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14 SOME CHRISTENING CLOTHES. MISS CHICAGO TELLS OF TIIE BAP TISMAL SHOES SHE IS TO IHE SKXT TO HER GODCHILD. Tlie Whole Outfit Come* In a White Ho*. With the Baby** Name on the 'Top S>onie Christening Slipper* Are of Gold and Silver Tissue, Sui**rlily Kinbrolilerril Other Pretty Fripperies for Well Drcst etl Children —Mrtisie'. 'White Or isuntlie Crisp ns French Pastry. New York, June 22.—“ There Is no doubt that summer fs no longer y'cummln’ in, es the spring poem of the middle ages has it. but the season has already arrived, and with a vengeance that calls for a powerful protection of organdies,” an nounced (Maisie os an excuse or explana tion of the snowy frock, crisp as French pastry, in which she adorned the top step of the vine clad veranda. In white organdie, based upon a white lawn underdress, she looked like a sum mer cloud stooped down from heaven, Down from her waist ran to her knees lin gerie tucks picked up in the organdie, two In each group, spaced a few inches apart. Three times this tucked extent of 6kirt was latidudinally barred with entre deux of faintly cream rennaissanee insertion, and below the lowest line of lace frothed out her side pleated annex flounce of or- SMART STYLES FOR VERY YOUNG LADIES. pandie. Through a yoke of lace her shoul ders showed in pearly plnkness, and the tucked sleeves had the new elbow decora tion of frills, with a:* arrangement of lace to the wrist tliat suggested, while it did not exactly copy, the new" mode of the under aleeve. Over the top of her delicate rice straw bonnet two white plumes nod ded, and a big 6carf of white silk muslin was drawn full under the rounding chin, while a big fringy parasol guarded the radiant vision from the justly curious tunbeums. “You look like, one of the Illle* of ‘the field,” said the hostess, coming forward in a atriped lilac and black foulard, powdered with wee w'hite dots and adorned to perfec tion by a folded collar, and stole ends of white silk muslin, garnished with a big lace medallion, ami a collar of muslin A Crisp Frock for a June Day. bordered with lace. “I am dressed, you observe, in this soft wilk and full train to greet o flock of babies ask* i in to eat Jack Homer pie and sponge coke with my i-yesr-old daughter. Little Folks' Finery, "Already four young ladies have ar rived, and I must admit their gowns are i charming. All of them, save a men who has but Just learned how to walk, arc •wearing thin black lisle hose and low r , one strap, clippers of soft French kid. Patent leather is now- regarded In the same cat egory as diamonds and long skirts, too old for little girls. Brown shoe for out of doors, and the morning to quaint, plain, low heeled slippers for the house and dress occasion*. Nearly all the little maids have their locks fulling free about their shoulders with one tress caught up on the left side and tied over the brow with a rig bow of gauzy pink, blue or green ribbon. One or two of my small guests even wear these gay top knots of wired p.>stei tinted taffeta cut from the piece and made as artfully end carefully us the aigrettes of tulle and feather* for their mammas. There are two bewitching Pink batiste frocks on my lawn now. One 1* in stripe* of rove and white, the skirt quite plain, the full body made with a yoke of ci<*un> embroidered lawn, finished wl,h ahou'der frill of the eume. The child wears a big- pink Liberty satin bow in her chestnut hair, and a very narrow ly folded girdle on long rear sash ends of the ivory tinted law’n. Empire Style* and Vliieli ISatistc. “Her sitter wears a figured pink batiste, fine and soft as mull, with a yoke anti sleeves nil prettily rucked. Another youthful beauty, is in white, a crisp pine apple grenadine, with a yoke of Valen- Clennee. knots of cherry ribbons on her shoulders and a quaint belt of 1 are bead* in through which narrow ribbons run. Her graceful sleeves arc in two pieces, a puff on the shoulder ending in heading and ribbon, and then the full long Hleeves to the wrist are finished like the bottom of the puff." “What is Pauline arrayed In for her first afternoon tea? ’ queried Maiaic. “In an empire creation." smiled th# fond mother. “It is pale blue Indian mus lin. short upon her chubby aims, and c t open a bit about her plump neck. The bot tom of the little skirt is very lboruUly hemstitched, and then a very f ill frill of Valenciennes whipped to the edge of that. Right up under her fat arms a beading runs, and blue ribbons threaded througn this gat hex the gown in a very short < m- ■ pire waist line and knot in a big frir.gy bow." Christening Clothe*. “Sweet!" exclaimed the