THB PITTSBTIRCJ DISPATCH' SUNDAY, APKLL 19, 1S9L 19 ft- tTBAI.ATED FOR THE DISrATCH.' 2f ear the large, beautiful palace garden of the dwarf Kins Laurin, stood a dense forest, surrounded by a hich screen hedje. The Kinc had told his children that they must never go into these woods; for the place was full of danger. One day, the children were playing in the garden, wnen their ball rolled under the hedge, and dis appeared from sizht. In their desire for 'their toy, the Princess and the Prince forgot the Kinn's command, and cuthed their way throueh the bushes into the forest. "While seeking for the ball they wandered farther and farther into the forbidaeu grounds. Here everything was so beautiful that the thought of danger never entered their minds. Xher found the sweetest strawberries, and :uthered say finwers. Bricht colored birds Jeang in the trees, and hrisk little squirrels 'hopped merrily about. Suddenly, at a little ditance from the ''children, there appeared an ugly old wo lffian, on whose shoulder sat a coal-black iraven, and before her waddled two black f wans. The old woman was a wicked witch, who had come into the forest to gather pois onous plants 'which she would cook in her great iron kettle. But the children were not afraid, for they had never heard of a vitch, and dirt not know what evil creatures they were. Tne Prince said to his sister: f'See that old woman's red nose; it looks 'just like a large, ripe strawberry on her tiaee." At these words, the Princess laughed heartilv and her brother joined her. The "Witch "had heard the remark and laughter, .and was very aniry. She said to herseli: "Just wait, my gjy young people, youhave not seen my red nose for the last time." , Then she" went nearer to the children and aid: "My pretty little dears, I am afraid 'stbat you are lost in this great forest and .Tonrkind parents will be anxious about you. lly swans shall carry you home, and j THE OLD WITCH TOOK TO jy raven shall show the way to the castle of jthe King." : The children were delighted with the thought of a ride on the swans, and without ;delay seated themselves upon the birds, .which at once flapped their wings and flew after the raven, guiding them thronch the forest, while the old "Witch, riding on a broom, fallowed close by. As the birds continued their flight through the air, the ..children became lrightened and held fast to the feathers of the swans to keep from -falling off, and the constant croaking of the ;raven sounded very dismal to them. At (last they stopped. Rot before the King's f palace, but before an old tumble-down iioasc, around which stood high, cloomy ipine trees. The old Witch then dismounted irora her broomstick and cried: ".Now xome in. You shall remain here until vou 'learn not to make remarks about my red nose." She dragged the Prinoe and Princess from 'the swans and pushed them into a cold, dark .hole under the cellar, where they wept and jbegsedtobe freed; but the Witch gave no iheed ti their cries. In King Laurin's court there was great confusion when the children could not be found. Servants ran hither and thither, icalhng for the Prince and Princess. The Queen sat weeping in her room and the TKing ofiered great rewards to those who .should bring his little ones home. Brave knights went forth in every direction, but each returned without bringing any knowl edge of the missing children. After three days had passed and nothing had been heard of the fair Princess and her noble brother, .two little Gnomes, Kirubo and Brambus, be longing to the roral palace, went to the 'Ulng and said: "Your Majesty, we shall 'bring your children home, it it costs us our ilives; for we love the gay young Prince and beautilul Princess, and we want no other reward than to serve you." At these words the King's eyes filled with tears, and, blessing the Gnomes, he bade .them depart. JCimbo and Brambus went directly into the great forest, where they called the children by name, and listened intently for a reply to their cries, suddenly they came to the Witch's house, and here they heard the sobs of the little prisoners. .The old Witch was not at home, and the key to her door hung on the topmost branch Of one of the pine trees. "We shall climb up and get the key," said Nimbo, "and when the Witch returns she will look in vain for onr King's children." The brave little Gnomes began to climb the tree; but they had gone only a short distance when the two black swans flew cpon them, pulled their hair, and beat them with their wines until they were black and pine. The Gnomes beat the birds with their Clicks; hut the swans seemed to receive no Injury, and were only stronger than before. Then the old Witch, with the raven on her shoulder, and riding on her broom, ap peared "Ha. ha," she said, "you little men .thought you could reach my key. Go home and tell your King that he will see his chil dren no more." But 2itnbo and Brambus were deter mined to rescue the Prince and Princess. And after they had run away from the witch and bsd stopped in the forest to rest, Brambus said: "I have it. To-night when the swans, the raven and the old woman are loefced up in the little hut, we shall dig 8. way under the house and thus rescue the children." Jumbo approved of this plan, and the two Gnomes ran to the castle lor tools. As soon as they saw, from their hiding place among the bushes, the raven take the key from the high branch, and had seen the Witch take her birds into the honse and lock the door, the Gnomes began their work. Thev were Tery'qniet, and did not even speak to the culldren, wnose mourntui sobs they could hear. But they worked steadily all night, . And just as the day w beginning to break ihey finished the way into the dark cellar. and rescued the children, suffering from hunger and cold. They.were not long in making their way to King Laurin's palace, where they were received with the greatest jov. The'Queen was happy once more, and the King decreed that for three days no work should be done, but all the time should be given to rejoicing over the return of his children. In the morning when the old "Witch came out of her hut and saw