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>>* Abool the Douse, THE A little ring of gold s battered shoe A faded, onrliag wUp ot yellow hair Some penciled pici ni ulsythings ons or two A corner and s che*t to bold them there. Many a woman's fondest board is this, Among her dearest treasures none so dear, Though bearded lips are often here to kiss That once made only prattle to her rar. Tlw sturdy arm, the seasoned form, tbe brow Tbsi srches over eyes ot manly blue ilran til Joy to her living memory now, And yet and yet she bugs tbe other, tool W'iib that rare love, mysterious and little boiled starch may be sdded to ih swond rinse water, and will give it the stiffness of new linen. Hang where the wind will not whip It out, and iron while it is quite damp. The embroidered pnrls shvuuld be Ironed on the/ wrong 1 side snd make, the pat- tern sli nv tu the best advantage. Liu- en trial is treated in this way will look freb and unfaded as long as it lasts. Dumn in a mother-heart ihro' ail tbe year, That placid age can never lull to sleep Aod is not grief, yet oft brings foolish tears. She often goes llicw.: hoarded things to view And fingers the w c u tr on units bjo>, den there To touc-b the nula ring and battered hue And kiss tbe cuiling v%isy u( yel- low hau I ORULLEK.S, AND TKA BISCUIT. Tbe following is a recipe for ,sking French crullers, fc'our ounces of flour, two ounces of butters four eggs and on- i .f pint of water. Cut tbe but- ter into sun 11 pieces, put. it intu the waU-i and stand over s good fire lo boil As soon as it boils, add the flour quickly, and atir over the fire until U on. k together and rolls mound in tbe saucepan like a ball. Then take it from th fire, beat thoroughly, und Htm. l it in awurtn place,, 7i f., lor hull HO bcur. A hi uu egg unbeaten, >nd betu the mixture until smooth. Add another egg imd bunt again, and Su (.(.ntinue unill the four eggs have been 1. 1. ltd Next beat tbe entire mix- ture for live minute* until smooth; oovr .n.l stand aside for another half j hour. Put one pound of lard or ' clunfied dripping into s dm-p frying- pm stsnd it on the fire to ln-ui grud- uilly. 1'ut one < uffnl of sugar on a dinner plate, add to it oue leiurimtsful of ground cinnamon, and mix. Now flour t lie b.ikuiK board, put on a tuble- i spoonful of ib mixture, .ind rollviy ' lightly. Tlie mixture will be very eufl. but a little practice will mak>- ii possible to bundle it without adding mu< h flour. After rolling inn mix- ture down to n quarter of an inch, cut with a round cutter, take out a oentt-r with * small outler, lift cnriv fullj into ouke turner, and slide it into the hot fat. Kry brown ou no aide, turn and brown on tbe other ' side. T.ike out, drain, then loll in Ihs Hug 1 1 snd cinnamon Tin-it- nre very troublesume 10 make, (Ut when well done ;ir most delici- ous Points to be r .n l l,red; 1. After .idding (he last egg, let the bent- ing be mi.lil and continuous, t. Have i be fi but, but not HuiokuiK hot. 8 Use very hale exi r. flou, m rolling Ut. IV' IJis. uil. Successful t*n biscuit ire made by sifting half u pint of lour with :i email tea MJOII ful linking IMi\iler in n bowl, add quarter ta- sponnful salt snd hul( tsspunnful butter rub the bailor fine in the flour; add 1ialf cupful milk .iu.l mix into ,i n(,fi duuKb, turn on toa flour- ed bo.ird and givanfew lurns witha knife to amoolh th iluu^h. then roll t out to one in. h la thickness; out it out, with .1 small biscuit cutto.r; net them in a small, shallow tin-psn close t'other, lirush' with milk .md b;ik till done This will m .k nine Ninnll III* Uil WAMI1M9T \HI.I-: I. INKS Ths woi k on my of I he. embroider- ed doylsys m.l centrepieces, carving cJolhs, etc. in almost every home in SO bund-tome, that they mig-ht well be, considered works uf art and should Kw-i-ive the care neces~:iry l<i preserve Ibeu beauty. The. embroidery silk used Is warranted to be fast in color and will nut fade if they aie washed I>n>perly, yet the fact remains thil nvmy a beautiful piece h is Iwen ruin- ed by tbe careless hi.unlieHii U lb< .loth III.H i. .in Nil, in-, I the Blsloed portion sbould be plaiwd over s IMS. n, and boiling wator poured through It Or if a little salt, mi. I a fen ilrofia of lemon juice arn put un it, while still fresh, nnd the linen I" *.