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WICKLY'S WOODS
By II.
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CIIAI'TRR XIX. (Continued.!
"What l It. Mr. Dikes? Not n million
of dollar Mil upon nny of this land 7"
I.lxzy cries, In great nmaxement, nml
with n Jumping of something In her
throat.
"Hnshl Shct up! Lcmmy llunl"
Hut Mr. Hiler turn away ami looks at
the crestfallen gentlemen who represent
the S. A N. W., ami who are now upon
their feet, and walking out of the door.
"Huntley, I suppose you'd a ruu that
coal-Krouml up to two million' rather
than lose It! Joy of your bargain! IIopo
you won't lose more than a million on
that purchase. There are other good
coal lands besides the Wlckl.r plat."
Then there Is such a roar of shouts nml
erica In whIch"LIy Wlcklr. Llxay Wick
lr," and "Huntley, Huntley, Huntley!"
are the unudiblc words.
"(Sit up un show yourself at the win
der. Lit! ('.It up! Oil up!" and the
greatly excited young Doc seize her by
the arm, and raise. her to her feet,
whereupon, loud as was the clamor of
voices before, It Is nothing to the mighty
sputter of jells that rio like the wtilr
ring wings of r vat covey of bird pierc
ing and rending the very nir above them.
When this has gone down there are cries
of "Huatley! Huntley! Huntley!" thnt
prow In -volume and Importunity, till they
nre no longer to be resisted. Then Coon
rod Itedden steps to the carriage, throws
back the top. and taking Mr. Mason by
the hand, raises him up.
"Keller farmbers!" shouts the mighty-
voiced Coonrod Itedden, "h-ynr's the man
at's saved your Ian' fur your famblies!
This is Mr, W. Mason Huntley. You've
seed him before, un knowed 'lm, un talk
ed to Mm, tin h-yurn him talk, un "
Hut the very climax of prolonged and
sound-exhausting cheering drowns every
attempt to say an audible won!. Mr.
Mason Huntley stands with bis hat o(f,
and smiling. The roar of cheering aud
Jelling rise and swells, and sinks and
rises but does not cease. Suddenly It
gets a great impetus, as the. carriage
with Coonrod Itedden and Mr. W. Mason
Huntley standing on the back seat, is
raised straight up Into the air, and with
scores of these big. long-llmhed, brawny,
excitable, enthusiastic, hero-worshiping
Hooslcrs, under It and holding It high
above their heads. Is changed into a tri
umphal car, that, leaving the trembling
horse securely tied to the fence, proceeds
nil around the square, nad up and down
every road that leads into Sandtown, and
finally down the Overcoat road to Coon
rod Itedden'. followed, flanked and pre
ceded by n great brood tide of men, boys
and women, horses, wagons and dogs,
and all conspiring and combining to make
the most deafening vocal clamor that
ever hook the wild-hemp and jlmson
leaves along the unfenccd sides of the
Overcoat road.
"Well, by gum! ef that balnt one way
nli hossun up a feller," said the young
Doc, drawing a long breath. "Come
awn, Lizzy! I'll teck yuh home, I reck
on. Then I'll light out fur Coonrod's.
They'll 1 some big speakun un han'
hakun down thar, thurreckly! They'll
wawnt you 'thar, .too! One million th'ee
hunnerd un eighty-four thousan' dollars
fur the Wickly Woods! Hy gum! you're
the richest young womern in Indyanny.
Afa a shore theng!"
OHArTBK XX.
Another night. In which Lizzy Wickly
Is in n tumult, a brain-whirl of excite
ment that shuts out of her mind any of
all Uie thoughts ami fvellags of her or
dmsry everyday life.
That wealth Is not even the least of
the elements of happiness she demon
strated effectually in her own self-contemplation.
The first flash of excitement
bad been that feeling, perhaps, which In
the gambler makes him tremble with un
utterable eagerness over n heavy stake.
which, when he has won. Is of no further
value in his eyes than in given It by Its
power to reproduce that same state of
expectation. This she recognized as that
Inherent lore of peril, that disposition to
brave dangers, that In some degree and
In some form exists In every human or
ganization. The feeling of gratlfi'-atlon
had been as transient as the flitting mo
ment In which the event had been In
abeyance. She had at once settled back
Into the groove of her ordluary thought.
