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VOL. XXX. NO. 45. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23, 1898. S1.00 PER ANNUM.
Governor John R. Roberts, of Wash
ingtou, in a reoent address in Taooma,
Hummed up what he termed his faith
thus: "Life is a struggle; a school; o
test of fitness. No struggle, no school ;
no school, no fitness; no fitness, no
fntnre."
The amount spent annually on the
roads of the country equal three per
cent, on twenty-six million dollars.
Were twenty six millions actually in
Tested in good roads, we would have
the finest highways in the world for
the same annual cost, and be making
money out of them besides.
An invention which English people
will not take up is the automatio
writing telegraph. You write at one
end of the system and at the other end
a pen writes out what you have writ
ten in your handwriting. Sketches
can be transmitted in this way even
at a distanco of 200 miles. There is
fifty times as much invention in the
i apparatus as there is in the telephone,
bnt apparently no one wants it.
The Savannah news says: "Great
advertisers live in the hiBtory of the
city and prosperity of their firms long
after they themselves have "shuffled
off this mortal coil;" their announce
ments in the newspapers continue to
bear frnit after the advertisers are
dead. On the other band, the non
advertising business man is dead to
the community long before he leaves
this life; and hiB business is more
than apt to die with him.
The books of the United Slates
Mint in Denver show that the deposits
of gold for the last year were the
largest ever reoeived. The total will
slightly exceed $12,200,000, and a
conservative estimate made by the
Mint officials places the entire output
of Colorado at $22,000,000. in round
figures. Colorado will go far ahead
of California, as it is said to be doubt
ful if California's output will touch the
$18,000,000 mark. Last year Colorado's
output was $16,500,000 and that of
California was $17,000,000 while the
total production of the country was
$61,717,925.
The Washington Star remarks: No
portion of the Western Hemisphere is
open to the despoiler as China is. All
portions are reasonably safe from such
assaults. There are rich countries in
Central and South America indif
ferently officered at times, and which
in certain ciroumstances would be ex
ceedingly tempting to the buccaneer
ing spirit of Europe. They have their
rackets among themselves, and gov
ernment there might be more secure
to the local advantage. Frequent
shifts are ma Jo, and now thi3 leader is
up and then that. But rapid and
violent as the., changes may be,
no - fine old land 'grabber with
a crown on his head ever reaches
bis long arm from across the sea and
tries to profit by dissention. And
why? The Monroe doctrine forbids.
This year will have among its note
worthy anniversaries the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the death
of Isaao Watts. It will be chiefly as a
vriter of hymns that he will he hon
ored by affectionate remembrance. Of
his hymns, says the Youth's Com
panion, the Christian world has chosen
a few as pre-eminent. If he had
written only the ' hymn beginning:
"O, God, our help in ages past," his
name would have a sure place in the
roll of makers of verso worthy and
destined to live. A great hymn levels
denominational barriers. While men
are talking of Christian unity, or
dreaming of it, the hymn, in its sphere
of influence, if only for the moment
when heard or sun", makes believers
one. . He whohas strengthened
and inspired generations, refreshing
Che saints and moviu Joue who make
no pretensions to saintliness, may well
be remembered.
The London Graphic declares that
tihe sale of oocoa has increased in the
British Isles enormously in the last
five years, and thinks it may possibly
supplant tea. Tea certainly has a
high value as a stimulant when some
strenuous immediate task must be
done. Lord Wolseley recommends it
' for soldiers on the march, and mountain-climbers
claim that it is their
mainstay; but, ullj the same, pro
tracted use of it plays the mischief
with the digestion of most persons and!
is highly injurious to the nerves of
many. Coooa is sustaining aud diges.
tible, and has no objectionable effects.
It would be u public boom if some
houses on favorite bicycle routes would
net up somothing akin to the old
fashied chocolate-houses; for the
autumn is bringing out the fact that
bioyole-riders have too often drunk of
contaminated wells and arc paying the
penalty in typhoid. Coooa, having
been boiled, would not contain deadly
uiioicbei.
