Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1880, Page 3

RAGES r Republic! Gloom and dast idk) ruined palace halle y terraces and wali nd ivy shroud cecay. ing in thy sient bay: ants throng thy stree‘s of stairs; ove armour Hes bedimmed with rust, ty lance thy pennon bears, Ties pass On hor turn # with their fest to spun. n. hy Fails on eve @ thy proud and k italian town, toe with her arg’ wie, a ‘mid her olive treen, ah Be arts Feat » keels triamphact bore ‘Lhe story of thy wealth and lors. mm Ths poe's from thy people sprang To “uw, i soft melodious lays, Ke praise. - Pi their missal’s page 7 from size 10 auce. ab ers from the hot Levant Br. an From Afric and from Alicant Cai. + Bpices ‘and ofl, and wine; ‘The fruits of all the earth were thine. Ir lonely and foriorn f thy Dowes stands 3 o'er the stony lands aaant grimly leads his flock vaxe «randeur of the r: bah aud immemorial hill, bat t) mock thee, and to scorn. ious history, that fi'ls hoes trumpet like and vast aded valleys of the past Epwarp Exe. EN MASQUE. A STCRY OF AUSTRALIAN MINING LIFE, BY B. J. FARJEON. lat, a large plain to the vicinity of nate gold was riddled with n shaft employing two men, who 10m sunrise to sunset, In the hope of sarich pocket. As a rule they had urble at. When the rush first set wen gold tuiners working on the ded in unearthing some toler- ts, and were making a hundred eek aman. All were not so fortu- Te Was scarcely a claim on the fiat wages were not being made, sufli- vr meat three times a day, drink, . aid for an indulgence tn the newest fashions tu water-tight boots, fine flannel guern- Says, and cabbage-tree hats) The sinking was Shallow and easy; there was no rock, or tough formation to get through, and the golden gutt=r Was generally reached at a depth of from twelve to twenty feet from the surface. It oceupted but a few hours to peg your claim, dig your Shaft. erect your windlass, and lay bare the precious cutter in which the gold was found. Some of the wash dirt yielded two penny weights to the tub, some two ounces. ¢ i there were many prizes and few AS a consequence, therefore, everybody was Jackass F the € In the best of spirits, and men’ sang over their Work. ‘The fuest singer on the Flat was Shad Ryley, whose top C would have made a profes- Sional tenot’s mouth water. Shad did nouknow the value of that C, as he had not been. brought up to the - but there 1s no doubt that, had. his voice been ‘cultivated. & Sensation in fashiot everythin: Stood six 1 he would have maie 2 circles, He hal z in his favor—voice, fisure, face. He et in his stockings, was broad In the sd an eye as bright as sunlight, and mouth that women that way in- searcely resist. Between him and his brother Pat there was a. wou- @erful resemblance, but Pat was built on taaller scale. He stood not more than five feet three, he was slimmer tn mb, and bis features were more delicately cut. It was true there was an important fap in the Ages of the brothers. Shad confessed to thirty, Snd Pat to not more than twenty, though the oung feliow was rather shy about his age; ¥S like to be considered men before they have Brrived af that estate, and that have been ‘the case with . He did not look twenty, and it was plata there was plenty of time before Bim for his whiskers to iw. Shad had a fine pair of them, and could have grown a nobie Moustache. Perhaps it was vanity that pre- —— him; It would have hidden his laughing mou ‘The brothers were among the fortunate ones | On Jackass Flat. Their claim paid them at the rate Of Lwenty ounces per week, and their hearts Were light and merry. The first fifty ounces of gold they made went tlying across the water, in ihe shape of a draft, payable to the order ofa certain Matthew Bi y, and its mission was to bring out a whole family of Bradys, blind mother, lame father, their son Matt, and not fewer than seven young Irish lassies, every mother’s daughter of them. With tears and Stniles they bade adieu totheir native land, and turned ther faces to the gold fields, where they Were to make their fortunes, and live happy ever afterwards. ‘There were no greater favorites on Jackass Flat than the Ryleys, and it was pleasant to ‘See the care the man took of the lad, giving him ail the light work to do, although Pat was not bebindhand tn willingness’ With everybody who knew them it was Pat and Shad to their faces, and behind thelr backs they were spoken Ofa-~ the Kyley boys. Shad, of course, stood for Shadrach, and Pat for Patrick, but to have called either of them by their fall Christian fame would have been like giving them a slap in the face, which would iead to a shindy. They had Irish spirit with their Irish bk although stngulariy enough, they hadn't much Of the Drogue. Just the ‘atest touch of it, to Tender It captivating to the ear. ‘The favorite resort of tne gold diggers after Sundown, when their work Was done, was the Kose, Shamrock, and Thistle, a wooden notel, the master of which Was a Woman. That was 85 It should be, as most of her customers were Irish. She herself. Rachel Cary by name, was a Woman of Devon. A comely creature, not more than twenty-five years of age. Her brother had built the hotel in the township adjoining Jack- ass Flat, and catching colonial fever, died of tt. He lett the hotel to bis sister, who proved her- Self a capable woman, and