The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

T h e C edarv ille H era ld W, H. BLAUt, PubUMur. CRDABVILLE, 0Hia CARELESS PARENTS. Th«Jr l>« Not Mtlllli-ri’ntly JU'guril Tlu-lr CliUdrcn’NWdlfavc. “ I never couldunderstand." remarked up eminent physician, on lie dismissed a patieni^-jt child whom he was treating for rickets—*‘why mothers of delicate •children Are fit)careless about tlie future health of ilielittleones. I t would seenit natural to suppose that they would he ever on the alert to guard against pos­ sible deformity, and to insure a sym­ metrical and beautiful growth uud de­ velopment; but I have quite a number of families In my charge who seem to take npjfutpretjt whatever |» the future appear^h'W-pf )‘t|i$ir childreif. They at* lotv their' teeth to grow scriiggly aiafl crooked. If their eyes are a bit turned, they never seem to think it worth while to have therp straightened, and any symptoms o f .other minor deformities— if. indeed, one cap 'call smell things affinor a 1 fftira-—are left to : chance or passed over ivith' the idea- that it will •come out all right after a while, think thati one secret of this incUlfer cnee copfAi from' the vanity of the parents. They‘'can’t see anything hut perfection, in their children, whatever they maybe. They are, perhaps, o f the name mind as was un eminent states- mg-h ^iboso wife" waiTpoipfully cross- eyed. When this gentleman came iiito prominence, some friend suggestedthat as his family would necessarily be much before the public, it might he. wise to have an operation performed on, the cyis df' tljn>.wif<£[ who was otherwise A rather ^attractwe woriutn. But 'the gentleman received the ’ suggestion without any special enthusiasm, .,and when thematter was somewhat strongly urged, quietly remarked that ‘his wife had suited 'Timi' alt’these jfeara,5and’if the public didn’t like her they could do the other thing, ’ .L'ertaiqly her appear­ ance was agreeable enough; as far uA hewas concerned, and sp through a long public".eatcer this wbtahh was'the db-^ jectof more or.less commiseration ontl)e part o f her friends, because the husband was doo wilful aud cdne^tod’tcii admit’ that what suited liiiu could hr many' xvay objectionable to other people, “ No ’-jChilcl shduld” be permitted to suffer any.such affliction, for affliction, *Ifc is to'sensitive people. Gf course, there are persons who arc so enamored ■of themselves and their' families that they-can see no. room for .improvement, but this Is pot by any means the part of wisdom., Acfcbrdtilg-to stiitlsties. hy far the greater part of the deformities and blemishes of children are purely the result of carelessness The number of infants born with serious deformities Is wery small indeed In proportion to tHe .-aggregate of ndulf cases. The ehild is permitted to standbefore Sthasstrength to bear itsweight, and its limbs grow misshapen and out of all symmetry. A •careless nurse allows it to fall or leaves' it leaning against some hard object un­ til the spine is affected and curvature and life-long deformity is the result. Babies are dragged ubrtpt Ip carriages with the oun Shining in their eyes until they have^incurable -strabismus, and are tlie Hfe-lOng victims "of somebody's carelessness, C ’ ■‘•Tim world it lull .Of the victims of Ignorance and stupidity,' arid the varilty' and fo liyo f conceited parents iielp to Bivcll ,thc great army, of tuisb'ghtly arid, unfiymmetrical creatures, “ EVei'y 'ehild, m* soon as it .cuts itK first, teeth, ’ should •Kbe :'1 Occasionally: looked after by ..a i^nlpetent, dentist A t lenstoncc in overyisix months its: t<5$tHshOtflfttoi?examined *0011 unnatur­ a l <»pjl|tioDs! C(M'peUsd.:.s.It'iif brio’ o f the iBostcurjous facta that jxftchts pos* aefising a fair*share o f common sepsiyin oilier iri&tterstviir neglertpointsof this sort A yoilng iritln or Wonirifi'-witlnt mouthful of protruding, decaying teeth