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Device in Government.

Suppose that a pupil in the primary
room should go to the water pail three
times during recitation, would it not
be we'll to let him go without Interrupt
ton, and then during the day, at some
convenient time, have a general dis
cussion as to how long a pupil can do
without water before suffering, and
whether, if a pupils wants have all
been supplied before the beginning of
the recitation he could suffer before the
close. Let the pupils point out the in
terruption occasioned if all thus fire.
quently visit the water pail. Personal
mention of the offender need not be
made, but he should be drawn into the
discussion. Or, if thought best, he
alone might discuss the matter with
the teacher. No matter about details;
1 mean only to insist that the pupil be
led, to set up his own standard of action,
-. sss2iE own decision in regard to
AZ 2<,s# Stsvrasset-s.~ >asat I,o1.f o1v ro
ol4 sfiehlpri p.
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s.saggestion!
- { rest till you do your best.

la.sf.t rest till you do your best.
ITO smile is better than to smite.
Laugh with the children, not at them.
Prevention is better than punish
ment-
Think before you speak, not after
wards.
Teachers should say do" more and
don't less
Win the pupils and you have al
ready won the parents.
The teacher that teaches for money
alone should be well paid-to stop
teaching.
No school room is so crowded but
that there is still room for fresh air
and good light.
Teachers should do little talLmg.
They should be slow to speak but not
slow of speech.
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sound, and no appearance of any 'furA
gus on the surface, but all the center
was dry rot" The writer cites a num-
Der of similar instances, and argues
that if a fungus caused the dry rot it
would attack a small stick Of timber
just as quickly as a large one.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
.Structor.
Written Examinations.

What Importance is to be attached
to written examinations? How often
should they be held? These questions
are more pertinent than is usually sup
posed. The fact of their almost uni
versal adoption Is strong evidence in
their favor. 1t is evidence so strong
that it would appear useless to call an
investigation were there no rumblings
of discomfort. But cry comes from re-
sponsible sources that one, if not more,
of the ends for which they were insti-
tuted is not being subserved.
The purposes for which written ex-
aminations were instituted may be
stated as follows: % A review of the
subject; % to furnish data for grading
the work and determining the standing
of the pupils; 81 to train the pupils to
be methodical and precise. We shall
now try to determine the adaptability
of the means to these ends.
All admit that reviews are beneficial;
nay, that they are necessary. But re-
views may be either oral g shelk++en-
and the question now4drdoe' -
the greatest ad Is! hit 7
The subj
impresse
but, o.
reGt
O. 4A r. tde, but W.
= set aue 9orrect
~ zave 4 thunp that nearlsg the text
"a rib fimbers. 5a-4lIg ek11e teacher go
% : the work. Few pupils will take
this trouble unless required to do so.
Thus we see that, from the stand
point of review, the oral method should
be used frequently; the written, oc-
casionally.
As furnishing data to be used in grad
ing, the written examination appears
to have the advantage; but it is from
this standpoint that the cry of dissat-
isfaction is heard. A written examina-
ton furnishes more reliable data for
grading If honestly passed; but the in
ducements to cheat and to steal are too
powerful for the average schoolboy,
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Northumberland Desired.

"Henry," she said, thoughtfully.
what is it?" responded the worried
business man rather shortly.
81 wish you could rearrange your
business little bit"
"Howf' |
ESQ as to be bear on the stock exc
change instead OF at home."-Judge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
Measuring an Acre.

