I 11 HE GAVE HER UP.
B " I • ssfcsRErrY and sweet
H' 1 / ilas ? ite-Iaiaen look"
H I WM&m & e ' Joslalx . ad a
H I * / T Hf natural , " prejudice
B I % I8&t against both her
& ? ?
Bt i iMp &y and ' ner nether.
werwPw They were , worldly
mffljMf § people , anoVthe girl
/fi Pii was by no mcans
I fliLWP" 1 the wife he would
WW 1 have cnosea : for hIs
" adopted non and
nephew , John Parr. Even a Quaker
8 maid would have been likely to become
[ demoralized' by the perpetual making
I ' of fine gowns and furbelows for the
I ladies of the neighborhood , and Ella
E Massie why Suddenly his train
I of thought was broken by Ella's gay
I voice.
I "Oh , Mr. Fry , " she said. "I have
I watched you all day , and I have
Ht thought how tired you must be. You
H | ( I are a good bit older than I am and I
Hp I know I get awfully tired of work and I
| -expect you do , too. "
I • The Quaker drew himself up to his
1 I full height and his handsome , middle-
j aged face , with its fine eyes and gray
| locks , looked grand to Ella as he ie-
Hl plied :
HI "Work is good , and , thank God , I
Hl nave plenty of It It keeps one from
K in
] n "I am afraid I love the world very
Bll much. It is so. , beautiful , and every
Kj ° ae is so kind to me , and I should like
HjjK to be better. Won't you teach me ? I
Hfi will try so bard to learn. "
HnK Joshua's reply was not very coherent ,
bl but whatever he said he certainly
ll thought a good deal of Ella after this ,
K'I ; and he decided that , although she did
'fl ° ot belong to the Society of Friends
| i | Bne looked as sweet and good as nay
Hii young Quaker maid she might yet be
H l converted , and she had asked him to
Hj | | teach her to be good. "And so I will , "
Hjlf I be suddenly startled himself by ex-
{ 1 i ' claiming as he pondered over the matH -
H Bf 1 ter in the silence of his chamber that
H . night.
I
H | ! m "She is only a frail sapling now , " , he
Hi fj said to himself ; "but she will learn and
H | S if ' wiH grow , and the 'mightiest oak was
K | I I once an acorn. "
Hjf I ! Froth this time Josiah made a point
Hf | 'J 1 vOf seeing Ella Massie frequently and
nl 1 | .doing his best to convert 'her to his
Hji 1 I ideas and opinions. He found in ' ner
Hr I a docile , loving nature , and her pretty
| ways fairly charmed him.
* The idea of having her about the
| ! house was certainly attractive , and yet
Blj 1 somehow he could not picture her
Hli 1 there as John's wife the girl had
Bff i fairly twined herself about his heart ,
Bij 1 and by the time the golden harvest ha-i
1 I come Josiah knew the fact only too
K | I well.
fl El i At first he chided himself and told
Bjfj I himself he was an old fool. It was
Hff 1 absurd to think that a beautiful girl
H1 | I of 20 would care for an old widower of
Hl 1 more than double her age. Still , after
Hjl I all , at even five and forty , a man can
11 m love , and love passionately , and Josiah
Mi 1 loved Ella with all the strength his
H 11 soul. 'He would not , ok course , wish
H ill to steal her away from his nephew ,
H | i | but John's had been probably a mere
B 11 passing fancy , and he was sure was
H 11 he , though ? yes , he believed he was
H I | quite sure that Ella loved him.
H I I One beautiful August evening , after
H | I I the day's work was over , Josiah Fry
H I 1 and Ella stood talking in the gloaming
H 1 1 at her mother's gate.
