The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 24, 1895, Page 7

s of a house mother are and varied, and to fill her-posi- ceptably a girl must learn them yuld you shun cooking, sewing ng, laundry work, etc., you nly make an unsuitable wife, directress. ] should not be carried away jea that she is the most ele- 1 town because several young ppen to call on her. Such an ids to unpopularity. I 1 are wise and hope that the r s good things in store for you learn to be particular with sociate. ay girls stop to think that tion of the mind, each ugly sion or thoughi, each tender y or noble yearning or aspira- vves a trace upon the features, ng the lines that make either iness? , girl to whom this points a serious, solemn compact nd be resolved to make self strenuous efforts to form good conspicuous or suspicious, sas bad as the other. To be jus one is abominable, and to icious one is unhappy and has riends. | who associates with women ¥ haracter is questionable will s ruined, vourself how to forget disa- things and acquaint yourself art of enjoyment. By so do- in make others happy. llow young men to be famil- ou. Men are peculiar beings ready to take the advantage of € tle courtesy shown them, cin every way your graces cement of feeling, for they are f ornaments of true woman- onclude that your beau is all 1 because he is all smiles in resence, for the man who con- grins is either a should not marry a man until s studied his character and ac- ( ted herself with his habits. Oft- tin man with bad habits will make msband than one whose hab- its od. A man with bad habits will ofttimes be guided by a good wo- man and become a model man. Don't bother with the man who illy treats his mother, for he will have but tt ect for other females. i very ugly habit to whisper in If what you want to say e told aloud reserve it for an- casion. s should not accept the company ior the sake of a gift, for it has ncy to lower them in their esti- cep your family affairs to yourself. of much interest to the well- person. id be careful and not allow cort to think that you are in his company. A true woman rent, A man who thinks more of an other people think of him make you a good husband. e does not love his mother. who does not love his mother make a good husband. -In reply to your letter never know that you think more of he does of you. .—Take my advice and don’t of the opinion that you need iny. If he believes that you #e ansious for him he will slight you. —l certainly would not accept s invitation, He only accepts your y for convenience. -You are mistaken. All men alike. ndividual should have more vocation in life, so that, if that of his choice, he will cond to fall back upon. s—I cannot tell you all you know. You had better con- t mother. In reply to your uestion, no matter how friendly with him always make him s place. Seemingly too much your welfare means no good. s honor is all she has. e—You should have informed ere to call. You may be mis- -It is indeed rude for any oke in the presence of ladies. man will be guilty of such. nd your money on what is cheap, for it is always what and that usually means vorthless. tl to be honored is the girl who be careful and spend your he best advantage, and out lways save a portion ickness. rls make a practice of im- n who are their friends rance of life and its du- tends to lower them in of sensible people. spends her money reck- to be the madam ofa ot fit to control money, ife of either a poor or void persons who are fam- . questions of a personal Te perfectly right to de- fool or a} | It is well to bear in mind that others may fail in politeness, but we should never allow ourselves to fall in that line or do any thing which would mar our own character or do any thing that | would hurt the feelin ; t those with whom we come in con Don’t expect to have exclusive use of the parlor; others of the family have the same right as yourself, and your conversation ought to be of such a na- ture that the third person can hear. « It is not well to be sullen when you think you are neglected. Just think of something pleasant and how to please others, and you will soon find that you will end by being pleased. There is nothing that makes a girl so unpopular and unbeloved by her own sex as having a sarcastic tongue. By all means avoid the constant use of wrappers. They tend to make a girl untidy in arranging her toilet, as ig wrapper is easily slipped on and off. Tea gowns may be used by elderly ladies and