is anything but airttgVeibablc sight, and: the dottmiOntfbi ireghrAfor tile .Hrippincss and tvelfare o f theyoung should prpmpt the moot untiring vigilance uud care in the cultivation arid preservation Of the natural attractions with which nature has endowed her children. ) 5 “ It can scarcely be-an agreeable feel* ing for a parent who' realizes when it is too late that carelessness or Vanity has been the cause- o f the permanent dis­ figurement of helpless childhood, It| would bo well if more general Attention could be Called to mothers of this sort, and If it could be impressed on their minds that a little care early (n life will save many clays, If not years of embark ranment and discomfort. “ Every woman should have sufficient medical knowledge to be able to detect symptoms of disease and deformity, arid; certainly she should hnve sense enough to realize that her child’s future com­ fort arid happiness may lie made or marred as she ia or Lsnot judicious in cultivating the conditions which result in beautiful andsymmetrical maturity.*’ ~-N. Y, Ledger. - ,} fj Mto ..... . -rOld Hadley Landlord—’Mimmy, run Up-stairs quick, an’ ask yourinojjher for the ’Ilome Hook on Ettiketty.” ’ Jimmy —■“ Whatelxer want to And?’’ Landlord —•“ That gent 1ms askedfor some eonny-: aummay, arif I want ter find Whether it ’s total, beast, ’r jest napkin.” —<*1 have heard of the courage of a man’s conwictions,” said, the prisoner at the bar, “ but It seems to mo that the more, times I. gets fconwlcted the less courage I has.’’—Washington Star. THE BATTLE FIELD. GIRL GUERILLAS. AlUvuurl Malden* >VUo Eouffiit With Hush- ttliuelct-rs ia the ClvU War, Perhaps the desperate nature of tills civil war in Missouri will never bo cor­ rectly understood save b y the actual participants. It.was bad to begin with and it grew worse all the way down to tlie close, two months after Lee sur­ rendered. Fuafily. qunrrels are ulwayj*. tlie bitterest, and next to tliem -ar*f neighbors’ feuds. T 'b isw a s aw a r be­ tween fellow citizens and neighbors* and sometimes if Was between hiusipi —even brothers^ I t ivas not i^woic . races or of 'Classes. Proletariahs. Mni; patricians were equally divided as to sides. Some of tho largest slpya owners were the stanchest unionists and fought for the old ilrig, there were not half ft dozen such eases in the state, while in- riqmernble nion,\vhp, if ,a slave .were to bo sold Vy tho< onhee, ^oiildnotbuy his little finger, lost limb and life while fighting for tb„o confederacy, whoso corner-stone was hitman slavery, Plenty, o t men -of northern -birth atujt Uncage wore tho gray, ami the guerrilla king, pliatlio QuuntrUl, Was an OlhU man, bom and, reared. .. ‘ I do not iaiow what made it so des­ perate.. I do not know wliat instigated, men- wlio believed,in Coil ariid‘‘tlio ili^ || to go about robbing, plundering, liouse- burning, and.nmVdering in cold blood) and this is whafr some, men of botl^sldes ditl. There were all sorts of transfor­ mations. Sunday-school , boysr who. could- repeat tlie boatitiides fvithout sicipping a word, became, tierce jmd cruel as Coirijinalies, anil \fo r yeiirs did not sec the deity in the clouds nor hear’ liim in the wind. I think it is only the truth to say tliuji the prqmopfedorutes became tliri;moredrtnptitli^dof <hfe't^o: parlies; perhaps thin was "because, after Wilson’s creek and Lexington, their esusew sidadlly lost, irid '.the.prospicts: for its ultimate-success daily waned, and desperation comes- oftener than egfi- igiuithm from defeat, and madness, hot -,as.:vitirioj[: freqiieritly succeeds the cold­ est despoil-. - • .Women became as bad us tlieir broth- &vt&. ^Protn the seWirig .of bandages and the scraping of lint came tlie molding •of bullets, the smuggling o f caps, the making!.. of« earIridges, and then lying ilriH.Spying ajql the luring and betraj-al of men to death. In tlie country it was hard to find a woman, no matter -how fa ir lier face and rolincd her eiianieter, who was really a nqn-eoiiibatant and was not guilty o f -numerous acts of hos­ tility, covert and overt. .Hiding along iiom .Brunswick to Laclede in tlie summer of ISO:!, Lieut, Williaril Kefevos, ,Of Daviesi. eofitotjf* a union officer of jujlitia, drew bridle At n littla cabin east .of, Comptoii% ferrj', In Ciiarlton couuiv.. A hright cheety-faCed little woman met-me a t Uiu dooiyin fme hand a- butcher knife, in the other a whetstone, her face abeam, her eyes aglow. “ Hush!” 