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- THE DIFFERENCE. sEt^r tlome people fear the bridges far beyond may not be strong, And even, as they move ahead, keep draggiug woe along. Home people cast their glances back where shaky bridges sway. And worry over troubled they have passed upon the way. 11111 Lit Hogij In the little country hospital the young nurses were very good and atirf ; tentive to everybody, not having been in the business long enough to have grown callous. They were nice girls, mostly in their first year's course, and ^ their lips would twitch and their faces whiten very often in the r- operating room, or when they held a iinni a-Mio Hr> in the pctutrut, 3 ii ail a T9 uiiv ? night. But they were brave and went Ii about the pretty hospital singing softly in the cool corridors, carrying little white-clothed trays to the sick rooms, and being the best of medicines themselves by reason of their neatness, their bright eyes and their kind voices. Now, one beautiful bright spring ^ afternoon, at the railroad junction in the town, two trains, filled with pleasure-seekers, smashed together, and f' the doctor and the matron and the nurses were plunged into a world of m work, for ambulance after ambulance came driving up from-the Soene of the K accident and left to the care of the girls many people sorely hurt And among them was a very little boy, V about six years old, whom nobody knew anything about, because bis pj|;" father and mother were both killed in H the collision, and there was nothing |p cm them to show who or what they ? ;_ were, except that they were poor. It J is comprehensible that a very great |||* deal of attention was paid to this littfy tie fellow, and he would have been ^ placed in the woman's ward, as the U . hospital was too small for a children's . ward, but the woman's ward was full. s?, . So the boy, quite insensible, was laid on a cot in the men's ward, and next to him was laid a big, brown-bearded man, also insensible, from whose clothes had been gathered quite a sum ?-> of money and whose few papers went gr*-* to show he had been a sailor. He was a very rough-looking man, indeed. The man came to bis senses first. ?? and it was night The nurse on watch "was quite frightened at the man. He V> was in pain, and great allowance must t": be made for that, but never, in all ? - her life, had the little nurse to listen to such words as came from the bigiv': brown-bearded man's lips. He wanted y.' to get up and go right away, and he H found he could net move his great, ^ L massive legs. So he began to abuse ?j!?jp' his fate, and the railway and the hosifev an<* nurse and mankind in Kg i general. He was a very bitter-mouthed man indeed. The little nurse, by the j light of the night lamp, did her best to soothe him, because he aroused other patients, and there was a terrible groaning and walling In the small ward. And all at once the little boy fj came to his senses, too. Just for a minute, and his face was turned up v to the sailor's face, and his eyes fell ST . upon the sailor's face. He was not Hi quite sensible yet for it seemed he mistook the sailor for his dead papa, and he said very prettily: "Good-morning, dad. How are you this morning?" The sailor, looking into the little fellow's eyes, was abashed and stopped his swearing, and was silent for a " mpment, and then muttered clumsily: ?| "I'm all right" "That's nice," said the boy, and became unconscious again. The sailer did not abuse anything any more just then, but lay groaning, y/ and every now and then when the little nurse slipped by in the shadows, pf he called to her softly, and the first time he said: "Pretty little chap." The nurse nodded and smiled, and the sailor smiled back and, until morning came at last, he only groaned and watched the child, and dl-d not C.urse at all, but every time the nurse came to wipe his brow or give him drink, he whispered to her to look at the t>ofT ?T? V V ? *1 T ?... Vis pregpr. >- riw/ la//?ut: I4JUU&IIL i uio - \jad." be said, and would have laughed, only bis pain made him groan Instead. Again he cafight the nurse's 4;' "hand. - "Said It was nice, he did. Cute, ain't he?" and then his face twisted In* pain. ; But neither could the sailor rise from his back, and neither could the ? sailor hope to sail the sea again, for he was In the same case with the child and both were slowly dying. At first sometimes the big brown man would forget himself in his pain, and f i - the nurses would shut their ears, terrified, and the matron would threat?