H | 1 "Ella , " he said. "I have come here
| 1 1 this evening because I have something
Hf § I important to say to you. Ah , you
g "I LOVE OLD MEN. "
H | smile. You guess what it is , don't
H The girl looked down for a moment
H and then , though she blushed deeply ,
9 $ she gazed at him -with her 'lovely blue
HH eyes and said :
j Hfi "Yes , Mr. Fry , , I felt sure you would
BH say something soon. "
Hh JosiaH looked radiant. It was
Hj strange how Ella's words pleased him ,
Bfi , and .yet they were not like those he
fij should have expected from a Quaker
BK maid. Still it was delightful to think
H | how she had understood .him. and no
HH one could be .more charming or more
I H • ' "Then thou art not afraid to tru3t
B me ? Thou thinkest I.shall suit thee ? "
H he
B "Yes , " she answered , "I kuow it
B They used to tell me , you were cold and
I B hard , but I did not believe' , it then ; and
B now * laugh when I think of it , for I
i Bj have learned to love you. "
I K -accompanied her words with a
H little squeeze of his brawny hand.wuich
B she then raised to her ; llps and kissed.
B Josiah felt his blood .coursing madly
B through his veins. He was delighted
B to find himself so beloved , and. though
K he was distinctly being courted by this ,
H young maid , it was so sweet to him
B that his sense of the proprieties was in
B no way shocked.
B "But , my dear , thou knowest I am
B five and forty and sometimes cross and
H "That's nothing , " laughed Ella. "I
B love old men , and feel so proud of you
j with your beautiful gray hair an-l your
H straight , tall figure. You will be a love- . ,
B ly old man , and I shall be prouder than
B ! ever
B 1 "Jack wanted to tell you all about it-
B I Jong.pgo , though be knew you would
R I disapprove of me for his wife , but I
' -
I -Tir- 1 1- . .i i in nmilim > . i i [ . .m. n n m t - i - i
begged him to wait. I told him if you
were all he said and you are that I
was sure I could make you fond of me.
I loved you a little already.because you
were Jack's uncle and had. been so good
to him , , and if I like pebple I can al
ways make them like .mo a little/- She
paused , and then after a moment's si
lence she went on : ' - , ' . '
. "Only yesterday ' I ; told 'jack he
might- speak to ' you . 'today , and now 1
do believe you must have guessed it'
for here you are giving all that we ,
want without our even asking it , ' and
I am so glad , for we could nevervhave
married without your consent. "
Darkness seemed to fall over the'
landscape , and Josiah Fry felt i . oUd-
denly turn cold. His face blanched , but
he uttered not a sound. He merely
turned as if to go home.
"Must you goinow ? " cried Ella , see
ing and suspecting nothing. "Well ,
perhaps it's time. It's getting dark ,
and Jack will be in from Birchley fair
by this time and will want his Supper.
Besides I know you want to make him
as happy as you have made me. Good
night , and thank you so much. Jack
and I will never forget your good
ness. "
"Good night , " said Josiah , mechani
cally , and he made his way across the
field to his own home. He staggered
somewhat as he walked , and his feet
seemed like lead , so that tne short
distance across the. meadow to the , farm
seemed longer than ever before. For
that.however , he was not sorry , for the
meeting with his nephew was painful
to anticipate.
Josiah , however , was no coward , so
he put a brave face on the matter , and
entering the parlor , where Jack was
waiting for him to come in for supper ,
he exclaimed :
"Well , John , business first and sup
per afterward. I want to tell thee that
I know all everything. Ella.has just
told me , and , lad , thou hast my bless
ing. She is a good girl and will make
thee a faithful , loving wife , and thou
must marry as soon as possible. "
Cincinnati Post.
JOKES FROM EUROPE.
A peasant who regularly attended the
market in the neighboring town , on
seeing the children of the orphanage
walking by in procession , was heard to
remark : "How strange ! I have now
been coming to town for the last twen
ty years , and these brats never get any
bigger. They're just the same size' as
when my father was alive. " Lokal-
Anzeiger.
A soldier , condemned to receive 25
strokes , is handed over to a couple of
comrades , who are ordered to strike al
ternately. A dispute arises at' the
eleventh stroke. "That makes ten , "
says one. "Twelve ! " replies the other.
"Ten ! " "Twelve ! " "I say , let's start
afresh ! " Le Monde Illustre.
A poor man succeeded in gaining ad
mission to the presence of the wealthy
Baron Rapineau , to whom he told the"
harrowing story of his misfortunes and
his destitution in such eloquent terms
that the baron , moved to pity and with
tears in his eyes and voice broken with
'
sobs , said in faltering accents to his
servant : "Jean , turn the poor fellow
out. Ho breaks my heart. ' ' Le Chron-
ique.
