FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS, RAIN AND THE RORIN, A robin in the morning, In the morning early, Sang a song of warning— ‘“There "Il be rain! There ‘ll berain!”’ Very, very clearly From the orchard Came the gentle horning, “There 'll be rain!” But the hasty farmer Cut his hay down— and storeroom are commodious and well filled. The flying squirrel, bushy-tailed squirrel and all varieties which live in the trees, little nest under the bark, orin a convenient hollow where branches meet. Here they have, like room, n8 well ns nu nest for the baby squirrels to sleep and grow in. To watch the squirrel earry home his store of food is a funny sight. He has two pouches which open into Did not heed the charmer From the orchard— And the mower’s clatter Ceased at noontide, For with drip and spatter Down came the rain. Then the prophet robin, Hidden in the erab-tree, Railed upon the farmer: “I told you so! I told you so!” As the rain grew stronger, And his heart grew prouder, Notes so full and slow Coming blither, louder— “I told you so! I told youso! I told you so! —[Duncan Campbell Nicholas. ! Scott, in St. ——— ELEPHANTS IN EUROPE. Away back in the age when men’s weapons and implements of labor were of flint or stone, mammoth elephants were plentiful in Europe. They lived under the most prosperous condition and their enemies were comparatively few. Inexhaustible supplies of food were furnished them by the forests and swamps of the European continent and they multi- plied and throve exceedingly. Thick-hided animals, with tusks and trunks, attained a larger size, ranged over a wider area of the earth's surface and existed more numerously and in greater variety than ever | before or since. They were found in Ireland and Scotland ; they tramped by the score through the thickets of England ithey roamed in great herds along the flats and valleys of Central Europe and across the boundless oak-clad plains of Russia and Siberia. Italy reared elephants of its Malta swarmed with pygmy phants of two if not three kinds; while the huge mastodon the chief representat iveof the species in North and South America. Why the great northern elephant should have perished as a 3 in the prime of life, when everything was favorable to its continued existence. has long puzzled naturalists and is likely to always remain a mystery. own; elo. separate was species ZOTOF, DWARF OF PETER THE GREAT. About the time of the marriage of the dwarfs, the Czar, in 2a fit of after- dinner jollity, had’ conferred the title of Count upon kis former teacher. Besides, little Zotof received a salary of about two thousand considerable sum for those days, an he had taken possession with mue ceremony of a fine house inthe T quarter of St. Petersburg. Now it happened that Zotof, feel ing himself growing old, one evening, when the Czar an espe r good humor to a monastery. Instead of ing. Peter, to the great astonishment of the old and infirm dwarf, his thinking of ordered him to marry again. Zotof was much put out Peter's for shows was n one whit less. He chose as wife for his favorite buffoon old lady, a widow of a man named Stremonkol. Preparations were begun the autumn of 1712, and in the fantastic procession the Empress Catherine and the Czar's daughters, Marth and Prascovia, and even some of the ambassadors were obliged to part. Four stammering old men gave out the invitations; infirm and tottering creatures were appointed to conduct the bride, and four of the fattest men in Russia served as runners The musicians were seated in a ear led by bears, and as these novel steeds were always being pricked by the points of the steel lances, their low growlings served as fitting accom- paniment to the weird airs that arose from the chariot. The service at the cathedral was performed by a very old priest, who was half blind and deaf, and who wore spectacles. The procession, the ceremony, the nup- tial-feast, and the jingling of the wedding-bells were all of a piece in this strange diversion. Zotol's descendants were forbidden to bear the title of Count so strangely | acquired, until 1802, when a member | of an illustrious and princely family with which one of them had inter- married, obtained permission from the Emperor Alexander I. to bear the title conferred upon the dwarf, his ancestor.