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1 GOOD READING FOR BOYS AND
H ' I GIRLS.
H I'lif iioplinut'M I'liotojriiili Some Games
. for Homo Amusement - - The Hey
M Kins ; of S | > uln Would Mki ) to Change
H IMaccs Wtt'i Ills I.ittle Subject * .
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B ' n.ii ! 4 > little .shoes
i rii--i khr&W A-standing by the
* \ ( yHfrflm ! 'Xhey suddenly be-
\ 1VAW flU Sa to talk.
H , < , /t ( H ( ) tk And this lr what
H * ' ut/2 the ' sid
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HI " • ' • V > T 1 ) ) "We're just as tired
W. 'O JdQ as wc can be ,
flf V T We've been most
Cyl ev-ery where ;
H And new our little master rests
fl It really la not fair.
M "lie's had hl3 bath , and sweetly sleeps
fl 'Twixt sheets both cool and clean ,
"While we are left to stand outside ;
Now don't you think it mean ?
Hfl "We've carried him from morn till
night ;
He's quite forgot , that's plain ;
While here we watch , and wait , and
S Till morttirjrr comes again.
"And then he'll tramp , and tramp , and
tramp.
The livelons ; summer day.
H Now thir * is what .we'd like to do
Just carry him away
"Wlicre he could never go to bed.
• Jiut stay up all the night.
Unwashed , and covered o'er with dust.
Indeed ] 'twould serve him right. "
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The rctephani's I'liotojrrapli.
The Elephant came in looking very
important.
"I'm coins to be photographed , " he
_ remarked.
H Nobody spoke for some time , but
H presently the Owl blinked at him with
H siu appearance of some interest. "Will
Kj it hurt much ? " he inquired.
j "Will what hurt ? " asked the aston-
Hj ished Elephant.
B "Being photographed. "
B "Well , of all the ignorant Owls "
H H "Don't you call me an ignorant fowl ,
B sir , " croaked tne Owl fluffing up his
K feathers hi a fine tantrum.
m "I said Tgnorant Owl , * " explained
Hf the Elephant "Do you think I would
H hurt the feelings of a bird of your po-
B silion by catling him a fowl ? No , not
H for twenty trunks. "
H The Owl accepted the apology in the
handsomest maimer. "Of course if you
didn't say it it's all right , " he said ;
"hut. realty , when it comes to fowls "
"Of course , of course , " hastily as
sented the Elephant. "I quite under
stand ycur feelings. "
I "Well , " simpered Miss Opossum , "I
dare say I am very stupid , but I must
confess I do not know what being pho
tographed means. "
And , it appeared , neither did any of
the others , so they appealed to the
1 To tell the truth , he had very little
H | idea himself , but of course he couh iot
HI acknowledge that after his rue w re-
Hl mark to the Owl , so he tried to explain.
H "It's what royalties and people of im-
H portance have done to them " he be
ll 1 gan"
H 1 "Anything like vaccination ? " said
1 11 the Owl.
H 1 The Elephant looked at him with
H 1 withering contempt. "Not in the least
H jj like it , " he said , shortly. "Think any-
H I body would go and have that done for
1 I
H I "Who's going to do it ? " asked Miss
H I Opossum.
I "The Monkey. "
( H "What with ? "
Hf "Oh , he's got the proper tiling , I as-
M sure you. " said the Eiephant. "and he
Hfl knows all about it. You see , it's like
9 this an artist man came here a little
El while ago with a box on three long
Kl legs , and he used to tie his head up in
B a cloth and look through a hole in the
B "What did hedo that for ? " asked the
H "Ho couldn't see anything if his head
H | was tied up in a cloth , " remarked MasH -
H tcr Parrot.
B "Clever boy , " ' said his father , approv-
BKHf "Well , I don't quite know what it
BH was for , " said .the Elephant , thought-
BB fully , "but he always did it ; and one
Hn day he got his head in the cloth and
K couldn't see where he was going , so
Hft he tumbled into the river , and the
HB Rhin'oceros had him for lunch said
H j he was very nasty , too , tasted of chem-
H : icals , and made him ill. "
H | ' "V. 'hat became of the box ? " asked
B \ the Owl.
