nealion.
The lon told him all he had dosee,
‘his arta, his ambushes and bis races,
The ass {nterrupted him:
=) fool, bralnjess creature that yon
fare! From morudog until how yee
have pot cenved to ron, and asile, died
brush through the thickets, suid chi
over the mountains to take what litte
you took. And 1 Iylog bere and taking
rey pleagore. have fgughl and eaten
wr minel that 1 am Just ready 10 bursy,
Hs vou py ously see And to prove
te yon that 1 am nox tailing Kie stories,
1 have kept this fat bird 68 a moriel
for yom, which for the love of me, 1
beg von will accept.”
The Hon thanked the ase for the bird
w tha he hu has found an aa rset
ting the creature srtif
to and the host of germs which in
Thev bold the bug
That sealds the bug
That told the bug
To pinch ux;
They chase the germ
That helpa the germ
That cheers thes gern
To elineh us.
They've struck the
That dare the bug bu
That fa :
That sticks bs:
RT +6 jraed the germ
at guides the germ
That taught tie germ
To fix ua.
A CHEAP CHIMNEY,
| A very sevvicsable chimney for many
purooses can be made of glazed tile.
Gret tile of the proper size and set it
Cendwise cn a fat stone, bulidieg 5p the
¢himpey with as many bagless of tie
a5 gre needed. Where the sisvepipe is
110 enter use & T length It Is chen)
and safe. and does fx look hadiy.
PRESERVING POSTS.
The State Dopartusent reports sn
I ng uirme
ow ba ty
~ WT Nealdt, in 18%.
| heaviest, my head or my tafl™
Do 3 you ask toe why 1 uptradd yon?
1 wish you to know that you have ge
prived we of the greatest ploasuro |
ever recelved. You thought perbaps
that I was suffering, while I was
ravished with delight.”
“What kind of delight?’ sshed the
Hon.
“It was on purpose that 1 landed on
the log. my forsfect on one side and
my hind feet on the other, that 1 might
balance myself, and koow which fa
“You are index a cunning crveture,”
3 | answered the lon. “I pever wonld
have belleved what 1 Go of you, If
I bad not leaned by my own cbeerve-
tnning oat
tallon, oo very large animal with
strone ears, and a Bde thick enough
far a shiid
der;
Then he
shingsy.
all met tremble”
The wolf knew that the Mon goodie of |
the avg aud xaid to him: ;
“Don't be afraid. It is only an ses i
! ant Iti 41 FEET | ;
created, gond for poshing bul to Dear |
burdens and blows,
Rien
af them.
Ro sey. as 1 shall show on™
he said the Jon; “for ny
satisfed with what 1 have seen”
and then went away, resolved never
again to present himself before the
ae. While on his way he met 0 will
great speed The io
wrapped him with the nguiry:
“White are you going go fast, cord:
de wolf?
“Or hoportant Ymosiness. 1 mnet be
at» certain place this very bour, wo
don't troukde me” roplisd the weil.
Mit the lon, believing that the wolf |
was rosbing bvto danger, begged him
to go no farther,
“Nat far from her” said he, i= “Bribe
inne
Hiz volve iz ke than
beast would 87 before I
does the nest womlerial
He le a yoonareh before whom
any
the moet contemnptide
Ag for we 1 have
Lo py thoes tore than a hundnsd
Corns with we. We my
my friend, i it seen goon to
pare, 1 nn
But the wolf prevalleal en the Ton
FUNKY ALPHONSO,
Alpbonao sits beside me with 8 bios inguin
ing eye,
A Bost of onestions silent!
4 yropound
And presentiy 3278 gmt x begins and nl
about me
A "What ia this? a *What ie that and
then a “When? and “Why
Til bow his tongue can serve the need
To get them ont at such » speed
Is quite astounding.
fT ask him for a basket to sowommodate re
1a Shes words, 1 beg that be will hear |.
me,
Ie listens to each answer with a pair of
FOvIng eyes,
For something else, | plainly soe, has swak-
ened Nis surprise,
And all his thoughts are far amy,
And nothing I ean do or say
Will keep them pear moe.
