iMrnfs : Company Manners. When we have company to tea, I am as good as 1 can be. I never 'zaetly understood Just why 1 am so very good. I think it's mostly mother's sake, But partly plums and citron cake. —Christian Register. Watching tlio Wasp». Among my favorite insects, writes Charles B. Bennett in St. Nicholas, are the common social wasps, especial ly those that do not make any cover ings over their nests. One reason is because I like to study insects in their wild state, and tne social wasps are almost the only active insects that can be kept, and yet remain entirely free. By carefully bringing a nest, with all the wasps on it, to a good place for ob servation, as just outside of a window which is seldom opened, the habits cf the wasps can be easily watched with out confining these insects at all. And there we may watch them without any danger of getting stung. The wasps that do not make any covering over their nests are preferable to those that do, because then we can see so much more of their habits; then, in fact, all of their domestic habits can be easily seen, which is not the case with most Insects. W'asps also have the advantage of not being rare, so that generally it is not hard to procure a nest of some kind; and if it should not happen to be just the kind spoken of here, it will be all the more interesting for differ ent ones to tell about the history of the different wasps when it comes to next autumn. And if anyone should fall in love with these bold and truly very inter esting little neighbors of ours, it may be a satisfaction for him to know that these little insects are our helpers, even if they do like to taste fruits, for every year the different kinds of wasps make deadly war on the troublesome flies and on the destructive caterpil lars, besides on many other insects that annoy the farmers, and gardeners, and us. How Monkey. Hunt for T.and Crabs. "Most monkeys have a liking for land crabs, and the beasts when in their natural element in the jungle will often travel for miles to some marshy region in search of a crus tacean meal," said a dealer in all sorts of wild animals to a Washington Star writer. "Some years ago, when I was In Singapore trading with the natives for monekeys, I was one day greatly amused to see the artful methods practiced by jocko to trap crabs. The monkey, having located the where abouts of the crabs, lies flat down on his stomach, feigning death. Presently from the countless passages piercing the mud In every direction thousands of little red and yellow crabs make their appearance, and after suspicious ly eyeing for a few minutes the brown fur of the monkey they slowly and cautiously slide up to him in great glee at the prospect of a big feed off the bones of Master Jocko. "The latter now peeps through his half-closed eyelids and fixes upon the biggest of the assembled multitude. When the crab comes within reach, out dashes the monkey's arms, and off he scampers into the jungle with a cry of delight, to discuss at leisure his clevely earned dinner. "Rarely did the monkeys seem to miss their prey. I saw, however, an old fellow do so. and it was ludicrous in the extreme to see the rage it put him in. Jumping for fully a minute up anil down on all fours at tlir» mouth of the hole into which the crab bad es caped, be positively howled with vex ation. Then he set to work poking the mud about with bis fingers at the entrance to the passage, fruitlessly trying now and again to peep into it." Tlie l>iu)c«i of tin* I upwing 4 * The naturalists tell us of many pe culiar habits that some birds have, among tliein that of dancing. The movement to which they apply that term is not an irregular darting to and fro, to which tne observer must lend the influence of his imagination to make it appear as dancing, but Is a well-ordered. deliberate and graceful act, In which sometimes a few and sometimes many til rib take part. Opinions differ as to why they dance. Some writers think that it Is, so to speak, merely an interchange of compliments and courtesies between the sexes, particularly at the niutliu season: others tliut It is wholly play ful, originating In bright and cheerful spirits. Be that as it may, the dance of the spurwlnged lapwing Is certainly an act of play, for the birds indulge In It all the year round and at frequent Inter v 'ls dur'ng the day, and also on moon light nights. The lapwings live In pairs and any one who watches them will presently see one bird of a neighboring pair rise and tly to them It |s always welcomed with many signs of plea lire, just a we greet a guest whom we are glad to See Advancing to the visitor, they l>lur« themselves behind It and then all three, keeping step, begin u inurch, utierlng