B "The Monkey took it home. " said
H ; the Elephant. "He knows all about it ,
H because he saw the man do it lots of
H times. "
B ' ' 'What do you have to do when you
B : go ? " inquired.the Owl , after a pause.
B | "Oh , it's very simple. You just sit
B down in front of the box and the man
B ties his head up. and looks at you
B through the hole. "
B "Is that all ? " said the Owl , very disK -
K appointed.
B "Oh , no ! he takes you on glass then. "
B "Where docs he take you ? " asked the
B
Bj . "He wouldn't take you very far on
B glass. " said Master Parrot , and his
B father gave him a peppermint drop
B for being so sharp.
B "rii3 puts the glass in a little dart
B cupboard , " went on the Elephant , talc-
B ing no notice of Master Parrot's re-
B | mark.
B "With you on it ? " asked the Owl.
Bj "Of course not , " said the Elephant ,
B "vvll ° eSan to 6et Qlite irritable ; "you
B don't understand. He doesn 't take me
B on glass only my face , you know. "
B "What does he do with your body ,
Bl then ? " said Master Parrot.
H "It's my opinion that it's a pack of
Hj nonsense , " decided the Owl. "First he
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says they take him on glass which Is
absurd , you know , for a person of his
size and then he says they only take
his face. If so , what becomes or the
rest of him ? He can't take his head
off any more than the rest of us can.
I don't believe a word of it. " "
"Neither do I , " cried all the others ,
and then they went home.
The Elephant tliought for a long
time.
"Well , of all the ignorant Fowls "
he said at last. Grace Hartmans , in
Little Folks.
GAMES FOR EVENINGS.
Acting I'rovcrbs.
In this game each player fixes upon
a proverb which ho tells by actions in
stead of by words. The first player ,
for instance , might come into the room
holding a cup in his hand ; then , hy
way of acting his proverb , ho might re '
peatedly make an appearance of at
tempting to drink out of the cup , but o
being prevented each time by the cup
slipping out of his hands , thus in dumb
show illustrating the proverb , "There's
many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. "
The second might come into the room
rolling a stone or something to rep
resent it. After rolling it about for
some time he takes it up and exam
ines it with astonishment , as if some
thing were wanting that he expected to
find on it ; thus making it clear that
his proverb is : "A Rolling Stone
Gathers No Moss. "
If really good acting is done this
game may be made exceedingly inter
esting.
Acting Jthymes.
A word is chosen by the company
which is likely to have a good many
other words rhyming with it.
The first player then begins by si
lently acting some word that will
rhyme with the ono chosen ; for in
stance should the selected word be
flow , the first actor might imitate an
archer , and pretend to be shooting with
a bow and arrow , thus representing the
word "how" or he might with an imag
inary scythe cut the long grass ( mow ) ;
or pretend to be on the water in a boat ,
and make use of an imaginary boat
( row ) . As each word is acted it should
be guessed by the spectators before
the next one is attempted.
IJI' mil I'ostnv.m.
In this game the first thing to be
done is to appoint a postmaster-gen
eral and a postman. The table must
then be pushed on one side , so that
when the company have arranged
themselves round the room there maj
be plenty of room to move about. The
postmaster-general , with paper and
pencil in hand , then goes around the
room , and writes down each person's
name , linking with it the name of the
town that the owner of the name-
chooses to represent. As soon as the
dwiis are chosen , and all are in readi
ness , the postman is blindfolded , and
placed in the middle of the room. The
postmaster then announces that a let
ter has been sent from one town to
another , perhaps from London to Edin
burgh. If so , the representatives of
these two cities must stand up and , as
silently as possible , change seats.
While the transition is being made , the
postman is at liberty to secure one of
the seats for himself. If he can do so ,
then the former occupant of the chair
must submit to be blindfolded and take
upon himself the office of postman.
The Key King of Spain.
