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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
TIME toughest school, II
America, if not in the world

TIME toughest school II
America, if not in the world
is composed of nearly five
hundred boys between the ages ct
twelve and sixteen, gathered from
the slums of New York city. The
name of this singular school is the
House of Refuge" and it's super
intendent is a kindly, thoughtful
man. Joseph P Beyers: while it's
school principal is Miss Annette M.
Arnold.
These five hundred boys are all
exceptional They are the keen
eyed rats that have gone to the
bad, the devils spawn, the children
of the stones Of the street. The
great city of New York spends
money by the hundreds of thou
sands, year after year, to try to
make good citizens of these delin-
quents of the slums. There is not
a boy here who has not already ex-
hauSted all the resources of friends.
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Good Fathers and Mothers Needed


THEORIES on the training of children are all right
in their place; but human nature is everything.
There is the key. You must know the individual
boy, the trainer knows his horse. And among
cannot therefore be handled in similar way. l
should say that the principle follows in every family
What wide dissimilarity between children of the
same father and mother What theory is wide
enough and generous enough to cover human ma
ture?
Il agree with DR.. G.. Stanley Hall in his opinions
about the Termination of boys to this extent:
That some boys, spoiled by too much mothering,
need the strong hand of the father; but there are
also boys that need a mothers love and tender
Where, then, to draw the line? Each
child is law himself or herself. In the under
world of boyhood, in which for many years l
have been working, | find that the need is wholly
much for responsible parents for excellencies
in children
"A father came to me the other day about a
boy that had the ganut of all a1neliorating in
fuences. The lad incorrigible delinquent,
doubt of it: but what to be done? Every
thing, it seemed had been tried; and everything
had failed. The boy the straight road to
ruin He had gone from one school to another;
had been in hard, disciplinary truant schools, under
severe head masters; had been warned and whipped
and starved and day he turned up in the police
court, for picking pocket. Then the father
simply furious. He said, Boy, you have disgraced
me, and never want to your face again until
you have learned to lead better life!' Well, the
boy is committed to the House of Refuge.
What going to do with him! That depends.
We have met his kind before, and do not despair.
This boy suffered, first, from lack of fathery care;
and then from too much raw theorizing. 1t is
folly argue with a boy like that Dr. Halls
Termination of boys would not apply here. It's
very story. What, then, is proper
education for a parent? May not parents also need
some special bringing up?
"On the other side, l have seen hundreds of
boys whose mothers We're common drunkards and
vet occasionally you find that the lad. neglected
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home, church, police, jails, the lash, curses,
kicks blows. pleadings, tears,-and last
resort has been sent by some benefcent Judge
to the House of Refuge. To ordinary parents,
guardians, teachers these boys would be
regarded as irreclaimably vicious and criminal
This House of Refuge has been in existence
since 1924; and in that time some thirty-one
thousand boys have been entered in the classes.
During the years past some one thousand boys
have been cared for by the civic authorities, as
no children are received here unless commit
ted by magistrate. The House of Refuge
has four departments and instruction is by
methods: religious, common school books, t
schools and athletics no tablV an infantry
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Representatives of All Nations


7 FOUND here congeries of all nations. There are
Irish boys, Hungarians, Poles. Swedes, Germans,
French Austrians Norwegians. the offscourings of all
nations weaklngs of the East and the West Their
offenses run from annoying people in public places
to out-and-out burglary from vicious assault with
deadly weapons to house burning; but all the
young rascals still in the years of tender child
hood One day, the pupils Ct this extraordinary
school, under desperate dershp broke into the
principals office and set fire to the hated books.
1t was like struggle with wild beasts to subdue
the ringleaders in this bad boys conspiracy
Among the five hundred pupils many hard
liars boys who will lie and steal, and smile when
caught and punished. Listen to what Miss Arnold
says: Il have to be hard and stern, and must
look these boys in the face and say cooly, You are
liar! You know you are lying! How dare you
stand there and lie to me-? l have to fight it out
and conquer by sheer will power, all is lost. And
Of course | am always of my facts before
make accusation against boy.
The real problem of handling these boys-and
all boys, l fancy-s to know human nature and
to rule for the childs ultimate good. Under the
laws, we dare not use corporal punishment There
is fogging in this school. We resort to other
forms of discipline Briefly, the strongest punish
ment is to lock the boy up till his temper cools
One needs large sense of humor to understand
children. l invite the toughest boys II laugh with
me, and in that way gain their confidence. But
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Drawings by Gerrit A. Beneker
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
Champion Chicken Pickers.

