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Reformation Of Criminals I'm Switxer.
land.

Here Is a description of what they do with
the prisoners in the Canton OF Neuchatel. A
good haDdieralt Is taught TO every prisoner. AID
all who are well behaved are, after a period.
placed with master OF the trade which they
have severally learned. under the oversight OF
Tie police and OF a member of a voluntary COM
mItIee. This committee Is com posed OF i. 400
active members, CIT oi q total population OF
AO2,OVO. Tue prisoner, when PROFESSIONALLY
liberated. has 70 present himself every week
IA his patron, who receives the reports of his
master aud OF the police The patron sends an
ABSTRACT OF tuese reports 10 the governor OF the
prison, and In this way, II his conduct remains
good, the man is liberty IS gradually restored
1Dd mere gains his position IN soceIy-wfth the
addluona! advantages of experience OF discp-
l1no aud kDO9ieGse OF a trade. NJ dc I.ayeleye
IN describing. this STEM says that "a Swiss can
ion Is In some Things q century in advance of
the rest ol tine wOr.d.
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senator Jones IN San fTancisco POSt
"pye always believed In Providence since one
day, years ago, when I was sheriff over Ia
Shasta county. It was rooster Of q day, and
was returning on horseback from hunt Tor
some sluice robbers. / was slowly following q
faint mountain trail, and the sun was Just
baking me- and the horse was in q lather.
came under the shade OF big rock, and thought
IL would be pleasant 10 get on aud have a
smoke. / sat down on . cool boulder, cut q
pipelui from my plug, flled my pipe and felt
tor q match. Well, Joe, there wasn't a match
anywhere in nay pockets- / searched and
searched, but there was no match. / tell you,
Joe, ] felt worse over that disappointment than
I've done since when the market has gone back
on me and bit me for q hundred thousand at q
clip. But while sat there ON that boulder,
suddenly tell ons A match, by heaven, lying
on tho trail not six feet away from me! I used
tt-thOugh was little afraid to touch IL at
nrst-and had my smoke. 50 you needn I
worry about how this political fight II going TO
come out A man for whom Providence will go
70 the trouble OF proving Q match for . smoke
In the wiids Of The Sierra Nevadas, where man g
foot scArcey ever troads txn't likely to get LEFT
when IL comes TO commonplace little thing
Nike being elected 70 the United States senate.
Ever since that time," concluded the Com
stocker, I've never refused dollar TO O par
SOD, aud have generally done my best Ia q
quiet, unobtrustve way, to make myself solid
Nth TIE people who have the pull on Provi.
deuco."
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THE TREASURY OF DAVID: c ,n,aiuine an origi-
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literature: series OF homiletical hints upon al
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SELECTIONS FROM THE TABLE TALK OF
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Philadelphia De1icacieS.
BLAcKBIRps AS AN ARTICLE OF FOOD.

~.
From the Philadelphia News
There is large trade in this city i'm black.
birds. Some years ago, when IL first began,
very few birds were sold; but the Restaurants
and private families found out that the birds
could be made tender and palatable by par
boiling them aud then baking them in a pie:
aud now dozens vi punches oil black birds,
twelve in bunch, are sold at the very test
when the birds come back from the south,
until early October, when they leave this lati-
tude; and all the season through there is one
unyarying price demanded for this sort VI
game-ylz.: twenty-five cents per "buhch" u
twelve birds.
The birds are shot by farmers boys and other
Philadelphia. As the birds d. ~ their feeding
grounds iu the morning aud back To their
.roosts In the woods AT shutdown, and their
line OF flight is straight, the gunuers can IRE
voiIeys into their nutIering nocks whenever
they come within range while crossing the
country. AT early morning and an hour or two
before the sun sets the swamp and crow-black-
birds, two very different species, seem less
wary and iced IN the plow-Iurrows In the field
or along tine banks OF creeks and rivers, where
worms aud fresh-water sDellfish abound, aud
then The volleys OF No. shot decimate their
sable ranks.
Theoretically there is no reason why the
flesh OF blackbirds should not be USED for food.
They feed on cherries, curranis, 1ruit, grain
ana worms, just as reed-birds, doves, Wild
pigeons and plenty OF other palatabie game
birds do. Blackbirds don't eat carrion, and,
although they are poygamous, don't mate.
and lay their eggs In the nests of other birds
They are not Otherwise different from other
species. They are Loisy, cheeky and great
pests Of farmers who have cherry orchards or
graperies, and those who know black birds best
will set IL down an invariable rule that IL
they can steal ripe cherries they will not touch
any other kind OF food.
No country people eat blackbirds any moro
than they eat crows. They look upon both
warblers with about the same sort of feelings.
There Is q tradition In the neighboring counties
that blackblrds eat c&rTlon, but IL Is not true,
though their flesh Is rank enough before being
parboiled. A blackbird roost, that Is, place
where hundreds or thousands OF the stable
feathered pests flock and scream at night, is re-
garded by tillers OF the soil a local misfor-
tune, and il often happens that a dozen isrm-
ers, with their sons ana hired hands, all armed
with guns, Will lie In ambush evening after
evening for several days, in order 40 shoot the
birds as they ny in, in small black clouds 1t
night, 10 q harborlng place of this sort.
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The Language Of the Hand.
From Cassell's Family Magazine.

