V TO EACH HIS OWN. I have faith that in the beginning, When life was given ua all, It waa planned that sooner or Inter Our hearts would answer the call, That prescient voice of the spirit, Which, spite of sea or lone, Sometime, across the silence, , . Brings to us each our own. ,Belen Field Fischer, in the Christian Register. ctnssa ! THE FACE IN THE SHINING WATFRS : t mans tarns 9 ss tJ MniHianM ' Ma-kwat-ko was a .little Indian girl. She lived a long way off from New York. Her home was In a tiny, tiny hut, called a "shack." The hack was one of about nineteen that made up a "ranchery." And the ranchery stood at the foot of a noble mountain, on a narrow ledge Of land, fronting a wide river. Perhaps you think that this sounds pretty? Well, It looked pretty, too. But Ma-kwat-ko found it very lone aome. She had no one to play with, for most of the children of her age were at a mission school not far Away. There were bigger girls, who wove Indian baskets the funny long baskets in which Indian women keep their babies. No doubt you have teen pictures of Indian mammas, with their pappooses slung on their backs. Ma-kwat-ko could weave, too. But still she was lonely, for the big girls did not talk much, and to her never at all. But one day Ma-kwat-ko had an dventure. She nover told any one about it. She kept It all to herself. But It was a most wonderful adven ture. It began in this way: Toosha and HIst-ko were talking as their busy fingers wove. Said Toosha: "To-night I go up the mountain, to the Shining Waters." "Why go you?" asked Hlst-kO; Toosha laughed. " 'Tls the full Ot the moon," she said. "And I'll ee, maybe, a face In the waters." Then HIst-ko laughed too. Ma-kwat-ko quite understood. If, In the full of the moon you went up the steep trail and by midnight stood by the shining waters you would. Bee the face of the man whose squaw you Here to be. But suddenly there flashed into lier mind that you might see other things. She did not want to see the (ace of a man. She did not want to cook and sweep for any man, but, be ing a little girl, she might see the (ace of her next playmato. She had been so lonely since the last one went to the mission school! So that night, when the two bigger girls, their shawls well round their dark heads, crept up the trail (father and mother sleeping and knowing not), Ma-kwat-ko followed them at a safe distance. The night was fresh and cool, as nights always are among the mountains, and she even shiv ered a little once or twice. The stars shone like eyes In the dark sky and the moon was brilliant. On they went, on and up, over the ' well beaten trail. Then they left it, striking into a little path at its side. Here, on dry moss and fallen twigs, they traveled, Ma-kwat-ko after them, till they came to the wide sil ver pool formed In the hollow of a great rock and fed by unseen streams the pool known to the Indians as the Shining Waters. It was midnight now. The two girls flung aside their shawls and one at a time looked into it. But they saw nothing. With a laugh, HIst-ko; with a grunt of anger, Toosha turned away. They were full of themselves or they would have heard a twig snap tinier Ma-kwat-ko's little foot. Eut they did not. And as they turned to retrace their steps the child crept for ward and, kneeling on the pool's brink, gazed eagerly Into the Shining Waters. They had seen nothing. What would she see? Or would she ee anything? . The surface of the pool was very till. Now and again a wandering breeze Just crisped its silver Into the tiniest ripples then, again they passed away, and the water was a heet of silver once more. Suddenly the stillness broke again, but no wind stirred the waters. They were still, and In the centre was a (ace such a face as Ma-kwat-ko had never seen had never dreamed of. It was fair as one of the lilies whose three petals peep in the spring from their green leaves. The hair hung around the lovely face In beautiful curls, instead of being straight like all the hair Ma-kwat-ko had ever seen before. The little Indian girl nearly tumbled into the water she was so surprised! Then her heart filled with joy. Would this lovely creature come and play with her? Indian children do not, as a rule, cream or cry out But Ma-kwat-ko gave a cry then. . Not at what she saw but at what she heard! It was a voice a man's voice. She did not dare look up! She did not understand the words, which were: "Now, Malsle you've seen a Wishing well by moonlight!" She only knew that she was alone, and very far fjom home, and that It waa night cold, strange, terrible night Then she saw that a man waa be side her a white man! She saw