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A HERE was -a ready response of I good and prominent women in - both England and America {o the call for nurses during the late Span-ish-American and South African wars. This brings to mind the kind and helpful attitude of Martha Washington dur--ing a critical period of American history, long since happily superseded by the. good feeling, based on mutual understanding, that both countries nosw seek constantly to foster. William Perrine tells the story: ‘ “Martha Washington was then 45 years of age, and those who went to the camp.and expected to find her arrayed in the gowns which they had supposed would be worn by the general's wife

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~were disappointed. ‘Whilst our husbands and brothers are examples of patriotism,’ she would ég)’ to her countrywomen, ‘we must be patterns of industry.” She did not hesitate to wear a brown dress and a sgeckle’d_ ‘apron when receiving fastidious and elegant : vis- . itors at Morristown. It was said afterward: that she acquired her inveterate habit of knitting in her zeal at Valley . Forge to relieve the barefooted men around her. On every fair day she ; might be seen walking through the rude streets.of the town of huts with a basket in her hand. Entering the hut of a ser- & geant, she found him dying on a pallet of straw, his wife beside him in the anguish of final separation. She ministered to his comfort with food prepared by her own handsi Then, kneeling, she ; earnestly prayed.!with her ‘sweet and ' solemn voice’ for the stricken couple. All day long she was busy with these errands of grace, or in the kitchen at the stone'house. or in urging other women to lend a helping hand. And when she passed along the lines of the troops she would sometimes hear the fervent cry: _ ‘God.bless Lady Washington!’ or ‘Long live Lady Washington!’ Well, indeed, might the men feel that they could fight to their very last drop of bloed with a commander whose wife, who was formerly the belle and leader of her set among the dames and damsels of Virginia, was not ashamed to be seen darning his and her own stockings!”” & YERERY EASILY ANSWERED.

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‘ . . . i Early Celebrations HE origin of Washington’s birth- | day as a holiday is stated as follows: On February 22, 1783, a number of gentlemen met in a New York tavern to celebrate the great general’s birthday. They then agreed to assemble’ in future on that day, celebrating it with odes and toasts. Washington's ascendancy shortly after to the presidency gave a new zest to-the ‘‘annual,” so that in time it became general, and finally grew into a'“legal holiday,” the j;)eople demanding it from a custom. ' The first public celebration of Washington's birthday occurred on February 11, 1784, and the anticipated occasion was thus alluded to by the Pennsylvania Paclket of February 17, same year: “Wednesday last being the birthday of his excellency, Gen. Washington, the same was celebrated here by all the true friends of American independence and constitutional liberty. with that hilarity and manual decorum attendant on the sons of freedom. In the evening an entertainment was given on board the East India ship in this harbor, to a very brilliant antl respectable company,-and a discharge of 12 cannon was fired upon the joyful occasion.” e : ] The !(‘,heertnl View. Joel Grump—Well, I see our boodlin’ common council’s gone an” voted s2o¢ fer Washington birthday dgin's—‘an% other sheer waste 6’ good money. . Hiram Pond—Mebbe it’ll turn out 4 lucky investment, Joel, like three years ago, when the cannon busted an’ killed four on 'em.—Judge. The Most Mendacious Pastime. They tell us how George Washington Made truth his constant mission. : lle must have missed a lot of fun By never -‘“‘goin’ fishin’.”” 3 —Washington Star, : : ' © GEORGE REVISES HISTORY.

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Teacher—The first thing the Puritans did after landing on Plymouth Rock was to fall upon their knees. What was the next thing they did? : Little George Washingtdn—They fell upon the aborigines.—Boston Budget. ~ANCIENT EGYPTIAN JEWELS. Treasure Recently Unearthed in the Tomb of King Zer Shows Some Manrveloué Workmanship. Some of the most remarkable Egyptian jewelry ever discovered has recently been unearthed. The date assigned is as ®mote as 5000 B. C., but the workmanship in gold and jewels is marvelous. In exploring the tomb of King Zer it was found that the tomb had been entered for robbery at some. remote period and that the plunderers had- broken off the arm of the mummy quietly and hidden it in a crevice in the wall—perhaps on being discovered or alarmed—and had never returned to remove it, says the New York Herald. . On_taking off the wrappings Prof. Petrie found four magnificent bracelets of gold, with amethyst, turquoise and lapis lazuli in varied and elegant adjustments. The gold work was peculiarly fine and delicate, though the metal was soft and pure, appatently with .no hardening alloy. The stones were beautiful and very strikingly and peculiarly arranged. A number of amethyst beads of the richest and 'deepest purple, about a quarter of an inch in diameter, are 1n the possession of Mr. Edward Ayer, of Chicago. He obtained them from Dashone, Egypt, they being from the treasures in the tomb of Princess Merit, daughter of Amenhotep 11., of the twelfth dynasty.

