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/ II HERE is not so much active
complaint on the part of out
/ ragged and despairing housekeep-
ers over the general faithIess-
+ ness and general unsatisfactoriness OF
maids Of all work as prevailed at one
time 4 certain apathy has succeeded TO
/ the outburst Of distress, but the real
state Of affairs Is no better There is
] the same need Of maids; the same hope
/ lessness Of getting them Meantime all
sorts Of experiments are being made.
{ At Williamsport. Pa, a domestic
training school his been in active oDer-
alton for the last seven years. IN 1885
q club of eight women. with $500 as
funds, and subscriptions that were given
/ them, rented house. engaged a matron
/ and a cook. furnished the house with
/ gifts OF carpets, utensils, necessary fur
niture Of all kinds. and secured eight
girls. the children of poor and helpless
/ parents. and received written agree
ments from the parents that they would
not interfere with the girls or their
/ training This Industrial club taught
/ the girls kitchen work. cooking. market
/ ing, and serving, TAX : earns also IN
teaching sewing, mending. the care Of
household linen, and other common and
! necessary tasks For Tvs years the club
/ clothed the girls, Jneu they applied to
the State board Of charities. and gained
/ an appropriation OF 81. 500 a year. to run
/ the school. they received $500 from their
Z FrFa -
/ first payment On house. which is now
/ their own It is prettiIy furnished so
/ that the giTIs have an attractive home.
/ and it accommodates between forty and
/ fifty girls. The kitchen is in charge Of
/ a competent woman who has for helpers
a class of the older girls, and as the
I younger ones come on, the older ones are
found situations in domestic service
/ among people who are only too happy
/ to take them. This sounds TOO good
/ TO be true and WiIiiansDort Will soon
become q Mecca to housekeepers, who
VIII it appears. find there what they
! have sought in vain elsewhere.
/ These equally fortunate girls nay en-
/ ter this training school any time be-
tween the ages OF seven and fifteen
I they attend public school until twelve
years Of age. go to church and Sunday
school, and receive a thorough training
I in the school. The school. which has
proved itself a valuable aid in many
ways, is now run on an annual allow
ance from the Legislature. a certain
sum from the city poor board. annual
contributions from the women interested
in the school, and from citizens Of the
| city, eked out by an annual supper and
donation day in November. The girls
supply bread TO many customers. Once
week the committee meet. take lunch
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WOMEN AND THEIR WORK

con at the school, and spend the day
sewing for the younger girls and for the
school
Some hoUsekeepers are anxiously re-
gardtng the experiment now being made
in Sioux City, Iowa. where cooperative
housekeeping on a small scale IS going On
successfully Five families, comprising
fifteen persons. have Joined themselves
together for this enterprise, and II costs
each person an average OF s2-31 a week
for board Having organized, the asso-
citation rented a eommo 5ious two-story
house properly located to serve the cir
Gle. Every Friday the women in this
circle meet and make oct the menus for
the coming week. Members are allowed
to introduce favorite dishes. and if they
wish cook them in the kitchen their own
way. One Of the women and her hus-
band do the marketing, and all bills are
paid by the treasurer. The different
families are people of moderate means,
and have each kept one servant. Now
they employ one hcgsekeeper. who
cooks, keeps kitchen, dining room, and
closets in order, rs paid IS a week. and
is given hers and her little boys board.
These co-operators agree that their
household expenses have beer reduced.
and there is no more trouble with q
servant Another point gained is that
there is no worry in providing meals
for guests; they simply go over TO tho
dining room with their hosts, who pay
for them at the rate Of Is cents a meal
The plan has succeeded so we'll that
ether circles are forming. and the orig
instors Of the plan are besieged by let
tiers asking for details.
This seems like an ideal ARRANGEMENT
and a reasonable one. and If no serpent
enters this Eden there should be con
cord and amity, but the foreboding mind
se=s possibility Of dissensfon. Among if
teen persons there must be at least one
crotchety; in the bills Of fare given for a
week in the account Of this experiment
there is one meal Were fried liver is
the piece de resistance. Now to some
the sight and smell of liver is abhor-
rent. and If that one should be fII-tena-
pered when 1t appears on the board. and
should give vent to his or her objec-
lions, it might be most painful to all
and break up the concord that had pre-
vioUsIy reigned- Too much salt in the
broth has parted friends before now:
think Of Bedreddin and the tarts with
out pepper. and other mournful in
stances of like sort Then there is the
question OF onions. a fertile theme for
discussion However, 1t is to be hoped
that the original fifteen of the Parkside
Cooperative Housekeeping Association
have the same tastes In such a combin-
atiCn any possible trouble would start
with the men; the women would think
of the servant question and swallow ali
objections Republican
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-28
BURMA'S RUBY MINES.

