Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1902, Page 15

For several years these special events have started the day affer Christmas. Rush of business made it impossible for us to go through the stock s and prepare them in time. Now we are all ready verybody Waits for the Great Mark Down at THOMAS KILPATRICK & CO. Monday, December the 29th, Omaha’s Greatest Sale Commences. and we can assure you that we never have placed before you a choicer collection of genuine bargains. 'We mention a few of the lots so that you may judge of the treat in store for you at this GREAT THREE DAYS SALE. At Glove Section Will close out all the Golf Gloves at two prices without any regard to former prices or cost to us— 25c—pair—50c¢ In the quarter of a dollar lot goods worth up to S0c pair. In the hailf dollar lot goods worth up to $1.00 patr. At the Silk Section For three days—All the Persjan Panne Vel- vets, elegant designs, sold early at $1.25 —will be closed out 75c e 75c and $1.00 ~—all the Metallic Velvets—for three days—at one 59c price All the hair line silk faced Panne Velvets— all the best Corduroys and Velvet Cords which never sold below $1.25, for three days, yard....... ... 980 ‘worth A lot of Fancy and Gray Silks, up to $1.00—for three days, P soivics s oo i ] Underwear For Children. A lot of 0odd garments, principally pants, worth 26¢, for three da: each bosie 15¢ Closing a line of Camel's Hair Underwear, worth up te 76c, for three 3 5 days, each . . oo Children’s Black Cashmere Underwear— so0ld up to $1.05, for three 65 days, each . .. Ladies’ Fleeced Underwear, the 5 » D —29¢ per 5 grade, for 3 days, each Egyptian Yarn Fleeced Spect garment. Swiss Ribbed Wool Underwear—the $1 quality, for three days, each.. 650 044 Tots fine Vests and Pants will be closed at .. . 95c Unfon Suits, splendid value, made from fine Egyptian yarn, 60c garment. Part wool Florenco and Phyllls brands, white or black, $1.25 each. Cut prices on fine goods, flnest full fashione tion, the $6.50 grade will sell at.. including the As an fllustra- .3.95 At the Colored Dress Goods Section We Have MNade Most Radical Cuts — Several Lots to Clean-Up in Three Days. One large table heaped high with mixed lots of fine Dress Goods, all Weaves some just sulted to the present, others elegant for spring wear—worth D to $1.25, at one price .. 50C On the counters—mixed lot of Poplins and Heavy Cords—colors limited to browns, ‘blues and greens—sold up to n1579 ~—for 3 days you will buy at, yd.. (] All remnants half price. A lot of Poplins, Striped Coverts, Fancy Venetians—4 to 48 Inches wide—myrils, hunters green, royal, navy, browns, mixtures, etc.—sold up to $L50—for three days the price will be $1.00 per yard. Among these will be found some very cholce fabrics for spring. 1 Plain Poplins—blues, browns, myrtles, also mixed Venetians—sold up to $2 for three days’ sale, per yard 1-25 48-ineh Poplins, silk mixed Coverts, etc.— blues, browns, navys, royal, garnet, myr- tle, huaters’ turquoise, etc., sold up to yor Tact - 1.50 One entire table of high priced Blankets— in gray, white and plaids, worth up to W o i DD In the > Basement Salesroom Some very keen cuiting. And Here’s a Great Snap All the heavy welghts Meltons, Heavy Can- vass, Mixtures, English Tweeds, Scotch Twoeds—sold up to $2.35—at one price for three days, yud..l-39 For unlined skirts, walking suits and cold weather comfort can't be beaten. Just a few spick and span Pattern Suits, new this season, will go at two prices In two lots— Those that were sold up to W0 tor threo tars, sach 1 26 D0 Those that were $25.00— tor thros duye, per pattern. 10+ 00 In these are Flakes, Mohair Canvass, Twines, Heavy Knots, Dark Plaids, Bask- et Camel's Hair. They should all go the first day. Hosiery Specials Ladles’ cashmere and heavy wool rib— for three days at—per The usual 50c full fashioned cashmere, 3% patr. Ladles’ fine split foot cotton—always 50c— for three days—per 3 gc pair Bilk Plaited Hose—worth $1.25—45¢ pair, Out size, heavy cotton, the 25¢ kind—pair.... Ribbed top cotton—the 15¢ kind — k —..9¢ Bric-a-Brac, China and Fine Cut Glass Everything except Dinner Sets and Game and Fish Sets, all to be sold for three days at a discount of 20 per cent. $5.00 for $4.00—$10.00 for $8.00—$2.50 for $2.00. Ome fifth off our old low sale prices. A lot of fancy glass Vases at half the old eale prices. This will awaken very keen interest, warn you