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jam. won’t take
The Chicago School Board is dis
psk to use them.
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The Chicago Herald save that if the
Methods of the Chicago schools do not
improve the pupils will never get far
advanced to be able to read
newspapers.
Seep yonr feet dry, is the admoni¬
tion of the Chicago Herald. An emi¬
nent specialist of that ’city says that
“the best chest protector is worn on
th^ sole of the foot.
It is said that tbree-fonrths of the
money sent to Constantinople for the
relief of the earthquake sufferers was
applied by the Turkish Government to
restore the damaged mosques.
A Chicago judge has just decided
-that the wife is entitled to all the wed
ding presents, if it can be found that
ibey were made on account of her
Everything goes to her,
matter whether it is for feminine
or not.
Our export meat trade with Ger
is insignificant as compared with
that we enjoy with England. We have
3009 oattle, valued at $285,
to Germany, whilo our exports to
Bn gland for the same period brought
n» nearly $17,000,000.
It is estimated by the Chicago Becord _ ,
fhat there are not less than 10,000
people in New York CTfy"who habit
Mdly stay away from the polls. Some
of them do so in order to .void jury
Arty, as the pane}# are made up from
th* registration lists.
The world Is growing “ g smaller and
the kinship of humanity oloser. The
Heath of the Emperor of Bussia is sin
oareiy mourned in every oivilized
and, strangest phenomenon
.11, M la th. B.
Bastion.
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The railroad industry of the United
M6»; .0 bird, ladwd. «h.t .ooordtag
the San Francisco Chronicle many
are unable to replace their
rails. The total production
—*-’160,000 tone, not one-fifteenth as
t an output as in some years.
With its mixture of races uvd
Babel. At WaUenstadt, a few
ago, five men were on guard at
recruiting station . Th* lieuten
•poke German only, ths sergeant
“ 1Uli “ oal 7
aeh and Spanish, on* of th* two
mtas spoke French sad German and
French and Italian.
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A . new _ departure . __. in public ... night . ..
■thools has been mad* in Philadelphia
* * 'tag one cf the schools to
a
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5 will ip he taken municipal in tun. govern- Thro*
up
i a week will be given, intended
iFlirtillhFlv J. #AF .Anna men
Ln Ul who enoose to attend.
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WHILE BABY’S SL««Pll«t
9%s restless hands, so keen tor play,
Lie clenched and do not Mir t
Hsr breath so Hght It sows* week! sway
A wab of gomtam.
Hsr baby voles that ooos and wows,
la sweetest eadsnes keeplnz,
b hashed; tbs house bo mule kndWs
While Baby’s sleeping.
Her sonny ejrss that, when they rise.
Hawn daytimes of delight,
Behind their (ringing esnopies
Hsve’set. and It is night.
Five little toes the oover shows
Beyond Its edge Just peeping,
Fair as a pink flve-petoled roso
Whlle Baby’s sleeping.
gee! on the pillow here I’ve found
Oelconda’s treasure now—
The golden curls that duster round
‘ My darling’s cheek and brow.
Her lips just parted In a smile,
Some pretty secret keeping;
An angel whispers to her, while
My Baby’s sleeping
—Xew York Recorder.
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WON BY DIPLOMACY.
(
{ N a morning
m in the early
part of De¬
cember, in the
year 1876,
twenty-five or
-1 m thirty pupils,
comprising
boysandgirls
mm. of different
ages, were
standing in
front of a
country
school house
in Central Il¬
linois. They were awaiting their new
teacher, who was og his day to open
the winter term ool
The young people were all engaged
in conversation. There were many
speculations as to the appearanoe of
the person who had been entrusted
wit h the tntomhip of the rising gen
eration in District No. 0. Numerous
opinion were expressed a* to the sue
oe “» or fftilare of tb ® forthcoming
term.
A ^ort diitlMW<J ^ the mln
body of pupils five big boys were cou¬
- These talked in earnest
( The oldest, os well as largest,
8 rou P w *® Sa® Gaines, a coarse
robtut-lookiag He fellow of
twenty years was the oentre of
attraction and did most of the speak¬
ing. It was evident that his comrades
looked upon him as a sort of leader.
