Lost Hours. "I say good night and go up stairs. And then undress and say my prayers Beside njy bed, and then jump in it; And then—the very uextest minute— The morning sun comes into peep At me. 1 s'pose I've been to sleep, But seems to me," said little Ted, "It's not worth while togo to bed." —St. Nicholas. A Fortunate PUB*. Mrs. Coady, who teaches a primary school at Oakland, Cal., is very proud of a remarkable cat which she keeps alive through general subscription among her rjpils. During several years' experience Mrs. Coady has found that the only way she can reach the infantile heart is through kindness to animals. Acting on this she secured a large fui.-y cat which sh<- gave into the tender hands of her children. The result has been the children fell in love with the ani mal, and to divide up the prize Mrs. Coady decided to allow the children to take the cat home each night in regular routine. The result has been the cat has become large and arro gant through the munificent treat ment of its separate masters, who re luctantly return it to the teacher each •day. The Frlnti.is of Postage Stnmpa. In printing, steel plates are used, on which two or more stamps are en graved. Two men are Kept hard at work covering them with colored inks, and passing them to a man and a girl, who are kept busy at printing them with large rolling handpresses. Three of these little squads are em ployed all the time, although 10 presses can be put into use in case of necessity. .After the s>aiall sheets of paper upon which the 200 stamps are engraved have dried enough tney are sent into another room and gummed. The gum used for this pur pose is a peculiar composition, made of the powder of dried potatoes, and other vegetables, mixed with water, which is better than any other mate rial; for instance, gum arabic, which cracks the paper badly. This paper is of a peculiar texture, somewhat similar to that used for bank notes. After having been again dried, this time on the little cracks which are fanned by steam power, for about an hour, they are put between sheets of pasteboard and pressed in hydraulic presses, capable of applying a weight of 2000 tons. The next thing is to cut the sheet in half, each sheet, of course, when cut, containing a 100 stamps. This is done by a girl, with a large pair of shears, by hand, being preferred to that of machinery, which method would destroy too many other squads, who. in as many opera tions, perforate the paper between the stamps. Next they are pressed once more, and then packed and labeled, and stowed away in another room, preparatory to being putin mail bags for despatching to fill or ders. If a single stamp is torn, or in any way multilated, the whole sheet of stamps is burned. There are 500.000 burned every week from this cause. For the past 20 years not a sheet has been lost, such care has been taken in counting them. Each sheet is counted 11 times. The Story That liettio Told. My little niece Bettie was spending a summer with me in the country and one day, as we walked to church, a bird hopped across our path. "O auntie," said Bettie, "that looks just like the little bird 1 was so un kind to last spring. I didn't mean to be unkind, you know, but I was; and I arlways feci so sad when I think about it." "What did you do?" I said. "Tell me about it." And this is what she told. "You, see, auntie, I had just had a little room given me for my own; and 1 was fixing it up with pretty little things. There was a bracket against the wall with openwork sides; and I thought it would be nice to stick a little branch into it, and fix a bird's nest into the branch. So I looked into all the trees to find a nest that the birds had left. At last 1 found one that I felt sure must be safe to take; for 1 never saw any birds flying about it, although I looked a good many times. So I went and got the long 6tick that our gardener, Seth, used to prune the trees, and began to punch at it. O auntie! I can hardly tell you the rest; it tipped sideways, and two poor little young birds fell to the ground! Oh, I can't tell you how I felt! Iran to the house and told mamma: and she told me to get Seth to climb up with the ladder, and straighten the nest and put the little birds back into it. Iran right off to find him; but, while I was looking, she came out with a little box and some cotton, and told me to run to the tree and pick up the little birds, and put them in the box and cover them with the cotton, while she looked for Seth. "Oh auntie, what do you think! when I got back to the tree, I found two more little birds had fallen out of the nest: and the poor mother-bird had come back, and she was flying around and around, and crying almost like a person, and the little birds were answering with such weak little 'peeps.' It made me cry so that 1 could hardly see to pick up the birds. I had just got them covered up warm, when Seth came with the ladder. I W/S F« afraid that, when the mother bird saw him up in the tree, Bbt would be ao frightened that she would fly away ana never come back; but she loved hsr little birdies too muct for that. Seth worked as fast as h« could; but it seemed a long time tc me before the nest was fixed, because 1 was in such a hurry. Then he toot the box and climbed up with it and put the little birds back. All th< time the mother-bird was flyinj around and around and crying. As soon as Seth went away, I sat verj still to see what would happen. Th( mother-bird didn't come to the nesi right away, but in a few minutes sh< came; and, when she was all fixed 01 the nest, she stopped crying, and th« little birds stopped peeping. I wen' out every day to the tree befor< breakfast, after that, and one morn ing 1 found the mother-bird teachini the little ones to fly. But 1 neve: tried to get a nest for my roon again."