CHILDREN'S THE SILVER DOLLAR. Itow cnn wf make n silver dollar turn quickly nml continuously on Its axis? "Very easy." ay some one. pulling out n silver dollnr nml standing it on its rim. tin places tlif Index finger of the left luincl on It, nnil flips the coin with lil' right hand. The dol lnr will turn with such velocity thnt Uie eye cannot follow It. This will lust for some time, until the motion grad ually decreases, nml finnlly stops. Not bad, but we cnn do better. TV borrow the silver dollar, mark the etuis of its diameter carefully, ami place It on the table. Then we lift the coin with the help of two needles, Inserting the needles nt the two marked points, bring ifclose to the mouth and blow at It. The coin will turn, driven by the PICTURE WHERE IS pressure of the air, with remarkable velocity, and will remain In motion, as little blowing from time to timo will keep Its speed from Thickening. But how can we tlnd the diameter of the coin in the right moment? This is very easy. Take a piece of paper mid draw, with the help of a compass, a ircle, approximately the size of the silver dollnr, nnd draw a straight line through tho centre. .Flueing tlio coin In this circle, we cnn easily mark the ends of the line on the rlui of tho dol lar. Los Angeles Time. ILWIXG SOME FUX. 1 "Now, boys, I will tell you how we cnn have some fun," said Frank to his playmates, who hnd come together one bright moonlight evcuing tor slid ing and snow-balling. "What is It?" naked several nt once. "You will see," said FruuU. "Who Las a wood saw?" 'I have." "So have I," replied three Of the boys. "Get 'them, then, and you nnd Fred and Tom each get an nxe, and I will get a shovel. Lot's be back lu ten minutes." The boys all started to go on their several errands, each wondering of iwhat use wood-saws and axes mid shovels could be lu piny. But Frank iwai much liked by all the boys and they fully believed in what be said and they were soon together again. "Now,?' said he, "Widow Brown, who lives In that little house over there, lias gone to sit up all night with a sick child. . "A man brought her some wood to day, and I heard her tell him that, un less she sot some one to saw It to night, she would not have anything to make a fire with In the morning. "Now we could saw aud spilt that pile of wood Just as euslly as we could make a snow man on her door-step, and when she comes borne she will be greatly surprised." One or two of the boys said they did not care to go, but most of them thought It would be fine fun. It was not a long and tiresome Job tar aerea strong aud healthy boys to x. DEPARTMENT; snw. split and pile np'the widow's half-cord of wood and to shovel a good path. When they had done this, so great was their pleasure that one of thorn, who hnd nt llrst said he would not go, proposed that they should go to ft car penter shop nenr by, whore plenty of shavings could be had, mid that each should bring nn armful. They nil agreed to do this, and when they hnd brought the shavings, they went to their severnl homes, more, than pleased with the fun of the evening. The next morning, when the tired widow returned from watching by the sick bed nml saw what was done, she was Indeed surprised, nml wondered who could have been so kind. Afterward, when ft friend told her how It was done, her earnest prayer, "(iod bless the boys:" was enough of Itself to make them happy. Our Dumb Animals. ENCHANTED HANDKERCHIEF. This handkerchief Is Just tho thing for young magicians to possess. It has the power to mnke things dis appear. Yon use It to cover some borrowed article a coin, say, or n card pull the handkerchief quickly away, and lo! the vorrowed article has completely disappeared. The handkerchief Is prepared os fol lows: Get two pretty good sized men's handkerehh Is, both exactly nllke. In the middle of one of these cut n slit nliout four Inches Ions, which got your sister to hem round the edges to prevent Its becoming larger. Now ask her to lay one handkerchief PUZZLE. THE MILLER? Brooklyn Daily Eagle: upon the other nnd sew together the edges. If the work Is done neatly tho whole will appear to bo nothing more than n single handkerchief, es pccially ns, when you draw it from jour pocket, you shake it out, with the unprepared sldo toward those who are watching you. Next, taking the card In tfie left hand, you cover It with the handker chief, nt the s.nno time slipping it into the poekct-llko arrangement be tween the two. So, you see, when you nsl; some one In tho audience to "hold tho card cov ered by the handkerchief, please," nnd theu Jerk the whole from his hand, the effect will be that the card has disappeared. New York American. HOW THE MINK HUNTS. If you will follow a mink's