OIDER-MAKINQ TIME. f I The dear old cider-makin' time has coma aronnd agin, I An' I feel so awful tickled that it seems! almost a sin; Fer onct I heard the preacher say, witi face twelve inches long: "When little chaps gits tickled, they's surely sumthin' wrong." Bat I can't help bain' happy when I seel j Jlst breaking down with apples, an' I, Mi tfce kturmiia' Wea Gettin' jist so drunk an cider that they (tether everywhere. That they stagger in the flyin' and wabble through the air. No matter what the preacher says, M surely is a crime Fer boys to not be tickled in the cider makin' time. Oh, it's fun to git up airly on the cider makin' day! The air'a so stimulatin it drives the blues An nukn a feller go about a singin' eT'rjwhere With heart so light and happy that ht doesn't think of care. It' fun to bring the applet) them big, red northern apies. That make nuch jolly dumplia's and big, fat, juioy pies, Am' the ruaaets an' the pippins, some sweet an' others sour Oh, I lore to set an' smell 'em, an taste 'em by the hour. Then the grind iu' of the apples is a mighty pleasant sound. When some other feller's muscles makes the heaTy wheel go round; An' the drippin' an' the pourin' of the cider in the tub. When they put the pressure on it, is purty rub-a-dub. At last we git the barrel full, an' then we have to stop An' turn it on its bosom with the bnng hule on the top. Then conic the sweetest pleasure that m-rtul ever saw. Of snckin' hallelujah through the bung hole with a straw. I know yon'll forgive nie for borin' you with rhyme, Fer I feel so awful jolly in the cider matin' time. A DINNER DIALOGUE. When I entered the drawing room Mrs. Treguntcr smiled on me quite amiably. I wondered why, until I re membered that the Morning Post had a parngraph n my uncle's Illness. "I want you to take down Molly," she said, graciously. I crossed to Molly at once, but she would not look nt me. I ventured to remind her of my presence. "Oh. It's you. Is it?" she remarked, pensively. "Yes. you've got to go down to dinner with iuo." She heaved a sigh. 'Ta that quite polite?" I asked, re proachfully. She flashed a glance at me. "Life Is a continual pairing," she observed, standing np and shaking her draperies Into becoming folds; "and so seldom with the right man." "That is the comedy of life," I re marked. "And what Is the tragedy?" "Having no partner at nil." I Indi cated Miss Allemand. the governess, who was following alone. "Poor dear.'" said Molly. "I will re linquish you to her." But I declined firmly. "I am afraid of governesses." I said, explanatorily. "It was a governess who wrecked my yountr life." did she do?" asked Molly, seri ously. "Phe declined to elope with me." Molly withdrew her arm. "I fear you are a dreadul person." 'T was only 14." I put In hastily. We hud taken our places at the table. I like a w hile shoulder, but whit shoul der for two courses is too much. "Is It quite fair to devote yourself solely to Sir Thomas?" I ventured to ask. "He says such clever things." She flung the words beamingly over her sleere. "You mean to insinuate " I began, crossly. "Norhiug at all." "I dn't think Miss Allemand has brought you up at all nicely." "What do you mean?" she said, turn ing on me suddenly with a very severe face. "O. nothing at all." "Ton are very stupid." "That isn't the way to speak to your ma's guests." She scrutinized me. "I don't see what that girl could see in you," she murmured. "What girl?" I queried eagerly. She shook her head. "I oughtn't to have said that." "But you did say It! And I Insist on bearing to whom you referred." She pouted. "Will you promise not to te!l?" she replied after a little pause, her face suddenly lighting' up with a roguish smile. "I prtiniise." I watched the dimple growing on her cheek. She gave a little burst of laugh ter. "Milly Vandyke was here this after noon." "Oh." I sipped some champagne. "She is my dearest friend." "How nice of her!" "We have no secrets from one anoth er." said Molly, becoming very serious. 'Haven't you?" My mind rushed bel ter skelter through the past. Molly kept her bright eyes on mine, and I saw the dimple come and go. "She tells me everything." Her smile deepened. "Really?" I said, fidgeting. "At'oOR Henley, for instance." I lookefe at her for a moment. She nodded gravely. "It isn't true- upon my honor it isn't." I felt I was reddening. "And what you said!" "I asitre I didn't." "And v.ii.lt voti did." The Blue and the Gray. Both men and women are apt to feel a little I blue, when the gray hairs begin to show. It's a very natural feeling. In the normal condition ' of things gray hairs belong to advanced age. ( They have no business whitening the head of man or woman, who has not begun to go down the slope of life. , As a matter of fact, ( thp hair turns gray regardless of age, or of life's seasons ; sometimes it is whitened by sickness, but more often from lack of care. ( When the hair fades or turns gray there's no need to resort to hair dyes. The normal color of the hair is restored and retained by the use of (; J Ayer's Hair Vigor. Ayer's Curebook. "a story of cures told by the cured." loo pages, free. J. C Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. . -l aeny ' "It's all right," ".Id Molly, mum! tngly. "She's Yery fond of you." I- gasped. "I don't care two ptn: ibout Ut-r." "How can you eay so?" aslied Molly, reproachfully, "after all that has occur red between you." "Nothing has occurred," I cried de ipairingly. ' "Aud the letters you have written." . "I never wrote any letters." "I have read them." "She had no right to show yon those letters." "Oh, but I assure you It was in strict eoniidence." "I don't remember in the least what 1 laid." "I do," she struck in quickly. "Yet laid your heart was a boat moored in Ihe light of her eyes, and " "Hush." I looked round apprehen sively. "I thought it so pretty," went on Mol ly. "And then there was that poem be ginning " "Do you want me to scream?" She laughed again. It Is strange that a weak woman should rejoice in a itrous t;::in's agony. "Of course I don't care for her." I said boldly, trying to make a stand. Mo!!y pursed her lips. "Of course I flun't believe that." "But you must believe it," I cried, desperately. "I only flirted a little witl her at Henley because " "Becr.use?" "Well, you weren't there, you know." ."Oh, Indeed!" She looked at me se verely. "You mean you would have flirted with me instead If I had been there?" "Not flirted," I said, weakly. "AVhat do you mean?" "If you had been there I wouldn't have looked at her." "Oh, indeed," repeated Molly. "It was only in fun. Bhe knew tt wa only in fun." That dimple began to dawn again. "Oh, no, she doesn't," she responded tnyly. ".She thinks you are In earnest." "Nonsense," I cried. "She told me so. She told me thai you had practically proposed." "You are teasing me," I said crossly. "Am I indeed? Wait and see." "It can't be true. Say it isn't true." She gave another little burst of laugh ter. I "Of course you don't mind," I said. bitterly! "though it was all your fault." "My fault!" cried Molly. "Well, of all the " "Why weren't you at Henley then?" I asked. "Y'ou see what you have dono." "I take no responsibility," said Mol ly, hotly. "Good gracious, if I had to be responsible for you!" "I wish you would," I said earnestly. "It'9 no use talking," said Molly "You must face the music." "Why didn't you tell her I was en pn ged?" "What, another of them!" cried Mol ly. loo!;!t! serious. "Yon know what I moan. From the way you speak one might imagine I was a flirt." "I'm yes." murmured Molly. "The truth Is there wasn't a decent looking girl nt Henley, except " "Except Milly," remarked Molly, sar castically. "Well, she Isn't bad looking in the moonlight." Molly turned her head away a tr!Q disdainfully. "You must save me from her," I said after a pause. "How can I do that?" "You must tell her I am already en gaged." "To whom?" asked Molly, her color rising slightly. "To the only girl I love." Molly's eyes were fixed on her plate. "Her name?" she asked in a low voice. "Surely you can guess," I whispered. Her color deepened. "Please don't be absurd." "It is the only way." ".-ionsense." "Hut 1 tell you it Is. I won't marry her." "Perhaps she wouldn't have y-ou.i' sh r-r.id with a mischievous look in net eyes. "P.ut you sal 1 " "I was only vasing you." "Ke.illy?" I cried with a sudden senst of relief. Molly toyed with a grape. "She cam to uie to say that soiuelKMly else hai proposed to her aud to ask my advice." "Well?" "I advised ber to " "Yes?" "crept the other man." "VoHy, you dear girl!" "So It won't be necessary for you ti get engMged to any one else," she wen' on. looking down. "Molly, yon know I love you." "Hush." she whisjiered. "Won't you? O Molly, you must." She turned and smiled. "What a sill) boy it is!" "I consider we are engaged." Uj great luck I caught one of her hands liepeath the table cloth. "There's the signal; I must go," sal' Molly, luutlly. ":;ay Just one word," I urged. "lo you know the little conserve tory?" she murmured, pushing bad her cbnir. 1 opened the door. A she went ou' I en tight her eye; she blushed divinely -I iek-Ke l'p. Silk an a Baromdter. SI'.k dresses rustle much more loudl) In dry weather, because they are al most devoid of moisture, and the fric tion between their folds is consider ab'.e. When rain is impending. th silks absorb a portion of the molsrurt and become more silent. What has become of the old fashlonei .;:.;an who sewed her boy's waist os .; order to keep him from getting it oil : swiniminuV INCURABLE DISEASES. THE LIST DECREASES AS THE KNOWL EDGE OF SCIENCE INCREASES. 4tcrr af a Mas. Wha Was Given ta Uie by Keveit Pbjraietatna -He Fol lows the Advioa of a Frlead aad Is 'w a Well Maa A Wonderful Story. From the Leader, Morrimille, If. Y. "Yonder is a man," said the farmer to reporter, "who is tha talk of this commu nity." "Ha Is Mr. WflUasi Wnsfca , a Booth Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y.," a well-to-do farmer, who is well known and stands high for honesty and thrift in this neigh borhood. On the following day the newspaper man railed on Mr. Woodman in his comfortable, old -fashioned farm house. "I have had serious thoughts of writing an account for the newspapers myself," piiid Mr. Woodman, "but as I am not ae uustouied to such work, I have never at tempted it. Sit down and I will tell yon all about it. "I am fifty-nine