no one else, though there was another person there. She scrambled to her feet and ran Into the bushes. Then finding a cleared and hilly part of the trail, she did not trust her fleet little toes, but threw" herself on the . ground and rolled, over and over, till he reached the foot of the slope and found herself on the well known trail that led to her cabin. Like a mouse she crept Into her corner of the bed on which her mother slept. Shiver ing, she pulled the rough quilts, bought at a mission house Bale, round her and was soon asleep. The next day Toosha and HIst-ko declared that the Shining Waters no more showed to maidens the face of the husband to be. But Ma-kwat-ko held her tongue. She knew the Shin ing Waters did show a face sometimes they had shown a face to her. She had seen one in the waters! When the autumncame and turned the green leaves to crimson and brown and gold Ma-kwat-ko, too, went to the mission school. But still she was lonely. When she spoke to the other girls about the thoughts that came to her they only stared at her or said something that showed they did not understand. Often she thought of the face In the Shining Waters, and said to herself: "She would know what I mean." Although no one cared to hare Ma-kwat-ko talk, she began to find a great deal of happiness In writing her thoughts. After a time people began to say how wonderful It was that a poor Indian girl should think of such beautiful things, and she re ceived money for writing them. And yet no one understood altogether, and she still remembered the face In the waters. When Ma-kwat-ko had quite grown up she was known as the "In dian poetess," and one day a rich woman In a great city gave a recep tion for her. Among all the guests there were none whom she thought she would like to talk to until there came in a woman who was tall and fair and more beautiful than any of the others. "I have always loved your people," Bhe Bald to Ma-kwat-ko. "Once, when I was a little girl, I made my father take me to the top of a moun tain at midnight to see an Indian wishing well." "Oh, I saw you there in the water," said Ma-kwat-ko, "and I have longed for you ever since." So at last Ma-kwat-ko found the playmate she had wished for, and she was never so lonely again. New York Tribune. THE BREADFRUIT TREE. Many Ways in Which This Strange Tropical riant is Utilized. The breadfruit tree is a native of Southern Asia, the West Indies, the South Pacific Islands and the Indian archipelago. In appearance it resem bles somewhat the wild chestnut. It grows to the height of forty or fifty feet and has dark ereen leaves, munv of them two feot In length, which are deeply divided into pointed lobes. Hidden among the great leaves the breadfruit grows. It Is nearly spher ical, often weighs four or more DOunds and has a thick vnllnnr rlnri The eatable part lies between the rind and the core and when fully ripe yellow and Juicy. The fruit is het- ter before it is fully matured, and the natives gather It while the pulp is white. Before it is ready for table usn It must be roasted, when it looks like wheat bread and Is both Dalatabla and nutritious. Usually the fruit la cut into throe or four slices and roast ed or baked in an oven. Frequently the neonls of a viiinra Join in making a huge oven, in which several hundred beadfrults may be baked at one time. Thus they are all supplied with bread without its cost ing any of them much labor. Pre pared in this way the bread will keep for weeks. The breadfruit is in season plirhr. months of the year. When the season finally draws to a close the last fruits are gathered and made into a sour paste called "mahel." This paste will keep good for months and is made into balls, wrapped in leaves and baked, Just as needed. Bread is not the onlv . nrndiint of the breadfruit tree. From it conwnt. cloth, tinder and lumber are also ob tained. A glutinous, milky Juice oozes from the trunk of the tree, which makes an excellent cement when boiled with cocoanut oil. From the fibrous Inner bark a kind of coarse cloth is made, and the bier leaves make good towels. The lum ber is used for building houses and many other nurnoses. Ttpnlrien nil this, the dried blossoms are used as tinder when fires are kindled.