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Wonl en- Workers.
fJoe Howard


In all our public schools men have a better
chance than women. Aprnnipal who wears
trousers is paid great deal more than ono
who wears skirts Whys Nobody knows, TN
less It is that the boards of trustees are com
posed of men, and, as men make the laws, OF
course. they favor their own. In my judg-
ment, women teachers should bs en-
ployed in all primary departments,
whether for boys or girls, and should
have the preference for any girls
schools Of Whatever grals. There are a
thousand mental, moral and physical reasons
for this which will at once occur to any man
of the world, and neel no photographing by
me. Women make admirable stenographe's.
and II it were possible to persuade gil that
proficiency in her art. attended by the essen
tial qualities of reticence about her employ
er's affairs and fidelity to business trusts
would certainly lead her to a position OF
social ease and pecuniary independence,
women would ia better than men III that 90
cupaton.
Here again. however, we encounter a law
of nature. In the first place, no girl regar!s
herself as engaged in life work, no matter
what it is If she is q teacher. q stepog-
rSphcr te,egrapher, she regards it simply
av q bridge from the world Of caro- and
trouble to the happy fields of some as yet
undiscovered Charles or George, into wn'se
arms sle expects to JUMP, sooner or latt,r.
and be free from the troubles of this
wretched world. There is no use Of talking
or arguing about it, women as stenographes
aro good until the matrimonial bee buZzes in
their bonnet, and then good Jane. !
object on principle, and after experience, 10
the employment Of women in any branch
OF telegraphy. Not only do base my oh
lection in this matrimonial fact but in others
quite as significant. Nothing is worse than
a stupu woman, and there are hundreds OF
stupid women hii I'd by the telegraph COM
panies as receivers and operators, the con-
sequences of which are generally amusing and
often annoying, and rarely what is desired
Most smphatcally believe in giving any
wore. who has the divine inspiration, AIDE
quate education, ample opportunity for OBJ
tervatlon, and then chance to EIacsice on
hnr fsllow-womcp. An eminent surgeon
lers has ~ his assistan! u Girl Of -, and hs
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Doing Homework "lly Way"
tAnna b. McMahan III The Current, J

Anuu ID. MC.laIltl III lHll leut'J
During tho difficult and arduous period
known as "brcakiIS in new girl, most
women SAY: ADO thus aud do 80, because this
is my way" WAen the back is turned, IN
stantly the mail does 1t nuotiier and prob
ably poorer way, because it Is her way. But
II my way were shown II be the best one,
and for what reasons Gnd II were seen that
the la " herself tou.Id il no less fitting and
heautiui to practice tie best way IN the
work Of the kitchen than III her other affairs,
then the work seems no longer mtnial but
dignitied. Though tedious at first, 1t pays
bucaute Of the principle involved For the
same reason it is great advantage to make
friendly visits to the kitchen, listen to cX-
perieices scu,s methods, because this shows
O respect for the work, AMI is rs far us pos
siblc from that Familiarity that breeds con-
tempt" which comes from mere chat There
ere hundreds Of little ways IN which a mis-.
trehs with tact and genuine respect FOR tn"
work and tho worker, can make this felt and
as an incentive 10 good work it is beyond
calculation.
Then, the average mistress is often guilty
Of ignoring the sensibllities OF her hand
ma iden Grant all that may be said OF tho
ignorance, duiness, in Inference, indo'encs
extravaganza, Righteousness, aud reckless.
ness Of the present boly OF domestic workers,
stil these difficulties are not met in the right
way and spirit 1t is no. in tho right way
when children are allowed to make sport Of
tie blunders VIXEN lady corrects them in
tie presence Of guests or others, nor when she
-nags' continually, nor whcn she holds up the
virtues of some predecessor, nor when she re-
proves every wrong and failure but fails to
praise generously tho successes or approx
natiOus thereto
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stop That CouEhi


