Bellefonte, Pa., Sep. 29, 1893 ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? Each day when the glow of sunset fades in the Western sky. And the wee ones, tired of playing, go tripping lightly by ; I steal away from my husband, as he sits in the easy chair, And watch from ihe open doorway their faces, fresh and fair. Alone in the dear old homestead, that once was full of life, : Rings Nh girlish laughter, echoing boyish : strife, We two are waiting together; and oft, as the shadows come, With tremulous voice he calls me; “It is night; are the children home ?” “Yes, love 1” T answer him gently, “they’re all home long ago,” And I sing in my quivering treble a song so soft and low, ; Till the old man drops to slumber with his head upon his hand, . And I tell to myself the number, home in the Better Land, : : Home where never a sorrow shall dim their eyes with tears; Where the smile of God is on them through ‘all the summer years ; I know—yet my arms are empty that fondly folded seven, . And the mother heart within me is almost starved for heaven. Sometimes in the dusk of evening I only shut my eyes, be And the children are all about me, a vision from the skies; The babes whose dimpled fingers lost the way to my breast, And the beautiful ones the angels passed to the world of the blest, With never a cloud upon them, I see their ra- diant brows; My boys that I gave io freedom—the red sword sealed their vows ! In tangled Southern torest, twin brothers bold and brave, ; They fell! and the flag they died for, thank God ! floats over their grave. A breath and the vision is lifted away on wings And again we two are together, all alone in the night. They foil me his mind is failing, but I smile at idle fears; He is only back with the children, in the dear and peaceful years. And still as the summer sunset fades away in the West, And the wee ones, tired ¢f playing, go troop- ing home to rest, My husband calls from his corner: “Says, ¢ Jove! have the children come ?” And I answer, with eyes uplifted: “Yes, dear, they are all at home!” —Margaret E. Sangster. The Party Rules. RULE I—ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTY. Section 1—The organization of the Democratic party in the state of Penn- sylvania shall consist of the following bodies : 1.——Democratic county committees. 2.—Democratic division ‘committees. 8.—Democratic state executive com- mittee. 4.—Democratic state central commit- tee; and 5.—Democratic state convention. RULE II—DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COM- MITTEES. Bection 1. Democratic county com- mittees shall be elected and organized in suck. manner as the Democratic electors within the respective counties of the state of Pennsylvania shall determine; and they shall have charge of all cam- paigns for the election of county ecandi- dates within their respective counties. The officers of each Democratic county committee shall consist of a chairman and such other officers as may be agreed upon. Section 2 The terms of the officers of Democratic county committees shall be- gin on the first Monday ot April in each year and shall continue for ‘a period of one year or until their respective success- ors shall have been elected. Each per- son elected as chairman of a Democratic county committee shall receive duplicate certificates of his election as such, one of which certificate shall be forthwith filed by him with the chairman of the Demo- . cratic state central committee, and the other shall be retained by him as evi- dence of his authority to act. RULE III—DEMOCRATIC DIVISION COM- i MITTEES. Section 1. Democratic division com- mittees shall consist of the chairman of the Democratic county committees within the respective political divisions into which the state of Pennsylvania may be divided for the purpose of party organization by the chairman of the Democratic state executive committee ; and of the additional persons elected as members of the Democratic state central committee from such counties as may be entitled thereto. The officers of each Democratic division committee shall consist of a chairman, to be elected by the members thereof from within or without the Democratic division com- mittee, providing be be a resident Dem- ocratic elector of the division, and who ehall hold his office: for the period of one year from the second Monday of April or until his successor shall have been elected ; and of a secretary to be appointed by the chairman. ection 2. Democratic division com- mittees shall meet for the election of chairmen and for such other business as may be proper on the third Monday of April in each year, at such hours and at such places as may be designated by the chairman of the Democratic state cen- tral committee, whose duty it shail be to give at least one week’s written notice to every member of said Democratic division committeas of the times and places of such meetings. Section 3. It shall be the duty of the chairman of each Democratic division committee to call all meetings of such Democratic division committee, except the annual meeting to be held