Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1896, Page 13

a oe : = = a THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, W101 Pennsylvania Avesta, Cor, 1th Street, by The Evening Star Newspapsr Company S. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. New York Oiioe, 49 Pottar Baildiaz sere leben The Evening Star ‘s served to subscribers in the efits by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents ef week, or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter Brcents each, By wall—auswhere in the Culted States or Canada—postage previld 50 cents per tenth. Saturday quintupl> Sheet Star, $1.00 ver sear; forcign postaze «ited, $2.00. (Entered at the Past Oineo at Washington D. C., as second-clasa mail matter.) EAT mall ubseriptioas rust be paid in advarce. Rater of advertisiaz known on application. We ask less for had in America. We utilize our ments on the premis and do the largest tai No regrets will as. fimited time: English Trousering {OF ooacs- A line of $25 ing warranted nav ton Cutaway Coats ored finely from blac sted, for. Custom Tailor, 12 ACADENY OF SCIENCES. « Came to a Afte papers the : Decomposition of Atcohol, Tra sen; an Archi-mollusk, 4 Morphol- State of eal Temperatur a mn a Me the Cri ! tures On a New ondary z George Li W. K. Brooks Pithecanthro; ry of Java, O. the academy Thursday in embership Ch val ft the t tates x received with general Waleot ot only oeru- = the scien- capital, but {s a man ally very popular, Wouldn't Get It Renewed. i nelseo Pest MeEnery recently ap- se before a justice ee at Suisin. McEnery found it to make frequent objections to hat the opposing counsel was attempting to Introduce. The justice, whos first rule of evidence ts verything goes, ed and then indignant. ontain himself no longer, mone of Mr. McEnery’s " replied the at- facetiously. all I've got to say is that when ent expires you will have a hard vetting it renewed. Go on with the —sao—— a Food. Se From Life. The St. Louis Hostess—“I am afraid you will find our dear Missourl water rather unpleasant to your taste.” Guest—"“Not at all, madame. It’s best I ever ate.” the soo A Reason. From the North La Crosse Argus. Little Boy—“The preacher says there ts no marryin’ In heaven.” Little Girl—“Of course not. There wouldn't be enough men to go ‘round.” We are not “cheap” tailors. We do no “cheap” tailoring. Here are 3 spec A line of usual $7, Suiting serge suits, will be made to order for. We shall take orders for 3-but- While the work room is fairly crowded now it is well that you place your orders early in the week before it becomes overcrowded! G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, and F Sts. nerged | hod | — Qfrinfers’ "nf, Pe Little ecoo? master of advertising), saps: Jf is cfaime>d for fhe Wasiinsfor Sfor, and proBabfp frufSful?> cfaimed, Bat no offer newspaper tn fBe counfre goes info so farse a percenfaze of aff fhe Gouses wiffin a radius of fwentp mifes the be tailoring than it can be entire building, make all gar- and carry the largest stock ess in Washington follow leaving your order with iloring bu: ial offers which will prevail for a 5-25 $7.50 and $& will be made up inelud- black rue and and Vests, tail- k English wor- & & he Public of The Evening aversing with mem = the proposed libr: e , the same as other munici valy objection I have heard that ere throughout the country they are supported by the muntcipaliti y a general or a special tax, and, in a fe 3. by donations from ¢ that to be so, then the question at o' Ises, What constitutes the municipality » at the national capital? There is no such thing in the usual se r there is of mu In ¢ maki Joint affalr om it has created by its law, are sim executive off | appointed to execute cipal laws en- acted by Con no power of such as town and the ¢ whate uncil payers have no voi eractment of municipal regulations yintment of the Commissioners it the municipal laws enacted s, ch is our tos of a Seng ment of t votism. It is the o ent, etleast under the the people have no volce what tra n local atfairs. have nothing to say about imposition of taxes; they have no voice the selection of those m for the admint. of Kove an ng, Wher ration of the izen has is h Congress impo: own in the Di ngs more.” anomalous condi- the Uni In con: tion of 2 affairs, and government ow nuch as the United § tand in law the muniel- agreed to pay half of Ss, it would seem to ly clear that If a library fs to be hlished it should be done by the only xisting municip to wit, Congress, wpa that it should be supported out of the munic fund the government y ¢ I do not see how view of the facts, for any on to arrive at any other ble, in nable p ‘lusion. The fact that, as a general rule, the states do not appropriate money to help support their town and city libraries has no bear- ing whatever. The state has no connection with or part in the municipal governments of the towns and citles, and, aside from the state capitol building, it owns no property