Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 26, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 September 1904 — Page 7

HI 4+ Yo N 4 The ZLigonier Banney LIGONIER, = INDIANA. (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) §€\ROTHER ABNER was buried jest a- month ago to-day,” remarked Ezra Willetts, helping himself to a huge slice of ham, “an’ court sets in Novemnber, so I reckon we’'d as well file our claim to his estate.” ' Mrs. Martha Adams, his eldest sister, a grim, harsh-featured woman, nodded, “I reckon we might as well,” she assented. - : Lucy Willetts, the youngest and only unmarried member of the family, looked up from the bread she was buttering for her small nephew, in indignant surprise. “But you know Brother Abner meant for his wife to have everything,” she protested. “You’ve both heard him say s 0 a hundred times, and you know he intended making a will, leaving all his property to her.” i : “He’d ort to a done it, then,” said Ezra. “Anyway, she’ll get her third. We can’t touch that.” : “She ought to have it all,” cried Lu-

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cy, angrily. “She has worked so hard to .help him paS{ for -the farm, and neither you or Martha need it.” “I feel that I owe it to my children to také.all that’s comin’ to me,” said Martha ' Adams. 7

“I ain’t rich enough te give up my rights,” said Ezra, stubbornly. Lucy’s mild brown eyes flashed. ‘“You've neither of you the least shadow of a right to Abner’s property,” she cried. “At any rate she won’t be robbed of the part that I could claim, for I shall sign it over to her.” “I’'d think yowd want suthin’ to fall back on, when you git old, so as not to be a burden on your folks,” observed her waspish little sister-in-law. Lucy, the meek, gave her a scorching glance, ' “If you think I don’t earn my board doing the work for your whole family; I cam easily get another place,” she declared with some -spirit.

“You know meaﬁw‘E;;a don’t begrudge you a home, Lucy,” replied her sister-in-law, hastily. ‘“You’ve no call

to snap me up.” : Thus the family conclave ended, and the .next day, Lucy reluctnantly informed her brother Abner’s widow that Ezra and Martha intended claiming a share in Abner’s estate.

“I dunno’s as they’ve any right to it,” said the limp little widow. I worked jest as hard as Abner did. ’Taint as if he had it when I married him. T wish now we had -children. 'Taint right. It’s like pickin’ my pocket.”

“I know it isn’t right,” said Lucy, “but you shall have the part that I could claim.”

“I'm much obleeged,” said the widow, tearfully, ‘“but Abner meant that I should have it all.” -

“I know he did,” replied poor Luey, “but its ail I can do. It's better than nothing at all.” =

“Yes,” said her sister-in-law, meekly, “I suppose it is.” S The news that the two well-to-do members of the Willetts family meant io claim a share in their brother’s es-

THE CALLOUSED HANDS. " “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,-do it with thy might.”—Ecclesiastes, 9-10, Now, some write books of empty words, . And some weave fancies into song— But he who toils among the sherds, o Barehanded, brown of face, and strong, And clears the place where shall arise The structure’that shall long endure, Though he be counted far from wise His portion of reward is sure. Some, with the brush and many hues, Make pictures that men rush to see—‘Yet there are no more worthy views Than those where many. workmeén be, Where chisel rings against the stone - And hammer clangs upon the steel, For peasant’s hut or monarch’s throne The fingermarks of toil reveal. Words writ in ink grow dim and fade, The canvas turns to dust in time, But structures which bare hands have made Last through the centuries sublime; The bridge, the temple, and the street, -The castle wall and city gate “Tell of men braving cold and heat, - Of hands that builded high and great. Clear in the harmony of life There is one chord that rings alone And which with surging strength is rife— The hum of toil is in its tone, The sounds of tools that blend and blur " In harmony from all the lands, The hymn eof the artificer. : : . The world owes much to calloused hands. ~W. D. N, in Chicago Dalily Tribune. = FAIR JAPS GOOD AT TENNIS Put Up Strong Game and Gften Rival v Husbands at Imported . Sport. :

" ' Japanese women, for all their pretty listlessness of carriage and manner, are beginning to take an interest in athletic :sports. An American woman tells in ithe New York Sun how she played tennis §n Japan with native women. “It is wonderful -how agile they are,” she gaid, “and it certainly is a most extraordinary sight to see them playing in the

