The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

The Ceclarville Herald. W. VL BLAIR, Publlibar. CEDARVILLB, : : '.» OHIO, A\ WORLD OF CHANCE. lU*»mrkH on tli« < ii^oilr N atu re o f Ilunisui Kiuieuvori The old matt th rew back' his shottl- doi's nu 1 le t his glow ing oyo rove over th e faces dim ly fixed on his own .through the cigar fumes, "G en tlem en !, yon rem em ber the e astern apologue | which we vised to liavo in our school­ books. 1 can rem em ber the very look of it i'ii the dog's-eared page of the Third Header, worn down to the straw boards of the cheap binding, and serili- _ bled .ail over w ith the hieroglyphics of " th e pining captive of learning) and I have no doub t th a t a t le a st the older heads am ong you are fam iliar with the story of■ th a t unhappy fa th e r who re ­ belled g a in st the law of death because it had b e re ft liim of Ills children, and who longed fo r some world of chance, •where th 'e 'ruw a s no incxorablo se­ quence between cause and effect. The Ood of eastern apologue answered bis p rayer when he sank exhausted under his sorrows, and he woke in such; a world. As lie turned his bew ildered . vision upon -the law less landscape of th a t world ho saw the trees some grow ­ ing w ith th e ir tops and some- w ith th e ir roots in the air; the' grass was green, o r red, or white, ns it happened; the *a ttic sw eltered under fleeces of wool in the ray s of a sun th a t w ent and came at. its own caprice, and dis» ordered the seasons, as it confounded the day and night.. The elem ents wore crazed by the prevailing insanity. Sometimes the 'tire boiled and some­ times it congealed th e w ater in the .kettle. The grotesque inh ab itan ts of that, strange realm approached him w ith their heads on th e ir .shoulders or between th e ir ankles as the case m ight be: they had two eyes or one, as it cliiuieed; t, loir hands and fe e t convcrt- ibiy term inated their legs and u r ns. Throughout the whole n a tu ra l k in g ­ dom, anarchy reigned, There was no law ; there was only chance.. A very' brief experience of th is' condition of things satisfied the accuser of th e . divine order; he prayed once more, bu t now to"bo delivered from th a t m ad' wt r d, and again the god of- eastern apologue heard -his p rayer and re­ stored him to his place in the benotl- eoir. world of law; to a 'n a tu ra l world where the seasons obey and the ele­ ments perform their office with - no chance of revolt or of treason; to a moral world where good and evil give increase a fte r their kind, and.tho cre a ­ tu re rests in liia Sense of the final jus- tice of his creator. “ lin t wo, gentlemen, are still in our dream of o world of chance, which wo have ourselves created in tho image of chaos, and where we p erpetuate the • ou tlaw ry of ancestral savage and the primordial beast. In th a t world tiiere Is no law b u t th e ru le of selfish greed. Tuere: each seeks first no t the kingdom of Ood and llis righteousness, in tjio faith th a t all things needful shall bo added tint-) him; but he seeks the king­ dom of Mammon and his unrigh teou s­ n e ss and tru sts the devil for luck.- In that world of chance, wisdom and vir­ tue may re s u lt’til prosperity and 1onor, /o r tuev may find th e ir rew ard in ad- vers tv ami derision. Titer.*, honesty m,iy be the bed. policy, o r it m ay be the worst. T he tru e and ab le man may win the h ighest place, bu t the first eii tiling trick .ter who strugg les up­ ward w ith no bettor instincts than those of the* weasel o r the fox may push him •Jr..m his stool. In th a t Upas air tho sir.no s s ’-cken and the graces perish. A11 th a t m ak e s life b e au tifu l and noble ia alien there. ' A fine action, a gener­ ous deed is foolhardy risk among men whose life 1* a game and whose provi­ dence is blind noci 'cu t- Out of every hundred ninety-five make tem porary or final failure in th a t worl l where chance guides w ith an ignis fatuu s mockery of law . G ifts acquisitions, principles, vir'ue®, count for