(SOOD-NIQHT TO DAV. The long gry beach with 1U pur et ro its Sprinkled with ponrly spray. With a fine iii-uiiirJ to Kieet the sky , U wooing lint lust of iluy. And the stormy waves toss up their hands And ei'ho their miwnltiK cry. And scream of Hie kuI.s Is huislily heard As home to their nests thuy ily. "Leave us not," cries the sand, the waves, the birds, "Leave us not, O Golden day." But "Uuili my children." rep.lis the sun, "For now I must speed away." The lonely traveller hows his head And Is bathed In the day's Inst llffht, And the s in bends down to kiss the euiili, "Good-nUiit," she murmurs, "good night." And her streaming looks of red and gold Tlnce the sky with a ulory tirlnht. And she pulls night's veil p.unws her fare. "tiood-niBht," she says, "good-night. And the lighthouse keeper folds his hands, "bear iod." he murmurs low. "Snve thy ohIMien throughout the night Whom the waves loss to and fro." And lo! as the earnest keeper prays, There gleams n radiant I'.ght, And Coil's lamp to guide his children safe Is shining through the night. One by one the stnrs peep out. And the iwan roibvts their llt'lit. And the rands and the sea and the birds and men Cry, "Good-night, O world, good-night." All night Ions from the lighthouse tower Flashes a steady linht. Anil Gml's own limp, the moon, and stars Are watching on earth to-n.ghl. So fear not ocean, nor h'riK nor ncn, For i l"d wi 1 Haiku all loins ilehi; And wl'h perfect itusi In hu;i ami nil, Murmur, "Good-niht, go:id-nit;hl." 0E3CI icra: o A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. Part of the Story of the I'oy Who Rodo on the First Train. O 0 0 Mary K. Maule in St. Nicholas. (J O O m if-'l- tor-i.. There is a boy in New York, who but wait, a mimiie, lie isn't a boy any more, come to think of H, he la ninety four years old, and that is uaidly a boy, is it? But he was a boy once, and a lively, healthy, hustling boy he was, too, away back in the early '30's, and ho did Eomethlng that no boy had eer Join; before, and that no boy will ever do again for he was the lirst boy that rode on the first train in America. His name wa3 Stephen Smith Dubois, and he was just as fond of fun and ex citement, and ot going to places and seeing things, as boys are today. In the autumn of 1831. after the crops were harvested, and he had in his v pocket the money he had ea.ned as a farm hand, he thought he would give himself a great treat. So he put his little bundle on a stick over his shoul der, and started to walk all the way from Providence, Saratoga County, up to Albany, to visit his uncle. He was fifteen years old then, and a forty mile walk was nolhlng to his active young limbs. He had been living cn a farm, and the sights of Albany kept him at a fev er heat of interest for a week, at which time he felt that he would have to start on his return journey. He did not in the least mind the prospect of the long walk, "but when he mentioned the mat ter to his uncle, he was told that 1 he would remain a little longer his uncle would take him on the trial trip of the new railroad then oelng built, and which was the greatest experiment that bad ever been undertaken in that part of the country. What boy could possibly resist the opportunity to ride in a brand-new in vention that was the talk of the whole country, and which, moreover, It was predicted, would run away or blow up, or go over into a ditch at the first trial! "The name of the engine was the 'De Witt Clinton,' but somebody called It the 'Brother Jonathan,' and it was afterward known as the 'Yankee,' I suppose on account of the English en gine being called the 'John Bull.' "It was a pretty funny looking little contraption compared to what locomo tives are now. It stood high and spind ling, had a straight, small smokestack and the boiler was about as big as a kerosene barrel. Behind the engine there was a tender, just a sort of a platform on a truck, and on this were two barrels of water, a couple of bas kets of fagots, and an armful ot wood. Behind the tender were the coaches, hooked together by three links. Did you ever see an old fashioned stage coach? Well, these coaches were made Just like them. Regular stage coach bodies, placed on trucks and supported .by thorough braces with a "boot" at each end for baggage and four seats inside, each holding three people, two seats In the middle, and one on each end. There were five coaches that day, and all of them were packed full when the train finally got