how her prisoners had escaped she was beside herself with rage, and vowed that now she would take the life of the King and Qneen, as well as of their children. Taking some of the broth she had made from the poisonous plants, and leaving the swans and the raven to gmrd her house, the evil witch went into the King's garden, and, bending over some flowers which she sprinkled with the broth, she said: ''These are the flowers that the children love best. They will soon come to find them, and when they have carried them into the palace no one in the whole house shall live long." Uinibo and Brambus, knowing the evil disposition of the "Witch,and fearing lest she might again attempt to take the children, kept strict watch over the garden. "When they saw the old woman bend over the flow ers, and beard the words she muttered, the gnomes ran to their friend, the good little Fairy, who lived in the old oak, just outside the garden, and told their trouble. The Fairy gave them a bottle of clear water, which she said if sprinkled over the flowers, would destroy the Witch's magic; she also gave them some powder, and very careful directions for using it. The Gnomes hastened back to the garden. Near the gate they say the "Witch's broom, on which she was accustomed to ride, and hurriedly they took the powder wh ich the Fairy had given them, and sprinkled it on the broom-stick, then hid behind a tree to watch the result. A moment later the oid woman hobbled down the path and mount ed her 'broom. But she had no sooner seated herself upon it when she fell off, and began to laugh and sneeze. She then saw Brambus and Kim bo, and tried to scold them; but she could not speak for sneering. BKEXZINO JLSD LATJGHIXG. 'Come," said ITimbo to her, "we shall take you to the King, and if he will pardon you, we shall tell you how you may stop lauchtng and sneezing." The Witch, not knowing what else to do, followed the gnomes to the palace. Here everyone shouted with laughter at the comi cal movements of the Witch. King Laurin said: "You have been very wicked, and as a punishment you shall suffer for one year. At the end of that year, if you will return to the cab tie, vou shall be cured of this mal ady." Still sneezing and laughing ttieold Witch went awav; but sho never returned to the palace of King Laurin. Patsie. SNAKES ARE NOT SO BAD. The Reptiles Get the Crodlt of Being "Worse Than They Are Only Two to Ficlit in Tills Latitude Food tk Hun dred Tears llenco. twaiTTKs Ton THE DisrATcn.l Han is born with enmity toward only one creature, according to the Bible. That is the creature which beguiled Mother Eve in the Garden of Eden, and for which offense eternal enmity was put between the descen dants of Eve and the offspring of the serpent. But the naturalist sees something that excites his interest, and even his ad miration, in everything endowed with ani mal life. The serpent, as an entirety, is not a win some animal. For that disreputable trick that his ancestor played on our first parents we can never love him, and we don't take kindly to his "ways that are dark and tricks that are vain." The Bible, however, makes him a type of wisdom "wise as serpents and harmless as doves." Even the wise Solomon named the "ways of a serpent" as one of the conundrums that he was obliged to "give up." A large proportion of our horror of ser pents comes from the hereditary natred and the defect in popular knowledge concerning them. The average person regards a ser pent as simply a thing dangerous to human ity, which should be killed on sight. It may be true that the only good snake is the dead one, as the Western people say of the Indian, but, nevertheless, the reptile does some good, and, generally, speaking, he is not halt as bad as he has been painted. Only Two Dangerous Fellows Consider the serpents that we find in the northern half of the United States. There are a great many varieties, and any ot them, regardless of size, would create a panic at a picnic And yet there are only two kinds that a back woodsman would probably take the trouble to kill the copperhead and the rattlesnake, and he would not have the slightest fear of either of those varieties. The copperhead is a clumsy, sleepy reptile, that is only dangerous when yon stumble upon him unawares. The bite is-poisonous, but never fatal if the proper precautious are taken. The rattlesnake is more venomous than the copperhead, but he is also more honorable, as we would call it if he were human. A rattlesnake never bites without giving ample warning, unless he:sbou!d be at tacked or injured so suddenly that he had so time for warning. In fact a. rattlesnake will almost inTariably wriggle away at the approach of a person. But if the' reptile can't escape he will curl np, with defiant head raised, tail shaking with impercepti ble rapidity, and the rattles at the end giv ing a sound of warning that can be heard Feveral rods away. There is another thing about the "rattler," as the woodsmen call it, which acts as a warning to man. It emits au odor, noticeable at least a rod away, which is nearly like the smell of sliced cucumber. If yon should happen to be tramping with a woodsman in the forests or mountains in Northern Pennsylvania, in summer time, be might suddenly stop you with the warning, "Stop, I smell cowcuni- ber." He would mean that he detected the peculiar cucumber odor of the "Tattler." He would then look for the reptile and quickly dispatch it If it had not meantime escaped. A Snake Bite for a Drink. At a country tavern in the mountains, on the headwaters of the Susquehanna (West branch), the writer onoe saw an old back woodsman with half a dozen rattlesnakes in a box, offering to be bitten on the hand any number of times for the moderate recom pense of a drink of whisky per bite. After a bite he would instantly suck the poison from the wound and theu take au enormous drink of whisky. No serious consequences resulted, although his immunity from harm mav have been largely due to his appar ently liquor-saturated body. The minor snakes that we see in fields and water are as harmless as kittens. Even the big blacksnakes, six or seven