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SOMETHING ABOUT THE HINDU

unless something is done to bring about
a great social revolution in that benighted
country It will continue to exist 1000
years more. The Hindu Is most con-
sentative creature, and willingly walks
in the grooves made by his ancestors. To
give you hint to the meaning OF the
ter caste / quote a well-known writer
On the. subject:
"All these castles are hereditary. A
priests son becomes a priest: soldiers
son a soldier; a carpenters son carpen-
ter, a scaVengers son scaVenger. Ihere
is no question. What shall We do with
our boys? in Hinduism. For a sire to
start his son in any other calling but his
owl would be against his caste. and there
all argument ends. For caste Is both
social and religious. and includes the call
ing as we'll as the creed.
The requirements and restrictions OF
caste are innumerable. Many of them
arbitrary. inconsistent and even contra
dictory. The principal laws direct that
individuals shall marry only those of
their own caste, eat with their own caste,
and of food cooked by caste-fellOw or
Brahman; that no superior shall allow
an inferior to touch his cooked food. or
even enter the room in which ii is being
cooked; but articles of dry nature, such
as grain and rice, are exempt from defile-
ment by touch so long as they remain dry.
Water and other liquids are peculiarly
susceptible to contamination but rivers.
reservoirs and ponds are excepted. The
higher and clean" castles are not al
lowed to touch the lower or outcastes:
even the brushing of garments in passing
is reckoned defilement. and the shadow
of al inferior is considered unclean."
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trees and listen to the reasons these lit
tie maidens give for wishing to come
to you. 1t may not be so easy after all
to find the children you desire. Even
youth is often full of deception and self
ishness. But upon hearing each give
her reason for looking for home other
than she now possesses you will be able
to Judge of her character and conse-
quently make your selection
Then. after a few directions as to find
ing the wishing well. the old traveller
thanked his host and hostess and de-
parted. wishing them success in their
strange enterprise Of finding two daugh-
ters.
That evening after their days chores
were done the good couple set out to find
the wishing well. They had no difficulty
in discovering it's whereabouts, and soon
had the great rock that covered It from
view rolled partly away. Then, looking
into its depths. they both made a wish for
all the little girls in the countryside. who
desired to find a new home, to come there
to the we'll.
AS they arose from their kneeling pos
ture they heard voice from the depths
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little girls to come into their home
where they would be treated as their
very own daughters
All said the old traveller. Il shall
attend to this matter for yOu-if you de-
sire me to do so. / am a man of wealth,
and possess strange notions. One of my
notions is to go about the world at my
leisure. asking for accommodation of
those who dwell by the wayside. For
those who are kind to me-thinking me
a poor wayfarer-I perform some deed
of kindness to show my gratitude Now
my good folk l shall tell you how you
may find the two little girls you so much
desire. lou did not hesitate to open your
gate to me-though 1 appear feeble and
poor-and to invite me to partake of
your kind hospitality. For your kind
ness to me / shall put you in the way of
finding two lovable and loving little
daughters that are in the need Of a home
such you can give them. But you
must make journey to accomplish this
wish"
''Oh, good sir. we shall not hesitate to
go on this journey of which you speak If
by so doing we may find two such little
maids as you describe. But tell us, pray.
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BOY MAKESMONEY