For now she fully recognized the fact
that It never had been Huntley, the In
visible professor of geology; Huntley, the
man of straw; Huntley, the principal and
employer, that she had loved. She did
not doubt now that had a real Huntley
appeared such a real Huntley as Mr.
Mason Huntley had Imposed upon her
she would have decided between them at
once, upon their simultaneous presenta
tion before her. And that decision, she
. now knew, would, at any moment of all
the time In which she had known the
genuine Huntley, have been against any
other man In all the world.
Early lu the evening she had dressed
herself In one of those prettiest of all
pretty summer dresses a white Swiss
muslin with on unlimited number of
riilllcs and tucks In the skirt, and with
little knots of blue ribbon here and there,
nnd a bunch of the purplish, sweet-smelling
wild flowers pinned upon her shape
ly left shoulder. She had gone backward
end forward before the little mirror, In
(he middle of the room, with her face
turned first over this shoulder and then
over that, to see If the skirts hung ex
actly right, nnd to see how well she real
ly looked In the glass, ns even the best
and most sensible girls in the world will
do, in spite of nil the jeering and sarcas
tic remarks about them for their vanity
slid self-love. She bad taken out of Its
velvet receptacle a strand of little pearl
and gold beads, that looked very becom
ing against the linen collar here, aud
over the looped knot of narrow blue rib
bon there, at opposite sides of her shape
ly throat, whose winter-whiteness had
taken on a little of that rich, warm tint
that our intenuontane valley climate so
plentifully bestows upon all sojourners,
and which in unhealthy people we call
'sallow," while in tbo more robust It goes
by the unobjectionable title of "ruddy."
Then, with her new, bright "patent
leather" slippers, showing a very little
band of white stocking about her shape
ly ankles, when she sat down and crossed
the- rr neat "ttl lett toot over tbo
W. TAYLOR
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right, she was as pretty a picture as ever
a little mirror exhibited In auy little
plain middle-room In all Christendom
tho white pond Illy of Ileslfoot Prairie,
ns could be proved by every admiring
II rosier from the mouth of Hlg Rattle
snake Creek on the north, to the very
rush-tangled limit of Hrelfoet l'oud ou
the south.
She was In her gayest and most teasing
mood. too. She couldn't help It. Hhe
would think of hsr father, and his mis
fortune, for a moment, and feel that It
was perfectly shocking lu her to be so
demonstratively, boisterously merry as
she was. Hut she couldn't htlp It. She
could not repress her buoyaut animal
spirits. She flew about the house from
room to room, with her stiff-starched un
derskirts rustling like the fluttering
wlngsi of the wild pigeons now feeding
their young up In the dark thickets of
Wlckly's Wood. She sane little bit
of song In tho sweetest voice that ever
led n class of young Hooster hoodlums In
n public school. She picked up her guitar
oft the haircloth sofa, and slipping its
cling ribbon over her left shoulder, went
about the rooms playing pretty and mel
low old rondcaUT. In a way that she had
never plnjed them before.
She made short little flights out to the
front gate of the narrow little hollyhock
cd and mornlng-gloryed yard, and back
again. She stopped at lesst twenty time
lu her delightful little fluttering here
and there about the house to kiss her
mother on the cheek, or to pat her on the
shoulder reassuringly and lovingly, out
of the very euthuslaam of her mood. In
fact, she did hundreds and hundreds of
foolish little things that sho was perfect
ly aware a mature young woman school
teacher shouldn't permit herself to do.
Hut she couldn't help It. And, what's
more, she didn't try.
In any one of the little, ruatllug, white
dove flights to the front gstt she could
htar the sound of shouting, clapping
hands and multitudinous laughter of a
delighted audience. And she could al
most see and hear Mr. Huntley In the
merry humor of his new character that
he had shown of late, exchanging humor
ous repartee with his audience as I uow,
and always has been, the custom and
the delight of the HooIer audience and
the Hoositr orator, l'erhaps, after sup
per was ovtr, she would walk with her
mother down to Coonrod Hedden's. She
would In- heartily welcome. She needed
no Invitation. For such Is the broad and
simple hospitality of the native Hoosler
people to-day, that to "be acquainted"
constitutes n perpetual and unlimited In
vitation to come when you please and be
sure of a hearty welcome.
