OUR YOUNG FOLKS
OUR CLUB.
We're going to have the moatest tun !
It's going to be a club;
And no one can belong to it
But Dat and me and Bub,
We thought we'd have a Reading Club,
But couldn't, ‘cause, you see,
Not one of us knows how to read—
Not Dot nor Bub nor me.
And then we said a Sewing Club,
But thought we'd better not;
Cause none of us knows how to sew—
Not me nor Bub nor Dot.
And so it's just a Playing Club;
We play till time for tea;
And, oh, we have the bestest times !—
Just Dot und Bub and me,
Jarolyn Wells,
DOG ANECDOTE,
a very ordinary looking horse har-
nessed to an old wagon stood by the
curb, and on the board that served
for a seat lay a small dog
made as to his breed.
apple bounded off and before it stop-
ped rolling doggie bounded across
the street, picked it up with his teeth,
and with wagging tail, rushed back
to his horse, where he stood up on
his hind legs while the apple was
* taken from his mouth. As the horse
munched the apple he made the pe-
culiar little noise that horses make
when pette d, pad doggie replied with
little barks which plainly told what
a pleasure it was to g-t that apple,
and then went back to his interrupted
nap on the wagon seat
SIBERIAN AND RUSSIAN.
Thomas G. Allen,
Hele or ‘‘The Boys
St. Nicholas. Mr. Allen says:
To begin with, the Siberian boy is
not a Russian, I insist upon this
distinction, because 1 know he would
be sure to make it if he were here to
speak for himself. ‘‘No, I am
not a Russian,” one has often said
to in polite correction; I'm a
Siberian.” And he speaks in a way
that leaves no room to doubt the sin-
crityof h The reader may
perhaps, think this a distinction with-
out a difference; but from my personal
observation, | should say that there
is justification for it, even aside from
the questioa of intermixture of native
bicod with the Siberian Russian.
Generally speaking, the Siberian boy
as compared with the boy of European
Russia, is by far
more energetic, and
specting. He has many
qualities that in th
try's need go to make
or patriotic soldier.
They say it takes a smart
make a rascal. Whether ¢
or not, certain it is that the class of
men who have been sent as exiles to
Siberia, especially the political pris-
oners, have generally been taken from
the more intellectual classes of Euro-
pean Russia. The of
these exiles, the otl be-
ing born and raised in Siberia, away
from the harmful in of a
crowded population, have inherited
natural $intelligence without the in-
centives to misuse it. Furthermore,
they know nothing about the disgrace
of exile, and regard Siberia only with
genuine pride as the land of their na-
tivity
writes an ar-
Siberia'’ for
ir.,
of
sir;
me,
is pride,
the quicker-witted,
more saif-re-
more of the
e hour of his coun-
up the hero
man fo
is be trae
descendants
on er hand,
fluences
CAPTAIN JACK,
Jack Barton sat on gate post
watching the soldiers as they marched
through the street, They had an-
swered their country’s call and were
about to go to the front, Jack's
heart beat high at sight of the brave
boys in blue with their flags and ban-
ners flying. He waved his cap and
shouted as loud as he could until they
disappeared from view,
**[ just wish I was big enough
go and help lick the Spaniards,”
said, half aloud.
His Uncle Ned, who was standing
beside him, heard this remark, but
be paid little attention to it, for his
thoughts were far back in the past
He was thinking of the summer day
long ago when he marched away to
the southland. The empty contsleeve
hanging by him told the story of the
four dreadful years that followed.
Jack knew by the far-away look in his
uncle's eyes that he was thinking of
the war,
““I say, Uncle Ned,” he began,
“‘wouldn’t it be jolly to go to war an’
come back a hero? I tell yon it'd be
nice to have all the folks talking about
yon aud calling you captain ?”’
*“Ye-e6,” suid Uncle Ned,
hy
wild}
to
he
Some of them are crippled for life,
others,’’ he continued,
never come back at all,
sadly,
But, Jack,
hero; you can do that by overcomiug |
your enemies right here at home,”
snd Uncle Ned looked sharply at his
nephew, *
“*W-why, what do you mean ?”
“Perhaps you will know when I
tell you that the hardest battle I had
to fight was not Gettysburg, or Shiloh,
but it was the battle with myself.”