started, so there must have been something like seven ' ty-five people aboard. "All the 'big bugs,' and dignitaries of the whole state were there. I reck on no boy ever rode in more distin guished company. Most of them were directors of the road, senators, govern ors, mayors, high-constables, editors, and all sorts of celebrities. Many of them were old men, even than, and -most of tbem were middle-aged or over while I was the only boy on the ex cursion and I was only fifteen. That why I say that I know that I am the only person now living that was on the Mohawk and Hudson on Us first trip with patsengers over the road. "Well, as I eald, we had a terrible time getting smarted, but at last we got off, and then It did seem to me as If wo fairly flow. I had never felt any thing like It There were big white -stone .mKe-posts all along the road, and it teemed to me that I no sooner would get th:ough dcdglng one than another would come by. Oh, It was .grand r'.dius:. I tell you! "A man by the name of Jervls Jonn B. Jervis, I think It was was chief en gineer, John Hanipeon was the fire man, and John Clark, the fellow they called 'resident engineer,' acted as con ductor. They didn't have a regular conductor. I remember that they filled up the boiler when we started, but at what they called the 'half-way house' we bad to stop at a tank and take on water to carry us through. 'By the time we'd left the half way house she was getting right down to her work, and it did look to me as if we were going at a terrible speed al though I guess about eighteen miles an hour was the best time we made. "I saw some of the passengers turn pale and clutch their seats like grim death when we rounded the curves; and others ot them, solemn old fel lows, looked at each other and shook their heads, as If they knew that going at such a rate as that was almost wick ctd, and that they BUiely were tempt ing1 fate. But I wasn't a bit scared. The faster we went the better I liked it. The engine couldn't go too fast to suit me. "People all along the way ran out to look alter the train as dumbfounded as if It had been an airship or a comet, and the horses and cows and pigs and chickens took to the hills, bawling ami quawking us If they thought the very liends were after them." ENGLAND'S BAYONET. It Is New and Superior to Its Prede cessor as a Weapon. The ordr for the manufacture of 53,1)110 new bayonets recently placed by the war oli'uo Is one of tiie most important given for some time. As is well known there has long been dis satisfaction with the typo of army bayonet iiow in use, which, it Is said, Is lacking in thrusting power nnd is generally Inefficient as a weapon ot war. A glance tit the new and the present pattern will show at on.ie ilio great gain in thrusting power which is obtained by the new stylo. Apart from an additional five inches In length it Is a more formidable and useful instrument from almost every point of view than ths present knife bayonet. One consideration which no military expert can leave out of his calcula tions is what may be called tho fa tigue of a bayonet. In addition to the grim purpose for which It Is mainly devised a bayonet should combine, with a minimum of weight and cum- bersomencss, a maximum of useful ness for cutting away brushwood and other rough hacking work. Here again It will be seen that the swordlike shape of tho new weapon Is infinitely more practical than the daggerlike form of its predecessor. To some ex tent the latest bayonet is a reversal of the old triangular bayonet pattern and resembles the bayonet used by the Japanese and French Infantry. "Undoubtedly it is the best bayonet of any European pattern," said a manager of the firm before referred to, when seen by a representative of the Globe yesterday. "It Is a longer pattern blade and tho design is an ex ceedingly good one. Its manufacture, moreover, Involves the most highly skilled workmanship, as the harden ing, tempering and grinding of tho steel Is a very careful performance. No, I have not tho slightest doubt that it Is a far superior article to that which Is about to be discarded. "We shall get to work on tho order In the next two months, and I should say It will keep us employed until the new year. It will mean the regular employment of 200 or 300 men at our razor and bayonet department at our works at Acton. "Yes, the bayonets are of English manufacture throughout. It is not true that orders for weapons for the British army go