The words of the old poet , "Born to
command , trained up in sovereignty , "
describe Alfonso XIII. , the 10-year-old
King of Spain , who at his birth suc
ceeded'to "the throne. Yet authority
has its disadvantages , and there are
times , no doubt , when the youngest
sovereign in Europe envies his boy
subjects , A writer in the English Il
lustrated Magazine pictures Alfonso as
a pale , thin and delicate-looking little
fellow.
It was during his daily drive that I
first saw him. With his fair hair in
clined to be curly , his blue eye , and
his face gentle in its expression of lan
guor , the little king reminded me of
that Philip IV. , made famous by the
pencil of Velasquez. The thin lips
were almost bloodless , the features
seemed too fatigued to possess any
definite expression except for the far-
off look of dreaming and patience in
the eyes.
He smiled , nevertheless , continuous
ly and rather drearily , and looked un-
liiistakably bored. He seemed to be
going through his afternoon's drive
as he would go through any other of
his innumerable royal duties , obedient
ly but mechanically. He was dressed
in a sailor costume , his head bare a
small head , moreover , giving no prom
ise of intellect ; and the little boy , look
ing like one in the first days of con
valescence from some almost fatal
fever , still smiled mechanically as the
carriage rolled slowly on. Alfonso XIII.
has an English governess among other
instructors , but his education is under
the direct and personal supervision of
his mother. His exalted rank prevents
his indulging in the usual sports of
boyhood , and one of the stories related
of him has a pathetic side in this re
spect. He was seen one day gazing
-with uncommon interest out of one of
the windows of the royal palace in the
direction of the Manzanares. He was
askGt what he was looking at , and he
pointed out a couple of urchins who
were busy and happy making mud
pies , and Alfonso XIII begged , even
with tears in his eyes , to be allowed
to go and make mud pies with them.
Pie was little consoled by the informa
tion that etiquette forbade kings to in
dulge in pastimes , so unexalted. At
other times Alfonso takes his monarchy
more seriously , and frequently clinches
an argument by announcing autocrat
ically , "I am the king. " |
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POPULIST MONEY.
KANSAS STATESMEN DEVELOP
A NEW CURRENCY SCHEME.
The T'CgWliUurc Ih Coul lcrIng ii 3fmv
Financial Seheme. Introduced by Stuto
.Senator Campbell Wants it Stsite Currency -
rency Xhut Would Mean Kuln.
Briefly summarized , the measure pro
vides for the issuance of paper cur
rency to an amount equal to 1 per cent
of the assessed valuation of the state.
These notes arc to draw interest atthe
rate of l per cent per uuUni7 though
no date is fixed for their final redemp
tion , nor is it stipulated that they are
to be redeemed at all. They are to be
divided out among the several coun
ties in amounts proportionate to the assessed -
sessed valuation of each , and are to
be expended by the county commis
sioners in payment for work upon the
roads at the rate of $1.25 per day fo'r
a man and ? 2 per day for a man and
team. It is also provided that state ,
county and municipal salaries shall be
paid in them , and that in no case are
they to go for less than par. To give
them a value they are made receivable
for taxes , both state and county , and
it is provided that when they shall have
been sent to the state treasury in pay
ment of such dues they shall be de
stroyed.
Senator Campbell says he is well
aware that the federal constiution for
bids the making cf anything legal ten
der except gold or silver , and he does
not declare in hss measure that the
state currency shall possess any such
quality , but to assure its circulation at
par he has inserted a clause which re
cites that if any man shall practice
a "device" which has the effect of de
preciating the currency , he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
lined and sent to jail.
Let us imagine a case which shows
the futility of such an attempt to make
this money "go. " It is not legal tender ,
for Senator Campbell has expressly so
declared. The mvn who refused out
right to take it would therefore not
be guilty of any "device" to depreciate
its value. The man who worked on the
road and was hungry for meat would
perforce be compelled to sell it for
some price , and the instant he com
menced to talk anything less than par
he would be guilty of the crime of "de
vice" and go hence to jail.
Against Trusts.