-eu to move him u> a room by himself, and that frightened him to silence, for ever since the accident he had a great love for the child. The child would look at his huge friend in surprise when he fell into one of his rages and say: "Oh, John, that's not nice." And John would bite bis lips at Once and be patient. I^ien the child Would say: "How do you feel, John?" And the sailor would answer' "First rate, Joe." "That's nice," little Joe would say, and they would lie quiet and look out of the window at the river and beyond where the big hills purpled to the skies, and were always looking up. So it was In the mornings, when Joe seemed always first awake, and ready - to have his hands and face washed by the nurse. He could not turn about to see the other paftents. but he learned all their names and as soon as he heard them moving, he always asked very politely: "And how you feel, Mr. Smith?" And Mr. Smith would always answer, because it pleased the child: "First fate. Joe." Thars nice," said Joo, and bo he would ask each in turn, and to each answer,^Tways the same, he would reply^&eerfully: "That's nice." v And when they asked him bow it wen^ with him. he always said, though sometimes with an effort. "I'm pretty wsgfl, thank you." Then everybody would say, with real pleasure: "That's ni^e, Joe." So the summer went on. and very "^Vfe^v patients came to the hospital, and John and Joe were alone, save . for the nurses who grew to dread the time that was soon to part the friends. At last they told the sailor that there was no tyope at all tpr him?a \ clergyman came to prepare him. He Nook the news very calmly, but ln^antlv whispered: ' the little fellow, Joe?" ""Vn't tell him." said the minister; ratioio innocent he needs no prepa\ut you?" \ 9 For days the poor sailor was In | much trouble. f\nd one night ho whis- i pered to his little companion: "Joe, say you was rich as Vanderbilt, and was going a long sail, would you leave me behind?" "No, John," said the child very earnestly, "I would want you to come too." "Would you feel sorry, Joe, to sail away and leave me on the wharf, or? or If you was safe on a big fine ship, see me busted to pieces on tie rocks?" "John!" said the child, "I would jump out and pull you to my ship. I would." "Good old Joe," said the sailor, and said nothing more until prayer time, when he squeezed Joe's hand and whispered: "Pray hard, Joe. Pray hard for me to come along. Pray for two, Joe." And little Joe prayed for two. The two used to watch for the searchlight of the big night boat which ran between two great cities on the river. When the steamer turned a point, its light flashed for an instant full on the front of the little hospital. Joe and John, nand in hand, very, very weak now, would lie and watch for it Joe had made a story that it knew they were there anjl smiled in on purpose to say "Good night." Always he piped "good night," in return, and John also. Then Joe. squeezing the once powerful hairy hand, would feebly ask: "How do you feel tonight?" "First rate, Joe," poor John would I-answer, with a smothered groan. "That's nice." And they would lie very still or gradually go to sleep. And so one night the steamboat came up the river and turned the point and cast its light upon the little hospital. "Good night," said the sailor, in a very low, husky whisper, while Joe's little hand rested on his. But the boy*8 eyes were wide with av strange light "It didnt say 'good night,' John." he whispered, and tried to squeeze his friend's hand. "It said 'goodby.'" The sailor tried to rise in bed, but was unable even to call out. He saw the river, but he could not see tne other side. It was dark. He was afraid. His fingers closed round the child's feebly. "How?do?you?feel tonight, dear John?" said little Joe's voice very softly and tenderly. There was a moment's pause. The sailor'3 voice rang out with a glad | cry. "First rate. Joe." "That's nice," said the child. And the little nurses, running in found the friends had gone together.? P. Y. Black, in Los Angeles Times. PEARLS 0? THO JGHT. Endurance is noble, lethargy the 'reverse. Obligations menace friendship and destroy love. The mantle of silence generally has a few holes in it. To be honored socially is not to be seen everywhere. Argumentative victories always leave scars behind. Fault-finding has its root in dislike, criticism in kindness. Those who try too hard to be smart prove they are stupid. Fear is a murderer at heart and envy the breeder of lies. Impulsive women dig pits,into which they finally fall headlong. Keeping ones woes to oneself is an excellent proof of wi9dcm. Mistaking possibility for probability has wrecked many a fortune. The desire to please is normal and the desire to supplant abnormal. Little tongues are more powerful than the ingenious might credit Silent reformation is far more potential than open confession of error. Never bemoann your few friends; you thereby save additional enemies. 