OUR YOUTHS’COLUMN. IN JOHNNY’S ”POCKET. 'An old shoestring and a. sixpenny nail, Some grocer’s twine and a. shell of a snail, Two hickory nuts and an old brass pin. A lump of gum and a bit of tin. Two marbles, a. top, and a fiishhook or two, A dozen “B” shot and his father's cork- screw, _ A button, a knife, and a leather sling, An empty spool and some more string, Tobacco tags, of kind galore, A penny whistle and an apple core, A piece of rubber and a stale fishworm, (“’hich I knew by the odor had lost its squirm), Four carpet tacks and a discarded locket I found to-night in my sweet boy's pocket. —Indianapolis Journal. His Beautiful Aunt Le’Nora. “Teri-cent carriage for a quarter! Ten-cent carriage for a quartrri" In the babble of gruff hackmen’s vo-ices, the shrill childish cry rose dis- tinctly, says a writer in the Examiner. The gray lady with the pleasant face smiled when she heard it. The voice was so sweet, and it said such funny tl Engsl She took 11p her shawl strap r:.d little brown “grip” and followed “Ten-cent carriage for a quarter! “fen—cent carriage for a quarter!” shrilled on the imperative little voice above the din. “Oh, here you are!” the g1ay lady cried. “Well, I would like to go to Axminster street, if you please.” “Yes’m,” said the voices owner, promptly, adding in delighted surprise, “Why, that’s the street I live on, too!” He hustled about busily for a min- ute. Then he suddenly stopped and inspected his “fare” with grave sus- picion. “I’m afraid you won’t fit,” he said, despondently. The gray lady glanced at the tiny dog-cart and still tinier pony, and laughed all over her sweet face. “Oh, yes,” she hurried to say reas- suringly, “you can make me fit. I can be squeezed beautifully.” “You see,” the driver confided to her confidentially, as they clattered away. “I was hoping you’d be a real slim. up 'n’ down passenger, but I guess it’s all right. You fit quite nicely, I think.” “Is this the. first time you've driv1-:1 a hack?” questioned the lady with interest. “Yes’ m, but ’tisnt a hack. ten- cent ca1riage. ” They drove on a little way without talking. The gray lady, looking do“. 11 at the little heated, anxious face. saw that it was pondering gravely. a “Do you think it’s too much to ask~~ .1 quarter is, I mean?" the driver askid suddenly. “You see, I never drove a ten-cent carriage before. and so I haven’t had much ’sperience.” g 1'51 3' It’s a "I don t thinl it one cent too 111 . 1 S 11(11 .promote the health of the human race 1than all the drugs in the pllfll‘inllCO- to ask,’ the gray lady said, emphati- cally. “’Cause if so. you know, you neednt pay- but fifteen cents. I’m real sorry f can‘t take you for nothing. but I'm earning money to send to my Lc’nora. I want to see her dreadf'ly. and she was coming right away. but she’s got an equinom‘cal fit—a real bad one—and now I‘m 'fraid can‘t. come. I asked papa what curt-1i equinom‘cal fits, and he said nothing "cept money would. So I’m earning it to .send. I do want to see Aunt Le’nora so!” The gray lady's arms felt as though they wanted to hug the driver, but they didn’t. Her face was all a-quiver with a queer bright look. “You see. I’ve never Le'nora since I was born,” ran on the explanatory little voice. “and when you’ve never seen folks, it makes you want to harder. She's a beautiful auntie, and sends me things and writes to me.” They were turning into Axminster street. and the driver waved his whip toward one of the houses. “That's my house," he volunteer.ed cheerfully. "Let's stop there,” said. quickly. And-of all the «wonderful, beautiful things—:the gray lady that got into the tiny ten-cent carriage got out of it.~— Aunt Le’nora! "See how quickly you cured me!" she cried; hugging the astonished driver and slipping a big, round, shiny fare into. his pocket. 51‘. 1 . seen A1111. gray in d v z the How Birds Learn to Sing. A‘ wren built her nest in a box on a New Jersey farm. The occupants of the farmhouse saw the mother teach heryoung to sing. She sat in front of them 'and sang her ‘whole song very distinctly. One of the young attempt- ed to imitate her. After proceeding through a few notes its voice broke. and it lost the tune. The mother im- mediately recommenced where the young one had failed, and went very distinctly through with the remainder. The young bird made a second at- tempt, commencing where it had ceased before, and continuing the song as long as it was able; and when the note was again lost, the mother began anew where it had stopped, and com- pleted it. Then'the young one re- sumed the tune, and finished it. This done, the mother sang over the whole series of notes a second time. with great precision, and a second of the young attempted to follow her. The wren pursued the same course with this one as with the first; and so with the third and fourth. This was re- peated day after day, and several times a day. until each of the birds became. a perfect Iangster. Jewels Blade from Alum. A very pretty and amusing way of making jewelry to be used in the pro- duction