conducted the Kose, Shamrock and Thistle with spirit. She was hot exactly a Boadicea, for she was tender- hearted, and had fallen a victim to tne Shares of Cupid. She pined to cl her name. Cary was good enough in its way, but not to be compared to Ryley. If you have an idea that she fell in love With the proper man of the two, the one who Was suited to her in years and strength, you are Tolstaken. She feil in love with the wrong man—too often the case with wiliful women. Over head and ears with Pat Kyley she fell, the foolish creature, snapping her fingers at the clr- cumstance of his being a mere striping, whtle she Was a full-grown woman, at least five years his senior. It was somewhat reversing the order of things, but what are tlve years, or fifty, for that matter, or five hundred, it you please, when Cupid ts playing pranks with you? It Is a game, however, that two must play at, if It ts to lead to agreeable and satisfactory Fesults. Rachel Cary made hot love to Pat, and Pat blushed, and twiddled his fogers, and held back and was ashamed, (as sometimes, not al- Ways, happens with raw lads) and abso- Tutely had scarcely a word to say for himself. ‘What made the matter worse was that it might have led to a collision between the brothers, for Shad Kyley was as much In love with Rachel Cary as that headstrong woman was in love With Pat. It was in everybody's mouth, and no mab Ob Jackass Flat could see how it was golng toend. Shad Ryley told Rachel so. peg Everybow's talking about 1t,” ne sata to | er. “Let them talk,” she replied, with a toss of the head. “They say they don’t see how it is to end,” Said Shad Riley. “I know how it ts to end,” she sald, softly, and turned away with a be Sper an unhappy one, by any means, t ie had made up her mind to be Mrs. Kyle ind despite Pat's shy- —_— Was confident that it would all come ig “In matrimony, I suppose,” said Shad Ry- ry. “Itshant be my fault if it doesn’t,” she re- torted as bold as brasa. oe They had | esl into the habit of talking to each othor in this fashion. She knew well enough that Shad Ryley loved the very ground she walked upon.and that she could be as saucy to him as she pleased: but she had discovered that ft would not do to be soft and confiding roe man, who was ready. to take ‘minine weakness inte which betrayed. anae “don’ a see that P: sor tein” Sores mene : ve me?” interru; Rac! defiantly. “Is that what you are trying is what I was ha 2 to say.” you think I can make him tn love with she asked, turning her melting eyes upon: Shad “Indeed, and 1 think,” he replied, with much TESS, * that you could make'a stone love or hitherto it had been Shad Ryley or Mr. “Say what sgaint” she inquired, startled by his a “Shad.” “Well, there—Shad! What harm is there in it? We're going to be brother and sister.” “And there's bo turning you? You are de terrained to be Mrs. Ryley?” “If Lam not, I'll live a single woman all the days of my lif ““phere’s ho help for it, then,” sald Shad, with an air of comie resignation. “Give me a kiss on it.” He took one, without waiting for per- | mission—a loving, warm kiss, which made her [a ent “You are a woman of your word, and, willy-nilly I must be satistiea.” She did not quite know what to make of this. He accepted the loss of her too lightly, she thought. He should have sighed and pulled a long face: he should have gone on protesting appealing. “I'l punish him for it,” she said to herselt. “He shail have no more kisses.” But his ardent embrace had disturbed her; never in her life had she been so passtonately kissed, and she could not help think that Shad Ryley was a proper man. If {t had been suggested toher that it was ble a woman could love two men at one time, she would have anuy repelled the insinuation. It is ind! really an open question. Love has never yet been properly analyzed, nor has mits been accurately ascertained and defined. From the date of this conversation the aspect of affairs underwent a change. Pat became I: 3+ (oy, although he still held off; but he appear to be ete f and Rachel Cary absolutely treed a kiss from him—that 13 to say she shamed one from him. She had to thank Shad for it. He twitted his brother in her presence for his over-modesty, and sald that women loved men either to treat badly or to be a lttie £ither course set them on tire, if they loved a fellow; and Shad declared that to be as Pat was behaving. neither one thing ther, was absolutely shametul. “Give her a kiss, he cried, “for my Here he snapped his Wg her better than youdo, though it not believe it. But what care I how fair she be, ifshe be not made for me? That’s what the old song says, isn’t 1t? Look here, now. 1 jotn your hands—Pat has a pretty hand, hasn’t he?