in them, and the amount It does own Is so Hinitesimal in proportion to the whole property of the state that it is not considered worth mentioning. So, too, the fact that the United States Fs nent does not pay taxes on the prop- erty it owns In the citles elsewhere 1s no for that, too, Is an infinitesImal part whole—here and there a custom a court house or a post office build- It is passing strange that members do not or will not sce the facts as they are, and | act accordingly. All must see and know that the national capital is sui generis, | wholly unlike any other city in the United States, and unlike any other national capi- | tal in tho world, so far as these matters are | concerned, and, therefore, the rule of action which applies elsewhere does not apply here. As showing how these matters are man- aged elsewhere in the United States, even at tho risk of repeating what has perhaps been already seen by most, I would refer to the state of Massachusetts. The last report of the free librartes of the state of Massachu shows that there are less than twenty towns in the state with- out free circulating libraries. 6 towns and cities the libraries are owned and man- aged by the municipality. In thirty-six other towns the municipality is represented in the management. In twenty other towns the municipality, though not managing the } libraries, appropriates money for their sup- port. There are only seventeen libraries which have no connection with the munici- pality. During the last three years the num- ber of bound velumes in the free libraries of the state has increased from 2,759,400 to 3,139,637, and in the last year there was a circulation of 6,267,061 books. Here it will be seen that the libraries are established, owned and supported by the muni. al government, and out of the gen- eral municipal fund. That is all that Is asked here, and it is right and proper., If not, why not? The objection that it would necessitate a heavy expenditure has no foundation. The only expense required would be the rent of a few rooms, until we get our District building, when rooms can be provided for it there, and a couple, or, at most, three, persons to keep charge of the books. Moreover, that matter is wholly within the control of our town councll— Congress—which can limit the expense as it sees fit. Again, the citizens have already raised some $0,000 for It, and many will donate books besides, If once established. So, view- ing it in every light possible, it would seem to be the proper thing to do. W. C.D. oe A Difference. From the Texas Siftings. Gus De Smith—“I hear your mother-in- law is dangerously {I.” Colonel Yerger—“She is a very sick wo- man, but she is not as dangerous as when she was well.” who are placed |. from Be office of pubficgtion. A MAMMOTH CHORUS Four Thousand Voices Will Lead the C. E, Convention Singing. THE GREAT WCRK OF PREPARATION ES Provision Made for Music at the Various Meetings. ee el A NOTABLE FEATURE —_+ PECIAL ATT Sa will be given to music during the Christian Endeavor \\\ convention, which ts ‘\\\\ to be held here fn \\\) duly. Singing is to ‘be made more of a feature than ever. Those who have at- tended a convention of Christian En- deaverers and heard them sing say that the experience is wonderfully Inspiring, When 10,000 voices blended together in harmonious melody sing stich Joyous songs here is Sun- shine in My Soul Today,” it is not to he won- dered at, they say, that an enthusiastic im- pulse should be created Delegates to the cc " ention arrive In the they sing as they mar they sing in meetings hotels, while riding in the st on excursions, while ng Dp of in- terest—everywhere and at all times there is song while they are gathered together. while a Muste is, therefore, the most unique and at the same titne the most attractive feature ofa a ion. The enthu: peo- ple who are no longer peopl who are not members of th sing; even tho: utter a note universal s div trong. 4 One sec assigned to each teht, and the fourth will be divided > among the other me ff places of the convention, Central Hall and five i churches. Organization of the Committee. Mr. C. $. Clark of the Church of the Covenant Is the chairman of th mittee, He is ted in his tral committee of nine meml whom are ladies, and by mittee of about sixty-five pe member of the auxiliary _ccmmittee is a leader of a choir of from 59 to 150 singers at society of which he is a member, bined choirs of from ten form oné singer up th to twenty body of convention sections united ma ‘The central com in planning for th sic of the cor is composed of Miss Blanche Pattison, se retary, of the Mt. Vernon M. }3. Chure Harry G. Kimball, aid, Western Preeby- terian Church; Miss Mattle Bartlett, Cal- vary Baptist; Dr. F. J. Woodman, Metro- politan Presbyterian; cll Barnes, Ver- mont Avenue Christian; J. A. Rose, Gunton ‘Temple Memorial Presbyterian; I. R. Con- ner, First’ Congregational; Miss Florence Kidwell, North Presbyterian, and R, T. Bal- of the Congress Street