Jack opcned his eyes still wider,
He was now very much interested,
and begged his uncle to tell him all
about it.
‘*Yes,” said Uncle Ned, gravely ‘it
is much easier to face shot and shell
than always to have the courage to
stand up for what you know to be
right. When I left home mother gave
me a Bible und told me to read achap-
ter in it every mignt. It was easy
enough to do this in ny little ae!
cimamber at home, but [ found it very
a
different in camp amid the jeers of
comrades who looked upon it with
contempt, I am sorry to say that
sometimes J beat a retreat, Very
often, after a long march, the boys
wonld have to have a drink, and [
thought it didn’t look manly for me
not to take a little with them. But
by and by I saw the folly of all this,
and [ firmly resolved to be just as
ready to stand up for the right as was
ready to stand up for my country. |
kept a sharp lookout for the enemy,
and the boys in camp dubbed me
‘Captain Ned.” And, my boy, if you
want to, you can be Captain Jack
right here at home.”
“Oh, uncle! if I only conld,” said
! Jack, hisface beaming. *‘‘But, then,"
| he added soberly, *‘l can’t be in camp
like you were."
**No, but if you are on the alert,
you will find plenty of enemies. In
fact, you will very likely havea skirm-
ish every day. Only yesterday I saw
where Captain Jack might have won
ia victory, but he just let the enemy
capture him and surrendered on the
spot.”
Jack knew very well what his uncle
meant, and he hung his head in shame,
{ “Yes, while you thought I was doz-
ing on the porch, Isaw you young
rascals sneak around behind the barn
and puff away at those nasty cigar-
ettes,”’
“I know I ough to ha' done it,"
admitted Jack,
much fun of me.
I got paid for it though. Really,
Uncle Ned, 1 thought I'd die, and
my head feels kind o' queer yet.”
‘Served you right,” said Uncle
Ned, laughing in spite of
“If you had only had the courage
defeat the first enemy, yon would not
have met the second.”
“What was the first ?'
‘Bad company. If
come that one you will
dozen others on your hands,
you get into the wrong kind of com-
pany, you will be induced to lie and
steal, to drink and read bad books.
And now," he adde Lh ashe took Jack’
hand in his,
mission
Once
Ba captain,
feel that the enemy is about
come you just remember that
battle fought and each victory won
makes yon stronger.”
Captain Jack reverently bowed his
head. Somehow, afterwards
expressed it, he .
to
each
as he
felt very *“‘solemn
3 ’
HK e,
From
mander
that time the j
was ever on daty,
saw the enemy approaching,
say, ‘Captain k, marshal
forces and zo to
Of course he wasnot always victorious
S suffered Bat
the battle so bravely, tha
ext birthday he
¢ book from his Utz
in wh was written:
“To Captain
bravest comm
young d<come-
When he
be would
your
ge
Jae
ont meet them
ometimes he defeat.
fought
his
Banda
he
received a
C8 Ned,
on
Jack, of the
lors | aver kne
asmuch as he has suceseded in com-
manding himself, He bh met the
euemy and they are his.”
ona
an
aii
an
MAGNETISM IN BRICK
Interesting Experiments Made by
Lawrence at Rochester Univers ty.
Probably
red k would
electrical experime
Ld
dea that
ever plas
the
brie ny
Ors
Dart
reed
However, what a cor.
fain lot of bricks composing a pier at
the Reynolds Labor did and will
do As as they are
within reasonable distance of the dels
cate electrical instruments used in the
laboratory. A that
above
nts has to
cw, this is just
atory
§ ti a §
continue to long
suspicion
contingency
in t mind
Lawrence of the
ter. N. Y.. for some time
it is a reality he now feels
the methods he used to come
the
might exist
of Prof. Het
University of Roches
That
and
has
been he iry E.
past
ure,
to
conclusion are most interesting.
The professor, In collaboration
Otis A. Gage, a special student in elec.
tricity.
covering some months,
ance of magnetometer which was used
in measuring the magnetic power of a
pecting that the bricks wersother than
what their appearance would lead one
to thirk. The magnetometer had rest.
ed on a brick pler for the purpose of
making it plumb. Not long after Prof.
| Lawrence, while in Ann Arbor. heard
of a similar experience occurring there.