THE’FATHER of “HIS COUNTRY | Why We Delight to Celebrate ~ Washington’s Birthday. €6 ORN upon our soil—of parents B also born upon it--never for a moment having had sight of the old world—instructed according to the modes of his time, only in the spare, plain, but wholesome elementary knowledge which our institutions provide for the children of the people—growing up beneath and penetrated by the genuine influences of American society—living from infancy to manhood and age amidst our expanding,but not luxurious (:ivilizz{tiqn‘—-partaking in our great destiny of labor, our long contest with unreclaimed nature and uncivilized man

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| —our agony of glory, the war of independence—our great victory of peace, | the formation of the union, and thees- | tablishment of the constitution—he is ! all, all our own. Washington is ours.” The foregoing was written by Daniel Webster in regard to the Father of His Country, the anniversary of whose birth occurs February 22, an occasion that is ever freshly remembered by American hearts. - “He was the first man of the time in which he grew,” wrote Rufus Choafe. *“His memory is first and most sacred in our love; and ever, hereafter, till the last drop of blood shall freeze in the last American heart, his name shall be a spell of power and might. There is one personal. one vast, felicity which no man can share with him. It was the daily beauty and towering and matchless glory of his life which enabled him io create his counfry. and at the same time secure an uffr-. dying love and regard from the whole American people. Undoubtedly there were brave and wise and good men before his day in every colony. But the American nation, as a nation, I do not reckon to have begun before 1774, and the first love of that young America was Washington. The first word she lisped was' his" name. Her. earliest breath spoke it. It is still her proud ejaculation. It will be the last gasp of her expiring life. About and around him we call up no dissentient, discordant and dissatisfied elements, no sectional prejudice or bias, no party, no creed, no dogma of politics. None of these shall assail him. Yes, when the storm of battle grows darkest and rages highest, the memory. of Washington shall nerve every American arm and cheer every American heart. It shall reillume that Promethean fire, that sublime flame of patriotism, that devoted love of country which his words have commended, which his example hag consecrated.” : ‘

The story of George Washington’s life is an old one, but the salient facts will bear repeating. He was born at Wakefield, Westmoreland county, Va., February 22, 1732, lived from 1735 to 1739 at what is now Mount Vernon, and whien he was seven years old he was taken to an estate on the Rappahanndck, almost opposite Fredericksburg. The father was one of the prosperous planters of Virginia, able to give his children what education the times could afford. The first teacher of George is reputed to have been a convict, whom his father bought for the purpose. All of Washington’s schooling ended before he was 16. His long and brilliant career as a sol-. dier and statesman has given to history some of its most interesting pages. “It was strange,” wrote Thackeray, “that in a savage forest of Pennsylvania a young Virginia officer should fire a shot, and waken up a war that was to last for 60 years, which was to cover his own country, and pass into Europe, to cost France her Ametican colonies, to sever ours from us and create the great western, republic; to rage over the old world when extinguished in‘the new; and, of all themyriads engaged in the vast contest, to leave the prize of the greatest fame with him who struck the first blow.” ¢

As to the esteem and affection in which the name and character of Washington were held one cannot do better than quote Lafayétte, who wrote from France as follows:: \