'she said, “ thera's ,n reb in' the baelr room, sound nsleep. \lo in, qiiiek.aud kill him. t told him i was a good secesh, too," slie went on, “ and lie says lie is a bushwhacker and has been two nights without sleep, and so I fed-tiirik rind coaxed him to go t o boll, and'lie lias been snoring for two-hours. Hurry in—don’t mind tlie blood on tlie bed!” -“ And wliat w e r e you going to do with that knifo1.’” asked tlie officer. '•As sopn. as t got it shurp -eifougb,” She calmly, replied, "1 was going tpsUt'kl it th'-ough His lierirt” f ' cA '1 i T'ninlc' of tliat! And three years ago this little woinan.ihto whgpi, tjiq,spirit 4 -**Vlri»sd to r.lia,ve entered, was a Snnday-silliOol teacher, earricitly ,jipi- JipO» ; Ollildi-en tlie .divlnri'in- iipptjontfdfAll tilings wlmtsoeyer.-yo v()ind’tl!fdUben ^liOuld do, uutriyori do,. ' ou even riMiuntotliiun.’’ - . The oip^^Vsediml the brisliwiiarff|(fr*i£ annsj^ llnm'i tin* -jhqslnvliacjkiy' ^Imsijlf, rip)! tcjiSf Sjfln to Laoh’de a prisoner in­ stead ’«? jdayirig him^vhercrhe 1 ° tlie hiniflfAii distippointnic-iit «iad.soi>; ruiwtiLdjMiJiitic liostoss, who pSttilri'nt- ’‘<l!.havc jwen rebs' after th^.V :Svero dojf^lj bu’t l ' Wanted-to iriSt one Hilledltw,3 - , . “ There. more sohtlicrn wome spICK-tlrii* iwien. wid Vifty-oWf-’re thL shmwji'sVstWWkfci AfWRiisws.-wHi the most unscrupulous. Somd o f these un- 'derwatit all sorts o f experirnvcs in their (effort! to help thc^mtlirrn’Aatilrisi 4 ‘ The?women of ilia border. iviSerfctfetV ’indeed’,were' this neighborhoods over 1 wliiek 'murder and raping dal not hold sway, were, perhaps, tlie most demoral- ized. Tlierfc'wasj Anna T’lekel, of Lafa- yettfj a fa ir young southern girl, who triAdriQdtttfiH'a IdaCksilk fiagfronS the skirt 0t her dress, and supplied-the giterrMlfts’ with so much powjjetv allot arid gaps that Qtmntrill ought to have made her his eldef of ordnaaqc, Ifewits Anna and a Wofntm old enough to lie her grandmother Who compassed the murder of trio T’ nion soldier, ih Order to effect the release of Andy lUtmt, a guerilla prisoner, who was permitted to vkit the grandmother's dtotwv Blunt escaped for the time, hut a few days later the Halim county irillUia came ui>oh hiiri' aful beat out his brains with tobscoo eticks, Mira Efckoll tvas sent to Alton prison, v In 1864 tocArly every federal military prison, in tlie sthte had confederate women inmates. They bad tiecri ar­ rested for feeding guerrillas, giving them irifomtitioA and nMistancov spy- ing ujvin apiori troops, writiug Mters, smugglfrife dhtwirinition, arid-even nfins, and for other kinds of mischief which certain rebel ladies delighted to perpe­ trate Some of these were girls of six­ teen and eighteen, others were women o f forty and fifty, The majority of these ladies were released after short imprisonments, but many were held to the close of the war or banished from the state. Mrs. Samuels, the mother of tlie James boys, was sent to Nebraska, In the latter part of tlie war, so bad had things become, that at least four­ score girls aud women in western and southwestern Missouri became guer­ rillas purely and simply, and they .were not, so vqrj' spure or sp very simple ygla Pus* 4 ? Cam qbwnSy^gh’X who vsjm;mo$aHjr wohttmy M ft.flglft between » aquiilmf. i||4rai^ jrtrik’rilms and ijlome JI^iim 'M jyantti dcs CyrinhB'an;; th an Of i g ^ afteg tlio ^§iv^c||!