years old. I contracted rheumatism when only fourteen years of age, then a severe cold .from over exertion and from becoming over heated. Sly father was a farmer and insisted tiiat the only way to make me strong was to do plenty of bard work. When, however, he saw me helpless in bed for six long months withont being abletosiovs exc-f t with help, he changed bis mind, and forever after believed that children should not be made to do men's w'rk. My growth was stopped by suffer ing, and I do not think I am an inch taller than that day, forty-live years ago. Dur ing the forty years ensuing after my mis fortune, I was attended by seven doctors. I received temporary relief at times, from new forms of treatment, but always re 'apsed into a worse and more aggravated condition. The conclusion of ad these gentlemen was that I was incurable, and all they could do was to ease my condition. After I grew to manhood I married and have been blessed with a family. Sly dear wife has bad all the drudgery of nursing and waiting upon me, and the burden has been indeed hard to bear. "Without hope from physieians I began to take Dr. Williams' rink Pills, which was itghly recommended by my friends. I took them and within one week began to faei better than 1 had since I was first afflicted. I took these pills according to directions, and when the box was nearly gone I went over to Brook Held to an old friend who was in the drug business, named Dr. Aure lius Fitch, who likewise was a great suffer er from rheumatism. The dor-tor and I or dered several boxes of Pink Pills in part nership, he from that time keeping them onsale. Well, I continued to take them according to directions for the next three years and steadily improved, gaining ilesn and strentli. until two years ago I was able to discontinue them, and now am as able bodied a man of my years as yuu will Hud. I ought to tell you that after I or dered the II rst box of pills the physician who was then attending me came in and I told him what I was doing. He said I was very foolish, that they wonld surely injure me. and it was his duty to tell me so. I told the doctor that I might as well die as to drag out a miserable existence, and so, notwithstanding his warnings, continued to take the pills. Thnnk Uod the doctor was not able to dissuade me, for to them I now ascribe all the comfort and happinrss I have in this world. I have recommended them to hundreds of people since I was cured, and in every case they have been ellective, not only in rheumatism but in numerous other disorders, especially im poverishment of the blood, heart trouble and kidney disease. "I certify the above statement to be true, and if necessary will swear to the same be fore a Notary Public." William Woodhax. When Mr. Woodman had signed and de livered the above paper to the reporter, he said: "If I were you I would go and call on Sir. Amos Jaquays. at Columbus Centre, to whom I recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for aggravated kidney disease. He is now in perfect health. I have no doubt he will be giud to testify to the efficacy of the nn:e.ly that cured him." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and riejiness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They arc for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. Y., for 50o. per box, or six boxes for t2.50. Salesman Do you want to have your goods sent by any particular express? Customer Certainly, If you can find a particular express. I can't. Koxbury Uazelte. Old Bullion WhatI Tou wish to marry my daughter? She is a mere uehool girl yet Suitor Yes, sir. I ;ama early to avoid the rush New York Weekly. With these bacilli in a kiss. With caution rare, they say. She kept a spray of mistletoe To shoo the genus away. Washington Star. "By George, if I were In your place," said the officious friend, "I'd apply for a divorce." "I'd like to," admitted Mr. Peck, "but she won't let nie." In dianapolis Journal. Mistress I can't say that you weri Always respectful, Bridg-et; still I will put it in the recommendation. Bridget Thank you, ma'am. An' I'll sny the same thing uv you. Truth. He Tes; I was out slelghlnfr. And froee all my fingers. She (who wasn't along! I don't see how a young man can get the fingers on both bands fro ten. Indianapolis Journal. Miss Passee I understand you do handsome work and make very pretty pictures. Photographer Yes, miss; bui I could make a natural likeness of you, If you prefer It. Philadelphia Record. "How did Miss .Tones become a liter ary success so suddenly?" "Oh. she hit on such a charming idea she wrote ona chapter of a novel and let the public gueaa the other forty-nine." Chicago Record. Chappie I'm really deuced anxious to know what the new woman Is going to do this leap year. Miss Cutting Dont worry. They won't be likely to trouble anyone but the men. New Yori Herald. What have you in the past year won That you at others' faults should scoff' Yu find that in the year you'vo done Host all things that you swore off. Judge. "This talk of war Is absurd, 4sn't It?" I don't know about that," "Do you ! think there Is anything in it?" "Weli, I notice that Ponsonby has quit dyeing his hair, and that he is walking