"LITTLE BUTTER BALL
BEGINNING TO WALK.
Just a walking,
Just a talking
Little butter ball; *
Just a yearning
To be learning
Anything at all.
Just a-peeping
Through tne'sleeping
Months of infauthood;
Into wonder,
Into yonder,
Life's infinitude.
Just awaking,
Just a-taking
Everything for truth;
Never dreaming
Of the teeming
Fallacies of youth.
Just a walking,
J list a talking
Little butter ball;
Just a yearning
To be learning
. Anything at all.
k —New York World.
goROTHY QQ
V i'iq ...AND Tilt
|||j TTETRT LIETAS
Dorothy was quite n big girl. She
could creep about on the grass and
could stand "alonlc." One day a drove
of white butterflies came to camp out
on the lawn, and she got up and ran
after them, clutching them in her
chubby fingers and holding the flutter
ing things up to Will, and saying,
"See, see, bu'erflies."
But Brother Will ran to her and tried
ills
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to pry them out of her hands. She
cried and screamed and struck him in
the face.
"But, baby darling, auntie won't love
k you if you kill the butterflies," said
* Will.
"Yes," said Dorothy; then she
screamed and made a horrid face, and
jumped straight up and down in the
grass till she lost her balance and
tumbled over. While she lay there It
butterfly flew in her face and got tan
gled in her curls. She sat up and be
gan laughing, wlille the tears trickled
down over her cheeks.
"Now me dot one! See, see, it 'oves
me," she laughed.
Then Auntie Violet appeared on the
scene.
"Why, my darlings, what are you
doing with so many white butterflies?"
"Nothin'," replied Dorothy, as she
held her hand behind her back.
"Yes, she Is, too, auntie; she has one
In her hand now."
"Tut, tut," said auntie, "come here,
dear, and let me sec if you have hurt
It."
A, "No," said Dorothy.
"Well, I won't love you a bit," re-
I 5^
™plicd auntie as she sat down to her
I needlework.
In a few minutes Dorothy came up
E close to her knee and said: "See,
| auntie; pretty."
I "But it would he prettier flying in
I the air," answered Auntie Violet,
ft So Dorothy opened her chubby fin
■ecrs and let it go, but it was crippled
fiijtDd could not fly and fell in the grass
l|kt hei feet.
"Now, see what a cruel, bad
you have been. You have hurt its poor
little wings, and no man can ever
mend it. God made it, and no one has
ever discovered its pattern. I can doe
tor dogs and cats and children, hut 1
don't know how to cure butterflies.
Put it on a flower and see if it will get
well. Dear me, what a naughty girl
you are," said Auntie Violet sadly.
Dorothy sat down on the grass and
began to cry in a sorrowful way. and
Will tried to console her, but she
sobbed for a long time to herself. Then
she went to look for tlie butterfly with
the broken wing. It sat very still and
quivered sometimes as if in pain. Then
she talked to it in crooning baby talk
and lifted it up tenderly and took
it in the bouse and put it on a gerani
um in her mother's window.
The next morning Auntie Violet was
watering the flowers and picked up the
little butterfly and took it and showed
it to the children.
"Dead!" said Auntie Violet. "Dead!
Poor little innocent butterfly that never
harmed anybody." And she kissed the
little white wings anJl laid it away
among the flowers.
The tears came to Dorothy's eyes and
she said: "Do you s'pose Dod will for
give Dorothy?"
It seemed a sad lessou for one so
young, but Auntie Violet took her in
her arms and kissed her and said she
believed God would forgive all little
girls who truly repented.—Chicago
Record-Herald.
A Now Gain© of Mosaics.
V tils' rjytpy I
si
YTffill
Here is a game that gives 0110 some- |
thing to do, and at the same time an ;
opportunity to exercise ingenuity and
taste. Get some stiff cardboard, the I
kind that has one color on one side and j
another on the back. If you want to <
use cardboard taken from old paste- j
board boxes, color tbe sides with water j
colors. Then cut out two squares, one !
an inch square, the other an inch and j
three-quarters. Cut one oblong an
Inch and a half long and one-quarter
of an inch wide and another three
inches long and half an inch wide. Cut
out two circles, one an inch in diameter |
and the oilier an inch and three-quar- j
ters in diameter. And finally two tri-:
angles, an inch and a quarter and two '
inches and a quarter at the base. The
more colors you have on these pieces
the more combinations in mosaic you j
can make, and if you wish you may j
add to them by making other circles. '
etc., of various sizes. If you have i
made the parts well, cutting the edges
perfectly, the pieces will lit together
exactly and all kinds of pretty and
amusing figures can lie made on the
table or floor of the playroom. A l'ew
of the funniest combinations are
shown here, but you will be able to j
make all kinds of tilings for yourselves,
houses, churches, ladders, lanterns,
wagons, forts and boats. It would he
good practice to try to copy some j
pretty picture from a newspaper or J
magazine with mosaic cardboard, and
perhaps you will lie a great maker of
inlaid work some day
Ilockity Buuc:.
