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A PORTRAIT BY JO HN TRUMBULL, 1790.
lis a member of Washington's staff during the war. Trumbull had an op
portunity to see the General during some of the most trying and
Important Incidents of his career. His paintings uniformly show
Washington In action, and are full of fire. Many rontempor
rles gave Trumbull first place for likeness.
with my eear general, I rejoice
the blessings of a peace whan our
noble ends have been secured. Re
member our Valley Forge times; and,
from a recollection of past dangers
and labors, we shall be stM more
ii1pm5-iI at our present romfoitatiio
situation. I cannot but envy the hap
piness of my grandchlMron, wficn
i ...mi t. Aknni tulnhrnMn,? and
I lid: V Will UQ 9kUJW m
worshiping your name. To have
oue of their ancestors nmong your
ailHIpra tn know he had the goon
fortune to be the friend of your heart,
will be the eternal honor In wtnrn
they Bhall glory."
The poet Shelley, aboard an Amer-
ahin Hrinklnir to the health of
Washington and the prosperity or the
Ameriean commonwealth, ramarked:
"As a warrior and statesman lie was
righteous la all be lld, -.mllke all
who lived before or since; he never
used his power, but for the benefit
of bis follow creatures."
The origin of Washington's birth
day as a holiday Is stated as follows:
On February 22. 1783, a number of
gentlemen met In a New York tavern
to celebrate the great general's birth
day. They then agreed to assemble
In future on that day, celebrating it
with odes and toasts. Washington's
ascendancy shortly after to the Presi
dency gave a new zest to the "an
nual," o that In time It became
general, and finally grew Into a "le
gal holiday," the people demanding it
for a custom.
The Woman Without a Home
Problem of Destitution That Faces the Independent
Worker What is the Solution ?
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WASHINGTON RELICS
YORK CITY.
IN NEW
l$q0er)tTrib0te5 to
Father of hp QoOotry-.
ORN upon our soli ofja-
rents also born upon It
never for a moment hav
ing had sight of the old
world Instructed ac
cording to the modes
of his time, only In the
pare, plain, but wholesome elemen
tary knowledge which our institutions
provide for the childen of the peo
gde growing up beneath and pen
etrated by the genuine influences of
American eoclety living from Infancy
to manhood and age amidst our ex
panding, but not luxurious civiliza
tion partaking In our great destiny
of labor, our long contest with unre
claimed nature and uncivilized man
our agony of glory, the War of Inde
pendence our great victory of peace,
the formation of the union, and the
establishment of the constitution be
U all, all our own. Washington Is
OUTS."
opposite Fredericksburg. The father
was one of the prosperous planters
of Virginia, able to give his chll
dren what education the times could
afford. The first teacher of George is
reputed to have been a convict, whom
his father bought for the purpose.
All of Washington's schooling ended
before he was sixteen. His long and
brilliant career as a soldier and
statesman has given to history some
of Its most Interesting pages.
""t was strange," wrote Thackeray,
"that in a Bnvaige forest of Pennsy!
vanla a young Virginia officer shoul
fire a shot and waken up a war thai
was to last for sixty years, Which
was to cover his own country and
pass Into Europe, to cost France her
American colonies, to sever ours from
us and create the great Western re
public; to rage over the Old World
when extinguished In the New; and,
of all the myriads engaged In the
WASHINGTON'S WRITING TABLE.
Now In City Hall. It was the most
Important piece of furniture In the
President's office at Federal
Hall, in Wall Street.
WASHINGTON'S DESK AND DESK
SEAT. .
Now In City Hall. At this desk the
Father of His Country is said to
have penned his first message
to Congress.
The first public celebration of
Washington's birthday occurred on
Washington's Headquarters at Valley
Forge.
Washington and Baron Steuben Walk
ing Through the Camps at Val
ley Forge.
General Huntington's Headquarters.
