Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1897, Page 18

foes 18 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1897-24 PAGES, AT KENDALL GREEN - Uncle Sam's College for the Educa- tior of the Deaf and Dumb. NEW METRODS OF TRAINING How Children Are Taught to Read and to Speak. ag THE FUTURE OF GRADUATES Written for The Evening Star. R. E. M. GALLAU- det has done more toward teaching the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak than any other man of his generation. He has becn at the head of the nation’s institu- tion for deaf 1 Columbia Institution at Kendall Grex— for more than forty years. Only the other day he celebrated bis fixtieth birthday, but he appears at least ten years younger. A writer for The Star visited Kendall Green the other day and talked with Dr. Gallaudet, the instructors and the pupils. In conversation with Dr. Gallaudet his at- tention was called to a recent public representing him as the head of a faciion. Dr. Gallaudet contradicted this statement. He said he had found good and bad points in both the oral and manual systems, but had sé ed the virtues of each and had placed them in a combined system for teaching the inmates of the national insti- “Experience has taught me,” sald he, “that it is necessary to learn the cap- abilities of a so-called deaf and dum) child hefore determining how to educate him. ‘Those commonly called the deaf and dumb should be spoken of simply as the deaf, since dumbness or muteness is in nearly all cases directly dependent upon deafness iis not inborn. The only excgptions to this rule that deaf and dumb children are simp vause they deaf are they are idiots or where their vocal ergans have become paralyzed. More than half of the deaf become deaf after they are bern. Those y » become deaf after learn- ing to talk are seldom mutes, because they rarely ever forget how to use their vocal organs se who cannot and never have heard their own or any one's else voice grow up to be mutes, unless educated to ak. The Deaf Taught to Speak. The majority of the deaf children can be tanght to speak with their own lips and to understand speech from the lips of others. If a deaf child, however, hasn't a natural quickness of the ‘eye to read the gestures of the lips, or if he hasn't the necessary mental faculties behind this ouickness, the process of teaching him speech is very diffi- et The ora! or so-called new method teaches him to read the gestures of the mouth and to use his own voice and mouth in their expression as does the normal child. One of the greatest criticisms which can be passed upon the exclusive use of the oral system is that it too often re- sults in the failure of deaf children to r educations. I, therefore, have had ted in the Columbia Institute both systems, combined into one.” Deaf Mute ¢ Gallaudet College, named Dr. Gal- laudet's father, one of the pioneer teachers and benefactors of the deaf mutes of this country, is the bigher department of the national institution. Here are received graduates from the eighty-nine different deaf mute schools in the United States. This is the only real college for the deaf mute in the world, and ‘the only institution where he is afforded the higher academic elueation and given degrees in the arts and scien Dr. Gallaudet said that about sixty of those who had gone out into the world from the college had become teachers, eight of them being at the head of institu. ‘or the deaf: four have entered the y: three have become editors or publishers of newspapers: three have taken ether positions in journalism: fifteen have entered the government civil service—one of these. who had risen rapidly to a high and responsible position, having resigned tice patent law in the west, and having also been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States: one is the official botanist of a sta one is a micrascopist. and another an engraver in t survey; two are successful archi- one occupies the office of city cour : another, once a city treasurer, hier in a national bank: one has ¢ eminent as a practical chemist and two have entered the faculty of two others are rendering therein as instructors. to the fact that a study into which possibly enter. He built n order that he might concentrate his tind to the utmest. The deaf, said he, have ever with them the adv - tages offered Scott's study One of the graduates of who became a computer in one the government scientific institutions was known as by far the most accurate omputer ever employed there. I was then introduced to Mr. Percival head of the department of articula- tion, who ushered me into the various el. the practical education I was first taken to brick building smaller edifices. Here are taug® younger pupils, those below the col- legizte daprtment. I