they should not entertain gentlemen in the presence of young la- dies arrayed in such. Clothes have an effect on our moral and personal ap- pearance. It is not necessarily true because a young man is reckless that he will make a bad husband. Marriage often results in the betterment of one or both. A good wife is ofttimes the making of a good husband, and a good husband often makes a bad wife. Some people can’t stand prosperity. Nothing is more annoying than to be in a company of ladies and for one to do all the talking and not allow any one else to get in a word edgewise. Girls often make a mistake by dis- playing their ignorance in gossipping about other people’s affairs. Ifa man loves a girl he will do any thing to please her. Hence a girl should not thrust herself upon a man who pays but little attention to her. It is a breach of etiquette fora young man or woman to inquire of each oth- er’s ages. It generally results ina dis- pleasure on one side or the other. No one but a foolish person will do this. The humane society of Pittsburg has cided that young girls must cease selling papers on the streets. In India every resident must, under alty of fine, have his name written at the entrance of his house. tralia has a population of less 5,000,000, but economists declare i: apport 100,000,000 with ease. ge Atlantic steamers are now hed close to the wharf at Liverpool, the troublesome tender is dispensec “Squire Abington” Baird’s race course nd farm, near Hull, on which he spent 00 ,were sold recently for a little r $50,000. 1e Duke of Bedford has imported two thousand frogs from America to | fr the ponds on his estate from de- uctive insects. ne highest temperature of the world ecorded in the great desert of Africa, where the thermometer.often marks 150 @egrees Fahrenheit. Vérmont is credited with the largest wool clip, per sheep, east of the Missis- sippi river, which is 7 1-2 pounds, with other States much lower. © It is calculated that the enforcement of the excise law in New York city on Sunday costs the brewers $165,000 and the saloon keepers $331,000. Japan is fast gaining an important place in the commerce of the world, in spite of the interruptions of one fierce! war and the dismal possibility of an- other. Edward Atkinson says that the time will come when the fibre in the cotton- stalk will be utilized, and there are im- it elements for tanning and dye- ing in the root. For some remarkable reason not made apparent, Portland, chief commercial city of the pine tree State is buying clapboards in the State of Wsshington, 3,500 miles away. A Maine paper mill recently sent a consignment of roll paper to China to be used in a newspaper office there. This is something new in the paper business in Maine. Sir F. Napier Broome in his annual report on Trinidad and Tobago says that “in Tobago it is possible to live like a gentleman and with a certain amount of tropic luxury on $1,000 a year. All the laity will say amen to the sentiment expressed “y numerous speakers at the Harvard law school dinner, that there ought to be less ma- chinery and less fillbustering in the law. The tea exported from Japan to the United States alone is estimated at forty million pounds each year, which forms one half of the tea consumed in this republic. —_———— No. 2. SiC Rewara Sicoe. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical frater- nity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re- | quiresa constitutional treatment. Hall’sCatarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work, The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. SBSold by Druggists, 75c. Aug. 17—4t. ATTENTION! LADIES! All who are desirous of having their hair straightened, by the latest and most harmless prccess, causing the hair to grow straight, thick and lustrous, should call at this office or address Miss E. T. T. Box S Bee office. Call and get a bottle of “PRATIAU ” better known as the Renowned Hair Restorer. Price 25 cents. such questions. aN Read the Bre and be happy. DEAR OLD LADY. She Was Going to “Albert's,” and Reached There Safely. An old woman wearing a black bon- a warm shawl and a pair of gold glasses was a passenger on one of the from Buffalo to New York recent- e had come through from the and the nervous way in which 2 gathered her bundles around her @ the number of questions she asked howed that she was not accustomed to traveling. When the train boy came rough with his assortment of books confided to him the fact that