Vt 11! 1 millkTn r-r A!tr v a w-a
wAMiiiNuiuiN
During the Civil War there was
o1y one spot in all our now United
States where soldiers of both armies
could meet on common ground as
friends, not foemen, as brothers and
sons of one father, the "Father of His
Country." That, spot was Mount
Vernon. A "truce of God" prevailed
throughout the broad acres that con
tained the home and tomb of Wash
ington. Whether hunted by their enemy or
drawn hither by the same reverent in
spiration that attracts visitors to
Mount Vernon from every part of the
habitable globe, wearers of the blue
and the gray were equally weloorae.
The only restriction placed upon their
coming was the servants' request thot
they leave their arms at whatever
point they entered the grounds, some
times at the old porter's lodge, three
quarters of a mile away.
- At Washington's tomb unarmed
pickets of the South and North fre
quently met during the years of the
"great conflict." Sacred, however, as
this home of peaoe is, it is to the
women of the United States, and to
them alone, that we owe the purchase
and preservation of Washington's
home, and only their loving care has
made possible the past and present
restoration of this fine old type of the
colonial mansion of a century and a
half ago. The high privilege and real
happiness of visiting this house and
grounds, with all their varied and
tangible memorials so intimately as
sociated with the life and character
of the immortal Washington, the
American people owe to the Mount
Vernon Ladies' Association of the
Union. Of the early struggles and
patienkilabors of successive members
of this association much might be said.
Organized in 1858, under the regency
of Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, it
obtained by purchase some 200 of the
thousands of acres owned by the late
Colonel John Augustine Washington,
laBt private owner of Mount Vernon,
who found himself uuable to maintain
the estate. To his eredit be it said,
Colonel Washington did not sell the
land on whioh rests the tomb of Gen
eral Washington and his family. The
tomb, or the two aores containing it,
were deeded as a gift to the associa
tion. Later donations from Jay
Gould and others have increased the
real estate of the association, to 237
aores. ' "
The restoration, equipment aud
keeping of the respective rooms of
the mansion have been intrusted to
the noble women of the different
States represented iu the Board of
Vice-Regents. These vice-regents
are representative women of most of
the leading States, appointed by the
regent, their names being submitted
by her to the Board of Vice-Regents
for confirmation or rejection, after the
manner of Presidential appointments.
There are thirty-three vice-regents
now in office. These ladies have
wrested what they affectionately style
"this, our beloved home," from decay
aud almost from annihilation. Not
only the mansion and tomb with its
family vault and two sarcophagi in
olosiug the remains of "the General"
and his "consort" receive their
anxious care, but the work of the as
sociation extends to all the outbuild
ings and every distinctive feature of
the grounds that has any connection
with the period of Washington's occu
pancy. The annuaf reports presented and
read at the yearly meetings of tho
WASHINGTON'S TOMB
Ladies' Association show admirable
results' iu their care of the place aud
in the accumulation of articles of use
in, or identified with, the General's
family life.
During the gatherings of the Board
last year, Mrs. Charles Curtis Harri
son, of Philadelphia (Vice-Regent for
Pennsylvania), invited Architect T.
Mallou Rogers, of Philadelphia, archi
tect of the restoration of Indepen
dence Hall, to oome to Mount Vernon
and confer with the Mansion Commit
tee. The result of this conference is
fully outlined in a written report made
by Mr. Rogers, embodying details of
a projected restoration to be under
taken this fall. This work will in
volve aud effect a more complete
transformation iu the general aspect
of the interior than any yet attempted.
The restored second floor of Indepen
dence Hall has proved a revelation of
Colonial beauty and simplicity. This
restoration of the paneled hulls and
antique stuirway of Mount Vernon will
vividly recall the faces and costumes
of the Carys, Fairfaxes, Lees, Piervys,
Dulanys, Johnstons, Craiks, Hunters,
Dudes, ltamsays, Fitzhughs, Wests,
ML I fill
a numb
AT MOUNT VERNON.