saw the process from he beginning, first visiting the room where the youngest children were being taught. The instructor, himself a deaf mute, point. little colored boy who had lately the school, and who was called show the process of tuition in its ry first stages. The little fellow, taking hint, went to the blackboard. The r showed him the picture of a cai beneath which was printed the word “cat, Which the teacher covered with his finger. le fellow made several futile at- write the same word, until the ly removed his finger that he his errors. other chil- ren representing varying degrees of effi- went through similar processes. a bright-faced little blonde girl was board the teacher pointed to one of th fn the class. The girl wrote “Boy.”” The teacher. by gesture, told the boy to jimp, whic ‘The little girl there- upon wr " after “Boy.” A little oy a toy cat wrote “Cat™ her drew a blank and going to a closet rd. cat was moved across a table toward 1 was made to leap in the air. of his victim. The child and afterward, “on the space which the teacher had to be filled. The cat and then so manipulated by the in- or 4s to represent a violent struggle ne cat end bird, during which it nt that the bird was devoured, isappeared in the palm of the irstructor’s hand. 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By thus represent- ing all sorts of objects and actions by pic- tures, objects and gesticulations these children are taught to write simple sen- tences. They do not begin with their writ- ten alphabets, which ordinary youngsters must master first of all. They are taught the deaf and dumb alphabet or sign lan- guage, if they do not already know it. They learn to write words as words. Learning a Trade. In another class room a woman instruc- tor—whose specialty was‘ articulation—had seated before her four little girls. Ar- ranged before them were charts represent- ing cross-sections of the human head, the vocal organs being conspicuously indicated. Each division of the chart contained a let- ter of the alphabet, while a drawing along- side showed the positions of the tongue, lips, teeth and other organs of speech, when they arrange themselves to pro- nounce it. When I entered these children were reading simple words from cards held in their laps. After each little girl read her word the teacher made her repeat it until it could be distinctly understood. Some- times a child was required to place her finger upon the teacher's throat, or against her nose, as the word was properly pro- nounced, in order that she might feel the vibrations and thereby ascertain whether the sound was guttural or nasal. An ex- plosive was explained by placing the child's hand before the teacher's lips, that the sud- den outflow of breath might be felt. The words pronounced by these beginners were hardly capable of being understood by one unaccustomed to hearing them from day to day, as in the case of the instructor. Never Heard His Own Voice. When the little girls retired there entered a young man, who looked to be in the neighborhood of twenty. He had a good, strong face, his features being somewhat Napoleonic, and in his dark eyes there lingered rather a dreamy, sad expression. “Have you any news to tell me this morn- ing?” was the teacher's first question. In a deep, manly voice, suggesting a chant rather than informal discourse, he recited to her son:e Cuban news, which he had read in the morning paper. After this he read from a tenxt reader and related an ex- perience he had had in the city, where a dishonest bookseller had a day or two ago presented him with a counterfeit half dol- lar in change. This was well said, and I could follow his meaning almost through- out. Exclusive of its strange chant, his speech sounded more like that of a for- eigner, trying to pronounce English words than of a person suffering from an im- pediment. This young man was born to- tally deaf, and had never heard his own vo! The Sign Language. The procedure in other than the primary and articulation classes was similar in principle to that in schools for hearing and talking children, the main difference being that the sign language was substituted for speech, almost altogether. Even the slightest r2mains of hearing detected in any of these afflicted ears ts cultivated to the utmust, within the possibilities of mod- ern surgical skill. It is often possible to train a deaf ear which has never impressed the memory of a sound upon the brain. In this training the ear is exercised by the application of sounds through hollow tubes. In some cases there is used an improved electrical @evice which administers a sort of aural message. Students in the collegiate department both recite and receive instruction in the sign language. The professors deliver their