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iiysteria in Cats.

It IS Kcown that the cat has an ex-
trenely nervous temperament and is
very sensitive to the most varied exter
nal Influences. When they are young,
says NJ Grobon, excitement, often OF
variable origin, is sufficient to provoke
a veritabie attack Of hysteria in cats.
In these conditions these animals are
uneasy, scared and hide themselves,
or spring at everything they come
across, biting, scratching, rolling on
the ground, with clenched jaws and
foaming at the mouth, while their
limbs are racked with convulsive
movements. The attack does not last
long and is followed by longer or
shorter period of stupefaction or de-.
preston, after which the animal re-
turns to it's normal condition. These
attacks frighten people in the neigh
borhood of the animal and cause them
to fear an attack OF rabies Thus,
great number of cats are destroyed
TOR this cause, although they are not
suffering from rabies.-Revue Veteri.
naire.
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UNMARRIED WOMEN AND VISIT.

ING CARDS.
Much doubt seems to exist on the
correctness, or the reverse, of young
unmarried women having visiting
cards of their own. A girl never has
card of her own in the best society.
To do SO argues one of three things,
either that she has become an old
maid, or is in a business or profession
or has adopted a quite undue indie.
pendence of character. To define the
age when a single woman may have
her own card is q matter of some
difficulty. One girl becomes a mature
woman at thirty, while another re.
mains a mere bantling oven after she
has reached that milestone. Char
acter has much to say On the subject,
and a great deal also depends upon
circumstances. Nowadays, even girls
in high position strike out in a line
for themselves. They write, paint,
go in for nursing, Or study music al
most as a profession In such cases
as these, girl would have many
friends apart from her parents circle,
and might have card of her own
while still in the later twenties. says
Woman's Life But, as general rule,
this flag Of freedom should never be
waved before single woman has
reached the age of thirty-fve or forty,
on whose card her name could appear
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Toe 2uI2If
Subject: Hypocrisy.

Brooklyn, n. Y.-Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Hamburg avenue and Wierf1eld
street, on the above theme, the Rev.
Ira Wemmell Henderson,, pastor.
said:
The subject reflects a feature ef
life that is as real and general as it
is unfortunate and reprehensible.
For hypocrisy-that is to say, the
assumption of that which we are not,
or the uncandor of inconsi sistency-is
a prevelant and pernicious factor in
lie. 1t is, present everywhere. But
nowhere is it more pernicious than
In our own midst.
America is beset with the vice of
hypocrisy. And it is especially unfor-
innate that it is SO. For the position
OF this country in the front rank of
the nations and of progress makes il.
lnslstently necessary that we shall
nave candor as we consider ourselves
and that we shall not arrogate to
ourselves any characteristics or vir-
tues that are not Of the bone and
slneW OF our national life. For in
sincerity is as fatal to nation as to
an Individual. He lives best who is
genuine. Not otherwise is it with a
nation.
Generally when we speak of hypoc-
rlsy we conceive the portraits of the
men who lead dual lives, of false
raced friends, of the insincere habit
ues OF an insincere society. They
are truly to be condemned. Their ex-
ample is warning.
But they are not the offenders of
Wnom most l would speak to you to-
day. For the hypocrisies Of individ-
uals are co-terminous with death so
Tar as this world is concerned. The
hypocrisles of nations however, by
virtue of the constitution of society,
nave tendency to perpetuate them
selves and to become in a larger
sense most lasting and pernicious.
1t is because OF the tendency of
hatlonal hypOcrisies to be, in a way.
seif-perpetuating that 1 would, this
morning, have you attend to the hy-
pocrlsy OF America. Because our
national hypocrisies are to some de-
gree unconscious they are the less to
We excused and they are more to be
feared.
The subject is not pleasant. It il
not over nice to admit that as a ma
uon we are hypocritical. We may
wish the truth were otherwise. But
1ns truth has very peculiar fashion
VI remaining fixed and constant re-
saroiess OF our desires or our
dreams.
america is hypocritical. And we
are hypocritical socially. governments
a'iy, intellectually, morally and spir-
l.uaily. The counts are many but we
snail have to admit their validity.
Ahd they are true despite the un-
questioned supremacy of our people
AN many fields of national endeavor
ana success that constitute the great
ness of a people.
America is hypocritical in her So
clal relationships. Jack London in a
recent story tells a weird and grue-
some tale of how he witnessed as a
ramp ramp the fogging in most merciless
"a tasnlon OF two unruly gypty boys by
tne reader OF gypsy camp. The story
10 horrlfylng in that 1t reveals the ex-
.s.ence OF such cruel inhumanity in
ne midst Of q civilized society even
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THE IDEAL WOMAN

