. ' " ' , , WINQ3 OF At snntet, when the roy light was dying, Far down the path war ot the West, 2 saw a lonely dot In alienee Dying lo bant rest, Mgrlm ot air, I cried, could I but borrow Thy wandering wlnge, thy (readom bleat, I'd fly aw ty from every careful lorrow And Und my rub Henry Tan BROTHER . FELIPE'S MEMORY. It was very generally agreed in the tnonasttry that It could be no dllfloult natter tor Brother Felipe to forget .the world. The difficulty for blm would have been to remember It. He could not even remember the little) worldly ' calle which, even In a monastery, must needs be barkened to from day lo day, and though lu themselves trivial are yet, when properly responded to, of no small use In keeping the devil at bay. Fur example, the call to meals, Pasting to the proper and enjoined ex tent is an excellent thing; no brother, not even Brother Antonio, would have dared deny It. For by fasting the flesh U moruiled, as it should be, lint to for Bet the times and seasons for tho par taking of food altogether, as Brother Felipe Bomcumcs did, Is to go to ex treui's. And when, as also sometimes happened, Brother Felipe forgot when he wus, oa a matter of rotation, kitch ner lor the day, the mortification of other people raiucr than of himself was tACi'hs.ve. If ho d.d not forget to prepare a meal. Brother Felipe was as likely as not to err on so.ue otuer Siue of his memory. Such was tho case when, be ing euga.d in the composition ot a liquor fur which the monastery was fa . mous throughout the province, he used, qui.e unsuspected, soda by mis take for sugar. Brother Antonio suf fering from a sharp attack of rheum which required In the abbot's opinion as well as in Brother Antonio's a warming draught, was the victim of this monstrous brew. His words, as he rushed from the buttery plucking at li.H chest, which the torrid liquid was burning from within, were such . as had never been dreamed of In that unworldly place, and caused uia broth ers to hung their heads for weekg af terward. Brotuor Antor.io did penance for the worcV s md Brother Felipe for the brew. Brother Fe..pe did it without a grumble. He uuiiguicd in doing pen ance another strango thing. Often he Implored something to be put upon him w hen from his confession there was no need of it. Only It must be Jorno in mind that ho never could remember anything not even his sins. "And that lu Itself becomes a sin," aid the abbot upon one. occasion. ' "Punish me, therefore; punish me, Father," Felipe roplied, and was given his wish; though, it must be admitted. If absent miiidcdness made htm a sin ner. It also prevented him from being a sufferer, seeing that he usually for got that what he was uuing was a penance, and no had none of tue pangs of conscience. Of th.s doubtless, the Abbot was aware. The others often wonuered what Brother Felipe hau been like In the outside world. They themselves had been so different in some ways,. Not in all, of course. Brother Antonio had never hated meat and wine then any more than he did now. The difference was that now he tried to uate them, fhey all tried to hate the past, and If they ever spoke of It, which was sel dom, they sp?ke of It with fear and loathing. i Brother Feilpe, on the other hand, had thrown a thunderbolt once or twice Into their midst by speaking of some incident of the past with obvious gratification. His devoutness was beyond question, his docility equally so, the only proofs of his having been not unvisltod by the devil In his youth being certain suggestions of a quick tempor. Once for nothing at all he had knocked a brother down, a sign ot depravity, Indeed, in anybody else but Brother Felipe. Somehow It was, like its cause, nothing at all in him. The ab bot had visited it mildly, plainly find ing It lmp-3lble to punish overmuch one who was beyond doubt as uncon scious of bis sin as a summer sky that a moment before had been streaked with lightning. Every one was agroed. In fine, that Brother Felipe was without guile. But ?jr his wool fathering wits he might ave been a saint. Also but for what . follows. It U possible, though not easy, to , ))rgot the world at all times except yo. That is in time ot war. If the tomy thunders on one's gates, he lings the world with hira. Neither - layers nor excommunications can up him out. And so, one might say, captain is stronger than the devil jltunelf, who is not, at least, at his use In a holy place. If this be any excuse for what Brother Felipe did, )3t it be told In his favor. It was after tho melting ot the