tate, while Lucy—an unpald, unappre. <¢lated slave in her brother Ezra's houssghoid, refused her share, formed for ia time the sole topic of conversation in the village. “I call it mighty self-denyin’ in a girl that’s a wearin’ an old brown cashmere that'’s been turned three times, fur her Sunday best,” said Mrs. Kelshaw, when she told the young minister the story at the tea table, “‘but she says she ain’t got no right to Abner’s property and she wan’t touch a cent of it. She’s the only poor one in the Willett’s family, too.” - “She certainly has a most commendable senge of justice,” remarked the Rev. David Spencer, “although she is only doing what she believes to be right.” And the next Sunday he for the first time gave her more than a passing glance. - “What a brave, upright little creature she must be,” he thought, and then; in the very midst ofihis discourse he noticed that her bright brown hair waved prettily over her smooth forehead, that her eyes were big and brown and that her cheeks were faintly pink; ‘then he even admired the neat fit of the thrice-turned brown cashmere. . ‘“She deserves a word of encouragement,” he told himself, during the singing of the last hymn, and then—he walked home with her after church. Thus, at the age of 28, Lucy’s ‘“‘sense of justice” won for her, her first sweetheart. . : :

A few days before the fall court convened, the Willetts received written notices from Lawyer Coburn to appear at his office in the afternoon of the following day. Greatly mystified by the summons, they repaired to his office to find their brother’s widow, old Squire Howells and Israel Sparks there before them.

“We’d like to know why you sent fur us?”’ said Mrs: Adams, eyeing the assembled company with much disfavor. “We've no thought of compromisin’.”

“It was necessary for you to be present at the reading of this document,” replied Lawyer Coburn curtly, and he read the following: . _ "I, ;Abner Willetts, bequeath to my wife, Julia Page Willetts, my entire property, real and personal, tb be hers unconditionally, and I furthermore appoint said Julia Page Willetts executor of said property without bond.” i Witnessed by Simeon Howells and Israel Sparks. “I have omitted the legal verbiage,” said Lawyer Coburn, breaking the silence, ‘“but such is the substance of your brother’s will. It leaves his widow in undisturbed possession.” “Why- in tarnation did you keep still till now fur?” demanded Ezra Willetts, wrathfully. :

“At‘Abner’s request,” replied Lawyer Coburn. ‘“A request made in the presence of his wife and these gentlemen,” and -to this the aforesaid gentlemen chuckled a gleeful assent. Neither Abner or Martha were beloved ‘- in the community. '

“Ab was suthin’ of a joker in his way,” remarked Israel #parks. . _“But with flilin’ papers an’ our retainin’ fee an’ sich; fur we thought Julia meant to fight our claims, we’re out more’'n a hundred dollars apiece, Marthy an’ me,” spuitered. Ezra. “Abner meant it all fur your good. He said it would be a lesson to you,” remarked the widow. : “Lucy kissed her sister-in-law, affectionately. “I’'m so glad for you, Julia,” she whispered. . “I knowed you'd be,” answered Julia, “fur you're no ways covetous.” “That same evening the disgruntled household of Ezra Willetts received another crushing blow. Lucy announced her engagement to the Rev. David Spencer. They were to be married almost immediately. Mrs. Ezra Willetts gave way to tears. “I’d think you’d have a little feelin’ fur your own blood kin,” she sobbed. “Your pore brother Ezra’ll have to pay out $l2 a month to some girl an’ then she won’t do the milkin: 2 3

“Do you know what first led me to admire you?’ said the Rev. David Spencer, during their first breakfast together. “It was the stand you took about your brother Abmner’s property. Your strong sense of justice first attracted me, then—afterward—"

“Well, then—afterward—" repeated Lucy, smiling across the table at him, “what then?iv ¢ .

“Afterward I learned to love you for your own sweet self,” replied the Rev. David. :

And five years later, when Abner Willetts’ widow died, after willing her entire estate to Lucy, the reverend gentleman experienced delightful thrills of satisfaction as he reflected upon the wisdom of his choice.

regular Japanese dress, the pretty soft silk robe so associated with reclining ease, and the thick soled sandals. You can imagine the effect of the sunlight on the sheen and gorgeous hues of the silken dress. Of course, the serve and return of the balls sends the gayly cos‘tumed little ladies into the pretties of posturing. They look like iowers light‘ly blowing about the court. The thick soled sandals are not hard to run in. Indeed, I was assured they were most comfortable for the sport. Some of the Japanese ladies I met set up a strong ‘enough game to play with their husbands, who enjoyed the imported game immensely.” . UNCLE SAM SAVES PELICAN —_— - Government Establishes Island in a Florida River Where Bird Is Secure from Hunters. Uncle Sam bas stepped in just in time to save an American species, the brown pelican, from being killed off entirely by plume hunters. He is now a real father of pelicans, for the government has taken over an island in the Indian river, in Florida, where these queer birds live, and Pelican island is sacred. He is also a protector of sea gulls now, for all his lighthouse reservations and other government ground on the coasts are reserved as breeding places for thege birds, where no man may hunt them or even frighten them. {n his coast fortifications, too, the wild birds find safe refugees, and in places as near big cities as Sandy Hook, which is within sight of the great, crowded city of New York, the birds have such safe homes that a naturalist can find scores of uncommon species which are not at all shy there, because they %gentirely undisturbed,

FLOWER GOWN POPULAR.

