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A plan has been adopted giving special mpor-
lance TO Rhetorical exercises and at the time
rendering them more enjoyable 30 teachers and pu-
pills, and Of uncommon interest 20 the patrons Of
the school.
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Lectures or Anatomy. Physiology and
Civil Government.

In addition to the work required in these branches
by the course, special lectures will be given before
the High and Grammar schools.
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TUITION, l6 WEEKS /:
SPBECIALTIE[S
Teachers Glass.

A class will be formed for the special accommo-
dation of those desiring TO fit themselves thoroughly
for the October examinations. This class will com.
mence
SEPT. 3nD, ENDING OCT. 25TH,
thus allowing the members TO go directly from the
class room to the examination. Tuition in Teach
ers' Class, $3.50.
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DR.. F. n. Lattimer, Ludington, Mich,
says: II have sold many dozen of Browns
Iron Bitters. and none failed TO give entire
satisfaction
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Chappell has very nice assortment OF rings
chains solid pens, bracelets, charms, DC.
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Mrs. F. Hodges, Kalamazoo, says; browns
Iron Bitters has done more to restore me to
health and strength than all other medicines.
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TOLEDO g. SOUTH HAVEN RAIL ROAD.

Trains on the NJ c. Il. II. leave Lawton as follows:
Going East-Mail train, IL :55 a. m; Kalamazoo tc
commodation, 9:27 p. m. Going West-Kalamazoo
Accommodation, 3 :45 q. M; Mail, 2:l2 p. M;
Freight train No. 49, akes and leaves passengers at
stations between Kalamazoo and Miles,, 8 :27 p.
On signals Trains No. 2, 3, 6 and will stop at
Ryan's.
The Company reserves the right 10 vary from tAis
Time Card at pleasure, without Notice.
JOHN IHLING. Superintendent.
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Clouds as Weather Signals.

Mr.. Clement Ley, the English meteor
Ologist, reports recent incident OF
British weather which most strikingly IL
lustrates the value of clouds as storm
signals. He states in Nature that recent
ly a storm center passed over Scotland
with progressive velocity of forty-ive
miles per hour, and ''indications of its
progress were afforded by cloud obser-
vations at distance of more than 800
miles in advance of the center, the ye-
locity OF propagation being supposed
uniform The significance of this fact
in its bearing upon the British weather
forecasts is enhanced by the recent sig
nal failure of the London Meteorological
Office to obtain timely intimation by
means of its barometric and other in
strumental observations of the disastrous
Atlantic cyclone which lately visited En-
gland. This storm extended over wide
area, sweeping away a bridge on the
Great Western Railway and damaging
many buildings. So that the London
Times, two days afterward said: 1.-The
deluge which has overwhelmed the Brit
ish Isles and sent the Thames surging over
its banks causes the curious to consult
more critically than usual the descrip-
tions or vaccinations of the weather
which we publish daily" If the British
meteorologists can get the barometers to
give timely warnings of the hurricanes
which sometimes rush uOon their coasts,
from the Central ATLANTIC with pro-
gressive velocity of More than sixty
miles an hour they can. do more with
that inveterately sluggiA monitor than
has ever been done bef&h Though its
monitions are invaluabws they can never
be relied on for promptIess and timeli-
ness. But the clouds which invariably
precede cyclonic depr s"ion, and often
precede the vortex by $50 eraI hundred
miles, are both timely and trustworthy
monitors, as in the case reported this
month by Mr.. Ley. During the slow
passage of last Septenlber's hurricane
over the West Indies its approach was
indicated at Cardenas, according to a
| report published in the Signal SerUice
Re0iey, by "small clouds moving
rapidly along the horizon" over thirty
hours before its center crossed the meri-
dian of this place, and the Havana re-
| cords evidently show that that the cloud
and rain indications announced the hur-
rlcane's advance at least sixteen hours
before its arrival on the meridian of
Havana. Had these places been in the
storms central track, and hence ex-
posed to its greatest force, they would
probably have had still earlierand more
emphatic cloud indications of its ap-.
proach. The timidity with which me
teorologists make storm predictions
based solely on cloud and rain indica-
tions is excusable in the present very de-
fective system of observing and report
ing these aqueous meteors, Buff they
were properly observed and telegraph
cally reported they would generally
afford the data necessary for reliable
forecasts, even when the barometric and
other instrumental data taken alone
were inconclusiye.-N. r. Herald.
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Thrashing-FlOOrs.