A group of hoys gather for play
"What shall we play?''
"Rocklty-bang," exclaims one of the
lads. "My rock 1."
"My rock !>," cries another.
"My rock 3," "my 4," "my 5. and
so on call others tn quiet succession.
The last to call must be the ogre who
guards the castle, said castle being a
large rock or fence upon which the
ogre places the tower—a rock at least
as large as a good-sized snowball. Ogre
cries "bang" and tbe boys In turn fling
stones at the tower. If one happens
to hit the tower he starts off at onee,
the hoys all following in swift pursuit,
if by chance he tlhe boy) can pick up
the missile which he himself threw he
is free If caught he must become
ogre and guard the eastlc. In ease all
the throwers miss, the ogre may catch
any of them if he can. Whenever the
ogre catches must take the ogre's place
and ogre takes the captive's missile
and hangs at the tower.
The lad who hits the tower and se
cures his own rock the largest number
of times during tbe game wins first
place Sometimes the boys choose up
and make it a contest of sides; then
rockity-bang becomes a real tug-of
war conflict equal in stress to baseball
or golf. The boy who leads for the
day wears home the badge of victory,
and to lead the score for the week or
month becomes a matter of highest
honor.--San Francisco Chronicle.
Out of tbo Hurly Burly.
We'd be more contented, perhaps,
Know less of defeat's painful throbs.
If we would quit looking for snaps,
And stick to our regular jobs.
—Puck.
The World as We Find It.
Fudd —"This is a bard world."
Dudd—"And yet everybody is looking
for soft places in it."—Boston Tran
script.
A Geography Lesson.
"Papa, what is a marriage in high
life?"
"Two vacant hearts entirely sur
rounded by cash."—Life.
A Good Imitation.
W^ijf
"Remember, my man, that 'stone
walls do not a prison make, nor iron
bars a cage.'"
"Well, all I gotter say Is dat dls is
( a pnrty good imertatiou."—New York
; Journal.
For No Living Man.
Examining Counsel—"What do you
I do for a liviug?"
I "Don't do anything for a living soul;
! I'm an undertaker."—Boston Tran-
I script.
Facing the Music.
I Materfamilias—"And the girls all
| need gowns and hats; and I "
| Paterfamilias—"All right! Get the
budget in shape and let us see what it
looks like!"— Puck.
An Outsider.
"She says she would like to get away
, somewhere where she would have time
| to think."
| "Well, I always feared she wasn't
; cut out for a society girl."—Life.
! Popularity.
"Do you think he would he a success
i in polities?"
| "Yes, indeed. Why, he has thor
; oughly mastered the knack of looking
| interested when lie is being bored."—
! New York News.
Proof Positive.
: "I suppose you set a good table?"
; remarked tbe man who was looking
; for board.
j "Well," replied tbe landlady, "throe
! of iuy boarders are laid up with the
; gout."—Chicago News.
A Word of Warning.
| "What do you think about that man's
boastful assertion that his word is as
! good as his bond?"
| "I regard it as a very obliging warn-'
ing to anybody who might be thinking
of taking bis bond."—Washington Star.
Sympathy Her Strong Point.
i Mrs. Call—"How do you like your
new servant gill?"
Mrs. Hirem Often—"Well, she's very
sympathetic."
| Mrs. Call—"ls she?"
Mrs. Iliram Often—"Yes. every time
I complain of a headache she declares
i she has one, too."
Expensive.
"That millionaire's automobile costs
him at least ten thousand dollars a
day!"
j "I can't figure it."
"He's one of these people whose time
is worth ten dollars a minute. I'm
counting in the time he spends fixing
i it."—Washington Star.
| Story.
j Brown (hi the middle of tan shooting
I story)—" Hardly had I taken aim at
, the lion on my right, when I heard a
1 rustle in the jungle grass, and per
| reived an enormous tiger approaching
on my left. I now found myself on
ihe horns of a dilemma!"
| Interested Little Boy—"Oh. and
tvhich did you shoot first—the lion, or
ihi: tiger, or the dilemma?"— Punch.
i
Out On it Foul.
