iT MOTHER NATURE AND HER TWELVE CHILDREN, BY MARGARET EYTINGE, IN FREE PRESS,” “DETROIT Ola Mother Nature was sitting by a bright fire with her twelve children around her, when there came aloud knock at the door. Three or four of the boys started to open it, but made 80 much noise ¢hat she made them sit down again and opened it herself. The school-master, whose name is Father Time, stood on the step. After bid- ding her ‘‘good afternoon” he said it had been a long while since he had called on account of always having so much to do, but as he had just finished his almanac for the next year, and sent it to the printers, he thought he could spare half-an-hour and ge himself that pleasure, and after he entered and seated himself, he also said he dah't know where there could be fgind another such a fine family of ildren, and at this Mother Nature smiled a; vingly and told January to recite piece he had learned tor the school exhibition. He knew it would be useless to refuse, so getting up he (forgetting as most boys do to ¢ his bow): “The north wind doth blow, and we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then, poor thing? He will sit in the barn to keep himself warm And hide himself under his wing, poor ng ! ” He started for the door before he had hardly finished, but his mother called him back to hear little February, who was the smallest in the family, and who recited in a hittle shrill voice: “Thirty days hath September April, June and November. All tke rest have thirty-one Excepting February alone Who hath but four and twenty-four Till leap-vear gives her one day more.” This made the old gentleman laugh till he choked, for he had divided the days himself, and as they did not come out even, he thought February would not care if shedidn’t have quite as many | as the other months, she wgsso good na- | tured, and now to have it put in rhyme | seemed very funny. : March never could learn easily so he | did not know anything to speak, but | his mother suggested that he should | whistle, as whistling was now very fash- | sion able. Heimitated the wind, and did | it so perfectly that Father Time pound- | ed with his stout stick on the floor and said, ‘“‘my! what a rough night it is go- | ing to be.” You never could tell what | April would do, s0 no one was sur- | prised when she hopped up from her seat, made a preity curtsy to the school- master and said as quickly as she could rattle it off. “April showers, bring forth May flowers,” And sat down with a flirt of her vio- let gown. Her mother was mortified at her not saying more, for she knew any number of beautiful verses that had been written about her, being a great favorite with the poets, but perhaps it was Just as well, for blue-eyed May re- cited n long poem by Tennyson, every verse of which ended: “For I'm to be Queen of the I'm to be Queen of the May. It was very touching and the school- master, at its conclusion, wiped away a tear, June was the beauty of the family. She would never wear shabby clothes and to-night looked beautiful in a rose- colored mantel dotted with butterfly- wings. She threw a kiss to the admir- ing visitor and said May, mother, > Tree ing Lhis taiuly was not the proper way to treat such a dicnified elderly person, but will yon believe me, he seemed to enjoy it and actually threw a | kiss back, which made July and August langh so heartily that their mother was afraid they could not sing their duet in which they imitated the katydids and crickets, but they did sing it, and sang it beautifully too, and it was followed by their tall brother September's song “The Mocking Bird,” in the chorus of which all joined. “It was in the mild September, I remember, I remember,” October's song was “Harvest Home,” November recited Hood's poem ‘‘No- vember” and jolly December ended the entertainment with: “"Twas the night before Christmas.” And when he finished the school- master declared he had not made such a pleasant call in a great while and- again told Mother Nature that he be- lieved there was never such a fine fam ily as hers, HP. H —— Money Invested In choice one Lundred dol- lar building lots in suburbs of Kansas City will pay from five hundred to one thousand per cent, the next few years under our plan. 85 cash and & per month without interest con- trois a desirable lot. Particulars on applica. tion. J. H. Bauerlein & Co.. Kansas City, fio. rts A AIMS In the German tests of the Maxim gun 34,000 rounds were fired from a