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f' THE SECRET C Are you almost disgusted With life, little man? I will tell vou a wonderful trick, That will bring you contentment If anything can? Do something for somebody quick: Do something for soiebody quick! Are you awfully tired Witk plav, little girl? Yv eary, discouraged and sick? I'll tell you the loveliest Game in the_worldDo something for somebody quick; Do something for somebody quick! riKHNEJJW "A A FORBIDDEN OMTIN / i jtOK OU cannot go. and that set^ ties It!" said Alfred SayO V O low, loudly. ^ -* If a bolt from the heavens had descended in the midst of the little group seated about the breakfast table it would hardly have created more consternation. Julia Ssylow, stout and impressive, put down her coffee cup with a deliberation and eyed her husband in open-mouthed wonder. Violet and Mignonette pushed back i their chairs as if a seeond outburst Avould precipitate immediate flight, and looked anxiously at their mother. Only Willoughby, the nine-year-old scion of the house, retained his composure to any extent. He was accustomer to violent surprises in his daily walk and recovered himself quickly. "Why not?" he asked, boldv. "Because you can't?that's why," returned his father sharply. "You all hear me, don't you?" It was quite evident that he had been heard, although no reply was forthcoming. The girls feebly played with their food; Julia's face underwent various changes of color, which finally settled into an aggressive reel; ana tne boy broke into a long whistle of bewilderment. "Will, you may leave the table," said Mr. Saylow, sternly. Willoughby gazed thoughtfully at him for a moment, then seized a slice of toast and vanished. He had seen that in his father's eye which reminded him of an almost forgotten hour of sadness, clbsely associated with the tingling recollection of a strap. So he went. "He meant it," he ruminated as h* slipped away; "yes, I'm sure he meant it! What's got into him?" Saylow was not an imposing figure as he folded his napkin and rose to depart. A thin, undersized man, with much gray in the light brown hair and straggling beard. He stooped slightly from close attention to his desk, and tjjere seemed an air of physical weakness about him, in strong contrast to his portly wife and bouncing daughters. But his usually kind gray eyes, wrinkled at the corners with his perpetual smile of conciliation, were now quite fierce, as he stopped with his t hand on the door knob and looked severely at Julia. "You heard me!" he said with emphasis. When the sound of his quick little . nervous steps was heard fading away In the passage the feminine tongues .were unloosened. The repression of Julia now burst forth. "My dear children," she began, rapidly, but impressively, "I trust you observed that I controlled myself. I thought it better to say nothing in reply, nor to open an argument. There will be no argument?we shall go as I have planned. Vi, you may invite Edgar; Min, you may order the wagonette, from the stable. We shall go. Tell Willoughby. We start it eleven." "Of course we will go," cried Vi. "I knew we would all the time. Let's get the luncheon ready." Trips to the lakes, five miles from the town, had become weekly occurrences. Alfred had sat down to a lonely mid-day meal so frequently that he could scarcely remember the number. And these meals had been occasions of trying bought. "It cannot go on," he had said to himself again and again. "I do not see what Julia is thinking of. It is too expensive. The bill from the stable is something enormous?and they get boats and men to row them apd hire fishing tackle. I can't bear to say anything?they enjoy themselves, I suppose?but Julia should know better. She is so thrifty in some ways and so improvident in others. I do not understand it. I am so out of the habit of finidng fault at home that I don't know what to say. I shall lose fhy self-control some day; I know I shall." And he had. No one but he knew the volcano smouldering under the eruption?it was but the hiss of the puff of steam from the safety valve of the boiler of a surcharged mind, anxious and worried and shrinking?hating to give offence and having to. Saylow attended to his business that morning with a certain feeling of exalted emancipation. He had asserted himself. He had not intended to De so cross, but his voice had sounded different from what he meant it should. Still, they had said nothing, aiftl it would be all right by dinner time, and he would exert himself to be very pleasant. "Going?" queried Willoughby, in great astonishment, when he was notified. "Why, father said we couldn't." , "Ma says we are, and she Is the one," answered Vi. "He didn't mean anything. Hurry up. Will, and go over to Edgar's." "The boy shook his head dubiously. "I don't know about this," he said, cautiously. "He did mean it. They say pa's awful in the office when he gets cross." "Oh, come on," laughed his sister; "he is a dear, harmless old thing, and will be all right by to-night. Run along. We are