to come early for choice. We The Knife Goes Very Deep Into Ready-to-Wear Garments It may seem absurd to some people, this radical knifing of desirable garments. In our desire to clean up and get ready for another season we sacrifice not only profit, but in many cases a large part of the cost. This sale, like the rest, will continue for three days, but the best will bo ploked out the first day, and we miss our guess if many garments will be left for the second and third days' sell- ing. Lot 1—Three dollars and ninety-five cents per garment. Ladies’, misses’ and children’s coats and Jackets, all lengths, all styles, not & garment sold previously at less than $5.95, and many of them double that price—Starting on Monday 5 at 8 a. m.—each...... 3-9 Lot 2—Seven dollars and ninety-five cents. This lot gives you a cholce of our entire stock of ladles’, misses’ and chil dren’s garments that sold at $10.00, $12.50 and $13.50—starting on Monrh!7 9- at 8 m., at—per garment... . D Lot 3—Nine dollars and ninety-five cents. This {s the closing price for garments that were formerly $15.00, $17.50 and $20.00—starting on Monday at 9 95 8 a. m., at—per garment. Lot 4—Fifteen dollars for the choice of any garment in the stock that sold up to $32.00. Starting on Monday at 8 a. m., at—per gar- 1500 The very cream of the stock, all new and desirable—Monte Carlos, Long Ottos, Blouses—this season’s tight-fitting jack- ets—nothing lacking In either style or materials. Ladies' Tailor-Made Sults at two prices— $8.50 and $15.00. Absolutely the most serious cutting ever made by us—and made to close the stock with a rush. « At $8.50—Suits which sold at $16 and $18. In the $15.00 lot nonme sold before below $22.00, and from that up to $36.00. You should not delay If interested—and you ought to be interested—unless you need all the money for anthracite. No alterations without charge and posi- tively none sent out on approval. Handkerchiefs Mussed Handkerchiefs Christmas selling. men and women. 5o quality will go at 10c. The 25e quality will go at 1 The 50c quality will go at S5c. The T5¢ and $1.00 quality will go at 50c. The $1.25 and $1.50 quality will go at 75e. In these lots will be found a lot of odd Initial, perfect goods which we are dis- continuing. All Neckwear mussed from very marked reductions. from marvelous Handkerchiefs for showing, at Men’s, Woten's and Children’s Underwear, etc Cut very deeply to clean up in three days. Read this carefully for we think you will want some. Men's Underwear—heavy fleeced—in gray and brown, worth 75c, for three Gaysper armant covrox o+ e 4 OC A lot of natural wool, nicely finished, good quality—Special, per gar- 65 ment, at We'll close out several small lots of fine underwear, worth up to $2.00, 8 98¢ at, per garment Speclal prices on all Union Suits. A lot of Boys' Sweaters—always $1.00— for three days, 75C each .. were 7Gc and $1.00, Men's Colored Shirts, to close in three days, each . ...45c¢ Standard dollar White Shirts—E. W. Co., Soverelgn and other brands, will discon- tinue and should end them 65 Holiday Hosiery for . 35¢ Mufflers at half price. Big lot of Holiday Hoslery, the G0 grade, 33 1-8 cents—3 pair 1,00 Clearing up 50c Neckwear, § for $1.00, or, each A few smoking Jackets and Bath Robes left at very small prices. Bianket Bargains Should be as Attractive as Hard Coal Bargains. 48c Double Cotton Blankets— 90c Blankets made—11-4— for three days I 48 This lot will include all the 80x50 white Soft Sheets, which were $2.00 pair. Heavy all wool Alling gray Blankets—a special bargain—at— 2.65 pair.... western made Blankets, Comfort-Giving Comfortables An excellent silkoline covered— pure cotton filled, at .. 79C And another special 11-4 heavy twilled Cotton Blan- kets—pair. o Heaviest Cotton were $1.95 Cotton, 4 Perhaps the greatest bargain of all our winter weight heavy quilted Comforter— $s-tie thive ais 6 Gk ls OV And now a chance for Book Lovers ‘We have Jeft over a few sots of standard authors, such as Thackeray, Dumas, Mac- cauley’s England, Macauley’s Essuye, Gul- rot's France, Hugo, Carlyle, Reade, Eltot, Wil be 50¥ 2t ome-thind fram publishers” prives, except sudh as we are compelled 10 sell &t net prices hecanse of contracts. A lot of very hanfsume single volumes in bouxes, all reduced. ATl Calemdars at hall fonmer jatices. One talile of books, ofd titles snd many December 29th, Monday Morning, Sale Commences and Continues