'Tis better to have a dinner ?f herbs and harmony than a banquet and tears. Mean men and haggling women make the eyes weary and the ears tttue. Young knowledge is a braggart Aged wisdom says very little until as'ked. Never build upon a possibility, Thereby ycu will be saved much disappointment. Diplomacy Is never so valuable as in the marital relation; it bridges differences otherwise fatal to peace. Envy none. Every heart has some secret chamber of horrors, and those who seem most gay have often the grimmest skeleton.?Philadelphia Iiec. ord. Canaries n* Weather Prophets. "I have heard of all sorts of barometers, or rather weather signs, but I know of no more reliable weather prophets than my birds," said a Baltimore lady who owns several canaries,-' "I can almost always tell whenVit is going to rain by the distinctness^ with which I can hear the trains'~at night, but the birds are ervea-fhore reliable than that If I ^ar them singing in the morning^early before I take the coverings of their cages off I know that the day wi^l be a good o'ne, no master if it is raining at the moment, but if they do not sing I am _#ure there will be bad weather before the day is over. I have never known them to fail, and I never think of going shopping or calling unless the birls sing in early morning. That is why I never get caught in the rain, as many of my friends do. That poor weather bureau man who makes so many mistakes in his prophecies ought by all means to get himself some canaries."?Baltimore Sun. Japan's Cp-to-Date Postal Service. There is one little exhibit in the postal museum which illustrates the degree of perfection to which the postal service of Japan has been brought. It is a missive pasted over many times with "forwarding slips," showing the efforts made by the postal .1 pa.* * ? ?1* ~ 1.11 autnoriues i-u ueavcr in*? ttuier iu the addresses. There are about 25 of these "forwarding slips" on the envelope, and these make it clear that the letter followed the addresses all over the island of Japan. There is a law in Japan which directs that a citizen, upon reaching a determination to change his abode, shall notify the postal authorities of his new address.?Washington Star. >Ir. I!.'? Supposition. , "Since Spiffins lost his teeth he . can't speak distinctly nor eat proper , food," remarked Mr. Blcomfield. "I suppose he has to live on gumdrops and speak gum Arabic, added Mr. Bellefield.?Pittsburg ChronicleTelegraph. ,v''' ' I? .jfegWtiMAMNP CUi^Srajtfi *?" *?* ? #?; Of Ico-Blno Foulanl. An odd model for a foulard gown Is of icc-blue, ringed with white and black. The collar, cuffs and ilounco have rows of black bebe ribbon velvet, joined by diamonds of yellow lace, and the vest and sleevelets are of lace to saatch, the front held in with two crossed braces of black velvet ribbon. To be worn with this costume is a jaunty little hat of blue straw, trimmed with tea roses and black velvet. tVlil I>ov(?t? Life to Leper*. Mrs. Laura Sc.hwichtenburg, a young widow of wealth, some time ago received, at her urgent request, an apnnintmnnf Go TnvnrnmOnt insnPrtnr Of kAL\ UV.UC UO -JV I Vi MiMvv ? hospitals in the Philippines Visiting the leper colony on the island of Cebu, she was deeply impressed by the large number of. children there and the unsanitary conditions prevailing, so she has decided to devote her life to tho lepers, and will make Cebu her home in the future. Sliirt Wnl?t?. Six shirt waists should meet the requirements of most careful girls. To have a sufficient stock of blouses to be able to ring the changes in rou- j tine lengthens the life of each one considerably. Therefore, two of gingham, two of plain silk for afternoon wear and one or two of smarter nature for parties would not be too many, while, needless to say, the more J the better. And when these arc manufactured at home, their cost is real- j ly so very slight that one is justified , in the extravagance.. Dainty Velllii!;* for Summer Woar. Veilings of every shade and variety, often of the faintest blue or gray, but by preference of white, arc far and away the daintiest things for dressy summer wear this year. The simplest way to make them very smart is to put them over a Pompadour silk overskirt The fabrics are so thin and sheer that the flowers just show through with a suggestiveness of color and shimmer that is irresistible. If your dressmaker Is equal to it have one summer gown made with a princesse slip of Pompadour silk All its elegance than will come from lines, and a few dainty shirrings or ruffles, these last tucked, at the bottom of the skirt, and some similar trimming on the bodice.?The Ladies' Home Journal. Most Extravagant Woman in History. The Empress Josephine was allowed ai me Degmnmg or ner reign $<z,uuu a year for her toilet, and later this was increased to $90,000. But there was never a year during the time that she did not far overreach her allowance ^l've the Emperor to come to her belief. Accordiag to the estimate Mason has made, Josephine spent on- an average of $220,000 yearly on her toilet during her reign. It is only by going over her wardrobe article by article and noting the cost and number of each piece that one can realize how a woman could spend this