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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, "fwdatv Seftembes si. 1W0. llir I V'-.-f I l-AI'HI-n.T ..a. Vllff I LMOULUO AvOSMWTS MADE BY SCPT. D. ' , ' VODER. ftcnooU tvOprtt on. Mvtxlajr, October It. Trathvn lo Meet a4 PtrfMi Orjpatuktlra , frioui Daily Statesman. Sept. B.i " City Sapt. I. ,W. Yoder ba made bin assignment of tent-lier for the city schools, and they will ltegin tli1r d ii tics on Monday morning, October East School 12 Teachers. : -1 ,W. Yotle'r;, i City ' Superintendent, will loach, A and H classes of the ytli grade. ,r.'4; ;';.' :"'' II. If. Smith, 0I and 8 A classes Ml Myrthj jilarsh,;. A and SB classes. -'-i - : Mis Dell, Bromley, "A and 7B classes. - ;- "; " Mis llary Aitken, -7B inl OA rlasses. , j . - ' ' Miss Clara Scott. A and tiB classes. Miss. Ethel Rigdon, 3A . and 5B classes. 1 ;:-. f s ; ';, j i - ' -: - :'. Miss Rose E. Moore, 4 A and 4B iases. , i - . i ' Mis Km ma classes, t; " Airs. Carrie classes. - Miss Allena classes.' Vj K ra nier, -IB a nd 3 A Roland,- SB and 2A Mellen, 2B and 1A Jdlsa Margaret J. Copper, IB and Ctw rf classes. ;? .- , North School 7 Teachers. -';;' J." 8. Orabatn, principal, 7A and 7B classes. ' i ; ': MissAnua M, Gordon. ISA and tiB classes.- -' j . ";. , j .Miss Eva Staffonl, A and "5B classes. '.' " ; ' Mis , Agnes Shepard." 4A and 4B Mix Ermine Bushnell, 3A and SB class). I . :-- . Miss Mlnnetta Magem, 2.t and 2B classes. : : " Mixs X. Adda Hart, 1st srade. I Jiicoiu School- Teachers. ;,: It II. Baker, principal, 7A and 7B Mrs. Anna M. Hall, OA. B and 4A -lasss. Mie Elhx -L. AVHcU, 3A and SB Mrx. M. It. fxAhol. 4B and 3 A Miss Maud Myers, SB, 2A and 2B clasps. ','.!.'"' -''Miss Orvilla Ballon. 1st grade.' Park School--; Teachers. 5. A IrcntiK, prim ipal. rA and B Miss Ora classes. Miss Ixll.-i clfisses. Winters. 5A and rB Iarrlsh. 4A and ; 4B Mfs. Carrie Ozle. 3A and 3B classed 'Miss . I laili., Thomas, 2A and it Classen. Miss Bertha 'Ketchum. 1st grade Central Scliools 4 Teaciiers. Mrv. Alice1 1L iNsld, principal. 1st gnnle' -.'! . '. Miss M. F-jlKArcy. 2A, 2B and'lA , Miss Anna Hscher, 4B, 3A and 'SB clasM-.s. ' ' 1 ' ' . .' . Mils' Bertha Byl. 3A, 5B and 4 A clasf 's. ' '..". ,t : v : '. " A iiieetlngjor all teachers will lie . held at tlie lljist iMiildiug on Saturday. September 2!hh. at I o'eliK k l. iu., to oriraiujte a I, sellers AstiiK-iation ( for the i-oiiilng.-y'jr. ami for the trausae t ion of su l ;tisIiH-ss as may come be f ore f tsso-la t iotu . " . 71h Iatest Yarn, A Pittsburg dnimmer tells this new yam: I alwajrs carry a liottle of Kemp's Balsam In my grip. I take cold easily! and a few doses of tlie BnNflui always makes me a well man. Everywhere I go 1 sHak a good word for Kemp. I take hold of my custoinrs I take old men and young men ami tell them eon- . mk-ntly what I do when I take cold. At drugR!'. aui john i born mar dead. nespH'ted Cttieeu or CJervais, Passl A way on Tuesday. irroui Oaily StateKiu.ui. Sept. I'.l.t John West y Thornburrj- dhnl at his home, Hear tJervais. Oregon. Tijesday evening at o'clock, of organic heart -trouble. - afe-r au jllness of sveral iiiiths. Mr.sTbornbiirry was loru in Calliouii. Kast Tennessee, January 1, lu 1Mb! be: joined the Fourtli Alaiuim i Infantry and served In tlie Mexican War. In tsTil he came to regoii. , In the etirlh r days of his resilience, on 9the i-oast he followed miiiiiiir. pj-os-tliig and packing throughout Oregon. Washington. Mon tana and Idaho .settling in Marlon eountv in li7 on his present litiiii1 ste.idiM:ir Oerrai. In IsiW he mar rieil S;irahi ItotnriM-k. to whom live ctiih'r't wfre born, of wbonr thn-e now r ivc -Mr. A. H. Thornburry. . Mrs. Jennie Booster all Mrs. Lillian Keppioger.l 1 U was ;a prosperous fanner , and owne-l and nianngl two hop yards. PntnaHi' famiess Oy pro.luiis fastest a tid brightest colors of any know ii dye stun".. S.ld by .Or. Store's d ug stored , Sal-ni; lrei IN THE CIBCUIT COUliT. Mo;i itay .Imlge Boise granteil two divon-es. em of wii:c-t "was given to. -.Mrs. IMizi A hi barker from her InisUiwl, Henry ; Ablbarsr. 