On his return the experiments went
{on with more zeal than ever. Bricks
of all varieties were put through any
number of tests, and the great major
| ity were found to be magnetic. Those
| manufactured by water power. known
8 “hydraulic” bricks, proved to be ex.
ceedingly strong. one equalling the
power of a steel needle 2.3 centimetres
{in length. This same block of clay
wonld make noticeable deflections In
comparatively crude instruments
| while delicate ones would flutter per.
ceptibly,
One of the bricks, a plain white one,
| hydraulically pressed, possessed no
magnetism. A certain amount of lime
enters into the composition of a white
brick, such as was used, and its pres.
ence undoubtedly had much to do with
the absence of magnetic power. It
was discovered that the bricks gained
magpetism in the presence of a dy-
namo, though the surrounding of the
bricks by wire coils made no percepti.
ble difference. Heating the bricks
served In a measure to decrease the
magnetism, though In each case a mi-
nute amount was retained.
To just what cause this ix due nel
ther gentleman is ready to state. It is
the present opinion. however, that
there is more or less magnenite in the
elny of which the bricks are made.
The mode of manufacturing is also
thonght to have something to do with
the phenomena. As stated above, the
presence of Hme served to decrease
the magnetism, while the absence al
lowed of greater power. The profes |wtand
sor thinks the importance of his dls
covery obvious. The slightest trace of
unsuspected magnetic power in the
structural part of a laboratory is ne
cessarily fatal to nlcety of electrical
measurements,
That clay, when worked ever so
little by human agency, gathers mag
netie properti»s has been thought for
some time. Eminent Italian sclentists
have made Innumerable experiments
In that line during the past Lalf dozen
yoars. Their greatest proof wa)
found bs experhinenting with several
examples of ancient pottery which
had been burled for centuries. Crude
ns they were, magnetism was found to
exist In po uncertain quantities,
PREACHERS SELECTED BY LOT.
An lateresting Mennonite Ceremony in a
Pennsylvanaia Church
The old slennonite Church at Mil
lersville, Lanvaster county, Penn,
tained a strangely garped congregation
a few days ago, the occasion being the
selection by lot of a pastor to succeed
the Rev. Mr. Brubaker. The
Mennonites select their preachers
from thelr own and immediate
flock. ‘The men are close Bible stu-
dents, nearly all of them are
able to do preaching or exhort
ing upon short notice. As the spirit
moves them, they announce their wil
lingness to preach whenever the con
gregation Is in need of any to fill
the DIL
For M
quite a
«con-
late
sect
and
some
one
r. Brubaker’s place there were
number of volunteers who
if called on
directed by
Al
were
that
the con
the Lord,
old-fash
stood ready, by
tu
gregation,
least 500 loned
tied
had
preach
around the meet
house wrought together
ing
the
Bishop
venera
of the congregation.
Eby
looking
members
was in charge, a
of wide
He was by the
Benfamin Hertzler, John Lan
jenjamin Leh Abraham
and About
venty-five Mennon
but did
preacher
Isans
ble patriarch
assisted
levs,
man,
Wilner.
of the
Abraham
ministers
persuasion were
part. T
was to
present,
active
ected
and the
were made
Each m
r wri
ae
Iwo ton
of
about three
ROrve
greaztions, wminations
Intes
ago,
cand
week ember can nomi
ting bh
table broth
were fourteen nomination
twelve themselves
Hy
sxamined before ti
presented
©
}
$00 »
’ .
divin
all Bib
Revs, Herr
He also gave them a sual
paper. were
an
paper
did.
and
f «h
os Lae
a pra
took twelve sm
in 0 tae
They
ante
instruocted
go into
place the
and securely
Bibles
* 1
re the
room
in one of thu
The Bibles we
placed table
candi
ine
brought in
front
mixed
on a
lates
up. by one th
Jon ted a Bible
When all
and took his ses
had the
ent solemnity,
examine each
't
r Bibles the Bishop
led to
The
Dan
ar Proce
Bible,
held by
ained the slip
Bishop Eby greeted him C01
and kissed him with the “Holy
and immediately proceeded to
him. Hallelujahs followed,
and the Rev. Mr. Fehman's family
rejoiced. He Is a farmer and at one
time taught school. His father was
a minister In the same way
The new preacher begins his ministry
at once,
applicant's
second Bible examined.
