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HFw % . n Vomers Somerset , the new as
secretary to the royal commis-
/ feion on the licensing' laws , is the son
r flot only of the well known Lady Hen
ry Somerset , but also of Lord Henry
Somerset , who is still very mucn alive
although people are apt to forg-et the
fact. Owing lo certain Ecandals of an
unseemly type in which Lord Henry
was implicated , his wife separated
from him , and he found it convenient
to live abroad chiefly in Italy. He
may often be seen at the La Scala
opera house at Milan. Those newspa
pers which refer to Mr. Somerset as
the actual heir to the dukedom of Beau
fort , forget that after Lord Worcester
and any children that he may have ,
comes Lord Henry Somerset , and there
fore the son's claim is very remote.
St. James Gazette.
The Vnlno of literary History.
Literary history belongs to the do
main of fact just as much as geography
does , and the ability on the part of a
child to reel off the names of authors
and their dates is just as useless as his
ability to tell the capital of Bolivia or
to draw a map of Afghanistan. A cer
tain amount of literary history is use
ful , the amount ' given in Mr. Stop-
ford Brooke's and Prof. Bichardson's
primers and in Mr. Brander Mathews'
volume on American literature , but
not a bit more , for as intellectual
training literary history is not so effi
cient as another study. September
Atlantic.
Y- - The AVestrrn Man's Ideal.
The United States is unique in the
extent to which the individual has
"been given an open field , unchecked by
restraints of an old social order , or of
scientific administration of govern
ment. The self-made man was the
"Western man's ideal , was the kind of
man that all men might become. Out
, of his wilderness experience , out of the
\ freedom of his opportunities , he fash
ioned a formula of social regeneration ,
the freedom of the indvidual to seek
his own. $ le did not consider that his
conditions were exceptional and tem
'porary. September Atlantic
How to 31 end a Silk "Waist.
A dressmaker lays down three rules
for mending a silk waist : Use ravel-
ings when you can. Sew from the un
der side. lo ) not turn over edges , but
darn flat and trust to careful pressing.
If a bone begins to show through , do
not mend but cut off "the bone an inch.
If the silk wears off around the hooks
and eyes , move thenf , along ever so lit
tle. Make aYirtue of worn out seams
by applying black feather stitching ;
and rempniCeT tliat' silk waist is good
I as long as thcunper part of the sleeve
* remains. 'T'la ron , choker , lace , cuffs
and careftfU raeSding make a new waist
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l y- " Ajum lSrYocjFpo Soon.
It is yeryhaTilFUo df about with a
bullet.andariiie | hen y ' olir head. Still
hardearisitvhenM tfr .doctor disbe
lieves jti rlrtodacne and bullet and
-shuts sy ou. ujraj a lunatic. This hap-
pened.to a btmg , Hamburg confectioner
tionerandfor ' some-years he lived in a
lunatic asylum. f Finally he signed a
pape that b headache was a fancy
• and'thejjullijt fi iqe re idea , and that
he hacU'goi ttienlbcth ' out of his head.
And nottyrav comfc the remorseless X
uays , which .have disclosed the bullet
! in thejrfjm's skull > Ought he to be
L glad"oy'sorrx ? London World.
It Ae 'lSaby is Cnttlner Tcetn.
Be sure'aDduso that old and Trell-trlcd remedy , Mss.
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Pneum 'Stic- tubes have many uses ,
but oneof the latest is attracting a
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by medal's traps , pivots and arms. The
hay is' "Brawn into the tube , carried
through it ? with great velocety , and by
a turntableiand swinging arrangement
K mtr'e like a crane , is evenly distributed on
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jK | | vk St. Nicholas. It is called "Master
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' * M. romanticj events of the Elizabethan
# } jsj age. f The great dramatist figures as
® ' Wv one ° * e eac mS > characters , although
' iflraLifli ) * e erL , and heroine are a boy and
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MELY JOPICS FOR OUR BOYS
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AND G1RLS.
Apple rie Bird Colonies A Clcaatlo
I'snthered Creature A Wise Old
Crow I > eve Stronccr Than Deatli
Half a JPolnt.
s . TAY me with flag-
_ o x ' • me with ap-
jf , ' Pies. " Canti-
/yffift/fin $ m cles n5 -
f wrirb 0nly a sprlnWe of
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if • ftonr' ' spice , my dear ,
T A : . I Just a flavor of
1 1 11 T ) spice
* " i J i But lots and slath-
'I * ers of butter ,
yeller an' sweet an' nice ,
An * any kind so it's apple , apple 'at's
cored an' eliced
An' covered with tree molasses three
times a day or twiced ;
Flaky like gran'ma made 'em in doz-
ens'o' different ways
Turn-over , tcrossbar an' open , way
back in the airly days
When in through the kitchen winder
Love an' the butterflies
Lost their wits at the smell of the
'
spice in her apple pies.