she was = to New York to see her son, and t she had not seen him for over a year. She grew talkative and said: iy son Albert’s a great preacher. He a Methodist, and I am a Methodist. I ught him when he was a little bit of a boy what was right and what was wrong. He hasn’t been back to see me for over a year. I live way out in Mis- souri, and he couldn’t get away this summer, but he wanted to see me, and he sent for me to come on. He preaches in a big church there, and he has got a fine family growing up——” So she prattled on. The trainboy lis- tened to her attentively and succeeded i elling her a copy of “The Quick or the Dead,” solemnly assuring her that was a Methodist religious book. When he left her she began to read it, calmly at first, then nervously, until she grew tired. Then she began to nod, and final- ly the book slipped to the floor. The ray hair reposed on the cushion of the palace car seat, and its owner dozed peacefully. The conductor came through to col- le tickets, and, seeing the peaceful of his passenger, was loth to wake her. Finally he leaned over and shook her gently, and said: “Where are you going, mother?” “To Albert’s” was the quick reply as the eyes behind the glasses opened, and the old woman looked around her for a moment, still umable to tell where she was. The motherly response touched a ympathetic chord in the conductor's heart, and he carefully looked after her until the end of the trip and saw her into “‘Albert’s” arms half laughing, erying.—New York Times. satiate pas Men Who Stol® Wind. “Say, officer, I wish you’d drive those hoboes away or run the min,” request- ed the manager of a Market street yelery. “They’re hanging around the door, trying to steal our air all day long.” “Trying to steal what?” “Our air. What we use to blow us pneumatic tires with.” “Do you fellows own the air here? Did you rent it with the premis You'll be accusing somebody of run- ning off with your sunbeams next. I suppose these hoboes grab a handful of air when you ain’t looking, jam it in their pockets and run, eh?” “Well, if you don’t believe it, just come back here and watch.” The clerk led the way to the back part of the establishment, where he and the officer concealed themselves be- hind a curtain. In a moment a bis tramp peered in at the door, mopped the perspiration from his face, slipped up to the little rubber hose attached to the air compresser in the basement, thrust the nozzle into his steaming collar and turned the stopcock. The wind whistled through his clothes, and for a minute he was the picture of con- tentment. Before he could get cooled off two more were anxiously waiting their turn at the nozzle. The officer took him to the city prison and wanted to charge him with petit larceny for stealing air, but had to make it disturbing the peace.—San Francisco Post. ee ee Removing the Opportunity. Major Rosewell was a man of fixed habits. At 9 o’clock every morning he entered the door of his club, seated him- self before the fireplace, and producing a copy of a New York paper of the pre- vious day’s issue, proceeded to peruse it. It was an unwritten law of the club that while the Major was so occupled he st uld not be disturbed, and the only man who at any time dared to do so was Crichton. Crichton was a man with an inex- haustible supply of dreary anecdotes. Everything reminded him of stories, which he would relate with infinite care and elaborate detail whenever he could secure an audience, Therefore when the Major saw Crich- ton enter the library one spring morning he buried his nose deep in the editorial columns of his favorite journal, and made no sign of recognition. Crichton strolled about the room in a desultory way, until the Major began to grow nervous and uneasy, and to feel that the room was getting rather close, so he called to one of the servants: “Charles, I wish you would let that win- dow up. It’s very close in here.” Here was Crichton’s opportunity. Smiling pleasantly, he commenced, ‘“‘Let- ting that window up reminds me of a story——” when he was interrupted by a roar from the Major: “By Jove, Charles! let that window down.”—Harper’s. Merely Synonymous. “T’'ve always said,” said Mr. Scrab- bles, “that too much education jest amounted to makin’ people furgit all about common sense.” “What's the matter?” “My daughter this mornin’ asked me how I felt. I told her I was in purty bad shape. ‘Oh, papa,’ said she, like she was goin’ to faint, ‘don’t you know that bad shape is bad form?’ Ez if anybody | didn’t know that!"—Indianapolis Jour- nal. ~ Se Not Between Two Fires. Dinklebaum—Vat’s der matter, Isaacs? You look vorriet. Isaacs—Vorriet? S’hellup me gra. cious! I vos nearly grazy. I half now no chance to make a brofitable invest- ment mit mein store no more. I schoost yesterday gets me mein entire stock in- sured for double its value, und der land- lort goes undt rents der floor above for a schwimmin’ school undt der basement to a fire exdinguisher goncern.—Puck. —————— The Old Woman. Mrs. Finkenbinder—You, Georgiana! Come into the house this minute or I'll have your father whip you within an inch of your iife! Mrs. Finkenbinder (to Mr. F. next day)—I wish you wouldn’t be so cross to the children, Lemuel. You are a perfect brute. No wonder they are all afraid of you.—Chicago Tribune. punto dnb eS At the Mountain House. New Arrival—I should think it must be cold enough at night for blankets. Boarder — That’s what everybody thinks except the proprietor.—Puck. PEOPLE OF NOTE. The Sultan of Turkey recently dis- tributed 500 loaves of bread and a quantity of meat to the poor in the slums of Stamboul. The Princess Victoria of Wales, ac- cording to her father, cam concoct a more tempting Welsh rarebit than any other woman in England. William Steinitz, the chess pion, is in New York under medic treatment for insomnia, which disca caused Paul Murphy to committ s: cide. Bishop J. M. Thoburn, of the Metho- dist Episcopai church in India, ha: arrived in New York, and will probaijiy remain in the United States about six months. The little Queen of Holland is very popular, and she has become, if thing, even a greater favorite by bi photographed in the typical pea costume of her country. Madame Marchesi, of Pari most famous vocal teacher world. She has trained n great singers of this gene cluding Melba, Calve and Eames The millionaire of the United States aavy is said to be Commodore Geors EB. Perkins. In the army the w thiest man is Gen. Nelson B. Swe — cham- 1 who is also a famous cavalryman. The will of the late Sir James Ste and phen is a marvel of shortne clearness. It runs: “This is my will. I give all my property to wife, whom I appoint sole epecutr Frank Hatton was the fifth ¢ officer appointed by President Aruthu to pass over to the 1 ity. Bre linghu: Folger, Timothy ‘i O. Howe and Benjamin H. Brewster were tie others. While a student at Oxford Mr. Gl stone was one of the competito: the Ireland scholarship, but ed. “Desultory beyond belief,” is what th: principal examiner wrote on Glad. stone’s paper. The -mikado of Japan has rece issued a decree allowing a Japanc woman to lead, if she chooses, single life. Hitherto, if found un ried after a certain age, a husband was selected for her by law. Mrs. Hannah Bedell, who died at Hempstead, L. ecently, aged ninety- eight years, 1 S ght children. forty grandchildren, ninety-s great-grandchildren and twenty gre: grea andchildren, 165 descendants in all. The Princess Beatrice closely fel lows all the topical songs, and 3 dinner at Balmoral the Queen quently listens to a medley of popu airs played by the prince who in all theatrical matters is thoroughly up to date. Congressman McC! is the wig poli Normal number of y used. Annie W. Williams, whose _ profile graces the ver dollar, is. the teacher of kindergarten philosophy in the Philadelphia Normal School. She is a lecturer of considerable popu- and has written many papers on Froebel and his doctrines. During his first campaign for Con- gress Representative McKeighan, of Nebraska, who was living in a sod house at the time of his nomination travelled 10,000 miles, v ing every settlement of his big district, in order to make himself known to the voters. Austin K. Jones has rung the college dell at Harvard for nearly forty years. Mischievous students tried to make im break the record reeently by re- noving the tongue, but he got a ham- mer and at the usual hour, 7:20 A. M., made more noise than ever with the bell. -ary.of Minnesota. chool, and has wr a school books that are wide: WOMAN’S WAYS AND DOINGS. Women gardeners are in great de mand in England and Germany. In Holland an attempt is being made to pass a bill allowing women to be elected to Parliament. Emily Soidene, once well known as a burlesque actress in this count is now said to be a dramatic critic in Australia. There are in the United States 30,- 554.370 women. Of those over twenty years of age 6 per cent. are unmar- ried and 14 per cent. are