June's Invitation.
How d' do , little men , and women ,
too ?
I have como to play with you.
I am June ; you can guess
By my flower-spangled dress
And Its petticoat of green
And my airy cloak of blue
That I'm fond of being seen.
Or , I'm just the vainest thing !
And I flout about , and sing
Ev'rywhere , I'm so brimming full of
Joy !
Follow me , you barefoot boy ,
And I'll show you to a pool
Where the flshes have a school
Such a perfect place to swim ,
Full of water to the brim ,
Laughing as It calls you in.
Take my hand , little maid ;
I will lead you to a glade
Pink with roses wild and bright ,
And a flutter with delight ;
Where he bumblebees are met ,
Sipping nectar cool and wet
As they mumble , I'm afraid ,
Like old topers at an inn.
Take my hands , one and all
June has come to make a call !
R. C. K.
Story of a Papoose.
By Hulda T. Hollands.
Our house stood on the brow of a
hill , just on the edge of the apple
orchard , which reached from the back
dooryard fence to the river shore. A
great spreading russet tree grew near
the bank , and it was under this tree
that the Indians used to camp when
traveling up and down the river. We
were well acquainted with some of
them , and would run down the hill
the minute we saw the smoke from
their Ores or caught a glimpse of their
wigwams through the trees.
One morning mother came to the
foot of the stairs and called us to
breakfast. The first time she called we
just opened our eyes , threw the bed
clothes partly off , turned over , and
went to sleep again. But the second
time she called us she told us that the
Indians were in the orchard , and we
were wide awake in a moment. We
jumped into our clothes and started
on a run for the wigwams , forgetting
all about our breakfast and everything
else. We rushed along the patn
through the rye that grew on the flats ,
slipping and sliding on the windfalls
that were scattered under the apple
trees , never stopping until we stood ,
all out of breath , in the center of the
camp. There was no one to be seen ,
and we thought at first that they must
all be asleep.but we soon heard strange
noises within the wigwams , as though
someone were groaning or trying to
sing without knowing how. We were
at a loss what to make of it. Always
before the Indians had come out to
meet us , and seemed very much pleas
ed to see us when we visited the camp ,
and now we began to feel a little bit
frightened.
"Let's go home , " said Jack ; "they
ain't our Indians. "
"Wait till I take a peep , " I whisper
ed in answer , as I lifted one corner of
the blanket door. But I did not have
a chance to see much , for at that very
moment a tall Indian , with stripes of
red and black paint across his cheeks ,
and a long knife in his hand , shoved
the blanket aside and jumped out , giv
p. x ing a loud whoop as he landed on his
{ feet on the sand.
Did we run ? Well , now ; you should
have seen us. We did not wait to fol
low the path , but took a bee line for
the house , straight through the tall
rye and the melon patch. Mother saw
us coming , and ran out to meet us.
"You had 1ter keep away from
them , " she said , when we told her
what had happened. "They have
been drinking , and it is not safe to go
near them. "
We kept on the inside of the door
yard fence all that day. The next
morning the camp was gone. We
waited until we were quite sure there
were no strange Indians loitering in
the orchard ; then we went down to
the river. The fire was still smolder
ing on the sand , and there were scraps
of dried meat and hulled corn scat
tered under the tree. All of 'a sudden
Jack cried out :
"What's that ? "
My heart began to thump , for I ex
pected nothing less than to see a big ,
painted Indian , ready to grab my scalp
lock. Jack pointed to the tree over
our heads. A piece of birch bark , tied
at each end with strings , was hanging
to one of the lower branches , swinging
back and forth like a hammock. Fas
tened in it with strips of buckskin was
a bundle wrapped in a blanket. We
looked at it awhile before we spoke ,
and had not quite recovered from our
fright , when I whispered :
"Let's climb the tree , Jack , ani see
what It is. "
It did not take us long to get
where we could look down on the bun
dle , and what do you think it was ? A
real live Indian baby fast asleep in its
bark cradle. We did not dare to touch
It for fear the Indians might be watch
ing us , but we hurried down as quick
ly as we could and ran home to tell
mother what we had found.
