jg^Siijdlws^ The Birds' ItreakfMHt. The white flakes came floating down ward Till the earth was covered with snow. And hid were the trees and bushes And all beautiful things that grow. Then Mr. and Mrs. Birdie, Seeing what had come in the night, Looked sadly at one another, And they both exclaimed in affright: "Oh, chee, chee, chee! Oh, me, me, ine! Where on earth can our breakfast be?" Then came a sweet little maiden, Saying, "Birdies, dear, have no fears; I've "breakfast here for both of us. Ami I'll share it with you, dears." She opened her little window And scattered the crumbs on the sill And called to them, "Come, come, birdies," And the birdies answered, "We will; For chee, chee, chee, chee. We can plainly see There's plenty for you and plenty for me." Trenton (N. J.) American. Friendly Cats. Cat lovers are not ashamed now of showing their affection for their fav orites, as a handsome, "talented" cat is the fad now for a pet. I do not be lieve in the great selfishness attrib uted to cats, but know that they are extremely self-willed and of high strung nature, just as some human beings are, and some who are the best friends man or woman ever had. There is always a cat in our house hold, upon whom much petting and many dainties are lavished. "Black Billy" has never been taught trick 3 other than to turn door knobs and to lay his head in my hand, and a game of peek-a-boo, but it is my belief that he understands many words spoken without particular emphasis or in flection of voice so that one can by no means intimate the meaning. His greatest failing is his adoption of waif cats with whom he shares food and bed often to his own discomfort. Much more wonderful is the gro tesquely homely "Moses," belonging to a friend, wlio rings a suspended bell when he is hungry and jumps through a hoop, plays dead, assumes a devotional attitude, and has a dozen more tricks. His favorite dainty is scrambled egg and he gets it often, even if the owner takes the trouble to cook it at an unseasonable hour when be comes home late and un usually battered; for he has his faults. Terrier and Retriever. A little black-and-tan terrier dog, named Beau, and his owner were at Penmaenmawr. They were one day on the sands, and were overtaken by the tide, which cut them off from the shore by a belt of water. A bathing machine came up and took off the dog's owner. Beau refused to enter the machine, of which he seemed to be suspicious. The owner gives the following account of what happened: "When I found myself on the beach I looked for my dog thinking that he would probably come swimming after the machine. But no; the little idiot was still on the island, yelping and barking in great distress, and I called to him for a long time, bidding him swim across, as I knew that he could use his limbs almost as well in water as on land. But the naughty animal would not come, and meanwhile the sea was gaining on the sand, and Beau had scarcely space to stand and whine. "Playing near me on the beach was a large rough-haired brave dog—a sort of half-bred retriever, I should sup pose. He perceived the fix we were In, and suddenly dashed through the water and went up to Beau and said something to him, but my little dog would not heed, so the big dog return ed to shore alone. By this time the sea had risen around my little terrier, and he was himself like a tiny black and-tan island. Now what did the brave dog do? For a second time bj dashed through the water, and stx>d beside the shivering, yelping creature; then he went behind Beau, and very gently but firmly pushed him through the water toward the place where 1 was standing. As soon as thoy were both fairly in the deep sea, and it seemed to be a case of sink or swim with Master Beau, the wise, brave dog let him go, and with a few vigor ous strokes brought himself to shore. Beau, having received such an Impe tus, very soon presented himself drip ping and breathless at my feet, amid the applause of the assembled multi tude. The brave dog, like a true hero, made no fuss about what he haa done, and 1 had nothing to give him but a pat on the head." —The Weekly Bouquet. fin! tr«! hnt "Ila! ha! ha!" laughed the little Hyena. "What are you laughing at now?" asked his sister Stripes, running up. "I was thinking of the old Hyena. Mr. Gloomy, you were telling me about, who never laughs. How funn.v! Ha! ha! ha!" he answered. "I don't think it's very funny! He must be either very uuhappy or