“The d’rectors of this deestrict
^ Btt0h of „
ss
year before we licked one man
and sent him away with scars and
^ left
sssrsi*
,p, bdt I rukon w'U koi .bow h«
the ways of Deestriot No. 6."
“You just bet your life,” said John
B*uders, who in else ranked next to
STbu^i r/t s i«rs.*E2
*d to a fine surprise party. ”
“We’ll only hev to hang together to
be as successful this term as in days
? on8 b J’’’ h ° 7 *
a id?”
The four others responded in
chorus that they would be ai loyal as
anqe^in the . yafd _, rl aaTtalked w br^Sfy
toward ths sohool house. She
perhaps not more than eighteen hand- years
of age, alight of etatur* and
some. One oould perceive at a glance
that eh* was endowed with a keen in
tcllact
The pupils oraaed their nooks to
catch a glimpee of th* new oomer,
T 1 ". •** K 1 **
Th%u ^ hastened ints the school
house,
a* I expected,” acid Sarn,af
tir W9 tMOAttP QlDftpp^Arfd. ' smil- 8
on* Of them daisiee who’* always
j„* md don’t know what thsy're smil¬
in' ah Oh, we'll show her bow to be
pleasant It gron’t be many day* be*
she’ll hev a longer and more sor
rowful-lookin’ fao*. 4 don’t
th*t little girl ever though early tfor trainin’ oomin'
to this deaotriet. Her
„£r , sy£"i£d , ‘i school room,
full well th*
5X2. «r, of the school
I X?
b ~“
it this caused
s
.
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wtNStamafum
lower demanded Sant,
had become ss red *s • be*#, .
“Oh, it was too good to hear Tan
'mister’ you,” replied John Sanders,
with a laugh. “Yon are no longer
plain Sam, but Mr. Gains* Ha, ha.
ha!” laughin’,“ said
“Ton stop yon*
fUm l displaying considerable embar¬
rassment. “This girl nothin’ understands
eterquetfe. There’s fanny
about that, as 1 oan see.”
When Sam returned to the room the
teacher heartily thanked h i m. At the
same time she seized the 'opportunity
to inform the young man that she de¬
sired to converse with him alone for a
moment. Waving all the other pupils
away she spoke to Sam in a low voice.
“It is quite an undertaking to
teach this school,” she said. “There
is much hard work before me, and I
would like to do it well. I harp
taught school for two years and my
efforts have always been crowned with
success. This will be my lost term,
and I should greatly regret making a
failure. It would be a terrible
humiliation. There is one way by
which I oan succeed; it is by your
aid. With your help it will be an
easy task to teach this school. I take
you to be a gentleman, Mr. Gaines.
May I not hope to have your un¬
qualified oo-operation?”
Bam Gaines looked admiringly into
the beautiful faoe before him, and his
eyes met the girl’s, which imploringly
rested upon him. He was deeply
moved by the eloquent plea. He be¬
gan to feel a genuine pity for the
teacher, and when he gazed at the
frail form his compassion was
emphasized. The marked considera¬
tion which Miss Thomas had shown
him also took effect in another direc¬
tion. It produced in Sam a senti¬
ment of profound respect for the
young lady.
“I hev alway been unruly in
school,” he said, “and many is the
teaohers as hev feared me. But you
appear like a lady, and as far sb I am
oonoerned you shall hev no trouble.
And mebbe I oan even assist you in
keeping others quiet. At any rate,
you need not be afraid that you will
be rndely treated while 1 am around. ”
The teaoher warmly expressed her
obligations to Sam, and went to her
desk. The bell was rung and the
school called to order.
Soaroely had the pupils bfeen seated
when the big boys glanced at Sam disturb¬ for
a signal to begin creating a
ance. But Sam did not notice them.
He gave constant attention to his
books. Daring the whole day there
was perfect order in the school-room.