"They've gone off and forgotten It ,
the poor little creature , " she said , as
"fhe tied on her sunbonnei. and went
back with ua. When we got back the
jrraptose was wide awake , laughing and
crowing in fine style. We climbed the
tree and untied the strings , while
mother held out her arms and caught
It as It fell , cradle and all. It cried a
little at first , when it saw the strange
faces bending over it , but mother
crooned and talked baby talk , and it
was soon laughing again. She carried
It to the house and fed it , and then
we spread the blanket on the floor ,
and got down on all fours and played
with it for a couple of hours. At the
end of that time , just as we were in
the midst of a grand frolic the papoose
stretched out its hands toward the
open door and began to cry. We look
ed around and saw an Indian woman
standing there. She walked In , picked
up the papoose , wrapped the blanket
around it , and walked out again with
out speaking , and that is the last we
ever saw of our Indian baby.
and Cat ? of the Water.
In our country ponds and smaller
lakes the cat and dog fishes meet upon
about the same footing that their
namesakes do on shore. The catfish
loves to dig around in the mud of a
lily bed , and there the dogfish is very
likely to be found. The two species
fight shy of each other unless the dog
fish is much larger than the catfish.
In that case the catfish must run for
its life , just like the cat out of water.
At the breeding time these natural
enemies also come into conflict with
each other , for both of them have ,
large families , and each loves to feed
upon the other's children. Pretty soon
now it will be no uncommon thing
to see a big mother catfish swimming
about near the surface of the water
and surrounded by hundreds of little
black baby "bullheads. " At about the
same time you will be likely to see a
great dogfish swimming in the center
of a school of hundreds of her babies ,
each one of them looking very much
like a tender little sunfish. If you
should toss a stick at either of these
families the mother would give a
great flirt of her tail , dive and whirl
about , until the water became muddy
and roiled. By the time it cleared
there would be not a baby fish , in
sight and the mother fish might be
seen swimming alone in another part
of the pond. Now , evidently , when
the mother fish noticed the approach
of a human enemy ( for the fish have
been taught by cruel experience to
consider all humans enemies ) she said
to her little ones : "You are in danger ,
so when I roile up the water you hide
in the mud and keep as still as a clam
until I signal you to come to me. "
This is proven by the fact that ths
little fishes always bury themselves in
the mud until the mother gathers them
together again after they have been
frightened. How she does this is a
secret , but if you keep quiet for a few
moments after having disturbed her
you will suddenly discover her swim
ming near the top of the water with
a frolicsome crowd of her young ones
about her. It is said that when the
babies are very young and small they
take refuge in their mother's mouth.
I know this to be true of certain kinds
of snakes. More than once I have
seen a hungry-looking dogfish follow
ing a school of infant catfish , and
evidently waiting for a chance to rush
up and get a mouthful of juicy young
"bullheads" while the mother was not
looking , for the mother cat is a dan
gerous fish for any other to quarrel
with when her family is around her.
When the young of the catfish have
reached a length of two inches the
mother begins to wean them from
following her , teaching them to shift
for themselves. But she keeps a close
eye on them long after and is ready
to come to their rescue in time of
danger.
. _ , .cds In Summer.
We always associate sleds with ica
and snow , and the idea of people sit
ting on an ox sled with a canopy over
their heads to keep off the rays of the
blazing sun , and being hauled over the
bare ground by oxen is a queer one.
But that is precisely what they do in
Madeira and the Philippines. There
they have the novelty of a sled ride
surrounded by flowers , grass and green
trees , with the warblings of birds in
stead of bells as an accompaniment.
In these countries sleds were used hun
dreds of years before wheeled vehicles
were thought of. Dr. Karutz , a noted
German scholar , who has been inves
tigating the invention of the sled , ex
plains that primitive man probably ar
rived at the idea of the sled from see
ing trees slip and .slide down the
mountains. He at first hitched his dog
to the deer that he had just killed , and
both dragged "it toward the cave or
tut in which they lived. When he
saw logs slide down the mountain 11 * ;
idea of using smooth logs that would
slide over the ground easily when
tfcawn by himself or one of his ani-
roals was the next step in the devel
opment of the sled. Primitive peoples ,
like the Malays of the Philippines and
the unprogressive peasants of Madei
ra , still use the sleds invented by their
ancestors thousands of years ago.