visitor, appre ciatively, os they came In view of the lawn full of children, dancing about like flowers in the breeze. “Thai baby in the embroidered white muslin with the Fol y frill about the yoke of lace and the whit** kid shoes is a beauty. Ry e way, I am a godmother and the business of one under such vows is to present the child not only with appropriate silver and a string of coral beads, but the christening shoes. I bought my baby an adorable pair of white silk sandals exquisitely worked in while ribbon embroidery an I seed pearls. That’s the latest christenii g wrinkle, and with the shoes the while spun silk stockings must be given, and the whole outfit comes in a white box covered with satin paper and the baby’s name on the top. “At the shop where I bought my baby's shoes they showed me wonderful pairs of christening slippers of gold and silver tissue and of silk and satin superbly em broidered in white silk with gold ands 1- ver thread. On some of them they work the crest of the baby’s family or the lit tle stranger’s own initials iifside a wreath of flowers.” Just at this point Miss Chicago came mincing over the lawn in a white linen skirt and a waist of striped and dotted foulard with a novel and becoming shoul- der scarf of plain white silk. On her head rested a ?rown of pink roses, and a roseate glow was shed by her black spot ted pink parasol. “I thought you were asked to help en tertain the babies." she said, sinking into a scat beside Maisle, while the hostess hurtled off to greet a batch of youngsters Just arrived. "Here 1 come to find you talking clothes instead of rallying to the : post of duty." I **l am here to help serve things," an swered the lazy (Maisfte. "Any news?" "Well, nothing important except that I have anew brown linen eton and skirt. | both decorated with *iltched down straps | the edges of which are piped and narrow I folds of black taffeta. It all came of my j seeing tho most attractive white lin*u | suit, piped at every possible* point with turquois blue taffeta, and this was worn in fellowship with a blouse of blue silk and a blue hat. 1 fell In love with that and ordered my brown and black. Looking around carefully of late I see that women are not wearing long chains as much as was the habit a few months ago. To the* right aide of the dross belt It is now rather tho mode to fasten a stout, hand some j I <r t'\ which drop three short chains, t tiding, respectively. In h waten. • charge purse and a pencil. I am going , to have one, but there comes the cake > tray*, we must go."- Mary Dean. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 24. 1000. CUBAN SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. ENTIRE ISLAND WROUGHT UP OVER COMING EXCURSION TO l SITED STATES. How the Prrui'Dt Educational Sjn t*m Wn* Created—Blocked Out and Perfected by Alexis Kverltt Frye, Present Superintendent of Instruc tion on tlie Inland. Havana, June 38.—For months all Cu ba has been in a ferment over the coming excursion of teachers to the’ United States, and ns the date of Its departure approachtH, excitement concerning it Is rapidly nearing fever heat. This is not surprising since the excursionists are to number 3,450, are to be selected from the schools of the entire island and their whole expenses ore to be paid by the United Slates government and the author ities of Harvard University and their friends. Such an excursion from any part of the United States to another would rouse general Interest throughout the whole country. Tills remarkable enterprise was planned, and all its details blocked out by Alexis Everett Frye, superintendent of the Cuban schools. The idea of such an expedition took possession of him. noon after he as sumed! charge of the island's educational system. In carrying U out, he has been well supported by the entire faculty of Harvard University, and particularly by President Elliot. Gen. Wood ha.s also indorsed and helped the scheme material ly, and War Secretary Root has shown his approval in the most practical manner, by designating the five largest transports in the service to take the teachers from Havana to the states. You have probably read already of the support afforded the scheme by the people of Cambridge, who will entertain the teachers while they are on American soil. A Cuba** School System. The organization of an educational sys tem was one of the most serious problems which confronted the American adminis tration of the island when it took hold. The problem was not to remodel an exist ing system, since there was literally no system to remodel; it was to build anew, Foulard In Two Shades of Lilac Trimmed With Batiste and