( Washingloi correspondence New York
Tribune. )
The fact that large and powerful
trusts , combinations , syndicates and so
on , to control the output and prices of
various commodities , exist and flourish
in free trade England , and that like
combinations exist and flourish in this
country to control and regulate produc
tion and prices of various articles
which arc not affected by the tariff or
by foreign competition , is a sufficient
and conclusive answer to the charge
that a protective tariff necessarily en
tourages and fosters such combina
tions , " said a prominent and influen
tial member of the house of represen
tatives who has long been a careful
and thorough student of economic sub
jects , in conversation with a Tribune
correspondent today. "But , " he added ,
'it is undoubtedly a fact that manu
facturers in certain lines of industry
who arc protected to a certain extent
against foreign competition by the
tariff and who have entered into such
combinations have taken that fact into
consideration and used it as a factor in
their calculations. In framing the new
tariff I trust that Chairman Dingley
and his colleagues in the committee on
ways and means will be on the alert ,
and not fix a single rate of duty at a
figure which will promote the designs
of such a combination or discourage or
prevent the freest competition among
American manufacturers. We certain
ly do not want another 'Sugar trust'
tariff , or any other tariff that will de
serve to have the name of any trust
applied to it. "
There is pretty good reason to believe
that the members of the committee on
ways and means those of the majori
ty , at least fully sympathize with the
views above expressed , and that in
framing the bill they will be guided
by a determination to guard as far as
possible against any provision which
would give special privilege to any per
son or combination of persons or hin
der or prevent free domestic competi
tion.
Failures of 1890.
There were 15,088 commercial fail
ures in the United States in 1S96 , with
a\rerage liabilities of $14,992. This is an
increase of less than 2,000 in the num
ber of failures over 1895 and increase of
less than $900 in average liabilities.
The number of failures to the number
of firms in business is as 12.8 to 1,000
while in 1S78 it was as 15.5 to 1,000 ,
showing a relative decrease in the
number of business disasters last year
as compared with 1S78. And the aver
age liability in 1S7S was also larger
than last year , being $22,3G9.
Many of the failures of 189G come
from crippling losses of previous years.
Many that were able to weather the
financial storms of the three previous
years , could not carry themselves any
longer and had to succumb. Of course
there is a large element of mismanage
ment to account for disaster , and mis
management was sure to shc quicker
in years like 1S9G than in years like
1S92.
1S92.The
The clearing away of these unsound
concerns can not but be a blessing to
the financial world as a whole , and the.
building up process which has slowly
begun to exert itself , will find the very
hest of foundation upon which to place
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Its feet. Surely the trying times of the
past four years have burned their man
ifold lessons Into the very hearts of
the business world of the United States.
.JeiT. Davit * Still Their Idol.
Little Rock special : Six years ago
"
this * month the Arkansas legislature
passed a bill appropriating § 350 for a
painting of Jefferson Davis , and In
structed the sergeant-at-arms to hang
it over the speaker's chair , a place
formerly occupied by a portrait of
George Washington. Today Jacob
King , of Stone county , introduced the
following resolution relative to the pic
ture :
' ' .be it resolved by the house of rep
resentatives of the state of Arkansas ,
That Hon. Jefferson Davis' picture be
removed from where it now hangs and
placed to the left of the speaker's stand ,
where General George Washington's
picture now hangs , and that General
Washington's picture be placed over
the speaker's stand , where Jefferson
Davis' picture now hangs. "
The house by an overwhelmingly ma
jority rejected the resolution.
Mr. King says he was in the Confed
erate army and was with Gen. Lee at
the surrender at Appomattox , and in
troduced the resolution at the urgent
request of his constituents.
It Meant Projection.
