B. F. BOHWEIER,
THE OONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. XL VIII.
MIFFLINTOW1S. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1894
NO. 34.
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M. 1)11 TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUX
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Worth Lilvln-r.
Tetti Wherefore doth n livinj; man com
plntn?" Lamontntloas iii., 39.
Ifweleavto th evolutionist to gni
where we came from, and to the theologian;
to pronhe where wearn to n? to, w slit
have li ft lor consMerition the important
fn-t that we are here. There may le som
doubt about where the river rises, nnl
Km donbt ahoat where the rivpr empties,
hnt there can he no rton'it nboat the faot
that w are snilinir on it. Sol am not snp.
pris-il that ereryho Jy asks tb.9 question, "Is
life worth'livinsi1"
Ro'omon in hit nahappr momenta sir it
is not. 'Vanity." "vexation of pirit,"'"no
poo I," are his estimate. The fact is that
Solomon was at one time a polyiramlst, an I
that soured his disposition. One wife mn'os
amanhnppv, more than one makns him
wr-tf;hed. Jlut Solomon was converted from
po!yi.amvto mon.amy, and the last words
he -vpr wrote, as fir ns in cn.n read them,
wre tlie words "momit iins of spices. Bui
JiT-'miah sars in my text life is worth living.
In a hoolc 6tippos"d to be doleful and
IiiL-ii'.rious and sepulchral an 1 entitled
4I.lm"Ilt:ltIoaV, he plainly intimates that
the hleKin? of merely livin ; is so irreat and
print a hiessin? that though a man have
A" l onhi n all mis'orlnuei an 1 disasters
lie liita no rit;t to co-nolain. The author of
mr trxr rries out in startliaT inton.'Uion to
nil lands and to all centuries, "Wherefore
iloth a living mia .omp'-iin?" A diversity
of opinion in our time as well as in olden
ti:rr. TliTe is a younir man of liiriit hair
nn-l I'lU'j eyes nn I fouii 1 ili?"stIon an !
' ' !
rii'roi!s salary and happily affl meod
in the way to liecoTno t!ii p-irtnir in a com-
niriMal Hrm of which he is an important
clerk. Ak bin whether lifo is worth living.
If- will liiuir'i in your I:i-m :in 1 s-iy, 'V'es,
yi-s, vii I" I f i r ) is a mm who has come to
the forti-s. lie is at thetip.op of the hit! of
lif". V.Yi-rr step hss hoin a stumble and a
I ru s . The people ha trted hava turned
out ib-.s -rtiTs. :m 1 th? mon'iy ho has honestly
ma !e lie h:is leen choatiid cut of. His
n'-rvs are out of (mie. He has poor
ipp 'i :te, nn.l a. I the rood be lo"s eat does
nut n-;i"iil:i' Forty rniii-s idirnbin? up the1
hill o' ii.o tinvi been to him like cli-nliing
the M.ut'Tliorn, nn 1 tlwre are forty miles
y-'t to o down, and de-ct-'nt is always more
ilnnu'-'roTie thrin assent. Ask him whether
li'i is worth living, an 1 he will drawl out in
shiwri nn 1 lugubrious anl npp.illinji
n"'tive, No, no, no !'
How are w to decide this matter right
eoiislyjind iutidligenily? Yo:t will find th
sri-n Mi:m vicillatin-;. ociltutin in his opin
ion from d"jwtion to exuber.inee, an I if he
l e vfry mor.'urial in his temper nient it wili
di p"n I vi-ry n ue'i nnon Which wiv the
wind Mo.vs. If t'ie win 1 blo.v fro m the
r.oriliwii-r, rnd y.a a him, he willsiy,
!'." and if it IdoiV irom the northeast,
an l you ask him, lie wiil say "So." How
are w.', t'"-n, to i;ct the qu:,tion righteously
ansnvr-l? Suppose we eill all nations to-frelli'-r
in a gr-'.-it couvntiOT on e'istern op
we-ti r hcn.iiti'iero huI kt all thoe who
are in tliu afilr-nativo sav Ay., nn i all
thn:i wlio are in the n"atlv- say Xo."
While there would bn hun Ireds of thou-s-n
Is who would answer in the afflrnvitive,
thre wou'd be more millions who would
answer in the neittvo, nn 1 bec-iuse of the
greater number who Drive sorro v nnd mis
fornmo an t trou ile the "no -s ' would have
it. The answer I slriil giv will be di.Terent
from either, nnd yet it will commend Itself
to all who hear me tiiij day as tiieriht an
swer. If you ask me, "Is life worfi living?"
I answer, it all depea '.s upon tho kin ! of life
you live.
In the firstplaee, I r-mari that a life of
mi re money gelt in? is always a failure, be
c:ius ) yon will ceyer get as much as you
want. Tlio poorest people in this country
lire t he richest, nn I tne next to them those
wiio nr. half as rich. There is not a seis
fors grinder on the streets of New York or
l;roo:;:yu wjo is fco anxious to make money
as these men who have piled up fortunes
year after year in storehouses, m govern
ment seeur.ties, iu tenement kouses, In
whole city bio -ks.
You ou.irht to s-o lb?m Jump when they
bear tho flrebell rin. You eught to seo
them in their cieitemcnt when se ne bank
cxplo les. You ou iht to so3 their agitation
when thera is preposei a reformation in
the tariff. Ttwir nerves tromblo like harp
strings, Lnt no muMa in the vibration. Tney
read tho reports from Wall street in tho
inoraing with a concernment that threatens
r-aralys.s or apopl- xy, or, more probably,
tbey have a telegraph or a telephone in their
licnse, so thuy catea every breath of change
in the money market. Tie disease of accu
mulation h:is eaten into th im eaten into
their heart, into their lun?-. into thalr
spleen, into their liver, into their bones.
Chemists have sometimes analyzed the hu
man bo. ly. and they say It is so muei mag
nesia, o mueh lime, so ninca chlorate of po
tassium. If Fome Christian chemist would
analyze one of the3e financial behemoths, he
would find ho is made np of copper and gold
nnd silver and zinc and lea l :iud coal and
iron. That is not a life worth Irving. There
are too many earthquakes in it, too many
agonies in it, too .n:wy perditions in it. They
build their casihM. au 1 they open their pict
ure galleries, nnd t !i'y summon prima don
nas, nn i they o:Ter every inducement for
happiness to come au l live there, but huppi
nes will not come.