From bud to bud sf knowledge Lhe a but:
terily he pies
And k Segere net around them for a min
i Bat hy Aphis, grastiafied, to Bad another
1 Coin,
if Jom mewt Alphonso and will ask
Row those who will ask qoestions should
he nations for repos,
And when you Sad Alphonsa, please ta
men tem
That wisdom rks for bnewiedgs
BEE 3 be wise,
Put waite - Bear the answer sre (8 wecks
or i
There is thos ohtaited in a tinkitog |
the ordinary regular pentagon A BCD
BE If now it be folded so that the
adge CF takes the
then the peotages be “laced hefory the
window or lo front of a light the
charming star of five pola will up
pote ih the transparency, owing to (he
difforenioon Ib the thickuesses of the
Par.
——————
FLOATING SPIRAL
rection A E and
ft fa diferent.
Engilsh patented process of preserving
timber sand posts. The treatient con
gists in befling the woud in & solotion
of sugar. Upon the evaporation of the
water at a high temperature the pores
{and eracks In the wood are found
filed in with slid matter and the the
ber is voicanized, preserved. seasobed
and rendered largely Impervious fo
waiter, A series of experiments have
shiown that the life of ties posts, ele,
was prolonged by this process.
RALT IN POULTRY FOOD.
Many people Inbor under the mis
taken impression that no salt should
ever be put into poultry food, simply
because highly salted food, such a+ sale
fish or oid pickled meat. siways kills
ehickens. As a matter of fact Bo live
ing thing can get alony entirely with
cut salt, says Prairie Farmer Click
vig can always get salt In summer by
esting grass, which absorbs a certain
amount from the soil. Hat in winter
Druring cold weather all
prepared chicken foods, such as woslies
and boiled vegetable mashes, should be
galted in about the same Proportion ae
for human food. If this ix done, the
poultry will be both healtiler and Gore
productive,
CARE OF LAMBS,
In tha case of twine it i» well to
| place thew with the mother in 8 sail,
separate pen, for a day or twa, in order
that they may beeotne acyaainted, and
tr avold the danger of one of the
lambs straying awsy. which may
cause tromide. When lamba are borg
weakly, more care ia required, apd on
Jess the shepherd fs with them 10 see
that they are sockied soon after birth,
they are Hable to become chilled and
die. If the lamb is foo weak to stand
{ Bp and suek, ir should tw held up and
some milk milked into its mouth, Wien
jr will soon take the teat and lslp it-
self. or the ewe may be gently laid
spon her side and the lamb brought to
the rat on ita koees or side and
belped as above indicated ~The Call
YAO.
to accompany bin on condbion that
they should pot separate fron ech
other: amd to wake this sare, they ths
thelr tails tegmtlior. Then they started
towards the aes. who seeing shew at
A distance, and leing atraid was Just
about fo fy, when the lon, pointing
biti out to the wolf, exclalmed:
“Roo, hrother! Bee Lim coming
straight for gs! Let us not wall, for
he will Xi] pa. I know Lis fury”
The wolf burned with the desire to
pitack the asa,
“He guled,” he maid to the Mon, “be
quiet, 1 tRtrest you, and have po fear,
It 1s only ag as”
But pA lion, more frigitened th
ever, plunged throngh the most hres
thickets and leaped the widest ditches,
While he was breaking through a thick
hedge, a thorn tore open hiz left eye
Hoch was Mie fright that be thonght the
hurt came fron Branealion; and still
Bying on, exclaimed to the wolf:
8 Hew on
For ail why i resp the harvest fair
That truth us rearing everywhere
Must pay sitention.
wi Bicugo Poor Herald,
PAYER G GAS WORKS,
tion. 1 am satisfied that you omght to
be king of the mountain”
Going further on, they cane wm a
| wide and swift-flowing river.
{ *Braneslion, my friend.” sid Ge
lon, “if you are willing, we will again
try our strength and Sextaity in
swimming this river.”
Ham willlng.” sid Brancalon, “but
} | {0 see you swity across before
: " rwmenlaadin ad RE ga
The lon, who wae . good swimmer,
£01 She! Hyer inn lens than no time.
Et
Sas Fate
A spiral of fine wire will Soat I It
12 well ofled and aid gently on the
surface of water. Then if 5 drop of a
strong solution of soap is appiled to
Lhe centre the spiral will make several
tarns in the direction shown by the
arrow-4hat is in the direction In|
which a clock spring tore when §8 is
being wound np. When the motion
has ceased the application of another |
“Brancalion, what's are you Song over |
there? Why don't you swim over?