“Were you but such a man as Julius Caesar, or the king of Prussia, I should almost be sorry for you at the end of } the great i.fagedy where you are acting such a part. But, with my dear gen- ;’ eral, I rejoice at the blessings of a peace when our noble ends have been secured. 'Remember our Valley Forge times; and, from a recollection of past dangeys and labors, we shall be still more pleased at our present comfortable situation.' I .cannot but envy the happiness of my. grandchildren, when they will be about celebrating and worshiping your name. To ‘have one of their ancestors among your soldiers, to know he had the good fortune to be the'friend of your heart, will be the eternal honor in which they shall glory.” ! . The poet Shelley, aboard an American ship, drinking to ' the health of Washington and the prosperity of the American commonwealth, remarked: “As a warrior and statesman he was righteous in all he did, unlike all who lived before or since; he never used his power but for the benefit of his fellowcreatures.” s : Four New Brothers. “My affections are already engaged,” he said. _ ; She turned pale. - I am very sorry,” he added. - Then he arose and took his hat. “Good-night,” he said. She looked after his retreating form. “That’s my fourth failure,’” she said, “but the year fs young yet.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ‘

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’ " WILLIAM E. MOSER HELD. ‘He Is Charged With Obtaining Money . Under False Pretenses. - Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 9.—William ’E. Moser, who is said to have a confederate at Toledo, 0., is held at the police station here to answer the“harces of obtaining money under false pretenses and using the mail for fraudulant purposes. Mosert's scheme is said by the detectives to be to offer empioyment as motormen and conductérs to men who take stock in the proposed Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Traction Co., of Phoenix, Ariz. He explains that the word Phoenix is used becausé the tompany is incorporated under the laws of Arizona for $15,000,000. : . Moser cdme here recently and established an office.in the Phoenix building, on East Market street. He advertised the proposed road extensively, and all applicants who called were asked to take a share of stock on the condition that they were given emplovment when the road was in operation, which would be about a month. Shares were held at $lO each, and stubs. found in Moser's office showed that he had collected money {rom several hundred men. A man named Musgrave thought so well of the scheme that he considered selling a’'4o-acre farm in Illinois and investing the amount in- Moser's company. Before the deal was concluded he consulted the police. The investigation which followed resulted in the arrest of Moser. i

i ; RAVING MANIAC. ; e Ll ’A Convicted Murderer Becomes Insane ‘ in Jail. Bluifton, Ind., Feb. 10.—John W. ‘Terrill, convicted of killing his son-‘in-law, Melvin Wolfe, and sentenced to life imprisonment, is a raving maniac in the county jail. ' “ Terrill killed Wolfe last July because he deserted his daughter after a forced marriage. * : The plea at his trial was temoprary insanity. - ! . : A Million Dollars Involved. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 9.—The final chapter was reached in the fight for the million-dollar Osgood estate, in which an " effort had been made to show| that the heiress, Ida Osgood Stanley, had not been legally adopted by the late Mason J. Osgood. An agreement was reached out of court. It is said -that the contesting heirs will receive about one-third of the estate. - Granted a Franchise. ‘South Bend, Ind., Feb. 10.—The New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois railway was granted a franchise to enter the city. The line is a spur of the Wabash sys‘tem, and affords the Gould system entrance to South Bend. It is said the road will ultimately be extended to St. Joseph, Mich., a-lake port. The franchise was opposed by the other lines entering the city. ; " The Funeral Was Held. Rising Sun, Ind., Feb. 9.—The body of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, who was mysteriously murdered here, was taken from the vault Monday and burigd. The relatives present were the aged mother, Dr. Wm. Gillespie, of Cincinnati; Mrs. Belle Seward and Earl Seward. The Women’s Literary club and many citizens were also preseut. e : .~ Has the Best of Them. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. B.—Hen Lewis, a saloonkeeper who lives on the lllinois side of the Wabash. and has a saloon on the Indiana side, below Terre Haute, has the best of the antisaloon people again, this time mowing a building' from Illinois to Indiana, crossing the river on the ice. -| Mother and Daughter Dead. -~ Bourbon, Ind., - Feb. 9.—Mrs. Anson Reed, sister of the late Rev. Mr. Thayer, one of the most noted ministers in early Methodist history in Indiana. is dead. Her daughter Flora, who was ill at the same time, by intuition learned of her mother’s death, and in ‘a short time passed away. Died of Heart Disease. ] Brookville, Ind., Feb. 10.—Mahlon Gordon, uncle of ex-Lieut. Gov. Harry Gondon, of Ohio, died Tuegday morning' at his residence in Metamora of heart disease. He had intended celebrating his 78th birthday Wednesday and had invited his entire relationship to a dinner. : _ ! Candidate For Governor. : Wabash, Ind., Feb. 10.—The candidacy of Warren G. Sayre for the republican nomination for governor was formally announced in the county convention, when Mr. Sayre, acknowledging renomination for representative by acclamation, said that he had entered the contest. ’ Due to Polluted River. | Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 9.—According to Secretary Hurty, of the Indiana board of health, the spread of typhoid fever at Columbus,. 0., where Senator Hapna contracted the disease! was due to stream poliution. He made a study of sanitary conditions there. Murderer Was Hired. . Jinton, Ind., Feb. 9.—Chas. Swaggerty, 25, was murdered in cold blood at Antioch mining camp by an unknown Hungarian coal miner. This miner was hired-to commit the crime, it is alleged. T . Out Of Its Banks. : | Evausville, Ind., Feb. 9.—A telephone message from Hazleton, Ind.; at. 11 o'clock Monday night says White river is rising at the rate of four inches an hour, and is out of its banks. Farmers are moving their corn and stocks. ' : | To Raise Rates of Insurance. | Evansville, Ind., Feb. 9.—7 he board of local underwriters Monduy decided to raise the rate of insurance on all firms who fail to get the requirements of the board of public safety. Some of the biggest buildings are on the list.

