"DEAR CHILD"
la tfaa Tillage by the rlvarelda
Bite dwelt, long rears ago,
.Where the sweet (an 'woke her erry
morn.
And the children loved her eo.
And her little garden plot was bright
With flow'ra bo fair and wild
That the soft wind stay'd, bright dreami
to waft - .
To her they call'd. "Dear ehUd."
The sick and sorrowing heard her step
Within the wicket-gate.
Between the ranks of sunflowers tall
That seem'd for her to wait;
And the dying, who 'mid twilight watch
Till cares of daytime cease,
Llsten'd. and loved the childish roles
That whisper'd words of peace.
Bat rery gently, Very soon,
Her little race was ran.
She slept the sleep God grants His own
At setting of the son.
And In her dreams she trod hear'n'a way,
While stars lookeJ down and rail d.
While sngela stretcb'd kind arms to aid,
And call'd her their "Dear child.
NAT CAD DITRI If ATI AM
- !
HAT a lifer re
peated the man to
himself with al
most a writhe.
"Making brick
without straw all
the year round. I
wish there, I
wish to Ood I'd
never learned how
to writer'
And yet it had
paid him in solid
coin, no far. One
of his minor
dreams was real-
teed; the window
of his writing
room overlooked a suburban rod way
along which Jarring wheels seldom rat
tled; he had got away from the whirr
and drone of the town, where his
nerves had been at tension all day long.
He could compose in peace. And yet
he sat with the bitter. Idle stare
clutching a dry pan.
The door behind creaked; a woman
glided In on tiptoe. "Don't start It's
only I." she whispered.
"Don't start r He threw down the
pen without turning. "It's all starts
or the strain of expecting them. I'm
slok of it, I tell you sick of It all."
"What Is the matter?" She bad
paused half way, with hands together.
"Can't you writer'
"Write! I've nothing to write. I'm
drained dry. And I've promised a tra
gic story" with a balf-oneer "for that
'Society Bun.' Traglcl What's the
timer
"It must be nearly 6."
"Six? Dark In another hour dusk
aowl I've done nothing. And you
you never attempt to help me by so
much as a word!"
"Never help you 7" she echoed, and
repeated It to herself. "I never help
him! But when have you asked such
a thing? What good would be my
ideas r
"Oh, not much. Women seldom have
real Ideas they're fitting superflelall- j
ties. Still " I
A long silence. The door creak eo
again, bat he knew she had only closed
It and was still hovering behind him.
He was somewhat surprised, but would
not turn, vaguely conscious of the
Jp you," she repeated.
calmly. "Would you like me"tu" try r
perhaps something has Just come to my
mind. It Is silly, maybe, as I tell it,
but yon my husband, might make It
clever and Interesting. Ton say your
stories are always twaddle as you first
set them down."
"Do 17 Well, what is ltr he said,
staring across at the opposite roofs,
rrhls situation Is novel. Go on. Never
mind as long am there Is anything at
all In it"
"There la there la a woman's heart
tn It, I think," she whispered. "Is that
any good?"
"Oh I" he said. Her voice had tailed
off as If she had a real Idea, but was
afraid of the sneer. "Well, there usu
ally is that's one of the component
parts of the average story. Even hu
mor is the brighter for tragedy lurking
in the background, yon know. Any
thing in the heart t That's the point
Tee: anything In this heart?"
Another silence. "Couldn't I tell you
Inst as It came to me, then 7 she said.
"I'm not clever enough to know. It's
more of a sketch, perhaps. I I Imag
ined two lovers, very dear lovers.-They
got married and there was a beautiful
world before them, with such peace at
the end, If they knew! Make the man
an artist. He lived for bis art. The
girl the girl was only just a girl; she
lived for the man. She hung on his
eve. 7 word, you might say; she prayed
for his success when he was never
there to hear, thought for him in ways
that he would never know, and check
ed her singtng, and moved always so
softly, so that he should never be dis
turbed at bis work. You're not writ
ing. Is It so silly f
"Qo on," be ' whispered. "There
there's nothing to write yet."
"That went on for years. The man,
deeper and deeper In his work, never
saw that his wife was changing; that
the light had gone out of her eyes.
He forgot all he had meant to be
forgot after a time even to kiss her;
and. the girl she could never bring
herself to remind him, eh? Still
she lived only for htm, but he never
cared what she wore, never thought
that her work might be hard in its lit
tle way, and that there are some wom
en for whom years of 'such silence and
loneliness spells death or worse. She
was always crying at first, and never
dared to tell him why if he did not
ee for himself, and kept out of his
way so that his mind should not be
spoiled for work. And he say that he
thought It was something else, and
poke harshly and sneered, and at last
got so that be lived in a world of his
own, and wouldn't open his door when
when be knew that her heart was
bursting outside, longing for one kind
word again. Or or something
tike that. Could yon begin anything
vlth that?"
