.rt Traaedle. that Lino tho Honte or Letter Carriers. "Toll roii ii stnrv? tvhr. tmj r mli-ht tell a good many stories If that was In my line." Tbe gray carrier blew a pearly wreath of smoke upward and flecked the dead ash from his cigar," says tbe Denver News. "Let me see. There's an old lady on my route down In Alabama who sits knitting the live long day by tbe front room window. Every morning and afternoon wben I whistle at tbe door of her next door neighbor she lays down ber knitting and peers with a tired, eager face out of that window until I go by. She's got a boy somewhere out West He doesn't write to her twice a year. Yet twice each day the whole year through she sits there wltb that anxious look, waiting, watting, waiting. I feel a twitch at my own heart every time I pass by and see the look of expectancy fade Into disappointment Sometimes I'd give $50 to be able to stop and give her five lines from that good-for-nothing boy of hers for whom she's eating out her heart" "That reminds me," said a younger man who heard the gray carrier's Btory, "of a pretty baby on my route In a Louisiana city. She's a dainty tot about 4 or maybe S years old. She has blue-gray eyes like a wood violet that look a fellow straight to the heart Some little girls can do that after they are older. This tot's mamma died six months ago, and for a month after ward she used to come tripping down the walk to meet me with a little white j note In her hand, and looking me to the heart out of those big, trusting eyes. she would say: 'Mr. Postman, won't you please tako this letter to my mam- ( ma In heaven?' I used to take the. dainty missive from the wee pink band. I couldn't tell bcr how far away her mamma was. Ono day she came with out a letter and there was pain In the great, sweet eyes. 'Mr. Postman, baby wants a letter from mamma. Please, Mr. Postman, toll my mamma me wants some letters, too,' and, boys. every day for a week I had to pass that baby with the pain In tho gray blue eyes, and I wondered the angels did not find some way some bow to mako ber baby heart understand." A Marked Woman. SumasahiK fair she was, and yet Grim Fate hnd snared her in Its net- A nrleo was on her head I And as she walked among tho crowd, Some sneered, soma even laughed aloud, For Charity was dead. Her fair cheek mantled with dismay, For walking forth that summer day To bow nt Fashion's ahrlne. She found that on the hat she wore, A printed slip tho legend bore: "Reduced to forty-nine," Philadelphia Inquirer. Not lu tho Truat. What's that?" queried the old hen. as sho observed a strange plant lu the garden. "That," replied tho gray goose. "Is what they call an egg plant" 'An egg plant, eh?" observed tho old hen. "Well, they say that competition Is tho llfo of trade, but I'm gettlug too old to tako any chances, so I'll nip this In the bud." Every mother's pet wishes when be Is grown that tbo money bad been saved for him that wns spent on pho tographs when he was a baby. Immortality. Tho Instinct of Immor tality Is In ns.-llUhop U. D. Von, Methodist, Chicago, III. Selfishness. Tho greatest aln In tho world la selfishness. Itev. C Itornld, Congregational, Brooklyn, N. Y. Now Itcllglous Era. TUa present time promises a new religious cm. Iter. A. P, Doyle, Itoman Catholic, Now York. Protection. Capitalist demand pro tection at tho coat of tho poor. ItoV, Dr. McCollcster, TJnlvcrsallst, Detroit, Mich. God's Itclgn. God's reign Is ono of law and order, not ono of lawlessness and vice. Itev, 0. M. Itobcrts, Episco pal, Philadelphia, Pa. Proper Living. Truo religion Is tho proper living of llfo by nny mnn nt any tlmo and anywhere. Itov. II. L. Canflcld, TJnlvcrsallst, Akron, Ohio. The Home. Tho foundation of civil ization and tho cement of moral so ciety Is the family Idea crystallized In the home. Iter. O. It. Stnlr, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y. Brotherhood. In the masses there la a great human heart, full of tho dlvlno feeling that throbbed and bled on tho cross. This feeling Is brotherhood. 