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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SUNDAY, APETL 20. 1891.
rTBANf lated ron tux oisrATcn.
In the good old times, when the Fairy-
folk who lived in the fores.t and dells nsedjpacain live in poverty.
on
ten to srpear in the villaces and cities,
and were ever ready to help those in need,
there lived in a small housejust outside the
town, two very poor children, whose parents
had died, leaving to their sod and daughter
only the little cottage and one cow. Bor
ing the cummer months Elsie and Waldo
had managed very well; but when winter
came, and the supply from the little garden
gave out, and there were no longer any
berries to be fonnd in the forest, nor flowers
which they could sell in the city, they knew
not how they should procure food. Finally
Waldo said:
"We shall have to sell our cow. She is a
good cow and onght to bring us a fair price.
X shall drive her to market to-morrow."
Although Elsie was sorry to part with the
faithful anuu.I, winch fur a long time had
provided the little iaruilv with milk, she
knew that their small stock of money was
almost gone, and they must make some pro
vision for the winter. Early the next morn
ing Waldo started to drive the cow to
market. He had gone but a short distance
when a little, old man, bent with age, wear
ing a laded gray cloak and an old black
hat, stood before him.
"Where are you going 10 early in the
dry?" asked the eld man.
"I am driving my cow to market," an-
OFFERED TO TKADE
swered Waldo.
'Knt why do yon sell so good a cow?"
asked the old man.
"My sister and I are very poor," replied
tne boi , "nc need money and know of no
other w.iv to get 1L"
"If you Will let me take your cow, I shall
give you this flask," said the old man, draw
ing from under his coat a small glass flask.
Waldo laughed aloud at these words.
"What should I do with the flask?" he
asl.l.
'The flask i worth a thousand times your
cow," sjid the stranger.
"How can I believe that?" asked Waldo,
"win',. tLe flask is so small and is entirely
emi "
Valdo,"said the little man, "I have
1 now u you for a long time, and I love both
.u and vour sister. I waf"ii you not to re
luse tins flask, or your cow will die before
vs u oan reach the market. It" you accept
un oiler you will be rich, and always have
j cotv "
Tne boy became very tbonghtful,and then
ei. "Come what mav, I shall take the
fl.i8i. and the cow is yours."
' Y u will never regret those words," said
the stranger, "and il ynu will carefully fol
low iiaiwce, you will have all that you
need .nid much to spare. When you go
b ni' place the flask on the table, and say
i. Ue flask, perioral tuy dutv,' and theli
you ill see what will happen."
V,ili these words he gave the flask to the
bot.and then both tne man and the cow
sappearcd. Astonished at what he had
si" i, Waldo returned home. He was met
a tne door by bis sister, who cried "You
arc back soon, Waldo. Have you brought
murh money with you?"
"X have brought only this flask," was the
reilv
Elsie's eyes flashed with anger, and she
ex laiuied. "You stupid boy, vou certainly
have notgiven our good cow for that ugly
iiiiic flask No-v we are poorer than before
and winter is nearly here. What shall we
do?"
And in her disappointment the little girl
wept aloud. ISut when Waldo had told
what the old man had said, 'Elsie dried her
tears and helped her brother spread the
tsbie with a clean white cover, on which
they placed the little flask. Then Waldo
said. "Little flask, perform thy dnty."
At once a thick cloud of bine smoke
poured forth from the month of the flask
and filled the room. The children could
lm'v see tuo golden-baired fairies, with
fluttering wings, hovering about the table
and secminc to place something upon it.
Wueb, a few moments later, the smoke
cleared away, Elsie and Waldo saw on fue
trbie the uckost food, served on' gold and
stiver dishes, and also plates heaped high
with gold and gems of great value.
W(th such a treasure as the flask in their
p session, the ch.Idren could not be poor.
1 :r bought a bcautiiul bouse, horses and
-riots, and everything that could be
w ;:-d for in the world. This sudden
wea tb was a great surprise to those who
kn- w now poor Waldo and his sister had
been Ihe Mayor of the city went to the
mansion in which the children lived, and
inquired how they had come into so great
possessions. They eagerly told the story of
the old man aud the little flask.
"X should hLo to see so great a wonder,"
said the Mayor.
The unsuspecting Waldo brought the flask
from its ludiug place, and setting it on the
table, cried: "Little flask, perform thv
duty "
And the room was filled with blue smoke,
and the two fairies could be Eeen carrying
their treasures, when the air was again
c.ear, and the children were displaying the
gi tt which the fairies had brought, the
visitor suddenly seized the flask and ran
away with it. In the same moment, the
large mansion, with all its beauty vanished,
and Waldo nnd EUie fonnd themselves
back la their plaiu little cottoge, and In the
tht-d near the door stood the cow, which
they hud sold to the old man. For many
davs the children walked through the city
streets telling how they had been robbed,
aud begging those whom they met to help
them to regain their flask. But no one
dared to oppose the Mayor, who was now
jBprojiowcrlul oa sccount of hi increued
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ltk lit - w
wealth, and the brother and sister were
obliged to return to their humble" home, and
.Finally. Waldo de
rided that ho must once more sell the cow.
As he was again traveling over the road to
the city, and wishing that he could see for a
moment the little old man, he was startled
liv he-iring n voice sav: "Good morning,
Waldo, di.l I not tell you the truth about
the fiak?"
Turning around, the boy saw his former
friend, wearing the faded cloak and worn
hat Waldo then told how the Mayor had
robbed them, and how they had tried in
vain to regain the flask.
'Give me your cow and you shall have
another flask," said the old man.
This time Waldo did not hesitate. He
eagerlv took the flask and hastened home to
tell his sifter his good fortune. Without
delay the children placed the flask on the
table and cried: "Little flask, perform thy
dutv."
As before, the bine smoke poured forth;
but instead or the colden-hairea fairies two
men, wnose heads almost touched the ceil
ing, were seen, and who struck and beat
one another with such force that the little
house shook. Elsie screamed with terror
and ran from the room. After watching for
some time the battle of the giants it sud
denly occurred to Waldo to cry: "Little
flask you have done your duty."