abroad. The steel for these bayonets comes up from Shef field in lengths of about 24 feet, and it leaves our factory in a finished condition. Before the final stage is reached each blade goes through no fewer than 200 operations." London Globe. A Mistaken Applicant. An Episcopal clergyman' had adver tised for a butler, and the next morn ing a well-dressed clean shaven young man in black was ushered Into the study. "Name, please?" asked the clergyman. "Hilary Arbuthnot, sir." "Age?" "Twenty-eight." "What work have you been accustomed to?' "I am a lawyer, sir." The clergyman started. This was odd. However, as he knew, many were called In the law, few chosen. "But," he said, "do you understand the conduct of a household?" "In a general way, yes," murmured the applicant. "Can you carve?" "Yes." "Wash glass and sil ver?" "I er think so." The young man seemed embarrassed. He frowned and blushed. Just then the clergyman's wife entered. "Are you married?" was her first question. "That," said the young man, "was what I called to see your husband about, madame. I desire to know If he can make it convenient to officiate at my wedding at noon next Thursday week-" Bellman. A Wail from the West. Every woman greedily reads the hints for economical housekeeping in current publications, but I have yet to see any such articles addressed to men. We women are told how to feed hungry families with mock-duck, use milk when we are accustomed to cream and dye last year's fineries. Why not a cheaper brand of cigars, less clubs, or perhaps more whiskers and a smaller barber's bill? Aud, too, why no rnint the auto another color and sklra the. gasoline? Har per's Bazar. WOMAN IN MEDICINE, THE RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS 8HE NOW HOLDS. Cases of Prejudice Against Women Practitioners Excite Comment Proof of Their Rarity The Advance In England India Absorbs Hun dreds of Women. The last report of the United States Commissioner of Education gave tho number of women studying medlclno In this country as 1,219. The number seems Insignificant compared with the 25,538 men medical students reported, and In consideration of the growing regard In which women doctors are held. It may bo said that the last remnant of prejudice against them hns vanished In the United States, end, with occasional exceptions, In Eng lund. The case of Dr. Ethel Vernon occupied a good (leal of' space In the London papers recently, showing tho rareness of prejudice thero. Dr. Ver non was appointed to fill a vacancy In the staff of tho Westorn Dispensary, Westminster, but her appointment was cancelled at tho end of eIx weeks lie cause tho honorary consulting surgeon, a man of high standing in the pro fession, resigned rather than serve with a woman. It whs frankly ad mitted tlint Dr. Vernon's qualifications wero higher ttinn the man'fl whose name had been proposed for the ap pointment, that she was very populnr with the rest of the staff and with the patients, nnd the r.ocrd of Govern ors came in for considerable criticism from medical men. The consulting surgeon's triumph was voted an alto gether unenviable one. In an article written by Er. Helen McMurchyjJ,, Toronto, Cunada, In American ruei'liclnc, tribute is paid to the courtesy uhown by many men doctors from the beginning. '"It Is not to bo forgotten that if women have learned tho art of healing, man hnve taught it to them, in the first In stance, at least. Jinny medical men did this willingly and cheerfully, some did it con amorc, with a generous en thusiasm." A nolablo Instance given is tho founding of the London School cf Medicine for Women. In 1SC9 five women applied for admission to tho medical college of tho University of Edlnboro, and regulations were passed permitting them to enter. The Sen atus AeadcmiciiH, however, refused to arrango for the instruction of the wo men, asserting that tho University Court had exceeded its legal power in admitting them. The five women brought action against the university, but lost on appeal. They then went to London, where they round a friend in one of tho prominent physicians then In practice, Dr. Anstio. Ho was not only a distinguished practitioner and writer, but possessed great per sonal Influence. In his house was held a private nieotlnr;, et which was founded the first medical school for women in Great Britain. Dr. Anstle had drawn so many eminent men and women to the mooting that the suc cess of the movement was assured, and within a few weeks