1
My ImtoV a ansa.
a never gvi nyjaa acnoonna; ax n.
too bard sag rk
I gueaa thene" trntSw i n ou lean
lmplr looldn aft4
Upon the things that c' ata tanas ana
come np in the areosdt
There' sermons la the atpoea, tsatr nan I
gum thy Ijlt at cijnt:
There' lessons ia the leasee ana la the
wiqii that fao.wla at alibi;
There's lessons 4a the fljia' cUuss aa4 la
the brook that flowf
There's leseooa ia the raindrops and the
os win of the crew.
And the feller who don't know it better
pat his books mi
Ami lt ant awhile ap4iltaaeabat Ma
ture has to say.
I don't portend to be as wise as people
who can write
Big books about the distant stars that
twinkle in the night;
The man who's been to college and comes
out with a degree
Is probably more polished and far brain
ier than me.
Bat, still, when sicb a feller starts to
make it plain and clear
That everything; upon this earth jist sort
of happened here
Jist come all by itself without no help nor
guidin' hand.
From notbln' out of nowhere jist oc
curred, you understand
Why, then, I hare to think of things I see
from day to day, -
And wonder If Outdoors ain't the best
school, anyway.
Some folks portend they don't believe in
Gotf, because, you see.
They seem to think it's kind of smart to
stand up and agree
With educated fellers who are s'posed to
be so wise,
And who say a man quits bizness alto
gether when he dies.
But I guess, if you'll examine, you'll dis
cover that the men
Who have done the greatest things on
earth all hoped to live agen!
If Washington could go to church and
praise Jehovah's name.
It ain't no great disgrace for sich as me
to do the same!
Jist take a look around you! God's put
lessons everywhere
Why, there's sermons In the thistle-down
that tumbles through the air!
Cleveland Leader.
THE LOCKET MAN.
BABETTE thrust a hatpin Into
Marie Antoinette's thinly-clad
sawdust body. "I'm so lone
some," she said, appealingly. But Marie
Antoinette's classical china face re
mained stolidly indifferent. "An we
can't have any supper till mademoiselle
gets those vests done. We didn't have
much for dinner," she added, reflect
ively. Mile. Cecilia, sewing by the window,
smiled bravely at the childish face
above the faded brown pinafore. Then
she looked at the pile of heavy vests on
the ohalr beside her and sighed:
"Not yet, eharte," she said, "nave
patience. We'll have a good supper
after I got the money for them; perhaps
some sweet crackers, too."
Babette nodded gayly. She closed
her door again and went back to her
seat on the top stair.
"We mustn't bother mademoiselle
wbeu she's so busy, an' besides it hurts
her to talk," she carefully explained to
Marie Antoinette.
Ah! Tee! Babbette remembered how
mademoiselle used to sing In a church
and at concerts, and earn such a lot of
money till she lost her voice.
"That's after sheMoptctTyou "anil. me.
We're waifs, your. Marie."
natlon.
"An' she spent all ber money, an'
they didn't make her voice well again.
bji' now there's a big doctor come an'
she's not got any money to go an' pt
cured." Babette's uachlldlike. eyes
grew big and solemn. "An' she don't
tell os 'bout the 'locket man' any more.
He's a nice man. When he was a little
boy he lived right next door to made
moiselle, way off in the country."
8he rocked her knees and sang part
of a lullaby to Marie Antoinette, but
Marie Antoinette wasn't sleepy.
Babette grew tired of the stillness
and the darkness. She wondered If It
was too cold to go out She opened the
door again and looked coaxlngly Into
Mile. Cecilia's tired eyes.
"We're going up to the corner, me and
Marie, to see the birds," she said.
Mademoiselle nodded.
"All right, eherle, run along. Don't
go any further, and come back soon."
Out upon the streets boys were play
ing marbles, their dirty hands blue
with the cold, and the first hand organ
of the season was grinding out a
wheezy dance.
Babette listened a moment, then,
tucking Marie Antoinette securely un
der one arm, went on up the street and
stationed herself contentedly before
the windows of a bird store.
People smiled at the odd little figure.
Some gave a few pennies, more passed.
Babette took courage. Now It was a
quaint Easter carol, now a lullaby, now
an uneven chant She began to grow
tired, and Marie Antoinette hung head
downward in a dejected fashion.
She was growing hungry, too, and the
afternoon faded Into dusk. Made
moiselle would worry If she didn't so
soon; but there was so little money in
the cup.
A big tear splashed down the little
dark face, and she wiped it away with
Marie Antoinette's sprigged calico
skirt
Suddenly some one touched her on the
shoulder.
Babette looked up Into the brown
eyes beat upon her. She noticed the
pointed beard and curly hair, and a
light came Into her eyes.
"Why." she said, "it's the locket
manl"
The locket man smiled faintly.
"Who's the "locket manT " he said.
"Why, it's you It's Itichard. you
know, in the locket in inad'.'iiiiiisr..
locket. You"re the little boy she us.'.!
to tell me and Marie 'bout. We'rv
dopted, me an' Marie."