no more than th e ir defects. I t is a lo ttery , a game, n casualty. Hut h igh above this crazy world of .chance th e re is everywhere tlie world of law, where every cause is sure of its effect; and it is in this world th a t we can a ll of us live if we will. I would not, therefore, have our young f r ie n l placo his h e a rt wholly upon w h a t we call success, which too often is inw ardly m iserable faitu re; b u t I would have him learn betimes to live in the world of law ,,w hich is so fa r' above th e world of chance. Ho takes w ith him our hope, our tru st, m ir love. "We are proud of him for w h a t ho has done for us; we would fain have kept him; we hope some day to welcome him back. Shall I say welcome him back famous, rich, g re a t? Not welcome him back tru e to tho b e st in him, puro in h e a rt, un spotted by the w o rld—tho world of chance! And so, vale atque salve!”—IV. I). Howell in H arper’s M agazine.____________ ____ lamvoldnble. R e p o rte r—Was th a t accident una­ voidable? * R ailroad P resident—Certainly, sir, certainly. No one to blame. You See tlid w atchm an bad two crossings to look after, half a mild apart. You can ’t expect a lAan to ho in two places a t once, can you?—N. V. Weekly. —Gwendoline—“ He loves mo fo r my w o rth atone.” Iph igen ia—” 1 have no d o u b t of i t Ho found ou t how much you wero w o rth from my brotlici Tom .”—N. Y. Press. TIIE BATTLE FIELD. "IN A SUMMER GONE BY." Sweet Betty sat turning the wheel In tho sun, In a sad colored gown, as ilemuro us a nun. When Hiram came in at tho white «ic’.i«-t gate- By the lavcudi r-tivil. to illicoycr tit.? fatv. Who looked at the sky amt she blushed rosy red, And she- stooped lor a sprig from the lavender- b"il. • For she kitetv very v.*l), by the light in his eye. Voting llmtiu .rami! wooing that shnimer’Rono by. Bo Biwko'or the col in tlie woodland's embrace, With windows that waited to frame her .sweet , race In a temple of roses, and whom to the end Their lives and iluir pleasures would peacefully blond. But swiftly sho turned with her cheeks tn a flume “Why speak ye of peace or of pleasure'-for- shame' ' While others go forth for our country to die!-" Said tin; patriot .maid in that summer goat: by. “There is .bloodshed and fundin' abroad hi tlio land; . Go got you a sword and a troop to command. "fls a .year since the congress proclaimed .we wero tree;. / . Go. tight Tor the rose-girdled rollarc .Liidiiie'.'' He went, ivitlin sob snclllng up in bis throat. . And tho .lavender.sprig .sho had dropped,In Ida coat. And she watched him from sight wlth a.smile and a sir h; ■ .'Mid tho roses .and pinks of tho summer gone by. •' Ni) message, no letter, and deep lay tlie snow, “It will come though." she said, “when tlie crocuses blow." Mo letter, no tnoss.-ige, and sunshine and rains Hud summoned the roses to hedges and lanes. .Shu sat at her wheel with-tho tears dropping down. . Amt a lavender-sprig In tho breast of her gown. When they told her how bravely a soldier could , die,. And brought her his sword, In a summer gone by. • ~ Minna Irving, In N B. Magazine. MY FIRST BATTLE. VVliaf Wits ICxpcrlcuct-d 13 y a Kec-ult In tin? lingular Army. . I was sixteen years of age when Lieut. -8.-opened a recruiting office in my native town, an historical village on Lake Champlain, when* .years before, when only a kid, 1 pushed ' my way through, a mass of-people to the hotel steps, where (Jen. Winfield Seott— the old hero of many b a ttle s—was ad­ dressing the citizens of the (own, and, interrup ting .h im by pulling his rout- tail, told him mother named me a fte r him, WiH.Kekl.Heott, 1 remember he lifted me.and stood me on .th e railing in front, and it was some time before he foil Id speak, and I recollect of .seeing tears roiling down his cheeks.' Many of my playmates wore in the audienee, who began to hu rrah for Seott (of course they meant me). After'sotne p e rtin en t remarks to his audience on my account, he asked me if I attended school regularly. I answered th a t I did. "T h a t's r i g i d ,s a i d ..the general, “ and promise tue th a t you won't leave school until yon are a sm a rte r-m an than I, 'whom you r good mother so honored.” I promised. , Nine years la te r f broke th a t promise, left school sind enlisted.