Hut after the sspper was over I.lxxv
could not fully make up her ml ml to
stnrt. He had not beeu Jong enough In
Hooslenlom to thoroughly understand
tlmt Informal freedom of manner which
sanctioned the unpremeditated gathering
of neighbors at each other's houses at
auy aud all seasonable tluwi-.
True, she remembered that he had very
readily conformed himself to the prevail
ing customs in Sandtown society. Hut
he had always exhibited much more of
reserve, even to the point of dlffldence,
than was quite agreeable.
"A leetle mite backurd. A leetl mite
backurd," Coonrod Itedden had said of
him at first. "Hut I don't thenk the
feller mean any harm by ut. He balnt
yusen to ar ways ylt. He's been raised
whar people balnt gut nuthun to do but f
git acquainted. Un they Lin teck as
much time to ut as they wawnt to. Un
they glnurlly teck a plenty, I low. We
bnint gut time fur no slch foolishness as
that out h-yur en Indyanny. Feller
tomes h-yur we wawnt to know right
away whurrer he's flttun fur a neighbor
n r nut. l.f he halnt, we wawnt to boss
'lm up, ur git 'im out, Jlst quick's we kin,
She knew that Mr, W. Mason Huntley
bad ostensibly subscribed to tills doctrine
which Coonrod Itedden bad not failed to
enunciate on all fitting occasions. Hut
bad that subscribing been more than a
piece of amiability on his part? She had
thought that In the case of a man having
only the.liumble and subordinate plara of
"assistant." It was not at all to be ex
pected that he would not readily fall Into
the ways of the Sandtown people as eas
ily as he had fallen Into the sandy wind
ings of the Overcoat road.
So she hesitated about starting, in the
secret hope that he would make that un
necessary by coming to her "soon," as he
had said. Hut If he did not come within
on hour, she would go. She felt tbst she
must see him. Site could not content her
self with the thought of remaining away
until after twilight. She would go down
In the twilight at the very furthest.
So when the young Doc Dikes camp
over presently, to get Mrs. Wickly to
come and stay half an hour with his sunt
and her sick little boy, she felt that it
would be a way of occupying the Inter-
Ival of time. Aud so she went along,
tuklng care to look back once In erery
twenty yards to see If he were coming.
Then there were presently so many
of the Sandtown women dropping In at
Mrs. Dikes' to see how little Jimmy was,
and to ask Lizzy Wickly about her great
fortune and take note of how she looked
and talked, aud whether she had begun
to be stuck up, and proud and exclusive,
as rich people very foolishly do. And
perhaps with the thought of making It
very prominent that she had not begun
to be a bit stuck up, and perhaps be
cause she still felt the very unusual ex
hilaration of her naturally buoyant
spirits strong upon her, Lizzy did her best
to convince her neighbors, the former
Arguses of Sandtown, that she was suffi
ciently sensible nnd well-groomed In the
simple democratic doctrines and prac
tices of Sandtown not to be made giddy,
even when suddenly elevated to the great
height of an Inconceivable fortune like
the one which Wlckly's Woods bad
brought her.
CHAPTER XXI.
It was Quito dark when Llczy finally
reached home, after getting up to start
half a dozen times, and being stopped as
often by a fresh Incursion of congratu
lating Arguses.
There was a light In tho middle room
that they certainty had not lit befor
starting upon their enforced visit to the
sick, Some one familiar with the house
was there. And who so familiar ns the
man she had been waiting nnd watching
for, all this evening?
Instinctively she drew back a little,
and permitted her mother to precede her,
so thnt she would have time to hide her
real feeling, so far as not to appear ridic
ulously sentimental In the presence of
others. When they should be alone sho
could pour out the wealth of her heart
to him. She wna rich now! And mi
selfish motive could be Implied to her In
so suddenly making up hrr mind that, In
spite of what she had said to him on that
stormy night In the edge of the woods,
nesr the Overcoat road, she now knew
that sh loved no Imaginary man, no
Image of straw, but the veritable Mason
Huutley. nnd she was ready, willing and
even anxious to make this confession.