They sen 1 footmannel nnd postillloned
cquipa re to brin her ; she wi-l not ride to
their door. They sen I pr'neely escort ; she
will not take their arm. They make their
gateways triuaip! al aruhs. she will not
li b' mi I'T them. They sot a golden throne
Lefcro a go! Ien plate ; she turns away from
the I anquet. They call to her from up
holstered baleouy , sho will not listen. Mark
v i. this istho failure ofthoio who have had
Lir,e accumulation.
And then you niut tal.'c Into consideration
that the vast majority of those who makethe
dominant idea of iii'e mn-y getting fall far
short of nmut'llce. It is estimated that only
nbmit two out of a Inindrel business men
have anything; worthy the nam of success.
A n
i.-.u wuo spoil Is his ltf with oao domi- i
it ide.iot financial accumulation spends a I
nan
life not worth living.
fcotnei.iea or won- .y approval, it tnat
If that
bo dominant in a Term's life, be is miserable.
Th" two most un'orluuato men iu this coun
try fortius six months of next presi lential
campaign will bo the two men nonvn-ited
for the presidency. The rservoirs of abuse
end diatribe nn I "malediction will gradually
till up, gallon above gallon, hogshead above
hogshead, aa 1 a1 out aulumnth ;two reser
voirs trill l e brimming full, and a lie.se will
be attached to ear'i one, and it will play
away oa these nominees, nnd they will have
to stand it and take the abuse, nnd the false
hood, nnd tho caricature, and the anathema,
nnd tho caterwauling, nnd the fVth, and they
Will berolled iu it and rolled over and over
111 it U'ltil they are clioko.l and submerged
and strangulated, and at every sicn ot re
turning consciousness they will be barked
at by all the hounds of political parties from
Ocean to ocean.
And yet there arc a bnudrel men to-lay
struggling for that privilege, nud there are
thousands of men who are helping them in
the struggle. Now, that is not a life worth
living. Ycu can cot slandered and abused
oheaper than that ! Take it on a smaller
scale. .Do not be so ambitious to have n
whole reservoir rolled over on you. But
wh::tyou seo in the matter of high politi
cal preferment you see in every com
munity in tlie struggle for what is Called
social position.
Tens of thousands of people trying to get
Into that realm, and they arc nnder terrillc
tension. What is social position? It is a
tltftlcult thing to dellue, but we all know
what it is. Good morals an 1 intelligence arc
not necessary, but wealth or the show o'
wealth Is absolutely in dispensable. Tnere
are aica to-day as notorious lor their liber
tinism as tho night Is fa-noin for Us dar
ness who move in wYit Is caMe 1 high social
position. Thi-r ar. bun lr Is of ont nn 1 out
rakes in American so.det v whosi mm s are
mentioned nnBOng tb' distinguished gnesrs
at the great levees. They havj annexed nil
the known human vices nnd are- longing foi
other worlds of diabolism to contjner. Good
morals are not necessary ia many of the ex-fci---J
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i.i .i r.i!i.i m.'u ..'Su .i i t not know an
dveri 'rom an aiTictivt if thy met It a
mn lrd times a day and who could not
vrtte a letter o aecepitsnoeor reirret. without
the sld of a secretary. They boy their librarief
1 r thesnusre yard, only anxious to have th
l-in.lin j l!nsian. Their iirnoranc. la posi
tively sublime, makins English grammar ej-mo-I
disreputable, and yet the finest parlor
nvn before them. Good morals and in
te! licence are not necessary, but wealth or a
sho.T of wealth is positively indispensable,
rt does not make any difference how you
iro; your wealth if you only ret It. The beat
way for you to set into social position la for
you to buy a large amount oi credit, then
put your property in your wife's name, have
t few preferred creditors and then make an
tssismmenr. Then disappear from the com
rnnity tint it the breeze la over and then
tome back anl start In the same business.
Do you not see bow beautifully that will put
:ut all the people who are in competition
with you and trylnir to make an honest liv
ing? How quickly it will get you into high
9o:ial position ! W ihi t- i . ii. o ,'ortv or
ilty years of bar 1 : W:t-u yu tin
:wo or three brLr'it strokes mn'ce a irr:it
Fortune? Ah, my frieu Is. when you really
lose your money ho quick they will let yo:i
Irnp, and the hlgaer you get the harder you
will drop.
Taere are thousands to-day In that realm
who are anxious to keep In It. Thera are
;housands in that realm who are nervous lor
I V they will tall out of it, and there are
ijnires Koinir on every year and every
month and every hour which involve heart
breaks that are never reported. High social
ife is constantly In a flatter about the dell
sate question as to whom they shall let la
ind whom they shall push out. and the bat
tle Is going on pier mirror against pier mir
ror, chandelier against chandelier, wine cel
lar against wine.cellarj. war4robeaga!iist
wardrobe, equipage against equipage. TJn
sertainty and insecurity dominant In that
realm, wretchedness enthroned, torture at a
premium and a life not worth living.
A life of sin, a life of pride, a life of inditl
rence,alife of world!ness,a lifedevoted to the
world, the flesh an 1 the devil is a failure, a
lead failure, an Infinite failure. I care not
bow many presents yon sent to that cradle,
r how many garlands you send to that
erave, yon need to put rlgnt under the name
"a, IK Inmhrfma this inserintinn "ftatt.
for that man If bo bad never been born."
But I shall show you a life that Is worth
living. A young man says : "I am here. I
im not responsible for my ancestry. Others
Jecided that I am not responsible for my
temperament ; God gave me that. ' But here
C am, in the afternoon of the nineteenth een
fury, at twenty years of age. I am here, and
must take an account of stock. Here I
i have a body which Is a divinely constructed
1 sngine. I must put It to the very best nses
ind I must allow nothing to damage this
rarest of machinery. Two feet, and they
mean locomotion. Two eyes, an i they mean
japacity to pick out my own way. Two
sars, and they are telephones of communica
tion with all the outside world, and they
mean capacity to catch sweetest music and
the voiceeof friendship the very best music!
h. tongue, with almost Infinity of articula-t
lio n. Yes. hands with which to welcome or
resist dr lift or smite or wave or bl 83 hands
to help myself and help others.
"Here is a world which, after 6003 years
or battling with tempest and accident, is still
grander than any architect, human or an
gelie. could have drafted. I have two lamps
to liiiit me a golden lamp anl a silver
lamp a golden lamp set on the sapphire
mantel ot tne any, a silver lamp set on rue
jet mantel of the night. Yea, 1 have that at
twenty years of ng which defies all in
ventory of valuables a soul with capacity to
choose or reject, to rejoice or to suffer, to
love or to hale. Plato says it is Immortal.