VJe'come.to.fhe QOy return,
Deorer still aj adc flou,j
lOhile the torch of Faith 15 bum:
Lon aj Freedom' attorj jjlou!
ism-
The foregoing was written by Dan
iel WebBter In regard to the Father of
His County. "He was the first man of
the time In which he grew," wrote
Rufus Chbate. "His memory la first
and most sacred In our love; and
ever, hereafter, till the last drop of
blood shall freeze In the last Ameri
can heart, his name shall be a spell
of power and might. There la one per
sonal, one vast, felicity which no man
can share with him. It was the dally
beauty and towering and matchless
glory ol his life which enabled him to
create hlB country, and at the same
time secure an undying love and re
gard from the whole American Peo
ple. Undoubtedly there were brave
and wlbe and good men before his
day In every colony. But the Amer
ican nation as a nation, I do not reck
on to have begun before 1774, and
hi. w love of that young America
was Washington. The first word ahe
iiri win his name. Her earliest
hr.i,th Doke it. It Is still her proud
ejaculation. It will bo the last gasp
of her expiring life. About and around
Kim o call un no dissentient, dis
cordant and dissatisfied elements, no
nr.Uoual m-eludlce or bias, no party,
no creed, no dogma of politics. None
t these shall assail him. Yea, when
tin- etorm of buttle grows darkest and
rases highest, the memory of Wash
ington ntiaii nerve every American
arm and cheer every American heart.
It shall Telllume that Promethean fire,
that sublime flame of patriotism, that
devoted love of country which nil
words have commended, which his
example has consecrated."
The story of George Washington's
life is an old one, but the salient
facts will bear repeating. He was
born at Wakefield, Westmoreland
Oouaty, Virginia, February 22, 1732,
lived from 1735 to 173S at what Is
now Mount Vernon, and when he was
even years old be was taken to an
estate en tho Rappahannock, almas
vast contest, to leave the prize of
the greatest fame with him who
struck the first blow."
THE ATHENAEUM PROTRAIT OP
WASHINCITU.N.
' MMswiSssw8aVSBvu
TBMEpaetlasg8v 'S3
ee. The hero vOhom it p-avc u
51 umbering on a morher'j
brcajf; .
For rhe arm he stretched To
' sayV uj,
Be itj morn forever folejMv
Oliipr Upncp Hompj
February 11,1784, and the anticipated
occasion was thus alluded to by the
Pennsylvania Packet of February 17,
same your:
"Wednesday last being the birth
day of His Excellency, General Wash
lngton, the same was celebrated hero
by all the true friends of American
Independence and constitutional lib
erty, with that hilarity and manual
decorum attendant on the sons ol
freedom. In the evening an enter
tainment was given on board the Eas
India ship in the harbor, to a very
brilliant and respectable company,
and a discharge of thirteen cannot,
was fired upon the joyful occasion.'
One of the must unpopular farmers
In Tazewell county I, as a cruzy quilt
made of piecea of trousers which he
took away from his dog In water
melon time.
TEMPLE HILL MONUMENT,
New Windsor.
By Gilbert Stuart.
After painting the crowned heads
of Europe, Stuart confessed thut he
lost his selt-possosslou when Wash
ington first sat tor him. The first at
tempt wub a failure. He afterwards
painted several portraits of which this
is unquestionably the best.
As to the esteem and affection In
which the name and character of
Washington were held one cannot do
better than quote Lafayette, who
wrote from Francs as follows:
"Were you but such a man as Juli
us Caesar, or the King of Prussia. I
should almost be sorry for you at
thu end of the great tragedy where
you are acting ucb 4 part. But,
Apparently a now problem Is open
ing for the independent woman who
desires to win her own way in the
world. What Is to become of her
when she Is obliged to step aside be
cause of age and through her Inde
pendence has lost her foothold In
som3 home? Woman, as a sex, has
been working long enough now to
bring this question to the front. Mrs.
Gabrlelle Stewart Mulliner, a lawyer,
of this city, has discovered In her
practice that there Is such a problem
here, and she Is trying to find some
solution that Bhe can offer to those
who find themselves face to face with
It.
"In the evolution of the woman
question, which was started when
education was first permitted to
women, and the early colleges and
schools were opened to them to give
somo outlook beyond their domestic
duties," said she, "there have been
many unexpected and Interesting de
velopments. One that Is only now
making itself apparent Is the dis
posal of the Independent women
wage earners who find themselves
after a life of Independence pushed
aside for other and younger women
and without the means of making u
livelihood.
"In my own acquaintance there
are about one hundred such women
who are the natural outcome of the
breaking up 01 the home in which In
the last generation there was a cen
tre about which revolved slaters
daughters, aunts, cousins or other re
lations who earned their living by
being useful In the home making
and who had a distinct and valued
place in the economics of the house
In those days a man was expected to
have a home and to support the worn
en In It. He probably thought that
he did actually support any addi
tional member of the family who, for
her board and lodging, was like a
second mother to the children and
did a share of the housework other
wise apportioned to servants.