widows. For over ten years certain women in the Isle of Man have enjoyed the right of voting. Married women do net vote. Widows and spinsters, being householders and property own- ers, do. Some one suggests that the name. be changed to the “Isle of Wo- man,” London has a feminine fife and drum corps. It is made up of charm- ing girls who meet at one another's houses and practice under the guid- ance of a drum major from a Guar Regiment. What with these f: drummers and Miss Ethel Stokes's volunteers, there seems to be no lack of a martial spirit in the English wo- man. The wedding dress of the unfortun- ate Queen Marie Antoinette has lately been discovered in the ancient church of Kennweg, near Vienna. It has for many generations been the custom for Austrian brides to present their wed- ding dresses to a church for the adorn- ment of an image of the Holy Virgin, or to be made into vestments. Mrs. Ballington Booth, the wife of Pallington Booth and daughter-in-law of the founder of the Salvation Army, Ss pretty, bas a remarkably strong, sweet disposition, and is a wonderfui leader and organizer, doing almost as much as her clever husband, besides helping in the publication of the War Cry, and taking charge of her home and her three young children. “We certainly are getting morbidder and morbider, as Alice in Wonder- land would say,” remarked a woman the other day as she gazed at the dis- play in a milliner’s window. “Our books, our dramas, our discussions, are worse than leaden. Now, the time has come for fashion to turn pessi- mist. Look at these black roses and black violets and black buttercups! It’s a sin and a shame.” “Well,” said her companion, “as you happen to be look- ing at the mourning window, I don’t know what else you would expect. Try this one,” moving to one full of gay blossoming bonnets. Which goes to prove that PittiSing was right when she said, “Rless you! it all danends!” CAPT- TAILOR’S GOOD bi His Wife’s Interpretation of the Tiree Blasts From the Sinking Colima. The three blasts on the whistle of the Colima given by Capt. Taylor just be- fore he disappeared under the waves have a singular significance for the grief-stricken wife. To her it is more than a farewell salute to others—it is “a very last good-bye” to herself. Capt. and Mrs Taylor were an un- usually devoted couple. Having no children, they lived for each other. The only thing that interfered with their happiness was his going to sea. Like most of the wives of the Pacific Mail Company’s captains, Mrs. Taylor sel- | dom went down to the dock to see her husband off on a voyage. When the time came for him to leave on his last voyage, Mrs. Taylor had a singular feeling about letting him go. At last, unable to have him take leave of her at the hotel, she said she would go| down to the dock. The captain tried to dissuade her, saying it would not be! Pleasant for them to part before strangers. In spite of his reassurances, | she could not bear the idea of having | him go. The captain had never seen her exhibit such a dread at their part- ing, and was puzzled at it. At last he suggested that she should go out to Point Lobos to wave a fare-; well to him. He said she could watch | for him from the vessel’s deck. Then j to cheer her up he said he would give | @ parting signal. “Tll be sure to blow you three: whistles, dear,” he said, as he was kiss- | ing her good-bye, “and that will be my | -farewell...The three whistles will be my very last good-bye.” | Mrs. Taylor went out to Point Lobos as arranged. She saw the Colima steam out the Golden Gate, heard the three — good-bye whistles, and watched the vessel until it was a mere speck on the | horizon. Then she went home with a heavy heart. i When Mrs. Taylor first received news of the wreck of the Colima she was hopeful that the captain had been | saved. But directly she read the paper of the last three whistle signal he had given while standing at his post of duty she broke down: | Later in the day she telephoned to the Pacific Mail office asking if the. newspaper accounts of that last sig- nal were true. When told they were she gave up all hope and became utter- ly prostrated. She takes that last three-blast signal as a message from the captain to herself as his “very last good-bye.’