feet long, wonld be no match lor a 12-year-old boy in a hand fight, unless it should get a fold around his neck, which would be very un likely. The anatomy of the serpent is what chiefly interests the naturalist, particularly the provision by which it is enabled to move with considerable rapidity without any ap parent means of locomotion. While the vertebra; of the average quadruped are from 30 to 40 in number, tbose of the serpent are nearly 200. The pliancy of this structure enables the reptile to move faster and more gracefully than many large animals that are well equiped with legs. Serpents are hatched from eggs. Just here is another queer thing about the reptile. The eggs are sometimes hatched within the mother's body, while at other times they come from eggs laid and hatched in the air. In the first case the young are born in an immature state, something like the young of the opos sum. When danger appears the little wrigglers hurry to the mother, and although she has no pocket for their reception, like the opossum mother's, she has an expansive mouth into which the young hurriedly dive. The Problem of Dally Food. If a baby born to-day shall have the good fortune to reach extreme old age, he will probably live on food in his latter years very different from that which now traces our tables. If be gets his triumphs of dental art into beef, mutton or pork in his old age, he will be lucky, and even the products ot wheat, corn and the like, may be only a dream to him. Why? Because the producing capacity of the country will be totally inadequate to furnish our present chief loods to the enormous population that will swarm in the United States when the baby of to-day becomes an octogenarian. The population of our country is now about 63,000,000. It is doubling "nearly once in every 30 years. Therefore, in 1921 it will be 130,000.000. in 1951 it will be 260,000,000, and in 19S1 it will have swelled to the enor mous number nf 620,000,000. "These figures are probably somewhat in excess of what the increase will actually be, because the ratio of immigration to native increase will gradually diminish. But some of our best authorities on the sabject have estimated the population of the United States at a minimum of 500.000.000 acentnrv hence. How will this amazing swarm of humanity be fed? Allowing that we shall by that time have absorbed Canada and Mexico, the tillable land would not supply hall' the popu lation, probably not one third, with such food as we now chiefly use. There is very little grazing land that is not already in use for raising domestic animals for food, and comparatively little of the product is ex ported. The majority of our population, perhaps only 60 years hence, will be obliged to eschew flesh lood because of its scarcity and excessive cost. The same may be said of the ground on which our cereals are raised wheat, corn, barley, oats and the like. There is no apparent way to make an acre oi ground more fruitful than it now is in the products alluded to. "Will Live on Fish, and Vegetables. There will be food enough for all, no doubt, but it will probably consist almost wholly of fish and vegetables. Fish will take the place of mammalian food, and very likely fish culture will be one of the most important industries in the country. We know that fishes are capable ot enormons. production a single fish sometimes produe-" iug millions of eggs, as in the case of the codfish. Of the vast number of eggs laid only a very small proportion result in full grown fishes because of the destruction of eggs and minnows. Devices for the protec tion of eggs and young would secure the production of almost unlimited fish supplv. Thirty bushels of wheat per acre would be about the utmost that a farmer could expect for his crop. As the wheat area is now pushed almost to its limit, the coming man, in the near future, will have to get along without the products of the great mills at Minneapolis. Bat an acre of cround has been made to produce 400 bushels of pota toes, and hence we may assume that the potato will survive a long time. So you see that the baby of to-day will not necessarily starve in his old age, though he may have to use his elbows a trood deal in getting through the crowd. Fish, potatoes and surface vegetables will make sufficient food, and it will be more healthful than flesh. It is well to remember, too, that ani mal eating is only a lingering habit ot" man's ancient savagery. But think of half a billion people in our country, and then imagine that number doubled only a third of a century later, and so on. It will prob ably be necessary to hang up the notice that the manager uses when the theatre is crowded, "Standing room only." J. H. WEBa STANDING ON ONE AHH. Tho Difficult Feat Accomplished by an Amateur Gymnast. New YorK Herald. C. H. Enos, Jr., of the Kew York Ath letic Club, succeeded last week in perform ing a feat which it is said has never before been accomplished by an amateur gymnast. The feat in question is what is known as the "one-arm bal ance." The accom panying cut shows the balance. To do a one-arm balance suc cessfully the athlete requires, in addition to the mere physical strength of the arm necessary to support the weight of the body, the perfect con trol of the muscular system displayed by the tight rope walker or trapeze balancer. Such tricks as balanc ing a chair while seated thereon on a play compared with trapeze is child's maintaining the body in equilibrium, with only one arm to support it. in periorming this feat Mr. Enos first secures a perlect balance on both arms. The legs, which are held together, are then inclined opt of the perpendicnlar toward the right until the center of gravitv of the body is directly over the right arm. The left hand, mean while, has been idowly raised to the side and has assisted in securing the equil ibrium. Of course the athlete doesn't re tain this position very long. The blood might rush to his head. Professional ath letes have naturally attained a greater de gree of efficiency in these balancing feats than the amateur. One of them, Tburber, balances himself with equal facility