Till the Year 1902 Closes We almost forgot to mention that you can have a choice from 50 pairs of fine portieres, all the small lots from our stock—t bordered and striped—while they last, $4.90 pair. GOSPEL OF CIVIL LIBERTY Part the Pilgrims Played in Spreading it Througheut the, World. -/ SENATOR HOAR LAUDS ACHIEVEMENTS Inspiring Al % by the Massac setts Senator at the Phi phia Celebration of “Fore- fathers Day.” Senator Hoar was called upon to respond to the toast of “Forefathers’ Day,” at the Philadelphia celebration. ‘Representing the Bay State, upon whose rock-bound shores the Pllgrims first landed, his speech w: looked upon as the address of the evening. ator Hoar sald in part It is certainly a great delight, as it is a great honor and privilege, to unite with the dwellers in your famous and beautiful eity when they celebrate the Pligrims. How 1t may be with other children I cannot tell. But the children of the Pligrims love thelr memory all the better the more they are separated from them by space or time. It once occurred to me that we could not be sure that it is an undiluted honor to be fnvited to speak In eulogy of our Pllgrim fathers and mothers on an occasion like Hi dent, that the chiet eulogists of the Pil- grims, since we began to celebrate this an- niversary have been, almost without ex- ception, the men who had the least of the Pilgrim or the Puritan element in them— men who would not have been exiles, or re- formers, or Pligrims, under any provoca- tion at all? Webster and Choate and Everétt and ‘Winthrop have paid tribute to the Pllgrims better than anyone else. They were great and useful men In their time. But they were all of them absolutely devoted to maintaining the existing order of things. But would not the Pligrim have be u failure 1f that were not true? The social order which was the result of the suffering the Pligrim endured was a soclal order fit to be maintained. We best honor the Pilgrim when we rev- erently preserve d cheriah the which was the work of his hands, “mere martyrdom,” as was well said by a bright woman, “ls generally a fault, and always & failure.” Martyrdom is bearing witness. Why We H the Pllgrim, The glory of the Pilgrim s that his tes- timony has been believed and has prevailed. The cause in which he gave it has been won, The verdict has beel reed upon and rendered. Posterity has ablished it by its mighty and irrevocable judgment. ‘The martyrs of despotism in all ages have beon as brave and dauntiess as the martyrs of liberty. Gerald, the assassin of Wil- lNam the Silent, was as sure that he was doing the will of God as was his vietim. He met his death and the terrible torture Choice pick and selection if you cote the first day. THOS. KIT.PATRICE & CO. he regular prices were from $6.00 to $10.00—plain mercerized, of which every man should have his equal share, and a church where no human au- thority might interpose between the soul and its Maker. The state he founded fs here, three centuries afterward. It pos seeses & continent. It gives a law to a hemisph Within the’ domain of that state the soul is free. The principles of the Pligrim pervade the continent and are pervading the plamet. As the child who goes out poor and obscure, from his birth- place to seek his fortune, comes back again successful ‘and honored and rich to the tal dwelling, so the principles of civil Fr:y ubder constitutional restraint which vé possessed the American continent from Hudson bay to Cape Horn, have erossed the Atlantic again to pessess the countries of their origin. England is al- most & republic in everything but name. France, after two fallures, has become a permanent member of the family of free states. In southern and Orlental seas, where the adventurous ships of our fathe ers, long atter the American constitution had been framed, found nothing but bar- barism and brutality, the great Australian commonwealths are rising in splendor and glory to take, at no distant time, a for most place in the family of eelf-governing nations, Japan—that miracle of the east— declared when it celebrated last year its redemption from age-long barbarism, that it owes éverything it Is to us. Wilderneas for the Anarchist. I do net think that the Pilgrim tory will ever be repeated. It will not be easy to find the Pligrims. And In the next place it will not be easy now, with the telegraph, and the telephone, and steam, and electricity, to find the wilderness. And it we can fine one, we want it all for the anarchist. This is the one story to which for u or for our children, nothing in human an- nals may be cited for parallel of compar- ison save the story of Bethlehem. 