tho school was started, with twenty-three stu dents and a romarknblo Btaff of in structors. Before tho first class had finished its course hospital instruction in the Royal Free Hospital was se cured for women, and the University of London decided to admit to its medical examinations and degrees. The school hns now 200 students, and its graduates have taken thlr share of honors both In England and abroad. India absorbs the majorltj ot English women doctors. The Lady Dufferln fund enables thousands of poor women to avail themselves of medical aid, and many women doctors are needed in this practice alone. Sev eral nativo rulers, as for instance the enlightened Nizam of Hyderabad, have established hospitals for women In their states, and arc glad to get Eng lish women doctors to serve In them. There are In all 247 hospitals, dispen saries, etc., in India, entirely under tho charge of women. A woman doctor, Mrs. Stewart-Deacon.has recently been appointed Government ofllcer of health for the Gold Coast Colony, Africa, a position which involves tho Inspection of a number of town3. Assistant med ical officers in tho Quarantine Depart ments at Port Said and Sue are wo men. In plague duty in India and at the South African concentration camps women doctors are employed, and one of these. Dr. Alice Cathorn, who had charge of tho General Plague Hospital at Poona, has recently been given the Kalser-I-Hlnd medal for public service. At least threo English women physi cians have been thus honored. "It should ba remembered," writes Dr. MacMurchy, "that much of the distinc tion and success of EngliBh women physicians is duo to the fact that they and their friends founded the New Hospital, officered entiroly by women, and that the work done by the doctors there In advanced surgery, medlclno, clinical teaching, and the various de partments of specialists' work showed that these higher walks of medicine were not beyond them." In Great Britain, as In America, wo men physiclnns serve as medical offi cers on charity boards, In Insane asy lums, etc. The general post-office has for years employed Dr. Edith Shove to look after the health of the women clerks. As inspectors of boarded-out children, resident doctors at children's institutions and general health super visors in girl3 schools they are great ly in demand. On tho Continent the woman doctor Is slowly but steadily pushing her way. Four hundred and six women are otuding medicine in Germany, but their position ia rather dimcult, as they are only allowed to attend lec tures under huniiliating conditions. In 1301 two wome'i passed the state ex amination for medical practitioner In Freiburg, Baden, and are said to be the first to be admitted to the profes sion in Germany. In Russia, on the other hand, many women practitioners, hold Government appointments. The Poor Law Ser vice, the County and City Medical Ser vice, and the Municipal Ambulance Service ail have women on their staff. Eighty-five women are practising med lclno in France. In Austria women began to study medicine in 1S97 and within a yenr fifty women were regis tered as students. In Italy there are about twenty women doctors. One ot them, it Is said, is physician to the queen. In Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, and the Slav countries the labors of medical wo men have received approbation and re ward. There are several successfully practising in Turkey, Egypt, Persia, and the East. An English woman is reported to bo court physician In Co rea. Of the opportunities offered to wo men in medicine on this side of the Atlantic it Is hardly necessary to speak at length. It is not difficult for a woman to obtain a first-class medi cal education either In the United States or In Canada. Tho examina tions and degrees of all Canadian universities are open lo women, and tho Woman's Medical College at To ronto has been available slnco 1S33. The number of appointments open to American women is large, and Is constantly Increasing. In Massachu setts as far back ns 1881 a stat9 en actment made the appointment of wo men as assistant physicians in Insane asylums mandatory. New York state provides many places for women phy sicians. Until recently no city hos pital admitted women Internes, but since Gouverneur took the lead others will undoubtedly follow. The work ot Dr. Emily Dunning has been highly spoken ot at Gouverneur, whore she has served nearly two years. She took her turn at ambulance duty, and per formed