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THE DOLL QU EEN
The little rag doll is
queen.
Her realm isa maid-
en‘s heart.
And there she will
reign serene.
And play theimpor<
tantpart-
A bundle of rags is
she.
\. ...n collar ofscraggy fur;
. She‘s only a doll to me.
’ . But more thana doll to her.
A doll that I thought a. prize
»- _‘ I- gave to the little maid,
‘ That opened and shut its ('YCS.
And beauty of face displayed:
But somehow it seemed to me
. She never received the care
I daily and hourly see
Bestowed on a doll less fair.
The doll that can really talk,
" The doll in 'the silken dress.
‘ ‘ The doll that is made to walk,
' Lies lonely in some recess:
‘ Forgotten and pushed aside.
It lies in the dust apart,
\Vhile that of the rags in pride
ls held to the maiden’s heart.
The Value ofa Trade. '
I remember years ago, when I was
a. very young man, writes Foster
Coates, meeting John Roach, the
great shipbuilder, in his shipyard at
Chester, Pennsylvania. I remember,
too, what he said then about the value
of a trade to a boy.
“Young man,” he said, laying his
great, broad band on my shoulder and
looking at me earnestly with his keen,
steel blue Irish eyes, “next to a clear
conscience, a trade is as good a thing
as any young man can have in this
country. You can carry it with you
all your life long; you have to pay
neither rent nor taxes upon it, and it
will help you around a. sharp corner
when most other things will fail.”
I have never forgotten that utter-
ance from a man who started in life
——after landing in New York from Ire-
land—as helper to a. machinist, who
became the leading shipbuilder of his
time, and who, up to the hour he was
stricken with a fatal illness. could
take the place of any of his workmen,
whether it was a man driving riins
or an expert putting together the
most delicate parts of a steamship’s
machinery.
Something very like what John
-Roach said I heard another great man,
who is now dead, say. This was Pe-
ter Cooper, 3. man of whom American
boys cannot know too much, and
whom they certainly cannot too much
admire.
“If I had my way." said the venera~
hie philanthropist. on the occasion to
which I refer, “I would give every
boy a trade. Then I would have him
stick to it, love it and be good to it.
If he does, it will be good to him."
The Honest Booiblack.
“Shine. sir?”
"l’cs, I want my shoes blacked.”
"Then I would be glad to shine them
sir," said the boy. ‘
“Have I time to catch the Hudson
River train?”
“No time to lose, sir; but I can give
you a good job before it pulls out.
Shall I?"
“Yes, my boy. Don’t let me be left.”
In two seconds the bootblack was on
his knees and hard at work.
. “The train is going, sir,” said he. as
he gave the last touch. The man gave
him a half dollar and started for the
train. The boy counted out the change
and ran after his patron, but was too
late, for the train had gone.
Two years later the same man, on
coming to New York, met the boot-
black. but had forgotten him. The
boy remembered his former customer
and asked him:
"D.dn'tl shine your shoes once in
the. Grand Central depot?”
"Some boy did." said the man.
“I am the boy. and here is
change, sir.”
The gentleman was so pleased with
the lads honesty that he went with
him to see :his mother and offered to
adopt him, as he needed such a boy.
The mother consented, and the honest
bootblack had, after that, a good home.
He was given a good education, and,
when a man, became a partner in his
friend’s large business.
your
All Elvphant's Tooth.
Whoever has looked inside an ele-
phant’s month has seen a strange
sight. Elephants have no front teeth.
and they never eat meat or any food
that requires tearing apart. Eight
teeth are all they have, two above and
two below on each side, huge yellow
molars as wide as a man’s hand, and
about two inches thick. Over these
hay or fodder is sifted by the queerest,
ugliest tongue that is literally hung at
both ends, having no power or move-
ment except in the middle, where it
shifts back and forth from side to
side, arching up against the roof of
the big mouth like an immense
wrinkled pink serpent.
There is nothing stranger than the
working of an elephant’s tongue, un-
less it be the working of his breathing
apparatus when he sleeps. Elephants,
like human beings, have two sets of
teeth—the milk teeth, which are small-
er than the permanent molars, fall out
when the animals are about fourteen
years old. These baby teeth, which
are nevertheless enormous, are oc-
casionally picked up by circus men
among the fodder and preserved as
curiosities. _ L_ _ ..
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Guard the Children’s Ears.