lec- tures silently, depending upon their hands to express their ideas. The regular morn- ing as well as the Sunday religious serv- ices in th, college chapel are conducted in the deaf mute alphabet entirely. As Athletes. The yorng men of the Gallaudet College foot ball and base ball teams, which com- pete creditably with teams of neighboring colleges, have a peculiar advantage, exclu- sive of their excellent physiques, which, by the way, they are compelled to develop, according to a rigid rule of the institution. Their signals are all given in a language foreign to their adversaries. Every few weeks during the college year the young men and women are permitted to meet at a hop. The orchestra furnishing the dance music must always include a deep-sounding bass viol, the principal aid in giving the cadence. The music of this instrument is iot perceptible to the ears of the dancers, but is heard through their toes, so to.speak. Its vibrations are taken up by the ball room floor and can be distinctly felt by those gliding over it. President Gallaudet said that almost all of his pupils have a modified appreciation of music. If suffi- ciently near to it they can distinctly feel its vibraticns in the air against their bodies. A band is particularly agreeable to them for this reason. Water From a Planted Reed. From the Detrott Free Press. “When people are suffering from thirst they will resort to all kinds of means to get water,” remarked a gentleman who was at one time a member of the United States geological and surveying expedition in the Indien territory. “For some time we had been without water and were suffering greatly. Among our number was an old trapper, who was as keen on the scent for water as is a hound on the trail of a deer. Finally, he paused at a place and stopped. “I think there's water here, if we could dig a well,” he observed. “But we can't,’ I replied. “"No, but we can do something else,’ he said. “With that he cut a reed, tying some moss to the erd of it. Then he dug into the earth, placed his reed in the hole and pack- ed the earth around the reed. He waited for a few moments, “Do you mean to say that you can suck water out of that thing?’ I asked. “ “Yes, there's water near the surface.’ “He drew at it with much satisfaction. : “*Goog,” he remarked; ‘would you try te “With little confidence in the result I sucked at the reed, with the surprising re- sult of getting plenty of clear, pure water. To my parched tongue {t seemed the very nectar of the gods. : 5 tits as clear as the water of a spring,’ ‘s, the moss ts our filter,” he replied. “We pursued our journey much refreshed and I never forgot the old trapper’s de- vice.” tos Queer Things Down East. From the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror. The Nantucket jail stories which have been current court room topics for the last century have been entirely eclipsed by re- cent stories concerning the convicts of the Barnstable jail. Mr. E. C. Knapp, who is supposed to be serving a five years’ sen- tence for stealing national bank funds, was recently seen in the streets in prison garb, giving the wife of the jailer, Mrs. G. H. Cash, bicycle lessons. Mrs. €ash is thirty- eight years old, and has a daughter aged eighteen, and the convict is said to occupy a place of congenial companionship in the jailer's family. Another convict named Lewis Rogers was recently allowed to take a cow to Yarmouth and back while the sun was bright and the air invigorating for a pleasant walk. There is another prisoner, a Portuguese, named “Joe,” who is there on a complaint of a Portuguese girl named Rosa, and her story is that Joe promised to marry her while he was serving out a pre- vious sentence in the jail, and that she often met Joe outside the jail. It is a piti- ful story, because when Joe got out of jail he married another girl, after borrowing $%0 from Rosa. And all this in Barnstable town, where the jail is. The stories of Nan- tucket’s easy-going jail pale into insigni- cance in comparison with our continental neighbor. - —_ «EE Too Much Competition. From the Philadelphia Press. Brassy—“Are you in favor of restricting immigration?” Roundsman—‘‘Oi am. There are no places to be had on the foorce now, and there won't be none for years.” —————cee_____ The Uscful Bicycle. From Life. = “Wobbles rides his bicycle in- his. flat and he has to. hall -behind the plane of the face, and this is no YOUR PICTURE TAKEN Plain Points for People at the Pho- tographer’s, WHATTO WEAR AND WHAT NOT TO WEAR How Many Defects in Face and Figure May Be Overcome. PROCESS OF “RETOUCHING” Written for The Evening Star by Cleveland Moffett These are days when every one gets his or her picture taken and is usually disap- pointed with the result, oftentimes dis- gusted. The pretty girls of America, as well as those who are not so pretty, prob- ably shed more tears annually over proofs from the photographer's which make them lcok “perfectly horrid’ than they do over their sins. And yet it might have been very different had they managed differ- ently. “Why is it these actresses always look so sweet and lovely in their pictures?” ex- claimed a young woman in despair after a third trial, “while the rest of us usually Icok like frights?”’ That is a question which many ask themselves as they pass the displays of bewildering stage beauties. They know that the actresses are really no prettier than other women, and yet they always look prettier. A little reflection will give one the key to this mystery. Actresses look pretty because they make it their business to do so, and set about the thing in a sci- entific way, just as another woman learns typewriting. They take pretty pictures be cause they study the art of posing, as well before the camera as on the stage. Nine-tenths of the difficulty is overcome when the person who goes for a photo- graph understands the art of posing, and it may be remarked here that this is an art which nine photographers out of ten do not understand. Some of them think they do. When you are choosing a photographer do not ask whether his prices are high or low, but try to find out whether he can pese you properly. In addition to that he must understand what is equally import. ant, the laws of light and shade and t principles of perspective. Photographer: too often content themselves with under- standing the elementary processes of fo. cussing, developing and “touching up. Ah, what a ry, miserable thing is this “touching up. + What Colors to Wear. So much by way of generalities. Now for the particular things which you should do and should avoid doing. In the first place, if you are a woman, don't powder your face, and don’t dress in black. It is a mistaken idea that contrasts are neces- sary forsgood photographs. I saw the other day one of the most delightful pi tures one could imagine of a pretty young people blonde dressed entirely in white and stand- ing against a white background. It is better, however, to wear a gown of blue, pink, mauve or yellow, than to dress in plain white. The simpler the folds and the fewer the puffs and ribbon the better. The straight falling Greek costume, with its severe lines, is an ideal dress, but of course the dictates of fashion must respected. Blacken your eyelashes and eyebrows a little if you please; it will not be detected in the picture, and may be ar improvement. And that brings me to the main point. This picture taking process is a roguish one al best. Figures may not lie, but it is quite certain that cameras spend the main part of existences, not, perhaps, in absolutely lying, but in deviating more or less from, the exact truth, and, that being the ,cage: you might as well let them deviate tm, your faver as in the opposite direction. In other words, study your defects with a view to concealing them. And the idea that should be corstantly in the mind of the artist pho- tographer, not the bungler, is to maké the camera do its lying, since lie it will, jn fa- vor of his clients’ personal appearance and not against it, as is, pretty apt to be the case if tnese are left to hazard. Now, here are some practical devices for making the camera color the truth in your favor, yet without pushing it to the point where excessive flattery makes a person ri- diculous. Let us suppose that your feet or hands are rather larger than nature's per- fect model, these defects may be easily cor- rected by drawing the hands or feet back be more dishonest than to advance them in front of the plane of the face, which will make them look even larger than they real- ly are. Every inch forward or batk makes a difference in the apparent size of these members, and the same 1s true of the rest of the bedy. All perts which come between the camera and the plane of the face will appear In the picture larger than they real- ly are, while all parts that are back of the plane of the face will appear smaller. Thus a lady being photographed in evening cos- tume can change thin arms and large hancs into something much nearer nature's ideal by curving one arm in front of her, with the hand brought back behind the plane of the face. To Remedy Defects of Face. If your chin is long and your face thin and hatchet-shaped, both can be shortened and rounded by tipping up the chin a little; this improvement Is the inevitable effect of the foreshortening. If your face is fat and rounder than beauty would dictate, it can be given a thinner appearance by being taken in a shadow. If your nose ts too long or too short, the defect can be overcome in a measure by slightly raising