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Mrs. Cleveland and the children.

The line OF charity in which Mrs.
Cleveland interests herself is n pecu-
liarly sweet and interesting one, for it
is devoted to frightening the lives of
little children. Before little Ruth
came into her life Mrs. Cleveland was
interested in the scheme Of founding
free kindergartens for poor and neg
lected children, and she is now vice
president of the kindergarten society
of which Richard Watson Glider is
president, and which has established
nearly dozen free baby schools in the
slums of the city. And next to her in
terest in children Mrs. Cleveland's So
licitude for poor mothers manifests it.
self. On certain afternoons Of the
week these pov,rty stricken mothers
gather in little groups in different
parts Of the city and talk about helpful
household topics over cup of tea.
Women especially trained for thelwork
preside over these meetings and lead
the conversation in the right channels.
Teach them how to live" said Mrs.
Cleveland, while giving directions at
one of these mothers meetings.
Tell them that there is right way
and wrong way of doing things, and
make them realize that the children
which are sent them straight from the
hand of God must be trained to go back
to him. Chicago Post.
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WOMEN HORTICULTURIsTS.
With Their Dainty Habits They Are Ma
urally Adapted to the Work.

with Their Dainty Habits They Are Nat
urally Adapted to the Work.
Gardening and Horticulture have for
years found some of their best friends
among the feminine members of the
household. The enthusiastic botanist
is rarely willing to stop at merely
theoretical knowledge of her favorites.
She likes to grow them, watch their de.
velopment, their peculiar characteris-
ties and eccentricitics and to study
their possibilities. To do this, she
must grow them, and many valuable
contribution to plant-lore has come
from the quiet, unobtrusive researches
and labors of the sisterhood.
OF late, since the subject of occupa-
tion for women has come under such
general discussion, horticulture has
seemed to present itself as peculiarly
adapted to the tastes and capacities
of women who are seeking a
means of livelihood. TO grow flowers
and small fruit successfully requires
tact, patience and nice sense of dis
elimination. Having these, one may
reasonably expect to make fair record
and secure at least tolerable financial
returns. There is more money in rails
ing small fruits than most people are
willing to believe. 1t looks like a
small business, and there are thousands
of objections urged against it; but once
considered all of the possibilities OF
such an occupation, and many OF the
objections vanish.
Those who live near large business
centers always find market for good
products in their fresh state and it is a
we'll understood fact in the best com
mission houses Of the metropolis that
there is rarely such a thing known as a
surplus OF really high grade fruit OF
any sort. The markets are frequently
overstocked but not with the very best
grade of goods. There is always de
mand for fancy articles and extra-fne
products OF all sorts. First, given the
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quality Of the goods, then they must DO
p,t up in somo specially desirable way
or In peculiarly adapted and convenient
cases; then they must be carefully
handled. All this means trifiing adj
ditional expense but one which there Is
always trade to meet. Any one who
devises some new and attractive way OF
putting up goods, and who puts upon
the market high grade products in such
shape that they demand the attention
of critical buyers Is positively certain
Of reputation that will secure an adj
vance of from five to fifty per cent.
above the average cost of ordinary
marketable articles. Where one is not
convenient to market for fresh fruits,
canned goods, jellies, sirups, extracts,
jams, preserves and the like may be
put up and with little effort will find
q good demand. OF course, immediate
returns are better, but as everybody
can not live adjacent to large consum-
ing localities, tile next best thing is to
devise way to utilize to advantage the
things we have In hand, and SO prepare
them that they can not be sold at
longer range.
In the districts Immediately surround
ing large cities comparatively little
fruit is put up. The grower, for the
most part, works on q small scale, and
has neither facilities nor time for pre-
serving it. Quick returns are more de-
sirable, and the fruit is all rushed into
the market; often, indeed, with SO
much haste that the quality and man
ner of preparing it are secondary con-
siderations, and, as natural result,
such fruit brings low prices, and
the name of the grower is rarely
heard beyond his own neighborhood
and the commission house to whom he
consigns his goods, and that very rarely
finds it possible to make returns satis-
factory to the producer.
With their naturally dainty and care
full habits, women are epecially adapted
to the growing and marketing Of small
fruits and the management of flowers
The business is rapidly increasing
among them, and many are making
most pronounced success. That others
will soon take it up is merely matter
Of course,-N. Y. Ledger.
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Chandler said: "If the nation is to
gain its position as maritime and
naval power, reasonable provision
should be made, not only for offensive
cruising vessels, but also for harbor
defense, by means of iron-clads. Such
defense can be accomplished more
effectively and economically by double
turreted monitors than by any other
form of armored vessels"
In writing that letter to the speaker
OF the house of representatives. the
secretary of the navy transmitted re-
port from the naval advisory board in
which scientific reasons and argu.
ments were given to sustain the rec.
ommendation of the secretary of the
navy. From this letter and the &C.
companying reports which have
found upon the files of the house of
representatives, it appears that over
ten years ago the secretary of the
navy and the leading engineer officers
were fully in accord with the views
which are expressed above by Admiral
Jouett. While we have considerable
reason to be proud of the improvement
which has occurred in our navy in re-
cent years, it must be source of sin.
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would be crowded off to the right and
the rear of the coach ahead would slide
off to the left. The two would pass
instead Of one forcing its way into the
center of the other. The details at
the scheme have not been worked out,
nor has it been submitted to practical
carbuilder for criticism. The re-
arrangement of steps, such as would
be necessary, is indicated in the rough
drawing submitted. Some modifica-
tion Of the buffer system would also be
required, SO that the ordinary harm.
less shocks, when adjacent cars in =
train collide, would not tend to throw
q coach off its truck. II this feature
could be satisfactorily arranged the
idea would probably be practicable and
accomplish saving of life in great
collisions. As no patent has been taken
out or applied for, there is chance for
some bright mechanic to work the
thing up and make what money there
Is in it.-N. Y. Tribune.
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THE AMERICAN NAVY.
IL ls Not a. Powerful as We Have
Been Told.
an interesting Chat with Rear Admiral
James Il. Joustt-Our Cruisers stand
Too High Out Of tho Water
The Puritan.
Especial Washington Letter. I