Courage! Courage! 1 am welting for
you."
The poor ass threw himself nto the
‘water and swam to the middis of the
river, where overcome by the foroe of
the current and the waves kis head
eh sn sulmal, the lion
of him and dared not pass
: ue abate ra
CALF FOOD.
A mixtures which has been very
fargely seed, and with excellent re
us «0 much alarmed that his
and stood up. He no
1 bed his neck to eat the
went under and be soon sank entirely
out of sight. The lion knew not what
to do, fearing on the one hand that the
Run!
“Didu't 1 tell you rightly, comrade?
Bun’! Run faster! He has al
Le
Twist a large plecy of wrapping pa.
per into a cone and make a stand) hole
drop of scapsods will renew it and the
process may be repeated many tows
sults, by an extensive breeder, conslats
of two parts of barley meal and wheat
meal to ane part of ground laseed. To
Alenhal or strong distilled lhjuor nay
be used instead of soapsuds with sim
far results
ROPE DANCER.
rowdy put ont ond of my eves”
- And still fying he diagged the poor
wolf against the sharp rocks, and
through the most dangerous places,
till the poor creature died of his hruljes
and other hurts.
this fs added a pinch of carbonate of
soda, say. at the rate of ote ousee of
the sols to every peck of the mixture.
This meal ts prepared by being mixed
with a Htile cold water until it reaches
8 erexmy conaistency, and then warm
in the side pear the point. Holl Rt
with the month obilguely downward
and set fire to the rim. A Jet of gas
produced by the distillation of the
paper will Issue from the small hole
nes would drown, and on the other,
that if he helped him, be might again
he angry, and kill him. He finally de
| eided to belp him. and plunged into the
stream and enught him by the tall
Rd
Ae a
which he pulled so long and tigorous
Ir i ashe 1g Re succonded in getting him to
snk. Tp
The Ass, fading Htwaslt on and, safe
{rom the terrible waves, put himself
Ith a Passion as before and Siemed the
“Tray as = ratmed.
“edit are my evil spirit, depriving me
of all that I enjoy. Ab mel When
{ #hall 1 again have such enjoyment?
Tie lion tried Ito excuse himself,
saying:
“Comrade, my dear friend, 1 was
afrakl you wonld drown {n the river
That is why I drew you out. I thought
1 was doing you a favor instead of
displeasing yon”
“Keep silence, 1 pray you,” sald the
“Pat tell me, i you can, what
profit or pleasure you had In swimming
the river?”
hep at fast the lion belie 1p ve bimeelt
in safety, be sald to the wolf: es
“Comradr. | think we MIF pow un
tie pur falls; what do you say?
Hearing ro answer. be turned and
w that he wie fastened to a Gead
ed PA Se iba Be
“Ah, eommde, 1 told you be would
es
kill you” be exclaimed; “but you wire
ohethate;
See what 11 has cost us!
your life, and 1 my Jeft eye”
you wogld not belleve the
Yom have Lost
Then, untyving himself, he alandoned
the dead wolf and went to hide Kime
wtf in dense and dark caverts Jeaving
the ass posssmssor of the mountaln,
rir whenee it has comme that the nes
dwells among the haunts of men tod
the Jon lo savage
[ak HR
aud poinbabfted
But gen, as well as ons, are sof
and will burn if & Ji Shed match is
petit
Rags” HT gang !
HOW SNAKES SPEND WINTER
The snakes are retiring for the win- |
ter now, bat they make litle prepary.
tion for thelr long sieep. They simply
crawl into holes in the ground, flsenres
fn rocks or beneath the roots of trees,
8nd there remain in a torphd cond
bia
OT
antl the warmth of spring awakens
them. Sometimes a lot of them gather
in a hole some distance from the sur
face of the ground roll themselves into
one large ball, snd thos pass the wine
ter, Buch a ball iz sometimes Cole
posed of hundreds of snakes so closely
interwoven as to be gute difienit to
separate.-Wontan's Home Companion.