A high; English medical authority,
ten a treatise on the preservation of
the hearing, in which he speaks, with
strongest terms of reprobation, of the
“cruel and iniquitous practice of box-
ing children’s ears.”
apt to be permanently injurious, and
anyone who has studied physiology,
however superficially, will readily-un-
derstand how easily a violent box on
the car may rupture the ear drum
and perhaps produce incurable deaf-
ness. There are many such cases on
record, and parents who do not under-
stand the danger of such chastisement
will do well to take heed and avoid it.
It is more startling to be told that
a drop of laudanum put into the ear
to relieve earache may produce per-
manent trouble, nevertheless it is so.
Nothing of any sort should be inject-
ed into the ear except by medical ad-
vice. If laudanum and glycerine are
used they should be put on a bit of cot-
ton wool, and care should be taken
not to put the cotton in too far. The
best aurists positively forbid syring—
ing the ears, and where it is necessary
to cleanse them prescribe surgical cot—
ton twisted on the end of a wire, the
wire being carefully covered and the
cotton projecting for an inch beyond
it. Even then the cotton must be care-
fully and tenderly applied.
In case of earache the only safe
home remedy is a hot water bag, or
better yet, a roasted onion, very hot,
done up first in newspaper and then in
flannel and applied on the outside over
the car.
In bathing, especially in the surf,
cotton wool should be put intothe
ears, otherwise a sudden and violent
influx of water may do serious harm.
~Cliicago Times-Herald.
styles In Coats and Capes.
There are many radical changes in
the season’s capes and coats. The
cape comes in for first consideration,
since it is the style of wrap pre:
eminently suited to cold weather.-
Women who are stout and short of
stature will undoubtedly feel a. pang
when they learn that the short, chic
capc‘ is a thing of the past. Even the
dressy little wraps designed for im-
mediate use are either long in the
back or long in front. .
Paper Bags for Travelers.
("omfort in travelling is an impor-
tant consideration, and the newest
idea for a journey is one worth rc~
gurding. Dodging railroad Cinders
and dust is something not to thought
of. When a thoroughly clean rail-
road trip is possible the millennium
will have arrived, and this period is
still. according to all beliefs, a long
distance off. But, owing to a simple
thought of a practical man, the trav-
eller can now protect his or her hat,
which was out of the question before.
A humble paper bag, obtained from
the nearest grocer, is the god of the
machine. This is folded compactly and
stowed away in the pocket (in the
hand bag or purse if the traveller is
a woman and is pocketless). Before
the cars start the bag is opened, the
hat placed therein, the bag pinned
across its mouth and the whole laid
in the rack. Thereafter, until the des-
tination is all but reached, the travel-
ler need have no thought of his head-
gear, for no dust or Cinders can reach
it. It will be found in the best of con-
dition upon opening. So simple is this
device that it is a wonder it was never
thought of before—New York Herald.
“'hon Washing Dollies.
Never use hot water in which to
wash your white embroidered doilies
or other fine table linen. Cold water
and pure white soap containing vborax
are what are required to cleanse fine
table linen, and when dried in a shady
,place its beauty, will be preserved for
some time. No washing compound
should ever be used in washing hand‘
kerchiefs or fine linens and laces, but
they will be improved by drying in
the sun or spreading on the grass for
an hour or so in the sun before hang-
ing on the line todry.
The ostrich feather boa’s popularity
is, on the wane. Fussy boas of lace or
chiffon or a combination of both are
used instead, and tulle and net neck
ruches also find favor. An elaborate
design is made of pale gray chiffon,
crossed with stripesof ecru insertion
and edged with a kilting of ecru lace;
a fan-shaped ruche of the same sur-
rounds the neck.
——_—.-
Sir William Dalby, has recently writ- iii-and and
Blows on the head of any sort are '
RATHER PEGULIAR.
You Have Noticed Tnis Fact Many a Time
and Probably Have Spoken
About it.
To publish in this paper an endorsa-
tion like that which follows Without
the endorse’s permission would be
10 publish it without his
knowledge would be impossible. Both
' could be done repeatedly if this publi-
cation were printed in Kalamazoo,
Mich., for the chances are a thousand
to one that few people in‘l‘x’orwalk, Ct,
ever see a Kalamazoo paper. Now,
look through the columns of this p iper
at the statements which appear in the
advertisements about medical prepara-
tions. Notice this peculiarity. Every
one of lhcm was originally obtained——
if obtained at all—in some distant part
of the Union. here. there and every-
where, except your own corner of the
state. Read this and mark the dif-
ferent impression it makes: .
