His Find.
Tell me what you think I found
ire right on the weedy ground?
o! It was new and red and round.
A cent! Just peeping from the dew.
Wasn’t it jolly, I ask of you?
I began thinking what I'd’ do.
I'd buy some marbles, or else a top,
A rubber ball or some corn to pop,
Or a jumping monkey to hop, hop, hop.
Or else a trumpet to make a noise,
h—well, you know, there's a lot of toys.
Or nuts, and divide them with the boys.
But oh! as I stooped,—I only meant
To spin it,—down in a hole it went,
That was the last of my red cent.
»~Sydney Dayre, in the Christian Register.
How the Parrot Conquered.
We have a parrot and he is very
fascinating. One time he got out of
his cage and walked into the room
with his head on one side, saying
“Hello!” and then a little louder the
same word. I was frightened and ran
into the closet, because he often gets
naughty and bites. When he saw me
go in, he stalked over to the doorand
said more sweetly and softly than
ever “Hello,” so I was obliged to open
the ‘door and rub his head and shake
hands with him—that is to say, shake
his little claw—both things he likes
me to do. When I put him back into
the cage he said “Goodby.”—Anna
Sherman in the New York Tribune,
Peggotty.
As I like very much to read about
pets, I thought perhaps you would like
to hear about our little fox terrier
Peggotty. If you have read “David Cop-
perfield,” by Charles Dickens, you will
know whom Peggotty is named after.
We have had her since her was two
weeks old, and now she is nearly ten
years old. She is very intelligent and
enjoys nothing better than to jump
over a stick, no matter how high it
is held, or to dive for stones or to
swim. Whenever we take her to
Prospect Park she jumps into the lake
for a swim, no matter how many pro-
testing policemen are near. If a stone
is thrown into the water she will dive
for it and will not come up until she
has the right stone. Sometimes you
would think she was drowned, for
she stays in so long, and all you can
see is the tip of her little white tail,
wagging bravely.
Peggotty is a wonderful little swim-
mer and never seems to get tired. One
day last year, when we were up in
the country, papa lost his hat in the
river. Peggotty swam after it, but it
sailed rapidly down the river. But
the persevering little dog‘ followed it
until it was stopped by a boat. When
she reached the shore she was nearly
exhausted, but she had rescued the
hat.—Caroline Moorehead in the New
York Tribune.
Bad Dreams.
Last summer, while IT was in the
country, in Massachusetts, I saw a
great many snakes. I don’t believe a
day went by that I didn’t almost step
on one. When I romped in the fields
with my brother and my dog I was
sure to see one, and at such times I
would call my dog and he would kill
it.
One afternoon I was sitting on a
bench under one of the large elm
trees that grew in front of the house,
when, to my horror and surprise, I
saw a little green and yellow snake,
about four inches away from my foot.
I suppose he was perfectly harmless,
but, nevertheless, I did not like the
looks of him, as he sat there sticking
his little red forked tongue out at
me, so I got up and went into the
house. That was a day when I had
seen an unusual number of snakes,
and I believe I actually stepped on a
little grass-green one that got in my
way, so I was in no way prepared for
a peaceful rest that night. Everything
was snakes. I dreamed snakes, and,
worst of all, when I awoke, at about
b o'clock in the morning and saw my
long, black, braided hair lying on my
pillow, my first thought was—snakes!
I raised my head, and to my surprise
the “snake” began to move, and the
further away I got the nearer it came,
so I made up my mind I was going
to yell, and I yelled. My! but what
a yell! And then I discovered how
badly I had been fooled.—Virginia A,
Tallmadge in the New York 'I'ribune,
Doing the Hardest Thing First.
“Mother,” said Ethel, “why do you
always clean that lamp chimney first?
I thought you said it was the hard-
est one of all to ¢lean.”
“It is the hardest,” said mother,
with a smile, “and that is the very
reason why I always try to clean it
first.”
“But,” began Ethel, and then she
stopped and thought. )
She was sitting beside the kitchen
table dressing a doll and watching
mother at the same time. She liked
to see the dim, sometimes smoky-
looking chimneys become clear “and
shining as they were rubbed with the
soft, crumpled paper.
Mother waited for Ethel to finish
her sentence, but, as she did not,
she had said to her mother:
mother said at length: “You see, this
chimney is so tall and slender that it
is hard to get my hand inside or.to
rub it its full length, and, if I should
do all the easy chimneys first, I
might spend the whole time I was
cleaning those in dreading the hard-
er chimney, You know they say that
‘dreading is often worse ‘than doing,’
so just think how much worse it
would be to put it off.”
Mother's eyes were smiling while
she talked, and Ethel knew very well
of what she was thinking. It had
been only a few minutes before that
“Oh,
dear! I do so dread to study that
arithmetic lesson! I'll study my spell-
ing first.” After the spelling had been
studied she had put off the arithmetic
lesson a little longer, while she
dressed her doll. ;
She put Evangeline’s cap on very
carefully and slowly as mother fin-
ished speaking; but, when she began
tying her cap strings, she did it with
quick little jerks. ‘“Evengeline,” she
said, holding the doll up before her,
“I am going straight off to study my
arithmetic lesson, and don’t you dare
to call me away from it.”—Morning
Star.