The prince of a small German state ,
whose ambition it was to gratify , If
only on a small scale , had invited a
number of gentlemen to go on a deer
stalking expedition. Everything prom
ised well. The weather was superb ,
and the whole company was in the
best of spirits , when the head forester
"
approached the petty monarch and.lift-
ing his green cap , said in a faltering
tones : "Your highness , there can be
no hunting today. " "Why not ? " came
the stern rejoinder. "Alas , your high
ness , one of the stags took fright at
the sight of so many people and has
escaped to the adjoining territory , and
the other stag has been ill since yes
terday. But your highness must not
be , angry it is most likely nothing
worse than a bad cold. We 'have given
it some herb tea and hope to get it on
its legs again in a few days. " Zitaner
Morgenzeitung.
' ' Diamond Went With the Hen. t
Recently the wife of W. J. Paxton , '
residing ° & few miles east of West
Union , Ohio/ while feeding ' a hen
and 'her brood of chickens , dropped
the diamond set in a finger Ting. No
sooner had the diamond struck the
ground than it was gobbled up and
swallowed by the hen. At first it was
decided to kill the hen and recover
the precious stone , but after a con-
sultition with her husband it was de
cided to wait a few days , so as not to
deprive the chickens of ! the needed
care of their mother. Several of the
neighbors . were told of the strange oc
currence , ' and it was soon the talk of
the neighborhood. In the meantime'
the farmer's wife had grown impatient
for the recovery of the diamond and
had determined to kill the hen in a day
or two , but that opportunity has now
passed. It was discovered that the'hen
Tvas missing , and a thorough search of
the premises failed to reveal any trace
of the missing fowl. Some one know
ing the true worth of the hen had
doubtless stolen her to procure the diamond
mend Cleveland Plaindealer.
Very Unlucky *
Watts "Honestly , how , don't you
have a sort of belief that Friday is an
unlucky day ? " ' 'Potts "I iknow it.
That's the day my wife goes bargain
chasing " Indianapolis Journal. .
• Danfceron * .
"Let's sit down on this mossy bank , "
Said she with a beseeching glance.
"Nay , nay ! " he cried in-accents . wild ; ,
; ' ! I'ia wearing white duck pants ; ' " " ,
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF IN-
TERrSXATE COMMERCE
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COMMISSION.
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CommUilon Says'.About It.
.The Supreme. XJpjut-of. ; the ; [ United
States decided in May iastiiin what Is
known as the. . Freight Bureau cases ,
"that under1 . the v interstate commerce
act the commission Jhas no. power to
prescribe the tariff of rates which shall
control in the future/ ' and "that Con
gress has not'conferred upon the com
mission -legislative power of pre
scribing rates , either maximum or min
imum or absolute. "
This decision was rendered in-cases
where the commission had held- the
rates complained of to be unreasonable
and unjust In violation of the inter
state commerce law , had found what
rates would be reasonable and just ,
and had ordered the carriers to cease
and desist from charging more than
the reasonable rates so determined.
That the commission was authorized to
require carriers not to make higher
charges than those shown and found
to be reasonable in cases Investigated
by it had been generally belieyed , and
the commission had > in that way en
forced the provision in the law for
"reasonable and just rates" since its
organization.
The commission has recently , in an
opinion by Chairman Morrison , ren
dered a decision in a case against the
Eureka Springs Ry. Co. , involving the
reasonableness of rates complained of.