| In the aiinnliine. an hour or i ><i. ill trai-Ms uf the stain usually disiippear. Of course the. lemon Julie ehouM not tie pplied to the i-oloisd silk, or it will fsde thn oulors. lu linen* Hbnuld noi be um-d long enough lo become Inully Hulled, aa the hi ril lubbing necia.iary lo get them clean is dist rnntive lo their beauty lleii the water until it is luka warm, dissolve n little bornx In It, snd add ftinriiph soup In ni.-ike a good amis. W ,hj, em b pici i- beiwenn the hands until rlsan, rinse through two waters with s little bluing in Inn SAOODX! The burai softens Die water making very UtHe Boap or rulibina; neoesxary A WINDOW A r&nrninf arrangement was no- ticed last summer. The plants employ- ed were nasturtiums only, and the entire cost could not have exceeded fifty cents. The box was of rough boards, evidently strongly joined, and st npon s pair of iron brackets. Tbe box was covered with floor oil- ololb, tacked on, and the design was suob that It looked like tile work. The colors were cream and brown. A pine frame the width of tbe window, and six indies across, was nailed to tbe top of the window for attaching the strings oo uhii li tbe vines were sup- ported. Tlie. n.'iMhtrtiunis were of both the dwarf and cJimbing sorts. A drapery of trtiljug nasturtiums fell o\ir the e lg f the box, snd dwurf uasturiiuui.s filled tbe center, anil all were of tbe deepest, richest c..|ors known fo this flo.ver. Tbe nas- turiiutns that were trained up the supports weiM of lighter oolors, lem- on and orange and cream. The middle strings had been looxened and the vines had been drawn back from tbe center lo each side hy strong strings; tbe wh ile appearance bring a diamond nil ijied aperture surrounded by a di >i>eiy of living green. The effect was e<|ually charming from within and without. BOM.RMAUK NOOULBS. Noodles .n.l Cbeee. To 1 qt boiling w ![ sdd 1 cu|> cut noodles, boil 10 minutes, dnin off tbe water, put noodles In dish, add I npoon butter, 4 spoons grnted cbet-ne, 1 teaspoon mil, set in oven 10 minutes, serve hot. Noodles with Onions. Boll noodles - in.- an for cheese, salt, slice S onions, fry in butter till light bruwn, pour drniMd noodles over onions, stir, serve at once. N'. ..!!. mJ Brtid. Fry one-naif H'-b tu oue inch cubes of brnad in but- ier, till brown, pour boiled noodles over them, aenson and serve THK TOOTH Bit US H PLANT. One of Uie most curious plants in the world Is what is called the tuoth- biuHJi plant of Jamaica. It is a species of i ie.]r. snd has nothing particu- larly striking about its appearance. Hy cutting piece* of it lo a suitable leng<ih and fraying the ends, thn na- tives convert it into a tooth brush; Mini s tootb powder to accompany the use of the brush Is nlso prepared by pulverizing th dead steins. A UOUSKKKKPKirS HINT. "Did you know," said i be old houae- keejier, "that crushed egg shells are good for cleaning discolored nr stain- ed bottles. I used to think I must have a small nmount of shot in tbe bouse for cleaning the inside of bot- tles Of nour.se, oh"pped pieces of potato am good, but c-gg shells are first-rate, loo." Inllni rh. l>eU. Tbe poop or ralxi'd after deck of a hip over which tioiiir<l tbe natloosl flag was consldrvi| to be always pel vadud by the presence of the sovereign. As the woistil|irr of wliati ver rank ra- uiovvs his hat uiion entering tbe church so from the adniltal to the powder monkey every member of the ship's company as be set foot upon tbe poop "sululod the ilri-k," the Invlslhlu [n . eii'-i- Knt since In m mners there I- ofti'ti no h-e side the custom ID them hns coinph'tfly died out. HI. U)lils I'UMI A r..h Jala*. Tli* bonrdt-r who wns rarvlnf tin- ront beef st the re(|iiost of tbe lain) li.iv laid down the knife and fork and took e short rest "The spirit Is willing." b remarked "but the ll.