—Christian Register. A Qaeer Little Singer. The scholars called Barbara an< Jess "twin friends." At noon recessei they ate their dinners together unde: the laurel bush —Jess ate Barbara'; cookies and Barbara ate the cup cakes that came out of Jess's basket They enjoyed doing everything to gether, and that was why Jess was grieved when Barbara told her she had been to a concert the night be fore. It was the first time their little paths had separated. "The singing was beautiful!" Bar bara said, enthusiastically, not notic ing the sober little face beside her. "It was like this. 'Tra-la-la-la-la-a-a,' going way up high as the sky! The woman who did it had on a traily pink dress, but I couldn't see her face. She sang the baby to sleep." "Why, Barb'ra Bennett, the idea of taking a baby to a concert!" "There wasn't any baby there, of course! I never said any such thing —oh!" Barbara laughed till her clear little voice echoed back to them from the big schoolhouse. "I meant she sang, 'Oh, hush-a bye-low, hush-a-bye-low,' and rocked her arms same as if the baby had been in them," she explained. "Only our baby would have fallen out, I know." The next day at noon recess it was Jess's turn to say something surpris ing. Her eyes were dancing with de light. "I went to a concert last night my own self," she said, calmly. "I'm go ing again tonight, too. I guess I shall keep ongoing right along." She waited for Barbara's "Oh!" It was quite a while in coming. "Oh!" at last said Barbara, with a little gasp of astonishment. "Yes, it was a beautiful concert. I wish you could have heard it. Barb'ra Bennett. The singing was thebest — it was all singing. I couldn't see the —the one who did it, but I know she had on a soft gray dress —all furry and shiny like silk. She sang the baby to sleep." "Jess Kinsey, what baby?" "Our baby—the Kinsey baby," laughed Jess. "He went to the con cert, too. Mamma wanted him to go." Then followed Barbara's quick, half scornful questions. "Didn't the baby talk out loud, right in the middle of the concert?" "My, yes—like everything! Then next thing he knew he was sung to sleep." "Did her dress trail way out behind like my woman's that sung?" Bar bara's face was unbelieving. The pink dress had trailed wa-ay out be hind, splendidly. Jess burst into a gay little laugh. "1 couldn't see it trailing, but it did —it did! You can ask my mother. Then, of course, sometimes the —the one who sang let it kind of curl up beside her " "Course. Mine did, too—just as graceful!" interposed Barbara, has tily. Then both little girls hurried to their feet at the sound of the school bell. The next day, and the next, Jess told the same wonderful story, with the same little twinkles in her eyes. She had been to the same concert again, she and the Kinsey baby. The merry little mystery clung about Jess and invested her with a little halo of importance among all the girls. Nobody had heard of the "to-be-continued" concert, but nobody thought of doubting Jess's word. Of course it was a kind of a joke, but nobody could guess it. One morning Jess looked rathei sober. Barbara caught her around her waist and whirled her under the laurel bush. "Well, she laughed, "I s'pose you went to that concert last night, Jese Kinse;-?" "No, I didn't." Jess said, gravely "There wasn't any." "Wasn't any concert?" "No, there wasn't. There was an awful accident happened." "Jess Kinsey, tell me quick!" "Well, the—the one who sings goi caught in & trap—so there!" Barbara uttered a little shril' scream of delight, and the other glrlf came hurrying up. ■'l've found it out —a mouse! i mouse!" cried Barbara. "A mouse!" "Yes," murmured Jess, sorrowfully "a dear little singing mouse in th< wall, and Ido miss her so! She hac such a sweet, cunning little voice! Seemed as if it filled the whole roonr with a little soft music."