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The Old I
Ficldjchool
By FRANK Ml VAHCIL. 1
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Here, 'mid nature's wild and rugged
scenes,
With no Inviting prospects to
adorn.
The latent spark of genius brighten
ed forth
Tao greatest Uvea In history were
bora.
Backward, far backward, In the
Arm rlstaa of bygone years, there Is
ma dearer or more rerered spot In
memory than that of our early school
days: To most of those of advanced
years these scenes were enacted amid
the primeval shades of the "Old Field
Behool House." This pioneer land
mark was conveniently situated upon
. eotne country thoroughfare within a
(rove of natural forest trees, and,
If possible, In proximity to a spring
at water. The district, of which this
rural temple of learning was the nu
cleus. Included an Irregular area of
twenty or thirty square miles In ex
tent, and embraced an Isolated popu
lation of from forty to sixty children
of school age.
The present system of free schools
was unknown In those days. All
terms of school were organised and
conducted upon the subscription plan,
that is, the patrons subscribed to an
article of agreement with a teacher
for a certain number of pupils at a
stated rate of tuition per scholar,
and paid therefor out of their own
pockets at the close of the term.
Board for the teacher was generally
Included, whereby It became neces
sary for him to "board round," visit,
log each patron with a frequency pro
portionate to the number of pupils
sent by him to school. These peram
bulating sojourns were often very
onerous to the schoolmaster, as they
frequently took him miles away from
the seat of his labors, where, In ex
ceedingly cold weather, his early
presence was necessary to have the
room comfortable. They were, also,
not conducive to preparatory study,
nor always rewarded by that quality
of diet satisfactory to one engaged
la sedentary occupation.
The school building, erected by the
volunteer labor of the citizens of
the district, was made of logs from
the adjacent, forest, or hand-made
riek, and seldom exceeded In dimen
sion twenty-five or thirty feet square.
The furnishings of the room were
srholly the handiwork of the ami
our mechanics of the neighborhood,
tad consisted of two or three stout
wall-tables some three feet wide and
:em feet long, used for writing, and
tpon which were placed the divers
'Back buckets and baskets, and a
wotley array of sundry wearing ap
mrol not convenient to hang upon
ho wooden pegs that ornamented all
'ho vacant spaces between the one
oor and the four little windows of
ho building.
The seats for the pupils were rough
' ouches of various heights and
ingths, made from slabs, and placed
trallel to the sides of the room
ie lower ones for the smaller pupils
a the Interior leaving a central
"Mtangle, at 'one end of which was
wide-open fireplace and at the
. tBer, the Ink-bespattered desk of the
-tacher. There was not a semblance
t 1 blackboard or wall map; and the
nly decoration, aside from the gau-
network of the geometrical spider
t the corners of the celling, were
to hieroglyphics of "keel" and char
jal on the walls, made by spectacu-
r urchins.
School was called by the loud rap--lags
of the teacher upon the win
w sash, and the entranfce of the
txed throng of knowledge seekers
lto the room was characterized by
: r indiscriminate rush for the more
.atirable seats. It was strictly a
nao of "first come, first serve," and
-ery where there might be observed
-.ilmated bevies of both sexes in
-.-omlsouous and hilarious enjoy
yment. Nothing but the most flag
nt violation of decorum was no
reed by the instructor, and the rod
;, td ferule were the panacea for all
vere offenses. Pupils came into the
c hool at all hours of the day and
.. questions asked; and seldom did a
aoher rebuke the social communl
' vtlons and sly mlschlevousness of
e young tyro. But wilful misde
' aanors and serious disturbances
' ire common, and the severest chas
' laments were promptly inflicted,
'.ore was no schoolboard to which
. appeal for asHlstance in subduing
' s unruly, and the tutor was truly
monarch of all he surveyed, and
, verned and controlled the infant
lubltc or abdicated the realm. The
ntest for supremacy between the
.cher and the combined force of
orderly boys was often spirited
I sometimes tragical.
"Licken and larnen" were consld
id Indissolubly allied in the Old
ild School of antebellum days, and
i-poral punishment was an every
t occurence. A bunch of strong
Itches was always kept In store,
i It was one of the funniest of
eks of the bad boy to discover
mo Instruments of torture and en
cle them with a sharp knife, which
He unseen, caused thorn to fly into
merous pieces when applied. An
lor lesser punishment was to stand
on the floor, which was sometimes
"WBslfled by being required to hold
t a book until the arm became
at-paralysed. A very frequent and
tot reprehensible correction was
eruel application of the ferule
or ruler to the Inside of the hand.