Methodist Pro- ant Church. These are all accomplished musicians, and are well known instrumentalists or leaders of chu cr other musical organizations. . Clark is the super- 2 first a , and the chorus. ing M vi of tl division of the L schools, He was born in Low , and received his education is of New England, in law school of in the’ public’ scho Dartmouth Coll Christian En- He has been interests a ears. He was the yor work for some elecate to the ), and to that convention in St. Louis in 15% held in I m last year. Mr. Clark studied music urder some of Washington's best known doctors of the prefession, and has been connecied with the Choral Society, Apollo Male Chorus and other similar organizations. For two years he was tho tenor in the quartet choir at St. Andrew's Church, and served Si. John’s Church for a similar period as its solo tenor, and for eight years was the precentor of the Church of the Covenant. His musical education and experience well qualify him for the important post of duty to which he Nas been called. The committee of 'M} started out with the idea of organizing a chorus of 4,000 voices for the conventicn, Already over 3,000 persons have been enlisted for this work and active training is now being car- ried on, The organization was started in the various societies with small choirs as nuclel. A competent person in each so- clety was selected as the leader, and for two months past the work of enlisting singers Ras been going on. To become a member of the chorus an applicant must be able to sing acceptably some musical part, and must pledge to attend all the rehearsals that are helt, unless excused for a satisfactory reason, as well as all the meetings of tne convention to which he is assigned, if possible. Drilling the Chorus. = For the last four weeks choir leaders have been drilling their portions of the chorus and during the present week the work of rehearsing by sections was begun. As far as possible all the socleties in one neighborhood have been grouped together to form one of the four sections of the cho- rus. Capitol Hill and Hast Washington so- cletles comprise section A of the chorus; section B consist of societies in the lower central part of the city; section C is made up_ of societies in the northwest, and section D of those in the west and Georgetown. Rehearsals of sections were held consecutive nights during this week, In order that Chairman Clark might be present at each one and instruct the singers in their duties and detail some of his plans. In the weeks that are to follow rehearsals of the four sections will be held simultaneously, every Friday evening. Designated hymns will be selected for prac- tice until all the music to be sung at the convention is thoroughly familiar to the members of the chorus and sufficiently drillel on» expression. Mr. Clark states that it is his intention to have tke singing at the convention as effi- cient as possible, and that while he does rot care ta speak bcastfully of what will be done in the music line, he and the mem- be of his committees are going to do the best they ean to make this feature satis factory. He says that the material at his con mand is first-class and weil trained, and he expects the chorus to Co good work. Selection of Music, A little over a week ‘ago the music for the convention was received in the shape of a pamphlet of fifty-six pages, and the books have been largely distributed members of the chorus. to The selections made are what were considered to be the Lest end most popular numbers in Chris- tian Endeavor hymns, supplemented by songs from other sources, and including several hymns specially prepared for this convention. In this latter class will be found the hymn of Mr. John D. Morgan, secretary of the cemmit music written for it by M ter, treasurer cf the ‘96 committee; the ington ‘96 convention hymn by Carl ten tion hymn spec vention by Col, John 1 Hughes of this city, and the inv uly dedicated to the con- In the preliminary rehearsals of the sec- tions Mr. Clark will be assisted by Mr. Percy §. Foster and two members of music committee yet to be selected. Mr Fester has been invited by the pro committee of the United Soctety, whic arranging all the details for the con tion servives, to be one of three music I rs during the meetings in July. compliment which was extended M ter last year at Boston and the year vious at Cleveland, where he ciated with others of internation music and directe Will be used for the purpose of a at the convention meetin It is expected that In each teng there will be two grand piano. eral cornetists to assist the voi cornet will he specially effective nu companying tnstrument. phonzo Youn: of th one of the cor 1 a anticipated that service this year. Another local music Kely it Is s a, will be ro! F Guinter of talented performers on brass ‘in struments, will help in the me did last year, For Field Duty. Every member of the mammoth chorus registere at headquarters. A record kept of the name and