amount. Take the simple item cf her hose?which were almost always white silk, often richly embroidered or in open work. She kept 150 or more pairs on hand, and they cost from $4 to $8 a pair. She employed two hairdressers? one for every day, at $1200 a year; the other tor great occasions, at $2000 a year; and she paid them each from $1000 to $2000 a year for furnishings. It tvas the same for all the smaller items of her toilet.?Cincinnati Encuirer. English Working Girls' C4nbs. At the exhibition held by the English working girls' clubs in the People's Palace, in Ix)ndcnf recently, great interest was shown in the departments of needlework and cookery. In the former branch the girls have found a new incentive to ambition in their dosire to make extra clothing for themselves to take away on their summer outings. This is a marked step in advance of their custom of a few years ago, when a pocket handkerchief contained their entire outfit. They are now actually saving money with which to buy small trunks.. In cookery, a prize was offered for the best Sunday dinner for a man, wife and four children, at a cost of not more than 50 cents. It was found necssary to divide the honors between one young woman who supplied a meal of meat pie, mashed potatoes aDd rice, with stewed rhubarb, and another providing pea soup, with fried bread and Vlry mint, stewed beef and carrots, cabbages, potatoes and a plain pudding. Twenty-two clubs were represented at the exhibition, comprising in all Eome 2000 members from the poorest clhsses of London. I .?v A Partnership Afftlr. An interesting discussion on the relatione between women's development and privileges and her economic independence is reported to have takn place recently tn English Ladies' Literary society. The fundamental relations between property and privilege were discussed, and the peculiar bearing of the generally accepted opinion that "husbands keep their .wives." But it was shown that in domestic labor women really "earn" as men do abroad, and that the earnings, though not translated into coin, can still be reckoned up at the end of the week as so much to the good of the common stock. This can be proved by a husband paying others to do what his wife generally does, and the figures would come out approximately as to what a woman relatively earns, especially among the working classes. Some ladles repudiated the thought that woman should or could be paid for what are labors of love; but Mrs. Stopes pointed out that there should be ho humiliation of the true conception of matrimony was understood. It should be a union of souls and a partnership of interests."?Detroit Free Press. The VVdv to Hnpptnc?<>. Fin'l out as early as possible what you can best do, and do it with all your might, and expect to succeed, no matter what obstacles you may encounter, writes Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Success. Cultivate a philosophical vein of thought. If you have not what you like, like what you have until you can change your environment. Do not waste your vitality in hating your lif ^; find something in it which is worth liking and en'oving, while you keep steadily at work to make it what you desire. Be happy over something very day, for the brain is a thing of habit, and you cannot teach it to be happy in a moment, if you allow it to be miserable for years. V Make yourself worthy of true friendship and lasting respect and worthy love; and, if any of these emotions seem to prove ephemeral, remember . they were not the realities?the real ones wyi come to you since you ar j worthy. Acquire all the knowledge and ao complishments possible and enter I into studies and sports with all your ! energies. They help to round life out, ; and to keep tjie mind fed with a varied j diet, while they open new doors of pleasure and enjoyment Form a habit of trying to do some 1 little act to add to the comfort and j pleasure of some living thing?man { or her st?every day of your life. If 1 you do no more than to feed a starving cat. speak kindly to a lost dog or loose the cruel check of a misused ; horse, you have traveled a step toward j happiness, aud have not lived the day J in vain. * | T> - 1 ?_,1 Rn?