Diinples, bones and wrinkles mark the three
stages OF LIES progress. With the wrinkled
stage the steadiness Of youth often remains In
resolute character. When the Duke OF Well
ington was a very old man he could still MI Q
glass of water 10 the last possible drop and
bold it up steadily, brimful The helpful
hands keep their youthful activity, too. lar
into the whitening age. And IL notify
loving natures there Ia a sort Of Immortality
Of youth; the warmth OF affection has
given more than . royal prerogative; the hand
Il beautiful always 70 the eyes that know it
familiarity. The latter years only stamp ft
ness, faithfuiness and bounty. IL il not the
'told" hand, but the "dear" hand, and IL
never grows older, but only more dear. He
who doubts the truth of this last mystery
has not yet found Out that hands. "a well ~
hearts, have peculiar place In oUg knowlsdGe
and love Of one another,
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Russian RevoIutiOuists.

Russian kevOt0tlOu18e9.
HOW STEPNIAK AND Primer KRAPorKTNR
APPEAR AT HOME.
London Letter In San Francisco Chronicle
Nothing can be simpler or more homelike
than Stepniak's domestic arrangements We
had tea in bis study. The faFe consisted Of the
cup that "cheers but not inebriates." bread and
butter and toast, sardines and cold tongue.
Mrs. Stepniak, after serving the tea, kpelt
down before the Gre aud made the toast Whtte
she was thus occupied took the liberty OF OIL
ing my own cup. greatly TO the delight OF Nine
krapotkine, who was good enough TO say that
Gree and easy, Just like a SiSiiiss ~ xsr ses
Prince krapotEine lighted cigarette, pre-
daeed my pipe aud we had long talk AK RANGING
trouble he had had with his books at Ciairvaux.
They weigh loo pounds, and he had not only
make cases to put them in. equally 1it S
help. On this Stepniak laughed and said that
krapotkine was always In trouble about his
Petersburg. He knew that he was suspected
and his house beset by the police, and he had
IT, 90 to where Sspnilak An, md
he had need Of some particular book, and In
trying TO get 1t fell into the tolls and was con-
signed to the fortress OF st. Peter and st. Paul,
from which he afterwari made his famous
escape.
Both men have been political agitators. aud
conspirators, and eften undergo strange u
periences and personate many characters.
Stepniak once told me that he thought he had
been everything but . priest. He is much
more a man OF action thar Krapotkine, bigger
bodied, and looks resolute enough and strong
enough to Ego anywhere. and do anything
like the Duke of Wellingtons peninsular army.
At one period of the revolutionary movement
1t was customary for the young and ardent
among the class OF mobiles TO go among the peo-
pie, live as they live aud work as they work.
Highly educated and gently bred girls wrought
in factories. their brothers rs blacksmiths car
pentsrs and laborers, often Is village school
masters; Their object was to get 2 closer
knowledge Of the wants and aspirations OF
the bewsrs Of wood and drawers of
water, and to spread among them yevelu-
tionary ideas. II was at this time, as St4pniak
told US the other evening. when We were dis
cussing the subject of agriculture, that he work
ed year on the land as q common farm hand.
He moved, pioughed, sheared and the rest aud
the conclusion he has come to is that an agri-
cultural abOrer expert in his calling is AS much
a skilled workman AS q mason, an engine litter,
or a carpenter In order to become proficient =
man must have natural aptitude for the CALI
ing and serve an apprenticeship of ten years.
Stepniak said that, do as he would, he found it
impossible to learn thraShing, tLhe fail Is still
used in many parts of RussiA.) He could not
beat time with sufficient regularity, as several
men thrash at once, and their strokes, falling
alternately, must be delivered with the nicely
OF clock-work; the least lapse throws all wrong.
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their suction" engine in. the rotuuda and
failed as il was too large to pass through the
door, but the Columbia was more fortunate and
soon the rotunda echoed the working of the
brakes. Hose was run mp on the roof and the
water poured In torrents on the floors below
the pipemen's clothing being frozen stiff At
the fire which destroyed the infirmary build.
ing in Judiciary square, on the Sd OF Novem.
Der, 1851, there were numbers of cases Of heroic
acts, The wards at that time were full OF pa
tients. and 80 rapid was the destruction of the
building that 1t required most expeditions work,
to remove the sick and helpless.
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A Stolen Visit.