- Aft a tta c h ­ ment .sprung up between Lieut. -S. ami a fair schoolmate of mine, a lovely girl, which subsequently ended in an engage­ ment. Miss (>,, we w ill call the young lady,'said she wished’. I would go w ith the.-lieutenant; th a t she was ttre I would like the regu lar army best, though my choice was th e volunteer service. However, I visited th e recruiting of­ fice of her atllaneed, w ith the result th a t l was mustered into Fitch* Sam 's serv­ ice. A \yeek la te r we, a squad of four teen, were on our way to F o rt Preble, Portland Harbor, to join out* regiment, which was soon a fte r ordered south. M;, first tight was a single-handed combat w ith Johnny lL .on r of the four­ teen who enlisted when 1 did. and tho light took place on the night of our ar­ rival a t Fort Preble. ' We arrived a t the fort about nine in tlie evening; I re­ member taps sounded soon sifter. We were marched toil large, bnnk les, room, and were told lom ukt ourselves as com­ fortable w ith th e Hour for ;t lied. In si little vvlii'e a sergeant • came in ami said: •■Hoys, come w ith me and get b lankets.'' Wo were taken to the qu a r­ term aster's, received blanket'., and ' re­ turned t > quarters; th a t is. all except Johnny P>. v. L<>was out looking f r r the su tle r's store, which he did no t find, however, nor did he get a blanket. I t was a cold nigh t in September, and tlie room was w ithout a fire. I had ju st rolled myself np in my b lanket, when the door opened and in walked Johnny, who asked where he could get a b lanket. I told him. bu t instead of going h e said he guessed he would havo p a rt of mine, a t the same time try in g to pttH it from me, and fu rth e r said th a t if I kicked he would take it sill. "All righ t," said I, "you or I shall have it all.” jum ping to my feet and throw ing the b lank et behind me. "L e t the best m an have it." I t was not a scientific bout, perhaps, b u t we got there all the. same. It. last­ ed one round, w ith th e re su lt th a t I had a scratch on one e a r and the enemy was bleeding a t tho nose and had both eyes damaged. Johnny rushed from the quarters, say* ing: " l ’ii get even; ju s t w ait." I rolled myself up again and waited. I t was a h a lf hour, perhaps, when he returned, both eyes in mourning, and w ith him came a ta ll, heavy-set, black- boarded giant, w earing quarterm aster- sergeants. stripes, nnd in hand a heavy cane. "Who did yoa have the. tum b le w ith?” said the piratical-looking m artinet. Johnny pointed to me, and whack! down came the canc on my shoulders, and a half-dozen more on my hack. " I ’ll learn, you to fight,” said the brute, " You’ll have a d ifferent kind of fighting to do before long ,” . I agreed w ith him on t h a t p d n t, b u t he did no t accompany the* reg im en t south, and a fte r leaving F o rt P reble I never saw him again. Holmes was the sergean t's name, and if alive lie can vouch for th e tru th of th is narrative, so fa r as he w a s con­ cerned in it. In all these long years since th a t n ig h t of th e clubbing I have no t grown any taller, and am bald- headed and gray. Hut now fo r revenge! N ex t-m o rn ing an old scar-faced vet­ eran who saw the fracas of th e previous n igh t said to me: “Young man, I saw w h a t -happened last, n ight, and the ser­ g ean t had no rig h t to use ,a club on you. You can have him . reduced. You see th e ad ju ta n t over there on the parade ground inspecting the gu ard ” tit was 0 o'clock guard mount); “you go nnd re? p o rt the affair to him. Now is a good time; you’ll get revenge." ■ Alas! m u s t I confess su c h igno rance a t th e age o f sixteen? 