= The Haby Baboon. Thero once was a beautiful baby baboon Who rode all around in a red balloon. He sighed and he sang and he scowled and he sneezed, And lie prettily pruttled whenever he pleased. lie sailed as high As the summer sky, And then he said, "I don't see why I can't sail right up into the moon. I think I'll start this afternoon; With a strong south wind I'll get there soon." And he did! That adventurous baby baboon. —Carolyn Wells, in Judge. L Tlow Mr. Goori-nlglit Retires. London possesses one of the cleverest trained horses in the world. His specialty is a retiring act, and to be entirely in accord with it he is narfled , Mr. Good-night The costume in which ' he appeared for his act is checked trousers, dark Jacket, boots on his hind feet, and a straw hat. These clothes he took off leisurely, and then sat down in an arm-clialr and removed his boots. lie tben left the ring, and wheeled in his bedstead by pushing it along with his head. One by one the bod clothes followed, and, with a little help from the attendants, he was careful to place the bolster and pillow in their right positions. A light was next brought in by the horse, but, as he raced around the ring, it went out. lie promptly fetched another, and lighted a candle by his bedside. After putting out the match or torch, by kneeling down and knocking it on the sawdust, he laid down to rest, first of all putting his light out by knocking over the washstaud on which it rest ed. When lying down, the horse pulled the quilt over him, and pretend ed to be asleep.—Little Folks. A Haiti* Aboiird Sliip. "Bears make good pets," sakl Lieu tenant Clark, not long ago, to a re porter for the New Orleans. Picayune. "When I was in the revenue service at Alaska, we had one 011 tho boat; and he made things hum. We named him Wineska. He used to climb to the cross-trees, going up hand over hand by the ratlines. One day he ventured out onthe yard-arm,and there he stayed. We had to get a rope and haul him down. Once he vaulted over the head of our Chinese cook, and went into the lockers, where he helped himself to sugar and butter. We had a tackling t made for him, "iiuch the sain t as u harness of a pet pug, and would drop him overboard, with a rope attached, to take his bath. Once lie landed in a native boat, and nearly frightened the occupants out of their wits. He was as playful as a kitten; and, al though sometimes lie disobeyed, he was never treacherous or unkind. When he was lost or hid himself, as he often did, we would look in the dark till we saw two little balls of fire. These were his eyes, and gave him away every time. Rob'n 1 lr*t Circuit. Robbie trotted contentedly along un der the sun's fierce rayd. For was he not going to his first circus? He laughed delightedly when lie thought of all the queer things he should surely see, and handled his two pennies over and over, never dream ing that he could not see the circus with that small sum. Ills mother was running all over the neighhor u hood in search of her boy; but Robbie never thought of that, and trudged along, perfectly happy. When he came in sight of the throng of people, ills heart gave a leap of fear; and he had some misgivings. But tliis was not the time to give up. Bo Robbie pushed manfully forward, bound on going to the circus in spite of everything. He picked out a lady, who, as he thought, was going to the circus. "Surely," he reasoned, "any body anywhere near around will go." So, when she turned and went In the Opposite direction, Robbie followed close behind iter. By and by he be gan to wonder why she did not buy her tickets. The lady walked fast, the afternoon was hot, the circus seemed further off than ever; and it was more than he could stand. Suddenly the lady was startled to hear a child hurst out crying behind her. Turning around, site said: "What is the matter, little child? Are you lost?" "Are—aren't—you going—to the cir cus?" sobbed Rob, raising his dirty face to her. "Oh, no!" Then, as she understood 'J Roll's mistaken idea, site laughed mer rily; but, catching a glimpse of his woe-begone face, she said: "It is too late for the circus now. But we will get some candy, and take a ride home on the cars. Can you tell me your name and where you live?" Rob promptly produced a card, bear ing his name nnd address, which his wise and experienced mother had pro vided for Just such emergencies as tills. They went to a store, and Itoti picked out some candy. Then they hailed a car, and were soon aboard. Rob loved candy and riding on the cars; nnd so he leaned back In his seat, a perfect picture of content. "Did vour ruifi", know you went to the circus, Rob?" asked tho n<o friend, with a fueling of pity for the mother who had lost sight of her child. Rol) turned a perplexed gaze on her, and then answered seriously, "I didn't tell her." ft ' Nothing more v/ns said until they PL reached home; but you may be cer w tain Rob's mother was grateful to the lady, and said she would never forget to keep Rob supplied with thoso valu able cards.