—andI give you both a brother's consent and blessing. Will that satisfy you, Rachel Cary? Givirg my heart away so freely? But I wouldn't give you to anybody but my brother Pat. Mind that! Id fight anyone else for you, tha: I would, if he were the best man in the world! But I can't fight my own brother Pat. even though you've set your heart on him, and given him the placeI ought to hold. I know y my own feelings that love can’t be con- Phe You do like me a little bit, don’t you, Rach “ Yes, Ido, Shad,” she sald, somewhat con- fused, “more than a little bit.” And she cast sheep's eyes at Pat, who was looking earnestly at the pair of them: “I must be contented with that,” sald Shad. “I believe if Pat were out of tie way, you would say, ‘Shad, my man, here’s my hand.” For you are bound to become Mrs. Ryley: you've pledged your word to it. Come, con- fess—if you are not so much In love with Pat, I should stand a chance. Honest, now, or Pil th in woman!” “Indeed, Shiei Ryley,” sald Rachel, overcome by his vehemence, “you are not entirely wrong. “ Which means that I'm entirely right. her Pat and seal the bargain. I'll turn my hes Rachel looked so bewitchingly and bew ingly at Pat that he mustered cot kissed her on the cheek. Now Shad had kissed her on the ips, and was altogether bolder and more manly. , reflected Rachel, Shad is Digger, and stronger, and older, more Used to it than Pat. The young one would improve in Ume; she would help him to. And she tried to make herself believe that she did not care much for aman who had such a spice of the devil in hima as Shad itley had. Then why did she keep thinking of him so much? Woman’s a riddle. But notwithstanding that all was setiled, there was no regular love making between Pat and Rachel ‘The brothers never missed an evening at the Rose, Shamrock and Thistle, and Shad would sing his bn eats and make the walls ring again with fresh, clear voice. Nothing could induce Pat to sing.’ His speaking voice was so musical that It was next door Wo acertainty he could sing a beautiful song, but he could not be prevailed upon. Rachel pestered and coaxed, and worried him, uatil he Was at last compelled to give her a promise. “Til sthg you a song,” said Pat, “when the Bradys come out.” Everybody on Jackass Flat knew about the Bradys, and a score of young fellows, fired by Shad’s description of his friends, had’ made up their munds to lay slege to the seven Brady lasses, the moment they set foot on the gold diggings. It got to be the saying, “When the Bradys come out.” When the event occurred, somuch was to be done—this, that, and the other. Shad and Pat were already putting up a tent for them, and preparing to make them comfortable, “‘ There will be seven wives for the seven best men on Jackass Flat,” said Shad. “There will be a regular happy family of us.” “I suppose,” suggested Rachel Cary, with a slight ig, “you will be marrying one of them yourself, Shad Ryley.” Some women are remarkably like the dog in the manger. They wop’t have a man them- selves, and they don’t want any other woman to have him. “IT might do worse,” sald Shad; “they are comely lasses. There’s Norah—I dety you to match her. A complexion like milk and roses. * “* Bless my heart!” cried Rachel, in a tone so tert that It must have deprived her blessing of qmuch of its sweetness. *-Then its Norah you'll “‘] will if she will have me—and if you don’t see any objection.” “0, never fear me, Shad Ryley!” exclaimed Rachel, loftily; “I shan’t object!” “I shall ask you, anyhow,” said Shad, “before I ask Norah.” Suddenly one morning it was announced that the overland mail was signalled from the Heads, and Jackass Flat went wild with excitement. That was always the way when the mail ar- rived with news from home. This present mat! had met with mishaps. The steamer had broken her screw, abd there had been a delay of nearly four weeks, Here it was, however, safe at last, and ft brought a letter from Matthew Brady, saying that he and his seven sisters and par— ents were in the ship “Joe and Willie,” and the very day after this letter was delivered came the news that the “Joe and Willie” was in rt. eerPat,” sald Shad Ryley, putting his arm round his brother, “God bless you.” “God bless you, Shad,” sald Pat. If you think there is anything unmanly in two brothers kissing each other, you are, of course, welcome to your opinion. In certain established forms of manliness there isa dash of snobbism which, on occasions, could be ad- vantageously dispensed with. Anyhow, a very tender feeling existed between these two bro- thers, and there was nothing unmanily in their kissing each other at this moment. ‘Two days afterward Shad presented himself at the Rose, Shamrock and Thistle at an unusu- ally early hour. “ Rachel,” he said, “the Bradys have arrived, and are now In their tent, setting things in or- der. Pat can’t leave his friends, and he wants you to come to the Bradys this evening to shake hands with them. If you like, I'll be nere at 9 o'clock to show you the wi * Thank you kindly, 3! sald Rachel “1li be ready for you.” “You'll be a happy woman to-night,” sald Shad, m a tone of tender regret; “for says Pat to me, ‘Shad, if Rachel Cary, in the presence of the Bradys, asks me to marry her, ‘I'll not hold out amoment longer. I've behaved cruelly to her.’ What do you think of that, Rachel?” “Pat's an angel,” replied Rachel “Was I right or wrong th saying I'd bear no other name than Mrs. Ryle: "sald Shad, softly, as he took “ Right, I hope, his leave. He presented himself at nine o'clock to the minute, and arm in arm, he and Rachel walked from the township to Jackass Flat. It wasa beautiful night; the alr was sweet, and before them In the clear sky, shown the Southern Cross. “ Which is my star?” mused SI aloud, look- ingup. “Is it that one?’—he pointed to the brightest in the heavens—“or that?” His out- Stretched finger traced the swift descent of a ‘Star falling into the black chasm of space. “itis the bright one,” sald Rachel. 