or lowering the head. If the eyes or cheeks are stinken they should be taken in a strong light,which will round them out in a picture more than it is the case in real life. A drooping mouth can be remedied by a smile and a large one by a side view. And now we come to the profile view. which, as a general rule, should be avoided unless you are absolutely sure of yourself: that is, sure of having classic beauty or features showing great strength of charac- ter. The profile is the most severe test that photography can put upon a face. Besides tkat, the profile picture is unsatisfactory for two excellent reasons. In the first place your friends do not know your profile, what they remember is your full face, and in the second place a profile picture is not the most desirable one to keep, as the expres- sion of the eyes cannot be shown. Old peo- ple especially should be taken full face, with the eyes fixed on the camera. Their friends and family will always be thankful to see them that way when they are gone. Another important point to be borne in mind is the advantage of being taken full length. This is not generally appreciated. The fact is tnat, while people know their friends by their full faces, they know them also by their full figures, by the poise of: the shoulders, the bend of the back, the general outlines of the body. It is much easier to get a good likeness in the full length picture than in a bust. Women, particularly, should see to it that they are taken full length. By not doing so they are throwing away half their ad- vantages. What fs a pretty face, after all? The maid who dresses your hair, or the girl who dusts the furniture, may have that in a higher degree than yourself, the lady of the house, and if mistress and maid have their pictures taken of their heads alone, the former: may appear positively less at- tractive than her servant. And yet it is plain, no doubt, tMat there is no comparison possible between them in what really -con- stitutes womanly charms. But the photo- srapbs of heads alone tell nothing of that. How different it is when the two pictures are taker full length. Then the woman of refinement and high station has an oppor- tunity to show her special advantages. She gets the benefit of her chic gowns, her grace and elegance and her generally aris- tocratic appearance. The pretty maid is hopelessly handicapped. Servants and wo- men of the lower classes should have their heads taken alone. That is the best they have to show. Not so, however, with wo- men of the world. A Trick for Bad Shoulders. On the same principle, the woman who has her photograph taken tn a decollete gown. scores @ point over her sister who dces not. Homely indeed must the woman be whose neck and shoulders do not curve in graceful lines, Then why not show them—these good points? Actresses do, many sopiety women do, why should not all wor rely whal is proper in a crowded ;pall zoom may be permitted in a photograph. “But [have thin shoulders, and the bones show dreadfully when I wear a decollete gown,” Sgys.one lady. Let her, have courage and learn that she has nothing to;fear from being taken with shoulders and neck bare, provided the pho- tographet’ pla¢ks her in a full blaze of light. The bones wilt disappear as if by magic, and she will apend pleasant hours looking at the picture thus produced. This ts one of the camera’§ best lies! I antidipate ‘an objection to these beau- tifying devices; that the photographs may be so pretty as to lose the likeness and so be no better than no photograph at ali Well thought of, but the“ point does not hold. I admirthat such is apt to be the case after the elaborate and often ridicu- tuus “touching. up” processes indulged in by some photographers who call themselves fashionabie. They cut down a woman's waist, for example, six inches in its di- ameter, and think they are producing a work of art. As a matter of fact they are producing a caricature of the woman, and she knows it. So do her friends. The only legitimate way of improving on nature is to do it in the posing, and by theprinciples of foreshortening, as already explained. All this takes places before the exposure is made. Then the flattery of the lens will be so delicateiy. done as to escape detection. Every one will exclaim: “What a splendid picture!” but they will not see that it is “splendid” because the oval of the face is perfected, the hollows of the cheeks filled out, the nese or chin lengthened or Short- ened or the shoulders given an extra plump- ness. They will only get the general result and be pleased with it. This kind of lying is so daintily done that it passes for truth. The likeness is never lost. Finaliy, a word about the facial expres- sion. More pictures have been ruined by the time-worn advice, “Now, try