Stuarts, Dicks, Masons, Carlyles and
other friends of Washington and the
Cnrtises, with their hair-powder, face
patches and silk stockings, and even
their outdoor life, with outriders and
fine equipages.
In the report mentioned, aud in
conversation with the writer, Mr.
Rogers explained how, in response to
the request of the committee, he made
a thorough examination of the cellar,
first floor hall, second floor hall, the
antique staircase that greets the visi
tor's eye as he enters the main door,
also the side walls of the halls, doors,
cornice, columns (supporting the
girder sustaining the upper floors of
the mansion), windows, etc. After
carefully removing each layer of a
small section of the paint on the side
wall panels, the original color was re
vealed. This proved to be n delicate
WASHINGTON'S HOME
French gray, almost a robin-egg blue.
This color had originally been applied
to the side walls and ceilings and
panels of the stair skirting. This
delicate' tint was in entire harmony
with the then prevailing hues as seen
in the garments and appointments of
pel-sons of colonial distinction. The
present coating of paint is a deep
yellow-brown, grained and hideous
enough to any one possessed of ar
tistic tastes. It doubtless antedates
the period of control by the associa
tion. While carefully preserving any
portion of the woodwork and carving
from dilapidation, and repainting
when the same was needed, it has
only been recently that from six to
ten layers of paint have been removed
to ascertain what was the early col
onial tint. Mr. Rogers' examination
also extended to the doors, trim, door
heads, choir rail, washboard, windows,
stair-skirting battons, cornice, etc
These proved to have originally been
painted ivory white, china gloss finish
on the ball side.
The present cornice and cross gir
der, supported by two columns on
either side of the hall through which
the visitor approaches the staircase
leading to the second floor, all are re
garded by Mr. Rogers as of modern
construction aud entirely incongruous
with the rest of the work. Rebecca
Robinson, once a slave of John Aug
ustine Washington, told the writer
the history of the origin and construc
tion of these columns in the hall. She
states that many years ago the cross
beam supporting the entire upperpart
of the house badly sagged. Then an
arch was raised to remedy this defect.
This arch was regarded as ineffectual,
and in 1881 it was removed aud a new
AT MOUNT VERNON.
iron beam inserted, braoed from the
cellar, and these columns erected ac
cordingly. They were never a part of
the interior construction iu Washing
ton's time, and their removal will
greatly add to the exact restoration of
the first floor hall. Other deti& in
necessary repairs to the cellar, and
features of the staircase not in har
mony with other portions, in varnish
or color, form matter of no great pub
lic interest. Au examination of the
walls was made, starting from the
stairway to the second floor, and after
a removal of three layers of a small
section of wall paper the fact was re
vealed that the original mortar was a
colonial buff. In soine places it would
seem to have been white-ooated, and
iu other places a rough fluish of buff
mortar is found under the paper. Re
search will be made to ascertuiu
whether the walls were originally of a
buff mortar finish or parered after the
fashion of one of the luyers removed.
It seems more than likely that, when
oommenoed, this transformation of the
halls and main staircase will ultimate
ly lead to a new restoration of rooms
given over to the cure of vice-regents
Hi t
e tarn rao m iMf$
jgM mm i mt opi i fr
it?m I M i HffT yy n m mi
from various States. To be sure, they
are, for the most part, neat and fresh
enough, but recent investigation has
shown that they are not to-day as they
wero iu Washington's time. Thus the
"river room," or guest room, on the
second floor, was originally gray, with
white window sash; the mantel was
originally painted white, then painted,
at some Inter date, in imitation of gray
stono. This should be restored to its
original color, white. The choirboard
and washboard should be gray.
The woodwork in the Maryland room,
the bed chamber of charming "Nelly
Cnstis," afterward Mrs. Laurence Lew
is, was originally the same gray as the
walls of the first floor hall. The mantel
was originally white, then painted black
(two treatments) and again painted
white over the black. This should be
burned off and repainted white, the
window sash white, chair rail, trim and
washboard gray.