"When, however, the woman rela'
tlon started out to earn dollars and to
pay her board the servant girl ques
tlon became aggressive, for the rea
son, I think, that a paid servant could
not fill the place made vacant by the
willing relative. And that meant In
many Instances the breaking up of
the home life and the moving Into
small apartments.
"From the standpoint of the worn
an relative it looked very much
brighter, I have no doubt, for a time.
She learned all the varlouB profes
sions and trades, and earned enough
to pay her board In a bouse where she
had no care. She was free and in
dependent, and that was good so long
as It lasted. We have only now be
gun to see what the next turn of the
wheel will bring, as the system of In
dependent life for women Is only now
rounding up.
"The women of Independence,
whether in trade or profession, have
been free lances just long enough to
grow old, and by scores they are ar
riving at the time when the next
generation Is coming on to take their
places. They find themselves dis
missed from their places becauso they
are not so active as they were, or be
causo new methods aro learned by
the newer employes, or because they
are not as attractive to look upon as
the younger women, or because they
show signs of tire or Inactivity, or
nerves, or because of other reasons.
The reasons may or may not bo arbl
trary, but the fact remains that the
older women are forced out of their
positions. And when, with their
small savings, they Bet about to find
other work they discover that they
are not wanted.
"In a short time their a-lngs
dwindle and they find themselves
without the ability to pay tho weekly
demand for board. They are asked
to leave to make way for better pay
ing boarders, and before they realize
quite what has happened they are ac
tually beggars. All the Ignis fatuus
of Independence, of freedom from
home ties, of ability to buy ready
made dresses and restaurant food
comes to nothing In the face of the
actual result of the system which not
only allows women to be pusheu Into
the world, but forces them In.
"I have seen this tragedy enacted
so frequently In the last year or two
that It ceases to be Individual, but
rather a class distinction.
"The appalling thing about It is
that It faces every woman who has
not her established home connections,
where there Is a breadwinner making
It possible for her to earn her living
by domestic artB, where she la net
Bubject to dismissal or the whim of
some one higher up. The most. Inde
pendent woman who is earning her
own living by her own efforts Is com
ing to the same crossroud, and will
find that she 1b not able to earn her
living In competition with the
younger women, und that unless she
marries and makes a home of bur
own, or forms a family connection
with some other person's home, in
which she 'makes herself good' other
than by paying board, she will also
met the conditions presented to oth
ers. It Is difficult to cite Instances
without Infringing upon what is
known as privileged communications,
and I know that the stories of the
lives of many women have been told
to me very freely because my profes
sion binds niu to respect confidences.
Thore are, however, a few Instances
which can be told without harm.
"I know of an elderly woman who
was one of the pioneer women In tho
employment of the city as a secre
tary to one of the public bureaus.
Even before the days of stenogra
phers she was taking charge of the
correspondence of the offlco on a
small salary, carrying the work of
tho incumbent of the office, who was
handsomely paid. Later she learned
stenography, and has for many years
hetd her position. Last summer I
honrd from herself her story, telling
of her life of economy, living tn one
room and enjoying her independence,
getting ber own meals 011 a small
gus tlame, and so on, free and inde
pendent. The work of the bureau
has changed in character somewhat;
others have come into It, and she
sees her discharge In the near fu
ture, as she confesses that she is
kept on as a matter of courtesy large
ly and that wilt not continue long.
She has not been able to lay by more
than a pittance In savings, and she la
worried as to her future. About one
week after she does not meet her rent
she will join the list of women with
out a home.
"Another woman I knew was a
school teacher who had received one
of tho small salaries considered by
the city to bo enough to live on. She
had grown old In the service and had
been dismissed. Her savings! were
Hearing the end. One time she said
to me: 'I will have enough to live
on as long as I live, It I am not fool
enough to live too long.' But she
did. And later I beard her story of
bolng without a place to go.
"A friend came Into my office Just
before Christmas. She bad been a
successful woman In business, but
had met with reverses. I knew that
she had been dispossessed a few
weeks before from her place of busi
ness, as she could not meet the
monthly rent. I bad not, however,
realized that she was so near the end
of her bank account until she said:
'I cannot pay my hotel bill, and I can
not go back there until I get money
enough to pay It. I do not know
where to spend the night.' I naked
her about the relatives she had near
the city, and learned that this and
that one were entertaining relatives,
and could not receive a visit from
her, and she was actually without a
person to turn to or a place to go for
the night. A few months before she
had considered herself a successful,
Independent woman. That I secured
for her a Christmas Invitation was a
matter of small import in the large
question presented, for if I had not
happened to be In my office when she
called she would have been 'on the
city.'