address of son enlisted, the society to whic’ she belongs and the pact he or This record ts expected to play rt during the convent fc committee to properly apportion section of the cherus among the d meeting places ott roposed that th three ten an import- nin assisting fourth wil! do field duty, that is, divided up among the ‘five Central Hall, which iH be tfon to tents. There Pa system of rotation, in ef- feet, by which it is expected that the sec- tlon whict 1d duty one three « ig Up the sectio! field duty, tt ‘rs will be delegated to Cen- a large platform ts to be oir and speakers, after the lopted for the January convention of the local ut tion will by church proposes that befor ntion is opened a_detalle tion ef the chorus session of all its mem? ns a member of the choru. in edvance Just where his every convention cession. rvices he is to sing in tl the section to which among the other he con- program of hall he In the what s Central Hall or In some desi and at what partievlar Preparing Special Music. Besides the hymns which will be sung, the chorus this year, for the first time in the histery of Christian Endeavor conyen- tons, will be expected to render an anthem or other special selection at eve ion. This will require considerable additional practice on the part of the members, but it is believed that the novel feature will prove an especially attractive and agreeable one and well worth the nt in prepere s id instrumental, will contribute to 1 program, ond singing evans who have invitations to be p ntion will be heard at se ces. th eral of the ser Saturday afternoon, Inly 11, the four sec- tions of the chorus will be masscd together when the grand open-air meeting is held at the base of the Washington monument. This will he the only occasion during the convention that the chorus as a united whole will sing together. It is that the effect will he magnificent. The in- tention is to engage also the services of a fine military banc This oc-csion is looked forward to with a great 1 of expectancy on the part of those engaged in planning for the musical features of the convention, and it Is be- Neved that citizens generally, but more pecially lovers of chorus effects, will the opportunity to hear the h: volume produced by four thousand trained yoices. Such an opportunity has never be- fore been presented in Washington, and on- ly on very rare occasions elsewhere in the country. At.the time ef the capital cen- tennial celebration, in 1893, fifteen hundred persons com} which has stood as the high-water mark of united vo- ize rmony and cal effort in this city. Christian ¥ ers are striving, with every prospect of successful accomplishment, fer a chorus nearly three times the size. Ss Source of Her Confidence. From the Roston Transcript, Uncle George—“I really can’t understand you, Hattie; all the married women you know, you say. have made bad matches, and yet you are quite ready to try matri- mony yourself.”” Hattle—“Don't you know, Uncle George, that there's an cxeellent chance of getting @ prize in a lottery where so many of the blanks have been drawn?” A KNOWN QUANTITY is what a purchaser is entitled to, whether he buys dry-goods, groceries, advertising space, or anything else. In any case he has a right to know the precise quantity and the exact character of the article he pays for, and, if wise, he will get the most and best that. can be had for the money he pays. In the matter of publicity this he can get only in a clean decent family news- paper like THE EVENING STAR, with its phenomenal tegular permanent _ paid-for household circulation,—not in noisome fungous give away sheets, that are thrown pell mell into gutters and by-ways, and sent in bulk to junk shops and paper mills, in order to-make a show of circulation with which to deceive unwary advertisers. Last year Mr. Fl- | s REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Effect of the Building of the Amevi- can University, EXPECTED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT Public Interest in the Work of Laying New Cidewalks. ee es MATTERS OF INTERES i In anticipation of the demand for bui sites In the can University, derable amount of ground has been § ed, and the own- ers of land contemplate making additional subdivisions, It is expected that the work of erecting the first building in the group that is planned to occupy the chosen uni- ver: wll be begun during the pres- ent It is thought by those who have en matter attention that the real estate development which followed the erection of the buildings of the Cath University will be repeated in this loca! It is pointed out by those who take view that prior to the e: blishment of the Catholic ty at the head of 4th stree houses in town of Bi Now there is the which is a flourishing ch is one of the most ises of that cha ted in the vi li there is a repetition o in the ca experienc versity ths to the population of opening of roads and the i, will n this point and p city. ale of a A tract of land