In General Washington's room the
mantel, now black, was white in its
original ooloring. The trim of the room
was gray and the washboard stained
and varnished, and, at a later day,
painted black, the chair rail and trim
gray and window sash white.
The above points were brought by
Mr. Rogers to the attention of the
AT MOUNT VERNON.
oommittee after an examination made
by him at their request.
As the great purpose of the associa
tion is to keep the mansion and its
surroundings forever open to the
public, the projected restoration will
be made be degrees, so as to interfere
as little as possible with the freedom
of visitors. F. W. Parsons.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
The People Megan to Celebrate It aa Far
Back aa 1783.
We may reckon February 22 as one
of our oldest holidays, for though no
Legislature had at that time set it
apart as a legal holiday, the regular
celebration of Washington's birthday
began in 1783. On February 22 of
that year a party of gentlemen met in a
tavern in New York. One of them had
written anodo on Washington, another
brought a list of tracts, still others
had prepared speeches. There was
great feasting, patriotio toasts were
drunk, and before the company went
singing home they agreed to meet to
gether on every coming February '22
iu honor of their country's chief.
Other little knots of friends followed
their example, and before long the
celebration became general. Though
not publicly recognized, wherever
there were a score of more of houses
the people gladly devoted at least a
few hours of the day to jollity and
good cheeV
The celebration of the day gradu
ally grew in importance till in the be
ginning of this century. Every theatre
on that day brought out some new
play and made itself gay with flags
and transparencies. Taverns spread
their best cheer. There were balls
and bonfires, barbecues aud caunonad
ing, bell ringing, feasting aud toasts.
A glance over the Gazettes and Adver
tisers of that period shows that it was
quite the end of March before they
ceased to publish accounts of the fes
tivities which had taken place iu every
city aud town in the land.
Washington was born before the
adoption iu England of the Gregorian
Calendar, and was, therefore, born on
February 11, old style. For a long
time some of his most ardent admirers
persisted in celebrating this duy rather
thau the 22d. We find as lute as 1790
certain counties iu which men of the
old school were unwilling to adopt the
new calendar, at least so far as con
cerned the birthday of the Father of
their Country.
Doll.' Hair.
The hair on the head of most of the
dolls in this country is made from the
hair of the Angora goat.
WASHINGTON.
In the upright little tippling lives the
mighty mouutain pine,
Htraighter thuu an Indian chieftain with It
long, unswerving line,
Lifting high its sturdy brauchog, rooted Iu
its rocky bed,
Landmark to the valleys under, shelter for
the weary bead.
Iq the boy so true anil fearless lived our
hero good and grand.
Through the day. of stormy trouble shelter
to his native land.
For the unbent twig, believe me, evergrowa
as it began,
Aud the child of uotile nature makes the
noblu-hcarted mau.
Vuutu's Companion.
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.
I"lie Family Fronnmlst Didn't Die For
Her Fascination ITnevontrnl An Un
Jnt Charge A Thoughtful Parent
Kconomlcal Two Varieties, Ktc, Kte.
Mabel wears fine silken hose
Furchasod with her papn'a rocks;
Dnt the old man always goes
Around In ten-cent cotton socks.
Chicago News.
Fascination.
Norah "Come along, now, an' niver
tnind the little vagabond."
Bertie "Please wait a minute,
Norah! I think he's going to swear
igain." Pack.
Didn't Die For Her.
"Well, I am relieved that he pro
posed to you."
"Relieved?"
"He told me he was going to kill
himself." Life.
Two Vnrletle.
The Landlady "Mr. Peebles, the
gentleman who arrived last night, is a
chronic invalid."
The Sarcastio Boarder "H'ml
From laziness or disease?" Puck.
An VTnJtiHt Charge.
"Somebody is trying to prove that
lociety is responsible for murders."
"Well, that's wrong; sooiety is made
p of people who want to hill one an
Dther and never do." Chicago Reo
rd. Uneventful.
Uncle Bob "Did you like the trip
to the West, Johnny?"