"What are you begging this way for:
Mademoiselle must earn a good deal of
money siugiug." he said harshly.
Babette looked up Into his face.
"O! but she sews vests now. an' w-
dout have nice things any more, nn'
b'.u- cries lots of nights. She's lost her
voice, you know."
Lost her voice Cecilia?"
Babette uodded wearily.
"An' she paid out all her money, ar'
they couldn't make her well again, an'
we cine to Poverty I'lats. an' there's
a doctor who'll cure her, only all her
money's gone an' I'm so hungry!"
Babette's tired little voice broke, lie
looked down at her.
"Com.'." he said; "take me home with
your'
"Yes." he sa.d. coulidntly. "It'll !
all right now."
Mile. Cecilia, sewing by the lit::,
window that looked out over blacken.-;:
roofs and tall chimneys, cried a lMtle u
herself that afternoon. She wonderet"
what was going to become f her anu
Babette.
r If she oulj hadn't Babette! But she
wax n aaya ox prtjspsr-
ttj; the little one was auch a loyal soul,
asi teaWea she was French and tb
poorfaons was a lonely placa for th
orphan. Perhaps it would be better II
ah bad let tie child go. There on
iraa sure of aomethlnc to eat and i
plaoe to sleep, at least, and aba wai
aura of nothlnf any more. ,
She tbougbt of the dear old day:
when her father -was aHve, teach In i
French la the cooatry academy wbei
Richard HeariaTway Jived jnat acroa:
the garden. What good tamea they had
toejetber tratll her father died. Bvery
rhin waa different after tfeat. She had
the taberlted Legrand pride aad lade
peadesce. She would be no bulb' por
tiaaJea -bride.
She did not tell Richard that efaf
knew he would not listen. She had
slipped quietly away to the crty wHh
her little stock of money, aad a friend
of her father's bad helped ber oa to
success. In the height of her prosper
tty, after she had taken Babette, h
read of Richard' departure to a West
era State in the interest of a mlnlrr
concern, and for awhile ber heart ba
failed ber. What If he should neve;
come back, or something should happe.
that he would never know it waa fo
him she waa singing and working fo.
him, and not for fame?
Then she lost her voice, aad she knev
It was the end of all ber dreams. Shi
fought bravely, but little by lKtie be
money drifted away and her vole di
not come back.
The door opened and aome on
stepped Into the room.
She held ber work nearer the window
Daylight was giving place to dusk'
Shadows lurked In the low-celled co.
nera. Where could Babette be?
"I'm glad you've come back, eherle.'
said mademoiselle, not looking op.
"Cecilia, dear heart, don't send n.
away!"
"Dick, O Dick!"
Then "she forgot her loot voice, b.
poverty, her Independence, and we:
Into bis arms like a child. And fro'
the threshold she beard Babette sayii
In her happy, tired voice:
"It's the 'locket man' St' Ricbar
Are yon glad, mademoiselle?" Bal:
more Herald.
Speller.
An exchange give the story of a ma-,
who Is learning to use a typewriter, ac
Incidentally learning to spell. He at'
mits that he Is not an apt scholar. Tli
letters are bard to find, and the spaclr
Is easily forgotten. But one thli
amuses him. He Is learning to ape?
and learning Just as he did when a bo;.
Of course be could spell when he ta-.
kled the typewriter, but not In the sani
way. Now he distinctly enumerate
each letter, and does It, too. with th
greatest care. He finds himself spel.
ing out the words In the newspaper
and his wife says be spells In his sleep
The other day the minister met him
and asked him bow be was.
"V-e-r-y w-e-I-L" be gravely speller
out; and when the pastor looked amaz
ed he realized what he bad done, and
hastily explained the cause of the pe
culiarity. The mluister professed to
be greatly interested, and wanted to
know all about It; and the speller Is
worried for fear the parson will write
a paper on the subject for some maga
zine.
When the minister went away he
shook bands with his pnrishloner, and
said. "Good-by."
"G-o-o-d " began the speller. Then
be recollected himself, and hastily add
ed, "by."
Hedges In time to wear out this pe
culiarityTDd when he Increases his
speed on lilt! Typewriter lie no doubt
will.
Pleasing the Fnblia.
Critic You are not maintaining the
high standard which you set at your
theater when the season opened.
Manager No; I've stopped encourag
ing art to give the people wbat they
want Philadelphia North American.
A Safe Venture.
"And do you love me for myself
Myself alone?" she cried.
"I do your fortune's in your name.
Your daddy cannot lose the same,"
He candidly replied.
The Hign. '
Extract ftom a letter written from
college: "I am much rejoiced, dearest
uncle, that you are coming to visit me
next Monday. I will be at the station
to meet the train. As we haven't seen
each other for a long time, that I may
easily recognize you, hold a 10 note In
your right hand." Tit-Bits.
Saying Nothing.