- Balti more Sun. Concerning His Business. A Boston lawyer, who brought his wit from his native Dublin, while cross-examining the plaintiff in a di vorce trial, brought forth the follow ing: "You wish to divorce this woman because she drinks?" .."Yes, sir." "Do you drink yourself?" "That's my business!" angrily. Whereupon the unmoved lawyer asked: "Have you any other business?" "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree," in Everybody's. "Set and Think" For ourselves, too, in these nerve- racking days of turmoil and strife, we find distinct advantage in occa sionally emulating the example of a great Peacham philosopher, who, when asked how he maintained his exceptional composure, slowly and sagely replied: "Sometimes I set and think, and sometimes I Just set." George Harvey, in the North Ameri can Review. The Erzberg, Austria's Iron moun tain, will furnish ore tor 1000 more years. HOGS AS WATCHDOGS. The Javellne, or Mexican wild hog, is in common use by ranchmen throughout this section as a watch dog, writes a correspondent of the Washington PoHt from Cotulla, Texas. They are far superior to the ordinary dog for that purpose, and nro easily domesticated If taken when young. The Javellne of the Southwest has few characteristics of the domestic hog beyond the appearance. In point of fearlessness and courage It sur passes any other animal that roams the chapparal of the Southwest. It la one of the few wild animals that does not hesitate to attack man. It is feared by every deer hunter who vis its this region. Innumerable in stances are known of hunters having been forced to seek refuge In trees to escape javellnes. President Roose velt, when Police Commissioner of New York, made a trip all the way to Texas to hunt javellnes, and spent two days on a ranch near Uvalde. When taken as pigs and domesti cated the Javellnes can easily be trained to do almost any trick that can be taught to the most Intelligent dog. They are quick to learn to know the membere of the family, and no strange human being or animal is permitted to enter the house or yard of a home whero a pet javellne is on guard. They have a bark which Is somewhat similar to that of a dog, and when danger approaches they set up their peculiar cry. A javellne has been kept at the ranch home of Howard Bunttn, thirty miles west of Cotulla, for several years. This animal has a free run of the place, Including the house. The animals are clean in their nature, and are not offensive around the house. One day recently Mr. Bunttn had a guest to dinner. The javellne was not around when the stranger entered the house. The meal was In progress when the javellno came across the boots of the stranger. Without any preliminary ceremony the animal made an attack upon the feet and legs of the stranger. The boots were torn to pieces and the man severely Injured by the tusks of the beast be fore It could be driven off. It Is the usual custom, on account of the vlciousnessness of the Jave llnes, to knock out their tusks wnen they ero domesticated. Until this is done they are likely to inflict serious injuries. Seth Moore lost twclvo fine hunting dogs at the hands of one of these javellne "watchdogs" not long ago in a few minutes. Mr. Moore hnd been out hunting and had all of his pack of dogs with him. At noon he rode up to the ranch house of a man employed on the Richardson place to get something to eat. The house was guarded by a Javellne, and the animal would not let Mr. Moore enter the pato. In a thoughtless moment Mr. Moore Bet his dogs upon the ani mal. The fight that followed was the bloodiest affair he ever witnessed, Mr. Moore says. The javellne wel comed the onslaught of the twelve dogs. As fast as ono of them got within striking distance the javeline's tusk would rip the assailant wide open. The skin of the Javellne is very thick and it is impossible for the teeth of a dog to penetrate It. Its only vulnerable part Is its ears and the tip of its snout. Its long tusks protect It from being caught iu those parts by dogs. The javellnes In their wild state are strictly vegetarians, but when do mesticated they will cat meat and almost anything that Is fed to them. They art naturally lithe and muscular and will not take on tat like the or dinary hog, even when abundantly fed. The javellne is a favorite pet for children in many ranch houses of this Japan Desires Universal Pence. There are many reasons why there should be peace between the United States and Japan. My country shares with her sister nations in the desire for universal peace. I have made the statement before, and I repeat it here with even more emphasis. The glory of a successful war Is brilliant, but the glory of peace la greater. At the reception given to General Baron Kurokl in New York City I was very much pleased with the cordial wel come given to the sons of Japan by the citizens of this great metropolis. I felt, however, still greater satisfac tion when I stopped to think that the resplendent martial uniforms of the two