'There is mobe other told in heaven or among men like the story of the Pilgrim. Upon this rock is founded our house. Let the rains dcscend, and the floods come, and the winds blow and beat upon that house, it shall not fall. The saying of our prophet— our Daplel—is fulfilled. The sons of the possess the shores of the Pacific. The tree our fathers set covered first but a little space by the seaside. It has planted its banyan branches in the ground. It has spread along the It has girdled the gulf. It has spanned the Mississippi. It bas covered the prairie and the plain. Tke sweep of its lofty arches rises over the Rocky mountains, and the Cascades the Nevadas. Its hardy growth shelters the frosen region of the far northwes boughs hang over the Pacific. it has carried its blessing with it, self- government, civil and religlous freedom, the compact of the Mayflower, the Declar tion of Independence, the American state, the American home, the” American consti- tution—these have gone with it ‘and in good time—in good time—it will send its Toots beneath the waves, and receive un- der 1ts vast cAnopy the islands of the sea. American freedom, American self-govern. ment, the American home, the American 1 am no blind worshiper of the east. 1 do not belisve that “Renown and Grace” are dead. I am uo pessimist or alarmist. 1am Icarulnly no misanthropist. While there are many men who have served their coun. try better in their generation than I have in mine, 1 yleld to no man in love for the republic, or in pride In my country, and in my countrymen who are making today her honorable history. We may err in our day. Our tathers erred in theirs. Yet our genera- | tion 18 better than those who went before it. The coming generations will be better | than we are. The orator of today puts his emphasis on | glory, on empire, ot power, on wealth. We live under, and love, and we will shed our heart’s blood for the same flag which | floated over our fathers, and for which they were ready to die. But it sonietimes seems that the flag has a different meaning, whether it floats over the capitol, or the | ship of war, or the regiment on the march, or the public assembly. We no longer speak of it, except coldly and formally, as the symbol of power, or of a false, cheap, tinsel glory. I think the popular reverence for Wash- ington, and Lincoln, and for Sumner, and for Webster, is not abated. But few poli- | tical speakers quote today the great sent- | ences which made them so famous, or the great principles to which they devoted their | lives. Justice Harlan, a noble Kentuckian and brave soldler, as well as a great judge, said in & speech to the Loyal Legion, that “‘the heart of the north had grown cold toward the millions of boudsmen whose chains it had broken.” I heard an eminent republican senator say, not long ago, that he was sorry we had ever abolished slavery, But all these things are temporary, and superficial and cutaneous. The deep heart of the American people beats today, as ever, for justice and liberty. The war of 1812 brought great glory to the nation. It was crowded with naval vic- torfes. It wor for us the freedom of the seas. But there is no statesman who had anything to do with the war of 1512 that is remembered now for the share he had in it. That war left us but one name which may fairly be called illustrious in our military history—the name of Andrew Jackson. And the glory of New Orleans has been, I think, eclipsed by the glory of putting down nulli- fication. The war with Mexico won for us a great addition to our empire and the dominion of the Pacific. Yet the two generals who won fame in that war, while both did their full duty as soldiers, both were opposed ‘n opinion to the war. The statesmen of that day who brought on the war with Mexico are almost wholly forgotten now, while Webster and Sumper and Clay and Benton and Corwin hold their places in the affec- tion of the people and shine with an un- diminished luster. Roosevelt's Hero, When Theodore Roosevelt chose his hero | for the imitation of the youth of America he passed by Polk and Plerce ‘and Bu- chanan and Cushing and the other states- men who brought on the Mexican war. He | took Benton for his example, who gave up power and office and popularity to protest agalost it. 1 have somtimes wondered if Willlam Bradford and Brewster and John Rebin- | son and Carver and Winthrop ever cele- brate the landing of the Pilgrims in the world where they are now dwelling. 