--.li Is str.niii " Or Ilrhl u lh llnra KTI It Is quite poHKlble, though of com not doinonst ruble, thst tbe bumble burn fowl hns been s larger benefactor of our race than sny nu-chnnlcal In vrntloii In otir possession, for there- In no Inhabited country on earth today where the burn fowl Is not a mainstay of linilih I here lire vsnt regions of Smith America ami Knropp where It Is the msliiMny, nnd nowhpre Is there known nnytlilnit that ran take Itt place, which Is probably more than ran be sahl of nnvthlnK In the world of me< liniilcn < Viitmy. I Imll. t* Mil "I feel Hint I OIIKMI to inuke some ac- knowlt dk'in. ni to Hit people who were so kind to IIH (luring my late wife's Init sickness." ssid Mr. I'hroogle, "and I would like to bare M.H Insert this card of thanks In a prominent place In (his week's paper." "We are obliged to mske a charge for these notices," replied the editor of The Weekly Bllisard, looking over the manuscript, "and tbls will cost you $1" "Then you needn't publish It," re- joined Mr. Phrno(le. "I am not quite M grateful ss all that come* to." AT WOOLWICH HOSPITAL, A HAVEN FOR SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS. Mir thing. ..r li. I, r..l t Lull I Itir le. k yard ll rr.,l thai rr 41-. l.ixal. tJ In ike I ull.b Tnwa. The Herbert Hospital at Woolwich. England, has 21 wards in all. In one corner at a ward, again, a ioor (el- low's eye peeps out of a bewildering army of sticking-plaster patches. In another, u stalwart infantryman bob- blei along with a bullet in one foot. All around are signs at war; but not a syllable of boast, no posing, not the sliK'hieat trace of brag at baring taken part iq ugieat historic strug- gle. The lierbert Hospital boasts of a library of some 6uU or 700 volume*, which are well pa/ronized by tin- u./uii'le.l Tuiiiuiie-i. The hu&piial pon- sessesun uncommonly handsome liitle well ad a theatre not an operating theatre complete with stage, scenery, and every huttorionic J list now the auditorium strewn with the kits of the re- turning troui-a, and similar articles which tell a tale more moving than any Uiat have been, or could be, enacied on its pretty liitle stage. There is nothing of the mushroom growth abuul the town of Woolwich. The Earlier chronicles carry ua bark, If vaguely, to ih days uf Alfred the Ureat when there was a pariah church there, now nearly l.lou years ago. Woolwuxb has been varied in apod- Ing from ilulTU in the Itoomsday Book, 10H6, which baa been inter- preted "the dwelling on the creek," to the modern method by the way of Owilwioue, Wooldwioh, Wolnewich, Woollidge, Wulenio, and \\ulewich. l-'rom the veiy earliest times Wool- wich has been the starting point uf expeditions, from those of the early Unions, who harried the coasts of Gaul in Caesar's day, to I he Arctic exploration undertaken by cur John Franklin in 1815, sod that of .-ui James H..VS in is 18. VISITS OF ROYALTY. In the eurly years of their married life it was the custom of the Queen and Prince Albert to depart from the dockyard, both for Scotland and the and uiauy important launches have taken place there. The two aiiMit uutabio vuils uf the Wunen to \\uol with were in 1U and The launch of tbe irataig-ur, I-' guus, look place on June 21, leU. rv>ul.i from London swarmed with couohea, yiga, phaiuous, and over a mi nil red s.e.iuiuia and yachts carried sightseers to point* of vantage on tli* river. Un ih.tt day bur Majesty wore bright blue silk iiie-s aud a white drawn sillc bonuet trimmed with roses. The bo. tie of wine w it ti winch uhe clinsleuing was pel formed, was one of those .vhi.