In the evening, Sam, who, to reach
his home, was obliged to pass the
house in which the teaoher boarded,
walked by the side of the latter aqd
carried her books and dinner-pail.
Never before bad he paid suoh polite
attentions to a tntoress.
The next morning he went to school
in a costume which differed wonder¬
fully from the one which he wore on
the previous day. He wore his best
olothes, bis faoe was smoothly shaved
and a bright polish was visible on his
boots.
“Hellol Here ooraes our dude!”
oried John Sanders, when Sam arrived
in the yard. “Just look at him, boys.
Say, Sam, what’s the matter with you,
anyhow? What do you mean shac^e by lay¬
ing ns poor fellows in the like
this?”
“Oh, I just want to look respect¬
able, that’s all,” said Sam. “You see,
we’ve got a teaoher who knows some¬
thing now, for onoc, and I oonsider,
under these circumstances, that I
should appear deoent in the school¬
room.”
Bern’s four big schoolmates laughed
heartily at theae words. They oecept- the
ed them as having been uttered in
spirit “But, of fc leavin’ jest all jokes aside, when
do we begin operations?” queried
John.
“I don’t understand you,” said Sam,
lekrnincr isrnoranoe.
“Why, when are we to take oharge
of this school and run it to suit oar
■elves?” ex f*m D ed John.
“Boys, not with yon this
term,” replied Sam.
“What? Y You’re ’re not not goin’ in’ inquired book on
us, are yonf’ certainly anxiously don't y
John. “Yon propose
to tonake us in this way. Sam, this
ta a capital jok* you’re tryia’ to play
Ott .
“Bat I am serious, boys,” said Sam.
“I’m old enough to know how valua¬
ble is an education. Miss Thomas is
a good teacher and I ’spect to learn
socsilhing this term." .»
“Pooh, pooh, yon are smitten with
the teacher," roared John. “I guess
though that four of as sun u
from tarn a
went his way. As he 2 a.
he h » forawraT
, i
and te blood boiled within
He sorely tamptadjl* m “
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book and stand on the floor,” firmly
dsaitsndsd fts tssshsr..
“I reckon not,” said John.
•‘You must obey my command or 1
will be compelled to send you home,”
W ~ a.
answer. ‘TU not stand on the floor,
nor will I leave school. Til stay right
here and do as I please.” alarmed. Her
The teacher became
faee grew as pale as death, and her
frame trembled. She bent her head,
looked to the floor and reflected on
what course to pursue.
Sam Gaines sat silent in his seat
daring this brief dialogue. When the
sound of John’s last words had died
away he arose, took off his qpat, and
advanced towards the disobedient
pupil. His eyes flashed and his brawny
arm “Go was uplifted. floor take
and stand on the or
yonr books and be off,” he shouted,in
a commanding voice. “Do you hear
what I say?”
The teacher was aroused from her
meditations, and looked up. Then she
saw that John Sanders quailed beneath
the stern and angry gaze of the one¬
time disturber of the peace. Without
saying a word, the offender quietly
walked forward and took his position
on the floor.
From ihat ( * day Laura Thomas
en¬
countered no further difficulties. The
big boys respected the will of Sam,
and instead of racking their brains to
invent schemes with which to harass
the teacher, they applied themselves
vigorously to their studies. The chil
dren made remarkable progress, and
at the close of the term folks declared
that Miss Thomas was the best teacher
who ever taught in District No. 6.
After adjournment on th8 last day
of school Sam lingered at the door.
He was waiting for the sclipolma’ara
in order that he might walk home with
her. Soon a fashionably dressed gen
tleman, wearing a silk hat, drove into
the yard in a buggy drawn by a span
of handsome black horses. The teacher
seemed to expect him, for she imme¬
diately gathered together her books,
and, after thanking Sam for his many
acts of kindness, left the room and got
into the boggy.
Sam watched the vehicle with a look
of dejection until it had entirely dis¬
appeared from view. took
“Who is the young man who
the teacher away?” he inquired of one
of the older girls.