Seneca says it is immortal. Confuoius says
it is immortal. An old book among the fam
ily relics, a book with leathern cover almost
worn out and pages almost obliterated by o't
perusal, joins the other books in saying I
am immortal. I have eighty years for a
lifetime, sixty years yet to live. I may not
live an hour, but then I must lay ont my
plans Intelligently and for a long Hie. Sixty
years auuoa to tne twenty i nava aireaoy
lived that will bring me to eighty. I must
remember that these eighty years are only a
brief preface to the five buudred thousan 1
millions of qulntillioas of years which will
be my chief resldenoe an 1 existence. Now I
un lerstand my opportunities nnd try re
sponsibilities. "If there is any being in the universe all
wise and all beneficent who can help man
in such a juncture, I want him. The old
book found among the family relics tells me
there is a o 1, and that for t'ie sake of His
Son. one Jesus, He will give help to a man.
To Him I appeal, (rod help me! Here I
have yet sixty yars to do lor myself and to
do for others. I must develop this body by
all industries, by all gymnastics, by all sun
Bhine, by all fres'a air, by all goo I habits.
And this soul I must have swept an I garn
ished aul illumined and glorifUd by all that
I can do for it and all that I can get Go 1 to
do for it. It shall be a Luxemburg of fine
pictures. It shall be an orchestra of grand
harmonies. It shall be a palace for God and
righteousness to reign in. I wonder how
many kind words I can utter in the next
sixty years. I will try. I wonder bow many
goo I deeils I can do in the next sixty years?
I will try. God help me I"
That young man enters life. He Is
buffeted ( he U tried ; be Is perplexed. A
grave opens on this side, and a grave opens
on that side. He falls, but he rises again.
He gets into a hard battle, but he gets the
victory. The main course of his life Is in
the right direction. He blesses everybody
he comes in contact with. Go t forgives bis
mistakes and makes everlasting record of
his holy endeavors, and at the close of it
God says to him, "Weil done, good and
faithful servant j enter inlo the joys of thy
I.or I." Vy brother, my sister, I do not care
whether that man dies at thirty, forty, fifty,
sixty, seventy or eighty years of age. You
can chisel right under his name on the
tombstone these words . "His life was
worth living."
Amid the bills of New Hampshire In olden
times there sits a mother. There are six
children in the household four boys and
two girls. Small farm. Very rough ; hard
work to coax a living ont of it. Mighty tug
to make the two ends of the year meet. The
loys go to school In winter and work the
farm In summer. Mother is the chief pre
siding spirit. With her hands she knits all
the stockings for th. little feet, and she is
the mantua maker for the boys, and she is
the milliner for the girls. There is only one
musical Instrument in tho house tho spin
ning wheel. The too I is very plain, but it
is always well provide!. The winters are
she nlihtlL 0n Snndar, when she appears
, ,h ..in., ...., .kM i
npr the m1nigtpr looks down and Is remin 1-
e.i of the Bible description of a good house-
wife
ller children arise up and call betj
Her husband also, and he praisetb)
blessed,
her."
S jme years go by, and the two eldest boysj
want a collegiate education, and the house
hold economics are severer, and the calcula
tions are closer, and until those two boys get
their education there is a hard battle for
bread. One of these boys enters the univer
sity, stands in a pulpit widely Influential
anil preaches righteousness, judgment an 1
temperance, and thousan Is during his mint
istry are blessed. The other lad who got the
collegiate education goes inlo the law, an 1
th nee into legislative halls, and after a
while he commands listening senates as be
makes a plea for the downtrodden and the
outcast. One of tho younger boys becomes
a merchant, starting at the foot of the la 1
tier, but climbing on up until bis success and
his philanthropies are recognized all over th
land. The other on stavs at home because
I prefTS farmlnff Mfe, and then he thinks
be will be able to take care of father and
mother when they get old.
Of the two daughters, when the war broke
out one went through the hospital of Pitts
burg Landing and Fortress Monroe, cheer
ing up the dying and homesick, nnd taking
the last message to kindred far away, so tbal
every time Christ thought of her He said, a
of old. "The same is My sister and mother.
The other daughter has a britrht home of her
own. and In the afternoon of the forenoon
when she has been devoted to her household
she goes forth to hunt np the sick an 1 to
encouraze the discouraged, leaving smiles
and benediction all along the w ir.
But one day there start five telegrams from
the village for these five absent ou", saying,
"Come mother Is dangerously ill." But be
fore they can be ready to start they receive
another telegram, saying, "Coma i mother Is
Sead. "ThTld nilghbSH gather In the old
farmhouse to flo thelast offices of respect.
But as that farming ion, and the clergyman,
hd the senator, andlhe. merchant, and the
two daughters stand by the casket of the
lead mother, taking the last look or lifting
helrlittle .children to aea onee more tin
1 fneXn? ,1 a AtT'irmnrlm T rflTir In nV 1
' Miat group around the casket one question.
"uo you reairy tntnr ner me was worm liv
ing?" A life for God. a life for others, a
life of unselfishness, a nseful life, a Chris
tian life, la always worth living.
I would not On 1 it hard to persuade yon
that the poor lad, Peter Cooper, making glue
lor a living and then amassing a great for
tune until he eould build a phllanthrophy
which baa had its echo in 10,000 philanthro
pies all over the country I would zot find
It bard to persuade you that his life was
worth living. Neither would I find it harl
to persuade yon that the life of Susannah
Wesley was worth living. She sent out one
ion to organize Methodism andtheother son
:o ring his anthems all through the ages. I
would not And It hard to persuade yon that
he life of Frances Leere was worth livin?.
s she established In England a school tot
:he scientific nursing of the sick, and then
whell the war broke out between France and
3ermanywent to the front, and with bet
)wn bands scraped the mud off the
xdles of the soldiers dying in the
trenches with her weak arm, standing one
light In the hospital, pushing hack a Ger
nan soldier to his couch as, all frenzied with
lis wonnds, be rushed toward the door and
Mid : "Let me go ! Let me go to my 'iiebe
nutter. Major-Generals standing back to
'et pass this angel of mercy.