Nellie (aged ) Mamma, yon said it
was not right to tell tales about John.
Mother Yes, that Is what I told you,
dear.
Nellie Well, then, I won't say nuffln',
but I fink John ought to tell how be
scratched me pretty soon. Harper
Bazar.
Hia Gneaa.
Little Robert Papa, do you know
who is was invented the phras
"Weighed and found wanting?"
I "a pa No; I don't remember his
name, but I guess it was some fellow
who put his goods on the scales after
he got tbem home from the grocery.
A CALENDAR THAT STATS.
The calendar crop Is never short, at
the post office people will testify. We
always get our share, and begin the
new year with a great assortment,
but the one we select "for keeps" it
that of N. W. Ayer & Son, the keep
ing everlastingly at it advertising men
of Philadelphia. This one spends the
whole year in our company. It la a
piece of fine printing, but its good
looks do not constitute its sole charm.
It is clear and plain. Utility bas been
put first. He who seeks the date can
find; he who writes may read. The mat
ter on in Interests more people every
year, but the edition la limited. While
they last a copy can be obtained
postpaid by sending 25 cents to the
publishers.
She Drew the Line.
Ethel Mamma, I just can't consent
to be the wife of Mr. Xewrocka. That
dinner be invited me to yesterday set
tled it.
Mrs. Oldham Why, my child, what
did be do eat with bis knife?
Ethel Oh, I could stand that. He
used a corner of the tablecloth for a
napkin.
They Worked in the Dark.
"So burglars got into your bouse, did
they? You don't seem to mind it much.
Didn't they get anything?
"Oh, yes; they took a lot of thing
but they were all Christmas toys thai
the children had nsed for a week.'
"By jove, old man, you always wer
a lucky dog."
Crushed.
He I have yet to see the woman who
can pull the wool over my eyes.
She I'm afraid yon pat It wrong,
You probably have yet to see the wo
man who would care to compliment
you by try tag to pull the wool over yota
I . -
There la at times
Uty. A certain representative of the
Sultan of Turkey on one ore lea 'was
perhaps to be excused for unbelief.
tt was when the Duke of York bow
the heir to the English throne, aad th
commander of a battleship was a
yooog midshipman, and his skip
in Turkish waters. The story la
ed for by Admiral Sir Frederick Bod
ford, under whom Prince George
served.
Tb vessel called at a Turkish port to
-oL and during this opera Uoa a rep--eaentatrre
of the Sultan caaae to pay
lis respects to his royal highness. He
.ras courteously received by the cap
tain, but In response said that H wa
for the Prtoo bis vMt waa latoaaod.
"I am la command," aald Sir Froder-;-k.
"and the Prince Is aa officer, bnt
lere he comes."
At that moment the Queen's graad
on, who waa in command of the comi
ng party, and who was noted for ener
y in the performance of hia duties,
-ame up. That be was in command of
he coaling party needed not to be ex
'lalned to the visitor. The fact was
. .pparent He was a black a any of
: he men.
' Tbe Turk turned away In disgust, re
"uslng to believe that be waa face to
race with an English prince, and left
jvlth the conviction that be bad been
joaxed. Youth's Companion.
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
4 TALK WITH MRS. PINKHAII.
A woman with the blues is a very un
comfortable person. She is illogical,
anhappy and frequently hysterical.
Tbe condition of the mind known as
" the blues," nearly always, with wo
men, results from diseased organs of
generation.
It is a source of wonder that in this
age of advanced medical science, any
person should still believe that mere
"orce of will and determination tvill
overcome depressed spirits and nerv
ousness in women. These troubles are
indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass., to Mrs. Pinkham for her
advice. Her advice is thorough com
mon sense, and is the counsel of a
learned woman of great experience.
Read the story of Mrs. F. S. Bennett,
Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol
lowing letter:
" Deab Mrs. Pinkham: I have suf
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and ulceration of the
womb, and this spring, being in Buck
a weakened condition, caused me to
.low for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, I wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for a short time,
that terrible flow stopped.
" I am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than 1
have had for the past ten years. I
wish to say to all distressed, suffer
ing women, do not suffer longer, when
there is one so kind and willing to
aid you."
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a woman's remedy for wo
man's ills. More than a million wo
men have been benefited by it, .
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Waralng Note Calling the Wicked to
BtocnUac.
w
HE-N you
cease to give,
yon cease to
possess.
The "larger
hope" may end In
the deeper de
spair. The way to
watoh Is to work.
Tbe Christian
race is not a "go
as - you - please"
foot race.
It requires abundant grace to with
stand abundant prosperity.
No man can follow Christ, and not
have trouble with tbe devil.
Your position In life to-morrow de
pends on your character to-day.
A high ideal is a standing invitation
to reach a more exalted position.
The man who loses his life in love,
saws tbe seed of untold noble lives.
Let the world mold your opinions,
and It will soon squeeze all religion out
The Sermon on the Mount Is hlghet
than some church member care to
live.