on the third Monday of April in each year; and to notify each member thereof in writing of the time and place of such meetings. The chairman of each Dem- ocratic division committee shall be ex- officio a member of the state Democratic executive committee. RULE IV—DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECU- TIVE COMMITTEE, Section 1.. The Democratic state exze- cutive committee shall consist of the chairman and secretary of the Democra- tic state central committee and the chairman of the Democratic division committees, all of whom shall be ex- officio members of the said Democratic state executive committee, with all the rights and privileges of such membership. The duties and powers of the Domocra- tic state executive committee shall be of an advisory character and such others as may be herein-after conferred and as may be delegated by the Democratic state central committee. The chairman and secretary of the Democratic state central committee shall be the chairman and secretary of the Democratic state executive committee. It shall be the duty of the chairman to call all meet- ings of the Democratic executive com- mittee, giving ample written notice of the times and places of such meetings. RULE V—DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTE. Section 1.—The Democratic state cen- tral committee shall consist of one mem- ber from each county in the state of Pennsylvania, and the chairman of the Democratic eounty committees shall be ex-officio the members of the Democra- tic state central committee from their respective counties : Provided that a county in which ten thousand (10,000) votes were cast for the Democratic can- didate for president at the last preceding presidential election shall be entitled to an additional member, and to other ad- ditional members for each additional ten thousand (10,000) votes cast for such Democratic candidate for president, which said addition member or members ghall be elected in such manner as the Democratic county committe of each of such counties may determine. The terms of members of the Democratic state central committee thus elected shall begin on the first Monday of April in each year and shall continue for a period of one year or until their succes- sors shall have been elected. Section 2. At the annual meeting of the Democratic state central committee, to be held in the city of Harrisburg Pa., on the third Monday of April in each year, the chairman of the Democratic state central committee shall be elected, to hold his office for the period of one year or until his successor shall have been elected. Any Democratic elector of the state of Pennsylvania shall be eligible for election to said office. The chairman of the Democratic state cen- tral committee thus elected shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Democratic state executive committee, conduct all state campaigns, subject to the Spproval of the Democratic state central committee. All committees herein before provided for shall be sub- ordinate to and under the control of the Democratic state central committee. Section 3. The chairman of the Dem- ocratic state central committee, as well as the secretary thereof, shall be ex- office members of the Democratic state executive committee, and shall be the chairman and secretary thereof. The chairman shall have full power to ap- int a secretary ; and said chairman shall be entitled to vote in said commit- tee upoa all questions. Section 4. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the Democratic state cen- tral committee to call all meetings of the Democratic state central committee and of the Democratic state executive com- mittee ; and he shall be required to not- ify in writing the members of said com- mittees of the times and places for such meetings. It shall also be his duty to issue the calls for all Democratic state conventions, when the time and place for holding such Democratic state con- ventions have been duly ordered and fixed. Section 5. The Democratic state cen- tral committee shall, except in presiden- tial years, at its annual meeting on the third Monday of April to fix the time and place for the holding of the Democratic state convention. In presidential years, the time and place for holding the Democratic state conven- tion may be fixed at any meeting of the Democratic state central committee, held not earlier than the third Monday of January and not later than the third Monday of April. The Democratic state central committee may delegate its authority in the premises to the Demo- cratic state executive committee. Section 6. Members of the Democra- tic state central committee may deputize, in writing, substitutes to act for them at any meeting ; but such substitutes must be Democratic electors residing in the counties which their principals repre- sent. RULE VI—DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVEN- . TIONS. Section 1. The representation in De- mocratic conventions shall consist of representative delegates, one for each 1,000 votes cast for the Democratic can- didate for president at the