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. ... ....
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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.
Complete External and
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THE SET
Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP to cleanse the
skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thick
ened cuticle, CUTICURA OINTMENT to instantly
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soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT
to cool and cleanse the blood, and expel humour
germs. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure
the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and
blood humours, rashes, itchings* and irritations,
with loss of hair, when the best physicians,
and all other remedies fail.
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■ ■* * w Frey'n Vermit'ug* in the beat
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D Mr* Ji. C. Hvnan. Gordonorin*. Vi:
fii/S 1 ftnd Prey's Vermifuge thu vorr
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p lieu 1 1 h builder.
iry .tores or tgnft g
P. N. U. 25. 1901.
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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,
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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.
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IfIcILHENNY'S TABASCO.
DROPSY
chos. B.( .noftest moninU an. l IOIIIITN tiontmoi.T
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