nty-five a and known the Murdoch Mill D. D, Stone & Sons, for Lily M. West Virginia. “0, The ground is lo- est of the American tated to be the in- purchaser to hold this prop- tract, has becn suld b real estate by The price is given as §4 1 to the res of land lyin; the River road und the Murdoch Mill roa and near Tenleytown. The purchasers are A. B. Middleton and David D. Stone, and ey Howell, Comas pror into buila versity F gett and D. D. Stone, trus- to the District Investment Company six acres of lend on the Murdoch ‘The price paid property is to + Residence. ed by George S, some residence © built on 16th street between S and eets for Mr. Jolin Sherman. The hor will have a frontage of twen depth of sixty feet, and a stories in height. IAdiana limestone and Pempeiian will be used in the con- struction of on the roof. the front. 7 There will be tile house will contain elev rooms, TH first floor will be f ish: ad, and a fea » in this part will be the st with serecn work above the house will be heated by steam. A New House. ‘The erection of a three-story house to be Iccated on the south side of Corcoran street between I7th and 18th streets will be shortly commenced by Davidson & Davidson from pla prepared by S. Cooper, architect. The front w light stone and Roma will be covered with three rocms on the titions betw n brick, and the roof ate. There will be first floor, and the par- ‘ary and parlor and ill be supported by The into six bed ci be divided floors will chambers. +The New Sidewalks. Considcrable inte ng mar ed by the public In the now in pr gress cf improving the sidewaiks. walks are being Ixid where found nec sary. The work is being done by the en- ginecr department under the assessment tem, and abutting property owne will be taxed one-half the cost of the improve- ment. The work was begun in the business section, and will be vigorously prosecuted vntil the appropriation is exhausted. It is estimated that $40,000 worth of new side- walks will be laid’ before July. The Buiiding Record. While the number of permits for new buildings issued this week is considerably in excess of any week thus far this spring, eter of the houses is not so geod. A total of twenty-two new dwellings rep- resents the number of permits issued, but t received eight 5 the south- ; the northeast, seven, ; the southeast, three, at and the county, three, at $5,800, This falling off in the amount of money expended in houses is explained to be due to the number of apartment houses th are going up all over the city. Such build- irgs have suites containing as many rooms as a small house, and not only rent for the same or even smaller amount, but furnish, in addition, light, heat and elevator serv ice, not to mention a cafe conducted on the popular price principle. —— A STRANGE DEATH. A Driver's Charred Body Found Be- neath the Ruins of His Stage. From the San Francisco Chronicle, Last night at 7 o'clock Ethelbert A. Whit- comb mounted the stage of the Ukiah and Scotia line to drive to Laytonyille. When the stage reached a turn in the road about four miles north of Willets the driver had either fallen asleep or become confused, and the horses left the regular road and tcok a left-hand road in the direction of Felton’s sawmill. Whitcomb awoke shortly after departing from the stage road and discovered his pre- dicament. There was an embankment on the left of the road, and, not observing the declivity, Whitcomb endeavored to turn the horses and drive back to the stage road. The kingbolt of the stage broke and wagon and drivér were thrown down the embank- ment. It was evidently impossible for the driver to extricat> himself from the rubber cover of the seat, and he consequently fell be- neath the stage. His head struck a rock, and it is believed that death was almost instantaneous. The dashboard of the stage struck on Whitcomb’s breast, so if he did not die at once he was held a prisoner. In the meantime the side lamps of the stage had exploded or been broken by the fall, 1 there were practically neo | had this year—the quick has left us with immense dres goods on hand, lose on them now than —but include Bleck Goods, Colored Goods, Ginghams, Jaconets, ilks, ever known goods must go. —Sale prices for CASH Headquarters for Dry and the oil fell i injured man. The flam ed from the bur: cloth nd when iound thi: body burned beyond ree: leg and both arms hav A settler residing ne of the accident saw w. rded as a camp fire of hu Ny Whiicomb’s fuseral p; he had re- but it was It ts the custom of this stage line for the south-bound drivers to centinue the trip in case the north-bound s = to connect at the regular stations. This morning, al Whitcomb had not arrived at the proper station, Driver Braskett kept on south. ! When he reached the scer of the accident he was horrified to observe the burned stage, and the embers the charr-d body ‘of Whitcomb, The horses were still standing attached to the remains of the re at one time having been so fierce the hair of the