Guipure. • from the ground up. This is strictly true. Tn all my travels In Cuba, from 1895 to 1898, which took me from Cape Maysi to Cape San Antonio, 1 never saw one schcol house—that is to say, a building built ami occupied s ilely for schcol purpo es. such as we have in the United States. There were houses use! for allege! school purposes, and these 1 paw, but they w. re without exception building* devo'd of sanitary appliances, miserable as to light, totalliy Inadequate as to accommodations and utterly bare of the modtrn and indisptn able adjuncts for educational purp<s<B w ith which ev* n most cf our country districts are now supplied. In these houses the teacher, and of:< n his family, lived, the house being given rnt free. One room was set aside for tlie school, *irul there the children were huddled in promiscuous fashion, seated on a variety of seats, ranging from u wooden bench to a inambi chair, made of a wooden frame, an 1 covered with mi tanned h d.*; in some instances there .were no seats at all and the children squatted on the floor. Th tear her. always had a salary prom ls and. but it was n°v(r paid, though he was al owrt to collect tuiiion from tne parents of such pupil* as were able to pay. There was no school law ; there was r.o course of study; ihore were no teachers' exam inations; no school board, no supervision, no r. gulation, no supplh s. None of the-o was included in the farcical thing which Spain called the educational system of Cuba. Al the close of the Spanish-American ■ war there were virtually no children in j school at ell. not even in Havana an<F the larger cities. Most c f the parochial schf os, even, we. e di.l' n led, and in a ijot-u.atijn of about a million at and a half he education of the ch.ldren vtas quite forgotten. In November, 389. after almost a year of American occupation, the reports show ed a nominal school enrollment of only 1 about 40.000 pupils. To ihe Cuban secre ! <nry of justice- and publi: instruction in | Gen. Brooke’s cabinet had been entrusted j the work of drawing up a school law, but | it had been drafted along the lines of the Spanish regime, and Us schedule was an j impossible one, presenting such manifest absurdities as the ten hing of higher math ematic's to childern of 10. Down to this time t enforcement of law and order and various strictly sanitary anil military problems had occupied the energies of the Ameri.an ofTioias in Ha ! vana, but it was now evident that the se | rious matter of founding a system of pub ;]ij schools could no longer he delayed. It was then that Air. I- • am* to Cuba at the suggestion of the Secretary of War and on the invitation of Gen. Brooke, whose personal friend he was. Air. Frye's U ork. Mr. Frye investigated conditions thor oughly and made an unofficial report to Gen. Brooke. It was plain that nothing could bo done without anew and practical school law. One hot evening Mr. Frye went home and worked till morning by the light of the candles. The next day he took a workable law to Gen. Brooke. It was promptly signed by the Cuban secre tary of justice and public instruction, and at last the foundation was laid. From that hour to this no changes have been made in the law, either by Gen. Brooke or Gen. Wood, and its success is assured. The field was now clear for Mr. Frye’s work, and he set about it with character istic energy. He hod previously volun teered to serve five years in the Philip pines without pay, and he offered his ser vices here on the same terms. A salary of S3.(XX> was offered, but declined, lie is now receiving the same salary as his first assistant, s2,s<X>. but he has never kept for his own use any portion of this, de voting it each month to relief work among the more needy schools. Mr. Frye is unusually well endowed fer liis work, both by temperament and train ing. His energy is remarkable; his pa tience boundless; his courage Aid cheer fulness unfailing. From the beginning he has, labored early and late; his overtaxed system gave way during his recent trip to the United States, when he perfeotel the plans for the teachers’ excursion, and he lay HI for some time in Bos ten, hut even from his sick bed ho dictated corres pondence and rave directions for carry ing out the plan. Mr. Frye is a graduate of Harvard,’•he* been principal of the Quincy, 'Mass., High School, and & inerirteiident of schools in California, and u teacher of method* in the Chicago Normnl School. He lias lec tured before U a<*iiers' associations in neatly every state in the union, and is the author of a round dozen of sticeensfu! text books. llis hom •is now in South ern California, where he engaged in-tho raising