The Queen and the Wood-Cutter.
A former queen of Spain once rode
out in the country, when the driver
of the royal carriage became lost and
spent two hours vainly trying to find
the way. The queen and the infanta
were somewhat alarmed.
All at once they came upon an old
wood-cutter, who, with a bunch of
fagots upon his back, gathered la-
boriously from the stunted bushes to
be found here and there, had sunk
down to the ground evidently for a
moment’s rest.
“Ho, my gocd man!” the driver of
the royal carriage called out. “Will
you tell us the road to Madrid?”
“No,” said the wood-cutter, “1 will
not, except on one condition.”
“What’s that?”
“That you take me in and carry me
back to the city.”
The coachman declined to do this.
“Very well, then; find the road
yourself,” said the wood-cutter.
The queen here intervened, She
ordered the coachman to let tre man
tie his fagot at the back of the coach,
and to take him upon the driver's seat
and drive him home.
The man tied his rough fagot at
the back of the royal coach, mounted
the box, and the road to Madrid was
soon found, iy
When the royal carriage entered
the city in this queer state, there was
a great sensation, as the people read-
ily recognized the equipage. The
wood-cutter sat proudly on the box.
When his quarter was reached he got
down and unfasténed his fagot. The
queen put her head out of the door.
“Go to the royal palace tomorrow,”
she said, “and your service will be re-
warded.”
The old man, suddenly perceiving
whose passenger he had been, was
overcome with humiliation. He stood
bowing, rubbing his cap between his
hands, and uttering exclamations of
astonishment until the carriage was
out of sight.—Christian Register.
Old Moon Fools Us.
If we could see the old moon as it
really is how different we would find
it from the great golden globe which
hangs in the sky. “The Old Man in
the Moon” does not really live on the
great ball nor has the moon one sin-
gle ray of light of its own. Every bit
of its splendor is borrowed from the
sun. Indeed, the poor old moon is
just a huge ball, scarred and wrink-
led from the fierce fire which burned
it out thousands of years ago. It has
no atmosphere or air around it to
protect it from the sun, yet it never
changes a bit, for there is no mois-
ture there. If the earth had no air
around it our world would die just
as the moon died. The air protects
the earth from the sun’s heat by day
and blankets the world at night to
keep it warm until the sun’s heat ig
sent on the next day.
There is no such thing as noise on
the moon, because there is no air to
carry the sound. The moon has no
water at all on it, though. the great
plains which can be seen through a
telescope make mus believe cthat at
one time there were gulfs and bays
up there. The heavy marks which ‘we
often see on the yellow ball are the
outlines of very high mountains,
Some of them have great craters or
openings in their tops—fifty, sixty or
even a hundred miles wide. The wid-
est crater in the world is only seven
miles across. You see, it is probable,
then, that greater volcanic eruptions
have taken place on the moon than
have ever occurred anywhere on our
earth. The reason that we know so
much more about the moonthan about
any other beauty of the heavens is
because it is the nearest body to us,
Once it was really a part of the
earth, but was thrown off when the
world was a great mass of heat. If
we should journey ten times around
our globe at its widest part—the equa-
tor—we should travel the same dig-
tance that would be necessary if we
should take a trip to the moon. —
Washington Star. :
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New Type of War Airship.
A new type of airship will be added
to the German aerial fleet this spring.
The new dirigible belongs to the non-
rigid system and differs in several
important points from other types.
In shape it is similar to a torpedo.
The envelope of the balloon is colored
yellow to protect it as far as possible
from the action of the sun’s rays.
Its four cars are directly attached
to the framework of the balloon. It
will be driven by four Daimier mo-
tors, each of 125 horse power. It is
anticipated that the airship will be
able to carry forty persons. The es-
timated speed is sixty-five kilometers
an hour. ¥
A large hall is being built to shel-
ter the vessel. The airship has been
designed by Captain von Krage of
the aeronautic battalion, and is ac-
cordingly well adapted for military
purposes.—Boersen Courier.
The British Seeker of the South Pole.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, of
the King’s navy, is to lead the most
ambitious expedition ever despatched
to the Antarctic. :
The Honduras monetary commis-
sion recommends the adoption of the
gold standard. Practically no gold is
in circulation at present, but much is
exported,
DES'GNED TO BRING DOWN HIGH FLYERS,
Novel Filing Cabinet. |
A novel and ingenious filing cab-
inet has been designed by a Michigan
man. When closed the device is
about the size of an ordinary cigar
box, but when open it presents a long
row of shelves on which lie the va-
Everything Seen at a Glance.
rious papers required, and all of
which can be seen almost at a glance.
The shelves consist of flat surfaces
strung on cords at each corner. They
are arranged to telescope within a
box which is made in two parts, the
upper part fitting over the lower.
Above this case another cord runs
through pulleys in the ceiling or
desktop, one end of this cord being
fastened to the top of the box and the
other end having a weight on it.