—Christian Kegistes. .a Ollmp.s of Saturn. In St. Nicholas Irene Brewn de scribes an afternoon ascent of Mt. Hamilton, and a midnight drive from the Lick observatory back to San .lose, after a peep through the great Lick telescope. Exactly nt noon, in the land of tho yellow poppy, one Saturday in June, several grown people and a little brown-faced, brown-haired, brown eyed girl sat down to lunch in a big hotel in the city of San Jose, Cali fornia. Even from San Jose could be seen the white dome of the observatory to which they were bound 28 miles dis tant by the road, but only 18 in a straight line. It was like a bit of snow on the very top of Mount Hamil ton. The upward journey seemed dangerous enough, but the thought of plunging down, at night, with four horses, around those curves, where the least mistake of driver or horse would mean death, made the timid little wom an exclaim, "My kingdom for a tent!" There were no accommodations on the mountaiutop for tourists, and ull Btag es returned by night. Isnbel wus too young to understand much about astronomical appurauts, so she was glad when all went out to see the sun set. From an elevation of over 4000 fet they saw the blue and hazy Sauta Clara Valley. As Isabel stood with one foot on a stoue curb which seemed to prevent one's sliding down the mountain-side, she screamed aloud in fright, as the great sun suddenly appeared to be coming swiftly toward her. Even her father could scarcely persuade her that it was only an illusion. Soon the sun looked wider from right to left than from top to bottom, then a notch was seen in the lower part, then the bottom battened out, then it took the l'orm of a mushroom. The sun sank rapidly Into the fog overhanging the Pacific; but Isabel and her futhcr stood watching the glaw on the distant hills until the shadows of the valley had crept to their feet on the mountain-top. People now be gan to go upstaris into the great dome. They passed to the left and took their places in order, as they came up, out side a railing. The immense steel dome was opened, and Isabel was surprised to see the great telescope, whose lens is 80 Inches in diameter, moved with such euse. As soon as it was dark enough, groups of people passed through the railing to the movable floor. This was lowered once In a while, that ob servers might bo in position to use the telescope as it was moved to keep the planet in range. Isabel whispered to herfntlier, "Ilon't you think we ought to be patient?" "Yes," lie replied; "these people have come a long distance for a moment's glimpse of Saturn through this great telescope." Finally, It was Isabel's turn to look through the "four-Inch Under," as a smaller telescope Is called. The kind professor lifted her In his arms and held her at just the right height. She knew that Saturn, like the earth, was a planet revolving around the sun. When she looked through the small telescope. Saturn did not seem round, butelliptical. That was because she saw him and his rings as one mass. Rut through the great telescope, Sat urn, with bis bright rings around him, looked much as she had seen him in a picture. The professor seemed to think It worth while to explain tilings to a little girl, and kindly said: "The dis tance through Saturn is about 78,000 miles, or nine times the distance through the earth. Can you see three rings. These rings are neither solid, liquid, nor guseous. We think that they are composed of millions of little moons." "Millions?" exclaimed the astonished Isebel, who hud always thought one moon lovely. "These rings," he went on, "are about 100 miles thick, and when the edge of the rings gets towards us, we cannot see it nt a distance of so many millions of miles. So, sometimes, we cannot see Saturn's rings; but now tile rings are tilted, so tluit we see them clearly. Now, can you see the large moons? Saturn has eight, and 1 think, il' you look a moment, you can see six." At lirst Isabel could see but four moons which she bad not noticed. "I tliink I have seen enough, unci I thank you ever so