-h l.unl Nelson had on board the \iciory at tbe batllu of Trafalgar. Then usme ibe launob of the Uuyal Albert on Saturday, .May U. l.-v.i, when the Queen accompanied I y i he I'nnc.ess Koyal, the 1'iuice uf Via Irs, I'rinue Allie I, and the liuchcst of Kent was junsciit ttiui.l HOIIIH ixMKMJ spectators. Kngland iii.l Kui i . were i' tbe beginning of the >-. u, und the ...inlj.inluimi. of Odessa bad jus! li.nvn attention to tbe navy, In which he Hoyal Albert was to be added. CONVICT LAIIOll UM.l). The dockyard wnsnol finished until 8i;t, IMI > MH mil* were made tn it earlier in h-- century, the extension \\orkn heing cuiriml out by convict uhour. but the iinmensn graving dock, be j ic.u I. is. m. and the building alfcpB added in the year mentioned en- larged the dockyard to 50 acres, with s> river from age of &,&*> feet. Even before this addition Woolwiob was considered tbe mother dock of the kingdom, and drew praise from (be Kmperor of KUSMII when the allied overmans were vistiing the Arirnu in iBll. jlui tbe end of the "Yard Rm.me in 18.9, when the workmen were rung oat for (be last tune on iv 18. and the re.iii!i part of th< ma- chinery was luovo.l to Chatham. Tbe Arsenal da. ex back to at least IW7, whn Pruice kupert was ordered by i he. srMxiiid Ch.irles to raise works aud baileruw at Woolwich, and build in the warrens platiorm with 6guus aa u defence against the Dutch. Some authorities even date it back tu l..t/,i- bn.h; but in any case it was not until 1773 that it was visited by a reigning sovereign, when George II]., went i here on July (i. AHOUT THK ARSENAL. There was but little variation in the Arsenal uniil 18)0, the Peninsular cajupaign keeping it uniformly busy fur a aeries of years, but the new de- velopments consequent on the re- arrnanent at the navy, when tbe Ail miralty rendered 10,1,0) KUIIM obsolete at once, extended the work enor- mously. &taam power was intro- duced, and impor.ant machinery adopted, and the wharves and piers erected. The royal gin factories were built In 1851-5, for the manu- facture of the wroutfht-iron ordnance invented hy Sir William Armstrong, but rifle. I cannon only dates back to 18'iO, when tbe first specimens were turned out, and nearly a year later i he first heavy Armstrong, lOt-pou iler. breeohloader was proved at the Arsenal. .->-vrndroog Castle, an attractive feature of tbe lan.ls.iue at Shooters Mi I. is a triangular tower, erected in 17H4 by the widow of Sir William James in honor of her husband, who so distinguished himself ngnin^t the pirates of tbe Indian Seas, one of his exploi's being the capture of the fort- ress uf Sevei ndroog, on (ha Malabar Coast, in 1775. This quaint war ien. is only a few hundred yards from the hoe|*isl. Lord Herbert, who married the il.iutfhter' ot Msjor-lienrr.il Charles Ashe a Court, was s dew-undent of lli-rheri t it 'Herbert, chamberlain to Henry I. The first earl was an ad- herent of the House of York, but his MOII exchanged his title for that of Huntingdon, which became extinct at bis death. The dirst Earl of Pem- broke of tbe present line wna William Ilerl>ert, who married the sister of Kaiherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIM . and the present heir is Ue+firial.l Herbert, born in 1H8.1. who wss educa'eil at Eton and .Sandhurst. an>l in an officer in the Roys) Horse GuirdB. DEriCKNT. TeriM;i h'-il.-iola. a woman uf /.uarna, Italy, recently f< un I out how it feels to fly. .N-.<> her home, which ne-i . in a valley, ia a \\.ga wuoded moun- t.-iin. To it it has been bar cuilom to go for fire-wood. To carry this woo.l from the- precipi- tous mountain to her cottage w- quite an arduous task. Therefore she itent it down by metns of a strong metal wire, stretched frm the vsl- 1 > up to the mountain-top. A few weeks ago -he and her two little daughters ascended the moiin- t lin. and ifliir gathering three good- ly bundlei of wood, prepared to -en.' them down. Ju.il ss the mother had fasten.