Cut out of cardboard and color ihe
figure of the dancer and fasten it by
spe foot with sealing wax to the head
| of a large needle, the point of which is
stack In oa eardboand Srele as close 88
| the bowels.
water is added ontil the meal reaches
abont blood heat It may be used either
as an addition to the skimmilk or a8 &
complete substitute for milk, after the
calf is five or six weeks of age. The
sddition of cooking soda is made with
| the object of counteracting any ten.
desey to scour or undus looseness of
¥
: A HANDI COVER
During rainy and stormy weatfer In
sugnr season there fs always a great
desl of trouble from rain in the sap
fame farmers have covers for thelr
buckets which dispense with any de
vices which may be suggested Among
the many Wars suggested the folie
tng proves to De very profitable. Take
a plece of board or shingle about four
teen inches long and opefourth lned
thick: round ote end out to Ht the
: INGRATITUDE,
hat + we pase better prove times deceived and overreached Ly : nonsilide 10 the stage, Out of a ger
sone answered the Non. false pretensions. ~Waveriey Maga- oe poe of cardboard cut & circular hole
“Roe if I had none” returned tha ass | sons AT Sn : len ay ce the dlameter of the frst
shaking the water from his long ears ; : ma! ; Win Ie the rs ule : tig Dig ‘with
and luxly. Then seeing a little fish ; A ae Qi i ced dn |
x : trees - in the hole in the large ote and mide
fall at his feet, he exclalmisd: Do i : i Ie i
‘in : i re dock head to roll grout its «dpe it will be teen
you see now, you great blockhead, fat fie and the re move 10
what vou have done? If 1 had only the pv -~ ad = £ the
heen allowed to go th the bottom of the a rnin ine along 8 diameter o
Es ord deasurel ides the topograph there ure large circle and that the dancer TrGs
1¢ bons Tt dig ’ i sheets for jand Flassifics ation, geology, completely round once during each
AY en ar tite GO Os QELES Lo y ww amit ae Ee a Te ™
Fave dnuen a tot Yo itorlere with : hes The atlas sheets are sixtesd nd poraplete tip hack and temth 12 a
Yi ! Ort Ph W ia half by twenty oe] oy yhepaid 1g stretched fost behind the
me any more, if you do pot Wish 10] 000 snd printed In three onlars foeure on & Jovel With her tows she will |
. 3 A wa 3 LR at WE d 5B. weirs EY 3 ow it i og Tad SIE ? i
make me your enemy, which would tursl features Sel a8 Tom as, a bes dancing to and To vpets IL
not be well for vou, I assure You. | oo vq citlos, of 1 eal he Vics tralia & hypoey- |
Whenever vou think me dead or Info ane ack, nll water i di
daneer of death, T wish you to logve
a upon the lion, rev
into the alr And brayed
To : United Stales Topographic Survey.
Jously to the great surprise of
The United States Geologiead Burvey
fx diligently proses uting fig bei
evening now being at hand, the cal survey af the ited Repte Pe
rill repose now, brother, and to-
morning prove our strength
: He who then shows himself
able to do three things which 1
propose, shall be lord of the
crn
STAY
inches, engra
ro
Agr
et nati
§ ho
roundness of the tree. This may be
which ho + ass agrid, dot with a knife or sual saw. Then
Joan scribed by
morning came, and they arose
Line
t forth in company till they
at a deep and wild ditch, Then
| nid to the ass:
Hon, I am your friend Mut
pevoer be at rest 1111 1 know your
and skill. Do me the pleasure,
h you, now that the oeeasion
ta itself, to let me see which of
ge can best Jeap this diteh™ Saying
hotided to the other slde.
The ass did big best to follow him,
ped so awkwardly that he fell
great log fn the middle of the
here he waz in great danger of
, his forefeet and head on one
fd the rest of the body on the
e lion, miticing the perfloos cob-
me atone: for what seers to you death
fa Hfe and happiness to me”
The shades of ht were pow gath.
mney repise, The next
they wore awake gt the fist dawn
light, and agresid to hunting,
Jen in one direction, the ass in apod!
aml to meet again at a certain hour
morning
y of
if
So
tured the most
of the mountain,
The lion went
pane,
into the deepest part
wgeh prey:
a great pile of oats on the bara floor, |
He entered without lenive,
he wis to meet the lon and lay down.