<^rai! and massacre, " Hho carried*'two’ re­ volvers, was dressed partly in male atr tire'and died,with her boots on. There were twenty or more girls and women with Quantrill and Bill Andcr- soij at thc.alaughter .pf Gen,, Blunt's cv the w Jek afterlh iss Jlidhaijls wriskiHe'd/ St. Louis Globe-Democrat, . APMIRAL RARR A fiallij^' nvout ns and a <?entl4M>*ri, i n f i l l ’ l \- Farragut was ' a .seamari o f' the old time when thq,nny.y stood apart, with a history,-traditions, nud-Bfp peculiar to itself. "Once off’ fiotmdipgs, Ihl Owned ,tlie great world, and yet had a little world of jis divn. ;In no^tespeet wojutd 'he lutvc been eallecl the “ sea dog,” even when that-term was 'llaM-Prifigly appli­ ed; He was the jseu officer And gentle­ man, well bred, keen eyed and gra'cionfj, rind eoiTipejtent to .tftite iris- ship vyher- 'evsjp ship rifiiitd go7 1 An utter sincerity shone in lii.s life. It is notan 'uncommon trait;.among .seafaring men. 11 ..found % ’Ploe5P and won that corifidenee ou tlie part of those with whom he had to do which'- 'enabled him to execute through tliein.; He had the sacred liunirer for ' ami', but. was not,,influenced ,by political, ambi­ tion, refusing without hesitation when ^Wn'H~appronehedtMdtlmrnfimnco;$o a candidacy for the presidency^ iinifto hiava tCffiag in. tb * g u lf^ - he 'jtiyoi^ly ^Vciteft-to lu s . Miift;,; |estf.ae- pendw upon 1myself.'Ly: Outside iif'the Service nodi frig tempted him. Them Came to Farragut throughout hifi lift4, us to other men, various griefs arid disappointments; but* fie' bote them all with fortitude and dignity. At the dfribrepk of tripwar heIexoiu'ined, “ Gou .forhiif that I .’sliovlldyhave 'to raise tny hand against the ^ lftlii’’ ;;$oritli^jpit by birth and, association^ lio wont hiicjc.to ‘Now: Urloan»*;hip,-boyhood homey con­ queror indeed; hut witli qtppo, of the conqueror's pride in hiii heart; arid yet arhottg many frienris arid acquaintances ‘no man dared to snyho was,happy to pee Jiiin." yecretaiy Welles liaswritten o f the aUnoyiinCcs which he suffered during^ the. iuht eighteen months of liia life; •Changes were made in thq service without his knowl­ edge and against, his judgment. Tins Office o f5; .admiral, which con gress hud created for .him. in, ac- knovyledgment o f 7his distinguished and uneqitalrii! ’sei-vices,^ wa 8 , las saw, destined t y favoritism to pins* to an­ other. In derogation o f his re, I rank and ppsitldh as chief of the navy lie was ffirido^pbrt adirilmb art usher to 'Wait upon aud receive nuval officers5af N{'w York-on-: emplpypionjl which;aoifrrc-' sjieet and regard for the riavy’coinpelltd Irup tu Ifca-line. mQfot’ of and tlie flag of admiral tdtoe changed » * 0 Farragut would neither chiylgo bis coat, nor permit the tawdry .substi­ tute for the odinirtd’sJlag tp wave over him. On his special personal applica­ tion, wlrieli ho.-felt, humiliated to make;; the secretary of tlie navy permitted liim to tk' spiired these Indl^ritlekiTfiilPhftf'-liis' luridkiud, v#ho:.Tm»nriawy#r;,“ Nu Hfbt|ol«,g>u|:it %$■ 1^th^h#;kliq^9dgwt * ?, fc^..l*W.l.a«r Un. suah. beatifi.! v that the lliig wllieh ho lfnd"eufnedt the, ibjgffid& liki||chqfvu ..aud<pefcscriliecf the syi'rilKiPOl highest”uq iil rank)' \vii»(tq l)c 1 buricd?\yjilh ” Sfrieereij 4 reltgibrisi him.’’ in' Irifi nature,'- Iris'] faithLwmvn*marked clmraclcvifiUe in iris' life.’ He tells of lifmsell that; at the' critical moment in the battle, of Mobile or-victqty hung in the reason, direct me wliat. to do. .Shall t go on?” Arid ft seemed ns'if in answer a vaica apmuiaaidcd-hiui to “go pn.’’ ' ’Jtofr' jwopiu.at ti&Ffiaw liiffi tlie. hero lashed to the rigging of tin? Hartford, iinild the smoke-elouds, flash-' Ing guns; and i*oar of battle. It was rib act of bravado on tii» part, but the con­ sciousness that so lie might best fight the battle, seeing everything witli Iris ow i eyes. * if Farragut, our first admiral, was of a race, which has already passed awnyv He brought tout, in this generation, that high moral grneo which made bravery and strength so beautiful in those old days. He bore the, burden of responsibility cheerfully, and carried himself through'till tho vicissitude* of * long struggle witli dignified and lierokj bCuripg,anil .tlnuough patriotism. In operiitid"1 thh'mfcksisslptri liS.Ymilcd the life currents inorir body politic which have flowed lio strongl.V ever since. Tho republic was not ungrateful; the pcopja delighted to ,know him, and when he died'the bully world’ of bur gri-atqiit irityfikuhl stillfor fcwhofc dagr with iip- covered head “ to do him reverence,” Ho illustrated best Iris own saying, “ Ilotvlio dies indoing Iris duty to his country and at ponce with Iris God has played out the drama of life to the best "—Edward Kirk liawsou in advantage.” Atlantic. IN WOMAN'S BEHALF. THE GIRLS’ OPPORTUNITY, Improve It and Heap the Itlcli Uenult Hare tol-’ollow. A long time ago, during some of tho dark ages, daughters were not so highly prized as their moro fortunate sisters o f the present time. They did not expect to inherit tlie family estates If there were sons, though a small portion wap sometimes presented if they married—- a sort of peace oilering to tho husband. As this Was tho only future open to any class; from maid to mistress, it was ac­ cepted as an escape from tlie dull life of q father’ s or brother’s house, where no, doUritto rightswere secured, to them; Tliis, iow estimate was bot caused by a lack o| matxii-al affection-, but by tho incapacity of womanhood without odu-f cafi'pn or'trhiriibg fo r any but domestic duties. Thhyoubg heiinucs o f old ro­ mances- were accustomed 'to faint -at mice' and die of despair for very slight (falises.' But’ such helplessness, once thought proper, would Create ns much amttsemeiitf ' mow 5' as ' traveling on a 'pillion. - 'Even'at thebegtnfaingof this ccntdry, yqurig ladies (I use the term as express­ ing a greater degree of inability than any other) Were hampered by dress, and restricted' by public opinion- from any paid employment except housekeeping hnfl sewing It-often happens in these days, that frqm various causes tlie wife, daughter oi‘ sister becomes the producer, instead of thri dispenser, of tlie fairiily income, and it is' only fair she should receive some business training-which will help her to meet such emergencies, or secure an indcpemlonco ■fobhersclf. • • t '' Tlu'' 1ciccnIe,ric<l, quie't-manri^edgirls pf. to-day i-vho" have*grown -lip in <the public schools, will face IheHvorld in a to«s?n.c.s§ capacity with as miK-ii conti- dpnrij as' Cdlribibus’ iri' thc existence Of fiinbther cobtindnt.' -The oitt-of-dOor VvVnicWlrielfWouUl Iblvc been’ impossible for oiiPkHppe'rcd'gVirndfnothers, is ulade easy for themby thick,Wglrboots, Cloth. .'sulisAn s ■ "> *One 5 of"’ tfioso new-fa'drioiied girls, wbb lins. f liken toer brother’s placetbt*- Cabse' she nevi-r 1 had a brother, is Suc­ ceeding; and this ishovc it-'happened. f>he grew up T 11 ri u^stern'City when*, "wide prairies P ’aehed 'tbc'd'ilot' of higli Atlsfant'’ niorirttains. ■Always the eom- 'patriofi of'lier fatlrriv ’siie becanie famil­ iar with the practical side' of life; while she gained; health 'and-strcfiigth in the 'Operi'air. **■ >* ;■• * r ; Every wish of the pettfctl danghtfer 'was’ 'gratified; And so the girl , of ’eighteen; who* Ibngi-d for' 'accomplish­ ments the great west could not supply, came to Boston for a'year’s musical study. She finish the course, but the long daily practice and constant strain on a comparatively unused set of mus­ cles; brought on a dangerous nervous disease. The courage which had car­ ried her two thousand miles from home did not leave lier. “ I shall get well, papa,” she would sny, and/tliougli doe-: tors and doctors declared she couldn't, wouldn't and shouldn’t live, she did, and tdok up licr old life and interests. l ’lie father was a large irom manu­ facturer. He made her a stockholder to gTv 6 toer some required right for a position of trust. ' ' ’’ She, is,treasurer*book-keeper and pay­ master for tlie company, ’arid lr 6 r work i# rH s'btifnetory «s if she were herown brother.