is was singed. stage carried a mall, but it was all destroyed, and little was left | of the vehicle. ses The Other Side of the Debtor Clerk Question. To the Editor of The ping Star: Severai gentlemen have expressed their views on this subject, the reading of which would seem to indicate that they consider all persons, especially government clerks, who do not pay their debts—honest debts, if you will—as dishonest, with which con- jon, as well as upon their criticism of 3 whom they so air ro in that category, I beg leave to dissent. Why? Re- cause, first, If the truth could be ascertai it would be found that a smaller per cent of persons in government employ fail to pay their debts than among those outside | of it; second, every lawyer knows that the | law is a tituent part of every contract; third, the law exempts the pay of govern- ment emplvuyes from execution. Therefo' the head of a department has no more right nor legal authority to enforce the claim of a creditor against a debtor clerk than he has to administer upon the clerk’s estate after his death. Fourth, the law likewise empts from execution household effe to a certain value—the lawyer's Ii surgeon's instruments—the tools, ete.—througtiout all the occupation. All the states have homestead exemption laws. Why? Because society ‘has rights, the underlying principle being that no man shall be deprived of his means of self-support, thereby rendering him liable to become a public charge. Query—Is a person who declines to waive the right of exemption, let the debt be ever so honest, to be denounced as dishonest? If so, the bulk of mankind {s_ prot dishonest. Fifth, It is a principle of law that a man cannot take advantage of his own wrong A merchant crediting a clerk does so with his eyes open, knowing that his salary can- not be garnisheed, but in the old days he trusted to luck to enforce payment by badgering the clerk, through the head of his department, and in those days the de- partments, much to their annoyance, were veritable coliection agencies. Clerks could get anything on credit; in fact, were en- couraged to do so to a degree of extrava- gant prodigality. But now the departments have dissipated sentiment, and ceased to be collection agencies, and everybody is bene- fited thereby. Clerks are less prodigal be- cause merchants are more chary of the credit business. Finally, in behalf of clerks, let me say that a large majority of us have persons dependent upon us, of whom the public wot not of—mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, et al. Anyhow, give us the benefit of the doubt, as we are chiefly honest people. VERITAS. G4 W. D. CLARK & CO, Dry Goods Sale® Ever Inaugurated —begins Monday, April 27. Everything in the House at Actual WHOLESALE COST. —It’s the rarest of occasions when we have a sale of any kind, but the unprecedented season we've —These goods must be cleaned out — we'd rath The sale is not confined to spring goods alone 5) Hosiery and Underwear, Umbrellas and Parasois. —All seasonable goods—all new. —Sale begins Monday—lasts thirty days—and be the greatest Dry Goods event Washington has —We claim only what we do. at WHOLESALE COST—WI —First come best served—for the rush will be big. W. D. CLARK & CO., 811 Pa. Ave. d, | & € 8 Pa. Ave. jump from cold to warm ight stocks of light -we later. Challies, ‘Wash Cheviots, Organdies, Dimities, Linens, will We say we will sell “LL DO IT. The only. Goods, SOLTHERN HISTORY, med for 1s Scudy rvation, An Associa‘ n n d Pre A numter of well-known southerner® ase sembled in the lecture room of the ¢ bilan Uni sity erday evenin a swer to a call Is for d in the ints tization to Zatuer fous spe. w al: A temporary nization w | the selection of Dr. J. L. M j of the Peabod man, and Dr. y. Dr. € tive i erving z and Inst of pre . Butler of the College of Si MC. ing t for its ob f x tory, and persons who for the meeting should It we eds unan, | Gen, Wright and Mr. T. M, Owen ¥ pointed a committee to draw up a « | tion, and upon its adoption officers | new’ o: h will be kno the Southern H Association, |lected as follow {General Wilson | presidents, J Owen, 2 couneil, Dr, Charles ; Professor He rsity of Virgin minis ney, 1 of th W. Dab- . Battle, North WwW , North H. Browne, Davis Lodge, Wa . Stubbs, New © Stephen is. essor Williarm sor Lee Fichlen, man, Alabama; . Cole, Col. R.A. Brock, Virginia. _— ard on Papa. From Our Girls and Boys. Johnny Jameson had arrived at his eighth birthday and thought that it would be nice to write a to his papa, a: is the way he Washington, “My I r Pa Whenever I am t to do wrong, I think of you, and say, “Get thee behind me, Perfectly Natura’ From Life. “Harold, dear, why were you so very noisy this morning? You waked me with shouting. I don't like to be roused so. I wish to sleep until I wake natural! “Yes; but, mamma, Isn't it vake up when you hear a noi = 2e-- The Wheel. From the Texas Sifter, “Are you riding hooly?” “No.” “Swore off?” “No; fell off.” your wheel now, ile