KETTLE,
the Kettle sighed.
“Eh 7
THE SENSITIVE
“1 don't feel well”
The Pot responded,
that's reason,
"eon doubtless the
mar,
You do not sing to-day.
‘But what's amiss? the IK
“Why, ly blind,
Or you'd have noticed that the
dle sobbed,
sir, you're sur
cook
Is shockingly unkind.
“1 watched her make a cake just now
If I'd a palr of legs
I'd run away! Oh, dear; oh, dear!
'
How she did beat the
POM
exes
“Nor
"Tis
was that all
truth 1 tell to you
0 eyes [ saw
remem
own tw
I felt inclined to sere
1 cruel creature took a
mdly whipped the
SEMENTS OFF
CHILDREN
CHINESE
Nese
counter,
said Ir
"A
please.”
“Now that's t
I've just
Ties
to a iitiie
owl sold
Of peppernunt
your size, who came in a great
and
Topsey
want that
“will
Granny
first
badly He
stick of pe
kind
the ples
felt very
snatched
prperming
any other do?’
Brown
1d
wonld taste so good.
of that, He stood minute holding
the string of the little cart had
dragged in after him and then turned
sadly away,
buy with that cent.
Just then
pufling into the shop.
“Haven't you got any other kind?”
he called, holding out a stick of pep
permint, “1 took the wrong kind.
Wintergreen or chocolate lemon
anything but peppermint.’
“Yes, indeed,” cried Granny
NO
Wis sire
hia he
His Dev
Topsey 5
kind
GOR
{oe
i¢
for a
he
or
Brown,
amile,
So Granny Brown speedily found a
didn’t like peppermint, and the
bear who did like peppermint got the
stick he wanted, after all!
Oh, how good it did taste! And when
snd:
“Now, that happened
were a good little bear
kind to your little sister.
cagle,
beecnuse you
ant always
"ew Brooklyn
A PAINTER OF CHILDREN.
The visit of M. Boutet de Monvel to
America recently added to the uterest
with which the readers of St. Nich-
olas read the text and looked at the
pletures by Monve! himself In an ac-
wount by Marie von Vorst of the ar-
tist's life and work,
have written for chil-
there are several writ.
fame rests on
told to little
Great
dren, she
poets
Says;
whose Immortal
tales and stories
But until the Frenchman,
Maurice Boutet de Monvel, took his
pencil and brush to draw and paint
children—children of all and
ages, at sport and work and play—un
til the Parisian parents clamored for
him to make portraits of their little
ones, we have never had a “painter in
ordinary to children.”
The French boy at his games
pleasures, on the way to the Lycee,
ith his black leather portfolio, dash-
ing through the Bois de Boulogne
horseback, playing the Tuileries or
smbourg Gardens at the various
French with companions
the French boy, poor or rich,
ors
fairy
people.
classes
and
on
in
Eames his
scholar
and
from
in dress manner
different
in
R YOTYy being Our own
America.
his
Jlows
He wears trousers short,
full, and
elastic band.
His legs, In
iften bare, On his Iu
very
knee by an
a sailor suit,
ther,
drawn in at the
His suit Is
the coldest wea are
ad is a cap known
over his shoulders is
hooded capa,
black apron,
waist
a8 the beret;
capuchon, ot
suit is covered by a
His
around his by a
the schoolboy
and boulevard,
gathered in
|
eather belt Such
farting across the park
in especially pletaresque
here all is
the
ity w
As to are
bewitching! With their
fit
pletuaresque
little girls, they per
nurses
and down tl Avenue du
ip
5
Drains and Sanitation.
basis of kn
rests ia
ywledge orn
furnished
» pbservation of facts on
a8 they occur in act
aim has been the rem
tions which ¢xperience has
be favorable to propagation
spread of discase, and the sub
of other litions in general this
means the removal of what we call
dirt. Hencé we get the purification
of the ground by drainage, by refuse
disposal, by impervious paving, and so
¢n; the purification of drinking water
by subsidence and filtration, or by
gcale 1al
ondi
ghown to
wal
ywval of «
the and
stitution
CON
the purifica-
and
unwholesome arti-
the purification of the air by
and regulations as to
the purification of rivers by
destruction of
and so on. Such was the line of activ-
ity, the aim being the improvement of
the general conditions of life. Itacts in
two ways; it removes those agencies
by which disease is fostered and
spread and it promotes health, Chere
hy rendering individuals less suscepti:
ble to such risks as they may encount-
er. Another measure must be added,
of a different character--namely, the
infection; hence fsolatfon hospitals,
But this movement was carried a very
little way during the first period; ils
development belongs to the second, of
which it is a very important feature.
Twenty years ago isolation hardly ex.
isted; nobody went to the fever hos
pitals-~there were scarcely any to go
to; and the only infectious disease not
received and treated In the general
hospital was smallpox.~-The Contem-.
voraery Boview.
A CENTURY'S VAR SHIPS.
FROM FRICATES CF WOOD TO FLOAT.
INC STEEL FORTS.
