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l By Charies M. Sheldon, I Author of ‘‘IN HIS STEPS,”’ ¢ JOHN KING’S - QUESTION CLASS,”’ “E{WARD © - BLAKE,' Bte, (Co_pyright, 1900, by Charles M. Sheldon.) CHAPTER VII.—CONTINUED, The front door opened quickly; a sstrong, firm step came through the. hall; and Mr. Morton.opened the sit-gting-room door and stepped in. ; “Excuse me, Ward, I left my igloves on the table,” he began, as he walked in. Then he saw Barbara, ‘who had turned as he entered. “I’'m glad to see you, Miss Clark,” ‘he said, as he picked up his gloves; and then added, as he remained somewhat awkwardly standing in the middle of the room: “How is your train-ing-school building getting on? I suppose it is hardly finished yet?” Barbara made some sort of answer, and Mrs. Ward added a word about what Barbara had been doing while Mr. Morton had been gone. Morton expressed his interest in some particular item of information given by Mrs. Ward, and told a little dincident that had come under his own observation during his lecture tour. Mr. Ward asked a question sug-| gested by something the young min-‘ ister had said, and that seemed to remind him of a story he had heard on the train. Defore anyone realizedl exactly how it happened, Morton ¥vas seated, talking in the most interest-l ing manner about his trip. He had a | keen sense of humor, and some of the, scenes he had witnessed while on his tour were very funny as he told them. DBarbara found herself laughing with an enjoyment she had not .felt for a long time. She was delighted with Morton's powers of uramatic description and the apparently unfa‘il'ing fund of anecdote that he possessed. She wondered at his remarkable memory, and her wonder wasi evidently shared by Mr. and Mrs. Ward, who had long thought Morton a marvel in that respegt. ] In the midst of a most interesting account of the way he had been introduced to a western audience by a local character, a mneighboring: clock in one of the city buildings struck ten. Morton stopped talking and rose. ~ “I had no idea it was so late. Pardon me.” He said good-night somewhat abruptly, and started for the door. . ; “You're sure you haven’t left anything this time?” asked Mr. Ward. “1 have; t‘hogg‘h." Mr. Morton: answered with some confusion, as he came back to the table and took up his hat, which he had dropped there when he tcok up his gloves. As he did so, he glanced at Barbara, who lowered her eyes. and turned towards the kitchen as iff to go out. Y _ “I wget more absent-minded every day,” he said, somewhat feebly. -~ “You need a wife to look after wyou,” said Mrs. Ward with’ decision. She had picked up her work, which she had dropped in her lap while Morton was telling’ stories, and was intent on finishing it. ; ‘Barbara opened the kitechen door, and went cuf just d@s'Mr. Ward said with a laugh: *Probably every woman in Marble Square church has some particular wife in view for you, and you will disappeint all of them when you finally make a choice - without consulting them.” o _ “I probably shall,” replied Morton, quietly, and, saying good night again, he went away. . : ¢ i Mr. Ward was silent a few mingites, and then said, as if he had Yeen thoughtfully considering a new ideh: “Morton didn’t seem at all dull or tired after coming back for his gloves. Have you thought that there micht be a reason for it?’
