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Revolution In the Boot Trade.

"The wooden peg, as far as the cob
bier is concerned" said Uncle George
Wayman, an old-time shoe cobbler,
'shas about played its part and will
never be heard of again. The steel
nail or tack has taken its place, and is
used exclusively by cobblers now, ex-
cept in building a heel, where we con
run in few wooden pegs before we
put on the last top, which IS nailed on
With steel nails. The wooden peg
makes O much easier wearing job, but,
as nearly all shoes are now factory
made and the welts put in them arc
very thin, they are not strong enough
to hold the pegs SO we can shave OH
the ends. If we used the old-style
shaver it would cut the welt to pieces.
Shoes are manufactured SO cheap in
the past few years that people find it
cheaper to buy new pair OF shoes
than to have them cobbled to any great
extent. Time was when shoes we're
made so that they would wear out
three or four sets of heels and soles,
but that time has passed. 1t is rarely
these days that they will stand more
than one set of heels and soles. Few,
very few, persons think of having
shoes made to order any more in com.
parison to the large number in former
days. This ready-made shoe business
has been steadily growing for the
past twenty years. As for boots, ex-
cept for few fashioned persons
who will not change, they are seldom
made any more. Many is the hun.
dred pair of boots Ihave made for the
older residents of Georgetown and
Washington. But all of my custo-
mers of forty years ago are long since
dead. Why I am left over do not
know, but I was taught and always
believed that God moved in a myste-
rious way His wonders to perform.
There was time when l had mum.
Der of customers who wore four pair
OF boots in year. I got from $40 to
S12 for each pair. I haven't made
pair of boots for over two years. -
Washington Star.
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information about his master, whose

information about his master, whose
real name was Lord Paliton, and he
startled Ralph by saying:
NY mas'r come from Englan' all de
way har, for to git dis man, ez call him.
self Fox, foh to kill you, sab.
But why should Lord Paliton, OF
whom l know nothing, wish ne dead?"
Dun know. sah I've tot bout dat,
en- Lcouldn't jes see why it was so, on
less he didn't like you, replied Othello,
conscious that his reasoning was in
some way defective.
Othello was taken back to his hiding
place. and Captain Denham and his two
lieutenant began their consultation.
The Captains scheme, proposed at
Squire Condit's, was indorsed by Mr..
Hedges, with the exception that he did
not at all approve Of the Captains 60
ing with the men who were to be sent
to the Wanderer.
Il think, Captain" said Mr.. Hedges,
in his deliberate way, that the place
for you is on the quarterback of youl
own ship, and let Mr.. Dayton or myself
60"
Your argument would be right, Lieu.
tenant, if this were an ordinary mat
ter. But you must bear in mind tina,
Fox and his men think me out Of the
way"
Il am aware of that.
ITO find me in command Of my own
ship would force Fox to change his
plans, and the chances are he would gel
away, for he dare not risk fight, though
he is the stronger. If he is crippled, ht
is gone as surely as if he were sunk
Our object is not to avoid this fellow.
but to capture him.
That's it, Captain, said the officers
Good. Now if had fifty of my fine
fellows on board, and he has four times
that number Of his, we are the stronger.
For we can strike when we please, and
we will only please to strike when the
Sea Hawk is into the fight You must
command, Hedges. No man can do il
better; and before the week is over, the
Sea Hawk will have added another VIC
tory to her exploits.
Whatever you say, Captain. was
only thinking of the trials you have
had"
"Ah, Fox invited me on board his
ship last time, and played me scurvy
trick. I will 60 back to the same ship
and show him how Ralph Denham and
his gallant lads can play him a Roland
for his Oliver. Bring the ships list, Mr..
Dayton, and let me look over the
names.
fro BE CONTINUED
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''churning," and which waa accom-.
plished by seizing the unfortunate boy
by the lapels of his coat and violently
agitating his person. Holding stick
in the air over the head was another
form of torture. which became very
distressing after a few minutes. So
likewise did the holding out of book
with extended arms. Knocking the
heads of quarreling youngsters to-
gether may have been salutary morally,
but physically it was certainly iniur'
ious.
"Horsing" was an English method
of punishment. Therein the boy on
whom the penalty was to be inflicted
was mounted on the back of another
boy, so as to make him more easily
accessible to the ruler or birch. Lift
ing pupil by the ears was supposed
in those days to encourage the &C.
quisitlon Of knowledge, and particu-
larly ingenious form OF torture was to
compel boy to stand and bend over
so as to hold his head under table
while admonished with switch. The
youth who served as O model for the
picture representing this punishment
tainted away after five minutes OF it.
Boxing the ears was q favorlte
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Buttons Are Modern,