ut is very true that our navy is do.
ncient in battleships," says Rear Ad-
miral James e. Jouett, retired. "The
BRITISH naval officer who recently said
IN New York that our ships stand too
nigh out OF the water and that in a
light they would make good targets
Tor the enemy to fire at merely ut.
tered truth with which the officers OF
the American navy are perfectly famil-
aar. The New York editor who print
ed that remark and wrote an editorial
upon the subject has been severely
criticised throughout the press of the
country, SO I have observed; but the
original statement and the comment
made upon it are worthy of the consid-
Grafton of our people,"
DO you mean, admiral, that we nre
not provided with battleships with
which we might cope with the navies
of foreign nations?"
Il certainly do. OF course you know
] am regarded as an old fogy, and con-
sequently do not have anything tc
say about these matters. NV own
opinion, however, is that we have been
building our cruisers upon models
which might be greatly improved. It
is true that they attain great speed
and that they are great improvements
over vessels of the old navy, but they
stand SO high out of the water that
their resistance to wind and wave pre-
vents them from attaining that degree
of speed which cruisers ought to have.
] cannot say that admire the white
squadron. excepting those ships which
were built upon the Roach models"
but we will have some battleships,
will we not, admiral?"
20, yes, we will have some battle
ships one of these days, and they will
be good ones, too. When the Puritan
Is completed would be willing to take
that vessel and enter into an engage
ment with all the vessels from
foreign countries which have re-
Gently been visiting our shores.
The Puritan is TO be an iron, low,
free-board coast defense monitor with
two steel barbettc turrets. She was
commenced by John Roach at Chester,
Pa, in 1873, and is now in course Of
completion at the United States navy
yard in New York. understand that
this bnttleshipis very nearly completed
now and is only awaiting her armor.
Her length is to be 2S91s feet and her
breadth 60 feet. Her main draft is to
be IS feet and her displacement 6.o60
tons. 1t was originally intended that
her maximum indicated horse power
should be 1900. This magnificent bat
tleship will stand only about thirty
inches out of the water, and she will
be able to steam at the rate of fourteen
knots an hour at sea, The difference
between this battleship and the cruis-
ers of which we are SO reasonably
proud, SO far as fighting purposes are
concerned, will be very great indeed
The Philadelphia, Chicago or Atlantic
might be struck by the gunners of the
foreign vessels at a distance of three
miles or more; but it would be almost
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A NEW ERA.
Women Are Taking an Active Interest In
the Public Housekeeping.