1 took a quick ­ step for the c e n te r of th e para d e ground, a n d when w ithin two o r th re e paces of th e a d ju ta n t, said: " A d ju ta n t,' I wish to——" T h a t w a s.a lt I was .allowed to sav. T h e ^officer gave a look 1 have n o t y et forgotten, a n d addressing th e sergeant, said: "W h o is th is follow? T a k e him to' the gu a rd -h o u se ."' ''■ I w as placed between a file of men and escorted to the pen. inside the -guard-house I was received by ab o u t a dozen d runks, who- h a d been over to Po rtland on pass, and were locked tip to g et sober. f'u fo rtn riate ly itir me they were still under tho-influence.. They proceeded to initiate-me. First, they searched mi -for■■toluleco. I had none. One fellow app rop riated my h at to his own use; and then, th row in g me into a blanket: they proceeded to toss me sky ward. Nor did t hey desist until I was more dead Chun alive.- Queer re­ venge 1 was having. 1 th o u g h t of Holmes and home -that n ight. Next morning I was released, and the fir; t man I met was the old vet who sent me to tlie ad ju tan t. With a broad grin lie asked me if I go.t, satisfaction. I an-, .severed not, b u t walked on to qu arters; was given uniform , rifle and .accouter­ ments, and began to realize t h a t Lwas a soldier. ■ Now it happened th a t on th e follow­ in g Sunday inspection th e commanding officer stopped in- fron t of J o h n n y Ik, sized him up, poked his white-gIov.ed finger into J o h n n y 's ear, tw isted it round, ' nnd lo! it_ soiled the -glove. J o h n n y proved-to be--the-dirtiest man in Company Fi. “ Sergean t." said th e Colonel, “ afte r parade detail two men to ta k e th is re­ cru it down to the bench and scrub him. He sure and make.him clean." As luck would have it. ComradeT. and I were detailed tn perforin.the massage. W e were given a pew, stiff ■scrubbing- brush and a cake of salt-w ater soap and proceeded to the -beach. Johnny refused to strip. We stripped, him; not w ithout som e'tearing of clothes, for lie fought hard; lnrt we dually got him in a nude state, took off mtr own shoes and roiled tip 'in ir punts, laid the victim down where the-tide licked the sand, and went (o work. Comrade "J’. held him while I scrubbed, I eonuueneed.al his head and scrubbed lo his feet. 1 used With hands. I polished his teeth w ith tlie cake of soap. I scrubbed till Itis blood trickled ir the sand, ami then I asked him if he d idn 't want a blanket, or y%m ild'half a o re do? I was th ink ing tif the liluek- and-blne m arks on my back. He cursed and cried, and finally begged for m ercy,, Then id e a -fe d . He diessetl himself ant? we marched Lack to company quarters. Johnny was clean ottee in his life and F was revenged. A few months la te r and .Johnny tit sort eel. During ’Free .wars' service I never spoke to Lieut. H. except when on post, by tu rn in g over nty orders to him as officer of the day—"H egtilar Army <).” Hut he lost Lis sweet In a rt all the same, nnd the. w rite r h jow s why. -Winfield S, Morgan, in National T ribune; . Tlic-Saiipr Has Ifad It* Bay* "T he saber." said Col. John M. Mushy, th e famous confederate soMic“, recent­ ly, "is about tis usele-s in actual w ar­ fare as the fifth wheel of a coa *h. I t is only a tradition. Gunpowder knocked it out, and,, it has lven retained in the service largely on sentim ental grounds. O n dress parade nnd occasions o f cere­ mony the stiller does well enough, h u t no sane man would th ink of using a sabre in a modern b attle. During the Fr.UH'o-l’russian w a r only seven men were killed by the saber on both sides, an d vet you could coun t up the men lulled in our own w ar by th a t weapon on your lingers, We discarded it a lto ­ g ether in my <ouimuud. In 11n* ancient days when ICing A rthu r was on earth the saber was of some use, but it is en­ tirely out of ■ place in the nineteenth century. The government could save money and a t th e same time improve the eflieieney5of the service by abolish­ ing the saber from the army. Fiction w riters will, of course, cling to it, for its -loss would deprive them of one of the chief articles of th e ir sjtoek hi trade. The paper hero m ust ‘c u t his way through the ran k s of the enemy' ju s t so often or lie is no-good. Then, it looks well- -on pap(*c—for a regim ent or army' lb ‘charge on th e enemy w ith sa­ bers drawn,’ etc. A ll th a t kind of stuff tnay *go' in books, b u t it is supremely ridiculous to m ilitary men."