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cipated from school and home, with a free
foot at the university, living in lodgings
and responsible to no one. Then you have
the crazy dance of the Paris student, at
once so preposterously pompous and SO
eniidishly pretentious that American boys
or thirteen regard their bearing with dis
gust. 1t Is not for nothing that
the French are called the Chinese of Eu-
rope, for. like the Chinese, the children
walk gravely and the parents fly kites
This Is when the system is working at its
best. AS the school boy grows older re-
beliion often manifests itself and. follow
ing the tendencies of the Latin races the
rebellion is concealed and secret.
At the sortie a species of monthly half
holiday given in boarding schools, the bows
are allowed to go out with their parents or
relatives who come for them and must de-
liver them back. At such times there is
regularly deal of plotting. A boy will
write to his mother that he Is going to
spend the half holiday with the family of
one of his schoolmates. taking care to name
the most aristocratic at which his mother
is we'll pleased. Then he will arrange 10 20
out with companion who has q complai-
SAINT elder brother, who comes for them re-
leases them, and, once outside the walls,
leaves them to their own devices to make
the tour OF Paris
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TO SAVE THE DROWNING.
Hints That May Be of Great Value in
Case of Emergency.
Importance OF Saving Ones strength
as Much as PossibIe-Appronch a
Drowning Man from Behind.

1t is a deplorable fact that many of the
people whom we hear every year of being
drowned might have been saved If some one
of the spectators had had the courage and
the presence of mind to use his knowledge
of swimming in rescuing the poor unfortu-
nate. Most every one considers a man is
running a great risk when he undertakes to
save drovping person, and many hesitate
before taking plunge, which in nine cases
out of ten means certain death, says a
writer in the Chicago Herald. We have had
sufficient proof of the danger incurred in
the really excellent swimmers who have
lost their lives by being drawn under the
water by the one they were trying to rescue.
Therefore people may be interested in learn
ing how a drowning person may be rescued
without danger to the rescuer. 1t some
times happens that a drowning person is
rescued by one who is far from being an
expert, but in such instances it is merely
a matter Of chance, circumstances having
combined to make the rescue possible The
quiet behavior of the drowning one makes
1t comparatively easy for the inexperienced
swimmer to reach the shore. 1t has hap
pened so many times that the man In the
water has been SO near the shore that very
little effort was necessary to save him, but
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the habit nor the idea of fair rlay.. An
English or American boy c3lil1 not have
been guilty of such an attack, without
malicious intent; and in that cas-, the boy
and not the school teacher, you'll have
been held responsible. 1t is not by civil
law or by rules of school that boys learn
to play fair 1t must be in their own GUS
toms; and no boy dares to face the ostra-
cism which follows their violation.
Now, the whole French system with re-
gard to the treatment Of youth works to
prevent the formation Of any boyish GUS
toms and traditions. Thanks to the system
of constant training, and thanks to a great
amount of actual seclusion and a greater
amount of constraint when he is in the
company of other boys, the young French
man grows up nodded to certain form
the form in which his parents would have
him be. He Is mild. polite. mature. Up to
the age OF fourteen or fifteen his school va
cations have been passed more in the COM
pany of girls than of boys, his cousins. his
sisters friends and the daughters of neigh
bors when the families are intimate. But
at about this time the young ladies begin to
be looked after with more severity even
than himself Maturity and etiquette be-
GIN to cast their shadows. The boy be-
comes polite. mild and quiet The devil
which Turks In the heels Of every boy has
been SO exercised that he refuses to mani
fest himself. He is awaiting the time
when the youth Of eighteen shall be eman-
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A New Cure for Headache.