—Youth'f Companion. The Vanity of Mnn. : When some men make money, theli first eviderse of it is a visit to their old home town wearing a stovepipe hat. —Atchison Globe. MINTS Corner* in the Living KOOID, A very pretty corner may be ar ranged in any living room by means of a screen and a divan. Over the divan there may be, if you choose, a canopy, and plenty of cushions are indispensa ble to its easeful luxury. But a screen answers every purpose of retirement and withdrawal and, being readily portable, lends itself to the house keeper's requirements. In country cottages where space is important not only corners may be secured at pleas ure and furnished at discretion by the help of the screen, but one room may be made to do duty as several — as dining room, library and drawing room, as one of these at a time, or as all three, should occasion suggest. The Invalid's Itoom. When possible, the invalid's room should have a south or southwest as pect. A room of medium size is the best. Ventilation is easier to manage, and there is less to clean than in a large room. For many reasons, it is advisable that, if it can be so arranged, the sick room should be near the top of the house. In the first place, it is quieter; noises from the street, as well as those from the house, will be less noticea ble. But a far more important reason i3 that poisoned and vitiated air has a tendency to rise, therefore, if the sick room is on the first floor the impure air will rise to the top of the house, and possibly affect those who may be living above the invalid. If there is a small dressing room ad joining the invalid's room, so much the better. It will be useful as a store room for extra bedding and reserves of all kinds. The sick room must be cheerful in appearance. Get rid of superfluous upholstered furniture, which only acts as dust traps, and in the after disin fecting may possibly be spoiled. Heavy curtains and valances are undesirable in infectious cases, but there is no rea son that pretty wash curtains of lace or muslin should not be decoratively employed. How to Kfpp Hook*. Books, it is said, are spoiled by being criss-crossed on con venient desks and stands. Valuable volumes should, therefore, be kept in racks. One of the best of library ta bles is constructed after the shape of those used in Roman libraries. It is a table, sure enough, on top, but is provided with shelves beneath, shelves so arranged that when a book is pul temporarily aside it need not be laid flat on its side, but stands upon its feet, so to speak, which is the only proper position for a book to be placed in. On top of this table there is an other receptacle for books, a small revolving stand, which is designed to hold the small dictionaries of foreign languages and other reference books. This is a case of fine, simply polished hardwood and is especially adapted to the man's library. For reading desks of busy authors, the morocco bound book blocks are at once useful and or namental, though there is something newer and rather more decorative in the shape of a painted or engraved leather revolving stand, which, by its brass handle, can be moved about the room at the convenience of the reader, and i Tewed into the arm of the new mori eading chair, or it can be un hinf and folded perfectly flat for oac' 4SAjfc(/f£/fC Lj /uant Sandwiches —Mince one p pepper, two tablespoonfuls ofca e, half a cup of stoned olives and large sprays of cress. Toss up jhtly with mayonnaise dressing and pread on thin slices of rye bread fhich have been well buttered. Drop Cakes—One cup each of sugar and sour cream; two and a half cups flour, a teaspoonful of soda, one egg. Sift the cream tartar with the flour, mix the soda with the cream. Beat the egg and mix all together. Drop iu small spoonfuls in buttered pans and put a raisin on top of each cake. Bake in a quick oven. Banana Jelly—Mash eight bananas with one tablespoonful of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of any jam. apricot pre ferred, and one gill of orange juice. Make a lemon jelly of half a package of gelatin, dissolved, one pint of hot water, juice of two lemons and a half a cup of sugar. Heat it and add the banana puree. Turn into a mold, place cn the ice until dinner time and serve with whipped cream. Vegetable Cutlets —Th-eee are made of half mashed potatoes and half equal parts of carrots, parsnips, tur nips and onions. These must all be cooked and onions cut fine and browned in a little butter. The other vegetables must also be chopped fin after they are boiled, and all mix? with the mashed potato while they a: hot. Season lightly with salt and pep per—say, scant teaspoon of salt ami dash of pepper for ev:-Ty pint of the mixture and a heaping tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Set away until cold, and then form into cutlets (tin form is good to have), dip in beateis egg and bread crumbs, brown in hot fat and serve with a good brown sauoe. . 3941 Oar Cotton Trade. The United States furnishes nearly nine-tenths of the world's supply of cotton; the East Indies, Egypt and smaller countries the other tenth. We can hardly maintain this ascendency with the efforts making to take away, the business. Japan, for example, Is manufacturing cotton cloth, and takes largely of our supply. Now she has cut her demand in two because by using cheap Indian cotton and mixing it with the American article she can place her goods on the market at a less price than if wholly made of our ma terial. Another competitor will ma terialize in a few years. With the damming of the Nile and the estab lishment of the irrigating canals which are a part of the enterprise, a vast tract of Egypt will be opened up for the cultivation of the cotton plant. An area equal to four large American states will be reclaimed and much of it will be devoted to cotton raising. European and Asiatic manufacturers expect to get the material much cheaper, because Egyptian labor is paid so little in comparison with American. "How did you like the pictures at the art exhibition?" "Splendid. 