Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 1, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 May 1896 — Page 8

?ht £?ifet bounty flrmomt M. McC. STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor, PETERSBURG, - - INDIANA. SECRET OF PRETTY LIPS. Vartwt Health la a Greater Braatlflet Thaa Boafe Pretty lips add so much to the pleasure witch which we regard a pretty face that or e often wonders why some women seem to neglect the care of theirs entirely. They never seem to mind if they are. cracked, or dry, or swollen, whether they are attractive, or the very reverse. Lips to be perfection must be soft and he&lthv-looking, with a pretty red color In them. Deep red lips have, to my mind, something startling about them, and only look well when seen on very young children. People who use artificial means to color the lips have a certain kiSid of ghastly look about their j faces which never deceives as to the rer j ality of the coloring. Though very red lips do not follow us j Into old age, we can at leoat keep them i fresh and attractive-looking all our lives. To do this great care must be j taken to remain in perfect health, and | also to attend to any little ailment of the ! lips aa soon as it is noticed. Too much j sitting over the fire and too little out- ! door exercise are fatal to the beauty of ! the lips. 5 Very pale-colored lips, of course, j show that the possessor is much out of j health, usually suffering from blood- \ lessnesr. Strong iron tonic should be ; taken, plenty of milk drank, and out- j door exercise freely indulged in. The ] diet should be generous, and the rooms j we live in and sleep In should be most f carefully ventilated by night as well as ; by day. As the health improves, the j color will return to the lips. Some foolish women have recourse to j cosmetics in a case like the latter, but j ( can iissure them that, though a very j desirable temporary effect may be pro- j duccd, it only succeeds for a short time. To persist In such a foolish course is to ! eveutually min both the softness and texture of the lips themselves. The lips should also never be rubbed i With strong scent, such as eau de j Cologne, or vinegar, or lemon. Friction j Is also very bad for their well-being. Ups may only be a pale pink (red lips are constitutional); 'but if they are j smooth and soft, they will look attractive. Rouge is also very bad for the lips. Some women have a stupid way j of “biting the color into their lips.*’ Not : only does this unwise practice make the I skin very sensitive, but it also thickens and swells the lips till they lose all i charm.

Children are often unchecked in the contortions into which they tw ist their Ups. It is laughed at and thought amusing in early youth, but when the age olf disen t ion has arrived and the trick is still there it has ceased to charm, and is only looked on as an eccentrio blemish. Above all, beware that the chUd does not stretch the mouth open at the corners with the fingers; it will only serve to broaden the mouth and j make the lips out of ail shape and very ugly to behold. The best ^ray of keep- j ing the lips smooth and in health is to j see that they are always perfectly dry. If they- arc allowed to get moist, es- I pecially in frosty weather, they will j crack and chap and be most unsightly. Wearers of veils must be very careful j about this. On a damp, cold day the j breath will naturally condense on the j veil and the bps will constantly be get- i ting moist. To prevent this the veil j must lie raised and the lips lightly dried | w JUj a soft cambric or silk handkerchief s -—not rubl>ed, on any account, but just j dabbed dry. If this precaution is not 1 taken the lips will crock and become • sore and our sensations will be the re- ; verse of pleasant. The best thing to ap- j ply in this case is lioro glycerine, which | should be rubbed in several times a day. i Pure glycerine must pever be used, as 1 it Is apt to dry the skin too much. Peo- i pie whose Ups are very thick and course can try to reduce them in size