( It was in the north of China, that we
first saw the thrashing-f floor of the East
and of the Bible. When we were travel
ing to some out-stations in Mantchuria,
the road bounded on both sides by end
less fields of gigantic millet, there would
come a farmer house and farm-yard, or
a small hamlet, and on the skirt of it,
the trodden spot of ground hard and
smooth as, stone. But it was not till
some weeks later, as we were journey
ing slowly up to Pekin, and the harvest
was now gathered, that we saw it in use.
The grain was laid on the floor, and a
pair of oxen were driven leisurely over
the ears, treading out the corn. Another
form of thrashing was the stone roller,
which was drawn over the ears by oxen or
mules; and there was another still, where
fiat board furnished with some pro-
jections, was drawn in the same way,
the driver or children, perhaps, sitting on
the board to lend it additional weight.
Sometimes the grain was piled up in a
large heap in the center of the floor.
unsifted and then men with the winnow-
ing shovel (the lefan) would toss the
grain into the air, or else into q fiat
basket, from which the man who held it
flung up the corn, and the wind carrying
the chaff away filed the air with dust.
One Bible phrase after another was re-
called to us. 1t was easy to see how the
Philist nes could rob the thrashing floors
at Kei!ah, those open spaces in the field
on which the absence of any dread OF
rain induced the farmers to pile up their
wealth of grain; or how the open floor,
open to the sky and smooth, became the
natural place to test the dew upon
Gideon's fleece while all the rest of the
ground was dry; or how, when the two
kings, Ahab, of Israel, and Jehoshaphat,
of Judah, summoned the prophet, the
place to set the royal thrones was on the
smooth and empty thrashing floor just
before the gate of Samaria; or how no
better place than this could be found on
which to build the altar thatDayid raised
when he had purchased the site Of the
temple from Araunah, the Jebusite, and
found in the thrashing instruments-the
wooden fans and boards and oxen poles
the wood for the sacrifice 1t would
be easy for the oxen to stop in the midst
of the abundance they were treading out
and eat; and the mereiful Jewish law
provided that they should eat if they
would; there should be no muzzling of
them; ''thou shalt not muzzle the OK
when he treadeth on the corn, - Good
Words. ~ z'1ae.55,. 5sos
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The Saloon Keepers Joke.