AIIuviaI deposits are the ruby bear
ing strata. and it is chiefly in the sand
OF gravel. seldom in their original mat
rix Crystalline Uncztone1. that the ru-
bies are found. The ruby gravel is
washed down by The water from some
place higher up the river. and depositd
in pockets aIaug the NogoE Valley. It
is in these aIluvlaI deposits that the
Twiniou system Of mining is employed,
shafts being sunk 10 the ruby-bearinG
strata. which lie from fifteen TO twenty
two feet below The top clay. When
worked out these shafts are filed in
again. On reaching The byon. the local
name Of the ruby earth. it is dug up,
loaded on small trucks. and dragged up
"a. inclined tram to the washing ma
chimes Here it is passed through
sieEos of different sizes under Jets Of
water. the smaller stuff being carried
on into rotary pans in which the heavier
PARTICLES. including all stones Of value,
lie at the outer edge After the clay
and sand are eliminated the remaining
portion Is found to he made up of
quartz, Eueiss. pegmatfte, or whit fels-
pa-hic granite. black toUrmaline. gar
net, rock crystal. sgiaeI. and the real
ruby.
Besides the Digeon-blood color ruby.
the red corundum. the most valuable
gem in the European market. and other
varieties Of the corundum also occur.
but only in very small quantities These
are the tluc corundum, or sapphire, of
every depth Of tint; the yellow, L Or
entail, topaz. and The purple amethyst.
The green variety GENERALLY being eX-
trcEleIy raTe.-Coruhu Magazine.
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COST OF THE CORONATION

THAFE just returned from the Lord
CHamberIain'z Office II s.. James
< Palace writes London CORE
spoudent Of the --Faaianarglfs
News where found a biua-blocded
official porting over an esei-ate-lu inca
sands Cf fsures-ot the approximate
SUM Of money that is likely TO be spent
on Ebe coronation during The uezr SIX
months. de estimates that IN gold lace.
r15uivs. velvet. blunt court swords. silk
court stockings. artificial calves. corona
tien coaches, red sealing wax. and so
on. nearly Sl.25g.Cg0 VIII be spent.
p Iuts down for houses ard windows
TO vIea the procession, coronation parties
in thC West End. and entertainments
by tbs government OF princes. chiefs and
ENJOYS ot all shades of black. brown.
white, red, and yellow. 81 West End
hotels ana private houses graduated in
luxury largely according TO eolcr of
gIesJ). the sum Of $4.508g000; travelling
expenses Of sightseers from Europe.
sIo0.Gg9; from America, $I75.00C; travel
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IMPERTINENCE TO THE. PRESIDENT

T. is reported that indignant and
more or less insulting letters are
/ frequently received at The White
House. by both the President and
Mrs Roosevelt, on the subject Of the re-
pairs and refurDish.ng which now engage
their attention Various citizens Of this
great American Republic seem to think
II is their business to demonstrate De1-
sonaIy with The President on his ez-
travagance.
# this IS true. it is a fact Of which
the writer's Of the letters ought 10 be
exceedingly ashamed There IS no on
ceivabIe circumstance which can make
it proper TO address communications Of
this sort TO 1T. Roosevelt. or TO any
other man in the country VINO happens
TO be refurnishing his house The fact
that the expense is borne by the Gov
eminent has nothing whatever to do
with the case IT would be as sensible
for these same people TO write insult
ing letters 20 every member Of Con
gress because the Senate chamber and
the nall OF the House Of Representa-
tives were recar-eted and newly deco
rated little while ago To extend
these ImcsrtineEees to Mrs Roosevelt
* aH act for which there is 10 ADEQUATE
phrase IN rhetoric The wife Of the
President should be at least as care
fully respected. as tha wife OF any other
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-28
THE HOME DRUDGE