Story ? there ain't none , daughter ,
only the sweet old song
That'll make the whole world love you
if you don't sing it wrong.
Your mother sung it sweeter 'n a
warblin' blue-bird might ,
When she's your age say twenty-
'
blue eyes , complected light ,
An' hair like home-made candy tied in
a golden twist ,
With lips like a baby's , 'at's always a
bein' kissed ,
An' love flew out an' stung her as she
plucked him in disguise
Out of the tree molasses an' spice in
her apple pies.
That old , old story , daughter an'
mother ' 11 tell you so--
Ib sweeter 'n when it happened ever
so long ago ;
We've growed so close together , like
buds on an apple spray ,
We're fonder of one another , but not
in the same old way.
Then we was young an' chipper , an'
acted like sweethearts do ,
But there was a lovers' heaven we
sweet-hearts never knew ,
An' Love flew out of it , daughter , with
the bees an' butterflies
An' let us in at the smell of the spice
in her apple pies.
Edwin S. Hopkins in Judge.
Bird Colonies.
Within the Arctic circle are the
great bird colonies. The largest and
most remarkable is that of Svaerholt
Klubben.
Every inch of this wonderful cliff ,
which rises about a thousand feet from
the water's edge , and is of considerable
greater breadth , may be said to be
used by the birds. The discharge of a
small cannon in the immediate neigh
borhood will darken the air with mil
lions of birds , but even then a field
glass will reveal the innumerable
ledges white with undisturbed millions.
These consist almost entirely of the
small gull ( Rissa tridactyla ) , and they
are a source of considerable income to
the owner of the colony , who lives at
the little fishing station close by.
About the middle of May every year , by
means of a. long ladder placed against
the foot of the cliff , he proceeds to col
lect the eggs. Of these there are at
most three to each nest , and the num
ber taken averages from 5,000 to 10 , -
000 annually , or the produce of , say ,
2,000 pair of birds. Ropes are aot used
for this purpose of Svaerholt , as they
are in the Faroe isles , so that the
highest of the above figures represents
only a very small percentage of the
yearly production of the colony , as far
the greater portion of the cliff face ,
where the nests are packed as closely
as they can be , remains absolutely un
touched.
The food of these multitudes of. birds
during the summer months consists for
the most part of fish spawn ( more par
ticularly that of codfish , which is
abundant in these northern waters ) ,
and of .the small Crustacea , which are
driven to and fro by the currents along
the coast in immense masses. To the
latter belong the tiny organisms Cala-
nus Finmarchicus and Uphausia Iner-
mis , the favorite food respectively of
the whales , Balaenoptera borealis and
B. Sinbadii , when these giants approach
preach the mouths of the great fjords
in July and August In winter the fa
mous cliff is completely deserted. By
the end of August the young gulls are
able to take care of themselves , and all
take their departure , to return no more
until the following year in the month
of March.
A Wi e Old Crow.
A naturalist who is much interested
in birds says that the crow is the wis
est of all feathered animals. He has
made a number of experiments re
cently and declares that an ordinary
well educated crow can count to twen
ty , and that he has found a sentinel
crow , very old and very wise , that can
count to twenty-six. He made these
discoveries in a very interesting way.
Last summer he spent much time in
the mountains , where a cadet com
pany of boys was camped. One day he
found a flock of crows gathered around
a dead animal that lay near a little old
shanty in the woods. They flapped
away when he approached. So he hid
himself in the old shanty and waited ,
but they did not come back. Then he
went out and walked on up the moun
tain , and they all settled down again to
the feast. That afternoon he took four
boys from the cadet camp with him ,
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and the five marched into the little
building and waited. No crows came
back. Two of the boys went out Still
no crows. Then the other two went
out and only the naturalist remained.
But the old sentinel crow had evi
dently counted them as they went in ,
and he knew they had not all come out
So he sat on a dry pine stump and
said : "Caw , caw , " quite derisively. At
last the naturalist left the building , and
straightway all the crows returned.
This experiment was repeated a num
ber of times with varying numbers of
boys , but the crows kept count , and
would not come down until the build
ing was entirely empty.
At last a whole "platoon of the cadets ,
twenty-six boys in all , and the natural
ist , marched into the old building. Then
slowly twenty of them went away. The
crows did not stir. Two more , four
more , five more went , but the old sen
tinel warned his companions that the
men had not all gone. Then the twen
ty-sixth cadet marched away , leaving
only the naturalist. In a few minutes
there were a number of hopeful caws
and a flopping of wings and the crows
returned. The old sentinel could evi
dently count twenty-six , but numbers
beyond this puzzled him. The experi
ment was tried several times , more ,
and it was found that the crows could
keep the count without difficulty up to
twenty , but beyond that they were un
certain. This shows that the crow is a
very wise old bird.
tove Stronger Than Death.