1 hope so. ‘You are futl of hopes to-day, Shad.” “You never Spoke truer words, Rachel. There's the Brady's tent.” It had been set up on an elevation, and an ‘the canvas walls came the soft glare of 8 “ Any one in?” cried Shad. He was answered by a chorus of joyful voices, and he and Rachel were cheerfu as “ This is Norah,” sald Shad, pulling forward a Lengel eyes had heart ac’ Uttle cloud came into face, for she that by the side of WO. * said Pat Ryley, with a “Will you forgive me? fault that I'm a woman.” “How cold you te my Wie ares aE low you be my wife if you were e Continued working with Shad? And then my sweetheart was io Ireland, and I didn’t wen’ to be with otheremen. Say you forgive me!’ “And me!” said Shad. She turned to him. If he had looked wickedly or trfumphantiy at her, his chance would have been gone. But his love was too sincere and strong, and she saw that his eyes were moist- ened with tears. “I'll keep my word,” she said, with a sigh of mingled pain and joy. “I'll be Mrs. Ryley.” He fay i her in his arms, and almost {right- ened her by bis violent embrace. oe picked out my star for me to-nigut,” he sal Then the three kissed each other all round again and again, and Rachel was obliged to confess to herself that Shad’s kisses were in- Maitely sweeter than Patsy's. AMERICA’S GREAT PROBLEM. A Question that Must be Soon Met and Disposed Of. (Scribner for July. To those who look intelligently and thought- fully upon the popular life of the nation, a cer tain great and notable want manifests itself,—a want that is Ce rotated new, and that de- mands a new a forces. At the time when the public school sys- tem of our country was founded, nearly every- body was poor, and the girls of every fanily, in the absence of hired service, were necessarily taught, not only to knit and sew, but to cook and keep the house, Then women could not only Weave but make up the garments which they wore, and keep them in repair. At the same me, boys were taught to do the farm work of | their fathers, and, in case they chose a mechan- ical employment, they entered an apprentice- Ship, under regulations well understood and ap- proved at the time. In short, there were w: y Which every girl and boy could learn to care of themselves and the families that after- ward came to them, Various changes have come over the country since that day. In the first place, a great change has been made in the course and amount of study in the schools themselves. So great has been the pressure of study upon the Schools of some of our cities, that physicians bave united to protest iy beard it as a proiliic source Of insanity. Girls, for instance, cannot fulfill the requirements of thelr teachers and have any time at home to learn any of the bouschold arts which are so necessary to them, not only as wives and mothers, but as maidens having only to take care of themselves. Boys are absorbed by their studies in the same way, and the apprenticeship system bas been given up; our foreign mechanics have, through thelr trades untovs, entered into a thoroughly organ- ized conspiracy against it. A boy is not at lberty now to decide what handicraft he will learn, because the boss {s shamefully in the hards of his despetic workmen, and the work- men decide that the fewer their number the better wages they will get. Their declared policy is to limit apprenticeships to the small- est possible number. The result of these cha: the grea es—for some of which public school is itself responsible—ts the and notable want to which we have allud- ed, yiz., the lack of sufficient knowledge, or of the right kind of knowledge, on the part of boys and giris, to take care of their own persons and to earn thelr own living. Girls grow up without learning to sew, and multitudes of them do not know how to mend their own garments. Boys leave the public schools without fitness for any calling whatever, except it may be some one which Calis into requisition that which they have learned of Mo 4 and arithmetic. Some sort of clerkship is what they try for, and a mechanical trade is the last thing that enters their minds. So we import our mechantes, and they legislate against the Yankee boy in all their trades untons. Now, there are two points which we would like to present: 1, The public school, as at present conducted, not only does not fit boys and girls for the work of taking care of themselves and their depend- ents, but absolutely hinders them from under- taking It, or engenders ideas that ate impracil- cable or misleading. 