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The world is greatly crowded now with pestilen- tlai bores, Who ought to join McGinty right away . We meet them everywhere we go. both 111 and out or duoraâ€" The ought to join McGinty right away. who u ap who a ways borrows, but was never known to lend, ‘ Who, when he's broke, convinces you he‘ll always be your triend, 1 But when you ask a favor he has no favors to extendâ€"â€" He ought to join McGinty right away. The man who always loudly snores within the sleeping carâ€" He ought to jom McGinty right away. His Wlld cadenzas warp the doors and make the windows jarâ€"â€" He ought to join McGinty right away. And there‘s the chap who seems to know when all your time’s employed ; He chooses just the moment when you cannot be annoyed, And as he talks and talks and talks you wish he were destroyedâ€" Yon wish he’d join McGinty right away. The crank who has no intellect. but just a mul‘ ish willâ€" He ought to join MeGinty right away. For while you may convince him holds his own opinion stulâ€" He ought to join McGinty right away. He’s apt to get on juries where he’ll ang them every iime ; He lime a. monumental gall that really is sub- une; His trong opinions with the views of others never rhymeâ€" He ought to join McGinty right away. And every man whose presence robs the world of happiness Should go and see MoGinty right away. The mulLitudes of cranks and bores should speedi y be lessâ€" The ought to join MuGlnty right away. This teary woxld of ours so much pleasanter would be It itffxom all these nuisances could happily be ree. So let them take a. journey to the bottom of the A Chicago Man’s Clever Devlce for Maklng Use of the Great Cataract. Mr. M. Maginn, a mechanical engineer living at 2,222 Wnbaah avenue, Chicago, has been awarded a gold medal by the Buffalo International Fair Association for his device for utilizing the power of Niagara Falls. Some time ago the business men of Buffalo offered a prize of $100,000 for the beat device for utilizing the power of the Niagara River current opposite Bufialo Mr. Maginn'e invention was not placed with the current motors, although he claims that the electric power to be gener- ated by it could easily be transmitted from the Falls to Buffalo. Iuv .. u..- .V ...__,,--. Mr. Maginu proposes to have excavated a cavity or drift at the foot of the falls, in front of which the flow of water will be continuous and of sufficient depth to carry over all flow of ice without striking the device. In this recess, upon stone founda- tions, will be a stationary iron truss frame, upon which. on wheels, will be a traVclling truss frame sufficiently heavy to carry the water-wheel and other paraphernalia, this consisting of an cvershot wheel 60 feet in diameter, several monster dynamos, and the gearing necessary to work them. The travelling frame will he moved by hydraulic pressure to engage or disengage the water- wheel with the falling water. This is said to be entirely feasible, hydraulic pressure being used to move the heaviest ordnance and other great weights. Such a machine is calculated to develop over 16,000-horse Bower, and the electricity generated might a transmitted to considerable distances for use in running machinery and lighting. â€"Chicago News. The Black Bishop of the Niger. The Right Rev. Samuel Adjal Crowther, D D., missionary bishop of the Niger terri- tory, is now staying at the Church mis- sionary house in Salisbury square, Fleet street. He has come over to England from Africa upon a special mission, namely: to raise (node for the building of a new church on the Niger. The bishop, who is a vener- able-looking old gentleman, now in his Slst year, very quiet in manner and with all the impressive actions which belong to the negro race, has had a life full of adventure, which has been almost entirely devoted to the propagation of the Christian religion among his fellow-natives. While yet a child be was kidnapped from his tribeâ€"the Yorubasâ€"and sold in Lagos in 1822, He was, however, rescued by a British ship, taken to Sierra Leone, and educated there by the Church Missionary Society. He was baptized in 1825, was afterwards employed as a teacher, and in 1843, having been ordained, he was sent to his own country, Yoruba, to assist in the conversion of his own people. In 1857 he was appointed leader of the new Niger mission, and on St Peter's day, 1864, he was consecrated at Canterbury Cathedral the first Bishop of the Niger. Since that date his whole time has been devoted to the conversion of the heathen in those two regionsâ€"Pall Mall Gazette. A gentleman writing to The Jewish Ea:- ponent, of Philadelphia, says : “ Several years ago I commenced writing for the daily papers, making a specialty of ‘ Jew- ish ’ news. For several weeks, when one of the copy-readers would handle my copy for the first time. I would be called to the front and warned not to use the word Jew, as some of our leading Jewish residents had frequently taken the paper to task for using the word, viewing its usage as an intended slut, and this was said to a paper whose adâ€" vertising columns teem with the names of representative Jewish merchants " n ,u, ,, , see, And go and join McGinty right away The readers of the Tidings will observe thus this paper does not hesitate to use the word Jew whenever occasion demands. In hot, the word is infinitely preferable to that of Hebrew, and implies a great deal more. The word Jew has come to be re- garded as referring to religion, and the word Hebrew to language. v Those Js as ‘v'vhé' object to reference to them ss Jews are a sorry lot and deserve symplthy.