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The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
Progress Of Dutch Women,

The Lewiston Journal calls attention
to the progress of Holland women. It
says they have led all others in Europe,
and as evidence cites the fact that in
1898 a worlds fair, which Holland is to
hold at The Hague, will be devoted alone
to the activities and industries of wo-
men. This year the government passed
law comforting almost unqualified suf-
frage on women and making them eli
gible to nearly all municipal Offices. The
women of Holland have a number Of So
cleties; one to assist working men to
buy and own their homes, one to make
flower and vegetable gardens; the educa-
tion of servants, and the care Of children
of poor working men. Whether Holland
owes her progressiveness to the already
felt influence of her bright young Queen
or not, it is certain that under Wilhel-
mina's reign the women will have a
chance to show of what they are capable
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
A Cold Weather Shoe.

One of the most recent inventions
mentioned among those brought forward
in Germany is one credited to Paul Won
neberger of GrQma, near Dresden, viz,
a kind of heatable shoe, and the means
by which this is insured is claimed to
be easily practicable Within the heel
Of the shoe, which is adequately hol-
lowed out for the purpose, there is a re-
ceptacle for glowing substance similar
to that which is used in the well known
Japanese hand warmers. Between the
soles, imbedded in asbestos covers, there
is placed a rubber bag which is filled
with water, the latter being heated
above the heel, and as it circulates while
the wearer of the shoe is walking it
keeps the entire neither surface of the
foot warm; small safety valve is pro-
vided, so that the bag cannot burst. The
warmth given by this kind of sole is
said never to rise above 70 degrees Fab
renheit, and will last for about eight
hours. The shoes are slightly heavier
than the ordinary sort, the sole being
but little thicker than that of the So
called wet weather boot,-New York
Sun.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
Live Thoughts,

A beautiful woman pleases the eye,
a good woman pleases the heart; one is
jewel, the other treasure.-Napo-
leon l.
Brooding over trouble is like sur
rounding ones self with a fog; it mag
nifies all the objects seen through it.
Occupation of the mind prevents this
Phillips Brooks.
The only faith that wears well and
holds It's color in all weather is that
which is woven of conviction and set
with the sharp mordant of experience
]. r. Lowell.
The heaviest words in our language
are the two briefest ones, yes and no.
One stands for the surrender Of will, the
other for denial; one for qualification
the other for racter-Theodore T.
Munger.
The ideal life, which is but the reali-
zation of our own oneness with the In
finite and the helping. others to realize
theirs; showing what can be done
through our own living and loving, and
by our words bearing witness to the
Eternal Verities American Cultiva-
tor.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
Mimic Cities in Public Schools.

An experiment in teaching civil gov
ernment was begun in the Norfolk street
vacation school in New York last sum
mer, which attracted great deal Of
attention. The school opened July 10,
as the Sun says, and within couple Of
days It's pupils had all been turned into
citizens of school City," and they
were governing themselves under a
mayor and common council elected by
themselves. Equal rights prevailed
among the citizens and equal RESPONSE
btiities, and there was no distinction
because OF sex, either as to voting or
office holding. Each class was an cleo
tion district. The beginning OF the work
OF organization was the holding of pri-
mary elections for the selection OF dele
gates for city convention. At the con-
vention two candidates were named for
each OF the offices of mayor, comptroller
and president of the board of aldermen.
Then followed the election, each class
casting its ballots in its own boxes, and
after the installation of the successful
candidates, heads of executive depart
ments and members Of their forces were
appointed. The mayor appointed pres
ldent Of the board of health, a commits
sioner OF street cleaning, a commissioner
or police and three judges. The board Of
health consisted of its president, a
keacher aud the commissioner OF police,
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
Rules for Servants 800 Years Ago.