The miser who is able (but unwilling)
to relieve want Is truly a miserable
man.
Christ's p?ople have no disappoint
ments: everything Is of divine appoint
ment, The man who will not suffer for the
truth will have to suffer for neglect
ing it,
Tbe exasperating trivialities of life
are little lead line let down to fathom
our religiu.
Htra't Sama Good AdVlea.
"The family doctor should din it in
to the mother's head all of the time,
that the health ot the ohildren lies in
the feet No child should be allowed
to go out into the snow or rain, or
when the walking is wet, without rub
bers. When children's, rubbers cost
only 35 or 30 cents a pair, nobody can
plead expense as an excuse. Many a
fond mother who has lost a child,
weepiugly lays it all to the inscrutable
dispensation of Providence, when the
whole trouble was the child had no
rnbbers." American Journal of
Health.
Shaving Rates In Paris.
' The sanitary authorities of Paris
iave Issued stringent instructions to
barbers, informing tbem that all metal
.nstruments must be plunged directly
lfter use Into boiling soap water. All
;ombs of tortoise shell. Ivory or cellu
loid must be replaced as far as pos
lible by metal, so as to be more easily
.'leaned and disinfected. Scissors, ra
zors, clippers and brushes must be
seated to 100 degrees centigrade, or
placed In a receptacle containing a
prescribed chemical solution, before
ise. Shaving brushes must be dipped
n boiling water. Instead of powder
puffs, blowers must be used. Finally,
lairdressers must wash their hands be
fore passing to another customer.
Tb?r Arc Slow.
"I was down at New York last week
and bad a queer experience."
"What was that?"
"I couldn't find a burlesque of 'Cyra
no do Bergorac' at any of tbe theaters."
Female Drummers In Berlin.
Berlin bas female commercial travel- i
rs who go their rounds on tricycles, to
which are attached their boxes of sam
ples. Uttle boats are seldom stranded.
Don't shear a goat to get One wan,
,, inniiiuiiiii
It is the easiest thing
LUV.UAGO On LAKE
ST.
No remedy bas made sorer
and quicker cures than ,
IT RELAXES THE
PONTIUS PILATE'S BIRTHPLACE.
Ha Was a Native of Fortlaaall, Perth
antra, Scotland.
One of tbe strangest links with the
past which can be found In this country
is supplied by the obscure village of
Fortingall. ia Perthshire, which tradi
tion points out as the birthplace of Pon
tius Pilate, says Lloyd's Weekly News
paper. Fortingall lies In a beautiful and
Sequestered mountain vale some ten
miles west of Aberfeldy, in a district
,'lch In memories of FingaL Wallace
tnd Bruce. Near the village are the re
- -.tains of a Roman camp, where, at the
-pglnning of the Christian era, tbe sol
iiers of tbe Empire were posted to
uard tbe pasage from the Highlands
(trough Olenlyon. This encampment Is
robably not earlier than the time of
Vgrlcola, and before he was made the
Scottish king Metellanus held bis court
tt Fortingall, and received an embassy
.'rom Augustus. One of the ambassa
lors, we are told, was the father of
?ontlus Pilate, and here tbe future
(Governor of Judea is said to have been
born shortly before tbe nativity of our
Savior. Tbe embassy at Metallanus Is
sufficiently well authenticated In the
following passage from Holllnsbed. It
was sent at a time when Augustus
seems to have been pursuing a scheme
for universal peace by means of a sort
if early concert of Europe:
"Ambassadors came from Augustus
o Cymbellne. King of Britain, exfcort
ng him to keep bis subjects in peace
vith all tbelr neighbors, with tbe whole
world, through means of the same Au
gustus, was cow In quiet, without all
wars or troublesome tumults. These
ambassadors went also unto Motellanus,
the King of the Scottishmen, exhorting
him to acknowledge a superorltie is th
Romane Emperour, unto whom the
people Inhabiting in the farthest part
of tbe East bad sent their ambassadors
with rich Jewels to present to his per
son withal. Wherewith Metellanus,
being partite mooved to have a frlend
lie amltle with the Romanes, he sent
Into Rome certelue presents to the Em
perour, and to the gods In the Capitol)
In signe of honour, by which means he
obtained an amltle with tbe Romanes,
which continued betwixt them and his
klngdome for a long time after. Thus
a generall peace was then reigning
throughout the whole world. It pleased
the Giver and Authour of all peace to
!e borne at tbe same time of that bless
ed Virgin Marie, In the cltie of Bethlem
in the tribe of Juda, which most blessed
and salutlferous birth did come to
passe In the 12th year of his reign
.Metellanus) and In the 42d of Augus
tus bis empire."
As the old historians rect rd, Pilate's
later years were clouded by misfor
tunes, and, like Ovid, he was sent Into
exile, soon after writing that famous
epistle to Tiberius, which Is alleged to
exist to this day In tbe depths of the
Vatican library. He perished by sui
cide at Vlenne In Dauphine, about 39
A. D., or, aa Casslodorus says, "over
whelmed by grievous misfortunes, he
turned hi hand agalust himself, and
took away his own wicked life."