by gently ; rubbing tannin into them, But, as a rule, thick lips are inherited, not a mere casual episode, and, of course, outward ; measures in the former ease will not be of very much good. There are many harmless, healing salves that can be used on the lips. Like ] nil other remedies, some are more suita- ■ ble to one kind of Kps than to others. Dry lips want one kind of remedy, while ; very moist lips require another kind ot treatment. A very nice ointment for the lips can be made of five (tarts of olive I oil to one part of pure white wax, which must be heated over the lire in a porce-lain-lined pan. A few drops of tincture of benzoin can be added if w ished. Here is another excellent salve for the sarnie purpose': Oil of sweet almonds, seven drachms; fine white wax, three drachms; cacao butter, one drachm; orchftnet, two drachms. These must all lie stirred and mixed together over the fire,* then strained and skimmed, and perfumed with a little rosewater. The best way to keep these salvca Is to put them into ornamental covered china jars, with a piece of oiled paper over the top of the salve to keep j it fresh and elean.—Chicago Tribune. • Sprlni felt Hats. Many girl* have apjmared this spring I wearing the regular man’s soft felt hat in light gray, with a black band around j H. These are stylish and very becorn- j Ing and attractive in their proper place, j Several maidens hate been seen committing the error of wearing elaborate capes, meant only for “dressy” affairs, with the plain masculine headgear. This is an unpardonable sin. The felt hat belongs essentially to the tailormade or bicycle girl, and should only be worn on appropriate occasions—the morning constitutional, the spin down the boulevard, the rainy day and others of a like nature.—St. Louis Republic. —Alice Bradley Haven, once editor ol Gotley’s Lady’s Rook, chose the named “Allice Q. Lee.” It is said she once had

A RECONCILIATION. The fog tluit bed prevailed daring- the Nurly hours of the morning disappeared before the bright rays of the sun as it arose above the mountains. We had a dear view of the J uni at a from the point a mile above us, where it surged around a little bluff, crowned with a clump of budding trees, until it was lost again in a gap in the dark, green ridges a mile below. At our feet rushed the swollen river, which the heavy rains that had deluged the country during the week previous had transformed from a peaceful little stream into at angry flood, so that it stretched out its arms, and despoiled many a rich * farm and laborer’s home. Now it was bearing its booty on its broad, |urbulent bosom to the valleys below, there to cast it aside. On the day before a born, with frightened fowl perched high upon its peaked roof, had floated Ly the spot where Sam Soper and 1 were standing; several small frame houses, corn cribs and other rickety farm buildings had gone bobbing merrily along on tbe swift current; greet trees, uprooted by the greedy waters, barrels, boxes and household furniture had we seen. To-day the flood was ebbing; its strength was gone; the rains had ceased, and for the first time after many days we could see the sun overhead. I glanced from the river into the face of the man at my side. “I guess, Sam. we will not see any' more houses go by,** I said; ‘‘nothing but barrels and such uninteresting objects. I suppose, though, they will be of'use to the peoi>le below.” “It’s an ill wind ez blow s nobody any good, ez Pete Siders sais,” he replied, solemnly. “The folks up the valley’ll miss them bawrets an’ things, put they’ll come handy to them below ez ketches ’em.” I laughed. “It is easy for you to argue in this ; manner, for you ore one of the foriu- j nate ones, unless some one claims that j rocking chair .that you rescued from drowning.” A faint smile passed over Soper’s face. It was quickly gone, and his countenance resumed its habituul stolid look. lie replied, somewhat gruffly: “Ef a feller don’t seize his opportunity, it won’t seiz-i him.” He hesitated, and then added: “Ki Pete Siders sais.”

