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A Proper Art.

Every girl should be taught to darn,
with ali the dainty stitches of the art.
There should be instilled into her a
sense Of the disgrace of wearing a
stocking with broken thread, while
darn we'll put in has homelilSe, res
pectable look that in no way deterior-
ates from the value of a good stocking.
Darning is a lady's occupation, akin to
embroidery in dizziness and gentleness
of touch. 1t requires skill and judg-
ment to select the thread, which
should be but trifle coarser than the
web Of the stocking. or, in case of
cloth, than the thread OF the goods.
Where cloth may be easily raveled, it is
better to darn it with the Rawlings, I'M
less it is in place where more than or
binary strain comes on the goods.
Thick cloth should be darned between
the layers, and, when done by skill
full hand and we'll pressed, the work
becomes practically invisible. A darn
ing case, fitted out with pretty olive
wood egg to hold under the stocking,
Q long, narrow cushing of darning
needles, cards of various colored woods
and cottons, and all the necessities for
the complete outfit of a darner, is a
useful present for a girl, and one that
she should be instructed to use faith
fully.-Central Pres byterian.
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superior construction OF builii ngs and
absence of hazardous districts the
equipment appears ample.
In America the getting to a fire has
been reduced TO 4 science The Amer
lean fireman Is trained TO save every
second OF time in reaching Z blaze ana
so 1t is that we surpass the fire depart
ments OF all other nations in the brief
space of time in which our fremen get
out OF their headquarters aud TO FIRE.
The French are severely military and
somewhat luC~y, and cannot come UT
TO the work done in general by the fire
men OF New York.
in Portugal l found that some real
excellent work was done ny the MIN bic,
why iireUen of that country: they
are more speeay than the English or
French in reaching fires, and in the use
OF ladders. But they are not so ex-
pert as the Americans in the use OF lad
ders-
The Italians and SpaniarGs lack
many modern appliances, the BelEians
have Al excellent service, the Germans
and Austriaus have adopted many
American ideas, hut nowhere could
/ find the genera. excellence tina. can
be found in the New York fire service.
HENRY D. PURRoY.
y \. Board of Fire Conn
uiSsionerS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-26
CHEERFUL LORD NORTH.
IBIS Good Humor Toward His Antagonists
in Parlianent-An Irritating Servant.

Ills Good Humor Toward His Antagonists
In Parlianent-An Irritating Servant.
1t is a curious thing that, although
lord North was not a man of genius
and suffered from many physical de-
fleets, including extreme near-sighted-
ness, he had yet such intellectual
gifts, combined with high character
and unfailing courage, that he was
able to stand firm for years against the
efforts of Fox and Burke. of Dunning,
and Saville and last. but not least, the
younger Pitt, says Temple Bar. His
cheerful temper was never ruffied. and.
while mis- oppone nts dashed themselves
unto frenzy and Indignation, he calmly
surveyed them as parliamentary
curiosities When he did reply to his
antagonists it was always with unfail-
3ng good humor.
On one occasion, for example. when
anterposing in a quarrel, he observed
that there was often far too much
readiness to take offense. That is
mot my own case he added. This
very evening one member who spoke
of me described me as that thing
called n minister Well. to be sure"
continued Lord North. here batting
1is ample sides; Il am an unwieldv
thing; the honorable member, there
fore, when he called me a thing said
what was true, and | could not be
angry with him. But when he added,
that thing called minister. he called
me that thing which of all things he
himself wished most to be. and there
fore l took it as a compliment"
So anna bic likewise was Lord North
In private life that his daughter re-
corded ii as an extraordinary circum-
stance that there was only one person
who ever made him angry. This was
one of his servants, a drunken.
stupid groom, who was distinguished
Fby the children as 1.-THE man that puts
papa in passion" Yet this irritating
individual was never dismissed, but
died in the service of his iadulreDt
master.
As minister Lord North was con-
Ecientious and upright. but in dealing
with such formidable crisis as the
American revolt he lacked resolution
and firmness. He also too frequently
yielded his own deliberate iudrment
to the persuasion Of the king and his
friends. His daughter described his
weakness as 1.-THE want of power to
resist the influence of those he loved"
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SURGERY OF THE FUTURE.
II May Be Possible Yet to Supply the De-
fects of Nature.