This Is her dainty room,
Where youth and beauty found their perfect bloom
This is her cosy chair;
How OF: her form has nestled softly there!
Here Is her cleaning glass,
By which her graceful hcure used 10 pass;
Aud, though she be away,
1t seems her smiles there, and still will Stav
These are her favorite books
The pages longing for her loving looks
Here is her happy bed,
The pillow where she Nightly rests her head
she cOnieS-ner sep know:
Bless thee, eet room. Alas, that must 90!
George BEdseye. in Brooklyn Adgazine
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1t Is row believed that thirty-dveilives were
LOST In Wednesday nights storm at Xenia, Ohio.
Inc loss OF property cannot fall short OF
100000.
Abou. six O'Clock last evening the heaviest
ram iai That has occurred in ST. Louis for years
passed over the city 70 the eastward,
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Gov. HIN has signed the Broadvsv fyev
York; Arcade railroad hill
Gov. Lloyd, OF Maryland. has a0drsssed q
presses the belief that they were deceived and
inhaled In passing resolutions oensurinG him IN
his relation 70 the mining bills.
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Song.

Song.
know not where,
Ny lady fair.
In river, lake or sea,
The Isles OF Peace may 6es
But here ut EOrn, ut noon, ~ night
With thee. my very souls delight.
Is peace fvr me.
/ know not where,
My lady fair,
BY mountain, plain or lea,
The va.le Of Resf may be:
But here beneath The sunny skies
That smue upon me from thine eyes
Is rest for me-
know not where,
Ny lady fair,
beyond " lint purple sea,
The ome called Heaven may be-
But there to drunk the strains divine
Yhat sing the sOui's response 70 mtne,
IL heaven tor me
-CAscoOo Nsc&
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The Halo.
rome London dealer iu birds received, when the
fashion at It's height, u single consignment oil
thirty two Thousand dead hnn1ming birds and another
Received at time thirty thousand aquatic birds and
three hundred thousand pairs Of wings."l
Think what price to pay,
Faces so bright aud gay
just for a hat,
Flowers unvisited, mornings unsung,
Sea-ranges bare OF the wings that Oerswung-
Barred Just for that
Think OF the Others too:
Others and mothers too,
Bright-cyes in hat!
Hear yOu no motner-groan floating in air;
Hear you NO little moan-birdiings despair
Somewhere tor that:
Caught mid some mother-work,
Torn by a hunter Turk,
Just for your hat
Plenty OF mother -hcart yet in the world:
All the more wings 10 tear. carefully twirled-
Women want that
Oh. but the shame OF It,
Oh, but the blame Oft
Price OF nat!
Just for a jauntinesS Frightening the street,
This II your halo u faces sweet
DeAth-and Cor that.
w. C. GAxNErr.
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THE PLucEY TRAVELLER FINDS A SUCCESSION
OF MUD AND BAD WEATHER IN THE ORIENT
-EoRDING FIFTY STREAMS A DAY BILE
AIDES.
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Not . Fishermsn nimselE, Perhaps.
From the Binghamton Republican.
"You are fishing with persistence" said .
gentleman to an urchin who had thrashed q
stream without apparent reward . whole AFTER
noon.
ssOh, no, sir; on'y Jest aneie-wosms" replief
the youth pleasantly.
81 mean you have good deal OF peSservanoe~
explained the other.
'sNe, shems suckers; guess 70 ain't never
lived In these parts. hev YET" The boy was mot
o little dtxgusted by the strangers Ignorance.
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When Thomas German, the lsborer who
whipped Charles Miller, . socialist, was
brought up in the police court in Cincinnati
Wednesday, he said: "He told me that he
would uphold the red flag and that he was q
socialist Then forgot myself and knocked
him down. fought under the stars and strtpes
and couldn't stand it." Judge Fitzgerald said
been 100 Germans at Bellevue on May 2, when
Parsons, the Chicago Socialist said the stars
and stripes ought 70 be traiied In the dust, and
arrest him on the spot" He then reprimanded
Miller, and advised him TO keep . close mouth
ABOUT the red nag.
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To the Editor of THE EvENISs STAR:
see from the published proceedings Of the
last meeting of the school trustees that a col
ored trustee, who was appointed at large, had
himself assigned to the charge OF the white
schools OF the first division, in place Of Mr.
LOvejOy, who was forced TO resign the position
or compromise his ideas of right aud self
respect. am u resident vi the nrst division, a
taxpayer and patron OF the schools, and
through yodr paper want to enter my most
emphatic protest against such school manage
ment. l have to say TO Commissioner Webb
that the citizens of this school division will be
found united in their opposition To the radical
changes he Is introducing, or allowing 10 be in
troduced, and that he is submitting Inc gratit-
cation with which his appointment as COmmis-
sioner was hailed 10 u severe strain. AS citizens
and taxpayers, We believe we have some rights
which even aConmssioner Is bound to respect
Under school board management the viii te aud
the coiored schools nave grown up side by side,
but separate, i'll this District, and have given
general satisfaction. The only persons desiring
ID change are u handful of miscegenatiOn,
miXed-scIOol and other cranks.
FIRST DIVISION.
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The Work Of Matching Little Fish at
the Central station.