Jack'a Point of View.
Hi little sister pouted:
' think it was a shame
For yon to get the scolding
Why didn't some oae tell thee.
The troth about the ball
That Freddy Fearing threw it.
And it wasn't you at all?
But that's tbe way it always is
It's just tbe same old song
When any mischief happens
It's Jack who's in the wrong!
And other boys, I'm anre of it. -
Are every bit as bad.
I'm sick of such injustice!
It make me bopping mad!"
Tack kissed his little sister:
"Oh, don't you fret!" he said.
With a twinkle in his laughing eyes
"And don't yon peach on Fred.
I told the little beggar
(He was scared to death, you see.
When tbe ball went through the window)
To leave it all to me.
Nobody fibbed about it;
Bat the fellows ran away.
'Twas just the situation
Somebody had to stay.
Of course I caught it heavy.
Bnt bless you! think what fun
For me to get a scolding
For a thing I hadn't doner
St. Nicholas.
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Erominent citizens. Send lor circular. UtBca
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Friendship is
pie.
a mortgage on princi-
Kdaaata Voar Bowel wltn Casesnls.
Candy Cathartic, cure const! pat on forever
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Investigation is a cure for prejudice.
Every blessing brings an obligation.
Beaatr la Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. So beauty
nlthouilt. Cascarets, Candy Cathmto clean
ynur blood and keep It clean, br stirring up tne
lazy liver and driving all impurities from the
borir. Beuln to-dar to banisu pimples, ooils.
b'otcbes. blac-kbeads, and tbat Sicily bilious
complexion by taking Cascarets beauty for
t n cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaran
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The man who cannot change his
opinion belongs either to the grave or
the asylum. '
I have fo ad Piso's Cnre for Consumption
an aafatling medicine. F. R. Lots, laog Scott
St Covington. Ky.. Oct. L I Kit.
Light is the task where many share
the tolL
To Cnre A Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Rromo Quinine Tablet, ai
OragrlBta refund money if it falls to oars. 30a.
If thou desire to be held wise, be so
wise as to bold thy tongue.
Mrs. Wiaslow's Sootbinx Fyrup lor children
tretblng, softens tbe (urns, reducing Inflamma
tion, allays psin. currs wind colic, 25c a bottle.
He that wants money, means and
content, is without three good friends.
Ho To-Bae For Fifty Centa.
Guaranteed tobacco habit care makes weak
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As the government
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is, such will be
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He is good that does good to others.
If you wish to be good, first believe
that you are bad.
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Friendship Is a plant that loves the
unexpectedly.
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colds and bronchitis. They will cheek any cold
wben used promptly. 25 cents.
Inspiration. like death, always comes
ill
" '
ia the wocM to nava
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JACOBS OIL
STIFFENED MUaOLEa.
FOB LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
oaaethlna: that Will Interest th fsi
Tenlle Mesa be ra of vor Horns meld
-Qaaint AeMona and Briat Baying
of Mauay Cats and Cnnnlns Chlldroav
Th ahrike's ordinary method of cap
turning prey oloeely resembles tbat of
the fly-oatchor, to which, however. It
Is not really related. The resemblance
Is merely one of those due to similar
ity of habit.
Every well-conducted butcher-bird
has a settled perch or pitch on which
be sits to watch and wait, and to which
he returns after each short excursion.
Files and bees be catches on tbe wing,
darting down upon them suddenly
with a swoop like a king-fisher's; but
he also often takes them sitting, espe
cially when they are seated on a leaf
r-r a branch, or are eating carrion.
One of his favorite bunting-boxes If
a telegraph wire, and he prefers one
tbat crosses the corner of a wood; there
be will sit with bis head held sapiendy
on one side, keeping a sharp lookout
from his beady brown eyes in every di
rection. If a boo light on a head of
clover. If a cockchafer stir, if a mouse
move la the grass, if a fledgling thrush
make a first unguarded attempt to fly
woo betid the poor Innocent; our
butoher-bird Is upon him, with a fierce,
darting beak, aad In ten seconds more
his writhing body adds to the store in
the shrike's larder.
A good place and time to watch a
butcher-bird at work is in a quiet field
by a copse Just after the mowing. But
you must bide carefully. Tbe short
grass Is then full of beetles, crickets
and grasshoppers, as well as of mice,
shrews and lizards, which can conceal
themselves less easily than they were
wont to do In tbe long hay before tbe
cutting.
At such times, hawks snd owls made
a flue livelihood In the fields; but their
habit is to hunt their quarry on tbe
oien. They hover and drop upon It.
Tbat Is not tbe butcher-bird's plan; he
Is a more cautious and secret foo; he
sits oasnally on his branch or bis tele
graph wire, with his head on one side,
till his prey stirs visibly: then he
rounces on him from above, making a
short excursion each time, and return
ing to rest on IDs accustomed position.