wit a cane!" Chicago Record. Ijorraine Do you like Maaie? She's so terribly brusque! Dora Xo; I can't bear her. Lorraine Then why are you always together? Dora O! Her bad manner brings out my good one mor strongly. Chicago Tribune. Crummer That is the poet Lathe finish. He ta a gTeat advocate of purity. Oilleland Indeed! I don't remember seeing any of his work. Crummer Y'ou certainly must. He writes soap advertisements. Chicago Record. Willey I tell you It's better In the end to be honeat- Did you ever know a rogue who wasn't unhappy? Shalley No; but, then, one would hardly expect n rogue to be happy when be is known ' Pittsburg- Chronicle-Telegraph. "Which do you love most, your papa r your mamma?" Little Charlie I love papa most. Charlie's mother Why. Charlie, I thought you loved me most Charlie Can't help it, mamma. We men must hold together. Philadelphia Times. Needleaon Yes, we think a great deal of that parrot. I wouldn't take a hun dred dollars for him. Pinns He isn't yery handsome, but I suppose he's an excellent talker. "No, he is not much given to talking." "Won't talk? "Can't," Chicago Tribune. Dealer--A diary for ninety -six? Per haps) tails new style will suit you. Cus tomer Rather small, isn't It? Why, it stop wUh January 15! Dealer Yes, it fci rerj compact does away with the unnecessary bulk of paper that yon faf .1ft tae oVa-faened diarie.- TRUMPET CALLS. Bsa's lua Boanda a Warntasr Note to tha Uoredeamed. VERY man has tiger keep It chained. Love sets courage on Are. Opportunities tra vel on wings. Set patience to hiving a balky hnrQA ) A Self-respect Is the V?ioJ-i backbone of man- V ' " hood- i The surest way not to get sympa thy Is to whine for it Wiry Is it that the dollar rings louder than the church bell? The time saved from the table by hurried eating is lost In bed. There Isn't room to draw a line be tween sympathy and succor. The devil is never too busy to rock the cradle of a sleeping saint , Only love for the drunkard makes, righteous hatred of the saloon. Jeaus Christ never tried to cram the ology down an empty stomach. A city's righteous men do more to preserve its peace than its police. The congregation needs to stick as closely to the text as the preacher. Don't talk about a "free salvation" when you mean a cheap salvation. Many a man will fight for his creed, who has no blood to shed for Christ. If we will do all the will of God we know, we will soon know more to do. The man who would lead others, must have the courage to step off alone. Whenever you find an empty whisky bottle, you may expect to find a full man. God was light to the children of Is rael, but a lightning stroke to the Egyptians. The greatest danger in the "danger ous classes." is the danger of classify ing men at all. It is impossible for any man to live for Christ, without first knowing that Christ died for him. Selfishness is a Dead Sea into which all the sweetness poured turns bitter for want of an outlet. When Jesus said, "Let your light so shine," he was talking to those who had light that did shine. More Irreligious persons would at tend preaching, if more of the preach ing was aimed at thein. Unregenerate man is a powder maga line with passion and appetite enough to wreck him, if ignited. A man with splendid abilities that are not consecrated to God, is like a i firs "-class fiddle unstrung. People who don't believe in revivals ! of religion, can't consistently believe in ' washday or house-cleaning. I It is a waste of breath for the mother ' to warn her boys against the cigarette ; while their father is pulling away at a ', Pipe- Trr a Text Roll. The Evening Post tells of "a mother who could hear in the next room every morulng her small son of nine talking to himself as he spelled out the words and added figures, crosswise, up aud down, and in every possible way, of a large calendar that hung directly in front of his bed, who bethought her self of furnishing him better occupa tion. She took down the calendar and put up in its place a good print of the 'Madonna delta Segglola,' this with no word to him of the change. The next morning the little one's voice was still ed, but a noiseless peep into the room showed his eyes glued rapturously to the picture, while about his Hps the hint of a smile betrayed that his ab sorbing Interest was a pleased one. Since then nt intervals his morning picture is changed, not too frequently, for a child demands reiteration, until the boy has become a small connois seur in famous paintings, and his occa sional short visits to an art gallery are a great delight to him because of his matin studies. The first ten minutes of a child's day are a most valuable re ceptive period. The young brain is re- freshed by sleep, unexcited by any of the day's occupations, eager for Im pressions, and peculiarly responsive to their influence." Jupiter's Nesn st Moon. One of the queerest of the heavenly bodies is the satellite that is nearest to Jupiter. Though It is bigger than our moon, its substance Is less than half as light as cork. It Is also believed that It is cut In two; and that instead of one moon, it is really two. and they float ing so close together that the inhabit ants of either hemisphere if there