In the concluding portion of. this deci
sion the ruling- the Supreme Court
in the Freight . Bureau Cases is dis
cussed , and mention is there made also
of a prior Supreme Court decision
in the "Social , Circle Case , " which , re
ferred in an ambiguous way to the
po er'of the commission in respect to
future rates. The commission says :
"While thus deciding that under the
Interstate Commerce Act , power to
prescribe rates which shall control in
the future has in no case been given to
the commission , it Is ' conceded that the
act has given the commission , power
'to determine what in reference to the
past was reasonable and just , whether
as maximum , or minimum or absolute ,
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rates. How this power to say what
was reasonable and just in the past
will benefit the public , correct any
abuse , be of any advantage or afford
any relief to shippers who are made to
pay whatever unreasonable rates and
charges the carriers may in the future
establish or continue to exact , is a
matter about which the court gives ho
information. " In the "Social Circle
case" the court said : "The reasonable
ness of the rate in a given case de
pends on the facts , , and the functfpn
of the commission is to consider the
facts and give them their proper
weight. What is their proper weight
which can be given them as to the
past ? For what purpose is the com
mission to consider them ? How can
the fact that the rates were unreason
able and unjust in the past be given
or have ! any weight while
like unreasonable and unjust
rates are , and may „ continue
to be , exacted in the .future ? in. this
case the court adopted the view of the
late Justice Jackson that 'subject to
the two leading prohibitions that their
charges shall not be unjust or unrea
sonable , and that they shall not un
justly discriminate so as to give undue
preference or advantage or subject to
undue prejudice or disadvantage per
sons or traffic similarly circumstanced ,
the Act to Regulate Commerce leaves
common carriers as they were at com
mon . law. ' "
'
" "We are here advised that the act to
regulate commerce subjected common
carriers . to two leading prohibitions to
which they were not subject at com
mon law , one of which is that their
charges shall not be unjust or unrea
sonable : Until the court decided to
the contrary in the Freight Bureau
cases it was believed- that this prohi
bition meant that the charges of com-
riibn carriers shall not be unreasonable
and. unjust in the future or. , after the
time the act was passed. In these lat
ter cases the court says : 'The fact that
the carrier is given the power to es
tablish rates in the first instance , and
the right to change , and the conditions
of such change specified , is irresistible
evidence that this action on the part
of the carrier is not subordinate to
and dependent upon the judgment of
the commission. ' But it is nowhere
lecided or claimed that under the in
terstate commerce or other act the
right of the carrier to establish and
to change its rates is subordinate to
or dependent upon the judgment or ac
tion , of any other tribunal ; and freed
t ' rom 'the judgment and made inde
pendent of the commission , interstate
carriers are not subject to any provi-
jion o f law requiring their rates and
charges to be just or reasonable ; "
"The first section of the act to regu
late commerce provides that' all
charges made for any transportation
service 'shall be reasonable.and just ;
"
and every unjust and unreasonable
charge for suchservice ; is prohibited
and declared to be unlawful. ' Under
the decision , of ih& Supreme Court no
charge for such service is prohibited.
Reasonable and. just , rates are' contem
plated , not required. "
"Under the law so 'construed , the
commission has power to say what in
respect to the past was unreasonable ,
and unjust ; but as to rates
complained of , as unreasonable ,
unjust and unlawful , and so. found to ,
be 'in the case .under consideration ;
the commission can make no provision
or order for their reduction which the
courts are required to enforce oj * the
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carriers are obliged to obey. Having ,
in the light of these decisions , given
the facts due consideration , wo ascer
tained , found and reported .the ratca
jvh'jch would be reasonable from and
ftO"Sf Louis ; Springfield and Sellgman ,
.Mo. , - tQand. rom Eureka Springs , Ark. ,
and have recommended that the car
riers reduce and conform their charges
to the facts so found and reported. This
recommendation may impress the car
riers only as may seem to accord with
their own interests , since in the present
state of the law , as declared by the
court , common carriers have the power
to establish , change and exact rates
independent of the judgment of the
commission. "
"The court concedes to the commis
sion power under the interstate com
merce act 'to determine what , in refer
ence to the past , was reasonable and
just , ' In the case under consideration ,
the commission has determined that
the rates complained of and which are
now charged by the defendants , were
in the past and are now unjust , un
reasonable and in violation of the
statute. The duty of notifying and
requiring the defendants to cease and
desist from such violations is enjoined
upon the commission by the act. "
It is evident from this official state
ment by the commission that shippers
and travelers are deprived under the
ruling of the Supreme Court of their
supposed right to compel through the
commission the adoption by railroad
carriers of ascertained reasonable
charges , and that they can only recov
er such right by securing favorable
action in Congress.
VACATION SCHOOLS IN CITIES.
A few years ago it would have seem
ed odd to choose the close of summer
for a review of educational progress.
But the summer schools have changed
all that. Nowadays much of the best
work in education is done in summer. -
Moreover , a new kind of summer
school , very interesting in many ways ,
has lately come into notice.
