A
THE WHISTLING BOY.
Is (here a sound in the world so sweet,
on a dark and dreary morn,
When the gloom without meets the
been born,
As the sound of a
gayly whistling in the rain,
As he drives the
reen, down the ‘path in the muddy
lane?
COWS to pastures
The joy of a boy is a funny thing, not
dampened by autumn rain;
His clothes and his hands and his
sturdy feet are not spoiled by grime
or stain;
The world to him is a wonderful place
that he means some day to explore;
If there's time to play and plenty to
eat who cares if the heavens pour?
Oh, that cheery trill of a heart as
fresh as the drops that elear the air,
Brings a smile to our lips, and clears
the soul of the that brooded
there;
And we
along
mud,
For the hope and cheer In that
tled note would rainbow the sky in
a flood.
~—Colin 8.
Home Journal.
The Bing and (he Glove.
gloom
he
rain
the
through rivers
spats
and
boy as
of
bless
whis
Ladies’
in
Berkstresser
atioh, his place being taken by a bald
headed salesman who wore spectacles
and talked to me over them soothing
ly, as one would to a person of weak
intellect, while 1 formulated plratical
schemes and osked him puerile ques
When I left the shop [I headed
occasion when the jeweller's glass
door swung behind me, and, marching
up to the counter, I asked for a ring.
“A ring. said the attendant, a
Cockney t finger tips. “What
sort of a ring?”
“An engagement ring,” said I valor
ously.
“What
docketing mentally.
“ and a half,” 1
ing of the glove,
“That's an unusual size”
remarked, rubbing one eyebrow, ‘un
less it's a bangle the lady wants.”
“I'm not that
all,” I murmured, producing the litt
sandalwood-s whnted of silk;
that is the size, I think.”
“Oh-—it's the size of the lady's ‘and
he observed with mild toleration,
rolling it. “Well, sir. ladle
vary in 1 more usual t
fit of cardboard;
but
“Could he member
stituted?” I asked impressively
That knocked the
red at helplessly.
powder or somethi
Ty 9%
[ure
o his
size, sir?” demanded the man,
me
ve H
ed, think
rep
he
rather
sure she wants
ie
bit “but
un
s' fingers
and it's 0
8 ‘
them with
rey 11
we'll go
a
plece
our best."
3
not wr
conceit out
he st
“Fill it
I explained
It
pline to
but i
filled the
plate pow:
with my
ing a miniature «
urements an
scintilating
ent familia:
hold. Cl
Pearls,
each cl
checkin
parcament
the pri
£500
money
for what man
tent to offer
thing o«
close beside Ww
mound
almost
had
“Now. si
this?” asked the «
ly. as he displayed
as ing
sky. exactly the
making allowances
won't ar
“Are not opals unlucky? said 1. en
deavoring to deei
“Oh. we dd
i i f rith
stition.,” replied
“but t
took
ae
* took
Rearen
rable
nkled
worth a king's ransom?
recollecting
1ilable,
patperized,
£400 a%
only
r. whan i0 yon think
inpman patronizing
10 opal enn
the shift sunlight
on a
lady's
or. of course, she
want to we
over ‘er glove,”
hier the price,
“uch Super
Jeweller,
rill
loftily
hey one keep you
from being poisoned.”
“Then I shall
rich widow,” 1
is the cost of
I alluded an emerald
pearis, which I already
ing on the loveliest hand in th
He extracted it with a silent respect
be borrowed from my eagerness, and
made a measurement while I watched
him, my heart beating madly. The
size was exactly the same: the price
but that is a detail. 1 decided upon it
The shopman thanked me perfunctor
fly, and I leaned against the counter,
feeling like one who had received a
great favor. But when I fumbled
my pocket for the notes and
their crisp crackle my confidence re
turned, and then as | watched
aplendid thing flashing in Its
bed I believed I must after all
rich man, unknown to myself, so great
was the suggestion of
wealth thus conveyed.
“I should like a piece of glass on
the inside of the case Hd.” | obseryed
carelessly. “Is it usual?’
“That's looking glass?’ queried the
lapidary, glancing up from a surrepti.
tious examination of the notes.
I nodded. I knew, I must be getting
red.