N.
paper,
fel Ixhman, cont
Kiss"
Street Arab and Chaplain.
A poor little street ardb was brought
into the hospital by the police. He
md been run over by an omnibus,
and was badly injured. The chap.
lain was sent for, as it was thought
improbable that the boy would live
many hours, With little tact the
chaplain began the interview thus:
“My boy. the doctors think you ape
very mueh hurt. Have you been a
good little hoy 7
Boy-—{much bored)-—You git aout!
Chaplain (shoeked)—But I am afraid
you are not a good little boy, and you
know you may perhaps be going to
die.
Boy (anxious to end the interview)
Well, t'ain’'t none o' your business,
any'ow, Wot's me death got to do
with you? "Ave you got a pal in the
corfiin line?”
It is pleasant to be able to relate
that this boy finally recovered.
——————— 1 —
Old Time Nigh Balldings.
Lancianl, the famous Roman arch.
aeologist, has shown that in the Rome
of the Caesars trouble was experiene.
ed with high buildings. A law was
passed restricting the height of fronts
to sixty feet. In order to evade it
builders adopted the practice of carry.
ing up the rear portions several
stories more. Other laws bearing on
the heights of buildings were passed
in old times. There was a tendency
to diminish the height of stories as
the buildings Inereased In size, and a
height of 130 feet was probably at.
tained. It is believed that the eell
luge s were #0 low that a man coull not
upright in the rooms.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
London lawyers are in search of an
heir to a very valuable California es-
tate. The promptness with which
this country can produce volunteers
was once more demonstrated,
A German-American who
trouble in Berlin by calling the em-
porer “Willle Sheepshead” realizes
that the subject of his remarks Is not
a spring lamb in temperament,
got into
Spanish women have a way of quick
ly getting at the root of a matter. In
Granada the other day, a mob of _wo-
men stoned the statue of Columbus,
because they attributed the present
misfortunes of Spain to the discovery
of America for which Columbus was
responsible,
The voplment that suffered Most me
verely, the Ninth, had no killed or
wounded, The reports of disease are
imperfect, but the cases known show
these losses in New England: Typhoid,
03; other fevers (except yellow fever),
26; dysentery, 17; malaria, 15; puneu-
monlia, heart disease, 7; yellow fe-
ver, 6, The number of deaths from
heart disease would Indleate that the
physical examination of the volun
~~
fy
supposed,
The United Steamship Company, of
Copenhagan, controlling a fleet of 120
ning ships direct from the port of 8.
and Riga to New York,
town of Bradford,
has got a $400,000
Conn.
of the town, now resident in Chicago,
has just added another $100,000 gift!
to the funds of the institution. Let's
correspond with this token of
geous generosity,
gor-
A young man who surrendered him-
Alf to the Minneapolis police the oth
er day, confessing that he had
mitted burglary,
{fo the eclgarette habit,
tle eylinders been acensed of a
good deal hief, the young
man In question is the first to discover
that it the habitat of the baclilus
burglarosis,
Many German
bicycles to employes, severely
ing thei public
Cologne Council has decided 1
whe to tax
foresters, watchmen,
and employes In the
water, gas and electrical supply.
the of
employe ves a
of
nount
com-
The wicked lit
have
of mis Irst
in
towns now
restrict
The
to furnish
policemen,
r use to business
collectors,
health
departments of
The
the
wly
inspectors
emain property
and each re
allowance
reced
pair marks a
to keep his
When a ser
lived forty
entitled to
of 1 Do
stituted bv
year found
Bons
elal
forty year
in orger,
Germany bh
fam
vant girl in ns
r
years in ily she is
one 1
the C
fel
with
+
i
y. an order in
last
decoration ross
he mestics’ Socle
the E
one hundred and
qualified to receive |
record of its |
HINross
offi
FHBIOR
irh
old «
they
ines,
was
ser
and
f days
dings
that
Dame,
all
temples
Notre
vortowerine
Vertowering
% and
me rallroad men
hite light at night
lear track is dan
nel as a red danger sig
broken, and thus
One of the
h
due t
signal
ges In signals
! which the New
and Hartford road
ake, On line, in
future, a green ght will
mean safety, and white will not. The
Innovation has been brought about in
arge measure by an aceident which
dd from the deception of an en
a farmer's lantern set on a
post near the track. There was no in-
tent to make mischief, but the effect
was just as disastrous, .