A energetic boy of fourteen years Of
- age decided to try his luck at max
ing some pocket money during the sum-
mer vacation. and this was his plan
which. I must add, proved to be a very
good one. for during the first weeks trial
he cleared about So:
At the junction of two popular street
car lines, where the travel was extensive
and constant all day long. the boy took
up his stand. A large umbrella formed
his establishment and a little empty goods
box, turned bottom side up was. his coun-
ter On this counter stood his stock in
trade. namely. large wooden pail full
of ice water, neatly covered by a towel,
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at the well the mysterious voice from the
wells depths would give her instructions
something like this: GIVE me your name.
little maid. and do as I bid you" Then,
upon receiving her name, the voice would
send her to a lonely spot half way up the
steep. wooded bill, there to await a sum-
mons to return.
After nine little girls had arrived the
voice from the well declared that no 9TH
ers were expected and that business pro-
ceedings should begin at once. AS the
girls had been sent quite out of hearing
of the voice from the we'll, there was no
danger of their knowing what took place
between the voice and the hidden couple.
Now. my good people, said the voice,
Il am going to begin the cross-examina-
ton. so to speak, of each girl who this
evening has come to find a home with
you. You will make no selection till the
questioning is over and then you shall
come forth and make known your choice.
No girl shall hear what is said to any of
the others. and as soon as questioned each
in turn shall be sent down the hill to
await your choice
Then the name Of the first applicant
head that which comes the plum bush early
In the spring and leave a weaving machine. I'D
Behead the condition Of stout person and leave
a piece Of sugar.
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HOME HINTS FOR GIRLS.

6CST the mere word carpet rag
strikes terror to the heart Of the Or
y binary young girl. who Immediately
connects the word with tedious tearings
and servings. and in the end nothing
gained but IAN ugly rag carpet" But IL
girls would only overcome their dislike to
"carpet-ragging'' and save all the pretty
bright bits Of ribbon, silk. wool and cot
happen to fall to hand they would soon
have q fine assortment of rags. enough
to make a pretty rug for their floor.
''Rug?" most Of the girls will ask.
why. we thought only ugly carpets were
woven Of rags" Well. just read the rest
of this little article and then try follow
ing the suggestion regarding the making
of a rug.
After you have enough rags to pay for
the trouble take your scissors and a bas-
ket and sit under a tree or on the porch
and begin your rug. Cut Tie wooden and
velvet rags into half-inch wide strips.
Cut the cotton and silk rags twice that
width. After all have been cut. which
will take more than one afternoon. mind
you, begin sewing them together regard
less of quality. Be sure to mix your
colors well. getting in bits of blue, yell
low. red and green at regular lengths of
dull-colored cotton. After you have sewn
about a pound of the rags together. roll
them into. a tight ball and put away.
This Is for convenience. as 1t would be
rather difficult to handle ball larger
than that. When you have about teo or
twelve balls of about a pound each, you
may begin plating for the rug. Take
three balls and plat from the loose ends
unrolling as you plat. And so on and
on you go till the entire ten or twelve
balls are plated.
After all the plating is done. take a
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that furnished the most appetizing and
refreshing. as well as wholesome. drink
to passengers transferring from one street
car line to the other. In these bottles
was the following mixture: To one pound
of granulated sugar had been added thirty
drops of essence of lemon: two and half
ounces Of tartaric acid had been sifted
through fine piece Of cheesecloth and
thoroughly mixed with the same quantity
OF carbonate of soda. Then this mixture
had been stirred we'll into the sugar and
then put into the bottles. To one glass
OF Ice water would be added two tea
spoonfuls of the bottles ingredients and
a most delicious drink was ready for a
thirsty customer. And the boy made
quite a neat profit selling this "effervesc-
Ing lemonade" at cents a glass.
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OF course. you may use your own taste
In regard to the size Of your rag mat or
rug. If you wish one to cover the center
of your room. you must have a very large
quantity of rags before beginning to plat
them up, but for a medium-sixed rug.
say. large enough to stretch in front OF
your writing desk or the CRATE. about the
number OF pounds named above will be
sufficient.
For the girl who delights in having her
room or den" furnished by the labor OF
her own hands the rag rug will lend itself
most helpfully, as well as artistically
And the time spent In making one or
more of these pretty rugs is not like real
work." for one may sit on the porch in
the midst of company. chatting and laugh
ing all the afternoon, and sew at least
half a pound of rags Or one may take
a basket Of the cut rags and go visiting.
sewing on them the while instead OF put
ting in the time at embroidery. Indeed.
most girls find embroidery most tedious
work for summer idling and declare II re-
quires such close attention that IL tires
the eyes and nerves. So. I'm sure many
girls will readily take to the rag-rug
matter and find the making of pretty and
useful rugs not only well worth while.
but far from tedious and firing as well.
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where they are to be found. that We may
make ready to start at once.
"Ah. good friends, the distance is not
so great as to demand such haste. You
have but to go beyond yonder hilI'-
and the aged man pointed with his
staff toward a hill a few miles distant
and you will find a small we'll hidden
beneath great rock. Roll that rock
away and wish into that we'll"
"Ah, so simple a thing as that!-and
we never before knew about it," ex-
claimed the good wife. Shall We just
wish for the little girls to have them
APPEAR"
The old man shook his head, saying
deliberately: IF wishes were so easily
granted as that. good friends, you'd
have high heaven itself for the mere
wishing for it. Now, hearken to me:
Go you to that wishing we'll and ask
the spirit hidden there to bring to that
we'll all the little girls in the country
side-those DESTROYS of finding a new
home. Then you must hide behind the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
THE MIDDLE FAIRY.

