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You're writing out to Jack to-day
Bvciuie bis birtbdny'a pome.
And I muHt wnl to him. you ear,
A uiesauKe straight froai borne.
Dear Ix.y! If I coulil just ait down
Aii l t:iLe his hniul io mine,
Bastciil nf purling nil niy lov
In -me poor little line.
'Bat .vrite out clear, am let It read
"To Jai-k. away from borne,
(raiiuy says gvl ready
For the kingdom come."
You're smil'.us. ilanpbtrr, a you write.
But .lack won't smile tbat way;
Ilia mind will just go tilting back
To thoughts of jestedray,
Ilefore he got so great and tall.
And oh, so very wise.
When he was granny's white-haired bo,
A -dreaming of the skies.
60 write out clear, and let it read
"To Jnik, away from home.
Granny says pet ready
For the kingdom coma."
Bomehow the letters that we get
Don't seem to come from him;
And often when I've read them through
My poor old eyes are dim.
tie talks too much of worldly things
Our Jack was never proud
Of men of wealth, of power and fame.
And going with the crowd.
60 write out clear, and let it read
"To Jack, away from home.
Granny says get ready
For the kingdom com."
You think his birthday calls for more
Than such a simple line;
Kay, there are those who love him leaa
To make him wishes fine.
My words go from a faithful heart;
They're tender, true and warm;
With loving wisdom in them, too.
To keep my boy from harm.
So write out clear, and let it read
"To Jack, away from home,
Granny says set ready
For the kingdom come."
'd like to see hitn as be reads.
His bricht eyes brimming o'er.
And good thoughts rising white and
strong.
To be forgot no more.
Heaven will be nearer to his heart
Than it has been for years.
For he will read in that one line
My love, my hopes, my prayers.
Bo write out clear, and let it read
"To Jack, away from home.
Granny says get ready
For the kingdom come.
-Toronto tjlobe.
THE SURVIVAL OF
THE FITTEST.
Jim threw another log on the camp
fire, and the blazing circle of light grew
to Its old ilimeuoions. We could see
the stars (lodging back and forth be
hind the tops of the pities, and the lone
coyote who had a monopoly of noises
down the gulch was indulging ua
with a teuiMrary rest. The patriarch
occupied the seat of honor, a camp
stool, and the rest of us were ranged
on a tree trunk.
The patriarch looked at me. "I'll do
you the favor," he said, "of filling my
pipe with your tobakky. Speakta' of
sea yarns, that story of Jim's altottt
the icebergs that hunted in pairs, keep
In' a keen lookout to sipieeze a ship
cuught without a breeze, while the
polar bears sat by and laughed, wad
tol'bly good, and the one you told about
the thing that could staud on its bead
on the Moor of the ocean auJ flap tut
face of heaven with Its tall, was purtj
fair, yes. purty fair. But they war
just ynruo, plain yarns, neatly unrav
eled. Ami that makes me ruluk of
what old Alisalom Biggs used to say:
'Always tell the truth, my lad, if you're
a ma.ster smart baud at It.'
"Absalom had a distant relative he
lived In Nantucket, and his brother was
anchored in Jama iky who bought and
sold everything, from queer shells to
queer money. 1 1 is brother was a smart
man, nigh as smart as Absalom him
self, anil he might have lived to be a
great one if they bail given him plenty
of rope. Ait it was. he war a leetle too
high strung to make a success of life.
It's queer how the furrlners acquire
all of our Improvements, even the art
of lynchiif.
"Absalom was master and sole pro
prietor of the giXH old tradin' brig.
Keep Mum. They war two of a kind.
Absalom and the brig. Absalom wore
a suit of hotiiivpun that hung on him
like n sail wrapped around a windmill,
and the brig wa all right If she was
only as black as she was painted, for
she needed sprucin' up Ittdly, but they
war both bard to beat lu their decep
tive lines. I reckon. The Keep Mum
was one of the best of her kind that
ever faded out of sight of a revenue
cutter, and Absalom was entitled to a
patent right on lota of the tricks of his
trade. He was n quiet kind of man.
though he liad a good command of lan
guage, resultin' from hard study of cir
cus posters when he was a hid. and
the Keep Mum sailed so stilly that the
wind couldn't whistle through her rig
gin' even.