*nt.a Buttons and buckles?what an Incessant chorus these adjuncts make! | On behalf of the former a good deal ' of applique work is ehiployed. this taking the form of a delicate tracery in J gilt, silver or aluminum on ground- j works of smoked pearl, mother of . pearl and imitatTbn colored stones of I every sort, kind and description. Amethysts are wonderfully imitated j and have become a great vogue. Amo- j thysts and topazes have alike been out ' of favor and fashion for their allotted j span, and the time is just ripe for their ! return. Beforo the shrine of the turquoise j all continue to bow In adoring worship, but this pretty blue stone has become a trifle tco familiar to the sight to b? altogether pleasant. Many are doing their best to lake coral seriouUy. Corai buttons, appli qued with dull silver are especially decorative. BrobJingnaglan buttons are not nearly so much in vogue as i they were. Of course, they are to be found here and there when some particular period of style commands their presence. But decidedly of more pro- ; ncunced popularity is the small but- ! ton arranged in detached groupstwo, three and four, as the fancy die tates. As to buckles, their story is a long and bewildering one. Scarcely j in millinery can a buckle go wrong, and in this department do they seem to grow longer and longer and narrower and narrower every day. And it is buckles that create a decorative ! item In one's chic visiting toilet. Art Color* In Llnonr. [ The new linos in art colorings are delightfully cool and very smart for summer wear, and are usually made without lining, being of a sufficiently firm texture to set well without further support. Nine to ten yards of linen will make a full gown and allow a'deep hem to the skin, but even less may be allowed for a bolero and skirt, and this is a very popular fashion for duck and linen. Frills, flounces and anything of the full or fussy type must be avoided for linen, but flat bands of Russian galon or coarse lace of point d'Arabe type axe most effective, and grouped lines of machine stitching and large pearl buttons are invariably an attractive com. bination. Some of the new galons or coarse lace are filled in with shaded 01 chintz colorings, and these are charming cn red, blue and biscuit linen. Very little of this trimming is re quired, and it must be laid quite flat and not put cn full, as lace usually is. Foulard gowns are always in evidence at this time cf year, and many of the new foulards are wonderfully pretty, both in color and design, especially these who exhibit a light, graceful pattern In some delicate tint on a white ground, mauve and pale green being among the most effective, like all other light fabrics, foulards require to be very daintily made, the skirts trimmed with frills or flounces, tucks and insertion, and the bodices prettily trimmed. A nice design represents a dress of mauve and white foulard, the trained skirt bordered with three rather wide tucks, a newei style than the little frills or shaped flounces, of which one so soon tires. Above are two bands of ivory Irish lace insertion, through which the mauve lining of the skirt is seen with good effect. The bodice is quite simply made, with tucked chemisette of j I whiff* lawn with ODenwork insertion, j through which is run black bebe ribbon, giving a very smart and pretty finish. There is a kind of half yolk cf the Irish lace, and insertions of the same lace, while the picturesque sleeves have bands and fuffs to match the chemisette, and full puffs of fine lawn. | This model could be made very in- I expensively, in one of the nice "foulardines," or mercorized sateens in foulard patterns, or it is equally suitable for making up in one of the thicker muslins, especially those which ex. hibit a pretty haircord stripe. The hat with it is of black tucked tulle, with paste ornaments and cluster of mauve poppies.?The Lady. The latest models in shirtwaists fasten down the back with pearl, gilt or silver buttons. The linen batiste collar with lace i applications is much favored by Par- | islan dress designers. Heavy ivory white and ecru lace I comes in sailor collar and cuff sets as accompaniments to shirtwaists. White silk roses with black velvet leaves make an effective trimming for a white 6traw hat faced with black. , Parasols of miroir silk with inch J wide fan tucks around the edge are j very attractive, with carved handles l of ivory. Stockings made entirely of lace are among the novelties and silk mousseline stockings, handsomely embroidered, are also on the season's hosiery j list. Rrtmp nf tfoo newest RiiriRhadee are i decorated with cretonne applique and vailed in chiffon. Gold and silver ! spangles are seen on a few of the ; black lace parasols. Among expensive novelties are belts ! of rattlesnake skin, tanned so that all the markings are preserved and the scales returned to their places. Sell ' covered or silver gilt buckles are used i as fasteners. Deep hyacinth blue is one of the shades that is seen in bordered voile, a new fabric. The borders are sometimes of a darker or lighter shade 1 than the plain material and occasionally of a contrasting tone. While the military heel and broad toe have not lost favor, the new low cut shoes show pointed toes and high spool heels. The extension sole is still ' in evidence, but shoes are narrower ! | and less mannish than last season. :: - v ^ j . t- y %>.. * -; " /" ; ^ - * SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The sun's surface is known to bo i ^ subject to greatly increased distur- I ^ banccs every 11 years, known as tho j sunspot period. Auroral