â€"- Rocheuer Jewish Tidings. Before the blscksmith’s shop she waits, In her hi )1 country waggon sittini, While the good smith with friendly ssto Her horse's clumsy shoe is fitting. Be pores and measures, stirs his fire Bis hammer blows ri: g out with shrillness Into the August afternoon, Steeped in its weary twilight stillness. With anxious eye she watches him. Ber busy thoughts are homeward straying ; Shadows grow long o'er field and road, And Wrul'y farmers leave their haying. “How did you like me an a. living sumo ?" askea Mrs. Schmidt of her hus- band, on their return from an entertain- ment at which she had figured conspicu- ously: _ __ I_ .. â€" - .- 11.. â€"â€"A man told of an adventure which was so horrinle that he said it just raised his hair. "Well," said the baldhéaded nun in the back corner. I‘I guess I'll mu." "71570 tell the truth, I was dumbfounded,” he replied. “ At my statuesque appearance ?" “ No, my dear, at your being able to keep your momh shut so long." High in the elm tree o‘er the way, On auniit boughe the birds are singing Their cradle songs above their news, Within the whispering sweetness swinging. She knows at home the patient cows Stand lowing at the bars to greet her; And anxious goodmrm si-ans the road And sends the children out to meet her. She knows the supper fire is lit, The hearth swept. clean. the kettle singing, The kitpheu gable glam-sq t9 h_old~ r Luv Alvuuvu “any ., _-_ _ The things from 1:361: ma} Efiéiia bringing. And smilesiiu hqnest rqstic‘prjd‘e, ,,1,-,,_. u: nuvu, v u an“. v--“... v" For clothsfnd shoes and“ tiu‘ifiéfiuf'or bakin . The setting sun lights up her face, Turning ms harshness into beautyâ€"- Picture of rustic peace and pride, 0! homely happiness and duty. L. Kirk in Boston Transvript. fluu nun-um u. .w- .. .. At shrewd hard Hargmns-Efié’gbéen making OLanovyylpgga pqd cream}! ‘clgeese ,Ap ..L.‘I..'_Y n T0 Ul‘lLlZE NIAGARA FALLS. They Ought to Join MoGlnty. The Country Woman. The Word Jew. Physical Health, Beauty and Cleanliness Go Together. WOMEN WITH WASP WAISTS. Uhild Management, Baby Kissing, Prettv Homes and Homely Girls. Taking for his theme physical henlth as the chief means of obtaining beauty, 5 New York Sun writer has this to any of cleanli- ness as related to health : ucn: nu Lulu-run Irv uuuuuuu Now. since you never have been really 1 clean since your mother stopped giving you your daily bath, suppose you begin with a. course of Turkish baths and get clean. If you have the leisure, and your skin is very bad, try one each day for a week, then one each week for six months, and your skin will begin to have enough life to help you to keep clean. Probably twice each month after that will keep you in nice condition in addition to your own uhlutions. The only thing detrimental in Turkish baths is that the craving for these continually increases like the alcohol or chewing-gum habit, and you squander a great deal of money on them, perhaps even learn to go without your allowance of confectionery and ice-cream to waste your substance in what might be called riotous bathing. , "a. nun. _. ...',.kt wunc mlauv vu “WA-V‘- -__,V Strong women find a warm bath at night, with a Turkish bath brush and plenty of pure castile soap, and a cold sponge-off in the morning, a refreshing way of bathing. while more delicate women are unable to endure the cold water without getting pallid laces, red noses, blue rings under their eyes, and a general chill which is extremely unpleasant as well as undesirable. Such women would be more comfortable to lake the thorough bath in the morning and the quick wash in tepid water at night, but in either case the one good bath a day is essential to actual cleanliness, and on woman who values her complexion should ever go to sleep at night without carefully removing from her face the dust of the day any more than she would go to break- fast without brushing her teeth. Very careful thought must be given to the quality, not the quantty, of soap used in bathing the face. In some of the Turkish baths fine imported oastile soap is preferred, which is made from olive oil, is warranted by chemists to be pure. and sanctioned by surgeons, who nee it in the cleansing of wounds. ‘1 he perfumed soaps bearing the signed testimonials of artists and actressess may be harmless. but the castile has been proven beneficial. Some skins are so very inactive and torpid that ; only a brisk rubbing with coarse flannel or the bands can wake them up and get them ready for the day's duties. To a com- plexion which a course of thorough baths has rendered clear this flannel rubbing lends a velvety glow that quite takes the place of the coat of powder with which so many ladies whiten over the really un- clean skin beneath. Kisses for the Baby. Don’t let everybody kiss the baby 1 Some people seem to think that they have a per- fect right to kiss every child they take a notion to, says Dore Harvey Vrooman in the Detroit Free Press. In the first place many diseases are carried by kissing, so on that score it is best to be careful. And in the second place babies have preferences :3 well as grown people. We wouldn’t like to be compelled to kiss everybody who took a. fnqey to lfies us. and neither do they. ,_lL:_.. LA . "mm “In: inuu nu man u... ...