“leu me, 1 cried, « no is tuisoracio of yours whom you are forever quoting?" ' For during my few days* acquaintance with the rough fellow at my side 1 had been struck by the fact that he frequently made use of ancient adages, the credit for the invention of which was always given to the mysterious Skiers. I seated nitjnlf upon a stump and awaited his reply. lie was a crude, rather stupid-looking man, clad in a rough garb that betokened his rural environments—a ragged cloth cap, a heavy, well-patched suit, which had cnce been of gray material, a collarless shirt and high boots. His hair had beeu close-cropped a few days before, in token of the coming of summer, and his unkempt black beard stood out in bold contrast to his seeming baldness, His nose was narrow, long and hooked* ind his eyes were deep-set beneath shaggy brows. After a long pause he replied to my question in a drawling tone, and with the manner of a mau perfectly convinced of the truth of whnt he said: q “Ef you uns bed c/, much iu your head ex l*ete Skiers lies in his leetlc finger, you’d be a smait man.” “Hut who is he?* I exclaimed. “I have visited this valley yearly since I was a boy. vet 1 never before heard of Kim. lie docs not live hereabouts, docs her* Roper seated himself beside me anti replied: 1 “No, ,he don’t, lie lives up the walley aerost the river. I useter live near him, tell me an’ him bed words an* fell out. You see, Pete he was wonderful smart, an* 1 was no match for him. My place almost jined his. an* he mawried me mister. He knowed a heap, did Pete, an* bed read most of the books they isj You uns *ud hev enjoyed talkin’ to him. you would, fer he’d traveled a lot ia his younger days, an’ hed a good ed|uis cation. An’ at music. Hedgins! I kin feel that old fiddle of his’n a-go?n’ thoo me yit. It jest made you all blue when he played sorrerful pieces, lie tho’l a heap pf thet fiddle, he did. AL! but I tell you they is few men like Pete Siders!" ‘ * “How did you ever happen to part with this paragon, Sam?” I asked. “Paragone,” he repeated, sadly. “1 never heard him called thet. Mebbe he v os one, fer he was most everything. How did we hev worus. Hawgs; jest a few hawgs done it. Sometimes 1 think it was my fault, an* on them days when 1 ’low I’m to blame I alius intend to go over to his place an’ make up. Hut Pie never b’en able to git off at them times; an* when.I kin git off 1 alius blame Pete an* eal’late he kin come t j see me." “It must have been a very serious trouble?" said I. “Hawgs," he replied. "Xawthin* but a few mean pigs; You see 1 was livin’ up there three summers ago. 1 -made Vnngements with Hiram Pender, who hed a farm close be my place, fer him to let me hev three young hawgf in September. I ’tended to fatten ’em up in’ butcher ’em when it come cold. One day, in corn buskin* time, 1 goes over to Hiram’s to git ’em* When 1 ast him fer ’em. he looks at me surprised like, an’ sals, sais he: ’Why, Sam. Pete Siders got them qdgs. He tol* me you sayd he was to git ’em an’ you’d pay toe fer ’em, ex you owed him fer his hevin* helped you three days it; the woods last winter.* J I was jest knocked. I knowed Pete was | hard up, fer he’d kinder be*n teyth* off all summer, but I never tho’t thet of him- 4 never let on to Hiram, but jest went right over to Pete’s place. I found thet he’d gone an* killed them beasts, an* turned ’em into bntdterim'to. When

1 tol’ him what Td come fer, he drawed himself up ex fer ex he could, fer he’s • teetie man, an* sals: ’Does you mean to call me a thief?* Then I sals: T never ow^d you no money, Pete Siders.’ *8001 Soper,* sais he, ‘hain’t you satisfied of callin' your brother-in-law a thief! ’ An* then he turns an* walks into the house, an’ shets the door in ray face. I hain’t seen him senee, fer I couldn’t stan’ livin’ near Pete an’ not bein' on peaceful groun’s with him. I give up me place, an* got a job here, tendin' the canal lock.” “And sometimes you think you were to blame?** I asked. , “Sometimes," he replied. “Pete he hed cur’ous ways, an’ I don’t b’lieve he meant no harm. Io’tn’t her called him a thief." Soper suddenly started to his feet, and, shading his eyes with his hands, gazed up the river. “A fiddle!" he cried. “Out on the river! I heard it plain. There it is ag’in!** I sprang to his side, and looked up the stream at a black object to which he was pointing. It was a boat; and we | could see a man sitting in its stern, rocking to and fro. Then I heard a quick succession of harsh, grating notea low, but distinct, and I saw that the man was fiddling. “It’s rete!” cried my companion. **Tbet*8 his playin’ an’ that’s him. Look at the boat! * Why, it won’t stay up an hour!” The craft was sunk low in the water, and was sweeping rapidly toward us on the turbulent stream; but the fiddler seemed unconscious of his danger, for he swung to and fro in a maudlin manner, rnnning his bow madly over the strings of his instrument. “It’s Pete’s way," Soper exclaimed. “He don’t know what he’s doin’, fer he’s b’en at the liquor ag’in.” As he spoke he stripped off his coat and boots. “What are you doing!" 