' When he catches a bird, and eats It at
once, be begin t by spitting It on a
thorn; then he attacks the skull first,
breaking It through and eating the
brain, which is his favorite tid bit. He
also raids on the nests of other birds,
and carries off the nestlings. Grant
Allen.
Lord Fanntlerov Ta Changed.
When Little Lord Fauntleroy was a
long-haired, wide-collared boy he was
devoted to a ball some one bad given
him, so bis faithful chronicler says.
Once, wben It rolled beneath a dray, be
wept to see the thin be bad loved and
cherished so mangled by cruel wheels.
A few weeks ago Little Lord Fauntle
roy Victor Burnett was an active
lartldpant in a foot-ball game. Of
course, every one knows that Mrs. Bur
nett was merely historian of her son
when she wrote her famous book. It
interested a great many persons to see
bow Victor Burnett treated the ball.
He kicked It so far that he came near
making a new football record. He
kicked It so bard tbat ho was a ber
with a mob cheering his name like
mad. And for the second time he was
a hero this time a football hero In
stead of a book hero.
Where Beaaonlns; Failed.
"Mamma, have I any children?"
asked little 5-year-old Ella upon her
return home from Sunday schooL
"Why, no, of course- not! Wbat put
that Idea into your bead?" replied the
surprised mother. "Because," an
swered the little lady, "our lesson at
Sunday school to-day was about peo
ple's children and their children's chil
dren." Knowledge of the Abatract.
"Wbat is an abstract noun, Nellie?"
asked tbe teacher, of a bright little glrL
"Don't know," was the answer. "You
don't know!" exclaimed the teacher.
"Well, it's the name of something you
can think of but can't touch.' Now,
can yon give an example?" "A red-hot
poker," was the surprising and prompt
reply.
Queer Facta About China.
China, or "the Celestial Empire," as
tt V sometimes called. Is a land of mys
tery and curiosities to most of us. From
an American point of view the Chinese
do many things "upside down," and
even nature seems to ape this, to us,
contrary system. For Instance, the
Hwang-bo. or Yellow River, one of the
two largest rtvers in the . empire,
through a large portion of its course Is
higher than the surrounding plain. An
other river, the Han Keang, Is only 200
feet wide at Its mouth, but grows wider
as tbe distance from Its mouth Increas
es. -In the summer this river Is higher
than It natural banks, with tbe result
that, wore It not for walls that hold tbe
water ha check, the surrounding conn
try would be under water for the great
er part of tbe year.
An Incomplete Education.
Visitor Well, Tommle, how are yon
getting on at school? Tommle (aged 8)
First rate. I abat doing as well as
some of the other boys, though. I can
stand on my bead, but I have to put my
feet against the fomco. I want to do tt
without being near tbe fence at aH, like
some of the boss do, aad I can aftet
rvo Men to
AS HIS MOTHXB'S HKHO A3D AS HIS COL
Ltei'll HE BO.
EAtrL
nraa..s-C---tot"
T5m Mass,
Alway of
' . at th Eplph'
Sunday acnooi -
JTb Church nad. nj
Ths subject
werterday UdelpM.
i. nan uicr
Wrh Christian
Armor,
OBOUgb to
.. thaw were fortunate
Droxel IbsO-
hav
rw MacAJiSter os
. . . ahAni
tne
2 , arnmT Med during th. ly
kind of armor usea u"? .mm mnch
day. of Christianity.
to
Tbe armor of -rly tlm
exceedingly scarce, there brtnf w
aunpve. of It in this f utry -
-av hmnui. luu fi- -
fastened together witn ,'ZZa
t" helmet, the shield and the sworj
The dashing-looking JJ
our rmy officers wear are
loose worn in Paul's time The, ' were
tea, than two feet long. ) broad at the
end. and were Wunt B-W
wars been muoh beautified. Three
thousonT year, ago the Egyptian,
spared no pains on theirs, and down
in the middle ago they made them or
wild gold, in Psul's time metal ar
mors were solid metal, hinged, It was
In the middle ages that they had armor
of steel net
The specimens shown were Fersiw
armor, of a later date. In damascened
bronse. At this time they had armlets.
The armlet goes on the outside of the
sword arm. and has a piece hanging
down over
the hand; tne snieia,
course, protects
the left arm, wnicn
carries It.
To be a Christian then was no easy
matter, when the powerful
Roman
empire was doing its oest
(or bettor.
Its worst) to stamp K out.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
A Texan has patented a billiard cue
which is chambered at tbe end and fill
ed with chalk, to be discharged through
a small opening to the face of the cue
as each shot is made.
In a new English bicycle saddle a
metallic ring, supported by braces. Is
strung with straps or other flexible ma
terial to form a flat seat which springs
with the weight of the rider.
To ascertain the size of finger rings
a new measuring device has a flat base
on which the finger Is placed, with
graduated bars to surround the finger
and Indicate the size of ring needed.