__ ___v__,, , _ Still there is nothing to a child like "mother's kiss." It he falls and hurts himself he runs to mamma, so that she may kiss the place and make it better. If he is tired and iretful, to be taken up in mother‘s arms and fondled and caressed will make the little heart glad. Yet we learn from a recent letter in one of our con- temporaries that there is a nation where kissing is unknown. That the Japanese mother never kisses her baby as she olasps it to her bosom. It seems almost incredi- ble to us that a mother eonld forego doing so. When we hold the soft, warm little body against our hearts, and feel the tiny arms around our necks, the warm little cheek against ours; when we look into baby’s laughing eyes and see the pretty parted lips before us. how can we help kissing the dear little thing 7 Make Home Pretty. Efieotive curtains may be made of white tarletan on which are gummed figures out from oretonne. Some of the designs are very pretty, and if applied with taste will give the effect at a distance of painting. Small figures are most desirable, such as sprays of flowers, tiny birds and butterflies. Make a thin paste of flour and water, in which is a little starch, and when nearly dry press the warm iron. “l r__-__4._-..s. I-.. Ahandsome table-spread can be made of Bolton sheeting, edged with a bend of yellow sateen about nine inches wide and allover design in shaded yellow silks through the centre. These are not ex- pensive, and are very durable. Bomeliness Unnecessary. What is the use of being homely, girls. when you can all be beautiful just as well as not? If you have the white light of the soul within, it will shine through the mud- diest complexion and the thickest swarm of freckles. It can re-shape snub noses and wry mouths ; it can burnish red heat until it shines like gold; it can transform any one into an angel of delight. In other words, the loveliness of a pure spirit imparts its charm to everything connected with it. “-4 I“--- V A neat and convenient arrangement for solied linen is made of an ordinary towl with a. pretty border and fringed ends. Sew this up in the shape of a. bag, turn one and back and over the front, fasten the back to a small roll or flat piece of wood and hang by cords or ribbons. 11, h.) __:n_ -2 I--- As a rule the prettiest girls lack ambi- tion,for they depend largely upon their good looks to carry them along. We all have heard such remarks as : “ She would benpretty girl it she only knew some. thing," md “ She is really a beautiful girl V; «v‘.‘_ .. Those who have odds and ends of lace, no matter of what pattern, can utilize them by putting them together in crazy psmhv work fashion and making a long pillow sham of them, finishing with a narrow lace ruffle. HINTS FOR THE LADIES. Washing the Skin. Managing a Child. to look at. but when she opens her monthâ€" my I " On the other hand, happily, we often hear persons say of a middle-aged woman : “ She looks so much better than she did when a girl.” That is because she has been cultivating the immortal part of herself all these yearsâ€"Christian at Work. Wasp Walstad Women. Women who sedulously cultivate a small waist should remember that an unnatural tightness is by no means necessary to, or even always consonant with, picturesque- nese. On the contrary, a certain looseness of flowing lines looks very much better in a picture than the ordinary tightrfitting gar- ments of today. If these latter are to be strikingly graceful, they must invest an unusually fine and wellformed figure. The tight waist has again been the subject of a lecture by a dress reformer, but few of those who publicly condemn it remember that the easiest way to dislodge it from favor is to prove how unbecoming it is. No girl pays the smallest heed to such a trifle as weakened health when good looks, as she estimates them, are in the opposite scale. Her constitution is cheerfully sacrificed; but could she only be convinced of what is patent enough to the observerâ€" viz, that for every half-inch that she compresses her waist her shoulders are rounded by just so muchâ€"the argument would be found to have some force with her. But girls do admire picturesqueness, and though this may very well accompany a natural waist, and very often does so, it is wholly incompatible with round shoul- ders. There never yet was a straitened waist for which the shoulders did not suffer. The nose, too, often shares the evil results of undue compression. It does not grow round, but it turns red, and who could be picturesque with a crimson nose ‘2...K Not the loveliest woman on earth. She may dip it in a bag of flour, as so many noses are dipped nowadays, but the smallest accident may reveal the rosy hue beneath the white. Besides, these woolly noses are only tolerable at quite a long way off. There is a tendency toward flaki- ness on the part of the powder that is only ashade less ugly than the ruddy tint it covers. Fashion Fanclos. Many new costumes have princess backs. The most popular flowers are of shaded velvet. Felt hats are shown with soft full crowns made of velvet. Slate gray is the fashionable color for gentleman's scarfs. v Da Vinci is the name given to a new, beautiful tint of heliottope. Wide lace collars and deep cuffs are worn with dressy indoor toilets. Gentleman's dress gloves for evening are of pearl color, with pearl stitching. firoad-brimmed Eats are adorned with rosettes made of accordion-plaited silk. Gothic points and Vandyked designs are very popular in both lace and passe- menterie. Beaded strap: with jeweled buckles fasten some at the latest French dinner? gowns. Thé collar is made high for street gowns, but is lower and either round or pointed for house dresses. Rosettes of narrow black velvet ribbon are used for trimming chlldren’a felt hats of any color. New fur capes of seal or beaver have a. standing collsr, which cm be turned back if desired, as there is far on both sides. The latest novelty in hats for young chil- dren is of soft white beaver, which is very shaggy on the surface and is trimmed only with cord. Handsome silks for dinner dresses are brocaded in self colors and are combined with velvet of the same shade instead of a. contrasting "color. The Bernhardt mantelette, made of solid jet,is something between a. cape and a. coil“, and is especially becommg to pos- eeasors of long, swan-like throats. The newest of kid gloves are made with drawn seams and have “ Paris points" like cords slightly stitched, instead of broad rows of stigohing on the back. v1 1 A“. lvvvu u. ....... -5 __ W, , Unouried ostrich feathers are liked for boas and shoulder cepes, black, White and natural-colored feathers only being used, and making stylish capes, which bid