—San Francisco Examiner. Monarchy’s One Chance. So long as the sovereign reigns, but does not govern, and is a mere orna- mental figure-head, few would engage in a republican crusade. But if we were to have a sovereign who sought | in any way to meddle in government | the monarchy would soon be doomed. | Those who have a theoretical objection | to a monarchy are influenced rather | by a dislike to the courtiers and flunk- | eys that are inseparable from a court) than by any strong feeling against an| ornamental figurehead. The monarehy | would be greatly strengthened were it) severed from these parasitical crea- | tures. It is estimated the action of the Queen during her long reign it must not be forgotten that, when she came to the throne, the idea’ of the sover- eigns reigning and not governing was by no means established. George III. George IV., and William IV. were per- petually meddling, and trying to im- pose their will on the nation. The Prince Consort sought to impose his in foreign politics, and especially in regard to all matters where Germany was concerned. The Queen, under his guidance, frequently refused to allow this man or that man to become a Minister of the Crown, as may be read in the “Memoirs of Lord Malmesbury,” - With a knowledge of this many lead- ing men in the House of Commons take care to hold aloof from any active par- ticipation in resisting royal grants, etc. Still, I am bound to admit that under the Queenship of the present sovereign such progress has been made in “reign- ing, not governing,” that there is lit- tle fear of any of her successors inter- fering in politics——London Truth. Angling for Human Fish, A novelty in the way of sport was inaugurated the other day at the Royal Aquarium, Westminister, when a series of curious angling contests was begun in the swimming annex. Fishermen of reputation demonstrated their skill with cord and line in attempts to pring to land human fish, who having been duly hooked, cleverly imitated salmon in their efforts to regain their freedom. The result was always enter- taining, and frequently very exciting, especially when the angler and the “fish” were fairly matched. In the first competition, although Mr. Hardy, of Ainwick, with a seven-ounce trout rod and line, essayed three times to over- come Ives, a strong swimmer of four- teen stone weight, the latter on each occasion succeeded in breaking the line. Miss Burnett, whose weight is eleven stone, proved an excellent fish; and Mr. Slater, of Newark, with a greenheart rod and a spinning undress- ed line, had not succeeded in landing her when time was called after ten minutes’ hard fighting. Another lady, Miss Sylvia, of slighter build, however, gave in to the angling of Mr. Ogden, of Cheltenham, in eight minutes.—Lon- don Telegraph. Accepted as an Apelogy- Two colored men were having 2 lively discussion down on Pleasant street the other night. “You're a liar,” said the little one. The other reached for his boot leg. “I reiterate that you are a liar,” exclaimed the first one. “Oh, if yer reiterate,” said the other, as he straightened up, “that’s all right. I thought yer’d take it bac! Ag The little man looked at him for a mo- ment, then, with a smile all over his face, joined the other in a walk to the nearest barroom.—Boston Traveler. Big Telegraph Office. Ae The largest telegraph office in ie world is in the General Post Office Building, London. pnere are over bee rators, 1,000 of whom are wo! : The batteries are supplied by 30,000 cells. ———___—. Smoking in Court. In Mexico, and Siam as well, judge, jury and lawyers all smoke in court it they wish to, while a case is being heard. Eiven the prisoner is not de- prived of his cigar or cigarette, _ ‘ 7 WHY JONES IS LONELY NOW. ~ His Fellow-Club Men A Fear He Will Invite Them to Go Bicycling. “What come over Jones lately?” ask- ed one of a group of men who were seated about a table in an athletic club. “He’s got to be a regular hermit. He used to be as sociable as anybody, but new you never see him dining with «anybody, and he sits alone in the read- ing room as if he hadn't a friend in the club.” “You don’t know about Jones be- use you don’t ride a wheel,” said a econd man. “All of us bicyclists are airaid to talk much with himJ for fear of being urged to go riding with him. He’s a good fellow, and we should all like to go on tours with him, but he’s the most awful rider in the club. He never seems to get his fill. Centuries are mere child’s play with him, and ; the man who starts out to ride with bim is likely to be brought home on a shutter, suffering from absolute physi- val exhaustion. When he invites us to | go on a run with him, it isn’t pleasant to refuse, so we