Neither would I have hard work to per
raade you that Grace Darling lived a life
worth living the heroine of the lifeboat,
fou are not wondering that the Duchess of
Northumberland came to see her, and that
people of all lands asked for her lighthouse,
ind that the proprietor of the Adelphl The
itre, in London, offered her $100 a night
fust to sit la the lifeboat while some ship
wrecked scene was being enacted.
But I know the thought in the minds of
lundreds who read this. You say, '-While
i know all these lived lives worth living, I
lou't think my life amounts to much." Ah,
ay friends, whether you live a iife con
ipicious or inconspicuous, it is worth livin a
d you live aright. And I want my next sen
tence to go down into the depths ot nil
four souls. You are to be rewarded, not
lecofdlng to the greatness of your work,
rat according to the holy industries
with which you employed the talents you
really possessed. The majority ot the
irowns of heaven will not be given to people
with ten talents, for most of them wer.
tempted only to serve themselves. The vast
tnajority of the crowns of heaven will be
riven to people wno nart one talent, Dut gave
X all to God. And remember that our life
aere is Introductory to another. It is the
restibule to a palace, but who despises the
ioor of the Madeleine because there are
grander glories within? Your life if rightly
lived is the first bar ot an eternal oratorio,
ind who despises the first note ot Haydn's
yinphonies? And the life you live now is
til the more worth living because it op'ns
Into a life that shall neveren I, anl the last
letter of the word "lime" is tae first letter
f the word "eternity ! '
Against His Principe..!.
There a:e some towns whose at
tractiveness is so dilllcu.t to see with
an uninitiated eye that they are gen
erally described by stray visitors as
'fcood places to get away from." it
was in a town of this sort, in the far
West, that a forlorn looking: man en
tered the dreary dinlng-toum of tho
untidy hotel one afternoon, and
seated hlruicl at one of the tables.
"What w.U you have s.r?" in
quired the waiter, after some mo
rn nts bad passed.
"What have you got that's tit to
eat?" asked tho stranger, dismally.
'I can give you a (list-rate read
bird on " began the waiter.
"Stop!" commanded the stranger,
with the first sign of animation ho
had displayed. "Has a reed bird got
wings?"
'Yes, sir," responded the aston
ished servant.
"And can it fly'r" persisted the dis
mal man.
"Why, of course," said the waiter,
who began to think his ustomer was
a lunntic.
'1'lirn I don't want any of it!" ex
claimed the man. "Anything that
had wings and could fly away from
this place and didn't uo, 1 thank
you, none of that for me."
Knocked Ovnr by a Panther
Panthers not inficqucntly attack
men. A curious case occurred not
long ago to an acquaintance of our.-s
6 forest ollicer. lie was walking
with a friend along a forest road iu
the middle of the day, with an um
brella over his head to keep the sun
off, when at a turn in the road they
came upon a panther.
The ollicer was unarmed, and re
membering; the time honored story,
he undertook to scare the panther
away by pointing the umbrella at
him and opening and shutting it
Instead of running away, however,
the panther charged the oniccr,
knocking him down and stood over
him.
The second man, iu the meantime,
had taken to his heels, and the
oncer's case looked desperate; but
for some icason the panther did not
improve his opportunity. "While the
prostrate officer was wondering where
the beast would set his teeth first,
he turned away, leaving the man
considerably upset in more ways
than one, but entirely uninjured.
Names Geographical.
Siberia signifies "thirsty." Sicily
is "the country of grapes." Cale
donia means "a high hill." Asia
signifies "in the middle," from the
fact that ancient geographers thought
it between Europe and Africa. Italy
signifies "a country of pitch." from
its leading great quantities of black
pitch, illbernia Is "utmost," or "la.-t
habitation," for boyond this to tho
westward the Phoenicians never ex
tended their voyages. lirlialn is
"the country of tin," great quan
tities ceing found in it. The Creeks
called it Albion, which signifies litlier
"white" or ' high," from the white
ness of its cliffs or the high rocks on
the western coast,
Old Hlokory's Manners.
Da yy Crockett used to say that
Gen. Jackson was tho politest man
he ever met. It was while Jackson
was President that Crockett paid his
respects at the White IIouso "Tho
President was glad to see me, and wo
talked a long time," said Crockett.
'and finally the general asked me if
I wouldn't like to have a drink, say
ing bo bad S fine brand that was the
rale old stuff, and of course 1 could
not refuse the President. o he went
and brought it out, and he didn't tell
me to pour out one. He didn't bring
out any glasses at all, but in genuine,
good, old true Mexican style he
handed me the demijohn and then
turned his back, and I swung it upon
my arm and began to pull at it Such
liquor I had never tasted, and I
couldn't let go for a long time, but
the President never turned round un
til I said 'Bob,' and I tell you that is
what call real, true, genuine po
liteness, and that Is why I say that
old Geq. Jackson was the politest
man I ever 6aw. Cincinnati Times
6 tar.
Strength ia the reward of virtue.
Morality makes a great people.
iHT OF BALL-TOSSING
fHE STAR NEW YORK PITCHER
TELLS ABOUT IT.
8. Writes of His "Inlhoot," "Oats" and
Drops" Aa Aeeormt. Ey. Ia Most Im
portant Studying; tho Batsman's Teak
I'olnU.
Ambition ot Boys. j
It Is safe to say that one of the ;
mbltlona of the average American '
routh Is to become a scientific pitch- ;
tr, writes Lester P. German, the star .
New York ball toss-!
cr. Mind you, I do '
not Imply that they j
,.n an want to snine aa
: iiv.WV uroies'sionai u:wiu-
crs and
to adopt
base-ball
as a pro
and as a
earning a
esson
means of
livelihood, but they
OEl.i tn l.e nltctiora
Why? you ask; and I answer, "I
don't know." It must be in the air.
It will re well. I think, to f-tate
;he requisites of a pitcher in their
order and then to illustrate these
requisites by a cursory look at tho
development of the game. Tho
pitcher must be a strong m n physi
cally that is. he must tike care of
his health. It Is r.o exaggeration to
say that the Lsi pitchers go into
training on th scale that Suliivan,
Corbctt and Mitchell d!d for their
Kiuts.
The next thing Is a good eye. The
accurate measurement of distance ia
half the battle. Thirdly, the pitcher
must stand the right distance from
the home plate. Good delivery is not
possible when the plate Is too far.
The Star Position.