track In the snow any winter day it will usu nlly lead you before long, says a writer in Country Life in America, to the mute story of a tragedy Just some trami led suow and a red stain. .The whole method of the mink's hunting is told by the snow. We see how it follows a rabbit, taking every precaution not to betray their presence while the wretched creature feeds, for then it Is alert; bow it follows bunny to where it sleeps beneath a log, an upturned root on tho snow-covered top of a ful- lea tree, aud then stealthily creeps on the unsuspecting prey. How some' times the rustling of a dead leaf warns the rabbit, who leaps forward perhuim Just in time to avoid the furl' ous onslaught of the mink, though more often too late, and the red stain tells us that the rabbit has been eaten where It expected to sleep. An Unhaalthjr World. Somebody' who likes to fool with fl gurus has found tnat there are 20,000 different medical remedies on the mar ket. It Is significant, too, remarks the Chicago Record-Herald, that most of the manufacturers of them are rich, Af of European Cttlai. Rome is 2084 years old, Marseilles claims to be -300 years old aud Col, la Prussia, 1000. . ZXJ r M r 1CM TsVnAFrt W V ft, LI m llnkrit tttnrnih. Clean, wash nnd dry the fish; mil half pint bread crumbs with two tablespoonful melted butter, add half tenspoonful salt, a speck of pepper, nnd stud the fish; then put It In a baking pan; baste with melted butter nnd ndd hnlf cupful boiling wnter; dust the fish thickly and bake In s quick oven for three-quarters of nn hour, basting several times; servo with tomato sauce nnd potato balls. Asparagus Sonji. Boll two bunches fresh, tender as paragus in water with one slice of onion nnd one tablespoonful salt thirty minutes; throw away the onion; remove tho asparagus nnd cut off the tender pnrt nnd pound to a paste with a little water; ndd to It a lump of butter rolled in flour nml one hnlf tenspoonful sugar; mix over the fire until It melts; now ndd all to the boil ing wnter in which the asparagus was cooked; then beat the yolk of nn egg In half n pint of crenmor mill: nnd ndd to soup; season with salt and pepper, nnd ns soon ns It comes to boiling point Btrnln nnd serve; cut one stalk of asparagus iu thin slices nnd ndd the last thing. Chop Sticr. Eone small chicken nnd cut the meat Into half-Inch strips; peel and slice nn onion; soak n dozen mush rooms In cold water n few minutes, then drain; rut up n stalk of celery nnd six Chinese potatoes, washing them well llrst; prepare the rloo by putting a cupful Into boiling salted wnter, and when tho grains nre soft drain the water off nnd set the sauce pan In the oven to dry the rice; cook the chicken In n big spoonful of hot I utter well done, but not dry; ndd the sliced onion nnd fry to n nice brown; ndd the mushrooms nnd n small cupful of Chinese sauce (this sauce takes the place of salt): ndd n cup of boiling water and cook tifteen minutes; stir In th celery nnd cook ten minutes; ndd the potatoes nnd cook three min utes longer; rub n spoonful of flour smooth lu n little cold water nnd add to thicken; boll up once well and serve with the hot rice. i Hi NTS FOR, THE IMO US E. K EEPE rJI Cut-steel buttons and buckles may be polished with powdered pumice stone slightly moistened and upplled with a soft brush or cloth. To blncken tnn leather boots nnd shoes, rub every pnrt of the boots well with a Juicy potato cut In thick slices, and when dry, clean In the usual way with blacking, tnklug care to put the blacking well on. To fill cracks In plaster, mix plaster of parls with vinegar Instead of water and It will not "set" for twenty or thirty minutes. Tush It Into the cracks nnd smooth off evenly with a table knlfe.-What to Eat. Milk can bo sterilized at homo. Ab solutely clean bottles nre necessary. Sonk them in soda and hot water be fore using, and scald Just before tho milk is put into them. The milk should be perfectly fresh. Fill the bottles, cork them tight with anti septic cotton, lay them In cold water; heat slowly to the boiling point, boil for an hour nnd let them cool in the wnter. Do not uncork uutll the milk Is to be used. Boston baked beans nro now served ns a sajnd. The quantity of oil to be used depends on the quantity of porlc used In cooking the beans, nnd for se dentary people it Is well to omit tho pork. In this ensa three or four table spoonfuls of oil- may bo used for a pint of benns. Stir Into it half a tea spoonful of paprika, n few drops of onion Juice nnd two tablespoonful of vinegar. Mix this through the beans nnd turn them onto tho serving dish. Cover and let them sland half nn hour In n cool place. The salad moy bo gnr. nlshed with plmolas and slices of tiny cucumber pickles, nnd