'the i-otiple was marrisi in TwnoT, ibis county. March 22. 1HS1. OrwnkeoiMM and iiu-suiiMt are 1 lcl as jijiiiKS, for diyorei. .Th oti-er ilivorce was granted to Bertha Ii l4w! Trt.ui Alexander They were irrire !n nc ciHMity, July 2. and crwl iiml inhir.nan treat ment IU given as groiin Is for the di vorce. In the eits-r of Mary li Holmes and Cirri li Bi r, v.. K. A. Piervi. as adnjin'istir.tor of the ei tate of Jo -la5i I. Cnrrisli. t il. f iHtaoi; defend ant's demurrer to pM ntitrR rtoiende! con phi int. War. fu-la"' d and tie emirt gave. Judgment ag.lnt ., pis int.tr am! e-nteretl lt plalMtitfs eaus nf mill I e oism'sf-eil. FI "ittlfT! gat notlce oft appeal ftmn the decl-m e,f the A PEA tt :?TOUY. 'few-' rni2s "a4" .AY. H.V NrCTc-In Tu"; four , urilea t of Xortlr TambHI. hard A jlis- nrbonr 9mnn. !,.. . - l from- &is-Z kZ,TZ'lT.J? lantern t0 lu.ore..to find out uiacK liear The marauder ki.h.To N'fore it oonld 1h- frihtene! aW - T , . 7 Mr Mier secntrcHl aid ud the lK-.ir was tracked and killL J here are Mid to le three iiore lar in the neijrhtioruood. It 3 lias been jears si net? bars have been seen In inn locality and their presence now cannot be acconnteil for. MANY DEEDS RECORDED. IToperty Valued at Over Jweuty tliree Htindnnl iKillans Trans ferred One Mortgage. ' j t From I Hilly Statesman. Spt. , Sevfidl detls wtre yesterday 'placed on record in the office of foonty Be corder J, II. Boland. tnuiferrln proiwrties aggregating $U3.Ti in value. Tlie deeds were as follows: , Emma S. Kestr to T. O. Kester.1 1)0 acres, a part of the d. 1. c of ' Jolm 11 Bellinger. In t 0 s, r 3 A. K. Crosby and wife to A. (JiHrt. 40 acres of land ln-lt s. r 3 w w. d... ...V Thomas O Neil t to Klward c; Kriete,. lot 1 in block lt River side addition to Salem, w. d. . X. Bash to Jolni A. iHirr. lot S in block 5, Pk-nsarnt llotne aildl t ion to 'Salem, j w. . d. Hubbard CeiiM'terr AsKiatio, to The lleneraJt Itusli Woniau't ''.Belief C.ns. ht ?t'J in llui.hu;d cemetery. .! .. . k . . . . . . , . 171 Total;. ;; . '..!.:$23:i;j One mortgage for f'.nnt was 'also re conlcd. r ''. ' ? SE LUNG TOBACCO TO MINORS. I lie l.tvs of Oregon Begarding this InilNirtant Matter District At torneys Prosecute Offenders. inert have been some complaints m mis city, recently, regartling the saie oi roimcco. cigars etc.. to minors. .mo law on litis suije"t is very cliar and explicit, and is given in iage. lXi:.. addenda, volume 1, Hills Iiws of Oregou. It is as follows:. S'e. 1 It shall lie unlawful to sell oarier. traie, give or. in any manner furnish to ffiiy mimrr, under the ot eigutei'ii vears, any toimeeo, cigars or 'tgarc"ttes hi any form, or any coniiouud in which tobacco forms coinpoueht part. wlt flout tlie written conwnt trr onler of such minor's p.n etits or guardian, ami wlien such Inbi or has n parents or guardian then in that ease, conseivt by ; the tJounty Court transaction of county pioiK r Mpplieatkui in may lie given fitting or the busfhies. upon tin county in w'hieh-such minor may donee. have ids res;- "See. 2 Any Person violating the provision' of this ;ict shall uiiou con 'ition. lie tined in any sum not less than $i?i aior inore'thaw $."VI. , -. See. 3 Just,ke, of the pi-ai-" shall liaye t-oiK.urriiit Jurisdiction vyith the circuit court for all offences arising under this act." . , By tiling, 'nforniahon witii any d 'strict attorney, or his deputy or a justice of tlii. vneiv tlrls Iiav can Is en fii ce. 1 w i t bout cost J to t he pa rt ies tiling the information.. A XEW COMPANY. -The Imperial Minium Coh 1 1 wi n v is the name of a new rpor:Hin idling articles ill thi Ktate Oepartm'ont yi-stifday. "Mhiin joillinsr iiih! condic-Utig jsiim-IIih-s hi tlregon" Washington. Idaho. ' Alaska, and P.riti.h CiJuiiifliia. Is. ditiareNl to Ih the iiurnose of itlte organizjition The eaoital stock is SUKMM". divid-d to l.tHUHM) shares. JJ Berhram, A NetilsTcer and I. Sirfis Cohen are the lut-orpora-tors ; of reoonl M Aim SXIvltY l A BIUVf2S. Two cars, containing tlie maeliinery ordered i. itm Willametite A'alley Prime OrowerV As(s-iation some time ago, ,11-HhhI in S:ilem latit