It wss a confesslou due to him. It
was a confession without which she must
remain an enigma to him. It was ouo
she would tusks that very evening, an4
Just so soon as they were fairly alone
together.
13ven lu that brief space of time la
which she had seen the light In the mid
dle room, snd hsd slackened her quick,
springy, school-day walk, timing her step
to reach the frout door when her mother
should get so far as the middle door, she
had thought over whnt recompense of
maidenly crfress was due him.
She remembered how h had held her
to his heart In the center of that dread
fill cyclone, and the dangers nnd destruc
tion that rucompnssed them. She thought
of that too brief nnd vivid tingling part
ing near the clump of shadowy, long,
nrchlug black raspberry vines. She could
tepay him, clasp for clasp. Li for kiss!
She would not reins In hi debtor In nny
token of love. And her red lip parted
and her brown eyes sparkled lu the gleam
of the lamp ns she put her dainty slip
pered foot lightly across the threshold,
thinking only of him and for him.
She wns certain thnt she saw him sit
ting there, beyond the little stand-table
on which the lamp was biasing. So oc
cupied was she with the certainty of
meeting him that not until Congressman
Hilly Hller arose to meet her and she
bean! a cry of surprise and delight from
her mother's lips could she see that Hilly
Hiler was standing there smiling very
plrssantly, while beyond him were her
mother and her father locked In each
other's arms.
There's nuthun like good luck, MIm
Wickly, to bring people out of sickness,
and fetch um round ginerally. H-yur's
yur father, now as sooa a he gut to
hear that you were a mllHoaaire he found
himself completely cured, astd started
home at oflce. He knew It before yeu
did. too. He's sharpened ap a Mt by Mi
short stay a the hospital, jou see. Hut
while they're talk to thncelve. MIm
I.Iizy, I wsnt to try to persaade y to
Intercede for a with OU Coo Itedden.
The ote man's terribly oat wltk sse. 'Inrtit
this railroad sale bttave. I'ss Mt to
Maiue. I took a fee frosa the San'uwn
un Northwestern folks, ar coarse. 1
didn't do k as a Coagrmaasa. smr ss a
Citliea of Saa'towa. I We at ss a law
yer. Uv cre, tkey's lets a thing that,
as a lawyer, yoa esa 4 that you
wouldn't wawnt to la as a Cogreaaa,
nur as a dtlsea, nvr at the friend av the
adverse party. Now, h-yar. far lasfaaee,
Coonrod Heibles, he telegraphs far me
to come home na see tnat all these h-yur
S.in'town supporters ur mine has thar
eights In this mortgage batlne. Well,
I had already taken a fee from the H. &
N W. folks, as I said. Hut I done thst
a n lawyer, yunnerstand. L'n I tola '
llMtilwn IM aA ftift, th mUmm ill. In', '
steal nuthun from any ur yuh. Un they
didn't. Did they? hut he's on his high
ho. Un be says I shant have the dele
gation from this county. Un I've gut to
have ut."
(To a centlmied.1
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1IC RECOGNIZED TALENT.
Anecdotes call forth anecdotes. A
little story told heroin not Ioiik ni,-o,
nbout a country poNtoltlcc oflU-lnl'a In
terest In hi clients' corrtMiNmltnce,
moved n woman who la tbo mother
ot n daughter nt college to relate lior
cxKrieuc0 with a village pootiimii.
It was the daughter' freshman
year, and sho wrote home dnlly and
graphically of bor new experiences.
Hut she wan extremely busy, :iul
could spare time for n home letter
only on Sunday. This sho supple
mented by a regular mid-week poatul
curd.
One day the mother, seelntr tho p-ut
man coming, ran down to meet lilm,
nnd stood leaning on the gate ns
approached. He saw hor there, but
Instead of hastening tils pace ho slack
cninl It a little, obviously to afford!
himself time to complete the rending
of the missive he had In hand, chuck
ling ns ho en me.
The sight stirred Mrs. Hrown's
anger. Thnt he should presume to
rend whnt Folly wrote! Thnt lie
Bhould do It before her very eyen, and
before she could, nnd mnke her wult
his leisure! It wns outrageous, nnd
she had n sharp rebuke nil ready for
lilm. Hut It wnH never delivered.
