Who opes his eyes at early dawn -Without
a word or sleepy yawn,
Aa does tba deer and spotted fawn.
That baby boy.
Who want to ret right out of bed)
And, in a word, wants to be fed,
Regarding not a thing that' aald?
That beby boy.
Who weara his mother's patience oat.
As well aa many a willow sprout.
And ahoea and stockings good and stout?
That baby boy.
Who breaks and tears and palls and hauls.
Who burns the dog. the kittle mania.
Who makes black marks upon the wallal
That baby boy.
Who eats and thrives on mad and dirt.
And makes a towel of his skirt?
Who bawls when he's more scared tha
hurt 7
That baby boy.
Who rules the house as does a king.
And fairly makes the welkin ring
With shouts and Tain attempts to aingV
That baby boy.
Who in his way ia better far
Than either of his parents are.
Who ofttimes threaten they will mar
That baby boy.
Who is so bad and yet so good?
Whose naughty ways are understood.
And we forgive as others shouldl
That baby boy.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
CROOKED JOE
A GREAT railroad depot may not
be the best school for a boy, yet
poor little Joe Bryan bad scarce
ly known any other. He could not re
member when the long waiting rooms
with their tiled floors and dreary rows
of stationary settees, and crowds ol
hurrying people, were not quite as fa
miliar to him and more homelike than
his mother's small, bare house, whlcU
he knew as little mote than a place for
eating aid sleeping.
He' had been only six months old
when a dreadful accident happened
which, at one fell stroke, made him
fatherless and transformed him from a
strong, well-developed infaat to a piti
ful creature, which even death refused
to take.
"What a pity that It was not killed
outright!" said everybody but the
mother. She herself always Insisted
that only her constant watching over
the little flickering life kept her from
going mad in the first dreadful months
of her bereavement.
The officers of the railway company
were kind to poor Mary Bryan. They
paid the exiKnses of the burial, and,
after little Joe had slowly mended, em
ployed her about the depot to scrub
floors and keep the glass and woodwork
bright and neat.
When Joe was seven years old hU
mother seat him to school. Fie went
patiently day after day, making no
plaint, but she awoke suddenly one
night to find him sobbing on the pillow
beside her. Only by diut of long coax
ing was she able to find out the cause
of his grief. Some of the rougher boys
more thoughtless than cruel, let os
hope had called him "humpy," and
asked If he carried a bag of meal on
his bark.
Mary flamed with the fierce anger of
motherhood. "You shan't go another
day," she declared. "The ruffians! I
won't have my darling put upon by the
likes of them."
So Joe's schooling had come to an
untimely end. Yet. meager as was his
stock of book learning, the develop
ment of bis mind far outstripped the
growth of his stunted and deformed
body. Everybody liked the patient lit
tle fellow, tugging manfully at his
mother's heavy water buckets and run
ning willingly at every call of the sta
tion men. At twelve yeaTs old he bad
picked up no small amount of Informa
tion, especially on railroad topics. He
knew every locomotive on the road,
understood the Intricacies of sidetracks
and switches, and could tell the precise
moment when any particular train
might be expected, with the accuracy
of a time table.
Yet the very quickness and ardor of
his nature deepened his sense of his In
firmity. How wistfully his eyes fol
lowed boys of his own age straight,
handsome, happy who sprang llgntly
up and down the steps of the coaches
or threaded their way along the crowd
ed platforms. For one day of such per
fect untrammeled life he would have
bartered all the possible years before
him. Yet he never put his yearning
Into words even to his mother.
Mr. Crump, the telegraph operator,
was Joe's constant friend. It was he
who, at odd moments, had tanght the
boy to read, and had initiated him into
some of the mysteries of the clicking
Instrument, which to Joe's imaginative
mind seemed some strange creature
with a hidden life of Its own.
It was growing towards dark on one
November afternoon. Joe never an
unwelcome visitor sat curled up In a
corner of Mr. Crump's ofHce, waiting I
for his mother to finish her work. He
was spelling out, by the fading llg'it,
the words upon a page of an Illustrated
newspaper, quite oblivious of the tick
ing, like that of a very Jerky and rheu
matic clock, which sounded In the
room.
Mr. Crump, too, had a paper before
him, but his ears were alive. Suddenly
be sprang to his feet, repeating alo-id
the message which at that moment
flashed across the wire.
"Engine No. 110 running wild. Clear
the track."
He rushed to the door shouting the
news.
"Not a second to spare! She'll 1m
down In seven minutes!"
The words passed like lightning. It
a moment the yard was in a wild com
motion. Men flew hither and thither
yard engines steamed wildly away, the
switches closing behind them.
The main track was barely clout
when 110 came In sight swinging from
side Co aide, her wheels threatening to
leave the track at each revolution.