snows In the year 180 . Tou know the events of that yeorT The arch enemy Napo leon had thrown his men, with equal disdain and cunning, Into the Penin sula, and the Spaniards, remembering ' their glory, had risen. Skirmishes, be leaguerments, defeats, victories, all these the patriots had tasted, and It , was by one of the last briefly, since 1 this is no place for the details of the fehtlns that Capt Hersolet, with 400 conscripts, mad with liUnger and de feat, was cut off from the French main mHar ot Um Pyrenees i4 led tbsa A DOVE. ' Hut whan tha drtk a (limy yell wn wearing iiaoa came tne dove, to aevK ner nest. Deep In tha forest wbera her mate waa griev ing Ihere wai trna ret Peace, heart of mine I no longer sigh to wandnri I.oee not thy Ufa In fruttleoa quoiit, There are no happy lalanila oyer yonder) Come home and rest. Dyke, In ''Ihe Lullders, and Other Poem." ravaging by whntever ways they could find among the hills. If there was any method in their retreat, the historians will know it. Knouf.'h that this cap tain came, Ignorant that Spaniards had let hlB slip ahead only a league or so that league by which fear for a little outstrips vengeance to the vll Inge of Callo d'Estrez. Above that on the hill, as we all know, the monastery st.tnds. Something of the news of the rising had come to the brothers' ears. Vil lagers on their way to join the patri ots had passed within sight of them; Brother Pedro, sent on an errand Into the uins, had come back with the sound of trumpets in his ears, bounds of firing, too, to make the world seem furiously near. The abbot might ex hort to prayer and fasting; he might speak of vows in which neither war nor rumors of war had any part. But the tidings came kept coming. Only they knew so little that the first cot tages of Calle d'Estrex were In flfviies and smoke steaming up from the val ley before the brothers knew that a detachment of the French army waa al ready there. "And about to march upon the mon astery, my Father," cried tho peasant who first came to them. After Nones it was already these Frenchmen who feared neither Owu nor acvll they wouiu arrive before dusk, having, It seemed, utterly deteatod the Spanish soldiers. "You are sure that wo are defeated?" nsked the abbot, forgetting in his troublo that ho and the brothers had no part nor eklo with earthly armies. The peasant swore to that, and to many other things, end those that came alter him, swutly, swore to tne same. Therefore it was clear to the abbot that for the time being work must take tho place of prayer. There were precious and sacred things in the monastery that must bo moved away and hidden till the (larger was past. Live3, too, though they were vowed away from the world, must not lo giv en over to those raging soldiers. "Rag ing and drunk with wlno and blood," tho peasants caid. Tho abbot bestirred himself1, and tho brothers did likewise. Stratigoly enough, only Brother Fe lipe, who in his moments of forgetful ness was wont to speak of the world 03 a present and almost nn enjoyable thing, had shown no interest In tho tidings of battle that had been brought up and bandied from tongue to tongue for these muny days pa8t Some had thought it a sign of grace In him, as indeed, It would have been in any oth er. But most of tho brothers opined that Felipe had no mlud for theso things. The sound of a musket would go Into one ear with him and out of tho other, just as the sound of the din ner bell would. 'And now that he has been given a paint box," said Brother Antonio, not without envy, "ho requires nothing In side of him." He referred to tho Illuminating of a missal, which had of late been set as a task to Brother Felipe In lieu ot the kitchener's work which should have been his lot tor tho week. This by special petition of all tho brothers. Brother Felipe liked his painting. He sat in a windowed alcove of the hall, sucking his brush for hours together, the missal before him, and who knows where his wits were? Ho was sitting like this when the tidings of the French marauders came, and through all the bustle he sat on. No one dis turbed him, because there was much to be done, and little timo to do it, and that being so, Brother Felipe was not accounted helpful. So little timo was there, Indeed, what with the burying of some of the weightier things in the grounds outside the monastery and the collecting of the chalices and precious candlesticks for postage, that by the time all was ready, and tho abbot had assembled his flock in the rear of the great hall and unlocked tho secret door into tho passage thut leads out on to the hills a mile away, there came to the ears of all the most frantic Bhouts and roaring of that shameless ballad, the "Marseillaise," showing that the French were at hand. Luckily they stopped for a little to Are tho outbuild ings, as It was found afterward. "Let us tly!" cried some of the weak er brothers. But the abbot raised his hund. "Be strong and of good spirit," said he. "Are all presont?" "Brother Felipe is still at his paint ing," cried several together. 