SNo P What rTeason?’ Ales. Ward looked up suddenly from her works startled by Mr. Ward’s manner. | “I think he enjoys Barbara’s company.’ - L : “Richard Ward! You don’t mean to say that Ralpn IMorton would - marry Barbara!” ' “I not: only think he would; ‘I . think he will,” replied Mr. Ward, quietly. el i _ Mrs. Ward was too much surprised at the unexpected suggestion to offer a word of comment at first. The thought of sueh a thing was so new: to her that she had been .totally unprepared for it. ' “How would you like to have Barbara for your ministar’s wifer” Mr. ‘Ward asked; in the bantering tone he - sometimes used. Mrs. Ward was on the point of replying a little sharply. But sufferdng had done its mellowing work in her life. Before Carl's death she would have resented as an unparalleled impossibility such a thought as that of the pastor of the Marble Square church choosing for his wife even a girl like Barbara, his intellectual and Christian equal. But many things since Barbara’s coming into the home had conspired to change “Mrs. Ward’s old habits. And, as Mr. ‘Ward asked his question now, she saw a picture of*Barbara and Carl as they had been one evening a few days before the child’s death. His little arms were about Barbara’s neck, and his pale, thin cneek was lying close against hers. . ~ “If it should come to that,” she finally answered Mr. Ward’s question slowly, “I am sure there is one woman in the Marble Square church who “will not make any troubte.” - Mr. Ward looked surprised. But, as he went out into the front Hall to Jock the door for the might, hey muttered: *“A man can never tell what a _woman will say or do when she is _struck by lightning.” e - During the week that followed Barbara spent all the time she was able to spare from aner own work in securing facts connected with her proposed plans. Mrs. Ward herself went with her to séveral well-known houses in. Crawford, and introduced ~ her to her friends. In every instance Barbara found there was the great- . est possible interest in the subject, . but no two women seemed to ‘agree ~ as to any policy or plan. There was ~ unanimous agreement on one thing; '.,;i;;gamely, a need of capable, intelligent, - honest servants in the house, who ~ were to be depended on for contint- - ous service, or for at least a period of wm;{:m that might be, xeckoned ~as continuous, the same as a busi-
tinuous service in his employ of a competent boolkkeeper or clerk who was necessary to the welfare of the business, but no more so than a competent; servant in continuous service is.mnecessary to the welfare of the home. ?
“The trouble is,” one woman after another would say, “in the girls themselves. They do not have any ambitions as a class.- They do not wish to be taught. They resent advice. They are'ungrateful for nearly all favors. They do not thank anybody to try to improve thdir condition. We are tired of constant efforts made to solve an unsolvable problem with the material that must be used.”
~ Still, in spite of all discouragements, Barbara bravely determined to go on, and her next effort was directed toward the girls who had expressed a willingness to go into service in the home instead of the store and factory.- ; . , She managed to call all these together Saturday evening at her own home and with her mother helping her ‘she made a pleasant evening, serving some light refreshments and entertaining the girls with music and pictures.. : There tere eight of them in all Two of them had had a little experience at house service. None of them, Barbaga found on questioning, was really competent to manage the affairs of a household. Two were American girls who had lived on fafmgs, and had come into Crawford 1o accept small places at Bondman’s. Their experiences there had not been pleasant, and they were ready to try something that promised at least a temporary financial relief. . Barbara gave a little impromptu talk before the girls went home, and ended by asking the girls to ask questions or talk over in-a general way the prospects of_housekeeping service as she had described it to them. “Do you think, Miss Clark, from your own experience, that the hired girl’s Joss of social standing is the one great obstacle to the settlement of the question of service?” one of the American girls asked. She was a bright-looking eirl, evidently a lover of fine-looking dresses, and, as Barbara discovered, with habits of extravagance far beyond her little means to gratify. Barbara hesitated a moment before she answered. “Yes, I think perhaps that is the most serious factor in the problem. I don’t consider it unanswerable. I
