A Noted Convention. A Pug ami a Pony A Puss and a Poll Belonged to a little Miss Lou. They held a convention right out by the farm, And decided the tldngs they would do. Miss Lou was provoking. There wasn't a doubt; For twenty-four hours She hadn't been out. ■Tlie Pony was sulky For want of his sweets, Miss Pussy for want of her milk, The Pug was disgusted nud growled a great deal, Because he'd no bow of pink silk. The Poll was provoking, There wasn't a doubt; For, in spite of these trials, Biie would not speak out. The Pony suggested And said he should vote That each one should frighten Miss I.ou. The Pug said. "He'd tear up ner ioveiy new doll, And 1 1 in r canary could chew." eaid Poll (most provoking . There wasn't a doubt), "As sure as you do it, I'll let the thing out." —St. Louis Star. Just How Much? "I would do anything to get an e"d :ucation!" said Joe, savagely thumping the down sofa pillow till a fine, tiutfy dust flew from seams and corners. "Just how much would you do, Joe," said practical Uncle Phil, inter estedly. "As much as Eiihu Burritt? "How much did he do?" inquired Joe. "Was he a boy without auy chance?" "No, indeed!" said Uncle Phil, who never sympathized with whining Joe's way of looking at things. "As many •chances as you have or any other boy with brains and 10 fingers. Had to work at the forge 10 or 12 hours a day, but that didn't hinder him from work ing away in his mind while his hands were busy. Used to do hard sums in arithmetic while he was blowing the bellows." ■^"^Vhew!" said Joe, as if he, too, saw a pair of bellows at hand. "How old was he? Older than I am, wasn't he!" 16, when his father died. By and by he began to study other things. Before he died he knew 18 languages and nearly twice that number of dia lects. AH this time he kept hard at work blacksmithing." ."I don't have to work as hard as that!" said Joe, after awhile, with a .shamefaced look that rejoiced his un cle's heart. Joe was a farmer's son, and in busy times there was a good deal for a boy of his age to do. So far he had not been spared to go away to any prepar atory school to fit for college. So he had faint heartedly and sulkily given up the thought of going there. Some how, Uncle Phil's words had put things in a new light.—Christian Up- Jcok. ... .... % '' S x -"Sav Finite*' Variable Coatn. Almost -very one knows that many animals wear coats suited to the sea son, both in color and thickness, but few, perhaps, are aware that many fishes do the same thing. "If speci mens of the black nosed dace are caught very early in the spring, one •will he able to watch some Interesting color changes," says The Cornell Na ture Study Quarterly. "As the spawn ing time approaches the dark hand on tjie sides and the fins change to a bright crimson. Sometimes the whole body may be of this gaudy color. Dur ing the summer the lateral hand bo comes orange. As the season goes, tho bright colors gradually fade, until finally in the fall and winter the little black noso is ngain clothed in its more modest attire. A groat many of the fishes, and especially the larger ones, seek some deep pond or pool in the stream at the approach of winter, end remain near the bottom. If the pond or stream is so deep that they ■do not become chilled they will remain active, swimming about and taking food all winter. But when the stream is very shallow and the fishes feel the cold they settle down to the bottom, moving about very little and taking little or no food. The carp collect in small numbers and pass the winter in excavations that they make in the muddy bottom. If the debris thrown up by the water across the marshy end of a lake be raked over during the winter, one will probably find some of the smaller eatflshes spending the season in a semi-dormant state." Ilpsjioct for the Doll*. Courtesy stood (cr much in the old time when in war a ship that car ried those carefully dressed dolls that were then the exemplification of the latest fashions was secure from being fired upon. Gallantry forbade the fact of international warfare to come be tween the ladles and their fashions. The dolls that could thus save a shin carried the Paris modes all over the world, and their mission was respect ed by an International understanding. Paris in this way sent out her latest dresses, and informed the English and German women what Parlsiennes were wearing. The dolls —two sisters—were desig nated "La Grande" and "La Petite Pandore," the little one wearing tho home dresses, while her taller sister displayed costumes for ceremonial oc casions. In later days the dolls that diverted the children of Qu-en