have all got to keep- away from him.” “It’s a pity,” chimed in a third, “for Jones is a delightful fellow otherwise, and he is extremely fond of company on his trips. But there is simply no getting on with him when he is on his eel. Three of us started last Sun- y to go with him to Patchogue. The d-trip is just 125 miles, and we ight that that would satisfy even ving for bicycling. But it didn’t. e only way in which he could con- “ui himself was by g several es ahead of us occasionally, and coming back until he met us. n we started on the home trip, he ned that he hadn't his lantern, ‘ould therefore have to get back re dark, 5 our or two beiore we d Phat isn’t the worst,” put in an- er of the party. “He has a new 1 wants to ride to Albany in y 150 miles, and a good ad, so the man who ave to show or reach Albany And Jones is so if he talks teil him your y."—New York New York’s First Schoot A sign appeared over an old doorway Vall street in 1630 announcing that ool had been opened on the prem- This was the first and for many ool in New York. not very well paid fixed at two bea- ch pupil, and it understood that the s should be properly dried and soned. At that time there was lit- money in circulation and Indian pum had commenced to depreciate value. The school master, it is re- ; distinetly e first school was not a financial cess; the schoolmaster fell into debt 1 finally, in 1633, was banished from e city. For three years after this education of the youth of New York was neglected. in 1636 the Council decided that, as children were fast accumulating in the iown, aschool house be established “to xeop the children off the street.” A new teacher was sent over from Hol- d shortly after this, and a room in 2 of the taverns was equipped as a schoolroom. The school teacher’s sal- ary was fixed at $100 a year. , The expense of maintaining a public school, however, soon begun to in- crease. The next school teacher receiv- ed $14.40 a month and yaluable per- quisites, such as beaver skins, fruits end vegetables. The expenses of the aew system increased rapidly. It became necesary to pension the old teacher,and a pension of $4 a month ‘as voted to him. The next step was (o engage an assistant teacher, and by 1661 several teachers had been regu- larly licensed. The great event in the history of New York’s educational department came @ few years later, in 1668, when the first Latin school master &ppeared in New York. He was imported from Hol- land, and received a salary of $200 a year.—New York Sun. Cleanest Town in the World. The cleanest town in the world is said to be Broek, Holland. It is only a few miles from the capital, and has been famous for its cleanliness from time immemorial. It is also notable on account of the fanciful style of its houses and yards and gardens and streets. The people, though only peas- ants, are well-to-do, and all feel a pride in their town. It seems to be the first business of their lives to keep their houses freshly painted, their gardens in perfect order, and their yards and streets as clean as a parlor. No carts are allowed in the streets, and no cattle. Though the raising of stock and the making of butter and cheese are their occupations, a stran- ger would never imagine that there were any cattle in the region, unless he went to the beautiful green mea- dows of the back of the houses, or the stables out here, where cows are kept in stalls, scrubbed and washed like a kitchen. The streets are too fine and neat for the feet of the animals to step on; all are paved with polished stones, intermingled with bricks of different colors, and kept so scrupulously clean that a lady could walk anywhere in white satin slippers.—Pall Mall Ga- zette, ———_——- A Real Tribute. “That bicycle suit of yours,” said the fiance, “is the most hideous article of wearing apparel man ever gazed upon. Honestly, it’s a wonder that it doesn’t cause cases of hysterics every time you appear on the street.” He paused for a reply, but she had drooped her blushing head and said not a word. She could not speak. The eloquent compliment to her skill? in designing a successful bicycle cos- tume had overwhelmed her with joy.— Chicago Record. That's Diffe o>. ~— Professor—When we want to say something that we don’t dare say in English we use the French. Pupil—And when the French want to say something they don’t dare say in French—— Professor—Ah, you could make your fortune in Paris if you could only dis- cover that something!—Truth. x