1If | they do, I wonder who will be invited to | the banguet? Who of later generations will be thought worthy to sit by their side {for us is that our country car be gre and share the ambrosia of their recollec. tions and the nectar of their converse? It will be an exclusive society. It will be the | very aristocracy of martyrdom. Washing. ton will be there, of course, and Sam Ad- ams, and Laurens, and Nathan Hale, and Lincoln and Sumner. With all their faults they will be glad to see Corwin, and old Tom Benton, and Garrison. Toussaint L'Overture, who dled in a Frenc¢h dun- geon for the liberty of his race, will be there. They invite colored men to din- ner in that world. Lafayette, who endured the Austrian dungeon for the liberty of the world, will be of the company. N poleon could' not get in, even in company ' with the dogs, to lick up the crumbs that fall from the table. The deep, sweet voice of Kossuth, the Hungarian exile—orator of two worlds—will be heard there. I will not undertake to say who of men | now living would be counted worthy of that {llustrious coMpany. Of living men it would be presumptuous to speak. But per- haps some of those who, in the death strug- 1&le of the little republic in South Africa, | did the best fighting that this world has seen since Themopylae, will be there. Ba bini, the author of the state papers which compare with those of our fathers—which won the admiration of Lord Chatham—and of whom I hope our republic is not afraid, that we keep him In exile at Guam, will be welcome, to discuss with John Winthrop the true boundary between liberty and au- | thority in the state. Noblest Country of the Earth, But this hour s consecrated to patriotic memories and to fillal love. We are a com- pany of brethren celebrating our mother's birthday. Let us not dwell on the faults or mistakes of each other. Our Pilgrim and Puritan fathers and mgthers were men and women. They had faults of men and women. But they are.to us the noblest men and women that ever lived. Our coun- trymen today are men and women. They bave the faults of men and women. Yet, our country Is to us the best and noblest country the earth ever saw, at its best and noblest day. Let us rather remember how we took Cuba by the hand and delivered her from her age-long bondage; how we led halting and hesitating Europe to the | relief of her imprisoned ambassadors in China; how we are at this moment holding our mighty shield over beleaguered Venez- uela, while Theodore Roosevelt says to imperial England and haughty Germahy “Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud fleets be stayed.” Surely that tree is for the healing of the nations beneath whose shadows sixteen republics are dwelling in safety and peace. The teaching of this Pllgrim celebration t and noble only zs she listens to the Pilgrim’ volce and learns the Pilgrim's “Righteousness exalteth a nation. He that | saveth his life sball lose it. Let us have liberty, if we have to go into exile to get it. Let us have justice, though we must dwell in the wilderness to enjoy it. Let us obey God's voice, If we must meet death in his service.” Or rather, “Where lib- erty is there can be no exile. Where jus- tice Is, there can be no wilderness. Whore | God is there can be no death.” H lesson- Miss Anna E. Schaffer of Chippewa Fal! Wis., begins the new year as state suj intendent of the schools for the deal Wisconsin, to which position she was re- cently appointed by Governor La Follette. She has been county superintendent of schools for the last two years. The salary GE her new poaition is 82,000 'DRAIN ON RURAL SCHOOLS Best Educational Talent of the Ceuntry Drawn to the Oities. REMEDIES SUGGESTED BY AN EDUCATOR Consolidation of Small Schools Urged ~Truant Schools in New York— Matters of Interest, Educational Genes The annual report of W. T. Carrington, state superintendent of public schools of Missouri, contains important recommenda- tions or suggestions, together with a fund of statistical information. The total school enumeration af children over 6 and under 20 years of age Is 969,482; the total enroll- ment in the schools