fair to become very popular. The corset is being modified to suit new fashions in dress waists, the bust gores being lower and the corset itself less whale- boned and more flexible, thus tending to shorten rather than lengthen the waist. Some of the phrases used in dressmaking are perfect Greek to be unknowing, so I add a short list of the words and their mean- ings. An apron is any sort of a draped skirt front ; a tablier is a flat undraped skirt front; a full back means a straight back to the skirt gathered in two or more rows at the top; a panel is a straight piece for the front or sides, set in between a trimming of some kind to convey the idea of an inlay ', a Spanish flonnee is one reaching from the knees down and gathered to form an erect ruffle. Knife pleats are very narrow side pleats, and accordion pleats are still narrower and pressed in shape by machinery; kilt pleats are those turned one we , and box pleats have a fold to the right si e and one to theleit; double and triple box pleats have two or three folds on either side; a “ kilt " means a skirt entirely of kilt pleats. A “ drop’ skirt is one of the dress material made up inde- pendent ot the lining, and then hung or dropped over it from the same belt. A border is any trimming put on the edge or just above it, Armnre silk has a bird’s eye or diaper weave; faille Franeaise has a soft cord, moire has water waves gver its sur- face, triootrine is sometimes called armure surah from its lines of bird’s eye weaving; snrah has almost invrsible cords and is very sott.~December Ladies’ Home Journal. The new badge of the American Federa- tion of Labor is a disk of copper or gold, half an inch in diameter. enameled to rep.- resent e hemisphere, as shown in maps of the world, in blue or black, but marked by only eight meridians in gilt. These stein- Qstive of the demnnd of the Federation of Labor for e work-day of eight hours. Above the disk is a scroll with the letters A. F. of L. Underneath is e pendent ‘i‘nsnr'b'ed “ Labor Omnie Vincit.” On the diet at the north pole is the figure “ 8.” and at the south pole is the word ” hours.” One hun- dred thousand of these badges have been jawed. Obtained Her Liberty at Last. The following almost incredible story comes from Kansas City : The Probate Court of Cooper county on Wednesday de- cided the ease of a colored woman who had just discovered that she is free and not a slave, and who sued her late master‘s estate for wages. At the commencement of the war Joseph Hickman, the wealthiest and most influential farmer in the county, bought a negress slave in the market and took her to the farm as a sewing maid. Since that time she has never been allowed to go beyond the bounds of the farm. and in her petition she alleged she had been permitted to hold converse with none of her race, and none of the family was ever per- mitted to tell her the results of the war. When her old master died three weeks ago she ran away to Boonville, and while there learned she was free. She told her story to a lawyer, and he brought suit to recover $1,500 wages (at 85 a month for twenty- five years) from Hickman‘s estate. The Court decided for the plaintifl yesterday, and allowed one-half the amount claimed. The king qt Italy has sent to King Meuelikagaryed wooden throne twenty- tou: feet high. Terms Used by Dressmakers. Lnbofla New Emblem. YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. The Terms of Sentences in Michigan’s Reform Schools. A Paper on This Subj act Read at the State Conference of Uorrection and Charities in Detroit. GIVE THE YOUI‘H A CHANGE J. W. Holcomb, Esq., county agent for Kent county [A gentleman well-known in the county of \Ventworth, Ont] , attended the annual convention or confer- ence of the agents of the State Board and the poor officers in Detroit last week and t read the following paper, which is a. strong plea for a change in some of the State‘s laws and methods : The people of this State, wmlthy in its forests, its mines and its broad and fertile acres, are rich in the charity which has given a line of State institutions designed to the needs of the unfortunate The depend- ent and neglected child is provided a shelter in a hospitable home; the wayward boy and girl are restrained in descent to crime; the blind are almost made to see, the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear ; the flickering light of reason gently brightened toa steady flame, and the 0d man in comfortable re tirement receives the wages earned in days of battle and blood. These congratulations are for the people of which we form a part, but the duty of this conference is not per- formed if we do not well consider whether the law may not better have laid out the work of the institutions in view of the pur- poses for which they were established and are capable of. . ,. t 1‘ 1,, What, then, is the work and best pur- poees of the State juvenile reiorm institu- tions? The answer of years ago, had they then existed, would have been that they were places of imprisonment for boys and girls who were being punished by the law for crime ; the answer of these more humane days may be that these chocls and temporary homes are places of deten- tion for boys and girls who have developed in bad conduct, evil tendencies, and need moral training and better home influences. BENTENCING THE BOYS. For the offences usually constituting the lesser crimes, and for ihose specially pre- scribed by statnte, boys between the ages of ‘ 10 and 16 may be sentenced to the State Reform School until they be of the age of of 17 years. Under Act No. 218, session laws 0! 