of horses and the culture of oranges. Cnlmn Opposition. At the beginning Mr. Frye met with violent opposition on the part of the Cu bans. They fancied that his sole object in establishing a public school system, avowedly bared or that of the. United States, was unduly to "Americanize'' the Cubans and further annexation. This report ran like wildfire all over the isl and; the newspapers broke out in viru lent and scathing editorials, nnd not a clay parsed that Gen. Wood was nut re quested to discharge tills purveyor of pernicious education, and letters arid pe titions. against the- new system poured in from all sources for weeks. During that period Mr. Frye was ihe mo** cor dially hated American on the island. Then the bubble of opposition collapsed sod the reaction set in. To-day the- flood tide of native enthusiasm over Mr. jfry# A TEXAS WONDER. Hall** Great Discovery. One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak and lame backs, rheumatism and all irregularities of the kidneys arfl bladder in both men and women, regulates bladder troubles in chil dren. If r.ot sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of SI. One small bottle is two months’ treatment, and will cure any case above mentioned. Dr. E. W, Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O. Box 629, Louis, Mo. Send for testi monials. Sold by all druggist and Solo mons Cos., Savannah, Ga. Read Tills. Covington, Ga., July 23, 3898. This is to certify that I have used Dr. Hall’s Greit Discovery for Rheumatism, Kidney ar.d Bladder Troubles, and will it is tar superior to anything I have ever used for the above complaint. Very respectfully, H. I. HORTON, Ex-Marshal. and his wonderful work is at its hight, the present appreciation of him being commensurate with the abuse which was heaped on his head at first. The reversion of popular feeling was natifral enough. Mr. Frye simply went steadily ahead, re ceiving with smiling cheerfulness all who cam© int> his ollice to denounce him and unfailingly expressing his faith in the Cuban ’people when they should understand his real motives. Above all. he never turned aside to notfc* the torrai* of vituperation that filled the columns af the papers all over the island. To-day ti e active work of carrying on and perfecting rhe new school system is large ly in the Cubans’ own hands. The System To-day. There : t re now' 3.079 schools on the isl and, with about 140,0C0 schcol children en rolled: half a million dollars’ worth of most modern schcol furniture has been purchased and sent to the different mu nicipaliiies; the pupils of the island are furnished with books and all necessary school supplies free of charge; night schools for adults are about to be es*ab lished, And a plan has been formulated for a teachers’ normal school on the island during the summer months for the bemeflt of ihos* who can not join the excursion to the United States. Particular stress should be laid upon the tart the natives are taking in the work. Thus, the teachers are Cubans, 1 cards of education are made up of Cu bans, lie alcade, or mayor, in each town being ex-officio a member of the hoard, and each municipality conducting its own affairs exclusively. This lias contributed to great and pardonable pride on thtir I art. and they are doing all within their power *0 make it a success. Local ambi tion in many casts rune high, as instanc ed by the alcalde, who went to Gen. Wood and asked that a system of munici pal taxation might be established in h s town, which, he said, desired to make its • wn appropriation for the school fund and be seif-support! ng, instead of be ing dependent on the island revenues. Thi3 request Gen. W<oi was obliged to refuse, as tiie time for municipal taxation has not vet quite arrived, and when it d.es the system must necessarily be uniform, but the case deserves to go on record. Mr. Frye modestly assert* that the suc cess of the wotk is almost entirely due to the spontaneous and universal assist ance the Cubans have given him s nee they understood the import of the sys tem. The supply of bcoks. material, etc,, fie© cf (barge to the pupi’s is probably the iron remarkable in th© word. It was mule necessary by the empty treasuries and the impossibility of raising money sufficient for the purpjse by any sys tem of internal revenue until the coun try con'd recover somewhat frem the de vastating effects of the war. The law pro vide 1 for compulsory attendance at school. Now, if the children went to school they must have books, but the parents had no money with which to buy bocks, and frequently there were no parents, there b ing upward of 50 0.0 or phans on the island