THE DEAD CHILD.
("I believe In the resurrection of the
body.") . ,
How younsr you are for such lone ma
jesty ,
Of alienee and -repose!
That Hp wns vowed to laughter, ana that
eye;
That white cheek to the rose.
What age your spirit hath who thln!:s
to say?
If younn, or young no more;
But all for merriment oh, all for play
That new, sweet shape It wore!
Bo In His time, to whom all time la now.
From flower and wind and steep
Shall He not summon you to keep your
vow:
Since Hor has made you sleep!
Margaret Steele Anderson In The Cen
. ' tury.
;
The
Kidnapping
of Lucy.
By H. J. Wright. I
t
"What perfect stair-steps!" laughed
Runt Lucy, as her six little nephews
and nieces stood before her In a row,
arranged according to age, the baby
steadied by mamma's hand. "Ive gone
up the stairs correctly) now let's see
if I can go down again: Robbie Is
eleven, Bennie is nine, Ellen is seven"
"No, she's eight! she's eight!" chim
ed several eager voices.
"I had a birthday yesterday," Ellen
announced proudly.
"Oh, I knew there was a break in the
series somewhere!" said Aunt Lucy,
with a comical pretence of vexation.
"And I'm half past nine," objected
Bennie.
"I can't possibly undertake fractions
the first day, Bennie. Now let me be
gin again: Rob is eleven, Bennie Is
nine, Ellen la eight, not seven, Mary
is five, Lucy is thiee, and Bertie Is one.
There!" Aunt Lucy clapped her hands
In triumph, and the children all joined
In the applause; Baby Bertie shouted
"Pat-pat-pat," evidently thinking this
was "pat-?, or.! i" on a large scale.
"Now I'm t.e I'll not make a mis
take agal::' ' M Aunt Lucy. Sitting
down in r. 1'" a m-chalr, she coaxed
little Lucy n; I ;he baby both into her
lap, and .. '. . ed the other children
about her.
Aunt I.v.:y v. as a kindergarten teach
er In a Lislar.t ciiy. She had just come
back, aft?" five yea: s' absence, to spend
ft summer at the old farm with her
Bister, the mother of the six little chil
dren. She was tl:ed'fiom her long
Journey, and mamma urged her to
send the children away; but she could
not be persuaded to let one of them
go.
She asked about their books and
toys, their work and their play. She
told them stories of her kindergarten
children In the big city.- She knew
funny little rhymes to say on the ba
by's' fingers, and she had to repsat
them times innumerable.
At last mamma said positively that
Aunt Lucy must go and rest for an
hour before supper, so she regretfully
released her little captives, and went
upstairs with mamma to the spare
room.
(After supper papa built a big fire In
Ihe sitting-room fireplace; for one of
those, "cold spells," which often follow
the first warm days of .Tune, had come
suddenly upon them, and everyone was
Ihlverlng.
They gathered around the bright
Are after the evening work was done,
and baby Bertie had been tucked away
In mamma's bedroom, just back of the
litting-room. Aunt ,Lucy and mamma
"visited," and papa occasionally read
Hloud an Interesting bit of news from
his paper brought over the rural route
that day. One item was a startling
account of the kidnapping of a child
In St. Louis. The child had been lured
from his home three days before, and
tarried. away. Not a trace of the kid
nappers had been found, though'
threatening letters were received from
hem through the malls. The poor
parents were frantic.
As he read the children drew un
laslly nearer their mother and -father.
Little Ellen, with an anxious look on
her childish face, said, "I hope- the
kidnappers won't get any of our chll
ffren." They all laughed at her moth
jrly tone.
"They won't bome away out here,
Ellen," papa assured her.
"And if that little boy had stayed
tn the house and gone to bed, he'd
have been all right now," said mamma
with meaning emphasis, taking a lamp
ind starting upstairs.
.'"That means 'bye-bye' for you chil
dren, without a doubt," laughed Aunt
Lucy, sliding little Lucy, from her lap.
With a hug and a kiss she bade each
ne good-night and watched them up
the stairs, Rob and Bennie ahead,
!hen Ellen leading her two little sisters
ry the hand. "
When mamma came back, she and
Aunt JLwey had a long, quiet talk to
gether. It was quite late when Aunt
Lucy finally went upstairs. She paus
ed moment at the first door and peeped
In at Rob and Bennie, rosy and smiling
' In their slumber. At the next door she
went in and looked at the little girls,
all three fast asleep in one bed, with
Lucy in the middle. They looked
rather crowded, Aunt Lucy, thought,
and she decided to take little Lucy In
bed with her.