The Greeks and Romans knew moth
ing of buttons, and though they pre-
sented themselves rs ornaments in the
fourteenth century, buttonholes were
still an undreamed OF possibility. 1t
was not until nearly the middle of the
last century that the manufacture of
steel buttons was entered upon at the
Soho Works, in Birmingham, Eng.
land. Then, on the accession of
George III. the gilt buttons appeared
and became quite the vogue. But it
was reserved for the artisans Of our
day to make these useful fastoucrs in
the greatest variety at marVclously
low prices, and out of all sor:s OF ma
terial, even to the seemingly lmpossi.
ble potato.
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Suns Effect on Precious Stones.

The powerful chemical effects of the
sun are felt even by precious stones.
The ruby, sapphire, and emerald suf-
Ter less than other colored stones IN
this respect, but it has been shown by
experiment that ruby lying in a shop
window for two years became much
lighter in tint than its mate kept in
dark place during that period. Gar
nets and topazes are more easily af-
fected. Pearls ore said to show deter
ioration with age, but if they are not
worn constantly, they will recuperate
wonderfully during brief vacations
spent in quiet and darkness. The only
species CT unluck which the practical
person believes the opal will bring to
It's owner is that of loss if the stone is
exposed carelessly to heat. 1t is liza
able to crack, being composed princl-
pelly of sillcic acid, with a small pro-
portion of water.
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Der of large drawings representing
some OF the tortures which used to be-
applied in the schools. They were
made by Mr.. Felix Mahony, and are
produced herewith. From the present
day point of view they are decidedly
interesting, and may we'll cause any
boy of these times to congratulate
himself that he was born 80 late. Con"
slder, for example, the case OF the un"
fortunate youth who is kneeling Oh
dried pease, or of that other little chap
who is trying with all his might to-
stand on one foot in waste basket.
History has preserved Tie memory
of pedagogue named Hanherle, who
died about the mindle of the eigh'
teenth century in village of Swabia.
1t is recorded of him that during
period of service extending over fifty"
one years and seven months he in
aicted 911, ,527 blows with the rod,
124,O11 blows with the cane.
2O,9s9 raps with the ruler,
1861 blows on the hand,
1926 blows over the mouth, 1905
boxes on the ear, l, 11S, 500 raps on the
head, and 22,7 1853 "nota benes' with
Bible, catechism and singing book. He
made TIT boys to kneel on pease, anG
613 to cit on three cornered piece o.
wood, not to mention various extra
ordinary punishments which he in
vented himself. The worthy schooS
teacher was q methodical man, ano
these notes are taken from his OWE
business memoranda.
y 1t was not until the latter part o.
the eighteenth century that popular
dissatisfaction with this method OF
education began to grow. There were
bodily exercises in the schools of those
days, it is true, but the teachers re-
ceived the benefit of it, and the pupils
served merely as part of the "appa-
ratus." The latter, in England, were
obliged to have their hair frizzled,
with powder and pomade; they wore
embroidered coats, knee-breeches, silk
stockings and sword at the side. No
costume can be imagined more incon.
sistent with the natural activity of
children or better calculated to cause
them discomfort.
The notion that children have rights
which grown people are bound to re-
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cruelty in regular practice by recog-
nized authority. 1t was not always
thus, of course. Even so late as the
early part of the present century a
variety of tortures were commonly
applied by school teachers to their
pupils. Many of these were exceed.
ingly ingenious and very distressing
but an impression then prevailed to
the effect that they were necessary to
bring out the latent virtues of youth
which might otherwise remain un-
developed.
The United States Bureau of Edu"
cation has recently had made a mum.
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THE GREATER MAN, THE GREATER LOVE.