—[St. Nicholas. dollars, propose i Was in retire BETree- to forbade : t ir Brie thin nd such a HES. 4 but t passion ot + fT 1841 an itl take his mouth, and which he fills with the food he gathers. He stuffs them full with seeds, nuts, roots, or indeed his ramblings, Then the store down tight, 80 as to in a little more. are full off he for home and empties out his supply, using forepaws to pull the food out and pack it away, just as he used them to fill the pouches up. Some squirrels nearly all winter and do not need any food, but some are much too lively to spend their time dozing. Perhaps they may run out for a little while on sunshiny days, but the most of the long winter is spent in their underground home, with plenty of nuts and herbs to nibble, crowd ACER his sleep CORY the prettiest species of squirrel, has a peculiarly formed skin, which reaches from his fore to his hind legs. In taking his immense leaps this skin is stretched out, the increased face presented to the air sur- holding of wings. So he can scarcely be said to fly, but it very it when we see what distances he can dart through the His tail i much looks air. him, too. WAR'S NEW TERRORS. Extraordinary Devices for Slaughter. Indications are that when two Eu- ropean armies eventually he field, if on meet the war talk ever resolves tual conflict, faint away in The rsaries, been i man of tion el in out int ' many and Austria, and which have been purchased by t! of those countries, are governments innumerable, and every one of them is designed to siaughter human life at a rate that The Ii y is main- inven- ia made pub- urmy, it appals the BI OPEC these Fe Ty i 1 $ general is ny sa them have been German is under- is armed with ritles which will 1 through four men, » behind ti r, at and miles Austri several §1 ie Othe ia distance of two & hal a In from the rifle, % gun bullets a minute, which i by steam and epntrolled by a gent a axed in the a aa dich shoots whi 3 emun with Ww musta and monocie Fiurns a housand » luncheon hour, tailor has makes the to bul. Italians a mnie distance The torg bola in the the enemy, gir 10 ftl be Crreat numbers of them ean time, and a and cheerful feature of it is that there are no nor any smoke whatever when the explosion occurs, M. Turpin of France is the latest hero in this direction. He has in- vented something which is so alto- gether awful that the taxpayers have requested the Government to give M. Turpin a great amount of money so that he will not turn his machine over to the Germans. This machine is operated by electricity, and, ac cording to its inventor, it is of so ter. rible a nature that it will do away with all fortifications throughout the civilized world. This is merely a de- tail of the execution which this ma- chine is expected to accomplish. Forts will be of no use, because M. Turpin’s machines would rend them all into atoms, and at a distance of several miles a man can mow down the enemy at the mte of 20,000 at an engagement. The facts are inspiring, but there is a lack of detail about them which is in accordance with of the literature which has enon Alii soldiers i wy happen y vicinity. be thrown at i pieasing disagreeable odors THE BQUIRREL FAMILY. It doesn’t seem as if there was any- | thing new to tell boys and girls about squirrels. Even city children see squirrels in Che parks and many keep then for pets in cages. The chip-! munk or the squirrel, with a big bushy tail, are lively, happy and frolicsome fellows, and they seem to do nothing but play all day long. But they have plenty of work to do, and perhaps the most sensible way they can manage it is to make a play of it and appear to every one to be only enjoying themselves, when, in reality, they are working for their living. Some squirrels, the ground squir- rels, make their house underground, with long tunnels and little ante- chambers and a good-sized nursery and storeroo hese two rooms seem to be most important of the squirrels Atublshmont. He Lo may omit the par/or. but the nursery The Turpin invention so far outstrips everything else, accord- ing to the critics of modern warfare, that it will insure universal peace. One machine alone is enough to de- vastate a country.—{New York Sun. How Ha irpins Are Made. Hairping are made by automatic and very complicated machines. The coiled wire ix put upon drums, and becomes straightened as it foeds it- self to the machine. It passes along until it reaches two cutters, which point the ends at the same time that theycut it to the length required, This piece of wire then slips along the iron plate until it reaches a slot, through which it is pressed into the regular shape. The hairpins are then put in- to a pan and japanned, after which they are heated in an oven with a temperature of from 800 to 400 de- grees.—{ New York Dispatch. [ THE PROBLEM SOLVED. | Little Luella Astonishes Her Puzzled Flarents, “I've been thinking all day about a problem a man gave me this morn. ing," suid Mr, Jawber as he and Mrs. Juwber moved up to the centre-table preparatory to an evening of reading, {interspersed with debate. “It was fone of those things that seem easy { enough, but you can’t tell where to { begin to work it.”’ | “What was it?” i asked Mrs. { Jawber, { “It's this way: A man goes into { 8 place and says to Yhe store-keeper, I have a certain sum of money, less | than $10. Now if you will lend me much money as I have I will | spend $10 with you.’ The store- | keeper agreed and gave the money. | as 1 After spending the $10 he had some money left, so he went to a second store and made the same proposition, and it was accepted. Then he went to a third store and carried out the | same transaction, after which all his | money was How much did he | have in the first place?’’ “Mercy me!” Mrs, Jawber; “I don’t see how anyone could find out except by taking the money and { going round with it from one place to another.”’ “But how would you know the amount needed?’ asked he triumph- untly. ‘I never thought of that,” mitted, somewhat crestfallen. ‘You he went fo #" broke in Luella, who natur- been overlooked had in and gone, said i she ad- SAY three ACES ly would have «hi Ken, as low the | busy with books and slate. i “Keeep to your stu | said Mr. Jawhe F. terest li the wus not sj she was chair beside table dies, daughter,’’ tle girls.” bent over her Mr. Jawber said WY » more and k the only + different t 1 through her thi into the offspring THE GIANT BAMBOO. An Enthusiastic Grower on the Pos- sibilities of the Plant. $4 tLiere It is a fortune w well r Valley, Hu : it will wherever the wild cane grows north Mason and Dixon's line. The cuttings should be planted eight feet apart, flat in the ground, three or four inches deep. It requires very cultivation, for it will ‘soon grow so thick and fast that it wi run ahead of all weeds, says J. L Normand in Southern Farm. I believe in the il 1 will grr on such R in x. 1% Ane ive which £4 inct grow ns far as iittie i and cane years after the cultings are set, obtain from 50 cents to $1 per from al any furniture manufac- tory in the South. I believe we can grow merchantable canes one very foot of land that is set out with bamboo every season. On a six-year-old plantation you can figure out profits. The canes are tied in dies, in ten or twenty, I cut them in most bun- ened. The third year you can begin te cut them and use them poles, bean poles, fancy hen coops, etc. fencing, in combined and worked in, split in four for nailing to post to make fencing, flower pots, summer. houses, Outhouses can be built with less work and quicker with it than | with lumber. ings that will not leak. | and cut out the inside joints or nodes {and lay them side by side, cupped up, and come in with another layer turned down. It is not necessary to give any pitch or slope te your roof, and do away with laths, rafters and a deal of work. Large sheds ean be built in less time and cheaper than with lumber, which will t as long as our best building material and as a decorative plant the bamboo ought to take the foremost place. Nothing ean be more g ful on the lawn than a group of them, towering high above the tallest trees. For wind breaks it cannot be excelled. A large proportion of the rubies in the bom comes from Siam. Siberia has 5,000,000 square miles of good farm land. he NY. | i IN| THEY PLAY SHIN MANY CLUBS ORGANIZED THIS COUNTRY, Society Calling it ""Golf'' Makes a Big Difference, Though. the sparks to fly upward. And the latest in outdoor fads is golf. Tennis, archery und polo have each had their turn, and golf is now coming in to replace them in the fickle minds of the Four Hundred, At Lenox, West. Mendow- brook, Southampton, Newport and Morristown, N. J., ¢/ubs have sprung up, and the craze for the game threatens to become as great here us it was in England four or five vears Without being as violent the ancient Beoteh game furnizhes more than either archery or croquet, and seems to find favor with those lovers of out- too old or too lazy to enjoy any of the BEVErer games. Golf isa cross between hockey or “shinny ’”’ as it is better known, us exorcise Willian Eldredae, Lorillard Willinm Hunter, Theodor James 1. Brooks. Scotehmen swenr by thelr game of golf, and it is perhaps for that rea- spencer, { - A SSI - an of the water, six or eight different wernily used for a come It would be n great annoy- game lmitate in point of costume, if not otherwise, the Seoteh gentleman, The orthodox dress for the sport is, therefore, plaid knickerbockers yery loose at the knee, heavy plaid woolen to mateh, For comfort this costume can hardly be improved upon, and ns the exercise ires a great deal of light the dress universally game requ described is the worn ulinost by enthusi- asts, : The Clhinaman’s bogganing is somewha of golf. On toboggan gt? Walkee mile While in a golf mateh the s is that a back asain! DACK again : 2 Ooniy «i {. tance that has to A GOLF and croquet. It is played lawns or fields with hard rubber balls and 8 of mallets, which | great variety differ little from the regular “shinny from or shape, The 4 on slicks or and was played iy | five or six | iif ng fallen into years In 1889 it! o this country. and | been gail surely ¢ This year, ever sit ning however has sprung up with won- derful vigor. =a 1 of the fashionable gs grounds, and set” enthusing greatly over the game, At Newport, where society fads are always popular, the new golf club has detracted much from the popularity of the famous Casino. The polo field, the yacht clubs and the tennis matches have all suffered from the transference of interest to the new | nd all seit re pli} ANALY C1 sr the nart OX THE game. One good reason for the change is that the women can play golf as well as the