No answer. She could not see. but
the man's outward stare was as if It
would never again relax. She went on
a little faster, her voice taking a thrill
Just as though his silence Implied
that there might be real dramatic pos
sibilities In her small inspiration.
"I think my husband could yes! The
world is used to seeing the man grow
indifferent, and the woman cold and
pale; but you you might take the tra
gedy as it Is within the four walls, and
make It live and throb In there. You
might put it that at first the man's mis
take was In always straining forward
to his goal, forgetting that the happi
est time Is now forgetting bow, when
1 e looks at last he will not find Just the
same laughing girl as he married.
Cf ten he left bar. we win say; he want
ed cheerful faces and relaxation after
his work, and the wife waa oady Ilk a
ghost creeping about the house. And
io at last, for her the only alternative
to a broken heart was a heart harden
ed to stone. And oh! ahe had so loved
him had so determined always to look
her brightest and best for him!
That might have gone on until the end,
as It often does; bat there came a Mow
one blow more than she could bear.
We'll suppose we'll suppose that one
day the wife, somehow or other, beard
him talking to a friend. The friend
waa quiet; he had asked: Wbafs the
matter with with ber? All the ro
mance gone that yon used to talk
about r Make it make It that she
held her breath for the answer, even
then even then; that even then she
was hungering to pat her arms around
him, and tell him. oh, no, It was not
gone! And supposing she hoard hhn
ay: Her! Fooh, take no notice of ber
always the same. Wish to heavens
sometimes I'd never married what
with the expenses and the miseries at
home. Can't make her out not like
other women. Given it op long ago.
Don't you ever marry,-old man!
And supposing the wife stood and
cried to Qod to take her on the spot,
and that God did not answer, and that
at last at last, when something seem
ed as If K would snap In her brarn
he crept into her husband's study and
took out the pistol that be kept In bis
desk and put it to her forehead, and
almost pulled the trigger.
Wouldn't a paper accept a story like
thatr
Still no answer. The man had craned
(till further forward, his hands grip
ping the desk, his face gray In the
dusk, his stare widened. It looked
It somehow looked as if he feared for
his life to look around. In fear of a
band waiting for his throat. It waa
not his wife's talking. It was Tragedy
that had come creeplr s into the room
as It sometimes did when be wrote
late, and something stood and breathed
behind each shoulder.
The voice came again, aa from a long
way off.
"Yes I Say sbe paused the moment,
and that saved ber. 8bo looked at his
work and thought of his long straggles
and the mind that always strained af
ter something In life that la never to
be found. But the thought had coma
into her bead, and it stayed and stay
ed, and more than once, when he had
passed her with hardly a word or look.
No, my God, she could not boar It!
God. forgive her, she cannot bear ltr
The Indescribable sob and a swift
rush. A hand bad plucked open the
drawer at the man's side and some
thing bright flashed out. Just to time
be realised something and swayed np
with a hoarse cry: "Winnie! No nor
and faced the picture that was to eat
Into his memory all time.
The dead silence, the stare with
which the wide eyes In her worn, white
face seemed to search his soul wildly
for a flicker of the truth! Then her
band dropped and her face began to
twltcb plteonsly. -His arms were out
and the heart beat there yet.
"Winnie." he had whispered such a
whisper "don't, don't! Come back to
me come backr
And for those two Time put back
the hands of the clock. But the story
that was not for publication. Lot
don Star.
SQUIRRELS IN WINTER.
Bon Popular Notlrt
.. pejied bjr 1 y
If one asks aV
dren and grown poov
that matter how squlrrn
winter, nine out of ten win .,
they eat the nuts they gath)
suuWl ril au'is' Is partly, but I
not wholly true. Their food Is widely
varied In the course of a year, espe
cially In the spring and summer. In
dian corn In the milk suffers more from
squirrels than from raccoons or .musk
rats, which are proverbially so fond of
it. In places on the western frontier
an expensive system of watching has
had to be maintained at times against
this pest. One dainty in late, summer
is the mushroom, of several varieties
of which they are fond, and this re
minds me of a bit of unexpected Bngac
Ity in one of the western chipmunk
lately spoken of tn my hearing by the
artist and author, Ernest Seton Thomp
son. It appears that this chipmunk
depends for Its ordinary fall and win
ter fare upon the seeds of the pinon
pine, which it preserves by storage tn
Its holes In decayed stumps or under
ground. It happened lately, however,
that In a certain area of the northweat
the pinon crop was a complete failure,
and the ground squirrels were com
pelled to find something else for their
subsistence and winter stores. In this
extremity they turned to the mush
rooms, everywhere abundant, and were
busy during all the late autumn In
gathering them. They were too wise,
however, to store them underground,
where they would soon have rotted, but
Instead deposited them In notches and
crotches of the lower branches of for
est trees, where they dried In the open
air and so kept In good condition to be
eaten. Their shriveling up and the
shaking of the branches by the winds
caused many to fall, and these the
squirrels Industriously picked np and
tried to fasten more securely to the
branches. x
This method of providing themselves
with winter food Implied the necessity
of tbelr coming forth from then under
ground retreats, no matter how cold
and snowy the weather, whenever they
wanted something to eat. Instead of
having thetr larder Indoors, as to usual
with them, and It would be Interesting
to know whether they actually did so
or whether they failed to profit, after
all, by their seemingly sagacious pru
dence. Chicago Chronicle.