II May Be Possible Yet to Supply the De-
fects of Nature.
The advance in scientific knowledge
is a wonderful thing and nothing in it
is more wonderful than the develop
unent of modern brain surgery. a few
wears ago. saws the Boston Advertiser,
e rupture Of blood vessel in the mem
Tbranes of the brain was sufficient to
produce death. but the great surgeons
of to-day have no fear of such a result.
1T is simple matter of trephining the
skull at the injured point, letting out
the extravasated blood and presto,
consciousness turns and the patient
lives. Does not this suggest infinite
possibilities in the matter of mental
Improvement? Why cannot the skill
fui surgeon operate upon the skull in
such manner as to supply natures
defects? 1t is supposed that idiocy is
the result Of a lack of proportion be-
tween the brain and the skull. Con-
eequently, if the skull can be sufficient
IL enlarged to prevent overcrowding
OF the brain, the difficulty is at once
removed. Suppose that man is de-
ficient in any particular mental quail
ity- Gail in the phrcnologist and the
surgeon, hold a consultation, have
deft incision here, remove q strip of
Uranium there, and the lack is no long
er existent. When this subject is prop
erly studied the ancient joke about the
rich man who told his sons tutor.
when he complained; that the boy had
no capacity to buy him one." will
lose its point. and the vcricst idiot
may find capacity purchasable if he
rhave money enough. 1t is even posi-
bile, is it not, that DR.. Johnson spoke
more wisely than he knew when he re-
marked that it required a surgical
operation to get joke through
'Scotchman's head, and was an uncon-
Scious prophet of the cerebral surgery
of the future.
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A Sweet Memorial.

Miss Alice Longfellow cele brates the
18th of June each year in way which
reminds one of her fathers gracious
hospitality to strangers during his life
time. She provides a special car for
party of working girls from Boston,
different ones being invited each sea-
son, and entertains them for the after
noon at the old historic mansion in
Cambridge. The art treasures of the
home; the objects of literary interest
associated with her fathers life and
work; the famous chair made from the
spreading chestnut tree" and given
by the school children at Cam bridge,
the beautiful pen, gift from Helen
Hunt, made from the pillar to which
Bonivard was chained in the castle at
Chillon-all these and many others are
freely exhibited. Tea is served either
on the lawn or in the fine old wains-
coted parlor. with its cushioned win
dow seats and crimson draperies. and
q drive to Mount Auburn, where L ong-
fellow is buried crowns the days
Measure.
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KNEW HER RIGHTS.
When They Included Speci l Trim,
Why, She Got the Special Train.