Almost before be had ceased speaking the
giants had vanished. Waldo then called
his sister and said to her: "I now know
FOR THE COW.
why the old man has given me this
By its aid I shall recover the other,"
flask.
The boy then took his flask and hurried
away to the city. He went directly to the
Mayor's mansion, where the servants were
about to drive him awav; but Waldo said:
"Tell your master that I have a new treasure
to show him."
When this message had been told to the
Mayor he sent for Waldo to come to him.
When he had come into the presence of the
great man Waldo said: "Sir, I have re
ceived a flask which is still more wonderfnl
than the first and, with your permission, I
will show it to you."
The Mayor, thinking to secure a new
treasure, desired to see the flask, which the
boy placed on the table, and then cried:
"Little flask, perform thy duty."
The two giants at once appeared, who In
stead of contending among themselves fell
upon the Mayor, and beat him until he
cried for mercy, and promised to return the
flask which he bad taken. Waldo then
cried: "Little flask you have done your
dutv."
Waldo then.received his flask, and he and
his sisler once more had the beautiful home,
and no one ever again attempted to steal their
treasure. But for many months, the Mayor
was sore and bruised irom the wounds" he
had received from the giants. Paysie.
HOOKING WARY TROUT.
Practical Hints for tlio finest Sport the
Spring .Affords The Xovice 'Should Use
Worms How to Cast the riy Big Fish
In a Noose.
IWEITTJOT T0 TBI! SISPATOS.
In these genial April days who that has
ever dallied with 'the speckled queen of the
waters does not sigh for the mountains and
the trout streams I This is about the time
when brook tront fishing usually begins
the time that the boy alluded to when ha
wistfully said to his stern parent, "Father,
they say trout are biting now."
"Well," replied the crusty old opponent
of fishing, "keep away from them and they
won't bite you."
In the beauty of its colors, the symmetry
of its form, and in its deliciouiness as an
esculent, ft ere is nothing of fish kind com
parable with the brook tront. We often see
attempts made by artists to put on canvas
the wonderfully blended hues of green,
violet, orange and so on, but no brush can
come nearer than a very poor imitation of
Nature's handicraft in the exquisite coloring
of the speckled beauty of the brook. In
shape, as well as in color, Ihe brook trout
stands at the head of the fish class "the
bean ideal of symmetry," as Goldsmith ex
presses it.
No Two Exactly Alike.
But while all of the species are practi
cally alike in shape, you will never find two
exactly alike in spots aud coloring, nor will
the coloring be precisely the same, on a
single individual, any two months of the
year. The variation in the coloring depends
upon age, food and environment, chiefly the
latter. As a rule, trout found in shallow
streams arc more brilliantly colored than
those that live in deeper water, and the con
clusion is that the difference i's due chiefly to
sunlight.
The brook tront exemplifies the adage
that the best goods come in small parcels.
If you should ostch 50 of them, you might
not have one that would weigh a pound.
The average full-erown brook trout does not
weigh a pound, although an old fellow oc
casionally gets urJ to two pounds, and even
more. But these are so wary that you
wouldn't be likely to hook one. They seem
to grow wier in proportion to their age, and
us they have been known to live SO and even
10 year, it is a waste of time to practice thi
usual piscatorial arts upon the old lellows.
The Best Luck Cornea Early.
It is not difficult, even for a novice, to
catch trout at the beginning of the season.
before it has grown warm enough to make
their natural food plentiful. 'Chey feedjns the trees of this country jaay led to the.
chiefly on worms, bugs, flies, beetles and tba
like, but when hard pressed they will gob
ble little fishes. In fact thev won't object to
a baby water snake, as we know from the
fact that such dainties have been lound in
trout stomachs. As the trout appetite is al
ways keen, and as food is scarce early in tbe
season, they will jump at almost any kind of
bait A little later, however, when they
find plenty of food that does not conceal the
hook, it reqnites the skill of an expert to
lure the beauties from the water.
There is ho better bait for the novice to
use at the beginning of the reason than the
oummon red angle-worm. He would catch
no trout in his initial venture if he were to
use tbe fly and it is discouraging to fish
where tbe fishing Is good without catching
r.nv fish. Trout-fisuing with bait is some
thing in the natnre of an nnpardonable sin
in tbe eves of a skilled fisherman, tint first
lessons are essential in all arts. Xou can
hardly blame a boy on his first hunting ex
pedition if he rests his gnu on a -fence-rail,
shuts both eyes and blazes awayat a bird
sitting on the limb of a tree only a rod away.
The expert gunner will not shoot at a bird
except "on the wing" (when in the act of
flying), bnt the boy might waste the pro
duct of a powder-mill and a shot tower be
fore he would kill game on the wing in his
early lessons.
now to Cast the .Fly.
Supposing you have -passed the angle
worm period of trout fishing, and are ready
for the sportsman-like fly, here are some
hints that would be useful: Array yonrself
in a suit of valueless clothes, as colorless as
possible. For loot jrear you want a pair of
wide, low-cut shoes, with low and flat heels.
Boots are a delusion nud a snare, for a slip
on a smooth stone will Handicap you with a
quart or two of water iu each boot. Start r
at the mouth of the trout stream and wade
right along where the water is not deep. It
will feel cold at first, but vou will soon like
it. Yon can't well get along without wad
ing, because ot overhanging trees in places,
dense undergrowth on the banks, rocks and
flood debris.
You want a very light rod, a fine line and
a fly selected from your "book," which in
color comes nearest to tbe natural flies about.
A 52 rod is just as good as a $20 one. You
will have no use lor a reel, and you want no
bright ferrules or anything else shining
about your outfit. The trout has a very
keen eye and must not see you. If you want
to "make a record" iu the number of your
catch start directly alter daylight. The two
hours following daylight are worth all .the
rest of the day, excepting about an hour
jnst before dark, tor it is then that the trout
does its feeding. Fish up stream only,
deltiy casting your line ahead so that your
fly may fall on the water as softly as would
the natural insect. In running water, as
soon as your fly floats down to you take a
few steps forward and cast ahead again.