very cross," cried Stlipes. For a minute or two the little Hyena looked grave. Then he laughed again "Ha! ha' ha' I've thought of such a lovely plan," he cried. "I'll go and make Mr. Gloomy laugh." "You can't. Don't be so silly Why, he'd eat you all up. Beside*, I'm sun mother would not like it," *aid Utripes. "VIM, »hu would. always Ulliuy tp be Kind to other people," crlotf the little Hyena, kicking his heels In the air. And. as soon as it grew dark, he set oft to find Mr. Gloomy. The old Hyena lived in a very dark cave! but the little Hyena trotted boldly in, and marched up to Mr. Gloomy, who was gnawing a bone, and looked very cross. "Ha! ha! ha!" laughed the little Hyena. The night passed on; and, as the little Hyena did not return, his mother called Stripes to her. "Do you know where your brother is?" she asked. "Oh, yes," answered Stripes, "he said he was going to make Mr. Gloomy laugh." "What nonsense! Why, he may be killed by this time!" cried Mr. Hyena; and, followed by Stripes and her mother, away he went to the cave where Mr. Gloomy lived. As they came near the cave, they stopped, and looked at each other in surprise. Surely that was the little Hyena's voice, and surely that was Mr. Gloomy laughing with him. "Ha! ha! ha! Ho! ho! ho! He! he! he!" they went. Stripes ran in, father and mother quickly followed; and there was her little brother sitting on Mr. Gloomy's knee, and both laughing away with all their might. "I'm so glad you've come," said the little Hyena. "Do you know what we've been doing?" "No. What?" asked Stripes. "We've been making riddles," said the little Hyena. "Here's one. Why do we all laugh at nothing?" "We give it up," they all cried. "Because there's nothing to laugh at," answered Mr. Gloomy. "Ho! ho! ho!" chuckled Mr. Hyena. "Ho! he! he!" said Mrs. Hyena. "Haw! haw! haw!" thouted Mr. Gloomy. "Oh! oh! oh!" cried Stripes, and "Ha! ha! ha!" laughed the little Hyena.—Cassell's Little Folks. A Greedy Ynnnffiter. Every day during the summer we sprinkle crumbs on our lawn for the birds, robins, sparrows, chippies and the beautiful red-winged blackbirds. They learned to look upon us as their friends, and many of them grew quite tame. The blackbirds came quite close to the window and chirped an impera tive call when they were hungry, and continued calling until their demands were satisfied. One old fellow who has come back year after year to nest in the swamp near by answered when ever I whistled to him, and called his mate to pick up the crumbs when he was not too hungry himself. A dear little song sparrow came day after day as we sat on the piazza in the afternoon, perched himself on a nearby post of the railing and trilled his sweet song directly to us. Who shall say he was not trying to express his gratitude for all the choice tidbits we provided for him! The birds were generally very pleas ant and polite to each other when they came to our little feast. There was plenty of food for all, so there was no need to squabble. But one day in June, as I sat reading on the piazza, I heard a great scolding and fault fir " -g on the lawn. I looked down jaw two strange birds among the others. One was a thin, little chippy bird, and the other, who was making all the noise in a harsh, disagreeable voice, was a larger bird —about the size of a large sparow. His feathers, muddy gray in color, were puffed out angrily, and his wings flapped as if he were wounded. The little chippy was pick ing up crumbs as fast as she could and feeding them to this great lazy bully, who no sooner swallowed a crumb than be began to scold her and squawk for more. If she stopped working for an in stant or tried to eat a morsel herself, he would peck at her unmercifully. I went down the steps to get a closer view, but both birds flew away at my approach, the larger bird leading and shewing that he was quite strong enough to take care of himself. Like all bullies, he was a coward. The next day they came back, and I saw them go through the same per formance again. I could not under stand why that poor little chippy should allow herself to be imposed upon. So I went to the wise man bird and told him all about them. "The ugly bird was a young cow blackbird," said he."The cowbird, like the Knglish cuckoo, lays her eggs in another's bird's nest —generally that of a chippy or some bird smaller than herself. The chippy mother broods over this egg with her own without noticing the difference. When th«* cowbird