evening and to day the work of unloading and st-i ting 'it in place in the, Wallace war. house will legin. - i AllMITTKO TO PH ACTICPL-John T. l 15y. i. of Portlandi was pi-rnia-nenilv admit teil to pra-tlii as an at torney- iii tie i-ourts of Oregon, by tlie Supreme Court, yesterday., on motnm ht C. St. Idlenian. an attorney of the court. " BKCKIVKO AT THE ASYEUM--Mrs .Ada Taylor, 'of Hisul Biver. aged 21 yearswa rssiveil at t'ls Oregon hospital for tlK" insan" yesterday. Mrs. Johanna Mct;innis.. or Albina. agiil 37, was also taken to tlie asylnm for treatment. ' i ' .. IIACM.XtS O BAY EI The Sotitk ern Pacitie (VmtwnT 'is liauliiig tt great, train load of gravel daily si n.'t nit ItariMslMirtr and Klitlinz from it mi tlie roadway between tlie . Faufprouuds and enema wa. XATl'HAL .OAS. ' It' Is interesting to know through the latest Bel tort of 1 lie Oeol.gi-a St!:vey that natural gas. tiemgh great ly reduced in iiu.iutity.. bids fair to lie a isiwer of much liiipor.tain-e for vears to 'eoiiie. Tin long contin;ei drain is felt in nearly all the-fields. but inauy of tlie coin panics are Kee iug up a full supply to their consum ers. ot a tew . com pa n ; ' r cubital, from time to time, that titer was probatily no t year s unpp'f uuiiuiiig to thim: inn by extemliBg their pijie,. lines to; new tields tiiey have weciinil cniargei suppirf-i. Ti e time cannot is iar aisiam wio-u ti... .rrMtil sras flel'I win isi-ome es.- hausteil. But r lo w J discoveries fire ocedsionally iiuule. ; i Kansas has re-, eeiitlv "' develoissl j eonsidertiide new gas territorv. Tlie : value of the nat nml gas produced In Ohio egan to decline-' in I2. but the leelbie wa urc'sted la whHi the product was wirrth thin! of a million dollars iiitn-e tba'ojn 17 on account of the. hutcniM'd piwliHtloii in the Iancaster Hold wlene many new and vigorons wells were-dev-lopeil. TI.ere is also the iw,s1btaMy that deer drilling will mi new I reservoirs, and. Important .,,i..v lie made in territory no, yet kbi.cately explore,! TlvugM the valu or me no""" ii "". t-.. ihthl untry in 12W! was about S7tVisMes, than 1IKSS H had still tarze ' eeonomie Importance, ns was shown by the ract that the estimate,! value of the coal and. wijod It d placed in 1S WHS over 1STW'WW- r.TIe''lcst e t r;n,tI,l - Mi to isupply hvat aad iivzlA fr Ooui tir tinrii... .n . f a . 9 .1 t . . . . It is found In mm thousands of home, in tin westr . parts of New , York ana IVnnsylvr nla, northern Indiana, northwest-. Wet Virginia, northeastern . and north western Kentucky ami south eastern Kansas; It is "also. used, in a smaller extent, for domestic . pur roses. in Texas, Utah. CaliforuUi. Colorado, Illinois ami Missouri. Its use for industrial purpose did not include 1 ,20i establishments In 1V.S and its restrict etl consumption in this field will, of course, tend to prolong tlie life, of the gas wells. A reeeni writer! In Cashier's Magazine advhw that the consumption of natural gas by largo manufactories be limited a'td tltat it Is reservtsl ratlMr for small industries and ilomestie purposes in order to retanl the exhaustion of the subiernuKan reservoirs. - ' Thestatislics of production by no nt'ans incloile the whole amount.' for a great deal of gas is cunstimit Inside the gas belts that Is not reimrt'-il.-tn the wliole, the condition of the .indus try is very favorable in spite of the fact that its ultimate extinction Is i-ertain. Tlie ract Is very atisractory tl:at the consumption r natural gas, in the jast few years, has lieeu far more ei i-nomtcal than !ji the . early years of its use. A given amount of 4Tctive work is now ierforiued with less than ont-half the quantity of gas that was rsiuirtHl at the tluie of its introduction. . THE JURY LIST FOtt OCTOBER. Sames Drawn by the SLcrifi and County Clrk Yesrday All but Tbre Are Farmers. ': (From Oaily Statesman.' Sept. UM r SherlfT F. W. Dupbin ami County Clerk W. W. Hall yesterday drew Jie Jurymen for the regular (ctolHr term uf 'dcjKtrtuicut Xo. 1, of the state cir cuit court for Marion: county. The following the list drawn, with 4 he reshleii(-e ami oecuiwitloii of