Each Dress as It Is Fitted and Trimmings Added Receives Its Name. q

* The flower gowns are so numerocus this year that one dressmaking establishment has adopted the expedient of naming each gown before it goes out, and the gowns are billed jn that manner. Each dress as it is fitted and the trimmings added receives its flower name, says the Brooklyn Eagle. A gown for a Washington woman is called a pond lily dress. It is in green and white, and a great glossy green taffeta sash is tied around the waist. All is cool in the green and white tores, with a great string. of gold beads around the mneck for relief.

And, speaking of gold beads, one may digress long enough tof say that beads are worn in the day time.as well as in the evening, and there are great strings of gems of all kinds. The buying of strings of beads is considered a good investment. these days, and women who wish to enliven their costumes are investing in strings of silver, crystal and dull thick pinkish enamel.

A girl who is always exceedingly well dressed is now at work upon her trousseau. She is buying material for the little Dutch dresses which are so much the style. It takes eight yards in the wide materials and from 16 to 20 in the narrower stuffs.

The Dutch dresses are nearly all of instep length, and are all made round, with the fullness evenly distributed. The skirts are gathered or are plaited, or are so arranged that the hips are extremely full, with the fullness laid flat, while it is allowed to flare around the foot. In a certain trousseau there is to be a wedding gown of white net, fine almost as lace. Yet it is not an expensive net, for it is partly cotton and partly silk. The bride has run silver threads' through the material, patiently working upon it all the spring. ’ e

-The wedding gown is the simplest of the simple. The skirt is shirred on the hips, a style which is very effective, even if not new. Around the foo: there is a ruffle of net, bordered with lace. But the prettiest feature is the petticoat worn underneath. This pet: ticoat is made of white lawn. And it is trimmed with a lace insertion through which a wide white ribbon is run. This ribbon is tied in a big bow .upon the middle of the front, a bow which shines through the gown. WHY THEY WERE CHASED. Terrible Experience of Two City Women Taking a Walk in | - the Country.

- Mrs. X—— and Mrs. Y——, weary of .the pomp and splendor of the fashionable mountain and seaside resorts, re'solved one summer to spend a few months on a farm. This was before the noblemen of the plow contracted the boarder habit, relates the New York Tribune. ; ; Mrs. X—— ‘was stout; Mrs. Y— of frail stature. 2 After three hours on the railroad and an agitating drive in a palsied chaise, the women arrived at the farm. Though the journey was hot and dusty, the inviting appeardnce of the fresh country beguiled them into taking a stroll. . . “How delightful!” murmured Mrs. X—. T “Glorious!” Mrs. Y-—— assented. ‘They turned to view the landscape. A man, to all appearances a tramp, was discerned walking rapidly in their direction. : sl i

“Charlotte! Look quick! Ido believe that creature is following us!” The dim figure increased his pace. “Oh, dear! What shall we do?” ~ “Run!”

“But I can’t!” puffed Mrs. X——, painfully. Her companion deftly lifted her sgirts, and winged by fear fairly flew up a well-screened lane that crossed the road at this point.

“Oh, why did we come to this horrid place?” Mrs. X—— panted. “Wait for me, Charlotte!” Mrs. Y—— bravely paused. and with blanched face urged her friend on with frantic gesticulations. Thus the pair tremblingly found themselves quite a bit into the lane. Mrs. X—— discovered a space in the brush that was hidden from the roadway, and with one accord the two breathless, terrified women crawled into ‘this haven and huddled together, exhausted. ¢ :

Mrs. Y—— furtively peeped through the bushes.

“My heaven!” she whispered, hoarsely. “Hehasturnedintothelane!” “The monster!” gasped Mrs. X—, ‘the cold sweat breaking out. Nearer and nearer approached the steps. The pursuer slackened his pace, apparently sure of their whereabouits. 'He stopped. :

“Please, ladies, Mrs. Powell says sup per’s ready.” ! ¢ .