HOW THE EMBRYo sHAD LOOKS AND AcTs-A
TINY GHOST OF FISH-THE WAY THE
LITTLE FISH ARE sHIPPED-THE WORK OF
THE SEASON,
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which would be about Is per cent. Is not that

"LIcH WouIu DC ABOUT 10 per cent. Is not that
enough To make?
suppose they build nine months Of the year.
which they do. they turn that money over three
Times and make, in plain words, as per cent Of
their advances.
ihat The movement i'm building circles is
really between the workman aud master
builder there is no doubt; that the contractors
have been getting rich out oil the laboring mem
work is true; that the laborins man is trying TO
create room Tor the unemploy ed mechanic and
get some OF the pleasures of home life Is ac-
knowiedged; that the contractor eau give
shorter hours and build for the money he now
receives Tor his contracts and make good profits
can be seen, for II y corporation made 10 per
cent a year On their investments what cry
would be raised! T. n a
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Amount goes to master builder and

Or, In plain words, those that lay the bricks
ana carry The mortar receive xo,4OO aud the
would be SI,OSO. Would not the master
builder, etc., In allowing the increase make
enough Tor their trouble ana advance OF their
Capital, In as much as they can and do build
several houses AT the same time and get their
money as the work progresses? Let US see:
Now ........., IS 400
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fire in Georgetown, came to open host,,,,,es
near the Presidents house and had possession
OF thnt section Of the city for five hours. When
Phia, was here in January, 1851 and dining ut
WIZARDS, desperate fight occurred, in which
firearms were used and several persons rara
wounded-One, Ebenezer Rodbird. hin~ "hne
through the breast. 'o'
HEROES OF THE PIPE
There were among the old-time firemen MANY
brave seii-sacrificing spirits who did not hest.
tate to risk their lives in saving life and prom
erty. There are many cases recorded in which
acts OF heroism were performed which merited
Inc enc0m l,I OF the public. In 1S43 an ex-
OF the powder house was in a blaze. Messrs
john i. Tucker and John Goss with the hnsa.
hooded the contents Of the house. TINS sav una
q further explosion. This action was hici,Ixn
commended by the commander of the varI
ana Inc Secretary OF the Navy in . most com,
turned the thanks OF the department. To the tue
inen named. When the residences OF Senat"r
b e ON Cstreet, was destroyed by fire about
90 years ago, 1t was an exceedingly cold dav
ano 10 reacn the names pipe-man of tie
Northern Liberties was showed up q tree, The
pipe was ~ tnsn handed him, enabling him to
throw the stream through q window Over his
head several other streams ,Eera niavoT "a ~. ,.s
he was first drenched by the spray
and ase ina. r11s1 to The limbs Of the
leased. In December. 1861, what was rncwU
as Baker's hotel, 7th and D streets northWest
ks9t Dy Tue a sis Thomas Baker was destroyed
cold the f1remen's clothing and the hoss u,sra
frozen stitf Before this IRE was com niese,v AZ
unguished
THE Library OF CONGRESS
at the Capitol Was discovered to he on fra. and
the hremen summoned there. Here II was
necessary for the water to be forced from engine
70 engine. The Anacostta. which had not been
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Ten Hours Pay for Eight Hours, Work

10 the Editor OF The EVENING STAR.
In answer to the article in Wednesdays Nav
II, supplement Of your paper, entitled '.Ten
Hours Pay to Eight Hours Work." l would
answer that AN not a workman engaged in
securing the reduction of hours, nor a master
builder. nor a capitalist, as have to work for
my living.
The contest between employer and workman
is a reduction in hours. Thus by getting one
fifth less work done by each man Will give en-
Payment to one-fith more men to do the same
amount oil labor, besides giving more ease and
family, To which, whether working man or
capitalist, every one Is entitled To seek by fair
means. 4 VIII take the hgures used by the
author OF the above-named article ana show
now THIS question Is not, as claimed, a question
between the workman aud the maD for whom
the mouse Is To be built, but is really the struggle
OF the master builder and master mason To y,.t
ricn out al the itboring mems work For in