She passed the depot like a meteor, her
bell clanging with every leap of her
piston, the steam escaping from her
whistle with the continuous shriek of a
demon, and the occupants of the cab
wrapped from view in a cloud of
smoke.
Some hundred rods beyond the depot
the track took a sharp upward grade,
from which It descended again to strike
the bridge across a narrow but deep
and rooky gorge.
Men looked after the flying locomo
tive and then at each other with
iilanehed. faces.
"They're gone! A miracle can't save
"em," said one, voicing the wordless
terror of the' rest. "If they don't fly
the track oa the up grade, they'll go
down as soon as they strike the tres
le." The crowd began to run along the
'.rack, some with a vain Instinct of
helpfulness, some moved by that mor
bid curhaS7 wfcteh seeks te b "In at
But look I Midway the long rise the
speed of the runaway engine suddenly
slackens.
"What does It mean? She nevei
ould 'a' died out In that time" shout
d an old yard man.
Excitement winged their feet. Whet
the foremost runners reached the place
the smoking engine stood still on nei
track, quivering In every steel clad
nerve, her great wheels still whining
round and round amid a flight of ref
sparks from beneath.
"Who did ItT Who stopped berT"
The engineer, staggering from tht
cab, with the pallid face of the fireman
behind him, pointed, without speaking
to where a little, pale-faced, crooked
backed boy had snnk down, pan tin;
with exertion, beside the track.
At his feet a huge oil can lay over
turned and empty.
The crowd stared at one another,
open-mouthed. Then the truth flashed
upon them.
"He oiled the track!"
"Hurrah for Crooked Joe!"
They caught the exhausted chllt
flinging him from shoulder to shoulder,
striving with each other for the honor
of bearing him, and so, In irregular
tumultuous, triumphal procession, thej
brought him back to the depot and se
him down among them.
"Pass that hat, pards!" cried one.
It had been pay day, and the saved
engineer and fireman dropped In eacr,
their month's wages. Not a hand In
all the throng did not delve
Into a i
pocket. There was the crisp rustle ol
bills, the chink of gold nnd silver coin.
"Out with your handkerchief, Joe
Your hands won't hold It all! Why,
young one, what what's the matter?"
for the boy, with scarlet cheeks nnd
burning eyes, had clinched both small
hands behind his back the poor, twist
ed back laden with Its burden of de
farrrrity and pain.
"No, no." he cried, in a shrill, high
voice. "Don't pay me! Can't you see
what if s worth to me, once Just once
in my life to be a little use like othei
folks!"
The superintendent had come from
his ofSce. He laid his hand on the boy's
head. "Joe," he said, "we couldn't
pay you if we wished. Money doesn't
pay for lives 1 But you have saved us
a great many dollars besides. Won''
you let us do something for youT"
"You can't! you can't! nobody can!"
The child's voice was almost a shriek.
It seemed to rend the air with the pent
up agony of years. "There's only one
thing in the world I want, and nobody
can give me that. Nobody can mat
me anything but Crooked Joe!"
The superintendent lifted him and
held him against his own breast.
"My boy," he said. In his firm, gentle
tones, "you are right. None of ns can
do that for you. But you can do II
yourself. Listen to me! Where is the
quick brain God has given you and the
brave heart? Not in that bended back
of yours that has nothing to do with
them. Let us help you to a chance
only a chance to work and to learn
and it will rest with yu yourself to say
whether in twenty years from now, II
you are alive, you are Crooked Joe oi
Mr. Joseph Bryan!"
Visiting in C-
not long ago,
friend said to me:
"Court Is In session. You must gc
with me and hear Bryan."
The court room was already crowdeo
at our entrance with an expectant audi
ence. When the brilliant young attor
ney rose to make his plea I noticed
with a shock of surprise that his noble
head surmounted an undersized and
misshapen body. He had spoken but
five minutes, however, when I had ut
terly forgotten the physical defect; In
ten, I was eagerly interested, and there
after, during the two hours' speech,
held spellbound by the marvelous elo
quence which is fast raising him to the
leadership of his profession In his na
tive city.
"A wonderful man!" said my friend,
as we walked slowly homeward. Then
he told roe the story of Crooked Joe.
Exchange.
SHE KNEW JIM.
There
Were Good Seasons Why
Be
Wonld Never Knltat.
"Just about the time the war with
Spain broke out," remarked the veteran
drummer. "I started on a trip through
the mountain towns of West Virginia
and Kentucky. Great enthusiasm was
manifested everywhere in that land
where there is so little of the eventful,
and what struck me peculiarly was the
nervous anxiety of the women. They
were enthusiastic, of course, In a way,
but they wanted other women's men
folks to go to the war, not their own.
One of the mountain girls I had known
since my trip of last season, and when
I got back I expected to find ber mar
ried to the young fellow who had been
sparking her for a long time. When I
met her at her mother's where I took
dinner, I thought I would Jolly her s
bit on her sweetheart.