“Why, that is her bean, Charley
Layton,” was the response. “They
are to he married in two weeks. ”
Sam ground his teeth Ad a shadow
passed over his faoe.
“Eflhad knowed that,” he said,
bitterly, “Miss Lanra Thomas’s
term of school would had been
up long ’fore this. ”
Wstohinx s Grouse Drum.
Early in October I had the only op¬
portunity whioh has ever
itself in my twenty years of
ence in forest and field of studying
the method employed by the cock
partridge in producing that peculiar
sound known among sportsmen as
drumming, says a writer in Forest
Stream. I was out with my gun look¬
ing for quail quite early in the
ing and was working toward a small
wooded swamp, where I knew the
birds found safe shelter at roosting
time, as well as from the gun when
flushed by dog, for no hunter, no mat¬
ter how ardent, wonld have the temer¬
ity to brave the snok-holes and wild
brier vines. Hearing the call of a
quail, I stopped to listen and locate
him positively. I stood facing a stone
wall, distant about six rods, on each
side of which grew hazel bushea. Sud¬
denly ont of those on the opposite
side sprang a fine old cook partridge
and dropped on the wall directly in
front of me, tail spread, ruff standing
out and erest raised—the picture of
alertness. What a chance for an art¬
ist I hardly breathed. Between os
was a small alder bush, tall and slim.
This was the only shelter, yet the bird
did not seem to notioe me, for after
■tending a moment he began preening
himself, seeming to enjoy the raye of
the sun, whioh Aon* warm and bright.
1 stood and watched him thus for
probably whether ten minutes, let and him alto¬ con¬
sideriag and th go when
gether or flush try a shot,
he stamped, shook himself, stretched
ota* wing and tag, then the other, took
a look around and, slightly raising dis¬ his
fehther, ss s setting hen when
turbed, raised his wings a little above
a horizontal line and brought them
down against his body, iner sari n g the
until it anted in » flutter, it
This I watched Urn repeat;
th* third tint* I moved slightly j he
m e me aiso. I
ptffMfeij mtiiflnd os point, how-
2L that the mysterious
arm it, is produced body. by striking
thev eg* against the As many
the dppor
>- ?2 is
jrto m 3 distance
* at a
nmrit, ft has s muf
abject, among
that the Dird
log and strikes it
Ol
to visit
CHINESE MONEY.
LARGE COINS ABCS KOTPOPOTAB
AMONG THE CELESTIALS,
/til Money In China Is “Cash” and Use
Coins Are of Small Denominations,
so That a Lot of Them Pays
Only a Small Bill.
TN China they think nothing of car¬
rying out a large part of their
ready money transactions with
£ coins as large as our silver
quarters, and which are worth less
than one-tenth of a cent each.
It takes as much money as a man
can well carry to pay a bill of a
very few dollars, and a transaction of
no very great magnitude may easily
require a cart-load of money.
These coins are called “cash.”
Thev are usually from seven-eights of
an inch to one inch in diameter, and
have a square hole in the centre, and
excep t when used in very small amounts
a/e carried on strings.
Though coins of this shape and gen¬
eral character have been in circulation
in China since the sixth century, B.
C., and during the larger part of that
time have been the only coins in cir¬
culation, the “cash” now in use is
principally that coined during the
so S3
Cash, Emperor, She Tsoo, “Compliant 1644-1661. Gov- In¬
scription: Obverse, Money” (Chinese).
emment, Current
Reverse, “Fountain-Head of Currency"
i (Mancha).
present—known as the Ta-Tsing or
Manchu—dynasty, beginning with the
year 1616.
The coins are made of various alloys
of copper, zinc, lead and tin. The
authorized proportions previous to
1722 were copper 60, zinc 41j, lead
6$, tin 2. After that time the propor¬
tions were changed to equal parts cop¬
per and zinc, but they were not always
adhered to, especially at the provin¬
cial mints, a great deal of cash being
Id
Coin of King Wang of Tcbou, 628 B. O’. In¬
scription, “Valuable Six Hwas”—hwa be¬
ing a unit of money at that time. Reverse
blank.
of muoh poorer quality, some contain¬
ing considerable iron.