The shabby woman passed the door.
glanced ct her and asked: who is
she?-
The eldest girl flushed and answered,
after moments hesitation:
she is the woman who works for US"
] found out afterward that she was
their mother But the girl told just the
truth,
Whcse fault was It that the mother
was only the woman who works Cor
US" that the daughters were ashamed
10 own her as their mother? Some wom-
en- viii say 1T was the daughters
fault; they, doubtless. we're idle and
hairless. and let the mother do all the
drudgery-" Well. suppose they did. I
Still ask whose the fauIt2 The fault
from the very beginning rested n the
mother. she had trained those girls. and
Il they we're badly trained. idle, selfish.
she was TO blame She should have kept
herself above drgdEery, mastered her
house work and children. controlled her
girls and her work. not rameIy and
weakly permitted work and children 10
control her she vas wanting something
in frmress and seIf-respect. ] admit
the girls made far better Impression
on me than did the woman VINO worked
for them"
The mother who slaves and drudEes
and wears her life away while her girls
Nc The -oTa IF -s-ro-- roarde-- is more
---.-.-,--5 a. -;+f-z. r5.v he
~-f-ig ,rro rsve s--rl7 = 7reql--,r7-nded
-~-b,- md -as-a-- rre-, for b~r-f-g
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A PLEA FOR FREE POSTAGE
on BOOKS FOR THE BLIND
ByHH. JOHNSON, of ROmney, West Virginia.

o. paying transportation charges On
books that might be borrowed.
Is the Government benecaction COM
pIete? We are not asking for action Of
questionable propriety that Che Govern
ment may show itself sentiuentally kind
or Economically generous Is there not
a measure Of justice in 1t? Free text
books fer the children in the common
schools. with circulating free Libraries
at their very doors and market il
which for their mature years the price
Of a good cigar VIII buy almost any,
cven the best books, are advantages so
common as no longer to attract notice
OF comment. How different with the
blind. relocated TO their native darkness
when their school days are past, with
out a ray of light to follow them and
light their ways, and the necessity of
forgetting all the past 10 make life
toIerabIe! It is difficult to imagine a
privation so absolute.
These matters are not referred 10 with
any desire Of arousing q feeble thrill OF
sickIy sentimentality or a sudden spasm
of morbid benevoIence. Is there not a
propriety in trying to remedy a cOndi-
ton so serious? Would it not be just
and righteous to cIothe the schools for
the blind with this incidental power OF
continuing the education OF their pupils
through their whole lives in the interest
OF a better citizenship for them. to say
nothing of greater happiness they would
enjoy?
There Is other legislation in the in
terest OF the blind, in contemplation,
looking to their higher education
cannot feel that this measure. however
meritorious in many respects. ought 10
divert attention from the bill for the
free postage on books. The latter viii
bless every blind reader IN the country,
and ultimately, in The world Canada
has like law. and 1t win spread among
the nations; and postal agreements may
some day give TO each the benefits Of all
in the matter of books for the blind.
The other measure can be postponed
without injury to anyone; for the blind
who want the higher learning viii get
ii with OF without assistance, while the
impecunious blind cannot get books
without aid
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-28
INSECTS THAT FEED ON
RARE AND PRICELESS DOCUMENTS

He insect that makes tiny holes
in old furniture is known as the
L anobium. The anobfum is an
eDicure. for he prefers rare and
antique objects dart.
He is properly beetle, and not a
worm He is a most minute creature.
and can only be seen under the micro
scope It was found that anobium has
an intense dislike for starch. where
upon it was ST ggested that, instead OF
the paste commonly used in the binding
of books. starch Should be employed ex-
cIusively-
No sooner was this discovery made
than it was found that. although auo-
blum hated starch. another small insect.
iepisma, and equally deadly to book
covers, reveled in that substance.
So there is still some substance to be
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-28

TOR TIE housewife there Is no mid
r die path; she must either lead or
L follow The household drudge
no matter how much she deserves
Il. seldom commands muel respect. says
she sunny South Many times one
lets what one believes 10 he ones pow
e-ty chain one to old grooves and time
vorn ruts. when it isn't ProverJy at
all, b-t a tame submission to circum-
stances
II q woman possesses tact, se5E-re-
zneet, and a certain amount of execu-
i've ability. she VIII make her indfvfdu-
atty felt in her home, She viii pay as
much attention 10 pots and pans Is pots
and pans deserve, bu- she viii show very
plainly that while she IS competent TO
bell the pots and arrange paIa-abIe
menus. she is capable Of other things as
well She VIII not let her culinary abiI-
ity overzha5ow her social and literary
talents. she viii realize the fact that
The members Of her family have souls
and minds. as wei as bodies and appe-
-tres. She viii also comprehend that if
the soul is 5va-re5 and the mind stunt
ed. The body VIII become clogged with
ezrthiness and the appetite partake
somewhat OF the beast. The progressive
practical housewife VIII never sink into
. dun drudge. Some women believe that
their whole duty IS 10 husband f-rrHfe
and children. These are Iamarta5f.
narrow. A vsomaa.s duties are manifold.
Hone Sc FIST 80, he. considered nm. -re-e
are duties outside o. home. We all owe
% bf~ debt -r Cod and Fsfz church and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-28
HELP THE BLIND