Why, She Got the Special Train.
Perhaps it is because she is colored
that Miss Lily May Tucker, professor
of the divine art of cookery at Quogue,
L. l., knows her civil rights. Anyway,
she obtained one of her rights where
strong men would merely have sworn
and walked. Wishing to go from
Quogue to Riverhead recently, by way
of Manor, to do some shopping, Miss
Lily asked for ticket by that route.
The ticket was supplied to her and she
paid for it. Then she boarded the
train and arrived rapidly at Manor,
but was there informed that the train
which last summer ran from Manor to
Riverhcad was not running this sea-
son. Right there is where a mere
white man would have made a feeble
exhibition of the inferiority of his
color and sex.
But Lily! She just looked over that
station agent and said:
you mean it hasn't been running.
young man. It's agoing to run, cause
I've got ticket that calls for my
transportation from Manor to River
head and I'm going by that route.
Then she sat down on n bench and
let the station agent walk the plat
form. After awhile he went into his
Office and telegraphed something to
somebody. When he got an answer
he went out and looked at Miss Lily's
ticket. Then he telegraphed some
more. and some more was telegraphed
to him. Then he went out again,
wiping his brow, and said that if Miss
Lily insisted upon going by the
route called for on her ticket special
train would have to be made up to
carry her. Miss Lily made answer:
Il amt sisting; I'm just waiting
here for that train what's going to
take me to Riverhead"
And the train was made up and Miss
Lily in her lonely majesty was trans
ported to Riverhead as per her ticket.
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ces, of inhamma BILE material, and be-
cause also the regulations and ordinan-
ces governing fires are not enforced
here with the severity, nor obeyed with
the alacrity, that they are in European
cities Besides that, no other city has
a tenement section that compares with
that of New York in point of infiama-
BILE construction. There are 90, 900
wooden buildings in New York, and
the erection of such buildings seems to
be impossible under the the English
law, and here say that the most aw-
Jul lesson which ] consider / have
learned from my recent visit to Europe
is that the very best and most ecOnom-
zeal way to lessen the loss by fire in
America would be to initiate the exam
pie OF London and Paris in requiring
that all new buildings even of the
most modest kind, shall be constructed
as far as practica BILE Of fre-proof ma
terial.
As to the London Congress- / cannot
say that I saw anything new during
the week Of exhibition There were
some interesting drills by the fremen
of different nations but l witnessed
nothing that would be of any practical
use to firemen of this country. Now
America and Europe have chosen dia-
metrically opposite policies in the mat
ter OF fire protection. Over there they
do not bother much about putting out
fires for they do not have many, and
each is generally isolated, and even if
it burns itself out in the building where
it started. there is not much danger of
its spreading to contiguous structures.
Hence, they are satisfied with inferior
machines and much smaller fire de-
partments.
The extinguishing of fires in Paris is
part OF the military service the force
being composed of young men filling
their required term of service in the
army. At the headquarters in Paris
l witnessed exercises in the fire drill,
into which American ideas of quick
movement and modern appliance have
been introduced. The apparatus used
in Paris is the same type as that of the
London fire department, but owing to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-26
OUR FIREMEN
THE CHAMPIONS.
A Slashing Criticism Of the London
Fire Service by Two Experts.
Interesting Articles by Ex-Fire CommiA-
sioncr Purroy, of New York City
and Chief George C. Hale.
of Kansas City.

HENRY D. PURRoY, Ex-PREsIDENr NEW
YORK BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
During a service of twenty years in
the New York fire department / have
had occasion to study the fire service
of all nations While on my recent
tour to Europe l was delegated by the
New York fire commissioners to act as
their representative at the Interna-
tional Fire Congress held in London.
l also visited the fire departments of
many countries during my foreign
tour, but found that there is no city
in the world possessed of a fire depart
ment which can compare in general eff
fciency with that OF New York city.
In London ! found that there was
nothing to re learned that could be
utilized to improve our service. Over
there the fire hazards are greatly re-
duced, because the buildings are con-
structed of stone, brick, tile and such
non-com bustible materials. According
to the last report of the London Fire
Brigade the number of fires occurring
in London show an increase of S65 in
ten years. During 1892 the depart
ment was called to extinguish 3, 146 &C
tual fires; of this number 1909 are re-
ported as resulting in slight damage,
and 1T others as resulting seriously:
so it can Il, readily seen that there was
successful control of very large per-
centage of the fires.
In America fire is 3 much more dan
parouS element than in FurOop OWING
to the fact that most of our cities are
comparatively young, hastily con-
structed and built up, in most instan-
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under the police or are merely volun-