From the St. Louis Republic.
1t is surprising to what an extent me-
chanical vibrations are now employed to
act upon the morbid conditions OF the sensi-
tive nervous system. DeBoudet OF Paris
has been able to produce local anaesthesia
by conducting nne and exceedingly rapid
vibrations half way up the roots of the
teeth. and to perform one of the most pain
full dental operations, that OF extracting
the living nerves from the teeth, without
the patient fleeing any pain. Charcot has
successfully used the Migratory treatment
for sick headache and for certain nervous
diseases accompanied by pain, as well as
for certain mental conditions accompanied
by depression. A very simple form. of this
treatment is recommended by NJ Dour-
douki OF Moscow. While he was one day
examining a patient who was suffering
from an excruciating headache he used per-
cussion of the Uranium, just IS done for
the chest TO ascertain whether any ma
minutes after finishing his examination he
was greatly astonished to hear his patient
say that the headache had completely dis
appeared. NJ Dourdouki has since prac-
ticed this method with much success es-
pecially in cases where there was no appar-
ent cause for headache. or when IL assumed
the nervous form. The percussion must be
made lightly. with only one or two fingers
without producing any unpleasant or too
pronounced sensation, and the intensity of
the taps can be gradually increased. In this
way a Migratory massage is administered
which is calculated to remove the Distress
cases this relief can be only momentary
and the cause of the headache must then
be discovered. in order that a cure may be
effected
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Mcteorfc shower I'm 1900.

From The ST. Louis Giobe-DeIno~rat.
A display of celestial fireworks viii cele-
brate the close OF the nineteenth century
The cluster of particles giving the Leonide.
or November meteors moves in an orbit
extending beyond that of Uranus and hav-
ing its perihelion near the orbit OF the
earth, which ii now intersects at that point
reached by our planet about November Is
OF each year. The period of the cluster is
about thirty-three and one-fourth years
Unlike the less brilliant August stree m
these neteroids have not become scattered
throughout their entire orbit. but only over
about one-tenth of II, and they are con-
sequently encountered by the earth only on
about three successive years in each gen
ration. The densest portion OF the group
gave the world I'm 1898 the most brilliant
meteoric shower on record-a verftable rain
Of fire. On the return Of the group, In 1857
as many as fifty meteors per minute were
counted during the thicixest of the shower.
1t was calculated that the meteors first be-
came visible at an average height OF sew
enty-fve miles and that II the average
weight of each OF the minute bodies was
single grain the entire mass OF the stream
might be rudely estimated to equal that of
globe OF iron 400 feet In diameter. The
stream of particles followed in the wake
of Temples comet of 1866. being evidently
derived from it The next return OF the
cluster is due in November. 1900 but me-
teoric showers may be expected also IN
1899 and 1901.
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The Correct Way.

make the task of rescuing very laborious.
The principal disadvantage in this method
is that the drowning man presses down
upon the back of the rescuer in such a
manner that the latter can breathe only
by bending his head far back, in which
case he is almost certain to swallow water
Similar to this method is the position
which the drowning man occupies in rest
ing under his rescuer. The transport
would be easy in this case IL one We're GER
tain that the person carried would remain
quiet But this Is most improbable and
II he should grab out for the rescuer's
neck both would be in great danger.
Useful Hints.
How Is II possible to rescue a drowning
man without danger to either party con-
cerned? 1t is essential that the man in
the water be reached as speedily as posi-
BILE. therefore a rapid plunge into the
water nearest him would be the first thing
to do. 1t is better to run along the shore
OF the river to point above where the
man is in order to have the assistance of
the current in reaching him, thus saving
your strength, which will be needed later
Be sure to approach him from behind
grabbing him In such a manner that your
left hand, which passes under his left arm
may grasp his right wrist firmly and press
him firmly toward You. Then swim toward
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Up to the age of nine boys Of well to Go
parents are either educated at home or
sent to private schools. being ordinarily
carried to and from them in school omni-
of nine a complete separation takes place
between the boy and his home Whether
II be a government boarding school TO
which he Is sent, or g religious school, OF a
private lay school, he wears a special uni
form and Is subject to almost military
tree of the family" he is now a trans
planted slip IN the garden Of his country
and the world.
But this dignity avails him nothing on his
two months summer vacation. 1t is only
in favor Of the school that French parents
give up their authority. They could not
understand the liberty given TO American
boys at any time, In vacation or out; and
French boys. by a happy corollary, KNOW
nothing Of that freedom which an Amert-
can can see they lack.
The summer vacation life of a weil-situ-
ated French boarding school boy in his
fathers chateau, IL not marked by free
dom. 10 distinguished at least by great in
diligence. Within the limits which cir
cumscribe him he Is master-master of the
ers, and Of his parents themselves, who
think that nothing is too good Tor him.
chateau Is not a castle nor necessarily
great house. Any substantial twelve
roomed cottage In America, surrounded ty
a certain amount of pleasure grounds and
life. may be called a chateau in Ia belle
France. To have a proper idea of one 1t
is only necessary to consult Paris adyer-
tisement:
cines," for sale at Saint Ouen LAumone
department of the Seine and Disc. five min
utes from the northern railway station and
nve minutes from station on the line Of
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Ga
Another Way of Rescufug,