It is simply impertinence on the part
of the free traders to be blathering that
the McKinley policy is to tinker the
tariff , and that there was no issue be
fore the people last summer but that
of "gold. " Three times in three suc
cessive years the Democratic tariff
was condemned , and that tariff inflicted
paralysis upon the country and was
the direct cause of hard times. Now
the Democrats who imposed this mis
chief upon the people talk about tink
ering the tariff. If the congress is not
balked by the silver crowd , there will
be another McKinley law , named for
Mr. Dingley , of Maine. That is what
the whole nation knew ihe election of
McKinley would mean just that sort
of law one for more revenue and more
protection. He said so. All his friends
said so. Thpy all were perfectly aware
that a vote for McKinley was a vote
for a protective tariff. There were
no false pretenses no disguises about
it. There never was a more candid
campaign so far as the Republicans
were concerned.
It has been announced that Presi
dent McKinley would wear at his in
auguration a suit of American-made
clothes , meaning a suit made of Ameri
can wool , woven in American mills ,
and cut , fitted and put together by
American tailors. An English paper
undertakes to make fun of the idea ,
and has a caricature representing Mr.
McKinley in a baggy , unfashionable ,
ill-fitting suit. This is all the funnier
because the English are notorious foi
lack of taste in dress , and for having
the worst clothes of all the great na
tions , so far as style and fit of gar
ments are concerned.
ABOUT SHOPLIFTING.
In one of the big department stores
of New York city the throng of eager
bargain hunteis is startled every now
and then by the sharp ringing of a
boll. Sometimes there is but one ring ,
again there are two , but the crowd of
customers afte ra wondering pause
goes on and forgets the occurrence.
The ringing of the bell means that a
shoplifter has been caught.
During holiday seasons or when big
bargains are advertised the ringing
of the bell is very frequent. One ring
summons only the house detective ,
who knows that a new offender is sus
pected and must be taken to the offices
and searched. Two rings summon the
whole corps of house detectives , who
are called to take a look at some old
offender caught red handed with the
goods before the patrol wagon comes
to carry him or her away.
Similar scenes as these are enacted
every day at the big stores in all large
cities , while the tempting shops of the
jewelers and silversmiths are especial
ly haunted by light fingered customers.
It is curious , but sedate and quiet Phil
adelphia is notorious for the number
of shoplifters caught there. Philadelphians -
phians claim , however , that this is not
because there are more thieves in Phil
adelphia , but because their watchmen
and detectives have superior vigilance.
It is said John Wanamaker employs
more detectives to guard his wares
than any other storekeeper in Ameri
ca , and whenever he sets up-new stores
he follows the same rule of employing
a large force of detectives. Shoplifting
and catching the shoplifters has devel
oped of late years surprisingly and is
due to the growth of the department
stores.
Shoplifters mostly steal trifles , things
they have no use for. but which they
take simply because they are handy ,
nobody is looking , and they cannot re
sist the temptation. A young woman
was caught one day who wore a stout
rubber band for a dress belt , with
pockets hanging to > the belt , and in
them were no less than thirty stolen
articles from the store in which she
was caught and twelve from other
stores. Some of these things were the
merest trash children's toys , spools o ?
thread and bits of ribbon. The theft
of a ten-cent thimble was detected
and landed her in prison. Many of
the things stolen would never be
missed by the store if they were not
returned by the detectives. A large
department store has estimated that
$6,000 or 57,000 worth of its goods go
to thieves every year.
He who loses hope , may then part
with anything Congreve.
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roul Ilroml. '
Probably there I3 no one thing in bee
keeping that has had more enro and
study given It by aplarlst3 than foul
brood , and probably no ntudy which has
given as little satisfaction , for wo nro
but little nearer a solution of the true
cause of the disease than wo were when
Quinby wrote about It in the early six
ties , gays Gleanings. When a colony
has this disease n few of the larvae dla
soon after the bees seal them over. The
capping to the cell soon has a sunken
appearance , quite often with a pin hole
in the center , though not always so ,
as some claim. Upon opening the cell
[ the larva is found stretched at full
I length in the cell , hnving a brown ap
pearance , while all healthy larvae or
pupas are white. If touched , this dead
brood is of a salvy , soapy nature , and
gives off an offensive sniall. From the
first few cells the disease spreads rapid
ly till the combs become a putrefying
mass , generally during the first season ,
and nearly always during the second ,
the stench at this stage often being
smelled a ro * d or two from the hive. A
few of the larvae mature into bees and
the population of the hive decreases till
they become a prey to robbers , when
the honey is taken off by these robbers
only to carry the seeds of the malady
to the robbers * hive , for the disease is
spread through the honey as well a3
from anything ceding in contact with
it. The cure is to drive out all * . ! ; ? J
from the affected hive and keel ) thi5
[ shut up in an empty box until they
are nearly starved , so that they shall
have digested all of the diseased honey.