The champion chicken pickers OF
the world, according to the poultry
man, are the Moors. THE Moors
used to own Spain" said he, land
some of them think they own part
of it now. l spent few days in Glib
raltar on a recent tour of Europe, and
enjoyed the lively and quaint scenes
in the market The chicken pickers
are wonders. They have fine, fat
fowls, too. which they bring over in
small boats from Africa, alive in
crates. You step up to fellow in a
white sheet and select two young pull
lets for dinner. He takes them out
of the coop, places one between his
knees as he stands erect. and pro-
ceeds with amazing speed to dry-pick
the other before it's body loses the an
imal heat. By the time the first one
is finished Mister Moor's knee press
ure had strangled the other, which
he denudes in a jiffy. Not suspi-
cion of a feather is left. He bleeds
the chickens after picking, and
charges you twenty-five cents for the
two. New York Press
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
BETTY'S DOLL.

The only doll Betty ever had was
corncob with piece of calico around
it. In the woods nearby, where Betty
lived, was hollow tree in which she
kept her toys.
One day she went to her grand
mother, and when she came back to
tell her doll about it, she saw it was
gone, and a nice wax doll in its place.
She stood gazing at it, when some
body stepped from behind another
tree and called her name. She looked
around and saw that 1t was the rich
lady who lived next to>their house.
Betty lived in little farm house,
and this lady lived in a nice brick
mansion.
She told Betty thar she often saw
her going to the woods with her corn
cob, and often watched where she
went. So one day she followed Betty
and found out everything. She often
wished she could surprise Betty, but
she didn't know when, until Betty
went to her grandmother, which gave
her a chance to exchange the corncob
for nice doll.
When Betty heard all, she thanked
the lady over and over again. Then
she ran home to tell the good news
to her mother. The rich lady, too,
was satisfied, because the doll was
such little thing to her, and made
poor Betty so happy.-Clara Kraker,
in the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
OLD-TIME SAIL-DRILL.

One of the dangers and one of the
hardest tasks of the man-of-war's
man vanished out of his life when.
with the supplanting of the frigate
by the steam cruiser. the oldtime
sail-Grill became a thing of the past.
Fleets. in the old days, were con-
tinually exercised in making and
shortening sail, shifting spars and all
similar manoeuvres aloft, says Cap
tain j. w. Gambler, of the British
navy, in his Links in My Life" AS
the greatest rivalry existed among the
crews as to which ship should carry
ont an evolution first, accidents were
frequent. Hardly Z drill day passed
without men being seriously injured.
Once, during a drill in Kiel har-
Dor, where the rivalry in the 1teet
was increased by the eagerness Of
foreign ships to compete with the
English, all unfortunate French mid
shipman went head first from the
mizzen cross-trees of the French fag
ship to the deck.
That numbers of accidents should
take place in sail-drill was not aston
ishing when one remembers that
spars measuring perhaps seventy or
eighty feet long and weighing two or
three tons were whisked about with
bewildcring speed with nothing but
mems hands and brains to guide
them; hundreds of men crammed in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
A Lesson For the Grafters.