under the police or are merely volun.
tarV.
The team took to London were re-
garded with great interest and the
British newspapers and public were
lavish in their praise. The pompier
work of the Kansas team was done on
canvas house having only a pole
framework, still the team never
showed to better advantage, and
while the Portuguese and French did
their best our team easily won the
prize medal
joe and DAN" the horses took
to London, did their work without
flaw. The English judges would rub
their eyes and look again at their
watches before announcing the time
of hitching. We made several bitches
all complete, driver in his seat ready
to go out in one and two.ffth seconds.
The team hitched and were out the
door, wheels and all, men on the appa-
ratus in three and one-half seconds
When this time was officially announced
by the English judges the effect was
electrical upon the vest audience.
L AC Adot llIltc dQ hAlCl iCc1A III e Gu ul'
pany visited England was in 1865. when
a trial of hand engines was to take
place in London. That trip was made
particularly memorial bic for the reason
that the delegates and apparatus
Manhattan Engine No. s-crossed the
ocean in the Great Eastern On the trip
across Captain Patou of the steamship
invited the fremen to give an exhibi-
ton of the engine on the deck of the
vessel, and agreeab bly, with the request
a suction was lowered into the Allan
tic ocean anC the stream let on. The
party reached London June 20, and
though entered in all the contests, no
end of obstacles were put in the way of
the Manhattan, and it is claimed that
fair play was not given them.
But times have changed since then
and our English brethren treated the
American team with great fairness at
the congress just closed at which fire
brigades were present from every sec
ton of the world GEORGE c. HALE
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EXPLOITS OF A FAKIR.
Marvellous Jugslery In India-A Skin TIL
nef3ed Red Hot Iron,

Marvellous Jug;lery In India-A Skin That
Defied Red-Hot Iron.
E. P. Evans, in al article entitled
"Modern Miracles" in Popular Science,
gives accounts of several astonishing
feats performed by Hindoo jugglers-
Among them were the following:
in short time the falir had sufi-
GENTLY recovered from his trance to
stand up. and, when the sheik pointed
to the brazier. he thrust his hand into
it, seized some of the live Goals, blew
them till they emitted sparks. bit of
pieces OF them as one would bite
an apple, and eagerly ate them up.
He then went to q large prici5ly cac-
tus, which was standing on the plat
form, plucled leaf armed with strong
spines. bit OF a piece and swallowed
it. With equal avidity he crunched and
consumed thin sheets of glass. Frag-
ments OF the cactus and the glass were
handed to the spectators. who exam
ined them and convinced themselves
that they were really the substances
they were represented to be. An at
tendant brought in shovel. the iron
part of which was red-hot, SO that
bit of paper thrown upon it flashed at
once into fame. The fakir took the
wooden handle of the shovel with his
right hand, placed his left hand on the
glowing iron plate, which he also
licked with apparent relish, and then
stood upon it with his bare feet until
it became black. This last exploit
filed the air with a faint odor of
burned horn.
"A sword, SO sharp that it cut a
piece of paper in two when drawn
across the edge, was handed to the
fakir, who thrust it with all his force
against his throat, his breast and his
sides. The sword was then held in a
horizontal position about three feet
from the ground with the edge up-
ward by the servant, who took hold of
the point, which was wrapped in sew
eral folds OF cloth for the protection Of
his hand, and by another 'Aissaui, who
held it by the hilt. The fakir placed
his hands on the shoulders of the two
men and leaping up barefoot on the
edge OF the sword stood there for some
seconds. He then stripped and rest
ing his naked abdomen on the edge Of
the sword balanced himself in the air
without touching the floor with his
feet, the sheik meanwhile pressing
down upon the fakir's back with the
whole weight of his body"
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THE NEW DETROIT F1REBoAE.