Marvalous Advance in Construction of
Ships of War—Power, Tonnage, Speed,
invulnerability as Compared With the
Ships of Decatur,
I'he following article
for the twentieth century issue of
the New York World by Philip Hich
born, Chief riactor, U. 8B. N.:
Naval this
aas undergone
transformation during the
passed
The
ay be
was written
Const
country
«ible
architecture in
almost incre
century just
an
evolution, who
seen in the
sent
distin
dent of
ips just
seven
Ranta Maria,
the firs
with the
boats hat
modern
vip seat ships in the
the merest
Maria
would How Nee
Indeed,
of thes
siells + Nania
Od feet long
den
wo centuries
il vessel
presented iglish Son
idded
they
nd Holland
+h next
{hie
ae ountconu
Tennessee
articipated 1
Vessel ar
the ram was the most
weapon o warf
finally aded Congress to au
the of a
his designs, Katahdin
Bath Iron
to the dif
ghe was
1808
inches
a 1d
f marine are,
persu
congiruction vogue)
and
need at the
1801. Owing
ing her armor,
until February,
She 8 251 43 feet
21 feet deep, and at
draught displaces 2,155 tons
The most perfect battle ship of to-
lay
class, designs for which are
ing completed by the Bureau of Con-
struction and Repair.
thorize
fier the
was comme
July,
ity of procur
Works in
ficy
not completed
feet
long,
wide, feet
the bee
Hot Mouse Crapes Coming Into Favor,
The time will probably come in
America when the European grape
will again be a valuable commercial
fruit. It was at one time, the fruit
selling readily at $1.50 a pound.
cultivation went down for several
reasons, among them the fear of com
wiltion with the outdoor grown Eu
ropean grapes from California, the
ind the difficulty of
that
of competition with
sly. It Is clear, however,
nore fear
with the Spanish grapes that come in
barrels of cork dust from the Old
World. These are very good in thelr
way, and will usually bring remunera-
ive returns, though the figures be
small, There is no comparison be.
who knows his business. This has
seen abundantly proved In England, —
Meehan's Monthly.
Le iS
The man who can't’ take a joke
would never do as editor of a comic
Japer.
SCHOOL IN A CAVE,
Home of the Cliff Dwellers Now Used for
Educational Purposes.
novel building is that on the
the Smoky Hill
of Kanopolis,
as the home the
and richly deserves the
is a huge cliff 60 feet high, ri
from
and a
A most
river, n few
ith, It is
cliff dwel
name, It
miles eas
known of
lers,
sing sheer
the bottom lands along the river
hundred feet the
stream. It was the head
quarters of an old band of Indians, and
the the tribe cut deep
clear
western
few from
banks of the
are
still
enturies of
records of
of
long «
face the wall, and
rp after
ind
At the
stone caves washed
and
generatio
ind storm.
base of the lime
cliff are
out by the waters
enlarged by the
Doors have
lead
the
ther days
this
in these openings that
alr and, of course, all
that direction
the people
* most In
¢ district
heen
feet and
square
one corner has
er ~ desk
astened
anag
and
cool
sks are pl
The Search for Antiques,
Va
had
writes an Alexandria
this old towr kept all
the old furniture to be found in dwell
ings to 1540-50 1t would now be
worth many thousands of dollars, but
the Centennial celebration held
in ING
teemed to be of little pecu
The little value placed
things here fifty years
by the “tion
town built by
in
If corre
3
spondent
uy
uj
before
here these antiques were es
niary worth.
upon such
ago is shown
Washington's
him in 1763, and
order to get
room for a garden the adjoining
dwelling. Were old town house
now intact it could be sold for at least
more than twice the value of
destruc of
house
down 50's in
of
this
the
in
back
cated,
an
one Case a
lot old
be worth £300,
to the sun and
was destroyed. A large
waste paper, ete, from the lofts and
garrets of Mount Vernon, removed
when John A. Washington sold out to
the ladies’ Mount Vernon Associa-
family
furniture
put out
which
and left it
rain until it
amount of
its
curring there most of it was either
An Imitation That Failed.
A Georgia Judge who tried to imi
tate King Selomon in deciding the
was nonplussed when, as he put the
infant on the table and announced his
intention of cutting it in halves with
a big butcher Knife, the women cried,
“Don't do that: keep it yourself,” and
left the court hurriedly.
a x
The cable brings word that Prince
Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh of Siam is
traveling in Russia. If the prince is
in a hurry he might save a good deal
of time by using a rubber stamp when
he gets up against the hotel registers.
LAND LAWS OF CHINA.
ESTATE CAN NEVER BE
HERITED BY DAUCHTERS,
REAL IN.
Methods.