String Bean Compote. New string beans make a good com pote to serve as a relish with meat where a sweet is démanded. Green ones only are to be used, the cream or wax beans not being suitable. Boil till voft in slightly salted water, then drain, add brown sugar, a little race ginger and filuted maple syrup to the beans. Give them a “dusting” of corn starch and let them simmer till almost jelly-like in consistency Serve hot and cold.—Boston Budget. - . CesL S Meat Croquettes, Veal, lamb, chicken or any of the white meat croquettes should be moistened with ,lemon juice ‘after the meat has been minced. Paprika is to be sprinkled on the cracker crumbs in which the croquettes are rolled before frying. Doubly tried out beef drippings or unsweetened butter are the best frying mediums. Just before using, the frying pan should be rubbed with the freshly cut surface of an onion.—Boston Budget. e e ettt . Grilled Sweet Potatoes.. ° Take a fair sized sweet potato; slice in lengthwise slices about half an inch thick. Place the same on a broiler in the oven and bake to a brown.—Good Housekeéping, | : : . e e s L Fig Jelly Filling. Take a pound of figs, chopped fine, a cupful of sugar and balf a cupful of bolling water. Boil to a jelly, stirring constantly,.—~Washington Star. |

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ROOSEVELT IS THE ISSUE. Republican Leader’s Letter of Acceptance Reiterates His Contempt for the Constitution. As painted by Mr. Roosevelt, the republican party almost discounts Providence. It is all-wise and all-beneficent. It is perfection, full-rounded, beautiful. According to Mr. Roosevelt, the time has come when those in charge of the government are omniscient and society’s ills are at an end. The republican party is the answer to the sum total of mankind’s efforts throughout the ages. It possesses exclusively all of the superlative excellencies hitherto known and a few newly invented ones. - If it were as good as Mr. Roosevelt professes to think it is, there would be no further need of politics and we could even get along without the constitution. Mr. Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance 1s in many respects an interesting document,.

Almost anybody can put gquestions to fit answers favorable to himself, which is a way of conducting the other fellow’s case; and this is what Mr. Roosevelt has done. Having selected what he conceives to be the virtues of his administration, he frarhes an indictment on behalf of the people against these special virtueg, thus giving the selected virtues an excellent opportunity to reply—and they reply for all they are worth. There can be no other issues save the enumerated ones involving these supposed virtues, Mr. Roosevelt contends. If these are not the issues, hesays, there can be no issues. :

As usual, says the St. Louis Republic, Mr. Roosevelt overlooks the constitution. When he declares that he is unable to conceive what issues the democrats could possibly have, he forgets that they have had a Mr. Roosevelt in one of the three great constitutional divisions of government for;the last three years and that the incumbent has wrought a great strain and damage upon the office. As a matter of fact, a president too big for the constitution is a very large, real, live and threatening issue and one sufficient to arouse most of the peoplein the country which suffers that condition. A lawmaking and lawbreaking executive is an anomaly calculated to impress the majority of Americans with the necessity for its removal—to awaken in them a fear for the safety of their institutions. : o

Mr. ' Roosevelt is enough of an issue, were there no others. He represents anticonstitutionalism, the constitution subordinated to executive whim; and not all his enumeration of party virtues, real or pretended, ean hide the fact of his dangerous personality. In electing a president, the people are bound to consider the man. The people choose between men. This campaign is peculiarly one in which character and temperament must be weighed between the candidates. It is admitted on all sides that Judge Altobn B. Parker is a safe man, of sound and conservative judgment, who, if elected, would not endanger the international and internal affairs of the country. His temperament and judicial training qualify him for the constitutional duty and r sponsibility. It is impossible not to gpntrast against these eminent qualifications the rash impulses, big militant ambitions and headlong proclivities of Mr. Roosevelt. In the very nature of things, the contrast is inevitable. The one man is amenable to the constitution, laws, principles and traditions of his country. The other man is intolerant of all restraint. g £

The issue is the constitution, or it is Mr. Roosevelt, as you please. If it were a campaign of mere attractions and Mr. Roosevelt were permitted to state them to suit himself, democracy might easily be robbed of all issues. But the question before the people is, among other things, the selection of a president. The requirements of office and the fitness of men are considerations. The requirements have reference to the constitution which created the office, and measured by them Mr. Roosevelt is seen to be wholly unfit. Question Hurts Republicans. The state grange, of Pennsylvania, has earned the bitter hatred of every republican congressional candidate and his backers. The grange has asked each one of them this question: “Will you, if elected, assist in passing legislation ‘'which will enable American eitizens to buy American products as cheaply at home as they are sold abroad?”’ Such a question is calculated to induce nervous prostration when put to a republican congressional candidate.—~The Commoner, ’