each: ; C N." Potter, Itospect, farmer. : Alonzo Brown,' S. Silvertou. farmer. J. S. Peuu4wker, Salem So. '2, car- piufer. PriHe A. Jones, Brooks, I. M. Iirytk-n. xMouitor. S. Tondiusoii, Woodburu. J. 1. Simmons, yioultm'. fanner, farmer, 'ar'ieuter farmer. James farmer. Wiustanlei-, North Salem. E. C. Small, South Silverton, farni- er. Joshua Boon, North Silverton. farm er. J. B. Iklgar F. Ii Eijoney. Jefferson, farmer. Hartley, Macleay. farmer. OslMirne. ChampiM-g, farmer. II. er. E. J. T. er.1 p. 1. Mount, South Silverton, farm- C. C. It. Kus-M-U. SilviTtmi, merchant, Simcral. M'acleay, farmer, , Allen, North Silvertju, farm FreiH'li. Sublimity, farmer. i; rover SinuiMMVs. HowelU - farmer. B. Ii BolM-rtson.. Tm-ner, farmer, t;J W. Murphy. . ilowell. f.irni-r. "Eli-HurklioVIer, Aurora, farmer'' C. W, I'ugh, Broiiks, fanner. i. "B. .HoyJeffersiiii. farmer. ti. M, MartrnxAuinsville. farinerij t A. S. Brown, Monitor, fartner. ! " Charles Cannon, Yew.Iiirk. farnyj", II. C. Hilrtman, Scotta Mills, farm er. C. J. .Jxing St. 'Paul. farmer. ' FBF.K TICKETS TO THE Todav See Holvers'on's ad. FA I li Oli." vou don't know the fun on ! "i tJrandpa's farm. For Ora ltd pa says, "Let 'em. it am t no harm. An' Cousin Bob lends us. a n' cries. "Here goes:' An' Mamma she only just says "Such- dot lies!" We've a Crusoe Island an" a Hob Iter's Cave, . An' Tower of Iondotu an' don't you know. When one of ns want's to let on lie'i brave. He crawls umler ;the sawniTll sea i'ii I ami slow. Oil, yon -don't know half the fun out there. For Crnudoa h -never tells us "Take ,. . care: An. Au Cousin Bob laughs an says to "la i oi's 'Mamma, you see, is off in the house. ! We lish in tlie brooks an' play in the . satuls, t An' try to catch tadides out of the springs; We hide In the bushes like Injun - bands. An" liaht with hornets and get their stings. Oh, there's no end of tin on Or.md pa's place. For O rand pa he says, "'Now scoot on a raceT An' Cousin Bob grius an says. "Tliere she blows." An' Alain ma she oidv j'ist Siiys, "Such I clot lies T WHY SHE CBIKO. . "Cliarhdte. my dear, how is -1 find yon weeping? Have you bad bad new" from vonr busliandr ashil.tne sym- liathizing frkiid, acconling to Span Moments. "Oh. wore than that: .My Arthur a i t writes me rroin t anniw-i mi would die with anient longing for me. . . , . . . rr ere It nor inai i;e coum ;ie iiuirc tiouately at my pictuiv. and cover it with a thousand kisses every day. J "That is really very nice of him. nd ira v. what is It that you are cry- inz for? I would give anything to have such a imtic and tenderly loving hus band as you have." -Ah. ye, my Arthur Is very poeti- i-al: but let me tell you that, just t try him. I idipled my mother a pf.-ito Into his traveling iag instead or my on tiefore be starlcL THE PHOFESSOB'S SCHEME. Henderson twlto had just Ismght a new pipeh-Can you tell me. pn-fessor, if this amber is genuine ? Irffessor-th. that's . easily derer Bdneil. Soak it in alcohol for twenty foer hours, ir it's genitine It will then have disapieareil.-r-t.lasow Times. There' l-eggary in the love .that can lie reckoueil. . ' Anthony and Cleopatra. Fine printing. Statesman .'.j pffice. I A HARVEST FESTIVAL THI RALTATIOV AUT HAS OXB OF ITS IUTFT TIMES. It! Anl Fectlval Saoa 0m Cot Aroaad tad rrvpaimUvu 4r Xw . ....... , j Tht Salvation Army has not, as the ancient Hebrews, its three festivals; but has two special .seasons through out the year, one known as the Week of ITayer and Self-lK'iiial, when .the fnnds aire divided between the liome work and tbej neetls of some foreign mission ; country, India coming in for its hare of the proceels in; the List great effort.,' But the Harvest Festi val Is iurely: for the work at home, and is io suecessf ully plan uel and assist etl by the friends of . tlit movement lliat thousands of dollars were raised in lMm. The Army ex iW eta 'to far. sur pass tlo-e lignre this present year. Although it has leeti sending regular remittances to the famine-stricken districts of India up -to the present time. It is not expected that these con tributions will lu auy way Interfere wiui