2. That the public has to pay in some way for all the Ignorance of practical fe in which the public school leaves its pupils. The pauperism that grows out of this tgno- rance Js an almost {ntolerable burden upon the public purse. The crime that attends it is so hotable that all who are familiar with the sub- ject know that a very large percentage of cul- prits and convicts never learned a trade. When 4 man of low moral sense and weak will finds that he knows no trade by which he can make & living, he becomes a thief by a process as natural as breathing. Pauperism and crime are, therefore, the Inevitable result of igaorance in the way of taking care of one’s self and earn- ing one’s living. The question of expense 13 one which an intelligent and enterprising pub- le ought easily to settle. This ignorance is to cost money. Shall this money be paid for the purpose of removing the ignorance and obvi- — the necessity for pauperism and crime, or shal! it be paia for the pauperism and crime? We know, or appreciate, the practical difticul- ties that stand in the way of a system of indus- trial schools, supbories by public tax, but sure ly If it ls needed—imperatively needéd—Amert- cab pagenay will be sufficient to give it prac- tical direction, and secure a satisfactory result. Our goog neizhbors in Boston have been trying to do something, more particularly for the girls. They have introduced not only plain sewing into their schools, but the making of dresse3 and other garments. Only two hours of each Week are devoted tothe matter, and twenty- nine special teachers employed, but the results are most encouraging. The Boston sere says: “Every girl who passes through the Boston schools now re- Ceives three years’ instruction in various kind3 of needle-work, and Is beeper of being an ex- pert seamstress, It is sald the benefits result- ing from this instruction are seen in the ap- pearance of children’s clothing in the schools, and are felt in thousands of homes.” Now, we ask other Boards of Education if they have any- thing to show, in their reports of the last ten years, that Is calculated to give a practical man or woman the pleasure and satisfac‘ion to be found in such an announcement as this. Can they not see that what these girls in Boston have learned in this way, with a comparatively small expenditure of time and money, is of in- ee What isa ae Jess of alge- ra, Or geography, or even of arithmetic, by the side of this surpassing gain? ts —_—____ ONE OF OUR KINGS. Pennsylvania’s New President, (Phila. Corres pondence Boston Herald.] When Col. Scott’s resignation as President of the Pennsylvania Rallroad was made public, there was not any doubt as to who would suc: ceed him. George B. Roberts was the first vice president, and, as there was notht in the way of civil service promot great railway, every one shook George B. Rob- erts by the hand and congratulated him on his coming accession to greater power and graver responsibilities. When the reason for Col. Scott’s resignation was announ illness, par- tal paralysis having rendered {t extremely unwise that he should longer continue his administration at a time when all his energies were needed to recruit his health, there were some who wondered if the same reason would not prevent Mr. Roberts from being Scott's successor. And to look at the present president of the Pennsylvania such doubts are amply pene. He looks like a man who has one foot in the grave. He ts tall, very thin, fully so In the face, dark, with dark hair and eyes, and wears ordi. narily “yellow” clothes, taat add to the general impression a sombreness of their own. The ae too, separate him from the ordinary regu man, who, taken as a cies: Wears broadcloth and an old-tfashton: choker, or blue, with a liberal expanse of shirt, Wherein, not unfrequently, reposes the bril- Nance of a diamond, a concession, perha} ry the ranks from which he sprang. Your Tali type, too, is usually full, ruddy-faced. Colonel Scott has such a face, a Thompson had the same before him. First Vice President Cas- ‘salt has such a face, and Frank ‘Thompson, Van- derbilt, Jewett, Garrett, have this face. I~ dent Koberts, on the contrary, is of the thin order, and @ man you could not pick out asa railroad man. He is somewhat English to look at, and, carrying the similitude f Tr, he has a good deal of the English hold on le amount of bother and business than one-half his roster-cheeked subordinat : President Roberts lives in a very handsome house on Spruce ly e fads = easy ually well pro- In speaking he reminds you Por Ai SoH aid agreeabioy aut om (ets sively pleasant way in w! ch thes ecto cnoens Tuns, you would herd hae Was monarch of many thousand miles of the master of many a thousand men. Lxvar’s Ecoxomy.—Mr. W. J. Fitzpatrick tells & good story of the way in which Lever, the novelist, endeavored to put into practice Thack- '8 advice to him In favor of thrift. That was to begin with small economies, and a4 Ee i FE 38. i g iF 26 ERY Fae Phe Fy i i i : i | term of sei ijustment of our educating | { tion, ED ATIONAL TOPICS. —A committee of the Boston School Board bave srranged a plan for pensioning old and infirm teachers. hey suggest the creation of a fund to be under the charge of the committee On accounts; and any teacher who in 1880 has cempleted twenty-five years service and any teacher not yet forty-five years of age whose ice dates from the present year, can join the association. It ts proposed to create an annnal pension of from $100 to $500 for each teacher joining the ee the amount to be determined by the rate paid to each teacher, said rate to be determined upon hereafter. — Within the past five years, an association of the leading coll men of Ohio has beg; formed to elevate the standard of the high: education, and test the right of a score of “colleges” to the big name assumed in their catalogues. The result has been a practical league of the few superior institutions to “hold tke fort” of the higher education against all pretenders. Ohio has halt a dozen’ colleges that are doing genuine college work, and It Will be a biessing to