be any inhabitants may almost talk to esxh other. They are. nt least, so close that It may be possible to have arrang ed a telegraph system between the two. Prof. Barnard says if the satellite is not in two parts, there must be a light belt around it. which is very much like that of Jupiter itself. Pittsburg Dispatch. A Famons Pistol. Capt. Wm. P. Hogan'y, of Kansas City. Kan., has in his possession an old dueling pistol which was originally owned by Josef Maria Graf von D'lun, who was comma nc'.er-iu-chlef of the Austrian army during the Seven Years' War, and one of Austria's greatest heroes. The pistol Is In an excellent state of preservation, although it has been little used since its owner in 17.T7 drove Frederick the Great from Prague and forced him to evacuate Bo hemia. Josef had two of these pistols, and after his death one passed to each branch of his family. William Theodore Maria von Dann, a grandson, who was banished from Austria In lS48,"brougit one of them to America, and before ids death at Qulndaro, a few years ago, he gave It to Capt. Hogarty. It Is In laid with gold and silver and artistic ally carved. Capt Hogarty prizes It very highly. He Is himself something of a military hero having been decor ated by Congress for his distinguished bravery In the battles of Ant let am and Fredericksburg hence U is a pleasure to him to own a pistol which wiis carried by such a great military character as Josef Maria Graf von Dann. Kansas City Star. Daar Old Boaton Avaln. Visitor I hear there is sickness next door. Is it contagious? Phillips Oh, not at all, madam; merely contiguous. Truth. It must often impress a father that love will work miradef In a girl's ex travagant tastes. If tt is love for a young man. Instead of love for hex father. When a girl Is preparin? to get mar ried, her friends make as much fuse over her as If she waa going away to a hospital to fee operated on. FOB LITTLE FOLKS. A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN. TEREST TO THEM. ometfclaac that Wilt Inter-eat tha Ju venile M esabcra of Every Houaehold Quaint Actions aad Bright gayinga of Many Cate and Cnaalas Children. rhme of Nsnnnacr, Do you want to hear the chimes of Nonaundy? If you do, all you need la a henvy silver spoon and a piece of string. Tie the string at Its center around the handle of the spoon, leaving the ends three or four feet long. Now wind the ends around your two forefin gers near the first Joint and then thrust your fingers In your ears. Bend over and allow the tablespoon to knock agninst the wall or the door or a chair anil you will be surprised at the really beautiful imitation of church chime which you will hear. i "raalleat Dog a In tha World. Over in Japan, where the people are fond of everything In miniature, the smallest breed of dogs in the world has Its home. They belong to the family of spaniels, and are black and white or yellow and white hi color, and the smaller they are the more money they will bring. A pup of 1 year weighing five pounds la worth $200. If the breed er Is fortunate enough to raise a span iel weighing only three pounds or less he can get almost any price he wants for it. Sales have been made to the sum of $500. One of these queer little dogs eon easily He on a man's hand or find a comfortable nook for sleeping in a bootleg. They are very delicate and tender, and they have to be watched and cared for like a baby. If given proper attention they will sometimes live to the age ef 10 years. Bow the Kurth la HeM. pretty experiment, conducted by very simple methods, will show how this terrestrial globe is kept in Its posi tion In space. Secure two magnets of equal power, placing them an Inch or two apart Then make a small ball of paper or other light material, fasten ing on opposite sides bits of steel or pluiilar meal. Place tne ball between the magnets, where it will assume of its own accord a fixed position, held only by the attraction of the magnets, which act on it as do the surrounding planets of the earth. Polly's Mirrors. Every Saturday Polly has to scour the spoons. That is all that mamma iiskes her to do, and it does not take j pnueh time, but Polly has always drcad- ra it so long oeioieiiana, ana grumbiea to while she rubbed them, that it seem ed like very hard work Indeed. Every week it was the same old story, and yen would think that the little girl was asked to clean the family plate in some old mansion. But last Saturday mamma beard her laughing all by herself In the kitchen, and asked what she was doing. "Making mirrors, niauinia!" shouted Polly, gleefully. So mamma came to see. Polly was rubbing away on a spoon, and when it grew quite bright and shiny, sure enough, there was a little mirror in the bowl of the spoon, and such a funny Polly reflected there, with very fat checks and very small eyes, and no hair. When she moved her head her cheeks grew thin, and her eyes as large and round as an owl's. How Polly did laugh! Then she scoured another spoon, and soon there was another tiny looking glass, and another queer little Polly, as funny as the first. When she had twelve of these droll little mirrors her work was done, and she was surprised to find that it was only play, after