is 703,057; the average dally attendance is 472,799, There are 2,639 districts in the state having less than twenty pupils. This is about one-fourth of the entire number of districts in the state. The average length of school term s 143 days. Only 121 schools have less than four months' term and only 1,066 have less than six months’ term. There were graduated from the rural schools last year 1,889 pu- pils. Not quite one-half of the districts in the state have libraries. The number having libraries is 4,303; $43,892.95 was | spent for libraries in the rural districts. Of the 16,347 teachers in the state, 6,013 hold only third grade county certificates. The average annual salary of teachers is $306.16. An Interesting fact in this con- hection is that the average salary for fe- male teachers is $1.63 more than it is for male teachers. The total expenditures dur- ing the year were $5,169,288.43, whivh is an annual expenditure per capita population of the state of §2.52. There are twenty-one states expending more per capita on its schools than Missourl. Both Colorado and Nevada are spending more than twice as much. The total amount of the perma- nent public school funds (state, seminary, county and district is $12,705,516.53 The following statements concerning ru- ral schools are taken from the report “The little school house has ever been the center of community life in ploneer countries. It loses its attractions and in- fluence as the country develops and grows in wealth and population. There must be a larger center, fuller of attractions and radiating more elements of culture and re- finement. Because of this the rural high school has become a necessity and the en- richment of rural life is the great problem. “Fully one-fifth of our 16,000 teachers are begiuners each year, and most of them be- gin In the country. It is a safe estimate that one rural teacher out of every three 18 & beginner, hence much of the unsatis- factory work in the rural schools Is due to | inexperience. Too Many Small Schools, “There are too many small schools in Missouri There are 2,639 distriet schools having less than twenty pupils in attend- ance. Such schools, from the very mature of the environments, ean Bot be excellent. Just think of it, more than one-fourth .of all the rural schools of the state have fewer than twenty puplls. Of these schools 375 have less than twelve puplls. “Districts baving fewer than twenty pu- plls should be glven opportunity to close their schools and arrange with adjoining districts to send the children there by pay- ing tuition and transportation expenses out of the public moneys of such abandoned district. There are at least a thousand small districts in the state where such an arrangement may be made with profit— saving money and providing better schoole. Tuition pald to the adjoining districts will enable them to employ better teachers, bave longer terms and make better provis- fon for the schools.” In speaking of consolidation of districts, the report eays: “Under this law four dietricts in Jackson county have united and this district has the distinction of being Consolidated School district No. 1. In addition to maintaining the four district schools it maintains a high echool at a central point.” . Concerning another experiment in Jack- on county it says: “The people concluded last summer to consolidate the schools, build a nice four- room brick, grade the school and maintain a two years' high school course. Here is evolution. Graded rural schools are coming in Missourl. This consolidation of schools should be encouraged and division of dis- tricts discouraged by giving directoss au- thority to arrange for transportation of chilren who live more than two miles from the school. Truant Schools, The superintendent of the New York schools has reorganized the department of compulsory education, so that there are now two truant schools, one of which is in Manbattan and the other in Brooklyn. The two institutions will be practically oper- ated as one school. The crowded building at Manhattan will be used largely as a re- celving’ school, and hereafter all students committed for any extended time will be sent to the Brooklyn farm, the plant of which will be very much extended and made more modern. The city will be divided into districts corresponding to the school disricts. The attendance officers will regard the district superintendents as their