n tenspoonful of finely cut chives may be added If desired. It is almost time to begin to think of moths, for the time to remember them Is before the first one appears. With these pests prevention is not only better thnu cure, but It Is absolutely essentlnl. Moth balls, tar paper, the most expensive cedar chests, are useless after one wretched Insect has found a lodging In a gar ment Therefore, before the moths ap pear, take tho necessary precautions. Beat and brush furs and woolens, not overlooking a single pocket or fold, and, when perfectly certain that not a moth or an egg is there, pack the garments away where moths cannot reach them. That Is the whole secret. Furs should be sent to cold storage, which Is safe and cheap. As a matter of precaution, It Is well to reserve one closet, which line with tar paper, covering the cracks around the door and stuffing up the keyhole. Hang or lay away winter garments la here. and enjoy an additional feeling of se curity. "1 v I Hp Self-Consciousness By tli Editor of the Woman's Home Companion. -.m HOREAU characteristically says: "If you want to know a man's faults, nsk bis friends Thev will not tell nn. lint tlier know." It Is beennse we believe so Hint we Interest ourselves Ej5WW?J mic'1 0(,,'rs to us to which It seems worth while to call ntlen tlon. This Is our self-consciousness a thing which does a vast deal toward hindering the freedom of tho Individual. It Is this continual con sciousness of self that makes us Amerlcnns so fenrful of what our neighbors think of us, that hampers us In our thought nnd thnt mnkes us less nble to net ns our right reasoning would dictate. Tim Englishman, for Instnnce, sails along, cnlmly ignoring the whole world. This attitude Is provocative of much humor at his expense, but does he not do better by himself than the man who Is continually looking from right to left to see whnt people nbont think, of him? The latter Is so busy that ho has no time to realize himself. "Mind your own business nnd endenvor to be whnt you were made," says the quotable Thoreau. That Is whnt we need to have drummed luto us from day to day. How people take our Jokes, how they like the cut of our frocks or our coats, what they think of our sitting In tho second balcony Instead of the orchestra of a theatre, whether they think we nre nffectod becnuse we acknowledge n liking for Brown ing these nre minor mntters Indeed; but It Is over Just such trlllcs thot many of us waste precious moments nnd more precious brain matter. Let tho man nnd the woman shake himself or herself free from the colls of whnt "they sny" or "how It looks." Let them be big enough not to bother about such little things. Let them think Ipss nbont their own persons, nnd more how to enjoy, nnd profit by, nnd be good hi the big, Interesting world of pfoplo nnd things which Is all about them. J5 Our School Histories Bad Djr President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University N the first page of almost every school history there Is printed ft map of the present-day United States. Thnt Is the first mis take. If you tell the student nt the stnrt what the United States tins become, you make It Impossible for him to realize the feelings of those settlers back in the seventeenth century. Tho student In his historical voyaging should npproach this country In the snmo spirit ns did the old discoverers; It shsuld as far ns possible be nn unknown land for them. Yon enn't enjole children bnck Into the seventeenth cen tury. They have lived In the nineteenth century worse luck and they know the high building, the railway, the telegraph nnd the stenmbont This shrunken world thnt we live in nowadays Is bound together by rail and wire; It Is not the boundless world of the seventeenth century. Tho hey to tho proper method of teaching is to get the children bnck Into the atmosphere of those old times. Let them imaginatively come In the caravals of Columbus believing that they nre to discover the East Indies, let them sail on the Half Moon nnd believe with Hendrlk Hudson thut they have discovered tho Northwest I'ussage. Let the children realize that those old I'urltans In their knee breeches nnd Fteeple lints wero Indian fighting frontiersmen Just ns much ns the Westerner with his slouch hat and bucking bronco. Tho key to American history Is this uinn of the frontier. And down to the year 1S0O, tho right place to feel the pulse of American life was on the frontier. I sny down to l.VXt. because our census makers theu announced thnt they could no longer find a frontier. Let the children get n sympathetic Impression of these men nnd they will better understand tho spirit of their country thnn If you talk to them of political