A touching instance Of self-accusa-
ton and penitence which recently oc-
Cured in the city of Worcester.
Massachusetts, should encourage
even the dyed-in-the-wool pessimist
to hope for the country's future.
In the morning mail of the city
treasury appeared small, light-blue
envelope, correctly addressed in lead
pencil. evidently by an immature
feminine hand. Inside were a we'll
worn five-cent piece and the follow
ing note:
Dear Sir-I took an apple off OF
the city land and ct it and / want to
pay for it.
That was all. There was no ad-
dress and no signature to the labored
little missive so eloquent of self-con-
quest and the desire to tread in the
path of the righteous. The five-cent
piece has been added to the city's
conscious fund.-" and the letter re-
mains in the custody of the kind
hearted official, who would gladly
present to the writer of it more apples
than she could carry away.-Ernest
Russell, in the Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
For the
Younger
Chiidren...

ends, as they might eat a hole
through his crop otherwise. You
krow they are dangerous at both
ends, and do great damage if swal-
lowed whole"
Here was predicament for
woman who can't bait a hook!
The family fed him in relays. One
fed while another dug worms, and a
third attended to the boiling of the
eggs. This program continued for
two days, and on the third it rained,
and the crow was brought into the
house and put into his nice nest of
sticks. When in his cage he never
stirred from the perch. In the house
it was different.
After a morning of feeding and
anxious care, 1 INDUCED myself in
such brief walk as trained nurse
is permitted to take, and upon my
return found the trail o the serpent
in every room. Twigs and leaves
from his nest were strewn every
where, and following their trail.
found the miscreant himself in the
LHuSlC-loolH, LII 9iII'IiS duiOI III iiio hoo1'
which was tastefully arranged upon
the piano top like an article of virtu,
which he was not, in any way you
may spell it.
l called the children, and told
them with some emphasis to take the
orphan upstairs and keep him there.
So they bore him away. while re-
moved the wreckage and made few
mental notes on nature study in the
home. The next day, knowing that
my friend was at home again, I sent
the crow back by express.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
AMERICA, ENGLAND.
GERMANY TO RULE.
So Bismarck Predicted, Says His
Close Friend, Dr.. Lomer, in
Berlin Review.

North America, England and Ger
many are the future masters of the
world" Prince Bismarck maintained,
according to his intimate friend, DR..
Lomer, who has made public that
opinion in an article in the current
number of the Politischanthropolo-
gische Revue, of Berlin, Germany.
Lomer writes that the Iron Chan
cellor swas always regretting later in
life that he had not paid more atten-
ton to questions of anthropology and
ethnology, which ever since he was
able to think had often far more
interest for him than questions of
high politics.
The biggest questions which inter-
ested him in this field was the future
of the English and American races.
Especially was he always anxious to
study questions arising out of the
contact of the G.rmaDic races in the
United States with the Slavic and
Latin eleme.ts.
Bismarck was firmly convinced OF
the conquering nature of the Ger
manic races. Theirs was the earth
and the fulness thereof.
To DR.. Lomer he was fond of say
ing that he regarded the Celtic and
Slavic races as effeminate races, in
capable of anything great unless fruc-
titled by a masculine race like the
German or English.
"All that is good in Russia he
said. sis German or of German origin.
AS for the Germans and the English
they are so masculine that if they
were not softened by an admiXture
of the softer feminine races they
would be ungovernable.
"It Is certain that the future be-
longs to the northern races. And
now they have begun to do that great
world work for humanity which is
their mission"
When asked his opinion of the
Southern Latin races Bismarck was
reserved. He had no prejudice, he
praised their virtues and censured
their faults, but he did not care to
say much. He usually satisfied him.
self by shaking his wise old head.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
FAIRY PIPES.

The fairy pipe, which gIows rarer
and rarer as time passes, still finds
niche in many museums. 1t is lit
tie clay pipe, the bowl big enough
to hold pinch of tobacco the size OF
a pea, and the stem an inch long and
of the thickness of violet stalk. 1t
is a quaint superstition, that of the
fairy pipe, and it still fingers in some
parts of Ireland, There he who comes
upon fairy ring must lest the "lit-
tie people" do him harm, leave in
the rings centre fairy pipe filled
and ready for smoking. In the past
fairy pipes could be bought all over
ireland, but they are hard to find
now, and most of those in the mu-
seums are over a hundred years old.
New York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
CHAPTER XVIII.