last prece- ding presidential election or fraction of 1,000 such votes, amounting to 500 votes or more, in the respective repre- sentative districts of the state of Penn- sylvania ; provided, that each represen- tative district shall have at least one dele. gate. Delegates may deputize, in writing, substitutes to act for them at any meet- ing or meetings of the Democratic state convention. All delegates to the Demo- cratic state conventions shall be elected within the calendar year in which they are to serve as such delegates. Section 2. Each person elected as a delegate to the Democratic state conven- tion shall obtain duplicate certificates of his electior., signed by the officers (or by a majority of them) of the Democra- tic county convention, Democratic county committee, Democratic repre- sentative convention or other body duly authorized and recognized as having jurisdiction of the election of delegates to the Democratic state convention, cer- tifying that they were the officers of the Democratic county conventicn, Demo- cratic county committee or other duly authorized body ; to the time and place of election, and that the person named therein as delegate was fairly, regularly and duly elected. Such certificates should be duly executed and sworn to before a notary public, magistrate or justice of the peace. 3 Section 3. When a delegate shall have baen elected to any other duly authoriz- ed body than the Democratic county committee, it shall be necessary for him tv procure, in addition to the foregoing and it shall be the duty of the Demo- cratic county committee to furnish, du- plicate certiticates executed and sworn to by the officers (or a majority of them) of the Democratic county committee, before a notary public, magistrate or justice of the peace, certifying that to the best of their information, knowl. edge and belief, such delegate was fairly, regularly and duly elected according to the rules of the Democratic party and tnat he was elected by the Democratic county convention, Democratic repre- sentative convention or other daly au- thorized body, which is recognized as legal and regular by the Democratic state central committee, When such delegate shall have been elected by the | Democratic county committee, the cer- ticates of election must also state that the delegate was elected by the Demo- cratic county committee, which is recog- nized as legal and regular by the Demo- craticstate central committee. Section 4. It shall be the duty of each person elected as a delegate to file one of such certificates with the chair- man of the Democratic state eentral committee within ten days after his election, retaining the other certificate as his credentials as a member of the Bemocratic state convention. The chairman of the Democratic state cent- ral committee shall not place the name of any person upon the roll of delegates of the Democratic state convention un- til furnished with this certificate; and no certificate shall be received, filed or recognized except those duly executed and sworn to by the officers of the De- mocratic county committee, which is recognized as legal and regular by the Democratic state central committee. Section 5. Every person desiring to contest the seat of a delegate shall be required to give notice in writing of such intention, together with the grounds of contest, to the chairman of the Democratic state central committee and to the person whose seat he desires to contest within ten days of the date upon which the election was held; and such person shall, upon giving such notice, be accorded an opportunity of having his claims heard by the commit- tee on credentials, when appointed, which committee, after hearing the statements and evidence offered in be- half of the delegate and contestant shall make report to the Democratic state convention for its consideration and ac- tion. Each person furnishing certifica- tes of election attested by the Demo- cratic county committee, which is rec- ognized as legal and regular by the Democratic state central committee, shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a delegate to or member of the Democratic state convention until he shall have been unseated by the ac- tion of the Democratic state convention upon the report of the committee on credentials ; provided that no delegate whose seat is contested shall be permit- ted to vote upon the report of the com- mittee on credentials or upon acy ques- tion directly affecting the title to his own seat in the Democratic state con- vention. Contestants shall not be per- mitted to participate in the proceed- ings of the Democratic state convention unless declared elected by the action of said Democratic state convention upon the report of the committee on creden- tials. Section 6. The chairman of the De- mocratic state central committee shall make up the roll of delegates of every Democratic state convention in accor- dance with these rules ; and he shall call every Democratic state convention to order. He shall, by and with the con- sent and approval of the Democratic state executive