The three R's "Reading, 'Riling
and 'Rlthmetlc," were the chief stui
les, of no practical Importance, and
were pursued only by an occasional
student of mature years. Outside
of spelling and reading there were
no regular classes, owing to the great
disparity In attainments and diver
sity of text books. Nearly every pub
lication extant was represented by
the students of reading, from the
backless Testament to the last year's
almanac. Most every one had a copy
of Webster's bluebocked speller,
which was also used for a reader In
the more elementary grades. Others
more advanced read from Bible, the
Columbian Speaker, and the lives of
Washington and Jackson. Fragmen
tary editions of the Revised Statutes
were also to be seen. The copies of
arithmetic most In evidence were
those of Deboe, Pike and Ray. Slates
of elaborate dimensions were exclu
sively used, and many ciphered out
the Intricate problems In "Tare and
Tret," with bits of soapstone for pen
cils, gatherel from the banks of
neighboring streams.
As there Is supposed to be a time
to or for all things, so there was a
time In the Old Field School set apart
exclusively for writing. The copy
book was a home product, made from
the blue fool's cap paper, and the
pens were fashioned from goose
quills, under the skilful hand of the
teacher. Copies were set suitable to
the various capacities of the pupils,
and ranged In character all the way
from the Initiatory step of "Pot
hooks," to that of "Many men of
many minds." The writing class sat
before the ponderous table facing the
wall, and the only time of the day's
session in school In which there was
an approximation to quietness in the
room was the half hour devoted to
writing broken only by the musical
squeak of two dozen goose quill pens.
The study of spelling was made
very prominent and the recitations
were always oral. The classes lined
up In a long row, and the words of
the lesson wee pronounced to each
pupil in turn. When a word was
misspelled, the pupil below who
spelled It correctly took his place
above the one who missed It, and the
pupil standing at the head of the
class at the. close of the recitation
was given a head mark, and took his
place next day at the foot of the
class. The pupil obtaining the great
est number of head marks during
the term of school was given a pre
mium at the close. Then there were
spelling matches In the evening a
season of unbridled fun and frolic.
Two captains were designated, who
"chose up," and the house was divid
ed, as nearly every one spelt, and a
battle royal raged for supremacy.
The most exciting time came when
both sides stood up and "spelled
down" each contestant sitting down
on missing a word. This contest was
often prolonged, for there were good
spellers at that time, and It frequent
ly happened that some diminutive
pupil most generally a little girl
would hold a half-dosen stalwart
i opponents In check, and ofttimes
come off victorious.
A prominent incident, ever con
nected with a winter term of school,
and one which was looked forward
to as a red-letter day, was the
"Christmas Treat." It was an un
written law, sanctioned by universal
custom, that the teacher must give to
the pupils of the school not only a
holiday on Christmas, but also a
bountiful repast of apples, or cakes
and candy. Very often this demand
was positively refused, and then came
the dangerous sport of "turning the
teacher out and making him treat."
To accomplish this, the schoolroom,
In his temporary absence, was secure
ly barricaded, so as to prevent In
gress, while a force of the largest
boys remained on the outside to
guard against the possibility of en
trance or the escape of the teacher
from the premises. The penalty of
a noncompliance was a ducking In
some nearby stream or pond of wa
ter, the Icy nature of which usually
enforced a tardy and sullen com
pliance. The recreative sports and amuse
ments of the old country schools
were many and varied in character.
The boys mostly engaged In what
were termed "Town ball," "Mumble
peg," and "Roly poly," while the
girls played "Puss wants her corner,"
"Jumping the rope," "Ante over,"
"Ring round rosy," and other more
quiet games. Jumping, foot racing
and "blackman" were also favorite
paBtlmes of the boys; and skating,
coasting and snow balling were high
ly enjoyed in midwinter. Attending
all these were Innumerable little Joy
ous pleasure of youthful associations
that have passed with the age of the
oldon times. "The grape vine swing
Is ruined," and bright-eyed boys and
girls no longer, as of yore, troop tlio
sylvan shades In nutting parties,
search for wild strawberries In the
meadows, or ramble beside the icy
fettered brook in early springtime,
bedecked with nature's earliest floral
offerings of "Johnny Jump ups," and
pendent blue bulls. The cherished,
halcyon scenes come back to us, but
only upon the silent, mystic wings
of memory.
' Women Run Many Hotels.
Many of the' hotels of the country
towns of England are managed by
women, and it is claimed that they
do It far better than men In the
same position.