Nome interesting details on this sub
ject are appended to the
of the Governor of Hongkong to the
Colonial Office, It that land
according to Chinese held
as freehold, by grant
and descends
explains
tenure, 8
from
line
The
grant can
in the male
*
Daughters never inherit
comprised In the original be
sold by
and is most usually sold
or for 1,060
record their names
istry as
their
years. The
in the district reg
responsible for the
possession is legally
long as that is pald., Deed
have h
territ
were made
Ka Tsing and
of the Ming
1626), and
sale been
new
ory
have b
by the present dyna
edd the
attached
which
by
should be
by the previous dynasty
such gran
desc
and
owners under
¢
existin endant
i.
inal guarantee
proprietors now
land under cul
pay a land
spasmodic
Of Or ons
3
lass
are anx:
ous
nd are only
tras” ne
CREATlY
especially as they have not in
frequently t Barras vim
frequently placed themselves
not having reported por
ir land
paid
understand
x* hich
Walch
on
villagers
that the
collectors remain
borhood the
their
ered
The
siow io
n their neigh
the probability
land being discov
ount the “extras
these
greater
stered
this ace
unreg
in
indeed at times with alacrity. The
from each is a fixed sum,
and has
easy to see what an opportunity this
system offers for incorrect returns, as
new lands are continually being
brought under ecultivation.—{London
Globe,
province
not
Swearing in in Parliament.
The London Chronicie calls atten
tion to the fact that the swearing in
of members of a new Parliament is no
longer as picturesque as of old. “The
oaths of allegiance, supremacy and ab-
Juration,” says the Chronicle, “were
formally prescribed by statutes of
Charles 11, William III. and George 1,
and were required to be taken by
every member, By an act of George
IV. a special oath was provided for
Roman Catholic members. It was not
until 18568 that a further advance was
made, when one oath for Protestant
members was submitted for the oaths
of allegiance, supremacy and abjura-
tion, and a few years afterward a sin-
gle oath was prescribed for members
of all religious denominations,
“The oath now takes the following
form: ‘I, , do swear that I will
be faithful and bear true allegiance
to her Majesty. Queen Victoria, her
heirs and successors, according to law.
So help me God. Members who ob
ject to be sworn may avail themselves
of the power granted by the oaths act
of 1888, which enacts that a solemn
affirmation may be made in lieu of an
cath.”
Most suicides by drowning occur at
night.
DINING CAR KITCHENS.
They Are Conducted by Rules and All Pore
tions Are the Same in Quantity.
“ie Kitchen departments on PN.
road dining cars are run according to
ixed roles,” said an old Pullman con-~
ductor, “and nothing is left to chance
or caprice. The cook is furnished with
preparation of everything on the
fare, and he is held strictly aec-
for any waste. [He is even
thick to cut the bread and
countable
told
how
is making sandwiches. Bometimes a
traveler, who naturally wants
thinks the the
is trying him,
may in getting
what more
ind no less
HE portions, man io
to economiz
assured
the law allows
hen
hie
exactly
On
but rest fie
no
in one of the
of 8
at
and
he
“I remember a picture
satirical papers a few years ago
gentleman looking scorni
of
{wr
ully
eVeri ions bread
} mma Heo
butter. 3
do you ye 7
"Pullm the
‘Mr.
cut ‘em Con
We lu 1 it
we
is Are
care
HEV an sandwiches, reolies
grunts the
out
itr hieoy
ches
and a
portion
At end of in
made and the cook 1
unt for everything,
sir 3
furnished. the
nspection is
either
sr meal checks Under that
pilfering is absol
The purchadfing ager
the stock at
travel
render
route
asily
any
viryilee
np
that
ar men
Count
that particula:z
cnow of ano
‘oatmeal ex for
The
2 i
many iaqies
Dress
} §
reasons ontmenl express
and chil-
fa-
drum a0
a good
nd the beefsteak route is a
for
ghway .
the explanation | mpl
expert stock purchaser
1 not
: n station
New Y was
EE
hment
gland.
“gs it
davs
ure
great-
lary, an
bee
Ore
rod
hey
in
aus
New Orls
A Lawyer's Trick of the Voice.
“There is in
Philadelphia
trick of the
h a of
in United States Supreme
The trick con
aking a judge. Whether it
practice for the high
Federal Supreme
indulge in a nap in the
f a long and tedious argument,
happenings are not unknown,
it is well for an able logician of
to prepared for it. The
of waking a sleepy judge would
something in the nature
law book under in
connecting his personality
the current of an electric bat-
But the trick is explained as
matter of sound involved in
the skilful control of the voice it is
that a ovarrister practised in the
art and rhetoaric of addressing the
bench can gather all the waves of
sound from his throat into a focus and
deposit it in the orifice of the judge's
ear with the general effect of =a
bomb.”
said to be a lawyer
' says the
POSSesSses a
certain measgre
tice 8 due
daumon
which to
MArSe ©
bar he
be
of slamming a
or
with
said
Musical Insects in Japan,
Ringing birds are esteemed in all
countries, but in Japan the musical
sounds emitiad by certain insects are
appreciatad. Listening to these minute
singers has been for many centuries a
favorite pastime of the Japanese, and
has given birth to an original com-
merce at Tokio. Toward the end of
May and the beginning of June may
be seen suspended under the verandas
of houses little cages of bamboo, from
which break upon the silence of the
fresh twilight strange whistlings and
thrills which fill the heart with a del-
jcate music. It is habitually in the
evenleg, after the hour of the bath,
that the people of Tokio seat them
solves and listen to the natural con
cert. The most prized of these sing-
ing insects the suzumushi. Its
name means insect bell, and the sound
which it emits resembles that of a
little silver bell. 1t is a tiny black
beetle with a fiat body,