countries were intermingling with each ether In a mission of peace without any thought of war, and that the brave men who have been so hon ored at home and respected abcOad were singing in one chorus the glory of peace. The Bame thoughts came over me when I attended the brilliant and most hospitable reception ten dered by the same great city to Ad miral Yamamoto. I am also pleased that a society the Japanese Society of New York has been formed to promote and increase the friendly re lations existing between my country and the United States of America. From "A Peace Message to the Amer ican People," by Viscount S. Aoki, In the Circle. The Emergency Case. While on the march in India the pioneer corporal of a famous Irish regiment went to the quartermaster for a loan of a camel to carry a spare tent, but the quartermaster refused. "I have only the cart, and this spare camel I - am keeping for a case of emergency." The corporal said, "Can't you put the case of emergency on the cart, and let me have tho camel?." From Judge's Library. section. They are very affectionate to all persons with whom they have been raised. Dr. Joseph Wooten, a physician of Austin, has made a close study of javellnes for many years. He ,says that they are one of the most re markable and least understood of all the wild animals of the Southwest. He has closely Investigated their haunts and has raised them domesti cated at his home. Two javellne pigs were raised by him as pets for his two little children. The animals were the companions and pets of his children under all circumstances. The pigs and the family dog were great playmates, but should a strange dog attempt to come upon the prem ises, the javellne would quickly drive It off. Speaking of those pet javellnes the other day Dr. Wooten said: "Jave llnes are endowed with much more intelligence than the average animal. They are far superior to the ordinary hog in that respect. They are clean ly, and when raised as pets about the house they seem to have a great affection for every member of the household. If one of the pigs got out of the back lot at night it would make a beellne for the door, where it would scrape Its hoofs against the boards In an effort to attract our at tention so that it might be admitted to the house. "There is one thing peculiar about the javellne. It will never turn tall and run. When you attempt to drive it out of a lot it backs out. I never saw one show a symptom of cow ardice. "The fact is not generally known that the javellne has a musk sac. It Is a small bag, Bltuated upon its back, just above its hips. It is filled at all times with a powerful musk fluid, which it is ablo to eject when it be comes enraged. The scent of this musk is almost overpowering. It is evidently intended as a weapon of defense when pressed to close quar ters by some natural enemy. So far as I have been ablo to learn, however, the javellne has no natural enemy in its native country. It Is feared and respected by every other kind of wild animal. It Is not unlikely that this musk sac Is for some other Important purpose, the nature of which I have not yet discovered. It is my opinion that the fact that is possesses this musk sac is sufficient to show that it is an entirely distinct species of ani mal from the ordinary domestic hog. This musk sac is enslly removed, and most of the javellnes are operated upon when taken for tho purpose ol being domesticated. "The javellno of Southwest Texas Is of the same color as the yellow Bandy soil. Javelines weigh, when full grown, from fifty to eighty pounds. They are taller in the fore part of their body than in the rear. In this respect they resemble the wild boar. They aro distinguished from the wild hogs of Arizona and New Mexico by a band of gray hair which extends around their neck. The common wild hog does not have this neck band." The Javellnes In their wild state run In droves of twenty to firty. They always travel in single file and seem to have a recognized leader. When feeding or bedded for sleep or rest, one of the javellnes is always on guard. Whenever a drove of the ani mals Is about'to cross an open space a sentinel is first sent out to take a view of tho situation. If everything Is found clear the signal is given by the sentinel and the whole drove trots across the clearing and re-enters the chaparral. The flesh of the Javelines is eaten by Mexicans, but it is very tough, and requires much cooking to mako it eatable. Untiring Kilowatt of Electricity. When you buy electricity from a power company for the purpose of lighting your house or cooking your food, you buy it by the kilowatt hour. A