I "You have asked me to be your
wife," said the wealthy "maiden
lady." "Before I answer you please
tell me one thing. Are you in favor
of woman suffrage?"
I "I am," he answered, thinking thus
to win her.
| "Then I eunnot be yours," she said,
j "My husband must regard me not as
liia equal, but as a tender child whom
be bas taken to love and to cherish."—
Jh-JBgo Record-Herald.
THE KING AS A MAN.
ThouQh Short in Stature He Is Digni
fied in Bearing.
"Every inch a king" in the person
of King Edward means 5 feet 6V&
Inches, and in weight he scales about
16 stone, yet such is the dignity of
his hearing and the excellence of his
carriage that his majesty's appearance
belies the lowuess of his stature and
the weightness of his person. His
courtesy and tact are proverbial, but
though the king's smile is ever ready
and most engaging, yet his clear blue
eyes are quick to discern and' see be
low the surface. Lord Randolpn
Churchill dciared that King Edward
would have made a splendid judge by,
virtue of his unerring perception of
character. His memory of faces and
facts is unimpeachable, and he speaks
French, German, Italian and Russian
as fluently as he does English, which
is his favorite language, though Queen
Victoria decreed German in the home
life of the royaj family. No man
knows more modern history than his
majesty, while in everything that ap
pertains to India and its varied people
be is an expert.
Had Good Ground for Thinking So.
The following incident is reported
as having occurred in a Midland re
vision court. A certain person who
figured on the register was objected
to by one of the agents on the ground
that he was dead. The revising bar
rister declined to accept the assur
ance, however, and demanded con
clusive testimony on the point. There
upon the agent of the other side arose
and gave corroborative evidence as
to the decease of the gentleman in
question. "And pray, sir, how do you
know the man's dead?" demanded the
barrister. Well," was the reply. "1
don't know. It's very difficult to
prove." "As I suspected," returned
the irate barrister. "You don't know
whether he's dead or not. The bar
rister glanced triumphantly around
the court. His expression gradually
underwent a change as the witness
coolly continued: "I was saying, sir,
that I don't know whether lie is dead
or not, but I do know this —they burled
him about a month ago on suspicion."
Army Nurses.
Of all the great armies of the world,
the army of the United States Is only
one which has a regularly organized
female contingent. This consists of
the Army N'urse corps, recently or
ganized, uniformed and equipped un
der the provisions of the army reor
ganization act. The uniform of the
corps consists of a waist and skirt of
suitable white material, adjustable
white cuffs, bishop collar and' white
apron and cap of regulation pattern.
The badge of the corpse Is the Geneva
cross of the medical department in
green enamel, with gilt edge. This
badge is displayed on the left side of
the collar of the uniform or on a cor
responding part of the nurse's dress
when she is not in uniform. These
nurses are governed by the regula
tions of the army, and are subject to
the orders of their immediate su
periors in office. _
Japan has 150 varieties of rise,
many of which are adapted to Amer
lcan soil.
HairSplits\
" I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor 1
for thirty years. It is elegant for
a hair dressing and for keeping the
hair from splitting at the ends."—
J. A. Gruenenfelder, Grantfork, 111.
Hair-splitting splits
friendships. If the hair
splitting is done
own head, it loses friends
for you, for every hair of
your head is a friend. \
Ayer's Hair Vigor in
advance will prevent the
splitting. If the splitting
has begun, it will stop it.
j S!.OJ a bottle. All dru;gist3. jS
If yonr druggist cannot supply you, j
send us olio dollar and we will express I
you a bottle. He sure and give the name I
ol your ner.rcst express office. Address, |
J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, MASS. j
Bilious?
Dizzy? Headache? Pain
back of your eyes? It's your
liver! Use Ayer's Pills.
Want your moustache or beard a
beautiful brown or rich black ? Use
Buckingham's Dye
50ct. of druggiiHcr R. P. HillicCo., Nashua, N.H
TIE UIIVEISITY OF 10TIE DAME
NOTRE DAME, INDIANA.
FTTI,I, COURSEN in Clu-hlch, Hotter*,
Eonnoutien ami History, oiirnaiiMin, Art,
Kcli'iicn iMiarni.iey, J,avr, civil, Uoelm.il
ea I ana li.lcctiic.il Architec
ture.
Tiiurnngh Frejmratory and Commercial
Coarsen.
iCnoni* Free to all students who have com-
Jletod tho studies required for admiseton into the
nnior or Senior Year of any of tho Collegiate
Courses.