ROOSEVELT . IS RECKLESS. Why Conservative Men of Affairs Prefer Judge Parker to the Republican Candide.te.‘ : That Spencer Trask, head of the great New York banking house of Spencer Trask & Co., has decided to support Alton B. Parker for president, is one of the many announcements indicating a strong drift among business men toward the democratic candidate. Mr. Trask’s reasons for deciding upon the course indicated are not less interesting than the fact itself. In explanation of his attitude, he says: “While President Roosevelt has been much more subdued and very quiet for the last two months, there is no telling when he will break out again, particularly if he should be elected for a full term of four years. In my opinion this is not the time to take chances. The personalities of the two candidates are before us, and we must judge them by the past. I do not think there can be any question that Judge Parker is a much safer man than President Roosevelt. Judge Parker has at all times shown a disposition to be calm and deliberative, to observe the law and the constitution, instead of his own personal desires. President Roosevelt’s course, on the other hand, has always shown a tendency toward recklessness and a disregard of law.” Mr. Trask was a Blaine republican in 1884, being a great personal admirer as well as political supporter of the ‘“plumed knight.” In 1888 and 1892, he supported Cleveland, and in 1896 and 1900, McKinley. He is an independent republican, but in common with hundreds of other business men he realizes and remembers that Roosevelt under restraint, during the campaign, and Roosevelt, elected to the presidency, are two very different men. In other words, Mr. Trask feels just like that Indiana man, with a little money ‘invested, who said, the other day: ‘I wish I could be sure, when I go to bed at night, what Roosevelt will do in the morning.”

A FEW WINNING ISSUES.

There Are Many ,Causes Which, If Properly Presented, Will Insure Democratic Success.

The democrats must put forward those causes for which they can fight with a good heart, the issues on which they deserive to win, The cry of reform and ‘economy in administration, which drew so many to Tilden and Cleveland, is still potent. The extravagance of the republicans, the swollen and ' padded bills for army, navy, post office and every other department of government, the thefts of which we got a mere whiff: when a few of the postal frauds were investigated—all these evidences of corruption and maladministration must move every citizen who is_concerned for the welfare of the republic, and must help the party that promises to retrench and to turn all rascals out.

,But, above all, democratic strength, we believe, rests in opposition to the Dingley tariff. .On this ground the demorrats have marched to victory; on this ground they can triumph again. The protective tariff, mother of combines, fountain of corruption, robber of the many for the benefit of the few, is an inigquity against which the party should battle unceasingly. A cam'paign of education on the tariff, like those of 1888 and 1892, would not only De the highest service which the democrats could now render this country, but would also establish them, and justly, in the confidence of the country.—N. Y. Evening Post. NOTES FROM OUR EXCHANGES. ——When will republican leaders regard the Filipinos “fit for complete self-government?”’” When there is no more money to be made out of them.— The Commeoner. , —The officials who have failed to enforce the law against the trusts consider Judge Farker’s reference to that fact as pérsonal. It may be, but it is also rather pointed.—Memphis News. ——ln nominating a convicted Ppolygamist as presidential elector, the Wyoming republicans indicate fhat they have put aside some of their conscientious scruples along this line, too, “until after election.”—Boston Herald (Ind.). : ——Bailey says it is not unlawful to buy votes in Indiana. /However, the democratic party doesn’t want to buy any; there is enough homesty in the world to insure a patriotic and honest vote large enough to insure Indiana going democratic.—~Houston (Tex,) Post.

WAS AN AWFUL DISCOVERY And Yet, When the Truth Became - EKnown It Wasn’t So Bad ‘ : as Supposed.’ : The advent of the telephone in the rural districts has introduced an element of freshness and variety into the monotony 'of farm life that makes an instrument a real necessity to every househoid. ‘Many incidents attest the adaptability of the instrument in common use in the country towns and hamlets to the varied needs of country life. It seems to be no longer necessary to “visit round” to learn what the neighbors are doing, for the “party. wire” telephone, an instrument where all the subscribers are on one wire, which is the kind in general use, signals to each one on the circuit when any special call is rung. and then the others may take down his or her trumpet and lister”to the conversation. It isn’t even possible for a fellow to make an evening engagement with his best girl over the telephone without letting all the other subscribers know of it. ) A few evenings ago, on a Sunday, relates the Times, a New York man was spending a few days at a farmhouse boarding place in the Litchfield hills, Connecticut, only seven miles from the. “Gunnery,” a private academy of the neighborhood. He rung up “Central” to connect him with a place out of town. As he took down the trumpet he overheard this conversation: . ‘“Have you tried giving him whisky?” ‘“Yes; but to no purpose.” i “Is he intoxicated? I say, iz he intoxlcated ?” ' “I can’t catch that. What did you say?” ' _ “Is he drunk? - Have you got him drunk?” “No. I can’t get anything down his throat.” “I thought you said you had given him whisky?” “I tried to, but I couldn’t get it down him.” ) “Well, now, you do just as I tell you, and it’ll' be all right. Buy a quart of whisky, the cheapest kind will do, and a quart will be enough. even if you don’t get it all down him. Then take arubber tube and put a funnel in one end of it, and then run the tube a little way down his throat and pour the whisky down. He’'ll be drunk a day or <o, but he’ll be harmless, and yoyll find it will do the work.” i “But, doctor, he’ll Lite the tube in two, and then—" ;