That was a touching story told by
Mr. Disraeli when announcing the
death of ihe Princess Alice in Parlia
ment She had been cautioned by the
physician not to inhale the breath of
her little boy , who was ill with diph
theria. The little fellow was tossing
in his bed in the delirium of fever. The
princess stood by the side of her child
and laid her hand on his brow , and ba-
gan to caress him. The touch cooled
the fevered brain and brought the
wandering soul back from its wild de
lirium to nestle for a moment in the
lap of a mother's love. Then throw
ing his arms around her neck he whis
pered , "Mamma , kiss me. " The in
stinct of. a motherJs love is stronger
than science , and she pressed her lips
to those of her child. And yet there
is not a woman in all the wide world
but would say she would not have had
a mother's heart if she had not kisssd
her bairn. And so it will be to the
end of time. The mother will kiss her
child , the wife -her husband and the
lover his sweetheart , though death in
a thousand forms lie concealed be
neath the vermilion coloring of the
pouting lips.
Gigantic Quadrupedal Bird.
The Connecticut River sandstone is
the geological wonderland of the New
England states. The bad lands of Wy
oming and South Dakota have rocks
and fine clays that are literally filled
with the remains of antediluvian mons
ters , but they all appear to "have be
longed to the order of four-footed
mammalia. The prehistoric monsters
of the Connecticut valley were also of
the four-footed kind but
, were prob
ably the oddest creatures of that class
that ever walked. These old-time
freaks were birds of a size larger than
any horse that now exists ; but birds
though they were , they walked on four
lc-gs.just as any other quadruped does.
No remains of these creatures have
ever been found other than their tracks ,
dozens of which have been found on
sandstone and carefully gotten out and
sent to the large museums of the
world. The bird tracks recently found
at Hastings , England , are as canary
tracks to those of an ostrich when com
pared with the.gigantic impressions
left by the four-footed bird of the Con
necticut Valley.
Half a Point.
A gentleman crossing the English
channel stood near the helmsman. It
was a calm and pleasant evening , and
no one dreamed of a possible danger to
• their good ship , but a sudden flapping
of sail , as if the wind had shifted ,
caught the ear of the officer on watch ,
and he sprang at once to the wheel , ex
amining closely the compass.
"You are half a point off the course , "
he said , sharply , to the man at the
wheel.
The deviation was corrected , and the
officer returned to his post.
"You must steer very accurately , '
said the looker-on , when only half a
point is so much thought of. "
"Ah , half a point in many places
might bring us directly on the rocks , "
he said.
So it is in life. Half a point from
strict truthfulness strands us upon the
rocks of falsehood. Half a point from
perfect honesty , and we are steering
right for the rock of crime.
"That Reminds Me. "
A deaconess remarked one evening ,
says the Deaconess Advocate , that a wo
man she had that day called upon told
her with a lugubrious face , that her
neighbor's child had died of "spinal
legitimate. " Everybody laughed , and
one said , "That reminds me of a wom
an in my district who said that her hus
band Sad an attack of 'ammonia on the
' "
lungs :
"It was a man who told me the other
day that he had been taking 'epidemic
injections , ' " said a third.
"WonSer if he found them helpful
as the 'cherry pictorial' that a woman
tcld me she was giving her child for a
cough , " said a fourth.
"I guess I'll have to prescribe that
for my patient who insists that he has
an 'ulster' in his throat , " said another ,
and then they decided that further rem
iniscences were not in order.
In Prussia the price of medicine fs
regulated by the state , and a new price
list is issued annually.
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Condolence. *
A Detroit man recently bought him
self one of the suits of tow that have
gained a great deal of popularitj" for
summer wear. The colored man who
does odd chores around hisbome looked
at it , turned away and heated a tre
mendous sigh.
"What's the matterAu < rustus ? Don't
you approve of this outfit ? "
" "luint fer me ter 'spress no 'pinion.
But I wants ter say dat ef wuscomes
ter de wus , l's redy ter stick by de
fam'ly eben if I has ter take less
wages. "
"You seem to think this suit is con
nected with hard times. "
"Yassir. But I didn't 'magine dey
wue ez hahd ez all dis. Hit doan mek
so much differ'nee ter cullud folks
W'en I wah livin' down souf I'se raised
hul fam'lies ob pikerninnics datud talc'
er coffee sack an' cut hoi's foh dere
arms an' male' it pass fer co't vest an'
breeches. But - much ez I've hyurd
'bout dese hahd times , I nebber didn'
spek ter see er she nuff white gen'le-
man have ter go 'roun in jute clo's. "
Detroit Free Press.
Iowa farms for sale on .crop pay
ments. 10 per cent cash , balance 3
crop yearly until paid for. J. MUL-
HALL , Waukegan , I1L
nil Month Made Trouble.