"Now, Absalom was a temperance
man from principle and interest,
though be wasn't particularly religious
and worshiped nothin. so far as I
know, except savin's banks. 'Never
taste the liitoxieatin' cup, young man,'
be used to say; 'you might miss a
chance to make a dollar.' But just the
same, alter his brother came aboard
at the end of my first trip to Kingston,
briugin' with hitn a mysterious air
(kind of strongly scented), Alssalom
loaded the Keep Mum up with rum.
And such rum! In barrels, with rust
ed hoops and cobwebs clingfn' round
'em. they hoisted It on board. The pir
ates that hid it a century before stored
nothin' weak, and every year added to
Its streugth. Our second mate, who
was a man of much liquid experience
ashore as well as at sen, took a cargo
of one cup. It was Just three days be
fore he could navigate, and would you
believe it! for two weeks after that
whenever he dreamed of tbat mm at
night he'd wake up In the niorniu'
tipsy.
"Aiis.nom was a man wno gtancei
iivcr ue-wsiwpers from curiosity amt
read trade Journals for profit. So
knew somethiu' extremely uucommol
was up when he spent a whole for
liouu poi in' over a newspaper, with hit
elbows on the table and his Angers
clutched In his hair; and when I beard
him chuckle, I ivns Interested. Alssa
I m Biggs never wasted a chuckle. I
heard him say. as he went out of the
cabin: 'They're strong in the body, but
weak In the head.'
"Of course. I picked tip the paper. It
told a siory of an awful tribe of can
tiybals who resided ou the west coaet
of Afriky. It seemed they war a tribe
c.f reg'lur buuko-sterers, for ail tbe
missionaries who went there war in
variably taken in. Then the Queen of
England sent down a gunboat, and tbe
raptalu of the gunboat sent a man with
a white ting and a proclamation in vio
lent language to these cannylial. But
there was some uiisun Jerstandin' aI0.1t
the matter, for tbe cabuyoals ate both
the gallant tar and the proclamation.
It hurt tbe captain's feella's very much,
bo be landed most of bis force and
went after the heathen. Alaa! be didn't
know 'em. I disreinemher all of the
atfc-cUn lines ths poet lanyata wrote.
about Vro. bnt the centerpiece of tbe
work run socithln' like this:
" They war an awful bnngry lot,
. And bavin notbiu' much to do,
Invaycled tbe tors tbe sun was hot
Into a nice, sectooded spot.
Then ate that gallant crew.
"Her Majesty missed a reception on
account of that, and tbe foreign secre
tary missed two Drat -class races. Then
a cruiser went down there on business,
but tbe captain, not beln' onto bis job,
was shortly on tbe rocks, and when tbe
men swam ashore, tbe heathen met
Vm witb a hearty reception. And It
was awful aunoyln' after tbat to tbe
people on tbe English boats that went
sallin' by to see them aav ridges a-slt-tln'
on the rocks and ennnln' them
selves, dressed In British naval uni
forms and sarcastic smiles. And tbe
foreign secretary bad taken to bis bed.
80 the papers said.
'We sail for London to-morrow,'
aid Absalom Biggs, who was standln'
in tbe doorway with bis bands in bli
pockets. AH tbe Information yon evei
got out of Absalom about his business
was volunteered, so I saved my breath
by ask in' no questions. We sailed with
fair weather and a good breese. All
tbe way over Absalom didn't do any
thing but walk tbe deck with bis bands
In his pockets and a commercial ex
pression on bis face. Did 1 tell you
tbat we didn't unload tbat ram?
"We reached London and Absalom
put on his best store suit to go up to
see the foreign secretary. He put one
leg of bis trousers outside bis boot and
one inside, 'for I don't know,' he says,
bow tbe foreign secretary has bis'n.'
You see, Absalom Biggs could carry
water on both shoulders about as well
as anybody. We bad to pass about
twenty secretaries and assistant secre
taries, and every blessed one of 'em
had an objection, but Absalom out
maneuvered all of 'em. Tbe foreign
secretary was slttln' In a chair as If it
bad been built up around him. 'What
do you want? said be, looktn' at bis
watch. Termlsslon,' says Absalom,
to catch Wally Bo Logn and his canny
bals." 'You bare it,' said the secretary,
'and if you are successful ber Majesty
will be pleased to extend to you ber
grateful thanks and gracious commen
dation.' 'And what might tbat com
bination be worth? asked Absalom
Biggs. Ten thousand pounds,' said tba
secretary, shortly. When we bad a
note to that effect we left.