Victoria were something a little above the common doll. Not content with a single speci men, the princess possessed an entire court. She kept a icgistsr of their ..birth, and also of tho roal personages she meant them to represent—whether maids of honor, actresses or states man. Her collection numbered 132. of which 32 were dressed by her own hands. In this brilliant galaxy figured Queen Elizabeth, the Earl of Leices .ter and many other celebrities. Japan, however, is the land where the doll has the greatest length of life, for here the women keep their In terest in the doll as long as they live. Of them the English Illustrated Maga zine says that the dolls, handed down from mother to daughter, are a sub ject of great pride. "Why, she has 200 dolls!" one of these women will ex claim, in the tone in which her west ern sister might refer to armorial quarterings. The Spoiled Picture. The Lloyd family had decided to have a family picture taken. All the family relations were to gather in the front yard at grandma and grandpa's home at 4 o'clock on a certain day, and the artist was going to take their pictures all together. Kitty Lloyd was very much delight ed, and asked her mother a great many questions about it. "Am I to be in it, mamma?" "Yes, d:?.r—all the family." "And Baby Ruth, too?" "Yes, all the children and grand children." "Oh, mamma, can't I have my dog Sandy in it, too? I think, if you have Baby Ruth, I ought to have Sandy." "Well, you ask papa tonight." When Kitty's papa came home that night the first thing he heard when his little girl came to meet him was: "Oh, papa, may I have Sandy in the picture with me? Mamma's going to have Baby Ruth." "I'm afraid you'll spoil the picture," responded Mr. Lloyd; "and Sandy is worse yet. You see, we shall all have to keep very still to have our pictures taken, and I am afraid neither you nor Sandy can do that" "Oh, yes, we can," assured Kittle. "I'll teach Sandy." Every day after that Kitty gave San dy some lessons in standing still. The appointed day came at last; and Mr. Lloyd got out the big carriage and took them all over to grandpa's, where there was a large gathering of aunts, urulrq. Qousins, who were to h? In the picture. Sandy fvas allowed Co go aTorig"fittd tattle was delighted. At last the atllst came in "a newly painted wagon', with ;i big, long word on the outside, Which Kittie, after a good deal of spelling learned was "photographs." It was very interesting to watch the artist take out his cam era and set it up on a little frame and peep through it with a little black cloth over his head. When his machine was ready he called the people to gether on the front porch; and with grandma and grandpa in the centre, the tall ones in the back and the short ones in the front, the people were ar ranged and made ready for the picture. Kittle had a place in the very front of the picture, with Sandy by her side, who was to sit up on his hind legs. "Now, Kittie," said mamma, "jrou must keep perfectly still and not move, cr you will spoil the picture. When the artist says 'Ready!' you must not j even wink he's through." Kittie stood up very straight and | looked just where the artist had toTd her to look. "All ready?" said the artist. "Now." Kittie looked around awfully quick I to see if Sandy was sitting up all 1 right, and just then the artist took the picture. "Why, mamma, is it over?" asked ! Kittie, as they all began to move around and talk. "Yes. Kittie," answered mamma, "it's all over now, and you can run about and play." The next day the proof of the picture was brought to Mr. Lloyd, and he showed it to Kittie. There was grand ma and grandpa, sitting up in the cen tre, looking as calm and placid as ever. There was mamma and Baby Ruth as plain as could be, and Sandy sitting up as straight as a dog could; but in the place where Kittie's face ought to be there was the back of a curly head ana a blur. "You moved," said papa, "and you spoiled the picture." Kittie burst into tears. v "I only looked around to see if San dy was quiet," she sobbed, "and then it was all over. I didn't think the man would be so quick." When the picture was shown to the other relatives they decided that it was so good of grandma and grandpa that it must be kept. So in a short time after Mr. Lloyd brought home the picture, all finished and framed, and l ung it up in the parlor. Kittie cried bitterly and him not to hang it up, but papa said he must. Then mamma took her little girl into the parlor and talked to her. "The picture is spoiled, dear, be cause you did not do as I told you at once. I told you to keep perfectly still