A few weeks ago a Detroit saloon.
keeper got hold of the fact that certain
customer of his had invested in a lottery
ticket, and on the night of the drawing
the saloon was filled with crowd to en-
joy joke which the saloonist was to let
loose on his man. The man with the
ticket dropped in at the usual hour for
his beer, and while drinking it he heard
the saloon-keeper remark that ticket No.
So, 256 had drawn S., 900.
''How do you know that?'' was quickly
asked. ..~s
'Well, I also hold couple of tickets,
and friend of mine in Chicago has tele-
graphed me the winning numbers.
''Let see the telegram s11s
1t was produced, 1t had been speci-
ally prepared for the occasion and ap-
peared genuine. - SsF.7 .-l- a y
1 hold that very ticket!'' gasped the
citizen as he produced his wallet.
s'Non' S@{ tFff a
"Here it is!'
Congratulations were in order, and
only a hint was needed to bring an order
for beer and cigars without limit. At
the end Of. a grand hurrah the saloonist
presented bill for $13.25, and was met
with the reply:
t'See you later-too excited to make
change to-night.'h sz ~ ISL
Yesterday the man of beer went to a
justice to see about suing the bill and
learned that his debtor was in Colorado.
just how much he made out of the Joke
can't be figured until he gets over kick
ing himself f-Detroi Free Press.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"a z
+. A Boston f1irt, on receiving an offer
of marriage, rushed into the hall and
called up stairs, Mother, am engaged
to anybody nowP''
LMetainorphosis extraordinary: A Is
young man who was supposed to be un-
commonly soft, has been found running
away from his tailor as hard as possible. Fl
'-- The Judge. -. srs., ..r
That's lovely necktie you have
on, ''she remarked. "Glad you like it;
I thought itrather neat myself" eyes,
it would look so well in the silk patch
work quilt I am making. - EIe0ated
Railroad Journal. aaaH. srtr
-"Hows can I keep the cattle from
8 breaking down the fence to get into my
garden at night?'i' said an Austin man
to a neighbor. That's easy enough"
'But how can l keep the cattle from
breaking down the fenceP'' ''By leay-
ing the gate open. '--- Fegas Sittings.
---"' 'Tis a poor rule that does not
work both ways Yesterday was at a,
dinner party, when glass of wine was
spilled on the table. Herr Meier put
some salt on it and no one said a word.
Subsequently the salt-dish was capsized,
and poured q grass of wine on it,
whereupon | came near being thrown
out Of the house. Fliegende Bzatter.
{ The smallest county in Pennsylvania
is the most modest. Its strong. point is
its. Lack-o'-wannaty. The most evenly
balanced county in its profit and loss ac-
count is q Lose-eans The rag -pickers'
county is Alley-gainy., The most stall
Wart county is Armstrong. The most
disFeputable county is Snider. The
deadest county for education is Schuyl-
kill. - Philadelphia Bulletin. sh
Am humble Sausage thus Addressed
q naughty Seal Skin sack: ''How does it
Happen, my Friend, that you do not
Recognize me, when it was only Two
Months ago that you Used to Skin up a
Tree whenever IapproachedP'', To this
the Seal Skin Sack saucily Replied:
''You had None the Better of Me then, .
Mr.. Sausage, for while was Skinning
up the Tree, you forsooth Were Sailing
down the Street. with a Tin can tied to
your Tail. ~ DenUer Tribune Fables.
Then you are thinking of build
ing a residence next season?'' sug-
gested Flub to- one of our heavy
pockets. Eyes thought I should get
up something in that nne.s' 1'What
style of architecture-Gothic, or Doric,
everything. My wife inelines to the
Mary Ann style; but guess III put up
genuine Betsy Jane cottage, with
pizarro all around iG. That'n suit ms
well enough, - Chicago Times,
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S2.oo per Annum.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A Massachusetts woman has madea
bequest of $4,000 to Boston University
''for the purpose of clothing worthy
theological students"
I'm Prussia they appreciate the value
of health and the necessity of exercise to
maintain it. The minister of education
has ordered that the boys in all the
schools be made to play athletic games. &
The Singing Pilgrim" philip
Phillips) and his son, who now sings
with him, are shortly to return home,
after successful tour of song through
out the British Isles. Mr.. Phillips and
his family will visit the West Indies
until April next. .,t..
From March / to November 1 the
American Sunday School Union estab-
lished 498 new Sunday schools in the
Northwest and brought 2,028 teachers
and ,120 scholars into them, besides
aiding 1,033 old schools, which have
5, 149 teachers and "A, 109 scholars
Chicago Times. 't 3 Ff t}Itl - Z
The, First Presbyterian Church in
New Albany has a deacon, John Bush
nell, who has held that responsible and
honorable Office for, fifty, years. "A few
evenings ago the ladies of the church
celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday
as mark of respect to, his integrity
and Christian character. -Iradidfsdpolis
Joasr7aul. ~ aaJb ,u0is ,EG 98t9.5
/ Tight lacing has often been attacked
as injurious to the. health, but now it is
said to be injurious to morals. A Phila-
delphia parsoR recently preached a SER
mon on the subject, and argued that the
divine truth could not find its way into a
heart squeezed and cramped by eorsets.
philadelphia Press.
The teachers in the public schools at
indianapolis have been in the habit Of
! sending out pupils to ascertain the
whereabouts of absentees. BY entering
| houses, where scarlet fever was raging
several of the scholars contracted the
diseases and now the School Board pro-
pose, to put stop. to such use OF the
pupils. ''7' AZ ~ 20 3ii'''a'''dha' .
|. -Itiissaid tllat-a curious old gentle
man in New York has been collecting
sermons until he now has about 2,000
of all Sorts He began nearly thirty
years ago.; He laid up bound volumes
at first, but later he preserved the SER
/ nuns llo AOuuQf III kJdHlpHl6ISf VI Aully
printed in periodicals, In, order that he
might arrange his material, he learned
pooksbinding, and for all these years he
has given his nights and holidays to the
work Of arranging, indexing and sys.
teniatiZing his InateriaL--M, r. Times.
-HTChuader Sen, the leader of the Free
Brahmins in India-an almost Christian
sect, opposed ito idolatry and caste--is
nian of unusual attainments, He is a
| graceful orator, both in English and
Bengalese, and profoundscholar in the
philosophy and sciences of Europe. He
has travelled much, having visited Lon,
don and been presented to the Queen.
Personally he is of striking and hand.
some appearance, being more than six
feet tall, andin the primeo life. He is
very wealthy, and at his, own expense
maintains large church in Calcutta,
and edits and publishes paper called
The New Dispensation. 81 t.t..,...s t..
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came, and then she took refuge in the