The real womanly women are not
untrue to their sex. They believe in
outdoor sports but do not become pro-
fefsional football players nor prize
fighters. Like men, they become edu-
Gated and independent. successfully
following high callings and profess
sions which were once considered out
Of women's sphere. Yet their manners
remain simple, gentle and friendly,
rather than rough and tough" They
strive to dress beautifully as well as
sensibly. They do not strut like
roosters; they do not destroy, but
rather cultivate the musical quality Of
their voices.
Oh, no! While the real new women
may whistle. they are sure to come to
some good ends, and should not be
classed with Growing hens, New
York World.
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While no very recent records have
been made public with respect to the
increase of cremation of the dead,
there can be little doubt that public
preference for this method is growing
in an ever-enlarging ratio. urges the
Boston Transcript. This preference is
also assuming a more practical char
acter Probe the individual opinions
of almost any enlightened company
and it will be found that as many
as every other one, and perhaps more,
will pronounce in favor of cremation
rather than sepu1ture; but compare.
lively few will make their choice so
strong and definite and well under
stodo as to receive the benefit of it
when their time comes to require the
final Offices of earth. This is because
of the Inconvenience in most places,
the wishes of friends and the force.
II not the tyranny, of custom an
chored in the ages.
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THE PIG THAT CAME HOMIE

A farmer in New Jersey had mum.
Der of little pigs. One morning when
ne was taking some vegetables to
market he put one of the little pigs
in basket, fastened on the cover
and set the basket in his wagon. Thep
he drove to the nearest market town.
where he sold his vegetables and also
his little pig. Late in the afternoon.
when he was home again. the farmer
saw something coming across the
meadow below his house. It was some
kind OF an animal, but what it was
he couldn't tell. He watched it strug.
Cling along through the high grass.
and as it came nearer he saw it was
the little pig he had sold in the morn
ing, covered with dust and evidently
very tired It made straight for the
pigpen. The next day the farmer paid
back the money to the man who had
brought the pig from him, and the
little pig stayed home.
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Prima Facln Evidence.

The men had all crowded into a
:ertain corner where Faith. Hope and
Charity stood in all their beauty and
radiant loneliness. Sitting around in
groups were the wives of the men
who were taking an interest in the
three graces.
Land sakes," said a middle-aged
lady with struggling chin whiskers,
did you ever see anything SO out,
rageous?"
IT'S perfectly sranss1ciis,'' adj
mitted the stout woman to whom her
remark had been addressed
II never saw such brazenness in
all my life"
II wish l had a horse whip!"
What fools men. are!"
Il suppose they think those crea-
tures are just as innocent as they try
to look"
II wouldn't trust one of them foc a
minute
What right have they to be here,
I'd like to know?"
I'D like to pour scalding water on
them!"
But" said man who had ap-
preached and overheard them, "those
ladies represent all that is pure, all
that is good, all that is worth striv-
ing for in this world
"Bah!" replied both ladies at once:
IF they are decent tell us why all the
men have docked over there and left
us to sit here alone as if real good
ness didn't count for a thing any
more ?"-Chicago Record d-Herald..
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false optimism, to congratulate four
own with all it's incongruities, we are
hypocritical. And no man may deny
the count
And all this is to say that we
should, with no spirit of mere carp
ing criticism, look over this land OF
ours as patriotic Am mericans. For upon
our candor and our sincerity depend
our success, our power, our future.
The American nation fllumined and
sanctified by the truth as it is in Jesus
Christ will be invincible. We must
not deceive ourselves. We must be
honest. Let us be courageous. LIE,
us cease to be hypocritical, Let Us
turn on the light.
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FURNITURE DIscoLoRAr1oNs

Discolorations are caused on furni-
ture chiefly from dust and dirt II
warm water in which has been dis
solved a little CASTLE soap is applied
with soft cotton or linen cloth all
ldiscolorations may be. removed. AZ
terwards rub furniture briskly with a
flannel cloth.-New York Press.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-02-07