1889, are certain proceedings pro- viding a discretionary and lesser term of sentence, in case of unmanageable boys and girls, but this law does not enter into the present discussion. While to a boy of between 10 and say 14 years of age, a sentence until he be 17 years of age may seem ponderous, yet it is n01: oppressive or cruel in the view that there is oiten for a young boy no other home ; or, it there be a home, its influences are usually worse than no home at all. The boy may become a truant from school, ina city, become known to the police; may be found on the street at late night hours; may be connected with petty thefts, and by his mischievous and boyish criminal conduct, force the ques- tion as to what had best be done with him. An extreme sentimentality on the part of a police court audience ofleis its sympathy for the neglectiul mother, and the suc- denly repentant lad departs for a better school, home and government than he has ever known. And in passing I may say that in advising as to the dis ositien as to charges against the sum ier boys, we may better look to the character of the home, its tendencies and the consequent association of the boy, than to the offence itself. The acts of such boys hardly to bcfiil‘td criminal, are olten little more than the sequences of their home life, but as the home influences go on from day to day the daily sequence or wrong domg may be expected. it is a justice and benefit to the small boy so situated to remove him from such dangerous influences. It might not be necessary or advisable were his home and its influences better. Older boys than those last referred to may also reach the reform school for ofiences not from home causes. The policy of this institution is equally kind and Wise. The boy committed when young, before 17 years of age has usually been released from actual residence in the school, and it at later years at his commitment, he has only been held there sufficiently long to determine the value of his opportunities. The age of 17 is a fitting time for the release of boys absolutely from the reform school. It is the age when the boy lay- ing aside boyish thoughts, sometimes with undue energy assumes the thoughts, strength and manners of the man, and on thelsrm, in the factory, the mill, the store and like occupations, claims with more or less modesty to be counted as a. man. It is well, then, unless his previous life denies it to him, that he, feeling strong in his purposes and resolves, should be free to take up the burden he seeks to carry. . For the well understood general offences and those found by statute, With the ex» caption as before stated as to boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 17 years, may be sentenced to the industrial home until 21 years of age. Although slight offences of girls extend further in their consequences than those of boys, I think the law incorrectly assumes that they necessarily do as involving moral errors. I believe that With young girls as well as young boys a kind home, sympathetic sur- roundings, with wisely offered moral teach- ings,m§.y otten be sufficient correction. Poverty and strife of parents at the cheer- less place called home suggest the street corner and pool room as the refuge of the son, and the street and the dance that of the daughter. For such Ieluges the boy may be sentenced to the relorm school until he be 17 and the girl to the industrial home until she be 21 years of age. Can we justly assume that the girl is so much less susceptible to moral influences than the boy? Is it not an unjust discrimination against her? The observer may wonder why for a petty larceny a sentence of ten years, covering an entire girlhood, may be inflicted in a state whose constitution pro- vides that “excessive flnes shall not be imposed or cruel or unusual punishment infl cted ”; and also how it can be con- sistent with a like sentence to a grown person for stealing thousands by force or why the girl of from 10 to 14 or 15 years of age should, for lounging about the streets contrary to the command of a per- haps dissolute parent, receive double the punishment in years pronounced on a woman living on openly immoral life who in a'drungien by;an kills the associate in her sin. ‘ ‘ The Industrial Home for girls should be whet the Reform School is for boysâ€"as staple a school for lltersry end motel in- struction s9 is possible, eonsistently with the control of the pupils. It should be as near a. home as possible, for many who have never known that rightly called I home may learn what a. home should be, in its just and kind government, in its symph- thy tor the despondent, and in all “B side to encouragement in the honest waysof lite These being its purposes, are the present terms of sentences lavorable to such pur- poses ? _ . , , , , , , 1 ,M And now some one tells us not to send young girls to the industrial home. or any similar institution, for alight offences. What, then, shall be done with them? The jail is not a suitable place in this (Grand Rapids, Mich. Eagle.) WHEN T0 BELEAEE GIRLS- PUNISHMENT 01‘ GIRLS . humane age. Fines cannot and will not he paid by the parents. Must we then aliow the young girl to run astray until her greater offence sooth our sensibilities to the legally prescribed sentence? The people of this state who created it may make the institution fit the needs of those for whom it was created. and if a. young girl of from 10 to 15 years of age needs its moral train- ing she should not necessarily be obliged to pay for it with her liberty up to 21 years of age, My proposition then is that girls sentenced to the industrial home between 10 and 15 years of age, being usually for offences which do not prrsnmably involve grievous moral error, should be absolutely released from all connection with the home at 718 years of age. It can now be suggested that the power given the board of control, temporarily to release girls for good conduct at any age, can better accomplish the desired object than by the absolute discharge which I pro- pose. I ask the exercise of the power in all cases Where the girl has shown herself worthy of the favor, and