kilowatt is a thousand vatts, and a watt is a certain unit of power. A kilowatt hour will carry you three miles In an electric brougham; keep your coffee-pot warm every day for a week; run a sewing machine for twenty-one hours, cook fifteen chops in fifteen minutes; boil nine kettles each holding a quart of wat er; warm all the beds in the house by means of an electric warming pan for two weeks; run an electric piano so relentlessly that your neigh bors will suffer agonies for ten hours; clean 5000 knives; clean seventy-five pairs of boots; clip five horses; warm your shaving water every morning for a month; run an electric clock for ten years; light 3000 cigars with an electric cigar lighter; supply all the air required by an ordinary church organ for one service; and carry you thirty times from the bot tom of the house to the top, eighty feet each Journey. waldemar Kaempffert, in the Circle. Federal Control of Forests. At present but one-fifth of the total forest area of the United States Is embraced In national forests. The remaining four-fifths have already passed or are most likely to pass Into private bands. The average age of the trees felled for lumber this year Is not less than 150 years. In other words, If he Is to secure a second crop of trees of the same size, the lumberman or private forest owner must wait, say, at least 100 years for the second crop to grow. From "The View-Point," by Caspar Whitney, in The Outing Magazine. The huge serpent, the boa constric tor, has 320 pairs of ribs. Forthe, Younger Children. I X JSC 35 A NARROW ESCAPE. Little Miss Frog Went out one day To call on a friend 1 In a pond 'cross th' way. When she started out The sky was serene; The flowers smiled, And the grass was green. But before she had hopped 'Cross the open space She felt something damp Fall down on her face. A cloud had gathered, And raindrops fell All about Miss Frog, Coming down pell-mell. So she hopped nlong. With all her might, To the pond of her friend, And lept in out of sight. For she feared the rain Would spoil her dress, And that she'd get wet And take cold. Goodness! -Mnud Walker, in the Birmingham Age Herald. JOKES AND CONUNDRUMS. Why need no one starve Jn the Desert of Sahara? Because of the sandwiches there. How came the sandwiches there? The children of Ham had bread and mustard there. What is the difference between a sculptor and a barber? One makes faces and busts, the other surls up and dyes. What famous Frenchman does the small end of a ham suggest? "Boney part." What animal falls from the clouds? The rain, dear (reindeer). How does the sailor know that the moon Is made of green ci'ieese'! Be cause when he has no wheat to grind he can grind his teeth. Why is a bald head like heaven? Because thore Is no more parting there. How do you know that -chickens are not immortal? Because they have their necks twirl'd (next world) In this. When is . the moon most to bo pitied? When it is reduced to it3 last quarter. What part of speech Is kissing? It is a conjunction. When is a thief best understood? When he Is apprehended. How many insects does it lake to mako a landlord? Ten-ants. What relation is a loaf of bread to a steam engine. Mother, because a loaf of bread is a necessity, and the steam engine is an invention, and necessity is tho mother of Inven tion. What man had no father? Joshua, the son of Nun. When is a man duplicated? When ho is beside himself. What is the shape of a kiss? El lipitical (a-lip-ticklc). When can donkey be spelled with one letter? When it is U. Why are clouds like coachmen? Because they hold In rains. Why is a fisherman's the most lu crative employment? Because H is all net profit. Why are fixed stars like wicked old men? They scintillate. What is tho oldest table In tho world? The multiplication table. THE THISTLE IN THE HEART. "I've come again, mamma," said little Llllle White, softly, peeping into the chamber where Mrs. White sat writing letters. "Llllle couldn't help It, mamma." "And what Is the matter with my little girl this time?" Laying by her pen when she had written the sen tence out, she extended a hand to the little girl, adding, "You haven't got another thistle In your finger, have you?" "No, mamma, my finger is almost well, but something keeps stinging in my bosom. You needn't take off my dress, mamma; you couldn't see 1 It's deep. I know what it is It's naughty, wicked hate. I hate Genla Marsh; she's never good to any of us. But her aunt In New York sends her the prettiest things. Now she has sent a blue dress and a doll all dressed in white and pink. She brought 'em out and showed 'em to me, and she said, 