'Brother Antonio will fetch him." said the abbot calnily. "The rest will proceod. First of all, those carrying the chalices." A pungent smoke waa ' wrapping that other end of the hall where Broth er Felipe sat at his task all unconscious and it husked Brother Antonio's voice as he came neas and called. 'Hasten, Felipe, hasten. We are go ing Instantly. The French are on us!" Brother Felipe looked up. "Bo?" he said. "I will come." But he made no attempt to come. It nftght have been no more than the summons to dinner. Antonio thought bitterly and shouted again, "Come, lost no time." "Yes," said Brother Felipe, amiably. And Brother Antonio, as he fled bach through the smoke to the aouot, who was aware that Brother Felipe waf still sitting at his missal and thret Frenchmen scrambling In at the win dows with drawn swords. The rest the abbot saw before closing tho secret door behind himself and the brothprs. Brother Felipe was bent over hit missal, painting steadily. "Are you alive, pig?" asked tho lead er of the Frenchmen. "Yes, jot, brother," said Felipe, ex actly as he had spoken to Brother An tonio. "I am coming directly." "Brother?" the Frenchman exploded with oaths; and one ot the others said, with a kind of bullying' treatment hd with a kind of bullying merriment: "I will prod our brother, with your permission, mon capltaine," and ran the tip of his blade Into Brother Fe lipe's left arm. Then he was on hit feet In ft trice. He had faced round, not on the man w ho pricked him as It chanced, but on the other, who bad been called captain. Dazed, Brother Felipe looked for a moment Then like a man waked from sleep his eyes lightened. "Brother!" he said and this time ha said it with a terrible voice. "Pullllpe!" It was the French captain who said this and In his turn looked dazed. But Brother Felipe spoke very slowly: "I thought that I had killed you, IjouIs, and there was no more for me to do in the world. Are you raised from the dead? A cloud of smoke curled In at that moment, and for that moment the ab bot was blinded. Only he heard a scream from tho Frenchman, shriller than that last, and from Brother Fe lipe no word. Then the smoke cleared. Tho French captain was on the stone floor, his head beaten in with the stool which Brother Felipe held still In his hand. He held It as a shield now, for the other two were upon him, and at the window a swarm of French con scripts, yelling for vengeance for their dead captain. It seemed to the abbot that Brother Felipe was no longer a monk now, but a soldier, who would die bravely. Very noiselessly, therefore, he gave the sign to those within the passage to advance, and himself shut the door upon that fight. V. C. Fry, in Black and White. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. A child of 5 should weigh 41 pounds, be 41 1-2 inches in height and have a chest girth of 23 1-4 Inches. i A larjro part of tho tropical fruit used In the United States Is raised by the transportation companies which bring it. Out of the 13.3ilO,CC0 people In Mex ico loin than 2.000,000 can rend, though the first printing press in the world was set up in Mexico. An economic census of the town of York, England, showed that 23,009 out of the 70,000 Inhabitants live habitually below the starvation lino. When accomplished the Romaniza- tlon of the Japanese language will put the final touch of victory to the revo lution begun 40 year3 ago. The exports of American flour to Hong Kong in 1892 were 457,600 bar rels, and In 1902 1,298,893 barrels an Increase of 941,203 barrels. Owing to the Berlin hansoms having India rubber tires, complaint w as made of danger to the public, and they havo now been supplied with bells. George Wharton of Rcnauno. N. J.. has a swarm of beos undor the eaves of his house that has produced a hun dred pounds of honey this season. The wagons of the London firo com pany are to be supplied with bells so that the firemen will no longor be com pelled to utter cries to clear the streets. The Yellowstone Park proper