Do Not Oct Back Fever.
If you see still and deep water ahead
make aasareful cast and let the fly remain a
minute, meanwhile jnst giving your rod
movement enough to give the fly a sem
blance of life. When you feel the sudden
tremor in the rod which tells you the fly
has found a customer, don't get what in
deer hunting is called "buck fever." Don't
get excited and violently toss rod, line and
possibly fish over your head. If you should
make this almost invariable blunder of the
novice you would probably have to climb a
tree to get the fish and rescue your tangled
tackle. The instant you feel the fish at
your fly give your rod a quick pull of only
a lew inches. This will hook the "game"
and you can land it leisurely. Don't mis
take the little cascades and rapids for bad
fishing water. Yon. can hardly imagine the
sharpness of vision and quickuess of move
ment that characterize the, tront, and some
times iu the switt and tumbling water a
trout will have the fly the instant it touches
the water.
When you have reached the head of the
tront stream you might as well put up vour
tackle. Trout almost invariably lie with
their heads up stream, in running water,
and fishing downward you wouldn't catch
enough to compensate tor the trouble, But
on yonr return go down to where the brook
empties into the larger .stream, and you will
probably find a hole several feet deep.
Bait Useless for These fellows.
Dowd at the bottom you may see two or
thiee old trout a foot or more long. You
may at first think yon have wasted your
time on tbe little fellows of six or eight
inches, but jou will chauge your mind after
you have attempted to capture these big
ones. They will not pay the slightest atten
tion to anything of fly or bait kind. But if
a country boy should happen along just
then, and though you might have a quarter
to spare, perhaps he would show ynu a trick
that you never dreamed of. He would take
ooe of your fly leaders, make a slip noose,
after first cntting off the fly, and attach the
noose to a piece of line.
Then with a degree of patience worthy of
Job and the possible quarter he would work,
maybe an hour, to gradually get the loop
around the big fish. If he succeeded, the
boy would suddenly make a lightning-like
movement, catch the fish behind the gills
with the noose, drop it before you and wait
for his quarter. But it would be folly for
you to attempt that trick. You would only
weary yourself and amnse the fish.
How Far One Travels in an Hour.
Have you ever thought of the distance
you travel while yon are out on an hour's
stroll? Possibly you walk three miles with
in the hour, bnt that does not by any means
represent the distance you. travel. The
earth turns upon its axis every 21 hours.
For the sake of round figures we will call
the earth's circumference 24,000 miles.and so
vou must have; traveled, during your hour's
stroll, 1,000 miles in the axial turn of the
earth. But that 'is not all. The earth
makes a journey around the sun every year,
and a long bui rapid trip it is. The distance
ot onr planet from tbe sun we will put at
92,000,000 miles, the radius of the earth's
orbit half tbe diameter of the circle as we
will call it. The whole diameter is there
fore 184,000,000 miles, and the circumfer
ence, being the dhmete- multiplied bv
3.141G, is about 578,00,000. This amazing
distance the earth travels u its yearly jour
ney, and dividing it bv S65 we find the
daily speed about 1,580,000. Then to get the
distance you rode aiouud the sun during
yonr hour's walk divine again by 24 and
the result is abont 66,000 miles.
.But even this is not the end of your
hour's trip. The sun, with his entire brood
of planets, is moving in space at the rate
of 1C0.000.000 miles in a year. Thai is at
the rate of a little more than 438,000 miles a
day, or 18,250 miles an hour. So, adding
your three miles of leg travel to the hour's
axial movementof the earth, this to the
earth's orbital journey, and that again to
the earth's excursion with the sun, and vou
find you have traveled, in the hour, 85,253
miles. J. H. Webb.
OUR FOREST INTERESTS.
What Arbor Day Means to Tree Xdvers
Systems or the Continent A Machine for
Planting Tuo Denudation of the Forest
lands.
IWE1TTEN FOETTIE DlETXTTlt.1
The festival of Arbor Day, which origi
nated about 15 years ago in Nebraska, has
already won "an established place among
American holidays, and is annually cele
brated by a majority of the State. The
very existence of such a general celebration
in the epring of the year is proof ol an
awakened interest in tree planting and
forestry, and that it has been made to a cer
tain degree a public school holiday is en
couraging, because this indicates the direc
tion in which such exercises may be made
to have a genuine value. Arbor Day is
celebrated with appropriate exercises by the
cnuaren oi nnnareos oi tne public schools
throughout -the land, and tree planting be
comes a part of their training and educa
tion. Americans, as a people, are not senti
mental, but tbe introduction of a holiday fir
tbe sole purpose of considering trees and
tree-planting may lead to a more proper ap
preciation of the value of our forests and
their influence upon the climate and health
of the population.
On the other hand, the
tndden awakeninp to the nerll wMMi threat.
opposite error which invests the trees with a
certain sacredness that is opposed to the true
interests of practical forestry.
Tree-Cutting Is Essential.
In one of his speeches Mr. Gladstone re
marked that the popular superstition In
Great Britain which invested trees with a
certain sacredness, so that felling them was
considered a sacrilege, was the greatest ob
stacle to a sound forest policy. There are a
few enthusiasts in this country who view
trees in the same way and consider the lum
bermen born enemiesof the human race, but
in reality tree-cutting is just as essential to
the forests as tree-planting.
Sittce the introduction of Arbor Day,
forest farming has assumed an important
position in the eves of the Inderal and State
Governments. The elaborate reports and
experiments and publications of documents
upon the subject have disseminated knowl
edge of the question so widely that wide
spread interest is manifested on every side.
In other countries, monarchical and repub
lican, government aid .to forest industry is
employed on a large scale and with great
success. Not only do 'State and county
governments resort to it, but societies, and
even private estate holders, consider it with
in their sphere and a proper direction of
their lunds and activities to plant material
either free of cost or at nominal prices. In
this country, where immediate returns from
an investment are more frequently looked
for than in older countries, and where the
practice of forest planting and management
is not yet established, this kind of govern
ment encouragement seems most legitimate,
and when carried out on a judicious plan,
the most feasible way of advancing the in
terest of practical forestry.