a 1 VR ST T A9O P 3 W 51]“%; SR e (z'-. SR ovate 5},4 e ] il LR i P B N et o) 3i Rl i:iigiéz |AN Mo | RS 1 el BRI ey P ! z:\\’& T e“\“‘;'fli sTR e Re T M‘ e Sl BRI g e L 0 gy |y Bl :(e oey Eeisea Gl G @WGEE s o b(0 R SR é.z .b 7 | SRS iy Wol 8 SR 8 aEs e L B | %f%! LB UTARRE e B e B o PR b Gndie “I’'M GLAD TO SEE YOU, hII%S CLARK.” believe that Christian housekeepers and Christian servants can find an answer that will satisfy them both.” “I think the irregular hours are the hardest part of the housework,” said one of the girls, an honest-faced German, somewhat older than the others. “I workedtwo years for a family in the west, and some.days I did not get through my work until dine and even ten o’clock at night. One reason I have liked the store is because the hours of labor have been regular.s-i know just exactly how long I have to work. But I cannot earn enough where I now am. I saved over one hundred and fifty dollars one year when I was out working at four dollars a week.” “It’s the dirty work thatldon’t like,” fie up a careless-looking girl whom JAgarbara had found in the bundle department at Bondman’s. Barbara - did not know just what it was that ‘had drawn this girl to her; but some- ‘ thing had done it, and there was something very atractive about Barbara to the girl, and she had expressed a certain readiness to learn the work of a [s'ervant so as to be competent. “That never troubled me any,” said the neatest girl of all. “My trouble was caused by not knowing how to do ‘the work satisfactorily. I found I did not know how to plan for the meals aml cook them properly. One of my friends, who was in the next house, was a splendid cook and manager. It was a large family, but she seemed to throw the work off easily, because she knew how to plan it right.” “That’s it!” DBarbaraspoke eagerly. “Is it any wonder that so many women complain at the troubles they have with servants when so many of them have no experience, and yet claim as high wages as if they had? A bookkeeper would not expect to ‘get and retain a place in a business firm if he did not understand the business of keeping books; yet the housekeepers tell me that girls are continually coming into their houses, claiming to be competent for the work when in reality they donot know anything about it. It is necessary for the girls to put themselves in the places of the housekeepers and ask: What shouldlhavea right to expect from a girl who came into my house as a servant?” - “There’s another thing I hear other girls complain about,” said one of the older of the company. “They say that in most families the scale of wages .paid to servants never changes. They say they never get any more a week after years of working than they got when they begun. Ilknow one girl who has been with one family five “years. The first year she had two doll lars and seventy-five cents. The third year they increased her wages to three and a half for, fear of losing her, and théy have remained at that figure ever since. Girls who work out do not have the ambition to get on that young ‘men in a business firm have. They cannot look forward to a better condi- [ Uon or Wigher pay! - . o 0 iy | “That isn’t true in somé families I 'know,” replied Barbara. .“I know S G : s s A T e L R
~some people'in Crawford who offer inwreased wages for increased ability or length of time the girlsstay with them. Of course, we have to remember that mest people who hire labor for the house claim that they can afford to pay only about so much for such work. The woman who lives next to Mrs. Ward complains because Mrs. Ward gives four dollars and a half a week. The other woman says she is unable to pay so much; but all her girls, when they hear what lam getting, want as much, whether they are capable ‘of earning it or not. Then, because she cannot pay it, they become dissatisfied and leave her. I amafraid Mrs. Ward has made an enemy out of a neighbor on my account, by paying me what she thinks I am worth.”
“Don’t you think you are entitled to the four and a half?” asked the care-less-looking girl. e “Indeed, I do,” replied Barbara, laughing. “I thinklearn every cent of it ? Sait
“Then I don’t see what:right the other woman has to find fault with Mrs. Ward for paying it.” “l donlt, either,” said Barbara, frankly. “But perhaps the whole question of wages belongs to the question of ability. I don’t think, though, that we need to talk so much about that as about the need of a true thought of what service means. There is practically no ideal of service in the minds of most girls to-day. To serve is to follow Christ, who was a servant. To serve a family, to minister in the name of God, to keep on faithfully every day in the line of duty, working cheerfully, heartily, washing dishes clean, sweeping rooms without shirking, learning the best ways to prepare food for the household—all this is part of a noble life, and it is this thought of the dignity and nobility of service that is lost out of the world to-day. It must be recovered before we can begin to solve the question. There must be on the partof the mothersand housekeepers and on the part of the girls who consecrate themselves to home ministry a real thought of the real meaning of a servant’s place in the economy of life. The homes of America must learn to sanctify and beautify the labor of the hands. Not until our social Christianity has learned the lesson of ministry, and - learned that it is as noble to minister-in the kitchen as in the pulpit, not until then shall we begin to have any answer worth having to the question of service in the home.” Barbara stopped suddenly,and then said, with a smile at the little group: “But this is a long sermon for Saturday night, and see how late it is! I can’t ask you to stay any longer. But I want you to come again.” The careless-looking girl was- the last to say good night. As she shook Barbara’s hand strongly, she _said: “I don’t think the sermon was too ol Miss Clark. 1. "don’t go to church on Sunday, and I need preaching. I think maybe I owe you more than you imagine.” o To Barbara's surprise, the girl suddenly threw her arms about ‘her neck and kissed her. There was a tear’ on her cheek as she suddenly ‘turned and went down the steps and joined the others.