hatches he Is generally larger and crowds them out of the nest. Often the cowblrd's egg hatches before the others, and he pushes the eggs from the nest before the baby chippies are out. The mother chippy loves him as her own child, and nearly wears herself out feeding him. He is so greedy that he grows fast, and Is soon stronger ♦ ban the little mother, but he makes her find him food long after ho learns to fly. Next time I saw the cowbird I want ed to throw a stone at him and drive him away, but I feared to frighten the other birdies away from their supper. —Helen Hopkins, in Boston Glob*. Too SIMIIJT K*t»l»if« In Oregon. Owner* of orchard* along the Dea chutes and creeks near The Dallas say that since the coyotes have been killed off. rabbits have become so numerous that they make raids on young trees and eat off their bark. In many places doing serious Injury.— j'ortlaiid Orezonlan THE MEXICAN AND HIS HAT. Why He Spends So Much Upon Uia Cherished Headgear. "While on a train in Mexico on my. last trip to the country of the Aztecs a young American lady, upon whose astonished gazo waß flashed for the first time the fearfully and wonder fully made sugar-loaf Mexican hat, which is the first out-of-the-ordinary object, that greets the tourist's eyes after he crosses the Rio Grande, asked me why Mexican men of all classes spent so much money upon the cover ing for their heads and appeared to take such evident pride in the great wide-brimmed, high, conical-crowned shelter from the tropical heat and burning sun," said a New York hat drummer to a Star reporter. "When the American soldiers de parted from Cuba for Porto Rico they wore the regulation army slouch hat, with a deep crease in the centre. When they returned, heroes and vet erans, they wore the same regulation hat, but with the peak of the crown pulled up to a sharp point, pyramid like, in a gallant, desperate attempt to imitate the Spanish hat, which had caught their fancy and had struck them hard, and their wives, sweet hearts and the public gazed awe stricken and reverentially but help lessly at the new style thus created here. "And then the hat makers took it up for the ladies and this accounts for the present rakish style of ladies' mill-' tary gray hats with mannish crowns. "The main reason why the Spaniard and the Mexican devote so much at tention, time and money to the hat is because it is to some extent made the symbol of their standing in the com munity, and because it was the gran dees of Spain who of all others at court possessed the privjlege of sitting or standing in the presence of their sovereign with their hats on while the rest of the court uncovered. "Naturally the hat became an object of respect and veneration, and the grandees vied with one another in the size of their brain covering, the fine ness and costliness of its texture and the rich gold and silver ornaments pro fusely worked thereon. The populace, according to their respective means and position in life, emulated the example of the grandees, and thus, as time advanced, the big hat became the distinctive feature of the dress of the Spaniard, as the mantilla corresponded on the head of the senorita and ths aenora. "The time was when a Mexican placed his hat and his horse before all his worldly possessions, spending as much as SSOO to SIOOO for a gold trimmed. embroidered hat and as much more for his heavy saddle and bridle, all trimmed with silver, and this passion is strong today. The higher classes of Mexicans have aban doned the sugar-loaf hat for city wear for the European style, as they have adopted long ago our Ideas on clothes, though every Mexican gentlemen has i his native costume with Its gaudily embroidered short jacket and flaring trousers and hat to match, to be worn when the occasion demands. "The other classes cling to the sugar-loaf hat, made principully of a straw of a fiber peculiar to the coun try, or of felt, ornamented with gold and silver cord, according to the means of the wearer, or perfectly plain and cheap. They look odd to us, these Mexicans, in their white, loose shirts and trousers, standing Idly about In their sunlit, adobe cities, as the train speeds onto the capital, and a picturesque lot thty truly are." —Washington Star. Shot Dead bv n Corpue, A Boer commando retook those lines where those who died for us were lying, and as they marched among our dead they saw a sergeant lying at full length, shot through the brain, yet