superior officers, and these superintendents will be held re- sponsible for the districts. They will try cases for commitment, and the clty super- inteadent will issue the order on their re- port. This will greatly facilitate the work of commitment for truancy, each pupil be- ing tried in the district to which he be- longs. Spoiled by Pride, President Woodrow Wilson, in a recent address before the New Jersey High School Teachers' assoctation, said: ‘The present age is breeding self-con- sclousness and egotism in men because we Insist upon spofling them, making themn think that their work is done. Apropos of this proclivity, I could name twenty popu- lar authors who are utterly spoiled; their work is not worth the paper it is written on. Egotism is a kind of intellectual pro- vinclalism that leads one to suppose that the world fs contained In himself. When a man goes to college we take him out of himself and make him know the breadth and variety of the world—to know how small he really is. ¥ducational Notes. The Yale catalogue show, ment of 2818 students, the largest in the history of the university. President Larry of the Lincoln Memorial university of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., has [ obtained trom’ northern sources an endow- ment of $200,000 for his institutiop, | Kenyon L. Butter§ield, instructor of rural sociology at the University of Michigan, has accepted the position of president of | the Rhode Island State College of Agri- | culture, located near Providence, The students of the College of the City of New York have presented to Dr. Alex- ander Stewart Webb, who resigned from ‘ the ylrusldelu:y of the colley on December 1, & handsome solid silver oving cup. The Board of Education of New York City evidently belie in the yower of {llustra- tion in' the teaching of geography and allied studies, and for that purpose pur- chased recently slides and projection ap- paratus to the amount of $10,750. The janitors of New York City and Brook- lyn have been the subject of legislation on the part of the Board of lducation re- cently, among other rules for their gov- ernment being those requiring them to he married at the time of appointment; they must live within 500 yards of the school bulldings, and their ‘assistants must ba able to read and write. Janitors will be under the direction of the principals of the schools. The American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science will meet at Wash- ington on December 20 to January 3. The program is an extensive one. A paper that will be certain to attract attention is by Prof. Angelo Helprin, on the subject, “*Voi- canoes of the West India Islands,” and is a resume of the investigations made by the author at St. Plerre and Martinique directly after the recent volcanic eruptions in those islands. This lecture will be glven on New Year's day. TIRED OUT. ‘There's many a farmer’s wife sits on the porch in the growing shadows of & sum- mer evening, knowing to the full what it is to feel tired out ; as if there was not another ounce of effort left in her, But she knows how sound her slum- ber will be and a healthy woman, But it’s another thing for the sick woman to feel tired out. Rest only seems to_increase her suffering. Just as in profound silence a discord jars the ear imore forcibly, so now that she has stopped moving _ about, this tired woman feels more acutely the eching back and throbbing nerves. Sick women, hundreds v?l.houlnndl of them, have been made well by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, 1t establishes rcgularity, dries weakening drains, heals inflammation aud wlcera- tion and cures female weakness, " Words cannot tell what I suffered for thir. teen years with uteriue trouble and dragging. down pains through my hips and back.” writes Mrs. John Dickson, of Grenfell, Assiniboia Dist , N. W. Ter. "I can't describe the misery it was to be on my fect long st & time. 1 coul or Often 1 wished to die. Theo I saw Dr. Plerce's medicines advertised and thought I would try them. Had not taken ome bottle tiil 1 was fe '::‘l well. After I had taken five botties of ' Favos jon ' and G o B Pvngrvir.lm and ome of Golden was like & cat and sieep and do & The Common Sense Medical Adviser, is sent frec on receipt of samps to pay expense of mailing omly. Snrzl op;» mc-.mp.fmmbmfmp.pumnu, or 31 stamps for the volume bound in Clodh. “Address D, Ficree, Bufato N.¥-