"So we sailed down the African const
witb a cargo part of rum and part of
water. We had 110 firearms. 'Amniy
n it ion,' said Absalom, 'costs money.' I
didn't understand his plan. Once after
a trader had tried to do business and
Wally Bo Logn at the same time with
rum. but that sly old chnp ate the
trader first and drank bis rum after
ward. 'Business before pleasure,' re
marked Wally Bo Logn.
"We went Inshore nt night by the
daik of tbe moon aud while the heath-
tu was sleepiu' we lightered tbat mm
to land. Aud then at daybreak we
stood off. There along the beach, stood
barrel after barrel of rum. Aud every
barrel had a spigot and a bright new
tin cup. chained fast, "for tin cups cost
money.' was what Absalom said.
"The heathen came down to look at
the. brig and speculate about the
chances for breakfast; the tin cups
caught their eye, and then, pretty sooti,
the rum caught them. Absalom stood
on the upper deck and watched theui:
'They're strong In the body but weak
In the bead.' Then he went down be
low aud read his 'Pilgrim's Progress'
aud 'Guide to Wealth.'
"In the afternoou Absalom Biggs sur
veyed the scene agaiu. He seemed
kind of pleased. Aud. finally, when
Wally lUt Logu got bis marine cup
jammed do u over bis eyes and tils
lieutenant's sword tangled up witb his
legs an 1 sat dowu to uumix himself,
Absalom ordered out the boats. 'Take
care of all of them that can't take care
of themselves,' kindly said he. By
nightfall we had all tbe heathen care
fully stowed below.
" 'These are your instructions: Keep
the brig out of sight of land until fur
ther notice.' And Absalom went back
to bis 'Guide to Wealth.'
"We sailed up and we sailed down.
We tacked this way and that, and
roamed around at our own free will.
One more order we had from Absalom:
'All you need give tbe savridges is
plenty of water and room to play. No
rum,' he added, absent-mindedly, 'for
rum costs money.' And then I beard
him chuckle again and say: They're
strong in the body, though weak in tbe
bead.'
"Well, we went on a-sailln. And
Absalom consulted me just once more.
'WUat do you know about 'rlthiuetieal
retrogression?' be asked me. I was
youug lu those days almost young
I'limu'd to Know everytnlng and, nav.
in' the canuybals on my mind. I an
swered up smartly: Tbe water Is a
leetle brackish, but the harbor is fair
and there are plenty of palms. It
hadu't any inhabitants tbe last time I
was there.' 'Never mind,' be said; 'if
you take 700 and divide it in two, and
then every four days cut your Aggers
down one-half, how long'U it be until
you have only one? Beln'a little weak
on Bggero, I said nothing. And then ha
fell to clphertn.
"After that Absalom didn't seem to
take any Interest in our cargo. He
usually stayed In the cabin -and read.
And the Keep Mum kept sailln 'on,
sometimes toward tbe pole. It didn't
seem to make any difference to Absa
lom whether ber canvas from skysalls
to courses was spread to a spanktn'
breeze or napped idly in a dead ca'ni.
"But finally, one day after be had
held a deep consultation with tbe al
manac, our course was laid for Lon
don. The morning we went up the
Thames Absalom's interest in our targj
came to life. He lifted up the hatch,
careless like, and after a bit Wally Bo
Logn's black bead appeared. Now,
through livln' witb and on mission
aries Mr. Bo Logn could speak En
glish. 'We're goin' ashore,' said Absa
lom. To eat f asked Wally Bo Logn.
"tea' replied Absalom, and Wally nod
ded bis head. So we disguised him
with a linen duster that fitted blra rath
er soon, and added some other clothes
by way of adornment; then up went we
to the foreign secretary. Between
you'n me, he's a better man to do busi
ness with tliau tbe lord high admiral.
tiot liavln' so many titles. The first
assistant to sometbin' stood In tbe
doorway with his nose tilted skyward.
'We've business with tbe secretary,
said Absalom. 'And what might your
business lie? said bis highness, witb
considerable seoru. 'Eat,' said Wally
lto Logn. and be smiled at hira witb
his meet you-at-the-messrootn smile,
and bis highness Just shrank Into notb
iu'. Then we steered for tbe secre
tary's office, and found him at home
witb the same big chair around him.