1 Itov. F. E. Hopkins, Congregntlonallst, i bytcrian. New York. Good for Something. It Is n good thing to bo good. It Is a better thing to be good for something. To bo reck oned In the world's account as a cypher Is a deplorable thought. Itev. Dr. Bis bee. Universalis:, Boston, Mass. The Itcllglous Ideal. The most ex alted Ideal Is tbe religious ono which treats man not only ns a physical and moral being, but tenches his relations to God. both for the present nnd for nil eternity, llev. J. D. Freeman, Bap tist Toronto, Canada. Life's Experience. Tbo doctrlno of a continuity of life's experience and purgatory and discipline till every stain Is washed from the believing soul In nowise lends encouragement to any delay In choosing Christ Itov. J. 0. Smith, Independent, Indianapolis, Ind. Thrift Fow Christians, If any. would be unwilling to Incur tho soul risks of riches if only they might havo tho riches. Private covetousness goes too often by the good name of thrift Wealth Is a public peril to-day. Itov. P. Barr, Episcopal, New Bedford, Mass. More Than a Hobby. Religion means more than a hobby. It Is not a social reform olone. and yet It Includes all ircrorms. neiuier a i roiiiuiuoniet nor a nreacber comes ud to the orreat broad 1 freedom of the wide truth tbo master announces. Itev. C. W. Bird, Method ist Atlanta, Ga. Christian Religion. I affirm, by tbo teachings of all history, that it Is tho timbers of tho Christian religion, tbo trees of the Lord, sending their roots down Into the clefts of the rocks of ages, that saves society from the ava lanche of selfishness and sin. Rev. It F. Coyle, Presbyterian. Denver, Colo. Bring Righteousness. No revival Is greater needed now than tbe revival that will bring righteousness to men and mako them fear God. There are many who may not be concerned about tho guilt of tbe past because they havo forgotten It but forgctfulnoss Is not forgiveness. C. II. Yatnian, Evangel ist New York. Instinctive Will. We arc assured that man's instlnctlvo llfo Is of wider range and of mora Importance than that of any animal. One of his In stincts is tbe Instinctive will to know. To know something heretofore un known In tho wide universe Is a snffi- clct good. Rev. Dr. Chadwlck, Uni tarian, Brooklyn, N. Y. One Way. There Is but ono way for us to come under tbo power of Christ with all that means for our ennoble ment tbo realization of our holiest as-i plratlons; nnd that Is to come under, the power of tho cross. To bcllovo that for the love of us Christ died Is to como under the constraints of love.-Rov. Dr. Raymond, Schenectady, N. Y, Duty of the Hour. What Is the duty of the hour? It Is our duty not to speak any Idle words, to refrain from unwise counsel and Incousiderato speech, knowing that in tbo day of Judgment which In a very real senso Is this present hour, we shnll give an account of our stewardship. Rev. F. L. Pbalen, Unitarian, Worcester, Mass. Christian Economics. Tho law of Christian economics Is that every man should Beck the welfare of bis brother, the law of pagan economics Is every man for himself. In tho present strlko both the contestants are strong nnd tho public is weak; both ought to seek tho welfare of the many. Rev. Dr. Brad ford, Congregatlonollst, Montclalr, New Jersey. Will. Will gives purpose, to llfo and firmness to character If rightly exer cised. Man needs moro than a will to bo a man. A strong will may bo a blessing or a curse, as It Is allowed to run Its own course or Is Influenced by tho other faculties of tho mind. It de termines all our voluntary actions. Rev. D. Overton, Presbyterian, Brook lyn, N. Y. What Can Ho Dono Willi ICiikII'Ii. Tho following paragraph Is from a Corean newspaper published In Eng lish: "Seoul, Coreu, May S3, liXri. Late ly tbo police headquarters ordered to forbid tbo servants, etc., to run tho horses fastly on the big streets, as they sometimes pressed tho children dowu and hurtcd tbem on the ground and tbe police stopped it mapoo running a horso hardly on Its buck, but a number of soldiers came along quickly and cap tured the police away!" Llfo Is worth ilvliig a great deal bet tor than most of us lire It,