the shore upon your back being careful
to make use OF the current all Won can
The right hand is kept entirely free and
can be used in swimming. Only the faces
OF the two will be visible above the water
and both bodies will be carried more by
the water according to the specific weight.
the rescuer having the task OF moving for
ward. The rescuer cannot be 2rasDed bv
the one rescued, as the latter cannot turn
to the right, because his wrist is firmly
held, nor can he turn to the left, because
then the rescuer would pull the left Shout
der closer to his own. II the first attempt
to grasp the drowning man is not success
full try it again. The objection that il a
drowning man grasp you it is impossible
to shake him off is groundless The man
drowning will always try to keep his head
above water. Therefore. all the rescuer
has to do is to dive under the water and
the man will Immediately let go. The
method is advocated by the leading swim
ming societies everywhere. and it has been
stated that, except in extraordinary cir
cumstances, one cannot drown so long as
he retains his presence of mind and is oc-
cupied with one person only.
Let everybody remember that to save a
fellow being from drowning depends In
every case not SO much on the rescuer's
skill as swimmer as on his cool headed
ness and quickness Of action.
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demnei. 1t was his ruin, financially and
professionally. He 50 took it to heart that
he lost his reason and had to be put in an
asylum. He was thus unable to appeal
from the sentence. which was, moreover,
strictly legal But its evidently unreasona-
BILE character excited attention. and it was
brought to the notice of the minister He,
when it was too late, reversed the sentence
of the court.
The comments which have been made are
as curious as the case itself. franciSque
Sarcey. who has been at the theater every
night Tor forty years and has written COM
nonsense criticism for thirty. took occa =
sion to declare that French parents protect
their children far too much from that
struggle for life which every boy needs as
training for the real life Of manhood
He set up as shining light the English
mother. who sends her darling to school
knowing that he will fight with his fists
whenever occasion offers. and will be in
daily danger of life limb rom the yio-
lenCe of cricket and football She is no
coward like her French ststa.: r. her. like
the Spartan mother Gt is Sarcey's exaDnple)
she says in farewell words 10 her SON
Come home with your shield Or upon it,
II IL strange that even N. Sarcey should
not have discerned the real differanca be-
tween the French and Enslish-speaking
peoples in this matter. The French boy
not only thought nothing of hitting below
the belt-he kicked there He had neither
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HELPLESS MEN.
They Can Not Account for the Disap-
pearance of Much Linen.

They Can Not Account for the Disap-
pearance of Much Linen.
From the New York Recorder.
l met brisk little married woman at the
Long Island ferry house the other day and
/ said:
why. I thought you were in the country
for the summer"
so am. dear. but I have to run into
town once a month to look after my hus-
bands wardrobe"
whats the matter with it?'
why, it's steadily decreasing. I am re-
ferring to his-hem-lingerie."
90"
know, but they disappear in the most as
tonishing way.
He had complete sets Of everything on
June l., but I've just come from q very dis
couragfng hunt, / assure you.
He runs down and sees me every Sum
day, but he can't lose the things ON the
train"
Hardly"
I've found nine undershirts out of the
out OF another dozen, seven pair of IN
mentionables out of q similar amount and
on.
Its simply discouraging the way his ties,
mathematics. collars and cuffs are disap-
pearing"
ITS probably the laundry"
That's just what l think. He pretends
to keep a strict account, but don't believe
he does 1t at ALL
Men are SO helpless unless there's a
woman to look after them"
They are, they certainly are!
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A WOMAN OF THE WORLD.
Some Things Which Make Her Agree
able.