ttu lariro pian 10 gainer lunus for the home work. Either money or articles that can le sold or used in any way are acceptable to the local otlicers, wlio will have a special auction at which all the. -salable mateiial.wfli.be disposd of, whether for the table or tlie home groceries, clothing, furniture, or si uy thing else that can be exchanged for mouey. Sihne very interesting scenes have occurred w-flen ' friends of tlar Army have brought in their tine ioultry a u ell-feVI pig,' or some siHH'ial Siiniples of country produce with which tlie platform has leeii often made not only interesting, but often decidedly artistic. -' The Avell-known work of these ieo ple anioug tin' chun.idess crowds has secured for tbeui many friends from all ranks, of life, leading ' htatesmau and philanthropists contributing their lecial words, of praise ami comnien datloui . to these si-lfilenying toilers among the "black sheep." Ilrunkards and outcasts of every character have been ajuoug their many ..trophies all over tlie' land, and no case steins too luird or hopeless. to enlist their sym pathy and .effort to "redeem." Whatever may lie done for the lonil otlicers this year will I to highly appre ciate! ly them, ami will contribute to assist Very truly lu the soinet liiiijr that be will not only "never forget," but "never regrer." The dati-s of the Festival are tember 251th to October 2d. ep- Pacific Homestead, Salem, Or farm paper.' Issued weekly. $f a Best year. KITE SAILS FOB EUROVE. Novel Aerial t'raft1' Consists of Buoy and Three' Kites. 1 -Ashury; Park, N. J., Sept. .Kite dying on an iiupreeeXlented scale was attempted today, when W. A. Eddy, tlie kite expert, la'ulw-hed his so-i-alleil "klfi-biioy" on its voyage a-ross the broad Atlantic to Europe. j Fbly has for some lime maintained tiiat It is possible to fly a kite front this i-ontlneiit to Europe, and .with this object In view constructed', the novel aerial craft which he launcbd today. '. IP consists of a buoy siiaped tike an cst'an .liner and sttpMrtHl by three kiies. each five feet in diameter. The buoy is four feet Imig and thirty inches lecp. tine thousand .feet' of steel wire connis't It with the kites. On tlie sides of tlie buoy are the words "Asbory Park. and 'fastened to it Is a Itottle. in which is a letter Mspiesting the tinder of the buoy to iiNiijnunicate with Founder Bradley, staging Where the buoy was found a nd Nn what condition. MARVELOUS BOY FIIUlLEMAKEB. Makes a Yiolin on tlie .Stradivaritis Model As Swh'I Toiunl As a I Master's. ' Syracuse, X. Y- Sept. ft Talent of an nnusnal kind is shown in. this town by a ll year-itlil lmy. 'Tlie Fiddle maker f T.iniarack" Is the title won by Henry Evans, who has a lutssion for violins and for the making of vi ol in. . x '.-'; 'tlie 1mv is a natural musician, and has played on the violin ever since he was large enough to hold one. Iit March he startiil lu to make a ixiciie alter me Kirauivarius nusiei. He got liooks from tlie public library treating fin the subject and procured tine, seasoned woods from far away places. : lie lacked tools that . were fine enough: for the delicate work, and. with a Npirit worthy of a Crusoe, he made; the tools liimself and set to work, getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning that lie might have time for his violin making Iwfore school. When It was finally completed Hen ry; fonml it weigiieit tto mucn, ac conling to the Stradivarius standa.nl. ft ml with infinite patience the boy took it all apart ami again stnootlwd and sandiaeriil its siirfaiei' ttntll 1l was riilueed to the proer weight. The violin was christem-n yesieniay out at Henry s home, in' Burnet ave nue, in the ilistrict known as Tamar- ai-k. , . He had all the mnslcians of note in the city out to see his violin and hear Its beacitiful tones, and they are mik ing a hero of the child by proi-lalmlng the fiddle a marvel fa workmanship ami tone, and Its maker a -genius. Young Evans is a grandson of the late Judge Henry Riegel of Onondaga itMiniy. and a nepwew r tiie actor Charles Biegel of New lork. -J lis oldest sister, Mary Eli-salieth