much," she said, for many people were waiting. By half-past 10 tliey were again packed In the stage. San Jose, with its electric lights, 4000 feet beneath them, and 28 miles away, seemed like a fairy city twinkling in the distance. Kopinic Hons*) In I'nrla. Good butter can be bought iti Paris at from 40 cents to $1 a pound; it can be bought from 28 to 40 cents outside the city limits. Bear in mind that but ter In France is always fresh, unsalted, and is finest when right from the churn. In New York City or Boston such but ter can scarcely be bought for less than 81 a pound. Regarding meat, the ex pense will depend upon the marketing skill. In Paris meat is nominally dear; lint if Mme. Fraucaise has a reputation for economy. It has been fairly won, not by iter skill in cooking, but by iter skill in buying. She runs everything on a small scale—one chop for each person, butter once a day, a small ga teau for dessert, coffee and bread for breakfast, a small piece of meat and one vegetable for dinner—that Is all.— Good Housekeeping. THIS COUNTRY'S VICE-PRESIDLNTS. I Men Who Ha** Mad* Themnelva* Felt lu ' this Nation'* Government. * I During the lifetime of the First Con- j gross, that which sat from 178'.) to 1791, | Vice-President Adams cast votes on even divisions in the Senate. Adams impressed his personality to such a de- I gree on the legislation in those two [ years, in which the framework of the government was laid 011 the lines 011 which it lias been run, in a consider able degree, ever since that he wellded almost as much power as the president. Of course, at the beginning of the government, when there were only thir teen states in the Union, and the Sen ate was far smaller than it is now, ties in the votes of its members were much more frequent than they are today. The vice-president nevertheless, as In the ease of the tariff of 18411, which was put ou the statute book by Dallas's j casting vote, has often in inter days than those of Adams in that office had j a powerful influence on legislation. | Moreover, the deference which the president nnd the leaders of his party paid to the late Mr. Ilobart, and lu the influence which he was known to have in devising mid pushing legislation, show that the vice-president, when lie is the right sort of a man, is a power in the government. Four vice-presidents—Tyler, Fill more, Johnson and Arthur—went to the presidency on the death of their chief. Three vice-presidents—Adams, Jeffer son, and Van Huron—were made presi dents subsequently by election. At the begluuing of the government the office of vice-president was looked upon as a stepping-stone to that of president. The election to the second office aided Adams and Jefferson in getting the first office. Van Buren, who had been governor of New York (then, as now, the first state of the Union), United States senator, secretary of state and minister to London, deemed his election as vice-president to be a promotion. | His acceptance of that post unquestion-1 ably cemented the friendship between j him and President Jackson, and did much to make him Jackson's successor four years later. Some of the leading statesmen of their day have held the office of vice- j president, among them, exclusive of j the seven men who have been men- I tioned, being Clinton, Gerry, Calhoun, Richard 2d. Johnson, Breckinridge, Hamlin, Colfax and Wilson. A recent and distinguished governor of New York—Levi P. Morton— held that post. Many others accepted the candidacy for the office—Everett, Pendleton, Lo gan and Thurman among the number— though they failed of election. Hamilton said in the Federalist that the vice-presidency would usually be "filled by characters preeminent for ability and virtue." It was the inten tion of the framers of the government to make this office really second only to that of president in dignity and pow er. No man ought to get it, they be lieved, and no man would get it unless lie was of full presidential stature.