going to fish to-day, you know. The wind is just right." "Tell Mr. Saylow that we will be back about six o'clock," called Julia to her maid, as they drove away in style behind a pair of grays. "Give him a good lunch, Margaret." "It is a lovely day. I almost wish they had gone," sighed Alfred, as he walked into the house at noon. "I had to do it, though. I will try to make It up to them in some other way?why, where is everybody? Hullo, Julia, where are you?" "They're gone, sir. Mrs. Saylow said she expected to be back at about six. Your lunch is ready, sir," announced Margaret, appearing from the kitchen. "Gone! Gone where?" gasped the man, with a shrinking premonition of the reply. "To the lake, sir. Didn't they tell you?" "Oh?oh?yes! To the lake. Yes, I forgot," replied Arthur, instinctively 'hiding his feeling, while a great wave of anger surged through him. "Serve the luncheon now." , fltw upstairs te his room, closed 3F HAPPINESS. Though it rains like the rain Of the Hood, little man. And the clouds are forbidding and thick You can make the sun shine In your soul, little manDo something for somebody quick: Do something lor somebody quick! Though the skies are like brass Overhead, little girl. And the road like a well-heated brick; And all earthly affairs In a terrble whirl; Do something for somebody quick; Do something for somebody quick! 'fflCH FAILED r Q AND ITS SEQUEL, r * the door and paced up and down-with clenched fists and set lips. The mirror on tiie bureau reflected a white, strange face, unlike liis own, "I'll teach them a lesson they will never forget," he muttered. "It is high time. I will show them who is master in this establishment." "Maggie," he said, calmly, "to the girl as he sat down at the table, "this house is to be closed to-day. Here are your wages and a month extra. I want you to pack up and be gone by live o'clock. You shall have a splendid recommendation?you have been a good girl." Margaret began to weep loudly, with incoherent protests. "Stop crying, now," said Saylow; "it cannot be helped. Do as I say and leave everything." "But, Mr. Saylow " sniveled Maggie. "I'll attend to everything," he replied. "This is my affair, and you must be out by five o'clock. Don't try to talk to me. I will not listen. Go now and get ready." With tliA firm bplief that she was alone in the house with one demented, the domestic dried her eyes aiul departed for her little room t? pack her small belongings with alacrity. "That settles Maggie," thought the irate Saylow. "Now I will write her a testimonial, and also one to my dutiful wife, lock up everything as tight as a miser's fist aud get out myself." It was a very thoroughly closed domicile that Alfred Saylow contemplated from the pavement, when, at halfpast four, he watched a wihl-looking girl take her departure. A short but impressive note was lying on Julia's little writing desk for her edification, in view of the time when she should gain admittance. Her husband looked cautiously about, mentally noting such articles as might be used for battering rams. He was quite positive tliat his better half would not delay operations. All the afternoon he had worked in a frenzy of anger. Now he stopped, wondering at himself. "It's done," he murmured. "Am I fool or not?" A curious reaction possessed hiin. Thoughts of Julia, of the girls, of Will?a strange medley of their loving ways and tender words and kindly acts, of the homecomings and homegoings of the past, of the trustful look of the slcnder-faced bride of the long age, the babies' faces, the burdens and joys borne and shared, rushed through his brain. He started irresolutely up the steps, his eyes full of tears. Then he shook himself together and walked rapidly away, hardening his soul. A boy stopped him?a boy who was breathless and panting. "Here, sir!" he gasped, holding out a paper. "It's from the stable." "Tell 'em I can't pay-that bill today. I'm too busy to attend to it!" snapped Saylow. "No, no," cried the lad; "'taint nc bill. It's about your folks. They're all drowned in the lake." Saylow clutched the note, glanced at it, and ran, making little moaning sounds like a tortured, dying animal Five minutes later he was galloping like the wind through the dust on the road to the lake. Pconle veiled at him. "It's a madman!" they shobted. "Get out of the way!" Then the pounding hoofs and the savage lash of the whip were by and by out of hearing of their shocked ears. "Thank God and that doctor, Mr Say low!" exclaimed the proprietor of the boathouse; "we thought your wife and one of the girls were gone. The young man kep' the other girl up and the little fellow swam ashore. Lucky they was close in, and lucky the doctor knowed how to bring folks to. They're all right now, I think. All in bed up at the hotel." Alfred leaned against him, white and trembling. The rough man covered his eyes. The other wa?; praying aloud, a strange, incoherent mixture of heartfelt words. Presently he stopped with a long breathy "They must stay at the hotei to-niglit," be said. "I'll