. “If I have such an jnfluence over that soul, my Lord,” .prayed .Barbara that night, “help me to use it for her salvation.” It was already becoming a sweet source of satisfaction to Barbara that the ambifion of her life was beginning to mean a saving of other lives. She was only yet dimly conscious of her great influence over other girls. . The next day was Sunday, and she remembered her foolish remark to Mr. Morton. During all his absence she had not been to the Marble Square services. She had attended elsewhere, but had not been out in the evening, going to her mother’s and spending the evening reading to her. She had at present Rev. F. B. Meyer’s book, “The Shepherd Psalm,” and both mother and daughter were enjoying it very much. She was reading the last chapter, and even as she read she remembered that this was the night when the Christian Endeavor society at the Marble Square church had the entire service. There was no preaching after the '];]ndem"or meeting, which closed about'eight o’clock. .. It was half-past eight as Barbara finished the beautiful narrative, and her mother had thanked her ' and made comments on the clearness of the style and its spiritual helpfulness, when the bell rang. . They had so few visitors, especially on Sunday, that they were startled by the sound. But Barbara rose at once and went to the door.
When she opened it, she uttered an exclamation of astonishment. For Mr. Morton was standing there! His face was pale, and even stern, Barbara imagined, as he stood there. “May I come in?” he said quietly, as Barbara stood still. “I want very much to see you and your mother.” Barbara murmured a word of apology, and then invited him to enter. Mrs. Clark rose to greet him, and the minister took the seat she proffered him. ’
[To Be Continued.]
An Emergency Case,
The doctor in charge of the school had always laughed at the idea of our ever making gpractical use of our “First Aid to the Fnjured” lessons. He had muttered something about “shoemakers sticking to their lasts,” and then had said: “You teach the children—that’s your line, and wait for me to come if anything happens.” Therefore when our delicate little Nannie fell downstairs we had mnot merely the desire to give her immediate relief, but also a deep-seated but unspoken wish to show that man that we could do something. Nannie had murmured: “My ankle—l twisted my ankle,” before she fainted. To bind it then might help, and certainly could not harm hez, ‘The smergency bandages were produced, and, delighted to see that there was as yet no appreciable swelling, we bound ithe leg in most approved style from toes to knee. We had just finished when the doctor came. He snorted at sight of the materials around; then, after an examination of a few minutes, he said: “Very good—very good, indeed! But you’ve bandaged the wrong foot.’— N. Y. Times, - Flower and Flour., ~ The flower of the family often makes poor bread—Chicago Daily ‘News. e
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson in the Internaitional Series . for January 12, 1902—The Promise ° of Power Fulfilled, [Prepared by H. C. Lenington.] THE LESSON TEXT. : B (Acts 2:1-11,) 1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. - : - 2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, ar}d it filled all the house where they were sitting. ‘ 3 And there appearcd.-unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon «ach of them. . 2 4. And they were all filled with the FHoly Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 6. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. ; 6. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7. And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? 8. And how hear we every man. in our own tongue, wherein we were born? - 9. Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia. : : 10. Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and praselytes, 11. Cretes ard Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues'the wonderful works of God. : GOLDEN TEXT.—The promise is unto you and to your children.—Acts =:39, : NOTES AND COMMENTS. The lesson should include not only ‘the text as printed above, but also on through the 36th verse. Read also Joel 2:21-32. This takes in a part bf Peter’s wonderful sermon. The text in the Acts may be summed up under the following heads: The gift of the Spirit, Vs. 1-4. Eftfect on city’s multitudes, Vs. 5-13. Prophecy fuifilled, Vs. 14-2]. f Jesus the Chrisct, Vs. 22-36. The Gift of the Spirit.—Pentecost was the fiftieth day after the Passover and one of the three great feasts of the Jews. 1t has been remarked that a Jewish tradition made Pentecost the anniversary of the giving of the law from Mount Sinai. It may well have been thatiupon the anniversary of the revelation that marked the beginning of the Old Testament dispensation, the gift of 'the Holy Spirit should mark the beginning of a new aispensation. No longer is it the old Mosaic law, but the love of Christ, that constraineth us. fo