Beforestation on the Continent.
Reforestation is in its infancy in the
United States. In the little country of
Switzerland it receives more encouragement
than in this country, while Germany, France
and England have forest policies which are
rigidly enforced. Forest farming has
reached its highest perfection in Germany,
where methods of combining the agricultu
ral use of the soil with forest planting are
in vogue. Probably the need ot agricultu
ral lands for tbe poorer population, rather
than any other consideration, has given rise
in Germany to this combination of forestry
with a temporary agricultural use of the
forest lands. That such use of clearings
before their reforestation may prove an ad
vantage to the new forest growth and be
employed to cheapen and facilitate reforest
ation was probably an afterthought.
This method, however, deserves more
notice among those who are devising
methods for prairie planting. Such agri
cultural use of the land either pre
cedes reforestation or is continued for a time
after the tree-planting is done, the first be
ing called "fore-farming,", the second ''between-farming."
The first is generally car
ried on for one to six-years, and the second
up to six years. A common . rotation of
crops is rye, potatoes or millet, oats, and
then oak, pine and spruce sown with the
oats or on the stubble. By sowing the tree
seeds with the crops the young seedlings re
ceive protection lor three years from the
grain and stubble. In this lore-farming of
three years no soil exhaustion lsanticipated.
The Plan Is Very General.
Beforestation by these methods is now
practiced in all parts of Germany, and about
5,000 acres are farmed in this manner, while
about 7o,UUU acres ot lorcst which originated
in the same way exist in tbe western prov
inces of Germany. In Hesse it has been
practiced for more than a century, and 5.000
acres of.gnely grown pine, spruce, fir and
beech forests are shown to visitors, which
have a yearly average accretion of 90 cubic
feet to the acre. In "between-farming"
crops of grain or potatoes are farmed be
tween the rows of trees, and by this method
sometimes a surplus over and above the cost
of reforestation and cultivation of $12 to $14
per acre are obtaiued. Another method is
to use temporarily a coppice for
agriculture, and about 17,000 acres
iu Western Germany are to used,
and a larger amodnt in France. After the
coppice is cat in the fall the brush and soil
cover is burnt over, and bv piling an extra
amount of brush on the stumps of undesir
able kinds these are exterminated. The
ashes are then evenly distributed, and rye
is sown ard covered with the hoe. In the
spring fail-places are stocked with oak,
either by sowing or planting the roots. This
methoj is of valne in tbe oak coppices
which are grown for the tan-bark, as the
quality and value of the latter are en
hanced by the ashes. On the other hand,
fire has a tendency to deteriorate the forest,
and such management does not benefit the
trees in tbe end.
A Machine to Plant Trees.
The most noted advance in reforestation
in this country bas been the application ot
mechanics to tree-plantiug. Practical for
estry may receive a new impetus from the
invention of a machine capable of breaking
the ground and setting and planting irom
20,000 to 30,000 seedling trees, all in one mo
tion', in one day. This machine was invented
as a direct result of the influence of Arbor
Day and its celebration. To secure the pre
mium for the greatest number of trees
planted bv one man, Thomas A. Stratton, of
Lincoln, Neb., devised his tree-planter, and
set iu the ground 11,200 trees on Arbor Day.
Since then improvements have- been made
on the machine, so that it will plant more
than double that number in such a way that
an average o. 95 per cent of them live and
thrive well. It is estimated that by the new
improvements on thejnachine two men can
plant six acres a day-ot trees, making prac
tical forestry a reality for the barren, tree
less plains of our Western State'. In the
invention of this machine the United States
stands far ahead of the older countries in
solving' an easy way to reforest her vast
tracts of country.
Despite this fact, however, the forest areas
of the country are rapidly contracting and
the reforestation does not yet keep pace with
tbe destruction of the timbered lands. The
reduction every year is so vast that there is
still good reason for fearing the denuding of
the forests to such an extent as to cause great
climatic changes and to warrant a diminu
tion ot the lumber trade. The American
Forestry Association is endeavoring to bring
about a change in this respect by creating
CO-OperatlOU between the Unvrrnment nful
'private owners. State forestry associations
have also been organized and a general for
estry policy may yet be expected, which will
eiieuu io an parts oi tne country.
The Utilization of White Pine.
From tHese societies come foresbadowings
of the future result of the present rale 6t de
struction of trees. The quality and size.of
the "inexhaustible" white pine of the North
west is depreciating so rapidly that every
thing is now being done to avoid waste,
and to utilize in some way all of the
timber. Even wormy pine is being
cut in large quantities and manufac
tured into crockery casks, coarse fencing
and glass box sbooks. Tne increased value
of pine lumber is so great that wills which
were formerly burned under salt-pans sell
to-day for good prices. The growiug scarc
ity o: hickory and ash for suitable carriage
manufacture has induced the Carriage Man
ufacturers' Association to investigate the
condition of these supplies. In the South
ern States the cry is that the quantity of
yellow pine has been largely over-estimated,
and that it is decreasing so rabidly that in
20 years the forests will be entirely denuded
of this valuable timber. Iiedwood forms
the great staple of San Francisco shipments,
but the redwood forests are disappearing so
rapidly that it is estimated that in a dozen
years hence scarcely a vestige of the beauti
ful forests will be left. The shipments from
Puget Sound of red fir and PortOrford
cedar are increasing so that tbe forests can
not long keep- up the supply.
Arbor Day thus comes around with great
significance to the public of every State, and
tbe appropriate exercises in the public
schools which acoompany it may be the
means of educating the coming generation
to a better understanding of the problem of
reforestation. The 'question will mainly
affect tbeir interests more than those of to
day; but to save the vast forests and treeless
plains from barrenness Yankee Ingenuity
will have to exert Itself before a great while.