Moderation.
The moderation of fortunate peo
ples comes from the calm which good
fortune gives to their tempers.
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSEUJr.
PUT TO TEST
SLAYERKILLS SELF
Conscience Stricken, Says He
Sees Gun with Which He
Killed "Sweat Blood."
FOUND IT WAS ONLY RUST,
Guilty Mao Cut His Throat Trem
bling Arkaasas Negro Juror I te
nt an ds the Test, Because "Voo
doo Never Lies."
Little Rock, Ark. Tried by an old
"voodoo" ordeal, Louis Hursh's In
exorable conscience convicted him of
a cowardly murder.
Hursh was Isis own executioner.
Ashen-faced, quivering from fear, he
cut his throat so desperately that he
died without a groan.
Such a tragedy could be enacted
only In a community as ignorant as
superstitious. Sam Haywood lived
on "Dock" Wooden's place, four
miles north of Baxter, Drew County,
In southeast Arkansas. Haywood, his
wife and their brood were about go
ing to bed when he was called to the
door of his cabin.
He opened the door a flash, a re
port and a load of shot tore Hay
wood's left breast. He fell on his
face, stone dead. His wife, close
behind Haywood, saw a man re
treating backward through the gate
a few feet away, but in the darkness
she could not see his face.
News of the murder was tele
phoned to Montlcello, the county
seat; Justice of the Peace Henry
Lewi's, Deputy Sheriff Tom Biggs and
a couple of officers rode fast to Hay
wood's cabin. That the Justice might
hold an Inquest the officers assem
bled a Jury and In that sparsely set
tled country some negfoes had to be
sworn as Jurors.
No direct clue to Haywood's assas
sin could be produced, but a report
was afloat that Haywood and Lewis
Hursh had met and quarrelled at
Dermott, a hamlet near Baxter. So
Tom Biggs arrested Hursh and took
him before the Justice. Hursh's
family swore to a perfect alibi for
him; swore positively he returned
home from Dermott and did not go
out again.
There was not a particle of evi
dence of Hursh's guilt; the Jury was
about to bring In a verdict of "death
at the hands of an unknown party."
A negro Juror, shaken probably , by
the memory of frightful scenes he
had witnessed or which had been de
scribed to him, said:
"Judge, Your Honor, suh, a man
can swear to tell the truth and He.
But the voodoo test never tells a He.
I know when it told the truth twice
and my gran'mammy and her gran'
mammy knew when It often made
men liars the men are dead when
they was In Loo'lsana. Judge, Your
Honor, suh, this man here's suspect
ed of putting a load of shot in Mis
ter Haywood. Nobody saw it. If
you want to know the truth, suh, if
you want to know if this man put a
load of shot in Mister Haywood, suh,
bring this man's shotgun here, load
It and fire It.
"If he killed Mister Haywood, suh,
the gun will sweat blood, Just as sure
as the devil Is after us all I've seen
R suh I've seen it sweat blood
It's voodoo"
Scarcely able to articulate, shaking
as If In a convulsion, the Juror sank
to the log where he bad sat. His
fellow negroes on the Jury chorused:
"Try him by voodoo, Judge, Your
Honor, suh. Voodoo never lies."
Incredulous, of course, only to
gratify his Jurors Justice Lewis said
to the deputy sheriff:
"Go ahead, Tom."
Biggs found that Hursh's shotgun
was loaded. He fired it in the air;
then, with It at his shoulder still,
turned ts muzzle toward Hursh.
Its barrel glistened as clean as a
hound's tooth, but on the very top of
the muzzle flecks of rust, which
Hursh could never have seen before,
shone red in the sunlight.
"It leaks blood!" he yelled In un
earthly tone. He dashed Into a log
chicken house, whipped out his knife
and cut his throat before the deputy
sheriff cou'd Jump through the door.
Peppermint Farms.
Kalamazoo, Mich. The world's
peppermint is grown on peppermint
farms in the neighborhood of this
city. Over 300,000 pounds of pep
permint oil, worth $5 a pound, is pro
duced annually from the moist and
Ink black soil of southwestern Michi
gan. Peppermint farming is simple. The
roots are planted in the spring; the
bushes, which are about three feet
high, are cut down in the late sum
mer; the stilling goes on through
August and September.
An acre' yields about twenty-flve
pounds of oil. The cost of this pro
duction planting, weeding, stilling
Is about $15. The oil itself brings
$125. Thus every acre of a pepper
mint farm gives a profit of $110.