I started in to say that it is the
ambition of every boy to be a pitch
er; that is, cVerjr boy who is physic
ally aoie to p ay
the game. Every
boy wants to play
base-ball, and most
of them do so a;
some time in their
lives. Sow, tho
pitcher is the 6tar
position on a team,
and naturally most
people "want to
occupy the center cibvb.
of the 6ta?e," eo to speak. Much
depends upon a pitcher, and a team
otherwise strong, with a weak pitch
er, cannot expect to win many games,
and a championship never.
A pit'-hcr should acquire a springy
stop. This is an easy matter if u
man practices a little. Learn to
move ail tho toes freely. Thus swift
delivery is neutralized. There arc,
of course, many things that can only
be learned from experience, such as
the proper way to act in understand
ing signals. Tho evolution of the
pitcher furnishes an Interesting ;
study not only to the athlete, but '
to the scientist. In tho days of tho
old Knickerbockers,
when enough runs
were made to make ,
a baseball score look ,
like a cricket match,
tho pitcher was not
such an important
Individual as be Is
to-day. In those
Qdays an underhand
sort of delivery wa3
used, and even long
after that it was not
an unusual thing for
a team to score 100
runs In a game.
Afterward tho
pitcher was allowed
more license, tho
TOE OUT SHOP.
overhand delivery came in, and this '
made even more effective the curve, '
which learned men of science had
said was an impossibility. Even after;
a public exhibition was held and a
pitcher sent the curves between two
posts, the scientists argued that it
was an optical illusion, sticking to
their original idea that it was physi
cally Impossible for a man to cause a
globe to curve In the air. But it was
done then, and it is now accomplished
by thousands of pitchers.
Pitching come3 natural to some '
players, Just as catching does t"
others, outneld work to others, am
infieid work to the
remainder. To be
come a successful
pitcher a man or boy
must have something
besides brute force.
The day when speed
alone would make a
reputation fora pitch
er is past. To be a
strategic pitcher to
day a twlrler must inn oct crave.
have speed, a perfect command of .
the ball, and puzzling curves. An-'
other th ng which I find of material
advantage to mo is in studying the
weak points in the batsmen who face
me. Some batsmen can hit one scrt
of a ball and they can't hit another, ;
and it is to a pitcher's Interest to '
find out all these little things and '
utilize, them accordingly.
There is another point in pitching
which beginners should study and
that is the position of the feet and
hands. A pitcher whose feet get in
li s way can never expect to become
famous as a green diamond twlrler.
Then a pitcher who allows the bats
man to seo the ball all the time is at
a disadvantage. Of course, the rules
will not permit one to hold the ball
behind the back before delivering it.
,ush
.XSTBB P.
I
as was the case years ago, but if on . tnat vour raC0 wiU be a foot race ..
is blessed with large hands, arge Tne slim man wa9 tne Ki
palms being plentiful in baseball, ivSweden
is an easy matter to conceal the balll '
or practically so. Klne rocket cake.
Konine the Arm. When the royal family moved to
2iow as to training a particularly San Sebastian recently from the
Important duty for a pitcher. A ! Spanish capital, a luncheon, as usual,
pitcher's arm that is, his pitching was given by the city in honor of the
arm is his stock in trade. He must guests. As the repast was served at
watch that arm as carefully as a '
aiother does her babe. Most pitchers
:over me arm with a sweater or coa
n hen they are not pitching, while
ithers wear flannel bandages upon
heir arms and shoulders. '
Concerning training, moreover, I
jan say nothing that anyone (doei
3'it know who has made a study oi
physical culture. All that is essential
is to observe the rules of health am
to expand the chest and lungs. A
player in active training will find
hanl-ball an excellent exercise, as It
levelops all.the muscle.. BowliagJi
jt
knocking down tne tenpins keeps my
arm good and strong all the time. A
pitcher should be careful about using
his full strength In the early spring
games. Tho bones and muscles act
contrary, particularly on a very cold
day.
' It has been said that a pitchet
when he goes into a gamo Ehould be
prepared to think that it is his last.
I do not bull eve. this, for a pitcher
who nurses his strength ought to last
for many years. The long and honor
able career of Timothy lseefe, John
Clarkson, and James Galrin illustrate
this point.
A RELIC OF PIZARHO.
Thin CUrouometer May Have OuMtd the
I spanuii uuocaneers.
j Tho An.ica, a journal published a.
i Guayaquil, UiU of the discovery in
that old bpanish settlement of a
. curious antlquo chronometer. A
i natlvo gontletuan of considerable eru
; ditlon, who is at tho sumo time an
: antiquary, unearthed this curios'.t?
In tho cabin of one of tho pesca dvrcs
or Il.Vacrmcn. Tht so latter, who live
in small huts near tho seashore, are
a rollo of another ago, many of them
claiming direct descent from the war
rior con'iuis tadorta or conquerors oi
PIzarro's band.
It ia a historical fact that after t
long career of plllago and rapine,
many of the old bpanlards i-cttled on
this wild coast and took wives from
among tho aboriginal Indians. Xow
and then somo remnant of those days
of buccaneers and plumed knlgbla
comes to light
From t'.o dosctlption given by tin
learned antiquary, Son Cardenas y
balazar, this chronometer must be
tho identical one which guided Plzaro
nnd his band of explorers through the
intricate mazes of tho forest prim
val. Tho art of computing latitude
and longitude, ho ob&crvcs, is known
to have bcon sufficiently advanced at
this period to havo been used by the
Spanish buccaneers. Tho following
is a literal translation of Don Car
donas's description of tho timepiece:
"Tho mechanism," ho says, "Is cn
casod In a square box of wood, black
ened by ttmo. This wood, on close,
inspection, discloses no rcsemblanco
to tho woods common In these lati
tudes. Aftor mature deliberation
and profound study I conclude that it
1m of the same material as tho piece
cf the rioly Cross, kept in tho Church
pf Esplrltu Banto, in this city."
(Hero follows a discussion of the au
thenticity of thla relic.) '-One side
and a corner cf tho box are finely
polished and worn by tho polishing of
many years. ICalled against tho cabin
wall, its obvious uso to the Usher folk
can be Imagined when it is remem
bered howtheso old ruins aro infested
with vermin, and how much cutane
ous discuses prevull among their In
habitants. "Sunken Intj tho sido of tht
wooden covering," tho erudite anti
quary continue", "Is a quaintly em
bossed bras3 plute bearing iu antique
characters this Inscription:
T.l nave qua en mar
Kn buen poerioeUuar
(Iviao la aiualla polar.