" -What do you want? be said, frown
in. And then Mr. Bo Logn and tbe
secretary sized each Other Up, for they
war two of a kind.
" 'Allow me,' said Absalom Biggs, to
introduce to you Wally B. Logn, kinj
of tbe Guinny cannibals.'
" 'And where are tbe rest of tbe
tribe? asked the secratarv, ImpaUenOj,
Then Absalom drew himself top fa
his foil height and made bis best, beet
bow. They're strong lu tbe body
tbongb weak In tbe bead. They're la
him,' said Absalom Biggs.
Just then tbe waiter at the cook
house sounded bis sheet Iron snppei
call and tbe patriarch rose stiffly,
scraping bis pipe. "It's supper time,
boys." bs said. San Francisco Argonaut.
Second Htory Show Wladows.
A new feature of commercial enter
prise Is tbe second story show window.
This Is not only made possible, but Im
perative on account of tbe loop of tbe
elevated roads, and already many of
tbe down-town merchants are fitting
out their second story windows In re
splendent style. As tbe trains wheel
around the vast loop tbe eyes of the
ladles are cheered and gladdened by
the sight of handsome cloaks marked)
down from $12 to $11.99, and furs, rib
bons, bonnets, dresses and marvelous!
beautiful wax women attired In queen
ly robes stare In on them from the sec
ond story windows all along the route.
This will eventually be more a
branch of down-town display than It is
now, but even now the greatest ears
la taken to make the display as com
plete as It Is on tbe ground floors at
present A trip around the loop will
soon be a swing around the circle of
what Interests the shopper and bargain
hunters and the down-town merchant
on the line of the elevated who has no
second story window display will hove
no need of clerks, for bis store will lw
deserted.
Stores are being remodeled on the
second story to admit of better displays
and tbe second story show window
has come to stay with us In the utmost
splendor and sumptuousneaa.--Chicagt
Chronicle.
He Faspeeted the Cat.
A tradesman, owner of a dog and
cat, bad been In tbe habit of letting bis
dog go to market and buy bis own
meat. Tbe dog would bring tbe meat
home and deposit it somewhere In tbe
store, and when hungry would go and
get It, says tbe Christian Leader. Tbe
cat acquired a habit of stealing its
meat, and tbe dog would lie down near
It, watch for the thief, and when tbe
cat came would drive her away. But
at last be became tired of this busi
ness, carried tbe meat down cellar and
covered It up witb sand. One day tbe
owner of the dog thought be would get
the meat, bring it upstairs, and see
what tbe dog would do. After taking
a nap the dog went down in the cel
lar. In search of bis meat, and com
menced digging as usual, but there was
no meat to be found. He laid himself
down a minute, as If In thought, and
then ruslfed upstairs, and, spying the
rat. "went for her." and chased ber all
around the store as closely as a pollc
officer In pursuit of a thief.
Dea'seee Cannot be CureJ
hy local aiilication. as they cannot reach th
riiteaned i orli u of the e;tr. There is unly ots
wny to ui'e rti-afiiees, aint that in liy euiistiiu
t'lituki remedies Deainess in cauicd by au lu
ll tuied condition of tli mucous lining tit Iks
Kustncliita 'i titie. When this tube gets ie
tl tne-d 011 liMve ft rumbling sound or lu.per
Ivt Inuring, aud wnen it is entirely clowu
le. nrss is tli 1 result, and unless tlie inUam
lnalio icin l.o ik. n out nnd thU tube re
Mored o I s nor iih! c ondition, heaiiie; will be
dtutroteJ forev.-r Nine rases out of ten aie
li1" 1 1'',,"r,'b. which is uothiiig but an
Vi- c-iiiiltttoii of the inueoil surfaces.
v o will irive tine Hundred llo'l-m tor ny
cae nf Deifties (caused by catarrh) that can-u-.t
b . un-.l by Hull's Catarrh Cure. send tor
C.rculara, free.
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Fold by Tlrnuvi t. 7.x-.
iiall'e family fills are the best.
The largest farm iu the wor d U ia
the southwestern part of Louisiana. It
extends 100 miles north and sou'b
and 25 miles east aud west. It was
bout lit iu 1SS3 by a syndicate of
NVrtbern capitalist, by whom it is
still operated. The fencing is said to
have ctt $50,000. Rice, sugar, corn
and col on are raised.