-. I the fiist bundle, to the w.n- and had launched it on ita downward courta, her wedding ring caught in i hi* n nc with "Un'h the buiu'le wa- tied. nnd In a flash she was carried off ber feet. II ilf-parnlyared with fenr, her little il-uilfhters watcheil her as she sped fti*m their ipht, ind then they ran down lh tnountiiin, fully expecting 10 find her lyinK ilnd at the end of the wire. And their fenr was quite natural, since the mount nin-top from wlri-li i heir mother huxl been torn It tfhl hundred y.irds above the vsl- But the children found their moth- er entirely uninjured. Her fnll hid hoen broken ns she was reaching the n i h hy some friendly branches. The '<iin.ll of wood, too. was in some nie*- sare a bulwark against tbe shock. With Rich Red Blood Throbbing Through the Arteries Weak- ness \ Disease are Impossible--Dr. Chase's Nerve Food Makes the Blood Pure, Rich and Healthy. Not a single day ises hut we nre reminded of the value of keeping the i-i.l) siiiplie.l with an abundance of rich, red, life sustaining blood. Heart failure, brain troubles and nerve pnralys'S can only exist wben the. hlooil o in u thin. .i'rv i-omli- lion. l-i.ll\ piieuinc*sia and ronsvimption unnot f n I a beginning in the healthy iiMly, which ia supplied with plenty of pure blued to rebuild and reconstruct the tissues wasted by diaaasn. To KUnrd against disease, to pro- lung life, to insure health, strength nnd vigor to every organ you cannot pnft-Mhly find a menus *n effective aa lr Chase's Nerve Food, the blood i. u. I. lei and nervs restorative. l)r t'h.ise's Nerve Food is com|>os- e<l of the very elements of nature which go to form new, rioh, red bio. ..) and this accounts for Its phenomena aurAes* ns a system builder. It is an certain as thn laws of nature, be- cause |l (tits awaydown nt the fnun- rln'lon of .I.* i-e and cures hy making the hlixiil jniri" ind ri'-h Mr. K. Mi l.tiutflilin, 9!S Parliament t.. Toronto, slates; "My daughter WMS pale, weak, lanKuid and very ner- vous, her appetite was poor and changeable, she could scarcely drag herself about the bouse, and her nerves were completely unstrung She could not sleep for more than half sn hour at s time without starting up and cry- ing out in excitement. " A i she wns growing weaker snd wotknr, I became alarmed, and got s lu.x uf Dr. Chaae's, Nerve Food. She u-H-d this treatment for some weeks nnd fr.ira the fir.st we noticed s decid- ed impi . ement Her ippellte. hecnme txvtter, she gained in weight, the rol- nr returned to her face, and she grad- ually became Miong and well I can- not sny too much in favor of ibis won- iVrful t ie. itjnent, since it bas proven ncb a blessing to my daui|hter." To allow the blood to get weak, .tery and vitiated U to prepare the .v for pneumonia, consumption, kltt- > .lise-iso, or other drendfully fatal -oonplicstions. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food orevents snd cures disease by creat- 'ng M> al'un>tanue of rich blood i isrve f.n -e in the >\MI-'M In pill form. S0< < Ifoi, at all .lc .l-i-s, or L..I- mmai.ia Bates A Co.. 'loionte. THE BROOKLET. "Ok. etlwr brooklrt. l<.wtn rlMT, Fortxr pMdinK put no kcrt, 1 Hand aod pooder am ikj sow; tkout WUr do* tkm s-P Traei eat tfet rork'i 4ttf kMrt I O'er (owen ud ra a my court* I (uulo. IVoo ! upon *r mirror trae Tb pktur of lit kn' kluo. "So, Ilk* 4 child without .ir*. I bound alone, 1 kaow not where) H wtU, I trml, tt} Uodrr bo, Vho from frtu'a boooi lummoncd Si*.** k t. Uodorwood, from tb Cccoiis of C.>-ths> ROYAL NAMES A -HOODOO. Ooo of tko RtrnBS-eot -r.