“Well,” he remarked, tolerantly, “it
Is not exactly usual, but it's a pratty
fdea—ightens the attraction of the
gem, makes the lady see the preseat
from two points of view."
“Hardly an advantage sometimes.”
I observed, “but ean you do 17°
“Well, yes, 1 should think.” he rp.
plied condescendingly.
“Then get it done, and I shall stand
the racket.” I answered magnificently,
He hurried away to effect the alter.
wr
leave it fi the next
answered.
this?"
to
84
© world
the
membering that she might be just then
occupled by domestic duties, decided
to call later in the day. Even the ring
my pocket gave me no additional
courage, and presently 1 began to
it was not quite royal enough.
Edging my way to Regent's Park 1
hunted out a quiet spot and sat down
to examine it at leisure. It was glo
rious still, but somehow glo-
rious as I would have wished, and 1
was actually questiening the wisdom
of my chol¢e when an approaching
footfall made me the It
was light,
lasting flint would have worn well be
neath it. Something, more of the in
not so
close case
un, and I saw her.
The sensation of being shot through
the heart has not, I belleve,
adequate literary expression,
who experience it being usually
occupied at the exact moment
matters; but I think I
She stopped and
She was in deep
black, but pallor had gone from
wal cheeks, She made a half ten
I sprang to my feet.
“1 am so glad to see you," I
want
the
pre-
with
know
we
other
what {t means.
the
her
tative bow,
cried,
“because—I to restore something
you forgot restaurant yester
a few
“How
ing
“Oh.
weeks
kind ghe sald, com-
near,
all,”
not
I replied; “but 1
hope you were inconvenienced, 1
should have it, but 1 didn't.”
I put my hand in my breast pocket
extracted my handke:
in turn brought to light
f letters and memoranda 1
at her feet like skillful
Then I tried the other pock
said
not at
sent
hurriedly and
chief, which
in sheaf
shook owt
conjurer,
0
a
“It's a
up my
i you
oe glove,” 1
belongi
know.”
it,’
t. but
gathering ngs,
1
(ion
she sald
I missed
coldly
“But tl
leaded; “ah, do sit down until I
0 quickly,” 1
find
i cab went
p
.
or
gentle pers
did
niration
“Pray do
She 84 na
0 much trouble,”
plaintively.
it." I cried, and 1
ilk from my
had thrust it
urmured
I have
f
of
the wisp
watch pocket, where |
on leaving the shop
“No kind of youn,” tak
Then the powder ran out over
she observed,
ng it
her dress
“How stupid,” 1 gasped, complete
demoralized now, and retaking the
it vigorously until I had
Nhe
the
ly
glove 1 shook
created a miniature dust storm.
wished that
sneezed. 1 devoutly
ne accomplished
was an
I muttered wofully,
presented a piebald ap
rance
She sm down saying des
» itely
“Would ve
The thing is of
“Why ?' she
"x
to keep
ne use now.”
'
iy. but
inswered quiet
¢ volo was low
“To remind me
replied, shying
Indeed? 1 am
a pleasant
ciously. “Mr
ng way
of that happy day.’
of
ra
you think
she said
glad
one,"
it as
hack in the cab. He
seemed prejudiced against you”
“He may be deseribed a man
well,” 1 observed severely, “1
actionable.”
1} sha
all the
as who
means
hope
“Oh
in tel
anid
hardl
answered
she
laughingly: “but he seems to have
changed his opinion lately. Your name
happened t Ole in conversation
said
sudden flame leaped
today and he
She paused! n
into her chooks.
‘What did he sar?" I demanded, try
to look away
vortl an
«1. the point of her
honorable
par
tri
werp
jgsoscelon
lopsided
“but
much virtne in that
observed bitterly.
down.”
and
un onght to settle
her head
shall,” 1 eried, “but it depends
npon Indy I have portrait
here in this case. She Is the only girl
I shall ever care for in that way.” 1
: a little qualification
“Ro |
me her
added, becanse
of yours, too.” And,
o her as the lid flew back.
at me curiously, very pale
She little cry that sank
Then she sat
uttered a
ons me down the last dim turning of
life's road, into mine.