Joor try s 10c. t ax nf Ca-verets. the finest
liver ana bowel regulator ever made.
Miss C. H. Lippincott, cf Minneapo
lis, has tbe largest exclusively flower
8!td business in the United States.
She ia tbe pioneer woman in the busi
ness, which she entered ten years ago.
Wft.To.Bae for stfty reals
Orer 400 uuo curat. Why not let Nu-Te-Bnt
regulate or remove your draire for tobacco
Bares moner, m ike health and man boo 1
I, are guaranteed. 10 cento sad SLUD. at al
druKKista,
The Metropolitan Street Railway
Company of New York ia about to
equip the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth
avenue lines with tbe underground
trolley system.
fUo't Cure for Consumption has Do equal as a
CooiiKh medicine. F. M. A bbott, 3s3 Senecs
St., Buffalo, N. Y May 9, ISM.
The number of volumes circulated by
the free libraries of New York City
during the year is estimated at 1,500, -
000. Yet last year these Institutions
received only $05,000 from the city
treasury.
l'iC4rM ttimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never alckea, weaken or gripe; 10c.
Next May will witness the twenty-
Gfth anniversary of the Pope's entrance
into the Third Order of St. Francis.
lie was at the time Cardinal Pecchi,
and was received into the order at
Verona.
FlTsitnpped Dee ami permanenue rareO. No
fit after Ami day's use of 1k. Kline' ubsit
ftiavx KaSToasH. rree ? trial Dome ana ireat-
bj Send to lr. Kline, lui Area St., fiuuv. fa.
Of all the cities New York has tbe
largest number of Irish, 190,418; of
Germans, 210,723; of Russians, 48,790:
snd of Italians, 39,951. The children
born of foreign parents in this country
are not included.
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AKCtf ST.. fHlLA., PA. aae at once: no
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noun a. M. to i r. m
A balloon was sent rp from Berlin
in 1895 equipped with self-registering
thermometers and barometers. It cam
down in Bosoia with the instruments
in good condition. Tbe barometer
registered an elevation of 53,872 feet,
and tbe thermometer a temperature ol
52 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
When billons or eos lve. eat a Cascaret, candy
cathartic; cure guaranteed loc, 25o.
From 1837 to 1697 the population ol
London increased from 1,700,000 tc
5,000,000-
Vr-. Win-low's Footblnf Syrup (or children
titling. K.lunt the gums, reduce IDBamma
llou, allays lalu. cures wind coile &a a IkiiUj
The most expensive stamps for col
lectors ara those of Mauritius and
Hawaii.
If afflicted with tore eyes use Or. Isaac Thomp
son's tie Water. Crusctsts sell at 25c per botUs
Boiled alligator flesh tastes very muck
like vesL It is much eaten in India.
Bt. VttnV Dance. One bottle Dr. Fnoeri
Specific cures. Circular. Fredonla, ti. Y.
A pound of phosphorus
1.000,000 matches.
Expensive Oratltside. .
In one of the Western States an ex
citing murder trial was In progress. It
happened tbat the attorney for the de
fense had In bla employ a colored lor
ter, who naturally became very much
interested In tbe case.
When the Jury retired, he awaited
their return with feverish Impatience.
At last, after several hours, they oarov
in with a verdict of "Not gu'lty." At
the announcement the negro's self -con
trol deserted him entirely, and he tried
out. Thank de Lord."
Tbe Judge immediately called him up
and lined him ten dollars for contempt
of court. The poor fellow was nearly
scared to death, but after be re overed
from bis fright be remarked, "Dl beab
am a funny country when you bab to
pay ten dollars for thankln' de Lord.'
Wfcea Qneea Victoria Was a OlrU
Even queens most learn from expe
rience. When Queen Victoria was a
little girl she was once paying a visit
to a nobleman, and In walking around
tbe grounds ran on In advance of the
royal party. One of the gardeners told
the little princess that tbe path she
wss walking on was very "slape."
"Slape, slape r said she. "and pray
what Is 'slape? "
Tbe man explained that "slape"
meant slippery.