"Below is tho date, 1409," von
Cardenas continues, "in quaint char
acters surrounded by a wreath of boat
hooks and grappling irons culminat
ing In a death's head. 1
"The movement Is evidently of tht
old cantilever type but is so r jsted
with ago as hardly to admit of de
scription or Intelligent examination.
Overtures havo been made towards
obtaining this Interesting curio for
the World's Columbian Exposition in
Chicago.
Tlio tail of Hi Itaee.
A gf.od story U told of a purse-prouti
old noiilciuan who was travelling
through tho rural districts of Sweden.
Ia that country tho people do not
have quite as much respect for tho
titled aristocracy as In seme other lo
calities on tho continent. One day
this nobleman camo rolling up to a
countrv tavern, and as ho stopped his
carrlago ho called out in an Imperious
tone,
"Horsos, landlord horsc3 at once!"
"I am very much pained to Inform
you that you will have to wait over
an hour before fresh horses can bo
brought np," replied tho landlord.
"How?" violently exclaimed tho
nobleman. "This to mo! My man,
I demand my horses at once!"
Then observing the fresh sleek
looking horses which were being led
up to another carrlago, he said,
"For whom aro those horses?"
"They were ordered for this gentle
man," answered tho landlord, point
ing to a tall, slim individual a few
paces distant.
"1 say, my man!" called out thf
nobleman to the slim gentleman,
"will you let me havo those horses if
I pay you a liberal bonus?"
"2fo." answered the slim gentle
man, "I Intend to use them myself."
"This to mo!" exclaimed the noble
man. "That's what I said," replied the,
slim man.
"Perhaps you are not aware who i
am," roared the now thoroughly agi
tated and irate nobleman. "I am.
. sir, Field-Marshal Baron George
i Sparre, the last and only one of my
race. "
"lam very glad to hear that," saic.
the slim man, stepping into bis car
riage, "It would be a terrible thing to
think that there might be more of
ln ! 1 (inmlniv T nm innMnoA n tKlnb
o'clock King Alfonso was not hun-
cry. In order to show his apprecia
tion of the action of his subject-.,
however, and to provide against con
tingencies, he took two of the best
pieces of cake from a plate, and re
marking to a neighbor, "They are for
after a while," placed them In his
pocket This childish action greatly
pleased the people of San Sebastian.
Professor Monlton, French sci
entist, says that man is the only crea
ture endowed with the power to scratch
his own bade
MOONR1SE.
I see a stretch of sbinina sky
like some fair oeau onset-Iit-raacernl
and wide its apaeee lie.
And pnrple hores encompass it.
A little slander silver boat
Upon its bosom is sSoat.
This craft unstayed by winds or tides.
Blips ont across ine twilight bar ;
Through rosy ripples soft she glides.
Led bv a single pilot star ;
With shadowy sails and fairy crew.
She drifts along the summer blue.
Ehe's filled from stem to stern with flowers.
And Love, and Hope, and Happiness.
WiU anght of what she brings be oursf
Ah me 1 if we could only guess 1
6he rides elusive and remote.
This little slender silver boat.
The Spectator.
AN AB0RIGINF.
"Sally, you are a saint to help u.j
out in this way. If I had not known
your angelic disposition do you think
I 6bould have dared to send for you
at the eleventh hour? Of course, it is
that wretched Mrs. Parker who has
given out,"
"Of course. I knew It when your
note came. Who has been suddenly
carried off this time? Not the grand
mother, 1 hope, for that poor woman I
has died on at least six different oc
casions this winter to my certain
knowledge. Oh, Kate-, what a blessed,
thing it is to have relations livingout
"West! Well, here I am clothed and
in my right mind, but I never dressed
in such a hurry before. It was good
practice in case of Are. Do you see
any errors or omissions about my gay
and festive attire?"
'No, it is charming perfect, as
usual. I believe it you wore your
gowns hind 6ide before you would
look better dressed than any woman
in town, you witch! Now prepare'
for a treat. You are to be taken in
to dinner by a very distinguished
person, Algernon Godwin, son of his
father, who is a real live lord. lie
brought a letter to me. He has only
been here two days, and this is his
first taste of American society, so you
will represent for him the typical j
American girl on her native soil." i
"My dear, you are too good." ,
Sally's blue eyes sparkled with fun.'
"Depend upon me. I will do Justice
to the role. Has the conquering hero, .
come? In a hasty survey of the room, i
as I came in, I didn't notice anything
startling! new."
"Here he is this moment. Sec. his
godlike form advances. Oh, Sally, ho ,
is an Apollo. Look out for yourself, j
Good f evening, Mr. Godwin. I was .
very sorry to miss your call yester- j
day. I shall not begin our acquaint-
ante by asking what your impressions
are of America, but by presenting
you to Miss Emmet, who has under-,
taken to pilot you through an Amen-
can dinner. She will rnmind vnn of
Mrs. Micawber, I dare say, for, though
her form is fragile, her grasp of a
subject is inferior to none."
"Does that refer to a British sub-
ject. Miss Emmet?" said the honor-
able Algernon, glancing down from
the altitude of a grenadier guard
upon the self-possessed young woman
beside him. and conscious of an cn-
tirely new sensation. Instead of 1 -
ing crushed at a blow into blush;. ...j
confusion, she was smiling back at
him Impersonally, apparently not a
whit overcome by either his cedicrce
o his good looks.
1 cannot answer for that." re -
turned she. "My experience with ; mercury boils over at the top of tho
British subjects is very limited. I thermometer, as it often does in
have only met one Englishman and this climate, I can take it oil alto
he was a peddler. He used to come getherand be delightfully cool and
to our house when I was a child; and airy. I always say that I have as
when I saw his red wagon crawling nearly as possible realized Sydney
up the hill I always flew down to the Smith's idea of taking off one's skin
kitchen as fast as I could go, Just to an"" sitting in one's bones. Besides,'
hear him drop his h's. He seemed it is considered quite a mark of aris
to me the embodiment of English tocracy here like a strawberry mark
literature. I hope you drop your h's on the right arm with vou."
Mr. Godwin."
"Can't say I do as a rule. You
see, I'd no idea that sort of thing
would bo popular over here, or I'd
havo taken some lessons. It's con- i
sidored most awfully bad form at
home, don't you know?"
"O, is It really? We haye always
heard that the royal family never uso
an II when they could help it, hut
these stories will get abouu. Mrs.