1 met everybody and I never received more attention in my life."—Phila delphia Times. LION COFFEE A LUXURY WITHIN THE REACH OP ALL* "Oh, Promise Me." In our P rorn ' se me am y° ur Roasting feV'i ' /. And we begin housekeeping side by side. Establish- ■-1;,•'«..., ft*. r.rf -- mentS we W That I shall do the marketing for home, positively that we eat I certainly must choose, the USe of So promise me—oh, promise me! f Promise me that for our comfort's sake, Egg Mixtures, 'ij]l§(ffif jf »' I Each morning LION COFFEE I can make, Glue, ° /(' 1 « And when the luncheon hour is near at hand Chemicals, ••• . • . . At Again I'll need a cup of LION brand. * Watch our next advertisement. . . , , , , 4 ~ Or similar night when you come home, my dear, to «ine substances T xx T r> A cup of LION COFFEE must be mine; JUSt try a OI No brand can healthier or better be— LION LION QQF FF F "*° prom!seme ~° h * p r ° miscme| COFFEE and will understand the v° u know tha, LION COFFEE i. not g w- IS an " . In millions of good homes tis often praised; absolutely FO&SOI1 of its popularity. 'Tis in the bean—the package weighs a pound; Pure Coffee. . MArrpc lns,de * a Premium List is ahvays ic " nd - L I l\l 112" i t L And I will save the lion heads outside ———— is now used in millions of the useful presents they provide. This is one pledge I will exact of thee— | UOmeS. So promise me—oh, promise me! In every package of LION COFFEE you will find a fully illustrated and descriptive list. No housekeeper, in fact, no woman, man, boy or girl will fail to find in the list some article which will contribute tot happiness, comfort and convenience, and which they may have by simply cutting out a certain number of Lion Heads from the wrappers of our one pound sealed packages (which is the only form in which this excellent coffee is sold). WOOLSON SPICE CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. ! How Are Your Bowels? ■ -f—ip About the first thing the Then, "Let's see your tongue." Because bad tongue and bad bowels go together. Regulate If vflM //* W bowels, clean up the tongue. V a 'l ,s ' s tbe way W *° CC P an d l°°k well. I jSjws ~. You can't Keep the bowels V 3. Jllli!healthy and regular with purges or bird-shot pills. They move you with awful gripes, then you're worse than ever. Now what you want is Cascarets. Go and get tfrem today-Cascarets-in metal box with the long-tailed "C" on the lid-cost 10c. Be sure you get the genuine! Cascarets are never sold in bulk. Take one! Cat it like candy, and it will work gently-while you sleep. It cures, that means it strengthens the muscular walls of the bowels, gives them new life. Then they act regularly and naturally. That's what you want. It's guaranteed to be found in Get the genuine if you wart results! Tablet Is marked "CCC." C«*c«ret« are told in bulk, but or.ly and always in the light blue metal bo* with the long-tailed C. LOOK for the trade-mark —the C with a tail —ontnelid^ 25c'. I '^^^DRUGGISTS f|p|p |R j Thi.ii tie To any needy mortal, suffering from bowel troubles and too poor (o boy CASCARETS, we will send a box free, lb Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. tit nI V ha bulk. 1— . - ■ Ask Tonr Pnlcr for Allen's Foot-lCase, A powder io shake into your shoes; rests ths ieet. Cures Corns, Lunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Eaie makes new or tight shoes easy. At all druggists ani shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. The salmon pack of Washington in 1000 was valued at $3,240,460. Frey'i Vermifuge For Worm* Has many imitators. Get the genuine, made by E. a first 112 of the foot, and the construction of the shoe. It is mechanical skill and knowledge that have made W. L. Douglas shoes the t*st in the world for men. ' A Take no nuhatktule. Insist on naving W. L. Douglas shoes with name ♦ /IJfß^ and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer should keep them, if he does not, " nd for <**<* V** tuU ' Mt^l r«Ul ! Brucklon, Ma... JMNfe 'jsnßtk_ ; *»PRENTISS CALENDAR CLOCKS* # run *t*ty dnys on one winfUntr. The* 0 IBTMI movement iy strong and durable; the# # <'alendar perfection itKelf ; t lie '-aBeJ # pwl finely finished: the time-keeping qual-J # loSSJI Alto Frying-pan, Prrtgram € # InTS] 1 ana Electric Clocks. J 1 Send for Catalogue No. 691. £ # The Prentiss Clock Improve'nt Co.i J I>ept. bV, 49 Dey St., N. V. City. 2 r|P|UO|OIU JOH;V W.MORHIS, ICnaiUII WMhlneton, D.C. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. LatePrinclp&l Examiner U.S. Pension 3yrs in civil war. 15 adjudicating claluiH, atty nine* "TheSauee that made West Point Tamon McILHENNY'S TABAbJJ. ADVERTISING KJ Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uec W { Dd In tima Sold by druggists. M '