It is to be noted that the descent of the Spirit was made manifest in three significant ' symbols. In the Bible the Spirit is likened to three things without which lif> would be impossible on earth: air (vr wind), fire and water. The first two these are mentioned in our text. The Spirit is like the wind because it is invisible and powerful, yet gentle and delicate. It is the breath of life of all things living. It is like fire in thatitis purifying and gives comfort and light. Fire worshipisone of the religions of the east, being considered the:source of all life.. Water is not mentioned in the passage, but the gift of the Spirit is further symbolized in the power ‘‘to speak with other tongues,” representing the chief method of spreading the truths of the Gospel and its eniversality. All peoples are to hear it, all peoples,of whatever nationality, of whatever age, of whatever experiences, can understand it, each in their own tongue, Effect on the City’'s Multitudes.— Such great power became immediately manifest not only among the few, but among the many. Strangers in Jerusalem from far-away nations were surprised to hear themselves addressed in their own language. The Jews, not understanding any but their own language and seeing the commotion caused among the foreigners as well as their own peopleyaccused the aposa tles of being drunk with wine. Peter's Sermon, - The charge of drunkenness was' out of all keeping with the facts of the case. Drunkenness stood then as it stands now for licentiousness. The descent of: the Holy Spirit meant directly the opposite; for it came not upon the self-in-dulgent, but upon those who submitted themselves to the Divine lasv&;;of love. The Bible speaks of men possessed of demons; maniacs they were, defying all law, human or Divine. So we have come now to speak of those upon -whom the Spirit of Christ has come as ‘‘possessed” of the Holy Spirit. Demoniacs and Christians (using both terms in their strict and derivative as opposed to their acquired meanings) are at the very opposite spiritual extremes. Peter became the spokesman of the followers of Jesus and explained to the multitude that had gath_éred how the pheromenon was the fulfilling of the prophecies. all the Jews had long accepted as messages from God,and that it was another proof of the Messiahship of the Jesus they had crucified. The prophecy quoted by Peter was that of Joel, and the quotation included Joel 2:28-32. The literal fulfillment of this prophecy Peter pointed out. Joel’s words of promise and comfort should be read and reread by Christian '{)eople, for we see in these days even as Peter saw on Pentecost their wonderful aptness. “Fear not O land; be glad and rejoice; for thne Lord will do great things.”
RAILWAY RUMBLES. : The master car builders of the United States are now working on the most difficult problem they ever attempted—viz., the designing of a standard box car. ' Sweden is anxious to save several million dollars now annually &xpended on imported coal, wherefore special locomotives arc being coustructed by way of experimenting with peat and peat charcoal as fuel. : A Belgian finn will manufacture the steel rails to build the new Mexican & Orient road, from Kansas City to the Pacific coast, the makers to take pay in land. American rail mills are too full and rates of freight are cheaper from Belgium to Mexico than from American rail mills. The crookedest piece of railroad in the United States is five miles between Boswell, Pa., and Friedens on the Somerset & Cambria branch of the B. & O. railway. This piece of road doubles on itself four times, making four horseshoe curves and at one point after making a loop of about five miles comes back to within 300 feet, of itself, on a grade 50 feet lower, : : oo - v
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
Probability of a Protracted Struggle Over the Measure When It Comes Before the House.