‘ TWO WERE ,DROWNED. . The Flood Burst Open the Doors of a Dwelling. . Princeton, Ind., Feb. S.—Bertha and Tina, aged 4 and 7, daughters of Dan: iel Barrett, residing on Patoka river, seven miles northeast of this city, were tdrowned at an early hour Sunday morning. A cloudburst occurred and the water came up the river so rapidly that the family were unable to get out. Doors were blown open, and the father, mother and four children carried away. The father saved one child in his arms, and another was “found Sunday morning perched on a stump and half frozen. ‘ . DID NOT STEAL A PLOW. " Lewis Germdn, Postmaster at Aldine, Knox County, Not Guilty. Knox, Ind., Feb. s.—The state case against lLewis German, postmaster at Aldine, charged in a grand jury indictment with the larcény of a plow from ‘Mr. Aultman, the North Judson implement man, was tried before Judge Nye. The trial occupied the greater part of one day, and went to the jury under instyuctions from the judge late in the afternoon. . A verdict of not guilty was returned. . . . WILL RESUME OPERATIONS. Republic Iron and Steei Co. Alexan. dria, Started the Bar Mill, : Alexandria, 'lnd., Feb. 10.—The Republic Tron and,k Steel Co. Tuesday started the bar mill of its plant in this city, putting to work 150 men who have been idle for several months.* - - The Penn-American 'Plate Glass Co.. wcrking 700 men, has ordered a five per cent. cut in wvages. beginning with February 15. : |

Woman Spurns lLuxury. Indianapolis, Ind., ¥Feb. 10.—Rather than ‘accept a $175,000 residence as a gift Mrs. Martin Bieger, wife of the ‘late millionaire manufacturer of Mishawaka, Ind., is going into court to break the terms of the husband’s will. ‘She prefers to live in the modest house -which was Bieger's from’ the ‘timé hig fortune began to grow. Tuesday she employed Addison C. Harris, former minister to Austria, to assist her attorneys in an effort to break the will. ; : : Farmer Bo) Indicted. Goshen, Ind., Feh! 8-—Orville D. Munger. aged 22, a farmer's son, was arreSted on the charge of counterfeiting. and was sent to Indianapolis to await transfer to Detroit for trial. He and Albert A. Ewing, of Midland county. Michigan, also a farmer’s son. indicted by the federal grand jury for counterteiting 200 nickels. Another Industry Collapses.. Elkhart, Ind.,, Feb. 8.--The seventh large industry to collapse as a result of the Indiana national bank failure here, is the Garden City Stationery Co. A petition for a receiver, filed by E. 1. Furber, of Chicago, resulted in the appointment of 1. .O. Wood, of Goshen, to take charge. ‘ A Fatal Argument. ' Knightstown, Ind., Feb. B.—After calling his wife to see him take his own life, and in the presence of his two voung children, Sherman Haroldt shot himself through the head and can not recover. Harold had an argument with his wife into which questions of religion euntered. : | Two Girls Drowned. Petersburg, Ind., Feb. B.—A clovdburst visited this . section, washing away hridges and fences. Near Union, ten miles west of here, the house of a family of the name of Young, consisting of sig persons, was washed into the creek ' and two : girlse were drowned.