< 1 1 looo of Ik. f... i ,.k Fiery. One of tbe very gtrongest and most Ineffaceable of all superstitions In the royal navy, a superstition tbat la al- most as strong today as ever It was. It tbat vessels bvarlng tbe names of roy- al personages are doomed to HI loch, and, strange aa It may seem, ttiere IB an undeniable historic basis for this feeling. Some of tbe roost terrible disaster* ever known In connection with our ns> vy have concerned war veasvla with roya) names. Two vessels called the Royal James came to disastrous ends, One of them exploded, and some 800 officers and seamen perished. The oth- er ship so named was actually carried oat of the mouth of tbe Thames by the lJutch Admiral de Ruyter under cir- cumstances disgraceful to those IB charge of tbe craft Then there is tbe forever memorsbls disaster to tbe Koyal George, an un- lucky ship previously , tbat turned over and sank In sight of crowds at Spit- head, over 1,000 souls, among whom were 300 women, being sacrificed. And aecond only to tbls hideous disaster It that which afterward befell tbe Iloyal Charlotte, which, after a careor of much vicissitude, was consumed by fire off Leghorn, over 800 of tbe very flower of tbe navy perishing wltb ber. Wben In l&Ki tbe Victoria, a new vessel and tbe very triumph of modern Invention so far as naval architecture, went, was rammed and sank at once In sight of the whole fleet and when hundreds of lives were lost, there was not a sailor, however matter of fact he might be. who did not remember tbe dire fate of tbe royally named craft. These Instances are only tbe gtvatw ones. A score of smaller ones are reel- ed off by every royal navy man, 'i'ie> Blta. r. ia i,.r HIS Jko. The editor Is fund of a joke and bas the good sense to appreciate one at nls own expanse. A few weeks ago ho was walking with a friend, and at tbe corner of a busy thoroughfare be saw B dilapidated looking Hibernian standing at the opposite corner gaslng listlessly Into vacancy. "Watch me surprise tbls old fellow, 1 * said be to bis friend. "Look rlgbt Into bis face and see If It won't be a study." A second later they were abreast ot the son of Enu. snd tbe editor pulled out a silver coin and said as be thrust It Into the man's band: "Uere's thai half a crown I owe you. Now. don'l go round any more telling people thai don't pay my ilebls." For a second the man's fce was B study, lie was amazed at tbe unlock- ed for kindness, and then, as Its pur- port dawned on him. be rslsed bis list and said: "Heaven bless yer oiiuerl I'll never say another word ug'lo vs. Bat" and bis eyes twinkled merrily. sre ye sore It wasn't a crown ye owed meT" Tbe friend roared: "Oh, pay tbe maa In full! Don't try to beat him out of B paltry half crown." Tbe Irishman got Dls crown, hut tbe editor DO longer pays bis debts Bt sight now. Loodoa Telegraph. Olive Oil. A mistress before going oat told her negro cook to fry some Saratoga chips In olive oil. The flint thing thst greet- ed the mistress upon ber return waa an unrecognizable and awful odor that jwnet rated every cranny of tbe flat. [lushing to tbe kitchen, the mlstresa found tbe chips stalling away In B ;>au full of what proved to be vinegar. "But I told you olive oil!" cried tho mistress. "Yen, ma'am. I know, ma'am," re- turned tbe cook, who, by tbe way, can read snd write and Is "up" upon mat- ters of geography and history. "Bui you see, ma'am, I didn't know what It was. and I saw that bottle there." poin tl tig to a jar of olives, "sud I just ted the in. if out of tbat over the potatoes. I s'poMcd that where there was olives there must be olive oIL" New York Bun. V..ndor of New Knmp.hlrc The menus' 1 render will be amused to learn that little New HuinpMiIre, with lens than IIV.IKH) m|tiare miles, has no loss than 4"0 lakes aud ponds, 154 brooks. 