OIDER-MAKINQ TIME.
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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 (;
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Ayer's Hair Vigor.
Ayer's Curebook. "a story of cures told by the cured."
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. -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
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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
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