" 'By the way, Susan, I said, "1
heard down in Slabtown as I came
through this morning that Jim had en
listed and was going to the front with
the first companies sent away.'
"'Is that sor she replied In that pe
cullarly indifferent way commor
among rustles.
" 'Yes. and there's a chance you
won't see him again as the company if
ordered to leave immediately.
'Is that soT and she never stopped
her swinging of a peachtree branch
that she was using as a fly-brush.
" 'Don't 3'ou want to see him before
he goes? I asked with much dramatic
effect, thinking I might move her that
way.
"She laughed a low saw mill buzi
Mud of a laugh.
"'Law, Mr. Barton,' she said, "you
don't think I'm a-believln' what you air
sayin' about Jim Short, do ye? Well.
I ain't. Do you reckon I'd be. green
enough to think that a feller that would
spark a gal fer four years and was too
cowardly to even try to hug her on a
summer night In the full of the moon.
had sand enough In his craw to JIne
the army? No slree, Jim ain't Jlned
ylt, and ha ain't a-goln' to, till his feel
ln's has underwent a conslderible
change, er I'm no Jedge uv a duck's
nest. Have another slivver uv the
nler
"I took another slivver."" Washing
ton Star.
Uedouliia Content with Tents.
When the French came into contact
with the Bedouin in Algeria ' It was
thought that a ready way of civilizing
him would be to assist him to build
himself a permanent habitation. A
sheik who was thus favored was full
of gratitude to the French engineers
who had built him a house. "Since my
house was finished," he said. "I have
not lost a. single sheep. I lock them
up in my house every night, aad next
morning I find them all In safety."
"Then where do you sleep yourself?"
asked an officer in amazement. "Oh,
for myself a sheik can live only in his
tsntr said the other with dignity.
RULER OF 400.000.000 PEOPLE.
watr KssyrsM os trauma.
D.pMM the xoaast smswran
The Dowager Empress of China, who
leposed the young Emperor, is me
ruler of a mighty empire and the abeo
tate mistress ox 400,000,000 human be-
tngs. Her win may precipitate tne
klaodlest war that man has ever
known; her whim or caprice may In
volve Christendom m the struggle oi
history.
The dowager. Empress wen-iw
Qsi, Is now 68 years old, and probably
the most brilliant woman Is the Bast
She wss a slave when the Use to
peror saw her and loved her. Is the
Orient the King Is all powerful, and
princes may marry beggar girls at theii
wllL Tuen's beauty won her position
and power, and her fine brain echem
Ing through all the years, the real pow
er behind the throne has at last mad(
her the mistress of the Chinese empire.
Tuen Is not tae mother of the de
throned Emperor. She Is the step
mother, which accounts for the crueltj
with which she has treated the sac-ret
monarch.
The situation In China Is this: Thf
dowager Is supreme mistress of th
country. Kank Yu Mel, who was go
Ing to reform the antique customs o
the kingdom, fled In precipitation. Th
Emperor, who took from LI Hun;
Chang the yellow Jacket symbol o!
power was made a prisoner In his own
palace. The crooked stick plow poncj
IS 111 I ut? oovi - r.
the dowager, and Peking Is freer, ap
narentlv. to-day from the Impress ol
i aaiAtiHant w ii data m raif iiih
western civilization than ever. Great
dowaoer mfrnr.ss or china.
From a Drawing by a Chinese Artist.
Mrltnin sees her glorious trade pros
pects vanishing, and with them th
United States sees her own hope o
commerce In China dwindling.
The militancy of Russia and the des
porism of China have Joined hands anil
understand each other. What will I f
the result? Students of China !r
Washington say that Russia cannot
hold her place in the flowery kingdom
acalnst the march of Anglo-Saxon prog
ress. It Is liberty versus slaveiy, and
liberty must win. But there are mer,
In Washington who freely predict th
most bloody war In history and whi
look forward to the slaughter of mil
lions of Chinese before the question U
settled.
Wh.it a Boy Did la Spare Moment
A thin, awkward boy came to the res
idence of a celebrated school principal
and asked to see the master. The ser
vant eyed his mean clothes, and, think
Ing he looked more like a beggar than
anything else, told him to go around to
the kitchen. He soon appeared at the
back door and repeated his request
"You want a breakfast, more like,'
said the servant girl, and set him down
to some bread and butter. "Thank
you," said the boy, "I should like to see
Mr. If he can Bee me." "Some old
clothes, mavbe. vou want: I guess he
has none to spare; be gives away
sight," remarked the girl, eying his
ragged clothes. "Can I see Mr. 7"
asked the boy, with the most emphatic
emphasis on each word. The girl for
the first time stopped her work. "Well
be Is In the library; If he must be dis
turbed. he must, I s'pose," and Bhe
whisked him off to that room, remark
ing, as she opened the door. "Here's
somebody terribly anxious to see you
sir, so I let him In." The professor laid
his book aside and talked with the boy
with Increasing interest, and soon took
down some books and began to give
him an examination, which extended
even to Greek, and every question
was answered correctly and promptly.