liberty. There Is not one of yon that knows whnt political liberty Is. I'm sure I don't. Until we got the Philippines, wo thought that political llberety resided In certain Institutions. The Filipinos nre enjoying liberty, too, so we nre told, but by another method. Tell the children whnt our forefathers came to this country for nnd whnt they fought for, and then tell them thnt the Filipino, denied these self same tilings, Is still enjoying liberty, nnd you hav given the children a tough morsel for their mental digestion. I do not believe that tho true history of America, the history that will give tis n living picture of our past, will be written In our generation. We ure doomed to bo creatures of our own day, nnd It's n dull day. It's nil hurry, nil bustle, nnd no refreshment; n day of cold steel nnd hard fact. Wo nre In such a hurry thnt we no longer have tlmo to sit down nnd dronm dreams, nnd no people mako any Intellectual advauco unless they do dream their dreams. The Pleasure of By Andrew Lang TffPMS SI il 11 Jr. T Is a pleasant sensation to wake up In the morning nnd feel thai one is a guest. Strange wall papers nnd strnngo furniture sur round one's bed, and there is ft strange view out of tho window, All tho Jostling demons of worry, anxiety and responsibility, whether domestic or professional, who stand ready to crowd upon our consciousness vanish in the unfamiliar environment. We have got" away out of the claws of tho usual, nnd Ho blissfully waiting for a knock nt tho door which shall have an unfamiliar sound. Douwstnlrs we find new faces, new pictures, strange books, a fresh stand point. Life has a new savor. We tnste it everywhere, in the atmosphere nud lu the conversation, even In the bread nud the salt. Our first sensation Is thai everything depends upon somebody else. It has nothing to do with us, what ever happens. But presently the old truism of our childhood thnt every situ ntlon lu life has Its duties comes back to our mind, and though with our waking thoughts we cast off those of the homo dweller, we must immediately prepare to take on those of n guest at least If wo are constitutionally conscien tious, which, nlns! nil guests are not. They may, indeed, bo divided by thlf conscience test into visiting sheep nnd visiting goats. The motto of the conscientious guest is Mine. Mold's well-known saying: "It Is ft shame to eat nnotl.er man's bread and give him nothing in return!" Such a one should be a Joy to his hostess, but In the holiday world of hosts and guests, ns in workaday life, good Intentions do not always insure success the conscientious sometimes fail where tho unconscientious succeed. JZ? JZ? Perfect Love is Above All Things By Mrs. H. A. Mitchell Keays BELIEVE In a great love and In great loves. I believe that a woman Is far happier washing dishes and cooking nnd clean ing house for the man she loves than in the palace of a mil lionaire where love li not. My husband bad nothing but a little mission church out West We had to pay our own rent out of the small salary. It was a hard struggle, but we were very happy. I bad come from a family that was well provided with this world's goods. I had received the finish to my education In Germany, yet the great happiness of my love made It pleasure for me to do even menial work In the little home that I had come to. Commercialism in love la too terrible to speak of. Idealism Is everything. This marrying for money, this marrying for social position, for personal ad vancementit Is wicked. Are these people who marry for money really happy? Do they get the real good out of lite? What sort of children do they give to the world? I have three sons. I hope they will marry poor girls, if these are the ones they love, rather than the richest women lu the world. They can be poor all their lives, and yet be happy. Love, I believe, Is the greatest thing lu the world. The love of a good man for a good woman Is the noblest thlug I know. It makes the world. Everything should give way before It. I took my husband from his mother. I expect my sons to be taken from me by their wives. It Is right that It should be; the love of man and wife Is utterly different from the love of mother and son. , A great love knows no sscrlflces. It can accomplish wonders. It can work out self-denials that seem almost superhuman. It can suffer and struggle and be cast down aud yet be happy, for perfect love U above such petty things. thoroughly In America nnd Amerlcnns In trying to Ond out our faults. One JZ? Visits STORMS AND HEALTH,. Changes nf Taonparatara Which ItT Thftlr Kcho In Favcrs. riiyslelnns have for many'yeors rec ognized the fact that atmospheric elec tricity disseminated by thunderstorms keenly affects human