single barrel, and the rifling was not materially injured until after 20,000 steel bullets had been discharged, J1aMicted with soreeyes use Dr. Isase Thompe sou sEye-water. Druggista sell at 3a, per bottle An orange measurirg a fcot in eir- cumference has been found in Starke, Fia. si nS ‘Woman Her Diseases and Their I'reat- ment” A valuabie illustrated book of seventy two pages sent free, on receipt of le, to cover cost of mailing, ete. Address, PF. OU, Box 1088, Phila, Pa. Much lm; rovement has been made in fecuring eolor tints ‘n pictures, One 1roc s+ combines a hellstype print with lithographie tints Better work of this cluss 18 constantly being turned out. Lee Wa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harmless in effve’, quick and itive in action. Sent pele on i of 8] per bottle, Adeler & Co. Vyandotte 51. Kansas City, Ms, A small battery has been brought out which promises to be very useful to young electricians, The outfit includes 8 six-candle power lamp, and a battery lasting a couple of hours on continuous work. 1 § era oy a rier a aan try are -—-—— Executions are public in Ecuador, and os A she wusket is the instrument of death, cad Is of two kinds, acute and chronis. The former fs accompanied by high fever, and inthe swollen joints thero is intense pain, which often sud. denly changes from one part of the body to ane other. Chronic rheumatism is without fever and not so severe, but more continuous, and liable to come on at every storm or after slight exposure. Rheumatism is known to be a disease of the blood and Hood's Sarsaparilia has had great success in curing it. This medicine pos- sosses qualities which neutralize acidity, and purify, enrich and vitalize the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1;six for $5. Prepared only by C. 1. HOOD & C0,, Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar About 4500 species of wild bees and 1100 species of wasps are known. Great Britain has 170 species of the former and sixteen of the latter. smn t———— $100 Reward. $100, The readers of this paper will be learn that there is at least one dr disease that science has been able to cure in all ita 8 , and that is Casarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the on ositive cure now known te the medical ernity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarth Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu surfaces of the system thareby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the consti. tution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its cura tive powers that they offer Une Hundred Dol- lars for any « ase that it falls to cure, Mend for list of testimonials, Address F.J CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O. SF-%old by Druggists, The. lsased to o-oo Australian cannibals show a great pre- ference for Clinamen, whose rice diet is supposed to make thelr flesh especially sweel and tender. ———————— Nature's Trinity. Digestion, nutrition and excretion are In con- tinued activity from the cradle to the grave, to create and preserve our bodies against the abuses of appetites and ignorance. Sound di- gestion and healthy nutrition only Produce pore blood and active liver, kidneys, skin and yowels must excrete and carry off waste or we siek. These organs are stimulated only through the blood, not mercury snd pois onous minerals but pure harmless vegetables adapted to each, easily tsorbed and casily carried off —nothing has ever surpassed-—-noth« ing equals The St. Bernard Vegetable us from Hypocrates. A sami i Vegetable Pills will Lddress, St. Bernard, by of the St. Bet free Lo al Box 2416, D ai rtsea————————— St. Louis, Mo., has a D:ess Built Club, the members of which pay $5 a month and decide by Iot who shall purchases a dress suit out of the funds. - - For Coughs and Throat Disorders use use BrOows's BRONCHIAL TROCHES “Have never changed my them, except 1 think better of that whieh | gan thinking well ol."