loud drumming notes in time with their movements lu a little while the march Is uver aud then tlin leader, elevating his wings aud uttering loud cries, standi* eritei aud motionless, while the other two, with puffed out pluiuugu and standing exactly abreast, stoop for ward aud downward until the tips of their beaks touch the ground. They remain for some time in this posture, giving utterance all the while to a low, rhythmical murmur. This ends the dance and the visitor goes back to his home, to receive there a visitor in turn. This dance of the lapwings is unique among bird habits, and, though :t may be considered as purely a play, no one has yet suggested a resonable explana tion of its remarsable resemblance to an act of human beings.—Chicago Record. Uucle Sain'B Helpful Little Books. Uncle Sam has a large, growing fam ily to look after—Bo,ooo,ooo or 90,000,- 000 people of all colors, spread over half of the world —and some of the ways he has of looking after its best interests are most practical and help ful. For one thing, he firmly believes in study and investigation, for he keeps some dozens of our calculating friends, vne scientists, at work or him all the time —botanists, geologists, statisticians, weather experts, chem ists, pomologists, entomologists, an thropologists and others with exceed ingly hard names, who are continually busy with the hard problems that rise every year in his family economy. When one of them succeeds in solving a knotty question or finds a new way in which the great household can be improved he writes a little book about it and Uncle Sam prints it for free dis tribution. These books are issued by the agricultural department and are called "farmers' bulletins," but they really cover many subjects that are of interest to people who do not live on farms. Breadmaking, ways of reduc ing swarms of house flies, new methods of cooking, insects that attack shade trees—these are matters of interest to thousands of folk who live in cities, and Uncle Sam knows it and sends them free to all who apply. One of the most recent of the book lets gives a list of weeds that are good for food —weeds thai very few people would ever think of eating. Charlock is one of them, a weed of the mustard variety i.hat grows in wheatflelds and is very troublesome until pulled up, putin the pot and boiled. Then it be comes savory and nutritious. Black mustard, a sort of wheatfield brothei to charlock, is another common weed that cooks up into delicious greens Pigweed, pokeweed, dock, purslane marsh marigold, kale, chicory and a weed called orach, hailing from the steppes of Asia, are some of the field pests which Uncle Sam's botanist has put upon the list of new foods. The little book contains illustrations ol these candidates for table honors, tells how to identify them from poisonous varieties and urges everybody to give them a trial. TCabieft Who Live In tlie Sky. A very strange family lived up in the sky—Mother Cloud and her Rain drop babies. One day she called them all about her and told them of a wonderful journey which they must take, away from her. At first they cried (foi babies do not like to leave theii mother), but soon they began to smile when she said that some day they would come back when they had fin ished their work. She told them that she was going tc put them on a train in care of Conduc tor Wind, who would help them of! with care at the stations where they wished to go. This made them verj happy, for all children love the "choo choo cars." So saying. Mother Cloud bade hei Raindrop babies goodby, and the train started, whistling and bustling through the air. Very soon Conductor Wind came along and shouted: "All passengers off for Brook ville!" Several of the Raindrop children got off at this sta tion. Mother had told them to do whatever work at hand they found to do, and to do it well. At Brookville they found some very thirsty cows whe wanted a drink and some poor little flowers just parched with the heat, sc they were kept very busy giving them refreshment. The train rolled on, and whistled louder than ever. The next station was Riverdale. Here a large numbei of Raindrops were helped off by the conductor. Very near tne station was a mill, whose wheels were turning very slowly, as the water was low, so the little helpers set to work to turn the great mill wheel which sawed the logs into boards. Oh, how hard they had to work! The train moved onto the last rta tlon, Oc. There wore only twe little passengers left to get off here and they were met by a great many little ltalndrop cousins. The mothei had told all the children when thelt work was finished togo to Oceans!d< and wait there. Mother ('loud felt very lonely on« day for her little