1t is the great patriots that interpret the
value of their country to the common citi-
zen. The man absorbed in his own small
affairs, or so restricted in his power OF
thought that he would never have taken in
the national idea for himself abstractly,
sees how Washington and Webster and
Lincoln loved the land; and through their
love for it. its worthiness OF his own love
becomes made known to him. Still his
love for his country. when it is awakened,
is his own, and may impel him to serve her
in most peculiar personal ways, very dlf1er-
ent from theirs: but none the less is it true
that but for the Interpretation OF these great
mems honor for he- he would have hon
ored his country le: * not at all. They in
terpret to their fellowmen what Coo mas
first interpreted to them. till ultimately the
fire which starts from the central heart OF
all runs through the world, and the blindest
are enlightened to discern, and the most
timid become bold enough to praise, the
movement which at first had no friend bur
God.-Phillips Brooks.
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HALFWAY ROUND.
Mennonites Coming to Minnesota From
Siberia.

Mennonites Coming to Minnesota From
Siberia.
In April twenty-five Mennonites bound for
the South Dakota colony will be landed IN
Minneapolis, Minn.. by $500 train, after
one OF the longest continuous journeys on
record. They are now living in Tashkend,
an ancient Persian town captured IN 1867 py
the Russians. They are quiet German
sect, and after $50 years residence in Russia
have not lost their individuality. Frugal IN
habits, they have amassed small fortunes,
most OF them, aud are anxious to sell their
farms in Russia and move 10 freer country.
The colonies now settled in Minnesota, Iowa,
the Dakotas ami Manitoba are but the ad-
vance guard Of the so, 900 who will probably
be found in this country within tho next ten
years. -
The twenty-five from Tashkend will ride
overland across the steppes by wagon
route to Odessa, Russia's great port on the
Baltic, thence by rail across Russia to Lt6au.
on the Baltic, where an agent vii! put them
aboard n Wilson line steamer to Liverpnoi;'
There they will leave by the Royal Mail
Allan line for Quebec, and by the Canadian
Pacific and the $500" TO Minneapolis, where
they will be met by waiting friends from the
colony.
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days girls suffer ed physical torment at
school almost equally with boys;
they, too, were birched and subjected
to oil sorts of indignities.
In oriental countries the bastlnado,
applied with strap or rod to the soles
of the feet, is favorite form of pun
ishment in schools. The ancients were
great whippers. In Sparta there
were ceremonial occasions when boys
merely for glory as a quasi-religious
rite, were whipped so severely that they
often died and such death was con-
sidered very glorious. Horace, the
Latin poet, mentions famous peda'
gogue of his day as "the fogging
Orbilius. "-Globe.Democrat.
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method Of Furnishing children up to
the time of the present generation,
but it has gone out Of favor, owing
partly to the fact now recognized that
il is apt to cause deafness. Striking
the tips of the fingers with ruler was
another torture, very painful. Among
the milder of old-fashioned punish
rnents was the dunce-csp. Sometimes,
too, quarreling children were COM
PEELED to stand facing each other for
an hour or so. Sitting on a stick of
firewood was a style of repose that
grew irksome after while. In the old
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DEEP PRAYERS LIKE pEEp-sEA voYAa1NG.