displays and j ^ disturbances of the earth's magnetism j have a similar period. j e I s Recent measurements of Saturn show that the outer ring, with a total j J width of 11,830 miles, has an external j ^ diameter of 173,200 miles. The cen- ! tral ring, 17,180 miles wide, is 115,830 i t miles in outside diameter. The plan- j et's equatorial diameter is 74,050 J * miles: polar diameter G7.350 miles. | , The diameter of satellite Titan is 2100 miles. Saturn's mean density is cal- j ' culated to be 0.G79 that of water. ! , ? \\ Eminent authorities declare that the : t Lyddite shells supplied to the British j ( army in South Africa were far from i < being successful, owing to inherent Jif- ! t Acuities in the use of that explosive. ! j It is reported that except in shells I ^ weighing 100 pounds, or more, it is j practically impossible to obtain a sat- ] isfactory detonation, and this is indo- < pendent of the kind of fuse used. Most of the shells in South Africa when de- z ton^tcd only gave off a greenish-yellow j smoke, instead of the black fumes j ? present when they are propCi tly deton. : ateJ. j ] A new, powerful and agreeable anti- ! septic has be^n introduced in Ger- i many. It is possessed of so many properties to recommend it that the , public, who will doubtless know It , shortly, should be made familiar with ; its origin. It is known as "tannoform," j and is produced by the action of tannic acid on formaldehyde. Tannoform is odorless and tasteless, and at the same time appears to possess all the antiseptic properties of formaldehyde, but j Is free from its unpleasant smell and Irritating action, besides which the well-known astringent properties of tannic acid are also retained. A species of sunflower hitherto unknown to science has been discovered by Judge Daly noar his summer home, J ] at Sag Harbor, Long Island. It Is very ; ' remarkable that such a conspicuous j ' plant as a sunflower, growing where j botanists go collecting year after j year, should until now remain unknown to science. The explanation seems to be that there are very special conditions existing at a particular plot a few yards square on the beach at Sag Harbor, for it is only in this area that Hfllanthus Dalri, the new sunflower, has been found, and It has persistently refused to grow in the New York Botanic&l Garden, whither it has been transplanted. Until recently it was believed that the famous atlantosaurus, whose length was reckoned at 80 feet and height 30 feet^ was the largest land animal that ever inhabited the earth. But the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago has lately come into possession of some bones that out-measure those of the atlantosaurus. They are the bones of a dinosaur from the Rocky Mounlain region. The thigh bone is Bix feet eight inches in length, and the bone of the upper arm, the humerus, Is even larger, exceeding by 23 inches the largest humerus hitherto known to science. Prof. Riggs says that the extraordinary length of the humerus suggests that the animal had something giraffe-like in its proportions, in which Case its height must have been truly jigantio. Cash oF the Ancients. The little brass cash, the Chinese coins, are me lineai descendants, m unbroken order, of the bronze ax of remote celestial ancestors. From the regular hatchet to the modern coin one can tr^ce a distinct, if somewhat broken, succession, so that it is impossible to say where the one leaves off and the other begins. Here Is how this curious pedigree first worked itself out: In early times, before coin was invented, barter was usually conducted between producer and consumer with metal implements, as it still is in Central Africa at the present day. At first the Chinese in that unsophisticated age were content to use real hatchets for this commercial purpose, but after a time, with the profound mercantile instinct of their race, it occurred to some of them that when a man wanted half a hatchet's worth of goods he might as well pay for them with half a hatch/et. Still, as it would be a pity to spoil a good working Implement by cutting it in two, the worthy Ah Sin ingeniously compromised the matter by making thin hatchets of the usual size and shape, but far too slender for practical usage. By so doing he invented coin. and. what is more, he invented it far earlier than the claimants to that proud distinction, the Lydians, whose electrum staters were hrst struck in the seventh century, B. C,?Cornhill Magazine. Keeping Birds O'lt of Trutt Trees. "I learned a trick while in the Philippines in the matter of keeping birds out of fruit tre-es," volunteered a well-known official of the postofiice department, "which may be of value to many Just now. when so many cherries are being destroyed by birds. It is simple; inexpensive and, as far as I could observe, practical. It consists in hanging a small mirror on the top limbs of the tree. There should be at least six inches of string to the mirror, so that it can swing about' as it is blown by the wind. The flash rwf tfio mirrnr It nnncars scares the birds away. One or two five-cent, mir- i rors hung on a '* tree are ! sufficient, though, of course, J three or four would be that j much better. I was told that this method had worked in the Philippines successfully for many years, and that the birds do not grow familiar with it as they do with a scarecrow. Since my return here I find that the mirror scare is not unknown here, and that it has been in use by Michigan fruit j growers for many years. I have tried j it myself in a small way and it is | amusing what a stir it creates among j the birds."