of charades or in juvenile am- ateur theatricals 1is here shown. Dis- solve a pound of alum in a quart of hot water and suspended in the saturated form made of wire and covered with strips of flannel or wound with woolen threads. In ordor'to obtain the very best results .it. is necessary to select a vessel of glass with an even, highly polished inside surface, which must rc- malln undisturbed for twenty-four hours in a quiet place after the solu- tion of alum has been poured in and the article to be covered with crystals has been suspended so long as to hang free in the solution without touching on any side. A cool room is prefera- ble, for the crystals covering the wire will then ,be larger and more bril- lian‘t. ‘Aftelr remaining twenty-four hours in the solution the article, now cover- ed with crystals, can be withdrawn, and will keep indefinitely in a dry place. The addition of some chemicals will result in very fine color efiects; thus the use of iron alum will bring forth very fine blue crystals, and chrome alum equally fine yellow ones. The simplest additions for coloring the crystals, while not bringing about such fine results, are a few drops of ordi- nary blue—black writing ink or of a solution of litimus, which can easily be obtained in any drug stores-Indian- apolis News. . Efficacy of Water Drinking. A health expert claims drinking. free- ly of pure water is a most efficacious means not only of preserving health, bot often of restoring it when failing. The majority of people find it hard to realize that the body should be kept clean inside as well as outside. Cleanliness of the tissues within the body is as necessary to health and comfort as cleanliness of the skin, and water tends to insure the one as well as it does the other. It dissolves the waste material which would othe1wise collect in the body, and removes it in the various excretions. These waste materials are. often ac- tual poisons, and their retention is the cause of many a headache, many rheumatic pains, many sleepless nights, and many attacks of “the blues.” There has not been enough water in the body to wash them away, and consequently the system has be- Aunt 1 l “\Vhenever your organs of siglrt’fcel 1come clogged and demoralized. If these few facts about the impor- tance. of water to the human body jwere widely known and generally put ‘ -into practice. they would do mo1e to poeia of the physician and the phar- inacist. Massage the Eyes. weak do not claw at them with the knuckles, so to express it. You must not massage your eyes the same way you would the stronger parts of the body. They need help from the hand-s,” says Healthy Home, “but this help must be administered in a very gentle and delicate method. “John Quincy Adams had a way of treating his eyes which, it is said, pre- served their vision to old age without the. help of spectacles. “This was to place his thumb and forefinger each upon an eyelid and gently rub them toward the nose a number of times each day. The. ac- tion encourage-s circulation of the blood in that locality, does away with the tiny spots that sometimes float before the vision, and prevents that flattening of the lenses which causes dimness of sight at a certain focUs. “It is wonderful how much good can be done the eyes of people of all ages by using this simple exercise ten or fifteen minutes each day." Kennedy for Poison Ivy. In practice it is not desirable to use strong alcohol, which is apt to be too irritating to a sensitive surface, but a weaker grade of from’fifty to seventy- five per cent. should be preferred. To this powdered sugar of lead is to be added until no more will easily dis solve. The milky fluid should then be well rubbed into the affected skin. and the operation repeated several times during the course. of a few days. The itchingis at once relieved. and the further spread of the eruption is checked. The remedy has been tried in a large number of. cases and has al- ways proved successful. It must be remembered, however, ‘that the lead solution is itself very poisonous if ta- ken, intennally. Shield the Eyes‘of Goldfish. It is not generally known, says the Rambler, that there is cruelty in the keeping of gold fish. Half of such captives die from sheer want of rest. As fish have no means of shielding their eyes by a lid, they cannot endure continuous light, and suffer in a glass vessel, where they are entirely expos- ed, as is evident from the way in which they dash about, and go round and round, until fairly worn out. This can be avoided by placing in the aquarium a grotto of rocks, or causing plants to grow sufficiently dense to allow the fish to hide their heads, at least, in the grateful shad- , ow. l I solution a crown or some other shaped - . 