to-day, according to the official returns. The time will prob ably come when such lavish furnishing of supplies will no longer be necessary, but that will not be for a year at least. To the Cubans the arrival of the school furniture and supplies, maps, bookcases, globes, blackboards, etc., especially in the remote portions of the island, marked a red letter day. Never before had such equipments been seen. "Carramba!" was the universal exclamation—here were things meant for use exclusively in schools, just like the Americans! The awarding of the contracts for that furni ture wes a most important detail, and many days and nighta of unceasing in spection and vigilance were devoted to it. Representatives of both Cuban and American firms fairly swarmed about Mr. Frye as soon as it was known that the furniture was to be bought, for the value of equipments needed mounted up to more than $550,000, the order being the largest of its sort ever placed. Thic provided for over* 100,000 pupils, and it was thought at the time that it would do for the whole of the present school year, but the in crease of enrollment has been eo great that at this writing several thousand children are unprovided for in any way, and the prospects are that new awardg must be made by the opening oi the next term. Cnhnn Tearhera Are Well Paid. To most American teachers the salaries paid to the teachers of Cuba will proba bly seem high. But it should be remem bered that living is much more expensive in Cuban than American cities, a fact which Americans in Havana learned by sad experience last winter. Also that formerly yio Cuban teacher had his house free of rent, a custom that has been done away with under the new regime. It was in addition thought desirable to fix good salaries in order that the best possi ble material might be secured. At pres ent about three-fifths of the more than 3,000 teachers are women and two-fifths are men. no discrimination being made be tween the sexes in the matter of pay when similar services are performed. The lowest salary paid to any teacher in Havana is |9OO, and this is 25 per cent, more than the average of the hight sal aries paid in fifteen of the largest cities of the United Spates. Seven ether cities in Cuba receive exactly this average o highest salaries in thefce cities cf our country, while the lowest salary paid to any regular teacher in the Cuban public schools is S6OO. It must not be supposed, however, that many well trained, highly qualified teacn ers arc now In the work. The exigents of the situation demand that the -,cho l boards should simply select the best a'd most available men and women and em ploy them. There is not a single teacher now in the Cuban schools who las passe) an examination, but tfie school law pro vides that after Sepiember next all teach ers must be examined. This w ill he after the great excundon has returned from the United States. A special summer course with reference to the needs of the Cuban teachers has been arranged at Harvard, and Instruct ors conversant with both languages will Impart the Instruction. At the same time It is expressly understood that on their return the excursionist leaf Tiers are to impart as much of the Instruction received ns they can to those who remain at home, and also to describe the trip in general in as great detail as possible. Thus tho idea gained will be distributed over the entire Island. It will be seen that the Cuban teachers are to receive a great object lesson. They are to be introduced in American homes and entertained, and besides thts. instruc tion of the regular six weeks' course, they are to eeo out- museums, laboratories, parks, great public buildings and public works; they are to have the opportunity of studying our cities arlH our manners and customs In general. Tlic plan In cludes outing and social features as well us study, and a trip to Washing ton. Chicago, Niagara Falls and New York has been planned, the citizens of New York being now engaged in raising a fund of SIO,OOO to provide for their en tertainment while there. Tho only cost to each teacher will be traveling expenses to the seaport from which the transport will sail, and inci dental Individual outlay. The women teachers will have accommodations in the homes of private citizens; the men will be lodged in the dormitories. The women will dine in tbe beautiful Memorial Hall and another iarge new building, with spacious reading rooms and parlors in charge of a Cuban woman, has been es pecially prepared as a meeting and rest ing place for them. The government transports on which they will sail are the Burnside, the McPherson, the McClellan, the Crook