Creosote on Hucon.
Baltimore, Md. The State Board
of Health stated that a large portion
of the bacon sold is covered with a
preparation of creosote, which has
been used as a substitute for the
smokehouse. It is asserted that the
preparation saves the packers from
placing the bacon in the smokehouse
for the three or four days necessary.
WOMEN J)VERD0 IT
WB ARE BECOMING A PEOPLE
OF HARD-RIDDEN FADS.
One of the Chief Dangers of the
A ay Too Many Theories of Life
The Food Faddist at Fault.
By Roxanna Queen.
"That poor child was washed Into
heaven," said a witty woman when
hearing of the death of a friend's
young daughter, "The mother wns
a believer in cleanliness and Utile
Busanne was the victim.
"The youngster was always put
In the tub morning, noon, and night,
and many Is the day I've known her
to have four or five baths. She was
a peaky little thing, sick half the
time, but the doctors could not make
her mother realize that keeping the
pores open did not mean an orgy
of bathing."
The chief danger of the age Is
overdoing. We have so many theo
ries of life that often we are worse
off than without any. An overdose
benefit is like an overcooked steak;
the best Is lost.
Few of us realize the distinction
between a good thing and a too good
thing, which Is one cause that we are
becoming a people of hard-ridden
fads.
The woman who Is too fat Is told
to reduce. Now, reducing Is all
right, but rapid flesh shedding Is a
disease breeder. To reduce In mod
eration Is well; to live for reducing
Is a virtue overdone.
Perhaps our fat friend Is told to
exercise. Does she go In for a brisk
walk twice a day and gentle calis
thenics morning and evening? Not
she. She walks until she Is ready
to drop with fatigue, and bends,
turns and twists like an aspiring
contortionist until she loses her
good looks and good health along
with her flesh.
If dieting Is the order she draws
no Una between starving anl pru
dent eating; wrinkles and dyspepsia
follow.
A lengthened waistline usually
means a belt dropped almost to her
knees In front and a figure that is
a caricature In Its shortness of legs.
The food faddist Is In special need
of learning that well done is not
overdone. Who has not been pes
tered with friends who, being told
that the hot water cure Is the last
thing In cure-alls, treat themselves
like the tank of a locomotive, or
who sneer at beef-eaters when they
become nipped with vegetarianism.
It Is well to bring up children
carefully, It Is overdoing to bring
them up so carefully that their
young lives are made miserable by
rules and regulations, and they are
robbed of childhood's heritage of
romping.
The successes In life are not al
ways the boys and girls whose par
ents have advanced Ideas In child
training. Perfection forced into too
close range has a way of getting
distorted.
A mother with ultra views of de
corum was horrified to see her 15-year-old
daughter smoke a cigarette
and dance a skirt dance for the
amusement of her friends the first
time she went unchaperoned. The
girl explained that was like a der
vish running amuck from an over
dose of goodness.
The sanitariums are full because
women do not seem able to learn
that to work Is well; to overwork
Is nervous prostration.
Tell an Indlscrlmlnatlng woman
that the polite hostess Is never inat
tentive to her guests, and that Is the
house where the guest feels Hke
shrieking "For heaven's sake give
mo a minute alone!" There's noth
ing more tiresome than overdone
hospitality.
The crank Is usually the person
who overrides a good Idea.
To make pleasant remarks means
popularity; to always make pleasant
remarks Is sychophancy or Insincer
ity. Solid reading Is good; never to
read anything in lighter vein Is to
have a brain with as few high lights
as a silhouette.
To learn that well 'done 1b not
overdone Is the surest safeguard
against life's excesses. Moderation
may not be exciting, but it wears
well.
Queens Who Smoke.
Somehow It seems unimaginable
that Queen Alexandra or the German
Empress or the Queen , of Rumania
should have taken to the "cigarette
habit," to which most of the younger
consorts of Europetn rulers confess.
Yet Carmen Sylva Is on a list of
"Queens who smoke" which has JiiRt
been published, and explains that she
has never y?t put a poetic thought
Into writing without that best of
nerve soothers, the cigarette, be
tween her lips. The Dowager Em
press of Russia, Queen Amelia of
Portugal and tho Dowager Queen of
Spain are also among the Bmokers,
and1, of the younger generation, the
Empress of Russia, who had never
smoked a cigarette before her mar
riage, is now probably the one whose
dally allowance of cigarettes is the
largest. But, then, "hidles' cigar
ettes" In Russia are of the mildest
kind almost as mild as chocolate
Imitations.
