THB PITTSBTIRCJ DISPATCH' SUNDAY, APKLL 19, 1S9L
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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.
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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
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"-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
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HYPOPHOSPHITES
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IIDIMARV kidney and bladder derange
UnilMrtn I j ments. weifc back, gravel, ca
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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
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