Erans who is 15 years old. has also attntcteil pnblic attentMm by gong into business for herself. Siie ha ojtetiei! a grocery and runs it herself. It rondses tr develop into a depart ineut store, having-a'lready a, meat market, a dnig department. , an Ice rrmm irlor iml a randy kitchen, t be product of which Mary EIi7jtetli sells at fancy prices in nearly every citv in the slate. During the vacation the boy. Henry. attends to part of bU sUter's cures, business and - foi - recreatbin after hours tiie violiuntaker B and tuusical genius ana the woman of anairs enH tertain themselves by. playing ball in the back yanl. - OATES FLEECED AT CARDS. John W. Oates, foriuer presi or the American Steel & Wire company, was fleeced out of $2000 with tnarkisl iards ou tin Kai.KT Friedrich on his recent trip to Europe, Two card sharps engaged passage on the Kaiset Frieilich. They marked a deck of cards with pin pricks and gave these cards to a FinokiniT room steward first hav - lug seald them up so that the pack age looktsl unbroken. They . told- ihe steward to ktnp the canls until" called for. When Oates proiosod a game of poker they said to the steward "Bring lis a new deck of cards.'V The steward delivereil tlie marked deck, j Wl-ti Oates was" out $2""siM lit spmng to his ftef. saying: "I've Iteeu .robll' Ixtok at these canls! They are marked. Now. someliody at this table, is croked. Who is itr a. .-. . ;,. -. - TIutp were live or six persons in the game. Two young men rose calmly and replied: "We are the ones. . We l.ave your $2Ti.' Now. what are on goiug to do aisiut it? SVe mar Levi tlie canls.' c ' :.,' They kept the money at,l got off the Kaiser '.Friedrich' the next day at lly u;outh. ' ; - The "Bid Bed Fetaool House" Modern Schools. aud In the Old South Meeting House iu Boston fcthe other day Mr. Frank A. Hill, iu time iust a successful teacher ami now sis-retary of tlie Massachil sells Board of Education, Juul occa sion to talk to , ii ass"uiblage of young people alniut 'The Irogress of lyilucafion In the Nineteenth Cent ury; It was a sensible talk ami, litariug hi miud the JiLice and the of ficial posit iou of the sin-aker, what was said could Hot bwt excite the pride of the heaters." Comparisons Were unavoidable, and Mr. Hill "stinted out the advantages of the modern buildings with ..their tmproveil sauitary arrangements and lalstratories and tine furniture and a his to teaching ami nuitcrior school 1 tooks, over the ohl distrii t twiMKi! house with its.woiMien 1kiiu lies and solitary Isacklstanl. He told 1kw well organiz-l tilings are nowadays: how the'-teaching Is the same for -all the schools in a town: how every -child has a right to a high school education; how girls have the same op tort unit ies as Imys; how nearly all teachers have a normal school tniliiing: how the child's field ot knowledge has expand ed 1-eyirml the three Rs so as to in clude drawing and music and "the const met ion of tilings' and nature Muily. Countless new opportunities. but all as iieM"iideut on the. use . thu Isiys .and gills ofl!KH cliose lo put llieui to, Mr. Hill took care to say v as the far moru )Iltuitel chatices of tSi were on. the ciioice of the vouth of that day. And all that, has Iteeu ac complislicd Is little compared with what remains to do, " ' i't" M But comparisons - are always tm ponisanf. and sparingly as ..li-. Hill touched nil the "sentinietit" for by gone days, some of his comments on tunics than are past; tuny arouse-, ri-- grets. if not dissent with his opin'ons. Of course we 'know ever so liiuch more tlinn our forefathers did. and M would ho 'shameful if at tiie -end of the century--we itad not advani-eil Ik- yond the piiint where wev stood at tin beginning, and equally, of -ourse, tin changes have lcen inevitable. But has it Iteei) all 'gain? -That, "little red school house," for '.Jiistam-e. and the district system of which Jlr, Hill sieaks with hardly veiled contempt, with its lack of discipline. Ih liuliaiu eil teachii's ami Its r,-fretiriiiess to Procrustean standards. somehow did a great, work -for Massachusetts and for our country and is