committee (or a majority of them) select the temporary officers of every Democratic state convention, in- cluding a chairman, a secretary, assis- tant secretaries, a reading clerk, assis- tant reading clerks, an official steno- grapher, a sergeant-at arms and assis- tant sergeant-at-arms. The chairman of the Democratic state central commit- tee shall call a meeting of the Democra- tic state executive committee to be held in the city where the Democratic state convention is to meet, at least twenty- four-hours before the time set for the holding of the said Democratic state convention, for the purpose of selecting the above temporary officers of the said Democratic state convention. RULE VII—ORDER OF BUSINESS. Section 1. The order of Business in the Democratic state convention shall be as follows : 1. Reading of the call for the Demo- cratic state convention. 2. Cail to order by the chairman of the Democratic state central committee and announcement of the temporary officers of the Democratic state conven- tion, 3. Reading of the roll of delegates. 4. Appointment of committee and re- solutions. 5. Recess. 6. Reports of committees on creden- tials and permanent organization. 7. Election of permanent chairman and other officers of the Democratic state convention. 8. Report of committee on resolutions. 9 Nominations of candidates, &c. 10. Other business. 11. Adjournment. Section 2. The Democratic state con- vention may by a two-thirds vote change or suspend the order of business for the session of said convention at which such change or suspension may be ordered. : RULE VIIIL.—COMMITTEES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. Section 1. The committee on creden- tials, the committee on permanent or- ganizations and the committee on reso- solutions shall each consist of one mem- ber from each senatorial district in the state of Pennsylvania, to be elected by a majority of the delegates to the De- moeratic state convention from each senatorial district. RULE IX.—SPECIAL MEETINGS. Section 1. Special meetings of Demo- cratic division committees, the Demo- cratic state executive committee and the Democratic state central committee may be called by the respective chair- men of said committees; and shall be called by such chairmen upon the writ- ten request of one-fourth of the mem- bers of their respective committees. Written requests for special meetings shall state the purpose for which such meetings are to be held. RULE X—QUORUMS. Section 1. In Democratic state con- ventions, in the Democratic state exec- utive committee and in Democratic di- vision committees a majority of the whole number of delegates or members shall be required to constitute a quorum, In the Democratic state central commit- tee the members attonding, after due notice in writing to every member, shall constitute a quorum. RULE XI--~DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON- VENTIONS. Section 1. In presidential years dele- gates'and 3lectors from the state of ! Pennsylvania to the Democratic nation- ! al convention shall be elected by the Democratic state convention, the dele- gates at-large from the state at-large and the district delegates and electors from the respective congressional dis- tricts, upon the recommendation of a majority of the delegates of the Demo- cratic state convention from said con- again, | : When a fellow’ll meet his sweetheart at the gressional districts. In the event that | a majority of the delegates to the De- mocratic state convention from any con- gressional district shall fail to agree up- on the persons recommended for elecion as delegates or district electors to the national Democratic convention, then the state Democratic convention may elect such delegates or electors without recommendation from such congression- al districts or it may determine in what manner such election shall be made RULE XII--DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Section 1. In presidential years, the delegates from Pennsylvania to the Democratic national convention shall elect by a majority vote ofthe whole number of such delegates, one Democra- tic elector of the state of Pennsylvania to represent the state 1n the Democratic national committee. Should a vacancy occur in the Pennsylvania membership of the Democratic national committee, such vacancy shall be filled for the un- expired term by the Democratic state central committee, with the approval of the succeeding state convention It shall be the duty of the chairman of the Democratic state central committee to give at least one week’s written notice to every member of said Democratic state central committee of the time and place of meeting of said committee at which such vacancy is to be filled and of the purpose for which said meeting has been called. RULE XII--AMENDMENTS. Section 1. These rules may be alter- ed or amended at any time upon the re- commendation of the Democratic state central committee and approval of the succeeding Democratic state convention. SCHEDULE. A. The rules of the Democratic party in the state of Pennsylvania, this day adopted