Rooms to ISrnt, moderate Charm to students
over seventeen I'repnrina" for CoJlejriate Courses.
A limited number of Candidates lor the Ecclesi
astical state will l-e received at special rates.
Kt. Edwar.,'i 1 1 all, for boys under IS jvwrs. Is
tinlane in the completeness of Its equipment.
The 59th Year will or>en Ncptcinber Q, I JK)2.
£. KV! A*" IORI tf L A V, r (".* W. C., rrc.Ue.l.
Thompson's Eys Water
CONGRESSMAN ALDRICH
ENDORSES THE TONIC, PEEON A
Says: "It Wilt Build Up a
Duplclt-il System
Kapidly." j
Hon. W. F. Aldrich, Congressman from j.
Alabama, writes from Washington, JD. C.: |,
"This is to certify that l'eruna, i J
manufactured by The Parana Mali- \
cinc Co., of Columbus, 0.. has been \
used In my family with success. It \
is a fine tonic and will build up a !
dep'e'.cd system rapidly. 1 can rcc- !
ommend it to those who need a safe 1!
vegetable remedy/or debility. 7 ■ —lF. j!
F. Aldrich.
H. S. Emory, Vice-Chancellor and Mas-,!
ter of Anns, K. l'.'s, of Omaha, Neb., |
writes from 213 North Sixteenth street, i<
the following words of praise for Eeruna i!
as a tonic. He says: ;
Catarrh of Stomach.
"It is with pleasure I recommend Pcruna !
as a tonic of unusual merit. A largo num
ber ot prominent members of the different
Orders with which I have been connected
have cured by the use of Peruna of
cases of catarrh of the stomach and head;
also in kidney complaint aud weakness of
the peine organs.
"It tones up the system, aids digestion,
induces sleep, and is well worthy the con
fidence of sufferers of the above com
plaints."—H. S. Emory.
Nervous Debility.
Everyone who is in the least degree sub
ject to nervousness, sleeplessness, prostra
tion, mental fatigue or nervous debility in
any form, finds the hot weather of June,
July and August very hard to bear, i i not
dangerous.
TO WEATHER THE GALE.
Business Man Must Get Things Ship
shape in Fine Weather.
Many a man Las come to grief be
cause he lacked a reserve of capital,
of discipline or of knowledge of his
business. In good times, when any
body could sell goods, he was right;
but when a panic came and his notes
were refused at the bank he went
down because he had no reserve ot
savings or of character. Shrewd busi
ness men are always on the watch for
emergencies, financial storms or
panics; they know perfectly well that
it takes a very different kind of ship
timber to wrestle with the tempests
than it requires in pleasant weather,
when there is no strain or stress. It
Is the man who perhaps for an emer
gency, who keeps his sails trimmed
and his ship in order, that weathers
the gale.
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE AHEAD.
British Beaten in Contracts on Their
African Ground.
The British trade commissioners
who recently arrived at Johannesburg,
South Africa, from England, are
amazed at the amount of business in
steel building material which is offer
ing. and comment on the indolence of
British firms. So far as they are
able to discover only one firm, and
that an American concern, has a capa
ble representative in South Africa, and
lie lias been securing Immense orders
in Cape Town and at Johannesburg at
his own prices for huge buildings up
to 14 stories by being able to quota
prices promptly and promise construc
tion with American speed.
Stars and Stripes Fourth Oldest
The national flag that has been,
longest in use is either the drago,:
banner of China or the crysanthemum |
flag of Japan. The former has been
used from a very early period, and
the latter is as old as tho present
dynasty in Japan, which is the most
ancient in the world. Among Euro
pean national flags, that of Denmark
—a white St. George's cross on a red
ground is the most ancient, having
been in use since 1211). No other flag
has existed without change for any
thing like the same period as a na
tional emblem, .although there are
loyal standards that are older. The
Spanish colors date only from 1785,
and the British flag, in its present
form, was first flown after the union
with Ireland, In 1801. The Stars and
Stripes was first planned anTT ordered
liy Washington of Betsy Ross, an up
holsterer of Philadelphia, and formal
ly adopted on June 14, 1777.
Japs Want a Language,
Japan is as sorely exercised over
her educational problems as we are.