Her Brother-in-Law Arrestéd. “'Portland, Ind., Feb. B.—Luther Collins, 32, was arrested at Decatur on a charge of bringing about the death af Melissa Smittey, his 19-year-old sister-in-law, by means of an attempted criminal operation. - Ante-mortem statements of the girl to her family caused the issuing of the warrant. : Oil Well Flowing Over. - . 'Princeton, Ind., Feb. 9.—Farmers’ oil well No. 2 ¢came. in with an estimatel flow of 75 barrels. The oil is now flowing over and running down a creek. A dam will be built to hold it. This makes 17 flowing wells within a short distance of the city. - . Squire, George 'W. Scott Dead. Tell City, Ind., Feb. 10.—Squire George W. Scott, well known #n this community, died here after a lingering illness at the advanced ag& of 72 years. He was born in Kentucky, but resided in this state the greater part of his life. : g Needs New Bridges. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 10.—It will probably require $500,000 to repair the damage to the bridges here by the recent floods. The water is falling rapidlyz however, ‘in White river and no further damage to them is anticipated. : » Accidentaily Shot His Mother. Boonville, Ind., Feb. 10.—Frank Roth accidentally shot his mother at Dale, this county, while playing with a revolver. She is in 2 dangerous condition and may die from the wounds received. - a 0 : Will Be Settled in Cincinnati. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. B.—The fight being waged by 750 Indianapolis iron molders against a reduction in wages will be transferred to Cincinnati for settlement. President J. F. Valentine, of the international union, has issued a call, & | Suicided by Hanging. New Albany, Ind., Feb. B.—Jefferson Stuart; a farmer near Sugar Grove, on -the Ohio river; 15 miles below this city, committed suicide Sunday morning by hanging himself. He had been mentally unbalanced for some time,

SECRETARY HAY'S NOTE. Attitnde of the Various Nations on the - Suggestions to Limit the Area ~ of Hostilities. Washington, Feb. 13.—*“To Russia and Japan, the Washington government suggests the propriety of limiting hcstilitigs within as small an-area as possible and of respecting the neutrality and administrative «ntity of China, that China may be free from disturbances and foreign interests there from menace.” . This is the substarce of the note addressed by Secretary Hay on February ‘ 10 to the St. Petersburg and Tokio governments. - On February 8 in a note to, Germany, Great Britain and France; Mr. Hay invited those powers concurrently to address Russia and Japan with the Same suggestion, ard on February 11 this invitation was“extended to Italy., Aus-tria-Hungary, The Netherlands. Den- | mark. Spain and Belgium. * Germany was the first to respord, with a prompt acceptance of the invitation and the promise that she immediately would address the two combatants. Great Britain was heard from next, expressing adherence to the principle laid down in the note, but withholding formai acceptance pending an answer to an in‘quiry. ~whether the “administration ‘entity” of China involved Manchuria. Japan was heard from quickly with the answer that she would act readily on the suggestion of the United States if a similar promise could be obtained from Russia. S . Italy, Austro-Hungary and The Netherlands expressed sympathy with the idea and promised an answer after consultation with other powers. There is reason to believe that Spain ‘and Belgium also will accept theinvitation. Russia thus far has been silent and the attitdde of France is one of hesitation. hisis thesituation at this time. Meantime it is learned that Germanyy is addngssing the combatants with a note in sulistance the same as that of Secretary Hay. : s Regarding the attitude of Great Britain it ras been a matter of some regret to the ‘officials here that as the prineiple is one for which the British government has stocod in the past, so stalwartly for it. should hold up formal acceptance of the invitation until it has'learned further details. On the highest authority it can be stated that there are no details to the secreiary’s note, as it would be manifestly impossible to hope for concurrent action by so many powers upon any but the most general lines. That theofficials of the Washington zovernment could have had in mind the neutrality of Manchuria 1s declared on the face of it to be absurd. Manchuria is recognized by this govermnent with Corea to be the natural theater oi the war and for this reason primarily is the suggestion made that hostilties be restricted. : HANNA ON THE VERGE. Sick Senator Has a Chill, ('ol}apses. ! and His Hold on Life . is Slight.