“Well, pry his jaws open with a goodsized stick, or something else that will keep. his jaws apart so that he-can’t ‘bite.” ‘ The New York man was confounded. He had been in town several days, and had learned that it was a local option town, and that the town agent was the only person who kept strong liquor, and that he could dispense it only upon a doctor’s prescription. The boarder had learned the physieian’s name, and decided to pay him a visit, but realized that he would have to be politic at first, and, then, if he didn’t succeed he would threaten to put thelaw upon the disciple of Esculapius. The visit was made, but much ‘to the New Yorker’s disappointment he learned that the whisky was intended to be used on a dog to stunt his growth. : ; )

FAMILY LIFE OF THE ZUNIS

Villages Look Like Huge Bechives and Have Hundréds of Cell!like Rooms.

The little half-civilized children of Zuni so aroused our curiosity that we drove through 40 miles of sand aud sage-brush, from the railroad at Foyt Wingate, to pay them a visit. As the Indians do not provide for travelers, we took our hotel with us—tents, beds and food—and camped just outsida their village, writes Maria Brace Kimball, in “The Children of Zuni” in St. Nicholas. The village looks like 3 huge beehive made of clay and stuck fast to the top of a sandy knoil. Tha hive is filled with a mass of cells—300 single rooms, placed .side by side and piled in rows one on top of another. : :

In each of these rooms lives a Zuni family. There are no inside stairways leading from story to .story, but if the boys and girls living in one row wish to pay a visit to a house above them, they must go outdoors and climb a ladder. On the slope between the village and théZuni river are a number of small vegetable gardens, each one inclosed by a mud wall. Zuni has no inns, no shops,_no saloons, not even proper streets, but only narrow alleys that thread their way through the strange town. As we walked through the village, all the world came out to see us. Girls and boys clustered on the rcofs or sat on the ovens—queer little cones of mud which seem to grow up out of the house-tops—while fathers, mothers and babies peered out from dark doorways to stare at the visitors. When we had finished our tour of the roofs and a'lleys, we were hospitably invited indoors; even there the children followed us, and as we glanced up to a hele in the ceiling which served as a window, a girl’s laughing face filled the opening. We must have looked strange enough in our;-hats and gloves and long skirts. Science in Ancient Sharon. From time immemorial the gardens in the ancient plain of Sharon, famous for its roses and its oranges, have been irrigated with water lifted by wheels, with double rows of buckets, turned by mules. Modern practical science now promises to revolutionize this timehonored method, greatly to the gain of the gardens and their owners. A few years ago oil engines were introduced from Germany to take the place of the mules. At first the innovation made slow progress, but its advantages are beginning to be understood, and it is believed that the recent rapid growth ol the orange gardens, some of which include from 6,000 to 10,000 trees, will stimulate the substitution of engines for mules. : Burdened with Big Names. Pity the babies of a presidential year. Through life they will have to stagger under the burdeg of names other men have made famous, and they can neither live up to them nor live them down. It is like a brand of nonentity stamped upon those who otherwise might have lived peacefully in respectable medlocrity among thpusands of their un~ marked fellows.—Baltimore American

\¢" |=y ' 9 i e)f 1 ) ol el _ N T - p \dy P 2P Jr _"-“l 1 g y = oL \"\! ] ) &= = - R/ ~>, 3 O i«__:l—---—~ NS mmmwm BABY’S SAND PILE. In a great big wooden box, Nice and smeéoth, to save her frocks, Is the baby’'s sand-pile, where all day she plays; . it Ané the things she thinks and makes, From a house gnd barn to cakes, Would keep, # think, her family all their days: . Once she said she’d make a pie— - Or, at least, she'd like to try—" So up she straightway rolled each tiny sleeve; For her plums she used some stones, Made a fire of cedar cones— Not a real fire, you know, but make-be- - lieve, .

Next she baked some buns-and bread, “Faor her dollies,” so she said, * *Cause, you-see, they like my cooking best of all;” e : Though her flour was only sand, ~ Dolls, she knew, would understand, : And excuse her if her batch of dough should fall.