Women Are Taking an Active Interest In
the Public Housekeeping.
Women being by training and by long
practice the usual administrators OF
affairs in the household, it is not re-
markable that they should now and
then take hand. and this very eff
GENTLY, in the affairs of their township
and county. Women are largely inter-
ested in the question of good roads and
of landscape gardening. Some of them
have attained local celebrity by their
skill in the advancement of both these
branches, and rs they and their chill
dren are more or less occupied in driv-
ing and walking over the public high
way, and in observing the adjacent
grounds which make or mar the pleas
ure of those who use the highway, it is
, appropriate that their taste and skill,
as we'll as their means, should be called
upon in bringing both to the highest
possible perfection.
Women have no more at stake than
men have in the higienic conditions Of
street and towns. But they have more
leisure than their husbands and broth
ers Business does not inexorably
drive them to the counting room or the
shop the instant they have swallowed
their breakfasts and devoured the
morning newspaper. The crack of the
whip does not sound on their ears, for
bidding them for an instant to intermit
their vigilance on penalty OF being left
behind in the headlong race and furi-
~ Ln ~
course women are busy, desperately
and breathlessly SO, but still they pos
sess over men this great advantage that
they can, to some extent, command
their time.
Hence it ia a very happy thing that
women in many places are looking
wisely and well to the public house
keeping as far as it concerns the neat
ness Of the streets, the purity of the
water supply, the lurking foulness Of
neglected drains, and the germ-pro-
ducing catch-alls of neglected cellars
Women's protective health associations
combine to keep the cleanliness, and
therefore the happiness and well-being,
of the towns up to the highest stand
ard. They complain to constituted au-
thorities, they insist that ordinances
shall be enforced, they distribute liter
ature on the subject, they agitate it in
meetings, they create a wholesome
public sentiment on the subject, and,
above all else, they insure success by
persuading every citizen and citizeness
to the duty and the beauty Of carefully
preserving intact the healthfulness of
/ the individual home, of sweeping be-
fore the individual front and back
doors. Bazaar.
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impossible for the best gunners in any
navy even at a distance of one mile
10 strike such vessel as the Puritan.
Shooting at an object so near the wa
ter line with the great guns Of the
modern navy would be almost equiva-
lent TO shooting across the street with
n revolver ut the thin edge OF a sheet
of tissue paper. 1t would almost be
impossible to strike her.
.'The Miantonomah is very good bat
tleship of her class, and in a few years
more we will have some very formid-
able battleships. But at present the
criticism made by the British naval
officer and commented upon by the
New York papers is just in every way.
You must remember that the recent
naval display at Hampton Roads and
New York was in no sense . display OF
.trength of the navies of the world.
The foreign nations which participated
IN the naval review in honor OF the
discovery of America sent vessels which
were merely of the same class as our
own. They did not make any EFFORT 70
display their strongest vessels for OUT
humiliation upon our own shores.
These statements of Admiral Jouett
are worthy of serious consideration
lie is one Of the bravest officers the
neonle OF this country have ever sent
70 sea The deeds Of bravery and
heroism done by this old sea dog would
easily fill a volume; and the hall wouio
not then have been told what ne
s,ys Is not in an unfriendly or unkind
spirit. because he is very proud of the
American navy and it's history and he
believes that our navy to-day is com
nosed of splendid officers ana brave
American seamen. He merely states
.he facts as they appear to him, in an
oT.band. bluff and hearty manner
which makes his opinions all the more
valuable. On ,eoo
Under date of December 81, lo's:
Hon. William Z. Chandler, secretary Oh
the navy, addressed a letter to Hon, lion,
warren Keifer, speaker OF the house
~ renresentatives, concerning the I'm,
nor,ance of completing the iron-c'aa
monitors Puritan, Amphitrite' Monao'
sunk and others In that letter MT
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A Physiological Study.