go there now if you'll lend me your arm. Send their wagonette home. Bob. I'll ride back. I think Mr. Lovell had better stay ^ere, too, to look after them. Our girl had to gc away suddenly, and they'll be more comfortable here. I'll drive out in the morning and get them, and I'll send out everything they need this evening. I have some business I must attend to and I may not be able to come myself." Saylow sat by Julia's bed for a long time, holding her hand in happy silence. She was very weak and glad to stay. Alfred, a carpenter and a locksmith were busily engaged from seven o'clock until nine. Maggie was recovered immediately and silence purchased with the extra month's wages, but she has been known to say that Mr. Saylow is a queer man. "Yes," said Julia, as she went up the steps the next day on her husban's arm, "we were very comfortable at the hotel, but after all, Alfred dear, there is nothing like the comfort's of one's own home. X\rhy, what's that in the corner?" % "Oh, nothing," answered Saylow, meekly. "I had a man in to mend some of the doors. Tli^ squeaked, von know, and the looks flooded mend. ing" "Yes, they did," said the "wife. "I'm glad it's done:"?New York News. Only Book He Saved. Congressman Curtis had 1100 books in the library of his North Topeka home. Every book was destroyed by the floods save one, which happened to be in an upstairs bedroom. And, curiously enough, this book was a copy of Kelvin's "The Floods of the Amazon."?Kansas City (Mo.) Journal. Sainte-Bcuve's Duel. It is related that Sainte-Beuve detested rain. On one occasion, when be had to fight a duel, he appeared with a pistol in one hand and an umbrella in the other. "I am willing to be shot," he exclaimed, "but not to get wet," BOYS IN TRAINING. The Young: Athlete Should Have AilAround Development. The first care of the school athletic trainer should be to remember that he is training boys, and that he has not full-grown men under his charge. The growing boy is capable of a great deal of work, but this should not be made too severe, or he will lose the nervous force which is at the bottom of all success in any kind of athletics. The exercise should be made as pleasant as possible, and the young athlete should not be allowed to specialise, or, at least, not In the same manner as the full-grown athlete. It is all very well for the young athlete <o have his favorite event, and to have one in which he is most proficient, but he should also have a certain amount of sprinting, distance running, hurdling, jumping and especially exercise in some form of light gymnastics, -such as the chest wpichts Indian clubs or dumbbells. This will give bim the necessary reinforcing of auxiliary muscles which he will need later on when as a college man he makes a real specialty of some event. By giving iflie young athlete exercise that tends 4o an all-round de* velopment the trainer ":will be fulfill*ing the object of scholastic athletics, which is to send the young man forth from the school fitted for college not only in mind but in body' as well. In their great desire to "win out" many trainers lose sight of this real object of athletics in any school. They must have winners at any cost, aud they force the young athlete to such an extent that, though while at school he does some very creditable performances, he is never heard of afterward because his nervous force has been impaired. This is the great danger toward which competitive scholastic athletics are drifting, and it is the duty of the principals to see that the future health of the boys intrusted to their charge is not forever lessened through over-anxious athletic instructors. The principal should also be most careful in the choice of a trainer, who, because lie is older, may exercise a very great influence 011 the boys' ideas of fairness and true sportsmanship. With but one remark on diet we shall turn our attention to training proper. The young athlete need not undergo any system of diet. He should be merely cautioned against eating too much pastry, etc., and three or four days before a competition the trainer should ask him to give up everything but plain, healthy food, leaving out pastry, candy and all sorts of highly a ?* ? -1 ~ ^'.?? 14? 1%A A 4-f Am r\f A + rt S0ilSOIJCI V1U11U5, 1UL JL lie tiuciu|;io iv put them under a strict regimen they will either go to one extreme or the other.?St. Nicholas. IS IT CUPID OR HEREDITY? Facts About Marriages Set Forth by a Genealogist. "The marriages of a family are a good guide to go by in determining its characteristics," said a woman whose business is to hunt up pedigrees. "I should warn any girl who has many old maid aunts and bachelor uncles not to dally with her first proposal if she would not be an old maid herself. Likewise I believe that a girl's chances for remarriage if widowed early can be judged pretty accurately from the annals of her family in this respect. "Just as a certain sort of eyebrow or cheek or chin formation is to be | traced throughout an entire family, so the attitude of the