Johnny "Not so much. I was
waiting for train robbers, and we
never saw one the whole time."
Vuck. ,
Thoughtful 1'arent.
"Oh, Queenie, such sweet news!
vVhatdo you thiuk?"
"No idea, Flo! What is it?"
"Papa has been bitten by a mad
Jog, and now we are all going to Paris,
tsn't it a bit of luck?" Pick-Mo'Up.
A Libel on the Sex.
"There are fifty-four muscles used
In carrying on u ordinary conversa
tion, " she said, looking up from the
book she was reading.
"And yet.womau is supposed to be a
veak creature," he said, thoughtfully.
And then he dodged. Chicago Post.
Embai-rmssed.
"Maud," said Mr. Dobbs. sternly,
"why did you refuse young Bliven?
4. fine young man, whose heart is in
the right place."
' "Well, it wasn't when ho proposed
to me," ffnswered Maud, flippantly,
"for it was in his mouth." Harper's
Bazar.
Economical. -"Seems
to me it costs you a good
deal to study," said the father, as he
handed his son money to buy books
vith.
"I know it," replied the youth,
pocketing a $10-bill, "and I don't
ntudy very hard, either." Harvard
Lampoon.
Profeulonnl.
"Well, said the doctor to the India
Rubber Man, who was anxiously wait
ing iu the hall, "it's a chip of the old
block."
' Heavens!" exclaimed the poor
man, "by 'chip' do you nioau a girl?"
"No; I mean a bouncing boy."
Philadelphia Record.
An Ante-Mortem Rtateinent.
Officer "There seems to be noth
ing on the body to identify the man.
We do uotevon know where he lived."
Bjstauder "Of course, it's lather
indefinite; but just after the car
Btrnck him he cried out that he was a
citizen of Greater New York."
Officer "Ah! A Brooklyn man."
Puck.
Clinueed Mind.
Judge "Why did you commit this
unprovoked assault?"
Prisoner "I wanted to get my pic
ture in the papers."
Judge "Well, will you be good if I
let you go?"
Prisoner "I am afraid not. I now
want to kill the artists who mado tho
pictures." New York Journal.
The Merit or It. ,
The Cook (entering parlor) -"Ah,
mam'zelle, wild ye inoiud askiu' the
professor to play that hornpipe over
agin?"
The Professor (delightedly) "Ah!
Ze ladies admire vaire mooch mycom
posoetion?" The Cook "It's not that, begorra,
but it's such au ilegant chime to chop
hash by!" New York Journal.
A Hint He Took.
"I Bee they have a machine now for
photographing one's thoughts," he
said, for want of something better to
say.
"I wish you would photograph
mine," she returned.
"Why?" he asked.
"Possibly it would encourage you a
little," she answered.
Shortly thereafter it was decided
that he should "see pupa" just as eoon
as he could muster up sufficient cour
age. Chicago Post.
Deaf and Duuib.
Deaf and Dumb Beggar (at unex
pectedly receiving a quarter) "Oh,
thankee, thankee."
Benevolent Passer "Eh? What
does this mean, sir? You can talk."
Beggar (in confusion) "l'-e-s, sir.
Ye see, sir, I'm only holdiu' this cor
ner for the poor deaf and dumb mau
wot belongs here."
Benevolent Passer (quickly)
"Where is he?"
Beggar (in worse couf usiou) "He's
he's gone to til' park t' hear do
music." New York Weekly.
PRECEPT AJND PRACTICE.
My grandmother used to say to me,
My grandmother used to say,
"Now. don't run after the boys, my girl,
But stick to your Bewlng, pray!
For men who want wives will hunt thom,
dear,
Care not to be met half wny;
For the longest chase Is the fnircst sport,"
My gpdinother used to say.
My grandmother usod to sny to me.
My grandmother used to say,
"Now, stop your dreaming aud baste your
bom.
Dreams never wero meant for day.
Don't hurry, my girl, to find a lad,
Molds novor have will nor way
Till sorrow and twenty are come and gone?'