-—Chicago T ribune, ■ 1 —The girl who tn trrie s a title very frequen tly tu rn s h e r fo rtune to a count, —Washington Star. THEWOMAN’S COLUMN?sr. SSSXSU& is it should ho u llag e to tilt* edi­ WOMEN AT THE FAIR. tor. j I t is an uinaving fact iuwv ruuny-glrls Preparatory Work lu Ollier t ’ouiitlies for who might w rite cleverly in prose spoil tin* World's i:\liKilthiu. -I licit' chance:-; of success by essaying That-tin* women of o th e r countries poetry in their first literary effort. To • • .......... th e g re a t majority of tlic.sc iris, poetry ma y lie in te reste d e qu a lly with out' own in tlie World's fair, Mrs, .Palmer recently addressed personal le tte rs to th e women sovereigns of Europe arid to th e wife of th e president, of France, These le tte rs solicited roy al approval o f th e work of tin* lady ma nagers, and re­ quested th e ap p o in tm e n t ol a eommiUce of women in each c o u n try to co-operate w ith tlie American woman 's hoard. F ra n ce was th e first to appoin t a World's fair comm ittee of women, -and th e names comprising it—some of th em in te r n a ­ tionally- famous for uAel igenee and p h ila n th ro p y—an* headed by Mrs. and Miss Yves Guyot. th e w ife and d a u g u te r nf th e .m in iste r of pub lic works; Mr.,' Koeehlin-Si hw a rtz . .president Of tl'i ■' “ Union des-Femmes do Franco" (aid 1 o tlie woundedi. and*.Mrs. .lilies Sicg.in d, a member of th e I’ro ie sla n t cha ritab le j. itriel ios. Tho m e eting of the British, women s committee- has, been delayed o.. ng lo the--.death of the ditlie of Clarei re, as 11. K. II. Princess t'Ic is tum is iiseltair- 'nnm. .tit-her inetuliei•» of' the nohdr, . arc taking' th e d iv p e - t interest in the uf- ' fair, and th e exhibit will lie a most im- ■ portant ot'ie. -Tlu* c omm itte e --w isely'! cnnlempkUcs a. compli to show ing of ; only v i t a l English wouieii do best, a nd ; nu rsing for which th e y arc juste,-.reie- ; ■bratod uii? ft.rue.ii a cnte-pn'uo vs o \- , bibit. ,i t v i! ’ p o h .ib ly include a. sirk room fitted -with everv practical, new : and .approved apii!;;: nee. and a trained: h‘i‘ pital iiersc i.n eo; tume,\v'.ii b rsrn t i.o install the eshiliit, u< '•t.rdii;"' In tlu* highest seieetifi,1roquirruients, A - the , modi'! Ju» pi);;-1nf tie- Woman's building promises lo :.• :11 one of i;- most import- uilt and strik ing 'tealures. <shil-Us of a •; Kiiniiur't b a r a e le r Te, in ntimr countries ' will ttfl'iini opoot 'iiniiio., ;',,r vaiuabic : comparisons. W l v e e n foreign ei.'lhods ' and ou r own. Kb Ifenry Wood, set ret.e-y of Great ' Hritnin'- eotumi; ,ion. id n v o id e d a s 'a d ­ vising aga in st any -display o f, ISritish -j conking. Lady Aberdeen lias charge of , t.In- Ifish 'woman's exitibit. ami is abl,v-i ir-s'islctl by Mrs. I’ iiwoi M alor, who is now actively.engaged, in a rra n g in g the ' display, from which a g rea t .stimulus to i rhyme.- Edward Iri.-h co tta g e industries isexpeeted. Kin* Home Jou rn al, will probab ly come to ( liieaev; to super- | int.rmd the exhibit, front which L a d y ; Aberdeen and herself..arc an ticip ating ' such sub stan tia l results- to tlie Irish .peasantry';" , < While th e Woman's Committee o f 1 (o rmany is not yet crgnni/.ed, -much is , expected from th a t country, amt per- , mission- has been requested-from- tlie! German governmen t to copy the g r e a t! . , bronze doors of th e Ktrausliurg ra th e - j "PP11* l1' 11 •' 111 Oral. T h ere are no more famous doors ; in tlie world than th> •«•, which were do- | signed and executed by S abina Stein- bock, tlie sister of 'the. architect of tlie cathedra), to whom tlte. world w a s first indebted fot‘ tho.