Many mothers appear to accept with resig-
nation the repeated and violent colds from
which their children suffer as providential
ard una yoidablc A cold is by no means al
ways due to exposure. Indigestion, con
stipation, a lack Of scrupu.ous cleanliness,
the unwise habit Of sleeping in much OF the
clothing worn during tho day, unaircl cham.
bers-all or any OF these things may have far
more TO do with your child's tendency to cold
than the keenest breath Of air. Aud i'll
great measure these things are under your
control
Mothers should understand that 1t Is a fact,
whether they can see how it is or not, that
numerous colds and sore -throats are directly
traccabe to indigestion and dietetic errors.
Quantities of greasy food, fried meats,
pastry, and the like, ill-ventiated rooms, and
continued constipation, have to answer tor
many cases of Group, and putrii sore throass
All these things weaken the system and rel.
dor 1t far less able to resist changes Of tenn.
perature. Give every bedroom a thorough
airing every day. more especially il several
children are obliged to sleep together, or
with their parents This is to be avoided, il
possible: II not. always lower a window
slightly from the top--if this cannot be dons
raise IL from below.
There is frequently bad air enough gen
Grated and brcathed in the sleeping apart
mont of n family with small children. to sup
ply them all not cuy with colds, la; with q
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Causes Of Detcriorated Eye-sigLt.
Popular Science Monthly


The causes TO which this deterioration of
eyesisht has been attributed are alleged to
lie cross lights from opposite windows, light
shining directly on the face, insufficient
light, small types, and to the position OF the
desk forcing the scholar to bend over and
bring the eyes too close to the book or writ
ing paper etc But were all these defects
remedied the integrity Of the eye would not be
restored nor its deterioration prevented. TIE
chief causes of the evil would still remain.
These are the colors Of tho paper aud ink.
White paper and black inls are ruin ns ths
eyesight OF all reading nations The rays Of
the sum-" says Lord Bacon, "are reflected by
white body, and are absorbed by a black
one." No one dissents from this opinion
but despite these indications Of nature and
of philosophy, we print our books and write
our letters in direct opposition to the susges-
tions Of optical science.
When we read book printed in the exist
ing mode, wo do not see the letters, which,
being black, are non-refective Tho shapes
reach the re.ina, but these are not received
by a spontaneous, direct action Of that organ.
The white surface Of the paper is reflected,
but the letters are detected only by dis
eliminating effort Of the optic nerves. This
tlOiJ tilc IltiNeH, dutt, Nlleu lO1S
continued exhausts their susceptibility The
human eye caunot long sustain the broad
glare of the whito surface without injury.
The author of Spanish Vistas," in
Harper's Magazine, says Of Car'a-
gena that blind people seem to be nu-
merous there, fact which may be owing
to the excessive dazzle Of the sunlight and
the absence of verlure." Mr.. Seward, in his
tour around the world, observed that lin
Egypt opthalmia is universal" attributing it
to the same excessive dazzle" of the wide
areas Of white sand; and the British soldiers,
in the late campaign in that country e4hib-
tied symptoms Of the same disease In the
Smithsonian report for 1877 it is stated III
paper on "Color Blindness" that IN. Chev-
reul produced IA, APO dstinguishable tnti OF
the elementary colors. from which the paper
manufacturers could select colors more agree
able to the eye than tho dazzling wh;to,
weakening and acerating to the nerves Of
that delicate organ"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-04-10


All Mt once, without the slightest warnin.
OF any kind, the nctlopoiite appeared seated
on an elevated throne n the center of tho
cathedral. The archbishop was also thIe,
one On each side; but the metropolis .at
higher than they, woie a hat of spotless
whtc in the front Of which Al large diamond
gitterel, and was distinguished. moreover,
from al around him far as the distance
which separated us enabled me to juige-by
strikingiy intellectual features of which the
slightly ascetic cast seemed almnSt to disap
rear in an expression of real sweetness AMI
campo,llre The people devourei him with
their eyes, and when. at the close OF the
service, he rose, or rather descended. to &c
the crowd seemed to swallow him up in q
sense by no means purely metanhorical For
some moments lost 81 hit of him and began
TO f.ar--tEe crush to set IL ar him Icing sc
Ireat-tkat he must have fallen in the press.
Soon, however, he emerged again, anl thea
disc Dvercd the Gauss of the scramble. That
struggle was going on had already seen
Clearly enough, but it was no struggle to re-
sist the pressure OF an irrcverent crowd. The
people were simply thrus.ing themselves for
ward to kiss the metropolitan hand and the
metroro!ite moving slowly through the lane
and left as rapidly ~ he coul'. EverSbo1y
sna'chcd at the coveted member; evelybo y
soush, the virtue Of the momentary oscula-
ton. Now, n stout, red-faced merchant
pre- scd the hand TO slips; now it was seized
by a general in uniform; an official took it
up and passed it on to beggar; mere children
fought for it until they ran the risk of being
tramped OH; and 50 hot'y did the women
contest the privilege that l saw several Of
them almost black in the face.
The mltropo!ite really worked hard to
satisfy everybody; more conSc !entious
effort to confer the greatest Happiness upon
the greatest number was perhaps nevor put
forth, yet even Moscow's highest church
dignitary found his amiable purpose par
italy thwaltei by the inexorab BILE law of sap
ply and demand since. in the curious
paysiognoncal stu iy left behind him in his
retreat it was easy to see that while the de-
light was limited, if somewhat bosterouS,
the disappointment was poignant and wi To-
spr.al.
The church is thus po wer in Moscow, mi
being power in Moscow is power through
out the empire of the car.
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Cookery In Public Schools