To Proteot Hard Wood Floors.
To proteot hardwood floors from
scratches, fit corrugated rubber to
bottom of tables and chairs, fasten
with strong duo. Those tips aro In
risible.
SAW HER DEAD SOU
DIDN'T KNOW HIM
Watched Body, with Never a
Thought that Crushed Boy
Was Her.
IDENTIFIED BY HIS SCHOOL BOOKS
Lad Killed by a Trolley Car on Way
Home, aad Mother Innocently
Joined Uto Curious Throng and
Saw Mangled Remain Removed.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Little dreaming
that It was her son who had been
killed, Mrs. Lawrence Schiller, of
No. 4$ Throop avenue, Williams
burg, Joined a crowd of several thou
sand persons that gathered around a
trolley car of the I'nlon avenue line
under which the body of the boy
was pinned.
The accident took place on Tbroop
avenue, near the Schiller home and
Mrs. Schiller saw hundreds of bop
pers hurrying to the scene. She fol
lowed and had Just reached the car
when an ambulance arrived from the
Williamsburg Hospital bringing Dr.
Hurley.
Dr. Hurley crawled under the car
to where the body of the boy lay
so terribly crushed under the rear
trucks that he could not be Identi
fied. Mrs. Schiller saw the doctor
crawl from under the car and heard
him say:
"The poor little fellow is dead I
think he was a schoolboy."
Still Mrs. Schiller had no Idea the
trolley victim was her son and she
waited with the crowd until a wreck
ing crew arrived to lift the car and
free the body. She turned away as
she saw men lifting the limp body
from under the rear trucks. The
wreckers found several school books
scattered over the ground and these
were picked up and put in the am
bulance. The body was then taken
to the hospital.
Mrs. Schiller started for her home
when a school mate of her son
overtook her and . thrust a school
book Into her hards. The school
book bad been overlooked by the
wrecking crew and the boy explained
that he had found It between the
car tracks.
Instantly Mrs. Schiller Identified
the book and it came to her like a
flash that her son Lawrence, a pupil
In Public School No. S3, had been
killed. The unhappy woman ran to
the Clymer avenue police station,
praying she might be mistaken. She
arrived at the station house as a
policeman was bringing in from the
hospital the other school books which
had been found beside the body. Mrs.
Schiller fainted. She was taken
home and Is in a serious condition.
Lawrence Schiller was eight years
old, and was killed while on his way
home from school, where he was at
the head of his class. The boy tried
to run across the street In front of
tho car, but was struck, knocked
down and ground under the wheels.
FOOTBALL WORTH MANY LIVES.
Necessary to Face Real Peril to De
velop Manly Courage.
New Haven, Conn. The Rev. rr
Lyman Abbott when addretslng Yale
students la Battell Chapel, said he
was glad that men were not pup
pets even if the strings were to be
pulled by Ood.
"I do not knot- enough about
football to say whetner there are too
many Injuries and deaths from the
game or not," Bald Dr. Abbott, "but
It Is necessary to face real nerll in
order to develop manly courage, and
so tnis development is worth all that
It costs.
"The end of life is not th hniM.
Ing of railroads and skyscrapers. It
is me development of manly men
and womenly women.
"I am glad I live in a world where
I can be lawless if I want to, for I
can also be virtuous. It Is better
that there should be wickedness,
crime and misery than there should
be only puppets."
World's Work in Incompetent Hands
Chicago. The Rev. Frank Crane,
formerly of this city, now of Worces
ter, Mass., told students at the Chi
cago University, that the rank and
file of every profession, students,
teachers, mothers, preachers, actors,
all come under his ban. He says
only a meagre 5 per cent, ever do
the work required of them. And
with the students the percentage
sinks in an appalling manner to a
bare and lonely 1 per cent.
"The great work of the world 1b
left to the hands of incompetents.
And this unfitness extends to all
walks of life.
"Nineteen out of every twenty
mothers are unfit to rear their chil
dren. "Nineteen out of every twenty
preneherB fall to deliver their mes
sage." New Yorkers Favor Insurance.
New York. According to the re
cords one person out of eighteen la
this city is carrying some Ufa insur
ance. ITnchlvalrous Suggestloa.
Women like to Jest about there Do
ing no men In heaven, but they know
well enough that If there were no
men there It wouldn't be heaves for
thorn.
Mil RABBIT KILLS TIMET.
r.nnny Resents Attack on Ibmht
and Breaks (Gobbler's Neck
by a Fierce Kick.