In jamming through the Philippine tariff bill just before adjourning over the holidays, the leaders of the majority gave distinet notice, not only ‘that the senate would not be permitted to change in any.particular the rates of duty imposed on Philippine products entering the United States, but that in no way can the sacred Dingley tariff be meddled with in favor of any product of any country. Mr. Dalzell, who closed the debate on behalf of the majority, declared that there would be no legislation, so long as the republicans controlled the house, by which the existing tariff law would be amended directly. nor would they permitany change to be made in customs duties by unfair reciprocity treaties orinany other way, says the Cleveiand Plain Dealer.
But the senate has some rigats in the case, and there are reports that it may impress that fact upon the house. The Philippine commission’s report, made public in Washington on the same dav, that Mr. Dalzell issued
the ukase of'the majority of the house, recommended a reduction of 50 per cent. from Dingley tariff ‘duties on sugar, tobacco and hemp from the Philippines. Perhaps this recommendation was unknown to the committee .on ways and means when the Philippine tariff bill was prepared and reported, or to Mr. Dalzell of that committee when he delivered the decree of the
majority, but the senate cannot avoid taking cognizance of it. A There is a report from republican sources in Washington that some of the majority senators think the house acted hastily and unwisely in *jamming through” the tariff biil without ascertaining what the Taft commission adviged. At all events, they hold that the senate has full authority to correct the mistakes of the house and should do so. The secretary of war having shown in his report that commerce between the United States and the Philippines has not ‘“followed the flag” as expected under the Dingley tariff, but that exports to the United States from the Philippines have materially decreased, while imports into the Philippines from other countries have increased much faster than imports from the United States, and the Taft commission having promised that commerce between the United States and the islands would “increase by leaps and bounds” if the suggested reduetions in the Dingley tariff rates be made, these republican senators feel inclined to try the experiment of a reduction. - If a majority of the senators should be of that way of thinking, which is not improbable, what will Mr. Dalzell’s truculent notification amount o 2 i : :
The constitutional power of the senate to amend a house bill for raising revenue is undisputed. The senate has before mow asserted and sustained’its right to “amend” by cutting out everything but the enacting clause and substituting what is practically an entirely new bill. The house may rejeet an “amended” Philippine tariff bill and the ficht may be a protracted one. Meantime the recent supreme court decision will be the only law in the case, and all Philippine products will enter the United States as free from tariff tax as the products of those other insular “appurtenances,” Hawaii and Porto Rico. And why not? :
A MAN OF MANY MOODS.
Contradictory and Vacillating Cona duect of the President in Varicus Matters,
President Roosevelt is far from being effeminate, but he exhibits a womanish fondness for changing his mind. He gives us elaborate essays on civil service reform, and then he appoints Henry C. Payne to the first cabinet vacancy. He warns officeholders to keep out of polities, and puts a practical politician and spoilsmonger in the inner family circle of his administration, says the Albany Argus. He nominates Mr. Dunham, of Ohio, Mark Hanna’s man—withdraws the nomination at Foraker’s request, and then, on Hanna’s insistence, agrees to send it back again. He acts, the senators say, like a child with a new toy, in his dealings with the federal patronage, and they stand by and watch him, with the feelings parents might have if the toy were a hit of costly bric-a-brac. In one state he exalts a senator, and puts down a national committeman; in another, he exalts the national committeeman and puts down the senator; in New York state he plays into the hand of the governor, at the expense of both the senior senator and the national committeeman.
In the Schley case, he causes the resignation of Maclay to be demanded, buy, at the same time, he suffers a verdiet to Dbe -officially approved which is pro-Maclay and anti-Schley. He pledges himself to maintain the policy of President. McKinley; but if the late president could come back, could he piece together the fragmentsof his policy and make it whole again? :
They are saying in Washington, as it used to be said in Albany, that Mr. Roosevelt has moods as many as the hours of the day; that he is of as many minds upon any given question as there are sides to that question, and that it all depends upon who gets his ear last how he will decide.