Is ono third larger than Delaware and the ad joining government reserves make an area nearly equal to that of Now Jer sey. The Bashi-Bazouk shaves his head except a tuft at the crown, which Is to bo used by the angel to jerk him to Paradise if he should be slain by his intended victim. The latest statistical 'estimates for tho German empire place the popula tion at 68,519,000. From theso figures It appears that the population has In creased 1.40 percent In tho last year. A Hungarian bride at Vlsegr'cd, near Budapest, came near losing hor life through using a celluloid comb. Hav ing come Into contact with the flame of a candle, It set fire to hor clothes; her husband heard her cries and succeeded In saving her; but both had to be tak en to the hospital. The experiments of German syndi cates In the raising of cotton In Ger man Cast Africa have been successful. Togo having produced 60,000 pounds of fine quality. The cotton factories ot Germany now hope to become Inde pendent of America. Germany yearly employs 1,000,000 persons In making 1200,000,000 worth of cotton goods from American cotton. The German state gives to one uni versity more than the British govern ment allows to all the universities and university-colleges tn England, Ireland and Scotland together. MAGIC BY THE INDIANS. AMERICAN REDSKIN EQUAL TO WIZARDS OF THE ORIENT. 8orcery of the Chlppewayt With the Century Plant Sacerdotal Per formers Who Control the Weather Tricks Through the Intervention of Tribal Divinities. Redskin magic has been a subject of special Investigation recently by tha Bureau of Ethnology at Washing ton, which finds that among t,lie American Indians there are wizards who can perform feats quite as won derful as any of those attributed to the fakirs of the Orient In fact, there aro certain tribes, such as the Clilppe way, which have developed the art et sorcery, as one might say, to a high point; and Cathollo missionaries and other reliable witnesses testify to hav ing seen century plants two or three feet high produced within a few min utes on bare western prairies where previously nothing grew simply, as It seemed, by a few Incantations and a small amount of hocus-pocus. This feat, which bears a curious likeness to the famous mango treo trick of India, seems beyond explana tion, tho century plants grown in the spontaneous manner described being of considerable size and apparently a dozen years old. But it Is perhaps surpassed by a marvel which waa re counted to one of the government In vestigators by a Jesuit priest, who said that while he was sojourning among the Arapahoes and Cheyennes, west of the Mississippi, he saw a couple ot wizards fetch grass up out of the ground where there had not been a sprig of vegetation. It was done in a few minutes, and there wns quite n patch of It, green and growing. With his own eyes he saw it sprout and grow. The wizards nmong the Indians are priests. Indeed, tho primitive priest all over tie world Is, and has always been, a magician and Juggler. Jug gling tricks are the most Important part of his stock In trade, vividly Im pressing the untutored beholders with a belief In the supernatural powers of the performer. The position of offi cial rainmaker Is Invariably held by a sacerdotal magician of note, who claims to bo able to control the weath er. Ho embodies In his own person all the functions of a weather bureau, the only drawback being that ho usu ally loses his life sooner or Inter In consequence of making a few unsuc cessful predictions. Among tho Chlppcwnys there is a class of wizards known as "dreamers," who aro supposed to bo able to handle with impunity red hot stones and burn ing; brands, or to batho their hands without discomfiture In boiling water. A mnglcian of this typo is a "dealer In fire," and at night he may sonietlmcB bo seen flying rapidly along In tho shape of a ball of Are or a pair of fiery sparks, llko tho eyes of some mon strous beast. Tho lato Dr. W. J. Hoff mnn of the bureau of ethuology knew ouo of the Jugglers who could take ripe red cherries from his mouth at any season of tho ye.ir. Ho had a mag ic bag which would move on tho ground as if it were alive, but Dr. Hoffman more than holt suspected that the sack contained a live rat or some other small animal. One of the Investigutors on a cer tain occasion saw a Menomint wizard produce lfvo snukes, as It appeared, from r,i empty bag. The bog was of rod flannel, about 20 Inches wldo by 80 Inches In depth, and tho "mystery man" held It between his fingers by tho two upper