still doing it. It could adapt Itself to the needs and the towers of tin community for one tiling. It developed character and In dividuality in Itoih teio lier and taught and 'made them know each other in a way which, we fear, is lniHssible with tin more perfect machinery of modern choot methods.: .There was more study of the individual I toy that bad 'to In- taught and perhaps whlp pd; lie had 'not lsM-ome a laltoratory siecimen for the extouudiug of scien Otie i"!lagogie theory. ' Tlie eilucational result of tlie oM district school, too, though they M-em lagged by? the side of whatmr inisl erti si-hools accomplisli. were not nl togctber ib-sph-a ble. There was no "nature stwly" then, no proju-rly tiaituil normal school tea eher . with text book and frogs and clams . and sea urchins and flowers to dissct le rore tin pupils eyes. Put didn't tlie Ikivs wiio w"nt. birdwiliiig andirob ts"d apple orchards and Miiokcd sweet fern and bay I terry and hook-d jack to go a-lishing know something more of natun than their more scientific itffsprlng? Will tin Harvard Com mittee on English 'owiMsition lw able soon to raise the lanzuage of the leo-lein tK-hoolt to tlie level of Oie ilistrict school Eiitflish of I.'ncohi's speei-U at OoPvshtjrg'f And did ": not the teachim; of the New 1 England Primer "as itedagosScally immiund as it was absunlly illntratel and rude ly printed" somehow sink ih-ejtor into the yontiiful uilnd than those of their iioslem substitutes "in every , wy snierb. 'We fancy tliat President m wing;', would have obtained nmre orrect answers to his Biblical pM tloiis than lie diil from Ids latter-ilay egl'oge wtudeuts from the generation that was brought up on: "V "Zaeclieos le ' ; - DkI climb tlie trr Onr Lord to tM-e. Tlw old-style" 1-sichlng ri-emeil to soak In, souelfw. , A Hie country has grown crowded the' district s'htKds have had to g with tte town meeting and the town pomp and the si'ctDien and nver eer of 1h for and the ojien Jos, and It is futile to regret the change. They all d id noftle work In tlo ir day and are still doing it where elrcum-staix-es allow. In giving way to su iter i or organisation they have yleldeil to practical need that -were unavoid able, but something valuable I tan nev ertheless lieen lst. The town system has taken the place of the district sys tiii In Mafiachusetts. - arnl :mar (have to yield to Mat school In turn and perhaps in time to a - national ! school systenu The", excellent ref onu.t institute,! bv 4 noramn -Maun - have their dark side, too. They led Boston and Massachusetts to go to sleep tor a while confiding In the perfection of their educational method while oilier-cities .and b-tates caugbt up with, them and got ahead, for a time at; least. ;- -' ' ,- It Is onlv reccutly that eiiucafors have waketl np to the Tact that the instruction of the gn-at mass of the. chiMreu cuds with, the grammar -Hiusd. r.rd tliat they are then mrm-d out upon the world with little ltoyoiid their u.u nral abilities thai can - help hltchi to a livelilsHHl, except as clerks nud store attendant. When that was foiuid out the manual training schools, of which there are; rar too Tew, wero ilistltub-d. They are the' first schol astic nvognltkm of peculiar Ameri an ainitutles. Mr. Hill dives tiot m-em tt In fully awake to this. As an of tidal custodian of tH-h,Mil pncrty and en fortrcr.. Of discipline he tbt lares wHl -oiiiolacency that "the old whittling, lun klng and m rilil.liiig maiiia that lesecratiil so many of our old s. hAd bondings has liecome piactiially ex tinct." As well my thai human natnn is extinct in Massachusetts, .Mr. Hill can ti ml American names -seribbUsl on top of tin" Pyramiils. and as for whitllinsr. what Is tin America n ltoy without his jackkhife? It Is that Jack knife tlist usimI on the school bi'iiehes that has given us -the- cotton gin. and the sewing machine and the "-elect rb motor and all our iiidiiauleai impnve titcnts and best of all the ' American mechanic, ready to furn his band to anything. - It may lie that the incisive eiiergy of Massiichusi'its youth has boon turin-d in nan into the