-c graceful, .flowing lines wh ich so beatifyingi.v replaced the. indexible stiffness o f mediawa) angles, t’Vrlaitily. .then, n o th in g could be more su itab le for tlie doors of th e ' main en ­ tra n c e ,to the Woman's building. I t is hiqH'd th e ta sk of reproduction will bo en tru sted to some German woman. Ilu llaud has, appointed 'F run line do Hnxoh Kemper, of Amsterdam , to rep re­ sent th e women of th a t c o u n t r y , and th e women of Sweden are-p rep a ring for a splendid exhibit. Tlte women of I>i>- heinin.wilh characteristic [wide of eottn- tr y 'a n d race, do not w a n t th e ir exhibit massed with th e g e n e ra l Austrian dis­ play. and will have a complete collec­ tion- of entVu'bidcries, rare laces and needlework o f . every description, some of it d a tin g oaek to th e th ir te e n th cen­ tury. Queen Marguerite, o f Italy, h a s prom- j 5 m d to lend h e r u n c q u a lo dm id historical eol’eetion of laces for exhibition in th e | w om an ’s building, and has evinced t s tr o n g personal in te rest in th e exposi-j tion. 'J h e J a p a n e s e commission h a s tits* ] filled th a t tlte women of J a p a n are no t j suflu iently advanced to v u d e r t a k v a n y p rom in e n t work in tlte fair, bu t in view of tlie fact thiif th e empress of J a p a n is i h a s only the me an in g of rhyme. They ■■do not stop t i I'onsidi r t h a t verse is tlie. most (iiilieult form of iite ra iu re . and tlmt- i! requ ires u juifure peculiarly full o* harmony. Instances con stan tly come ! before me where tlu* vvril. .-"s n a tu r e is no mere suited to writing'vefM* th a n is a bri'd-:layer capable of p a in tin g a pic­ ture. ■ Young women, let me say a few •v.'ofds to you -w o rd s born of experi­ ence willi jiiTmv of.,your manuscripts. 1 liavy no desire W-laMet -r to curb the literary asp iration s of a single g ir l or woman- who believes she was '.“ boru to w rite;" on th e c o n tra ry . 1 w ell each and ‘ad o f them a h earty God. speed. lb .I, do ................... this, and ip you r -owl) intei'e. Is! I nlessyou ieel in ■your , very n a tu re that you one I *i;;g, unless ; no o t 1i-r jo n u ol’ expression will shape ,'uiii 1- Bugs, don't lvri'e j)oetr,(. 'l’o - be a - .s'cc .sl til poet calls, lor a. great deal.- 'You itnist, in the first plies*, have meiod,' m your, soul, in your'iinnd and oi you r c iv: you mu st know Ihnmugh ly the art oi'ruy!linrii*construction, one of th e m -I dillieult tilings -in the world: and even if you po» ess these n a tu ra l a ttr ib u te s of a pi rot. you must-be gov­ erned by th e .la w o f poetry, laws which a iv so e "Viitia! th a t wit hoitf. them you are like a rudderless .ship at sea. He- ‘ cense someth ing beautiful in n a tu re a p ­ peal-;- to you. don't jum p a t the comdu- smn t hat there is poel.rvin y o u r soul. Poetry is one of the most bea u tifu l- form-, o f expression in literature. Only a- few ;o c linen. !: (vvevei'.to do it justice. You i-.ni be u poe .and a good poet .w ith ­ out b o n g a. Louglellow. a Whittier: a Holmes, o r a Tennyson. Only here a n d there is burn a soul so full of melody as these writers. Hut mind po etry call- for a iiieh standard . T h ere are a thou sa nd w riters to-da.v who can w rite good prose where th e re is one wh o a 'a n .w rite even acceptable poetry. If you mint sing in literatu re , well and good; b u t be sure th a t tiie uti/nl is there. Don't force y o u r soul to sing wlien it only w a n ts to speak-. Many a good th o u g h t Itas been u tle rlv spoiled liy b eing p u t in bad W'. • Hole, in Ladies Active Southern Women.' “A woman's southern council” is to he held in some of the-.southern cities dju'itig Ihe lull of I•*!