It may be your prayer is like ship, which,
when it goes on very long voyage, does
not come home laden so soon, but when 1t
does come home it has richer freight.
Mere ''coasters" will bring your Goals or
such-like ordinary things; but they that go
afar to Tarshish return with gold and
iyory. Coasting prayers, such as we pray
every dav, bring us many necessaries but
there are great prayers which, like the old
Spanish galleons. cross the main ocean and
are longer out of sight, but come home deep
laden with golden freight. t.-Spurgeon.
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Smallest Church in England.

The parish church of Gro7e, on tho
borders of Bcdfordsnire and Buclilng
hanshire, but siLuoted in the latter
county, is said to be the smallest and
most curious church in England. The
parish contains under twenty lnhebi-
tants, and the church will comfortably
seat few more than that number.
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Lord who art merciful as we'll as just,
incline thine ear to me. child of dust
Not what l would, o Lord. offer thee,
Alas! but what l can.
Father, Almighty. who hast made me man,
And made me look to heaven, for thou art
there,
Accept my sacrifice and humble prayer
Four things which are not in thy treasury
I Law before thee. Lord. with this petition:
NY nothingness, my wants,
NV sins. and my contrition.
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spect is rather new. The whipping
of a pupil by teacher nowadays
is likely to make a scandal, and, in q
public school, to lead to the dismissal
of the instructor. Boys are difficult
cattle to deal with, but it has come to
be recognized fact that they can be
managed quite as efficiently without
violence. The old proverb which re-
lates to the sparing of the rod has been
proved, like many other accepted say.
iDgs, q fallacy.
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THE R1RLE1N SOURCE OF WORK.

lido not know Of any single Christian to-
day doing any work-any real work-who is
not dilligent student Of his Bible, who
does not read the Bible as some OF these
business men read the fluctuations OF the
market. l do not know one CT them who
does not make the personal culture Of the
spiri. as great q business in life as yonder
athlete makes the training Of the body in
preparation for the race. I do not know
one of them that does not cultivate an
eager. earnest interest in the Christian
fellowship, Christian testimony, and Chris
tian service, bestowing upon them as much
toll, and time, and thought as the world be-
slows upon it's society engagements and its
constant round of pleasures. The great
difference between the Christian and the
wording is. not that one works ana tns
other does not, but the worldling tolls and
moils and dies, and the Christian tolls and
moils and lives for evermore.-Rev. R. F.
Horton,
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-Southey.

Waiting will not take away the chronic
all restore nerves and bones. and remove
pain: nor will it bring to the empty arms
and the larcrated heart what they are a.
,1u 1,,',.S nrvinr for. But waiting brings the
heatituie of God--,luet, peace, strength, trust.
hone-pot with the old bound and luDl-
lance. but other graces. better-quiet, peace,
strength.-J. +. W. Ware.
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Happv those who are able in truth to say,
ulJv Lord and my God :" Here is the no.
blest inspiration for life, strength for work,
comfort in trouble. hope in death. Here Is
what gives eternity itself its chief intrres'
and ioy.-William FnrSvthr.
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Ii Hung Chang u q. 4. Il. Man.

The Gettysburg Post, G. A. R., OF ST. Paul,
Minn., has reestved through the Chinese Min
lister at Washington Ii Hung Changs ac'
ceptance OF the invitation OF the post to be-
come an honorary memb II. The necessary
documents and q badge will be promptly
forwarded to Ii Hung Chang. Commander
in-Chief Clarkson has improved this innova'
tion in G.. A. Il. customs.
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RELIGIOUS READING.

To think his thoughts is blessedness su-
preme;
To know himself, the Thinker. is our life;
To rest this weary intellect on his.
Is the glad ending of minds endless strife.
For this is life eternal him to know.
And Jesus Christ his son whom he hath
sent;
And this is light, to walk in his dear love,
Light brighter than the noon-bright flrma-
ment.
-Bonar.
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A Years Patents in England.

More than $4,000 applicants for
patents were made in England during
1896. About one-third of the number
were for inventions connected, in some
way or other with the bicycle.
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n1aIne's OmclaI PHOTOGRAPHER.