unfolded and set up, resem bles large
canned box, generally four feet long
by three feet wide by two feet six
inches high or deep The water is
supplied from the hydrant into the
dam, then drafted from this by the
steamer for fire service.
asked why they did not take sue
ton direct from the hydrant as we do.
was informed that they were afraid
that gravel or stone might wash
through the hydrant and injure the
little steamer which we apply to the
interior of the suction hose and was
informed they would try the expert
ment
/ saw several demonstrations by the
London department l saw them at
work on a fire and I am sure that there
was room for improvement Among
the radical faults of the London fire
service, one of the plainest is the error
they make in the source from whence
they select these firemen. Their rule
is to take only 'seamen or sailors"
Now sailors are jolly lot of fellows
and admira bly, adapted to ships and
the sea, but Jack as rule, is not noted
for havir s a very secure grip On even
the three Rs, 'readin', ritin', rithma-
tic" and he can possess no knowledge
whatever of building construction,
which is absolutely necessary for any
one who would intelligently enter
buildings for the purpose OF quenc ching
fires in them All that can be said in
the sailors favor is that he can elm b
aloft
The American method of selecting
firemen from intelligent building me-
chanics is unquestionably superior to
the sailor system
London service is that they pay no at
tention whatever to training or educa-
ting their fire horses to do their part
of the service. They have fine horses,
and the Englishmen are fine horsemen.
therefore they should be more severely
criticised for failing to train these
horses to do their part intelligently.
It takes seven men in London to
hitch up team of horses to a fire APP
men are required. No argument can
tie made in behalf of a system which
requires two men to rush 10 the horses
stall TO lead him out instead OF training
these intelligent animals 70 come run
ming themselves at the ringing of the
bell.
Then the London fireman. full rugged
in his fire fighting clothes, is very
much handicapped individual; his
metal helmet, his heavy boots, his thick
clothes, heavy belts and peck of bul-
let buttons, etc are ali an encum brance
unit to load upon a person when duties
cali for agility. This IS painfully evi-
dent when one watches those fellows
struggling up their ladders and FIRE
escapes
The fire service in England is not
held in proper public esteem As
many OF the fire chiefs said to me. "a
fremen is not thought much OF here"
The pay they are awarded must be in
sufficient IN their best paid depart
ments The fireman only gets less thzL
thir.y-1ive dollars per month. his out
side clothes and quarters
Another significant: fact illustrating
English apathy toward The fire service
Is that in all Great Britain there are
only eleven cities having paid and sep
arate fire services The balance OF the
cities towns and villages are eithar
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Queen yictoria's Marriage provc-h.

Victoria, like her grandson William.
as certainly one Of the great match
makers of the day. Empress Eu-
genie used to say she was "une
Erande mariause," and the title was 4
gust one. Not long ago she wished to
make up marriage between a lady
nnd gentleman of her court. The
former did not seem to see it and
proved rebel to the royal advice. quot
ing St Pauls famous words: He
who marries doeth we'll: but he who
docs not marry 6oeth still better"
r'My child said the queen. "be con
tent in doing well; let those who can
do better"
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Mr.. Hawkins Ito hotel clerh)-I don't
want a room, and l don't want any
Clerk-Then what on earth did you
register for?
Mr. Hawkins-I want to borrow some
money from a man here in town, and
if he sees my name among the arrivals
at an expensive house like this he'll
think I'm all right and give me the
money. See?-Harper's Weekly.
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Sure to Come.

Jack-So George has married Dora,
Ell? Look out for divorce.
Dick-You don't mean L?
Jaciz-Sure to come. II IS one OF
those matches in which the relatives
on both sides are perfectly satisfied
n Y Weekly
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An Academic Upheav1l.

Young Collegian-T only people
knew as much as they think they
know
Vassar Graduate fvickediy)-
then, the undergraduates would be &C.
ivering lectures 20 the professorA-
Vogue
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---------------
TraNsiaiicnSn of The Efnre.

In 10 years after the death of Christ
the whole Bible had been translated
into Latin by some unknown author
into what is now known as the old
itslic version. BY the year 200 it was ex-
tant in Greek. Syriac and Latin. and
by the ninth century in +Hi-tAen Ian
guageA
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Tho Preferred Alternative.

George" said his mother, Il VIII
not whip you this tine If after this
you'll promise to be good little boy
like Willie Jones"
Mamma" said Georgia, earnestly.
you may whip me, please. Chicago
Record.
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Closely Related.

A tender-hearted young lady once
said to boy guilty of robbing bird E
nest: ''Oh. cruel, heartless wretch, to
rob those poor little birds OF their
eggs "Ho" retorted the boy, that's
the old mother bird you've got on your
bonnet; guess she won't care
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A Practical Man.

Foreign Tourist-Ycs. l have just
come from Niagara Falls. You have
been there frequently, presume.
American-N-o: but I've seen draft
of the tunnels for utilizing the water
power Magnificent scheme, isn't it
n Y WepsIv