Washington, Feb. 13.—Senator Han- . na is passing through the climax of his .illness and on Friday afternoon it was teared he was dyirg. but later he rallied strongly anu there is again some hope that he yet may win the forlorn fight. The odds-are much against his recovery, but the sturdy physique of the man aided by oxygen and powerful stimulants brought him through Friday afternoon when he was sinking rapidly, and possibly may again. Itis now a question how long the climax of the fever will last and how many and severe will beany further acute ‘attacks, for Friday’s spell was so severe that arnother probably would witness the end. % Friday's acute attack came in the form of a chill about two o’clock and not long afterward Serator Hanna passed into unconsciousnessnotto return again until around :ix o’clock. His pulse at this time ran up to 130 and was so feeble it was not perceptible at the wrist. Three hours or so later, however, he had shaken off the attack to so great an extent that Dr. Osler, the Baltimore physician in attendange, came from the sick room at 9:35 o’clock and said there had been a decided -improvement and that the patient’s pulse was much stronger and had ~fai‘len nearly 20 points. Sy ARMY MEN HELD BACK. President Decides Not te Send the . Regulars to Guard : Baltimore. Washington, Feb. 13.—At the cabinet meeting, after a long consideration of ‘the resolution adopted by the Maryland legislature, calling for troops for duty in Baltimore, it was decided not to comply at this time with the re--quest. Prior:- to the cabinet meeting Brig. Gen.. Riggs, as a special messeni ger from Gov. Warfield, formally presented to the president .the resolution adopted by the legislature. He conveyed at the same time Gov. Warfield’s personal statement that tle troops were not needed. This presented an ~anomalous situation, and the cabinet determined not to send troops at this time. 3 = * il et e et e : : Date Changed. : St. Louis, Feb. 13.—At the request of ‘the Indiana World’s Fair commission Indiana day at the exposition has been changed from September 15 to September 1. : Mrs. Lorenz Not Guilty., | Washington, Feb. 13.—1 n the postal trial Friday, after all the evidence had | been submitted, Justice Pritchard directed the jury to find a verdict of not guilty in the case of Mrs. Lorenz, saying there was not sufficient evidence to hold her. ' Smelting Plant Destroyed. lola. Kan., Feb; 13.—One of the nine zine smelting works of the Chéerokee Lanyon heye was destroyed Friday by fire. l.oss, $60,000. * The plant had a capacity of 40 tons a day and employed 200 men. . ; Murder Charged. : Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 13.—Harry Smith and Russell Gray, negrbes, were arrested Friday for murder. While they weré evicting John Allen. from the boarding hpuée of Mrs. Amanda Gray, mother of Russell Gray, both Mrs. Gray and Allen were mortally shot. Burned to Death. . Kittaning, Pa., Feb. 13.—Aaron Davies and Richard Dady, mill men from Pittsburg, were burned to death Friday in a fire that completely destroyed the Cliff Springs Inn, a handsome hotel, conducted by Fred Barth.

o - : Aa} ‘ & : ‘,,, e IRQ I RO/ L) ke -\59 Dy Y o \ XA = o ;’/ Y a > TS I’ A M S 0808) e ) W AP YL < TS AT : A MODEL. When I lay Doliy down to g’eep She shuts her eyes up tight, She never gives one single peep However dark ve night. She doesn’t tink eof booger men - - Or bears or fings like vose, ; Or kick ve cover off her when = She's once beneaf ve clo'es. An’ when my Dolly’s wide awake An’ settiw’ up in bed; - - She doesn’t ewy at all or make . ' A naughty fuss; instead’™ ~ She’s jest as quiet ‘as can be, An’-lets me comb her hair - . . An’ wash her fae¢, 1 fink vat she Can't really, truly care, She sets a 'zample to me, vough : 1 am ker muvver dear; s I always cughkt fo 'have, T know " But still I don’t, I fear. CLs 1 can’t, alvough 1 often try, Sit ‘still an’ nevexr stir,, - It 1 was filled wiv sawdust, why, I might be gocd. like hér. : —Chlcago Daily News, roo. . e> Rt - & ° HE KNOWS THE TIME. - Pete, Canine Attache of ihe Peost Office at Somerville, Mass., Is j - a Wonderful Dog. '