Large quantities of Australian ap
ples will be put on the Scotch and
English markets this year.
Made a Fincer of a Too.
A substituted forefinger was shown
by a Koenigsberg doctor at a surgical
congress in Berlin recently. He had
cut off the patieMt's second toe and
sewed it to the stump of the missing
finger , and the operation was success
ful. The doctor did not explain hewer
or where he was going to get a new
toe for the patient , so it looks like a
case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
You can generally tell if a woman
has on torn gloves by the suspicious
way in which she holds her hands.
SAYS
"B dootored with two of
the bast doctors in the city
for two years and had no
relief until i used the
Pinkham remedies *
"My trouble was ulcer *
ation of the uterus * i suf
fered terribly , could not
sleep nights and thought
sometimes that death
would he such a relief *
* * To-day I am a well wo
man , able to do my own
work , and have not a pain *
' * B used four bottles of
SLyeSia E * PSnkham's Vege
table Gomnoundand three
packages of Sanative
Wash and cannot praise
the medicines enough. "
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS ,
Q3 $ Pine St. , Easton , Pa *
Mrs. PSnkham advises
sufftaring women without
c&arge *
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. , Lynn , Mass.
Garter Vacancy.
According to the London Chronicle
there is now a garter vacant , and If a
plebiscite decided - on whom It should
be bestowed there Is not a doubt but
that K. G. would be placed after the
name of the field marshal commanding
in south Africa , who most certainly
merits the distinction quite as much
as Lord Elgin , on whom it was so
properly conferred by Lord Salisbury.
In the last two centuries the garter
has been only thrice given for military
services to Marlborough , Wellington
and Lord Anglesey and , strange to
say , no naval commander appears to
have had it ; not even Nelson.
Japanese X.OTO of Nature.
The Japanese is a born lover of na
ture. Whatever he produces , from the
most painstaking work of art to the
simplest household utensil , is after
natural models. Injthe representation
of figures and scenes the Japanese dis
play a perception which is astonish
ing. With a couple of strokes of the
brush they reproduce what they see
with a truth to life which is almost
incredible.
Eyes of the House-Fly.
The common house fly is said to be
provided with 16,000 eyes ; that is to
say , his two compound eyes have each
8,000 facets. By this singular arrange
ment he is enabled to see in every di
rection , and to elude with great skill
and success the many dangers that
threaten his daily existence.
Famines of Modern Times.
- The worst famines of modern times
were the famine in Ireland in 1846-47 ,
In which 1,000,000 people perished ; the
Indian famine of 1866 , which claimed
1,450,000 victims : the Indian famine of
1877 , in which 500,000 people perished ;
and the great famine in China in 1878 ,
in which 9,500,000 died.
Improved Electric l amp.
An improved electric lamp has a
pencil of refractory material suspend
ed inside the bulb and surrounding the
wires , the passage of the current
through the latter heating the pencil
and causing it to glow with a white
light.
Another Peace Conference.
The Pennsylvania clergyman who
tried to separate two pugilistic deacons
and was "punched" by them finds but
little satisfaction in the fact that all
three are now arrested for assault and
battery. Providence Telegram.
This is the time of year when men
would like to have a law passed to pre
vent women from housecleaning.
Caterpillar * 20 Cents o Quart.
The village of Saratoga has reopened -
oned Us public market for the pur
chase of the forest tree caterpillars
which started out to destroy the street
shade trees , says the New York Press.
Three hundred people , residents and
visitors , brought the pesto in pails and
pans and received 20 cents a quart for
them from the village , which buries
them alive. Nearly $200 was paid out
yesterday. This method of extermin
ation Is found more effective than
spraying the trees.
And All Was Urlcht Again.
A widower down east felt keenly the
death of his wife. She waa a good
woman , and he mourned for her tak
ing off constantly. He had a handsome
monument erected at the head of her
grave , and thereon placed this beauti
ful inscription : "The light of my life
has gone out. " In the course of a year
he met and married a woman who very
much resembled his first wife. In or
der that she might not feel too keenly
the position in which she was placed
he added to the Inscription on the
monument : "But I have struck an
other match. " Freeport Journal.
One of the Emperor' * Fads.