"The sexton of quaint old
Maryland church," said a clergy
man, Showed me through the cool,
dim building one warm afternoon
and as we were departing pointed
to the Bible ON the lecturn and
smiled.
"'A strange thing happened last
Sunday in connection with that Bi-
ble,' he said. 'We had a strange
minister preaching here, and when
he opened the book he came upon
notice and read it out with all
due solemnity. 1t was a request for
the congregations sympathy and
prayers for John Q. Griggs, who
had been deeply afflicted by the
loss of his WIFE
"The sexton paused and chuckled
softly,
"'You see, sir he said, 'our
regular minister has been using
that paper as bookmarker more
than year, and John Q. Griggs, in
a natty gray suit, sat in a front pew
with the new wife he had taken just
the week before -"
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broom and british till not a speck OF
dust or a bit OF paper an Inch square
was left In thoroughfare. The sight
was shocking to the American sense Of
fitness some years ago, but It has
grown accustomed to the female street
cleaner since then. The women street
sweepers Of Munich are especially not
ed for the excellence of their work.
Much of the heavy and, to our ideas,
unfeminne labor performed by women
in Germany and Austria Is done be-
cause the men of every family have to
be away In the military service. In
Munich every woman street cleaner
carries long handled shovel and
brush. Some OF them wheel barrows,
into which they scoop the sweeplngs.
Although their occupation Is not q
cleanly one, 1t Is no more laborlous
than doing n family washing or scrub
bng office floors, which we consider
quite the correct things for our women
to work at. Street cleaning Is not such
severe work as hod carrying, which
one sometimes sees women doing In
European cities. In Germany lately
women who are working for the eman-
cipatlon of their sex have interested
some of the officials In this subject of
the beast of burden lives led by many
women Of the poorer classes There
are signs of change for the better.
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Queer Trades For Women.

Census statistics show there are in
the United States seyenty-nine wom-
en- hostlers, and they are hustlers.
There are also 100 women livery sta
BILE keepers. The last census showed
that, aside from employment in naval
and military service, there was only
one industrial occupation in this coun-
try in which women were not engaged
That was the work of telegraph and
telephone linemen. Since then, how
ever, 1t has transpired that we have at
least one woman telephone lineman
and pole climber, and she is an expert.
Her father was the lineman regularly
employed. He fell i'll of rheumatism,
and to prevent him from losing his
work his daughter took it up and has
faithfully performed it ever since.
There are numbers OF women black
smiths, plumbers, carpenters, masons,
painters and even undertakers, or per-
haps one should say funeral directors.
CAROLINE ANDERSON.
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Feeling overerowded.

1t was doubtless Mrs. Howe.
Sympathetic nature" to which she
constantly referred, that made hel
carry so many burdens which did
not belong to her. Her sufferings
were many, but the statement OF
them often reused her family to
mirth.
"How's your head this morning
my dear?" inquired Mr.. Howe one
morning in properly solicitous
tone.
''It's no better" came in a hol-
low voice from behind the teapot
at won't be any better while
can't get Cousin Johns lungs and
Mary's china aud mothers eyes and
Harriet's wisdom teeth out of it for
one minute"
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GEOGRAPHY.

1. Locate the Tropic of Capricorn !;
the Antarctic Circle. Over what por.
tion OF the earth are the suns rays
vertical on June 2lstt
2. Compare and account for the diff
ference In, the climate of the east and
west coasts of the United States.
8. Bound: Canada on the south !;
Russia on the west; Brazil ON the
North
4. What are isothermal linesf Why
are they not parallel2
5. What Is q watershed, A river
basini An estuaryi Give an illustra-
tion Of each In South America.
8. With regard to the State Of
Washington, note: its elevation, its eli
mate, its railroad connections with the
east, its exported products.
7. In what ways could you make a
comparison OF the islands of New Zeal
and and Madagascar valuable to geog.
raphy classt
8. What political relations now exist
between the United States and Hawaii? {?
Philippians Islands! Cuba?
0. In Ohio, what and where is each
Of the following: Adena, Maumee, Ser.
pent Moundt
10. Name three cities on each of the
following rivers and state one important
fact concerning each; Danube, Missis-
sippi.
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l. (a) Name two beliefs concerning
the nature of the globe that we're held
BY Europeans of Columbus time.
(bl Name two causes that led to the
establishment Of settlements In America
2. What part Of America was ex-
plored by Balboa, Cabot, Lewis and
Clsrki Give the approximate date OF
the explorations Of each.
3. In the Revolution, how did the
British plan TO get possession of the
SOUTH Why did their plan faili
4. Discuss briefly. British imprison.
ment Of Aperican seanen under Wash.
ington's administration.
8. When was the Louisiana Purchase
madef Name four states formed from
this territory.
8. Why would II have been inadvis
able for Lincoln to issue the Emanoi.
patton proclamation earlier than in
1881
4. Give an account Of one of the fol.
lowing; the battle of New Orleans
(lsl5); the capture OF New Orleans
(lsj2).
8. What is meant by "the spoils sys-
tems" When was it introducedf What
was the attitude of President HAYES
toward this systemi
0. Explain the process Of naturali.
cation
TO- When and how did Hawaii come
TO be annexed to the United Statest
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GRAM MAR.