1111:1111 GRUIBLERS. ' Gr'umbling Will Cease'lf No- walk Peoplz Follow This Citizen' a minor. When the kidneys are sick they grumble. You hear them clear through the back. You feel them clear through the bod They grumble when over-taxed. Know how the kidneys grumble ‘3 It’s a simple thing, your back will tell you. Baci'ache is the first grurnbl1n,1_r weaning. The kidneys Give it, and if you need ll} DOD. Look out. for trouble; it. will surely come. Urinary trouble, kidney trouble and many miseries. \ Doan s Kidney Pills are made fox kidneys only. They cuie eveiy form of kidney ill The experience of Norwalk people proves this. Here’s a casein point: Mrs. John Grace, of 32 Plattsville avenue, says: “ I am well up in years and for quite a long whilelsutl'el'ed with my back and kidnevs. The pain often extended down into my limbs-.1111] was frequently so seveie that. I sup- posed I had rheumatism. I “as ad- vised to use Doan sKidney Pills 11nd pi-Hocmed .1. box at. Hale’s d1u<1 sto1e (nowGlendening & Co. ’5), and began t1king1hem.lbthink the pills are a a. good thing; they cured me.” Doan’s Pills for sale by all deal ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster- Milburn (111., Buifalo, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan’s and take no substitute. Queer Funeral Mistakes in Elaine. There have been some queer mis» takes made. of all kinds, but this is one of the most unusual and undesir- able, although no real harm was done: A man, one time prominent in profes- sional life of this city, died. He was a member of a certain society 'in this city, which sent representatives to the funeral. The members of the organ- ization were notified of the death of their fellow member by postal cards sent out by the Secretary. One of the cards was addressed ,to and delivered at the late residence of the dead mem- ber, inviting him to attend his own obsequie-s. A similar incident was, if anything. worse. A member of a se- cret society died and his fellows were notified of his death andthe time and place of the funeral, as usual. A card was delivered at the address of the dead man, directed to him in his own handwriting! He had been the Secre- ta1y of the organization and had ad- dressed sets of postal ca1ds to the members at his leisure “’hen a mem- ber died, a set of the addressed cards were sent to the printer, who printed the name of the deceased member on the back with the other matter used in the notice. So when the Secretary died his assistant or successor sent a set of the ca1ds to the p1inter. so that the dead man was sent one add1ess e" by his own hand. —Portland Express. Buttons Extensively Used. It is officially announced that buttons will be extensively used wherever pos- sible, and that they will, as a. rule, be of considerable size—not always round, but oval, square, and oblong also. Cameo effects, it is said, will reappear, some of these buttons surrounded by a circle of Rhinestones or very fine-cut French brilliants. Buttons with buckles to match of real gold and real silver will be used. Many years ago the craze for cheap buttons reached an extrava- gant height, from three to five dozen sometimes trimming a single gown, and tons of metal buttons were 'manu— factured to supply the demand. Nowa- days, if buttons are worn as ornaments, cheap, showy kinds have departed to the limbo to which wax flowers, wool mats, shell ornaments, and crochet an- timacassars are banished. Yokes and Guimpen. ” Ladies' cloth, very light in wei$t and of exquisite velvet-like surface, in ivory or cream-white, geranium or mil. itary red, pale dahlia, or old rose, or— ange, and fawn color, is much used for guimpes or yokes on tailor costumes of broadcloth, and when a. lighter fabric is preferred, tucked corded silk or crys- tal bengaline in similar colors is used. Some of the cloth yokes are left plain; others are overlaid with an entire sec- ond yoke of open-work silk applique, passementerie, or braiding. 0n evening toilets, nets, soft Liberty satins, India silks, chiffon, and crepe de Chine are variously used for yokes or guimpes, and many times the sash or folded girdle and little sleeve puffs are formed of corresponding material. -..————-—-—-—— The chick that feathers slowly is, as a rule, hardy and can stand more hardships than others, for the reason that its slow feathering does not'tax its vitality. \Vhen fully matured, such the others and endure the winter bet- ter. Asiatics are slow in getting their their plumage a little earlier than the Cochins or Brahmas. Slow feathering is an advantage rather than otherwise. av ._,._ . Be 01155211111 OSTEITER,S if you keep the H xterm-ran b 100d P u r e. the n e 1 v e s stead v and the bowelshea.lth- fully regal-.11 with Hostet- er’s Stomach ~; Iii there. 1 will makr your muscle strong. your head clear. STOMACH . ,4“ your sleep .