PAYING THEIR WAY.
HOW‘STUDENTS EARN MONEY lN
ORDER TO FINISH THE COURSE.
CollegeeGirls “'ork Hard Outside of Theil
Studies—One Has Made the Gymnasium
Suits for the Freshman Classes for a
Number of Years.
Girl students are showing the same
ability to work their way through col-
lege as has been exhibited by young
men. At Smith College, one senior
who is very clever with her needle as
well as at her books. has made all the
gymnasium suits for three incoming
freshmen classes. ”When one knows
that the present freshman class, the
"Noughty Noughts," as it is called,
numbers more than 300, it will be seen
that the task involves no slight labor.
She has earned her own way thus for
through college, gaining favor in the
eyes of the faculty, and an invitation
to join one of the two literary socie-
ties, a privilege which is supposed to
be conferred only upon girls with more
than average ability. Besides making
gym suits, this girl has done what-
ever else her hand has found to do. She
has tutored, written articles for any
paper or periodical that would accept
them. and earned enough in summer
to pay in part her expenses during the
year. -
Two other girls, also payng their
way through college, kept house,
cooked their own meals, tutored, made
gym suits, and one of them two or
,ihree times a week taught afternoons
in a Hadley school, walking the three
miles home with the freshness and de-
light of any English girl. Assisting in
the college library, taking care of the
college reading room, typewriting,
these are some ofthe other ways open
to the students for earning money,
ways which a girl dependent on her
own efforts for her bread, butter, and
learning is not slow to find out.
XVithin the privacy of the college
dormitories curious eyes may read
strange signs toward Christmas, or the '
end of the term, when funds are very
low, Signs decorated with great skill,
reading thus, perhaps: “Stockings
darned neatly, 10 cents a pair (if the
holes are small)”; shoe buttons put on
with patent fasteners, 15 cents per
pair." These words you may find writ-
ten under the picture of a charming
girl whose modestly lifted skirt dis-
plays a shoe guiltless of buttons.
Another sign shows a room in dire
confusion, and tucked in one corner
the alluring information, “I will make
your bed and do your dusting on easy
terms until vacation. Apply room No.
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One last branch of business remains
to be spoken of. winch has met with
a dismal failure in the last few months.
This was the renting of rubbers and
umbrellas to students. As the business
is no more, it ‘will not be necessary to
go into it in detail; the fact is simply
that human nature ‘is the same at
Smith as anywhere else, and this hu<
man nature, moral as it may be in
other things, has never yet had a con-
science about umbrellas and grubbers.
Thus it happened the rubbers that
came back long after the‘time specified
were in holes and the umbrellas some-
times disappeared altogether; so the
sorrowful partners one day decided to
invest their remaining capital in crack-
ers and jam, to invite all their friends,
and to go out of business with one
broken-backed umbrella, two odd rub-
bers, and the good will of all their
customers.
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Riost Rev. Frederick Temple,
(New Archbishop of Canterbury.)
A Theological Point.
A Sunday school superintendent at
he close of an address on the creation,
which he was sure he had kept within
.ihe comprehension of the least intelli-
gent of the scholars, smilinglyl invited
questions.
A tiny boy, with a White, eager face
and large brow, at once held up his
hand.
"Please, sir, why was Adam never a
be by '3"
The superintendent coughed in some
doubt as to what answer to give, but a
little girl of nine, the eldest of several
brothers and sisters, came promptly to
his a'd. ,
“Please, sir,” she said, smartly,
"tiiei'e‘was nobody to nuss‘himi’b—Tid-
Bits. '
The Difference.‘
f‘I suppose,” said Senator Sorghum
. thoughtfully, “that it’s a fine thing to
' -~ be a ‘statesman’; a fine thing.”
“But you speak as if it had its draw-
backs.”
“It has. Of course no labor is per-
formed in vain. The recognition is
only a question of time. To my mind
a statesman is a great man. ‘But, my
boy, he ain’t business-like. Very fre-
quently he waits till after he’s dead be-
fore he gets anything for his services.
But with a politician it’s C. O. D. every
time.”—Washington Sta '. .
Why does the new moon remind one
of a giddy girl?—Bccause she's too
mungtc show much reflection.
WENT DOWN WiTH THE~.COLORS.
Courage and Self-Possesion ofa Confeder-
‘ ate Corporal.
General James E. Walker, who com.
manded the Stonewall Jackson Brigade
after the death of General Jackson, and
who is now a member of the house from .