corners, so as to spread It out Then ho rolled it between his fingers like a ball, to show that thcro was nothing Inside. Again he took It by the upper corners, and, holding it up, danced Blowly. Presently two snake heads began to emerge from tho top ot tho sack, gradually becoming more and more exposed to view until the bodies of the serpents protruded half a foot or so. From time to time the snakes withdrew themselves hito the bag, coming out again, and again retreating. When they had finally dis appeared the performer, rolled the sack up tightly and put it Into his bo som. It seemed quite wonderful, but tSie trick was a simple one, tho two snako heads (stufTed) being attached to a tape, the ends of which were fas tened to the upper cornors of tho bag. When the wizard pulled the tape taut It caused the beads to lift themselves above tho endB of tha bag, passing through a couple ot loops. Tho Indian wizards pretend that they can perform their tricks only througn the Intervention of tho tribal divini ties; and this Is where the Juggling and religion come together. Information OB to future events is commonly ob tained by special consultation with tne divinities In the so-called "magic lodge," which is a cylindrical structure of birch bark, with a framowork of small poles, Just big enough to contain and give concealment to a man etand lns erect. As sosn as the wizard has entered, the lodgo begins swaying vio lently, and there Is a great rattling ot bells and doers' hoofs which are fas tened to tho tops of tho polos. Threo voices are then heard in consultation a, loud one (for tho Great Spirit), a faint ono (for the small spirit), and the voice of the "mystery man." In this way the wizard gets tho knowl edge! be desires direct from headquar ters. I""" A famous wizard at White Earth, Minn., made a bet with one of tho gov ernment investigators that the latter coflWi not tie him with ropes so that he would not be able to get loose Im mediately. With the help of the local Indian agent, tho man- wan tied up lu a most elaborate fashion and put In side of a conical wigwam In an open space. Nobody was allowed to come nenjr him. Presently there was a great thumping noise and the wigwam be gan to sway back and forth. Two or three minutes later the magician called out, telling his captors to go to a bouse several hundred yards away and get the ropes. One of them went to the house, and found the ropes, with all the complicated knots untied. Then the wigwam was opened and the wlzrrd was found quietly smoking his pipe. Among the Chlppeways a popular Jove charm (prepared, of course, by the wizard), Is composed of powdered Ver million and flue ground mica, the mix ture being put Into a thimble, which Is plugged at the bottom with a disc of wood and carried suspended from the neck by a string parsed through a hole In the top. It may be decorat ed with feathers or otherwise; but Its efflcery depends upon a hair or nail paring of the person whose affections Is desired, this Item being Introduced Into tho thimble with the powder. Dr. Franc Boas recently made a study of the religious ceremonials of the Fort Rupert Indians of Vancouver Island, In which he found a lot of "wlz" business mixed up. These peo ple are supposed to be cannibals, and a striking episode of ono of their per formances consists in the mysterious entrance, through a solid wall, of a man eating wild man, who proceeds to take bites out of the other participants In the exhibition. Boston Herald. MAINE ISLANDS IN DEMAND. Bought Up by Rich Men from the Country's Great Cities. The waters of the coast of Maine from Klttery to Qtioddy Head are as full of beautiful Islands os tho north ern counties of the state aro of charm ing lnkes. Indeed, If one would make a littlo study of these two features of the physical peculiarities of the state thcro would appear a striking similar ity between them. Seo the attractive north land dotted with lakes and pends. full of water as it Is; tea tho equally attractive coast, the great gulf of Malno end Its many bays full of land, plcturesqno and beautiful as they are. Theso two features attract dif ferent classes of tourists, summer vis itors and nature lovers. While ono class Is attracted to the seaconst and the equally picturesque islands which stand out from the land as though for merly a part of It, llko little chicks, cr lambs that have left their mother fold. Theso Islands, llko the Interior lakes, are being rapidly pre-empted by the wealthy citizens of other states. Ono set of men or