even In death the man looked , like some fighting machine suddenly gone out of order. His rifle was pressed against his shoulder, his left hand grasped the barrel on the under side, the forefingers of the right hand pressed the trigger tightly, the barrel rested out upon a rock and his death-dulled eye still glared along the sights, for dissolution had come to him just as he bent his head to fire at those who shot him. and now his hands had stiffened in the unbendable stiffness of eternal sleep. A Boer sol dier saw the sergeant as he lay, and with rude hatids grasped the rifle by the barrel and tried to jerk it from the dead man's grip, but as he pulled he brought the rifle in line with his own breast, and the unyielding finger on the trigger did the rest, the rifle spoke from the dead man's hand, and the bullet, passing through the Boer's heart, laid him beside the Briton. Sounds like a journalistic He, does It not? Read it in a novel, and you would laugh, would you not? But It is the eternal truth, all the same, for the comrade of the Boer who died that day, killed by a dead man, told me the tale himself.and he was one of those who planted the dead Dutchman on the slopo of Splon Kop.—London News. Mr. Clmtub«rlaln*« F^raonwllty. It must be admitted that Mr. Cham berlain enjoys great power and engen ders sympathy. He cauie to Italy when all the Italian papers contained ar ticles against him on the question ot the Italian language In Malta. Never theless, he showed himself with the greatest nonchalance in the streets of Naples and Home. He known hla views on Italy and on her future, and explained the Maltest language from his point of view. And now he has left the Italians with an entirely »ym pathetic remembrance of his vtstt.-~> Home II Fungolo I'arlamentare. Nobody takes much Interest In the fellow that lacks principle. ~ Vide Sam Alms to tray the best of everything which la why he uses Carter'* Ink. He known what's good. Th 6 electrical works in Germany repre sent an investment of $300,000,000. The Fullest measure of Prosperity. The favorable reports reerardlng the in creased development of the Southern States are well founded.Tbe past denude has brought, about marked Improvements In all lines of Industry. N<f section of the United States presents as great advantages for the safe and profitable Investment of capital in farmlands as does the South. The Southern Ry's Land 4 Industrial Agent. M. V. Richards. Washington. D. C.. Is sending out fres to all applicants valuable documents giving detailed information about ♦pe openings for Northern people In Virginia, the Carolines, Georgia. Alabama. Mississippi. Tennessee and Kentucky, through which the Southern Railway runs. People in New Eng land States should address. M. A. Hays, Airent, Land and Indnstrlal Department, 328 W ashlngton Street, Boston. Mass. Boston has a nursery for the accommo dation of blind babies. The Spirit of the Drug Cures disease. Hoxsie's Croup Cure contains that subtle power rendering it an infallible re medy for Croup, Pneumonia, Diphtheria. 50c. The new French stamps are subjected to much unfavorable criticism in France. To Onre a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TA SLITS. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. B. W. QBOVS'S signature Is on each box. 25c. A fellow can't be judged by the um brella he _borrows. New Washington. "The new Washington,"says an English writer in the London Specta toi "is clean and beautiful. It is doubtful whether any such delightful residential street as Massachusetts avenue Is to be found on the globe. American domestic architecture is as successful as public architecture Is expensive and often bad, but in these Washington avenues it is carried to the height of comfort and beauty. The green, well watered, fenceless lawns, the grouping of gables and oriels, the pretty porches and exquisite trees and flowers combine to give a most delightful series of pictures. There is not the ostentation of New York or Chicago, but there is more charm." Kf*Mf : f¥ r, ' TAKE TH,S! I My Bilious Friend," 8 said the doctor, "it is the best laxative I mineral water known to medical science." ra Bafflrer Ac „, EnasadiJaaos UMHBr will do more for a disordered stomach or a toroid liver than all the pills in the world. IT CURES CONSTIPATION AND BILIOUSNESS. Average Dose: One-half glassful on getting up in morning. T Your druggist or grocer will get it for you. I Ask for the