when the man said 'AH ready;' but you wanted to look around first and see what Sandy was doing. Now I want you to come and look at the spoiled picture very often, and always remember that It got spoiled because you did not obey promptly." Kittle tried hard to remember the lesson, and when she forgot to mind promptly, her mamma would often cay: "Take care, Kittie. You are spoil ing your picture now." And then Kit tie would smile into her mother's face and hasten to do as she was told. — Suuday School Times. A Study In Traits. "Never marry a girl on account of her meek, submissive-looking little chin." "Why not?" "My wife in herited her meek chin from her father and her determined disposition from I her mother." How to Wash Stockings. | All kinds of stockings require to be I carefully washed. No soda must be used, and the water must be moder ately warm both for washing and rins ing." ■ •o. ... ; I Lisle thread stockings should bo washed in tepid water, using a little soap for the feet only. Illnse in water to which a few drops of liquid am monia have been added. Dry them quickly, preferably in a good current of air, and press with a warm Iron. Silk stockings should be washed In tepid water with mild soap. Rinse | them in several waters. Shake them Well and roll them in a cloth to dry after pulling them into shape. When pegging stockings to the clothesline for drying out of doors the feet should always he uppermost. Uses of Olive Oil* No household where there are chil dren should be without olive oil, for it is an invaluable medicine in certain cases. For a weakly or rickety child , or one who is recovering from typhoid fever salad oil will sometimes work wonders. The plan is to rub in the oil over the whole of the child's body, especially about the upper part, tak big a few drops at a time into the palm of the hand. The nourishment thus absorbed through the skin will bo of immense service in building up the child's strength. When a child is suf fering from a severe cold it is a good : plan to omit the daily bath and to rub | the back and chest with olive oil. To Insure no further cold being caught t the child should be wrapped in a blan -1 bet and carefully screened from drafts While the rubbing is being done. A [ threatening of creup, often jrill end in ik ° V If tiie oil" njul cam- Jihor lie appUed to the child's chest. Tiie method is to Snluj'atc a"piece of flannel, sprinkle It witli H jlttle pow dered camphor and apply IT tdtlig chest and throat as warm as It can be borne. Cover with a piece of dry flannel and change as" soon as it gets cold."' .. i; >, Hint* For Mrs. Just-Married. ' A meal should llever be announced until everything is in readiness. The coffee should* lie served very hot tud with hot milk. * * * The glasses should", be freshly filled with clear, cold water. The butter should be kept In the re frigerator until the last uiinute la summer, but kept where It will be soft enough to spread lu winter. The table should always be so kept AS to he ready for a guest with but a moment's notice. A cotton flannel "silence cloth" not only makes the tablecloth look infin itely handsomer, but preserves the furnished surface from stains from hot dishes. • • A polished table if used must bo spotless; it is therefore not desirable for every day use, as there is too much work Involved In keeping it in order. A sufficient number of knives, forks and spoons should be placed on the table so that nothing need be called for after the family are seated. . O Spanish Chocolate—Mix two cupfuls of hot clear coffee with two cupfuls of sweet chocolate beverage, pouring al ternately back and forth until frothy. Chocolate left from a previous meal may be nicely utilized this way. Serve with cream. Mushrooms on Toast—Remove the stems from twelve large, firm mush rooms, peel, put the tops side by side in a baking dish, lay a piece of butter on each, sprinkle with salt and pepper and dust over with llour. Place iu a very hot oven till brown. Take up and place on buttered, toasted slices of bread, thicken the gravy in the pan, pour over the toast and serve hot. Prune Jelly—Wash and cook in one pint of water one-half pound of prunes. When soft add one-quarter of a pound of sugar, the juice of one lemon and a little of the grated rind. Put one-third of a box of gelatin to soak for one hour iu two tablespoon fuls of water. Then strain lu the juice from the prunes and add half of the pulp of the prunes. Set in chopped lee to harden. Baked Mush—Stir sufficient corn meal Into actually boiling water to make a rather thin gruel, about half a cupful to a pint. Add a third tea