her three millions of peo- ple if some of them can be endowed and made Le vigorous rivals of the leading universities in the older states. —dJohn Bright, in a recent speech to some college Boys, sald: ‘I never had the advantages Of a first rate and complete education, so far as We understand the term in our times. I had onty the advantage of attending what would be called now, Tam sorry to say, not second class, but inferior schools; and I only look back upon them with pleasure, because I had an op- portunity of fishing and bathing and acquiring What perhaps was bearly as good as an edaca- d that is the foundation of tolerable health during the years of my Ilfe that I have ved. Therefore Ido not look back upon my | Schooldays with regret, but with pleasure.” —On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Independence of Belgium, in September next, the Educational League will hoid in Brus- sels an international teachers’ congress. Many prominent teachers and professors have promise dito take part in tt. One of the most Inveresting features of this congress will be the international competition In the production ot the best and cheapest educational objects for the use of primary schools, such as a collec- Uon of instruments illustrating the laws of physics and mechanics, a collection of survey- ing instruments, a portable chemical labora- tory, a globe and projecting maps, historical tablets, and a book descriptive of the physical, mechanical and chemical experiments per- formed with the simplest and cheapest instra- ments and materials, even with such as are to be found. in every house. All objects for the competition are to be sent to the Educational Exhibition, Brussels, — There were on the public school registers of England and Wales last year the namescf3,710,- S83 children,of whom}! ,208,016 were under seven years of age. Ofthe whole number, 2,594.99: were in average daily attendances, and 1,084 passed the prescribed test withont fatiure tn any one of the three subjects—reading, writing and arithmetic. The government grants to elementary day schools rose in the year from £1,520,661 to £1,981,720. The grant for the cur- rent fnancial year is estimated at more than this. ‘The expenditure per scholar in England and Wales is in voluntary schools about 38.75 for each scholar; and in ‘board schools about $10.50. There were 1,561 night schools in opera- tion, containing 52,530 scholars above twelve years of age. Out of every 100 of these exam- ined 59,64 passed in reading, 71.95 in writing, and 61.42 In arithmetic. ‘The inspectors tound 29,716 certificated teachers at work In the aided schools which they visited, while the forty- one training colleges, from which the supply of such teachers is mainly recruited, were at- tended in 1579 by 3,108 students. The elemen- tary schools in England and Wales, which in 186 provided for S.34 of the population, were in 1879 sufficient for 16.46 of the estimated population, an additional provision of room for 2,576,280 Children being thus made. —Do not Americans appreciate and encour- age education? Here is a lst of, their bene- factions: $1,300,000 by Mr. Simmons, of Boston. for the industrial education of women; $1,000,000 by Daniel Drew, to endow a Theological Semi- hary, to which Abel Menand adds$160,000 more “for the education of women for the ministry $200,000 by Erastus Corning, for a female col. lege; $100,000 by Robert Barnes, of Indiana. for the education of orphans in the state; $100,000 by Orange Judd, the agricultural-book pub- Usher, for scientific BY in Wesleyan University; $60,000 by Cyrus McCormick (the reaper), for the Theological Seminary at Chi- ago; $100,000 by Daniel Appleton (the book publisher), for the chancellorship and Itbrary in New York University; $100,000 by Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston, to Harvard Untversity; $100,000 by Chauncey Rose, of Terre Haute, Ind., for a female college; $100,000 by Henry bere of Brooklyn, N. Y., for a female college building at Cornell University; $500,000 by Mr. Shaw, of St. Louis, for park and botanic garden; $200,000 by Mr. Pardee, of Pennsylv: tor Sclentific department at Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa.; $75,000 by Hiram ‘Sibley, of Roch- ester, N. Y.; for a lbrary building at Rochester, University; $50,000 by the Rev. Jesse T. Peck to the new University at Syracuse, N. Y., which has been increased by other citizens to a'million and a half; $150,000 by Samuel Williston for So ee in Easthampton, Mass.; 360,000 by Henry Winktey to Dartmouth Col: lege; $25,000 to Andover Theological Seminary ae ve same amount to Yale Theological school Nothing: Only some withered blossoms, Crumb:ing to dry decay: Only a eiove: half-tors in two And idly thy own away; Only a heart that’s breakine— That ie, if hearts could break; Only a man adrift for life, for a woman's sake. Only a few such tokens Pri: by a love-sick fool, Nanght but the ashes that strew the cround When love's hot flame grows c.ol. Not the first man by thousands The aupe of # heartless flirt; Not the firet time that pricelees | ‘Was treated like common dirt. Only in jest! You know it ‘Now, though it’s rather late; Rather too late to turn in your life ‘And seek another fate. You're not a man. like thousands, With a heart that will veer and twirl And feel a