Bnt, not heeding tbe warning, tbe
little girl went along the path and fell
down. Seeing what had happened, tbe
uobleman said to ber:
"Now, your royal highness has an ex
planation of the tar in 'slape.' "
"Yea. my lord," sTie replied, "I think
I have. I shall never forget tbe word
'slape.' "
"What do you think Is the matter
with her, doctor?" "Appendicitis, I
think." "For heaven's sake, don't tell
ber. She would die with Joy If shs
thought she bad such a fashionable dis
ease." Cincinnati Record.
"Mr. Henpeck," said the doctor, after
examination, "I fear your wife's mind
Is gone." "That doesn't surprise me,"
said the poor man; "she has been giv
ing me a piece of It every day for ten
years." Memphis Scimitar.
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THE PAPER.
Qnalmt 8av7taaja and Cnte Doings of the
Uttl Folks Everywhere, Gathered
4 Printed Here for AU Other lit
Urn Oaves to Head.
The Waif.
Just s lonely little maiden from the city's
dust snd best,
A homeless, lonely little waif with bins
eyes sad and sweet;
No father's hand with thoughtful ears ths
little life had blessed,
No mother's touch of love had a'er ths
tang-led hair caressed.
Her ears had heard sin's blasphemies, her
cheeks bad felt its blows.
And In ths wide, wide city shs had lived
Juat how, God knows.
But now, oat to the country kind hearts
had planned tbe way
She rode to breathe the summer breath a
fortnight and a day.
Oh, joy of all that Journey! and sweeter
Joy to come
When Farmer Stebbins took her to his
pleasant upland home.
The wide, old-fashioned wagon was
chariot with wings.
And the big house on the hillside looked
grander than a king's.
An the beaming bliss of aunahine, all the
woodland's song and stir.
All the bloom of rural beauty was para
dise to her.
And the hum of bees that wandered in tbe
daisy fields all day
Was muaic of another world tbat stole her
heart away.
She knew the spreading maple that tbe
robins loved tbe best.
She found the clump of grasses where the
ground bird hid its nest.
And when the wind at evening whispered
thro' the orchard boughs
She went with Farmer Stebbins to help
drive home the cows.
And when, at quiet bedtime, witb touch
of tender care
Kind Mother Stebbins' gentle band brush
ed back the tangled hair.
One little heart with bappiuess was full
and running o'er.
One littlo soul was filled with love till it
could hold no more.
Too soon the visit ended, the parting time
drew nigh.
She kissed kind Mother Stebbins, bid the
birds and bees cood-by.
And climbed Into tne wagon witb Ita wide,
old-fashioned seat.
Once more a homeless little waif with blue
eyes sad and sweet.
But when they reached the station and
heard the whistle's blast,
Around the fanner's sunbrowned neck
two little arms clung fnst.
"Don't send me back! Don't send me!"
the sobbing creature said.
And Farmer Stebbius swallowed bard,
then bent his bushy head.
And soft unloosed the clinging arms and
put the grieved child down;
lie stooped and kissed the tear-stained
face and smoothed tbe bair of
brown;
And then the long train sped away
around a distant hill.
But a happy brown-haired maiden stays
with Farmer Stebbins still.
Sheldon C. Stoddard, in Youth's Com
panion. A Scheme for Koto Who rkate.
In Russia skating is even more popu
lar as a winter spovc that It Is In this
country. Beautiful skating parks and
(Kinds are maintained In all of the
larger towns and cities, where they are
used almost constantly. As a resu.c
they soon become rough, cut by the
sharp edges of the skates.
To remedy this difficulty a clever
Russian has invented sn Ice-roller, hol
low Inside and so arranged that a roar
ing fire can be kept burning within,
thus beating the iron surface. As this
roller passes over the ice the roughness
is smoothed down, and the surface Is
soon frozen clear and even again.
Some of our boys who have skating
ponds might try this scheme.
Game of Taste-Testing.
Ton think you know the taste of
things, don't you? Well, let me tell
you that If It were not for your nose
you could not tell a good many things
apart, so far as your taste goes. A
great deal of what you call the taste of
a thing Is Its smell. You can't quite be
lieve this? Prove It for yourselves.