Wendell's butler puts on with an art
less grace that has made her the envy
oi every woman in town. Did ycu
notice him as you came in, by the
way? Isn't he a dream? So English!"
Mr. Godwin laughed and offered his
arm to his pretty partner, for the
dream had at that moment an-
Bounced in delicicusly cockney ac
cent that dinner was served.
"Do you know this is all so differ
ent from what I expected?" said he
involuntarily. "Where is your local
color? I might easily believe myelf
back in London except for a few
trilling customs of your people."
"Local color? Ah, vou mean tho j
come too civilized in the last few !
juuiaiis, x Buuyuse. uostoii lias ue-
years to offer you much in that way.
Did you expect that bravc3 in war
paint and feathers would come out in
canoes to take rou off the ship in tho
harbor?"
"Something like it, I confess. But
I have not seen an Indian since-I ar
rived. Where do the noble red men
keep themselves?"
"O, when the electric cars were in
troduced they fled to the suburbs.
Now, in Ponkapog. where I live
have you ever heard of Ponkapog?"
"Never. Is it near Tchickago?"
nis pronounciation of that celebrated
city was so new and original that
Miss Emmet glanced up from her little-neck
clams admiringly, feeling
obliged to own that a handsome
guardsman in a Poole dress coat is a
pleasing object to contemplate.
1 should like to see Ponkapog un
commonly. I dare say it is not at all
like one of our English villages."
"Oh, not at all. At least, it is not
like one of Anthony Trollope's. The
wigwams would be sure to amuse
yoa "
"Arc there really wigwams?''
"Why, certainly! I live in one my
self. Should you think I had Indian
blood in my veins?"
Her voice was low, as she made het
confession with a sigh. "Shall you
despise me if I tell you I am a down
cast Yankee?"
The son of his father felt a sudden
chill at being brought into contact
with anything so aboriginal. Yet she
wa as fair and sweet to see as a hot
house flower, with a skin as white as
his own.
"1 don't remember that Cooper
speaks of that tribe at all." he said
presently alter an embarassed pause.
,"Biit I bad no idea that the Indian
races had become so highly civilized.
Would you think me very rude if I
ask whether or no they are all liko
you?"
"Weill Tou see, I have had ex
ceptional advantages. My father is
a medicine man, who made a corner
in pork, and ho sent me away to be
educated. So I learned tho paleface
ways, but at heart I am a Yankee
6tlll. Oh, I have seen many a stir
ring time in Ponkapog, I assure you."
The honorable Algeron was lost in
wonder. Nothing but admiration
was possible in connection with that
charming creature, full of refinement
and intelligence. Her voice alono
was a patent of good birth, gentle i
and carefully modulated. He had to j
admit that the honorable Misses
Godwin, his sisters, decended from
Edward the Confessor and, kept u;i-
spotted the plebeian world, would
have cut a pretty poor figure if set
down beside the little squaw, who, I
according to her own account, bad no
better antecedent than a copper-colored
savage daubed with gaudy clay.
"But I have understood," he said
presently, determined to get as much
information as possible in this inter
esting case, which was cer
tainly qui co as characteristic of
American quccrness as anything he
could hopo for, "l have understood
that the Indians wcie comparatively
quiet now and that tber are so few in
comparison with the whites that
they realize the folly of opposition."
"True. You never hear of great
general uprisings now. such as there
were In the time of King Philip of
the Nairagansetts peace bo to his
memory! But tho Indians fight
auionu themselves, and the warhooD
is still heard in the land. I have
seen too dreadful work done with
tomahawk and scalping knife even :
to mention them without a shudder,"
murmured Miss Sally, picking the !
truilles daintly out of her pate de
foie gras.
"What, do you know any ono who
has been scalped?" Algy grew ex
cited. Perhaps there was rarer
sport ic store than the buffalo hunt
ing he had promised himself, espec
ially after the depressing information
of the cowboy he had met on the ship,
to the effect that there was only one
herd of buflalocs left in the West, and
only one buffalo in that herd.
"Merc-, yes, indeed! Scores of
people. Look at Mr. Wendell, across
the table. Can't you see that he has
on what they call a scratch? He is
very sensitive aixiut it, but when he
knows you better be may tell you an
interesting tale. (Poor Mr. Wendell
j naa a vcrV bald head and a very
young and pretty wife, hence the
! scratch). "And I myself I was
scalped when a child, so that I am
torcci to wear a wig."
Never was there such a successful
wig before. Its bright chestnut curls
and ripples would have deceived a
hairdresser.
"By Jove-" cried Mr- Godwin, "it's
, an uncommonly good imitation of the
; rcal thing."
j "Yes." agreed Sally. "Paris, you
know, the Hue de la Paix. I really
don't mind at all, because I have
them- to match all my gowns, which
i gives me a great advantage over the
, other girls, and in summer, when tho
"It must have been very painful,"i
mused Mr. Godwin, "the scalping, I
mean. I should like to hear how it
happened, if you don't mind."
1 "I hardly know. I was not more
than 3 years old at the time, a little
papoose by my mother's side. We
! were picking up fagots in a wood;
when a band ot Wampanoags fell upon
us from an ambush and walked off
: with our scalps at their belts, shout-,
ing the battlecry of freedom. I have-,
only a confused recollection of tho
tray, but my mother often speaks of
Jt. as the most unpleasant surprise of
hcr life. But there! let us change
the subject. I do not care to talk I
about those harrowintr experiences. '
You must come out to Punkapog and
see for yourself what aboriginal
existence is like. My father will
lend you a mustang and we can ride
over to Chicago some afternoon to
give you an idea of the prairies.'
Now tell me something about En
gland. You are very intimately con
nected with Queen Victoria, I hear.
W hat size shoes does sho wear?"
"Number lis," said Algy, with an-
other of his jolly lauehs, which to
hear was to adore. "We are de-
' 6ccnded from Edward tho Confessor."
I Miss Emmet gasped.
I "In my history," said she, "Ed
ward the Confessor was a sort of monk
and never married "
"Can it be possible? There, you
see, is an instance of the way in which
stories get perverted across the At
lantic. In England it is a matter of
history that he had four wives a
good deal of a mormon, in fact By
the way, I should like to see a mor
mon." "Next but one to you at this very
table sits one in the flesh, Mr. Phil
lips. He has only two of his flock
here to-night."