full name, "Hunyadl Janos." Blue label, red centre panel. I YOU'RE WEAK I I Instead of Strong /1 mr miserable wreck —weak, nervous, dia- I jfk Swßcxa 'S 5 jSKT jJP >\ A couraged t IB MO /jKWj|B vS >Jtt fR /V \ft The world to him teems a place of H ■9Y/flfcvflf Tit " Jw ff I \\ mist, peopled with ghostly beings, MB KM (m * f l'jkl.'M' % *W Na \\ whose flitting to and fro about their B HjT Ifl ' IllSl flr £r*»mSL B daily tasks serves but to irritate him. H Ml jogff tT'WUb* W"- S He sneers at healthy amusements, W|'m| ! finds no comfort or pleasure HI I Jadi ! oK.B» _ _ '3f ■i' He is sick and he dees not know it. He Hi m|[| :j Tm [jftlifi ? JfulVtat ir we " - Me is despondent and peevish, and ■ufi t\ ; mu*slK we *k- and he does not know t>vt there are IHlf H * ft£?Sat%aßHk merely signals—some from the stomach crying H ■' L | OflHTfwS jST for aid —others from then* rves beseeching strength BB HKwt Uv VAll —still others from the great life-current—the blood MjnPk —moaning that it is so impeded and clogged with H 3B& impurities that cannot move. H He, and all others like him, will find imme- H diate in Dr. Greene's Nervnra blood H Bftw r **d serve remedy. This is just what it waa H Uk intended for. It never fails to make weak MS men strong and vigorous, puts new life, vim, H strength, power and energy into them. H _. Mr ' 'o»*D. SMITH, alactrlclaii for tha H Thompicu-Houttan Electric o.,af Lynn. I a nan has haan aick and la cund, It duty ta tau athava ■ It, that u>ar. toa, may (at rnn>|ol I|Ub»a wailing almost ■ V ad day, could not (at racularlr) mm <>«"» • »*to«r sleep at *i«h(. No call aland that long, I aooa Saaan ■ NtnilnM. I Bat || M| wf*a ■ »triad, my food would atay aa mr ■ I waalnat.rrlblaccmdidan, aad ■ l to I aaUteneeV* I 0». #*■>*«, M Wm| 14th St., Now York City, la the Moat aaocessfal specialist la raring nervous and chroate I ■ yww He tee remedies for all ferms of disease, and offers to give free consaltatien ana advice, peraonallT or ■ % wet. Vail can tell er write your trauMea M Dr. Wmh, for all communications are conideaHj, and hum H ■ aM ueetiw in plain —lei envelepee. ■ wml MCI Ptmua IWILIM DIM an fas*, to light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all druggists. The principal European manufac torlesof perfumes are In London, Paris and the towns of South France and North Italy. Best For the Bowels. No matter what alls yon, headaohe to a cancer, yon will never get well until yoor bowels are pnt right. CASOAKETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produoe easy natural movements, cost you Inst 10 cents" to start getting your health back. CASOAKETS Candy Catbartlo, the gennlne, pnt np In metal Dozes, every tab let bas 0.0.0. stamped on It. Beware Of Imitations. The doctor and the lawyer alike amend the constitution. STATE or OHIO. CITY or TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY. I"• FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the senior partner of the firm of F. ,T. CHENEY A Co.. doing businesslntheCltyofToledo.County and State a foresaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot he cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before roe and subscribed In my I —' —-) presence, this 6th day of December. < SEAL V A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON. I —v— I Nut am Public. Hall's C.itarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. .T. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. No man is so bright that he requires to be looked at through smoked glass. Frey's Vermifuge For Worms. The standard cure. 60 yrs.' trial: no fail ure. The children's frtond. 25c. Druggists. The fellow who owns a pair of skates is the only one who is cutting any ice. Don't drink too muoh water when cy cling. Adams' Pepsin Tutti Fruttl is an excellent substitute. The carpet in a girl's bedroom always wears out first in front of the mirror. The Best Prescription for CfellU and Fever Is a bottle of Qnova's TASTBLSSS CHILL TONIC. It Is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price SOc. Machine poetry is usually turned out by a crank. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of throat and lungs.*— WN O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1090. The champion oarsman should know the rowed to success. Hard Covighs No matter how hard your cough is or how long you have had it, you want to get rid of it, of course. 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