beings, nnd Inves tigators bnve shown thnt positive elec tricity produces vigor nnd a feeling of general good health, while, on the con trary, negative electricity has a de pressing effect. We nre submitted to these contrary effects nccordlng to the state of tho ntmosphere, sometimes negative electricity dominating, nt oth. ers the positive, it being possible to determine the electrlcnl condition by menus of delicate Instruments. A Oerman meteorologist, Dr. Schllep, clnlms thnt It is possible to determine approximately the condition of tho nt mosphere by comparing the curves of the registering barometer on one hand with those of the thermometer and the hygrometer on the other. Dr. Schllep states that when the marometer nnd hygrometer ascend tho atmosphere Is charged with electricity, while tho elec tricity of the nlr Is positive when the barometer accends aud the thermome ter lowers. A naval physician. Dr. Jolly, has np plied the Schllep rule In Madagascar, and by comparing the Instruments be has been able to tlx tho changes of the electrical conditions, changes which vary during the day and night During the dry season there was never nn ex cess of positive electricity. Dr. Jolly observing that both In his own case snd that of other subjects the best con. dltlon of health corresponded to the positive discharges, while during the periods of negative dominance there was wenkness nnd lassitude. These changes nlso have their echo In the state of general health, notably, in fevers. Baltimore American. ltu.olau Hoaarkri-iilng. An English woman residing In the Interior of Russia thus describes her housekeeping experiences: "As moist sugar is unobtainable on the steppes, one Is obliged to break up a huge two pound or three-pound lump Into pieces and crush It In a pestlo nnd mortnr. I believe that churns may be procured In big towns, but they would bo very expensive, nnd the English residents In country villages, who do not enro for the smoke-Hnvored fossnck butter, make their own by shaking cream in a big bottle. Tho Cossack women are sapltal laundry women, though their washing appliances ure somewhat primitive. They use large, low wood en troughs to wash the clothes In and boil them in open boilers. Tho sys tem of mangling Is rather curious. First, they wrap the things carefully around a woodeu roller, like n pastry pin, then puess it up nnd down n board scored with nicks, loosely laid on tho table. Consequently, this mokes a clatter, more deafening. If less Irritat ing, than the tuneless squeak of the British mnngle. Although the sum mers are Intenselyy hot In Cossack land, yet the mistress of the household has less trouble to keep milk and other foods sweet there than in England, for every house above tho rank of cot tage has its icehouse, which Is refilled Suring tho latter part of the winter with huge blocks of Ice brought, per haps, many miles across tho frozen steppe from some distant lake or river In tho bullock carts." New York American. Clenf-ral Karopntkln FenrleMiirM. General Kuropatkin's bold over men Is duo to his reputation for absolute fearlessness. Five years ago ho re ceived tho Information thnt tho great powder magazine nt St. Petersburg nnd thnt nt Toulon, France, were to be blown up within twenty-four hours, Xho general was In bed when he heard tho news, but be nt onco got up nnd started for St. Petersburg without los ing a moment. He summoned nil the stuff of tho magazine nnd went on a round of Inspection. Ho found every thing In order, nnd ns a proof of his satisfaction ordered every ono In the magazluo to take three days' holiday and to leavo at once. He then col lected a new garrison and a new staff ond set n ring of sentries all nround the magazine. The consequence was that nothing happened to the St. Pet ersburg magazine, but that at Toulon was blown up tho nest day. Chicago News. Lo.t Ilia Kiik11.1i. A recent traveler in Arctic Siberia, Mr. Vauderllp, a gold hunter, teils the following of his return to civilization: "I found that half a dozen of tho of ficers and men of tho steamer which my employers had sent for me had come to hunt me up. The captain dis mounted and I tried to address him in Russian, but be said: 'You forget that speak English.' Now, it may seem scarcely credible, and yet it is true, that for a few moments I was totally unable to converse with him in my nativo tongue. I had not used a word of it In conversation for months, and my low physical condition acting on my nerves confused my mlud, and 1 spoke a Jumblo of English, Russian and Korak. It was a week before 1 could talk good, straight English again." lllditan Tattoo Mark.. An escaped convict was on trial be fore a French court, and the questios turned upon his identity with a prls oner known to have been tattooed. There was no appearance of colored marks upon his arm, and the queetloc submitted to M. Leroy, the medico-legal expert, was whether the man bad ever been tattooed. M. Leroy applied strong friction to tho skin of the man's arm. This bad the effect -of bringing out white lines as cicatrices, with a slight bluish tint By this means the word "Sophie" was plainly legible in white marks ou the reddened, skin. This proved the identity of .the con vict. ' - ...