Domestic servants did not have such
an easy time of it 300 years ago, judging
from the following orders for the house
hold servants Of that witty epigrammatic
court favtorite, Sir John Harrington.
They were first devised in 1866:
That no servant be absent from praier
at morning or evening, without lawful
excuse, to be alledged within one day
after, upon paine to forfeit for every
TYNE I'd.
That none swear any othe, upon paine
for every Othe Id.
That no man leave any door open that
he findeth shut, without theare bee
cause, upon paine for every TYNE Id.
That none of the men be in bed from
our Lady Day to Michaelmas after six
of the clock in the morning, nor out Of
his bed after ten of the clock at night;
nor, from Michaelmas till our Lady Day
In bed after seven in the morning; nor
out after nine at nigt, without reason
able cause, on paine Of I'd.
That no mans bed bee unmade, nor
llrse or candlebox uncleane after eight
of the clock In the morning on paine
OF Id.
That no man teache any Of the chill
dren any unhonest speeche, or baudie
word, or Othe, on paine of 4d.
That no man waite at the table with
out trencher in his hand except it be
upon some good cause, on paine of Id.
That no man appointed to waite at my
table be absent that meale without rea-
sonable cause, on paine Of Id.
If any man breake glasse, hee shall
aunswer the price therof out Of his
wages; and If 1t bee not known who
breake 1t, the butler shall pay for 1t on
paine Of 12d.
The table must bee covered halle an
houer before II at dinner and six at sup
per, or before on paine of I'd.
That meate bee readie at II or before
at dinner and six or before at supper on
paine of Cd.
That none be absent without leave or
good cause on paine Of 4d.
That no man strike his fellow on paine
of losse of service; nor revile, or threten,
or provoke another to strike, on paine
vi I'D.
That no man come to the kitchen with
out reasonable cause on paine of Id,
and the cook likewyse to forfeit Id.
That none toy with the maids, on
paine Of 4d.
That no man weare foule shirt on Sun
day, nor broken hose or shooes, or doub-
lett without buttons, on paine Of Id.
That when any stranger goeth hence
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01

break bone in the vicinity, in short to
give other work to the leucocytes, who
are at the same time the police force and
the street-sweepers of the organism,
charged with making disappear all the
dead or deteriorated elements. But they
can not do everything at once, and while
they are working to repair the ma
terlal disorders caused by the confusion
or the fracture, the microbes, that they
easily englobe in healthy member, get
the cpper hand, because they have free
course .-Chautauquan.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
Childish Quest for the Wonderful.

Last summer 1t was announced that
the promoters Of the Paris Exposition OF
1900 were soreIy in want Of something
absolutely new and original which will
form the chief attraction OF that show.
1t Is true they have the Eiffel tower, as
the Chicago Chronicle suggests, and
there are several suggestions made for
changes in that structure which are
notable It is proposed to make a 81
gantic tOboggan slide Of 1t; 1t Is sug-
gested that huge mirrors be placed one
at the top and one at the bottom OF the
tower in order that persons by walking
around the base of the tower may see
reflected at their feet all OF Paris that
is shown in the upper mirror. A COM
mittee is sitting 115 designs sent In at
a prize competition for the piece de re-
slstance of the exhibition. This commit
tee has had submitted to 1t some fearful
and wonderful things, and the number
and nature of these show that neither
wit nor imagination Is played out among
the Parisians.
One woman has sent in design for
reproduction on an immense scale OF the
Trojan horse, or, rather, the wooden
horse of Troy. It Is to be movable and
inhabitable, like the original, but SO
large that the interior will consist OF
rooms capable Of seating thousands OF
persons. What these persons will do
after they get there Is not explained by
the suggester Another person OF imagi-
nation proposes to erect a gigantic
screw, up and down which will revolve
a nut, which shall be hollow and con-
tain q restaurant, In which will be the
Joyous Parisians and their visitors en-
gagged in eating pate de fol gras and sip
ping absinthe. Still another suggestion
Ia that of submarine restaurant, In
which the diners will be the inhabitants
OF the aquarium and the fishes on the
outside the lookers-on. AS this last is
already in operation as one Of the fads
or the king of Siam, 1t cannot be con-
sidered as being strictly original.
Tho Chronicle adds: "This striving for
the wonderful Is characteristic OF the
end OF the century, as is the desire Of the
people to be amused. The most wonder
full productions of science, the most
beautiful designs of art will not attract
half the attention that the restaurant in
the revolving nut will. We are always
children, but the survivors Of the cen
tury are the most childish Of all"
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
What Causes a Cold.

Nothing is more common than to hear
the cold accused of having provoked the
disease known by the same name, an
Inflammation of the lungs, an attack or
even an epidemic of diphtheria or grip.
How has it been able to do this? Surely
1t has not caused to spring up, ready
armed, the microbes of these different
maladies. 1t has only been able to favor
their Intervention or their action. The
cold does not give rise to the microbe,
but it benumbs and paralyzes the leu
cocyte charged with contending against
1t.
Various other causes may hinder the
action of the leucocytes. 1t is sufficient
to bruise the member near the point
where an inoculation has been made, to
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
Sleep is Natures Medicine.