xlow at the word and glance Of every flirting girl. Finished forever and done; Wreck yy a treach Following madly a will- Happy, if but for a whi 1} eart love Only a man adrift for life, Allfor a woman's sake. G. E.c. Spoiling Women’s Names, [New York Sun.] Many, if not a majority, of the names of the eight or nine hundred girls from the public Schools who have been examined for admission to the Sipeal College give us the impression that they Delong to mere household pets rather than to young women who are approaching ma- turity, and who are e! fed in serious work. ‘These girls apparently prefer the nicknames by which they are known in the family circle and to intimate friends, to those with which they were christened, and therefore take pains to adopt them in their s! In 80 doing the public school girls are not exceptional among our young women, for it is quite the fashion nowadays for them to grow so enamored of their nursery appellations that they cling to them as their fixed and pro names. They may even be offended when they are addressed by their correct names, which they imagine are less pretty than these pet dl- minutives; and some grave frown up women will put Hattie or Gussie, Mamie or Sallie, on their cards as if they were in pinafores stil. The fashion is American; but our patriot cannot make us grow fond of it. The nick- Dames which appear in so large ashare of these public school girls’ signatures would do very Well for the pets at a dog show. When they are used to express the affectionate regard of near friends and relatives they also may be piety and appropriate, but they look very silly a formal signature, and surely do not betit the Glgnity of womanhood. We find, for instance, among these eight ban- dred names scores of Minnies and Mamies, and only here and there a Mary, a much more euphontous as well as dignifted name. Jane is bert teecens wey, inte. Jennie, Der hoeved Carrie, Ellen Ella, Blizi into Lizzie and Bessie, Katherine into Katie, Martha into Mattie, Margaret into Maggie, Anne and o into Annie, fond Harriet mee Heer Such absurd names as ese appear quite frequ Nettie bibole, ‘Aggic and Sangin? SoseSadle. ettie, le an The great alm seems to be name which ends in fe, and in accomp! the finest appellations for women we have, names renowned in poetry and in history, and of asweet and mel 30 Bs of Ines, and do not right to girls of dignity and Serecer ee Erie ie are a tothe Normal College, so many of hom have their living toearn. And yet An Invincible Mule. “Jerry” made his ee in Ivanpauzh District. in Arizona, in its early history. He was amule. Very pronounced mule. Joe Sin- apes Serb one him tnto the district. He said e gave $100 for him in Caltfornia, He expected to get some work out of “Jerry” in the mines. He dant. “Jerry” wasthe color of a sunbeam buffalo Tobe, large and angular, and knock-kneed be fore and behind. Very, behind. He had only onecar. The other had probably been cut off by some one in a fit of anger. It was, no doubt, the last mule’s ear that man ever cut off. “Jer- Ty” was a mule that would resent anything of that kind. When he was going to sleep his sur- viving ear would nod, and sink lower and lower, ‘until it hung down over bis eyes. “Jerry was” dreaming then of nis childhood days. He was an old mule. In meanness. Joe tried “Jerry” at various kinds of work. Tiled him at a whim for raising ore. “Jerry” didn’t work long until he had a :misunderstand- ing with bis driver. He kicked the driver and drove tim off the bill, “Jerry” was so uncer- tein that no miner would work in the shaft while he was at the whim. To do so would be taking chances with the bucket. He was har- essed to a water cart, but kicked the head out of the water barrel. Next he was placed in a teem. His habits were demoralizing to the other mules in the team, and he was removed from their society. One evening he and another mule were tied together to keep them from wandering too far, and turned out to browse for the nighi. The next morning one was dead. “Jerry” wouldn't work at anything. He just Wanted to wander around and enjoy himseli. Tt got so he had nearly all his time to himself. He roumed about the camp and vicinity. ae day he fell into an abandoned shaft thirty feet | deep. No one tried vo get himout. It was thought he might end his useless existence in there. He could be seen at the bottom nodding. Finally, after he had been in five days, Town Kerrigan took pity on him. Tom was kind to anim He sald “Jerry” was a bad mule, bat he ovght not be allowed to starve. ‘Tom rigged some ropes, got help, and hoisted him out. Then he walked up to “Jerry,” and patting him affectionately, said: | ‘Had a pooty rough time, didn’t you, old ‘Fom disappeared in the shaft. “Jerry” had striigbtened 6ut one of his hind legs. Tom was taken out very seriously injured. He Hugerea between life and death for aiong time. He had to have one of his legs ampu' and finaliy got up with a stiff arm. He is making his living as a musician in San Francisco now. Hand organ. “Jerry” didn’t have a paint-brush tail. Hts owners always had seemed to like just his natural tail. They loved life. “ Jerry” was getting to be prominent in Ivan- augh. “He was a rising mule. His conduct, jowever, was beginning to tell on his owner. doe Singwion had come into camp a steady young mun, but