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guulu Homes at their own, I asked myself as I sat there. Why. yes. generally; for an old educator only told the truth when he said to me -.~ ...., .mm turned out Well; someonfarms. some in mer- cantile life, others in business and the professions and many. also, have passed over to the majority. One of these old time “Coniac Street" pu- pils, stands outbefore my mind as I write, the most mischievous boyl ever had, but bright. alert and capa- ble. and these many years he has been widely khown as one of the most successful. acceptable and be- loved pastors in the state. But this is wandering from ' these school ma'ams‘ the objects of my tender so- licitude. _ 7 , Will they ever marry, grace and guide homes of their own, I asked i myself as I sat them WI", .mâ€" {1 1. a". can“ 7 gm“ of" prefiéfifimfi children to ‘g( through those beautiful and some- times‘ intricate. exercises, without a hitch or breul}. In the brief, inter- ludes, as [set there, my memory ran back over my own" pedagogienl experiences; There was “Coniac street,” my first venture in a, com: munity which, in the early years of the century had shoved more spuri- ous coin than any other frontier lo- cality, and “North Fair-field.” whose big school house stood in the obi-Her of the loaal cemetery, and less 'than‘ 100 rods away was the house , in , which President Arthur was born, and not farther away. also, was the old donhlegdecked brick meeting ‘ house, with galleries on three sides, 1 square box pewa, high-perched» pul- , .p' ‘ f 7 d soundingdioer‘.‘ ."'F::; ‘35:. fat er, withlhis broad Irish brogue and» native Hibernian wit, preached to “entranced rural audiences; 'and “Cook’s Corner,” since made famous as the place of rende‘zvous of the in- vading Fenians who thought to strike terror into the heart of the British lion by that frontier raid in 1864. and other schools; The work is hard, not always overpaid, often sharply and with undeServed severity criticised. But it has its compensa- tions like all honest senjce. There? a BY PARSON STYLES, LL. D. I confess that when I attended the recent “Bird” find “Arbor” day ex- ercises by our, public. schools and some eight or ten in number, myjn- tereat awakened; in Tact my sympa- thy as well as admiration was evoked. I found a soft spot ' in my “hard Jxeartfligtuthose phargfing. wimoma ‘ cum- 1., WOTECTION FOR SCHOOL HA’AHS tiful and some- aises, without a the brieffinter- 9, my memory W11" pedagogic?! 9 was “Coniac n mer- SS and 0, have ()ne of m-.. "w... ;uuese “5'“ I, smkht by, aulmneansctocmmmone J Rmeéwifihnxn elven sin? ,_n9.é-.al Miss Sanbomwas my special pride, 3' the wfhee gamma 3 of t e oountr; t she was so capable and efficient; so are a ter t e same news. > Hence l ~ full of love for and enthusiasm in the Northwestern Mxlxtary acad _ her work; I did all in my 'power may of Highland Park, will be one of the .- ~ r" . llVe dail to '68 of interest in every to encourage and help herhsoas, tQ . y pa , . make her stay in that school permal mty’ wheelman 8 01'3” and athletxc nent. But alas, the wifeless pastor organizatxon, as we 3” f in every J' of the‘othe‘lf éli‘urch' had”"diécb"i'ered' academy and 0011688 Of a” the land I . . ' . ‘ 'll be J her worth, and I found hnm oeca- J angl .111 Europe Our City W] .J sionall y and then more frequently at J linolv’vn as nvlelver befcilre 11nd “heedootlo the school house. and out for after: I 0:813 exce f3: 83; pun school walks. IVentured on a hint t e .ront- ‘ ' e 1' mg ”"39?“ one day to her, but it was too late. furmsh the wheels, a fact- 0f :hwh There want that home, ready for her, J they ‘mll "Gt be '3ng to ma 6 as the Slight encumbrance of two moth- promment as poem 8' erless boyé was not much, as the . . J father was a strict disciplinarian of moahftst‘lllgagfiegéxgligghcfirii “8:; J the Pnntan type, and yes,she mar- Sunday, Mas? 9th, will be, "The New ned him. No one really blamed Movement in our Church.” ,« A spe- her; in fact so general was the/senti- cial musical program has been , ar- ' ment that she had (lomn rial-t ”m4 ' ~_‘_Aj , - r"’l"‘ww’ vuvll‘ “0' ble ambitions to succeed and 'shine among their contemporaries, they may safely _mingle with ordinary young 'men. They may indeed he 'graeious, charming and even fascin- ating. and still come back to us with the golden rod, as sweet and fresh as'ofxy‘ore. But for Some inscrutable reason the fairly young widower/is a bird of evil omen to the average r school ”nia’am. He is bright, very tender-hearted, his peculiar sorrow awakens uncenscious sympathy, and ‘ then on the other practical side of things he been good 4 home all fur- nished and waiting for such as ' one of these to occupy and rule. 'Ae: cepting him she steps at once into a welldefined and desirable socjglpo- sit-i011; Menage the: see ' ‘fégla omé situation, but in it lur s” a peril. ‘ THE HIGHLAND 'PARK NEWS type, and yes,she mar- No one really blamed so general was the/senti- Ie had done right that I some The subject of My. Johnson‘s sen mon at the Presbyterian church next Sunday, May 9th, will be, "The New Movement in our Church.” x A spe- cial musical program has beenar- ranged. Col. Davidson’s inilitary academy has hitqu n'tg' e who .‘qn , 11d ”bf-rlfiln‘yg‘fiéertleing ficheâ€"11:; m ’ yet heard of; His son, Major Day-‘- 1 idson, is training about a dozen and "a half of the cadets in the bicycle brigade, out of whieh’numb’er twelve of the best riders will be selected early in June to start on a bicycle trip to Washington, carrying a mes: sage from General Merritt of Chicaâ€" go to General Miles in Washington, and bring back a renly. Already the leading papers of" the country are writing the colonel to make at- Dear eeth! fia’ams, Haec ‘fabula doeet, as Egop says, beware of the guileful Widower. As you scatter to the green hills of New England, the rocky faetnesee's of the Alleghanies, or the prairies of the West, beware, beware! ' Return to he and to 'all the pmsibi‘iti‘es, reWards~ and de- served fame of your work an ,bfight and fresh ‘and free as when . you leave and we will give you“ "a' defibie‘ welcome! r ’ v. --u» 1 W * *"WW mug§§iflf§é cemetery be'side the first wife, has a plain marble headstone, name and date, andwhalf a column in the 10’- cal__ paper; thgtyaa all! of‘old, I pondered these things in 1 in my‘hear'tf'fir’By and by I moved from the tom), and the whole matâ€" ter naturally passed from‘my mind, till one day I rec-sired a marked, copy of the 0121 local paper-4t. was the obituary of my favbrité- teacher! She that might have made another' Mary Lyon, oriMias‘E‘mmg Willard or Martin Mitchell had missed it all, married a widower, graced hiummm AWHEEL To WASHINGTON every , 51% igigfl .1313 of the country same} news. Hence, one of tie tin every (1 athletic ‘9 every by I moved 9 whole matâ€" Plfperwit was Vmflmfifig t wife, has a