Menander said, that all diseases were
durable by sleep-a broad statement, in
which nevertheless, there may be some
thing that is true, for good sleepers
are ever, as / think, the most durable
patients; and would always rather hear
a sick person had slept, than had taken
regularly the prescribed medicine dur
ing sleeping hours-Sir Benz. Richard
son.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
The Young People.
KEEP A-GOIN'!

If you strike thorn, or rose,
Keep a-gOin'!
If it halls, or II 1t SHOWS,
Keep a-goin'!
'Taint no use to sit an whine
When the fish amt on your line;
Bait your hook an keep a-tryin'--
Keep a-goin'!
When the weather kills your crop,
Keep a-goin'!
When you tumble from the top,
Keep a-goin'!
S'pose you're out o. every dime;
Gittin' broke amt any crime;
Tell the world you're feelin' fine
Keep a-goin!
When it looks like all is up,
Keep a-gOin'!
Drain the sweetness from the cup.
Keep a-goin'!
See the wild birds on the wing.
Hear the bells that sweetly ring,
When you feel like sighin' sing
Keep a-goin'!
Frank l.. Stanton
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
THE WIND AND THE LEAVES.

The wind is fate,
The leaves are men
They are blown along for little space,
And then
A few emerge and tumble ahead,
Over and over again,
In q maddening race,
And here and there
One lodges and clings In a lonesome place
Until at last, but a single leaf
Whirls onward into the far Somewhere.
And the many leaf-men that are left be-
hind
Gather In clusters here and there,
And are whIrled about by the wilful vino,
And, at last when the great white quit
is spread,
And all is over and done
They silently lie and slowly rot,
Each on the barren little spot
Where It's troubles were begun
Cleveland Leader
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
Our Own Steve Crane.

A low moan rose sobbingly upon 10
midnight air-the air Quivered and
terrors expectant shrieked in alright.
"Ah-h." Wild screaming-and through
The horrored atmosphere burst a wild
waste of sound-mad frenZies spring
ing in screaming diablerie and rauc-
Gus thunderings upon the crazy black
ness of the night-villanious discoras
rending the universe with desecratii 3
ldiocies of sound-17 100000 echoes
speeding in mad race unto the utter
most recessions of nothingness-a
swelling roar welled in angry chorus
back from the reverberant tympanum
Of the heavens. And just then the
neighborhood woke up and seventeen
different kinds of bootjacks and crock.
cry wr, ckage was hurled in the direc-
ton of the organ-grinder and he went
awa!.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
THIS AND THAT.

The Ibmb of Mohammed is covered
with diamonds, sapphires and rubies,
valued at G2,000,000.
Muffs were first used by doctors to
keep their fingers soft, and were adopt
ed by ladies about 1850.
A hundred thousand dollar set of en-
eralds will be Queen Victories present
from the car and czarina.
In 1908 the number of Bibles printed
in England was S1,157; in 1896 there
were 3,970,439 copies published.
The Russian scepter is Of solid gold,
three feet long, and contains among its
ornaments 26S diamonds, $50 rubies
and IL emeralds.
The largest newspaper circulation In
the world Is that of the Paris Petit
Journal, which averages more than
100000 copies a day.
Twenty-six years ago $50 OF the lead
ing factors of England issued a eau
tiongry declaration against the use of
alcohol in medical practice.
New Zealand's representative Maoris
for the queens celebration have been
selected for their size. Two of the ma
tives weigh respectively 400 and 365
pounds.
II the excitement of the last presl-
Dental campaign the savings banks In
New York state lost in net Withdrawals
50 100000, but the money has been COM
ing back ever since.
Four camels have been successfully
acclimated in Poland by Count Sigis-
mund Skorzewski, who has had them
broken to the pillow on his estate OF
Cherliejer. in the province of Posen.
Tho longest distance that shot has
BEN rired is few yards more than is
miles, which was the range Of Krupp's
ono hundred and thirty ton steel guh,
firing a shot weighing 1900 pounds.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
BEAUTY Is BLOOD DEEP.
PURE. HEALTHY BLOOD MEANS BEAU
TlFuL COMPLEXION.