-'. ''-.. r- - szn. i iRTiqj1gpi TIOME-MADE FRUIT LADDER, "1 The average fruit ladder, as found In most orchnrds, Is not pnrtlculnrly. desirable, mnlnly becnuse It Is not designed for this particular work. The broad top of the common ladder make It almost lniMissll)Ie to get It among; the branches In a firm position, Where one has considerable fruit to gather, a special ladder constructed after the plan of the one In the Illustration will be found not only useful, but wilt save considerable time in the fruit gathering season. I A pole, preferably a green one from the woods, should be secured, having it of the desired length. The largest end should be spilt tip about three feet and a brace inserted to keep the ran homk-madi laddsr. sides apart The ends which stand! on tho ground should be sharpened or covered with sharpened pieces of! iron, which any blacksmith can fash Ion nnd nttneh. Bore boles one and one-half Inches In diameter In both sides ns fur npnrt as the rungs ere to bo placed. The rungs should bo formed of some tough wood so that they may not be inndo too bungling. At tho top of the pole a strip of strap Iron is fastened with a long hook so that It may be passed over tho branches of the tree. The Illustration on the right of the cut shows bow; the hook Is fastened on. This ladder will cost but a small sum, and If well made will last for years. It would be a good plan to have several of them of different lengths. Indianapolis News. . i HORTICULTURAL NOTES. Got a good sprayer? If not, why; not? When did you last manure that or chard? Any Insect eggs on the apple trees! Scrape them off. Any blighted limbs on the pear treesl Cut them off away below. One peach tree having the "yellows' will Infect the whole orchard. ' Get up a club for purchasing fruit trees get 'era cheaper that way. , Tho time to prune trees is when yoa are reudy. You should be ready now Just as 111 as not the orchard has not had a forkful of manure for two years. , Have yon removed the old rough! bark from the trees yet? If not, why not? The earlier this Is done tba better, then wash the bodies and largo limbs with lye, and see how the trees will renew their youth. The practice of filling out the old orchards with young . trees is very questionable. Better select new: ground for the young trees, renovate nnd care for tho old ones until their usefulness is pnst, then remove them. Many trees, otherwise vigorous, have large holes occasioned by tho rotting of limbs too closely sawed off. Re move the tlecnyed wood clean as pos sible, nnd fill the holes solidly with water-llme cement This will often preserve the trees for years. f . . . . , . i , fuutu ui ui, iiu uuuui, uau many apples rot or otherwise go to wasto under tho trees Inst fall. Embrace) tho first opportunity now, to clean up all remaining refuse nnd burn It. In sect pests and disease nre lurking there, nnd will rise up to condemn us. If disease of the tree or fruit was present last year, it Is liable to be present in 'aggravated form this sea son. If such was the case, then by no means neglect spraying with the Bor deaux mixture while tho trees are still dormant; then as many times after ward as circumstances may dictate, i Some of the apple trees, no doubt, nre expensive boarders; taking up both the ground and soli fertility with out making any adequate returns. Graft such trees. If vigorous enough, to useful varieties. If too old for this and they still refuse to respond to good treatment then they better be re moved. : The provision against spraying with poisonous mixtures Is not only merciful but wise. The bees are not only our friends as honey producers, but with out doubt, are nature's most active agents in fertilizing the blooms. They attract our valued friends by tha thousands; and to poison their source of supply would be cruel In the ex treme. So this must be done before) and after their harvest time. Eight hundred tons of sulphur wer used In -Frauce last year lu making matches, . The dally consumption wa three- per head of the population. Match making la a monopoly of that French Government, to which it yields) an. annual revenue of S3,0O0,W0t ' 2 r r i
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