The invention of the treeplanter is but the
beginning of tbe end. 0. S. Walxxbs,
Will call at your tesidenoe with samples
and furnish estimates on furniture reuphols- I
tery.
Hauoh & Kkknan, 83 Water street
M,
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.
Pozzies for theUttlo Folks That Win Seep
Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week
if They Solve Them Correctly Borne
Amusements.
Addrtts communication for thit departTatnt
to E. B, CHADBOinuT, Zewtiton. Mains.
1516 A MONARCH OF FRANCE.
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I am sinuous and slender, never straight, yet
not awry;
If the curve's the line of be&nty, doubly btau-
tlf ul am I.
As I'm sorpentlne in figure, fo I'm sybilant in
speech.
And though beginning softly, I am heard la
many a screech.
I've a share In all your sentiments, yonr sigh-
inc and your kisslnz.
And though I'm nova by-word, I am certainly
a hissing.
n.
It has varlons uses, bnt this may be said1
Tbouch It often is driven, ic can not be led
A fastening, measure, protection or guard.
There are five to a foot, and sixteen to a yard.
Consider a moment, you'll soon understand,
For each of you keeps an assortment on band.
M. C. S.
1618 CHABADE.
The Joweler must keep his wares
Within a total trim.
Or else some shreird pickpocket shares,
Some day, their care with him.
Mast spread them out so they may flrtt
Their beauties readily.
And in the two be so dispersed
That all may plainly see. A. L.
1519 NUMERICAL BLANKS.
Uncle Toby accepted an Invitation to go
yachting last rammer. lie enjoyed the sail ex
ceedingly for a time, and the beauty and speed
of the Sua Gull many words of praise from
htm. After a time, one f the boys fonnd him
in the - part of the boat looking very pale
and miserable. "Why, Uncle Toby," be ex
claimed, "are you seasick?" Uncle's tonene
had become as thick as a drunken man's, hut
bo managed to say: "I'm - a horse. Do
come see strength enough to get to my
bunk." The hoy helDed him to his stateroom
and told him ho had better lay the rest of
the afternoon, and Uncle Toby thought so, too.
The next morning he was all right again and
as much as ever. Ethyl.
1520 ANAGRAM.
"BomtUer noveU AwelV on many a shelf,
But bis are read by great and small;
When years have vanished, centuries passed,
His hooks will still beloved by all.
Mzba,
1521 NUMERICAL.
We cannot total our mistakes
By penance and br prayerj
The soul true reparation makes
By deeds more true and fair.
We 1, 3, 3 by deeds, not words,'
Show we are penitent;
All honor to the oae wno girds
Himself, with that intent;
The fl. 2, 4 and 5. whereby
Sin he shall overthrow.
And cause his tempters all to fly
Is power to answer, "Nor1
BITTIB BTTOST.
1522 DIAMOND.
I. A letter. 2. To delineate. 8. Rendered
cone-shaped, t. Bowls. 5. Consisting ot Invis
ible particles. 9. Furnished with a form of In
florescence In which the cluster Is irregularly
branched. 7. Stole. 8. Conducted. 9. Sur
feited, la A eolor. 11. A letter. Mesa.
1523 DECAPITATION.
All Is worthless, good for naught;
Second is so ImUscreet
That risks by it tire often sought,
In manner reckleis, fleet.
Third Is Just a forest tree;
Gracelully its branches sway,
Seeming thus to beckon me
Thither, on a summer day.
Bitteb Sweet.
1524 ENIGMA.
Aril ico fta ypii anglo ry.
Once on a time. In Attic's land,
A stone was found beneath the sand.
And on its face was this Inscription,
Iu language seemingly Egyptian.
To learned men It was submitted.
But all confessed themselves outwitted!
Not one of them could tell its meaning.
With all their searching and their gleaning.
At longth one without erudition
Tbought be could give its definition.
' 'Tis plain as A B C." he said,
And instantly the puzzle read.
And now, If you have no objection,
I give it here for vour inspection;
And if you are exceeding smart
You'll know its meaning at the start.
AISTL.
1525 TRANSPOSITION.
There Is a maiden one to mt.
Whose eyes I cannot two;
1 gaza therelu. and only see
mat they are deep and Dine.
l
1 thret not try to know my fate.
Without their welcome light;
I (Arts uot, either, to translate
Their meaning as I might.
Their secret would that I'were sore
There was one, I the cause
Is hidden In their depths bo pure.
And so I doubt and pause.
A. L.
ANSWERS.
1506-1. Hans Sachs (tbe cobbler poet of Nu
remlmrg). 2. John Godfrey Sale.
1507 .Meddle.
150S Eras, sear, ears. rase.
1509 1. Passed, pastor. 2. Fie, Ore. 8. Knee,
near. 4. Pose, DOser. 5. Bit. bitter.
1510 L Treised, dessert. 2. Drawer, reward.
3. Diaper, repaid.
1511 Elijah.
15121. Per-rose-lm-um. 2. Sat-ls-facMon.
3. Beam-feat-bpr.
1518 Sugar-cane.
15U William Tocumseh Sherman.
1515 Gripe, ripe, rip.
HOW A GIBIi THBOWU,
Sclentlflo Reason for the Fact She Can's Do
It like n Boy.
The difference between a girl's throwing
and a buy's is substantially this: The boy
crooks his elbow and reaches back with the
upper part of bis arm about at right angles
with his body and the forearm at an angle
of 45 degrees. The direct act of throwing
is accomplished by bringing the arm back
with a sort of snap, working every joint
from Bh'oulder to wrist
The girl throws with her whole arm rigid,
tbe boy with his whole arm relaxed. Why
tbis marked and unmistakable difference
exists may be explained by tbo fact that the
clavicle or collar bone in the feminine
anatomy is some inches lopger and set some
degrees lower down than in the masculine
frame. The long, crooked, awkward bone
interferes with the full and free use of the
arm. This is the reason Why a girl cannot
throw a stono.
Mary Stuarts' Cabinet.