Coats at Second Hand.
Aa tho well-educated native of India
emulates western manners as far aa
possible. It Is not to be wondered at
that he Is partial to the frock coat.
From this partiality a curtous trade
has sprung up. Regularly large con
signments of second-hand frock coats
are shipped out from England to Cal
cutta and Bombay, and are disposed of
to the natives, who strut about like
peacocks In a not lnf requenly Impossi
ble coal. Add to this that the wearers
don't go In for socks, and to a man
wear glaring patent leather shoes, and
you have a picture. When It is added
to this fact that the native headdress
Is worn, and that the unmentionables
are of linen and cut sklnt'gbt with
many folds around th? ankles, the sight
Is oftentimes ridiculous. .
So fashionable has the frock coat be
come in India that native tailors make
the ordinary coats of the natives large
ly on frock coat lines, and It Is no un
usual sight to see the athletic youths
of Northern India disporting them
selves In so-called frock coats of ai
many hoes as tho famous garment of
lose ph. -
Every time a genius Invents a good
thing aome other genius makos a for-
HINK.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT O
THE PAPER. -
Qaaint Bawinaranna Cata Dataaja of
Little Folk lasywho, Oatharad
ad Priated Hero for All Ochnr lain
Peabody Bndlcott Wmthrop Browne
Mved to Beacon street. In Boston town,
With a lineage almost as long as year
arm, .
Aa ancestry rich with colonial charm.
And In face of all this we are a alts at a
loss
to account for hla being so dreadfully
Bat wrong foot first oat of bed each
mora,
J privately think that's the way he was
born).
Hi Is boy would come with a scowling
face
And begin to And fault at his usual pace.
Uis bath was too hot or the room too
cold,
Aad all through his dressing he'd fame
and scold.
To the dining room with a frown he
came.
And that nothing could salt him was
very plain.
For his oatmeal was dry. or the milk too
cold,
The butter too hard or the bread too old.
Till his pictured ancestors looked stonily
down
On this hopeful scion of the boose of
Browne.
And when he went oat, I tell It with
shame,
lie spoke very rudely to Nurse Mary
Jane,
lie splashed lo the water and kicked np
the snow,
ind walked rough shod over high and
low.
And the frown on his face was a sight
to see;
(a fact, he behaved most shockingly.
Of children to play with he found bat
few.
Though he walked the length of the ave
nue, For the little ones all. with a stare and
frown.
Said. "Let's run away from that cross
patch Browne,"
Till, his nurse losing patience, home they
went.
And to papa's study Feabody was sent
And hla father very gravely said,
'Bo j a that won't be pleasant most go to
bed."
So he had spoiled his pleasure and lost
his play,
And ended his day In this shameful way.
O. the sorriest boy In Boston towne
Was Feabody Endicott Wlnthrop
Browne,
And now, my dear, when yon count the
loss.
Does It ever pay for being cross?
Atlanta Constitution.
Old V aavte.
A group of young folks from the blgb
tchool stood on the corner, giggling at
old Maggie, the brown mare wbo.
hitched to a post near by, stood pa
tiently switching away at the flies. The
young folks laughed at ber rough hide,
her stumpy tall and clumsy feet. They
ca'iled her "Nancy Hanks," "Gunpow
der" and "Bucephalus."
The next morning, when the glgglert
TUB FAITHFUL BOBSS.
filed Into the schoolroom, they saw on
the blackboard this:
"I am only an old horse, but when I
was young I was handsome, and I took
a pride In letting no one pass me. Now
I can do little, but I try to do that well
I take Invalids and timid old ladles out
driving. I let little children drive me,
and they can ship the lines, rattle the
whip and shout as loudly as they wish;
it doesn't try my nerves. Sometime!
they cUmb my back for a ride. I step
very carefully, so they won't fan off.
So I do when the baby toddles around
and I am cropping grass on the lawn.