and the Sedgwick. Sailing day is June 25. Soon after the excursion was announced a discovery was made on the part of cer tain persons here that it would be highly improper for several hundred young Cu ban women to go junketing to the United States under the guise of an educational excursion unchaperoned and wthout the restraining influences and moial benefits supposed to attach to constant espionage. This discovery was followed by a general outbreak in the Cuban which lastel for about ten days, Mr. Frye b°ing cnce more placed under fire, while the usual threats were made to issue an appeal "signed by the best citizens of Cuba,” to be presented to Gen. Wood, forbidding h“ trip. A general lowering of the moral standard and a debasement of woman hood shocking to contemplate were pre dicted as inevitable results cf such a tour, and Cuban mothers we r e implored to send their daughters to Cabanas before they would, allow it. In the meantime hun dreds of letters were pouring in on Mr. Frye every day from teachers all over the island, chiefly women, imploring to be taken on- the excursion and urging ev ery possible reason why they p rsonal’y should bfe included. Then it was discover ed that Mr. Frye had provided a num ber of Cuban women to accompany the party as chaperones. The sudden bub ble of opposition was pricked once more and preparations for the excursion ate now going merrily forward. George Reno. Stalky & Co.'s School. Talk With the Little Red Sergeant Who Kittling Hua Hade Immortal. CY HELEN DAMES BROWN. “Ylss,” says my Devonishe drivler, "yiss, yonder's wheor Kipling surruved bis tolme.” He pointed his whip toward a “terrace’’ of bow-windowed houses, and kept on pointing till I read aloud for his satisfaction the words upon the front: "United Service® College.” "Yes,” I re peated, “that is where Stalky & Cos., serv ed their time, too.” The buildings were commonplace, brownish-grayish in color, and insignificant in architecture. They stood high above the road, with a noble conumnnd-of the sea. For this was West ward, He, on the North Devon coast, and I had driven over from Bideford partly in honor of Charles Kingsley, chiefly in honor of Rudyard Kipling. Westward, Ho Is that dismallest of spots, an unsuccess ful watering place; and Kingsley College, next neighbor to Stalky's Is that forlornest of ruins, an abandoned school. My visit fell In the dead vast and mid dle of the summer vacation. A school in summer has a silence of its own—si lence audible, like .darkness visible. To my imagination the place was filled with the absence of the school boys there, and rang with the silence of their war drum. I followed the graveled path, to the door, but hardly expected to enter, for I am the deprecating, retreating American when on my travels. At the entrance appeared a little man, red-haired, red-faced, very straight in the back, stiffened from head to foot with authority. "Would it be possible for me to step inside the door?” said I. turning awav. He thought not. I quite understood, and drew back from the doorway. “I could show you 'is study, at the top o' the stair,” paid the man of authority. “Number live 'e called it. Number three hit is. That was the way 'e changed things. That door was Mr. Prout’s, 'is name not bein’ Prout, however, though beginnln’ ■with a P. He changed every name except the cook's. He put us ail in.” “And you, too, are in the book?” “Yiss,” he answered shyly; “I'm—well. I'm the little red sergeant. They called me Foxihus. 'E's put me in ’is stories three times. I wrote 'im a letter; I said 'e'd better take me hoff the stage, and 'e answered me a letter—l've it in my pocket now. I couldn't read tt to you. though I'd like to’ it bein' so hirvtimate." Could Beetle but have seen the proud, fond touch Foxihus gave his letter! “ 'Ere’s the study that ail the lads are wantin' now.” It was a study that had seen service. Indeed, from end to end, Stalky’s school wan as ink-bespattered a place of edu cation as I have ever visited. There was not much to see in study. Number five; there was a gTeat deal to think. The little red sergeant’s remin iscences of Beetle shall wait till Mr. Kip ling’s biography is written—may the day bo far digjant. ■■ ’E was a little racal,” says Foxihus. affectionately; “ > gave me a deal o' trouble, that did,” and the little man says It as if It were the thing in all his life he was proudest of. “I’m ’avin’ to wear spectacles made H awkward in a fight;” and up rose before me the poet Beetle, spectacles mended with an old boot lace, as on page forty- six. Foxibus, unbent, tried no more disci pline upon me. bur led me over the house, with great geniality