My grandmother used to say.
But I'd heard some tales and said one dayi
"Now, Oranny, you dear old thing,
You met, I've been told, your lover at
The gate at the meadow spring.
And, though scarce eighteen, you rod be
hind To the village six miles away,
And were married and all by Tarson Thlpps;
Now, what have you got to say?"
And grandmother smiled demurely, then,
Above the hurrying th read;
" 'Twas not for the lack of precept, dear,
Things happened as you have said;
For, 'Htop your dreaming and baste your
hem,
For the men won't run away;'
And "Wooing will keep for a good two
year,' My grandmother used to say."
Richard btillinan Powell, In Tuck.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Nobody seems to care much whether
he kisses the bride at a silver wed
ding or not. West Union Gazette.
He "Did she say why she left her
last place?" She '"Why, the woman
she lived with sneered at the wheel
she rides." Puok.
Juenu me a dollar, old man.
"Can't; only have a half." "That
i
all right; you can owe me the othe
half." Princeton Tiger.
Duzby "Do you regard thirteen as
an nnlucky number?" Dooby "Cer
tainly I do; aren't they always abus
ing it?" Roxbury Gazette.
Spendley "Well, if my money
should go, dearest, you'd still have
met" Mrs. Spendley "Don't you be
too snre about that!" Puck.
"Now, when you ask popa for me,
be sure to face him like a man."
"That I will. He doesn't got any
chance at my back if I can help it."
Standard.
Mrs. Goodenough "Now, Johnnie,
won't you sit down and tell me why
your papa whipped you?" Johunie
"No, mam; I'd rather stand md say
nothin'." Judge.
Guest (in cheap restaurant) "Here,
waiter, this meal is simply vile. I
won't pay for it. Where's the pro
prietor?" Waiter "He's out at lunch,
Bir." Philadelphia Reoord.
"I am very sorry, Captain Brown,
but circumstances over which I have
no control compel me to say no."
"May I ask what the circumstances
ore?" "Yours." Ftck-Me-Up.
"Is it true that Rakeup has been in
search of buried treasure?" "I guess
it is. He said something to me about
diving into his wife's pocket for c.sh."
--Philadelphia North American.
""I thoroughly enjoy looking at the
advertising pages after the holidays
are over." "Any special reason?"
"Yes; here and there I see something
my wife didn't buy." Chicago Rec
ord. Reporter "How much do you want
written about that dime museum freak
with a rubber neck?" Editor
"We're short of matter to-day; stretch
it out to a column." Norristowu
Herald.
He "I'vo a ripping new naughty
story to tell you. I don't think I've
told it you before." She "Is it a
real good one?" He "It is indeed."
She "Then you haven't told it me be
fore." Standurd.
"Waiter, do you remember me? I
came in here yesterday and ordered a
steak." Waiter "Yes, sir. Will you
have the same to-day?" Customer
"Yes, if no one else is using it."
London Auswers.
Old Foggs "In this natural history,
Thomas, it states that a thrush feeds
its young no fewer than two hundred
aud six times a day. What havh you
to Bay to that?" Thomas "Wish I
was a young thrush." Standard.
Jack Bachelor "So your lute uncle
left you all his money wheu he died,
did he?" Bob Bluffer (disgustedly)
"No, not all. Tho meau old duffer
had to go aud leave two hundred aud
fifty dollars of it for a tombstone."
Judge.
Mrs. Fogg "One cau never tell
what to believe. Mrs. Jones says the
Wimpers tight like cuts and dogs, aud
Mrs. Brown snys they are the happiest
couple in towu." Fogg "I don't see
as there need be any inconsistency iu
the two stories. Some people are never
huppy unless they are quarreling."
Boston Trouscript.
"What pretty illuminated cards!"
exclaimed ouo woman. "That one
with the motto, 'Honesty is the best
policy,' is especially nice." "Yes,"
replied the other. "I brought them
from Europe, and the best of it is, I
got them through with a lot of other
things without paying a cent of duty."