1 cried, seizing his arm. “You are not going out in such a flood!” The boat was bearing rapidly toward us; every motion of Its maudlin occuj aut was now plainly discernible; every note of his aimless music was distinctly audible. “Xawthin* else to do," came the quiet reply. “They’s rocks an’ rapids below, an* thet boat ’ud ^ever live through With that Soper ran ont into the river. In a moment he was Over his depth; then he struck out into the stream. His was not a roaster’s stroke. He beat the swiftly flowing water convulshelv with his hands, and seemed to be making almost superhuman efforts to reach a point that be believed the boat wculd pass. His progress was slow, , and the current bore him down the river. His efforts would have been vain had not the runaway craft taken 11 sudden swerve toward him. It was al- : most on him. Then I saw him laise his long anu high above him and grasp the bow. Instantly the boat turned its noso toward the shore, and I breathed more freely. Siders sprang from his place, and with unsteady steps began to make his way toward the man who was risking his own life to save him. The craft gave a quick lurch over on one side so that the j water rushed in and almost filled it. “Get down,” I screamed. “Let go there!" yelled Siders, frantically. “You’ll upset me, you fool!" He raised his fidilleand struck wildly at Soper, but his blow fell short of its mark; fie lost h?s balance and toppled* into the bottom of the boat, which l ighted itself, but none too soon. Siders quickly recovered and cautiously crawled fo**vard. “Git off there!” he yelled. Soper made no answ er, for he was al most exhausted. He clung more des

perateiy to the craft, which was now within a hundred feet of the shore. The fiddle whirled through the air and crashed down on his head. Still he clung1 on. With a cry of disappointment S'.ders fell into the bottom of the boat. I ran out into the water, seized the sinking craft, and dragged it ashore. When he heart! the keel grate on the gravel, SomiScper released his hold aud fell into my arms unconscious. I lifted him put on the bank. Aetoss his forel he ad there was a great gash from which the blood flowed freely. Some men came to my aid from a neighboring field, and helped me to carry the injured man to his home, which stood a few hundred yards back from the river. The wonderful Siders, who bad partially recovered his senses by reason of his immersion, followed us. lie explained that he had spent the night fiddling at a party and had at daybreak started for his home. The Inst thing that he remembered clearly was getting into a boat to c^oss the river. When Sam Soper recovered conscious' ness a half an hour later he asked for bis brother-in-law, and as Siders sank into a chair at his bedside he hold out his hand and said: “Pete, I think I’ll go over the river ^ to live agin, for I ’low I was to blame." “I ’low you was. too. Sam,’* mumbled the other, taking the proffered hand. "Cut 1 don’t bear you no spite."—N. Y. Keening Sun. A Home Tbrwt The other day a young man from 1 London arrived in a northern city, and -wishing to let his friends in the south kuow of his safe arrival, he went to a post office (not the chief one), and inquired if he could send a telegram di*. tect from the office, and how long it would take. The young lady was inclined to be snubbish, and cut short ■ his inquiries with: “I am not £aid to answer silly questions." Hef face blanched wonderfully, however, when •he found herself compelled to wire the following message: "Arrived safe. Girls hers ugly and bad-tempered.**— Titbits. —The business port ion of St. Peter* burg teas seriously damaged by fire in ISC2, the prpuerty loan exceeding SS»

QUAINT ARCTIC LEGEND. K«uUs Tradition About the Lott Triboa at Israel. Years and years ago, so the story runs, ah exiled Jew on the bleak wilds of northern Siberia, in an effort to reach an overhanging branch of la tree, placed his foot upon a log floating on the water. No sooner had his foot touched the log when it seemed inspired with life and moved rapidly, off, bearing the exile away toward the vast ice fields which were plainly visible and plentiful toward the north. Rapidly the current swept toe log northward, bearing with it the unfortunate Jew, who was so benumbed wjih fear and cold that he was unable toiormulate a plan of escape from hus perilous position. For tnree consecutive days and nights the prisoner clung to the log, passing through towering fields of icebergs and dashing under arches cut by the current through the sky-scraping fields of ice. Out into beautiful sunshine our traveler eventually emerged. The grass was green and the trees were garbed in the splendor of nature, and birds made merry music on every branch. People, great in numbers, were congregated on either bank of the stream^ all dressed in .