Mr. George N. Warren, oyster plant.—
er and dealer, of N0. 2 Chestnut street.
South Norwalk, says: “I have been
subjected to inclement weather, and it
is quite possible that exposure while
super-intending dilferent branches of.
my business induced. kidney troubles.
At all events, when consignments are
being shipped to Europe, and this is
the busiest part of the seasOn, I feel my
back troubling me most. I knew I had
kidney complaint for a long time, and
chancing to see Dean’s Kidney Pills
advertised as a kidney remedy and not
a. cure all, I had confidence enough in
them to get a box at a drug store and
try them. The first. box convinced me
that they were just what I needed, so I
took" another, and I did not require
any more after that for my back be-
came well. I prescribed them for my
son, who has hada weak back from
boyhood. They cured him.”
You can obtain incontrovertible
proof from Glendcuing. the druggist,
thlt Dean’s Kidney Pills do just as
represented. Call and see him.
Dean’s Pills for sale by all deal-
ers. -Price 50 cents. Mailed by Fostei -
Mil burn (20., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan’s and take no substitute.
A Rare Relic for the Professor.
A certain professor in the Chicago
University is an enthusiastic anti-
quarian. He loves to communicate
his tastes in this direction to others.
and alWays encourages the members
of his history class to collect curios
of historic interest. .
During the Spring quarter one of
the seniors ’in the class stood in im—
minent danger of “dunking.” Heroic
measures were necessary in order to
pass, but he was equal to the oc-
casion.
One day, after class, he approached
the professor with a curious fabric
made of woven rings in his hand.
“Professor.” he said. “I have here a
valuable relic of the Indian wars. It
is a piece of chain armor worn by
General Dcarborn in the memorable
siege of Fort Dearborn. It was used
by the general to protect himself
against the arrows of his Indian foes.
My grandfather dug it up years ago
on the site of the old‘fort. I_ wish you
would accept it as a present and place
it in the museum.”
The professor was overcome with
delight, and placed the curio in the
college museum, and saw that the
donor got a good mark in his final ex-
amination.
Later the professor learned that the
“chain armor" was in reality nothing
more than that useful domestic uten-
sil. an iron dishrag.—-Chicago Chron-
iclc.
How to Make aSavage Your Friend.
Mr. Rougemont, the modern Robin-
son Crusoe, who has lived so long
among the aborigines that he learned
to understand them thoroughly, pleads
against the ignorant habit which
white men have of shooting at black
men as soon as they see them.
All that is necessary to do, if you
wish to make a. black man your friend
is to clap the hands smartly on the
back of one’s trousers, at the same
time putting out one’s tongue. This
is a universal sign, in the sign lan-
- guage which all the blacks understand
that the stranger wishes to sit with
them and to bob nob with them gener-
ally. If to these signs the stranger
will only add a few steps of a livelv
jig, accompanying himself, if possible,
upon a whistle, the severest savage
will be instantly placated and will
abandon his hostile attitude.
The New Speaking czocks.
In Switzerland they have begun
making phonographic clocks and
watches, which, it appears, leave any-
thing heretofore actom‘pl-ished far in
the shade. ~By merely pressing the
button on the new» timepiece it an-
nounces the hour distinctly. Tue
alarms call to the sleeper: “It’s 6
o’clock; get up.” There are some
which even add the words: “Now.
don’t go to sleep again." The form can
be changed to suit the buyer and make .
the warning more or less emphatic.
This application of the phonographic
principle is due to a French watchmen-
ker settled at Geneva. He introduces
into clocks and watches little slabs of
vulcanized rubber, on which the de-
sired words are 112932.
You p'an’t
Be Suck
if you keep the
cloud p u r e.
the nerves
steady and the
bowels health-
fully regular
with Hostel.-
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B i t t e rs. It
wi l l m a. k 'e
your muscles
strong. your
head clca r.
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restful.
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flasTEl‘TER’s
VELEBRATED
and scatter on the sod. The soluble
‘dard first class butter.
good remedy for tapeworm in poultry.
practice is against nature and brings
sleep
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TH-E‘EVEhllVi-l cant-:1 re.
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Black Walnuz Trees.