Perhaps you do not know that there ID, In
connection with the agitation Of tho qucs.
tion Of Industrial education, n movement to
have departments Of cookery and domestic
economy INTRODUCED in our public schools.
Such is the case, however, and | believe tie
day is not far distant when the art Of cook
cry will be given the attention it deserves.
am using all my inhaenrc to bring about
this result and never nl,ss an opportunity Of
pressing the point The result OF my obser-
vAtion is that people in all parts of the coun-
try are gradually coming to tho conclusion
that in a country like this education for tho
masses must include in sus,rial training iu
some form. And certainly there is no branch
which has greater claims upon the edCca-
tional authorities than this, which prepares
the girls to become competent housekeepors.
The experiment has already been thor.
oughly tried in England and shown to be u
success in every way. Sewing and cooking
are taught thero in institutions correspon l.
ing practically to our common schools. The
British association appointed committee to
investigate the matter and the Chairman re-
ported that not only was the instruction in
these departments sgnally successful, but
that it appeared that tho pupils in the schools
where these things wore combined with tho
regular course of study, better work was
done in the regular branches The mind Of
the student requires diversion for most
efficient work, and thij explains the fact
cited, which is certainly strong argument
for the introduction OF these departments in
our schools. don't see why it is not quite as
necessary that the home should bs properly
managed as business. In country like ours,
where so much is made of the common peo-
ple do not see how public school system
can be considered complete which does not
include practical instruction, which can be
usod in every day life by both sexes.
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Advice to Ladies' with Marringcnblo
Dau1btrrs.

An experienced old lady used to say, "Dont
tell ME about eng agements, love and attach
ments and all that, till you can report that
they have been in and out Of the lawyers Of
fee" People can't live upon air; and to see
some of them. even at u wedding breakfast,
YOU will find that they are quite as hungry
after marriage as before. Cupid is young
gentleman that must he well fed. 'Lovo III
a cottage seems all sunshine and honey.
suckies; but rent and taxes. and soap, soda
and sandpapcr, however vulgar and sublu-
nary, must all I've duly provided for
So wien you come to the settlement 1t
often proves II settler indeed. Instead OF
money, the gentleman ha, expectations, and
is Cooking out for something to do" he has
"a rich rLcie who may die" or u bronchitlc
aunt not expected to wheeze and cough
through another winter. You may have
offers enough OF this sort just as the
>ervant-mad has when she comes into her
quarters wages Pray, madam, beware of
all such; have no younger sons or younger
brothers about your premises Curates are
very dlnScrous-n0 good themselves, they
keep others off. AS to dashing young oii-
GERS, few can say, i'll the words Of poor Miss
Bailey" "l've got 81 note in my regimental
small clothes So BE- guarded and distant;
let US recommend a cast Of countenance like
the builders notice board: mo udmittance
except on business
But do not aim too high. TIL, hi cher you
aspire the less your chance, till ut last it ends
at u vanishing point. just ta~e your pencil
and draw II pyramid, conc or tall tr-
angle Take slice otf the base. aud it Is a
very wide slice; this represents the conpara'
tive number of the striving men Of business.
anl among them most ladies proper Will
succeed. But this might he little come
down." while every slice above represents
class smaller and smaller, literally tine by
degrees and elegantly less.
But beware OF one danger: The higher you
aspire the lowor you may sink. with great
blot on your family tseutcheon. Lord
Burleish truly said, "M.!ry your daughters
early ur they will marry themselves" and
choose, in their despair, partner for lfee'en
lower than the lowest YOU could have pro
posed to item
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tells ME that her nerve 10 superb, and that
she is worth half dozen ordinary male as
sistants. His practice 10 extensive, and he
knows whereof he speaks. have had occa-
sion to test in my own family the experience
and knowledge Of a woman physician, with
the greatest possible benefit. Docs it not
stand to reason that an intelligent woman,
devoting herself to the practice Of melicine,
educated, skilled aud experienced. starts
with advantage over an equally intelll'
gent educated and experienced man, when
she comes to deal with womenf Can
man understand the thousand and one mys.
teries and niseries OF the female organixa'
tionl Can a woman explain to man the
feelings, sensations, pains, places, pecu!lari'
ties that need correction and attention. do
not see that it Is possible; but you say we
need physician sometimes in the middle OF
the night. All, now you touch rreJudices;
now you fall PROSTATE before Sister Giundy.
Mrs Grundy would think 1t awful for II
woman to so out at minight. Whys Be-
cause she might be spoken to or insultel by
some man Precisely SO. Then it is time for
my second proposition to he considered, and
for us as men, baving control Of the laws.
the police and the agencies Of civilization, to
see to it that our women can 60 out at mid
night or ut any other time, unmoIested, un-
insulted, " follow the necessities Of their
duty. AS matter of fact, real women are
rarely spoken to', at night. or any other
time
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Japanese Patch work.
(Pliladclphia Call,