In an Improved footrest for boot
blacking stands clamps are provided
for the sole and heel portions, which
can be adjusted to Ct any foot and
clamped in place by a lever at the side
of the base.
In a new Jack-screw for raising
heavy bodies tbe spiral ribs Inside the
frame are replaced by a series of steel
balls which mesh in the grooves on the
threaded shaft and decrease tbe fric
tion as tbe shaft Is turned.
A handy hitching post has a spring
drum inserted in the top, on wblcb is
wound a cord with a srap book at the
outer end for attachment to the bridle,
the spring pulling the rope into the post
wben not in use.
A bandy cup for drinking purposes
has a weighted section formed under
the flange In the bottom, so that the cup
can be dropped Into the spring when
not In use. tbe weUhl keenlns- it in sn
upright position as It floats.
Bags can be quickly fastened by an
Ohio man's device, consisting of two
steel members pivoted together, with a
yoke on one which locks over teeth on
tbe other member as they are pressed
over the mouth of the sack.
A Dismal Outlook.
"Why should you worry? You've got
a rich uncle who Is on his last legs, and
you're his nearest relative."
"Oh. yes. I know, but a grass widow
has Just moved into the flat across the
hall."
Wo are glad every day that we live
in a town in which the society Is too
sensible to use the word "debut"
A good wife maketh a good husband;
the bad ones are all self-mad.
.We know
or notning better to tesr the
lining of your throat and
lungs. It is better than wet
feet to cause bronchitis and
pneumonia. Only keep it
up long enough and you
will succeed in reducing your
weight, losing your appetite,
bringing on a slow fever and
making everything exactly
right for the germs of con
sumption. stop coughing and
will gst well.
you
?h of every kind.
An ordinary cough disap
pears in a sfns night. The
racking coulhs of bronchitis
srs seen Completely mas
tered. And, if not too far
along, the coughs of con
sumption are completely
Ask your druggist for one
Of
Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
Plaster.
It win sid the notion of the
Charry Pectoral.
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1 1 TmS? ? Too. Address. I
I I 5- AYEB, LeweU. Mass. I
Every farmer's wife knows how necessary it is that
the milk buckets, pans, churns, and other implements of
the dairy be perfectly clean and free from taint. A com
mon yellow soap that smells of rosin should never be used
for washing these. Such soaps are made of materials that
you would not use for any purpose. Besides, they are
sticky and the soap will get into the cracks and corners and
stay there. Ivory Soap is pure, it is well made, and only
sweet, clean materials are used. Then it rinses readily.
IVORY SOAP IS 99V- PER CENT. PURE.
n-..i.u ills T
niiiiiHMiinii"" TTTTxj-jLa.ji tun axajErTin
UNFRIENDLY TO SCIENCE.
rhe Fqnatter IMdn't Like to near ine
Nelathbornooa wprroa"
Manv persons who are considered
"well Informed," as the saying goes.
have moods in which tney wisn inej
harl never heard of micro oes ana um-
ease germs, but the following account
nf a "sauatter's" state of mind upon
this point must at least be greauy over-,
drawn. We And it in tne ou iu
Post-Dispatch, and reprint it ior us
humor rather than for it scientific or
historic value.
It was a squatter's cabin on the bor
der of a swamp, and the squatter nim
self sat smoking his pipe as tbe Colonel
rode up and asked for a drink of water.
One of the half-dozen children ran to
the swamp with a gourd and filled it,
but tbe Colonel turned away, and said:
'I can't drink tbat stuff; It's full of
young tadpoles."
'Yes, they do seem to be pretty
thick," replied the squatter, as he blew
a cloud of smoke above his head.
'I should think you'd be afraid to
swallow these things." said the Colonel.
"Don't see notbln' to be afraid of.
sab. Reckon It's wuss on tbe tadpoles
than on us. Been drlnkin' it right along ;
for twenty years, and nobody's been
hurt yit"
'There must be lots of malaria
around here."
Mebbe they are, sab. but I haven't
seen one as I knows of. Do they walk
or fly?"
'Malaria Is what breeds chills and
fever," explained the ColooneL
"Oh, that's it? Must be round here.
lnen' oouga we ain i worrym any.
i out you sooumnii
tiive- nrtbis nis-
"Dunno wbat your miasma Is, but if
she tackles this family she'll git the
worst of It Wealnt takln' a bluff from
anything."
My friend," continued the Colonel,
as he looked around, "Id you ever bear
of bacteria?"
"Never, sab. Does he walk or fly?"
"And did you ever bear of a mi
crobe?"
"Never did. Is he on tbe fight?"
"How on earth you can live here, con
tiguous to this pestilential morass, with
tbe air weighted down with malaria, is
more than I can understand."
The squatter looked np to the man on
horseback for a long minute, as If puz
zling over the words, and then queried
"What's 'contiguous' mean?"
"It means alongside of."
"And-wbat's 'pestilential T "
"Sickness and death."
"And what's a 'morass?' "
"A swamp."