The professor was amazed at such
youthful erudition, and asked the boy
how he managed with his apparent
poverty to accumulate such an amount
of knowledge. "Oh, I studied In my
spare time," answered the boy, bright
ly, and with the utmost unconscious
ness that he was an example to even
the man before him. Here was a boy,
'a hard-working orphan, almost fitted
for college In the spare moments that
his companions were wasting. Truly
are spare moments the "gold dust of
time." Success.
Richest Part of Great Britain.
Wales Is the richest part of Great
Britain in mineral wealth. England
produces annually about $10 to eact
acre. Scotland a little less than $10, bu
the product of Wales amounts to ovei
$120 er acre.
Iac3 Matins In Ireland.
Over 12,000 girls in Ireland are en
ipiged in the manufacture of lace.
Some people would never want cer
jiin things If they didn't see others try
r.g to get them.
?ickins Good lime,
"What does Saddler do?"
"Ha's a short-circuit dentist.
"What kind is that?"
"Well, it's this way: lie filled some
feetb for me, and his bill got around to
my oulce before I did." Chicago Rec
ord. An Attempt mt Flattery.
"I want to marry your daughter, sir."
"Have you any prospects?"
"Isn't the prospect of being your
Son-in-law glory enough for one day?"
New York Journal.
Derby.
The name of the town of Derby, En
gland, Is now pronounced as written;
:hat of the Earl as "Darby," which was
llso the old mode of spelling and pro
nouncing the name of the town.
The more some people tell you the
ess you know.
Inscrutable Wonaaa.
"Pa, did you know ma long before
mi married her?" i
"Know her! Great Scott, child,
don't know her yet." Chicago Record.
SHE COULDN'T KISS GRANT.
: ha OoaveraPe Wife Hefaaea the Favor
Sto a aratoca Belle.
The kiss which Lieutenant Hobson
heroically received from a St. Louis
lady at Long Beach recalls an Incident
iu which the late General U. a Grant
figured, without, however, sharing the
blushing honor. . Just after the close
of the civil war General Grant, with
his family, went to the Union Hotel s
Saratoga Springs. Major William W.
Leland. tile proprietor of the hotel, had
been chief commissary on the Gener
al's staff. He gave a banquet to Gener
al Grant and his wife. Many officers
who were from the Army of the Ten
nessee were present, aa well as several
prominent citizens.
During the dinner the guests were
somewhat startled to see a Saratoga
belle advance, with a gracious Grecian
bend, and ask permission of the Gen
eral to kiss him. There was only one
there who received the General's sa
lute. To that high person he now de
ferred. Turning, he said, "With Mrs.
'Grant's permission."
Mrs. Grant had, as every one ob
served, a drooping lid. She was oblig
ed, therefore, to throw back, her head
io get a good look at the audacious sup
plicant, who now bad not only the eyes
r all the distinguished company on
aer. but those of the other guests of the
Uotel as well. -
After an embarrassing pause. In
which Mrs. Grant had time to consider
;he offensive charge on her defenseless
pouse and fortify herself against the
air enemy, she came to his relief and
It-dined to capitulate. Nothing daunt-
d, however, and to prove to those pres
nt that the American girl has nerve
is well as mettle, the fair heroine seis-
d the General's hand and said:
"Well, as you will not kiss me, I wiU
-hake your hand," and retired with all
he honors of war vanquished, but noS
-.ubdued. New York Mall and Express.
FAMOUS TRINIDAD PITCH LAKE,
Its Immense Deposit of Bitumen Ia
Practically Inexhaustible.
The famous pitch lake or great bitu
men deposit at Trinidad is situated at
Point Librea, on an elevation at about
i mile from the sea. It covers an area
.f nearly 100 acres, and Its appearance
s that of a dull, still, dark waste. It
s regularly circular, and Its surface
perceptibly covex, being more elevattd
n the center and thence Insensibly de
clining on all sides. In the center the
itch is quite soft in fact, semi-llquld
but It becomes more and more hard
ened as its circumference widens out.
Except the soft central parts the sur
face is intersected in all directions by
lumerous fissures or chasms, varying
in breadth from two feet to sixteen,
md from half a foot to seven feet In
depth, widening also at the bottom.
'bus producing, as It were, inverted
tngular hollows, while the sides are
regularly rounded. These crevices are
at at all times filled with freah water.
Here and there, where the bitumen is
mixed with earthy matter, grow lich
ens, mosses, grasses, etc. The center
of the lake the pltchpot or chaudlere,
as It is called Is at all times soft that
it would be Impossible to venture on
it without Incurring the danger of be
ing engulfed.