on either hand, on a horixoutal bar or on the back of a chair. Thurber.it is said, has also balanced himself with one arm on a tight rope ot large diameter a feat of much greater difficulty than the balance on a fixed bar. Mr. Enos' physique is ad mirably adapted to performances of this kind, his arms being short and of immense strength. He is 5 feet 1 inches high and weighs 177 pounds. ONCE tried, no more corns. Daisy Corn Cure. 15 cents; of druggists. gS'gl'sSS, litr: 'Hipiiuii YOUNG PEOPLE'S POETS, Garnered for The Dispatch. The Domicile iJreoted by John. A. JPopi in Arew Tort Prut. -.Translated from the Vulgate of M. Oooie.l Behold the Mansion reared by daedal Jack. Bee the malt stored in many a plethoric sack, In the proud cirque of Ivan's bivouac. Mark how the rat's felonious fangs Invade The golden stores in John's pavilion laid. Anon with velvet foot and Tarqnln strides, Subtle Grimalkin to his quarry glides. Grimalkin grim, that slew tho fierce rodent. Whoso tooth insidlons Johann's sackcloth rentl IiO I now the deep mouthed canine foe assault. That vexed the avenger of the stolen malt. Stored In the hallowed precincts of that hall That rose complete at Jack's creative fall. Here stalks the Impetuous Cow with crumpled horn. Whereon the exacerbating hound was torn. Who bayed the feline slaughter beast that slew PI C& 'III fff I "-TSJi" Here Walk Forlorn the Damsel Crowned With Rue. Tho rat predaceous whose Keen fangs ran through The textile fibers that Involved the grain, Which lay in Hans' inviolate domain. Here walks forlorn the damsel crowned with rue, Lactiferous spoils from vaccine dngs who drew, Or that corniculate beast whose tortured born Tossed to the clouds. In fierce vindictive scorn. The harrying hound whose braggart bark and stir Arched the lithe spino and reared the Indignant fur Of Pass, that with vermlnicidal claw Strack tho weird rat, in whose insatiate maw Lay reeking malt that erst in Juan's conrt we saw. Robed in a senescent garb that ssems In sooth Too long a prey to Clironos' Iron tooth. Behold the man whose amorous lips incline, Pull with young Eros' osculative sign, To the 'lorn maiden wbose lact-alblc hands Drew albu-lactic wealth from laeteal glands Of that immortal bovine, by wbose horn Thi Loud Cantankerous Shanghai Comts at Last. Distort to realms etborcal was borne The beast catulcan, vexer of that sly Ulysses quadrupedal, who made die The old inordaceous Kat that dared devour Antedodaneons Ale In John's domestic bower. Ln. hero, with hirsute honors doffed, succinct Of aponaceous lucks, the Priest who linked la Hymen's golden bands tbo torn untbrlft. Whose means exignous stared from many a rift Even as he kissed the virgin all forlorn. Who milked the eow with implicated horn. Who in fine wrath the canine tortnrer skied. That dared to vex the insidious mnrlcide. Who let arboreal effl nence through the pelt Of the sly rat that robbed the palace Jack had built. The loud cantankerons Snanehat comes at last, Wbose shout arouse tho uorn ecclesiast Who sealed the vows of Hymn' sacrament To him who, robed in garments indigent, Exosculates the damsel lachrymose, The emulgaror of that horned brute morose That tossed the dog that worried the cat that Kilt The rat that ate the malt that lay in the house Jack built. When Father Carves the Duck. Boston Transcript. We all look on with anxious eyes When father carves the duck. And mother almost aluays sizhs When father carves tho duck. Theu all of u prepare to rise And hold our bits belore our eyes And be prepared fur some surprise When father carves the dues;. He braces up and grabs a fork. Whene'er lie carves a duck. And won't allow a soul to talk Umil he's carved the duck. Tliu lork is jabbed intirthe sides Across the breast the knife he slides While every careful person hides From flying chips of duck. The platter's always sure to slip When father carves a duck. And how it makes the dishes skipt Potatoes fiy amuck! The squash and cabbage leap in space, AVe get some gravr in onr face. And father mutters Hindoo grace Whene'er he carves a duck. We then have learned to walk around The dining room and pluck From oil the window sills and walls Our share of father's duck. While father growls and blows and jaws And swears the knife was full of flaws. And mother Jeers at him because He couldn't carve a duck. The Month of May. The bodth of Bav Is cnbing, dear, The berry bodth of Bay: Brig nut by furs and fladdels, dear. 1 bust budle up this dibe of year Or there'll be the deuce to bay. Buv borons blasters twald, by dear. Of flaxseed ged full sdore, Bay cabobilo an casdor oil, Pudod the pna ad bake It boll. We'll swead ad every bore. Pdeubodia kdAcks this berry bodth, Idfluedzi ad the grib Are geddinir in their tide work uow, While sharb scladtca, I trow. Has god be 'od the nib. r , 'Tis tibe for physfg ad for eloob, This "berry liodtb," alasl Codservatory flowers bloob, Fruids riped id a heated roob, Ad birds sip udder glass. Then led us berry, berry be, Ad drive dull care away. With toddles hod ad flaxseed dea. Ad bady a sdeeze, kerchewl kercheel We'll drisr the health of liv. Raymond in New York Herald. A JJoy Hero. In heartless Pari", which to foreign eves Beems made or mirrors, gas Unlit and display. A splendid building's walls becan to rise. Ascending stone by stone from day to day. High and more high the pile was builded well. And scores of laborers were busy there. When suddenly a frarlle staging fell. And two stronr workmen swnng aloft in air. Suspended by their hands to one slight hold. That bent and creaked beneath tneir sudden" weight:' One worn with toil, aid growing erav and oldi . r U- Mil One a mere boy, Just reaching man's estate. Yet with a hero's souL Alone and young. Were It not well to yield his single life. On which no parent leaned, no children clung, And save the other to his babes and wife? He saw that ere deliverance could be brought The frail support they grasped must surely break. And ln that shuddering moment's flash of thought He chose to perish for his comrade's sake. With bravery such as heroes seldom know. "'Tis right," be said, and loosing his