all. Aa Ostrich and a Rot Potato. For odd appetites the goat and the ostrich stand supreme, with the ostrich Just a step ahead. And yet an ostrich finds trouble In swallowing a hot po tato. A South African writer tells an auuislng story of greed and how it was puuished. He says: These ostriches were a source of end less trouble to us. They grew rapidly and developed great kicking powers, uutll they became sometimes positively dangerous, the dogs and the Kaffirs coming In for most of their atteutions. Their appetite was insatiable. We used to make large quantities of biltong, or sun-dried meat and there were usually dozens of strips of it banging on rheims slung from wagon to wagon, and these were always objects of attention on the part of the ostriches. It was most amusing to see one trying to swallow a strip a yard long and two inches thick. Just as a chicken struggles with a worm that is a little too big for it One we had to drag a huge strip out of one of the bird's throats to save It from choking. But it was the culinary department that interested them most. They would always attack the Kaffirs bringing the viands from the "kitchen" to the tent aud sometimes were so pertinacious that the boy would get Jrightened and throw the dish away and bolt, and we would lose the best part of our dinner. They would even come into the tent and snatch things off the table, and we would take It out of them by smother ing a dainty morsel with salt and cayenne pepper; but after awhile they seemed to flourish on it One day, however, we got the laugh on our side. Dinner was preparing and one of the birds was investigating the sots around the fire. A great pot of tinge potatoes took his fancy, and he In continently seized and swallowed a red iot tuber as big as a large pomegran ate. He danced, he jumped, be kicked, ae twisted his neck about almost into cnots, he flapped his wings and wag fled his tail, he ran amuck, knocking things down and banging himself up against the wagons and stone walls, and at lust tore away Into the veld at twenty miles an hour until he was out of sight, and did not appear again for a couple of hours. Every morulng soon after sunrise these birds would ln.liilge In a dance. They would rush away into the veld for about a mile, and then suddenly itop and commence waltzing round and round In the most ridiculous fashion, often till they dropped. I never could understand the meaning of this per formance. It might be mere gambol-J Ing, but If so It must be nearly the only rase of young birds playing, as so many young animals da. Sptdera aa Weather Prephata. One of tho boat of weather prophets Is the spider. If there happens to be a web in the secluded corner of the porch watch It carefully for a fow days or weeka and tha spider will "raUlDglr Hrt4JCtttJMlVaCTl A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT. When a high wind or a heavy rata threatens the spider may be seen tak ing in sail with great energy that is, shortening the rope filaments that sus tain the web structure. If the storm la to be unusually severe or of long dura tion tho ropes are strengthened as well as shortened, the better to resist the on set of the elements. Not until pleasant weather is again close at hand will the rope be lengthened as before. On the contrary, when you see the spider run ring out the s!ender filiuiiii's. it if certain that calm, tine weather has set In, whose duration may be measured by their elongation. Every twenty-four hours the spider makes some alteration in its web to suit the weather. If these changes aro made toward evening. Just before sun set a fine, clear night may be safely counted upon. When the spider sits quiet and dull in the middle of Its web, rain Is not far off. If it be active, how ever, and continues so during a shower, then it will be of brief duration, and sunshine will follow. These various In dications may be witnessed and stu died to the best advantage in the open dir. But you need not always go out doors to watch the spider barometer. There are few houses where the crafty creature does not find an obscure cor ner wherein to swing its. signboard: "Files taken in and done for here." Watch these plnces, and when you see the spiders coming out on the walla more freely than usual you may bs sure that rain is near. Tbe Sequence Cur. Freight car numbered 12345 of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad passed through Darlington, Pawtucket. one day last week on tho branch railroad. What that car con tained, where it was from, or where it wan going is of no consequence. The number of the car, 12345, is all that is of special interest. This number on freight cars is the fortunate number to find. A few years ago, and perhaps until to-day, commer cial travelers and whoever else was traveling much, or was much about the railroad, were all the time looking for this magic number, in the belief that to see it wias a good omen, and wonder ful were the stories told of the good fortune which fell to those who were so happy as to see it It Is a simple matter, and yet It is not often a car with this number comes Into view. It Is very likely that had any other par ticular number been chosen it would have been as