"I am always ready to carry picnic
pnrtles to the woods; I go for the doc
tor; I take guests to the train. I nevei
shy at tooting engines, bicycles, babj
ca.T:ag. or wheelbarrows. I tak
grandma to tbe weekly prayer-meetlni
and sewing society. I don't rem em bet
ever playing a mean trick In my life
Sometimes In tbe future yon may lx
old, poor and slow; how would you llk
to be laughed at?"
The scholars read the words, lookef
at one another, giggled a little verj
feeble giggles! then, with flushed
faces, bent over,thelr books.
But they were thinking! Youth'i
Companion.
What Made Virginia Lanark.
"Well, did yon do It. 'Lexandei
Knox?"
"No, I never she Just looked soberei
tban everr
"That's poetry r laugher Phoebe. It
was easy enough to make Phoebe
laugh.
Alexander plunged both grimy little
bands Into his pockets and looked
gloomy.
"I stood on my head three times av
runnln' "
"Oh, my, I couldn't do thatr' cried
Phoebe, mischievously.
"An' I turned three somersaults a
runnln'," continued 'Lexander, severe
ly, "and she never laughed one little
smile, no. she never! 1 don't know
what to do next"
"I couldn't make her, either," said
Phoebe. "I tried and tried. Every
body else laughed; grandma did, and
nurse, and everybody but Just Virginia.
I guess we might's well give it up,
"Lexander."
It looked that way. Everybody lo
the house had been trying to make solemn-faced
.little Virginia laugh. It
they could Just make ber do it once,
the backbone of the storm would be
broken, grandma said, and tho aun
would have a chance to come ont "fot
good."
It was quite a serious case. Virginia
aad really a good cause for being sor
rowfuL Wben one Is only four yean
old and has had the croup and can't gc
j to the next-door liaby's birthday party
well, what la there to laugh at?
Virginia pressed her Up-tilted little
nose flat against tbe window pane and
cried quiet little rain drops that twin
kled In tbe sun. And everybody wai
so sorry for Virginia why, even thf
I chickens outside seemed sorry! Then
! waa one lanky, half-growa Uttle fellow
n. a yellow coat half feathers and half
lown and half bare akin (but that a too
nany halves!) who seemed especially
torry for Virginia. Ho cocked hla rldio
ilous little head at her and blinked one
wight eye.
"That little giri ought not to be cry
ng dear me, nor bo seemed to be
:hluking to himself. "Somebody onght
:o put a atop to It at once. The Idea
f crying when there's Just been a rain
ind the angleworms are so plenty!
SomelKHly ought to entertain that little
;lrL I have ltr
And then Little Lanky Fellow strut
led away Importantly. Just the thing!
If anything would comfort the little
;IrL that would. He fluttered np on
o the wheelbarrow that stood Just os
ier Virginia's window and flapped bis
funny, bare wings and crowed! It
a-as a coarse, cracked, little baby crow.
Out he stretched his long neck and
jpened b!s mouth to a frightful extent
and crowed and crowed and crowed.
Me was so very Important and proud
f himself, and the crow was so very
joorse and off the key!
Then Virginia laughed. Youth's
Companion.
Their fin la Named
"Now. children." said the young lad
who was Instructing a class of small
trays In the Sundny school, "which o(
you can tell me of what particular Bin
loaepb's brethren were guilty when
tbey sold him Into bondage?" "Please,
ma'am, I can," answered one bright Ut
ile fellow. "Very well; what waa It?"
'be Inquired. "They sold him too
-heap," was the somewhat unexpected
reply.
A Joke on the A nereis.
Willie, aged 4. noticed the moon In
the western s!?y one morning after sun
rise. Having never before seen both
jrba at once h? was deeply Impressed
icd, runn ng Into the house, exclaimed:
"Oh, ninmiitn, I've got a good Joke on
the angel-ir "Why. Willie, what do
you mean?" as'vfd the astonished moth
; r. "Tbey forgot to take the moon In,"
answered the little fellow.
Wher loea It Got
"I want to ask you one more ques
i'.ou. mamma," said small Freddie, as
be was being put to bed. "Well, what ii
It?" asked the tired mother In a tone of
resignation. "When a hole comes In
my stocking." said he, "what become?
of the piece of stocking that was there
before the hole came?"
All are'ooted.
Little 4-year-old Flossie bad been
spending the day with a playmate dur
ing house-cleaning and upon ber return
home she found the carpets had been
removed from the ha:l and stairs. "Oh.
mamma," she exclaimed, "the hall and
stair steps are all burefooted."
Lean t of the War.
"Tommy." said the teacher to a pupil
.n the Juvenile cl isa, "what Is your Ides
if the result of our war with Spain?"
"It made g'ography lea-tons a heap
sight harder," was tbe logical reply.
PHILADELPHIA'S BKST ENTER
TAINMENT. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Sun
day. Sept. 3. 1S99.