family toward mar- I ringe seems to be handed down. "When in the course of my work I am in doubt about the identity of a family I am guided a good deal by the character of the marriages set down, for these illustrate the dominant family traits which govern as much in love matters as in other concerns of life. "In some families early marriages predominate. The men invariably marry before they are twenty-five and the women at a correspondingly early age. Again late marriages will be the rule with members of either sex. "Some family trees show few second marriages aud rarely a third marriage, no matter how soon the married state come to an end. Other records are replete with second and third and even fourth marriages on the part of widows and widowers. "Often it occurs that in families of nine or more brothers and sisters, only two or three have married, and the descendants of these two or three displayed similar proneuess to bachelorhood and spinsterhood. " 'Our family are not great on marrying,' a girl, one of four single sisters, remarked to me lately regarding the family likenesses she was showing all grouped together on one wall panel. "And I could not but feel that that array of conteuted-looking single ^entities among her kinspeople must exert some influence on her own matrimonial prospects. "Some families display a marked tendency to marry their own kinsfolk, or :he connection of relatives of their kinsfolk. Others again seem by common impulse to have gone as far from home quarters as possible in search of mates."?Indianapolis News. ? -* The Thin Han't Adventure. They were talking of strange adventures. The big man from the Northwest? told of one which astonished his hearers. "Some years ago," he said, "I was sleighing in the country and my way laj' across a frozen river. I knew the ice was thin, but I determined to cross. The team scurried over the river under Tf?rt mi/1nTOT7 hofnronn ?* Ui[J, till Li HC HC1C Uiiunuj %j\, b tt vvm the shores when the ice suddenly gave way and the sleigh, horses and myself sank within a second to ttye bottom. However, the speed of the horses was so great that we were carried by the momentum safe upon the other shore? a little wet, to be sure, but not much the worse for that." . The thin, silent man had listened with great interest to the story. "It is strange," he said, "but the same sort of an accident happened to me. The issue, however, was more tragic." The big man squinted at the speaker. "And what was the issue?" he asked, Qiicnl^lAiioIr "Well, I was drowned," said the thin man, seriously. "Omit the Third Stanza.*' Mabelle had been unusually quiet at church one Sunday. She was generally a very restless listener. Her mother noticing it asked her: "What made you so good during service this morning, daughter?" "I was thinking," answered the child, "why the people who write the hymns always put something bad in them that the minister can't let the people sing. He always says 'omit the third/ or some other stanza, and he says It over twice, so they'll be sure not to sing it; so it must be something wicked."?New York Times. When Hair Grown Moat. The hair of the head grows faster ta summer than la wiater* PREPARING FOR WINTER. It. is always important that a farmer keep his work well in hand at all sea' sons of the year, but especially is it desirable to have everything possible in readiness for winter. Any time now we may expect cold or stormy weather, such as is most disagreeable for stock to be out in, hence the necessity for having the wintef quarters in a condition to be used as soon as wanted. And they should be put in the most suitable condition, too, for here is where the stock of all kinds will have to remain most of the time for half or more of the year to come. Not only should the stables and pens be roomy, warm, well-lighted and comfortable, but the barns generally should be so arranged as to be the most convenient for those having the care of the animals during the winter season. Much time, travel and labor can be saved by proper attention to these details, more than one who has not fully considered the matter is aware of. There is such a thing as having the barn arrangement such as will make it pleasant and agreeable work caring for .the stock during our long winters or, on the contrary, for want of proper arrangements it may be made most disagreeable and unsatisfactory. The stables should be sufficiently warm, but not close and unventilated, and there should be plenty of light for all purposes. A dark, low, bad-smelling stable is an abomination to man and beast. And when the nights get cold and there are bad storms, the cows will be much better off in the stable than out of doors, and will ex-' hibit the appreciation of such comfortable quarters by great contentment and increased vield of milk. Another thing, it is not wise to undertake to winter more stock than can well be kept and cared for, as this is neither pleasant nor profitable. Young animals should be kept thrifty and growing all winter, and cows giving milk