members of a club, who hnvo a fondness for tho canoe, the an gler's rod or tho sportsman's rifle, pur chnso the section of woods In which Is a big lake; while those of another, who aro fond of yachting and like tho smell or old ocean, buy a Maine Island, or two or tlireo of them. Tho town of Isle au Hnut is a town of islands. It wbb. incorporated by tho legislature In 1874, and comprises, besides tho largo island, which gives tho name to the town, tho following smaller islands: York's Inland, Fog Island, Burnt k'lnnri, Merchant's isl and, Kimball's Island, tho two Spoon islands, and "nil other islands south of Merchant's Row." Theso Islands Ho south cf Great Deer Islo and between tho Island of Vinalhavcn to the west of Burnt Conl Island in Frenchman's bay to tho east. Recent despatches say that by re cent purchases nearly tho whole of Isle au Haut Is now controlled, by tho Point lookout club, tho members of which are wealthy puoplo from Boston, Now Ycrk, and Philadelphia. On one ot the nearby Islands a wealthy New York artist is to build a beautiful res idence next summer, while It Is the purpose fit the members of the club who have purchased Islo au Haut, "to preserve the natural beauties of the Island, to which end the cutting ot trees or other growth, except for clear ing paths or roadways, is forbidden." This may be all right. If we cannot keep all our beautiful islands and in terior lakes to ourselves wo are glad for people to have them who appre ciate their attractiveness and will make and enforce stringent ruins to preserve thera in their natural beauty. But at the rate at which our lakes, Inlands and splendid coast lands are go ing atprcsontwoshall hardly have any for our own uno and enjoyment before many years. If our readers have a few of these deslrablo possessions Just now, our advice Is: Hold on tc them. Bangor Commercial. Conductor Sold Fish. Tho following Is taken from a Now York paper published in 1858: It la well known that tho Portsmouth rail road has to turn everything to account to pay running expenses, and many are the Jokes they perpetrate upon the conductors In reference to their shifts to get a living. It is said that one of them Inst year vEfl accustomed to bring fUn from Portsmouth and peddle tnem out at the stopping places on tho way to Concord. Ono day he brougut along smelts, dealing cut to customers at every station till ho got to Suncook, where ho blew his horn, and an old woman came out and wanted six, "Just a pattern all I've got left, you're In the nick of time," said ho, and ho bo gan to count them and found only Ave. "How's this? I should have six," and he began to count on his ringers, and reckon how he had disposed of tho four dczon he had started with. After a lUtle while, "I havo it; hold on a lit tlo while and I'll be back," said he, and he ran the train back seven miles to a rjlace where he let a woman have one more thira she paid for, got It, came to Suncook, and let the old woman have tae six she wanted, and then tue "smelt" train went to Concord, . It's an accommodating glove tha.'a always on band when you want It Blue-Eyes and Brown-Eyes. Brnwn-Ey lwp la an attlo cot, I)lua-hyra drrnrn In a nalnty bed, Brown-K.yra (jnea hungry aa oiten ai not, Blue-K)e baa butler and Jam on his bread. Out I'd rather be Brown-Eyes, I tell yon true, And ao, 1 am sure, would you and yon I For whenever Drown-Eyns la tired or aad, He hm only to ellmb tne attic etntr, Anil the lorelleiit mother boy ever bad (Have mine and your own) la waiting Wiili lilne-Eree' mother has Rone away To the plaoe where tiod's beautiful angels stay, Brown-Eyea Is ihnbby, while Blue-Eyes Is drpfMe'l In the handeomeat garment that gold can buy, But no mother's klsa baa Els whole life blessed lie lonirn for on, vainly. n days go byt Bruwn-Kvea, be knowt, is hla mother'a de IlKht, Bbo kla.ea him morning and noon and night. So nine-Eyes wears alwnyi a wletful amlle, (He trlen to tin happy, tint how ran It bi-'O While llmwu-Ejen grows happier all the while, Itolliekliitf, loyona and pny lit he. Bo I'd rather lie Urown-Eytw, I tell you true, Now nnnwi.r me honestly! Wouldn't you' Ktholll. Coloon, In the Chicago Huoord Deraid. Victims of Ax In London. Upon Just and unjust, Innocent and guilty alike, the' headsman's ax used too often to fall in the bad old days when the Tower was the state prison of London. Poor Lady Jane Grey and gallant Sir Walter Raleigh were among Its victims. The last to be beheaded in tho famous fortress were three Scots men who had played a prominent