came, and then she took refuge in the
monosyllabic "Why?''
Il want to know; did you or did you
not?" demanded Sarah harshly,
Ye-yes," stammered Hetty, fright
ened at Sarah's sternness. IL
thought you would like them"
''Do you mean to say that you heard
what we said that day what I said
about you2' questioned Sarah, in
queer, strained voice. ID,
''I heard some -I--but I'm not
proud bit, Sarah; l wanted you to
know it,"
"And you gave me those books! o,
Hettyr'
There was q tremble in the hard
voice, and then Sarah Grant put her
arms around Hetty Northam, and hid
her face in the dainty white apron.
BY that time everybody was over by
Hetty's desk, all talking at once, Mary
thanking Hetty over and over for her
share in the gifts. while HettY explained
that she had lately had new piano, and
she couldn't possibly use two. 1g.8
Tears were plenteous. but after all
smiles predominated. <--t ASA ;.
..What presents did you p. have?i'
somebody asked of Hetty. s-~ --4.
Hetty did not reply at once; she
blushed painfully.
''Not much; some money!" she said
finally, as her questioner pressed her. y
Sarah Grant was quick to think.
''Hetty Northam,' she said, slowly,
''did you give up your Christmas for US
girls? And said hated dyou-and you
heard mep' -z-- 1.-W 81
''WhY, I've had a lovely Christmas;
| wanted to do it,'' said Hetty, simply;i
81 had things enough -jaa
just at this juncture the teacher ap-
peared in the doorway, and noting some
unusual stir. hastily inquired the cause.
Sarah Grant was too deeply buried
amid Hetty' ruffles to explain, and some
body else had to tell the story.
Katie, Cohns afterwards asserted that
there were tears in Mr. Bacon eyes as
he put his hand on Hetty's head and
stroked her soft curls, and nobody else
could see clearly enough at the time to
contradict her.
True to nature, Sarah Grant could not
let the affair end without putting in .
word
"Mr. Bacon, Hetty Northam is an
angel!'' To which he answered.:
She has given good for evil, Sarah,
and that is more than angelic; it is
Christlike, Golden Rule. 81.
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. s.Seeing It's YOu.s

''Do Hook particularly greenP" asked
prominent citizen of a Free Press re-
porter yesterday.
swell, moo. I have seen window
blinds that could give you points," ,y.,rs
al received special confidential
offer this morning in the shape ola cir-f
cular through the mails. 1t informs me
that for S75 the sender will send me a
$125 organ, and that this is the only one
he will send into the county. Does he
take me for fool?''
''Nothing of the kindI He merely
tempts your cupidity. Experience shows
that large number of people will buy
that which they do not want, provided
they think they are getting it for less
than its value. This characteristic would
make 9 blind man buy a pair of spec
tac1es."
ssWhy should tais man think | want
an organ? I'm no machine politician.
How should he know anything about
mePn i}a6 sU4Hl8Gue 5f0a 3Hi JpJ
''He doesn't, He got your name and
address out Of the City Directory AS
for his sending you, and you only, of all
the people in Wayne County, a $125
organ for S75, that's all CANNON. He
would send one to every person in the
county if they forwarded the S75. His
is an old game, but it works well vet.
He is liable to catch lot of gndgeons in
Wayne County. And then, they are to-
be found in every county in the coun-
try" 1o aHm8nifHo3 T9auo! Il igf
ITO how many people in Detroit do
you suppose he has sentthis confidential
circular?'i' a1 lj8oR 9n1od yl'uigl9a
THAT will endeayor- to ascertain at
the postoffice. !" ''''" 49, ''a> 2"
And this is the reply of Chief Clerk
Hardy to an inquiry as-to how many of
the circulars were received at and dis
tributed from the postolfice.
f'There was a big bag of them, from
1000 to 1920. ."-Desrost Free. Press. n
The sting of bee, it is said, when
compared with the point of fine needle
under powerful magnifying glass, is
scarcely discernable But the trouble is
that when a man gets a bee sting, he
forgets to compare it with q needle;
hence it always is discernable, and by a
large majority. = Boston Transcript.
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A WINTER song.