West Caldwell, N. J. la a fie
encounter between a largo pet rab
bit, fighting to save tho life of
rooster which had been Its nearest
and best friend for months, and
Favnge turkey gobbler on JosUa
Wcrtr.'s farm, near here, the rabbit
kicked the life out of the gobbler tm
fore the farmer could save It. Tho
first blow of the strong hind legs of
the rabbit ripped open tho breast
and craw of the turkey and a second
blow cut Its throat. After sparring
a few minutes the rabbit planted a
terrific kick on tho side of the tor
key's neck, breaking It. Tho turkey
fell dead when Wertz, who had no
Idea a rabbit could fight so fiercely,
was only a few feet away and hurry
ing to the rescue.
The name of the rabbit Is Pinky.
It has no mate on the farm. Being
lonely, It made friends with the
chickens and became the chum of
Pilgrim Father, a large Plymouth
Rock rooster. Day after day they
went about the farmyard together,
one nibbling and the other pecking.
Pilgrim Father scratched up a fat
worm and then the rooster stood
over It, clucking and calling tho hens
to the feast. The turkey gobbler
rushed In and swallowed the worm.
That made Pilgrim Father angry and
It spurred the gobbler and soon a
fight Mas on. The gobbler knocked
Pilgrim Father over once or twice.
Tlnky kept circling around, eager to
help its friend, but apparently not
knowing Just how to do it. Finally
the gobbler committed tho Indiscre
tion of pecking Pinky,
That made the rabbit wild with,
rage. R began drumming on tho
ground with Its hind legs. Suddenly
It shifted the drumming to the tur
key. The long sharp claws first rip
ped open the gobbler's breast. Then
they cut a big gash In the taroat,
and the flj,ht ended when the gob
bler keeled over dead with Its neck
broken.
HERO OF FOREST FIRE RETIRED
Engineer Years Ago Took Passengers
Through Flames to Water.
Washburn, Wis. "Jim" Root, old
est engineer on the Northern Pacific
Railway system, has ben laid off.
but, although he has ceased to work,
he will continue to draw his pay aa
If he was running an engine. Ho io
now 73 years old.
Root won fame for his heroic deed
In saving the passengers on his train
from being roasted alive when they
were caught at Hinckley In a forest
Are years ago. He was running a
train between Duluth and St. PauL
He ran his engine to Hinckley, which
was found to be In ashes. Suddenly,
the winds fanned the forest fires and
the train was surrounded by flames
Root stuck to the throttle while the
fireman dipped water from the en
gine's tank and threw It on him and
on the cab to keep them from burn
ing. The smoke was suffocating and
the heat terrific, but the members of
the crew stayed at their posts until
the train reached Skunk Creek,
where all escaped to the water and
were saved.
Jewels In Ooowe's Gizzard.
Belolt. Wis. "This Is the goose
that laid the golden egg," said Mrs.
Dunward Cornelius, No. 862 High
land avenue, to her little daughter
Theresa as ghe was preparing a
goose for dinner.
"Mamma, let me take the gizzard
to look for the gold," pleaded tho
little girl.
She dissected the portion which
her mother gave her, and to every
one's astonishment found two dia
monds worth about $13 each and a
piece of gold, evidently from a set
ting. One Way of Stopping Toothache
Waukegan, 111. John Secrack
ades of South avenue, successfully
shot an aching tooth out of bis Jaw
In a novel manner.
He first made a loop of wire
around the tooth and then another
loop at the other end of tho wire,
which he placed at the end of tho
revolver barrel. The bullet, on be
ing fired, struck the wired loop aad
jerked the tooth out.
Color Line In Kanas Schools.
Topuka, Kan. Cities of Kansas
may provide separate schools for
white and negro children In the
grades below the high school, but
t.e FPhools for negro children must
have equal facilities and be as easy
as those provided for white chlldren.
Thls is a decision of the State Su
premo Court.
rcw York's Traction Fatalities.
New York City. The tractloa
roads In the City of New York kill
about 350 persons a year and Injure
between 2,000 and 3,000, paying for
doing it more than they pay for fuel
with which to run the engines that
furnish the power for the cars.
(otlium Having Money.
New York City. There Is evident
ly money in New York city for every
sort of an honest, legitimate invest
ment, for there is $1.35 going lnt
the savings banks for each $1 taken
out.
Old Lake lied for Battery.
Honolulu. Hawaii. It is reporte
here that the army engineers ham
fixed upon a subterranean chambor'
or lake, as tho proposed locatloa of
tho battery at Walkikl.