Sir, | think you must perceive that
am resolved this day to have nothing at
all to do with the question Of the right
of taxation. Some gentlemen startle-
but it is true; | put it totally out OF
the question.-Speech Of Cancellation,
Burke.
The first six questions refer to the
selection given above.
l. Name all phrases and classify
them as substantive, adjective or ad-
verbal
2. Give the antecedents of two per.
sonal pronouns of the third person.
8. Give the mood, tense and voice
OF all finite verbs.
4. Classify the sentences with re.
spect to form and use Give the con-
struction of that and but.
s. Parse Sir, day, at all, totally.
8. Analyze the first sentence by di.
agram.
7. Define syntax, substantive, ab-
stract noun.
8. Explain the use of the participle
in each of the following sentences: (a)
BY the giving of my usual signal,
dismissed the class; tb) At given
signal, the class was dismissed; (c) A
signal being given, the class was dis
missed; (d) Giving signal, disnis'
sad the class.
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PHYSIOLOGY.

I. Explain the difference between the
structure of the bones in youth and in
old age. Name the bones of the skull
2, Explain physiologically the state
ment, "The body is the only machine
that oils itself"
8. What is the function of the red
eorpusclea of the bloodI What Office do
the veins perform in circulation? How
do they differ in structure from tho
arteriesl
a. OF what organ is the pancreatic
juice secretion. and what office does
1t perform In the digestion of food
Upon what classes of foods does the
gastric juice have no effect1
4. Liken the nervous system to that
of telegraph. How do the systems
differi
.. Give the structure of the retina
Of the eye. How are rays of light
brought to focus upon iti
I. Define each of the following; tym.
panum, coccyx, cornea, saliva, pia mater
and pleura.
.. Why will tobacco increase ten
dency toward consumption What is
the effect Of alcohol upon the digestion
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A Castle In Ireland.

The name of castle for country
house is preserved in Ireland, rath-
er curiously, for Ireland has not the
yestiges of French customs so no
ticeable in Scotland. The dullest
little villa, so it be solitary in an
Irish country place, bears that
name, and the smile of the Saxon
when he arrives and sees the castle
is cheap and unscholarly, Where
the Celt-the female Celt, that is
does earn and deserve that slight
sign of derision is in her practice
with her visiting cards intended for
London use, The word castle there
for a second and country address
does seem TO suggest machicolations,
if not sieges and sally ports.-I.on-
don Chronicle.
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winter, and I calculated till half
past l in the morning, all to no pur-
pose. The product was erroneous.
Low at heart, I threw down my pen
ell, which already by that time had
beciphered three states. | hesitat-
ed whether | would toll through the
night, as l knew that the professor
wanted an answer the very same
morning. But, 10! my candle was
already burning in the socket, and
the persons with whom I lived had
gone to rest. Then 1 also went to
bed, my head filled with ciphers,
and, tired in mind, l fell asleep, In
the morning awoke just early
enough to dress and prepare myself
to go to the lecture, vexed at
heart at not having been able to
solve the question and at having to
disappoint my teacher.
"But, oh, wonderl AS I approach
my writing table I find on it paper
with figures in my own hand and
(think of my astonishmentD the
whole problem on it solved quite
Alright and without single blunder.
l wanted to ask my hostess whether
any one had been in my room, but
was stopped by my own handwrit-
ing. Thus I must have calculated
the problem in my sleep and in the
dark to boot. And, what was most
remarkable, the computation was SO
succinct that what / saw before me
on single folio sheet had required
three slatefuls, closely beciphered
on both sides, during my waking
state. Professor Won Swinden was
amazed at the event and declared
to me that while calculating the
problem himself he had never once
thought of solution SO simple and
concise. Exchange,
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ARITHMETIC.
!. Find the L. c. M. of
2G. 8, 1sL27 and .os.