~ Pete, the mascot of the_ - Somerville post. office, stands, according to his friends, absolutely without a peer in the postal service. S g m The worth of the men in this branch of the govgrnment employ depends in a large measure upon the promptness and precisioé with which they attend to the details of the daily routine. In fact, this may be said to.be the very essence of the service. el S . But, says the Boston Globe, in the whole force at Somerville there is not a man who ¢an equal this small fox terrer in devotion to his daily daty. - Pete came to the office in the fall of 1902, having followed the Prospect Hill carrier late one afternoon. ‘He lin- | gered about the office for a-day or two, and it was soon noticed that thé dog was beginning to catch the spirit of the. regular routine. ' : R He'at once made friends with Assistant Chief Clerk Griffiths, who took himhome with him and fed him. Lodging he refused. He was accordingly ‘released and went directly .to the office where he spends all his spare time. Today when off the route and not at his meals Pete is always to be found at the office-in Union square. . According to regulations all carriers must report at 6:40 each morning and “ring in.” Promptly to the ‘minute Pete “takes his. stand - under the clock, where he quietly surveys each man as he comes up and inserts his key. The next operation is the sorting of the mail. While this is going on Pete sits by watching every one like an over-

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seer or occupies himself with carrying papers from one man to another, following in each ease the directions given as to the destination of the particular paper or parcel. i Aftersa time the bell strikes as a signal to begin tying up. This is soon followed by the bell to get such first-class matter as has come in sinece 6:40 and add it to the sacks. .In this Pete takes no’ ‘part, but as soon as the bell to leave i sounds he hurries to his'place under the ;clock.ﬁ_. 3 : * As each man “rings out” he surveys ' him carefully until the one comes along - whom he chooses to make hris companion for the trip.. This man varies each day, Pete seeming to desire to keep himself in touch with every route emanating from the Somerville office, - 3 Perhaps the most wonderful of all Pete’s many feats is the fact that he can ‘keep track of the time of day. All carriers are supposed to “ring in” at a certain time when the trip is done.” Pete is always on hand. If his companion is late it makes no difference to-the dog. It is necessary that he be present, and present he is..- - A The day before Christmas all themen came in considerably late on account of the extra work required of them. The time for reporting {rom the afternoon trip is 4:45. On this particular trip Pete accompanied Carrier Rehill. When 4:30 arrived the route had been covered as far as Perkins street. - Pete promptly disappeared. and at4:45 was sitting under the clock waiting the arrival of the tardy force. Here he-re-mained until every man had reporte&. A general favorite with the men, they have taken the trouble to provide him with a license and a splendid - collag. which, beside the number, - bears th;e,?! words: “Rete, Somerville Post Office, Union Square.”: A : | Early ﬁl-tqry bt‘ China, - "The early history of China is lax:ge—ly mythical. The -native writers begin their story with the Tien-Hwang, the celestial rulers who were followed by Ti-Hwang, the terrestrial, -and these by Yin-Hwang, ¢the human rulers.Were the chronology of Chinese writers accepted, the beginning of the celestial .reigns would be dated back sorne 50,000 years. But authentic history of the people unquestionably begins with the accession of Fuh-HI,J about 2872 B. €. e The Smallest Living Monarch Probably the smallest monarch in the world reigns over the Hindu vassal state of Bhopaul, and governs a people of more than a million souls. This dwarf is a woman, Djihan-Be-gum, by name, but although she is about 50 years old, she does not appear larger than a childoften. . =