"Look here, stranger," continued tbe
squatter, as be rose, knocked the flre
out of his pipe, and looked very serious.
"I've lived here all my life, and I've
seen a thousand people go along this
road, but you are the first critter who
has gone at It to upset me. and make
me feel discontented and unhappy."
a J1 Taa "lDaDly "Peaking of the situa
tion, explained the Colonel.
"And so am I, sah. and the situation
are Jest this: You've come along and
made up faces at my tadpoles, you've
throwed malaria and miasma at me
you ve-talked of pestilence and morass
and microbes, and you've Jest got me
o riled up that I'm bound to sfy that
irUn W"Dt to 8k fur Oaw of
terbacker or a drink of whisky. 01
wasnt intendln' to stop and talk poll-
J StE? aK,ttln, Md k-p
riht ' rttL Ton ma P" all
right In aome parts, but I'm dawgoned
if you ain't twice too particular
J ""- as we are aronnrl
yere."
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8wan.tob.for. m. .""SibT.".
tftlMayateau Sondfor toatlmonlata riS?
HaU a ramify PUlsara th beat.
Law ia
an esrraiiiA. i.t .
never mari. it
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tous or temperate
11 T C.uS toeS! thartte, lOo or 2S&
"to CDr. dnifflsis refund moaeyl
v arew ones from sprouting.
Dr. Sath Arnold's Cnn.1. win .
msdlcln. for v.iT V nn-
ba,w 4
JL WtflAtft MS.. til
to be KoveTra "I " 8u?er h'elf
other. or attempu to a-overn
Memory Will
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Hoboon at Sunday School.
When the Sunday school of St. Pani'i
Church, Greensboro, assembled om
Sunday morning, several years api
says a correspondent, a young man lj
the uniform of a naval cadet appear
and took bis place in a class of old
boys.
He was greeted cordially and the lea
son pointed out to him. but he waa al
ready prepared for the recitation. At
riving from Annapolis only the da; be
fore, to spend his vacation with' hia
family, he had taken pains to find from
a neighbor what the lissou was to be,
and had prepared It with the same care
that he bas since given to the study ol
problems In naval construction or de
struction. For the young naval cadet
was Richmond P. Hobsou, churchman,
scholar and hero.
Reanltinar Kxpeam.
"That woman tried to beat tne down
on the price of quinine."
"What did she say?"
"She said I ought to make it 19 centi
cheaper because she had to pay ber lit
tle boy to take It"
BETTER
THAW
BUTTI
Batteiine la. That Is. t: is better thu tw?
nswrly ail batter. '1 h beat hatter that ri -iopro-daced
ia as ffood u Batterine. It isn't better. It
csvu't be. And the batter is Kwd only u tru J
moment It cumm from tbe churn. It doesn't tuy
W: DUtivruu Duuenne rtiJiiiiu in jir-i y ouij
. for few KsomAatk Tteiit,ter Ning t deieno- J,
rateirnmediaselr. Tbe Bntterii:'3j-a'C"
Why do on not buy Bat Term t
It'e became you tvre prejudiced. Yon hire Swes
told that Batter me U artificial. What dees .rttfarul
mean It mean a ane:y 1 1 thin - rrtin te
circumstances. Battenne in artitii-i&L
trr. Batteiine is manufactured by a jirt--.-Batter
la manufactured bv it pnws. One u jut
as artificial as tho other, the eleuionrs ot totb in
produced by nature. Both come fr m Hie u
tuiim.il.
And the elements are pratL-ally in.ifntVal.
That's wliT bat'er can't be better 'h-vu Bat term
Pure Klondike gold can't beany iwtt tbn pi
Cri-ple CreaX gold, liold is po.d. Cer a ii wifUirtiu
are the same whether in bat'er r Batteni
whether la the milk or the fat of a co t.
The diderenee between Btirt-rii.e aid the wet
batter Is mostly In the prix-es- ot m. iu (t- Tl
Batteraie proceed is suj erior and in a gtiarantes of
Jnwlth all its merits Butteriue costs lew thu
butter only 15r. per fK,und. Aid at this lu
price we will send it to you .pre pre; aid.
lu lt packages in 1 lb prints.
M tb packages in 8 t rolls.
4u tb packages (solid .
You are enjoying other modern masterpierei of
science: why not this wnulesome and ecuaumical
one r We want you to try it.
11 KIN Ac O.. SOS tb street, V
VVawkiwgtoa. P. t , P. O. Bu
PIE3I
"JIT wife bad pimple on her fare. bat
she has been taking CASCAUETS and tbef
have aU disappeared. I bad been trouble
with eoastipation for some time, but alter Is
In the first Cascuret 1 bavo had no trouble
with this ailment. We cannot six-ak too hili
ly of Casoarets." Frkd Waiiimss.
670b Oermantown Ave.. Philadelphia. Ps
Good. Kerer Slckao. Weaken, or Gripe l. w-
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
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Arnold Medical Corporation. Woonsocket. u-
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
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