"One woman of perhaps sixty, ot
fine appearance, came to me for as
sistance. She had been a correspon
dent for newspapers and periodicals,
and bad a wide reputation A series
of failures in her material left her
without enough to pay ber bill at
the little hotel, and the landlord bad
threatened to call In the police 'and
send her 'up,' as sho told him she
had no place to go. I secured for her
some private charity for a few days
and then sent her to the Organized
Charities. My experience with that
organization In that instance has not
made me wish to try that source of
help for any other person. There was
&o relief given to this woman'; a
long line of investigation was opened
up, and meantime she sat on the
park benches, making up her mind
not to end It nil in the East River.
"At one time I investigated the
matter of homes for Indigent women
and found that every home wjib filled
to the limit, and all the cheap lodg
ing houses were overflowing. If a
woman comes to me to-day, without
a home, or on the point of being dis
possessed, I confess I would not know
where to send her. Yet there are a
dozen persons of my acquaintance
'who are on the verge of this very sit
uation. "Last week I learned of a young
woman who returned to her room one
evening after an unsuccessful effort
to secure a p,uce as a maid, to find
a notice that she must vacate that
night. She had been hungry for
days. That night there was a trag
edy enacted, and the light went out
from one of the brightest young
women of a Western city, who tried
to be Independent In New York.
"Tho young woman who tries and
fallB, however, has a much better
outlook that the older woman who
has tried and succeeded and outlived
her usefulness. The spectacle of
women battling with the problem of
earning a living In the business
world, while home making Is going to
tho dogs for want of efficient help,
and hotoU are filled with bachelors
who do not see their way to main
taining homes of their own because
Of the dlfflllCllltV mi Hurnrini, II,,
j feminine touch. Is, to my mind, the
deplorable outcome of the emancipa
tion of women from housework.
"I believe that this whole upset
i ting of the domestic circle has been
J for tho purpose of demonstrating
that there Is a value to housework
that the woman who stays in the
borne iu earning her living, and
-should not be considered as of the
supported class. But it also demon
strates that the old theory of 'the
strong oak and clinging vine" was
good, and I trust that the old order
of thlngB which kept the women from
going out to earn wages or foes or
salaries will again prevail." New
York Tribune.
21,7f7 DIE OF HNAKF, HITff.
Record of a Single Year In India
Wild Beasts Kill 20M.
The number of persons killed In
India in 1905 by wild beasts was
2064, as against 2157 in the previous
year, and tho number of deaths re
ported from snake bite (21,797) Is
also a little smallerthan that of 1904.
A feature of the 1906 returns Is
the Increase In the number of deaths,
both of human beings and cattle, at
tributed to leopards. It Is suggested
by a writer In Bally's Magazine that
these beasts seek their prey more
readily than they used to do In the
neighborhood of villages. The fact
that more licenses to possess firearms
were held in 1905 than in the pre
vious year may be noticed, but It has
long been recognized that it Is Im
possible to discover any relation be
tween the number of firearms In na
tive hands and the number of deaths
from wild beasts.
During 1905 inoro dangerous wild
beasts were killed than In 1904. The
official figures are: Tigers, 1355;
leopards, 4 811; bears, 223C; wolves,
2016, and hyenas, 554. Well known
man-eating tigers were killed In sev
eral districts. A regular crusado
against wolves has been carried on in
parts of the Central Provinces, where
these brutes are most numerous and
most troublesome.
To the success of tho campaign no
doubt may be attributed the great
decrease In the number of persons
killed by wolves In 1904, 244; in
1905, only 153. Before dlmlsslng
this subject It Is worth noting that
tho Bengal Government in September
last offered a special reward of Rb.
200 for a man-eating tiger which
killed seven persons last year in Ooll
kera Forest, Slngbhum district. The
ordinary reward for a tiger Is Rs. 40.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Temptations are a file which rubs
off much of the gust of self-confl-dence.
Fenelon.
The first thing a kindness deserves
Is acceptance; the next Is transmis
sion. George MacDonald.
Let us labor to make the heart
grow larger as we become older, as
the spreading oak gives more shelter.
Richard Jeffries.
Dqn't say things. What you are
stands over you all the while and
thunders so that I cannot hear what
you say. Elbert Hubbard.