able.
From the Ladies' Home Journal.
She had been talking pleasantly to two
or three women; she made her good-pys all
cheerful and bright, and. after she had dis-
appeared, one woman turued TO another
and said in a tone that was scoifing: "She
is thorough woman of the world" Now
in this case the women who had said none
but pleasant words. who had stopped by a
bright story the discussion Of 4 petty scan
dal, was a woman who was as brave-heart-
ed as any that ever lived and who pore not
only her own. but the burdens Of q good
many other people, yet she saw 10 reason
why she should infict her troubles on her
friends nor why, while she was in the
world, she should not be in its best sense a
woman of the world
A woman Of the world is one who feels
that the story ;old to hurt your feelings is
essentially bad form.
A woman of the world is the one who is
courteous to old people, who laughs with
the young and who makes herself aGreea-
BILE to women in all conditions Of life
woman OF tne world is one who makes
visit a bright spot in the day and her GOOD
by hope that she may come again.
A woman of the world Is one who does
not gauge people by their clothes or their
riches, but who condemns bad manners
A woman of the world is one who does
not let her right hand know what her left
hand does. She does not discuss her cnari-
ties at an afternoon tea or the faults of
her family at prayer meeting.
A veritable woman of the world ia the
best type of a Christian, for her very con-
sideration makes other women long to imi-
tate her. Remember that Christ came into
the world to save sinners and II be IN the
world and among 1t and the people who
make, and to do your work as a woman of
the world means more than speaking from
platform or assumed elevation.
A woman of the world is ore who is
courteous under all circumstances and in
every condition In which she may he plac-
ed. She is the woman who can receive the
unwelcome guest with smile 10 4. brje ht
and a hand-Shake so cordial that in irwin:
to make the welcome seem real il becomes
so. A woman of the world is on. whose
love for humanity is second only in her
lfe's devotion and whose watchworl is I'M
selfishness in thought and action. By max
have 1t so.
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THE REAL SUMMER GIRL.
She Stays I'm Town. and What Fine
Captures She Makes Easily.