She went into the spare room, put
the lamp on the bureau, and opened
the bed. Then she went softly back,
very gently drew Lucy out from under
the covers, and carried her into the
sther room without waking either El
len' or Mary. ' '
Lucy half opened her eyes as she
lank Into the cold bed. But when Aunt
Lucy whispered, ''Don't you want to
sleep with auntie?" she smiled and
dropped asleep again. Soon all was
dark, and Aunt Lucy was asleep, too,
with her arms around her little name
sake. The clock was Btriking one, two,
three, when Ellen woke up shivering.
The bed clothes had slipped down and
her arms were very cold. She drew up
the covers, and "snuggled" over to her
Bisters to get warm.
"There seems to be so much room
in the bed," she thought, and reaching
out softly she felt Mary's long braids
of hair. But where were Lucy's short
curls? . : ,
"She must .be down at the foot of
the bed," thought Ellen, for Lucy often
"followed the covers"' when they slid
away. Ellen felt carefully al over the
bed, but Lucy was not there.
"She's fallen out on the floor she'll
catch her death of cold!" whispered
motherly little Ellen anxiously to her
self. She crept out of bed very cau
tiously, so as not to awaken Mary,
and felt all around and under the bed.
Still no Lucy!
She began to be frightened. She
crept all over the floor on her hands
and knees, never thinking how cold
she was. Suddenly a terrible thought
made her lfttle heart stop beating for
a moment. "The kidnappers. They've
got her! Oh, my dear little sister!"
Once more she crept around the
room In the darkness, feeling in the
closet and in every corner; but no Lu
cy could she find. Trembling with fear
and cold, she slowly felt her way
downstairs to her mother's room.
"Mamma, mamma!" she called in a
loud whisper.
"What, dearie? Are you sick?" asked
mamma, awake In an instant.
"0 mamma! Lucy's gone! The kid
nappers have got her!" came the
trembling answer.
"Lucy gone!" exclaimed mamma in
an Incredulous tone.
"Yes, I've hunted under the bed and
all over the room. She's been kid
napped, mamma! I'm sure she has!"
and Ellen burst into shivering sobs.
"Have you looked inunt Lucy's
room?" asked mamma suddenly. Don't
cry, darling. I'm sure we'll find Lucy
all right."
Mamma lit a small night lamp, and
wrapping a shawl about Ellen, they
both went softly up to Aunt Lucy's
room. There lay the missing child,
fast asleep in Aunt Lucy's arms!
"Aunt Lucy kidnapped her, didn't
she, mamma?" whispered Ellen, with
a nervous little laugh, after they had
left the room. "I ought to have thought
of that, but I didn't."
Mamma covered Ellen up snug and
warm again beside Mary, and put a
hot brick at her feet. "We're In more
danger of colds than kidnappers, dear.
Now go to sleep, my little girlie"! and
mamma left her with a tender kiss.
Next morning there was great ex
citement when the family heard from
mamma the story of Ellen's fright and
her brave search in the dark. - Aunt
Lucy was so conscience stricken she
could hardly keep from crying.
"You poor, little abused darling!"
she said, tearfully, taking Ellen in her
arms. "Can you ever forgive your
thoughtless auntie? I never dreamed
of your waking up before morning,
when I'd taken Lucy, out without wak
ing you. I'm so sorry, dear. Will you
forgive me, if I'll promise never, never
to Bteal Lucy away again?"
"Yes, I'll forgive you this time, Aunt
Lucy," said Ellen earnestly. Then Bhe
added, with a roguish smile, "You may
steal her again if you want to, auntie.
I won't be scared next time, now I
know we have a kidnapper of our own
right here in the house!" Christian
Register.
LITERARY MECCA OF ENGLAND.
Famous Writers Who Lived In Twick
enham, The place to which the lover of Eng
lish literature will sooner or later turn
his steps Is Twickenham. No other
small town can boast of having been
the residence and beloved abode of so
many famous literary lights.
With it are associated the Immortal
nantes of Pope, Horace Walpole, Swift,
Gay, Lady Wortley, Montagu, Gibbon,
Boswell, Johnson, Tennyson and Dick
ens. Surely this is enough to make
any place doubly immortal! Twicken
ham was well nicknamed by Horace
Walpole the Baiae, or Tlvol, of Eng
land; for it has truly been to London
what Balae was to ancient Rome in
deed, in a far higher degree.
The big red brick house In Montpel
ier road where Alfred Tennyson lived
for so many years of his earlier mar
ried life was the one in which many of
his earlier poems were written. Here
his Ion Lionel, the second Lord Tenny
Bon, was born, and there the author
of the "Idyls" entertained many of his
literary friends and acquaintances.