It should scarcely be necessary to
make an appeal to the Senate Com
mittee on Postohces and Post Roads
in behalf Of the bill whose purpose 1t
Is to promote the circulation of read
ing matter among the blind There
can be no sane argument against such
q measure. Tt Is evident that in the
press Of legislation the bill IN gues-
ton has been overlooked And q re-
hinder should res It IN It's being fav-
orally reported and passed.
Perhaps the greatest affection
known to human kind Is that of blind
ness. Any person who VIII close his
waking eyes for ten minutes only and
imagine what it would be to have
them closed for a lifetime VIII begin
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found that both anobium and Iepisma
detest N common
Some time ago the account books and
confidential papers OF a large London
firm that were always kept locked in
a most expensive and elaborate safe,
were all found to have been sadly raw
aged by IepisTra, which had defed the
massive walls of the safe. and had eat
en- away considerable part OF the
books. Indeed, these tiny pests had. IN
one or two cases made erasures that
cost the firm in question a great deal
Of difficulty to make good again.
Yet the bookWorIn has a foe that IS
as tiny and feTociOus as itself This
creature has lOnF- Latin name which
is translated as book scorpion. is armed
with pair Of MA aGibles. and attacks
the bookworni with immense fury. The
microscopic battle always ends in favor
OF the scor2ion,-New York Journal
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AOCRAVATINC
INDIFFERENCE

y Chicago paper warns the peo-
pie Of that city against milk
which Is practically poisoned, so
far IS its fitness fer the food Of
children Is concerned. It states
that the INSCRIPTIONS milk veuder
deliberately serves to the poorer
districts Of tie city a quality Of
milk which IS not only inferior to
that sold to the rich, but Is so
aduiterated as actually TO increase
infant mortality; and that the Of
ficIais whose business 1t IS to pre-
vent this sort Of thing pay less at
tention to the less fortunate parts
Of the city than to the streets
where the rich reside. If this IN
formation Is correct It indicates a
state Of things which is truly d:a-
boHcal. Herod has gone down III
history as i monster eff cruelty be
cause he gave orders 10 Kill the
irst-born children of his Iaboring
population on one particular &C.
casion, IN order to prevent. as he
thought. the overthrow of his o--,
power These modern Herods
sacrifice the lives Ct children of all
I. ages. every summer, without even
the excuse Of the ancient mon
arch. that 1t Is done in seIf-pres-
crvation.
The horrible part of this story
IS the Indifference with which the
community III general regards L.
AduItaration Of all kinds of food.
uHwhoIesome milk, uuwhoIsome
water, and unsauitary dwellings.
are so much a matter Of course
with Us, especially IN the districts
where the Iaboring people 1--we,
that a recital Of their conse-
queacos does not even stir d rip
ole Of excitement.
The supervision of the milk
supply Of = big city is one Of the
most necessary and least CONSIDER
ed things in the world. Mix
which IS unwholesome affects cIiI-
drcn directly, and everybody Csc
indirectly, since this liquid enters
into the composition Of half the
things which we eat. Perhaps. at
some future time, reading of the
indifference with which we regard
this matter, posterity VIII vote lis
harbarians.
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INVESTIGATING AN ANACHRONISN.