Mr. Phillips moved uneasily in his
chair at the prolonged and deliberate
survey which the honorable Algernon
proceeded to take. He was Boston's
most unmitigated bachelor.
"Poor old chap! I'm sorryfor him.
Half a dosen sets of milliners' bills
have apparently seamed his noble
brow with care. I know what it is
to have a crowd o women in the
house."
"Have you 6ix sisters? I believe
svery Englishman has."
"No."
"What a glorious exception to tho
jeneral rule!"
"Glorious indeed, for I have nine."
'How dreadful! Are you appreciat
ing this dish? It is our famous ter
rapin, imported from Baltimore for
your benefit"
"Ah, yes! The terrapin is the bird
f freedom. I remember that well.
I like it Its praises have not been
too loudly sung."
At this pointprettr little' MraXart-
rrignt, wno occupieu tne seat next
to Mr. Godwin on the other side,
:ould no longer restrain her impati
sacc to get in a word with tho h ind
jome stranger. She plunged mad y
into the conversation, and, skillfully
leading tho way, returned to 1'ic
:adilly and Tall Mall, with which she
Jhowed hcrsclt to 13 perfectly fa
miliar. Miss Emmet's neighbor gave
her hand a sly squcc.e under the
table. He was Mrs. Wendell's brother
ind well known to be fast in the be
witching Sally's toils. You would
not have called this misfortune if vou
bad cauzht the momentary tender-
! "ess of the sidelong look she cast np in
him.
"Have you been listcnining, Dick?"
the murmured derunri'ly.
"Yes, but I will never betr.iy vou
I should 1:ko to read his ilrst lcttet
ho tne."
tsilly shook her curls. "lie h.is
gleams of intelligence," she said, with
a long-drawn sigh.
"You won't forget to coi:i' t(.
Ponkapog," said she. "Mrs. Wen
dell has promised to brinr you, an I I
will see if we can n it get up a war
5ancc for your i en 'tit. Go.m1 night.
Give my love to (jueen Victoria w, ea
Vou write."
And oil she went. Half an h'-'.:i
lati Hon. Mr. Godwin a:i 1 ths
young man called Dick went o,it into
the bright avenuj together.
"Isay," broke out the former invol
untarily, as they neared th : public
garden, "do you kow that Miss Em
met at all?"
"Oh. yes. Very well.''
"Is shea down-east Yankee'.'''
"She is, indeed, if there ever won.
one, but an uncommonly ni egirl I'm
all that Here I miiit leave you.
Don't forget you are to lunch with
me at the club to-morrow at 2. Good
night"
"Good-night." Algy reached hi.
hotel in a brown study, which nr
amount of brandv and soda would
dispel, and while the midnight 1 ell
were ringing he got into bed, still
shaking his head dubiously. "Most
extraordinary!" said he. Huston lb'r
aid.
Height or waves.
That ocean waves run mo'intain
high no one ever believed unless ho
was very credulous indeed. The
Dhrase is a highly exaggerated lltirt
of speech. But the observations ol
keepers of lighthouses in every ex
posed situations have proved that
waves run hitrh enough, in great
storms, to make very respectable
hills. Some time ago the steamer
that carried supplies to tho light
house on Tillamook Hock, on the
coast of Oregon, was able to make a
landing aifcl establish communication
with the light-keepers for the first
time in six weeks. It brought away
the cnief light-keeper win had a
thrilling story to tell.
The waves of the Pacific tore ava
the wharves and other construciious
on the rock, even carrying o:f timbers
riveted to the reck. As yet, how
ever, the lantern remained untouched.
But the storm increased; the waves
rose higher, and presently dashed
against the lantern, 100 feet above
the level of the sex Finally the
water dashed clear over the top of
the beacon, coming in at the venti-
lators in the roof.
i inc Keepers were compelled to wort
desperately all night lonir to keep the
tamp lighted. They were contin
ually in fear that the panes of glass
looking seaward would be broken in
by the force of the waves, and that
they should themselves be wasiied
out Into the sea to certain death.
But the iron lattice work outside tin
windows saved the glass.
The light-keepers, who were ole
sailors, affirmed that no experience
on shipboard could be so horrible as
this long struggle with the storm at
the summit of the lighthouse. They
would have been giad to take rci'iue
ven in a frail ship.
The Tillamook light has on prey
ious occasions been washed com
pletely over by the waves. The sam
thing has happened to the F.dilvstono
Light off the coast of England, iirel
to the light at Fleaux-dc-lsrcehut, oil
the the coast of France, both
which are upwards of 150 feet iu
height
It seems very well established
therefore, that the waves may mount
to a height of 150 feet above the
jeneral level, where thcro are rock
sr other obstructions to break. Un
the ocean they would hardly rise so
high above general level; but as each
wave is accompanied by a depression
jf corresponding debth, tho vessel
which is carried from the wave tiiav
truly be said to climb a great lull oi
sraves.
Vaht Coal Supply in iuiim.
For agriculturists the Ja,a:;j
island of Yczo, though nearly I lie size
of Ireland, does not appear to otfet
i much attraction, but its coal mines
! seem likely to prove of more and mom
' Importance. Fifteen years ago it wa?
estimated by the American engine . 'is
who made tho first surveys for tht
Government that the workable cai
beds of Yeio contained 1V,0!0,iioi.-
' 000 tons, or about two-thirds as mur-li
as the coal beds of Great lirit iin.
' Thisstarling estimate has just been
more than confirmed by official gove: n-
j ment surveys, Of the Yczo coal nine
tenths is found in one district, thatol
the valley of the Ishikari Kiver, neat
the west coast The first coal mined
In the island, at Iwanai, in the 1'rov
Inceof Shiribcshl, belongs to the sm lib
est of the six coal fields, containing
barely 2.000,000 tons. As regards
quality, although it is uneven and
none of it stands In the front rank
even of Japanese coal, it Is still de
clared by our Consul to be " all mark-
etabla" London News.
Women In Italy.
Unlike most European countiie-.,
Italy has in its population a slightly
larger number of men than women;
but notwithstanding that a very
large proportion of women of the
working classes Is found In outdoor
employments, and travelers say that
woman takes upon her far more than
her fair share of tho country's labor.
Of the 11,000,000 women in Italy
nearly 2,000,000 are employed in in
dustrial labor and over 3,000,000 in
agriculture. They arc in the majori
ty in the cotton, linen and jute in
dustries, and in the silk trade there
are 117,000 women employed and but
17.700 mcjL