That house should surely be sacred
to all lovers of English literature
which saw the dawn of "In Memoriam"
which witnessed those delightful gath
erings graced by Tennyson, Hallam
and kindred spirits within Its walls. It
is today called "Tennyson House" and
Is now without a tenant. From the
Westminster Gazette.
Izaak Walton Munchausen.
On this subject we cannot refrain
from recording the most curious cap
ture of a fish that has come to our
notice. A Mr. Richardson of Peter
borough, was skating on the dikes
when the ice was very clear and he
noticed a large pike swimming in
front of him. The fish was terrified
by the apparition and iwam in front
of the skater until it stopped from
sheer exhaustion. The skater broke
the ice and took out the fish with his
hand, which proved to be a pike weigh
ing twelve pounds. It Is a story dif
ficult even for a fisherman or a local
historian to cap. London Outlook. -
RURAL CLEVERNESS.
My cousin Alferd Williams, h
Ain't had advantages like me
(My mamma says not to say 'aln t
Buhcause It gives my speech a taint.
My cousin Alferd ho don't know
A thing about th' latest show,
Nor any of the latest Jokes.
Buhcause he isn't city folks!
But he knows lots of things to say
One of 'cm rattles on this way:
"What's your name?
Piuldln' Tame I
Where you goln'T
Down the lane!"
An' one Is where you hafto say. v
"I saw. a woolly worm today."
An' then he says, 'J one It," then
You say, "I two it," then again
He says. "I three It" an' ycu go .
Right on ahead, till first you know
You say "I eight It!" Soon's you've spoke
You see that minute Where's the Joke!
My cousin Alferd Williams, he
Is all the time a-catchln' me
With Jokes I never henrd at all.
But Papa says he can recall,
For papa, one time, where he grew
To he a boy was country, too!
But Cousin Alfevd's Jokes is smart
I'm goln' to learn them all by heart;
An' best of all the lot o" his
Is what I snv that this one Is:
"Where've you been?
In my skin I'll Jump out
An' you Jump In!"
Harper's Magazine.
"Your son's studying medicine, Isn't
he?" "Yes." "Army or navy com
mand?" Life;
Old Beau Williams, are my eye
brows on straight, and is my wig prop
erly crumped? Valet Yes, sir; but
your chest has slipped down a bit.
Life.
Patience I have taken a great dis
like to those new neighbors of ours.
Patrice What's the matter .phono
graph or chickens? Yonkers States
man. Loansteln I got a turrlble bad cold
In my headt. Isaacs Vhy don't you
take somethings for It? Loansteln
(absentmindedly) How much vlll you
gif me? Puck.
She What is the proper formula for
a wedding.announcement? He I know
what it ought to be. She What? He
Be It known by these presents. Bal
timore American.
Dolly Pardo.n me, dear, but you cut
a ridiculous figure on the street yes
terday." Polly Oh, forgive me, dear!
If I had seen you I should have spok
en. Cleveland Leader. .
Goodmarf Gonrong You never was
sick a day In yer life, an' you know
it. Wot are ye shammln' now fur? Tuf
fold Knutt (in a feeble voice I've had
'leven offers o' work this mornln' shov
elin' snow! Chicago Trlbune.-
Country Editor I'm glad you
brought these spring poems In early.
Spring Poet Yes, sir? Country Editor
(putting them in the stove) Yes, sir!
Most spring poets wait till the weather
gets too warm to use them. Judge.
Little Willie (reading) flay, pa,
what is a franchise grab? Pa A fran
chise grab, my son, Is something that
occurs when the guardians of the peo
ple's interests keep their hands open
and their eyes closed. Chicago Dally
News. - 1
"Did you ever spend any ' money
foolishly?" "Sure. I wns engaged to a
girl once myself." Detroit Free Press.
"We ain't got no ruins In Amerlky."
"But, we will hov. Some o' these state
capitols ain't built none too well."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Things That Might Have Been Put
Much More Nicely. Charming Hostess
(to dysieptic guest, who has been re
fusing dish after dish) I am so dis
tressed. You've had no dinner at all!
Guest Thank you but I have to be
very particular about my food.
Punch.
"Speaking of matrimony," said the
portly passenger, "this car couldn't
hold all the women I have married."
"What!" eclalmed the hardware drura
mer. "Do you mean, to say that you
are a blgands?" "Certainly not," re
joined the p. p., "I'm a minister."
Chicago Daily News.