They can now be hived in a new hive
containing comb or comb foundation
without carrying the disease with them.
If they are to be hived in an empty
hive this starvation process has been
proved unnecessary , as the diseased
honey is all used up in comb building
before any larvae are hatched to which
it can be fed. Great care should be
taken that no bees get all the contents
of the old hive before the combs are
rendered into wax and the honey and
hive scalded. Other cures have been
recommended , but most of them are
ineffectual , except in the hands of an
expert.
Followed Dlvcrailit-d ITariiilnff.
A successful Ohio farmer writes the
Practical Farmer as follows : "We
own a farm of seventy acres. About
ten years ago we decided to make a
specialty of swine growing. We in
vested in thoroughbred stock and built
up a good-sized herd. Having every
thing in first-class condition as re
gards cleanliness , shelter , etc. , we
hoped to be exempt from cholera. But
when the time came for us to realize
upon our investment , the cholera
swooped down upon us and knocked
herd and calculations clear out. We
have since followed diversified farm
ing with good success , until this year ,
when our wheat proved a failure. We
raise corn , wheat and clover in regular
rotation ; keep hogs , sheep and cattle.
Two years ago we set out a patch of
strawberries and raspberries , from
which we sold this season § 95 worth ,
which helped to fill up the hole left
vacant by the wheat failure ; besides
consuming and canning twenty
bushels of large , luscious fruit , such as
friend Terry talks about. It must be a
tough season if we have nothing to sell
at a good price. How many farmers
depend on one or two crops as a source
of income and deny themselves the
many luxuries that the farm will pro
duce , if only an effort is made in that
direction. In addition to having ber
ries for eight or ten weeks in succes
sion a good patch of melons should be
grown by every farmer who enjoys a
good thing. "
Avoid Too Much Grain Raising.
During the past few dry seasons the
farmers have plowed up the low pas
ture land and there are many IGO-acre
farms in this section that do not have
more pasture than will suffice for two
or three cows and the calves are sent
to the butcher's block as early as pos
sible , as there is no room to keep them
during the summer months. This move
has been detrimental in many ways.
First , it has caused a large increase in
the surplus grain used , it has cut down
the , home consumption of grain , still
further glutting the markets , and it has
put many farms in bad shape for a wet
season , when much of this ground will
not grow even grass. To use a homely
expression , "It is best not to carry alt
your eggs in one basket. " The time
has gone by when grain raising will ,
one year with another , prove success
ful ; just as old-fashioned business
methods have given way to newer and
more modern means , so must the farm
er watch for and guard against waste
and unprofitable crops. There is no
royal road to riches , but care and judg
ment will help to keep the wolf from
the door and lay by a nest egg for old
age and misfortune. Manson Journal
( la. )
Canned Beef. Germany has prohibit
ed American canned meats , and Ameri
can packers are as mad as wet hens
about it. Perhaps the German inspect
ors have learned to discriminate be
tween canned beef and canned horse.
We are of the opinion that nothing
would do as much to extend out foreign
trade in food products as honest goods.
Our own people at least all of tham
who are up to that sort of stuff have
long ago prohibited American canned
meats from their tables. The last can
of "beef tongue" opened by this writer
contained , besides the tongue , a v/ad cf
hog hair as large as a small apple.
Ex.
French Excluding American Pork.
At a mass meeting held at Lyons.