to look pleasant,” than can be estimated. If you do not smile naturally there is no use try- ing to force a smile for your picture. The main point is to become so interested in the posing and to have such an intelligent sympathy established between the photog- rapher and yourself that your face natural- ly assumes a pleasant expression. The pre- lminaries should occupy half an hour, and numerous plates be taken. The artist operator will choose his moment for mak- ing the exposure so cleverly that you hard- ly know you are being taken, or at least will have no sense of nervous tension at the time. About the Smile. Speaking of smiles in photographs, one of the most successful photographers of the new school said recently that he has worked a great change fn the expres- jens of women who have come to him by advising them to go to sleep every night with a smile on their faces. This seems quite it that the lines of the face can photographer claims, and plausible, be trained into pleasant curves just as easily and mechanically as the hair can be brushed one way or the oth It is all a matter of habit. weees a ae oe sleep leaves upon their bodies. Some of them go to sleep frowning, and the frawn shows when they are awake, I as- stre you. I can almost always fell on which side a woman sleeps by the con- dition of the hair, which is inj by the pressure, or by an inequality in the men should one side, yy, ha’ must height of the shoulders. ¥ w be careful to sl2ep sometimes on sometimes on the other, unless th heart troub! sleep on the ri As regards children’s photogr’ is evsier to get good ones for babies about a year and a half oll than for children of three or four. “The babies will sta well as yon put them when the young, but whem they old have idea& of :their own they 2 manage. ‘They should always ess: in light colors, ‘and their curls should never be wet. +: Photographs of dogs and pets should be taken in the winter, are sure to be restless in and, in the ease of dogs, th apt to protrudes Having :discussed the «photographs of women amd dogs, I come, naturally to a consideration of men's photograph: I the men gre wise they will avoid ing silk hats and holding cigars in their hands Aiso the wearisome trick @evice of heingustakene in. a snowstorm. This latter, {is true, allowscthem to exhibit a. new fut-lined overcoat, but it makes them sidiculous: AS to colors, they ‘can wear, black better ‘than women, since there is more red in-their faces. Besides that, thay are only men, and it does not matter much, ‘anyhow. 2 sess — GWINE BACK HOME.” Am Act of Kindness to an Old Uncle in Distress. From Our Dumb Animals, As we waited in the L. and N. depot at Nashville for the train, some one began crying, and an excitement was raised among the passengers. A brief investiga- tlon proved that it was an old colored man who was giving way to his grief. Threc or four people remarked on the strengeness of it, but for some time no one said an thing to him. Then a depot pviicemaa came forward and took him by the arm, and shook him roughly and said: “See here, old. man, you want to quit that! You are drunk, and if you make any more disturbance I'll lock you up!’ “*Deed, but I hain’t drunk.” replicd the old man, as he removed lis tear-stained handkerchief. “I’ze losted iny tlcket an’ money, an’ dat’s what's the matter.” “Bosh! You never had any money to lo You dry up, or away you zo “What's the+matter yer man, as he came forward. ‘The old man recognized the dialect of the southerner in an instant, and repressing his emotions with a great effort he an- swered: “Say, Mars Jack, I’ze bin robbed. ’ “My name ts White. “Well, then, Mars White, someb dene robbed me of ticket an’ mone! “Where were you going “Gwine down into Kaintuck, whar I was bo'n an’ raised.” . “Where's that?’ “Nigh to Bowlin’ Greea, sah, an’ when the wah dun sot me free I cum up this a ime sence, sah." “And you had a ticket “Yes, sah, an’ ober $20 in cash. savin’ up fur ten y’ars, sah.” “What do you want to go back fer?” “To see de hills an’ de fields, de tobacco an’ de co’n, Mars Preston an’ de good old missus. Why, Mars White, I'ze dun bin praytn’ fur it fo’ twenty y’ars. Sometimes de longin’ has cum till i couldn't hardly hold myself.” aE “It's too bad.” “De ole woman is buried’ down dar, Mars White—de ole woman an’ free chillen. I kin ‘member the spot same as if I seed it yisterday. You go out half-way io de fust tobacker house, an’ den you turn ‘o de ieft an’ go down to de branch whar de wimmen used to wash. Dar’s fo’ trees on de odder bank, an’ right under ’em is whar dey is ali buried. I kin see it! I kin ead you right to de spot!” E 5 “And what will you io when you get there?” ‘asked tht strang=r. “Go up to d& big house an’ ax Mars Preston to let the Ib out :ll de rest of my days right War. ‘’Pze ole an’ all alone, an’ 1 want ‘to benigh’'ny dead. Sorcer compuny Cur me whéh my heart achos.” “Where Were ‘You robbad? “Out soar dér, I reckon, in de crowd. See? De potket if all cut out. I'ze dreamed an’ ponderéti—I’ze had dis journey in my mind fur yfifrs, #8" now I'ze dun bin robbed an’ can’t g6r"s76 é He fell to crying, and the policeman came forwatd Iman officious manner, * “Stand -Mack?