This is new style in which to piece silk,
and one which wastes but little Of the ma
tcrial. Cut lining of calico or cotton OF
about thirteen inches square, and il You re-
member how the log cabin quilts were
pieced you will have the idea, only in that
you had square for the center But in this
lay on such piece of silk Us you happen to
have. not large and no matter what shape
and Just "catch' on to the cloth Then take
another piece Of another color and. putting
right sides together, run together turn over
and catch down" As before Continu. this
until the square is covered, pressing SO as to
be perfectly smooth, cutting oil the extra
silk loft at edges. You will have an odd.
looking square, but when you have feather
stitched over the seams with a contrasting.
colured floss or silk you will be astoniShed at
the Leauty OF your work. There will DO no
two alike, and it will be II handsome quilt
when completed. 1t is beautiful to join the
squares by strips of black velvet.
lteorge Fleming: Al, they're queer.
rigssd craft are women, and II secret Is tine
ballast they first think of throwing over
naayd il there's evsr such capful Of "in as
t. tnaks the SEA a bit rongh'sA.
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Anything Except House work.

New York Hour
STILL young women 20 out to service more
unwillingly every year And why' The root
of the difficulty lies partly in the character Of
the gentler sex, and partly in the character
OF our political and social institutions. The
opportunities for primary education are so
excellent in the United States that poor girls
are generally pretty we'll educated by the
time they are old enough to live away from
their homes They learn to read easily and
they quickly avail themselves Of the cheap
literature of this country and they sink them
selves in it, Then when 1t is time to go out
to work they have many lofty ideas which
prevent them.
AS every boy In the United States has the
privilege Of thinking that some day he may
be president, so every girl no matter how
humble her family thinks she may some day
marry n rich man nnl become fine lady
She hns never read Of a fine laly who was
made out of u servant in tho kitchen. Gin
drrclla is the only exception, and We do not
believe in fairies nowadays SO in order to
be fit TO be fine lady when the golden time
comes, no girl ever wants to he rubbed with
the smut Of domestic drudgcry if it can be
avoided Anything but housework! She
never could endure, the slightly educated girl
thinks to have it thrown up to her after sbs
is married that she was once n servant
Would any fiIe society, she asks, bo open
to a woman who had once been Il domestic
servant, no matter how rich she had bccome'
Certainly not. Any woman who has once
been Il servant bars the mari; of a menlal
all her life She is more handicapped by
that t!an by any doubt about hsr own rep
utation. Thus Young Amer can woman,
either o: native OF foreign d,sccn., viii do
ANYTHING rather than work in way which
may hurt hei future career. Moreover, 1t
will not do 10 jump to hasty conei"s.on
that such grl is n fool. As Ion. Ss our IN
stitutions exist as they are there viii be sense
and fitness in tins feminine reasoning II IL
as true that every girl here has Letter
chance OF some day being tn, mother OF
family, weli-todo and having social aspirn
tions, than every boy has II being president
And it is also true that it will always be- Set
down to her discrcdtt, If it should he known,
TINT she was cnce domestic servant. For
these reasons the young woman VIII" IL
thrown upon her own resources Will work at
anything rather than 90 out TO service in II
household. \ shop, factory an sometimes
II much worse Place is preferred.
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: THE ORDEAL OF AGONY
Endured by the Woman Who Would
Wear Drcss DecOliette.