In a country that prldes itself upon
standing IN the very front rank of
civilization and humaneness mob law
and its coneomitant, Iynching, ary
anomalous. The student Of national
character may well be puzzled 10 ac-
count for such symptoms Of savagery
IN a people whose entire life, social
and political, Is founded upon, and
regulated by, obedience to law and
maintenance Of order Lynch law Is
at best a doubtful expedient, even IN
q community not yet on a basis of
statutory law, though II may have
served a useful purpose IN the days
Of the early adventures who carved
ont States and great communities
from the wilderness. But lynch law
IN orr day and generation j. q mon
strosity, a blot on our title as piou-
GERS IN civilization.
Senator GaIineer's resolution for
an Investigation Of Iynching n this
country wouId seem to be time,E and
appropriate It ought TO be under
taken, Of course, IN a spirit Of abso-
lute impaTtiality and fairness to all
sections. It's aim should be not only
10 discover the caUses that lead com
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II he bill to promote the circulation
Of reading matter among the
/ blind is still in the hands Of the
Senate Committee on Postolces
and Post Roads. awaiting the kindly
touch that viii bring it back to the Sen
ate with favorable recommendation.
An act of Congress, entitled AN act
to promote the education of the blind,
approved February q. 1879. sets apart
the sum Of $3.50, 600 to be permanently
invested in securities of the United
States. the proceeds Of which shall be
forever applied. through the American
Printing House for the Blind at Louis
vile, KY. 20 the making OF books and
apparatus used IA she education Of the
blind. to be annually distributed to the
schools for the blind in the several
States IN the proportion Of the attend
ance Of pupils. For almost a quarter Of
a century this magnificent but just ben
efaction has been available for the
youthful blind of the country in the
schools; and the books in embossed
characters have multiplied amazingly.
The pupils retire from the schools to
bookIess homes. Some Of the more for
Anate ones have gained one. or possibly
two books at school as prizes The Sc
curing OF more is barred by the prices
at which the books have to be sold on
account Of the expensive processes used
in their production, and the small edi-
tons that are required to supply the
demand
Worcester's small pocket dictionary Of
some eighteen Thousand words makes
three large volumes and is quoted at
$14 It is entirely safe to put the cost
ct from ten to twenty times that at
which like books in the ink editions
are sold. The size Of these books is also
against their accumulation, for few
houses could spare the room that any
considerable nu-lr6er IF them would oc-
cupy. The eleven vc!1mes Of the Bible
in the New York point fill a box more
than three feet long. fourteen inches
wide. and thirteen deep. Fortunately,
their weight does not keep pace with
their size.
The blind in the very great majority
of cases are poor beyond the possibility
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nuniues in any part Of the country
to disregard the fundamental cauan-
Of law and order, but to devise. #
possible. the means To abrcgate the
abhorrent practice IF there is any
thing in the procedure Of the court
either Federal or State. that cause=
the people to become impatient or dis
uustfuI of their efficacy. Il reuc-v
should be suggested. Above al. Jl-
committee charged with the lnvc-tiga-
ton ought TO recognize the fact that
III certain communities certain crimes
against tHe individual and against So
ciety are regarded with a revu-
sion OF feeling which admits of no
penalty short Of immediate expiration
Lynchin2s are not confined to any
one section of our country They
take place with more or less freruc1-
cy IN the West and in the South
They have also occurred elsewhere
They have TO place III Tie gra.C
scheme of American civilization ann
culture. The men who VIII apply
Themselves earnestly and dispa-siaa-
ateiy to the task Of finding the way
toward uproo6ne the practice viii be
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rows POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID
E-EFNENG EDITION. one year. -. SIX
months. s-I-5O, three months. - cents
E-vcuia- and sunday enc year 80 SIX
months, $50: three months. Si-25-
Norm ing E-verin-. and sunday one wear.
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UEsaEIi.TIcN t-als-- 20 OUT o=
MORNING EDITION, one wear -. six
$50 .Ea~. $50 three months, SID
Morning and sunday, me year, - six
months - 100: three months. SID
sunday editio4 only one year. 50 slN
months. SI= tn rar months. -re cents
Sharp County record., 1902-03-28
A PRINTER GREATLY s 5spaisEp.

II never was so much surprised
IN my life, az was with the results
of using Chamberlain's Pain Balm,"
says Henry 7. Crook, pressman of
the Ashevl,le, IN. CO. Cazstte. q
contracted severe case uf rheuma-
tism early last winter by getting my
feet wet. / tried several things for
1t without benefit. One day while
lookiag over the Gazette, | noticed
that Pain Balm was positively guar
anteed to cure rheumatism, so
bought bottle of 1t and before mss
ing thirds of 1t my rheumatism
had taken its flight and I have not
had rheumatic pain since" Sold
by Snow the druggist.