A traveler retnrningrom Oastle Barak,
on the Saale, tbe residence of the reigning
Frineess of Bcuss (la ligne aioeej, tells of a
wonderful cabinet of ebony, with silver feet
and mountings, which is said to have been
the property ot the unhsrjnv Msrv Stuart.
It is 60 centimetres high and 70 broad, and
was used as a jewel case. The present prc-
prietor inherited the rello from the Hesse-
Homburg family, which in ita elder
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HOW THE BABY FARES
In Some Farts of the World He Gets
Very Seyere Treatment.
0NLT THB FITTEST SDEyiYK.
Tba Dnallas Plunge tbe Cherub in
Elver on His Fourth Day.
the
WHI THE CHISAMAN HAS A PLAT K0SE
ABIES are treated very
differently in different
lands. Even where in
fanticide or "exposure"
is not prac;!ced, says The
Strand Magazine, a sim
ilar result is worked out
through the' hardships
sometimes unconscious,
sometimes designed of
infant life. The condi
tions of existence among
many savage tribes are so
severe that only the "St-
4 . IP 11- -.-.1t
icsfc, iub Biurujcst, or
WW wiriest constitutions can
i survive. There is. for in
-
stance, a very fine and in
telligent tribe .f blacks in the neighborhood
of the Cameroons, named the-Dtiallas, which
imposes from the first a very violent test
upon the constitutions of their offspring.
Like the ancient Germans, the Dnallas take
a child when only 4 pr 5 days old and
plunge it in the river. This is repeated
every day till the child is strong and hardy
enough to bathe itsef, or till it has suc
cumbed beneath the treatment. Other less
Intelligent nnd more savage tribes of Afri
cans train their Children to endure torture
Irom a very .early age.
Even the averago nursing of tbe negro
mother is enough to try the toughness of the
child's constitution. When the child is
being fed he is set astride bis mother's hip;
aud he must hold on bow he can and get
what nutriment he can, while-his mother
Red Indian Papoose.
moves about her ordinary duties. When
he is not thus attached to bis mother he lies
on a little bed of dried grass 6n the ground,
ta all the simplicity in whiclr nature
brnuzht him into the world, and' crams
himself with earth or whatever he can lay
his little black hands on.
Akin to the negro's treatment of children
though considerably in advance as"re
gards tenderness and picturesquenes's is
that of tne red Indians of North America.
The father and mother combine to make a
very curious nnd ornamental close cradle or
bed for tbe "papoose." In shape it is not
unlike tbe long oval shield of the Zulu.
The father cuts it out of wood or
stout bark, with his tomahawk and
scalping-knifr, and covers it with
deer or buffalo skin, or, if he has not
these, with matting or the softest bark of
trees, leaving-the upperside loose and open.
The mother then adorns and embroiders it
with beads and grasses, and lines and pads
it with the softest grass or moss or rags she
can find.
The "papoose" is lightly strapped In with
soft thongs fastened'to the board and pass
ing under bis arms, and then the covering is
laced over him as one laces up a shoe, and
nothing but the face of the "papoose" is
left exposed. Thus done up, baby can be
hung (with a thong Attached to his cradle)
on the branch of a tree, or Irom the pole of
the wigwam, or set in a corner out of the
A Funny Fii on ThU Poll.
way. It may seem to us that the
close .confinement and the upright po
sition of thee nests cannot be very
comfortable, but it is said that after
tumbling about a while on the crass or
among the dogs of the wigwam the Indian
baby frequently cries to go back to his soli
tary nest. In this, wise, ton, is he carried,
slung over his mother's back, when the
tribe is on the march. The Flathead
mother makes her papoose into a round bun
dle, with folds of bark and thongs of deer
skin, and carries it in a wooden receptae'e
something like a canoe, slung on her back
with a little pent-hnuse or shade projecting
over the baby's face.
It is worth noting that this complete
swaddling of infants is almost universal
among both barbarous and civilized peoples
who dwell in sub-tropical or temperate
climates. It is done not so much (or not
only) to keep tbe child warm, bul to pre
vent it irom scratching .itself, from moving
abont and hurting itself, 'and from bruising
itself or breaking" its tender bones if it
shonla chance to fall.
The German "baby it swaddled In a Jong,
narrow pillow, which is made to meet com
pletely round him, being tucked up over
hit feet and turned under bis solemn chin.
Three bands of gay blue ribbon are then
psised round the whole bundle and tied in
large florid bowt about where his chest, his
waist and. his ankles are tnnpoied to be.
In this guise be can be deposited as an ornt-
lb
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ft Jft
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mast lUbuitaus jnmotapt-A. hoi JisMjrJjaiilipnairo jn, fter jija iiihv
on ihe kitcBen dresser, or on tbe drawing
room table.
In the remoter parts of both Sweden and
Norway it is still the custom every Sunday
to carry swaddled infants to churcb, which
is probably a long way off. They are not
taken into churcb, however.but-buried for
warmth in the snow, in which a small hole
is left for them to breathe through.
There is little truth iflthe story that
Chinese mothers tortnre 'their children,
especially their daughters, by cramping
their feet. But she carries her infant in a
kind of bag or pannier on her back, and not
as in other countries where the dorsal car
riage is affected with tbe face turned out
ward, but, as probably, we ought to expect
in China, where everything seems to go and
come by the rule of contraries with the face
turned inward. The result of that is that
the baby's nose is of necessity pressed
against its mother's back, whence, no doubt,
say the learned in these matters, has been
evolved,, in the course of ages, the peculiarly
flattened or blunted nose characteristic ot
the Chinaman. Furthermore, Chinese girlv,
even when allowed to 'live, are little thought
of. In the family generally they bear no
namef they are known as" Number One or
dumber Two, like convicts, aud they are no
more reckoned members of the laniily than
How Japr Gtt flat Satts.
the cat or the dog. So, when a Chinaman
is asked what family be bas, he connts only
his boys. And a boy is treated with great
honor aud ceremony by tbe women.