strong crip. Dropped like a stone upon the stones below. And lay there dead, the smile still on his Up. What though no laurels grow his grave above, And o'er his .name no sculptured shaft may rise? To the sweet spirit of unselfish love. Was not bis Hfo a glorinns sacrifice? Elizabeth Akers in Harper's. Wishing. The budding trees their shadows fling Athwart tne shaven grass; Flowers are whispering or spring. Brown swallows dart on busy wing; Sunbeams are out en masse. My love upon the greensward stands, The wind toys with her hair; She heeds it nor, with eager hand Bhe parts the willow's slender wands; What prize is bidden there? Nanzht but a woven nest I see. And four wide mouths agape; But harsl from yonder lilac tree A note of warning comes to me The mother-bird, mayhap. My love's eyes brimming mischief hold "A robinl first ot springl You're heard the adage, quaint and old. That oft a fate mav be foretold By wishing while they sing?" It took me nnawares. 'tis true, But 1 embraced the chance: Her smile was bright, ber eves were bine. And well, what would vou say and do ln a like circumstance? The Fairy Queen. There was a little fairy, A queon ot fairies say. And pretty tints did gild her rings With many a brilliant ray. Bhe'd pretty rings of coral -And a gold crown for her head, And in the fairest lily At night she made her bed. Now is not this a pretty Little story 1 have told, About the little fairy With her lovely crown of gold? Sowing and Reaping. Bow an act and you reap a habit. Bow a habit and you reap a character, Bow a character and you reap a destiny. EARLY SPRING BEAUTIES. Plants Should Get a' Breath of Fresh Air Now Keep an Eye on Jack Frost Starting Cuttings Early ramies Culti vating the Asters. IWIUTTEH POB THE PISPATCB.3 April is the month when the indoer plants can be placed outdoors during the daytime to get a breath of fresh air; but it is hardly safe to keep them there over night, as late frosts may come unexpectedly and nip the swelling buds. Nearly all of tbo forced early spring flowers are now in bloom, and the March cuttings should be so" far advanced that they can be planted in the ground as soon as the soil is warm enough. The seed boxes should also be crowded with the young annuals, ready for transplanting, but this work should not be attempted until the warmth of spring has made the soil and air of the proper temper ature. The young annuals are more tender than the potted plants and cuttings, and they must be handled with the greatest careful ness. It is time now to weed out the seed boxes, '"destroying'everything in th'etn that has the appearance of weeds, and the sickl v, poorly-developed flowers should net be allowed to remain. They only absorb the richness of the soil, and prevent the others from reaching the full development of their powers and beamy. How to Start a Catting. It is rather late for starting cuttings of plants for outdoor culture, but if a friend has given you a slip from some fine speci men it is never too late to start it to growing. The method of starting the cuttings is very simple, and can be learned by anyone. Take a shallow vessel, and put about two inches of clear sand into it. Water it con tinually until the sand is thoroughly set tled, and when it is hard and compact place the cuttings in it, and press the fine particles closely around the stems with the finger1:. So far as these cuttings are concerned deep planting is better than shallow, and it does not matter if the cuttings touch the bottom of the vessel. The vessel can have a num ber ot cuttings iu it, and then they should be kept in a warm room where an even tem perature of heat can be maintained. There are simply two things after this essential to the grouth of the cutting? warmth and water. The sand should never be allowed to get dry, and if the evaporation goes on rapidly it may be necessary to water it twice a day. The forcing is somewhat hastened if a pane of glass is placed over the box or ves sel, and in nbont one week roots ought to besin to form. The cuttings should not be transferred to pots or boxes until they have made an inch or two of growth, and pushed out five or six new leaves. The Demand for Cnt Flowers. The great popularity of the aster has brought into existence a great number of varieties, but the few old standard ones still hold their own as cut flowers, and cannot be displaced by new, but not half so good, novelties. Several hundred thousand are annually sold in each of the leading cities during the fall of the year. In order to make a success a succession of flowers should be grown, the first crop beginning very early and the other plantings extend ing nearly through the summer. The hulk of the crop is sown from the middle of June to the first of July, which will give quanti ties of the flowers in early autumn, hen the demand is the greatest. In the middle of snmnierthe demand for cut flowers of all kinds falls off considerably, and the crops of flowers maturing at this season of the year should be small. Nature furnishes the woods and fields with all the flowers that one desires then, and the florist's products are not much in demand. The best varieties are the new Washing ton, the Victoria and Truffaut's peony-flowered perlectiou. In relerence to the colors, about one-third of the whole crop should be roe, scarlet and criinsou, add the other two thirds pure white. There is always' a greater demand for the white than for the colored or variecated varieties, and the demands of the market must be satisfied if one is to make the culture profitable. Taking Care of tho Pnnsles. Early pansies mnst be started indoors in the seed boxes, and theu they may be brought into bloom several weeks before those planted in the garden. In nn ordi dary season they ru.iy be transplanted to the garden by the middle of April, but ou cold nichts they may need some covering spread over the beds. The soil in the boxes should be made of fine garden soil, sifted through a sieve, and on top of this the seeds should be sprinkled and pressed in gently. Keep the box in the kitchen until the pnsiesshow their second leal, when it should he removed