Listeners, Three little crickets, sleek and black Whose eyes with mischief glistened Climbed up on one another's And at a keyhole listened The topmost one cried ot ‘Oho ! I hear two people speaking! I can’t quite see them yet, and so I'll just continue peeking.’ back Soon Dot and grandma he could see Tea party they were playing: And as he listened closely, he Distinctly heard Dot saying: “This pretty Will do to And 1 For littie table here spread the treat will get a cricket, dea: you to put your feet on.’ on | The cricket tumbled down with 3 i for your life, my broth I I" He scudded out of And so did both others. Carolyn Wells, in St the The Game of Push and Pull. that will afford good legs, waist, sides, back, the entire body. take hold of each other by and each endeavor to push A chalk for th in exercise arms the game more deavors to push the other mark When tired of this, Washington Star, change {t Each over Says to a pul interesting en- you. it Try to pull each other You will find it splendid fun and develop your whole body Valuable information, At a bore a Your fnent position in the grounds and at tracted much attention A man stood gaping was told by t exhibitor, a with a machine ‘How to county fair sign reading Trousers Last.” before it ne person a long black ainety-four-carat diamond in a cravat, that for one cent deposited in the slot machine would dispense valuable sartorial The man its advice of a deep pocket and dropped it in the slot Instantly ed a card on which ed: “Make your « first.” —Harper's W the Uncle Eph to His Son, Yo' schoolin’ lasted fo’ work'll last till ye die. Dat deeplomah is mighty hit ain't a free meal-ticket Big words doan't ketch Ef eddicashun makes clothes, hit oughter pay fer ‘em. I doan't ob exer luf stick What | ef de wh stope? vear; yo n ye wear sto’ make ye able qe differen i ie no "twixt ¢ in de kind {ge fe gowl undahstand am di so much good cayn't hooks do de boy do he drap ‘em soon ez de skool Hit doan’'t bodder me he much de loafer loafe I'd g'ometry lines wid er plow field wn nows I only knows he's a like to see ye try ob de some in corn He Went to West Point. tenant Loyall the officers of ti the Loval Legion and naval Admiral Fa double honor of having army and and it is an won his through a when sissipp! and Hudson. lLovall 12 years of age, his father that h West Point, when plied “I don't I'm not so stand fire” “Oh, said the boy “Very well, my Come up with me here The old navy hero and his son went up together Into the maintop, and there they both remained till Hudson was passed. The lad Lie Farragut oA Military Order one -£% hero nas the his in the up to commission army father Mis Port of abo had been importuning he admiral challenge by the latter's fleet was about to pas then a lad gant to might n © 1 old the that would d ther how w Know 0 sure vou could yes, father, I could that,’ boy, I'll you thick and fast about him. father said “Very well, my boy, that you shall go to West Point.” Then the will do; rose to be a lieutenant, after which he resigned The Horrible Examples. Clara Cough-itoff felt much abused And coughed to make her mama think that she war badly used. She found it rather hard at first, but practice made it easy, Till she could cough as good as though she really was diseasy! She coughed against her medicine and sald it made her sick; She coughed because they wouldn't give her back the spoon to lok. She coughed until she had to cough and went “Cuhub, Cu-hoo!” When any one suggested that she tried to cough-—like you. Little very Little Tommy Trytocry had all the world could buy And everything besides, except a good excuse to ery. And so he cried at breakfasttime be. cause it eame sO SOON, He cried at supper cried luncheon came at noon again at dinnertime be cause it made him weep; also, He He sade him go to sleep He made his He cried because he eyes 80 dim; thought you looked like him | Little Polly Pout-about was finding fault; didn't like her 1k sea had too much 't like the sun | wouldn't shine at night; didn't like the because made the gre hated maple ons we mi because salt ocause iNOW mind 80 white lem SUKAT Sweet: pecause re 80 hated custard-pie because fish had no feet didn't like hen doesn't sometimes bad little a has either, at her, Vance as look Edmund Cooke Where to Go. A correspondent sends | Transcript a list from | newspaper, suggesting where differs sorts of persons ought to go Singers to Alto, Ga lawyers to Fee, Pa Bakers to Cakes, Pa Jewelers to Gem, Ind Babies to Brest, Mich Smokers to Weed. Cal The sleepy to Gap Print« Agate The idle to Rust, Cranks to Peculiar, Poets to Parnassus, Deadheads to Pa Col Minn Mo Pa 0 Florists to Rose Hill, Io Thieves to Sac Ci lo. Mendicants to Bege, la Pe Aroma, Ii} Bigger, Ind Paupers to Charity, Kan Actors y. Ark Plumber Mo Olid malds to Antiquity, O ramps to Grubtown, Pa Bankers to Deposit, N. Y Widowers Widows, Ala Aplarists to Beeville, Tex Farmers to Corning, N. Y Brokers to Stockvil Nay Hunters Deer Trall, Col Hucksters to Yellville, Ark Prizefighters to Box, Kan Lovers to Spoonvilie, Mich Debtors to C Ark rs to Gt Wiis, 141 ity rfumers 11 mor ii nen oO to Star Cit to Faucett to 1a to ash Clty, Chiropodists to Cornie, Carpenter woth y Sawt Politician Kan t # 100 to Dodge