In the summer of 1894 The New York
Association for Improving the Condi
tion of the Poor began on a large scale
the experiment of vacation schools for
the children of the tenements. Edu
cation was not the sole purpose of the
enterprise , which was , in fact , closely
akin to fresh air funds and other
schemes for brightening the lives of
the boys and girls crowded in the nar
row streets and stifling' houses of the
poorer quarters of the city.
The Department of Schools and Ed
ucation granted the use of three cool ,
roomy schoolhouses , and the managers
undertook the task of coaxing the chil
dren into them.
Books were discarded. The children
were invited to come and play. Grad
ually the play was made work , but
work of such a sort as to keep the
pupils interested and pleased. All the
devices of the kindergarten were em
ployed. There were singing , dancing
and gymnastics. The children were
taught to play at sewing , at carpeting ,
at drawing and clay-modeling. Some
of them learned something useful ; and
all were comfortably and cleanly
housed during the school hours , and
kept off the hot streets and away from
vicious associations.
There has been no trouble about get
ting the children to come since they
have found out what the vacation
schools are like. The average daily at
tendance during the first summer was
nearly one thousand. The second sum
mer it was more than three times as
great. During the session just closing
eleven schoolhouses were used , and the
average attendance during the first
week was more than six thousand.
The cost per day for each child was
about eleven cents and a half in 1894 ;
in 189C , by better management , it was
reduced to less than five cents.
The officers of the association main
tain that the vacation schools are no
longer an experiment , and accordingly
they ask the city to make the system
a part of its educational work. Other
cities have done something in the same
direction , but nowhere else has the
plan been worked out so fully as in
New York.
Remember the Children.
"Don't ride roughshod over the chil
dren's tastes and preferences , " says a
motherly woman , writing of dress. "It
is an. old time notion that a little con
sultation and yielding here panders to
vanity. Our tastes do not come upon
us like a birthday gift at sixteen. It
is attention and skillful pruning , not a
snip at every turn , that develops the
little girl's crudities into a woman's
delicate tastes. Don't drive the little
girl into self-conscious awkwardness
by compelling her to wear something
that some twist of childish fancy ren
ders hateful. " St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
Where Sail * Are Made.
Baltimore supplies the shops of all
nations with sails. That city is the
center of the cotton duck industry of
the world , and not only furnishes sails
for foreign navies , but tents for for
eign armies , the production of its
twelve factories being greater than the
product of all other factories in the
world combined.
It is a strict rule with the big trans
atlantic steamship companies that the
Wife of the captain shall not travel in
his ship. The supposition is .that If
anything should happen to the ship ,
the ' captain , . Instead of attending to his
public duty , would devote his attention
mainly to the safety of his wlfe.
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FOR BOYS ANU GIRLS.
, SOME GOpD STQRIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR ' READERS
Hovr Flex llitcriulnatcd the Ant * A
yrctty Story of n Ooocl Little Girl
A lloy's Clever Invention About Malc-
Insr Skeleton Leaves.
youth and A c.
cctj P youth could know
/ what age knows
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ngSjSj/// { I without tcach-
W Wy/lk ) Hope's Instability
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fikViT I ( una Love's dear
/ M $ $ / f0ly' ,
I itfS § & > jfl Tlie difference hc-
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l/v * S * l < " & \ tween practicing
w ) VY nnd prcaclilnj ? ,
KlMLWii " Te , Quiet charm
JnvS L that lurks In mol-
/ Vf&FK P . uncholy
/ ff/EELj / } [ The artcr-blttcrnesw
' f of tasted pleas
ure ; ,
That temperance of fccllnsr and of words
Ts health of mind. , and the calm fruits of
leisure
Have sweeter taste than feverish zeal
affords :
That reason has a Joy beyond unreason.
That nothing satisfies the soul like
truth.
That kindness conquers in and out of
season
If youth could know , why youth would
not bo youth.
If age could feel the uncalculatlng' urg-
ence , -
The pulse of life that beats In youthful
veins , ' 4
And with its swift , resistless ebb and.
surgence
Makes light of dimcultl ' es , sport of
pains ;
Could once , just once , retrace the path
and find it
That lovely , foolish zeal , so crude , so
young.