if her former home and neighborhood are not suitable for her return, I think, on the well founded advice of the agent for the county of the state board, the young girl should be placed in a family in which she may be in truth a member of the household, weaving as well as she may be able. her lot with the good and ill fortune of her protectors. Thus at 18 she may be able to try the value of the moral teachings, to guard hersell against the traps and dark Ways of the world and rightly to study the plans and the hopes of her approaching womanhood. TICKET 0F LEAVE. An even chance for a respectable place with those of like age is a birthright to the young woman of 18 not sacrificed by the 3 follies of the child. She may have more valuable aid and encouragement between 18 and 21 years of age in the sympathy of the friends she makes than in the protection of the Home. The “ Ticket of Leave," pain- fully suggestive of a prison, may not be as easy badge for the wearer, whoâ€"otherwise welcome in pleasant association - with respectable peopleâ€"always bears the thought that the temper of a petulant employer, the jealousy of a rival, of the malice of an enemy may by slander send her back to the home to wearily count the days until her release at 21, or to be again “ placed out ” before that happy year where perhaps disheartened and discourag- ed she timmly and deferentially assumes new duties. A few words with respect to girls over 15 years committed to the home. I think the age of admission should be extended to 18 years. There is fraquently more than the waywardneee in a girl over 15 in those Whose offences make their commitment proper, and when the ofieneee are in their cases of an immoral nature, no more safe course can be taken than residence in the Home, or a kind and strict supervision out- side under the limit of the law. But let the burden of her who has sinned and re- pented be made light and easy to her galled spirit. Let the contrast between days of wrong-doing and better conduct be forgot- ten, except by herself, while words of en- couragement fell as the gentle dawn of heaven. The proposition I have made would open wide the doors of the home. A greater number of young girls I think would be re- ceived. who would in time soon go forth re- garding the home in sincerity an alma. mater. Those committed to its care would come with less apprehension. The reluct- ance of parents and the hesitation of those placing girls there would be lessenedâ€"in short the home would, I think, better meet the purposes of its eetebliehement. I have read so for in criticism of the law and not of those acting under the law or of the management of any state institution. I understand we are met here as much to: a. practical conference asfor ethical disguisi- iiona. To this conference and this oietin- qnished assemblage I reap otfully present my view nagging that while fill: wisdom e discuss, we fave in our he rte for the u - fortunate the “ charity which suflareth long and is kind, which vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up and doth not conduct itself unseemly.” Melville E. Stone, founder and former editor of the Chicago News, has returned from a long trip abroad improved in health. Following are a few lines from what he says about Russia : “ In at. Petersburg, in feet all through Russia, there is a bush in the very air, There’s a dread of something, a tear of the Government. One day I saw a carriage containing a gendarme and another person. I asked our guide who it was and he said it was a politicalprisoner. I asked him what would become of: him.‘ Oh, he‘ll never be heard of again. We don’t have any bother about juries and trials. The papers won’t take up the matter, and his friends won’t attempt to do anything for him.‘ ‘ But it he were your brother, wouldn’t you try to do something for him ?i I asked. ‘ No am If lwent to the officers and said I wanted to know what they were going to do with him, they would say : ' Come right in. You can have the cell next to his and go with him to Siberia to see what becomes of him.’ When|they want a man in Russia they make no fuss about it. An officer goes to the man’s house or shop, and, beckoning to him, says : ‘I want you.’ The man doesn't ask what is wanted or why he is wanted. He goes. Outside stands a carriage with a. gendurme in it. He is motioned into the carnage, fiets in, and that’s the lagt that is heard oi 1m.” Rev. Dr. Charles Rogers has compiled for the Grampian Club, Edinburgh, in work entitled “ The Book of Eobert Borne,” containing genealogical and historical memoirs of the poet, his associates, and those celebrated in his writings. For the last seven years the doetorhae been engaged on what promises, from the appearance of the first volume, to be his magnum opus. As to bulk it Will most assuredly leavu all the previous biographies of the Scottish Bard in the rear ; and on account of its plan it is not only a Life of Burns but also a most important contribution to the family‘hie- tory of Scotland. ’Ihe English upper classes are clean, but cleanliness of any high degree is every modern virtue among them. It is an invention of the nineteenth century. Men and Women born at the close of the eighteenth century did as the French peo. ple do today; they took a warm bath queasionally for cleanliness, and they took shower bathe Iwhen they were pres‘cribed 1-.. I___uL by the. physician for 'hehlth '3. bathed'lu summer seas for plleaggetgfi they qtd nov wash themselves allover e’verf mornmg. ‘ However the new custom took deep roots 1n England, because it became one of tlée 13113111: Sf class. It was adopted naoneote aitsota ent _.. Ma” Budget. 