he was getting a little reckless and dissipated. Trouble on his mind. Joe was getting rer, and he needed his mule’s assistance, He tried “Jerry” once more, drawing the car In and out of the tunnel. “Jer. ry” drew the car at once ina kicking manner. dust as he returned from the mouth of tee tun- Bel to the face of {t,a big biast went off pre- Toaturely. Outside partes ran into the tunnel, peering anxiously through the smoke to see if the five men working at the face were injured. They were all dead. “Jerry” was missing. The blast had made an es Perey, large hole in the floor of the tunnel. When the swoke grew less dense “Jerry” was discovered standing at the bottom ol the hole, unhurt, chewing a piece of iu: “Jerry” would eat most anything. He was partial to pieces of bacon rind, wagon covers and collars. He could make a comfortable meal on axle grease. At one time he was stealing barley from asack., There was some giant car- tridges mixed with the barley. He picked up one of the cartridges. A number of men were watching him to see him meet a horrible death. They thought it would be a fit end of his career. “Jerry” chewed; the cartridges exploded. His tail made a little tremulous move—that was all. a out the shell, and took out another car- tridge. A hew man from California came into camp. He recognized “Jerry” and Joe. He sali Joe had not given one hundred dollars for the uule, That “Jerry” @vas from San Joaquin Vailey, where he had_been a prominent, leading mule. That there had been mass meetings of the citi- zens there to determine how to get rid of “Jerry.” He was Fee the farming community. That finally the county court of Merced county gave Joe Singleton, who was passing through the country, ten dollars to take the mule to Arizona. Joe's hundred dollar story was exploded. He drank harder. “Jerry” wandered further and further away from the camp. Joe had despatred of him. Other mules would not associate with him. They felt constrained in his presence. He dis- appeared. One day an jvanpaugh Indian came into camp. His band made their headquarters on a little creek 20 miles away. He was in trouble. He wanted to go to Washington to see the Great Father. He said: “Me want to talk Great Father. Mcrican man mean. Let mule go— mule eat tent. Pappose he hit mule—mule he Kill pappose—kill squaw. Me big chief—hit mule—imule hit me—he big chief.” It was “Jerry.” Joe Singleton died in an insane asylum. Our Future.” [Detroit Free Press, Lime-Kiln Olub.} As soon as the meeting was fairly under way Brother Gardner announced that Judge Afidavy Martin, late of Alabama, but now travelling in the north as the agent of a een fish-hook, was present and desired to address the club on the subject named above. It was voted to hear the ad and after being received in due form and introduced, the judge stood upon the platform and : “We mus’ not look in de past fur ourfuchur. Noman kin tell what de nex bun‘erd y’ars will bring fo’th by lookin’ ober de fence of ole graveyards, What am our fuchur? Who kin tell what dis nashun will amount to if it keeps on in the way It hez begun? If apyone had told you twenty years ago dat to-night I woud Stan’ befo” you wid a peer collah on my neck, you would have set Im down as an assassin. Yet de march of improvement has accomplished eben mo’ dan dat. Fordesum of 50 cents you kin have a brass watch chain fixed up so nigh like gold dat you can work it on a hoss trade for $50. Efany- body had told George Washington dat de day Would come when shirts would button behind what would dat great man have sald? Dis ken- try am a mighty clock. Ebery time de pend’lum Swings a child am bo’n. Ebery time de hand takes a jump somebody comes to the front wid anew sort_o’ stomach bitters or an ey rat-trap. Ebery hour ticked off ama mile o’ railroad built, a bridge laid down, a hill levelled or a forest cleared. ‘Such of us’ as kin remember back a hun’erd y’ars realize de change mo’ dan de young folks. Sich of usas liba hun- ‘erd y’ars in de fuchur will not be surprised to See jugs wid free handies, coffee-pots dat shet up like a jack-knife, rat-traps dat Mluminate de house, an’ rockin’-chairs dat sail aroun’ on wheels.” The speaker closed amld cheers and applause, and for the remainder of the evening Bee given the seat of honor under the Bear- rap. Quassia for Mosquitoes. A few years ago I had some peach trees which, being on a wall ex; lo draught, Were annually blighted. One died, and the new Wood of the others was not more than a hand’s length. A scientific friend advised me to trya Weak solution of quassia to water them with, and the success was complete. Blight was pre- vented. The first year the trees bore well and the new wood was elbow-length or more. I next tried quassia in the vinery. Instead of lime-washing the walls to get rid of the green ly, one watering with quassia dismissed them in a day. My head gardener, who bad pre- viously much experience in nursery grounds, wondered that he had never heard of it before. He now uses tt in all cases as a protection from. Mies and blight. The dilution goes a long way: one pound of chips of quassia-wood boiled and rebolled in other water, until he has eight gal- lons of the extract for his garden-engine. He finds {t unadvisable to use it stronger for some plants. 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