Few farmers know the size of their
fields or how many acres they contain.
1t is desirabIe-in fact, Indispensable
for good work that a farmer should
know this. Good cotton cord, the size
of a pillow line, should be kept for this
purpose. To make one, buy sixty
feet of cotton rope, one inch round,
fasten q ring at each end, and make
these rings precisely siXty-six feet
apart. This is four rods. Tie a piece
of red rag in the center.
Oneacre of ground will be piece four
of these cords long and two and half
wide, equal to 16X10 rods, making 160
square rods to an acre. The advantage
of the rings is that one person can
measure by driving q stake in the
ground to hold the rope while he
stretches it out. The rope should be
soaked in tar and then dried. This will
prevent it's shrinking.
Last year neighbor of the writer
had a heavy sod plowed by contract at
500 per acre. Three persons stepped
it off. One said it was four acres; an
other made it a little over five, and the
third said it was three and a half acres.
The contractor sent over and got this
rope, and all five men measured it, and
it was found to be just three and a
half acres. He had paid to have the
grass cut off it for three years at 81 per
acre, or So each season, counting it to
be five acres in extent, thus losing 81 so
through ignorance.
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A Present for His Grandfatber.

I'm saving up to buy you birthday
present, grandpa" said Willie.
That's very nice of you, my boy"
said the old gentleman. "How much
have you gotY
''Well," Willie replied, eff you'll give
me 10 cents I'll have II altogether
Harper's Young People.
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TOPICS FOR FARMERS
a DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

The Most Profitable Stock for the
Farm-How to Measure an Acre-In-
dependence of Farm Life-Hen House
Should Be Warm.
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Not What She Meant

She-Are you going to any balls this
season?
Hell am going to three balls to-mor-
row.-Dallas TEX Visitor.
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In the Kansas Newspaper Union.

The above article will be published in
about 100 papers in Kansas, of all
shades of politics, during the week end
ing April 13, 1895.
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Life on the Farm.

a prosperous anu IuIelllSoQC farmer
sat in this office a short time ago dis
cussing the events of the last year;
the financial panic, the unexplained
business depression, the industrial I'M
rest and the progress of a rebellion
against the government which. if not
arrested, would have ended in civil
war. well, he said, as he rose to go.
Il am going back to my farm and let
the old world go on its own gait 1 am
happy there. Nothing disturbs me-
In the worst year that can come l will
have plenty to support my family. 1
will have my boks and papers and
know what is going on outside, but |
am safe. Panic and trade reyulsions
do not affect me at all, and even a
revolution would hardly disturb me in
my quiet nook" Now, bright people
have been cudgeling their brains to
make out a picture of the future Utopia.
butts there anything, even in the dreams
of Missionaries, that is much nearer to
condition of material happiness than
this! Hardship and struggle are there
and everywhere. Life without struggle
would be worthless. But there is also
independence; and, with industry and
frugality, absolute assurance against
future distress. 1t would be an untold
blessing if armies of the unemployed
and of the unfortunate could be trans
planted to the farm. In Minnesota
alone there are opportunities enough
for millions.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Dry Rot in Timber.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman questions the correctness of
Prof. Brewers recent assertion that
posts set top end down last longer
than those set butt end down." He
says he once built a fence, and set a
number of marked posts top end down.
After twenty years the fence was built
over and the marked posts were de-
cayed the same as the others. He also
doubts Prof. Brewers statement that
''dry rot is caused by a fungus which
begins on the surface, pushes the
threads of its spawn into the pores, and
in time they ramify through the mass. -
The writer says that may be the kind
of dry rot they have in Connecticut, but
In Pennsylvania it is caused by the
timber being too large to season
through, the center being wet and the
outside dry. Small timbers never rot
IL placed where they can season
through. A pine beam in the mill al
Sugar Run, twelve inches square, broke
down before the mill had been built ten
years. All the outside was perfectly
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-09-14
wonder. Of Minute Animal Life.

The following. which might very ap-
propriately bear the heading Of "A Won
der of Wonders, " is from the pen of Sir
Robert 5 Ball. +. R. 5, astronomer
roval Of Ireland; THE microscope
teaches US that there are animals so won.
derfullv minute that if a thousand OF
them were ranked abreast they could
easily swim. without being thrown u
of order, through the eye of the finest
cambric needle ever made. Yet each OF
the minute creatures is a highly organ
lied number Of PARTICLES, capable Of NOV
ing about. Of finding and devouring food
and Of behaving in all respects as be-
comes an animal as distinguished from
A fragment Of unorganized matter. The
human mind is utterly incapable OF real
izing the structure Of these little crea-
tnres and Of fully approaching Their
marvellous adaptation to the life they are
destined 10 lead
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Importance of the Exchange Reader.