Intestionol Microbes Poison the Blood When the
Bowels Are Constipated. Drive Them Out
by Making the Liver Lively.
"Beauty is skin deep" That is wrong
Beauty is blood deep.
A person constipated, with lazy liver,
bilious blood, dyspeptic stomach, has PIN
Piles and liver spots and sole leather com
plexion.
No one with a furred tongue, a bad
breath, a jaundiced eye, can be beautiful, nc
matter how perfect are form and features.
To be beautiful, to become beautiful, or
remain beautiful, the blood must be kept
pure and free from bile, microbes, disease E.
germs and other impurities.
Cascaret Candy Gathartic will do 1t for
you quickly, surely, naturally. They never
grip nor grippe, but make the liver lively.
prevent sour stomach, kill disease-germs,
tone up the bowels, purify the blood, and
make oil things right, as they should he.
Then beauty comes OF itself, and to stay.
Buy and try Cascarets today. It's what
they do, not what we say they do, that will
please you. All druggists, l0c, 25c or soc,
or mailed for price. Send for booklet end
free sample Address Sterling Remedy Co,
Chicago, Montreal, Can, or New York.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
GAVE HIMSELF UP TO DEATH.
Feelings of Man Who Fell Into m
Abandoned Shaft.

Abandoned Shaft.
p. ID. Smith, an old book man, tells
a most interesting story Of how 1t feels
to be buried alive, says the Los Angeles
Record. For one hour he lay at the
bottom OF deserted mine shaft and
was only saved by dog that whfned
and h0wled at neighbours house. Just
after recent storm Mr.. Smith went
prospecting in Deer canyon, a branch
Of the Big Tejunga, In the San Fer
nando range. He was removing some
timber about the top of an old SHAFT.
when tho rotton wood gave way and
carried him to the bottom of the shaft.
A heavy load of timber and earth fol-
lowed. Strange to say, he was unin-
jured and lay free from immediate
danger IN the dark, damp space left
by the boards. Gloomy were the
thoughts that filed his mind as he lay
there and thought of his past life ana
the friends he would never see again,
for the shaft was one which had been
covered overhead and lost to the knowl-
edge OF the neighborhood for years.
Moreover, II was a mile and a hatf
from the nearest house. Once or twice
he shouted, but his voice sounded Sc
pulchrai as it echoed in muf1led way
between the overhanging walls and re-
verberated in his ears. For one hour
he lay there In this cramped position.
while gloomy thoughts passed I'm
frightful procession through his mind.
Fortunately, his little dog was with
him. "Boss" is particularly inteih-
gent dog and after the accident to his
master went to the nearest house and
acted sd strangely that Mr. Walton.
the owner, followed him to the shaft
There he found and rescued him,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
A FalInre.