Which bids defiance to all laws to bind
it.
And flashes In quick eye and limb and
tongue.
Which , counting dross for gold. Is rich
In dreaming.
And , reckoning moons as suns , is never
cold.
And , having naught has everything In
seeming
If age could do all this , age were not
old !
Susan Coolidge In Congrcgatlonallst.
How Flex Fought ' . 'jo AntH.
Aunt Martha's pantry was full of
ants. They crawled in the cakebox ,
they skipped in the sugar-barrel , and a
person was never sure when a slice of
Aunt Martha's delicious bread was cut
that a half-dozen ants might not fall
out of the little yeast holes. No one
knew where they came from or how
they escaped after they had filled them
selves with the good things. Half a
dozen times Aunt Martha had taken
everything out' of the pantry , washed
the shelves , put on clean papers and
looked carefully for some hole through
which the ants might steal , but he
would no more than-get the dishes back
again than the pantry would swarm
with ants.
"It's enough to try the patience of a
saint , " she said to Uncle Matthew. "I
declare I don't know what I'm goin'
to do. "
At that Flex piped in with her merry
voice :
"What will you give me to clean
them all out , auntie ? " she said.
"Why , my dear , if you'll conquer
those ants I'll have a party for you and
invite the Hill girls and the little
Coopers and any of the others that you
care most to see. "
Floxz had come down from the city
the day before to spend three weeks on
the farm with her aunt. She had been
preparing all summer for a good time ,
and now that it was here she was en
joying it as hard as she could.
"It's mamma's way , " she said to
Aunt Martha , but she wouldn't tell any
more about it.
The next day she climbed up in the
'
barn where the boys were drying their
walnuts and brought down an apron-
full. Part of these she cracked o en
and placed , meats and all , in a low tin
pan , which she set on the pantry shelf.
Then she placed little paths of wood
up to the edge , so that the ants could
climb in. The next morning you would
have been astonished to see that pan.
It fairly swarmed with ants hundreds
and hundreds of them , and they were
running up and down the pathways ,
so that they nearly crowded one an
other off. Flex emptied them all out
together , and , after cracking a new
supply of nuts set the pans again the
next night. This time she watched
carefully and her sharp eyes found a
very little crack near the floor , where
the ants came through. She stopped
it up and then caught in her pan of
walnuts every one of the remaining
ants.
"There , Aunt Martha , " she said ;
"I've done my work. "
Aunt Martha examined the pantry up
and down and couldn't find a single
ant.
ant."Well , " she said ; "I'll do my work , "
and the very next week Flex had her
party.
Deer Mice as Pets.
While rambling one evening in the
woods I sat down ona rock close by
a shaded bank all overgrown with roft ,
green moss and feathery ferns. * Not
far away there was an ancient tree
stump with a hole running in under
neath it , and what should I see peep
ing from the hole but the head of a
little reddish-brown animal.
On rolling over the stump I discover
ed beneath it some withered grass
carefully rolled into a globular nest , .
says a writer in St. Nicholas. Cautious- .