by the Democratic state convention, upon the recommendation of the Democratic state central commit- tee, shall take effect on the first Monday of April, 1894 ; provided that the re- quirements of rule six, section one, as to the election of delegates to Democratic state conventions within the calendar year in which they are to serve as such delegates shall not apply to those repre- sentative districts which have already elected delegates to the Democratic state convention to be held in the year 1894. B. The present arrangement of poli- tical divisions of the state of Pennsyl- vania made for the purposes of party organization is declared to be as follows: First Division. This division shail consist of the counties of Adams, Cum- berland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry and York. Second Division. This division shall consist of the counties of Huntingdon, Fulton, Bedford, Somerset, Cambria and Blair. Third Division. This division shall consist of the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Washington and Westmoreland. Fourth Division. This division shall consist of the counties of Cameron, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, McKean, Venango, and Warren. Fifth Division. This division shall consist of the counties of Centre, Clear- field, Clarion, Elk and Forest. Sixth Division. This division shall consist of the counties of Clinton, Ly- coming, Potter; Tioga, Snyder and Un- on. «¢ Seventh Division. This division shall consist of the counties of Bradford, Col- umbia, Lackawana, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming. Eight Division. This division shall consist of the counties of Carbon, Berks, Lancaster, Monroe, Northampton, Pike and Lehigh. Ninth Division. ~ This division shall consist of the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia and Montgom- ery. Facts About the Heart. Interesting Statistics Showing the Vast Work it Has to Do. The human heart 18 a hollow muscle of a conical form placed between the two lungs and inclosed in the pericardi- um, or heart sac. The ordinary size of the heart in the adult is about five inch- es in length, 3} inches in breadth at the broadest part and 2} inches in thickness. Its weight is from 10 to 12 ounces in men and from 8 to 10 ounces in women. Dr. Benecke, of Marburg, has made known his observations on the truth of the human heart, the fact appearing that the increase is greatest and most rapid during the first and second years of life, its bulk at the end of the second year being exactly double what it origi- nally was. Between the second and seventh years it is again doubled in size. A slower rate of growth then setsin and continues during the period of maturity of cther portions of the body. After the 15th year up to the 50th the annual growth of the heart is about .061 of a cubic inch, the increase ceasing about the 50th year. The heart, although so small, is a wonderful piece of mechanism and of great power. With each stroke or beat it projects something like 2} ounces of blocd into the conduits or chunnels of the body, throwing it tor a distance of nine feet. This it does 69 or 70 times a minute. The number of its pulsations varies in the sexes and according to posture. In the male it beats 81 times a minute when standing, 71 when sit- ting and 66 when lying. Inthe female itis 91, 84,80 in the similar positions respectively.-— Leisure Moments. Cunning Crows. It is generally believed that the ani- mJ] world is incapable of calculation, but in a newspaper of 1816 an instince ie recorded of something very much like it. “A carrion crow, perceiving a brood of fourteen chickens in a barn, carried off one of them, but, on a lady opening a window, dropped its prey. In the course of the day, however, the plunderer returned, in company with thirteen other crows, when each one seized its bird and carried off the whole brood at once.” — Youths Journal. ANSE AT THE GRINDING OF THE CANE. The fair time, the dear time, is comin’ round grindin’ of the cane; When bright eyes will be beamin’ under bon- nots coverin’ curls, An’ we'll kinder think we're dreamin’ while we're kissin’ of the girls! 0, sweet the cane-juice drippin’ from the windin’ grindin’ mill! hE An’ sweet the red lips sippin’—but their kiss is sweeter still ! An’ the world is sugar coated, an’ a fellow can’t complain When he meets an’ greets his sweetheart at the grindin’ of the cane! — Atlanta Constitution. THX SONG OF THE SKIRT. With fingers weary and worn, On a fabric of yeliow and red A fair young maiden was hour after hour Plying her needle and thread. Stitch, stitch, stitch ! Oh, why do ber fingers hurt? . : And why is she weary ? Because, my friends, It’s a nine-yard crinoline skirt. Su — Judge. A Northwestern Lake With Its Indian Legend of a Serpent. Long before mankind ever started its conquest of this earth from sea mon- sters the area that is now distinguished by the name of Palouse country had been subjected to violent upheavals and radical changes in topography. A great inland sea rested here for many centuries, and the chemical action