Virginia, talked to a. Washington .Star
reporter of incidents of the war. said:—
One of the bravest men in the war was ‘
Corporal Cheshire, of the Thirteenth
Virginia Infantry. He was a mere boy
when made one of the color corporals
for meritorious‘ conduct, but frequently
spoke of his ambition to be promoted to
color sergeant of the regiment. As the
regiment was going into action on the
27th of June, 1862, the color bearer was
shot down. Corporal Cheshire, throw-
ing away his musket, grasped the fall-
ing colors, and refused to yield-them to
any one saying the colonel had promised
them to him in the event of a vacancy.
In the midst of the hottest fire of the
most bitterly contested field of the war,
when men on both sides were taking
shelter behind trees or lying flat. on the
ground, the colonel passed along the
line and found the brave color bearer
"standing erect. a. little in front of the
line in the open space, holding the col-
ors aloft, a conspicuous mark for the
enemy’s bullets. The colonel touched
the boy and pointed to a tree near by,
which would have sheltered him. The
officer passed on, but'in a. few minutes
returned to find the poor corporal dead,
shot through the heart. He had fallen
forward on the colors he so prized and
loved; and the bunting was dripping
and heavy with the blood of the young
hero who disdained to take shelter from
the storm of shot and shell, even when
directed to do so by the colonel. His
body was lifted from the colors. which
were given to another, and the color
bearer was buried on the field, in anun-
known grave. The flag he carried was
riddled with bullets and three bullets
had gone through the flagstalf. The
cool courage and self-possession exhibi-
ted by Corporal Cheshire was never cxv
celled.” ‘
The Burning of the Capitol.
Senator Hawley thinks that the fact
of history do not altogether prove the
contention that the United States can be'
defended instantly and without previous
preparation should war trouble arise.
On the 48th anniversary of the burning
of the Capitol by the British, and while
the Naval appropriation bill was un—
der discussion he thought it worth
while to tell {the story of that. event.
with the lesson which the incident im-
pressed upon his mind.
he, “a British Admiral and a British
General took seats in the House of Rep-
resentatives and put to a vote before a
mob of British soldiers the question
whether this harbor of Yankee democra-
cy should be burned. The Capitol, the
Navy Yard, the Treasury, the White
House, the rope walk, all the prominent
offices of the Government and many
private residences were burned. The
‘hearts of the people,’ that was to de-
fend this country, ran through this
town, as ordered by the General com-
manding, before firing a. single shot, to
the surburbs of the city, retreating
through Washington and Georgetown.
The best that Gen. Winder, in con»
mand of the forces, could do was to sug-
gest that they should fill the windows
of the Capitol with rifiemen, but he got
scared before the firing and ordered a
retreat.
“J ust where the President spent that
day history does not tell us, but at
night his wife, who, almost alone of the
people in Washington, gained real glory
the river, where a. boat was ready, and
went over to Virginia.’ There they
found a. refuge in some common hotel.
They abandoned that and hid in the
woods. ‘Is it possible for imagination
to conceive a deeper national degrada-
tion?”
' Hawley pointed the moral to his nar-
rative by remarking that until two or
three days before Admiral Cockburn ar-
rived the members of the Cabinet gave
assurances that there was no danger of
war, and the 6,000 trucps in the city
were not ordered out until the enemy
appeared. The Senator condemned the
action of the authorities at that time as
“idiotic management.” and suggested
that it. was always wise to be ready for
an emergency.——Washington Post.
A Kansas Church of Sod.
The Methodists of German township,
Smith County, worship in a sod church.
As its name indicates, the walls are
built of sod taken from the prairie
which surrounds it. The neighbors,
regardless of denominational belief,
met, decided there ought to be a. church
in the neighoorhood, and with their
own hands laid up the walls, and from
their own pockets took the money to
finish, furnish, and light the building.
The building is 20 by 30 feet, and the
walls are 8 feet high. It is covered
with boards and roofing paper; the in-
terior supports are made of neatly
smoothed posts, and the inside walls
are plastered as neatly as any walls
could be; comfortable home-made seats
are furnished for pews; the pulpit is
covered with velvet, and the platform is
carpeted. It is said that when one is.
on the inside everything is as neat and
tidyas the finest church could be; when
the building was dedicated there was
notadollar of indebtedness upon the
church or any of the furniture or fix-
tures.
“7e Owe Help.
Such help as we can give each other
in this world is a debt to each other;
and the man who perceives a superiority
or a capacity in a. subordinate, and nei
ther confesses nor assists it, is not
merely the withholder of kindness, but
the committer of an inj ury.—Iiuskin.