that apinion, is
York. New Haven
has deg ided tom
the
hat
near
Although the year 1808 has wit
nessed the first serious war In which
this country has been engaged for a
third of a century, it may still
designated as pre eminently a peace
Year. It Is the climax. or conclusion,
of anything that reveals its true char.
acter, observes the New York Weekly
Witness, And true peace Is a matter
of sentiment more than of action. An
angry, Jealous, or suspicious man Is
not at peace with his neighbor, even
if he does not actually fight with him.
The conclusion of the year finds this
great nation at peace with all the
and at peace
From a moral and spiritual point of
be
that which we have
Spain to get rid of the emnity which
this nation as a nation Bas cherished
against England, more or less, ever
since it became a pation.
the whole people, South and North,
of feeling between the East and West
«this restoration of Internal peace is
worth another dozen of such wars,
Interesting statistics, showing the
loss in life suffered by the New Eng.
land States, except Connecticut. In the
war with Spain, have been gathered
by the Boston Journal. The burden
fell most heavily on Massachusetts,
that State having the most men in the
service, and one of its regiments be.
Ing engaged In the Santiago campaign,
Massachusetts lost 208 men; Maine,
44: New Hampshire, 30; Vermont, 27;
and Rhode Island, 9; a total of 200,
Of the 208 Aassachusetis dead only
nine were killed in battle, the exces.
sive mortality~4 per cent, or more
than twice that of the army at large
boing due to the ravages of disease.
Leaving out of the reckoning the reg’.
ments which had practically no loss,
and the mortality rate for Massachu.
wits volunteers was over G per cent.
1
goods at Liverpool,
Bremen and other ports,
a saving of time and expense
| Ing nearly 100,000,000,
| turists, who need our
mostly
machinery and
ment has of late
some of them,
tions. In fact
to encourage lmporta-
our prospective trade
is practically
unlimited, and direct intercourse be.
its ports and own BO
much to be desired that it is
the experlment
of before. At
the
their
railway
to all the
interior.
The Egyptian B
interesting
1! i
rae in
our in
has not been
the new
largest
freight
Cars
port of Bt
Petersburg,
lay down
where
carry it
the
steamers may
wharves,
waiting
leading centres
on
10
of
are
1800 is
English
udget for nn
on
that
The
SHE) (Mu
entire
nue is estimate
crease of £5
the
EMME HN) nee 1888
at 8A 10e
upon the people
!
duced
is keg it
a balance of EJ
gr
1.080 000,
well within the |
Miu
fis) (uM
1
fest -_ .
ILO 10e general
FOSerye
SL5.000 to
mates fo
CIRO Onn
R550.000
rajlwavs
SX avy
make ex
and
wir unalte
and their }
many
proclaim » gatherings
rable adhesion to Denmark
atred of i a and G
the
A long
Danish
frontier a 1
side of the
of colle ges
and secondary se have been
tablished
100] oR
in
North
Danish
are
order to attract young na-
hleswig., and
education
exchanged
holidays for
the German side of the
der to up the connection
Danish popular
established
tives of
then a
children
Kummer
Ny to give
Danish
during the
ildren from
fre miler in or
with
libraries
everywhere in
North Schleswig. and are sup-
plied with books from
Funds for the agitation are partly sub.
scribed in Denmark, and Danish mill
tary and civil officers take part In it.
In Haderslaben, Rends rg.
rade, Tondern. and Sonderburg, the
are accused of behaving as If
they were the rullng clement. and
ignoring altogether thelr German and
Prussian nationality. The
Gazette maintains that the
has recently assumed a
ch
kKeeD
Denmark.
have been
often
ment to sdopt serions measures. and
those of leading agitators,
Genoa’s Roo! Garden.
Genoa has a roof garden which is!
nearly 1,000 feet above the level of the!
city.
of the highest hill behind Genoa and
Is reached by a long funicular railway,
which runs for a great part of the dis.
hotel and restaurant building seems to
d¥erhang the city. The view of the
bay Is most striking, and there Is quite
an imposing panorama of the Rivera.