Washington Stur.
''Shall we shoot or hung him?"
asked the vigilantes. The methodical
muu of business paused to thiuk.
"Let us not be hasty," he said, "lor
hurry begets crimiuul waste uud ex
travagance. The first thing to do it
to leurn the price of rope, uud com
pare it with the priceot uniiuunition'"
Philadelphia North Americau.
Dying Millionaire "I have been
much in litigutiou, always successful,
too, aud I feel that I owe everything
to the lawyers. I want them to have
all my property." Attorney "Ah!
You wish me to make a will, then, be
queathing " Dyiug Milliouuire
"Cutting off all my relations and be
queathing tho money to charitable
institutions." New York Weekly.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THr CRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
Von Can Itlse What America' Oreatrat
I'llnrntnr Said Dr. Horace Mann on
, tho I'.nragca of Drink In Our Collra-ea
TrncJWord Spoken Forty Years Ago.
Ton enn rl with Ood's asolslanco,
Van can leave the pa.t behind;
Evai-y time you make resistance
Stronger grow your heart and mind.
Firmly stand against temptation,
Do not leave your soul to sink;
You can rise from degradation.
You can free yourself from drink.
Sacred Heart Review
Horace Mann on Drink', ltarage..
"Intemperance carries ruin everywhere.
It reduces the fertile farm to barrenness.
It suspends IndiWry In the shop of the
mechanic. It banishes skill from the cun
ning hand of the artisan and artist. It
dnslics to pieces the locomotive of tho en
gineer. It sinks tho ship of the mariner.
It spreads sudden night over the solar
splendors of genius at Its full-orbed,
meridian glory. Hut nowhere Is It so ruin
ohs, so direful, so eliminating and expul
sive of good, so expletive and redundant
of nil evil, as in tho school and tho college;
as upon tho person and character of tho
dtudent hLnself. Creator of evil, destroyer
ol good! among youth, it Invests its votaries
with the fulness of both prerogatives, and
(ends them out on the career of life to suf
fer where they should have rejoiced, to
curse whnro they should havo blest."
"Wo are In a sick world, for whose
maladies tho knowledgeof truth and obedl
enoe to it are the only healing. Oh! If the
literary Institutions of our land would
unuctify their ninhltion, and lustoad of an
earthly rivalry to send forth great men,
would provoke each other to the holy
work of ronriug good men, thco would
they be doubly rewarded, both by great
noss and goodness such as thoy have never
yet Imagined. Referring to the compara
tive worth of scholarship and morals,'
Montaigne says, 'Wo know how to decline
virtue, but we'know not how to love It.'" I
"Surely, It Is tho most nppnlling fact In
nil our ahnnls, and It ought to make every
parental heart palpitate with nlarm, that
the college, whero the youth of our ooua
Iry must bo sent for the higher culture of
tho mind, should ever exposo them to a
depravation of the heart. And yet It Is ab
opinion not uncommon, nor would to U(d
I could say wholly unfounded, that as
youna cri uinnls learn new lessons in crime
wlieiV-en. 10 our public prisons, so young
men Pise purity of character nnd contract
habits of vleo when sent to college"
"Some of the mojt awful and heaven-defying
vices that destroy the peace of so
ciety nnd turn all the sweets of lite into,
bitterness are only eolloge vices full-growu
the publio manhood of the academlo
childhood of guilt.
"On Its colleges, far moro than on Its
Legislatures, does the well-being of a coun
Iry depend on Its eduoatlon more than on
Its legislation." Works of Horace Mann.
Due of Alcohol by F.mnloyea.