When the box is closed and the front
flap fastened up it remains in that po-
sition, but when the front flap is let
down the upper part of the box is re-
leased, the weight of the cord de-
scends, and the shelves are extended
to the full length of the cords on
which they are hufdg. This little in-
vention has the advantage of taking
up little room in an office when the
box is closed and of displaying all the
papers on the shelves when it is open.
—Philadelphia Record.
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Bled eight feet from the ground a
rubber-yielding three of fifteen inches
diameter gives three pints of liquid.
The Germans lead the nations so far in balloon navigation. ‘They are
keeping apace with Zeppelin by inventing powerful destroyers of air-ships
in the service of hostile nations.
Prussion War, the Germans used
As early as 1870, during the Franco-
special cannons for bringing to ‘earth
the balloons which were sent out by the besieged city of Paris.
The pres-
ent aerial gun is mounted on a high-powered motor-carriage capable of
carrying also a full equipment and crew.
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Carrot Salad with Horseradish.
Cut boiled carrots in slices, then
stamp into stars or Hearts with one
of the little vegetable cutters. Ar-
range on a bed of shredded lettuce.
For the dressing, which should not be
added until ready to serve, whip one-
quarter cup cream to a froth, add
gradually two tablespoonfuls vinegar,
one-half teaspoonful salt, a few shakes
of paprika and two tablespoonfuls
freshly grated horseradish. Pour over
the carrots and serve at once.—New
York Telegram. J
Pond Lily Salad.
This is one of the prettiest salads
‘made, and takes 11-2 eggs for each
Put the eggs on in cold wa-
ter, boil gently one-half hour and
drop into cold water to loosen the
shells. When perfectly cold shell and
cut the eggs in two lengthwise, Ar-
range lettuce leaves around each sal
ad plate and press the yolks through
a sieve into the centre of each plate
to form the heart of the lily. Then
slice the whites lengthwise, cutting
seven or eight strips from each egg.
Arrange these white slices’ around the
person.
yellow centres like the petals of a wa-
ter lily. Pasg the dressing in a sepa-
rate bowl.—Boston Press.
Buying Scallops. :
In buying scallops beware of the
large, plump white ones which have
been put through a bleaching process
that affects their-flavor and fills them
so full of water that it is hard to fry
them. The scallop, as it leaves its na-
tive heath in Peconic Bay, is of a yel-
lowish cast and rather compact.
One of the nicest ways to cook scal-
lops is to broil them, first brushing
with melted butter, or olive oil, then
serve with lemon and watercress.
Another nice way to serve them is
with bacon. Parboil the scallops first,
then string on a skewer, alternating
with pieces of bacon, Broil over a
clear fire and serve with sauce tar-
tare or with maitre d’hotel sauce.
Tomato Salad.
Twelve medium sized tomatoes peel-
ed and sliced, 4 hard-boiled eggs, 1
raw egg well beaten, 1 teaspoonful of
salt, 1-2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper,
1 teaspoonful of white sugar, 1 table-
spoon of salad oil, 2 teaspoonfuls of
made mustard, 1 teacup of vinegar.
Rub the yolks to a smooth paste, add- :
ing by degrees the salt, pepper, sugar,
mustard and oil. Beat the raw egg to
a froth and stir in, lastly the vinegar.
Peel the tomatoes, glice them a quar-
ter of an inch thick, and set the dish
on ice*while the dressing is being
made. After the dressing is mixed
stir in lumps of ice till it is very cold,
then take it out and pour it over the
tomatoes. Set it on the ice till ready
to serve.—Boston Post. :
Hints.
Place salt in the oven, under bak-
ing tins to prevent scorching.
To remove the scraping of cake bat-
ter from the bowl an ordinary calling
card is better than a spoon.
Fruit jellies are improved in the
opinion of some epicures by adding
whipped cream to them just as they
“set.”
Some gocd cooks believe in blanch-
ing rhubard before cooking it. When
s0 heated it does not require so much
sugar.
The chantecler doll has come to ri-
val the Teddy bear, and is shown in
many sizes, the smaller ones being
quite cute.
Use five full tablespoonfulg of olive
oil to one quart of dry beans. They
are delicious and more easily digest-
ed than when pork is used.
Walls inclined fo be damp should
be gone over with a varnish made of
one part of shellac to two parts of
naphtha and allowed to dry before
papering.
To make flypaper melt equal parts
of boiled linseed oil and resin and
add Loney. Soak the paper in a
strong solution ‘of alum, then dry
and apply the above mixture.
If the cuticle about your nails
seems tough and there is a tendency
to “hang nails,” rub in a little mutton
tallow or vaseline every night before
retiring. Soon you will see a marked
improvement in the condition of the
nails.
The soiled lace yoke of a dress need
not generally be removed to be clean-
ed. A plan which usually restores its
pristine freshness is to rub powdered
starch into the lace, let it lie some
hours and then brush it out. The
starch absorbs both grease and dust.
If vegetables are cooked in a steam-
er oven hot water (like you would cook
a pudding), and sprinkled with salt
when nearly done, then served in a
very hot tureen, they will be found
very much better, and also much more
nutritious, than when boiled in the or-
dinary way.