Ho broke Into n beaming smllo ns
ho renched tho gnte, handed over tho
postal card, nnd declared In hearty
tones before she bad a clmnco to
speak:
"That's tho funniest postnl I evor
rend! I never thought there was
much sense In girls going to college
kind o wasting four yenrs of life, I
been used to calling It but I don't
know! I don't know! Maybe It ain't
sensible for ord'nnry girls, but n girl
thnt can double a man up laughing
with half n dozen words ain't orrt'n
ary. No, ma'am, I guess you wns
right to give her extry opportunities.
You've got n gifted daughter, Mil'
Brown a gifted ''daughter, nnd I con
granulate you, ma'nml"
He departed, atlll broadly beaming;
nnd Mrs. Hrown had not tho heart to
chill such appreciative friendliness.
She merely warned the "gifted daugh
ter" that hor humor was llkoly to he
enjoyed by more than the family cir
cle. Youth's Companion.
In Saxony there Is nn Industrial
school for every 11,041 Inhabitant.
UNSHACKLED.
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Chicago Inter Ocean.
The recent ukase Issued by the Cser, If cnrrled out In the spirit In which
It seem to Imve been written, will give religious fredoni to mirly mi.immI.4hni
people nnd roiik a one of the prluelp,il measures of reform mid Justice lu
Itus-slnu history All ClirlMInn wlni are it orthodox from the mlut of view
of the stnte church and sit iiiinCliristlmi. except Jews, nre beiiellleil.
Itussln lm Imd n semblance of religion liberty, but It tin beeu only n
semblance. Anybody might enter the orthodox tireelt church, but those leav
ing It have been punished by deprivation of nil civil right. The ownership
of property. loth real and personal, by dissident lm been narrowly re
stricted, and they Imve not been permitted to establish monasteries, build
achoiTI nnd churches, or print or circulate religious literature Schismatics
have been barred from endet and military school, nnd, while the govern
ment has had no scruple against using them a food for Miwder. they have
been prohibited from being otlleers lu the army, or even receiving mednl
for bravery. The law ha told the eople they were free to think and wor
ship a they pleased, aud has at the same time prescribed punishment for
thoso who exercised their freedom by nlllllatlng with any other than the
orthodox ehtireh.
The ukase removes all restrictions from the unorthodox and places them.
iNitli a religionists and s cltUcu. on a pur with the orthodox. It put
them In much the same position relative to the tlreek church a dissenter
occupy rotative to the established eliurvli In ISuglaud. The (Ireek church will
le supported by the state, but those who deleft to other ehurolie will not.
therefore, be iienallzed. A man will no longer le unable to contract a lawful
marriage because he make the sign of the eto wjth three lingers Instead
of two, or refused a commission lu the army because he does not like the cut
of a priest's gown.
It !i often happened In llussln. say the Chicago Tribune, that the
Ciar has decreed an Itu'tortant reform and that the decree hn lieen carried
wit In such a manner a to accomplish little of the ood that wn expected
of It. The world will be lietlcr able to Judge of the Cwir' motUe and of
the refill hi latest ukase will produce after It has been put Into effect.
Treatment of llrlclil'a IlUense.
A HToii siifferlug from chronic kid
ney disease Is the victim of a serlou
malady, and of course should not at
tempt to manage Ills own ease If he
would avoid the proverbial nprHeh
of the man who Is his own doctor or
lawyer. Yet lu a disease of such long
continuance the physician entiiiot ordi
narily be lu such itmsUut attendance
ns III enses of acute disease, mid lu
the Intervals of his visits the patient
can often aid very materially In the
treatment If he Is familiar with the
general principles u-kiii which It Is
based.
The tiifi In object of trentment Is to
guard the crippled kidney from nny
thing that will further Injure It or tax
It I'lifeeblcd powers of elimination
To this end the diet should be very
rnrefully regulated. KkK", meat, rich
or highly mhuhoihhI iIUIios, or nlcoliollc
beverHKes, should Ih permitted only In
the smallest quantities. The Ideal food
for n sufferer from Hrlglil's dlseiiMu Is
milk, since It tiieelH nearly nil the re
quirements of n food which en n be di
gested retullly nml leaves the Htunllest
amount of waste material, nnd fit the
Kiuue time Hushes the kidneys, wash
ing out the poisons thnt will Injure
still more tho a I roil dy damaged tissues
If not quickly removed.