should receive the best of attention in care and feed, so they may give satisfactory returns at the pail. Stock of all kinds should come to the barn in good thrifty condition," as this is the best preparation for passing through the long winter in a satisfactory manner. Aside from the stables for the cows and most of the young cattle, it will be very convenient to have several pens which may be used for a variety of purposes as needed. This will be found a most convenient arrangement. We find It better to tie calves from six months to a year old in a stable, the same as other cattle. They learn to I become quiet in this way; and can be more satisfactorily fed than when several are in a pen together. The water is also an important matter in the care of stock in winter. It should not be too far away, causing travel and exposure in bad weather, and should be warm enough for the comfort of the animals. These suggestions may appear to apply, as they do, more particularly to the northern part of the United States, but there is comparatively a small portion of the United States in vjiich there should not be suitable provision made for the care of the stock in winter, as regards shelter and food. It will be profitable even in the most ' favored parts of the country to provide suitable shelter for animals, as the loss from the want of it may soon be sufficient to pay the cost of construction.?E. R. Towle, in American Cultivator. ^ i IMPROVING POTATOES. It is generally agreed that immature potatoes are much more watery than those which remain undisturbed in the soil until fully ripe. Analysis Riinnnrts this vipw hv Rhowine that from 100 pounds immature tubers nearly 80 pounds water may be dried out, leaving onty;about 20* pounds dry matter, while 100 pounds fully ripe tubers hare been known to yield 32 pounds solid matter thoroughly dry. I believe that leaving them in the soil to ma"ture causes an increase of dry matter. Some varieties are dryer than others. For instance, Conndught Cups, or Irish Cups, contained a large proportion of solid matter, especially of starch?21 per cent; starch and 11 per cent, other solid matter, and were generally . consider?<Mo be a superior quality ? As to effect o'f soils upon quality, generally such potatoes as grow on heavy _ clay contain most water, while those which have grown on sandy soil contain least. Watery potatoes are Beldom held in high esteem for table use, drier ones being generally preferred, especially those which are rich in starch. The proportion of starch varies considerably, from 10 1-2 to 21 per cent, in different lots of potatoes, and averages about 12 per cent, in tubers fully ripe. Warm climates and dry seasons, as well as dry soils, appear to increase the percentage of starch, which also increases as the tubers grow and ripen. In keeping from fall to spring, potatoes lose starch, a portion being j changed to sugar, gum, etc. This process of change seems a necessary preparation preceding growth. Potatoes In wbirh la mnst abundant are said to keep best, but observation and experiments seem to indicate that whatever increases the proportion of starch diminshes the proportion of albumen and saline matter, both of ! which are necessary to the fruitful- ! ness when used for seed.?Charles W. ] Ford, in New England Homestead. GETTING LARGER PROFITS. In order to be profitable dairy cows | must yield a considerable quantity of i milk. If they fail to do this, they J either merely pay their way or cause I a direct loss to their owner. No one ! can afford to keep cows on these I terms. Some plan must be devised by ! which the rate of production can be I increased. Now, as milk is made j from what the cows eat and drink, it is a natural conclusion that if more ; or better food is supplied, and an j abundance of good water is furnished, j there will be a material increase in 1 the yield and in the profit therefrom. ' But, while partly true, this propos- | tion has an admixture of error. The j capacity of a cow is fixed by inheri* j tance, and there is no way in which : It can be increased. When this has fcten reached bettor feodin* will r*.u** ? j the cow to take on flesh, but it will i not make her give a larger quantity I of milk. I In many cases, however, the cow i has never had an opportunity to do her best. In these instances better I feeding will be likely to turn the present loss, if any, to a gain, or consid- i ably to increase the profit where one 1 is now being secured. But here we are met by the objection that better feeding involves a larger outlay, and I thus tends to defeat the end which it is proposed to serve. Multitudes of farmers and dairymen are not now feeding their cows as well as they usually do, because they fear that at the present high prices of grain the increased quantity of milk which would be produced would cost more than it would be worth. They realize that there may be a loss in forcing an excessive yield as truly as there is in having the yield too small. But between these extremes there lies what may be