spoonful of salt. Boil carefully two or three hours, then turn into a mold. Stand aside over nigliL When ready to use turn out and cut Into slices; place In a shallow taking pan, the bottom of which has been dusted with flour. Dust the mush lightly with salt and pepper; brush tin top with egg and put into a quick oven until It is a golden brown. MUSTARD TOO SLOW. 11l Skipping Hop* l tiie Highest Soeed Is Called Tabasco. They were two handsome old ladies sitting at the window with their work in their laps, one the hostess and the other the visitor. They were children together and still talked of their form er playmates as the "girls." "Where's Margaret!" asked the visi tor. "Out In the back yard with some little friends skipping the rope. My favorite granddaughter, you know." I "Rather delicate, I'm afraid. I de clare I don't know what the race Is coming to, judging from the girls now growing up. They don't seem to en dure anything. Do you remember how we used to skip the rope, Sue!" "Just as though it was yesterday. 'Salt' was the designation when we just jumped an ordinary rate of speed, 'pepper' was faster and 'mus tard' was the fastest. "That's right. To do anything fast er than 'mustard' meant fits or palpi tation of the heart. Dear me! I don't suppose that there is one of those children out there could skip 'mus tard' without having a sick spell. We i certainly go backward with each gen oration, Sue. Let's take a look at them." When they reached the back door there was Margaret flying up and down as though she had wings, springs and lungs like a long-distance runner. She was jumping two ropes going in oppo site directions at the same time and whirling as rapidly as the operators could make them. "Come here at once, Margaret," called the hostess, "what in the world are you doing, child! It's enough to give you convulsions. Why, it's fast er by far than mustard." "Mustard," sneered the granddaugh ter, who was breathing easy. "It's too slow for us. That's 'Tabasco' I'm doing." Then the old ladies filed hack, looked sheepishly at each other, and went to talking about how much better looking girls used to be than they are now.— Detroit Free Tress. ... , Snakes in the Philippines. r. r That our men In llio Philippines are not campaigning In Ireland is brought home every now nud then in a start ling manner, a_s was the case with First Sergeant Duckictt, of Company A, Forty-ninth Volunteer infantry, sfationed at Cordon, Isabela Province, Northern Luzon. He was walking down the main streets when he came face 4 to face with a Boa constrictor that had just made a meal of a young pig and was casting voracious glances at a juvenile Filipino. Sergeant Duc- UetFs Ivrag clipped off the boa's head, to the great relief of the natives. The Aparrl News says that the constrict or was "young." If the baby boas out there enjoy a pig for breakfast, prob ably those l'ull grown can get along on nothing better than a rotund pork er, or oven a private, U. S. A., uni form, ammunition belt and all. Prob ably tills may account for the disap pearance of native guides sent out ahead of American columns, that nev er come hack once they get into the brush.—Army and Navy Journal. Heard Tliein, Anyhow. A musician and his wife were on their way home from a concert, and were overheard discussing the merits of the entertainment. "It set my teeth on edge," the hus band said, "to hear the orchestra play ing 'Yankee Doodle' and 'Dixie' at the same tluio. The Idea Is all right, of course, and even commendable from a sentimeutal point of view, but the two pieces, when played together, are full of discords." "But didn't you notice," said his wife, who Is something of a musician herself, "that where certain notes or passages would have been discordant they were omitted from one air to an other, and left to the drums!" "Of course I noticed it," he testily replied, "but I could hear the discords in my mind just the same! Ach!"— Youth's Companion. Queer Home of a Cat. A cat that lives in the trunk of a tree in St. Paul's churchyard illus trates one of the oddities of animal ex istence in a great city. The tree that affords a habitation for this particular grimalkin stands on the Vesey street side of the churchyard, and the eat, snuggling comfortably in the hole in the trunk, looks out upon the passers by without fear of molestation. Belated toilers in the neighborhood have seen the cat prowling around among the grave stones at night, or foraging in garbage barrels not far away. But. in the daytime puss abides quietly at home, usually sleeping the hours away. An apple core or two and au orange peel sometimes lie near the tree, ns evidence that some mischievous mes senger boy could not forego n passing shot.