A certain professor in one of the
leading schools OF Nashville was NOT
long since DESTROYS of incorporating
some negro dialect in story he was
preparing, says the American Of that
city. Not being very well versed In.
their manner of speech, he bethought
him that It would be a good idea to-
study the language in its purity unde-
fled. With this end in view ne betooags
himself to the vicinity of the Union
depot. near which representatives of
the ebon race are always to be found.
One effort was enough. Meeting n.
coal-black negro driving wagon.
rather well loaded, and accosting him
as "Urcle john" the following brief
dialogue ensued:
Pretty heavy load uncle. Can Yen
get up the hill with it?"
II do not know, sir, but / presume,
so.'
Such an example of English coming
from such an unexpected source al
most paralyzed the professor, who re-
traced his steps to his apartments.
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sportive sally. and then closing her
eyes she folded her hands upon her
breast In silent prayer.
The prophetic spirit in which the
young creature had spoken was soon
apparent.
A rapid change passed over the fair
face; the power of utterance suddenly
failed; but while life fingered her
grateful and beseeching eyes were
raised tootbe face of Bridget, at whose
breast the little creature so soon to be
orphaned mes led in comfort.
The next night white hammock
was lowered into the sea beneath the
solemn starlight.
The passengers and crew stood
round while the captain read the funer-
al service; his voice often faltered. and
at intervals deep sob was heard; 1t
burst from the bosom of Bridget Ryan,
who, with both children claspCd In her
arms, knelt upon the deck.
When the solemn ceremony was over
and the fair form of Dora hal sunk
many fathoms to its deep and silent
grave. low wall of excessive anguish
broke from the lips of Bridget.
Dora Callan, Dora Callan," she at
length uttered, with a deep fervency OF
tone, which was in itself eloquence,
why have you gone from me-from
me whose heart loved you like its life?
But who may keep what the Great
Maker wants? Bright be your pace
among the angels. Welcome be your
fair face where all is beautiful. Och!
shall l ever forget how sweet you
were, how kind, how loving? When
you wake from your great winding
sheet, Dora mine, may we who mourn
you now meet you rejoicing"
Then her voice sank till its murmurs
became maud bic. While rocking her
self to and fro on the deck. she cow
cred over the children and bathed
them in tears.
Impressed by the scene, all stood In
deep silence, watching the subsidiGg
struggle of her deep grief.
Almost unmarked, cNnge OF
weather had gradually come on, and a
more than common activity on board
declared that some exigency was APP
preaching.
Low winds seemed from afar gather
ing clouds that soon overspread the
sky, till the hollow, dismal wailings
became long bowls and hoarse shrieks.
and the darkness grew into blacklist
night. Oh, for the pen of Cooper TO
portray the storm which broke above
the devoted ship, while 1t reeled and
staggered amid the rage of contending
winds and rolling seas
The captain and crew did their duty
firmly.
Perhaps there Is no energy, no cour-
age, superior to that of English sail
ors; no sense of duty so high, so per-
fectly, so nobly, fulfilled.
Vain were all their efforts; the sea
surged above the yards. sweeping down
on the doomed bark. which would
bravely rise again and again above the
briny deluge. Desperately she plowed
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her way, till at midnight she became a
total wreck on one of the small islands
in D'EntrecastreauX's channel.
The morning broke at len 9Th, but 1t
came rather to reveal than to relieve
their distress.
When the vessel struck a shrek,
compounded of many wild voices,
pierced the thick darkness; the masts
went by the board, a rushing sea swep
over the deck, carrying many of the
despairing wretches into the engulhng
waters; but with the gray, drear light
of morning came lull.
The captain, who still survived. with
some few of the passengers and crew,
felt a deep anxiety for the fate Of
Bridget, and was seeking her, nquir-
ing for her, when she crept forth with
the two children in her arms.
"The bravest heart on board, by
heaven" he exclaimed, as he beheld
her.
Hope on" he continued. sprlnging
forward, I'VE are described; there are
boats making toward u.s."
At these words Bridget started to
her feet, just as a tremendous wave
struck the ship, and, sweeping the
deck, carried her and the children
overheard.
Much Is said of human selfishness in
the emergencies of great danger, and
much is, of course, exhibited; but so
powerful had Bridget's example and
beauty of character impressed her fell
low sufferers that the most vital inter-
est was felt in her fate, and at this
catastrophe many cried aloud, Save
her, save her!" while at the moment
hopeless of saving themselves.
The boats which had put off from
Bruno Island redoubled their efforts.
Bridget succeeded in grasping frag-
ment OF timber, and thus kept herself
afloat; the heavy rain, which had been
for some time falling, increasing, re-
freshed her, and the sea subs.ded, as II
Gained by the tears of heaven. The
cheering voices OF the approaching
men kept alive the pulses of her heart,
and at last Bridget and the children
were rescued, the little helpless crea-
lures, wonderful to relate. alive.
This. however, she scarcely was her
self; yet amid what was apparently
the pangs Of death. her sense of duty
was still paramount.
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Carried on shore, 500 hing voices
and succoring hands were soon aroune
her. Tut she made feeble effort to re-
tain the children, white she exclaimed,
with what strength remained in her:
Michael CaAan!"
Tho name was repeated aloud by
those who marked her anxiety; end i'm
mediately young man VIII? had
helped to man the boat that hae saved
her pressed eagerly forward.
Here am l." he cried; what would
you with Michael GALLANT"
He was directed to the dying wom-
nn; he knelt down beside her.
Bridget opened her eyes, whth a
rioment before had been closing Ia the
last exhaustion and faintness.
Are you here?" she asked.
81 am Michael Callan."
Nov the Father of Mercy and
al His saints be praised" she family
ejculated. Michael Callan, haSs is
your child-Dora's childp'
And with these words her lons .us-
tanned energies forsook her. ana she
. sank insenslble into the arms ~ the
people near her.
The story soon spread through he
! colony, and by the time Bridget >as
, restored to health and streng h she
found herself possessed of a little for
tune.
All who, like herself, had survived
the wreck, bore testimony to YER
Christian charity and hero'sm, .nd
from every quarter of the island sub
| scriptions in her behalf poured in.
Her home was on the banks of the
( Huon; thither every year Michoei Cal
Ian and his boy made pilgrimaac to
the good friend of Dora, and the filth
fu' preserver of her child.