called a fairly liberal rate of production, which with good cows that are suitably fed will be'quite profitable.?New York Tribune Farmer. A MISTAKE. One great mistake made by novices in fruit tree planting is in planting in i sod. Clover sod is not so bad as a , timothy or blue grass sod, yet no young fruit tree will do well in any i soil unless it has been worked long enough previously to free Jt from | grass roots, weeds, etc., and make it i mellow and fine. Some few peach | growers start their young orchard in i clover sod; plowing the intervening i places between the rows and cultivat- I ing in corn. This is better than let- i ting the place remain in sod, though i many of the trees are choked to death i by the grass roots. Sowing any kind of, grain, either wheat, rye or oats, be- I tweeh the trees is sure to Seriously, i and in many cases permanently, in- I jure the trees. Only cultivated crops ! should be grown. If, when the trees are well grown and in heavy fruiting, I it is desired to partially check thf I heavy growth of wood and foliage re ' suiting from liberal manuring and i good cultivation, sow cloverseed alone, 1 i and after one good crop (in rare cases, 1 i nf r?invpr hnv has been secured, plow down the sod and put in corn. 1 and subsequently other cultivated crops.?Philadelphia Record. FOR GROWING PIGS. While there are several methods of handling young pigs during the summer, there is no doubt but that the plan which gives them pasture with more or less grain produces better results than anything else. The ideal j plan would be to give the growing pigs the run of a clover pasture and make their grain diet of one-third corn meal and two-thirds wheat middlings mixed with skim milk. This ration fur nishes all material for the building of bone and muscle and will put the animal in the best possible condition to be'fattened in the fall. Moreover, this 1 is the method that produces pork cheaply, and Is superior to either the pasture and slop plan or the feeding of grains without the pasture; the first is almost valueless, the second too expensive by far. This plan as recommended is the one used by extensive pig raisers after years of experimenting with numerous other methods.?Indianapolis News. SOIL FOR CUCUMBERS. For a number of years I have used I >, sod ground for raising cucumbers for I my method is to manure the sod in the I! early spring and let the ground lie J until about the first week in June, j | This method has convinced me that 11 far too much manure is plowed under I < even on clay soil, for I have always a J i good growth of grass to plow under I 1 even on land that seemed a thin sod. I 1 A greater part of the manure should J ' be put on sod land or meadows, and 11 then when the land is used for corn or I other crops it will be in much better | condition than when the manure is |, put in hills for corn or worked into I the plowed ground. You will not have I J so' many weeds to contend with on |, j your new seeding. The manure I ( I spreader seems to solve the problem j ( j of putting the manure on the meadow. I j ?I; G. Seltzer, in American Agricul- j j j turist. I j FATTENING DUCKS. IJ Fattening ducks and geese is best" I f done when they are confined in little j 1 stalls, or when only two or'three are I ] together. Like a pig, a duck or goose 11 will 'eat more when it has a compan- I f Ion than when it is alone, as greedi-1 j ness is one of the characteristics be- I g longing to both. The food need not 11 be expensive. Boiled turnips, carrots I " ~ ~ moVo I r Elld P0t3tO6Sj Wlin L'UX II incgi, iumw I the best mess with which to get ducks I f and geese fat quickly. They must be j i kept very quiet, given plenty of water I t * for drinking, and allowed pulverized I s I charcoal o ice a day. Ten days is long I f enough for getting them in proper I ? j condition.?Mirror and Farmer. I t I t The Amateur Philosopher. ? I i "Men boast of their superiority," I ^ said a Chicago doctor who has a weak-1 ness for philosophizing, "taking it for I granted that they are far in advance I i j of all other things that live here on I \ | earth. It is true that they have some I t I wonderful achievements to their I t credit, but did you ever see a horse, j * I for instance, that was cross-eyed? I f Compare the number of deformities I t j among children with those of young I t I animals and you will find that among j a j all the horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, I P dogs, cats and everything else belong-1 s ing to the animal world, there are no- J 6 where near as many congenial deform-1 T ities as among people. This undoubt* I ^ edly is due to the fact that the ani- j s *? ? ? in. I ^ mals live more neariy a? imimc j? tended them to than we do. But we ? musn't find fault. Think of the spec- _ ialists who would be working as day ^ laborers if every child came into the ^ world perfect. And our tailors and dressmakers would all be forced out of business if nobody had defects to hide. ^ We must never lose sight of the fact n that our shortcomings