The lake is government property, and
parts of it are leased out to private in
dividuals, who have to pay royalties
according to the amount of pitch re
moved, which amount Is checked by
the government The lake Is, practi
cally, Inexhaustible. No matter what
quantity is taken out it is replaced by
fresh pitch, which always wells up to
fill the hole. The surface of the outer
edges of this most wonderful of lakes
Is quite hard enough to walk upon; but
a curious result ensues if you stand
still for any length of time on one spot.
For some yards around you the pitch
bodilv sinks until it forms a sort of
basin. It is quite different to sinking
in sand, where your feet gradually ais
appear without making any apparent
difference in the level of the grounu.
Wide World Magazine.
fuian of Children.
Mamma: "Were you late to school
this morning, Willie?" Willie: "Yes,
ma'am, and I got a tidy mark for it.
too."
Florence (at small tea-party given iii
honor of the dolls): "What delicious
whipped cream you do have. Misses
! Where did you get It?" Jose
phine (the smallest girl): "Oh, we Just
went out and whipped the cow!"
A pretty little girl of 3 years was in
a drug-store with her mamma. Being
attracted by something In the show
case, she asked what it was. The clerk
replied, "That is a scent-bag." "How
cheap!" replied the little girl. "I'll take
two!"
Girlie the other day asked her big
sister to give her an example. So her
Aster said, In fun, "Well, If one family
has three children, how many children
have two families?" "Nine," was the
prompt reply. "Why, how's that?"
queried her sister. "Oh," said she,
roguishly, "the other family had six
children r
Never trust a secret to a person who
Is anxious to take It.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fio Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true aud original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fio Stbct Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fis Stkcp Co. with the medi
cul profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
?iven to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of t fie excellence of its remedy. It is
far ia advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing" them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
.!i3 Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRU? CO.
SAM ratAMOMOa. Cai.
LerisviLU. . w rmmM, M.M,
OPEN LETTERS FEOII
Jennie B Greon and Mrs. Harry
Hardy.
Ja-nm E. Grkex, Denmark, Iowa
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"I had been sick at my monthly
periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything I ever heard of, but
without any benefit. Waa troubled
with backache, headache, pains in the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother I waa induced to try Lydia B.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
it has done me so much good. I am
now sound and well."
Mrs. Habbt Hardt, Riverside, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou
ble, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. This Is her letter:
" How thankful I am that I took
your medicine. I was troubled for
two years with inflammation of the
womb and ovaries, womb was also very
low. I was in constant misery. I had
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save my
life. Suffered very much with my
back, had headache all the time, waa
nervous, menstruations were irregular
and painful, had a bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating. I was a
perfect wreck. Had doctored and
taken local treatments, but still was no
better. I waa advised by one of my
neighbors to write to you. I have now
finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and am
better in every way. I am able to do
all my own work and can walk nearly
a mile without fatigue; something I
had not been able to do for over two
years. Vcur medicine has done ton
more good than all the doctors "
Archduke Josefs Skill as a Ktcter.
Archduke Josef of Austria-Hungary
has always been noted as a horseman.
When he was a young man taking les
sons in riding the master of the school
one day bought a peculiarly intract
able horse, which threw one rider after
another. Finally the duke undertook
to try him. He got on his back and the
horse made frantic efforts to throw
hlin. but the rider sat firm. He took
the horse three times around the ring,
then the animal reared and seemed
ii bout to succeed In his efforts, but by
sudden Jerk of the reins the duke
threw him, and he never rose again,
for his backbone was broken. "I was
the only Hungarian in the school," the
duke added in telling the story, "and
my nation's honor was saved!" Syra-
use Standard.
Noncommittal.
A little boy had come to school for
the first time. The teacher, to encour
age the children to speak, asked them
simple questions, such as "How many
feet have you?" etc. The cautious littl
man. however, listened without saying
anything. At last the teacher, notic
ing this, said to him: "How many feet
did you say you had?"
Afraid of committing himself, he
said: "Please, sir, I didna say I had
-hjv." London Tit-Bits.
Catarrh Cannot he Cared
With IockI HDiilication. a thev cannot reach
the seat nf the disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional diaeaae, and In order to cure
it you ranst take internal remedies. Hall
Catarrb Cure is taken iaternallr. and art ill
rwotl v" on the blood aud mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a nuack medicine. It was
Iirescribed br one of the best physicians In
his roautrr for rears, and is a reiruiar pre
scription. It is composed ot the best tonics
known, combined with the bestblood purifiers,
acting airecur on tne mucotis suriaces. ine
perfect combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in cur
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Reputation Is a very delicate thing
it can't even be defended without in
jury. Mrs. Winslow's Soothin Fyrnp for children
teething, sortens me gam, reaucing innanima
tion, allays pain, enre wind colic, 25c a b ttlo.