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Indiana's Smallest Couple.
The smallest married couple in Ind-i-
on are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shade, of
Kilndallvilie. She is just three feet
7 ,ani he is half an inch shorter.
‘ .4». . .- ore—r riftv rears of acts
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on that day, met him on the shore of
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Two Preemptors “"ho Preferred Not to
Deal \"i th Rattlers.
On the public lands in Oklahoma Ter-
ritory are many women, all of whom
are willing to endure the hardships
and dangers of pioneer life, rather
than go down to old age in penury.
Some of their experiences are queer,
others startling, while not a few are
dangerous. 0
The law provide? that any citizen
twenty-one years of age may settle on
160 acres of public land after taking
out the necessary papers. In these pa-
pers the homesteader must signify his
intentions to use and occupy the land
himself. -
On dr‘iying through the Territory :1
vvoman‘s‘“clai1n is recognized by the
curtain at the window and the flowers
in front of the shanty called home.
Two pioneer women, both town-bred
schoolma’ams, are holding down ad-
joining claims, and for mutual safety
have made a compact to aid each
other.
One evening, as they came from the
spring with the pony, the one in ad-
vance, carrying the axe and picket.-
pin, stopped to admire the gorgeous
sunset, when a sudden “whirr’y at her
feet caused her to dccamp in short
order, calling as she left, “Here’s a
snake.” The. owner of the claim or-
dered a halt, arguing that if the snakes ‘
were not'killed they would take the
place. The snake discoverer thought
in her heart they were welcome to the
place, as far as she was concerned, for
she was afraid of snakes. But she
meekly handed the axe to her friend,
who marched forward with an air of
do or die, when a faint voice said. “It’s
a rattler,” and the doughty warrior rc- '
rcatcd. .
As her ardor cooled, she said the
snake was so long that could be killed
only with the hoe. So» the timid one,
brew-beaten and silenced, herded the
snake until the excited claim—holder rc-
appearcd, hoe in hand, and hushed at
the thoroughly—frightened snake. The
sentinel began to breathe easier, only
to see the hoe descend and hear in ac-
cents of terror, “It is a rattler and as
long as the hoe handle!”
The snake, doubtless understanding
the situation, began a graceful depart-
ure; then in sheer disgust the one
who would not kill a. snake threw‘the
axe, luckily striking the reptile in the
back. The general then finished the,
work with the hoe, finally cutting off
the rattles, which are kept as a me-
mento of the snake they killed.—
Woman’s World.
Housewives of the Future.
Reviewing the housewifery of the
past, with its nurrowness and limita<
tion, and that of the present, with its
privilege and opportunity it is no exag-
geration to say that one-half of the
vexations of housekeeping are due to
the kitchen fire, to the drudgery of
building and feeding, and finally re-
moving the ashes, and polishing.
But electricity has come in, and with
it the housewife of the future may
have all this labor and dirt abolished.
With the electric stove you have but
to turn a screw and the teakettle be-
comes heated, another screw and the
broiler is ready for use, another screw
and-the soapstone griddle awaits the
buckwheat batter to convert it into
cakes, and so on through the list of
seeking necessities.
Only simple coils of wire are needed
to convey heat in abundance. At
Niagara, since its power has been
used to generate electric force, the
workingmeu’s families use these
stoves. 1’
\Vomen Make Splendid Sailors.
Norway and Sweden bear the dis
tinction of being the only nations of
the world in the mercantile marine of
which the women enjoy the same priv-
ileges and share the same perils as the
men.
Whether the woman on board is the
wife of the captain or of the common-
est sailor, she is compelled by gouern-
ineut to do the work of a man before
the mast, and the women are even
compelled to perform lookout duty at
night. ‘
Vi‘omcn pilots are also a usual thing
in tho navies of both the Scandinavian
and Danish governments. They sail
for out to sea for the purpose of meet-
ing the incoming ships, and conduct
them to port as safely as do male pi-
lots. , '
Old and experienced Scandinavian
ship captains say that women make
good pilots, and are to be preferred to
men; in that they have more patience
than men, and are not so liable,
through drunkenness, to dash the-ship
on the rocks.
Good Suggestions.
Often the window glass requires -to
cleaned but it is so cold and the air so
full of frost that it does not seem ad-
visable to wash the glass with water.
Try a flannel ‘c10th; moisten it with
paraffin oil and rub the glass with “it.