part In tho Jacobite rising In 1745. These were the Earl of Kilmarnock, Lord Balmerlno and Simon Lord Lovat. The last was the last to be executed (In 1747). Before he was put to death a wooden structure, with some specta tors, tumbled down, and some of the people on It were hurt. The old man laughed at tho accident, and said: "The malr mischief, the malr sport." He Is described as the greatest rascal of his day, but died game anyhow. Be fore tho ax fell he quoted Horace's no ble line, which runs in English: "Sweet and glorious it Is to die for one's coun try." A Children's Farm. Last summer a children's school farm was opened In one of the most jrowded districts of New Vork. An un improved site on Wcflt Fifty-third street, reserved for a future park, and long used as a dumping ground, wa3 chosen for the experiment. The story of thjs farm la told by Miss Fannie O. Parsons In The Outlook: "The question of how to control an unruly mob of children of various ages promised difficulties, but as soon as the children ceased to be onlookers and bo came workers, there was no troublo. The park department gardeners who prepared the ground were Swedes, and as In their own country tboy had en joyed school gardens, they entered In to the spirit of the farm and lot the children help. "Tho farm grew to perfection from the sugestions ot these men, tne pa rents and police; one of the latter say ing, 'These children will never obey until the tent Is made more beauti ful than anything they have ever Been.' J Following this suggestion, a floor was laid and a box ot blooming plants was placed around the whoia tent, 25 feet by 35 feet. The effect waa magltial. ."Once a week In the tent a round tub waa filled with water, on whoso bosom floated a mass of water lilies In all their rich, cool, native beauty. Their subtle Influence seemed to reach all. Making a beautiful park or mak ing a beautiful garden with the 'Don't touch' sign Is like eating luscious fruit before hungry children; they want some, too. So at stated times a basketful of cut flowers was distribut ed in the tent, so satisfying the whole some longing aroused by the boxes of plants, which were to be respected." The Soldier Ant The Hon is the king of beasts, but all of his magnificent strength and feroci ty would avail him nothing when he faces a more ant. But this ant Is not the usual kind which pcacefuny goes about Its domestic duties day by day. It Is tho terrible driver, or soldier ant, said to be the most Invincible creature In the world. M. Coillard, a French missionary In the Barotse Valley of South Central Africa, ' thus writes of these terrors there: "One sees them busy In innumerable battalions ' ranked and disciplined, winding along like a broad black rib bon of watered Bilk. Whence come they? Where are they going1? Noth ing can stop thorn, nor can any ob ject change their route. If it Is an in animate object they turn aside anl pass on. If It is living, they assail it venomously, crowding ono qn top of the other to tho attack, while the main army pnsrcB en, business like and El lent Is the obstacle a trench or a stream of water, then they form them selves at Its edgo into a compact moaa. Is this a deliberate assembly? Possi bly, for soon the mass stirs and moves on, crosses the trench or Btream and continues In Its Incessant and myste rious march. A multitude of these ael dlers are sacrificed for the common good, and these legions, which know not what It Is to be beaten, pass over the corpses of those victims to their destination." .Against these tiny enemies Do man or band of men, tio lion, or tignr, nor even a herd of elnphnnta cart do any thing but hurrlrdly get out of the way. Among the Barote natives a favorite form of capital punishment Is to coat the victim with grease and throw him before the advancing army of soldier ants. The quickness with which the poor wretch is dispatched Is marvel lous when It Is considered that each ant can do nothing more than merely tear out a small particle of flesh and carry It off. Yet In a surprisingly short j time the writhing vtrtlm will have j been changed Into a skeleton. Golden ' Penny, "Buff" and "Bouncer." Annie Willis McCullough writes the followlnB Interesting narrative In the St Nicholas: The quaint old city of Boston has many Interesting sights, but a specta cle that Would astonish boys and girls as much as anything is a glimpse at the home of "Buff" and ' Bouncer." Now, Buff and Bouncer are cats, not of fine breed, like the Maltese, nor es pecially beautiful, like