—-iVidc A^iValtC. * * W o M e I m in o f f ic e s . ilicri-Preifiicii1There Kxhrt* • Urlrhter ’.( c.u".; Jlfttat* IpilHeftw. c - •“ N« - w%Mlert’A .'Cnriyh* rtwrtilytoher hwrikiud,a|ftor achicinng Wreriswul tif.thc jilieir liqufiajon i*HrpriMngly favorable l#rips from t^eir n m ws« alawygr; / ‘ o/wmif drirf Probably :ito tw^j^ tj c ision- <Wth:it?of.» nMricr.liy%;‘P<^iian;iq %piik; bonnet and i«hsi»gown,jwer,.before ir^ jNdiat(>A'tliat^ingy*«ui>ty laiy chamber of^isv-iknd-iwlt JAitv|^p« 'sv.thrjf^fecbj high'stooLtihco <lw:h«<l- held a jicn be-- hind his 1*^.7 cj'-’o;ri-b’ - r; Since tb« riate of -Mrs- jCjuriylc’Bjirrad-} ffitldn of * mosty old law ollka- tbcro •hasbeen a? great changry Alauy hun-: dred offices of law and other businesses, nofv number “ real, Uvqwpmen” among theft daily •ooeilpanto; only they dp not Weffr Silk ,boaneta and muslin gow’ns, arid lawyers are too well .used to their presence to .be wlieadlcd by thgin. into itnprofitablevontraot*. Tlwy arc type­ writers* stenographeraand clerks; worn* erl of -business:cwitlr definite, wqi'k be-- fort: them, and tho training and capac­ ity to do ib 0 Most of these young women under­ stand both tlie benefits and the require­ ments of tlipir position. - They dress1 plainly, if prettily; they guard their gowns witli long aprons; they do their work faithfully; take an interest In tbs business, and olten acquire a business manner polite but torse. They heartily dislike the newspaper joke about pretty typewriters. They are lady-like, mod- er.t aud independent. There are, of course, exceptions. There are girls foolish enough to bring to'tlieir daily vvorft feminine airs and graces, furbelows, vanities rifflf little coquetries, harmless enOtlgh ih them­ selves, but woefully out of place in working htutrs, Unfortunately the ap* parent success of silch little wiles at fitst often fixes ri habit of frilly Which aright have been brokenupEasily in the beginning,: The’ dlrcct'appeffl tiade to men's sense o f grillaritiry pfton prrienrea them favors for which their wiser Bis­ ters will neither ask nor hint. But business is business, and after a time, amongmenengaged inlaboriously (earn- ing tlieir living, the very ways whichat first seemed pretty and piquant become tiresome and annoying. It Is felt that an office is no placefor a would-be belle, Tho sensible girl is a lady first, a worker second, and as agreeable as nature and courtesy can make her after that. Her feminine presence is felt, and pleasantly felt, in the office where she works; but it is never thrust for­ ward. Sim feels that her value is in accordance with her intelligence, her trustworthiness, lier -industry; it is in. these qualities that she wishes^to stand high inthe estimation of her "employ­ ers. She wishes also to be liked by her companions, both young .men and young women, and she docs,lier best in a modest and friendly way to make them like her. In short, sheIs a per­ son of taet and*right feeling, who fillsa niche at once useful and ornamental, tjho is, no “ beatific vision,” but somc- -tliing at once much less andmuch more, whose presence brightens many a dull office which is the less likely to be either dingy or dusty because she is, there,^-t-Youth’s Companion. SCHOOLS FOR. GIRLS. The Wululci-riil Inlluonct) for Good or .Kvll TlieyJJxcrt. As to bad schools—scliools that in stretching after the mint arid anise and cumin lose all that might have given■ success—they are many. It svems some­ times that there is no profession in which there is so much humbug as in . th\t of education; ,and. the utter inabil­ ity of, the .parent to determine wliat kind of a-school it is into which ho de­ cides to put his little girl has. to those who stand beliiud thescenes, very much o f the pitiful.’ When, however, we think of .tine .or two other professions, Wo; doubt,.and are silent. pno,„ is re­ minded of tho nurse-maid,who never stood in- nct'ri.of--a .thermometer lor the baby’s.sbiith, bccause.if the baby came put red; she knew it hud been too'hot, rind if it'cainp.out blue, s h e , A t Jligj:! ^bcpii-too'cold. Too niany a fatlicr finds, -when it isitoodate; thftt lie.;rp:wle,a mis­ take,in the school.; to .which; he trusted •the training o f hisdittie glrL Bat liow 'could I 10 . have known before” There ■wasmueli shrewdness iri, the employer .wliof quite unmindful of the applicant's >,having afterwards l»eon graduated from ;Yale,-engageA him at'once as,soon as he knew that lie had been oxppjjed.from -a.certain university. ■For a girl to-have ;bcen-at some sel)*x>ls for any jringtli of •timbiVa certificate of frivolity,,.lack of 'consistent purposq and. thoroughness, and,whaf is <>f far more consequence, 'of any real reverence for tlie truth or her own woninnliood.—-Anna G. Brack­ ett, in Harper’s .Magazine. ’ , Vwlfoiv Her Kxiiiiiplo. Tliere is at least one young woman in {he coulitry who lias, the courage of her-convictions. She is pretty, fashion­ able, 18. Lately she invited a young inan to go to tlio opera witli her chap­ erone and herself; He, in replying, mentioned that lie would’have the car­ riage at her house Tit a certain hour, whereupon she wrote to himimmediate­ ly, begging that lie would omit the car­ riage; she and her chaperone *were to wear street costumes, and the carswero quite good enough and much iriore rap­ id, putting the ihatter in such a way that'made it Was impossible for him to • insist. 1 > Mariy other young women'would .like to bfe thus wisely kind if "they knew , how ohdared. They fe ir to offend the sofisltiye pridft bf tliO jd)Ung man for ]' wpohi "tht*y ' tFOiild” be glad to make thirigs'l-hfiy. ,:'Th ’c expense of the car­ riage, trip they understand as; well as Anjdwfly is' dWphjpOrtioriato:to thu sal- a^tef!elyed'by ihoatyoungmen.: Tpey -laeK libwevcl*, thb"jbourage. to prevent Free Brass.:. > .. ."■) '‘I - ‘’Th®A a t l ’ivFoot. ■ - iTlio average A mw^erin-wOrrifrri’A foot friars .No,”5. :Tfie WomaiFwJfo Wears .NovdlS ebasiciered tobavc asrimll foot. The A'mericari' fodt has gfOftw percept­ ibly within a fcW ycars.'Women who wore ttyos arid eVCri pheA w^Fo HoLun- coinmori'ln.the 'last gericriitlorii AVom- enj wall: .,mora thari thejr used to, and their personal vanity has shifted from fheir feet' and is more generally dis­ tributed tbrqughotit tlieir framts. Tho gain is immeasurable, both In COtafort andlioaltii, ‘ ^ AMON g T t he " WORKERS, > T here aromore women book-keepers .thanmen in Franco. ' A woman has a ribbon factory in operation at Topeka, Kan, D r . I da J oe B rooks , who graduated from the medical school of Boston uni­ versity last year, is now in successful practice at her home in Little Bock, Ark. Hroit and low, rich and poor, in Ben* mark, teach tlieir daughters to support themselves In case of need, without being Obliged to stifle their lives in the crowded rooms of great factories. W omen authors who haves been ox- eluded from the proposed authors’ chib, of London, on tho ground of tlieir ina­ bility to pay the required fees and sub- seriptlons, aro about to found a club of their own. Miss M aroaret S cott has been su­ perintendent of tlie industrial home for girls in Adrian, Midi., for nearly eight years. About seven hundred girls be* tween tlio ages of seven and seventeen hero find a home, R ecent patents granted to women in- bludo a grSss-catobing attachment for lawn-tnowers, a flexible fire-escape lad­ der, a rein support, a machine forhsng- ing wall paper, a foot support for tele­ graph poles and a street sweeper.