"Yes, the editor scanned my poem
and seemed surprised. He said that
It was fortunate for the world that I
hadn't turned my peculiar talent Into
other channels. Rather a neat compli
ment, wasn't it?" "Perhaps. It depends
entirely 911 the point of view. It Is
quite possible, you know, that he
meant to convey the Impression that
y$Ur poem was stolen." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Not a Mere Man.
A well-known captain of one of the
Hamburg-American liners, while on a
recent visit to New York, was talking
of pride of birth, and he told this an
ecdote of a oertaln brother captain in
the transatlantic service:
"A Oehnan passenger once fell
from the deck of his ship Into the sea,
and a sailor, seeing him distappear with
a splash, cried: 'Man Overboard!'
" 'What do you mean with your
"Man Overboard?" shouted the cap
tajn, who heard the call. 'Graf Her
mann yon Flnklnsteln, Duke of Su
abla and Prince of the Holy Roman
Empire, Is overboard.' "Pittsburg
Press.
' . Correct.
Collier Down: "Some women use Idi
otic expressions. ' For instance, some
women will rave about 'a duck of a
bonnet!' " .
Cutting Hints: "That's proper. A
duck has a pretty big bill attached to
it, you know." Boston Record.
Germans are less In a hurry than
Americans. Their printing presses are
built much heavier, the machines be
ing constructed to last a long period,
even at the sacrifice of speed and efficiency.
New York City. The pretty and
becoming breakfast jacket is always
In demand and this one designed for
young girls Is both simple and grace
ful. There is the big collar that is
always becoming, while It leaves the
throat comfortably free and there
Is a choice allowed of thrsje-quarter
or long sleeves. In the Illustration
dotted challls Is trimmed with lace
but the model suits not alone the
wool materials of the present and the
pretty thin silks that are used for
the purpose. It also Is adapted to
all the washable ones; and Just now
there are a whole host of Inexpensive
printed wash fabrics that are singu
larly attractive while their cost is
trifling in the extreme.
The Jacket is made with fronts and
back. The neck Is finished with the
collar and the sleeves, and whether
In three-quarter or full length are
Joined to narrow bands to which the
cuffs are attached.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen-year size is four and
three-eighth yards twenty-one or
twenty-four, two and" three-eighth
yards thirty-two or two and one-quarter
yards forty-four inches wide with
two and three-quarter yards of band
ing and four yards of lace.
Touches of. Rose.
Faded blondes, who always seem
to love pale blue, should be encour
aged to Introduce touches of rose
and poppy red Into their costumes.
Ruffles On Kats.
Many of the new hats have ruffles
of lace sewn inside just where the
crown and the brim are fastened to
gether.. This ruffle Is allowed to fall
over the hair, and it makes an at
tractive and becoming addition.
Modish Frocks.
Sheer frocks ' of rose-petal pink
moussellne . . de sole or chiffon,
trimmed In lace and hand embroid
ery, are modiBh.
Pretty Coiffure Ornament.
A charming coiffure ornament worn
with a pale green evening frock con
sisted of a narrow filet of dull silver
with a cluster of green and white
gooseberries on one side and knot of
green velvet. .
. Chafing Dish Aprons.
Pretty, fancy aprons are much used
Just now for the fashionable chafing
dish functions, and also for the hours
given over to fancy work and similar
employments, Here are two that are
charmingly attractive yet ' perfectly
simple withal and that can be made
from embroidered Swiss, plain lawn;
the pretty striped muslins and all
materials of the sort. The tucked
apron la prettily shaped and tucked
to give the girdle effect, while the
prtneesse apron Is made with full
side portions and plain front and Is
scalloped at its lower edge. In the Il
lustration both are held by sashes of
the material, but those of ribbon can
be substituted if better liked.
The tucked apron Is cut. In one
piece and can be finished In any man
ner preferred. The prlncesse apron
is made in three pieces and Is at
tached to a belt while as Illustrated
It Is finished with a gathered frill
at the lower and side edes.
The quantity of material requlrod
for the medium size is three-quarter
yard twenty-seven or thlrty-slx Inches
wide for either apron, with two and
a half yards of Insertion and six yards
of edging for the tucked apron, two
and three-quarter yards each of in
sertion and lace for the prlncesse
apron.
For a Lingerie Blouse.
As fillers for the large petals in
tho design of some of the new lingerie
waists, Turkish toweling Is used.' It
sounds like an impossibility, but the
effect is really very good.
The toweling takes the place of
French knots.
Braiding and Embroidery.
Braiding, combined with heavy
embroidery, is particularly effective
on broadcloth or velvet.