.ly drawing my handkerchief around
this I tied it up with whatever
it contained and hurried home :
with my treasure. On emptying
it into a box covered with wire
gauze I found that I had cap
tured two beautifully delicate artf ele
gant creatures somewhat larger h n
mice. Their fur was thick and soft and i
their feet were , white. But their chief :
lay in their eyes great , black ;
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liquid orbti , half protruding from the H
They soon became quito tame and M
would allow mo to put my hand Into r l
llielr ( g ' nird'givoUhem7fruIt and ber- i H
ries. After about two weeks I procured l H
a cocoanut , sawed It in two , and tak- ij H
lng half of It made in it a little door- i H
way. When I put this into their cngo ' H
they seemed to go wild with excite- J l
mont and delight In and out they ran H
through the llttlo doorway a hundred j H
times in succession. Finally they ' H
pulled their nest to pieces and rebuilt It H
in the cocoanut hut. H
Their favorite fruit Is nuts , which of H
course they cannot crack , and yet they 1
get at the Inside very cleverly , for with H
their sharp chisel teeth they dexterously - H
ly gnaw a hole through the hard shell M
and then scoop out the meat from the * B |
interior. They are fond of nice pears H
and apples , and one such fruit will last H H
them both a week. They get no water ; M
the apple or pear does for drink. H
MnUIng Skeleton Loavcs * H fl
One of the prettiest of natural ornaments - • H
ments for scrap-books or for framed H
cards or for other decorations r.re H
skeleton leaves that is , leaves from H
which all the substance has been removed - |
moved with th6 exception of the ribs H
and the larger veins. Nature sometimes - H
times makes skeleton leaves , but it ' l
does not always do this work perfectly , H
and our boys and girls don't want to k
wait all winter for her to complcto her A k
task. They can do the work much H
moro easily themselves. H
Gather a number of large , perfect / l
leaves of different kinds and place ' H
them in a pan of rain-water , to which ' i H
a trace of yeast has been added. Al- 1
low them to stand until the soft mem- W M
braneous portion has become soft. J M
Then hold them one by one In running H
water and everything but the ribs and H
veins will wash away , leaving only the ' |
leaf skeleton. If you wish to bleach J
the skeletons out to an ash color place H
them on a little shelf in the top of a H
tight soap box. On an iron dish or M
plate in the bottom lay some live coals H
and sprinkle over them a few pinches H
of sulphur. The fumes will bleach out H
the skeleton leaves , leaving them beautifully - H
tifully white and delicate. H
One Itonil Left. H
A devoted family of the Society ot H
Friends was deeply afflicted. They had H
lost their property , and were left almost - H
most penniless. The wife was sad , indeed - H
deed , and almost ready to despair ; but H
the dear old man was cheerful. The H
wife was almost ready to "curse God |
and die. " She was astonished at the |
coolness with which her husband met |
his lot ; so she asked him one day : H
"Husband , how is it that you bear f H
this trouble so well ? It almost crushes H
me to the earth. " H
"Why , wife , we are not quite so bad- j H
ly off as you imagine. We have one M
bond left which we can , live upon. " M
"Why , husband , what do you mean ? H
I thought all was lost. " f H
"Oh , no ! Here is one bond , and I H
will read it to you. It is in the old /i l
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family Bible , and reads as follows : 'I ' v H
will never leave thee , nor forsake * * H
His wife inquired : "Do you call that fl
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a bond ?
"Yes , " he replied ; "It is the word or H
God , and cannot fail. " l H
We are writing to some who are in H
trouble and need help now. Then take H
the Quaker's bond : H
"I will never leave thee , nor IP rsake H
thee. " God's promises are always "on H
demand , " and" He will be with you in ' H
six troubles and in the seventh He will j H
not forsake you. Sel. t M
A lloy's Clever Invention. M
There is a clever boy in one of the |
big skyscrapers downtown who will H
some day invent himself into a for- J |
tune. This bey sits at a desk from 9 dt M
in the morning until 5 o'clock in the * M
afternoon and makes entries in a huge \ H
ledger. At each entry he has to turn |
the pages , and this necessitates the use H
of a blotter to dry the ink which he . M
has just used. Taking the blotter up |
from the table , placing it aside before M
the page is turned takes a good deal |
of time. This boy thought about' it M
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" ' BLOTTER AT REST. H
for a-good while ; and then he fixed up M |
a marvelous little automatic blotter. HR
He bored a smooth hole through the . ( Wi J
back of his desk and threaded a piece d Hfl
of stout string through it. To the end M
of this which hung down at the bat-k | |
he tied an iron weight ; the other end ] H
he brought up through the hole and H
fastened by two strings to a stout blotting - |
ting pad having a celluloid , back. * H
Then he fixed a smooth board so that 1
the pad would slide up readily when the sT 1
weight went down. After that when 1 H
he needed the blotter he seized it , drew H
it down over the book , pressed It on J H
the spot to be blotted and then let sro * 41 1
of it The weight at the back of \ -iM
course jerked it quickly out of the wav * V
leaving it ready for the next time In 4 •
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this way the young bookkeeper wa. H
able to do more work than the man H
who had the. place before H
him innt ,
he hasn't had his salary raised f Jf < ' M
because he does not deserve it 1
A man's intelligence * I
must be . ,
above the average to enable him ir 11 l
his laugh in at the proper S * I
when
a woman Is nen
telling a funnv stCnv