A man is known by three things:
By his conduct in money matters, his
behavior at the table, and his de
meanor when angry. The Talmud.
Great battles are really won before
they are actually fought. To control
our passions we must govern our hab
its, and keep watch over ourselves
In the small details of everyday life.
Sir John Lubbock.
Make yourself necessary to the
world, and mankind will give you
bread, and if not store of It, yet such
as shall not take away your property
In all men's possessions, In all men's
affections, In art. In nature, and In
hope. Emerson.
God's thoughts are not as our
thoughts. Dear as our happiness Is
to Htm, there Is something within
us which Is more precious In Hie
sight. It is of far less consequence,
tn any divine estimate of things, how
much a man Buffers than what a man
Is. Austin Phelps.
Let us cultivate and reverently
cherish the honest indignations ot
our nature, for they are the life and
fire that is In us. God has given
them; and the man is most happy
who has them the warmest, the
truest, the least wrenched by preju
dice, the least dulled by sense and
sin. Phillips Brooks.
The destiny of the nations lies far
more In the hands of women the
mothers than in the hands of those
who possess power, or those who are
Innovators, who seldom understand
themselves. We must cultivate wom
en, who are the educators of the
human race, else a new generation
cannot accomplish its task. Froebel
An Unfriendly lk-ar:
David Kyler, a farmer, went fpx
hunting with a shotgun recently. In
the course of his search he encoun
tered a bear, which, without waiting
for the call of time, boxed Mr. Kyler
on the ear, bit his arm, kicked him
when he had htm down, and other
wise gave evidence of an unfriendly
disposition.
Mr. Kyler at the first opportunity
fired two loads of shot Into the bear's
face and then, seizing a guarled club,
smote bis adversary with such vio
lence that the bear curled up and
died.
At that Juncture Game Warden
Flnuegan appeared. "Don't you know
that this Is the closed soason tor
bears?" he asked of the victor.
"Yes: and It's the olosed season for
men, too, by heck," averred Mr. Ky
ler, panting from his recent exortlon.
"That bjear ought to be locked up."
Holldaysburg (Pa.) Dispatch to New
York Times.
Marrying a girl against the wishes
of her parents Is, nest to murder, the
most severely puuisbable crime iu
Lapland.
Brides Who Stay at Home.
According to old and established
custom In Japan, the eldest child,
whether male or female, must, under
all circumstances, abide at and In
herit the borne. By this means a con
tinuous succession is assured, and the
estates cannot pass Into the hands 0
strangers.
From this arrangement it follows
of necessity that no eldest child can
murry and live with an eldest child
of the opposite sex. When an heiress
weds her husband must assume the
family name.
A similar custom prevails In cer
tain families among the people ot the
Basque Provinces, In the north of
Spain. An eldest son among them
Is not allowed to marry an eldest
daughter, If both are first born.
In this case, too, the husband of
any eldest daughter takes up bis resi
dence under his wife's roof und
adopts her name, which Is thus trans
mitted to their children.
Feat In Bricklaying.
In the erection of tbe House of
Representatives office building, ad
jacent to the United States Capitol
at Washington, an Interesting tact
has developed In connection with the
brick masonry work. The first brick
was laid at the Bite on the afternoon
of July 6, 1905, and on July 3, 1906,
there had been laid In tbe walls 11,
000,000 brick. This ts believed to be
the greatest uumber of brick laid on
any building In one year in the
United States, and probably in the
world. One of the causes conducing
to this record-breaking feat was he
remarkably "open" winter of 1905
'08. In those winter months tbe
work continued almost without in
terruption from either snow or cold,
and not more than twelvu or fifteen
'lays were lost during the entire win
ter fey reason of weather conditions.
Scientific American.
The receipts of tbe French Tobacco
Monopoly In August were (200,000
above the average. The cause of this
Is satd to be the closing of the schools
for the holidays wben the school
boys were tree and could smoke
elgarettea.
STALK.
Tht Chines had the printing
nen ulnae wnm i ooy,
And printed all the news, I guess,
About the fall of Troy.
Tlif thinjr that ours we proudly caQVi
Machines to reap snd aow
The Cliinrnc knew about thm all
Six tb .-i- n 1 years ago.
Gunpowder, pPr, ice cream, ateel
They knew about e:irh one
Before the Toman placed hia heol
The conquered world upon.
They hit on everything, 'twould seem, '
And I've no doubt, oh no! -J
Some Chinese noet mod tliia theme,
riix thouaend yenra ago.