‘1 trust she will make you a good
wife,” she said gravely. And Well,
surely man born of woman can guess
the rest London Black and White.
Weyler as a Business Man.
Weyler may be a bad soldier, but he
is a very talented business man. He,
through his agents. in the past two
years, bought 11.000 mules from the
United States and Mexico at about $30
apices, and then sold them through
other agents to himself as represent-
ing the Spanish government at $128
apiece, making a clear profit of $08 a
mule. With all allowance for trans.
portation and feed, insurance and
labor bills, all of which were probably
vaid by the voor government. the
clear profit must have been $800,000,
Equelly shrewd was his cattle syndi
The cattle contession wag given
ty a concern mn which he Is sald to
have the chief partner. They
bought cattle, both live and refriger.
ated, at six cents per pound, The con.
sumption in that city Is over a hun
dred thousand pounds a day, the profit
over $10,000 and in 600 days the total
profit would be about $4,000,000, He
is also sald to have had a large in
terest in the tobacco monopoly, the
flour trade, the potato business, the
wholesale cabbage Industry, the bot.
tled beer commerce and the milk
routes of kHavana., It is no wonder
therefore, that the people of Manila
say he sent home $6,000,000 and the
people of Havana that he transmitted
| $8,000,000. Of course, this was not all
{ for himself He has many
{ friends in the cortes.—New York
and Express,
onto,
been
poor
Mall
MONEY IN SQUAB RAISING.
| How They Are Produced in Michigan for the
Eastern Markets.
squab farm in Michigan
three miles south of
| Grand Haven. Squabs are young
doves, or pigeons, and are esteemed
great delicacies in eplecurean and mid-
There are sev.
eral large sqfiab farms in the east,
and one near Toledo, but the only one
Michigan, so far known, at
Grand Haven, and it is conducted by
for
large dry
falled, and
squab rals
to
floorwalking, now devotes
most of it His
comprises about ten acres of land, bu
The only
| ix located about
i night luncheon cireles,
in as is
He was weve
in a
health
J. Bernreuther
floorwalker
His
years ago he took up
It side issue
was originally a
but he
to
1
his
ils attention farm
fonly a small portion of this is given to
industry, being
and n, which
let for the old doves
wire
the
the squab rest
planted t
forms the staple d
He
In
to when Co
of woven
20 feet
confined
a big cage
has 5
120 feet,
80 Ligh.
by
and
It aml
and the
the wire
on
Xx
doves are kept
on tt
north side of
building,
The
southern exposure and a wind
sun
is divided by partitions
about ten feet
banked up
with
netting he gides
the
low
abos the cage
which the
roof
is a long, in pie
has a
bre ik
doves Keep house,
here the doves themselves
and
The
into 1
These
sides, tier
nnd these
i where the eggs are lald and the
hatched and to De
partiti and boxes
the eaves of the building,
end
building
oGins square
rooms are on three
¥
sinall box
£1
the
above tier,
OR, boxes are nests
young
sejtia ba
up
and
fo
are
The
ward to
grow
extend
Mix
above the space is open from
end, allowing free passageway for the
and a roosting place for those
not busy with domestic duties
doves
After the two pretty white eggs are
male takes
on them during
ion, and
laid. the his regular trick
of the twenty
the
sity)
one days of lncubat when
hatched he does his
toward feeding them
after the young birds
become marketable
The birds are i
to
LE
but able fis
twenty-four bours
fig} into
not yet
the
the dove heaven
to
the
fast is imposed not make
meek in spirit, but to clear thei
of food. Then a sharp knife
opens a in their throat,
life blood
brief career closes with a
While is still the
feathers are plucked out, the crop Is
washed out, and the denuded body is
thrown into a tub of water
The next day it is packed in
shipment The squabs, dressed for
market, weigh about half a pound,
vein
the aozes out th
Hutter
the flesh warm
to cool
joe
few
ie
York. This city consumes
of them. There
mand for them
big and metropoli
a poor market Almost
product of Rernreuther
York. and the shipments
three or four dozens a week the year
round. The squalls command from
$1.50 $3.50 a dozen, and there is
money in the business
The beat breed of doves for squab
purposes is the homing pigeon. This
is not due to any particular delicacy
of the flesh, but to the fact that hom
ers are the best breeders, are diligent
in properly caring for the eggs during
very
small
and Chie
as it is,
the
is only a
in Detroit,
litan
ago, ig
goes to
average
to
young well fed. But the squab far
Just nlain, ordinary doves are good
eno. They bring out six to ten
broods a year, each of two doves, and
| often eggs are in the nest for a new
The
year, but as there is no recognized
The Nose Lasts Longest.