^holiday raiment of the finest texture, but similar in character tjo the clothing worn by our. ancestors 2|000 years ago. The current of the stream ceased to flow, the log drifted to the bank and the almost famished and thorbughly frightened traveler repeated for the hundredth time the Hebrew Swords “shama —Israel,** and in uncertain manner dismounted from the log. j The inhabitants crowded about, and speaking in Hebrew (with which language he was thoroughly conversant) learned of his need of food and rest, and supplied those wants, after which they inquired whence bf came and whither he was going. Numerous inquiries were made regarding the people who lived beyond their circumscribed world, who in reciprocity informed him of themselves and their mode of living, which had in nowise changed since the advent of the Christian eihi. They worked and worshiped, even as did the Jew in ancient times, w hen Palestine was a garden and; Jerusalem the center of civilization, \ The traveler learned that these peopljje were the lost tribe of Isreal, who had migrated to this goodly country, led by the descendant of Aajiron named Joseph—who had passed,away without Waving any descendants. With them they had brought many of the vessels and much of the paraphernalia of Solomon’s temple and patterned theiri house of worship after this famous temple, of Jeru salem. The t traveler was tjold that the stream's current was active six days in the week and on the Seventh became quiet and did not move, but as he was a member of a different Iribe to themselves he would not be allowed to remain in the country. Sp he was placet! in a boat, which was pushed out into top current and was born by a circuitous route back to Siberia. Afterward he was pardoned, returned to Russia and told his adventure.—Atlanta Constitution.

TENNESSEE’S CENTENNIAL. Preparations for the Big Show of Next Year. | Tennessee’s centennial exposition, s-hich will open May 1; 1897, and con* * tinue six ninths, promises to be not July a credit to the state, but one of the most complete expositions ever held in the south. It is being bijiilt with money given directly by the people of Tennessee, and the officers ajud directors in charge serve without niny salary what--ver. There will be more trees anti flourishing grass and exquisite dowers lbout the building than any expositipn Uas presented. The exposition buildiug will be erected in; a 200-acre blue grass park. A bulletiujhas been issued showing the prepress j made on 6ix of the exposition buildings up to March 15. These btrfldings, some of which are ready for roofing, are: The Fine Arts building, which iis an exactr reproduction of the Parthenon; the. Commerce building. 591 by 256; the Machinery building, 526 bv 124 feet; the | Transportation building, exactly 123 feet; the Auditorium^ 300 by feet, I and the Woman's building, 165 by -1Q0 | fecL A seventh building to be erected is the Agricultural building, 300 by 200 feet, which will be one of the most beautiful structures of the-exposition. The History building! will be unique, with one of the most complete displays at colonial, early Tennessee, and civil | war relics ever made. The children’s building, where will be only such things as will amuse and instruct chilF dren, with ts weU-filied deer park, will attract much attention, particularly in that it will be built entirely with money raised by children. When the centennial inaugural- ceremonies take ulace, on June 1, 189S, the Auditorium , building will have been finished, and - the elaborate programme arranged for ' gelebrating the eentennial of Tennessee’s admission into the union by the proclamation of tleorge Washington will occur within its walls.—Baltimore Sun. ___jsCharcoal from Loath**. The manufacture of charcoal of u important commercial value, from ! common leather waste or scrap, that is, ; as charcoal produced from leather haa | been found to be of s»ch peculiar value i in certain proocercs of tempering, a plan has been brought forw ard for util- : izing the waste leather which accumulates in shoe shops, etc„ by converting it into charcoal. The plant for manufacturing this kind of charcoal consists essentially of jjh metal1 retort, something like those forthe production of illuminating gasi and the cost ol such an equipment is calculated not to much exceed $200, while one man unaided can cosily operate the whale. The shrinkage of the leather scrap in thus becoming charcoal k said to be not more than 50 per cent.—Chicago Ouafids