-Pick Me Up. )
"How an- you getting on with yom
titled sfin-ln-law?" "Better," an
swered Mr. Cumrcx; "we are both
getting SO we don't feel so much like
laughing every time we see each oth
er." Washington Star.
"Woman, you played me false."
The words remained unuttered, but
that Is doubtless what the long suf
fering piano would have said had it
been endowed with the power of
speech. Chicago Dally News.
While lot r.f them are standing pat,
,s t liy wire standing on the stump,
Still, having seen where they are at,
They're getting ready tor a jump.
Indianapofift News.
"Corporations will have to cease
using money to Influence legislation,"
"Well," answered Mr. Duetto Stax,
"a lot of corporations have about all
they want and will be perfectly will,
lug to cut down expenses." Wash
lngton Stcr.
Certainly, "You'll miss mo when
I'm gone," he said reproachfully,
after the quarrel. "Yes, and I'd
probably miss you before you go if
I had anything to throw at you," she
rejoined, between sobs. Chicago
Dally News.
"That young woman Is not intelli
gent, amiable or even decently cour
teous." "Oh, but her father Is worth
a million dollars." "Then I think
she should be required to display a
notice to that effect." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Dear Lizzie: Don't bother with chaps who
are poor;
Look out for a fellow with money in
stead ;
Though the way may accm thorny, I bid
you be sure,
A fool and bis money are speedily wed.
-WfV
"Walt a minute till I get my
clothes off!" came a shrill voice from
the back end of the cable car. All
the strap-holders turned their heads
as one man. It was a small boy striv
ing to drag off the hamper containing
his mother's washing. Judge.
Mother (who has been asked to
suggest a game for a rainy after
noon) "Why don't you pretend you
are ma? And George can be daddy.
Then you might play at housekeep
ing." Daughter "But, mother,
we've quarreled once already!"
Punch.
"Lemme see," said the man with
the shrewd face; "veal or chicken,
eh? Which costs the most?" "Dat
doan' make no difference, suh," the
waiter explained; "dis Is a table
d'hote " "O! I know, but which
costs tho proprietor the most?"
Philadelphia Press.
Patient "Isn't it a bit queer that
when you are ill you call In another
doctor instead of treating yourself?
You ought to know more about your
own system than anybody else." Dr.
Pellet "That's Just it. I know so
much about myself that tt doesn't
leave me any room for guessing."
Getting Away From the Past.
"In my plans for your new home,"
sayB tbe architect, "I have provided
for a large, ornate frieze In the
hall." "Don't want It," asserts Mr.
Conjeeled. "What?" "Not a bit of
it. Can't take any chances on hav
ing some one being reminded that I
used to drive an Ice wagon." Judge.
Where Dishonor is Due.
We have been "talked about" for
printing several Items of news about
people who lived here that "brought
dlsgraco upon other members of the
family." We did not bring the dis
grace. If the father, mother, sister
or brother had conducted themselves
In the proper manner, we would not
have been able to print "disagreeable
articles." Do not blame us for the
misdeeds of your friends and rela
tives. We are here to prlut the news
und we are going to do It. You and
your friends Bhould keep your fingers
where they belong if you do not want
them pinched. If you think what we
publish ts not true, we Invite you to
make us prove it, but it you don't
want us to publish your misdeeds,
quit your meanness. It is the duty ot
eves decent paper to make an effort
to Improve the morals of the com
munity In which tt ts published. Some
have one way of doing this and some
another. We believe in pubHclty.
Clay County Times.
What Is Kleptomania?"
Kleptomania is occasionally In
duced by continued and close applica
tion to the study of a particular sub
ject. A, singular case was recently
reported from Germany. ,
A well-known professor was found
to have transferred to his own pri
vate collection mauy of the valuable
butterflies of which he had charge in
his official capacity.
The existence ot mental derange
ment was clear from the facts that
came out In the course of the Inves
tigation afterward made by tbe mu
seum authorities.
It was found that tbe professor
bad often sent his wife out all day
to catch butterflies, so Intense was
bis passion for thes.a'fnseets. On one"
occasion the professor while hunting
a butterfly was nearly run over by an
express train; at another time he fell
into a river, and oace both he and hie
wife fell Into a pond. Boston
Transcript.
There If s large deficiency in the
raisin crop this season, the shipments
to L01 : only amounting to 4500
title the requirements of tbe
inc. he t amount to 6600 tons, and
aro very high.