?Washington Star. Tlie Unrefoot F??l. The latest sensation in Dublin is the : adoption by a number of society people of the "barefoot" fad for their children. Considerable attention is. aroused now and then in the streets about the fashionable squares by tne appearance of smartly clad children. ! walking barelegged and barefooted, all j but a slight sandal. The idea is that j the children are made hardier and less ; likely to take cold by this exposure. . ?Dublin Freeman's Journal. A naturalist says that every time a J farmer shoots a hawk he throws a $50 i bill into the fire. for. though the bird j takes an occasional chicken, it destroys ! at least a thousand rats, mice and moles every year. ' * X.\ \ , . _ ? > . V ~ ' ',2~ '.x ^ ' ' ' - - ' ' ' ^ . _ " Shs Wu Not a Dummy. She was a worthy old lady, who loved o help people, and when visiting Lon- * Ion lilced to go shopping alone and re- 1 urn home loaded with gifts for her < rlends. One day, however, she appeared } mpty-handed and apparently much up- z et, and this is what she said: * "Well, I suppose I may as well tell * 'ou. Perhaps it will make you feel bet- * er. I had had about decided to buy one * or Annie?oh, it was a beauty?when I * bought, now, perhaps she would like \ hat handsome black silk better, so I 1 vent back to look at the silk counter, j 5ut the cloak was fixed in my mind and ! couldn't give it up, so I strayed once 2 nore among the cloaks. One of the * lummies had been tilted up against the 1 :ounter in such a way that the least ' ouch would send the whole machine on he floor, and all those beautiful clothes ; )n it would get dusty, so, as it was an \ :asy matter to straighten it up, I just J ook it up by the waist and lifted it into J >osition again; when?oh, dear! I can't 4 ell the rest?it's too dreadful." "Go on, go on! What happened? 1 Did you tear some of its expensive fin:ry ?" "No t nothing of that kind, but?It was l live woman, and the look she gave me t shall never forget, if I live to be as old is Methuselah I" ' j^fter the burst of uncontrollable aughter that followed this confession vas over one of the nieces said: "Tell us the rest. What did you do next ?" "I felt faint, qnd stammered: 'Oh, exruse me." but I couldn't tell her I had mistaken her for a dummy, and I walked iway without buying anything, or caring For anything but to get out of sight."? Tit-Bits. t CIORGIA'S PEACH BELT. I Fourteen Thousand Acres in One District \ Now Set Out With Trees. Perhaps the largest peach-growing district in the globe is that around Fort Valley and extending to Albany, Ga. The peach orchards cover more than 14,x? acres within a radius of ten miles of For*. Valley, and in this area there are something like 1,900,000 peach trees, 20,xx) pear trees, 70,000 grape vines, 9,000 plum trees, and 1,500 apple trees. It is impossible for one who has never visited this region to realize what immense proportions the fruit-growing industry has reached. The railroads are taxed at the height of the season to get the crops to markets. Each fruit car carries an average of about 400 cases, and this year's crop will require not fewer than 2,000 cars to move it. At $1 a crate?a very low estimate?the crop around Fort Valley will bring in something like $620,000. It can readily be realized from these figures what tjie fruit industry brings to Georgia. There are a .dozen or more fruit companies formed in Ohio, which own nearly 10,000 acres of peach lands in Houston county, on which there are more than 700,000 trees. The capital stock of these companies is something more than $400,000. Year by year the peach-r&lsing companies are spreading out and getting into new territory. The part of South Carolina immediately adjoining the Georgia line is coming to the front as a peach-growing country, and the yield there this year will be large. Old fields which have for years scarcely been regarded as worth paying taxes on, are being set out in orchards.