The wears sermon that Sunday bore
marked internal evidence of having
been freshly written. Jane Grand
knew nothing at all about good writing
or good prea ching. and was indeed
quite incapable of judging OF the in
trinsic merit of any piece of intellectual
work whatsoever; but she knew that
this sermon was not taken from that
beap which furnished the ordinary cut
and dried theological meat OF the peo-
nIe of Chesterford, and she felt that
her spirit answered and her heart ex-
banded as she looked up in the vicar
face and listened to the wears voice.
Probably she was the only person III
the church who understood Mr.. Follett
that day. Miss FERGUSON, on principle,
never listened to sermons, and occupied
the time on the present occasion III
planning her wedding outfit and calcu-
lating on the probable sum for when
her relatives might safely battle in the
way of settlements. Clifford Mohun,
buried in the red curtained sanctuary
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
THE WQODROX.

Joe Kiley lived with his mother, a
widow, in little cottage on the out
side of the town. Joe's mother was
very poor, and Joe helped her as
much as he could.
He used to run errands for people
and in that way he earned a few
cents. One day the parson asked him
if he would like to go to school. Joe
said he would rather work for his
mother. Then the parson said:
well, Joe, how would you like to
keep your mothers woodbox full all
winter? If you keep it full all win
ter I will give you some money and
a present for Christmas BESIDES"
Il will do It," said Joe. But
though he was a boy that did notlike
work, every morning Joe would get
up early and chop wood for his moth
er's woodbox.
Christmas came soon, and when
Joe got up and went to the door of his
house he found load of wood there
ready for him to cut. And when he
looked into the chimney corner he
found pair of stockings and a pair
of gloves and some candies, oranges
and apples and nuts. The wood was
his reward for having the woodbox
full all winter. 1t had come from the
Acknowledgements Holman, in the
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31

WHAT MAKES GRANDMA CROSS?
My mammals s gone away to-day,
And grandma's cross;
My mamma told me to be good,
I've tried to help just all | could,
And haven't done thing that should
Make grandma cross.
I cleared away the breakfast things
Quick as fly;
The gravy spilled little mite,
Although Rugged the platter tight,
But, if I was an lawful sight,
1 didn't cry.
I went upstairs to make the beds
And dust around;
/ filled the bath-tub to the brim,
So Jacky Tar could learn to swim
And then jumped in after him
Before he drowned.
/ really thought the parlor should
Be busted, too;
An angel fell down on his face
And hit Royal Worcester vase
] put the pieces back in place
With Stickum's glue.
I've been as good as good can be
But grandma's cross;
I've swept, I've ironed all my clothes,
I've washed the windows with the hose
What in the world do you suppose
Makes grandma cross?
Sara Abbey Davis, in Children's Maga
zine
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
DIDN'T FISH ON SUNDAY.


A record string of trout was caught
this morning by Willis Hunt, Jr., the
twelve-year-old son of Willis Hunt.
The total weight was four pounds
twelve and a half ounces. The num-
Der was seven.
The story connected with the catch
is that the boy saw the fish yesterday
and was desirous Of trying his luck
at once, but his mother was averse
to Sunday fishing. At this morn
ing he went out TO the tannery dam
on Walker Brook and the youngster
proceeded to bait up withwhite millers
and bugs of various kinds until every
speckied beauty had been pulled out.
A hand over hand haul was necessary
to secure the largest fish.-Chester
Correspondence Springfield Union.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
Too Pointed.

you've got a fellow in there that
won't wait on me again, not much"
said an irate customer, as he emerged
from the dining room and slapped his
money on the pay desk. I'm not
stingy," continued the customer, "and
don't mind giving tips, but when
waiter hangs round till fellow has
nearly finished eating, and whistles
DO not forget me- think it is about
time something was done"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
CHAPTER XIX.