ninny dimcult nnd not alto gether agreeable emergency district operations on the streets; the Gouver neur district Including a part or tho town noted for Its casuallties. There are close to eighty names ot women physicians in tho business di rectory of New York. In the Greater city thero must be several hundred women in practice. New York Post. BERLIN'S SEWAGE. It Is All Turned to Profitable Use Nothing Wasted. The sewage of the city of Berlin Is disposed of by conveying the liquid matter to two sewnso farms about eight miles from the city, the one on tho north being known as Blanden burg and the other as Mallowe. The German .plan consists in depos iting tho sewage up on the farm and discharging it nt various points, so as to make tho distribution equal and uniform. At various points wells, or reservoirs, are- established, and by the use of a simple wooden appliance tho sewago is held or discharged, as the management of the farm requires. Tho contents of the little reservoirs are spread by gravity over small sow ago field3. the surfaces of which are practically as nature left them. Vegetables, fruit trees, shrubs and things cf similar growth assist in taking up the sewage by natural proc esses, and the earth does the rest by absorption, tho air and atmosphere as sisting. The organic matter is thus discharged In vegetable growth, and tho llP.uid la carried off through the pores of the earth. The farm is a gar den of all the beautiful things that nature produces, and the product is sold on the provision counters of tho city. The Interesting feature of this par ticular farm ! that the effluent or re sulting water is so purified that it is collected in a reservoir and pumped thence back to Berlin, to replenish the domestic water supply. Sanitary engineers advise alternate uso of these filtration beds for the purpose, among others, as Is stated, of giving tho beds "a rest," up on tho theory that they will do better work If used only Intermittently. London Dally Mall. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The famous Mae'.3trom whirlpool is four geographical miles In diameter. Sheep used as beasts of burden in North India carry twenty pounds weight apiece. In tho kitchen of a house recently unearthed at Pompeii was found a fire place with a kettle on its grate just as it was left by some Pompelian housewife over 1,800 years ago. Lewis D. Hollonbach, of Jordan, Pa., has a pig which he offers to match against any hound In the state as a rabbit hunter. Ho says the pig can fol low a scent with any dog living, The amount of salt used annually In the curing of Gloucester (Mass.) fish production has been about thirty-two thousand tons, most all of which have been imported from Trapani by local dealers. If the sun were hollow It could hold five hundred thousand globes the size of our earth, and an eye capable of viewing ten thousand square utiles an hour would require flfty-flvo thousand years to see all its surface. A botannlcal clock, a very pretty flower, has been discovered in the lsChmus of Tehuantepec. In the morn ing It Is white, at noon it Is red, and at night blue; and the changes of color are so regular that the time of day can bo told -from the tint ot the flower. The Raosydolls. The nagwilollg are funny folks, l'ney live In Nursery Uludu, .'!'.y ,USB mu" mallet" to crack Jokes; Ihefr tears ure lumonudu. Their brenkfnst food Is sawdust dry, Ol which tti.-y eat a lut; A Immlker-chlefs their ruler high; Kach ey8's a neat French knot. They liaven't got n slnplo hair Lpon tlieir little heads; But each Is covered with its share , Of flimsy silken threads. They hsd a party yesterday It was a dundy treat And when tliey finished with their play Hiey got these things to eat: Some glng-ham snndwlches quite thick. Home cull-co-cuanut pie, Some tnffetnrfy on a stick, Some rlbbon-bons, and myl A great big cam.brlc of Ice cream. Some sii!jlemuff-lns, too. O dear! I reully wish 1 was A llaggydoll! Don't you? Sunday Magazine. Not So Easy As It Looks. Put a coin on a table's edge, with half the coin's edge overlapping. Move throe yards away and close one eye; now advance, and try to knock it ofl with one finger, keeping the one eye shut all the time. Homo Notes. A Scotch Eagle. The other afternoon a full grown golden eagle was caplured In Rosshire under peculiar circumstances. Three surfacemen were employed at a section of a new portion of the High land line when they were attracted by the appearance of an eagle