The man who reads the exchanges is
O very important man, and, let me saw.
too, he is "a pretty highly paid man. He
has to read, we will say, 5000 papers
regularly. All the newspapers in the
country come into the Office, and he does
not do anything else. He sits at his desk
all day, and a pile Of newspapers, or,
say, a cord of newspapers, is laid before
him every morning. lie starts to work
and turns them over and over to see
what is in them. He has to know what
it is that should be taken from them
and put into his paper. What is the in
teresting story? 1t requires judgment to
know this. 1t requires knowledge and
experience as well as talent. 1t also re-
quires a sense Of humor, because there
are a great many things that r really
important that may not seem so at the
first glance, and the newspaper reader
has got to judge about that. He must
always be ON hand and spend a great
many hours at his desk, and he is pretty
tired when he gets through with his
days task. 1t is a hard duty, but he has
lots of amusement, and, as l said, he is
very well paid. So he is happy. Charles
A. Dana in McClure's Magazine
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CHIEF PENCIL PusHER.
Louis n. Megargee Is President of the In
ternational League of Press Clubs

Louis y. Megargee Is President of the In
ternational Leagu OF Press Clubs
The members of the International
League of Press Clubs, who have recent
" been enjoying the profuse hospitality
Of Philadelphia, did a graceful act in
~electing to the highest Office in their
gift Mr.. Louis n. Megargee, who as
president of the Pen and Pencil club is
largely responsible for their entertain
ment in the Quaker City. Mr.. Megar-
gee, who succeeds Clark Howell of At
lanta as president Of the league, is one
of the most widely known and popular
newspaper men in the country. He is
3S years old and has been engaged in
newspaper work ever since he was grad
uated from the Philadelphia high school
about 20 years ago.
After an apprenticeship as a reporter on
The Times he went to the Philadelphia
Press in 1881 as city editor, and in that
position was distinguished for enterprise
and thoroughness. In 1884 he vent &c
The News, then under the management
of Major Moses p. Handy, AS managing
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-09-14

Speculation on his successor by the
pope himself is humorous and interest
ing Leo XIH s'nilingly told some car
dinals recently that Cardinal Di Rende.
archbishop Of B%enevento. would be the
next wearer Of the tiara On being ask
ed why he thought so, Joachim Peoci
looked round slyly at the cardinals and
said: Because he is the youngest The
mortality among aged members Of the
sacred college is so great" Cardinal Di
Rende is one of the pope's favorites He
speaks English perfectly and was for
some time attached to a church in the
Marylebone road. London, and a pro-
fessor at the Westminster diocesan semi
nary Of St Edmund's. Ware. He was
afterward nuncio in Paris He belongs
to the Odescalchi family. The mention
Of his name by Leo XIII makes him top.
ical-New York Advertiser.
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A PECULIAR CASE.
PHYSICIANS PUZZLED IN THE
CASE OF MRS. BOWEN.
The Episcopal Hospital Said She Had
Consumption and Gave Her Proofs
In standardization.