difficult to find It. A gentleman who saw this car last week had been looking for it continu ally for more than half a score of years, and during that time had traveled thousands of miles, but his eye bad never been blessed with a sight of IS until Tuesday. He Is not so supersti tious as to fancy that his fortune is to change because he has seen the car with this number, but his curiosity is gratified after so long a search. Provi dence Journal. Fountain Pens Are Ancient Fountain pens are rather older than most people Imagine. As long ago as 1824 they were in use, for in that year Thomas Jefferson saw a contrivance of this sort, tried it, and wrote to Goueral Bernard Peyton of Richmond, Ya., ask ing him to get one of them. Tbe pen was of gold and the ink tube of silver aud. according to Jefferson's letter, the maker was a Richmond watch repairer, named Cowan. Tbe price, he under stood, was $5. The first American pat ent for a fountain pen was granted in 1SS0. to one Douglas Hyde, but the earliest English patent was IsspeU twenty-one years before. Scientific American. Trjrliraln-O: Try Graln-OI Ask yoar'grocer to-day to show you a pack age of Urain-O. tha new food drink tha' lato Uie I'lace oleoflce. The children may drlnlc it Without Injury aa well as the adult. All nho try It like it. tiriiu-O hat that rich seal brown ol Mucin or Java, but It la maue Irora pure grain., and the most delicate stomach reeeiv. it without di9tre4-. One quarter the p ice of cotlee. 15 CIA. and 23 eta. per package, fo J by all grocers. CIreal numbers of red oak trees In the region of Long Hearh. Miss., have leen mysteriously withered in a day and ap parently dying. The only guess made as to the cause is that ill tliis'stajie of the sap flow the trees are unulile to withstand the drought which has marked the season there. How's Thief WoafferOne Huudred Doll r- Reward for lay en rt of Ctirrh that cannot b.- cured by Hall's Catarrh Cine. F. J. Chrnbv & Co., P ops.. Toledo, O. We. the nnderiicned. have known F.J. Che uey or the la-t 15 years, and believe h m per t'ec tly honortble 'ii all buHiuea t an actions itnd niinnciallv able to c:.rry out any obliga tion m de by their firm. West & T kit ai.W hoi. rale Dinggis's, Toledo, Oil o. Wai.diso. Kinn an Makvim, Wholosala DruiTRista, Toledo. Ohio. Hull s Catarrh t 'm e is ! uken in'ernally, ct ing directly upon the blood nnd mucous sur aces of tn - system. P 1c , 7.V. pe ootUc. Sold hvall I) Utficistd. Testimonials free. 'Hull's Family Pills are the bet From Blairsville Intersection to Per ry, a distance of six or eilit miles, the Pennsylvania tracks are straight as a line, with the exception of probably one or two curves. Recently an exchange says, one of the bip hO-ineh whi'elers of the Pennsylvania whiped Vo. 21 at the rale of !) miles er hour, which was the fastest time ever made on the Pittsburg division. nre Guaranteed br IU. J. MATKK ion AKCH ST.. lllli.A.. PA. Kasa at once; uj operation or delay Ironi businew. Consullatl m tree, hndorvenieuu of physicians, ladle an'i prom In eni uilutens. vnd lor circular. 0tic hourly A. ii. lol P. M. The retiring President of the Detroit Board of Kducation in his annual reKirt makes the novel sucirestion that courses I e established for purenls as well as for children in the public schools, ins luea is to give some of theadvantagesof school ing lo grown people who have o me to America from foreign couiur.es where they have not had the advanUigo of tree tuition. I belteve Klso's Cure for Consumption wived my boy'alife last summer. Mrs. ALUS Douu i.ass, Le Koy. Mich., Dot. 30. 1H. Felix Denewith, living two miles from Mount Clemens, Mich., is tho reputed owner of a young horse which resented so strongly having most of tho work thrown upon it, to the favor of the horse which Mr. Denewiih had owned for 3S ycais and was disposed to favor, that it not onlv kicked at the old one at everv opportunity, but finally, when the old one was swttmcd in a Hind, refused to pull it out alter the owner had fastened a rope to it. The young one was made to pull only after being blindfolded and then it had to pull out the old horse's body. Fits pennanentlyenred. We fits or nervous neea aftr first dav's nae of Dr. Kline's Groat Nerve Restorer, f :J trial bottle and treatise f r On. B. 11. KlJWk, LUL, Ml Arch blPUUaFu. Snake-hunting about Rockwood. Tenn., Will Tedder killed in one duv an obi snake and 31 young ones. Girls should disabuse their minds ot the idea that their husbands will lick any man who speaks disagreeably to them. Some folks believe they are so good that people will never think-of gossip ing about them. But they are mis taken. CURES pEfaHtffrSlt .."mi .uint I Rim rV-. in time, sold -rasteeuooa. UBS I I by druggists. I I THE MONEYLESS MAR. ardahlpa of aa fcxperlaaeatal aa , Amstear Traaap. It was nearing noon, and I waa very hungry. The question of earning a meal was no longer an interesting spec ulation, bat a pressing necessity. I turned all my attention to that A largo bran gateway leading into a ceme tery attracted me. Several ragged, tow heniTed children were plifylng about the ImTe. Out? it them told me that his father was inside, aud he indicated the general direction