A raven fiying by and seeing him lying
motionless, thought he was dead, and
of oats that were still sticking to Lis
lipa Vexed with the raven, the ass
1 struck It such a blow with one of its
‘hoofs that it fell dead beside him.
chase, he said to Brancallon:
~ “Hear what I have taken and tell
it 1 am pot a good hunter?”
he told ‘What game be bad
by brs
ering. and the len and ass sought a
# soy 2
he
HET, Ly
anid place, when the one who bad cap
was to be King |
of the forest. where he felled and ate
the ass went to a farm}
where he saw the barn door open, and.
| tghting on him, picked off the grains
When the lien returned from his)
{ casea out of court.
. and the Bil
wn enntonrs
x v
CTY Fow ive
Twyiant fant
J % a’
Tor Wa caitg er heel,
Von i 8 oe § vp
tant fieoas year,
were surveyed fn thirty
Persitorio
rT
¢ 1a.
La Ne Tees,
wis
had
There
I Rows
wien
in the
4
# aM
Ps? Kote
lawyers
back, in
and ate 80 which a client could deposit an “han
much oats that he was ready to burst, | orarium™ without ¢
He then repaired to the place wher»!
ivi a sordid, mer
catitile character to hls relations with
is counsel, But ex-Judge Porter gays
the law fsn’t what it wis even fifty
years ago, and “has passed the days
of the hopomiring. Lawyers are sims
ply the pald employes of their clients”
One of the evidence of the cliangy Is
that the Law Association is urging &
bill to protect lawyers against tie loss
of contingent fees by settdement of
Contingent favs
were unprofessional once. It wiil also
be noticed 82 a change that It iz tow
necessary to protect lawyers {row | helt
clients Philadelphia Record.
after vo served this)
falthiully fur tes years they ve
x
*Y ox,
family
gone and bought a phondgraph
York Journal
TE we a
Ev EN
TO MAKE A PAPER STAR |
The five-pointed star which is seen
upen the oniforms of military men is
called in geometry the regular penta. |
gon star. Its construction with the |
ald of the ruje dnd compass is long and |
complicated, so complicated, in fact, ;
that the description of the process |
would be useless But for those who |
wish to make the star Quickly there
is a Detter way. ;
Take & simple band of paper In which |
make 3 knot sa indicated in the two |
figures on the left of the design. At
the top is seen the commencement of |
the knot. Then draw it, holding the |
| band of paper very fat and fold it
| COnSR De Wa
8 petal
nin
ig to stand on?
iS
ihat ud
An
fash
being
beovanse we all DImel Rive
Why dove a call wag
Hts ta
it up
Lis 13}
Waid should a girl be well stam?
isnt the malls won't take her.
He Ee noik the most anckent of trea)
Fhe ehder mie
Whe bs 8 Hower on boand 8 stim.
| skip like Easter ay? Because it id a
{movable feast,
What trades woul! you mention to a
shart hoy? (row gir (8roeeT:,
Why is a plumoske ike the ocean?
[Berane (t contalas x0 many curmants
Why is a city ig Ireland HRely to be
the largest city in the work? Beentwe
each year it is Dublin donbling!.
li oe a A Se
A pew Juvriie to prevent Tocomotive
Hs me
wheels from slipping magnethies the |
Sivas 80 that they Sisk to the Tan |
G58
fasten a good stiff wire at the end
rounded out for the tree with sal)
grapples or cleats Pend the wire
phe tr wil] Bald tig ta he TOR. This
will afford adequate sheiter~E XK
Siunt, in The Enlipmaist.
BREEDING,
So
GEESE FoR
If yeu totemd to Ke
aur Hoek of and wish wn sell
the post, be varefnd of the ones
bresding purposes that padead tos
ether the ‘pring Levee Are
quer things, and fl youn sefl ome i @
pair they ae Very 5p DG 10 mate at
1 the voxt season. and the eggs will
+ he fertile. A pamiler will sometimes
Bees von mates, but aot often. Epps
af young should never be set :
Ther are small and the goslings will
te weakly and are ool apt to Yive, and
if they do they will be very lnferior
I have found the most pradit from
selling all my gowsa (a the fall but
about pine or tea to alse from the |
pext spring. Last season from Swe
geese and four ganders 1 hatched
EreanRat
Tix sane
before.
RAR OF
shout forty poslings. Two or threes
young prese shold be Sept excl year
to take the place of the old cones, that
ix If you have any very oid geese. }
have kept them four and ve years and
they were just as profitalie as younger
anes. Ella Catren, m New Buglang
Homestead.