of the water enriched the soil simultan- eously with leveling the sediment in the torm of a vast plain. Internal convulsion, whether from volcanic ac- tion or from shrinkage of the planet consequent upon the cooling process then going on—perhaps both combin- ed—raised the submerged plain high and dry, with a steep decline to the westward. The rushing flood cut the land intoridges and ravines, high bluffs and lonely rocks being scattered pro- miscuously in living evidence of the revolution. The surface thus presents a broken and picturesque scene. Chief among the wonderful products ot these pre- historic conclusions and deluges is a canyon over in the northwestern part of Whitman county containing Rock Lake, a sheet of water twelves miles long by about 100 rods wide, bordered by cliffs ascending perpendicularly to a height of 1,700 to 2,500 feet. The canyon of Rock Lake runs east to west. It is a deep hole in a plateau of solid rock and the bottom never has been sounded by man. The eastward ex- tremity falls abruptly from the bed of a small creek down and down 500 feet, over a cascade, down another plunge of 600 feet and off finally overa second cascade 300 feet to the bottom. Above, the land rolls away in small heaps of stone and barren slopes for five miles on either side. Down at the bottom ie a valley, one by three miles in extent and covered with the prettiest coat of tropical foliage to be found anywhere. The climate in this declivity is as tropical and delightful as that which gives Hawaii an envied fame all the world over. The temperature seldom talls below 60 degrees Fahrenheit and rarely goes above 90 degrees. The cold of winter is seemingly unable to reach the level of the valley, owing to the internal warmth naturally belong ing toa hole so deep. The heat of summer is tempered by the cooling influences of the lake adjoining. The west end of this little Garden of Eden jumps abraptly over a precipice 100 teet into Rock Lake, andthe western end of the lake, twenty miles further on, finds an outlet through a narrow passageway between hills sloping sharply and soon breaking into dismem- bered pyramids of basalt rock. The surface of Rock Lake isnot much above sea level, and the .unfathomable depth of the water, clear as crystal, connect- ed with weird surroundings, affords a theme for philosophic meditation not surpassed by the sublime ruggedness of the Alps. An Indian legend of this remarkable lake makes it the home of a movstrous sea serpent. The remnants of the red tribes which used to frequent its shores tell their white neighbors that no In- dian can venture into the water, either for a bath or a pleasure trip ina canoe, without being swallowed whole by the aborigines look upon Rock Lake with the same apprehension that an old- time orthodox ponders over the terrors of purgatory. Their legend declares that an entire tribe was lashed to de- ‘struction and eaten not many centuries ago, all to satisfy the greed of this very monster. At another time, during the outbreak quelled by Colonel Steptoe in 1853, a band of noble red men, in their efforts to escape the vigilance of Uncle Sam’s bluecoats, tried to conceal them- gelves above this lake in the little paradise, but were overtaken by the great fish, the legend avows, and sent to eternity. The Same Kind of a Fool. Thh Republic of Madagonia had been long and well represented at the Court of the King of Patagascar by an officer called a Dazie, but one day the Mada- gonian Parliament conferred upon him the superior rank of dandee. The next day after being apprised of his new dig- nity he hastened to inform the King of Patagascar. “Ah, ves, I understand,” said the King, “you have been promoted and given increased pay and allowances, There was an appropriation ?” “Yes, your Majesty.”’ “And you have now two heads, have you not ?” “Oh, no, your Majesty—only one, I assure you." “Indeed! And how many legs and arms ?”’ “Two of each, sire——only two of each.” “And only one body ?”’ “Just a single body, as you perceive.” Thoughtfully removing his crown and scratching the royal head, the monarch was silent a moment, and then he said : “I fancy that appropriation has been misapplied. You seem to be about the same kind of a blank fool that you were yesterday.’’ —— Appearances are deceitful. A mild glance has been known to come from ua eross eye. hideous reptile, and to this da; the! ; utilized for placing under pots For and About Women. SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS OF WOMEN. The unprecedented advancement of ' science which has so strikingly charac- | terized the century has been accompan- | ied by an equally extraordinary progress | in the scientific education and position of women. A quarter of a century ago there was no possibility of a woman obtaining | any scientific instruction or training, ex- cept by means of books or private in- struction. Under these discouraging conditions, few women made any at- tempt to master even the rudiments of science. At the present time the oppoz- tunities of women for acquiring scienti- | fic education are almost