Among the many fads of Emperoi
William is his passion for collecting
boots and shoes of famous people , his
collection of these particular objects
of attire constituting a fitting pen
dant to his huge museum of uniforms.
The collection is kept in the marble
palace at Potsdam and there are some
2,000 pairs , from Greek sandals and a
pair of slippers reputed to have be
longed to Mahomet to the boots of
Wallenstein , of Gustavus Adolphus , of
Peter the Great , of Frederick the Great
and lastly of the first Napoleon.
Sir Richard Cartwrlght.
Sir Richard Cartwright belongs to
one of the old Tory families of Upper
Canada , and in the early days of his
public life gave an independent sup
port to Sir John MacDonald. Since
the period of the "Pacific scandal" he
has acted with and been a member of
the Reform party. He was Finance
Minister in Mr. Alexander McKenzie's
cabinet. Sir Richard was never a
member of a government of which Sir
John MacDonald was premier.
The Peacock Feather Craze.
One sees new examples of it con
stantly. There is a craze for peacock
feathers. An elaborate housegown ,
for example , is of gray panne with
long peacock feathers embroidered on
the skirt. This frock is cut in the Di-
rectorie fashion , with a short bolero
of guipure edged with chinchilla. The
collar and revers of the little jacket
are faced with a changeable blue and
green velvet.
Millionaire to Peddler.
Less than two years ago Grant Gil
lette was perhaps the leading cattle
dealer and speculator in Kansas. He
was worth millions. Just before
Thanksgiving , 1898 , he collapsed
through overspeculation. Cattlemen
andx banks are now fighting over the
remains of his once vast estate , and
Gillette is now peddling in Chihua
hua , Mexico.
"In Honor of Ills Lost Leg : .
An odd celebration in New York the
other day was that of the thirtysixth
anniversary of the less of the leg of
former Senator Matthew C. Butler of
South Carolina , who came out of the
battle of Brandy Station in 1863 with
only one leg. The celebration was a
dinner at Delmonico's given by Mr.
Butler to some of his friends.
Ladles Can Wear Shoes.
One size smaller after usingAllen's Foot-
Ease , a powder. It makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen , hot.sweating- ,
aching feet , ingrowing nails , corns and
bunions. All drujgists and shoe stores ,
25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted , LeRoy , N.Y.
Cooperative Mines in Colorado.
Officers of the Colorado State Fed
eration of Labor are arranging to lease
from the state a large amount of coal
and mineral land on which mines will
be opened on the co-operative plan.
If London Were B. sleced.
It has been estimated that the food
supply of London would not last out a
week if its communications with the
country were broken and the inflow of
provisions stopped by any cause.
Street Railroads In Great Britain.
Some nineteen or twenty British
cities own and operate street railway
systems , and of the whole track mile
age in Great Britain over one-third is
owned by the public.
Brilliant Before torros.
Glow-worms are much more bril
liant when a storm is coming on than
at other seasons. Like many other
mysteries of nature , this curious cir
cumstance has never been explained.
Opportunity often goes past the door
where the knocker is kept too bright.
Married Moro Tlitin Seventy Yearn.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Brown , who
live half a mile from Hagerstown ,
Ind. , have been married over seventy
years and are still comparatively
hearty. Mr Brown was born Decem
ber 25 , 1808 , and his wife July 17 ,
1811. They are the parents of eleven
children , six of whom are still alive.
God uses the chaff to protect the
wheat.
What we can is the measure of what
we ought.
Carter' * Ink In Cued by the
greatest railway systcmo of tlic United States
They would not use it If It wasn't the best.
Holy joys are current coin in heaven ,
but they will not pay church expenses
on earth.
FITS Permanently Cured. 5c C.ts nriervouirnrs > aft r
first day'n ure of I > r. Kllne'n ( irrat Xrrve Krutmrr.
Beml for FREE 82.OO trial i itt ! and trratl .
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It is always easier to weep over the
wanderer than to keep him at home.
Dyspepsia Is the bane of the human system.
Protect yourself against its ravages by tlie
of Beeinan'K Pepsin Gum.
The blusterings of the inndel are the
winds of a tempest-tossed heart.
Piso's Cute is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the thro it and lun s. WM.
O. ESDSLEY , Vanburen , Ind. , Feb. 10,1900.
When fortune knocks at a man's
door it's his own fault if the Knocker
is out of order.