Bometimes cook will miss a pan, ) Or a bowl, or spoon, or can; But I think she's very sure where they'll be found; - ! For she knows it’s just such thingsBaby uses when she brings . All her dollies to her sand-pile on'the * ground. v ) -—F. C. M., in St. Nicholas. ~

GREAT FUN FOR THE BOYS

The ‘“Really Truly’”’ Way to Play Indian -Is to Make Your Own Tepee and-Weapons,

One fine thing about playing Indian is that there is nearly as much fun gerting ready as thereisafter youarereally in your wigwam. Of course, you can buy your equipment, but.the cheaper and better way is to make it yourself, says the Little Chromnicle: For arrows, make with a gimlet small holes, an inch apart, in the end of a pine board 18 incheslong. Intothe holes drive wire nails, two inches long "or longer, and pound the heads well down. Then split the board into strips, each with a nail in.the head, and whittle them down to arrow size. Wrapping the ‘heads with twine will prevent their splitting. . : A strip of well-seasoned oak or hickory, four feet long and two inches wide, planed until it bends readily, makes a good bow. . ) Now for the most important thing of all, the tepee. , B e You know, of course, that the Indians originally made their teepees of buffalo skins, but.now even they use somre kind of cloth, just as you must. You may use canvas or duck or drmy khaki'og‘ even bed ticking. L Pt Suppose you want to make a ten-foot teepee, to accommodate three or four boys. Get 23 square yards of cloth, cut it into pieces each 20 feet long, and stitch them together, making a strong seam. S _ ’ When the stitching on mother’s machine is done, you wilkhave a large sheet ten feet wide and 20 feet long. Stretch a v goe& - 1 R___oesA B R oes S T % - .. ' 1 - . 1 1 , . | ) . ' e, T ; . . 4 S : | o ot §is - . se 8 o [ ® R -TTs, ’ - DIAGRAM OF THE TEPEE. this out smodthly on a floor or lawn, drive a nail or peg at O, the middle of A B, and with a pencil, colored crayon or burnt stick, and a ten-foot string looped at both ends mark the half circle AM B. Cut off the corners, and-from them cut out the two smoke flaps as shown. On the point of each fiap a small piece is sewed te make a pocket for the end of the smoke pole. Cut out the Vshaped pieces DO Sand OT C. D-Oand O C are each six inches. D SandCTare 12 inches. The smoke flaps are sewed to the main piece so that K H fits VD and W P fits C X. i Now work two rows of holes along the edges, where the cover will come together. The outer row is two inches from the edge and the two rows are 1% inches apart. Those on one side should exactly correspond with those on the other side, so that when the cover is drawn in place pins the size of a small lead pencil may pass through each set of holes. s s

You should have 100 feet of quarterinch clothes line. ' Make a Icop at onz end by doubling back five inches of the rope and wrapping it closely with strong twine. Place the loop so that it will just project at A and then hem the rope along the bottom of the cover A M B. At B make another loop like the one at A. Nogw cut nine pieces of rope 15 inches an, fasten them to the hem rope 435/ the bottom and tie into small loops. / These are for the pegs to hold the cover down, and should be about three feet apart. A ten-foot rope should be fastened to R and-another at L. A four-foot piece is tied at its middle point through an-eyelet at Q. ; The cloth-and the rope for a ten-foot teepee should cost very little over three dollars. Such a tent, ready made of army khaki, costs about $lO. If you should wish to build & large tent, simp'y cut your strips of cloth longer. For & 12-foot tent cut them 24 feet; for a 15foot tent, 30 feet, and remember that the whole ‘sheet' of cloth, when sewed together, should be twice as long as it is wide. \ : Richard Stuck to His Point. Prof. Blank is a Chicago music teacher, mot remarkable for personal beauty, but a worthy citizen withal. A certain ia:l:{? the Windy City was compelled to £ensure her son for rude remarks cerning the = professor’s looks. “Now, Richard,” said the mother sternly, “let me never again hear you speak in such disrespectful terms of Prof. Blank.” “Very well, ma,” replied the youngster, “but he certainly is a homely man, isn’t he?”’ “That’s very true, my child; but, all the same, you mustn’t speak of it. Prof. Blank is a very estimable man.”” “I guess he is, ma;” went on the young hopeful, “but, my, he’s ugly.” Then, entirely forgetful of the maternal admonition, the incorrigible youngster added: “Why, ma, the professor is so ugly that when he makes a face he’s handsomer than when he isn't making a face!” Where-

