Show THE civilization of Africa is a ai i mission that Europe has taken vi vigorously vigor o in Ia hand in the last few tew yea years s. s The first stop step has haB been heon worthy of the tho kind of civilization that is represented in laThe the men who are kept under arms to maintain tho the peace of Europe Tho Christan Christian nations havo calmly proceeded to divide divido up tha the territory of the heathen and tho sava savage sav say a ago age o among themselves themselves without even tho the highwayman highwayman's formality of suggesting sug sug- gesting to the tho victim to throw up his hands hands vV J THE mission of civilization as a represented represented rep rep- I resented in the te European partition of I Africa boars bears a curious resemblance to sava savagery ery So far fa as it i is 1 made mado effective effect effect- ive lye it drives the natives from their lands lands and supplants them with the tho white whit race Where Whore only a a protectorate pro is undertaken a and an ro I attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt is made to put it into effect it f is i found to consist in selling to the tho natives natives by force a of arms clothes which r they do not needS need need and rum which they ought u ht not to have havo and shooting such of tho the natives as a object to the tho white whiteman's I mans man's control control In contrast with civilization the tho barbarism that minds its own own business has some some moral ad ad- vantages v. v TE NIN-TE NINE TENTHS nS of the dullness and monotony of human intercourse grows rows c f out of ot lack of training of eyo eyo e ear r and S. S r speech to tho the appreciation of or fino distinctions All Al the tho vast world of 7 difference between a violin and a n ar r lies les in the infinite variety J J of shades of expression the violin is capable of Just so with the dl- dl dif dlf- between tho the attractiveness of one man or orom om woman n and another No o matter then then how noW much it costs in inthe the tho way vy of persistent effort efort all al hope I must be forfeited of ever ever becoming agreeable in talk talk attractive in manners man ners nors nors a discriminating judge of human character ol or literature or art art o on the condition of growing ever evermore evermore more and mora more sensitive to minute distinctions distinctions ONE NE funeral makes many has o c been veen n a proverb especially in the tho re regions r. r re- re gions glens whore where inclement weather is frequent fre Ire quent quent The death of or a prominent man an in midwinter is sometimes followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed by the the death of several of his friends friend friends especially if i well wel along in le life While the coffin coflin is i being belA carried from tho the homo home or the to the hoarse hearse hoarse and while the ceremonies at the grave are arc in progress the mourners are expected to stand with uncovered heads whether the day is raw or damp or a fierce sun is beat- beat down l 1 hour our is often consumed consumed In win winter er the mourners are chilled and colds grip and pneumonia bring other deaths la in i tho the train of the first I THE nE q question eston of is one vh which ch must continue to be bo seriously th thought ht of by sc until some Bome relief from from the scourge of such disease disease disease dis dis- ease ease is found The strides of science have hav no not yet carried carded us out out of the reach of sudden and apparently unaccountable unaccountable unaccountable unac- unac countable visitations which we were S. S content content once to attribute to Pro Providence Provi vi d dence nce but which to-d to day to-day y we wo resent reseat with wih propriety It I has been clearly cearly proved preyed that the air we wo breath and 1 the water we wo drink pure thou though h they seem seem are are in truth but ambushes 6 of r reath death eath In In Ia the meantime ono one known defense defenso we wo have have and that is the maintaining main main- taming of a healthful condition of ot the body In Ia good di digestion and sound sleep are the strongholds which are c certainly potent against the germ DIVESTING the servant girl t i of or sentiments sentiment sentiment making housework a I trade as any other trade and the feld feldis field is open to competition All Al who wish to secure the best wages will wi endeavor to fit ft themselves for the tae best work work There Thero should be a thousand good cooks where there is one now and all al employed The superior cook should have her helper as the tho blacksmith has his his and the mason his hia his so that she can attend solely to her great arts art art and leave the scrubbing and scouring to another Young women should 1 learn the trade of housekeeping as as as' Y they now v learn millinery No g great eat I phy physical ical strength i is required for the tho making of or a n good cook cook Delicate Delicato a young women with intel intelligence ence and good taste may bettor betor devote themselves themselves themselves them them- selves to the study and practice of cookery than tha to sacrifice the their r liven lve in inthe inthe inthe the Sweating rooms of the tho manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- establishments FOE FOR from three to six months in tuu urn t year the country districts are barred l from from the outside world world except for foot tr travelers v lers or an occasional daring S horseman During all al this time th the products of the farm are unmarketable ket S necessaries which it requires able able the tho S. S cannot be be supplied the desolation of or settles down downS S loneliness and stagnation up up its 11 intellectual and social life le S S farma farm mals and vehicles are useless useless useless' and have havo to be maintained at a dead 5 5 io even the work of educato S is interrupted by the impossibility of ol sending children 0 to school This is ia isS S the country road at at its it worst estate But there are months months when when though it i may bo e traveled it requires S two horses to pull pul the load loa of one one even th then thed d time and th there rj is ig but bt a D comparatively short shortS S period when wen the ordinary h highway h way tb office olce to o Oi which it was wa S S. S fl Tho hl eDi less S S InQ incalculable b t t ia f |