Never was the value of cleanliness
more strikingly exemplified than in the
succees which has rewarded the ef
forts of Benjamin F. Keith. He has
demonstrated that the good In theatri
cals Is not only the most enjoyable, but
the most remunerative. He has revo
lutionised the branch of the business
to which his houses are devoted. ,QU-
75
wa-yassty ttio&ug was
women: to-day women and
constitute 60 per cent, of the
..age of bis Philadelphia house,
nore enjoyable entertainments are
rided anywhere, and the audiences
T-iit-aseembie in his plnrhonwa Include
the foremost people or the city, aa weu
as the most discriminating theatre
goers The Keith clientele exceeds the
patronage of any two other theatres In
Philadelphia. While many other state
are defiled now and then by the sala
cious, the Keith houses and similar
ones are ever nlaces where a mother
never hesitates about giving her daugh
ter permission to attend them.
Destroying Money.
Extraordinary precautions are taken
by the United States government in the
destruction of Its worn-out and filthy
money. Tbe fact that this could be
used again makes It necessary that Us
destruction should be conducted with
care, and be made complete.
All the paper money that passes
through the treasury Is sorted, and the
old bills are sent to the redemption di
vision, where they are searched for
possible counterfeits. Then they are
carefully counted and tied up into bun
dles of 100 notes each.
A great cancelling machine then
drives four holes through each of these
bundles, of which a careful record Is
kept. Tbe piles of bills are then cut
Into two parts, one set of halves going
to the secretary's office and the other
to the register's office.
In each place the halves are again
counted, after which they are chopped
by machinery Into fragments. Not sat
isfied with this, tbe bits are then boiled
In vats of hot water and alkali until
they are reduced to an unrecognised
pulp. This tbe law permits the treas
ury to sell to manufacturers of nov
elties, who make ft Into little models
of the Capitol and the White House,
which are sold as souvenirs In the
Washington stores. New bills are Is
sued In an amount equal to those de
stroyed. Matrimonial Hunting Uromida
According to a New York physician,
women who enter hospitals there to
learn the profession of nurses look up
on the boSDltal aa a matrimonii!
Ing ground, where young physicians
rc quarry; mat nirting with the
doctors comes first and taking care of
the patients second.
Power of Frozen. Water.
No receptacle has vcr been made
with sufficient strength to resist the
bursting power of frozen water.
A lawsuit Is the proper court dress
for an attorney.
A suspicious nature suspects other
people of being suspicious. '
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Tbe Good Housekeeper.
How can I tell her!
By her cellar.
Cleanly shelves snd whitened walls.
I can guess her
By her dresser.
By the back staircase snd halls, -
And with pleasure
Take her measure
By the wsy she keeps her brooms;
Or the peeping
At the "keeping"
Of her back and nnseea rooms.
By her kitchen air of neatness.
And Its general completeness,
' Where in cleanliness and sweetness
The rose of order blooms.
Chicago Times-Herald.
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Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot, Callous.
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If laslneas would only spvnd Its time
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time hunting for nothing.
Beauty la Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skia. Mo
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About three enemies to one friend
Is about the right proportion; they will
keep a man wide awake and full
of fleas all the time.
by loo applloatlona, aathey cannot reach As
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only ona
way to cure deafness, and that la by constitu
tional remodlca. D-af ncas Is oaosea by an n
uamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Katr)Uj Tcor VVb5- tabs Rots tn-
4hmed yon have a rambling sound or imper
fect hearing, and wben It la entirely closed
Deafness V the result, and anleas she Inflam
mation oan be taken ont and this tube re
stored to Its normal condition, hearing will be
deatroytdforvef. Nino eaasa out of ten ara
eanaed by catarrh, wbiob is nothing botan la
lamed condition of tbe moootu aurfacas.
We will give One Handled Dollars tor any
rse of DeafnetM (osuaed by catarrh) tnat oaa
oot be eared by Bali's Catarrh t ara. Send
tar circulars, free.
f. J. Cbii.it On, Toledo, a
Sold br Dragglah, 75a.
Hall's FamllyWUs are ffca a a.
One of the Ood-llke things of this
world Is the veneration done to hu
man worth by the hearts of men.
Educate Your Bowels With Coaoarota
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever,
10c 23c 11 C. C C fall, druggist refund money.
Large views, high hopes and unself
ish alms dissipate a whole army of
petty trials, annoyances and irrita
tions, and even greatly reduce real
anxieties and solicitude.
Mrs. Wlnslowa Soothing syrnp for children
teething, sotens the (rums, reducing infismma
lion, allays pain, cures wind colic &c a bottln
The highest point to which things
can bring one is contentment of mind,
with which no estate is miserable.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c. or 2ic.