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. WHEN TEACHER GETS CROSS When the teacher gets cross and her brown eyes get black. And her pencil comes down on the desk with a whack, * We chilluns In class' sits up straight In a line. As If we had rulers Instead of a spine! It‘s scary to cough, and it’s not safe to grin— Whep the teacher gets cross and. the dlm4des goes In. j When the teacher gets cross the tables all mix. j % And the ones and the sevens begin playing tricks. The pluses and minus is just little smears ! Where the cry-babies cry all their slates up with tears. ; The Aggers won’t add, and they act up like ! sin— When the teacher gets cross and the dimples goes in. When the teacher gets cross the readers gets bad, The lines jingle round till the chilluns is sad, * And Billyboy puffs and gets red in the face. As if he and the lesson were running a race! Till she hollows out "Next!” as sharp as a pin— When the teacher gets cross and the dimi pies goes in. i j When the teacher gets good Her smile is so bright » c I The tables gets straight and the readers gets right, i The pluses and minus come trooping along, | The Aggers add- up and stops being wrong, 1 And we chilluns would like (but we dassent) to shout. When the teacher gets good and the dimples comes out. / c —Rochester Express. VERY QUEER ANIMAL. The Great A»t-Eater Is a Funny Combination in Every Way. With the exception of the jaguar, the | great ant-eater, the ant-bear, or crested ; ant-bear, whichever you choose to call ! ldm, is the most showy quadruped in j ail South America; nor am 1 at all I sure he is not entitled to first place. In height and bulk a full-grown specimen is about as large as a Newfoundland dog, and is really quite bear- ; shaped in body and legs. Its tail is 1 long and strong, and bears a tremendous brush of coarse, wiry, brownblack hair, which makes this organ \ery noticeable. Its head is so small, and its muzzle so fearfully prolonged, that it reminds one of the head and beak of an ibis. Its mouth is a narrow slit across the end of that curious muzzle, its tougufe is like a big angle-worm a foot long, and it has no teeth wbat- ; ever! Its covering is a rough coat of | long, coarse, brown hair, most strangej ly marked by a black band underneath the throat, which on the chest divides j into a long, wedge-shaped stripe of j black that extends backward and up- | ward across the shoulder, j. To me it has always been a puzzle j why this creature should possess such ! a luxuriant coat of hair in so hot a { climate. Another point still more open : to criticism is his clubbed fore feet, i He walks on his claws, and the outer edge of his fore feet, in a most awkj ward and even painful way, for which there seems to be no adequate excuse— unless his feet were formed that way to vex the souls of wicked taxidermists. r

GItEAT ANT-KATI.H. Tut them as you will, they will not h>ok right; but to. the living amnia I their big, strong, hook'nl claws are very useful in tearing the bark on decayed logs, or ripping open ant hills for the insertion of that sticky, worm-like tongue. 1 have often been told by £outh American hunters that the antbear uses his lohg, bushy tail to sweep f up ants with, so that they can be devoured more expeditiously; but I fancy that is only a “yarn.” Even when it is most plentiful, the great ant-eater is a is re animal. Although I have hunted it many days, I never saw but two specimens alive, one of which was a young one in captivity at Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco, and the other was a magnificent large specimen In Forepaugh’s menagerie. Owing to their lack of teeth and the peculiarities of their diet, they are dif • | iicult to keep alive in captivity. North J of I’anafUa this species is found only | in Guatemala and Costa Kiea, and !? | very rare in both of those countries. ! It lives upon the ground, and its worst j enemies are the jaguar and the puma —William T. Hornaday, in 8t. Nicholas. Bojr Snowballs an Emperor. The German emperor is very much of an autocrat, but he has many kindly j as well as kingly traits. One day he I and the empress, while out sleigLridiug, came across three little boys in the Thiergarlen, who were so busy snowballing as to overlook the imperial couple’s approach. In consequence, o^c of the snowballs hit the monarch on the nose. “Did it hurt you, Herr Kaiser?" asked the little culprit, in an anxious tone. “If so, you can hit me and call it square.” At this the royal couple laughed merrily, and, taking the boy's address, the emperor next day sent him a comical memento of the incident. By Way of Experiment Nell—Chollie told me last night that be thought my face would stop an angei ii its flight. Belle—Don’t you think you’d better practice on a clock first, mj dear?— Philadelphia Becord.