Rummagio sat in the big armchair.
The lights were out and the fire burned low;
The rocking horse stood on his rockers there,
And the dolls on the sofa all Of q row.
The mice ran in and the mice ran out,
The spiders scuttled along the WALL
The beetles hurried and scampered about
And Rummaeio watched them one and all.
Then 'Hey.' with a hop. and "Ho,'' with a
spring.
And over the door with a skip and bound,
And lightly into the children's swing,
And head first merrily onto the ground.
A workbox stood on a table near
Scissors and needles. bobbins and reels:
He winked an eye and he cooked ear.
And knocked it down with a kick Of his heels
The bobbins over the carpet rolled.
The pins and needles were scattered about;
With balls Of silk at the dolls he boyyled
And he turned the pncushion inside out.
in . rage.
"How can you. how dare You treat Us 500
But he laughed as he opened the parrots cage.
And he put them inside it, all Of a row.
And the Kittens tail in a knot he tied,
And opened wide the canary's door;
And the eta table L. cover ,es with ink he dyed.
Then he took music box from the shelf
And set all the fine machinery wrong;
And he emptied the cupboards. the naughty elf!
And he made hole in the dinner gong.
And he twisted the chairs and stopped the clock,
And he turned the tables all upside down,
And ne put some sand in the nursery lock.
And he sprinkled ashes ON the nurses gown.
The hall clock strikes-One. two, three. four!
The pale moon shines and the fire goes out.
Rummagio peers through the nursery door
The passage is clear; no ones about!'
Then down the staircase and over the hall,
And out at a broken window pane.
He Is gone on the wind beyond recall
Perhaps some day he may come again.
From the Childrens Treasury.
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Of the well saying: Good people, your
wish shall be granted. for have already
been instructed as to your case. The old
man who rested and supped with you this
morning was fairy in Disguise and he
has been here to tell me about this mat
ter. All that remains for you to do is to
secrete yourselves behind that clump of
hawthorn bush and listen to the conversa-
tons that pass between me and the little
maidens who will soon assemble here
They are coming even now. and the SOON
er you hide yourselves the better 1t will
be for your case These .1ittIe maidens
must not know that they are being over
heard by the man and wife desiring to
adopt two of them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
C0nundrunnS.

Why Is 1T almost certain that Shakespeare was
q broker! Ans. Because other man has fur
nished so many stock quotations.
Why is a professional thief very comfortable?
Ans Because he usually takes things easy.
why Is young man growing his first mus
tache like goose? Because he grows down.
Why is hen immortal? Ans. Because her son
never sets.
When is man Obliged to keep his word !?
Ans When nobody will take 1t.
What Is the longest sentence known In his
tory! Ans. The life sentence
Why was the elephant late in entering the
ark! Ans Because he stopped to pack his trunk
When is piece of beef like a new dress :?
Ans. When getting basted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
A Little Boys SoIiloquy.

~ HEY call her a drudge of a housewife,
For she sits and sews all day.
Mending toes and knees of stockings
We children kick out at play.
They call her a drudge Of a housewife.
But she Is my mother, you see.
When I'm grown I'll build a grand mansion,
And she shall share it with me.
Then no longer a drudge Of housewife
VIII be my mother. so dear:
And she'll live like a queen in a palace
Doing nothing from year to year."
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A'Threat.