>?, and tlie work of organization has already, begun. I t is not, proposed to commit tlie council to any political creed or special reforms. It is .simply au effort on tlte .pat i of pro­ gressive .Mint hern women to make an the discussion of sub­ jects in which they are interested; and religion; philanthropy, temperance, ed­ ucation, literatu re, polities and the world's fair are all expected to g e t u. share of a tte n tio n .' Miss KntC'Cim-' ninghani, of Arkansas, is president pro tern.,' am i lias appointed a temporary chairman from each of the southern, states. .This is a meann taken to extend the benefits''and advantages gained by 'those women who m et a t tlteWomen’s councils' in Washington. Women have learned th a t to come tog e th e r and hear- subjects discussed from various points of, view moans a broader outlook and a higher standard of intelligence, and while the younger women m ay en te r the colleges and educate themselves,-tho older women find such opportunities us these of g re a t advantage in gaining this knowledge ' of affairs so necessary ia these progressive days. WOMEN AND THEIR WORK. OISAsit n.U’HK, Mieh., has a young woman. Miss Mila T apper, who is a F n ita ria n m inister: Miss .M aim iia M ojitos , th e play­ w right, is on th e sunny side, of th irty , and is a pleasant-looking, bright-eyed and bro'.vn-e.Ved woman, who is as in ­ teresting sis she is clever. M.vnr v M okajt , is n pretty' 18-year-old girl of Newark, N. J „ whose nathe is one of praise in th a t city'. When eour- u woman of fine i}ileiU-'enee,wide views ! a '-r° tlu‘ reg u la r nurses she volnn- and deeply interested in iw e ry th in g p e r-! . fr,r sorv,t <' i l t t h ” s,nallPox llos' tainir.g to the advancement and eleva­ tion of women, it is possible th is deeision limy lie reversed.—Chicago Jou rnal. WRITING POETRY. Advice to Girls Who Think They Are, Burn Ports. If i t be tru e th a t poets are horn and no t made, th is is c ertain ly a wonderful generation of poets, if one may judge of tlie southern hem isphere, fo r th e p u r pital there. M mk . C aroms IlKRrtr.r.ox, ties Schultz, and w ife of Dr. Jacques Bertillon, head of tin' statistical d ep a rtm en t tit, the Hotel de Villo, Paris, has been appoint­ ed physician to th e G irls's Lyceum (Lycee Utteine) in th e Rue. Koeketv Mt.t.t:. E t . isk St. O mkr . a F rench wom­ an <10 y e a rs of age. has sta rte d for tt tour around the world, beg inn ing b y wav of the num ber of m anuscripts in verse which flow in to the editorial oiliees. In a bundle of one hundred poems tak en haphazard, two-thirds were found to he from self-declared young women. T h a t the girl of poetical desires is on th e de­ cided increase th e n 1is b u t little doubt. The first th in g which a girl, who be­ lieves she lias th e divine flatus w ithin her apparently, does nowadays is to w rite a poem, and in th a t very a c t she makes h e r first m istake. F ou r lines th a t jingle do n o t make a verse; y e t this is w h a t hundreds of o u r girls th in k to ­ day. The a r t of w ritin g poetry—so dif­ ficult th a t only a few in a generation completely m uster It—*is a ttem p ted by some girls w ith an audacity D ial is su r­ prising, to say th e least. F o rtunately for the, public, only th e a ttem p t is made; where there, a re any results, they would be som ething harrow ing. The editor only sees them, tlie public never does, and on th e basis of th e g re a te st good to th e pose of collecting sta tistic s fo r the Frenelt geographical society. She ex* peots to be gone th re e years. Dn. M arv AVtf.r.KTS, of Philadelphia, has been chosen second a ssistan t pbysi* eiiin a t the state, insane hospital a t Nor­ ristown, Pa. Dr, Alice H ennett, medical superintendent of th e same institution, has been appointed l>y Gov. Pattison a member ■of the commission having in charge th e construction of tlie new hos­ p ita l for th e eronie insane. Two young city-bred women,' dnugh* ler.s of n prom inent wholeshale mer­ ch an t in Han Francisco named Lowon- stein, are living on and w orking a land claim in the sta te of Washington be­ tween Hmlloek and P o rt Ludlow. They took tip th e claim tw o 3 ’oars ago and have lived on i t continuously qiucc, b u ilt th e cabin in which they live, and have, cleared and grubbed tw en ty acres of land. T h eir n earest neighbor is four miles away,