to a cooler place. When they have become thoroughly rooted transplant them to larger boxes and keep them in a cool place until ready for the garden. Pansies will do better if grown iu boxes even at this late date, for they have better attention ami temperature indoors than out doors iu early spring. Pansies need heat and moisture more than richness of soil, and these should be given to them when trans planted to the garden. Helen Whahburdojt. LESS0KS OF AEB0H BAY. Trees Should Not Ho Planted Without Some Knowledge of Them. ' iWKITTEN FOB Till DISPATCH, t ' Onn of the hopeful features- ot the Arbor Day celebration, which comes around regu larly with the spring, is that it will give the American people a better knowledge of trees and their uses. The wild extravagance of the enthusiasts in planting trees innumer able, without much regard to their suitable ness or vitality.discouraged many in their at tempt to re-forest the country, and the first half dozen years after Arbor Day won an eitablished plsce among our holidays seemed to do more injury than good to the cause of practical and intelligent forestry. Many of the plantations and rows of street trees failed throngh improper selections and worse care, and the failures discouraged many others from the work and engendered a belief that all attempts iu ibis direction are hopeless. Distorted and sickly growths or early deaths followed in the lootsteps of the early enthusiasts; but the observance of that day has gradually exerted a beneficial influence in- hastening the time when tree planters can give an intelligent reason for choosing a particular tree for a given place or purpose, and when they know how to plant it properly and to give it the care it needs thereafter. In many of the schools some elementary principles of tree life and planting are being given to the children, and this is one of the greatest advantages that could result from such a holiday. Every recurring Arbor Day should be preceded in the schools by a systematic course of instruction iu practical forestry, giving the children a general ac count of the importance of the question, the needs of trees, the purposes to which they may be applied, and various other equally important subjects. In early Roman days the sumptuous city as well as country homes were adorned with trees, parks and gardens which outrivaled anything that we' can show to-day. The trees were held in higher regard by the Ho mans than the Americans have ever manifested toward them; but this is partly due to the fact that trees in a new country are so abundant that nobody notices them. They are everywhere, and that very fact makes them common and unnoticeable. The increising population, however, is gradually encroaching upon the woody do main, and trees in certain localities are al ready looked upon as luxuries. In the spring of the year more trees are needed for planting, and it should be a custom where land is plentiful to plant one or more good, vigorous saplings every Arbor Day, and then see that it is carefully attended to until it is full grown. The beautiful practice of planting memo rial trees is one against which no one can offer objections, and if a child is induced to give closer observation to a tree because it is called by his name, the sain is substantial. For the child will be induced to cultivate observation and study of the tree and its companions. In preparing for the spring planting of trees it should be remembered that the trees must harmonize with the existing natural features of the ground; they should not de stroy, but should, if possible, emphasize its natural character. Even for suburban lots the proper arranging and planting of trees require much knowledge of the plants, and careful preliminary stuc'y both ou paper and on the ground. In the suburbs of every city, and on many country estates, nursery novelties are arranged with poor effect, spoiling even the native wood and shrub bery. For this "the owner is certainly to blame and not the nurseryman. C. S. Wjlltebs. CEOWK PBIUCE OF GESHAHY. He Is 'the Pet of His Imperial Pa, and Suffers Accordingly. Frederick William, the eldest son of the German Emperor, and therefore the Crown Prince, was born in 1882, and isnownearing the completion ot his 9tta year. His little brother?, "William. Adalbert, Au gust and Oscar, were born respectively in 1883, 1884, 1887 and 1888, while the youneest boy is still a baby in arms, having been born in December, 1890, and conse quently has not conic under the vigorous course of sprouts through which the Em- Seror is putting his other offspring. As is ut natural, the Crown Prince is the Em peror's favorite and his almost consUut companion. In all his visits to the various garrisons, which he generally makes with a view to taking them by surprise, he is ac companied by his eldest boy, who was re cently made seriously ill by being thus driven about in inclement weather. OSIGIN OF PHOIOGEAPET. The Camera Obscura Was Originally Used by Artists for Accuracy. Iu the latter half of the sixteenth century Giovanni Baptiste Porta, a Neapolitan phys ician, invented the camera obscura, which may be said to have been the origin of photography. It was simply a dark cham ber, through a small hole in which the rays of sunlight projected upon a screen within a picture of whatever was in front. The use originally made of it was to copy pictures, which, being thrown upon a screen of can vas within a closet where the artist sat, were readily gone over with paint and brush, the very colors being reproduced in the inverted image. This was almost the first application of mechanic il processes to art. In 1760 a fantastic writer named De la Roche, a Frenchman, published an imagin ary interview with devils, which, unknown to himself, was a marvelous prophecy. One genie lie quotes as saying: "Vou know that rays of light reflected from bodies form pictures upon polished surfaces 'or example, ou the retina ol the eye, on water' mid on glxss. The spirits have" songht to fix those flteting images. They haye made a subtle matter by means of which a picture is formed in the twinklinz of an