Ye ’ ny? Neversd to Hatchville to Riddlevill to Doctortown, Ga to Cavendish, Ind to Tip Top, Va to Larned, Kan ocdest Town, Va Knob, Ark round ntre, O to Stumptown, Pa Birds at Work. up at Gifa 8 i our ‘rikisha T ono boat, comfortable ual charge the artis ira about what number be A or which the u minutes it a few made red paper ts paper up the stream to thankful sport. the Japs had stive matting, a i noted for i i rowed fishing quite f white drap terns is janterns), and we meet the six here was no moon to spoil After wait ing for some time in shadow of a { cliff, while the boatmen beguiled the | time by smoking their funny little | doll's pipes (kiseru), we saw lights in the far distance, and soon the | boats were abreast of us, and we | drifted down the river with them watch this strange method of catching fish, which has existed for gome 1200 years or longer Each cormorant (u-kal} wears at the base of {ta neck a metal ring, left loose enough to enable the bird to make its supper off small unsaleable fish that it swallows, but too tight to al low the large fish to pass below A blazing torch is projected from the forepart of the boat to attract the fish, and then the master boatman lowers his team of 12 trained birds in- to the water, holding each bird sep arately by a string. The ungainly birds immediately set to work con amore, darting hither and thither ex. citedly In search of prey, and on this occasion they caught so many fish that we feared some of them would choke outrisght! But when the mas. ter boatman saw thal one was gorged, he skitfully shortened that particular line of string, lifted the bird on board, squeezed out the fish, and before we realized what he had done, the bd wos again at work {ontta Empress ifs eries {Gifu boats, that ito the . # CURE. TIRED NERVES. The Odor of the That Women Now t oDrive Pines the Perfume Most the Rely on Away Perfumed Sea ed Moth Barriers. Plue needle and sweet York that less that nerve " it not discovered of in hing heen be be, YOu Ci ure ¥ woman vou need out BOTLS you want to and addition our troublesome with odor drugs rule is woot re The first ‘hat the orting ant natural no made-up per fumes » those that ng up in the bud when woods, that come t with the ding « flower 8 fade who ar ti 1 the own perfume tention Ju now want take warm You fey 88 18 ita can hardly timated ii forest you are which is invigor pyancy field you got but you will go grooted with , in its curious b if you go lato a cl odor which iz jn a fs hou ia te winter them Om pillow the in drying them muggy, gl day the ean be warmed up and you have a per frame i he brought in heads, ith by taking clover and stufiing pillox. 1 ¥OIIL S which is deligh If you want something particularly pleasant take some sea salt and put it in a vide mouthed bottle and pour In a few drops of violet perfume the bottle tight, let it stand a while, th open, and you get the curious atriell of salt asa, with a slight tinge of which is always found in salt air, if you want to take a bath in some thing that is very sweet smelling per pare gome sea salt after this fashion: violet, and some violet perfume. Let it stand three davs and it is ready for bath. Another plan is to add to the sea ful of alcohol Set the bottle for three days, turning it twice a day When you are ready to take your bath, throw a handful of the sea salt into the water. It will perfume the water without making it too salty. Take a jug of salt, and into a gallon jug pour half an ounce of rose geran fum oil end a cup of alcohol. Turn your jug upside down. Let it stand a day or so, and so on until you have worked with it three weeks. The re sult will be a very nice jug of sweet smells. There come squares of a prepar. tion of ammonia which can be made into very nice bath vinegar. Take a dozen or more of these solid pleces ». in cover them. Then add spirits of cologne until you have a pint bottle nicely filled This makes a delicious bath vinegar, which WO Weeks, it takes very little to perfume the water, If sweet, Hke to you smell there is hands to people your and sOmMe a palr of sweet hands, you can make it in half gallon Jug, add an ounce of oil of rose lum and of l.et it stand week; with spirit of cologne, put a Zeran musk then At have LWO grains fill the end a of cologne week you will as vou will want When you are with this of warin of t half a wine ready to wash hand weet mixture howl water and add pinch powdered borax 1} want the An Artist Work. wd gray fowntows ‘ verythi 1 at "eve Men a People {‘art« 1ohody ar Evidentiy the did not tO deal suggested ETRY COVE fh intended Ww fancy attentio ing own the 1 h t Come dogs “Put your hand in the tail!” “Sav, why don't you ums of that cane’ “Blow smoke up the pipe!” At last the star performer glanced over his shoulder--the was packed and jammed behind him, two policemen on the outskirts struggling to make ‘an opening, “psychological moment” was come “Here you are, gentlemen!” cried. “The cleverest invention madeWilkinson’'s Weird and derful Patent Whistle. Imitates any thing from a rat to a rhinoceros! Em brace your opportunity, entertain your friends, make the children happy Only a few left, and those going like wildfire, at ten cents apiece!” Youth's Companion and grab Him by the big