episcopal ho-Dltal rAlu rnt nAu
Consumption and Gave Her Proofs
In Standardization.
From the Record, Philadelphia, Pal
Last July the Episcopal hospital adj
mitted a woman whose pale and enact
ated face and racking cough proclaim
ed her the victim of consumption. She
gave her name as Mrs. Sallie q.
Bowen, wife of Vim. q. Bowen, resi-
dence l849 Meighan Street, Phila-
delphia. The case was diagnosed and
she was told plainly that she was in
al advanced stage of consumption. The
examining physician even showed her
the sunken place in her breast where
the cavity in her lung was supposed to
exist. She went home TO her family a
broken, disheartened with
death staring her in the face. That
was the beginning of the story. The
end was told by Mrs. Bowen, who no
longer expects to die, to a reporter who
visited her home.
1.-The first symptoms Of consumption
came in the form of terrible sweats,
both night and day. From April until
September / was constantly cold and
kept wrapped up in blankets through
the hottest weather. A terrible cough
took possession of me, my breats were
sore to the slightest touch, and my
limbs were like cold clay. The hard
est rubbing with the coarsest towel
would not create the slightest flush,
and the least exertion would so exhaust
me hat l could barely gasp for water.
Il went TO the hospital in July and
they diagnosed my case as above stated.
1t was when the clouds were the dark
est that the first CLINT Of sunshine came.
Mr.. Shelmerdine, a friend who lives
around at 1874 Clementine street. said
to me one day, Mrs. Bowen, did you
ever try DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People?' l had never heard of
the medicine, but in my condition
could not turf a deaf ear to anything
that offered relief. 1t was after con-
siderable thought and investigation
that | concluded to discontinue all the
medicine / was taking, including cod
liver oil, and depend entirely upon
Pink Pills. l began to take the pills
at first with but little encouragement,
The first sign of improvement was 9
warmth and a tingling sensation in my
limbs. Finally the cough disappeared
my chest lost its soreness and | began
p TO gain flesh until l was fifteen pound
heavier. All this / I'VE TO DIR. Will
4 Jams Pink Pills, and | cannot praise
them too highly"
t Mrs. Bowen is a kindly faced lad,
of middle age, a church member wei
. known and highly esteemed. Sh'
! looks today well and strong, and
Z seems almost impossible that she wa
= ever given up by eminent physicians a
an incurable consumptive. Yet sucl
is the case beyond all dispute.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills contain al
the elements necessary 10 give new If
and richness to the blood and restor
shattered nerves. They are for sale b
all druggists, or may be had by mai
from DIR. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady, N. Y, for SOC pc
box. or six boxes for So. 90.
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A letter dated Picking speaks Of the
disquiet felt among the Chinese ON &C.
count Of the reported change to be made
in the ruler Of the empire. The letter
says: 1.-THE approaching celebration Of
the sixtieth birthday of the empress
dowager promises to be a great event.
Millions are being spent in preparation,
but the country can i'll afford the money.
There is so much feeling that the air is
full of rumors that there is to be a
change Of emperors. The present young
fellow was not the rightful heir, but
was put on the throne by intrigue.
Many high officials, it is said, propose,
as he has no son yet, to displace him
and substitute II from another branch
Of the same family"
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The gentle heat IS said % be the secret
If the superior delicacy and richness OF
French cooking With a gentle heat and
fioht covers we may have just the
,mount Of Juice we like in our vegeta-
HES A glance will decide this, or per-
hans the ear, if the hand at the same
time rests on the cover. Many kinds Of
meat may be cooked in this way to the
hest advantage. A rump steak, three OF
fopr inches thick. kept closely covered
and cooked in its own juices alone, VIII
h. far more tender than when put into
the oven. and this without basting and
without fat. the latter having been trim
med off closely.-New York World
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A Winning Bluff.