eye. They coat n piece of canvas with this substance and place it in front ol the pbject to be taken. Ity means of its vicous nature, the prepared canvas retains a facsimile of the image instantaneously. Finally the canvas is deposited iu si dark press, Mini, when it is dry, there is a picture so perfect that no art. can imitate its truthfulness," In 1777 Sclieller, the great Swedish chem ist, who hail studied the action of lieht upon chloride of silver, made a photograph, the first ever produced, of the solar spectrum by projecting the latter upon a sheet of paper dusted with silver chloride. Twenty live years later Davy and AVedgwood, iu England, obtained an impression of the solar spectrum upon paper prepared with salts of silver, but wire unable to mike it perruacent. In 1821 Joseph Niepce made the first permanent photograph with a plate coated witb asphjlluu), a resinous matter extracted from petroleum and much used at the present day for pavements. Two years later Niepce went into partnership with Daguerre and they, continued the experi ments which resulted in the daeaerreotype. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the little Folks That Will Keep Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week If They Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements. Address communications for this department to E. B. Chadboukn. Lewiston, Maine. 1508 TWO P0IT3. D. M. H. 1507 XTJMERICAL. Do not seek to have a finger In another's pie; Round the dainty do not linger With admiring eye. In a word, I would not total; You've enough to do. If your own affairs you know, 'twill Be enough for you. Fori 3,6. 2 and 1 von Might bo thought a bore: Peaceful people then to shun you Might be 5, 2, 1 BITTER SWEET. 1508 TBA3 SP03ITIOX. Transpose lone periods ot time, They then are withered, dry. As grass in summer time becomes Beneath a cloudless sky. Transpose acaln. have articles Made more for nse than show; Again transpose, yon have a word That means destroy, lay low. MBS. E. 1500 BLANKS. To be filled with words pronounced as in the positive and comparative degree. 1. The gentleman who a short time ago is our new. 2. "O 1" said the small boy, scornfully: there is no danger of from torpedoes." 3. The man broke his falling Into a large hole the bridge. 4. We will have the baby for a pictnre. but how to keep ber still long enough to bavo it taken is a . 6. The greedy boy his sister's apple, and found it very , bnt no one had any sympathy for him. ETU.TX. 1510 REVERSAL. I. "Only a woman's hair." The cook's fair bair was aabar a first. And I admired It much. Till last, to-day, tho casa reversed; Now I've no taste for such. Within the puddings fragrant bed Reposed a shining bair! O, auburn I -st, but thoughtless head, Why did you drop ic there? rr. "Let me dream again." I dreamed that in a bureau's first. I found a purse that well nl;n burst Witb goldeu coin: at dawn of light I searched the first; it was empty quite! Yet in its void L found, it seems. The fitting last ot Idle dream III. On native soil. When yon've finished your mndpies, my dear, And set them all out in a row. Your hands and your face, too. I fear, Some marks ot the pastry will show. Then pray take warm water and soap, A towel ot first or of crash. And you'll look so much better, I hope, Yon'll feci amply last for your wash. M.C.3. 1511 WORD-BUI MJINQ. A plons high priest placed before A iiamo of Deity Will give a prophet great whose birth Is veiled in mystery. Gregory Gale. 1512 OUD UNI058. L Join a cade lamb, the card of the mariner's compass, a pool or collection of water, and an abbreviation for unmarried, and form a word of twelve letters naming a genus of nmbelll ferons plants. 2. Join abode, exists actually, an event, and one of the elements which appears at the re spective poles when a body is subjected to electro chemical decomposition, and form a word of twelve letters meaning contentinout. 3. Join to emit, and act. and a personal pro noun; and form a word of eleven letters nam ing a part of tbo wing of a hawk. A. R. E. 1513 CHARADE. Tom Trollope was a rognish lad. Who with his grandpa lived; His qrandpi's temper, calm and bland. Had all his pranks survived. But when he got into the fist. And strewed It far and -ide. Then grandpa's two came quickly down. And oh, how tommy cried! With smarting back ho went to bed. And dreamed the whole night long Of merry little darkey boys Who played the whole among. Etiiyl. 15H AXAGKAJf. "Tlie armies' will means much." When a treat cantain leads. It bravely marches on. And does historic deeds. Deeds that the old will tell To youngsters at their knee; Tales of bard battles fought To keep our liberty. O. ir dread ars alarms Should e'er azain resound. i"" May leaders, great, to help Our country's causo bo found! ME3A. 1515 CTJBTAILED DECAPITATION. The whole is v. hat tho small boy feels When he too much green fruit conceals. Behead, 'tis what 'he fruit should be Ere with it he makes very free. Cnrtail. 'tis what his garments show. What his tired mother olt mnst sew. Bitter Sweet. JtAItrill EESULTS. Prize Winner" 1, Lottie Hughes, Apollo. Pa.: 'I, Marr M. Hanrathy. Parker's Landing; Pa.: 3. O. D. Sawyer, Allegheny, Pa. Roll of Honor Olive A. Kein. J. B. Phlnney, Jennie Eiplen. Helena, Rebecca H. Nicbolis, . M. Kearney. Ida C. l'avne, Justinian, Ma tilda ChamboYdon, Dora Scavor, Ivanhoe. C. II. ).. Ellen L. Perry. Eessle Dodds, IL'ugene Sinclair. C .M. Arthur, Mamie Crum, R. M. Estes, Cohen. ANSWER. 1197. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." 1198. rr-lamb-ake. M9J. Pipe-clay. 1MI Uon-vers-ation, cou-serv-ation. JjdL Disguise. 1502. Speaker, members, pages, senators, re presentatives, messenger. 1503. Glove. 1504. Tale-bcarlng. 