Most persons cuu take milk readily
nnd digest It easily, but some either do
not like the taste of It or cannot (or
think they cannot) digest It. If It Is
the palate that rebels, the milk may
be flavored with n little ten or coffee,
or It may bo miide Into n soup with
oysters or clnniH or onions, or It may
Im Jellied, or buttermilk mny be sub
stituted. When milk Is not digested It Is usu
ally because It Is taken In too lurge
amount or In too concentrated form.
It mny bo diluted wjth Vichy or llmo
wnter, or distilled water containing n
llttlo salt or bicarbonate of sodium. It
should never be gulped down, but
should be sipped nnd held In Hie mouth
n moment to necuro Its admixture with
hiiIIvii before swallowing. An exclusive
milk diet can seldom bo kept up for n
long period, but the ocniHlonal resort
to It for n week or ton dnyn nt n time
Ih often of tho grentest service In se
curing a rest for the kldneyH, nnd In
vvusblntf thorn free from nil tho nc-
cumulated debris of the meataiidveg
etrtble eating ieilods.
A sufferer from Hrigbt' disease
should also Ih warmly clad, and
should, hi far as wwc, avoid all ex
Hiir, to cold and wet, shunning high,
mid cs'ieclally east winds. For the
few who run pick thHr climate to suit
their ti'-esls. a removal to a tropical or
semi tropical country I of tbe great
est advantage. Youth's Comiwliloii
DOCKETS FOH WOMEN.
Ilrairittile tint AIiiimsI llHsttnlnnbti
C'uM'iiiiiiniillmi,
For one biWaing man is enviable
his (HM-kets. Woman occaslonall) Ji.i
a iHM'kel, but she can't H II. ' I'nt In
a pocket." she plead, ami the dress
maker mimIs home the new skirt with
a MM-ket stowed away In the revcr
of a hook'Up placket hole. It Is not a
workable pocket for three reasons
First, It IiiiUim If there Is even a'
handkerchief In It, destroying the situ
iiietry of the outline.
Second, things iilmed at It rarely sue
ceiil lu forcing mi entrance, but fall
alongside, downward, with n whack ou
the (loor.
Third, who could fumble through n
whole row of hooks mid eyes, placed
In the center seam nt the back? As n
trilling obstacle lu the way of blind
manipulation it may be mentioned thnt
such books nre usually of n' tricky
patent, or they would not slay fasten
ed nt nil.
At the hem of the garment, under
the "foundation" frill, pockets like a
tiny crescent-shaped pouch mny also
be found lurking. A handkerchief cuu
repose In one lu safety, merely Involv
ing some suppleness lu the owner, who
must execute n kind of dive lu with
drawing nnd reinserting It. A silk
foundation sometlmis accommodates
quite n pnictlctll-looklug receptacle, to
which the unwary ut first Intrust even
a purse or n (Kicket knife. Hut hard
objects dangling ou n level with the
knee nre III companions, ntid those who
have once knelt on a latchkey never
desire to repent the experience,
"I nsked for poeTielN nnd they gnve
me handbag," Is the plaint of the pet
tlconteil throng, who wonder who will
Invent them n third hand for llielr um
brellas while they guard their money
with their right nnd with their left
keep their garments from (he mud.
Meantime, says Hie Loudon (Jraphle,
while fashion Is decreeing Hint sover
eigns shall Jingle lu Jeweled cent of
mull from the end of n slender chain,
uppnreiitly designed for the ready pli
ers of tho thief, woiniinKlnil, more cun
ning than they seem, are carving n
wny out of tho dlllleulty, They tuny
curry their purse for all tliu world to
see, nnd n hnudkerclilef peeps nut of
their sleeves, ),ut In tunny n silken un
derskirt, whoro It will not Interfere
with the set, Is n pocket, roomy nnd
secure. Thero It Is that the wise worn
mi keeps her gold and her love letters,
A girl hasn't much uhu for n young,
man who asks for "Just ouo kiss."