58 rivers aud 'JIM mountains, This makes Iowa look small. Colora- do, a l'l< state, bas Not; creeks Trias has comparatively few river*, lakes and creeks. Alabama has tua creeks and 87 rivers, lona cannot approach that record. Minnesota has '_'2'J lakoB aod 140 rivers. New York Tress. HO. Book* are swi--t. iinreproafhlna; conv pnnlous to the uii^. ; ij,|e, nnd If they cannot bring us to cnloy Ilr, n,cy will HI least teach us to vudure It " > k- of A TRAMP AND HIS PAL THE TttAIL THAT ONE VADI TO GUID1 THE OTHER. Japan tea drinker* try It Bo.klra "*-..o ( li. Bill." Aftor Bis Irrm lo Jail Wao Dooo, to L aorr- t**lr Follow Hlo Pmrlnrr Froom (la O mu> || (o HoaotOB. "W* have a good many tramps up In or pevrt of tbe country," said B sugar lantoi, "and l'vt made something of a study of their peculiarities. The old Idea that they carve marks and sign* on fenuvs tbat can be read by all other members of the fraternity Is pure non- sense, of course, but 1 have known sev- eral Instances In which one tramp wonld leave a trail, so to speak, for the guidance of a partner who might not put lu an appearance for months. "The fliht csse of that kind I ever encouotared waa rather aiunsinr I was riding, one spring day. down a road that panxes tliroiigb my place, wben T noticed B typical hobo Indus- triously carving a sort of hieroglyphic ou a big post standing near the fence. The mark consisted of a square aud triangle side by aide, aod be was just putting on tbe fluisLing touches as I arrived. "My enrloslty was st once arouqfd, ami I ileurralue.1 to Bud out If possible Ct Vi.ON GREEN TEA It is absolutely PL'RB. BABY'S PRETTY CURLS. oll.l Them OB* Ia a Tar and Haa- fcurraooce' Rev Wooimo A well dretiaeO woman with ia beauti- SMALLEST SHEEP IN THE WORLD. M llvr. ! Brl.laoi Is > MU" litoo o. Lap ato*. The very smallest ot all tbe kinds of shouir is (he liny Breton shee.p. It i* too 4iiiM.il to b very pruf liable to raise for, ol cous-se, it cannot havs mucb wool, snd, as for eating, why * hungry man could est almost a whole one at a meal. It is so small when grown ih.it it can, hide behind a goodai^ed bucket. li takes its name from the part of France where it is moat r.uaed. But, if Bot s profitable sheep it U a dear lit- tle creature for a pet, for it is very ful baby In her arms attracted the at- i penile, and, because it is so small, it ten 1 ion of all me pause age. rs on a Ger- mautown car Evurj oae was fascl- : no uch a nuisance about tbe house aB waa i.h celebrated lamb which be- ioni-'e.l -u-a li':tle t-'.rl named Mary. room in curls whKtb hung down bi-r chet-ks. One of this little creature's After awli.lv the child beearoejierT- ( ; ir hies hi its ei'rme sympathy with. ous and began to tug at oae of -the curls wh!b protruded from ber hood. Tbe woBMeX preuni*bly tier iitotb. r. quickly afapped ber. but a few no- ments later she looked oat of the win- dow. N sooner was UBT face niruexi than tbe child seiz.-d ber bonnet with both haads and pulled It off. It offer- er little resistance, bit to the astotiiah- feelings of its human friends, 1% hen i tins l>een brought up a pet ,!i he house and has learned to dis- tin/u.sh between happiness and uu- whom. it likes is p. Based about anything, and shows i by laughing, tbe little sheep iil frisk abou r with every sign of joy; tin , If. on the contrary, the per- A DELICIOUS CUP OF TEA- LUDELLA CEYLON. Ml from lhirj i- -f~ * ' " -*" '''- T on n p Hkli>( it. t, M, 4S, M SM I You can select the color on any i paint chart j but how a*ovil tho , avulity .' Mow will it look next ycur, and tor yean to come ? It is best-to get the lasting aval- hy in paint, i ife Ibe only Iua4 thai i a good iavestmewi. ment of every BUr on the car the curls > abet* tears, the sympathetic friend will evince its sorrow in an little vigorous blurting be told me be wss putting p directions for bin part- ner, who would be along sou* time la the fall. He assured me tbat the marks leant nothing in particular, except tbat he bad paaved tod waa going In the direction of the point of the trlan- |le. "Hie partner, according to the story which I dragged out of htm piecemeal, was doing a six months' ]all aentsace for alugglng a policeman In Cincinnati and when he got out on Sept. 1 wonld itrike south, following a trail of carv- tB.