1505. Spare, spar, spa. A KNOT THAT WOH'I GET I00SE. The Salmon Tie Is tho Latest for Fastening Lassies' Shoe. The "Salmon tie" is the latest. It is so called bscause the energetic fish of the name couldn't possibly pull it loose, although the fisherman could the instant need should come for a new fly or a better one. ln the cot you see the oid bow knot and beneath it a shoe with the salmon Knot. According to the New York Tribune this is the way tbe salmon knot is "jchieveil:" "Tie an ordinary bow knot, but do not draw it tight net make it close to tbe shoe. Now take tbe loop and end of one side and It Sl!uv 1 put it over and through the knot. Draw tight like an ordinary bow knot and it is done. To untie simply pull the ends, as is the common bow knot" HOW TO ETJK P20PZEIT. A Good Doal of Thought Compressed lata a Very Feir Words. New York World. , "We run with our legs," said a professor in a gymnasium for girls the other day, "and carry our bodies. Don't reverse the process; running with the body and letting the legs drag after as best they may." The same professor preached a short ser mon to her class on another occasions "Th grace of otfr grandmothers," said she, '.was the grace, miscalled, of suppression; that of to-day is activity. The physical develop ment of the woman of this period begins at her toes and extends through every separata joint of her body." efore and Afier Fortify the System BY THE USE OF 3J orPure Cod Liver Oil and HYPOPHOSPHITES OS" T.TT,fFi AJ?D SODA. It Increases the resisting powor against Disease. Re- j r.M.An . l....lfc. n. r. m a h rr It t 01UI03 IV IIUC4tll C1IIU OUUII&lll the debilitated. Heals the Lungs and Curosthe Cough. Palatable as Milk. rOKSAIXnV ALL DRUGGISTS. x Q COirS EMULSION SOLD BY JOS. FLEMING & SON. 412 Market street, mhl9-82 Pittsburg 2 BOTTLES Removed every Speck of Pimples and Blotches from my face that troubled ma for years. Miss Liz zie Roberts, Sandy Hook. Ct. TURDOCK liLOOD BITTERS. SOLD BY JOS. FLEMING & SON, 4U Market street. mhl9-SZ-D Plttsbnre. MKDICAL. 814 I'liNN AVENUE. l'lTTSBUBG. tTA. As ola resident.- know and back files of Fitts. bnrg papcra prove, is the oldest established anil most prominent pbystri.in In the city, de voting special attention to all chronic diseases. SESTSSSNOFEEUNTILCURED MCD lf Q and mental diseases, physical lML.n V UUoderay.nervonsdcDility.lackot energy, ambition ana hope. Impaired memory, disordered sisrlit, self distrust, b-ishfulness, dizziness, sleeplessness, piuple-;. eruptions, im poverished a'ood, failin powers, organic weak ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consuinution. un fitting the person for business, societyand mar riage, permanently, safely and privately cared. BLOOD AND SKIN ?&"? blotches, falllne: hair. bon;s. pains, glandular, swelling, ulcerations of tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores, are cured fir Ilf--. and blood poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system. IIDIMARV kidney and bladder derange UnilMrtn I j ments. weifc back, gravel, ca tarrhal discharge, inflammation and other painful symotoms receive searching treatment, prompt relief and real cure1. Dr. Whittler's life-long, extensive experienca insures scientific and reliable treatment oa common-senso principles. Consultation free. Paticnis at a distance as carefnllv treated an IC here. OQlce hours. U A. 31. to 8 P. M. Sunday. 10 X. M. to 1 P. M. onlr. DR. WHITTIER. S1I Fenn avenue. Pittsburg. Fa. jaS-tt-DSUwk GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE CURES NERVOUS DEB! L- TY. LOST VIGOR. LOSS OF MEMORY. Full particulars la pamphlet sent Iree. The zenulae tfrar's ivpeclUc Bold by druaeUU only la yellow wrapper. I'rlce. It per pictatrt. or six for S3, or by malt on recelDt oi nrlce. br address Ut THE GRAY. MKD1CINE CO, KuBalo, X If Sold In Flttstmr nys. 3. UULUA.tu. .eornsE BmltUOeld mad Llbertyau. mhi7-M-DWC p RAY'S SFEIFIC MEDICINE SOLD BY JOSEPH FLEMING & SON, 412 Market street, Pittsburg. NEHVEfANQ BRAIN TREATMENT Specific for nTterIa,D!zzine38,nt3,2enral;r!.T7ai fulness, Mental Depression. Hot tenloj? ot tho Brain, r ultincr tn lnsanitTana leadlnzto misery decay and death. Premature Old .Afire, Barrenness. Loss of Power In either ex, Inxoluntary Los?e?, and Spennatorrnce caused br over-exertion of the brain, salf-abru or OTer-indnl?ence. Each box con tains one month's treat meat. Si a box. or aLx for S3, tent by mallprepali. Willi each order for six bores, will send purchaser srnarantce to raftnd raor-v if ffcc treatment falls t EMIL G. STUCKY, Dmskl, 1701 and 2W1 Tenn ave- and Corner Wylle an4 Fulton st, FITTSBURG. FA. myl5-51-TTS3a IR. SAJSTrEiTf'S irippe DOCTOSi WHTTER DR.E.C.WE3I! ELEOTRIOBELT I 70R WEAMEi InMENdebllllateiX BRf-afciIj tC-iSZzziZa throngn aueaae or eUAlt.VNTEK to V-lIltKhT this New iJirKOVJ tbiiVnecinJnnrpWcrUBre ol Physical Weak BMaTrni'WelyTillTd, Soothing Continuous CnSenti'"? fa&cltTlhrpuKt fIS,EiSi rertorlnif them to HEALTH and V1UOHOUS bTKENOTir. Kleptrle current telt Instantly, or we iorleltS3,0Co i cash. BELT Complete S and up. Worst cases I'erinanently Cured ln three months. Sealed pamphlets free. Call on or ad dress SANDEN LLI1UU CO.-8W Broadway. Heir Xorlt my2M2-TTSS ABOOKFCBTHEMILUOH FRE55 WITH MEDICAL ELECTRIC!! JXf t..ii iiu umcrn mmnrtn mmM NERVOUS DISEASES in both sexes. But m Belt till too rod tfcU book. 4dlm THE PERU CHEMICAL CO., H1LWADUE.WIS TTSSIT 'FUEE TO MEN VTehnTB a poaltlve rare for the effects ctsll-lxie EarlTExeenn.Enibslons.KerToasDebllltT.LonotSexiiu Power.Impotencyic. Soereatlsourfalthlnourpectft newill rnd one fall month's inffdlelnn asdmaefc nlaable Information FKKE. Addre - . M. Co., e)3S llroaairay, Sew York. nnlS-lOS-SO. SmTeilnar from the effects ot Touthrol errors early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, eta. X Will WfalU a 'OlUauiC btCUbACV - .m.u ,vi hi n fall particulars for home cere, FKEb of charga. A splendid medical woric s should be readbyerery TWflTl WHO -" I4riU" unit uri . k. auuich FXOS. Af.C UUIililt,JiOOUUS, VOC del-DSuWK FITS! Then I say cure I do not meaa merely tostopthess for a t imo and then Lave then re tarn cgala. I meaa radical euro. I hare made tbe disease of FITS.'KFI. 1EPSY or FALLING SICKNESS hfJans study. I U'mactcjrgmodyto care the woxsteoses. Bncrcss others hare faflad Is jio reason for sot now receiving t J core. Sendatonoefor a treatise and &Freo Bottled ir QTiatalliblercsieuy. ulTeieresaaadroKOaios. H. G. BOOT. 31. C, 193 Peart &.,, Til -S55i?. jQB
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