France , of the orsanized Farmers'
Unions , the dealers in salt meats adopt
ed a resolution in favor of the exclusion
of American pork products , in view of
the fall in the price of swine. We wonder - '
der what excuse the French "dealer"
will advance when the price o ! hogs
gees up ? I
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of imub cr.t in Orthography. H
Spoukinjr in u. bwa.l anl general W M
way , und admitting " that every one . H
l fiablo ta umspoll a wo\l of the i' M
Hut , Ai lanju'Jiiro at nonn time in 4 H
his ilfe. b)0.1y ] , nays the Yoath's * ' j H
Companion , may ho divided into two H
cu5S03tho : "tttt011. ? spellers" and jf H
the "weak spellers. " hat "ttroag ' - M
spoiling" mean.j may ba illustrated H
by the orthographical maxim and H
practice of an excellent gentleman H
who is now dead. lits rule was : 1
• Never misspell a word for the want M
of putting in enough letters. " Aet- WM
ing on this principle he spelled girl H
gearle , do doe. and get gotte. This 1
trait would seem t ; > indicate a liberal B
disposition , and this gentleman was H
certainly a very liberal mindol man. M
His "strong spelling" did not prevent H
him from serving the public acceptably - 1
bly in several capacities. H
Another strong spaller always in- M
sis ted upon writing the word M
"pcrap. - . " thu ; : pcrhapyc. Though M
hewai frequently remonstrated with M
v. .A re-jntocVy told that there was H
no Hni1 0 ch the vc\l I12 continued j M
to spell it t .iat way. A thoroughly [ 5
• 'strong spsllcr" always seems to be 9fl
accorded a certain sympathy and J H
even admiration by tk ? ? o who ordi- j H
v" " * \/jul\1 \ ' . ' iTCjtly , while a "weak - 1
• What . " _ . "J * _ .J..iIiii , > ? " ' n. i : i3 may H
be iilusirated by the case of a gentle * H
man who recently wrote • onthusi- H
asm1' thus : ontheusam , and who gen- y M
orally spcslled ' suggest" sojest. The ' i H
tame gentleman is known to have fl H
spoiled penalty pelonty. but a peculiarity - M
culiarity of his case i-s that he never H
mispronounce ? a word , and alwuyi J J
appears in conversation what ho is , H
u cultivated gont' .eman. M
.SurcL- l ri'itoiuil ! dim. H
PinamsteeJ. . who wa ? astronomer i l
royr-l in Newton ' s timo. was rather |
tickled by the belief of hla neighbor. * H
in his powers of consulting the fetar.s H
about terrestrial affairs. An old H
washerwoman at ( .Jroemvieh. who had ] |
been robbul of hey linen , came to con- H
suit him about its recovery , so he set H
about drawing squares and circles , H
and au golcd that if she went into a- H
certain field he would not be surprised H
if hhe found her lost linen in a ditch ; H
but when she came back * nvith haste |
and joy" and a half crown in her hand H
for his fee , he was not only very much H
surpris'd. but alarmed. "flood j H
woman. " he said , "I am heartily glad |
you have found your linen , but I as- fl
mu-o you I knew nothing of it. and intended - M
tended to read you a lecture on the |
folly of applying to any person to M
know events not in human power to H
tell ; bur I u e Satan has : i mind I 4 H
should deal with him , and never will H
I attempt .such an affair zgain so lou |
r.s i live. " * Argonaut. H
U'hhn tiiilions or costive , cat a Cnscaret. J f
candy cathartic , cure guaranteed , l'Je ' , - " e. ' . 1
If a. man hu > kiu. it is equivalent to liar- H
in troul : c5. H
Hun riot la tue. blood is the SprlE . Hood's |
SarsapariiTa expels every trcce cf humor , girt * j H
a good appetite and tones up the system. H
Sarsaparilla LbS fl
Purifier. All drucsists. SMixforS- IloodV. H
Hood's Pills SSLJS o 'iVpa : M
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not use a letter morn times than it occnr * in. the J H
wcrdBE\UTIFUL. fj > e only Ennlinh words. Th M
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THh HOUSEHOLD COMPANION , containing H
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