— Leslie's Weekly. A Crimo to Sr Life. There Is a Spanish law that no sub ject shall touch the person of king or queen. Alphonso XIII, king of Spain, near ly suffered a severe fall from this rule iu his childhood. An aunt gave him a swing. When he used it for the first time the motion frightened him and he began to cry whereupon a lackey lifted him quietly out of it, and so, no doubt, preserved him from falling. The breach of equitette, however, was flagrant and dreadful. The queen was obliged to punish the man by j dismissing him from his post. At the I same time she showed her real feel- j ings on the subject by appointing him j immediately to another and better j place in the royal household. In another case a queen of Spain j nearly lost her life in a dreadful way j owing to this peculiar rule. She had i I been thrown while out riding, and, her foot catching in the stirrup, she wns ! dragged. Her escort would not risk interference, and she would have been j dashed to pieces but for the heroic j interposition of a young man who ; stopped the horse and released her j from her dangerous position. As soou as they saw she was safe her escort turned to arrest the traitor j who hud dared touch the queen's foot, but he was not to be seen. Knowing well the penalty he had incurred, he made off at once—fled for I his life—and did not stop until I " 1 had | crossed the frontier.—Answers. Some Irish Bulls. The Irish bull has of late been wax-; ing fat and kicking, assisted by Mr. ' MacNeil asking why some Rhodes-' Chamberlain correspondence, which he was told had never existed, "'was not produced," and the Australian editor who announces that anonymous contri butions "cannot be returned uuless a stamped envelope bearing the name and address of the writer is Inclosed." A correspondent of a sporting paper says that "Mr. Brown, or rather his brother, died yesterday," and a lectur er In Scotland that "in Adam himself were Implanted hereditary criminal In stincts." And a Dublin gentleman the other day Invited a friend to dinner by telegram without signing name or ad dress—"to give him a surprise."—Lon- • don Chronicle. The Nature of Her Activity. "Penelope Jopps is an active club member, Isn't she?" "Active? I think so. She has al ready this month resigned from three clubs and started four new ouos."--In dianapolis Journal. Defects in Pub.lc Schools. The public school authorities are com pelled by circumstances to proceed on the theory that what is good and suf ficient for one child is good and sutfi cient for all children, says Joel Chand ler Harris in the Saturday Evening Post. There is practically no remedy for this in our common schools, which are made up of a conglomerate mass 01 humanity, seething and various—a mass which must be dealt with in haste and on the run. In these schools the child is taken up, taught with the mass of pupils, and compelled to conform to the "grades" which have been invented for i the convenience of the teachers; and is \ presently thrust out and sent about its business, knowing how to read and write, indeed, but possessing only the vaguest ideas in regard to the fund of knowledge which education is supposed to impart and preserve. But a specially devised system of training and education should be com pelled to give a different and a better account of itself. If it cannot be made adjustable to the individuality, the dis position and natural bent and tendency pf each child that is tQ partake of its benefits—if it cannot be extended or modified to fit the demands of each and all—then it is not only not scientific, it is absurd. The special beauty of child hood and youth, the captivating mystery of humanity, consists mainly of the in finite, the endless variations of person ality, individuality, tendency, tempera ment —the qualities and characteristics that are native to each individual and to no other—and if these special devices, which are put forward so confidently, do not conform to. and aid in bringing out and developing the most promising tendencies of the individual, they are unworthy of serious consideration. Must Learn the Life Spots. The first task of a Chinese medical student upon entering the Imperial col lege at Shanghai is to learn the 300 "life spots" in the human body. A "life spot" is supposed to be a place through which a needle may be passed without causing death. The Chinese believe firmly in demoniacal possessions, and their doctors do a great deal of stab bing and prodding to make holes for the purpose of letting out the evil spir its that are causing the sickness. I was called in to sec one poor fellow who was dying of jaundice, and counted over eighty punctures in his chest and arms. The Chinese practitioners had furnished the demon with plenty of exits, but he declined to depart. When a criminal is executed the native doc tors are nearly always on hand to se cure sections of the body to use in com -1 pounding their medicines. A powder ' made of the thigh bones is believed to be a specific for the disease known to science as "miner's anaemia." which is I caused by a parasite and easily controll ed by proper remedies.