Black walnut trees 'may be, safely
planted cit-her in spring or fall,
though spring is preferred north of
New York. A safe size to plant is
from four to six feet. Larger than
this they need more care in transplant-
ing than an ordinary planter would
be apt to give them. In their wild
state these trees are mostly found in
rather low, deep ground, but in culti-
vation it makes little difierence whcrc
planted, as they will do well in all
situations. Looking for profit from
timber, as well as nuts, you could
plant as close as in squares of four
feet. thinning out from time as the
trees evidently require its Foresters
prefer this plan for’ another reason.
Close planting promotes rapid upright
growth and prevents the making of
side branches to any extent. The
quicker’a tree intended for timber
makes height the fewer knots there
will be in it. The prevention of side
branches of large size is a step in the
same direction. When a large branch
dies or is cut off, a scar forms, which
depreciatcs the value of the-lumber.
A dead branch left on does worse 12 n
this. New woo-d forms over it -
nually, leaving a line of dead wood in
the body of the tree. For this rea-_
son a good forester never permits a
dead limb to remain on a tree—Troy
Times. ‘
A “fasteful hIethud.
Manure must be drawn in the sum-
lner, fall or winter. It is not practi-
cable to save and apply it after a sod
has been broken. The old practice of
drawing it in the summer and putting
it into small piles in the field has been
abandoned. Such a method means a
waste of manure and a waste of la-
bor. Covering a sod immediately be-
fore breaking is equally wasteful. The
manure goes into the bottom of the
furrow and the fertility leaches into
the subsoil. The best way, as a rule,
is to draw manure as fast as made
portion thus leaches into the sod and
the other acts as a mulch for the
grass. A greater growth is secured
for turning under, and the strength of
the manure is kept on the top soil,
where it is most needed by corn roots.
Top dressing of sod land in fall or
winter for late spring ploughing is
the cheapest and most satisfactory
way of manuring for corn on most
farms. Where the supply of manure
is very great it, may be a good prac—
tice to plough under an application
freshly made to the ground, but it is
an extravagant .practlcc for those
whose supply of manure is not exces-
sive.
Butter lilaking on the liarm. ”
The creamery which makes a suc-
cess keeps one sole object in view to-
ward which all of its detail work con-
verges, v.iz., the production of a. stan-
Private dai-
ries con-ducted on this painciple are
the ones which succeed. As a gen.
eral' rule, there is a slight prejudice
in favor of dairy butter. But to in-
sure permanent recognition at the
best prices, dairy butter must have 'a
manufactured quality as perfect as
the creamery article.
Creameries have established a de-
served reputation for first class man-
ufactured butter, because of their
strict adherence to the 'best known
principles of butter making. Many
dairy farmers are trying to run do-
mestic. butter making as a side issue,
and giving it slight attention when it
should have the ski-ll, tilought and
practice that its importance demands.
Of those who know theoretically how
to make good butter, many fail in the
practical application—G. E. Newell in
Agriculturi-s't.
Getting Rid of Ants,
Make holes with a crowbar or con«
venient stick, from 6 inches to 1
foot deep and about 15 inches
apart, over the hill or portion
of the lawn infested by the ants and
into each hole pour two or three tea:
spoonfuls 0f bisu-lphlde of carbon,
stamping the dirt into the hole as soon
as the [liquid is poured Into it. The
bisulphide of carbon at once vaporizes
and, permeating the ground, destroys
the ants but does not injure the grass.
One should remember while using
this substance that it is highly inflam-
mable and should not bring near it a
flame or even a lighted cigar.—C. H.
Fernald. Massachusetts. Experiment
Station.
Hlnls For the Bonner-y.
Active hens are the best layers.
Clean houses and runs are the best
medicine. s
A nest egg will usually stop a hen 2
scratching the nest; if not, use slaw-f
lugs. '
A spoonful of oil of turpentine is a
If fowls leave part of their break-
fast in the dish, remove it.
If their appetites fail, a change of
food is needed.
A hen can be fed almost'anything;
that a cow will wt, and many things
besides.
Anything that will make milk will
make eggs, but don’t feed much cot-
tonseed meal or rye—Burr Knapp.
A West Bath, Me, farmer never has
his horses shod. He says that the
his horses up from childhood to travel
on their hoofs. They never seem to
have any difficulty in getting over the
roads, even in slippery weather.
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