in a field three miles from Ardgay. On being approached the bird offered a fierce resistance with beak and talons. Tho men threw their jackets over It, one holding its head enveloped In the jacket while the others tied Its legs. The bird was secured alive without much injury. It is 7 feet 1 Inch from tip to tip of wings. Eagles, it Is said, cannot rise from the ground owing to their immense spread of wings and comparatively short legs. They require pinnacles, boulders or steep precipices ere they can soar. Westminster Gazetts. Turtles as Fishers. There is a canny reptile fisherman which makes effective uso of the bait which he carries In his own mouth. This Is the alligator snapping turtle, a giant, among reptiles, known to at tain a maximum weight of 144 pounds, with a length of shell of about twenty eight Inches. It haunts rivers flow ing Into tho Gulf of Mexico, including the Mississippi, where is It common. In appearance and actions it Is an enlarged duplicate ot the common snapping turtle. Its pale brown hues well match the soft, muddy bottoms on which it lies motionless, angling for fish with the decoy. The bait is attached Inside tho lower jaw, close to the tongue, and Is a well developed filament of flesh, white and distinct from tho yellowish mouth part. While waiting teh turtle keeps this grub in motion, giving It tho asp'ect of crawl ing about in a small circular course. - Its mud-colored shell, often covered with a growth of fine, waving moss, looks like a great round stone, and close to It Is a second smaller stone, the head. Close to this smaller stone crawls the plump white grub. A fish sees it and makes a natural mistake only to bo seized by a sudden snap of the powerful jaws. The Jaws are re markably powerful. The common snap per, which attains only a third ot the size of his larger relative, will bite a finger clean off, and the alligator snap per could bite through a wrist or foot. Chicago Tribune. Young Farmers at Noah's Ark. Some people say It is hard for farm ers to get hired men. They say men would rather stay In the city than go to tho country aud work. But there are two hired men on a farm on Long Island who are perfectly satisfied with their situations, and would object very much indeed If they wero asked to leave. They don't get high wages, either. EIlliu, who Is a green hand, gets 15 cents a week, and Patrick, who is more experienced, having worked two summers, gets 25 cents a week. And, of course, they have their "keep." And when you consider that the "keep" Includes a lent to sleep in a big tent, In a green field, with a gnarly apple tree shading It and when you also consider that there is a pond aud the hired men have an hour off every afternoon for swimming, per haps their content Is explained. For Patrick Is only thirteen years old and Elihu is only twelve. When the two young aunts of Pat rick and Ellhu decided to give up teaching and take to chicken raising, all the family said: "What a good chance to train Patrick and Elihu to work!" For Patrick lives in New York and Elihu lives in Boston, and there isn't much in either of these places for boys to do except go to school. The aunts said they thought they'd better try the experiment with one boy first That was last summer. All summer Patrick fed chickens and cleaned coops for 15 cents a week, and long before school was out last June be was counting the days till he could hire out again. He never asked for a raise in his wages, but the aunts thought he deserved it, be cause this summer he has the responsi bility of breaking in the apprentice, Elihu. If you think the boys don't work, read this program of Patrick's daily duties. Patrick, being a methodical boy, wrote it out himself on a little piece of cardboard as soon as ho found out what he had to do. "Five o'clock Rise, bathe, air bed nnd tent, . , "Six o'clock Feed ducks and chick ens. Seven o'clock Breakfast. "Eight o'clock Make bed. "Nine o'clock Fix up tent. "Ten o'clock Cleaning jobs for the day. "Eleven o'clock Feed young duoks. "Twelve o'clock Grub. "Two o'clock Feed and water young ducks. "Three o'clock Swim. "Four o'clock Coffee. "Five o'clock Feed garbage chick ens. "Six o'clock Feed ducks; Inspect fountains. "Seven o'clock Dinner." The 5 o'clock chickens get the food that is left over from the table. The only word Patrick knows for that Is garbage, so he calls them garbage chlckeus. It Isn't a chicken farm alone this farm. It began that way, but now It has