Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-16

cater for the whole of the amusement
and occupation of the guest, who
ought to have resources enough in her
self to be able to adapt herself to the
life of the household without being
bored or finding the time hang heavily
One question which seems to have
agitated the minds of great many
people as well as some newspapers is
that of the amount of study that
should be done by school pupils be-
tween the ages of six and fourteen or
thereabouts. Some persons view with
alarm and sympathy the apparently
increasing amount of home study i'm
posed upon children below the high
school grades. They are of the opin-
ion that the work in the lower grades
should be limited and should be made
up by the child going a year or two
longer to school, If necessary. On the
whole, this is a most delicate question
and must be handled with the utmost
consideration, both for the school Off
Ger whose every effort is for the ad-
vancement and well-being of the
child, and for the parent whose ties of
sympathy can not be expressed in
words. The parent, as we have stated,
may take the view that the child can
make up by continuing in school a
from position that most children nee
essarily quit school at an early age
and for that reason all that can be
gained in early years is for the better.
However, the greatest consideration
has been shown by the school officers
and teachers of Marietta, and the am
cunt of home work placed upon the
pupils is very small when considered
with the high results obtained.
number of travelling men stopping
at the Bellevue" the other day, were
engaged in conversation concerning
ocean voyages. The conversation
drifted to the equipment of ships and
finally TO the lower animals who live
on them.
Every large ocean liner carrying
passengers has on board from six to
ten cats, these being apportioned to
various parts of the ship, as we'll as
appearing on the vessels books for
rations.
And, even beyond this, on most OF
the great lines particular employees are
instructed to feed daily, as a part OF
their duties, certain cats in their part
Of the ship. And there is promotion
for pussy as well, for any cat that is
particularly amiable, clever and inter-
esting is permitted to enjoy the run OF
the first or second or third-class sa-
looms according TO the popular vote
In this way certain of the first-class
pussies have become quite celebrated
especially on the long voyage boats
that go to India and Australia, and the
stewards of the various classes are
quite commonly eager to push their
own favorite cat into first place.
When the ship Is in port a certain
man has the duty of feeding the cats
at regular hours and of entering the
rations in book; but every cat on the
ship that has long been there seems tc
wait with eagerness for and to recog.
nize the professional rat catcher who
always goes to work in the hold of ev.
cry passenger liner when it comes tc
dock, and who lives by ridding ships
of rats. The staff cats" as the stew.
ards call them, never leave the raj
man until he has finished his duties
Large sums have been offered for one
saloon cat on great line and tht
staff have to guard it strictly from ac.
quisltive admirers, in whose luggage
1T has several times been found.