——The subsidy bill is vicious in principle. Should it promote our foreign carrying trade, this would, in all probability, be met promptly by new subsidies for increased mail payments by foreign nations. Furthermore, it marks only the thin edge of the wedge. All subsidized interests continually deimand more liberal appropriations, and, as the ship subsidists are powertul financially and politically, they will seek to dictate their own terms to congress. — Philadelphia FPublic Ledger (Rep.).
——The Philippine islands have been found to be a part of this country when naval offenses are to be dealf with. Injeed, the Philippines are part of this country one time and not a part of it another time. A specialrulingis made to fit every case. Convenient,isitnot? ~lndianapolis News (Ind.). °
WOUTA AT / o 8 - 5 . ';‘.j' o) PP G P O i . L \.l /| - ‘ ‘ s e PLUCKY LITTLE BIRD. Golden - Crown Kinglet Makes a Fierce Attack on an Inoffensive Acadian Owl, Bravery and bigness do mnot always go together, says Dr. Charles C.. Abbott, in St. Nicholas. Those who are familiar with our doorway birds know how effectually the house-wren persecutes the prowling cat;, and drives it away from the neighborhood of the bird’s nest. Kingbirds drive off the crow, and even greatly annoy the fishhawk, and the hummingbirds are absolutely fearless at times, and successfully defend their nests if their antagonist is but a single bird of another species. s These instances refer to birds in spring and summer, when the nest o e e Wedin — | A VORI ¢ e Bl totaperdor Ny Ay "‘}‘ Fatasy 00l o e L si e o sy | e *”%j b vt‘éfi" _e . e e R e R R e GOLOEN-CROWNED KINGLET. and eggs or the young are the imme--diate object of a bird’s solicitude. -In wvinter we do not expect to witness such instances of courage on the part of the smaller of our birds. In fact, sparrows flee when a sparrow-hawk appears. But recently I saw a goldencrown kinglet question the.right of an Acadian owl to take his ease in an evergreen. Never was there a more inoffensive bird than this little owl at the time. It was cuddled up in a heap and half asleep. But the kinglet found the bird, and immediately set up a shout, and darted into the tree, snapping its beak, and, I think, twitched the owl's feathers. At any rate there was no more sleep for the bird in the tree. DBut it wds not moved to vacate at the -mere bluster of a little kinglet. It sat still, slowly - opening its beak now and then, and moved its head to and fro. This ‘was kept up until the sharp chirping of the kinglet attracted other birds, and a more serious attack was made. The owl then took flight, and while the rejoicing was general, not one -of the- sparrows, nuthatches and chickadees made more clatter, for a brief moment, than ‘the kinglet. There was a sequel to the incident. The little bird that started the affair did too much. It was overcome by excess of exertion, and was so limp . and listless when I saw it last it seemed to me it was thinking whether it had not made a goose of itself. It is possible that ' some of the little birds, like some small children, never take time to consider if the gain derived is worth the effort it calls for. , The Teacher Was Surprised. A young teacher in one of the kindergarten schools of Philadelphia - received an answer to one of her questions not long ago, which proved rdther an embarrassing surprise and has made her believe her methods of illustration are not what she hoped they were. She had been drilling the little ones, developing their powers of ob‘servation. For some minutes she imitated various domestic animals. She barked in her mimicry of one animal and the class cried “dog” in loud approbation. Then she pranced about animatedly in imitation of that other friend of man, the horse. *‘Which animal am I now?” she asked: ‘A donkey,” cried several of her class together, much to her consternation and the amusement of the visitors.