It plesuMSi woman to be told that
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ionship. "Eatffc.wraff lift tJ"
I Beat Cooab gyrus. Tastes Ooud. Da I
VZ. J i a?feaj
0UB BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPferfc
saoftha
Gathered
Uttle aTelka Iwrr""
ad Printed Here s All w
tie Osms to Bead.
. tjfc
Lea Cessna 'Uaa witk th Breosn,
Just as sooa's I get to playin'
Noah's ark or train o( cars.
Out there in a nic-" kitchen.
Trouble's in taf -'
Long comes 'IA
"Look out wn :
Clear your duds onto ray
Can't be bothered here by your
Then I think I'll try the stoop;
So I move as meek's a lamb.
Get to playin nice as ever
Out comes 'Lisa's broom, ker-slaml
"Come now, boy you're In my way r
Out she flies. "I've got to sweep!
My Noah's ark, my cars, and me
All go tumbling in a heap.
"Want to sweep me off the earth?"
That's how I talk back to her;
But it's not a mite of good
'Liza comes with such a whir,
Sweepin dust right in my face,
Thut I have to cut an run.
Glad to hurry from a place.
Where there's not a bit of fun! '
When I have a little boy.
He shall play just where he likes,
Litterin' up the kitchen floor
AU he wants to, makin' kites,
Psstin' scrap-books, playin cars
Jolliest place in all the town;
There sba'n't be a 'Lisa then
Always bossin my boy roun'I
St. Nicholas.
Plant Blonma Like Birds.
Besides those curiosities the kangaroo
and the boomerang, Australia has a
plant that grows blossoms so like birds
that they often deceive unwary visi
tors. This peculiar bit of vegetation
is known as the "bird-pea," and the
bush grows to a height of from three to
live feet. The picture will give you a
good idea of how closely the blossoms
resemble little members ol the feathery
tribe. The plant grows close to the
shore of Roebuck bay, in Western Aus
tralia, and its blossoms are much sought
after. They are of a greenish hue,
striped with brown. Not far away
from the bird blossoms may be found
acres of porous rocks covered with
rock oysters, which are submerged at
high tide but lie exposed when the tide
recedes, and there a hungry boy might
find oysters enough to keep him In foorf
for the rest of his days.
Bow the Fire Went Oat.
Rosa, Bess and Lettle lived on tne
same street, a block apart Bess lived
in the middle. They were all good
neighbors.
But suddenly something seemed to
go wrong. Rosa said something un
kind about Lettle, and Lettle said some
thing hateful about Rosa, and Bess
hurried to tell the other what each had
said.
At last the angry feelings grew so hot
it seemed as if they would burn up all
the warm, sweet love there had always
boeu between the three little girls.
It was Bessie's grandma who first
found out all about this.
"Bessie," she said, "suppose Nora
should kindle a fire In the wood stove
In the kitchen, and then never put a
chip or a stick of wood on it, what
would happen?"
"The fire would go out, said Bess.
"Yes. Tou know that yourself. But
that very thing is written in the Bible,
too. It says in the Book of Proverbs
that 'where no wood is, the fire goetb
out.' "
'What else?" asked Bess, wondering
much.
'It says that where there are no tale
bearers, or people who tell tales, you
know, that quarrels stop, Just as a fire
sroes out where there's no wood to
urn."
Bess hung her head, and stood still.
thinking. "I see what you mean,
grandma," she said.
"Now, dear, I'm sure you are making
the lire burn by telling Lettie and Rosa
what each Rays about the other, and it's
as bad to help on a quarrel as to quarrel
yourself. Do not tell either of the girls
anything the other says about ner.
"I'll try," said Bess, and she went out
to olav with Rosa and Lettie. She tried
hard to make them be friends, and by
and by, as there was "nothing to burn,'
that fire of anger went out The Sun
beam.
A Lost Art Among Tankee Boys.
Every American boy finds many uses
for his Jack-knife. It Is equally Indis
pensable whether he Is cutting darts
out of shingles, making willow wnis
ties, or trimming kite-sticks; to sa;
nothing of carving initials on fences
and desks, or playing inumble-peg. Bui
whittling as an amusement Is prob
ably not so common now as It was hal
a century ago, when toys of all kind:
were much less numerous, and thi
nocket-knlfe often the boy's onlj
store-bought possession. was accord
Ingly much more Important as a sou re.
of entertainment.
While every one should rejoice in 11'
tnaiw sports and varied devices which
at present contribute to much to a boy's
mental and physical development, and
give him the steady and skillful hands
so useful In after life, still It is to be
regretted, if in our days of baseball and
tennis, of amateur printing-presses and
"kodaks," the ingenious use of the Jack-
knife that has made the Yankee boy
proverbially - a
clever whlttler should
become a lost art St Nicholas.