Bone and cartilage enter so largely
into the structure of the nose and de
dergoes little perceptible change, as a
rile, with the lapse of years. The
brow becomes wrinkled, and crows
feet gather round the eyes, which
themselves gradually grow dim as
time rolls on: checks lose the bloom
which cosmetics eannot replace, and
lips their fullness and color.
The chin, dimpled in youth, develops
angularities or globularities, as the
case may be, and the eyebrows be.
come heavy with the crop of many
years’ growth. The nose shows no
mark comparable with these familiar
facial indications of the approach of
oid age, and practically enjoys im.
munity from the ravages which time
makes on the other features of the
Next to the nose, probably the
as a rule, show the fewest and
abvions signs of old age.—Pitts-
Dispatch.
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
THR BOY.
The boy who is bright and witty,
The boy who longs for fame,
The brilliant boy, his teacher's joy,
And the boy who leads each game
Right cordially I greet them
And wish them every joy,
But the warmest part of my boy-lov
ing-heart
I give the dependable boy.
DEPENDABLE
|
i
If he says he'll come at seven |
E'er the clock strikes lie'll appear |
At a fine, brisk pace, with a glowing |
face, |
And a greeting good to hear;
If he says he'll mail your letter
It will be mailed don't doubt it;
He will not tuck it in some dark pocket
And then forget about it!
He may be bright and witty;
He may be brilliant, too
He may lead in the race with his man
ly face
He may plan great things to do;
He may have all gifts and graces;
But naught can wake such joy
And pride in me as to know that he
Is a stanch dependable boy!
{Minnie L. Upton,
THE GRASSHOPPER WAR.
About the time the Pilgrim Fathers
came to New England in the May
flower (1620), there a groat
quarrel and war between two Indian
Arose
tribes from a very iusignificant cause
It ocourred in this » ay
An Indian squaw, with
{ son, went to visit a friend belonging
On his the
| little boy caught a large grasshopper
A boy from
but n r
| coaxing hor cajoling, nor even threats,
i
{
{
would the little
1
i
her
| to another tribe. WARY
{ and carried it with hin
the other tribe wanted it.
eithe
EF.
induce fellow to sur
|
| render hisprize. A quarrel took place |
which and
2 * :
fathers into the dispute, and by re
lo: tribes werd of
ong the chiefs of both
soon drew the 1 thers
gaged in a struggle which did not end
until one tribe was almost extermin-
{
ated
DUST
TIDY AND IN RIOUR ANTS
Travelers who have
over the world will tell
strikes them an African
forest is its cleanliness, look. as if
the whole ground were daily cleaned
and dusted by invisible elves, Not a
branch is to be seen, har liy a
No more striking contrast
ied than this as cor
is
explored all
You that what
first about
fallen
dead leaf.
could be nag
pared to a forest in
America
snd drag your horse
I You were pr
the great west of
mount
as if
There vou must dis
after vou
g through or
[he
the African forests are so tidy is be
gressin
Al IMMense Woo ivard PERRO
cause of termites. Thess great white
ants,
a feats
move and cons
that cu
Whose mounds are so prominent
Afr
ine
of the an landscape, re
” every dead
po i frost
mbers the gt from i
a leaf, from lephant
moth's wing
THE LITTLE LANTRAN,
The re Was once a tiny Japanese ian
tern. It w
that no
small and yi
1
wanted to
as 80
one
nistake o1
f costls
I'he little lantern was
ne One
*,
but it felt very badly.
the lanterns
o decorate his
fagreat pro
The night came for pro
the other the
out and strung
house They were all
except the homely
when first seen,
The man who bough
+
t
wanted to use them ¢
the
lanterns were taken
around the
much admired,
was laughed at by every one,
From its obscure corner it looked
out upon the gay scenes, and said
nothing, although it felt very badly.