are art's great- v est similus.?Chicago Record-Herald. T c In Cuba sixteen tons of cane yielded p one ton of syrup; in Peru it requires ^ only twelve and a half. Germany has on the average $9# or o *hard traei to the square ail* tl i * tmrnmammmmmmrnmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmm IMPROViNC SMALL HOMES* Movement to Promote the Blaterlal As* pectg of Home Life. The American Institute for Social Service has named delegates to attend the international housing congress, which is to be held in Paris from July to November, and the purpose of which Is to arrive at the best plans for making the homes of the working people, more especially the poorer classes, more healthful, convenient and attractive without imposing serious additional burdens on the occupants. It is expected that in this long continued congress the whole subject, from the standpoint of the working people, the landlord, the tenant, the philanthropist and the municipal and State governments, will be reviewed and considered. Much good should result the world over from such deliberations. This subject is one to which the peo? ? . ? t - X 1.1 r, ^ ^ ? 7 pie 01 tills country suuuiu give e>jjctiu? consideration. The working people of the United States live better than those of any other nation in the world, but so they should. They are better paid, j The opportunities for general education and refinement are within the reach of a much larger proportion of the population than in any other country. The Inducements for individual ambition are greater in this free, democratic land than in other parts of the world. Yet there is scope for great improvement in the domestic environments of a very large class of American working people, and it should be the business of all those who, through the obligations of special fortune or those of official position can do much to promote the social order, to give this subject attention. A little direction, given in the right spirit, Will help amazingly those who have little art in helping themselves in the improvement of the material aspects of home life. The matters of sanitation, cleanliness, order, furnishings and decorations, both in the house and on the premises, can be greatly, promoted through a measure of encouragement. These things do not necessarily make living more expensive, nor do they increase the burdens of home keeping. A house once in or3er may be kept in order with but little 3aily attention. But the greatest aid and incentive to better standards in the home is higher standards in the municipality. A city that has Well-paved and well-kept streets-, good sidewalks, plentiful shade, I fine parks, handsome boulevards and abundance of water at cheap rates, a perfect feewer system and a publicspirited administration will not only inspire civic and individual pride in the hearts of its residents, but it will also invite the better classes in all the walks of life. People who seek new and permanent homes take into consideration the general advantages of a city as well as the immediate Interests of their business or profession.?Kansas City Star. ? l,ove-Makitig In Various rands. A curious inquirer into amorous customs and traditions has lately set forth some interesting observations on "the way of a man with a maid" in different parts of the world. In Japan, it appears, the affair is carried on with characteristic delicacy. There, the I lover who wishes to declare his love throws a bunch of plumflower buds into the lady's conveyance as she enters It on her way to the wedding of a friend. Should she fasten them to her ?own it signifies that the suitor is accepted; should she throw them away, however, the fates are against him. In the arctic regions a less amiable habit prevails. The Eskimo lover cares little for the usual amenities of civilization; he walks boldly into the fair Dne's abode, seizes her by the hair, or by her garments of fur, and drags her iway to his home. The Hungarian gypsies use cakes as love-letters. A coin is baked into the sweetmeat, which is then thrown at the favored lady as she passes by. If she eats the cake and retains the coin, all is well; but if she should fling back the silver, it would be fatal to 'the lover's hopes. Among the savages of the Arabian desert the giri is approached without ceremony while pasturing her flocks. She resists strenu3usly, attacking her suitor with sticks and stones. If he succeeds in driving tier into her father's tent she is his, Put if she should repulse him, lifelong lisgrace would be his portion.?Harper's Weekly. Tnrtlefl. Of the several orders of reptiles, turtles are the least repulsive to most people. Among them, however, may be 'ound those which may not be handled tvitli impunity. I shall never forget ny first interview with a snapping tur:le. I was a schoolboy at the time and [ was engaged In fishing for eels in a irook, when I "had a bite,'* a good one, md to my joy I hauled out on the bank 1 kicking, struggling, four-legged crea:ure with a mud-colored, moss-covered shell and with