The Japanese babv is not only indulged,
he is also treated with the greatest rare and
intelligence. He'is judiciously fed; he Is
regularly bat tied either at home or in the
public bathhouses; and his skitn is stimu
lated and his health hardened by his being
frequently plunged in a cold stream, or
even in the, snow.. And itmust.beadmitted.
that it is "only the 'child of. well-to-do or
cultured parents in America or Great
'Britain that is as well andAvisely cared for,
and that is as happy as tbe child of Japan;
there is-no doubt that the average of child
ish comfort and happiness ij very much
greater in Japan than in England. -Yet a
well-ordered English home is baby's para
dise. There he is not swathed in bandages
and rolled in a pillow and crowned with a
nightcap; he is kept always clean and sweet,
he is lizhtly but sufficiently clothed, and
he is allowed to kick, and crow, and grow
strong as'much as ever he likes.
BWEATIKQ BY ZLECTBICITY.
The Clever ICojnes of Japan Can Steal Fifty
( Cents From an Eagle.
The methods of tje Japanese, who, for tbe
purpose of defrauding jhe Government, will
spend days on the scooping out of a small
silver coin, which he eventually fills with
baser metal, are much improved on in these
progressive days. A large number of short
Weight gold 'coins are now in circulation,
and the frequency with which they are met
with bas led to .investigations which show
that there has been fur some time a system
atic scheme for robbing the Government by
stealing metal from the coins. Some'years
ago a series of tests were made by the Gov
ernment for the purpose of defining the
actual loss by abrasion in the moving of
gold coins. It was lound that $5 was lost by
abrasion every time $1,000,003 in gold coin
was bandied. Bags containing $5,000 each
were lifted to a truck to be removed to an
other vault, aud the mere lifting of the 200
bags caused the Inss stated, and tbeir trans
fer from the truck again made a second simi
lar loss.
This shows how readily gold can be re
moved from the coins, but this method is
much too slow for the clever rogues, who
realize the value -of scientific appliances.
Tbe work of abrasion is now done by elec
tricity, after the manner of the electro-plating
of gold. An ordinary galvauic battery
and some cheap ncid is procured. The coin
is placed in the Quid, nnd attached to it are
wires from the poles of the battery, leading
to another piece of metal prepared to receive,
iu the form of plating, the metal to be re
moved from the coin. Sufficientgold to form
a plating is quickly transferred, and, as it is
removed unimrmly from all parts of the
coin, the liability of disfigurement is reduced
to a minimum, the only eflect being to blur
the characters slightly.
In this way about 50 rents' worth of gold
can be removed from a SlO-dollar gold piece
withontavery marked change in the ap
pearance of the coin. The ere of an expert,
however, detects the alteration at a glance.
One of the employees in the New York Sub
Treasury is said to have become so skilled
in this branch of the work by years of ex
perience, that he can tell by mere touch
with closed eyes whether a piece is spurious
metal or has been tampered with. It is
stated that the sweating of gold by electric
ity in tbis country is practiced almost en
tirely by foreign swindlers wbo have been
driven irom, their own country for similar
oflensss.
IHE HICKEL" EATINGS BAKES.
Detalls of the Stamp System That Promises
to Be Popular.
Chicago Herald.
Oue of the most important movements in
the economy of tbe American people is tbe
nickel savings stamp system. To EdwiaF.
Mackj of "the Citizens' Savings Bank of De
troit, belongs the credit of having intro
duced the feature into the banking system
of the United States. The idea was hot
original with Mr. Mack, as a scheme some
what similar has been in useat JTran&iort-ou-the-Jlain
for years. From the penny
savings stamp plan of the great banking
city of Germany, Mr. Mck conceived tbe
idea of establishing a -nickel stamp scheme
for deposits in his savines bank in Detroit
After getting a design for a 5-cent stamp
he had 1O,0OOS stamps printed and started
out one morning last June in a buggy and
drove throngh the suburbs of Detroit and
established SO agencies. These he located,
as a rule, in suburban drugstores, and when
possible in close proximity to public schools
places where school children were in the
habit of going to spend their money. Each
agency wis supplied nilii x quautitv of
stamps anU blank deposit books. These
books are arranged so that each page holds
20 stamps. When a page is covered Ibe
bauk issues a deposit book with a credit of
$1, upon which interest begins at once at 4
per cent. '
The advantages of the system are many,
the principal one being that small amounts
of money may be transferred into a credit in
the savings bank without a personal visit to
that institution. During the first three and
one-half months of its establishment more
than $15,000 was deposited. Tbe plan has
been recently adopted by banks in San
Francisco. Columbus, Denver, Los Angeles,
St Paul, Louisville and a number of
smaller places. Z-
Tbe American Beauty of Berlin.
By far the prettiest among tbe ladies of
the English-American colony at Berlin is
Mrs. Jackson, tbe wife oi the second secre
tary of the Amerioan Legation. Mrs. Jack
son, who'was a Miss Baird, of Philadelphia,
seems to flourish In Berlin's climate, and
looks much healthier than "rhea, she first
arrived. She dresses with exquisite taste, a
oastime she can well afford.' as she is a
SHE MET LAFAYETTE.
Sot Only That bnt She Danced Tfitl
the Great Frenchman.
A SATIH GOWK AHD PEAIli
Fonnd Imong ths Heirlooms Graced III
Upon the Occasion.
EOYf IT ILL BE0CGHT I1EE A BDSB1H
ivnrraj ron the dispatch.
If there was one story above another that
we children liked to bear, it was tbe story
of bow grandma went to Lafayette's bait
and danced with Lafayette himself. How
her soft old eyes would sparkle and Her
faded cheeks flush when she recalled that
triumphant timet
Of course, you all know the part that
Lafayette took in our struggle for freedom
over a century ago. A brave and gallant
young fellowhe was, and bis praises were
sung by all that knew him. The people
could not forget his, services, and when, ia
1824, he came to the Tnited States at the
invitatiou of Congress, it was as the hon
ored gnest of the nation. .He was warmly
welcomed by all. Wherever he went ho
met with ovations. What an honor it wa
to clasp his hand, to speak to bimi Peopltr
talked of it for dayi after.