3 leman. Pall “ Come over to our church and hear me preach this morning," said the pastor. “ If you 1on’t like the sermon you will the music ; e we going t9 hays some of the loveliest chants you 'ever listened to." “ No, thanks,” replied Mr. Badman. for it was he. “‘ I took some in the grab bag. the fish pond, the rink cake and the prize doll at your fair last week, and Ihaven’t a cent left for the contribution basket. Guess I’ll stay but till my luck‘changes.”â€"â€"Burdette in Bhoklyn Eagle. Every man ought to be as good as his word. Nothing Is expected of those who never have a good word to: anybody. Another Book on Robert Burns. Cleanliness a. Modern Virtuo‘ Bad Enough of the Tune. Life in Russia in 1889. THE ALMA MATEE. Particulars and Dimensions of tlie Exhi- tlon Building for 1890. In its general appearance, eaye Engineer- ing, the building somewhat resembles the structures now aescciated with exhibitions, and yet there are one or two distinctive features indicated in the perspective view. The characteristics of Muorieh design are borrowed to give it a light and attractive decorative appearance, particularly in the case of two towers, which form a promi- nent feature in the elevation, as they flank the principal entrances, and in the series of domes with turrets at either end of the building The Union Canal paeeee between the public road and the exhibition grounds, and the main building is built parallel with the canal. From the main road a steel girder bridge carries the entrance way over the canal, and this way, which, like the bridge, is covered in with a light awning, diverges in circular lines in two directions to the main entrances. The main building, which is 170 ft. from the canal, is 700 it. long and 200 ft. in width. Running across the centre of the building at the entrance is the principal court, with a high arched roof, and on either side of the ceremonial entrance are to be reception rooms. The general courts right and left of this principal one am 50 ft. wide. The total floor area is 177,000 square feet. There is to be a large CONCERT HALL 200 ft. long and 100 ft. Wide, which will have the distinct advantage of being sep- arated from the general exhibition courts. There will.of course, be the usual dining and refreshment saloons. At the west end of the building there is to be a promenade with veranda, trom which a fine view of the grounds will be had. The suburban rail- way intersects the grounds. and is to be bridged by a strong timber structure 30 ft. in width. 0n the side of the railway opposite to the main building is to be the general machinery hall, 700 it long and 150 feet wide, having a floor area of 99,600 square feet, and in close proximity there will be a boiler shed. Throughout the buildings there will be the usual structures. When the plans were before the Dean of Guild Court at Eiinburgh, the Lord Dean of Guild complimented the civil engineer and stated that he thought the plans were admirable. It may be added that the ex- ecutive are trying to arrange that several typical American locomotives will be ex- hibited alongside engines of British build, and that if possible several runs will be made between Edinburgh and London with ‘ these locomotives, to tist the relative effi- ciency of British and American engines on English railroads. The results will doubt- less be very interesting. This shows the desire of the executive to produce some- thing distinctly new. Mr. W. A. Bryson, a member of the Institute of Electrical En- gineers, has been appointed engineer and electrician, and his connection with the Glasgow and other exhibitions gives a guarantee that, so far as his efforts are concerned, the exhibition will be a success. Arrangements have been made for forward- ing to Edinburgh exhibits at the Paris ex- position from Russia, Austria, China, and the East Indies. EDINBURGH ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION. A little maiden in one of Mrs. Whitney’s stories objects to being sent on errands, offering as her excuse that, though she knows pexfectly well how to get into a house. she never, never knows how to get out of it again. To all who share her diffi- culty we commend this advice: 7 When you are about to depart do so at once, gracefully and politely, and with no dullyipg. Don’t say, “ It’s about time I was going," and settle back and talk aimlessly for another ten minutes. Some people have just such a tiresome habit. They will even rise an stand about the room in various uttit es, keeping their hosts also standing, sndgthen by an effort succeed in getting as far as the hall, when a new thought strikes them. They brighten up visibly, and etnnd for some minutes longer saying nothing of importance, but keeping everybody in a. restless, nervous state. After the door is opened the prolonged leave-taking begins, and everybody in gen- eral and particular is invited to 0311. Very likely a last thought strikes the departing visitor, which his friend must risk a cold to hear to the end. What a relief when the door is finally olosedl There is no need of being offensively abrupt, but when you are ready to goâ€"go. The New York Remedy calls attention to the numerous questions that are more or less agitating the public mind at the present time : Editor Robert Cornell of the Synday Glpbe. at Erie, Pm, has been invited to 0139056 between his membership in the Presbyterian Church and the publication of his Sunday nawapnper. One or the o‘her Will have to be abandoned. Dr. Sage's Gntarrh Remedy cures when every other ao-oalled remedy fails. 