Tbe trial makes it a capital game, as
described by the Jenness Miller Month
ly. Get mother to give yon some raw
oatmeal, some licorice, chocolate, ap
ples, as many different things as she
can think of that do not taste a bit
alike. Then blindfold first one and
then another of your party, and let
each one who Is blindfolded hold his
or her nose very tightly, so that It Isn't
possible to smell things, and then let
tome one give him or ber first one thing
and then another to taste. It Is good
fun to give a little prize, perhaps one
of your hocky sticks. Jack, or one of
vour dolls. Polly, to the boy or girl who
guesses the most names or Tbe things.
provided for the game of testing ths
taste. Tell mother that this Is very
good fun for a grown-up people's game,
too.
A Bottle of Famous Tea.
Next time you read about the Bos
ton tea party In which our forefathers
threw the English tea Into Boston har
bor. It will make the story more real to
yon to snow tnat some or this tea la
still preserved In Massachusetts. The
State Historical Society has a big bot
tle of It and several of the old families
of Dorchester have small packages of
It and they are very proud of them.
too.
Yon see. the tea was aenr tn flow.
Hutchinson and there was so mnch of
It thrown overboard tbat It floated
down the river and the next morning
some of It Was recovered hv nonnln
along the shore who found it floating
perfectly dry In the boxes, and they
preserved packager of It as mementos.
Tbe old house In Boston In which the
Sons of Liberty disguised themselves
as Indiana for tbe purpose of going to
-ne tea party was owned by John
Hancock and It still stands lust aa It
was when they came wbooDlnir out of
It In 1773.
A boat m Wise rat.
There Is In the Treasury Department
at Washington a cat that understands
English perfectly. His name Is Tom,
and when addressed he will quickly
respond, even waking out of a sound
sleep jp g,tward the speaker. Some
times, td'eonfuse him, ths clerks will
sing oat nm ward or words to which
the syllable Tom is eamhaAised. and to
tbat be paja no attention. But-Jet any
one ea.'MTosB, lfs dinner timer and
forthw3i he walks acrsaa ths room.
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claws It down, and comes bringing It
In his mouth. Tom Is passionately
fond of music At the cry of "Hsnd or
gao!" be climbs to a high window seat,
but at ths words "Here a defT' he
aader a desk.
TRUMPET CALLS.
Wenralaaj Hots)
to tha tlstrodeosV.
f-ptHEBB are al
ways lures pres
ent when two ef
God's children
meet
Makslt right
to sell whisky,
and nothing else
can bo wrong.
Every mam
who thinks he
can deceirs God
has already de
ceived himself.
Ths man who minds his own busi
ness will always have something to do.
Step where God tells yon to, and you
will And your foot planted on the rock.
The prayer that comes from a broken
heart goes straight to tbe heart of God.
The more grateful we are for oar
blessings, the smaller oar trials will
look.
If God gives us much to do or endure
It means that be will also glv as much
grace.
If we do too much for onr children
they will never be able to do much for
themselves.
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It Is bard to convince some preach
ers tbat they are not needed most
where tbe pay Is the best.
It would puzzle an angel to make out
what some people mean when they
say, "Thy kingdom come."
Heaven's windows are still waiting
to fly open for the man who will take
the last tithe to the storehouse.
There Ib nothing In tbe Bible to en
courage anybody in thinking tbat he
can be saved by bis own good works.
The preacher whose only usefulness
lies in bis ability to cure Insomnia In
bis bearers, has misunderstood bis call.
There Is much praying done In pub
lic and private tbat falls short of a
genuine calling on the name of the
Lord.
Men have no patience with the man
who fails at a vital point, but God
bears with blm, and gives him another
chance.
One of the biggest fools In the world
Is the man who "hlnks tbe devil won't
get him because bis wife belongs to
church.
Many a man who begins what be
considers a promising journey In the
Jericho road, meets the robbers at tbe
first bend.
There Is something wrong with tbe
man who goes home from church mad,
whenever tbe preaching ia aimed
squarely at tbe face of sin.
REMAIN UNCHANGED.
Goldbeatera' Tools and Cooks' Caps aa
Ther Were in Ancient Times.
In almost every kind of trade known
to man tbe years have brought mani
fold charges In the way of tools, Im
proved machinery, advanced Ideas aa
to tbe manipulation of material and
numberless aids from the fields of
science, the workshop of the chemist,
the Inventor and the artist. But there
Is one trade In which no advance has
been made and that Is in tbe goldbeat
er's trade. The same tools and the
same appliances are used now as In tbe
days" when Solomon built his temple
and tbe art flourished In ancient times.