—Rev. Ilmry War Beecher. Sold only in boves St —-—- Withina distance of fiveor six squares in Philadelphia, near Chestout and Walnut streets, 2 W physicians have been counted. —— Those who use Dobbins’ Electric Soap cach week (and thelr names iz legion) save their clothes and strength, and let the soap do the work. Did you ever try it? if not, d2 so next Monday sure. Ask your grocer for it Guarantesd five year eighi per cenit. First Mortgages on Kansas City property, interest payable every six months ; principal and inter. est collected when due and remitted without expense to lenger. For sale by J. H. Bagerisin & Co. Kansas City, Mo. Write for particulars wisp — OF the orginal thirteen States, Dela- ware was the first to ratify the constitu. tion, doing so on December 7, 1787, Rhode Island was the last, on May 20, 1790, We are all frees American citizens, enjoy- ing our personal liberty ;: but most of us are in physical slavery, suffering from scrofula, salt rheum or some other form of impure blood. Hood's Barsaparilia is the great blood purifier which gives physical liberty Two {ig trees in Califorma are thirty feet high «nd bear 1000 pounds of fruit each year. The map who owns them naturally thinks that these is money in the fig business. —— Timber, Mineral. Farm Lands and Ranches fn Missourl, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, bought and sold. Tyler & Co, Kansas City. Mb a Take in your hand a crystal quartz, a stick of deal, a daisy and an acornand you.will not find in them a single ele- ment of matter that is not also found in your physicial frame. oneal Fraser Axle Grosse, There is no need of belug imposed on if you will iusist on having the Prazer Brand of Axle Greases, One greasing will last two weeks, A service of carrier pigeons 18 to be established between Zanzibar and Lake Nyassa, in Africa. The stations will be thirty miles apart, i Do You Ever Soeculate ? An rson sendizg ae thelr name and ad. dress will receive Information that will lead to a fortune. Bead, Lowis & Co. Security tullding, Kansas Clty, Mo. A line of railway through Alaska to Cape Prince of Wales to connect with the Russian raliway system through Si- beria is sald to perfectly feasible and the future is sure to see it accomplished, nt —— Cann’s Kidney Cure for Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nervy- ousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Philad’a. $1 a bottle, 6 for 86, or druggist. 1000 certificates of cures, Try it. el A torpedo net constructed of inter- locking steel rings is soon tobe put to a practical test, Riri All Fits st tres by Dr, Kline's Gross erve Hestorer, No Filsalfoer Ors day's ase. Mar Selous cures, Treatise and $2.00 trial {rant 3 Heanen, Bend to Dr. Kine 951 Aron st, Palla. Pa A fox loosed for a chaseat Pojtstown, Penn, wot the better of sixteen horse. men and severa! packs of hounds and escaped, - BE — Rupture cure gunranteed by Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch 5t., I’'hiPa, Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de- lay from business, attested by thou sands of eures after others fail, advice free, vend for cireular, ———— <b. The British Admiralty engineers are cond experimental ninetysix-hour runs of rs under forced draught at Portsmouth, SS ——————— A t—— Takes rooo people to buy Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, at 50 cents a bottle, to make up $500. One failure to cure would take the profit from 4000 sales. Its makers profess to cure “cold in the head,” and even chronic catarrh, and if the fail they pay $500 for their over-confidence,— Not in newspaper words but in ard cash/ Think of what confidence it takes to put that in the papers—and mean it. Its makers believe in the Remedy. Isn't it worth a trial? Isn't any trial prefer- able to catarrh? CE 55 After all, the mild agencies are the best. Perhaps they work more slowly, but they work surely. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are an active agency but gwiet and mild. They're sugar-coated, easy to take, never shock nor derange the system and half their pow- er is in the mild way in which their work is done. Small est, cheapest, easiest to take. One a dose. Twenty-five cents a vial. Of all druggists. yotHIS TL FART LA Make HENS. = CONDITION POWDER Highly concentrated. Dose small. In quantity costs bas than onelenil cond a dary per hen. Prevents and mires all digenson, If you can't get it, we send by mall postgmid, One pack 60 Five $1. T1400 enn $1.99; joanne 88 Express paid, Testimonials free. Send stamps or mah, Farmsery Douitey Guide (price 550.) free with §Log 8 JOMARSOR & OO. boston, Mass ASTHMA. Popham's Asthma Specific tives immediate iis believed to be the Beat ASTHMA Remedy known to humanity Send for a Trial Pack age FREE. i “old by Druggista i *ent by mall, postpaid, | for §1 per Box. Address, THOS. POPHAM 201 Ridge Avenue, I'Miadelphia. relief “3 4 # FOR FIFTY YEARS! | MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP : : has been used by mothers for thelr children § while Teething for over Fifty Years It soothes the onild, softens the ind, Allars ; all pain, cures wind colle, and i= (he beet for diaprrioes. 