men, while they cannot | play polo at all, and in the other sports they take only a small part, Theodore A. Havemeyer is called the father of golf at Newport, and is president of the Newport Golf Club. This organ ization, although only two or three years old, is in an excellent condition, and its star is still in the ascendant. New grounds have been bought this ear, and when they have been put nto shape and thrown open for the use of the members they will afford one of the finest golf courses in Amer. lea. They are very capacious and furnish space for a large number of links: A fine clubhouse is also being built on the new grounds, Among the other enthusinsts who make Newport th for their matches +» consists of a series of number is “ne @ (11 4 il a guarier STROKE FROM THE TEE. The ground either The the golf which the links COUTrse, over ould be rough. variety to 1 & course is laid out, and of obstrue- the way of the play- ditel tions are put in ers, if nature neaees, 108 her has not already pro- in the The skill in the game lies LINKS, dexterity with which the ball is driven toward the holes, and “put” into them when they are within putting distance. A great variety of millets or clubs are made for the different kinds of strokes The list of those, as used in England, com- prises eleven wooden and eight iron clubs, as follows: Wooden, driver or play club, grassed driver, long spoon, middle spoon, short spoon, bafling spoon niblick, brassey, bulger, putter and driving putter, iron, iron putter, cleek, driving iron, medium or ordinary iron, lofting iron niblick, president and mashy. Every one of these clubs is sha like the ordi nary ‘‘shinny stick,” the only dif ference between them lying in the jin and shape af She knobs a Shel wer ends length ir handles, from the clubhouse in the course of a game, and cannot return each time he wants to change his club. For this purpose, one of the regu- lar of a golf course is a “eaddy.”” Caddies are boys who fol- low the players over the links and carry in a slung over their shoulders, a of clubs for each player. After each stroke, the elub used ig returned to the caddy and the player follows his ball to where it has Then he next stroke and se- he proper club for it from the y And thus goes eto hole, and from the whole co 1 and again, until the players are sport return Uu { . clubhouse to ptt up the attaches CRBC got stopped rolling. considers the needs of leots tl) i 1 cada the game yon from t« veered] Fis 4 o hole Goyer irse wenried of the and ir ciubs BOOTes, COUrse are gener lines start. at, or i r a detour of if or two around : ®13 back to the the end of the rou [Lf PL Jd and meadows ¥ 13 1g ) the players are Hunt, so at Faiy quite Cif ri It al business noons and for the better ts 8 at this po i man spends 44 1 after hanks fneestiars vid tay $7345 fat gained by } better “ 1s BREAD. miliar Article of Food. bread as in every- per cent. ing 15 per equally am In Gr i of rye cent sold is very i} greater. Bakers are all the new shapes sCarceiy i standan here are Rome re il yblong, ad, s French , Vienna stick, and Vienna loaf: now about re Or 3¢ i stirk shapes that less comme nly s sid. of about nds of dough ; for England 3 i A 80 nd these breads are made as many different k instance, there js a New i Vienna MITT § Oi yee dough, an on, ¢ i . i difierent and mixed and } a aterials handled differently standard the as as one i= an Al- hese breads are made in New England is five, which are sold 5 cents, 10 cents usually the 30-cent a trifle more loaves would nearly hese shapes New England: this 1g loaf with square corners. jof ¢ sizes: the at its 1% least 25 cents, ol cents: three 10.cent in 10-cent all breads made R-cent and with the case but and 30 cents; the larger of the two big loaves is sometimes cut in two and sold in halves. The big loaves are sold to boarding houses, and to private families,” algo. Some folks like erust, and some like the inside: the big loves are especially desirable for those who like the inside; they have proportionately to weight less crust than the smaller loaves, and they can be #0 cut as to be served in almost any form that may be desired, with crust or without. Breads for hotels and restaurants are generally made in special shapes. They use a shape corresponding to New Englatid, and many restaurants that don’t want so much ernst take a bread that is made in loaves about eighteen inches in length, and not very wide, baked not separately, but laid close together, so that the loaves have crust on the ends only. Some hotels buy this kind of bread. bus hotels generally use more French bread and Vienna sticks. Taking all the Beoble toguther, old and young, it is probable that about th usr ters like their bread crusty.—{ New York Sun, ’ A new dress material is called “Venetian and is to take the place of cashmere, and a silk check onlled “Scotch llama’ is very soft and fine in texture. Tiny checks are becom ing very popular for walking
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