equal to those of men. At the older Universities of Oxford and Cambridge there are now halls and colleges for women, offering every facility for the highest classical and scientific acquirements. These have been utilized to the fullest extent by the students, and the women from Girton and Newham Colleges, Cambridge, and those from Lady Margaret, Somerville, and St. Hugh’s Halls at Oxford have attained the highest positions at the un- iversity examinations. This condition of things not only pre- vails at the more ancient seats of learn- ing, but may be found at most other in- stitutions. BRIGHT GIRL STUDENTS. The triumphs of women over the men students of the Horticultural Col- lege recently established in England at- test their ability to grasp the practical side of scientific subjects. Two out of three diplomas conferred at the first year’s examinations were gained by two sisters, and this year one young woman has wrested the diploma from forty-two rivals of the sterner sex, and each lady finds an advantageous post awaiting her as soon as she graduates. The professors of the college speak very highly of the refining and wholesome influence the women have over the men by, working with them, and never shirking the rougher work. It is now deemed advis- able to establish a fund for a scholarship for women. The commercial side of gardening as an occupation for women is not .more important than the benefit gained by the bracing effect of this employment on their health. The continued and not over-fatiguing exercise in the open air is found to be 8 wonderful nerve tonie, a medicine which is constantly in de- mand and upon which fortunes are spent every year since women have be- come £0 burdened with innumerable lit- tle cares that they cannot give them- selves time to rest. This practical means of relief for the prevailing com- plaint of the “nerves” may not meet with the approval of fastidious women who object to labor of any sort. How- ever, the fact that they can be immense- ly improved in appearance by a few months of this rustic work may possibly appeal to their vanity with encouraging results. The improvement is so marked that it has been suggested at the college that they have their pictures taken on entrance and departure. The physical strain demanded is said not to be too. heavy, and one physician contemplates starting a market garden for the benefit of nervous women. The statement that women far surpass. the men in difficult examinations neces- sary before a horticultural diploma can be gained will hardly. be credited by the opposite sex. Still one of the pro- fessors encouragingly adds that they “might equal them if they were only deaf.” But, with hearing fully devel- oped, they are always listening, when they are not talking to others, so very little attention is paid to their studies. For ail time women have been accused of never allowing a “man to get in a word edgeways,’”’ and no end of ridicule and sarcasm has been hurled at them for the glib use of their tongues, but there seems to be one case on record where they have distinguished them- selves by significant silence and superior application to business. A THOUGHTFUL WIDOW. On a recent Saturday evening two. women met in a Boston market, and after exchanging the usual friendly greetings, commenced to console each .other for the deaths of their respective husbands. One of the women was greatly affect- ed as she related the virtues of her de- parted spouse. Bursting into tears, she i exclaimed : : “Oh, but my Felix was a good man!’ The other replied ; “My husband was good to me, and my loss was as great as yours.” “I know all that,’”’ returned the first, i “but my Felix had false teeth.” “Well, what has that to do with it ?” “J have his teeth at home, and I don’t know what to do with them.” “Why didn’t you have them buried with him ?” The sorrowing widow, again bursting into tears, cried : “I would, but 1 was afraid they might choke him.” Aluminium hairpins and belt buck- ! les are among the pretty trifles now | wrought inthis metal. They are so i much cheaper than the silver knick-knacks, and withal so exceed- ingly attractive that they deserve to be ; purchased. The hairpins run from 50 cents to $2; the buckles are 50 cents ‘and 75 cents. The aluminium goods are warranted not to tarnish. The . present liking for silver belt buckles makes these cheap substitutes very timely. Flies do not like the odor of clover and a bunch of these blossoms left dry- ‘ing ina room will effectually expe} them. The covers of lard pails may be and saucepans when the stove is too hot. In cases of illness where the burning thirst of the patient cannot be assuaged by water or cracked ice, it is said that a teaspoonful of glycerine will afford prompt and comparatively long relief. Perspiration stains may be removed from the arms of white woolen or silk dresses by eponging with warm water into which ammonia has been poured, and then with clear water. Press the place before it becomes quite dry. —— Subscribe for the WarcaMAN.
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