-?New- York Sun. Will Build Toward the Sky Till He Tails A bet has been made in Great Falls, Mon., due to a controversy as to the quality of the bricks produced by a large brick yard here. The proprietor and a contractor, himself a graduate brick mason, got into a discussion, and as the result a bet of $10,000 was made. The builder maintained that the brick would not sustain a column of 300 feet. He is to undertake the construction of a stack and after it reaches a height that ordinary workmen refuse to continue on the structure he will himself continue it up until something gives way. If the thing falls before it reaches 300 feet, he wins. Otherwise he loses. The stack is to be six and a half bricks square at the base with a square one foot flue up, which the brick are to be conveyed. The builder ' agrees to continue the stack until it falls, to be at the top when the thing gives way, and bets an additional $5,000 he is not hurt in the collapse. The loser is to pay for the bricks.?Chicago Tribune. TWO JOKISTS. Paragrapher?"Here's a funny paper with a lot of jokes you might use." Minstrel Man (with dignity)?"We never use printed jokes, sir." Paraffraoher?"Well, but don't" you think they are an improvement on the jokes that were gotten up before the art of printing was discovered.?New York Weekly. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain 3Iercnry, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of Bihell and completely derange tho wholosystom when entorlng It through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should nevor bo used except on Sresorptions from reputable physicians, as tho amage thoy will do is ten fold to tho good you "can pes lbly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and Is takou Internally, acting directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cnro be suro to get the genuine. It Is taken internally, and Is made In Tolodo, Ohio, by F. J. Oh-jney <fe Oo. Testimonials free. Unsold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle. Hall's Family Fills are the best. The trouble with the budding genius is that he is frequently nipped in the bud. Beat For the Bowel*. No matter what aile you, headaohe to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascabets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you Just 10 cents to start getting your health baok. Casoabets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has 0. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. American wheat has been found to be excellent for the manufacture of Italiah macaroni. Rosy Cheeks Follow Tho use of D1 koy's Female Tonic. It Is safe, pleasant and reliable. It cures tho various diseases peculiar to women. It restores tho glow and bloom of ho'ath There is a demand in Germany for smoke consuming furnaces. Thirty minutes is all the time required to dye with Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Bold by all druggists. Germany's share in the traffic of the Suez Canal has increased greatly at the expense of England. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Bestorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. B. E. Kline, Ltd., 981 Arch St., Phila. Pa An exposition of British products is planned lor jiext winter in St. Petersburg. Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures triad colic. 25c a bottle Western Siberia affords a good market for American manufacturers of milk cans. Pl.-o's Curo for Consumption is an lnfalllM? medicine for coughs and colds.?N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. If a man doesn't want to be robbed of his good name he'a better not have it engraved on his umbrella. ... . t 'V- -V ' . r , . " ' 3^rvrw. ' v.a- V-; How Sea Turtle* Feed The study of sea turtles Is a most incresting one. In order to get rid of the >arasites that cling to their shells they >ften enter fresh water streams to en- i oy a bath, but they are extremely timid ind take fright at the least noise. The lunter knows, however, that the turtle 1 eeds in brackish streams, where the tide . alls rather low and where the turtle jrass grows in greater profusion. The urtles cut great quantities of the grass ind there roll It into a ball, cementing t with the clay in which the grass jrows; and in this way, when they lave managed to amass a goodly supply of provision, they wait for high :ide and float away seaward, feeding as :hey float. The professional hunters are 3uick to detect these balls, and just the moment they do so they set their seines md send their peggers, as tfte men are railed, in search of the feeding shoals. Men are not the only enemies the turtles have, however, for bears, raccoons md other animals native to Flori la destroy great numbers of them.?Baltimore American. * OF TWO EVILS THE LESSER. Papa?"Didn't I tell you, Willie, if I caught you playing with Tommy Jink again I would whip you?" Willie?"Yes, sir." Papa?"Then why were you playing with him?" Willie?"Well, I got lonesomer than I thought a lickin' would hurt, so I just went over and played with him, that's why."?Detroit Free Press. Good Girl. 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