‘ nap-"113‘ ‘9»... restful. Try ‘ E E Ill WW“ V39} ltitlld ace. they must be artistic and valuable. The . chicks become better feathered than' feathers, but the Langshans take on. Taking~ Bees from ‘Vinter Quin-tel s. Most writers recommend that bees be kept in winter quarters until soft maples, early willows or some other trees furnish pollen, but after many years of experience I adopted the prac- tice of getting them out early. If the ground is about free from snow and ice and the weather spring-like, so that the bees can fly occasionally, I begin to set out as early as March 10, although they will probably not get any pollen until a month later. Should the bees in their winter quar- ters appear to be quiet and not show any signs of so—called dysentery, there would of course be no urgency in get- ting them out. As a rule after being housed for about four months the bees get restless, and some colonies begin to spot. their hives, especially if they gathered late honey dew. But even good honey will get so thick or more or less granulated that the bees crave for wate1 to reduce their stores to the proper consistency. Considering all, I believe that I gain more tha’n I lose bv setting out the bees comparatively ea1- ly and a few cold spells after setting out will not do them much harm. In getting the bees ready for winter. I take out from each colony two or three combs, which leaves a space at each end of the hive, and after putting in two thin spacing boards or follow- ers, a piece of burlap 01' heavy sacking is placed on top of frames and tucked down to fill out the spaces on ends. This protection seems to be sufficient to guard against cold in the spring. If any weak colonies are found after set- ting out I unite them at. once with some better colony. In doing so. I cage the queen I wish to preserve and hang the cage for 1two or three days in center of brood nest of the united colony, destroy other queen and smoke bees well. I increase my stock of bees by di- viding from 30 to' 40 per cent. of the number of colonies at a season, which with usually fair wintering gives me a good surplus of colonies. These I use in the following manner: I do not weaken strong colonies to build up weak ones, but keep an uniting the poorest with better ones until all colo- nies are strong by swarming time. [and the number of colonies are reduced as desired. Colonies that are not too weak to hold their own should not be united-Julius Hoffman in Agricultur- ist. Preparing Butter for Market. In cool weather, if one has custom- ers near at hand, butter made into rolls or pats is acceptable, but many people like it packed in jars. The five pound jars are very popular in small families, and in packing butter in these, make the top look as nice as possible. Use the regular butter paper to cover the upper surface, as it looks better and is superior in every way to a cloth. The paper may now be bought by the thousand sheets and in con- venient sizes to fit certain sizes of jars and . butter tubs. It is better if one ships butter regu- larly in good quantities, to buy the tubs in large numbers. In some cases the outside 'of the covers are rougn and untidy looking, the covers not fit- ting as they should at all, but there are tubs ‘on the m'a1ket almost as smooth both outside and in as though made from pressed paper mstead of wood. It is always well to line a butter tub with parchment paper. This is not so difficult a matter as it might seem at first attempt. The paper should first be wet, and then laid upon a smooth board kept for this purpose. A wood- en roller something like 1a pastry roll- ing pin, which is about an inch and a half at one end and tapers down to one inch at the other end, is then used to roll the paper from the board. This motion should be in the direction of right to left. A little practice will e11- able one :to do it neatly and deftly. When the paper is on the pin, place it in the tub and unroll it, unrolling it to the left. It will take but a few mo- ments to line a tub and then the but- ter will have no chance to taste of the wood, as it will be apt to do if 1it is packed directly into the unlined tub. A disk of the paper should cover the bottom of the tub. —R. S. Miller in Ag- riculturist. Quality Test for Potatoes. We must learn to grade potatoes ac- cording to quality. There is just as much difference between amealy and a soggy potato as there is between tenderloin and rump steak. The difli- culty is to sort out the good ones. He'r-e‘is the potato test: Wash them and then put them in a tub of water- They will all sink. Add salt and the poorer, lighter ones will rise. Add. more salt and others will rise. Those which finally remain at the bottom you can warrant every time to be prime bakers. Not over 10 to 20 per cent of potatoes will stand the test. For these, your customers will gladly pay extra prices.—Agriculturist. Planting Raspberries. Raspberries may be planted in the. fall or spring. but unless the ground is in very good condition, and there is natural or artificial underdrainage. spring is preferable. As the plants sprout very early in the season, it is well to prepare the ground in the fall and have everything ready for plant- ing as soon as the season permits. .Gats fed to calves tend to develop the dairy type, while-corn so fed and: to develop the beef type. ‘ l n"? _ THE YEAR 8 a IGH BY SUBSCRIBING FOR THE . \ 11.1 11111111 AND KLY TRIBUN 11.1. 11;. 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