A few years ago two men were con
victed of horse stealing in a district
court in Montana. They deserved a
sentence of ten j'ears imprisonment ,
but the judge let them off with three.
The worse man of the two , supposing
that the sentence once pronounced was
past revision , addressed the court"I
just want to say , " he told the judge ,
"that when I get out you will be the
Prst one I will come here to kill. " "Oh ,
well , " said the judge , "in that case I'll
make it ten years. Then you won't
trouble me so soon. " ITaving said this
he turned to the other man and said :
"Is there anything you would like to
say ? " "Not a blessed word , "answered
the prisoner. The man who said noth
ing is now out. While his partner is
still behind the bars.
For lung and chest diseases , Pi.so's Cure
is the best medicine we have used. lirs.
J. L. sorthcott , Windsor , Ont. , Canada.
Komemberin Names.
There is a Boston society woman
who cannot remember names , neither
can her daughter. One day they met a
Mrs. Howe , and afterward the daugh
ter remarked : "Howe invented the
sewing machine didn't he ? Well , just
think of machines and we will be sure
to get her name. " The two ladies went
to tea a few days afterward , and Mrs.
Howe was there Dp sailed the moth
er with her sweetest smile and ex
claimed : "My dear Mrs. Singer , how
delighted I am to see you again ! " ' Soon
afterward the daughter appeared , and ,
with equal charm of manner , said : "My
dear Mrs. Wilcox , how are you ? "
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Kestorer. Free S2 trial bottle and treat i e.
Send to De. Kli.se , 231 Arch SU , Philadelphia , Pa.
Emerson's Prayer.
In the August issue of the Arena the
editor contributes the following signifi
cant anecdote concerning Whittier and
Emerson : The two were taking a
drive together when thej * passed a
small , unpainted house by the road
side. "There , " said Emerson , point
ing out the house , "rives an old Cal-
vanist , and she prays for me every day.
I am glad she does. I oray for myself. "
"Does she ? " said Whittier. "What
does thee pray for , friend Emerson. "
"Well , when I first open my eyes on
the beautiful world , I thank God that
lam alive and live so near Boston. "
What you need is something to cure
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In the number of Harper ' s Bazar is
sued on October 3d there will be given
the first chapter of "FrancesWaldeaux , "
a brilliant serial story from the pen of
Rebecca Harding Davis. The story is
original in treatment , and has for its
motif the absorbing love of a mother
for her only son. It will occupy eight
consecutive numbers of the Bazar and
be finely illustrated. "Autumn Fash
ions for Men" will be fully treated in
the next issue of the Bazar.
Diplomacy.
Mrs. Hendricks ( proudly walking out
of the sewing room ) "Well. Percy ,
how do you like my bloomers ? "
Mr. Hendricks "Oh , they do very
well , but dear me , how much older
than usual they make you look. "
On the following day a neat package
intended for the far away heathenwas
forwarded from the Hendricks home.
Cleveland leader.
Gladness Comes
" - of the
With a better "understanding-
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills , which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge , that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease , brA simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system , which the pleasant
family laxative , Syrup of Figs , prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy "with millions of families , and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact , that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important , in order to get its bene
ficial effects , to note when you pur
chase , that you have the genuine arti
cle , which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health ,
and the system is regular , laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease , one
may be commended to the most sldllf ul
physicians , but if in need of a laxative ,
one should have the best , and with the
well-informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figscstands highest and is most largely i
useu and gives most general satisfaction , j
Bier Boom In Cabbage Xeave * .
"Thehot spoil has been good for mo
in one way , " said an uptown produce
dealer. "You know there is a popular
belief in the couutry that cabbage
leaves will protect one from sunstroke.
That belief has been communicated to
the city , and the idea has cropped out
wonderfully in the past few days. You
know it's only the green leaves that
are supposed to be protectors , and the
only thing for a person to do who
wants one of them in a hurry to put
under his hat is is to buy a whole head
of cabbage. Truckmen and street
cleaners are my best customers this
week. Yesterday afternoon a half doz
en of the latter came in here , bought
four heads of cabbage , divided the
green leaves' and , with helmets stuffed
with them , went confidently back to
their broiling work. " New York
Times.
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Harper's Weekly for September 19th
will contain an important article by
Brigadier-General A. W. Greeley , U. S.
A. , on Hansen's "Farthest North ; "
lion. Worthington C. Ford will contri
bute a valuable article on Washington's
farewell address. There will be a
double-page picture by the late C. S.
Iteinhart entitled " Gettysburg
, "High-tide at
tysburg , " and the battle of Lake Erie
will be Commemorated in the "Naval
Battles" series by James Barnes , with
an illustration by Carleton T. Chap
man.
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