® sir!’ commanded stranger. i “N@w. gentlemen, you’ have heard the gtory.,,.I’m going to help the old man back Ip did’on the old plantauion and be buried dfongaltle of his jead.”” “80 am HY called twenty men in chorus, and withims five: minutes sve had raised enough to,buy Bim a ticket and leave $50 to spare. And phen he realized his good luck, the ofd stlow-haired black fell upen his knees in that crowd and prayed: | “Lord, I'ze been a believer ir. You all my days, an’ now I dun cxeg You to watch cher dese yere white folks iat has believed in me an’ helped me to go hack to de ole home.” And I do believe that rine-tenths cf that crowd had tears in their cyés as the gate- man ‘cailéd out the train for Louisville. a queried y has Bin the —e-—_ Rightly Offendea., Fronr the ‘Indianapolis’ Journal, “If the fellow were not béneath my no- tice,” said the colonel of the policeman who had “moved him’ on, “t would wreak the vengeance of a Kentuckian and’ a gentle- man. on him-:The idea of calling me a mug! : iettr f “E don’t wenger zen feel hurt,” said the friendly sympathisér; “a mug ig;aomething. that holds beer. Why didn’t he call you a demijohat”’ - 3 DANGER IN SODA. Serious Rens: 8 Sometimes Follow Its Excessive Use. Common soda is all right in its place and indis. pensable in the kitchen and for coukiag and wash ing purposes, but it was never intended for a cine, and people who use it as such will some tt lieve thou- and ene refer to the common use of soda to AED GT Sour stoma sands of people pract y which ia fraught with danger: weover ihe soda only gives temporary and in the end the stomach trouble gets worse and worse. The soda acts as a mechanical irritant to the wells of the stomach and bowels, aml cases are on recon where ft accumulated In the intest causing death by inflammation or peritonitis, Dr. “Harlandson recommends as the safest and snrest cure for sour stomach acid dyspspsta) an excellent preparation sold by druggists under the ne of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. These tablets large 20-grain lozenges, very tte taste contain the natural acids, peptones, and di- gestive elements essential to good digestion, and When taken after meals they digest che food per- fectly and promptly before it has time to ferment, sour and potson the blood aml nervous xystem, Dr. Wuezth states that he invariubly uses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in all cases of stomnach derangements and tindy them a certain cure not only for sour stomach, but by promp:ly dizesthug, the food they ct ealthy appetite, increase flesh and. strength - action of the heart ond User, They are not a cath Dut intended only for stomach diseases and weakoess, and will be found reliable in aay stomach trouble excspt can- of the® astonish. Ail druggtate sell Stuart's Dysggpsta Tablets at 0 cts. per package. Httle hook “desevibing ait Knee stn “ure forma of stomach fled free by address- of Marshall, Mich, SHEPHERDS OF CALIFORNIA, Many Seck the €alling as a Cure for Consumption. From the San France! all, The Calfornia shepherd is an individual almost entirely unknown to the rest of the world, Even the residents of the state hardly know of his existence, while the cowboy Las a world-wide fame. It is be- cause the men are different in almost every way, particularly in disposition. And, after all, the difference 1s, to a large extent, ased by the animals they care for. The villainous cowboy, who would rather fight than eat, and thinks that the nob things in the world are forms of dissipa- tion, can get no satisfaction for his natu in caring for such gentle creatures as sheep. He wants something that he can swear at, like a vicious steer, that would be only too glad to gore him to death if he would let him. He wants to dash wildly over the range on a pony as Vicious as the steer, or himself, for that matter, and ride through small settlements like a demon The beasts in his care are not easily hurt. and he can abuse them as much ag he feels like, by lassoirg them, throwing them down and branding them. There is noth- ing gives a cowboy h pleasure onsi ature es the hot iron that is demoral- sight of his de- branding a bull that him erable trouble. He lik rm in agony as he p! into his flesh. To Kill on izing to the herd is th ght. In marke? contrast to this the sheep herder; that is, p herders. To