en} erowd and were the he yey Won Easy Titles. Military titles are handled in a reckless way in Indian territory. Any a AD "3 A AHO SE bad look can scarcely escape being designated as “Colonel,” and a man with an unusually pugnacions air ie addressed as “General.” An Indian agent of the union agency at Musko of colonel within a few weeks after assuming office. It is diffieult to dis tinguish the sheep from the gots lo a military way in this country — Kau. sas City Journs!. - SCIENTIFIC NOTES The capacity of alr for holding mois. ture is twice as great at 52 degrees AB at 32, and times as great at 12 degrees as at the freezing point of water—32 Fahrenheit four degrees All of the water-tight doors connect the greatest ocean liners can be closed in a few seconds, from the bridge of the steamer, an electric by simply ing press button Some gl ve out Willi prepared minerals, diamonds, orgether uch as light when rubbed am Crookes says that be has an arti od ulphide of zine which {8 more luminescent under fric tion than any na mineral tural 1 deterrent effect upon variou a8 tests made In The germs of tubers affected ulosis, are much not thrive face as they by paints painted there is mie or live on a do where paint to cover wood or al The second bridge ver fom structed, now is to make way ture at Builldwa alton "ny at empt at at an ir« bridge was made al Lyons in 1757, an rs of the put the arch project was impracticable iron mas apian rid that bridges sould be bull et in lieu of stone or wood. 1.01 sharp into a screen As the evice it whi in shape conl this d falls tions of different ping int 0 a4 separate MINING QUICKSILVER The is Distilled from Solid Ore. thn Lae Moving Metal Quicksilver fascinating mercury falls in the tablished a post Black Butte is the name of the town and postoffice, and the moun tain Black Butte, from which the name ome thermometer tube, ha Qos and built in Oregon septitita in of a8 mountain claimed by the tain has quicksliver $00 f more and th the rt been opened long the m 1000 feet jo three ve Fuonenry everywhere the ri innabar which qui quantities In the Oregon mining Lewis and Clari ould nen conig from attra Nearby was ul Tor Lhe spot ot of quicksilver bu how # - impr condenser after being » moving metal run ibera ¥ ¢} ik the ore through igh a THe nr . tinari iat TIRES $n the yr into f{ fier i iitation Fat tillation it is roasted at First degrees Fahrenheit Ete mi the quicksilver the form of vapor ed int reaches eral begins is pass wood or These other are devioe goon changes into quicksilver being on th ©» globules un out in iroug Quich ka Of w globules collect and 1 ready to be marketed put up for shipping iron. weighing fourteen pos and holding 76 1-2 pounds of us al. The present market of gilver is about 53 wholesale Quicksilver is found In of rock. like gold, silver and other metals Sometimes the tiny globules of the mercury appear in the interstices wilver 18 rough! h mel in flas in fa » Ba Vaiue er k quis pound Hts Coils veln 4 ol of cinnabar, a chemical and £62 percent mercury When pure and reduced to a pow der it is a bright red color placer and quartz mining, for manu. facturing vermiliion paints and dyes, for backing mirrors; for making ther mometers and many other gcientific fnstruments The distilling plant shown Portland fair is a new invention, und it is claimed that the time required in getting the quicksilver out of the 0% has been reduced by its use from about thirty-six hours to four hours. hi cago Chronicle. nt ss RAB 0 St. Helena. Gt. Helena is one of England's mori- bund colonies, according to the report It has a cable station and a garrison, but that is all Only three British warships called in during Inst year. Considering the proximity of "St, Heloma to the West African coast, and the splendid climate of the jetand the government wonders that it jo mot used as a sanitarium by the navy. —————————————————— NOT GHOSTS, | Words the Old Lady Overheard Settled That Matter. | “During the trials of the James gang | in Independence, Mo. in 1881," said the Missour! man, “an old woman tes i tifled for the state that she saw the { prisoner, one of the notorious James brothers, the night before the robbery and heard him talking about this rob bery to her husband. When counsel for the defense took the witness for crogs-axamination began as fol lows: “‘Now, Mrs. Blank, bow {tft happened that prisoner that night’ “Well, he came to the house airly in the evening, and where was my old man doors somewherss, and he went out to find him. After a while | reckoned I'd better go out and I heard voices in wert along and looked through force and saw ‘em.’ “*‘Mrs. Blank, 1 want to know {if you believe in ghosts—In spooks? ‘1 don't know as it's apy business whether [I do pot.’ “You must answer the question * "Well, then I “*They've house, haven't they? Ye they myself “ “Ghosts he tall you again the us BAW along L6G out- asked 1 sald sae if he found him {f he n and the th he cornpatch of your or ' ao been seen around your sir, hev: I've seen ‘em have becn it outside by you your family, baven't ‘“Yes, sir, they hev' “ "Well, Mrs. Blank, | want to know how can you swear it wasn't ghosts you saw in the cornfield that night How do you know {tL wasn't ghosts? “ “Cause they war a-