50 cents, by druggiste. And whilé all this hullwbaloo is goiqg on the land apeculator quietly sits in his ‘offioe wondering if the World’s Fair is coming to New York to raise the price of real estalp. “ Organization," cries number one. “ (Do-operation,” shouts another. " More greenbaoks,” says the third. “ Moral suasxon,” bellows the fourth. “ Prohibition," feebly cries the fifth. “ Too much population," wails the sixth. “ Eight hours," says the seventh. ” Ethical culture," says the eighth. “ Strike,” hisses the ninth. “ Dynamite." whispers the tenth. “ Overproduction,” shouts the capitalist. “ Trust in the Lord,” moans the person. And “ Protection,” yells the greatest robber on earth. Evening dresses for little girls are made high in the neok,and with long sleeves, Chins silk is the favorite material, in pale pink and green, or white honeycombed with yellow. They ere made with several tucks, edged with a narrow, gathered flounce, and with short bodices and full sleeves. A broad, soft sash of China silk accompanies eaoh little frock. The new Empire dresses for little girls are in em- broidered muslin or white silk. and have the skirt gathered into a. )pke from which thongs in perfect simplicityâ€"Sup. Some papers in the west a. few months ago gave particulars of the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Mr. C. E. Crickmore, a leading barrister from Sand- wich, and the news which was copied into the TIMES createa great uneasiness amongst the missing gentlemsn's relatives and friends heresbouts. The TIMES is now greatly pleased to be in the osiuou to state that My Cfickmore is a] right. He is now With his br‘é‘ther, Mr. Benjamin Crick- more, in East Elsmhoro. ‘ At a. fashionable cooking class where the young daughters of society meet to stud domestic economy as well as plain 000 ng, "speciel attention is given to the theory and practice of eating To England, glory is due for the best method; Which i deliberate as well as dainty and consists in always taking the fork in the'left hand and spoon'in the right. '! he only time the fork is permitted in the right hand is for fish, when the knife is never touched; ' v ‘ â€"“ Waé :Miss‘Yello‘Vvleaf’s 'portrait a. good likeness '2" "“ It must; havebeen”; she retuaed to take it from the mist." When You Are Ready to Gav, Go. Th9 Little Girls’ Evening Dress. ryosecuuon of the Press. Questlons of the Day. W He's All Bight ;" Arthur Jenkins’ Sad Storyâ€"Mime Than Half His Life Has Been hpbnt in Jail â€"Fivc Years for Breaking a Pane of Glass. When Arthur S. Jenkins, convicted on four charges of larceny, was brought up for sentence at the Quarter Sessions to-day he ask d the court to listen to his history, and the court consented on the understanding that it be made brief. “I was born in Woclverhampton, England,” began the prisoner. “At the age of 9 was sent to the reformatory {or five years for breaking a window. I suppose they thought that would be a lesson to me, but instead of beinga lesson, I learned crimes that I would never have thought of, more than I can mention. Each boy as he came in was made to repeat his history, so that we all instead of learning good learnt bad. When I got out I was not yet 14. I tried to get work and couldn't. I had no home to go to; my mother had died and my brothers and sisters were scattered. Then , I put the lessons into practice I had learned at the reformatory. I was soon caught and got five years more in another reformatory." The prisoner then went on to describe how when he came out no one would give work to a retormatcry bird. To live he had to steal, and at this time he was again caught and sent to prison. When he was discharged he was turned into the streets without a cent, and started out as a tramp. Another theft and another term in prison followed. When he got out he went 100 miles away from his old home and joined the 95th Regiment as a bands- man. For five months he did well and was happy. One day a. man from his. native place enlisted, recognized him, and told his story. As soon as it reached the oflicer’s ears he was discharged. He meandered from place to place, got into trouble again and was given another term. His liberation was followed by two years' police supervision. For failing to report one day he was arrested and given six weeks. He asked the chaplain to get him sent to America, and the chaplain kindly did so. He confided him and his story to a friend on the boat. During the voyage a lady lost her purse. He was sus- pected. The friend tuld the captain his story, and it became public. The captain threatened to have him arrested at Halifax if he didn’t give up the purse. He couldn't because he hadn’t it. The lady found her purse 8. day or two later, and the captain apologized and gave him £1 105. When he got to point Levis everyone pointed to him as a branded thief. He could not get work, but was sent on to Toronto. Here he got employment. but was soon arrested for vagrancy, although working at the time. He was acquitted of vagrancy, but held on a charge of having a forged cheque in his possession. When he came to trial before Judge Falconbridge he was acquitted. He had lost his job and went around the country looking ior work, but the reports of the Toronto police had preceded him and no one would give him employmrnt. At Barrie he was iorced to steal and got four months for it. After that he got work on the Chicora and saved money. When winter cams he went to the other side, but his record had been sent before him to Buffalo by the Toronto police. He could not get any work there, but managed to get a year in prison. Whtl‘l he got out he came back to Toronto and was immediately arrested for jail breaking in Berlin, a place he had never seen. 'In a day or so it was found he was the wrong man and he was released. “ Since then” concluded Jenkins, “ I have drifted from bad to worse until I came here. Now I would like to pass some re- marks on the rsformatory system.” The judge said it was unnecessary ; the story if true was a very and one. While the reiormatory system was not. perfect he could not See how the boys could be kept from speaking to each other. A perfect system had yet to be solved. He gave him credit for his manly history. and believed the best thing he (J udge Maodougall) could do would be to Send him to ngaton penitentiary to learn a. trade. 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