"M AW. kin go to the ball game:''
AVA mo, you kin not. William Eugene.
don't want no of mine runnln' all over this
town alone
'Oh. come on nav! Let me co.
You kin not go. William Eugene"
I'll run away an 60 That's what I'll do.
I'm gettin' old enough to paddle my own canoe.
l guess
..William Eugene. ef you go to that ball game
it won't he any canoe that'I get padded. Mind
that, now, William Eugene''
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the long. long ago there dwelt In a
land across the seas a man and his
wife who had no children of their
p own. And they both were very
anxious to find two little girls to
adopt as their daughters One day, as
they were discussing the problem of
finding two good little girls to fill their
childless home they heard knock at
their outer gate, and fastening to open
it, found there a strengthening old
man leaning upon a staff.
Good day, kind folk said the aged
stranger. entering the gate in response
to the cordial invitation from the hos
pitable man and woman.
Il am stranger in these parts, and
would be obliged for little rest in your
garden and cup of milk
The good wife FASTENED to serve her
strange guest while the husband provid-
ed a seat for him beneath a cherry tree
where he might rest at his ease And as
the two good folk chatted with the old
essSn they expressed their wish for two
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A Centipede's Trouble.

A eentlpede was happy quite.
Until toad, in fun.
Asked him which leg followed which;
This wrought his mind to such u pitch
He lay distracted I'm a ditch,
Uncertain how to run.
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Hidden-Name Puzzle.

BY taking the initial letter Of a one-syllable
- word from each of the following six SEN
fences and writing them in the order in which
they come the name of a famous composer will
e spelled:
Never cry over spilled milk.
Live in hope if you die in despair.
Never a debt you cannot pay.
The pen Is mightier than the sword.
If you give some persons inch they will
axe mile.
Dark is the night before the dawn.
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DOYS and girls of America-this great
n land where all are born free and
equal before the law-cannot well
imagine the condition of their poor little
brothers and sisters of India, victims or
the caste condition. Indeed. the word
slavery" might well be substituted for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

coarse needle and heavy linen thread Of
a bright red and begin sewing a rounA
mat of the plated strips. You must he
very careful not to cup your mat, and
sew 1t as you would the straight round
brim of a straw hat Hold each outer
strip very full so that it will lie nat upon
a smooth surface.
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The good couple hurriedly concealed
themselves behind the hawthorn bush and
awaited the coming of the little girls.
Soon they began to arrive There were
girls ranging from nine to twelve years of
age, and seemed to come from various
ranks in life AS each little miss arrived
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
CurtaiIinqs.

ID Curtail ornament worn by a king and
Leave noise made by a barnyard fowl. ~
Curtafl a dark color and leave part Of the
human face. t2) Curtail a condition Of tempera.
ture and leave series Of bloody battles.
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Answers.

Letter enigma-Tennis
Beheadings-t Brain, rain. o. Drug, rug
(3l Clash. lash.
Curtailings SD Shovel, shove. ~ Cabin, cab
Oh Studio, stud
Hidden name puzzle-Fulton.
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Letter Enigma.

My first is in pin. but not in bend;
My second is in dollar. but not in spend;
My third is in hate. but not In love;
My fourth Is in pigeon. but not in dove;
My fifth IL in king but not in rule;
My sixth is in student, but not in fool:
My whole spells a word with a meaning quiz
clear
To children who play at the game all the year.
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Riddle.

/ went into the woods and got it: I sat down
to look for 1t; the / looked for ii the less
1 liked 1t. and not being able to find it came
away with it. Ans. thorn in the foot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
The Trick of a Mule.

A small black mule.
81 And a darby, too,
Came to a gate.
But couldn't get through.
Darky kicked mule.
Mule leaped high,
Threw little darby
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A Hindu Boys Costume.

tha word caste" for both describe
condition of bondage.
As matter of fact. caste is hereditary.
Aud so 1t has been for 1000 years, and
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ISLANDER.