4 wentiy«five Counts un Bottle, . rome There is no Medicine like DR. SCHENCK'S ULMONIC SYRUP. Tt fo pleasant to the taate and does Dod contain a particle of epinm oranyihing Injuriona. It bo the Beet Cough Medicine in the World. For Sale by all Droggiats, Pr. Behenck's Bak on nailed fren Address “= Philadephia ven - For a Disordered Liver Try BEECHAN’S PILLS, 26cts. a Box. OF ALL DRUGGISTS, OME STUDY, book-keeping, Pusiness Forms, Fearsanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand, eto, thoroughly taught by MALL, Cisculars free, Breant’s College, 457 Mala 8, Paifsio. 8. ¥ How to Learn Modern Languages Without cost, Address Linguist, Hartsdale, N. BLOSYEREN, FURS, FEFEEASE FURS PATENTS “lis : Highest Fn paid for raw € BEXD FOR CIRCULAR. on er. — VERY siMPLE.~He advertisea: ‘ Send ten cents and learn how to find the day of the month without a calendar.” Ten cents was sent, and the instrue- tion was given: “Find out the date of the day before yesterday and add two. PorTic wispos, —Dauber(struggling artist) —**What do you suppose the poet meant by the words, ‘‘Art is long, but life is flecting?" Frank Friend{examimning Dauber’s last ploture) —*I think likely the poet meant that life is too short for some fulks to learn to paint, WaxTeED EVERYTHING, Legal Lam. inary —* Yousay you t sok five thousand dollars, How much more cash is left in the safe?’ Defanlter— “About five thousand more." dapat Luminary-*Go back and get it. In a case of this magnitude my re- tainer is always ten thousan { dollars. ”’ ns fn A VALUABLE MAN, -Strawber-**That was a pretty good trick that was played on a gas company in Chicago. A fel. low out there disconnected his meter, put a rubbber tube around it and for months didn't discover tial he Bad teen in Jhenng, 5 th yy “What they do wi him then” Strawber—**They made him one of the directors of the company.” HUMOROUS, A ———— a LL. sw FAILURR,-Mfs, McCrackie—*Did you try that deaf mute servant 1 tent you?" Mrs, McCorkle~—"*Y es, but she didn’t answer,” OFFENSIVE VIRTUE, -*Why, Tommy; why did you slap your sister Ethel?” **She was so plagued good, mamma, I couldn’t help It.”’ S—— SELF MELP,—*‘Is your son doing any- thing for himself now, Barkins?’’ “Oh, yes. George ties his own cravats now.” THE DEAR GIRLS .— Ethel —**How do I look in this dress?” Maud—‘“Charming, Isn't it won- derful how much a dress can do for one?" AN IMPOSSIBLE OPERATION. —Smith- ers—'‘Wonder why they don’t have a pork syndicate?” Blimbers(country bred, contemptu- Sully uu lS you ever try to corner a p PERSIFLAGE IN THE ANIMAL KING- DOY == ‘iumph!” sneered the ass as he enc un ved tue zebra. “You look like an va..ed conviet,” “Possibly,” retorted the zsbra, no one ever takes me for an ass,’ ——— But AN INNOCENT AMUSEMENT.—Hus- band-—* What have you been doing all day?" Wife—*‘Shopping.’’ Husbaud—*‘Oh! Only shopping, I was afraid you were buying.” ACCOMMODATING. - Wanderer-**Kind dame, can you give me a place to lay me down and die?” The Kind Dame—*“Certainly. Just go up to the barn. My husband is the county coroner an’ he hain’t had a case for a mwonth. A DARK SECRET, —She--**Mrs, Curry was telling us girls how her hushand proposed to her and how do you suppose he did iy” He—**Well I should say in the by mistake,” dark THE BACHELOR'S POINT OF VIEW. Nurse—**Oh, ma'am, the baby’s sucked all the paint off that new toy his uncle gave him!" Mother— How awfal!" Bachelor Uncle—**Never mind; 1 ———— STRUCK oUT.—Hoolahan{ont late to stranger) -— "And phwat’s the toime sir?” Stranger (suspiciously, knocks Hoo- lsban down)—**I! just struck one.” Hoolahan — (bewildered) — Begorra, olme glad of didn’t ax vez an hour ago. "” A WOMAX OF FAMILY.~'*So Ford- hath Hights has married Mra, Bronson, eh?" “Yes. I'm surprised, too, womsn of no family,’ You must be mistaken. me she had five children.” . - . She is a Fordy told AN HONEST CONFESSION. Look here, Tyler. My friends are all guying we about thissultof clothes 1 thought you said you never kept clothes out of style, Tyler—1 don’t keep ‘em I sell em, a — AWORTHY EXAMPLE, Mrs. Trotter ~Jane, didn’t I hear you say “In the soup’ just now? Jane— Yes, ma, Mrs, Trotter Well, you don't want to say it again, It’s vile slang. 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