If C C C fail to cure, druggists efund n-oney.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
Dust Is prevented from entering a
call-bearing by a new Improvement, tn
which the shaft on which the balls re-
! volve Is grooved toward tbe onter end.
with a packing ring of soft material
set Just back of the groove, causing
the latter to take up tbe dirt.
An improved mucilage bottle has the
stopper formed of a hollow tube, closed
at the top and screw-threaded at the
lower end, with room Inside fot the
handle of the brush, allowing free use
of the latter when the tube Is removed
and making an alr-tlgbt closure.
A Scotchman has patented a leather
tire for vehicles, having a metallic TJ
sbaped rim around tbe felly with the
edges turned In to engage the sides of
a row of leather disks, which are
placed around tbe rim In such a man
ner that tbelr edges form the tread.
By an Ohio man's Improvement lu
chandeliers the buriers can be lowered
for lighting without disturbing the
flow of gas, each lamp being carried
on the lower end of a vertical pipe
suspended In clamping sockets, to be
released for lowering, with flexible
connecting pipes to supply the gas.
Students can become expert type
writer operators without tbe expense
of buying or renting a machine by tbe
use of a New Yorker's Invention, con
sisting of a frame carrytng a series of
keys, which can be arranged to corre
spond with the keyboard It Is desired
to learn, tbe keys having spring to re
turn them after each stroke.
Created Apples In Prince.
There are apple growers at Mont
reuil. France, who furnish fruit bear
ing family crests. Tbe itpples are
grown in paper bags. Wben the apples
are about as laras as hlckorv nnta h
bags are slipped over them in order to
protect mem iruin ine sun. Wben
they are nearly rloe new baa?s
Justed, with the crest cut out like a
steuciiuu uuc Biue ui ine nag. rne
sun then colors the annle. Iavin
sreen crest on a red apple or a red de
sign on a green surrace.
An Armless Bride.
A woman without arms has been
married at Christ Church, New Zea
land. The ring was placed npon the
fourth toe of ber left foot. A similar
marriage to this was performed at 8b
James Church In 1833.
Tho prayers published la book form
WaW-Cn"-J
ONOEIT blinds
many a man w
tbe truth. '
Faith to reason
rearing on revela
tion. Every master
must erer bo m
pupil-
If a godless
man got into
heaven, ho would
be glad to get
Out.
Ood not only pardons. He forgives.
The works of Oodw machines are U
hidden;
The richer tho Jewel, tho naraer te
rotting.
Christian fellowship la through the
Father.
More depends on your InlettJng
on God's outpouring.
Tho more godly men are, the more
human they will be.
Tbe Bible answers the question,
why? and science, bowT
If the saloon exists In your city. It is
too close to your home.
The unmarked providences of Ood
ire the most remarkable.
It is often easier to be neighbor to
the stranger than to the man over yonr
back fence.
CALIFORNIA PROP RANCHES.
The Bcuttnaaa la Not Unlike TTaat of
Cattle Balalna.
In California there Is said to be more
women who are engaged to masculine
occupations than In any other section
of the United States.
It is at Stege. a little station about
twenty miles from San Francisco, that
a frog ranch Is located, named after
the first owner of the land thereabout.
The Stege ranch extends from the bay
shore up to tbe ridge of the Coast
Range of mountains, which Incloses
both shores of San Francisco Bay. In
the lower portions of the ranch a great
cumber of springs gush out of the soli
In copious volumes. It was the springs
that determined the first location of the
ranch. Tbe site, overlooking an ex
pansive view of tbe beautiful bay, was
capable of rast improvement. A dog
en acres. Inclosing tbe springs, were
surrounded with a hedge of cypress.
Tbe grounds were laid ont with taste,
and soon presented tbe rare beauty
Incident to the profuse vegetation of a
semi-tropical climate. Three ponds
were formed by confining the waters of
the flowing springs, some acres in ex
tent, and stocked with frogs. A fence,
high enough to prevent the escape of
the inmates, surrounded each, and the
ponds were filled with aquatic plants
and mosses. Then hundreds of frogs
were placed In tbe ponds, and from the
original stock the Increase has been so
great that, though thousands are sent
to market yearly, the wlthdrawels
have no sensible effect upon tbe vast
numbers remaining. Frog ranching la
not unlike cattle raising. There are
one, two, three or four-year-olds,
though the successful frog raiser will
always keep the young ones separate
and apart from tbe full grown, which
sre cannibals of tbe first raak, and eat
all which are not able to protect them
selves. Tbe four-year-olds are consid
ered ripe for. tbe market, though the
gourmand In frogs prefers those that
are a year or two younger. A frog's
life is twelve years. There are some of
that age at Stege. They are of mon
strous growth, being fourteen Inches
in length and weighing ns much ss four
pounds.