—New Orleans Times Democrat. London Has Forbidden Gatos. There are two gates in London which it is an honor equal to the star of an order to be allowed to drive through. One is the gate in the arch of the Horse Guards, and the other is that of the Mar ble Arch. The Horse Guards' arch is guarded by a stalwart trooper, who stands in the way of any carriage that attempts to go through, and, should the occupant not have the right to pass, turns it back. The Bishop of London, it may be remembered, was stopped once by a sentry, who did not know that his lordship is one of the privileged per sons. When there is any disputed claim, if the occupant of the vehicle who wishes to go through the arch has patience enough to wait, he can remain until one of the high court officials has given his decision acocrding to imme morial custom. —London Telegraph. li . F LOOK at your tongue. * Is it coated ? 4 Then you have a bad y > taste in your mouth every <( i morning. Your appetite ► y < is poor, and food dis y tresses you. You have % < frequent headaches and > > are often dizzy. Your * stomach is weak and 4 your bowels are always y ► constipated. 4 < There's an old and re- ► *. liable cure: \ PluS < Don't take a cathartic ► dose and then stop. Bet- . y ter take a laxative dose > < each night, just enough to t > causeonegood freemove- 4 y 4 ment the day following. ►. 4 You feel better the ► very next day. Your % appetite returns, your ► dyspepsia is cured, your y headaches pass away, o <1 your tongue clears up, y ► your liver acts well, and i y your bowels no longer K 4 give you trouble. u Price, 2S cents. All druggists. . fc 'a r. " I havo taken Aycr's rills for 35 4 *5 years, and I consider tlicm tho best S made. Ono pill docs mo moro good a u than half a bsx of any other kind I havo over tried." / V Mrs N. E. Txi.noT, c ( -larch 30, 1899. Arrington, Kans. V My v<r y ysy A " A A L r SS lr .V, T u i Thompson's Ey Water FADED IN HER YOUTH Pretty faces and graceful forms of young women ! Why la It they are s® soon replaced by plainness and lankncss ? It is because the young girl just ■>^ TT[ entering into womanhood does not know how to take care of herself and has no one competent to instruct her. It is not necessary that there should bo anything weakening or wearying about the functions of a female organism. Parents of young <Sjr girls should inform themselves and prevent their dear ones from making costly errors. < That young woman lias a just cause of com jgSfiS® plaint, who is permitted to believe that great periodic suffering is to be expected, that severs KKJ mysterious pains and aches are part of her natural experience as a woman. These things 1 SHwTI are ma k* n £r constant war on her health, her dis \ \ POSitl ° n am * Cr bcaut y* * s a wan^on sacrb 11 ly Dr. Greene's rajiy NERVURA jj3T|| for the Blood and Nerves | pj jllpglfl rsjs| |9 Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, R IjSy HI right medicine for every young girl who C IJJJFLYMTTM Kw (9 is just entering the first stage of womanhood. E Eta Ml P re P ares the system in every way to act nor- K3 |M nially. It enriches the blood supply, and keep® lln *" be ncrves calm and steady. Fortified with this m Irl great medicine, all the womanly duties may be Pw?§2hl ffll undertaken and experienced without the slight- Bail Pa est jeopardy to health. It preserves the gifts of UatUr ° ttnc * ass ' sts their development into glow- IBM MRS. MART FRANCES LTTLE, of 2 Hunter 14 1 was very pale nnd delicate—had' no color. I took Dr. Greene's Nervura, blood and nerve remedy. '2KB an( l now l am well and strong, my face is plump, and MRS. WILLIAM B ARTELS, 239 East 87th St., m l "Dr. Greene's Nervura made a wonderful improve )•ment in my health, and that dark, sallow look left my ■ face. M hardly know me. 1 have gained flesh The nervousness in women which invariably comes with pain is of itself certain to stop the xffSSra?'• ; Y-' development of beauty in face and figure. Ex cited nerves make sharp lines and hasty speech. The beautiful curves which make women so attractive are not possible when the female organism is out of order, as it Burely is when discomfort and pain are always or even periodically present. It is only necessary to look in the faces of young women everywhere to seo that this must be so. Else why are they so pale and thin ? GET FREE ADVICE FROM DR. GREET!! Real beauty Is rare. It belongs to perfect health. It is possible to every woman who takes the matter In hand Intelligently. Get advice from Dr. Greene, the great specialist in these matters, he will tell you why all this is so, and show you how to avoid the stumbling blocks that bar woman's way to happiness. You may consult Dr. Greene without cost by calling or writ. Ing to him at his office. 