WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, "fwdatv Seftembes si.
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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.
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