The Ianterns wera all lighted, for
by. They all danced gayly around
in the evening breeze
Suddenly there was a cry. “The
procession coming!” then
there was a quick gust of wind: and,
to the dismay of every one, one after
the other, each lantern went
every one excepting the homely little
lantern, which shoue steadily on,
“Quick! matches!” the master
shouted. But, for some reason, none
were to be had
“What shall we do 2?” shouted
again. ‘The procession is just around
the corner, and here all. is darkness "|
The master glanced at the homely
little lantern. The music from the
procession was coming nearer :
He glanced at the littie lantern ones
more, Its light was amall, but still
it was burning.
Quickly he took it, and carefully
going from one to the other, he re-|
lighted ‘the darkened lanterns by its |
aid, and was just han ging up the little
one again when the procession ap- {
peared, !
“The homely little lantern, by its
faithfulness, has done more than ali
the rest,” the master said,
The little lantern said nothing, but
was very happy.
nat
is
Off
he
i
A BRAYE KITTEN,
The Smith family had never before
owned a kitten. Dogs they were
seldom without, hut out of considera-
tion for Mrs Smith, who said she !
could not bear a cat, they had hitherto |
been content to wor=v along with only
one pet.
It was only when the miss began to
devour the Smiths and their
sions that Mre. Smith was induced to
waive her prejudice, Mr. Smith the
next evening brought home a little
black kitten in his overcoat
Now. as the Smith family
included a half setter dug,
the degree of harmony likely to exist
between the dog and the kitten,
The new kitten settled the question
once for all by insisting on being
friendly with the dog. His beautiful
never failing sources of amusement to
Kitty, and the dog, like all young
animals, anxious for a romp, forgot to
The two
Kitty would curl up on the warm fur
of the dog, and both would go off to
It was a funny sight to see
the tiny kitten and the great clumsy
dog curled up thus together,
Kitty was the only cat permitted to
in the Smiths’ garden.
After awhile, when she grew bolder
and learned to climb about every-
where, the kitten penetrated to other
gardens and made the acquaintar ce of
kittens. With a kitten two
sleep
One day
garden and after
looking about jumped down beside a
of geraniums, Fido
watching and pounced upon her in a
It would not be pleasant t=
think of what might have become of
tabby had not the Smith kitten darted
out of the bushes and, like a streak
of black lightning, descended upon
the Astounded at the wrath of
his little playmate, Fido dropped the
gray kitten, which made good its es
{ ape
angry eves of his little
dog with his
n his legs, Kitty
and calmly smoothed out her
fur
AUT,
had been
doo
log
black friend,
ig
the AWAY
*
t
, hil
Wee while
THE POLAR
Br
slow-footed
the north, in
Hot for bis pa
cited d
extraordin
the rule ;
many fH dog fal
boldness }
exhausted bear
e iceberg
prey t
Bom
» the hunt
wise enrage
Eskimos, wi
vided only
al
lances
atiack a
mus with hunger
rows, Knives,
defiant fen
and ready
tats to
being raven:
die for
to her cuba
The Uses of Decrskin.
by side with the ill
resultant
there is
a
deerskin
2 for
Hout snowshoes
he moccasins are sold io
aml nothing
ot eon
ars
fit numbers quite so
comfortable hang devised
the Canadian snows
vents the straps of
from ng the feet
galll
i= both porous and
“sha
races
not tanned, but
hich all
wh a
le Process a
ise
or savage when prepa:
ing wild beasts’ skin for use as clothes
* than bogts. But the finest of all
soft leathers are
for gloves Nothing is qnite
equal to material for the pur
pose, and when genuine it is the most
expensive of any. Reindeer sfin, fal
low deer skin and that of the fawns
of many of the American species are
EIK” gloves are not deerskin
at all, but an imitation. Much of the
deerskin is made into “white leather”,
in the same way that parchment,
sheepskin and vellum are prepared
for special purposes. Ihe white buck-
skin is used for leather breeches and
military gloves, all military tailoring
being of the most expensive material
as
ther
0
flies the
sed
this
send,
Looking Forward.