be sit almost as bal as the cowboys, but for the most part men who are emplo: by ranchers for 30 much a month, and ndividual is © majority of there are some they are 1 dlegated to the work as they might be to any other the ranch. But they like ft » herder, and he largely in the majorfty, is the man who follows it in preference to anything else. A man who is attached to the Work would rather watch sheep on the hills than be the president of a bank. : class of men who watch sheep who do it for their health. Doz- » claim to have been cured of consumption simply by putting in several Months at watching sheep. Nat is most required in vase—plenty of tresh air, moderats e and employment that is not wearing on che brain, but ts still enough to keep it eccu- pied and prevent nervousness. Of course if @ mia has plenty of money he can get thi things without herding sheep, but there are many men who need them badly who have no money, and ail who have taken advantage of this knowledge have surely been betefited. A number of men who have taken up sheep herding have b come so fascinated with it that they have stuck to it long after they got over the trouble. * Of course, it is not arf easy maiter to get employment of this kind, but if the owner of the range knows the applicant he will be almost sure to give him work, as he knows he is likely to get good service. The pay is small, about $25 a month and provisions, which the man must cook himself, except when the sheep are close to the ranch house. But this does not happen often. It is no matter whether the sheep herder is an old or a new hand, the work capected of him will be the same under any circum- stances. Sheep ranges in California are scattered all over the state, but the greater number of them can be found in the foothills of the Sierras all the way from Siskiyou to Teha- chapt, and on the other side of the moun- tams. The work of looking after them lasts all year, although more must be done at one time than another. ae TONGUE WITH OR TOOTH. How Safe Burglars Can Tell When They Sirtke a Combination Figure. From the Cleveland Leader, In the county jail yesterday afternoon John Atkinson, the alleged robber and “pal” of O'Neil, who is now serving a long term In the penitentiary for one of the most daring “hoid-ups” in the history of the city, did not know that the Leader re- porter was a newspaper man, consequent- ly talked more freely than is his wont. The conversation drifted from one subject to another, and all the while Deputy Barry was playing with the combination lock on the door’ of the “bull pen.” “That’s a pretty good lock,” kinson. said At- ever work any of these kind asked the deputy. Atkinson smiled. “That lock on a safe would be easy,” said he. “Come out and let us see how you would go about anything like that,” said the deputy, at the same time opening the door. Atkinson did as he was bidden, and at once commenced to explain the mechan‘sm of the lock. “Well, let's see you try it,” said the dep- uty, becoming interested. Atkinson hesi- tated for several minutes, saying that he could not “‘work” that combination because it did not have the same backing as a safe lock. Deputy Barry insisted upon being shown how {ft was done. Atkinson got down upon his knees and went to work. He kneele& as close to the lock as pos- sible, and put his tongue upon the metal ring around the knob of the combination. Then he slowly turned the knob of the combination. Deputy Barry watched him intently, and suddenly stopped Atkinson in nis work. He had made the first move in the combination correctly, and the dep- uty thought this enough. Atkinson was willing to stop, and then explained his work. S “You perhaps know,” said Atkinson, “that the-nerves in the end of the tongue are very delicate and sensitive. Well, when the combination gets to the right point, the minutest click is sent at once to the brain. That’s how we know we are right. The deputy was astounded. William Clark, the alleged murderer, was standing near at the time. He seemed to be per- fectly familiar with Atkinsoa’s methods, and immediately proposed another and bet- ter method. He said: “It is much easier if you have a darning needle, place it on the tumblers and put the other end in a hollow tooth. If there is a nerve in the tooth the first click, no matter how slight, ©. thrill through your head.” tried that scheme, too,” said At- kinson, “and have found it to be a good one.” He Didn't Know. From the Philadelphia Press. Schoolmistress—“Come here, Charlie, and let me hear you recite your lesson. Why, what 1s the matter? What are you crying for?” ‘Charlie—“Some of the big boys made me kiss a little girl out in the school yard. Boo-hoo!”* 1 “Why, that is outrageous. 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