In California, as in colder climates,
frogs hibernate in winter, and In the
spring emerge after thetr long sleep
emaciated to the last degree. Then
they are fed with a mixture of oatmeal
and blood, and again at the spawning
season, but only for a short time. They
are, most of the time, self-sustaining,
feeding upon tbe Insects which they
cleverly catch.
Like most creatures of the animal
world, frogs are capable of affection
for their keepers, and demonstrate it
by coming at call and allowing them
selves to be handled, showing much do
ngnt ra being stroked. Placed upon
the ground, tbey readily follow their
mistress for a long distance. At night
the noise made by tbe ten thousand
frogs which. It Is estimated, are con
tained In the three ponds, Is tremen
dous. Collier's Weekly.
Tbe Baral Stock Exchange.
First native I see tn the paper that
the bank clearln's for tbe hull coun
try Is goin' about $2,000,000,000 a week.
Tbat means that we're doln' more busi
ness than we used ter.
Second native Tew bet we be.
There's been hardly a day fer a month
right here tn Houndtown that there
hasn't been a hoas trade. New York
World.
Acts gently on the
Kidneys. Liver
and Bowels
Cleanses the ystem
hAB,TUAlWNSTIN
m h. , . PERMANENTLY
Buy-ane tNvmt-MsM-r o ey
t3UIUTGrSYRVP
a-b:.c omX
mawawaiainisuiikinaTH,
THE LAUNDRY CLASS.
In many of the schools of Domestic Science, Laundry
work is now taught in a thorough and scientific manne.
In the Laundry class-room Ivory Soap is always used
to wash the articles that require special care and it is
frequently used to the exclusion of all other soaps.
It is as important to know the best material for
domestic use as to know the best methods for using
them,, and Ivory Soap is very generally recognized, by
those who have carefully investigated the subject, as
the safest and purest soap.
av tin
FOUND THE SEA 8ERPENT.
Battlo Between Forty Poasda of Bey
anal Vorty Poanda of Plan.
Darld Cherry waa 9 years old in May
and be lives in Bristol. Pa. His flesh,
bone, and sinew only weigh forty-one
pounds, all told, bat his pluck Is equal
to a ton. One day lately be and two
equally youthful, but much more pon
derous oomradea, went out on the No
shaminy meadows to flab for suckers.
The swollen waters of the creek had
pushed their way back Into tbe lateral
ditch ea and lay there to tbe depth of a
foot or more. As the feather-weight
Dave and hla companions were follow
ing tho bank of one of these ditches on
their way to th sucker grounds of the
Neshamlny they were attracted by the
unwonted troubling of tho muddy wa
ter at the bottom of the ditch. Some
big object with its back a couple of
Inches or more out of water waa mov
ing along through the field by means
of the temporary water In the ditch.
"Jlminetty!" exclaimed one of Dave's
comrade. "It's a allygator got lost!
That's what It Is."
"Huh!" ejaculated another contemp
cuoualy. "Allygator nothln'. It's a big
snappln torkle lookln' for mnshrats."
Meantime the big object In tbe ditch
waa plowing its way along, with evi
dent dislike of the Job.
"Maybejt's the sea serpent," suggest
ed Dave. "Let's ketch It.
But the other two boys took an en
tirely opposite view of what was best
to do, and began to move away, with
the unmistakable intention of putting
distance between them and tbe formidable-looking
thing struggling In the In
sufficient water of the ditch. Little
Dave Cherry's forty-one pounds of
body and wagon load of grit weren't
to be scared, and, shouting to bis re
treating comrades to wait for him, he
tumbled headlong Into the ditch, threw
himself npon the big living mystery,
and clasped bis arms about it. On that
Instant mud and water began to fly
about with auch violence that Jets and
lumps of It shot above the banks of the
ditch as if the bottom bad been dissem
inated by a dynamite cartridge.
A rod or two above where Davy bad
plucklly attacked the creature In its
own element the water became still
shallower and . gradually reached its
limit, land or mud only being beyond.
Little David bung on and wrestled un
til be bad worked bis prize all that dis
tance, and by one grand effort tumbled
It clear of what little water there was
and on to dry land, and the battle was
over. Wben David's captive had gasped
a few times and then lay quiet, Dave's
companions approached and got down
Into the ditch. Dave dug the mud out
of his mouth and eyes, and, 'sitting on
his captive, said:
"Yon fellers to chumps!
The evidence was so strong In favot
jf Dave'a charge that tbe boys entered
no defense to it It was all that the
three of them could do to get Dave's
trophy to the top of the ditch and carry
It home. Then they learned that the
prlee was a German carp, and when It
was weighed It waa found that Dave
Cherry was only one pound heavier
than the carp. But Dave waa dlsap
pointed.