The student there has to study the
literature of his country developed
upon Chinese lines and ideas. Ho has
to learn the Japanese and Chinese
characters, and also at least one for
eign language. Another difficulty is
the difference between the written
and spoken languages. "Formerly
they used to he almost identical, hut
then came the era of Chinese litera- ;
ture in the country, and much of the j
written language was in Chinese char- j
acters. while the spoken language re- i
mained as before —Japanese. This
state of thing continues." The dis-!
use of Chinese characters altogether I
is advocated, and the substitution of j
the Japanese alphabet, of failing that, !
Latin. It Is significant that in a new ]
school for women. English is compul-:
sory, Chinese only elective.
Carrying Butter Far.
Butter is now packed in a manner
that permits ol its carriage from Aus
tralia to Europe without losing its
freshness. A box is formed of six.
sheets of ordinary window glass, aud :
the edges are sealed with gum paper. !
This box is then inclosed in plaster
of paris one-quarter of an inch thick,!
this being again covered with special
paper. The plaster is a bad conduc-1
tor of heat, so the temperature inside
the box remains the same. Boxes are ;
now made to hold 200 pounds of lint- i
ter. and the cost of packing is 2 cents I
a pound.
Parma's famous Falace Library now i
belongs to Italy, by an arrangement
with the former ducal family. The |
latter gives up all claims in consider- j
ation of the Italian Government's pay
ing the debts of Duke Charles 111., j
who was assassinated in 1854, amount-1
lng to 1,300,000 lire. I
I
' Hon. W. F. Aldrich. J !
The only safe course to take is to keep
the blood pure, digestion good, and sleep
regular. No remedy equals, in all respects,
Peruna for these purposes. If the svstem
is run down and weakened by catarrh, Pe
runa renovates aud rejuvenates the nerves
and brain.
A book on the catarrhal diseases of sum
mer will be mailed to anv address, upon
request, bv The Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio.
The above testimonials arc only two of
50,000 letters received touching the merits
of Peruna as a catarrhal tonic. No more
useful remedy to tone up the system has
ever beeu devised by the medical profes
sion.
Blackberry Crop.
All things considered, the black
berry has been our most profitable
bush fruit. Its commercial advan
tages are great. It Is a heavy cropper,
a fairly reliable yielder, easily picked,
continues many years in profitable
fruitfulness and generally is in good
demand. Its disadvantages are soft
ness for long distance shipment, a
slight tendency to scald and a season
of fruiting that brings it into direct
competition with peaches. However,
this real disadvantage of season often
becomes a decided advantage during
a short peach crop, which often oc
curs. It then has the market to itself
without a dangerous competitor.
A catcrpiller cannot see more than
a centimeter ahead; that is to say,
less than two-fifths of an inch. The
hairs on the body are said to be of as
much use as its eyes in Jetting it know
what is going on around. %
Pearl street has the unique distinc
tion of being New York's crookedest
street.
Undies Can Wear Shoes
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-
Ease, a powder for tho feet. It makes tight
ornewslwes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FUSE by mail. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Le Itoy, N. Y.
No man becomes a jail bird just for •
lark.
FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Groat
Nerveßestorer.s2trlal bottle and troatlsefre®
Dr. R.H. KLINE, Ltd.. 931 Arch St., Phila.,Pa.
There is nothing platonic about tho lovs
of money.
I E. A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hall's
I Catarrh Curo cured my wife of catarrh fif-
I teen years ago and she has had no return of
it. It's asure cure." Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Many severe cases o: burns from cellu
loid have beeu reported.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion .allays pain, cures v. ; id colic. 25e. a bottle
Rome people run into debt, and others
are pushed in.
I do not boliove Piso's Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN
F. BOTKB, Trinity Springs, Ind., Fob. 15,1900.
In the stock market the man who is "on"
hopes soou to be well oil.
Gcmiine stamped CC C. Never sold In balk!
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
"something jnst as good."
I I have boot troubled with catarrh from
my childhood, and have had many doctors
and many different medicinea. At night
| when I went to bod I could feci my none
clogging op, and fhen I had to breathe
1 through my mouth, which made me very
! dry and often caused in sleeploss nights.
I could not find any relief until a friend
called my attention to Itipans Tabules. I
bought a box and took ono afte: each m< al,
a- d gradually found relief in my breathing
and eleoping. I also had numerous pim
ples on my face, which disappeared.
At druggists.
Tho Five-Cent packet Is enough for an
ordinary occasion. The family bottle,
to cents, contains a supply for u year.
DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; Ti™i
can**, boon el Uutimouiali and Uida' iraimrui
Free. Dr. *. B. •BUH SSOMI. 2# z B. AtUst* MA.
Bout Cough Pyrup. Taate* Uool. Use
In time. Sold by druiffflst*. Si
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