35 West 14th Street, New York City. Don't throw away your beauty. Write to Dr. Greene to-day. An Imperial Trophy. Captain Potts, of the Maxim Com pany of the Hongkong volunteer corps, has just secured an extraordinary trophy of war—nothing less than the Order of the Black Eagle, set with precious stones, which the German emperor sent out by Prince Henry to the emperor of China. He has also the autograph let ter from the kaiser which accompanied the decoration. The lucky captain obtained this re markable relic of war in a quite hap hazard fashion. Recently at Tien-Tsin he came across some Russian soldiers who had been present at the looting of Peking. One of the Russians had the rarely bestowed order among his share of the loot, but he was too ignorant to recognize its great value. Captain Potts had no difficulty in arriving at the cor rect conclusion when he set eyes 011 the insignia and the Emperor William's let ter, and for a trilling sum he secured possessi.on of the two. When the cap tain arrived at Shanghai and exhibited his prize the German consul said that he must take charge of it, but Captain Potts declined to part. He said that he was not at all anxious to sell, and put a fab ulous price on the trophy. The consul immediately cabled to Berlin, for instructions and Captain Potts is now calmly awaiting the reply. —London Daily Mail. Politics is Now a Trade. In modern politics I have many times known of more money spent in a single ward for the election of a councilman than the entire amount contributed -n iB6O to carry the Pennsylvania election in October that gave the Republicans absolute victory in November, says Colonel A. K. McClurc, in the Satur day Evening Post. There is not an ear nestly contested legislative district in this city that does not cost thousands of dollars to run the campaign and pay the party workers; and a recent contest for nomination in one of the senatorial districts of Philadelphia cost the op posing factional leaders not less than SIOO,OOO. Under our present system political leaders make politics a trade, and every ward and precinct have a host of men who live by politics and who refuse to give political service of any kind unless liberally paid. In iB6O there was not an attempt made to buy a vote for Curtin in the entire State, and, excepting in rare instances where special and unusual service was reauired. the entire work ot that great battle, that revolutionized a Nation, was willingly performed with out pay as a matter of natriotic duty. Rich Antiquarian Find In Turkey. At the village of Anhar. near Erpli, close to the ancient town of Iconium. a sarcophagus has been uncovered entire ly composed of on which flow ers. animals and figures of warriors 3re sculptured, says a foreign correspond ent. The period to which the relic be longs js not yet known, but the work manship is exquisite, and is said to be superior to anything of the kind in the ! Stamboul Museum, which contains the ; sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. ' The newly discovered monument weighs 30 tons. The German emperor possesses in all 111 residences. The supreme court of Illinois has just decided by a unanimous vote that hard cider is an intoxicating drink. Flta permanently cured. No fits or nervous. Bess after tlrst day's use of I>r. Kline's Groat Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise ireo. Dr.II.II.KLiNB.Ltd.U3I Arch St.Philtt.Pa. In Zululand the atmosphere is s<k clear that objects can be clearly seen by starlight at a distance of seven miles. M rs. \Y ins W s Sonth Incr Fyr a p for ch i 1 d teething, softens the gums, reduces Intlflmmr tion. allays pa in. cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. The florists aver that London ex pends £5.000 a day upon cut flowers. Dr. Bull's /T . troubles. People praise 1 Cough Syrup Refuse substitutes. Get Dr. hull's Couch ivi up. lIBBY'S ess Soups • TEW CENTS I { Libby's soups are as good as soups • • can be. Some cooks may know • • how to make soups as good. None J 2 cai * make them better—none so • • cheaply. Six plates of delicious • 1 o soup for 1 o cents and think of 2 2 bother saved! S Oxtail, Mullagatawny, Chicken, { g Mock Turtle, Tomato, Vegetable, • o and Chicken Gumbo. 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