FROM the New York Sun.
young woman, who, for two months
mas been Hitting from one summer resort to
another, came up to town one cool day last
week. Her purpose was shopping. Her mien
as she took leave OF a bevy of summer
girls, with whom she was chummy, was
tragic.
Isn't il horrid to have to go to the city,
she saiu, ana her tones were scornfuL Pm
going TO stay tonight with Stella Brown
Poor girl! She's stayed up in the city with
her father all summer. AwfuIly devoted. 1
suppose, but it's hard on her I'm be back
tomorrow. oh, sure! Goodbye
But she did not return the next day nor
the next nor the next. On the fourth day
sne appeared, bearing many bundles in her
arms and look Of deep melancholy on her
lace. Her friends spied her from the end Of
the long piazza and bore down on her like
mock of gay butterflies.
On, you poor thingH'
Aren't you most aead?'
GIVE US your bundles. Why didn't you
nave them Sent?"
No. I'm not most dead, but | soon will
De was the response, In sombre tones.
rake carei That's a ten-pound box Of
chocolates Dickey Brown brought il to
Ihe Tram; And that is marshmallows from
tommy Green. And that is roses-I forget
VINO sent EN-: There's a card, L guess. And
Ihere are silk flags in that bundle Jack
Tar said l could decorate my room with
them, ana oh, oh. OH i want to go backr'
Inc summer girls gasped It's the heat"
OhS- II dutcleu neF nedu-
But the disconsolate young woman sank
into chair and smiled a rLeful smile.
- made discovery in town." she said
Il discovered the real summer girl 1t
ism you or L. We are gay, but we are de-
ceiyerS. Stella Brown"-the speaker paused
ana rolled her eyes heavenward-"to think
mat j plued the girl. Why, she is having
sucn good time that she is fairly intoxi-
Gated with IL. She has lost her head II
she hadn't she would have been careful that
! should not find out the true state OF
Things. You know spoke OF her devotion
10 her father. Pretty idea. wasn't II? Well,
IL you could see her lounging in a hammock
on the roof every night with about ten
young men Vowing they were never SO near
heaven before and that perfect maid of
hers bringing trays Of hopelessly delicious
the most becoming glow over everything
oh, devotioni
"Oh. yes, her father was there bless his
dear old souli i wonder il daddy won't go
back to town next week? The old gentle
man smoked his cigar and dozed over in a
distant corner, and lent an air of respecta-
bility to the whole thing
Every day there was a procession of
messenger boys bringing flowers. fruit.
candy, books, music to play on the guitar
at night On the roof! AS for a rainy night
there are more men than ever, because they
can't go to the roof gardens. They all go
down TO the kitchen and make Welsh rare
bit and molasses candy. And Stella puts on
a big gfngham apron and looks as domestic
as pan of biscuits. You know how effect
i've that is. The girl has lost her head or
nights. But If daddy will only 60 back TO
town I'll be on the ground next week and
then there'n be one more truly summer
girl
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neauy 10 Jump W hth safety GtrdIe.
the rescuer not knowing how has been I'M
able to save even himself II is a good plan
to practice the correct and safe way of
saving the drowning. as such practice will
give person self-reliance and presence of
mind. Life boats are not practicable, as it
usually takes too much time in getting them
ready ana rowing to the person momentari-
ly expected to sink, speedy assistance being
absolutely necessary Poles thrown into
the water are equally impracticable. as
they are frequently too short, the drowning
person having been carried by the current
beyond their reach. Life lines and life balls
used in some bathing resorts are also no
good, on account of time and the skill re-
CURED IN reaching the drowning person.
Life lines should be thrown into the water
In such manner that the coiled I'D parts
of the line spread over the one drowning,
80 as to enable him to grasp il easier. At
some of the bathing establishments a SWIM
ming teacher who is constantly in attend
ance wears about his waist a belt, to which
is attached long line, so that in case of
necessity he is ready to jump into the water
at a seconds notice and rescue the sinking
one. TINS method is faulty in this particu-
lar. that the line may be too short
Danger TO lie Avoided.
The Leadbeck Swimming School advises
the rescuer to take hold of the upper part
Of the arm of the drowning man and to
swim with extended arm to shore. 1t is
possible. though. In this case for the
drowning one TO throw his free arm
about the rescuer, thus endangering his
life also In swimming some distance IT
Is apparent that the strength of the rescuer
Will not be sufficient, the head OF the
rescued person is above the water and
pressing downward with all his might 1t
Is stated on good authority that the body
OF person Is easier to transport the more
IT Is In the water. 1t is very unsafe to al
low drowning person to place his arms
around the neck Of the rescuer and rest
upon his back, as II Is quite probable that
In his fright he may strange him, or at
any rate take such a severe hold as to
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Military BaIloonfng I'm France.

from tLs ICnuon 81 Jafnes Ualette.
Some experiments in military ballooning
were made In Paris on Sunday evening.
Five balloons were sent UP from the Es-
plauade des Invalides. The aerouauts In
charge of them were instructed TO descend
within an hour as close possible to
Combs la Vile. after passing over a radius
OF twenty miles supposed TO be occupied
by an enemy. At 4:30 o'clock a number Of
cyclists were sent OF with Instructions TO
pursue and capture any OF the five bal
looms that failed to cross the zone OF in
vestment. NJ. Jacques County. I'm the bal
loon Patriotic. carried or The palm. He
alighted within a mile of the Church OF
Combs la Vile The balloon directed by
NJ. Picq touched the ground only couple
of hundred yards further from the town.
while NJ. Compiegne alighted from a third
balloon at Reaux. The other two balloons
fen within the radius. and were captured
by the cyclists.
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thing Ike Poor Johnny'-stirs uneasily IN
his narrow iron bedstead In the bare board
ing school dormitory. The big bell that in
variabiy makes its noise at quarter to 9
fitful dreams of field and sea. OF his dog
that waits to welcome him. of his pretty
little cousin. and the good food of his
mothers table. In few days he will be
the son of his family. feted and able to bear
himself with certain dignity among the
females and his younger brethren, and
treated with consideration by his father and
his fathers friends Today his position Is
midway between that Of a soldier In a bar
racks and an habitual drunkard in the
charge Of a committee. He IL pushed. led.
restored with watchings. He Is marched
down to wash In q common lavatory. He Is
marched to his morning coffee, which Is