children, so she wen! to see her fri ml Mr. Sunshine, and told him how she longed to see hei babies, lie was a very genial, kind hearted man, HO he said: "All right I'll take my golden chariot ant] go for thorn." So he started off in lilii beautiful couch, drawn iiy tlery steeds, with the rainbow for harness, aud all the ltalndrop children clapped theli hands with joy when they saw him coming for they kii"w they were going home in Mother Cloud. —New York Tribune. (Hid I'llvilrgfi. Koine of the privileges of members of foreign legislative bottle* are unique Danish M I' s fan have a free seat lu Die Itoyul i heal re ut Copenhagen when ever ihey tike. The lawmakers of Nor way reeelvu free medical attention aud mil.-lug If they fall 111 during the ses sion The M I' 's have extended (hell , privilege to luclude courses of gyutuas* lies, murage, baths, drawing aud 1 topping it tih—nil gratis!—LoinUiu i k'XpltrsS. Fanny Economics. Some of the economics of well-to-do women are very funny. Take twine, for instance. In the minds of many opulent housewives It Is n sign of wicked -waste to cut the string of a parcel, and they will carefully and la boriously untie every knot of a pack age, however Intricate, and then, at the cost of much time and patience, they will do It up In neat little rolls, which are ca-efully put away, as If they were valuable possessions. Every time that string is needed in the house hold they produce one of these prec ious rolls from their hoard, with n glow of satisfaction over their thrift. Now, a large ball of twine costs about six cents, and contains enough cord to do up all the packages of the house for a year at least, and yet not one housekeeper in a hundred. It is safe to say, will ever buy a ball of twine. Rubber bands, too, are felt to be In valuable, and are put by religiously, for the Idea of buying a comfortable box of assorted bands ready for use would never be thought of. although the cost would be infinitesimal. Yet these very women will squanders hun dreds of dollars in useless fineries and overlook wastes in their kitchens that would, if stopped, reduce their butch ers' and grocers' books considerably.— New York Tribune. A Charitable M!6er. There died recently at an English watering place Mr. Robert Arthington, of Leeds. During the latter portion of his life he lived alone in a big house, and was locally known as a miser. Nobody was allowed to enter the house, in one room of which he lived and slept. Some idea of his penurious habits may be gathered from a descrip tion of this room. On the table were the bits of candle which he carefully saved as well as the spent matches. In the centre, alongside his last pur l chase of a pound of candles, was a bag of Hour. His fuel he kept beneath his wash-stand basin, and in the rock ing chair he slept at nights wrapped up in an old coat. The lioor was un carpeted except by a layer of dirt an inch and a half thick, while the piano was also thickly encrusted with dust. But curiously enough, while miserly to a degree in regard to his own per son, he was an eminently charitable man, giving away many thousands of dollars to deserving institutions, though always under a fictitious name. During the last few months he gave away $250,000 to local charities, which it Is expected will benefit still further when his will comes to be known. He is supposed to have been worth $5,- 000,000. Electrifying London. In a few years, if all goes well, visi tors will no longer have to complain of the difficulty in securing transpor tation about Loudon. The London IClectrical Engineer publishes a short table of electric lines which have been authorized and which are now butld- I Ing, representing a total of thirty-one j miles. In addition to these there are | 'new projects and extensions of raii ! ways already authorized," amounting to an additional 100 miles. The great I iefect appears to be that the several lines have been laid out without re jard to each other, or the demands of traffic. There are no term common termini!, which would make It very Inconvenient to get from one line to mother, or from one portion of thi :ity to another not on tne same line. In one day recently sixty prairie schooners, making a string about a jiile long passed Guthrie, Okla., on .heir way to the Kiowa and Comanche country. They were mostly from Kau nas and Missouri I Bilious-Got a Cold? I ft You're bilious, got a cold, you have a throbbing sensation in your head, a bad taste in your mouth, your ft • eyes burn, your skin is yellow with dark rings under your eyes, your lips are parched and you feel ugly and # ® mean, as if you wanted to kick a lame infant or kill a canary bird. 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