BORAX, NATURE'S DISINFEOTi
ANT, CLEANSER AND PURIFIER,
Everybody realizes the necessity o
lome method of purification of sinks,
flralns and utensils In which may lurk -the
germ of a dreaded disease.
Health Is a question of cleanliness
and prevention.
Most people are familiar with the
use of disinfectants In their ordinary
sense all of which are unpleasantly,
associated with disagreeable odors,
on which are depended to kill tha -contagion
(which disinfectants must
of necessity be of a more or less dan
gerous character) :tnd must be used
tor this purpose and for no other, and
In consequence kept from children
and careless handling.
There Is, however, within the reach,
of all our readers a simple, safe and
economical article that will not only
answer for every disinfecting purpose
but can also be used for a multi
tude of domestic cleansing and puri
fying purposes Borax.
Borax is a pure, white harmless
powder coming direct from Nature's
laboratory; In fact Borax has often
been called "Nature's Cleanser and
Disinfectant."
Two tablespoonfuls of Borax In a .
pailful of hot water poured do-vn tha
grease-choked pipes of a sink, or
flushed through a disease-laden drain,
cleanses and purifies It, leaving It
clean and Bweet. " '
Bed clothing and clothes used In a
alck room can be made hyglenlcally
clean and snowy-white, it washed la
a hot solution of Borax water;
Kitchen and eating utensils, used
during illness will be kept from all
possibility of contagion If Borax Is
used when washing them. Ptrre as
snow and harmless as salt, and be
cause It can be used for almost every
domestic and medical purpose, Borax
must be considered the one great
household necessity.
Candy Foully Slandered.
Cheering words for lovers ol
sweets were spoken by Dr. Charles
A. Brackett in a recent lecture at the
Harvard medical school. He said
that the evil effect of candy eating
on the teeth was much exaggerated,
a reasonable amount of sugar being
needed in the system for the produc
tlontlon of heat, especially In cold
weather and for bard working people.
Dr. Brackett commended the scheme
of a Philadelphia dentist who takes
a . contract to preserve the teeth of
his patients, charging them a nominal '
sum to keep their teeth clean by a
monthly scouring with pumice. So
effective is that simple treatment that
the dentist agrees to treat without
charge any decay that appears.
18
Austrian Icicle Factory.
In Austria "Ice sticks" are man
ufactured at a profit. A series ol
poles are arranged so that the water
will fall slowly over each one In the
series. Of course, the water In the
winter time freezes, forming large
Icicles. When the icicles have at
talned the proper size the employes
of the "Ice plant" come around with
carts, break them off the great sticks
of Ice and haul them away to a place
where they are put In storage. 01
course It is much easier to handle a
large quantity of Ice In this way than
it Is to cut it from some stream and
then pack It away. There may, how
ever, be a difference In quality be
tween stick Ice and lake or river Ice "
The Pathfinder.
Plea for Porto Rico.
Becoming 'citizens of the United
States, the Inhabitants of Porto Rico
should be earnest co-operators with
Us in the development of the great
American Influence -In the West In
dies. The 200,000 citizens of Hawaii
are citizens of the United States. Why
should not the million Porto RIclans
be the same? The Porto RIclans,
when under Spanish dominion, elect
ed representatives to both houses of
the Spanish cortes. They have. In
other words, possessed the prime
political privileges of an advanced
civilization. It cannot be said that
they are unprepared for American
citizenship. New York Globe.
' LOST $300
Boring Medicine when Right Food
was Needed.
Money spent for "tonics" and
"bracers" to relieve indigestion,
while the poor old stomach is loaded
with pastry and pork, Is worse than "
losing a pocketbook containing tha
money.
If the money only is lost it's bad
enough, but with lost health from
wrong eating, it is hard to make tha
money back. '
A Michigan young lady lost money
on drugs but is thankful she found
a way to get back her health by prop
er food. She writes:
"I had been a victim of nervouk
dyspepsia for six years and spent
l2.ee hundred dollars for treatment
in the attempt to get welL None of
it did me any good.
"Finally I tried Grape-Nuts food,
and the results were such that, if it
cost a dollar a package, I would not
be without it My trouble had been v
caused by eating rich food such ajs
pastry and pork.
"The most wonderful thing that
ever happened to me, I am sure, was
the change in my condition after 1
began to eat Grape-Nuts. I bega7
to improve at once and the firs'; week
gained four pounds.
"I feel that I cannot express my
self In terms that are worthy of the
benefit Grape-Nuts has brought to
me, and you are perfectly free to
publish this letter If it will send
some poor sufferer relief, such as has
come to me."
Name given by Post urn Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Roah.to
Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a Ke
ton,"