- CHILDREN OF JAPAN. They Never Shed _"i‘enru and Evem "~ When They Have a Toothache . <. -Know How to Smile. . “For God’'s sake, stop that crying.”. To hear this gcood missionary. English in a nest of Japanese houses—and Japanese houses are so thin that everything the neighbors say is easily Tieard —was startling. In four months we had never heard any scolding or seen a child punished. g “This unusual event proved to be in one of those international households mnot uncommon .in the east. It was the Anglo-Saxon half of the child that roared and tyrannized over its submissive Japanese mother. His English fa-° ther had bought him a bright blue ulster with brass buttons. In this he strutted up and down Negisha Mura, bossing all the ghildrgn of the quarter. "A plainer instance of heredity and raciai traits is rarely seen. - R "No one was more.shocked at John Tashira San” than O Tara, the littie niece of our maid, O Yen, ‘““The Honorable Miss Dollar.” Even when O Targ had the toothache she smiled througna ‘her pain. : - “Bad boy,” said O Tara. “His rude-ness-to-Honorakble-foreign-lady-is. matter-to-respected-ears-of-the-August--Iy-Honorable-one is,”” with great dignity, and bowing her little head down to the -floor. : v . ‘ »’Q_Even Japanese babies are popularly supposed never to cry. This comes pretty near the truth, for the land and all there is in it seems to be theirs. =ln any country where Shintoismrior ancestral worship pprevails the children -

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f JAPANESE GIRLS AT PLAY. - are beund to have a good time." A son is necessary to carry on the wership of his parents and to keep the ancestral fires | lit. If a man has not'a son, he adopts ~one or takes another wife. If a woman ' has not a son, she knows what to expect. Polygamy finds its excuse in religion. Japanese girls are by no means so high1y valued, but, as can_be seen, they - work into the general scheme. Children ' being a religious necessity, their place is fixed. Supplementing this is the natural joy of parents in their own progeny and the sense of possession, Curiously enough, pampered as they are, the children are never caressed. - The Japanese regard kissing as vulgar, Lanimal and unsanitary. Even foreign children would willingly give up being kissed im return for never being scolded or whipped. T - A baby wears layers of these long: ~easy slips we know as kimonas. which cover its feet and its hands. C(Conse--quently, it has no cause for erying when ‘it is dresséd. Even the poorest baby has } its daily hot bath. Hot in Japan means 110 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature that gives even a grown person lively recollections. Its head is shaved, with the exception of a small tuft, until it is threeyears old. One of the few-repulsive sights in Japan is the number of sore headed children seen on the: streets. These sores are not allowed to heal, the theory being that in this manner all the evil humors of the body are expelled.— Louisville Courier-Journal.

; TRAPPING A WITNESS. - How a Smart Lawyer Managed te - Make a Dishonest Claimant Betray Himself. ) A lawyer who beecame celebrated for his success' as. a cross-examiner had a strong contempt for the bullying methods resorted to by some of ais learned friends at the bar. The best way, he said, to deal with a witness -was to seem to agree with him and flatter him until he forgot that a trap might be prepared for him and “gave himself away.” "As a proof of the efficacy of this milder process he related the foilowing experience: A railroad company was sued for ’damages by a stalwart fellow who claimed that his right arm, which looked well enough, had been so injured.in a collision that he could not raise it above his waist. £ ! “You say you're unable to move your ‘right arm freely?”’ I asked him, pleasantly. ' e “Yes, sir.” = - “What a pity!” said I. “Now just how far can you raise it?” - “Omnly 'so high,” said he, lifting it to his waist with a painful grimace. "“Too bad, too bad!” I sympathized. ““And before this accident I'll wager you were physically a match for any man?”’ > ~ “You bet I “was!” he assented, warmly. -~ ' - “And could swing that arm around as well as the next fellow?” “Better!” he declared. . . “Just -show. us how .high you could raise it ‘then?”’ I asked, quickly. “Away up here!” he answered, hdist-. ing his arm strajght over his head with unwary enthusiasm.—N. Y. Weekly. - ' World’s Champion Truant. Berlin lays claim to the distinction of having the champion truant of the world. He is a boy of ten years of -age: Nothing could make him attend school, and it finally became necessary to send him thither each day in charge of a policeman. This lasfed for a week or so, and then he began to run away from home at night, so that the policeman could not find him in -the morning. To stop this practice he was locked. up. One night he jumped from the window in the room where he was confined, and landed in the street, 30 feet below, with his skull and most of his ribs broken. = Sox o . ' How to Read Flag Colors. - " The colors of a flag are read from the post but; a red, white and blue flag has, therefore, the red ‘'next to the post; the reverse of this is the case with the blue, white and red flag of France, and so om. Seor b