Fogg-What do you mean by saying
that the thing can't be done? Gouger
says it can be done, and Gouger is the
best authority in the whole world l
suppose you will admit that?
Fenderson-Oh, Of coursel If Gouger
says it can be done, l have nothing more
20 say.
Figg latter Fenderson's departure)-
Who is this Gouger and is he such an
authority upon the matter?
Fogg-Never heard of him in my life.
Don't know there is such a person.
Probably there isn't If there is, don't
know whether he is an authority on this
or any other question Boston Trans
cript
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
'ess expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the wo.ld's best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
he value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative ~prirciples embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in DOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
scccpt any substitute if offered
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Old Rip Van Wrinkle went up into the
Catskill mountains 10 take a little nap of
twenty years or so, and when he wakened,
he found that the "cruel war was over"
the monthly magazines had fought il
over" the second time and blown up"
all the officers that had participated in II.
This much is history. and it is also an his
f0yfcaf /do that, it took the same length of
time, for DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery to become the most celebrated, as
il is the most effective, Liver, Blood and
Lung Remedy Of the age. In purifying the
blood and in all manner of pimplcs,
biotches, eruptions. and other skin and
scalp diseases, scrofulous sores and SWELL
ings, and kindred ailments, the Golden
Medical Discovery" manifests the most
P0sffise curative properties.
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MISS WOODS DIVIDED an
SKIRT may ride astride
man fashion without fear of criticism is
at hand. The sidesaddle has always been
a serious handicap, and Miss Woods, an
e~nterprising Chicago woman, has in
vented a costume which enables her to
discard it without derogation of her
womanly modesty and dignity.
The lower garment Of this costume
may be called a divided skirt, but prac-
tically it resembles a pair of very wide
trousers. The two skirts, each a third
Of a yard in width, are fastened in a
belt at the waist, and gathered in with
a row of plaits at the middle of the
front and back. These plaits give the
divided garment the appearance of a
single skirt, and the fullness Of each
skirt at the bottom completes the illu-
sion. A panel almost as wide as h ap-
parent width Of the skirt falls ON each
side, from the belt almost to the foot,
which adds to the effectiveness and con-
ventional appearance Of the costume
when the wearer is astride a horse. The
improvement claimed for this costume
over the ordinary divided skirt is that
there is no clumsy fullness at the bottom.
The skirt hangs straight, and is no wild
er than an ordinary riding habit. 1t dis
plays less Of the contour of the figure
than the regular costume used with the
sidesaddle.
Miss Woods introduced the innovation
as a result Of her experience in Pales-
tine. After much discomfort and sever
al mishaps in riding in a dilapidated
sidesaddle she one day boldly threw her
leg across the horses back and rode that
way all day before any n discovered
her. Then she refused to ride any other
way. All the Arabian women ride
astride, and she followed the custom OF
the country during the rest Of her stay
there. With the remembrance of the
comfort experienced on that trip she
decided to adopt mans fashion in Chi
cago, and did so, with the result thai
her example is being followed by 1
large and increasing number Of womer
in the Windy City.
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u a Marriage.

An old negro named Nanny who had
taken a day off" in order TO attend that
most important function among Afro
Americans-a wedding-was asked how
she had enjoyed herself.
"Enj'y meselfl didn't enj'y mesef
no how, was her reply. 'Twan't no
weddin, dat ar. Twas jest a marryin
Dere wasn't no cake nor ice cream nor
muffin else to eat wuff talkin about
'Twan't no weddin. Twas jest a mar
ryin. New York Sun.
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How.s THIS I

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured bv Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned. have known +. j..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
WKsr & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo. o.
WALDTSe, KIssAs & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catsrrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimon-
ials Free.
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editor, and two years later removed r.
New York. There he soon gained a
reputation as a writer of extraordinary
facility and felicity. and as a CORE
spondent for out Of town papers was
very successful. Three or four years ago
he returned to Philadelphia to take the
position Of city editor Of The Times.
Mr.. Megargee is happily married and
has five children.
The International League Of Press
Clubs was organized five years ago,
largely through the efforts Of 7. J. Kee-
nan, Jr., Of P%ittsburg. 1t has prospered
exceedingly, and at its annual meetings
all the principal local press clubs Of the
United States and Canada are repre-
sented. The objects Of the league are to
stimulate the spirit Of fraternity and to
promote the interests of newspaper work
ers everywhere. One Of its immediate
objects is 10 establish a home for aged
and INDECENT journalists ON Ramapo
mountain, New York. The league ex-
poets ultimately to extend its influence
across the seas and hopes some day 10
hold a convention in Europe.