[Chicago News
Worth Ia credited with saying that a
woman who cannot fill full dress should
never wear anything else. And so he makes
the dress fit the woman But here in Chi
cago we make the woman fit the dress.
Shoulder, bust, hip, and arm pads are all
we'll enough for few days, but wait till they
begin to move round like mud-turGe after
spring thaw, and a whole household is
poweress to right them.
It takes n lony, skinny. glmelastic kind OF
young woman just three months to he ablo
to wear dress decollette. First, rice bread.
sweets, boallon AMI porter must form tho
basis of the daily menu; vapor baths and q
hot summing before dinner, and lastly the
"b'ow-out." Without going into any spectfi-
cations. the Stunning" might be very inter-
csting to seeker of the novel i'll nature
and ant. Miss Rawboncs must have q sunny
room, and, while the king of planets drives
past her window with his fiery chariot she
dons the robe worn by Mother Eve before
she became conventiona', and, with pair of
castanets, an such numbers in the can-can
as she may have picked up at the French
opera, sets up Il healthy circulation anl
lively respiration. from which sho docs not
recover for some time. This dance must be
taken slowly and kept up at least forty-iive
minutes though to be effective two hours are
prescribed with brief rests. The temperature
OF the ,oom must, Of course, lie high.
In the "home vapor bath dish of char
coal OF II bowl of steaming hot water is
placed under n chair on which the patient is
seated, and girl, chair, charcoal, AMI all COW
cred with as many blankets. robes, and COM
fo,tables rs are Ian ~ If the semi mani
mate bather be not sutfocated from the fumes
of carbonc acid ga" she will have worked up
an invgoratinS preparation in thirty MIN
utcs, and an application of hcsh-brush will
br ng to her scarlet glow After dinner sho
is to call on Nine. Beautiiier of State street.
who has had made for her what she calls
"cu,s." THIS emp is put to the part deemed
fiat, suction is applied, and the lady pumps n
lmlpo the left side of the co!lar-bone, about
the size and luk Of a decayed pipp,n, that
makes the girl yell with agony while the big
tears that roll down her saffron cheeks tell
OF suffering well concealed and heroically
borne. Against the express wishes of the
artist size stag ,cr, to the mirror.
Great lcavens. look as though | had the
goitre,' she cxc.aims. pump out all my
neck, or for Gods sake relieve me of this
lump or shall go mad and the poor little
fashionable fool falls into the chair and sur
renders her corlel-hkc throat as though shs
anticipated to b, put on tn, gridron on
which the holy St. Lawrence was bro:lcl.
The poor little yellow hide pays S., take, two
drinks Of ico-wat'r sends for tno carriage,
and ulralces to call to-mo' row.
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A lIcx'can Land Owner.

" went to see one tract comprising Go,O0O
acres. The foreman of the place, OF what we
would call the oyerseer. showed lis AROUND,
and we happened to ask if its landlord or pro-
prietor had recently boon there. He said no.
'Iow long since he has boon theref Tea years
Pursuing the question further we found that
the overseer ha 4 mover seen the man who
employed him. That man livel in Mexico
City, got his income from the llaco AMI paid
no attention to it. There again you have the
Mexican type"
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Tho Word ~AYn Ostlc."

The wori "asnostc" first appeared in liter
ature in 1870 1t describes zone who h bids
that the existence Of anything beyon Or be.
hind material phenomena is unknown and
so far as can be judged-u !knowable, and
especially that first cause and an unseen
world are sub jects of which we know moth
ing" IL was suggested by Mr.. Huxl'y at a
party of philosophers All others, one even
;ur in lSt;u