'You can't have such pretty things, Llllle White.' Then the hate stung me harder than the thistle a while ago. Won't you take thlB out, too, mamma?" "Only Jesus can take out a sting like that," said Lillie's mother, very gently, her arm about her darling. "Go directly to your chamber, dear, and kneel down and tell the dear Jesus all your trouble, and ask Him for Just the help you need." The little girl slipped from her embrace and left the room. A little while after she was seen walking In the garden, talking to her poor. or &f2? soiled dolly and kissing her face aa lovingly as Genla Marsh could have kissed her brand-new one. By and by Bhe raised her bright and smiling face to the window, and, seeing her mother looking down, called out: "It's all gone, mamma all gone." Home Herald. DO SPIDERS SLEEP? The question, "Do spiders sleep at night?" Is not easy to answer. I have made a 'careful observation ot the sleep ot ants, and that could readily be done by watching colonies In their artificial formicaries. It la almost impossible to deal with spiders In the same way. I would answer, however, in general terms, that spid ers sleep, as all animals do, and doubtless parts ot the night are spent In slumber. Many species, however, prey on the night-flying Insects, and so must be awake In order to catch their prey. If you will watch the porch or outbuildings of your home on a summer evening you will be likely to see an orb-weaving spider drop slowly down on a single thread in the gathering dusk of the evening. From this beginning a round web will soon be spun, and either hanging at the centre thereof, or in a little nest above and at one side is the architect, with forefeet clasping what we call the "trap line," and waiting for some night-flying Insect to strike the snare. In this position spiders will sometimes wait for hours, and it is just possible that they may then take a little nap. They might easily, do that and yet not loso their game, for the agitation of the web would rouse the sleeper, and then it would run down the trap line and secure Its prey. Some species of spiders do the chief part ot their hunting at night, and there are some who chiefly hunt during the day, but as a rule these Industrious animals work both day and night. From Nature and Science, in St. Nicholas. GREEDY TIM. Little Tim, a srreedy hoy, Ate too much of cake; lie went to bed and thought he'd die With a cramping ntummie ache. Birmingham Age-ilerald. A DOG AND A PIG. Here is a true tale of a dog and a pig. They were both passengers on the same ship, and became warm friends. They used to eat their cold potatoes off the same plate, and but for one thing would never have had any trouble. This was thfc fact that the dog had a kennel, and the pig had none. Somehow the pig got it Into hl3 head that the kennel be longed to whichever could get Into it first, so every night there was a race. One rainy afternoon tho pig found it rather unpleasant slipping about the deck, and made up his mind to retire early. But, when it reached the ken nel, it found the dog inside. Suddenly an idea flashed upon It; and, trudging on to where their din ner plate was lying, it carried it to a part of the deck where the dog could see It, and, turning his back to the kennel, began rattling the plate and munching as though at a feast This was too much for Toby. A good dinner, and he not there! Piggy kept on until Toby had come around In front of him and pushed his nose Into the empty plate. Then, like a shot, it turned and ran and was safe In the kennel before the dog knew whether there was any dinner on the plate or not. Sunday Magazine. QUEER POSITIONS OF HEARTS. There Is one curious fact which not everybody notices about the common, finger-long, green caterpillars of our larger moths. Their hearts, Instead of being In front, are at the back of the body and extend along the entire length of the animal. One can see the heart distinctly through the thin skin and can watch its slow' beat, which starts at the tail and moves forward to the head. Hearts ot this sort reaching from head to tail are not at all uncommon in the simpler creatures. The earth worm has one, and so have most worms, caterpillars and other crawl ing things. Hearts In the middle of the back also are quite as frequent as those In what seems to us to be the natural place. Many nnlmals, the lobster, for example, and the crayfish and the crab, which have short hearts like those of the beasts and birds, nevertheless have them placed Just under the shell in what, in ourselves. I nuu.u us i -a. n v. ...v v....... .... J Nicholas. i''VkV ''iiiill 7 0 y 'J ; 1