Mrs. Slimdiet-I do have such time
getting my boarders up in the MORN
ing. I've tried bell ringing, gong bang.
ing, door knocking and everything.
Boarder-That shows that the sense
of hearing is not easily aroused in
sleeping persons.
81 should say it wasn't"
mo; there's no doubt on that sub
ject. Try awakening the sense of smell. y
''Smell? But how?"
81 think the odor of broiling por.
terhouse steak might be effective."-
N. Y. Weekly.
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A MISREPRESENTATION.

"You have had great deal Of ex.
perience on the ocean, haven't you,
Mr.. Shingiss?" asked Miss Dinwiddie.
"Why, no, Miss Dinwiddie. have
never even seen the ocean"
:.That's odd. I've sure I've heard
papa say you have been often half
seas over. er."-Pittsburgh Chronicle Tel.
graph.
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Broke Up tho nuslness.

Briggs-I see that Stubblc, who went
into business for himself two months
ago, has failed.
Griggs-You don't say! What wns
the cause of it?
Briggs-The bookleeperlet him have
an extra key to the cash drawer
Judge. aN
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HADN'T Heard It.

Miss Avnue-Are you musical. Mr..
Stalate?
Mr.. Stalate-Er-no. not exactly;
but have very good ear for time.
Miss Avnue-Ohl have you, indeed?
was that eleven or twelve that struck
thenC-Pucls.
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School for Scandal.

Mrs. Murray Hill-How hideous Misa
Blakely looked in that bonnet.
Mrs. Manhattan Beach, thought II
was very becoming. At least the trim.
ming was very appropriate.
Mrs. Murray Hill didn't notice the
trimming.
Mrs. Manhattan Beach-The bonnet
was trimmed with ivy leaves. Ivy is
very appropriate. 1t only clings to old
ruins.-Tcxas Siftings..
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A Sad Case,

Mr.. Amsterdam married the sister of
his deceased wife after he had been q
widower about amonth. A friend who
had been absent some time asked him
for whom he was wearing a mourning
band on his hat.
''For my poor sister-in-law," replied
Amsterdam, swallowing big lump
Texas Siftings. gH
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Tho Final order at the Caterers.

"And pray remember, Mr.. Pazetti,
not to send me very black negro to
serve the supper. This is my parents
golden wedding, and a sort of yellowish
complexioned man would be more ap-
propriate to the occasion."-Brooklyn
Life.
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Natural Regret.

II wish my teeth were not so regu-
lar" sighed the young woman, regard
ing herself pensively in the glass.
"Every time smile when I'm talking
to Harry he looks as If he wondered
how much they cost. Chicago Trib-
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Safe.
rec glasses of soda water

T had three glasses Of soda water
this morning" said Walter.
"Three glasses?" cried his mother.
"Why, surely it will make you i'll"
"Oh no." said Walter. 81 got 1t at
the drug store, mamma, where they
only keep things that make you we'll"
-Harpers Young People.
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Some OF 1t Named.

Codling-ITas Mr.. Standoff much per-
sonal property?
Dimling-Yes, he has more than
most people. t lf
''Indeed?" l.lrif
"To my knowledge he has cork leg
and arm and set of false teeth. y
Truth,
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A Compensation.

Ethel-Tommy Prescott's mamma is
deaf. That must be awful!
Johnny-Oh, I don't know. I'll bet
she never tells him that little boys
hould be seen and not heard!-Brooh-
yn Life.
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A Confession.

May Kissam--Don't You think Mr..
Smiths first name, Rinaldo, is pretty
one?
Her Brother-Oh, good enough; but
you can't get away from "Smith."
May Kissam-I don't want to.-Puck.
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A Dead Give Away,

$50 they discovered him in spite of
the fact that he was disguised as a
woman" said one detective to an.
other.
"Yes"
''How did they find out he was a
MANI"
'"They got him into game Of cards
and he always knew what the trump
Washington Star.
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-Chipione-I understand Solomon
Isaacs died suddenly. What was the
cause? Ukerdek-Some one told him
his life Insurance would expire next
day.--Vogue.
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The Ugly Heiress.