Repentance at the eleventh hour,
however commendable as an abstract
virtue, is one that avails men little in
the majority of their practical, earthly
concerns. When the train is once fair.
ly laid. some chance hand is generally
ready to apply the match. whateveI
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
Unjust.

The mother of disappointed young
woman was asked by friend wheth-
er the daughter had succeeded in
passing a teachers examination.
mo" was the reply in mournful
tone. Jimmy didn't pass at all. May
be you won't believe, sir, but them
examiners asked the poor girl about
things that happened years and years
before she was born" - Harper's
Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31

CUCKOO AND OTHER NESTS.
On the afternoon OF May 25 l by
chance discovered in hedge near
where l was at work in my garden a
hedge sparrow's nest containing three
eggs. For couple Of hours or so
previous to this find | had noticed
the appearance and temperance of
cuckoo in the same corner of the
garden.
On finding the nest it at once
struck me that the cuckoo probably
had business to transact at this par
ticular nest, and that l by my near
it's being carried out accordingly
retired some 100 feet distant. and sat
down with pair of opera glasses to
watch events. In few minutes the
cuckoo was back and in the nest.
On emerging at the end of about
minute it perched a short distance
from the nest, with one of the hedge
sparroW's eggs in its bsak. This it
proceeded to break up and. l think,
eat. Shortly afterward it few away.
On going to the nest l found there
the cuckoo's egg and the two remain
ing sparroW's eggs. l also picked up
the broken shell of the third spar
rows egg.
The following points are of inter-
est: The nest was apparently known
to the cuckoo before its visit on this
particular afternoon. Its attempts to
reach it, though frustrated. were pa
tiently repeated until successful. The
egg was laid in the nest and was not
carried there in the birds beak. 1t
distracted and destroyed one egg
from the nest. The nest is in the
midst of many gardens and houses.
Why should it be accepted in prefer
ence to the more numerous and more
easily accessible nests in the open
country so near at hand?-Cor-
respondence The Field.
A nature-wise lazy, going away
for an absence of some days, offered
friend the use of her baby crow.
The friend was delighted at this op-
portunity for nature study, as well as
for entertaining her small daughter
and some visiting cousins, and ac-
cepted with enthusiasm. In "A
Book of Joys" Mrs. Lucy Fitch Per-
kins tells the story.
He doesn't require much care"
said the crows owner over the tele-
phone. Just feed him every hour
and half with such simple foods
as he likes. l give him a hard-boiled
egg or cooked meat, he prefers it
rare, about twice day, and at other
times l give him bread and milk
Does he use bottle?" | asked,
beginning to think that the feeding
was something more than 1 had bar
gainsl for.
How absurd" she laughed eff
he doesn't have an appetite for the
bread and milk, give him angle
korms, only be careful to crush both
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
Not White Mules.

W. F. George. of Gum City, was in
Holden Saturday. 1t is said Mr..
George has the largest span Of mules
Oh earth, they weighing over 1000
pounds. The mules We're raised on Mr..
Georges farm and he may exhibit
them here during the big sale.-Ho- len
(NIOO Progress.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
Enormous Prices,

The sale at Stone, Staffordshire. Eng
lard, of rare duplicate orchids selected
from the Walton Grange collection re-
suited in some enormous prices being
realized In the case Of two orchids
the figures were 270 guineas apiece.
and others realized as much as 240
guineas and 200 guineas each.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31

A single fruit company exported
last year 100000 punches of ba-
nanas to England and the United
States from Central and South
America and Jamaica.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31

A small injury done to another is
, greater injury done to yourself.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
CUCKOO AND OTHER NESTS.

Ma, Georgie's tipping me out of
the wagon Ledger.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-07-31
A HEAVY LOAD.

Hold on tight, George, so l wont
fall"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-19

Ice delivered daily. G. H. Curnow
phone Black TIP and Forks 27.