It was the year 3588, A. D. Present
ly it would he 3589. The Princess
Mayme had po time to lose, and yet
she was forever exalting herself be
cause of her birth. “1 am descended
from pork-packers” she would say
vauntingly., scorning the every-day
princes who sought her hand. As for
the other princesses eunpioyed in the
and maintained that any one might
trace a lineage as distinguished, pro
|
i
i
WIT AND HUMOR
Up-to-Date Jokes amd Witticksms From the
Comic Papers.
A HEAVY HAKDICAP,
It is but a Spanish custom.
It was not the youngster's fault
That he never had the training
Which would help him earn his salt
And he couldn’t raise a protest
When to christen him they came
And they solemnly afflicted
The poor infant with the name,
“Alphonso XIII, Leon Ferdinand
Muria
James Isidore Pascal Antonio,”
And it's not at all surprising
That in business of state
And in military matters
All his people come too late,
For it's likely to occasion
An embarrassing delay
When they rally up their cohorts
And they stop to shout “Hooray
For Alphonzo XI11, Leon Ferdinand
Maria
James Isidore Pascal Antonio!
SUMMED UP
Your wife spends hours at
Now, what does it
acon
the dressmaker’'s,
all amount to ?
troit Journal
Cy, b—
Uniobabitea iciands.
Between Madagascar and the coast
of support.
Egbert—A pretty figure
WHAT SHE ADORED
"8 (society poet
ing
Do you li
DeF a warmly
I amthink-
ing & volume with wide
ke the idea?
Miss
0 Indeed,
Your too
margins
me, I adore blank verse,
THE NARROW
He
MINDED WOMAN.
Women
y
are terribly narrow-
not,
ed
You are speaking, are you
woman whose mind can be fill
: the image of a man ?
SNAPS
I hear you’
} resry dt 9
the {1 ut
colamission,
ne
HER CLAIM
“What basis has she for calling her-
{ Bevolutic
self a Daughter of the mn ?
‘“She thinks of the revolut her
ious
Dicycie wheels have made
A BASE INSINUATION,
sunday Huntsman bi
Tr 1 1
pardly bad | been hunting
f
asting e—
8 quarter
of au hour
my fest
Doubting Friend
when a dead hare lay at
Do ever
hares
mm suicide
THE DIFFEREXNCR
Mrs
he
Naborls name is t
ur papa’'s Harry ?
Harry Yes'n
SO Your
Ml Know
who
sie
E Ine
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ABOUT MUGH
Bill —T see Gills has his face painted
on his cup at the barber shop
Jill—How does it look ?
Bill The worst-looking mug I ever
SAW,
A LESSON IN WHALING.
One boy met another who had a
suspicious redness about the eves and
*“Say,” said the first boy, “I hoard
your father was on a ship once.”
The other quenched a sob and
nodded.
“Was it a whaler 2”
“Yen, it was. And vou bet
learnt the business good, 100.”
he
TAR DANGERS OF HOME
Browne-—-Mercy, mau, you look as
though you had been to war,
Towne Worse. Been amusing the
baby while his mother went shopping.
A BORN MATHEMATICIAN
“Dickeysdoesn’t know his letters
well,” explained his mother to the
new teacher, *‘but he's quick in learn
ing figures.”
“What is this, dear ?” asked the
teacher, pointing to the Jetter B.
““Dat's a thirteen jammed togedder,”
promptly responded Dickey.
HIS SCHEME
Mrs, Petter 'Did you see that?
Dixon seized the rocking chair, and
was into it before his wife had »
chance to reach it. And on his wed
ding trip, too.”
Mr. Petter— “That's just it
There's where Dixon is smart. No.
body will suspect that he is on his
wedding tour, don't you see? And
besides, he gets the chair.”
SIMILARITY.
He—1 doubt if they will be happy
In matrimony there should be a sim"
larity of tastes.
She Well, she is determined to
have her own way and so is he.
HIS WAY OF PINDING IT.
Tourist—It wears me ont complete-
ly to travel.
Chane: Aoquaintance— Your busi
ness compels you to do it, I presume ¥
Tourist—No. I am traveling for
my health. :
THE RULING PASRION,
“I see an actor has been given
commission in the army.”
“I wonder if he will insist on hay
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