O. Summer has its roses
And the laughing light south wind
And rne merry meadows lined
WITH dewy, dancing posies;
Pat Winter has the sprites
And the witching frosty nights.
O. Summer has the splendor
of the corn-fields wide and deep,
Where scarlet poppies sleep
And wary shadows wander;
But Winter fields are rare D.
With diamonds everywhere.
o, Summer has the wild bees,
Andthe ringing, singing note
In the robins tuneful throat,
And the leaf-talk in the trees;
But Winter has the chime
OF the merry Christmas time.
o, Summer has the luster =
OF the sunbeams warm and bright,
And rains that fall at night
Where reeds and lilies cluster;
But deep in Winters snow
The fires of Christmas glow.
Susan Hartley, In st. Nicholas.
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Athletic Games for German Boys.

German boys are to be taught to play
games, The Prussian Minister of Edu-
cation has determined it, and it will be
done. Herr Won Gossler's circular on
the subject, just published at full length
by the Cologne Gazette, is a very able
and remarkable document. For some
time German public opinion has been
much exercised about the physical con-
dition of the boys in the higher schools
of the country. They were excellent
scholars, but rather poor specimens of
boys -istless,s inactive, unenterprising,
often appallingly short-sighted, the raw
material of profeszo-S perhaps, but not
of soldiers and men of the, world. Ger
mans have awaked to the necessity of
better physical training and, true to
their character, they are setting about
it in their own thorough and methodicali
fashion, with a Minister leading the van
and the whole admirably drilled bureau
cracy in5 column at his heels. There
can be little doubt that the action of the
Government, prompted as it is by gen,
eral widespread public. feeling, will re-
suit in a remarkable change in the
character of German education. To in,
door-drilling and gymnastics, already
pretty universal, outdoor exercises,
especially games requiring skill and
agility, are to be added. Spontaneity is
no longer to be sacrificed to discipline
If ever German boys learn to play cricket
and football-both, by the way, recon.
nended blythe Minister-or any eq1iva-
lent gamess English schools viii have to
look to it. English education is at
present as far ahead of German in the
training of the body as German is ahead
of English in the training of the mind =
Pail Mall Gazette.
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Samuel Hall, aged fifty, for forcibly
kissing a woman at whose house he had
called for match, was fined twenty
five dollars and costs at Brockton, Mass. !.
and in default of payment sent to jail
for four months. 1t is understood thai
the unfortunate man also failed to get
the match. Chicago Tribune.
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The mushroom crop is so scant this
fall that gatherers think there is rnush-
room for improvement. Meanwhile
hasty pudding is safer thing to put on
your table, Hungry children have lots
Of mush room. Pittsburgh Telegraph,
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"A pew in DR.. John Halls church,
New York, sold the other day for s2..
600.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-04
IeIearanh Consultation.

New YORK, Sept 4.
The report is revived that the Postal Tel
egraph Company, the Bankers and Mer-
chants and the American Rapid are to CON
solidate so as to present solid front against
the Western Union. VicePresident Cum
mings, Of the Postal Company, absolutely
contradcts the report So far as his COM
pany is concerned. President A. W. Dim
Ock, of the Bankers and Merchants, ac-
knowledged that negotiations were in prog
ress between his company and the Amer
lean Rapid, looking toward a coTf-
solidation, but says the negotiations had
net been completed. Vtce-President May,
of the American Rapid, said he hoped that
the consolidation would be brought about
He suggested as name for the new organ
ization the ''United Telegraph Company Of
America :" President Dimock, of tht
Bankers and Merchants, has returned tt
New York from Boston. He was in con
suItation with President j. w. Converse, o
the American Rapid. The former company
controls the Southern Telegraph Company
SO that the united lines would cover ever,
important point east of the Mississippi.