ISLANDER.
A whisper awoke the air,
A soft light tone and low,
Yet barb'd with shame and woe;
All might it only perish here,
No farther 60.
But no a quick and eager ear
Caught up the little meaning sound
Another voice has breathed. it clear
And so it wandered round
From ear to lip-from lip to ear
Until it reached gentle heart
That throbbed from all the world apart
And that it broke.
This was the only heart it touched;
The only heart twas meant to find,
When first its accents woke;
1t reached that gentle heart at last
And that it broke.
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where's the airship. Uncle Thomas?"
he asked he trotted beside the tall
uncle toward the barnyard.
Here she is. sonny said Uncle
Thomas. And he lifted Tommy Turtle
up very high and put him down on top
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~ put on his hat-wrong end in front-and
jumped into his sandals. Then. with his
little hand fairly melting inside Uncle
Thomas big palm, he set forth for the
airship journey.
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Beheadings.

a. Rehead a china dish and leave the kind Of
hour when all people should be in bed q, Be-
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LITTLE EVERY BOY.

T TITLE freckled Billy,
H With the turn-up nose;
And the hair of brickdust,
And the dirty clothes.
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several tightly corked large-mouthed bot
ties and half dozen drinking glasses.
Also behind the counter. resting on the
ground, was another large pail of water
from which he kept the drinking glasses
cleansed
Now. it was the contents Of the bottles
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-24

ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THIS PAPER RE-
1EivEP with the GUARANTEE that the
ciRc fLATi0Ns Of the STATESMAN
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ished in Martins5urg. Berkeley
County.7 West Virginia.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-24

E nteied al the Post-onseeat Martinsbu
wv. Va, as seeond-class matter.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

Exercises in Canaan Town Hall Tues- s... day Evening Next. Z On Tuesday evening next the twelfth annual commencement of the Canaan high school will be held in Town hall at 8 o'clock. The class this year consists of but three members, i. e. Misses May Keg- Ter, Nellie G. Mccarthy and Julia A. Foley. |.e. The programme is as follows: Greeting. We Meet Again To night. Woods in May. Abb. Essay. Music. L May J. Kegler. Come With Thy Lute-German
 Melody.
 Daylight is on the Sea. Essay. Ludwig von Beethoven. Nellie G. Mccarthy.
 The Skies Resound Beethoven Piano Solo Allegro and Roundo, from
 Fourth Sunato. Beethoven
 May J. Kegler. Boating Song g...................... Birge
 From By-Gone DaY-German
 Folksong. Essay. Bartholdy Felix Mendelssohn.
 Julia A. Foley.
 o Fly With Me Mendelssohn.
 Gentle Rest. ........K Kucker
 He is Watching Over Israel.
 arr. from Elijah"
 -Mendelssohn. Presentation of Diplomas.
 Rev. E. c. Gillette. Good Nlgnt. ...--..-....-..-.... ..... Nagth
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING

Cornwall to Select Site for a New
 School Building
 On Tuesday June 23, at 7:30 D. m. special meeting of the voters in the first school district in the town of Cornwall will be held in the "Puffingham School house" to locate site for new school building, to take action upon the build ing of said schoolhouse, to make the necessary appropriation, to lay the necessary tax, to take acton regarding the disposal of tho present schoolhouse and school property and to transact any other business incident to arranging for new school building and for the dis posal of the old.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18

In explanation of these increases, the following statement is made by the board:
 These additions are made with an en- deavor to be as fair as possible to the different towns as well as to the State at large. The action in every case has been based on definite information from the town officials, personal investigation or other competent and impartial testi- mony. Twenty-Five towns have in- creased their grand lists from 10 per cent. to 136 per cent. the past year by a special revalution or by the intelligent work of the assessors, with a correspond ing reduction ln the tax rate. Several ohher town contemplate similar action this year. A revaluation once in five years would result in fairer grand list, fewer inequalities, lower tax rate and reasonable conformity with the statu- tory provision, which requires property to be listed at "the fair market value. !" All the towns on this list would be ben efted by such action.