Maine employs an official photographer,
who devotes his time to securing antlclng
views Of the sporting regions OF the State
aud distributing them throughout the rest OF
tho United States as advertisements.
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At sale OF Poland China hogs in Spring
field, ILL.,, boar, "Look Me Over" was
sold for $4,000. the highest price ever pait
for hog. Previously the price record was
held by "Klever's Model" $780,
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RELIGION BORN OF LOVE.

Ours is a sunny religion. born OF divine
love; and one OF the fruits OF the Holy
Spirit is Joy. A joyless Christian is. a libel
on his profession. We ought to walk SO
close to Jesus as to be always in His sun.
shine and make so little OF earthly, ills and
yexations and losses as never to let them
envelop us in an atmosphere of Arctic mid
night. Paul made dungeon ring with hoiy
melodies. Every follower of Christ should
strive TO make his daily life song as well
AS n Gospel sermon.-Theodore L. Cuyler,
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Our Heavenly Father, before entering
upon the duties of the day we would look
into thy face and feel again our hand in
thine. Help us to detect thy presence in
every incident of this day. Give US grace
according to our need. Thou hast made US
and knowest what we can bear. There is
no temptation which thou hast not tested
before permitting US to enter. The heavy
part of our cross is on thy shoulders. Nor
is there anyjoy or pleasure which is not
sweeter because thou hast chosen it. SO
Whatever experience is before US let 1t link
us closer to thee. Thus may we grow into
thy image day by day, o blessed Saviour.
Amen.
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The Christian Endeavor movement
now numbers 4183 branches in Great
Britain.
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The cry of life can be satisfied by a Life
alone. In the religion of Christ. and there
only. are met all those demands to which
Thought severed from Christ is driven-for
an Object of Worship which shall transcend
knowledge. for an Ideal thoroughly subject
to knowledge, for living Power so working
in the soul with secret might that this Ideal
may inspire US, not with despair, ou. Win
courage. Thus is force revealed as loving
humanity as holy and the moral law as di-
vine. This is the assurance, wondrous, yet
bv the very witness of denial less wondrous
than essential brought to the world by Jesus
Christ.-Vida D. Scudder.
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Mortality From AsuAy1iation.

According to Boston report ifty-one per.
sons wore killed by gas In Massachusetts, last
wear,
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c1,;,o,non for Presit itlent,

Chinaman for President.
kGbipaman has just been elected Presi,
dent of one Of the largest cycle clubs around
Boston.
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PUPILS OF THE PAST.
THEY HAD TO
SUFFER WHEN AT SCHOOL.
Those of To-Day Have an Easy Life
in Comparison With What the
Children of Former Ages Were
Compelled to Undergo.

RUEL and unusual punish.
[ I ments are discountenanced
w. nowadays IN civilized coun-
tries. One must go to the
Spanish possessions, or to some barbar.
GUS part of the world, in order to find
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CHIEFS OF POLICE.
Parole of Prisoners Convicted of the
Higher Grimes Condemned.

PITTSBURG, May 13.-When the
third session of the National Associa-
ton of Chiefs of Police of the United
States and Canada was called to order
this morning Colonel Rea of the West
ern Penitentiary explained and illus
trated the workings of the Bertillon
system.
Following this the Board of Govern
ors was instructed to confer with the
Government officials at Washington in
regard to the establishment of a per-
manent and central headquarters for
the Bertillon system.
The scale of assessments was chang
ed as follows: Cities with q population
of 30, 600 to 100000 $40; 100000 to
100000, SO: over 100000, 500.
The resolution passed at Atlanta last
year making Washington the perma-
nent headquarters for the Bureau of
Identification, was rescinded and Chi
cago substituted, on account of its
central location.
Chief Dietsch then presented a reso-
luton, which was adopted, condemning
the parole of prisoners convicted of the
higher crimes of felony, such as muir
der burglary highway robbery, rape
and arson.
dition by Chief Sherwood of Ottawa
the convention adjourned to meet in
Milwaukee next week.