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NE of the most curious reptiles in the 0 world is the so-called sentinel lizard of Guiana, this name being given' to it because it hisses loudly whenever it discovers a- rattlesnake or a crocodile. The authorities of the Museum of Natural History in Paris were extremely delighted when they received word some time ago that M. Merwaert, a leading official in French Guiana, was sending them a fine specimen, and were correspondingly-disap-pointed on opening the box to find the lizard dead. . 5 : This lizard was more than four feet in length. If it had reached the museum alive
A Terrible Threat. Hired Girl—Now, you go away right this minute, ' ; Tramp—Please mum— : Hired Girl—Goaway, Itell you. Clear out, now, or I'll—l'll give you a piece of mince pie that the young missus made herself.—N. Y. Weekly. ° : Doesn’t Look Reasonable, “She says no man has ever put his arm round her.” 7 . “Oh, I don’t believe it. Why, she’s been sleighriding dozens of times.,”— Chicago Post, ' e
COON OF HIGH DEGREE. His Taste for Art Has Gone So Far : as to Result in His Devouring e .~ .. Pictures. St ~ His name is Rastus—which ~do not suggest aristocratic associatio;;, artistic surroundings, and the hobnobbing with celebrities, by any -means. : But this particular Rastus has all of these. He'is a big, fat, sleek coon, the pet of Frederick Keppel, the print seller in Sixteenth street, New York, and his home is in a little court adjoining the shop, while the domain of his wanderings covers the entire space -occupied by the stock of old engravings, étchings and prints in the several floors of the building. Rastus disdains ordinary associations. His best friends, outside of Mr. Keppel, are Ernest Thompson Seton and Oliver Herford. Both these lovers of the four-footed tribe frequently visit Rastus and hold long and intimate conversations with his coouship. A habit that some of Rastus” friends have of carrying dainties for him in their peckets has induced in himx eertain pickpocket proclivities that astonish casual visitors to the establishment. : . A few -days ago one of these stooped. to examine a print that wag tacked on the wall in a position near the floor. In an instant Rastus slyly’ took a position behind the vyisitor, and his ' “hands” rapidly “went through™ the latter’s pockets with the skill of a professional follower of Fagin. But he soon discovered that the visitor's pockets eontained only such articles as knife, eoins and bills —absolutely useless and without value to a hungry coon. - : “Rastus has a fine “taste” for art. Indeed, it has gone so far at times as to result ir his “deveuring” prints left about in positions of inseeurity. Probably there never was a eoon of more fastidious habits. In the little court - where Rastus suns himself when the print shop is not® inviting he has a large ‘tub of water. When a visitor gives him a biscuit, Rastus invariably goes to the tub and carefully douses the food before eating it. His chief delight after that is to rum quickly and wipe his paws on the unsuspecting one’s cuffs.—N. Y. Times."
- A MEXICAN SQUIRREL. One of the Most Delightful Speeimens of an Interesting Family of - Bushy-Tail Animals, : Many people look on squirrels as eminently mnorthern creatures, only native to the. temperate forests, and bound to hoard up nuts for the snowy winter: But the fact is that Squirrels are far more numerous and that there are a great many more species in the hot forests of the world than in the cold ones. The Indian jungles swarm with them, and so do those of the far east. . On the fringe of the great forests of Central America there are many beautiful squirrels, but that shown is perhaps the prettiest” of all, according to Country Life. The fur is a’' carnelian red on
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it is thought likely that it would have survived for several yeals, as it could easily have been supplied with appropriate food, such as eggs, chopped meat and young birds. _‘The natives of Guiana say that the fleshk 4 of the sentinel lizard is very savory, and tha few Euraopeans who have tasted it agrea with them. Their eggs, which are oval in shape and quite large, are also regarded as a great delicacy. : - The scientific name of this lizard is “Tupinambis nigrepunctatus,” and “Tejuguacua’” er simply “Teju’’ is.the native name for it. :
* It Will Even Up Later, “I wish,” said the little girl, “I had twa birthdays a year.” 3 “Pon’t worry, Jennie,” returned her Aunt Ellen. “When you get to be 30 or over it will seem to you as if they came fully as fast as that.”—Chicage Post. 3 Ah! Where Indeed? “Capt. Spoonleigh, they say kissing is dangerous—because of microbes.” . -~ “Ya-as, so I heah!” - “But we hear 7o much of microbes—e where are yours ?”—Ally Sloper. :