The favorite for restoring life and color to the har !
lul'AUKKIt'S IlAIll llALJjAM.
HINUSRCOII.NB , the bent cure for corns. IJGU.
Some girls seem to think their edu
cation is complete if they know all the
latest coon songs.
Are You Until ? Allen' * Foot-HrneT
It is the only cure for Swollen ,
Smarting. Burning , Sweating Feet ,
Corns and Uunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease , u powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores , 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy , N. Y.
Every man deceives himself more
successfully than he deceives others.
A Crowbar Would Have Done.
"Really , " exclaimed the waitress in
Mrs. Starvem's boarding house , who
had seen better days , "we never fur
nish a knife with pie. " "No ? " re
marked the new boarder. "Well , then ,
bring the ax. "
Mix all your grief with gratitude
and it will taste of the latter.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
There is no harm in the tongue when
work keeps pace with word.
Mrs. VTinsIow's Soothing Syrnp.
"For children teething , softens the Kims , reduces In
flammation , allays pain , cures wind colic. 23cabottlo-
The plea of consistency often means
cowardice.
Cure that DnndrufT
by usinp Coke Dandruff Cure. We guar
antee it to cure or ref uiid the money.
You rarely convince a woman of a
wrong opinion by arguing with her.
Ifeautlful. FInf I.iiica
is best preserved by the usa of "Faultless
Starch. " All grocers 102 a package.
Always be willing to take advice ,
even If you do not follow It.
Use Magnetic Starch it nas no equal.
The man \\ho marries a widow
musn't expect his wife to believe every
thing he tells her.
If you have not tried Magnetic Staith
try it now. You will ihen use no other.
Many a day shall we rest In the
grave.
Try Magnetic Starch It will last
longer than any other.
A letter is one of the best evidences
of culture.
Magnetic btarch is the very best
laundry starch in the world.
One of the best places to cultivate
patience is at the dentist's or the ecu
list.
Soldiers' Homestead Claims.
The friends of the veterans of the
Civil War are complaining of the un
fortunate delay of the General Land
Office in acting on the applications for
soldiers' additional homestead rights.
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress who are friendly to the old sol
diers should inquire Into this matter.
Vnlno Vurlr * With AC" .
Judge Addition Brown of the United
States district court in New York
City has decided that , the amount of
damages collectable from it common
carrier whoso negligence haw rcaultcd
in loss of life varies with tl.v ago of
the victim. Thus the widow of a
man aged 50 got $5,000 , while the
widows o'f two other men , each nged
37 , received $7.600.
The price of success varies with the
ability , temperament and conscience
of the worker.
( genuine
Carter's
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Itcil Crois Founder 1'oor.
Dr. Henri Dunant , who did so much
to humanize war , is living almost pen
niless in the hospice of Heiden In Ap-
penzell , Switzerland. He was instru
mental In founding the Red Cross so
ciety by a literary work called "Un
Souvenirde Solferlno , " in which he
described vividly the sufferings of the
wounded and aroused the conscience
of Europe. The Geneva convention of
1864 resulted , and the neutrality ot
hospital and ambulance service was es
tablished.
Write ! ! as Well an Hu Flghtx.
General Andrew Sheridan Biirt ,
colonel of the Twenty-fifth ( colored )
infantry , which has so distinguished
itself in the Philippines , has the pen
of a ready writer and is contemplat
ing a history of the Philippine con
flict.
Denying a fault doubles It.
Heirs of Union Rolillcra who made horacFtearts of
lets than ICO acres before .June 22.1871 'no matter
If abandoned ) , U the additional bomontcail right
wns not sold or need , should addrem , with full
particulars , HENRY N. COPP. T7i hu > gta , o.C.
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* ve Sold MORE STEEL RANGES in Che taut year Cnnnnll other dealers come - tents complete -with poles and pins 8EHD Sets. AMD IN AND
-e rc6on for tills is that we sellTrie _ BEST RANGE sold In Minneapolis , as we can from 82. IQ UPe haue ell tlnde ot TENJT CATALQi WILL
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For starching fine linen use Magnetic
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The church that is frozen at heart is
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The falling leaves enrich the living
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