more' regular chaumds of 'the -'-manual .' training school. -It may lie loo that the sub stitution of iKH-uniary for i-orpornl punishment acts is a detemiit In that ecoimmU-al state. The ltoy who is willing to risk a thrashing for carv ing Ids Initials in forbidden bur may hesitat, to endanger his poiket money or -to meet n parent; who hasj bit'ii mulcted. We .rather' gu-s. how eveivt hat if Mr. Hill should Inquire at riarvnnl or at Yale he would find L4,hat even in the hghir islucatlon tls iickkiiife still cuts' its way Into dcVk and wall. As for the Miitit Itrusli. ask. tlie satues of John Harvard or . lieu-" jamiii Silllmnn. - Mtsleiu cluciition Is a great thitig but tlieiy are limits to what It can do. When it shall have trained the Yankee seliocd I Mty so that In will-not or i-rtniiot whittle, in school or out. New England will have 'survived : its usefulness. Wit It all defei-e-nce. to Mr. Hill, we ibmltt If his model school can 1ea,ii Voung America not to whit tle. N. Y. Sun. S JUST A HINT "FaOier," wakl Tommy the other day. "why Is It that Mie My Is said to Is the father of the man?" Mr. Tompkins had never -.given, this nrbji-ct any thought, and whs hardly pivared to answer offhand.. ,-Yliy. why," siil.i;hoMiiniiill'igly, 'it's' sii iMH-nuse It Is; I stipitose."' "Well.",sald Tommy, ."since I'm your lather I'in -going to give you a ticket-to: a theater; aiul a dollar lie-" sides. 1 always ' sablhjit IT -1 was father I Wouhln't lie. -so siingy as the rest, of! them are. Oo- In ami iiave a good Kline while you're I '. , . i,..,i '.i 'i,iti in iki r ' Mr. Tompkins gawl' In blank aiimzeiiieiit at Tdtnniy;' Slowly the Higiiilicance of the hint dawned upon him. Producing the silver coin, ho yjiiil: ' . ' ' - "Take it, Thomas. When you reall do Jtei-oiin" a father, I hoH It won't, ts J'ofi.r misfortune to have a son who is smarter than yourself. 1 LIOHTS AND SIDLLIOHTS. , "A man can't b;ick down de ladder o ' sncei-ss, ronn by - rotin.' de same way he cbmlied. said I'mie Elsii. "Ef his Tool slips, lie gflier'ly goes de whole trip, kersmas4i."-r-Washington Star. "Put why Hot, MtpjH'-T pleadeil the Iteauliful niulden. "L" said tlw red necked and brutal father, "am jiot putting -my trut shares In prlm-os- Not ,; ihis ji'ar. tr any - tit her old year.' Indianapolis Pj-ess. When -the woo 'ones-conic from school Book ami td.'ite and empty pJiil, Lib" the. breex.-s crisp and cool, j ' Dancing over hilt and dab.- ! Wliat a joy t loir pn'eiis-e brings, How the 'kettle puifs and slugsi As tlie mother turns to say. Were my daillngs giswl to-lay? When the wee .ones go to school, Pook and slate aiid dinner pait, Conning carefully each i tile, J'st in class they chance to fail, i Thi'ii tiie lonely. mother heart Clio!- itsi'lf with household art; -And the rooms are put, to rigbt. I '(fjiinst 'their coiuing lioiiie at night. Beini nils r that "out of a man's own mouth he i. Judged, vol, e, language and aii-eiit Is-ing far Is'tter critctioin of a iwrsoiV-s gentility lhatt his gar ments. So avoid coarseness anil rude 1 1 ess of speech ami harsh laughter; 1 in ii to '-pronounce correctly, by; stud ying not only the dictionary,' hut by listening attentively to tin- speeirh of cultivated per,pe, to sf'ak distinct ly, but softly and rather slowly, iu chet notes. A pnqK-r cultivation atft use of tin vntee not only add' to its Iteaut.-, but pi event it from liccouiiiig trcuia tuiely thin, worn and cracked. The late I'rofessor K. A. Barach of St rnssburg b-i-anie famous in i 17M fluoiigh bis plan of restoring by ireaus of ; pubile Contributions, the Sltassbtirg library, which had: lu'en destroy Ai during the Franco tb-r man war, Tla 'plan was so .ueessfnl tliat tie new library, over which he lm presided slm-e lH7i now ranks among tln th i four pending tJitni.iu In stitutions of its kind.' ind StrangerMy liitb man. do you not get dn-.nl fully tanm-d in the siiiu te.er? - Little' JohnnyXaw, Taw licki me in sTimiuer; but de teacher tans me every dav In de winter.-I5alilmore Ami ricau. OAf3PCTH!.. Br '.I ' A IU Kird Yin Kzrf, l'.m B-vstfl Fine Job printing, Statei-mfto OiSce.