Fortune Teller-Your husband will
be poor man.
InGuirer-How can you tell that?
Fortune Teller-Well, rich men don't
marry for money.-Life.
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A NEW YORK IDEA.
Outline Of Device for Keeping Cars from
Tolescoping.

The most appalling incidents Of q
railway collision usually result from
the "telescoping" of adjacent coaches.
A resident Of New York city, who has
travelled a great deal ON suburban
trains, suggests that this might easily
be avoided If the cars, or rather their
platforms, were given . slant some
thing like that represented in the dia-
gram. When violently thrust together,
in that case, the front of one coaeh
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Her Mistake.

"Well,' queried the Third street wo-
man. as she opened the side-door about
an inch and peered At the man on the
steps.
"You are making . sad mistakes
ma'am," he answered.
"How sO?"
"Why, I'm not your husband, as has
been out on spree all night and Is
just getting home to promise never to
do the like again, but sober, respect-
able gentleman, who wants to know if
you can spare him cup of coffee and
. crnmb Of bread to stay his stomach
till the mayor invites him to dinner"
Detroit Free Press.
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Anticipating.

Tom Anjery, student, applied to
the professor for permission to be abb
sent:
81 should like to be excused this
afternoon, as l want to take my sister
out driving"
The old professor, who is no fool,
looked ut the young man over the top
of his spectacles, and said, slowly:
"Want to take your sister out driv-
ing, do you? Is she any relation to
you?"-BostOn Globe.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-04
THE folIy Of President Harrison,s

The folly of President Harrison's
policy of waiting to see what Eu-
rope was going to do about silver
has at last been demonstrated. II
is time for the statesmen of this
country 10 take some Independent
action aud not wait TO see what
other countries are going to do.
The founders of this government
were possessed of a different spirit
and were not afraid to declare their
positions. What is needed in this
country is a little more Of the
Esprit of &c" which our forefath-
ers possessed in a marked degree.
Let us have free coinage and Eu-
rope have what il pleases if it can
get it. Our revolutionary fore
fathers declared themselves polit-
ically Independent of England on
July 4, 1875. Let us declare our
selves financially independent of
England and the rest Of Europe
on the Attn Of July, 1898.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-04
BLAND ON THE SITUATION.

That great advocate of the free
coinage ofsilver, Richard P. Bland,
Of Missouri, is not disheartened
on account of the sudden drop IN
the price Of silver. He was inter-
viewed at St. Louis last week and
this is what he said:
Heroic measures will be re-
quired on the part of this govern
ment for the remonetization of
silver. Most emphatically, L do
not think it is a Knockout for sill
yer in this country. On the con-
trary, / think that if congress does
not adopt some measure looking
TO a bimetallic standard il will
make the battle of standards the
coming issue in this country. This
battle will disrupt the political
parties and cause a contest be-
tween the commercial centers and
the agricultural districts of the
country. Free coinage of silver
is demanded by the laboring class
es and this is what the free silver
men will now demand Of congress.
Tho characterization of silver is a
conspiracy between the banking
institutions of England and the
eastern part of the United States,
and the suspension Of silver coin
age in India is part of the con-
spiracy to bulldoze the congress
of the United States into the adop-
ton of the single gold standard.
l do not believe that they will sue
coed. If the democratic congress
stands true to its pledge, this con-
spiracy will not succeed. The low
price of silver is due to the fact
that this and other governments
are discriminating against it and
that the money interests Of this
and other countries have fought
it. No commercial country has
recently had a mint for the free
exchange of gold and silver. An
effort has been made to dam up
silver and prevent its free exchange
in the commerce of the nations.
Can the United States by free
coinage restore silver to its origi-
nal value? This was practically
admitted by the British royal COM
mission of 1883, consisting of 10
members, six of them uncompro-
missing gold monometallists. They
admit that France alone could
maintain the parity of the two
metals on a ratio of 153 to l. This
country is stronger in material
wealth, developed and undevelop-
ed, than France and England COM
bined.