Have at hand a fresh flannel cloth'to
rub over the glass with it. This me-
thod will give better results than soap
and water. '
Frequently one will be annoyed by
worms in the soil around the roots of.
the window plants. The worms may be
disposed of by thoroughly wetting the
earth with lime water, using about
half a cup of lime to three quarts of
water. Let all the lime dissolve that
will, then pour on? the clear water and
leave the sediment. Use this water
upon the soil. . . .. , I l
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WASHIrGTON .1 naive... , ‘4
Vashingtou is busying itself with
preparing for an elaborate inaugura-
tion. All the preparations are made
with the idea of excelling any other
similar ceremony, and those who con-
template witnessing the event will be
fully repaid for coming here. This.
vinter’s changeable weather has made
many skeptical as to what sort of day
will dawn on March 4. It seems that
even Major McKinley is fearful of a
bad day, for this week, while discuss—
ing he probabilities, he said that he
had been told preparations were being
made to give him the most magnificent
inauguration that has ever been wit—
nessed at the capital, “ant ,” continued
the President-elect, “I suppose we will
have the worst weather that was ever
witnessed in' \Vashington.”
Strengthening the Spanish Navy.
The Naval Intelligence Office has re-
ceived information of the purchase by
Spain of the armored cruiser Giuseppi
Garibaldi IL, laid down for the Ital-
ian Government at Genoa. Under the
terms of the contract Italy is to com-
plete the vessel and deliver her early
in February. A contract has also been
made by Spain with the same firm for
the construction of a new vessel of the
Same type, to be named the Pedro Ara-
gon, and to be delivered in Spanish
waters within one year. These arm-
ored cruisers are of the same class as
the ..-:"-..r=:entine vessel Jose Garibaldi,
but instead of having eight cylindrical
MINISTER DUPOY DE LOME,
(Spain's Representative at. \Vashington.)
Scotch boilers they are to have sixteen
of the Belleville type. The orders for
the ships were made a few weeks ago
and at a time when the Spanish Gov-
ernment believed that trouble with .the
United States was not improbable. The
delivery of the first of the armored
cruisers has been considerably has-
tened in view of the strained relations
between Spain and the United States,
and all other ships building for her at
private yards, according to information
received at the Navy Department, are
being pushed forward as fast as the
establishments are capable of working.
Four torpedo boats of high speed and
great displacement have also been re-
cently ordered to be built forSpain,
two of which are to be named the Au—
daz and Osado. There has been re~
cently launched the armored cruiser
Vallabolos and also a gun vessel, the
Princesa de Austurias. All of theSe
ships are rapidly approaching comple-
tion, and Spain expects to have them
in commission within a few months.
President Cleveland’s Removal.
The state dinners and receptions at
the White House will be crowded into-
a few weeks this winter, because the
President must move in March“. Al-
ready the fam'ily have begun to pack
up their household and private prep-
erty, and will move it either to the new
house at Princeton or to the cottage at
Woodley. It is expected that the
President and his family will move to
\Voodley after the inauguration, for a
few weeks, because the house at
Princeton will not be ready for occu-
pancy until late in the spring. It is
said by Mrs. Cleveland’s friends that
she expresses much regret at. moving
from the White House, because after
over six years’ residence there al-
though not continuous, she has rown
very fond of the old place, an it is
full of memories and associations
which she loves to cling to. Mrs. Cleve-
land is looking better this winter than '
for some years past.‘ All of . hgr
friends who saw her on New Year’s
day say that she now resembles the
beautiful young bride of the White
House more than at any time during
this administration. ' SENATOR.
A Quick Retort.
A clergyman and one of his elderly
parishioners were walking home from
church one icy day last winter, when
the old gentleman slipped and fell flat
on his back. The minister, looking at
him a moment, and being assured that
he was not hurt, said to him:—4
“James, sinners stand on slippery
places.” _ ~ ’
The old gentleman looked up as if to
assure himself of the fact, and said:—
“I see they do, but I can’t.”—Tid-
Bits. ,-
1 \ An Appreciated Favor.
“What are we going to do to control
the legislature?” said the president of
the P. D. & Q. railroad. “Every mem-
ber rides a wheel and will not use a
pass.” .
“That’s easy,” said the general man-
ager. “Give each one of them. a per-
mit to check his wheel free.”
Only His Due.
Mr. Carver—Now, frens, who shell I
,give 're fust helpin’ ob dis turkey—bu?
Mr. Cutter—I ’lows de gentleman on
mahlef’ should receibe dat honah, as
he wuzde las’fto leabe de hen house,
an’ de do'ctah’s statistics goes to show
[in tune" ‘ - L‘itla:-.':t:i.
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