and thoroughness, even throwing open the bath room door, that I might see where “the lads showed each other their wales;** and even con ducting me to Richard's sanctum, where that worthy blacked the boots. “And ’ere> where I drilled ’em." shew ing the gymnasium, scene of "The Flag of their Country." “Ami 'ere’s where the cat—" "Yes, I remember," I said quickly. "I could tell you the truth of that story—" But I made nn immediate remark about the sen. which filled every window, with a blue expanse. Foxi bus led me through form rooms, dormitories, dining rooms. wholesome with the bright, keen ocean air, and cheer ful with their wide, free outlook. All was plain nnd simple to bareness, a prep aration for camps and barracks. Here MALARIA Chill* nnd Fever, Fever nnd Ague Conquered. Min HI RELIEF Not only cures the patient seized with this terrible foe to settlers in nrwly set tled districts, where the Malaria or Ague exists, but if people exposed to it will every morninK on Betting out of bed! take twenty or thirty drops of the Ready Relief Iti a class of water, and eat, say, ii cracker, they will escape attacks. This must be done before going out. There la not a remedial agent In ths world that tfclll cure Fever and Ague and all other malarial, bilious and other fevers, aided by Railway's Rills, KO quickly as RRR fluid by all V>rnggl*ta. RADWAY 4 CO., 55 Elm St., N. Y. M UK YON’S S, Blood Cure ab solutely cures scrofula, eczema, spots, ’ blotches, eruptions, syphilit ic conditions, mer curial taints, etc. Specially effica cious in all blood diseases common to a hot climate. > i | 87 Free medical ad* j < | Jr vice. 1505 Arch st., Phila. • BLOOD CURE and there one saw pictures of military heroes, Lord Kitchener conspicuous amontr them. And there’s where ’<? eat et tg,ble, as I chn just remember, ’im, a little lad." “Stalky & Co.,’’ I think, is not so good a book for boye as for their teachers and their maiden aunts. The trio are, in many respec'ts, boys of the Stone Age, as I be lieve someone in the book suggest*, They answer to Plato’s famous definition: "Of all animals, the boy is tho most unman ageable, inasmuch a.v he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated, he is the most insidious, ted and in 6ubordinate of animals.” "It’s not brutal ity," says the tutor, Hartopp; "it’t# boy, only boy." In the head, the chaplain, and “little Hartopp," the’book has a saving remnant of human teachers; but the chaplain re marks: ‘Never again will I forget that master is not a man.” In "Stalky & Cos." it is the teacher as dunce who take© his turn. This shriveled man is pathetic, be littled by living ’continually with his in feriors—the man who has taught Latin so long that he talks like a translation of Cicero. King addresses Bottle: “Com© forth, thou inky buffoon. You supply. I presume, the doggerel for this entertain ment. Esteem yourself to I>e, as it were, a poet?’’ (That quasi is delightful.) The autobiographical twits lire In ten esting: Beetle taking to books in the li brary of the Head, who “would read her© a verse and. here another of these poets, opening up avenues;’’ Beetle editing the school paper; Beetle, the laureate of the school, tir songster and spokesman; his pen the torment of the masters*—"You see I can always make him hop with some more poetry." “ ‘E was always writ In'," says Foxl bus; “sometimes it was for the Bideford paper, all unbeknown. You couldn’s keep him from writin’ then no more than now." Everywhere, the little red sergeant seemed bewildered s to his own, identity, perplexed to find himself both inside and outside a book, at the same time. Th© old soldi r had been twenty years in th© army school at Westward Ho. but plain*- ly the most wondeful experience of hi 9 career had been the entertaining and dis ciplining of a genius unuwares To be years after introduced to the world by this troublesome lad, such was the romance of Foxihus. the little red sergeant. Tis irnrnortial farm tbe gintleman’© goin’ to give up,” says Mr. Kipling’s Mul vaney. Refrigerators. Cbilcot, the Yukon and the Economic. Best in their class. Freezers. Peerless and Zero. Best in the world. LII. PIEFLES l SIS. MCMILLAN BROS, —Manufacturers of— Seamless Turpentine Stills and Fixtures PATCHING COPPER AND AIVBTfc CHEST AND BOLT COPPER. Sltpalrtne thnugh do country a ft ■CVANMAH, QA. MOBILE, ALA T AYETTIft M. a I||| LtPPMAN 3ROS.. Proprietors* Lipjiman’s Block. SAVANNAH* Q* •cnooi.v ahu colleubs. DftQfTIflMC SECURED. May deposit money ri/uIIJUIiO for tuition In bank till position 1* secured, or will accept note*. Cheap board. Car fare paid. 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