Factorlee that Make Only Girdles.
"The Little Japanese at Home" 1&
(he title of an article In St, Nicholas.
The author says: The child's obi, or gir
dle, is at first narrower than her moth
er's, but is made wider and longer as
bhe grows older. Sometimes it is a foot
broader. There are factories devoted
exclusively to obi-weaving, and mas
terpieces of beauty and elegance are
produced. It Is wound around tbe
waist and made Into a large butterfly
lrow in the back, the loops of which
nre, for state occasions, fastened up to
tbe shoulders, while the wide ends float
gracefully over the hips.
lien of the rarest virtue nave
the
strongest passions.
There is too much dialogue on most
of the paces of this life.
TBI BIRD BLOSSOM.
If the Damp and Chill
St. Jacobs
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
tear Wotee Clllnc the Wicked
Bepeataaca.
GBBAT height
are won by lowly
steps.
The well-behaved
boy Is seldom
motherless.
Adulation Is the
bridge some walk
over to reach our
good graces.
Morning prayer
opens the gate of
duty.
Old Testament
types were prophetic Jewels.
Don't parley with wrong.
The fretting horse galls easily.
There Is no civil service bar to salva
tion. Forgiveness Is Love giving birth to
Mercy.
Blind men can walk over gold, and
not know it
A rainy Sunday prevents many a
I nap In church.
The day opened with prayer wui
close with praise,
Garments for church wear usually
cd da
have small pockets. j on mnn;, j over
HabKs are strong as hell, but Christ ; affecting highways ani waters.
Is mighty as heaven. j m idlug that tranKft.r of
Regret Is the compound Interest we thaJgtock of an ,rriKation company
have to pay on hate. t sl;aU uinde only with the land for
Mercy was not born until Justice w.j.R.h ,t was ssu-rt are neld, in Sj.ur
girded on Its sword. peoa TS. Snnta Ana Valley Irrigation
The Hot of man's failings Is the dev- I (jon,pany Cal.)( 39 L. R. A. 701, Inap
il's choicest reading. plicable to a sale of delinquent stock
That man is wise who makes a wise for default In payment of assessments,
use of his knowledge. '.
One fact Is worth more than a thou- j
sand Improved theories.
The place where we love to be de
cides what v.-e wish to be.
Walking on the stilts of pride soon
leads to a fall from grace.
If God knows when you are In trou
ble. He knows when to help.
Close ymr eyes to truth, and you
tumble Into the ditch of error.
Mourning over present troubles
makes us forget past blessings.
Burning Incense on the altar of sec
tarianism is not worshiping God. !
The preacher who conceals Bible
truth to please men offends God.
Some people lose all interest In good .
work as soon as the bills come In. I
A common task may become a holy
. . . . .i i
Service ty QOlng it to pirose vwu.
,, , in. .v nA
Some losses are true gain, ine goia
, , --ino trhnt It loses in droSS. I
gains in ValUe Wnai It loses IU I
ii.... M wslllno- tn nsv a hifirh Drice
for damnation when salvation Is free.
1UCU - " O m - I
The shuttle of Providence weaves
many a bright thread in the web of
life. '
Ignorance loves to wear borrowed
raiments, and go out riding with wis
dom. (
It is the heart-strings of earth that
oftenest point our petition heaven
ward.
Those who are always looking for
favors are not the most willing to give
them.
Professing Christians more often
consult .weather bulletins than the di
vine oracles.
Some people are so anxious about
their neighbor's religion that they ne
glect their own.
If you are a fisher of men you will
have to toil all night but Christ will
appear In the morning.
The pulpit that would preach heav
enly ethics without a knowledge of
earthly economics Is poorly prepared
for the work.
Tbe Smoking Habit
Five billion cigars and 8,750,000,000
cigarettes were smoked In this country
In the last fiscal year. Assuming that
there are 25,000,000 males of smoking
age, this means 200 cigars and 150 ci
garettes for each one of them.
Thus while the gross figures suggest
that the people of these United States,
without regard to sex or age, smoke
cigars and cigarettes incessantly from
rising until bedtime, the per capita fig
ures show that there must be many
more non-smokers than we think, and
that the smokers are as a rule not given
It appears further that, while the
consumption of cigars Increased by
850,4)00,000 over the previous year, the
consumption of cigarettes decreased by
400,000,000. j
It is probable that the bicycle, which
has had such amazing effects In de-
creasing the sale and distribution of j
books, is also chiefly responsible for this
tremendous decline in the popularity '
of cigarettes.-New York World. I
Beamy I Blood Deep. '
Clean blood means clean kln. Mo beauty
xlthou.lt. rase trets. Candy C-ittiirtlc clean
your blood and keeit It clean, br stirring up tbe
ii.zy liver and driving; all Impurities from thi
Imiiv. Bevln to d.jr to banisti punnlos. l oll
li olehes blarkheads. and ttist sickly bi lon
complexion by taking Cacaretslvauty for
t n cents. All druggists, sallslactlon uu trail
teed, ice, 25e.. 50c.