In connection with the hotel which
crowns the summit there is a large
restaurant. There are also billiard
rooms, music rooms and banquet halls,
and 1.200 persons can be seated at 1a.
bles on the large verandd, where an
orchestra plays In the evening. The
Righi can be reached In a few min:
utes from the very centre of Genoa.
It i= a most unusual and attractive
kind of resort.
Birds of Freedom Misbelave.
There were many bald eagles around
the locali*y of Rt. Michael's, Ind, a
few weehs ago. Many fine flocks of
winter poultry were attacked by these
predatory birds, and turkeys suffered
to acgreat extent. An eagle a
ois
ttempi-
od to carry off a lamb, but the lamb
proved leo wach of 4 burden for the
eagle. ~Baltimore Sun. |
Offended,
“Dolly,” sald Mrs. Cumrox, “I de-
rire you to discourage the visits of
that young man who was here yester-
day evening.”
“1 suppose,” sald
indignantly, “that
the people who
business have been
and because he has not
iucrative practice in
you~"
“Dolly,” was the rejoinder,
not misunderstand me. Do not
that I attach no I RSOFlatee to
anything except the almighty dollar,
did like thi anyhow,
ugzht one dol
Loe To con
‘dollar
the
you
know
talking it over,
built up a
profession
young woman
and some of
everybody's
yet
his
gevere
“do
think
it
rase,
that
ghty,
ph
to know
almi
meaning
Bu
i
lar cannot very
vey an ac
ought to be
added, with
searce
man: do
for his
Poverty
curate
in the plural
1 sis 2n, Heram
wdnys, Al
Suppose I
financial
mis
ust
him Is
she
mar is right
out young
reproach him
advantages,
not
we
HOW this
not
lack of
is people's gfortunes;
faults tut because
down on
iry 10
ie reason
gmart.
don't look
why we should
“What he done?”
“14 what he did
playing
o
bees
has
fsn’t
You
last evening.”
“Yep
“And
sonatas and a symphony
(: fia
Ww 9 at Lie
piano
1+'a
Ai HB
Were the
after you had played several
nnd
+ he sooke
ad of
certina In
something which
folks of our Jroeit
KOE orgal
{igsgusted
adisgusieq
fw allio
cweller o
omanence
cated next
the
day
and
into
her
Birikerate la England and France
hat the birth-rate began
than in
ype, and
rapid.
figures of Registifar-
show. the dency
strongly marked in England
is plainly visible nearly
Country
couple of generations
Frenchmen may find that their
i longer the in
The truth i= that the present
sooner
ff $s
0 Ex
Diore
France
GuUnitries ry
been
has
the
Same is
NOW vers
and
European
in every
t is quite con.
ceivable that a
hence
10 lowest
Europe.
rapid growth in European populations
i= a phenomenon which Is almost en-
tirely confined to the last 150 years
Through some of the grandest periods
of our history the population of Eng
tionary. and the
same statement aopiles to France. If
this decrease is due to non-natural
causes, it is not a matter for congrat.
ulation: but if it means that Europe
an peodles are ceasing tocontract reck-
less and improvident marriages and
are showing more care and discrimi
fMation in the begetting of children, it
Large
families are not necessarily an evil,
! but if the members of them are dis.
| eased and degenerate, they become a
standing dangr to the welfare of the
Humanitarian.
The tadian is Mer? and Chatty,
For the Indian ‘s not, as the popular
idea figures him, stolid, taciturn, or
even sullen in his every«lay life, says
George Bird Grinnell in the Atlantic.
He may be shy and silent In thespres.
ence of strangers, but in his home life
he is talkative, eager to give and re
elve the news, and to gossip*abont
it. He Iz of a merry. lnughterloving
people, and likes to make good natur
ed fun of another's peculiarities. Thins,
one of her companions may jeeringly
call a very slender woman the shadow
of a moccasin string. Once, on the
prarvie, in the bright hot sunlight, 1
beard an Indian say to another who
wan very stout, “My friend, stend still
for a little while, 1 want to sit down
in the shade and cool off.”
Some years ago I was on the reser.
vation of a tribe known as the Big
Bellios~Gros Veotres-at Fort Belk.
nap, Montana: and while 1 was there
sta