"I thought It was the sea serpent V
he said in disgust, "and it's only an old
Dutch carpi"
No-To-Bae For Fifty Cents.
Gnarantced tobacco habit core, makes weak
men strong, blood pur. 60c, f.1. all druggists.
Very few men have ever lumped
from the bottom to the top of the lad
der at one Jump and stayed there.
ilM,P'Tn"y cured. No fits or aerroua-
. i r tnt da7 of Dr. Kline's Great
EnnlR.?ter' P'-lf'W"' d treitlae fret
DR. R. H. Xtms, Ltd. 931 Arch SC. Phils. Pa.
It you have good health be happy,
for you have nine-tenths of ail that
nature has ever given to any man.
inn? lJSgp5l$
sam-n. Ft. Howard, Wla, atari. lflBi.
Drudgery is as necessary to call out
Ind KSSXF ?J the ralnd a" harrowing
and planting those of earth.
Qss't Tsbaccs San nl tasks Ytsr Us Mm
Toqnlttobaeeo easily and form,. b ma-.
netJc, full of life, nerve and rigor, tak. No-T
' Td-.erTker'"-" " weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or L Cure nar-
Pi- free. Addre-.
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
",a tr1w can he made the Instru-
RUPTURE
"domi of phraicUna
niZuTUlF " oak.
Whisky is a tyrant: it drive.
" SUES'
'Knowledge is Folly Unless Put to Use." You
APOLIO
saootsa a aMau eo. CMCiMun
Qnlte n Ltand Collector, Tao.
Cecil Rhodes Is a man of vtrU
tastes, of which his home at the Cap,
shows many signs. He bas a tit
library, and Is a great reader, his nretfi.
lection being chiefly for the classki
He Is a collector of old things, 'and hu
some beautiful furniture, china tad
curios generally, and many oak cheta.
He also goes in for gardening, and ku
a menagerie. In which be keeps Bom
ostriches, zebras and other anlmtk.
but does not confine thorn to cages. H
incloses them In a huge tract of had
on the mountain side.
Tbe truly great politician is one ts
is able to perform a clear public cm,
and by the same act gratify a groin
against a political enemy.
TAPE
WORMS
A tape worm eighteen feet long a
least came on thn scene after my takliu tw
CASCARETS. This I am sure has eitucdar
bad health for the past three years. I tn Mil
taking Cascarets, the only cathartic worUu a
notice bv sensible dcodIc."
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Tarte Boot. 9i
(ever Sicken, weaken, or Gripe. 10c Se.Be
VUKE CONSTIPATION.
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etc Call or send for Book of Inttructioat
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. Hayward Fairbanks. VTULk DELPHI
LIQUID PEPTONE
Makes flrsh and blood. Used In 'IckneanJ
all ran down conditions to furniah sw
and energy. It brines gooi health qokUf
It Is a life saver. Write us for particular
STEVENSON A JESTER CO.,
21S Chancellor Street, Philadelphia.
CARTERS INK
Is scientficallv compounded o!
the best materials.
V. L. DOUGLAS
$3&$3.50 SHOES
Worth $4 to SS camps"
olhw makes. s
Indorsed by over
1.OO0.000 wearers.
ALL LEATHERS. ALLSTYLB
tbi oasvisn t "w
Mat mA prlf map
Take no uttttute rtalj4
to be s ituod. Ursem"
of 3 and a'.v uoe tone
world. Your deal" .Donia is;
tbem-lf D"t. we wlUKOdfoJ
SDalroD receipt of price.
kind ot leather, sire sod width, plain or oap wm
Catalntjoe C Free.
W. l DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Mlta.
TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS.
CHAS. ROESCH & SONS
Standard Brand Ham and Bacon
CITY DRESSED MEATS.
Abattoir Stook Yards, West Philadelphia
Packlsf noese-Rsfrlierator SJl-SM pul
Central Market. AtUstk Cltj. H. i.
B , vc A DCr
rUK fir I i scrfuw. . a
Tun? WINSLOW3
SOOTHING SYRUP
rax been mwl by millions of moth'''
Years. I soothes the oblk
sums, silsj-l all palo. cures wind oollo. an l
la the beet remedy for dIarrbiBa.
T.v.ria Cants a Bottle.
IAtWVW 44"
ASTHMA POSITIVELY CUKtU
doeVthl.. A trial I a . kKS niail. d fr-e.
Cot-t-nia Baoe. kmici Co.. nr. Loru.ao
If afflicted
nl? Thompson's Eye Water
sore ey
RHEUMATISM SIB?
a auiAMpaa Banaot Oo. ieforeeowlch St..
Oiltt tellef Female Pills KUt'oVUhSLPkn.
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Kan
ff f- CANOV
II CATHARTIC
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Potent
v tnmi to ba
THEN USE IT.