THIS DOG CARRIES MONEY. His Name Is “Rags” and He Is the Custodian of His Mistress’ - Bank Book. . - “Rags” is the name of a little mo¥ grel dog, not prepossessing in appearance, owned— by Mrs. John H. Morrison, whose husband is a bookkeeper in a’ tanmery at Middletown, N. Y., where the canine spends much of his time, but, neverhteless, this dog, owing to his remarkable intelligence, is highly prized by his mistress. “Rags” makes a daily practice of visiting the local bank, where he deposits the money of the firm where Mr. Morrison is engaged. He has developed an instinct almost haman. He will not allow anyone to handle the deposit book after omce taking it in his mouth, save the bank officials and his master at the bank. Rolls of bills in “Rags’” mouth are rauch sufer by far than in the hands of many men, who would be trusted with this important errand. < Another pastime of this remarkabin dog is to visit a pond near by his 1t i;f s U s dl I‘.MI(III L LT el I?{‘;EI,; i 3\94 lIIm LRI LN~ 2 il |2l N i 111 s+ | IXX‘\‘ \ \ ‘II Pl ,” ‘ II : “‘I“ \ 111 1 tIIIII 111 1N ) \’\"l‘,,, HA v ’ﬂtw g I‘.—l II h \~ l ) \ .\’ “ '/’/ "l;‘,"'( 3:‘ -‘I ;’s////’,/’ 4 » N\ "“:;,it'h-:’f!;‘r"‘.i T TR '?:'?.‘ﬂ-: S R e RAGS ON HIS WAY TO BANK. home, and with pole in mouth swims out to the middle of the stream and there fish for specimens of the finny tribe. i Superintendent Harry M. Hayves, of the tannery, was walking past the pond recently, when he thouzht to have a little -sport with “Rags” By pretending to hurl something intg the pond for the dog.to go afier. The dog jumped in and, swimming to the center of the pond, was seen to plunge about for a minute and then start o swim back. ) Th= action of the dogz excited Mr. Hayes' curiosity. He came to the conclusion that ‘“Rags” had suddenly bacome ill, and was upon the point of going to the regcue when.in the mouth of the dog he saw a long pole from whi¢ch a line was. trolling. Now and then there was a violent jerking of the pole and line which almost pulled the dog frem sight, but the plucky little fellow finally reached the bank in an exhausted conditicn. In its mouth was a 15-foot pole and a line, .on the end of which was a large catﬁs:p.

CLEVER GAME CF AUTHORS It Affords a Lot of Amusement and Incidentally Imparts Some ' Valuable Information. . The following from -the Christian Endeavor World will make a pleasant parlor game. Read- the descriptions and see how many can guess the author: ‘ The oldest author—Adams. The youngest author—Child. - The healthy author—Hale. : The sickly author—Haggard. The fragile author—Reade. The collier’s guthor—Coleridge. The farmer’s a!{lllthor—Fields. : The gardener's -author—OQOuida. The sportsman’s author—Hunt, The harvester’s author—Hay. The pugilist’s author—Knox. The warrior’s author—Shakespeare. The ditcher’s author—Trench. The jeweler’s author—Goldsmith. The tippler’s author—Barrie. = The angler’s author—Hooker. - The chef’s author—Cooke. | The dude’s author—Taylor. - s The lover’s author—Lincoln. . The rsuburban author—Townsend. The domestic author—Holmes. . The greedy author—¥Hogg. S The woodldnd author—Hawthorne. The cunning author—Fox. | The pontifical authcr—Pope. The evasive author—Dodge. i The submarine author—Cable. The painful author—Bunyan. The groaning author—Paine. - The dangerous author—-Wolfe. - The, aboriginal author—Savage. The blistering author—Burns. The refreshing authcr—Brooks. The breakfast author—Bacon. : The dinner author—Lamb. . . The snappish author--Crabbe. ; Gabriel's author—Horne. A The chorister’s author—Sangster.

DOGGIE WOULD NOT FIGHT Philadelphia Kitten Is Disgusted Because Plaster Canine Did Not Resent Attack. . It was all very amusing to a large crowd of spectators, but at the same time the principal character in the little comedy didn’t enjoy it one bit. The scene was laid in the window of an Itaiian plaster statuary store in Philadel= phia and the main acter—or rather actress—was a little kitten. The Kitten made its first appearance in ati; window of the store one afternoon proceeded to form an investigation committee of one for the purpose of finding out just what there was in the window to play with. Clay busts of Napoleon and Shakespeare were passed by with a look of disdain, but finally, when the little kitten had almost decided to visit other parts of the establishment, the proprietor placed a plaster dog in the window. The Kkitten at once became interested in the newcomer. At first she advanced slowly toward the epemy, stop‘ping every once in awhile to look for a move on the part of the dog. Butthat bogus animal never moved. The kitten became bolder and, walking up to the dog, gave it a look-of infinite contempt. Still the dog remained motionless and silent. Then the kitten lifted its forepaw and hit the plaster cast a blow in the face. The dog never moyed. By this time a large erowd had ga&xered at the window and they were enjoying the performance immensely. Several times the kitten tried to excite the dog toaetion, but at last gave it up and walked away. And the last look thgt the Kittem gave that dog would have shot envy into the heart of the most pronounced cynic the world ever kmew.—Goldes