At the International congress of railroad
and marine hygiene, held iu Brussels last
September, there was a discussion on the)
question whether tho use of alcoholic
drinks should be permitted to railroad em
ployes and sailors. Dr. Van Collie, of
llrussols, mado an address in which he
answered the question uegntlvoly; flrst.i
because such drinks are useless; seoond,'
because they are dangerous to the health
nnd lifesof the men, us well as to safety Iu
operation. He would have their use limited
and so far as possible suppressed. To this
end ho would have the mon instructed as
to tho dangers, and havo severe rules
against the misuse of liquor. Delegates
from Itudn-lVsth, Loudon and Derlln
doubted whether it would bo possible to
carry out a prohibitory regulation. The
congress agreed in a resolution recom
mending the managements to limit the use
of alcohol by employes so far as possible;
to warn tho men of its dangers, punish
those, who get drunk and to rid the service
of them. As there nro soarooly any total
abstainers among ciAtliientnl railroad
men, this Is a moro decided step than it
would seem here.
A Vivid Teinperunco Lesnon.
Ilobert Quail, of Van Homo street, Jer
sey City, while intoxicated went Into the
house of Mrs. Margaret Murtlin, at No. 5 of
the same street, aud beat uud threw
Michael Lynch, a boarder, down stairs.
Lynch died of his injuries uud Quail was
held for tho Grand Jury on tbecucrgeo!
mauslnughtor. Quail had been out of
work uud spent yestcrdny afternoon at the
home of his brother. He was intoxicated
wheu he reached Van Horno street on bis
way home. The house iu which Quail
lived Is exactly like that of Mrs. Martha,
and he entered that. Quail entered the
room which Is In tho same relative position
as tho ouo occupied by Quail lu bis own
home. Lynch was seventy-live years old,
and without any warning wus attacked by
Quail and thrown down the stairs. He disc)
on his way to the hospital.
Verily, the World Move..
In the year 1H10, n gentleman named Mr,
Itobert Warner applied to a well-known In-tut-unco
company lu I'.nglaiid to Insure his
life. Uut when the directum lenrned thut
ho was n total abstainer, they informed
III in that they would ouly insure hi m on
condition that he paid more money eaaU
year than those who took Intoxicating
liquors. They believed, becuusebo was au
libt-tiiiner, he would shorten his life!
Mr. Warner refused, and with some other
friends Htaited au insurance company fur
total abstainers. That comiiauy is now
known as "Tim Tutted Kingdom Tom per
uni'u and Oeueral Provident Institution. '
At tlie end of IHn years ii was found that
during that period the death rate of the
three most prosperous Insurance companies
wus 19 per 100, while the Temperance I'rov
Ident had lust only 12 out of 1000, or at the
rate of 7'i per 1000.
Hard Cider.
There Is probably no kind of drink that
Is inure dangerous to the teinperunco cause
thau elder after It bus begun to ferment.
Theeumblnnllou of alcohol with the malic
acid of the apple Is especially bad fur tho
digestive urguus. The tweet cider, fur the
short lime it reiuulus sweet, Is a nice,
pleasnut drink. Hut so soon as fermenta
tion begins, i should bo turned into vin
egar as soon na possible. Warming a little
of this to near blood heat, and pouring
this with some yeast Into the barrel, will
make It Into vinegar very quickly. Ameri
can Cultivator.
A Hint lu Wive, aud Sl.tern.
Homebody, who seems to know, suys: "If
wives weru'us careful to make themselves
and their homos as pleasant for their bus
bunds as lliev did wheu thuir huabauds
were ouly their sweethearts, tho saloons
would not be no enticing. Aud If girls
made the homes us pleasant furthoir own
brothers lis tliev do for some other girl s
brother.so many boys would not go ustray."
A Child' Worth of Driuk.
While the Cubinet suloou at l'rcscolt
Arizoua, was crowded with hundreds ol
customers uue night recently, a Mrs. Hell
entered with u babe lu her arms, aud, plac
ing It on the bur, said:
"Tho father of this child deserted me and
my baby, caring more for whisky thuu for
us. 1 wish to lender you bis child, so that
bis uppetite may be gratliled to the extent
of the depoi.il. "
Thorn was a rush fur the child, seventy
live men coming forward to a-k for It. Tins
1'iubate Judge was culled in to settle the
cont rover.-v. Ho lias liiken charge of the
de.-citd infant.