WATER UPSIDE DOWN. _JA V«ry Pretty Xientlfic Kxperlmaat fat Young People. A pretty bit of scientific recreation, which comes in handy after dinner in sometimes dignified with the classical title of^The Ilevettge of the Danaides** in allusion to the daughters if Dana us, who, as punishment to their crime*, were condemned to forever draw wafer with leaky vessels. Fill completely two glasses of exactly the same sixe and shape, one with water, the other with wine. Stretch over the mouth of the glass containing the water a circular covering of tulle, somewhat larger than the glass and previously moistened. Now smooth the lapping over the tulle as closely to the glass as possible, and, applying the pahu of the right hand squarely to the mouth of this glass, seize the stem with the left and turn it quickly upside down, avoiding the entrance of the air. Next, slide the right hand softly away^from underneath, and, much to your astonishment, the tulle will remain adherent to the glass, while not a ^ drop of water w i fall out through that II

A PRETTY KXFERIMKXT. exceedingly leaky tissue. You will very soon succeed in this experiment. Hereon follows the second part: Place your full, but not dripping, glass of-wr.ter, thus turned upside down, but' not inside out, over the full glass of wine, and you will soon see little jets ' of ruby penetrating the tulle in every direction. It is the wine, progressively mounting the superior glass, which in the same proportion yields water to the lower glass in the opposite direction. » At the end of about a quarter of an hour the exchange will be complete, and you will see the lower glass filled with pure transparent water, while the upper one will be chock full of good, red. wine. STORY OF A STORK. How It Carried a Letter to Africa Mitt Brought One.Back. ' j A story that comes from Germany ia ns quaint as it is true, says Our Animal Friends. Some children living in the northern provinces discovered that a stork had made its nest upon their roof. Being orthodox little Teutons they hailed the newcomer with favor, as storks are supposed to bring luck to a house. All the summer they shared s their tidbits with their long-legged friend, which became very tame and companionable. At the first signs of approaching cold weather the stork prepared to flit to warmer climes. The children were sad at the thought of losing their pet, but their parents consoled them withjtho assurance that the bird would Sutely return the next spring. The children, still uneasy at the idea of the stork not being cared for through the long winter, consulted together and evolved a brilliant idea, which they immediately proceeded to put into execution. They wrote a note in their best German script, stating that the stork was very dear to them and begged the good people in w hose country it might spend the winter to be kind to thefr pet, and send it back to them in the spring. * They sealed the note, fastened it to a ribbon, tied it around the bird's neck aud tucked it under its wing. The next day they sadly watched the stork wing its way toward milder skies. The snow and ice came; C hristmas time brought the children gifts and fresh amusements, but their summer pet was not forgotten. When the spring came round again their little feet used to climb to the roof day by day, looking and longing for the stork’s return; and behold * One fine morning there it waa, tame and gentle as ever. Great was the children’s delight, but what was their surprise to discover round its neck and under its wing an-' other bright band with a note attached, addressed to “the children who wrote the letter the stork brought.” The . ribbon was quicklj untied and the \ missive opened. It was from a missionary in Africa, stating that he had read the children's bote and had eared for the stork, and thought that children whose hearts had prompted them to provide for the comfort of a bird through the winter would be willing to help clothe and feed the little destitute children of his mission. A full name aud address followed. The children were full of sympathy, and the missionary’s note won a golden answer from the family.. Other letters came and went by post between them until by am! by the children learned to know the missionary and his little black waifs almost as well as they knew the beloved stork that had proved so trusty ■ amessenger. A Kentucky Tramp’s Rase A tramp visited ihll .the houses of » small town near Louisville, Kyi, and begged from every kind lady he me* a postage stamp, with w hich to write a letter , to his siyk mother. He got tha stamp, or its equivalent, every time, and went out of town with nearly five dollars in his poekets as the result of bis successful ruse. * :a? Clever Boys Cam Do this J©hn Whalen, w ho is serving a year’s sentence in the Cook bounty jail, Hlibois, has made a handsome and unique picture frame from cigar boxes. Th* frame is 20x24 inches in size, and contains nearly 2,000 pieces of wood, beautifully carved. A common pocketknife "and a small hammer were Whalen's only topis, s - ^0 s.....