—New York Mall and Express. Our Importation of Potatoes. "Ecsides the large quantities of po tatoes that we import from Bermuda, from Scotland and Ireland, there are between 15,0UU and 10,01)0 bushels of potatoes shipped to this country an nually from Germany," said au im porter of the vegetable in New York to the writer a day or two ago. "The German potato is a peculiar variety that is exclusively used for making potato salad. The American potato is not suitable for the-purpose, as It cooks dry and mealy, hut the German vegetable when cooked is oily and moist nud sufficiently Ann to admit of being ciA into thin slices. The po tatoes of this variety at their full growth are small in size, and they cook much like the early new potatoes of the ordinary kinds. They cost about twice as much as those of native growth."—Washington Star. Still An Unknown Land. Large areas of the South American continent have never yet been trodden by the foot of civilized man. It will surprise many to learn that there are larger tracts unexplored in that region than in Darkest Africa, yet such is the fact A large majority of the cities along the coasts of South America, known to every pupil In the public school, were settled in the Columbian era. Civilization Is in fact much old er there than in North America. Yet for nearly 300 years there lias been not much organized attempt to explore the interior. The first expedition sent out by a South American government was in 1875. Many of these countries are without exact maps of their own territory. Most Of the maps in use have been made by explorers from Europe or the United States. The greater part of the immense tract of land in the middle of the con tinent from Venezuela to Chile has not yet reached the roughest pioneer statu of civilization. A considerable part of Colombia is still wholly un known. The several Atlantic states, even as far north as Uruguay, have many blank sections on their maps. The Guianas, except for a strip along the coast are practically unknown. The condition of affairs in Brazil Is scarcely better. The Brazilian gov ernment has no department corres ponding to our geographical or coast and geodetic surveys. The only ex ploring done has been carried on by the states. There are large tracts ill She northern part of Brazil which have never lieen crossed, as far as is known, by any white man. The original autograph MS. and cor rected proof sheets of Thomas Moore's "T.alla Roolch" sold In London recent ly for £330. Twenty-five per cent, of the shares m American railways are said to be *wnod in Great Britain. 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D Mr* Ji. C. Hvnan. Gordonorin*. Vi: fii/S 1 ftnd Prey's Vermifuge thu vorr ■ i beat one I have over used. I write ■ fc? 3" direct as i niunt have this k B kind and no other. /f* A perfect tonic and p lieu 1 1 h builder. iry .tores or tgnft g P. N. U. 25. 1901. CHEWING GUM FREE A $-J box of No. l Chewing Gum FIiKP:. Write for particulars und sample. NECROTIC MKIIU'M. CUMI'AMX. Uoraollaville. j No Hair? "My hair was falling out very fast and I was greatly alarmed. I then tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and my haif'stopped falling at once."— Mrs. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, O. The trouble is your hair does not have life enough. Act promptly. Save your hair. Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. If the gray hairs are beginning to show, Ayer's Hair Vigor will restore color every time. SI.OO a bottle. All droKlttl. If your druggist canuot supply you, send us one dollar and wo will oxpress you a bottle, lie sure and givotho name of your nearest express oflTce. Address, J. C. AYEIt CO., Lowell, Mass. fta—a—mssaaßaai rrn-wr .w Tire title of "Defender of the Faith" is still so much prized that the British florin of 1849 had to he reeoined be cause the letters F. D. wei'e omitted from the legends. Taul 111.. In his hull of excommunication, canceled Henry Vll.'s title of "Defender of the Faith," which, however, was confirmed to the king by an act of parliament. Ixis Angeles lias 13 parks, big and little, the average park area being 3,740 acres. Of the 1,500 convicts in Tennessee 2fi claim to be college graduates. i "Tlic S*nrc Hint mndr Writ Point fonton*.* 1 IfIcILHENNY'S TABASCO. DROPSY chos. B.( .noftest moninU an. l IOIIIITN tiontmoi.T Il '. Dr. 11. 11. OKEtM'b BONH. ilox H Atlanta. U*. i ,f .url";',-'a; h { Thompson's Eye Water
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