The cash was all cast, the monlds
being made to hold two rows of ooins,
with a hollow running through the
oentre, in whioh the metal was poured,
the moulds sometimes holding fifty
coins.
The ooins are very similar in appear¬
ance, having on the obverse, or faoe,
the name of the period, or “Nien Hao,”
of the reigning Emperor, and the
words, “Current money.” The name
of the Emperor of China—who is styled
yJmM.
t I
1 1
I
%
100 Gash, Emperor Wen Tsnng, 1861-1803.
Inscription: Money.” “PrevailingAbundance. Cur¬
rent
“Son of Heaven”—is held too sacred
to be pot in print, especially on a coin
which posses through the hands and is
carried in the pockets of the common
people* and the consequently a Emperor’s name is
given to called period the “Nien of the
reign, Hao,” and
this home is pot on all the coins is¬
sued during that reign.
The reverse# of the cosh present a
number of varities the most oonunon
of which contain the name of the mint
of issue and the word “money,” in
Mancha characters; on others the
m
fir \
mt I
%
« givt
ly at UmVM
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“® d » «aoag the various
Vked for the relief of the Government,
was the icsae of corns of a larger de¬
nominations than the oaeh heretofore
in use, haring & nominal value mueh
abovd their intrinsie worth. The coins
were of the nominal value of 5,10 20
60, 100, 200, 300, 400, 600 and 1000
cash. The/ were not well received by
the people and very few were issued
of the values above 100 cash.
A new issue of coins, struck with
dies—not cast, as heretofore—has re¬
cently appeared. This includes a cash
of very much improved appearance,
and silver pieces of from five cents to
dollar size.
The names of the Nien Hao, or pe¬
riods of the reigns since the advent of
the Manchu dynasty, are: Heavenly
Mandate, 1616; Heavenly Intelligence,
1627; Eminent Virtue, 1636; Com¬
pliant Government, 1644; Peaceful
Luster, 1662; Agreeable Bectitude,
1723; Celestial Support, 1736; In
s
I!®*! iBil
v
Cut . jjmperor Shine Tuoo, 1662-1722. In¬
scription: Money” Obverse. (Chinese). “Peaceful Reverse, Luster.
Current
name o{ the mint at Ta-t’uag, in Shan.-so
Province, in Chinese, and the same in
Manchu.
creasing Felicity, 1796; Luster of
Beason, 1821; Prevailing Abundance,
1851; United Government, 1862, and
Bright Beginning, 1875.—New York
World.
Brazil’s New President.
President Moraes, of Brazil, has en¬
tered upon his dnties without riot or
tumult and amid general public re
r ^ m
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PBESTOHOT MOKAES.
joioing. President Peixoto, to whom,
according to the New York Sun, great
credit is due from his countrymen and
from all supporters of republican
principles, retires from the Presidency
with the distinction of having ruled
his country snooessfolly through a
period full of peril to free institutions
and menacing to the very existence of
the republic. He subdued a danger¬
ous rebellion and restored order with¬
out the exercise of that severity which
is a frequent and deplorable feature of
South American conflicts. It is true
that disturbances continue in Sonth
ern Brazil, but those border troubles
will no donbt be suppressed in time.
The new President is said to be ac¬
ceptable to all factions, and it is to be
hoped that his accession will inaugu¬
rate an era of prolonged peace and
prosperity for the great South Ameri¬
can Republic, whioh since its dawn of
freedom has shown consistent and ex¬
ceptional .friendship for the United
States.
A Remarkable . I
Countess Tolstoi, wife ot the great
Bossian reformer, is s remarkable
woman, who received a diploma from
the Moscow University et the sge of
seventeen, was married when she was
eighteen, and her husband twenty
years older, and is new, after thirty
one years of married life, the mother
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of nine children, and her
potent aid in his literary lab
til her children are
all their clot hes. .
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his composition.
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