Set the Town by tbe Ears.
He was to be tendered a grand reception ia
the quaint old town where grandma lived.
A ball was to be given in his honor and tbs
whole town was all aglow with excitement.
It was to be a great affair. The big Town
Halt was cleaned and polished and painted:
it was draped with flags and bunting ana
garlanded-wlth laurel and evergreen. In
deed, the old place was transformed into
veritable fairyland, and wheu at length.
tbe last nag was put in place, tbe last wreata
hung, the people were filled with honest
pride and stood ready to welcome the hero
of the hour.
In those days the Garrisons were not rich
in tbis world's good', and poorlittle grandma
was quite it her wits' end as to where she .
was to get the dress to wear to Lafayette'
ball. She coutd not wear a plain, every
day dress that was quite out of the ques
tion. A new dress could not be bad, for,
as I said, the Garrisons were not rich, and
there were so many mouths to feed and so
many bodies to clothe that finery was not to
be thought of. Poorlittle Dolly Garrlsonl
She had no mother to go to with her
troubles. Her father was harassed by busi
ness cares; her grandmother was quite use
less as far as getting the dress was con
cerned, though she did offer kindly sympa
thy and tried to cheer Dolly; and her broth
ers, as usual in such cases, were the most
unsympathetic creatures imaginable, and
conld not (or pretended they cou.d pot) see
why a calico dress would not answer tba
purpose as well as a satin.
A Noble lever's Itlch Aunt
The Garrisons lived in a great rambling
old honse, bnilt a century before by Cap
tain Harry Garrison. Captain Harry waa
the yonngest son of a very rich and very
crusty old nobleman, whom he had offended
bv marrying the daughter of tbe village)
doctor. His father disowned and disinher
ited him. But the. young captain was tha
favorite of an old aunt, who was bitterly
angry with his father. She was ricb, and
wneu sne neara mat sir uenry uarrisoa
bad cat off his youngest son with the prov
erbial shilling she made him heir ot all her
wealth and welcomed IiJ3 fair young brids
with open arms. When his aunt died Cap
tain Harry came to America, where ha
built Garrison Manse as nearly like bis old
home in "merrie England" as he could.
But the fortunes of the Garrisons declined
in later years, and now a "flavor ot mild
decay" hung over the old place.
It happened one day that Dolly's grand
mother sent her up to the old garret for ft
box of patches. And Dolly stayed and
stayed and seemed deaf to all calls. So
great-great-grandmother Garrison climbed
up tbe stairs and at length came to tbe gar
ret. On the threshold she paused and raised
her bands in astonishment
Dolly Made a Discovery.
In the middle of the garret, stood Dolly
Dolly in all the glory ol a white satin gown J
all trimmed with creamy lace. Very dainty
and sweet looked Dolly in her neiT-fon.no.
finery. No wouder her grandmother was
surprised. j
"Dorothy," she cried-, "my dear." J
And Dorothy turued on her grandmother
a face all radiant and rosy with happiness. '
"Grandmother," she cried in a happy
voice. "I forgot, but, ohl you are not
angry with me? I found these, and now,"
her voice quivering with exultation, "nowl
can go to Lafayette's ball. Just look,
grandmother this beautiful dress! It will
have to be altered only a little and modern!
ized some, I thiuk." -
"Dear me," her grandmother said, "Il
wish I bad thought of tbis before. It would
have saved all yonr worry. This is the dress)
of your great-aunt, Dorothy. She never!
wore it her lover was killed by the Indiana
and so we laid the dress away, little think-l
ing that, in the years to come, another Dor
othy Garrison -would wear it Yes, it will
do very.well for yon, my dear. I am glad
that you lound it"
At last, the joyful night came. Dolly
was standing before the glass, when har
grandmother entered the room with a quaint
old box in her hands. "My dear," she said,.
"I have a little surprise'for you," and as!
she spoke she opened tbe box and took from
it a string of pearls. "I am going to give,
you these," she continued. "Your mother
wore them, and I wore them before her. It
is said that happiness always comes to their'
wearer.
She clasped-them around Dolly's neck as
she spolte, and they shone white and pufa
against her fair skin.
Danced With the French. Guest
Merrily sounded the music, and merrily
shone tbe lights as Dolly entered the hail
on her father's arm. People looked at her
happy yonng face and graceful, girlish
figure admiringly. Even Lafayette was at
tracted by the little maid in her creamy
satin dress, and when he was introduced to
her be bowed low over her hand and asked
her to dance with him.
Little Dolly was fairly breathless with
delight as she smiled up into bis faoel
Dolly was radiant as she went through tha
stately figures ot the dance with Laiayetta
as her partner.
From a distant town a tali young soldier
bad come to the ball. He was a handsome
young fellow, with laughing blue eyes and
a bright, debonnair lace. He was enjoying;
himself to the utmost, when he looked up
and saw the blithe young girl dancing with.
Lafayette. His eves followed the graceful
little maid, and then he songbt au introduc
tion with Dolly Garrison. Time passed
away, and the grand ball was numbered,
with things of the past Two years later,
when the glad June sun brought its roses
and blue skies, there was a happy wedding
in tbe little church near the old manse.
And we children alway declared that if it
hadn't been for Dollv's greal-aunt's dress
and Lafayette's ball Norman Lynn would
never have been our grandfather.
O. B. H. H.
EDMUHDS WAS DANGZE0TJ3.
How the Termonter Got the Laugh on Brfib
llant Itoscoe Conkllng.
New York Frets. 1 ,
I had recalled yesterday for my edlfle. (
tion, apropos of the resignation of Seaata?
Edmunds, an encounter that took pltaa
many years ago In the Senate between hla
and the late Boscoe Conkling. On S0M
point at issue Mr. Conkling rather poss"
pously said; "The Senator iroraVermont is
mistaken be is fighting a windmill.
Looking straight at the proud 'New York.
Senator, the vermonter dryly and ureaeM-
eally said: "I know it, Mr.'resIdW
The debate got no further on'aeeoUBt of a"
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