branched out in so many directions that Patrick calls It the Noah's Ark. The auuts love animals so well that whenever they see a new kind they can't help adding It to tha mcuagerio. Besides, as one ot them says: "How can wo tell what pays best till we've tried everything?". So besides the chlckeus, Michael Angolo, tho old rooster, and Mary June, his wife, and the young chick ens which are constantly going to New York to be eaten, but more come In their places, for the incubators are working all the time there are, in the first place, Hungry Henrietta and Peeping Tom and their descendants. Hungry Henrietta Is a Maltese cat, and a forlorn cat she was when Pat rick found her one day last summer mewing and wet,, on the edge of the pond, where some one bad tried to drown her. After a few good meals Hungry Henrietta filled out wonder fully, and deserved her name no long er, only It would cling to her. But evidently she was lonely In spite of the petting sho got, for one day she dis appeared, and when she came back, four days afterwards, she had Peep ing Tom with her. No one knows where Peeping Tom came from. Pat rick named him that because he lives under the studio, in the corner of the garden, and peeps out at you, and will not no matter how nicely you say, "Poor Tom! Pretty Tom!" come out and be friendly. But he and Hungry Henrietta have some very pretty kit tens, so pretty that though they are short-haired cats, they sell readily at Jl apiece. Ten of their children and their children's children are at home. Moxle and Minnie are one family. Poutcher Bullock, Bullock Poutchor nnd Plain Pouhcherare another. The other five .are so recent that they haven't been named. The relationships of these families are very intricate. Nobody but Patrick understands them. But the pinks and prizes In the way of cats nt the Noah's Ark are Bobby Burns and Peggy, two big, beautiful Angoras, and their four kittens. The kittens are so small that they can't do muchj except lie on their backs in tho Morris chair and sleep; but by-an-by they will be very valuable and sell for a good deal of money. The aunts don't dare to mention this though be fore Patrick and Elihu. That is the worst of raising things on a farm. You get fond of them and then they have to be sold. The boys know that Wiggly Pig and Piggiy Wig the two little white pigs are going to be catea, and they feel so apologetic and remorseful toward the little creatures In consequence that they take extra good car of them. Every day they more the portable pen, part of which has n fioor, to a new place, so that Wiggly Pis and Pig giy Wig have fresh earth to root their pink noses in. They are very bright pigs. The other day Ellhu wrote home to hi3 mother: "Dear Mother: We have two pjgs. Their eyes are so human that they niako you quite nervous. They are houscbroken pigs." Elihu probably means that they are well mannered in their own house, for the aunts haven't asked them Into tho big house yet. Besides the chickens and the cats and the pigs there are more doves than you could count, scores of rab- bits, ducks of all ages, one venera-I ble goose, a darling collie named Fan- ny and her two still more darling pup- pies, a horse, Mrs. Dollle, and Queen Elizabeth, the Jersey cow. You can see that Item No. 5 In Patrick's pro gram, "cleaning Jobs for the day," means a good deal of work. For the homes of all these creatures, big and little, have to be kept sweet and clean. Once a fortnight or so Patrick and Ell hu and one of the aunts harness Mrs. Dollle to the farm wagon and ride to the sawmill and buy forty bags ot soft shavings to make beds for the animals, and ride home on top of the pile. The tent is the joliiest place imagin able. Along one side is Patrick's lit tle white bed, and across the end is Elihu's. Their trunks make fine seats, and these and a bureau and some books and a few pictures complete the furnishings. There used to be an alarm clock, but the boys took that down to tho pond to remind them to stop swimming when the hour was up, and one day they left it out in a hard shower, and since then, as Elihu says, "It won't alarm any more." The boys aren't always up at 5 o'clock since that happened, but really and truly they didn't leave the clock out on pur pose. They aren't that kind ot boys. ew York Tribune. A veterinarian (Jound a tooth grow- 0 Ing in the ear of a colt, the property cf Cloud Pyle of liortoiiville, Pa.
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