Leave glory to great folks. Ah,
castles in the air cost a vast deal to
keep up.
To Care oaMlpatflow, Forever.
Take Cj;-carets Candy t'atbartte. lfle or 2.1c.
II C. C '- fall to cure, dtU(tgl-ls refund money.
The scholar sits, like Matthew, at
the receipt of custom, demanding of
each passer-by his toll of truth.
Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lnng
trouble ot three years' str.&ding. K. Cauv,
Hunting-tun, lnd-Nov. IS. UM.
A man's character like a fence you
cannot strengthen it by whitewash.
Look After th PriiKmrrn.
The discharged prisoners from the
PitUlield. Mass.. Jail are being looked
! after bv t"e tlood Citizenship Commit
tee or tne Christian Kndeavor Union.
Prof. H ox ley on Smoking.
Prof. Huxley said: "Smoking is a
comfortable and lamluble practice. Is
productive of good, and there Is no
more harm in a plre of tobacco tlian in
i cup of tea."
Policy Is u:ore ofteu to blame for
some men's honesty than principle.
Jean Richepln. the famous French
playwright, was only a few years ago
a porter In a Parisian hotel.
"A HaidfaJ f Dirt Maj
Keep Ywir House Cleai Witk
APOL1
penetrate, look out for an attack of
Oil
will penetrate and
quiet its racking pain.
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.
Negligence in selling loaded cart
ridges which are alleged to be but are
not In fact the kind asked for, la helV
in Smith vs. Clarke Hardware Com
pany (Ga.), 89 L. B. A. 607, to create a
liability for a resulting Injury to th
purchaser.
The priority of claims against a re
ceiver for wages when earnings which
should have been applied to them have
been wrongfully diverted to the bene
fit of bondholders, is held. In Drennan
& Co. vs. Mercantile Trust and D. Com
pany (Ala.), 39 L. R. A. 623, to be en
forcible In case of a private corpora
tion, gucn as a manufacturing or min
ing company, as much as If It were a
railroad company.
An ordinance requiring a strcet-rali-way
company to sprinkle streets, with
out defining when and in what manner
the sprinkling Is to be done, is held, in
State vs. New Orleans City & L. It.
Company (La.), 30 L. R. A. C18. to be
Invalid, as It leaves the measure of
duty to conjecture.
An ordinance prohibiting dogs from
running at large on streets Is sustained,
in Hagerstown vs. Wltmer (Md.), 39 L.
i r. a. W9, as an exercise ot tne gt-neral
power VJU
Hard on the Pickles.
Virtue Isn't always Its own reward.
The English pickle manufacturers h ive
been making their pint bottles hold a
little more than a pint, to be on the sati
side of an English law on the subject.
But when they send these pint butties
to Canada they ruu against a law
which provides that any jku kage nieaii
tiring more than a piut must pay duty
on a quart.
He is a fool who cannot be angry;
but he is a wise man who will not.
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SOOTHING SYRUP
i has been used bvfniftlonseff motnersfoi tnetr
eniiaren wnuo I rpinins rorover nrtv Mr.
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HITCKELLA COMPOUND
Makes ;iilL.uniKTH safe, sure and easy.
Mas. Nuba Faim, Kent, P, writes:!' vrlsb ll
suffering women knew of your weaderTal aaedl
rlae. I bad been la very delicate health, but I lieuan
to etaia ecreaarfa ai
Islu all my work up
Bassoon aalna-rt MITCHELLA.
ut t?lay baby was born: had a
very ra.y Mrtbt baby Helched 1 lbs. at 8 wefka
old. Th Dr. said he never saw anyone fret along
so well and be so strong after Mrtu. Advice t ree.
I'K. J. H. DVB MI-.H. INST., BpS alp, X. Y.
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lyANTEfi-Caseof bad hmlth that S-I P A-Si
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to . m ork. lor rnniil,- and lfw K-slliuonlal
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Early Marriages. '
The farther south one goes the ear
lier one finds marriages take place A
j census was lntely taken in Algeria, and
it was round that the youngest Arab
married man was twelve years old. and
that there were very ninny Lovs wii
were married at thirteen and fourtor.:,
while some at fifteen years li.id svewraf'
wives. There is a youthful Aigerit-.n-widow
of fifteen and a divorced U. s
band of the same age. Girls ar still
more precocious, nnd are soiuetini s
married when only eleven years old,
though twelve is the more usual ag
There are 189 widows of fifteen, ai.d
1,176 divorces of the same age.
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