the Angoras. They are Just common, every-day cats. Bouncer Is a tortoise-shell with a white triangle on his noso, and Buff I dis like to tell It, but he is nothing In the world but nn ordinary yellow cat Bomehow, yellow eats and dogs are counted among tho offscourings of their kind, but Buff well, I have changed my opinion of yellow cats since meet ing him! These Boston cats live that is, their master and mistress live in a brick house on a street In Boston near a rail road. But Buff and Bouncer have a house ail their own. It stands In the little square homely city yard, which extends out to the tracks. You will understand that with noise, soot, clndors and cramped quarters, these city cata need some compensa tion for that lack of freedom which their country brothers enjoy. Tholr mistress is so fond of them and so afraid of lowing them that they are even deprived of the city cafe chief pleasure back fence promenades by reason of a wlro netting stretching fiat along the top of the fence, so mat they cannot climb up. As consolation for these privations, the mistress of Buff and Bouncer has built them a house that no carpenter need be ashamed of. She began it as a sort of shelter for her pets when they wanted to be In the yard In bad weather. But once her fingers and tho hammer got start ed, the rough konnel grew and grew. It reached up until it became four feet two Inches hlfch, and spread to two aad a half feet wide. It took on some fan cy shinnies and a cunning gable win dow. The work then became so fas cinating to tho builder that she Just could not help adding a piazza and a bay window. She li a very small wo man, so sho dovlscd a way to get ln sldo in order to fasten In windows, to tack up curtains, and to complete va rious other arrangements for the com fort of her cats. Ncariy the whole side of tho houso Is swung on hinges, so it can bo pulled out, and as it comes out, like a shelf table, some long, slen- J der Jointed legs unfold, and lo! a sort of port cochere, on the roof of which the cats like to lie and sun themselves, and underneath which their hammock can be hung. One day, when the cats' mistress was inside the tiny house, sitting on the floor and hard at work, Buff came In, Jumped up on a cronsbeam high up In his house, and stretched bis head up in if to look out of the little gable window. "Well, Buff," said his mistress, "you shall havo an upstairs, since you want it so badly." So she put in a sort of floor up there, leaving an opening, of course, with a shelf half way up, at the back of the first floor room, to serve as a cat stairway. When Buff and Bouncer go to their second story they jump up on this shelf stair, then easily spring through tho opening Into their attic room. There is a piece of thick carpet for them to lie on, and there they lovo to stay, dozing or look ing lazily out ot their little front win dow. The little house Is further fitted up with a movable flight of step3, which stand sometimes at the front, some times at tho side of the piazza, but which, you may be sure. Buff and Bouncer do not stop to use. It also bos a hammock and a bedstead for each cat. And Buff and Bouncer will lie In the hammock, allow themselves to be tucked in bed, or ride in their carriage a doll carriuge and seem to enjoy themselves hugely. They will also sit up In little chairs at a small table and eat, though they much prefer their customary way. One has bis dish set on the floor of the piazza,- and generally dines there; the other has his dish on the upper balcony or roof of the piazzu. They Beam to like to lie and sleep In cr take a ride in tholr carriage, though, of coarse, they have to take turns. And they like to lie In their hammocks when their mistress puts them there that is, they will lie stl.l and pretend to sleep, and have uover said they didn't like it, which is a pret ty sure sign that It 13 agreeable to them, don't you think so? In the winter tuis home ot Buff and Bouncer Is closed and covered with canvas and oilcloth to keep It from be ing spoiled by storms and snowdrifts. At that Inclement season theso wise Boston cats prefer to live in the warm, cozy kitchen ot the big' bouse; so you see what aristocrats they are. They not ouly have a home all their own, but It is their summer home, their re sort, to which they go as soon as the spring weather begins, and which is kept open until the fall rains make their abode too damp and chilly for them. Happy Buff and .ilouncer, two very lucky cats! 1
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