FACTOHY-MADE f'UI'ILO.
ltdiicntloiint Method In Vomio In
Many Mcbools Criticised,
"My boy advanced rapidly lu nil his
studio except one Inst si'sulim and
because lie fulled In tills lie was not
pet'lnlltcd to enter the higher grade.
This session he Is playing with Ills
lessons, having really only uue to
study, nnd I doubt If lie Is studying
that."
So spoke it mollier, according to the
Memphis Nuvvs-Scltiillnr, and lu what
sho said she expressed the experience
of a good tunny mothers, whose boys,
for one cause or another, fall to
"puss."
There should be some remedy for
this. Of course rule mid regulation
are necessary In school as elsewhere,
b6t causing a boy to throw awny a
large part of n school mssIdii should
be avoided If possible.
Children have no nplltttde for certain
studies, Some can never understand
grammar or see the Sense of It. Some
might study geography all their lives
mid never be able to bound the county
lu which they live. Some might put
lu yenrs on the study of mathematics
without ever learning how to add up a
grocery hill. There are certain studies
that children cannot understand mid
never will understand. Their minds
are so constituted. It Is not becnuso
they do not learn. Their objection to
study Is not based on Inline or In
dirferetice, but bectiuso of the useless
uess and unproductlveiic of study.
What Is the use of studying what cuu
not be leer nisi?
The old remedy for this was Hog
ging. This was lu the old, barbarous
days, not so ery remote either, when
physical punishment was the panacea
forall mental obliquities mid when peo
ple who did not do mid see ulul be
lieve a others wanted them to do and
see and believe were supposed to be
"possessed of a ileUI" which could bo
exorcised only by larruping or tortur
ing the one so possessed.
We haw outgrow u this so far as tho
Infliction of physical pain Is concerned,
but we have not outgrown It sullleleul
ly to rescue u from the folly of ex'
peeling the linposstli)...
If a child bus no aptitude for "fig
ures" and eunuot keep up with his
class he should not be cast Into outer
darkness ou this account, set Imek aud
prevented from learning those thing
for which he has a s(1vclal aptitude.
There should be Mime flexibility to the
rule.
The trouble with our pupil factories
I that they are tike shoe factories ami
all oilier factories where products are
turned out on a btge scale ICeeh hull
vldual must adjust himself to the vsrl
oils phases of the process without auy
reganl to his Individual clmraeterls
tic.
With the private tutor the pupil
learns what he can learn and what he
cannot learn he leaves sloue This I
not practicable lu the public schools,
of course, but the rule thst keeps n
child back because he has no genius
for a particular study makes a tag-
gnnl of hint and should b relaxed.
DESIGN fOIl M'CILtlAN MAIUE.
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'1 he successful design lor mi iipies
trlau statue to be crcctpl on the reser
vation at the Intersection of Connect I
cut avenue mid Hlghteeuth and N
streets, Washington, has Ih-cii furnish
ed by Frederick Miic.Monnles, tbo not
ed American sculptor. The composi
tion represents the general sitting
easily upon n conventional war horse,
The pedestal Is simple, nnd the shies
bear the Inscription and some beauti
fully carved symbolic designs, At the
corners of the base there will be placed
eventually bronr.e eagles resting ou
granite spheres. The MneMoiiules de
sign has received the uiiqunllllcd ap
proval of Mrs. McClclhiu mid other
members of the late general's family.
A Muoli-Noritcd Coiivoiilouoe.
"I see they nre making somo Im
provement nt the Hammerheads."
"Yes. They nro putting lu a now
window nt the side. Mrs. Ilntumer
head found It nlmost Impossible to
look through hor parlor windows and
seo who was calling noxt door."
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Hhn Unit Worn It llentre
(ItiKrtle Did George give you n
ring?
Flossie Ho had n lovely ring with j
him, hut It was Just n llttlo too small,
(lusslo (thoughtfully) Yes, My (In.
gers nro considerably more slendetrt'
than yours. Cleveland IMnln Denier,
One View of It, 1
"Hut If alio mnkcH nil her own dress
es I should think she'd hu n good wlfo
for you, It shows, sho's Industrious
nnd souhIIiIo."
"Not for mo, thank you, It simply
bIiowh how ixior her father must Ik."
Philadelphia Press.
llo who would succeed In nny lino
of business must llrat pluu his work,
thou work his plan,
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