of the tombstones. I found the digger sweating freely la a half-finished grave, and Instantly offer ed my help as a means of earning a dinner. Tho grave-digger waa an Irish man. He leaned at ease upon his spade, and soberly looked me over, and then declined my offer. He waa polite, but not at all a communicative man, and he met my advances with the one re mark that his "old woman" waa not at home. A little farther on I saw three women in pursuit of a hen. I eagerly volunteer ed my help, and asked for a dinner In payment. They quit tho chase, and stood confronting me with serious faces, while I eloquently pleaded my readiness to help them. Nothing in the situation seemed to strike them as strut: go or Irregular, but they touched upon it with short, grave speech, until I had the feeling of something momen tous, and I accepted their refusal with a sense of relief. At last In the outskirts of the Tillage of Westport I found a man mowing his lawn, and he was willing to give me a dinner for completing the work. My final success in getting an odd job was a splendid stimulus. I urged the mower over the lawn with a vigor that surprised me, and the dinner which I ate In the dim corner of an immaculate kitchen was a liberal return for the labor. All that long summer afternoon I went from house to house, asking sub scriptions for the magazine. The rack would have been easier upon my feel ings, but I was eager to discover some ready way of approaching people. Not even the loafers at the station were In the least Inclined to share their com pany wilh me. At nightfall I earned, by sawing wood for an hour, a supper and the right to sleep in an unused barn. Scribner's. Birds Puzzled by Kites. Many amusing experiences haTe been Hhe lot of the scientists who have been manipulating kites for scientific pur roses. Large birds are always interest ed in the strange devices floating in the pir and cannot quite make out what they are. Froinpted by sharp curiosity. they hover around the floating kites- aud subject themselves to the danger of becoming entangled in tbe silken string and being dragged down to earth. No bird, however, has ever alighted on a kite or attacked one, says the Chi cago News. While one scientist waj flying a train of five kites a couple of years ago a large silver-tipped eagle came suddenly out of the higher air and swooped round and round the first kite, looking against the sunset sky like a huge silver ball. As the train of kites was pulled in the eagle followed, vibiting one kite and then another, seeming uncertain just what to do. In a f?w minutes when he seemed to have decided that they were not good to eat, and he knew nothing about them any way, he Indignantly flew off and was lost to view. Another experience was had with a stork that came from the New Jersey side of the Hudson and flew straight for the queer object in the air." He ap- parently had made up his mind to go straight through It, but changed and dived underneath It. He went around and above it, and through a glass it could be seen that he cocked his eye at the intruder in a most comical manner. He started away a few hundred feet, changed his mind and came swooping back. He finally reluctantly went away, mystified over this queer addition to tbe Inhabitants of the air. While kites were high In the air one March flocks of geese flying in the V wedge flew over. They invariably stopped, broke up and hovered about the queer object, and at last slowly re formed and flew away. While the larg er birds all come from heights above the kites, the small birds of the air will alight on the string holding the kite and sway to and fro. "My husband and I are to bars our portraits painted." "By a battle paint er." New Tork Times. "I am going to Venezuela. You may never see me again." "Then lend me ten dollars." New York Times. The Bachelor It's easier to break things than to make them. The Engag td Man (dubiously) I don't know about that. Phidadelphla Record. Teacher What is the chief end of man? Pupil The barber thinks It is the head, but the bootblack thinks it s the feet, Boston Transcript. He Where there's so much smoke there must be some fire! She But it is not cn that end of the cigarette where the smoker Is. Boston Transcript "Good resolutions) Charlie, are a great tiring on the first of the new year." "Yes. I know. Jack; but they get to b an old story on the second." Judge. "What a remarkable head of hair your boy has, Mrs. Rugglesonl" "Yes, but it's all wasted. He just won't learn to play the plauo." Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Bhoplclgh Is it any trouble to you to show goods? Mr. Cashcall No, ma'am. But It's a good deal of trouble to sell them sometimes." New Yort Herald. TO' PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS 'The Central Newspaper Union, Ltd 6i4 CHESTNUT ST., Philadelphia, Furnishes Machine Composition In English ana German. FOR NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, AAQAZI.NES, PAMPHLETS, LEGAL DOCUMENTS. ETC Also Photo-Engraving, Line and talf Tone work. Printing ia Eiaci and in Colors, quickly at Reasonable Rate 3. "Don't Hide Your Light Under a Basbel." 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