G7Ay u, o/NI anu .UO.
e. A man bought horse for $3.50.
How much must he ask for the horse
SO that he can fall l22% and still make
2O% profit,
8. A cubic foot of water weighs
about 62 lbs. 8 OF. At that rate, how
much does barrel of water weight
4. II stock bought at 209o premium
pays SO on the investment, what would
1t pay IL bought at 2O% discountf
g. Find the side OF square that
would be equal in area to a trapezoid
whose parallel sides are l6 1T. In. and
20 IT. in. and whose altitude is fiji
0. When 1t Is Manday, 7 a. M, at
San Francisco, longitude 1922 "a l5"
W., what day and time of day Is it at
Berlin, longitude l3' go So E..
7. A consignee sells $8,742 worth of
WOODEN goods, charging 21a% commits
sion and lH% for insuring payment.
What sum will he pay over to the con-
signori
8. IL 488 bricks, inches long and 4
inches wide, are required for walk 90
feet long and feet wide, how many
bricks 9 inches long and 41a inches
wide, will be required for walk l20
feet long and 5 feet wider
8. Define prime number; repetend;
circulating decimal.
TO- On note dated Aug. is. 1885.
for $4,000. were the following indorse-
ments; Oct. 10, 1885, $780, Feb 8,
1886. $476; Apr. 20, 1886, 1925; June
"a, 1885, 5000 What amount was due
Aug. ), 1885, at 7SSi
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THEORY AND PRACTICE.

The first five questions are based on
Rational Living" by Henry G. King
l. Into what three classes does King
divide temperament In each lies what
tendency against the symmetrical devel-
opment of characteri
g. What new light do Kings re.
marks upon the asceticism Of the body
throw upon the teachers practice and
teaching of physiologyi
3. What does Augustine Birrell
mean by "truth-huntng What dan
ger lies in this directioni
4. Can you even psssingly indulge
in false emotions and experience no evil
effectsi Name some other cautions
with regard to thought and conduct
which knowledge of "the unity of the
mind" imposes on your
5. Do we make our environment or
does our environment make us? Ex-
plain.
8. What book on teaching has helped
you mosty How has it helped you,
Z. Why should the teacher pay at
tention to the personal habits of his
pupils rs well as to their habits Of
study!
8. In reading, which do you prefer,
to have pupils read from their seats
or come forward as a CLASSY Why!
9. In what period of the days pro-
gram would you place arithmetic
What is the particular value of oral
arithmeticl
10. Give one educational idea Of
Rousseau; Froebel.
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LITE RATURE.

1. What methods do you believe best
adapted to the study of literature in the
grammar schoolsf
2. Trace in early American litera.
ture some influences of its English
origin.
3. Name two American writer's who
exerted strong influence for the aboli.
tion of slavery. How1
4. What do you understand the term
Literature" to include? What benefit
have you derived from the study of lit
erature!
s. What qualities of Longfellow's
poetry do you particularly admire
Mention two of his early poems; two of
his translations.
g. To what class Of fiction does each
of the following books belong: The Spy,
Romola, The House of Seven Gables,
Tom Sawyer, The Murders in the Rus
Morguei Who wrote each of these
books!
7. Select five names from the follow.
Ing and state for writings in what de.
partment of literature each is famous:
Louisa May Alcott Edmund Clarence
Stedman, Francis Parkman, John Bur-
roughs, James Cowper, Jonathan Ed.
wards, Mark Twain.
3. State your reasons for assigning
to Nathaniel Hawthorne prominent
place in American literature.
0. Write briefly upon .he personal
characteristics of one of the following:
Samuel Johnson, Thomas Carlyle, Walt
Whitman.
10. Is it essential that every teacher
Of literature should be tamiliar with
Shakespeare Why, or way noti