horny spikes on the upper edge of his tail. I put out my Pand to remove the hook, a bent pin, ivhen the wicked head shot ont like a streak of lightning and the jaws came :ogether with a snap. Luckily my finders were just out of reach, or I might vntTA An A ftTTA nf tlinm lav^iuol vuc vi ht v vi iuv>uj. The flat-shelled painted turtles, the ound-'Shelled spotted turtles, and in 'act nearly all our common turtles vith the exception of the snapper and lie alligator-snapper, may be handled ind examined without - the slightest ear. "lost of them are water-turtles, md feed chiefly on animal food, but i he interesting box-turtle lives upon he land and feeds chiefly, if not alto;ether, on vegetables.?Woman's Home Companion. Plan For Navigating Amazon. W. E. O'Keefe, of Memphis, who is : n Joplin temporarily, is one of a party 1 vho have a novel plan for going up he Amazon River. The river, as is i veil known, passes through country ! vhich has never been explored. The j orests are practically impenetrable, ! he air is deadly to all but natives, and he natives are extremely unfriendly ind dangerous. Mr. O'Keefe and his larty intend to navigate the river in a teel boat, which will be propelled by :asol!ne, and will have a guard rail i vhich can be charged with electricity, j ?he boat will be eighty feet long and j even feet deep. The steel exterior , vill protect the party from any weap- j ne the natives are likely to have, and j f tbev should attempt to board they rould be given an electrical shock : rom the guard rail. There will also ! ?e a turret on the boat containing two ) apid-fire guns. "The party," says Mr. O'Keefe, "is I eing fitted out at the instance of a j unaber of Antwerp men, several of ! ?hom are scientists, and the rest ad enturera. If the expedition is a sue- I ess 'rre will try going up the Congo liver on the same kind of a trip."? J [ansas City Journal. Iq Germany the annual consumption i C iron per capita is 16S pounds and j ae production ;ju?t double that i EQOttJttt ? * ? J Successful, Her aim was never very good. Yet well it played its part; She threw herself at Cholly's head ; And hit the fellow's heart. ?August Smart Set. FITS permanently cured.N'o fits or nervous- , ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great | NerveBestorer.$2trial bottle and treatisefree Dr. B. h. Kline, Ltd., 881 Arch St., Phila.,Pa j The good don't always die young. Some- j times they outgrow it. Ladles Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot- j Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes ! easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching J feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At j all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't ac ] cept any substitute. Trial package Fueb by i mail. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. The gift of gab has caused many a man to give himself away. Mrs. Wimslo w's SoothingSyrup for ohlldrei teething,soften the gums, reduoes inflamma- ; tion,allays pain,cures wiDd oolic.25c, abottle j A search warrant isn't necessary in the quest of happiness. I'iso'sCureisthe best medicine we ever used 1 or all affections of throat and lungs.?Wk. O. Endslet, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10,1900. Scarlet fever is unknown in the tropics. B Factory Loaded Smo! It's not sentiment ? it's no most intelligent and success Factory Loaded Shotgun S give. It's their entire reliabt uniform shooting. Winchei ed with smokeless powder, j the market. Winchester " f smokeless powder are cheap Try either of these brands a Be sure to get Winches THE SHELLS THE C | Liitleion Fei ft One of the most prosperous s< V standard of scholarship* located at V and with a large patronage fron ft Jersey to Florida?an Institution tl s We will take a limited number l a Board and Full Litera j a per term on conditions made knot* J? REV. J. n. RHODI Reggie's Conclusion. . "Oh, mamma!" shouted little Reggie, as he ran to his mother in great glee, "what do you think.' I was lust j over there where tney'fe putting up j the circus, and they re filling the ring all full of breakfast food."~Augtisl j Smart Set. The Common Fate.\ ! Dan Cupid limped into his office^ All battered eld bruised was his head; A bandage and splints graced his person? "I umpired a love-match," he said?August Smart Set ?PCC STUART'S rllbbCINand BUCHU To all who eofler.or to the friends erf those who suffer with Kidney, Liver, Heart, Bladder or Blood Disease, a sample bottle of Stuart's Gin and Buchu, the sreat southern Kidney and Liver Medicine, will he sept absolutely free of cost. Mention this paper. Address STUART DRUG M'FG CO., 28.Wall 8t., Atlanta, G*. Liver Pills That's what you need; some* thing to cure your biliousness, I and regulate your bowels. You need Ayer's Pills. Vegetable; gently laxative. fcMTSgfc mWwm 1 > | Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black? Use mi i# hi a ii 1111 a nvr BUUIUNUHAM d Ult FUTT CT8. OF P&CGOIST8 Og jL P. 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