When Tyre and Sldon ruled the seas,
when Carthage disputed with Rome tbe
supremacy of the world, the goldbeat
ers of those days worked with the same
implements as those used nowadays.
It Is a very singular thing that in all
this endless change, this rearranging
and shifting, tbe goldbeaters' trade
should still be conducted on Its ancient
basis and stand primitive in relations
to the other trades and arts that have
progressed so steadily and importantly.
Another curious feature of the trades is
the badge of the cook's cap. It Is tbe
same cap nowadaya as the cap worn
by the cooks who served up nightin
gales' brains for Lucullua, Vltellius and
the Roman epicures. The cooks of the
days of Shakspeare, of Charlemagne,
of all ancient time, wore tbe same
shaped headgear the Inevitable cook's
cap that the chef of a fashionable mod
ern hotel wears. The times change and
people change with them, but In this
labyrinthian moving and changing it
must be remembered that there still
exist two symbols sent down through
the ages as they were in the beginning.
Smartness Accounted For.
In these days of new and Improved
educational methoda It Is not surpris
ing that the children are becoming
wiser than tnelr fathers.
Up In the North Carolina mountains.
says tbe Washington Star, an old man
has a cabin which Is a resort for hunt
ers. He has a grandchild of whom he
la very proud. She Is a pretty, golden
haired girl and a pet of the hunters,
who warm the cockles of the old man's
heart by singing her praises.
On a recent trip one of the h outers,
after a little skirmish with the child,
went out to the old man, who waa do
lng some work about the cabin, aiad
aid:
"I say, grandpop, Nellie la smarter
than ever."
"Yes," responded the old man, proud
ly. "When she was In the city a-vlslt-in'
of her aunt ahe went to one of those
McKlnley-garten schools and learned
a heap."
American Pee Are BmalL
American women will be gratified to
learn that an experienced Parisian
saleswoman considers that after ths
women of Madrid, Pern and Chill they
have tbe smallest feet of any nation In
the world. The best shaped feet lu
Northern Europe are in Sweden.
If yon want your grave kept In order,
be good to an old maid before you die.
It requires some courage to be a true
friend.
Mrs. Callipers (with a rising Inflee
tlon) My dear? Mr. Callipers Well?
Mrs. Callipers Why is It that if a man
has a peculiarity he calls it eccentricity
and if bis neighbor has the same thing
he calls it tomfoolery? Truth.
"Doeo your hoaband still call yea pet
names r' "Yes," said tha wife of a
year; "yea, he does. But ha does so
with a little too much ease, I think. It
sort of sounds aa If It were more the
result of practice than the expression
of oadytng affsottoa," Ptilladbjhia
Odd Vlsltlna Cards.
No doubt you've all heard the story
of the Indian rajah who sent a big
ehwhant as a visiting card to his friend,
l aboring rajah. Cards aost M
remarkable aa this one have been man
ufactured in Germany. They are of
olid iron, although thsy do not took
so much different from ordinary can
ing cards. Several of the great manu
facturers have had Iron rolled in very
thin sheets and then cut Into card alzea
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MRS. PISXHAM'S STANDING INVITATION,
s- i mm M. form of female weakness are invited to promptly
cdmiuirclte w tS Mrs. Pinkham at
nnened read and answered Dy women umjr. " -J ,
Private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence be
tween Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken.
Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from it Is more
than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your
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case. She asus noming m
relieved thousands. Surely any woman, ricn or pour. "
L take advantage of this generous offer of assistance.-Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
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to keep house nor run a print shop without
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son who was to use them. Some of ths
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an Inch thick. Those used by Baron
Krnpp. the great gunmaker, are one
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thick.
Did aay of you ever bear of odder
visiting cards?
Maine has a state photographer.
Women,
And Consider the All-Important Fact,
That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are con
fiding your private ills to a woman a woman
whose experience in treating woman's
diseases IS greater una mat 01 any iiv
lng physician male or female.
You can tallc ireeiy to a woman
when it is revolting to relate your
private troubles to a man besides,
a man does not understand simply
Decause 110 is a iumi,
Many women suffer in silence and
drift along from bad to worse, know
ing full well that they ought to hare
immediate assistance, but a natural
modesty impels them to shrink from
exposing themselves to the questions
and probably examinations of even
their family physician. It is unneces
sary. Without money or price you
can consult a woman, whose
-- knowledge from actual experi
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