- on water tanks, depots, barns snd fenoeposts. Whe.B the Irst tram itrm-k B good place to loaf, he proposed lo stop and wait for the ether to catch P " 'What's your partner's nameT I saked " 'It's by rights Wllllaui RpBrks.' said Ibe hobo, tint everybody calls him "Appetite Bill" OB account of bis al- ways being hungry. He carries a sack to pack grab In Bod has red whiskers aud a funny looking wart on one aide Bf bis nose." "I was utisfled from my prisoner's manner that he was telling me the truth, so I took him up to the house. gave him a good dinner aod sent blm on his way rejoicing. "Now for tbe sniiiel." continued the planter "One afternoon In the fall I was driving home from the statioB when I passed a very dilapidated hobo with red ttttl.hle on his chin snd a gun- ny suck under bis arm, aud some In- stinct told me that Mr. Sparks, sllas Appetite BUI.' had at last arrived. Be seemed to be look ug for land- marks, and wben he reached tb big post I saw blm stop, scrutinise the carving snd tbeu start off with a new and confident step. Tbat settled It ami I drove ahead ami Intercepted him Bt the house, half a mile faitber oa. "'Hello. Bill!' I said. 'How's your appetite this evening?* " 'AppetlteT he stsmtn>>red and gave such B violent start that bo dropped his gunny sack. " 'Why, yes.' said 1. 'Perhaps they 41dn't feed you very wall at ClaolB- natl.' "At the word Cincinnati he turned livid and glared around with such evi- dent iBtentlon of bolting that I made haste to ezBlaln. " 'DoB't be alarmed.' I said. 'I met your side partner a few months ago. ami be told ane to look ont for yon ' It took me some time to dissipate Bill's suspicion.!, but wben I anally succeed- ed In convincing him that It was all right he told me a most Interesting tory of bis Journey acruaw the COUB- try. "A professional hobo will follow the track uf another hobo wltb an a-. n:ra- y that Is curiously suggestive of wood- craft. All the way down froiB Cincin- nati Bill kad never once lost tbe till. and before be left 1 gave hluu an ad drueBed postal card an.) Kot him 10 promise me he would put It lo the mall at whatever point be caught up with his partner. l.e thsa a month later I received the card, bearing a Houston (Tex.) date mark; so 1 presutno It was there they net. "Both of these tramps could rvail and write, and I asked Sparks imrticulaily Why his friend didn't UKO sortie brief meosag* In place of the hieroglyph. He replied that It would attract too much attention, ami ether bobooB would be likely to add misleading words, while th* little square auil ttV ingle passed unnoticed. "Btuee l sen 1 hsve eaoouutered two ether nearly similar eaies. lu each of which a tramp was leaving a cipher trail for a crony to follow --hen he got out of Jail, and I lafu .at tbe prac- tice ) tolerably oomimw- At any rate It la B cuilous feature of trarut" life which I havv never -* aiontluncd IB any of the numerous psper* aud niagB- slno articles that have appeared on tbB subject during roeent yet re." New Or- IOABB Times-Democrat Men bat* ral*f1 their opportualtleB more i>fleu llm HinMleo have tbeai hair. The child swung the bonoet to and fro and laughTuidy held It up for the QUEBEC UNITED. Ramsay's Paints, are that kind, good dealers. For eale by all I MONTREAL. vrv'Utt an turned around. WUe she saw whst tbe baby bad douo, ber fac* , flushed, and without a word sbt p>--k- i ed up tbe child and wslked seilstety i M1- ABM Ul out of the cBr. When last seeo, she .ir. , ib. i was trsdgmg down Spring Uanlea I save r-ei. street with the baby tucked under ber arm like a sack of oat*, but still bold- Ing tightly to tbe bouuet and cooing. -Pee my pooty bairr'-l'Ulladelplua Ttmva. to Dodda Kldoej nil* Whatever r lroo4 i-Bavo to Tf-ll Her IB* rill.. Sh Mrr.rlf '!- >. t ama* Grand Metis. Quo.. April SO. Miss A:in-i II. ngren, of tbe Vihage of t: iud Metis, Quebec, has been cured .x Mabel MrnTinley. niece uf the THK SAVAOE BACIIELOB- , U ail scouuplished muat- I i wonder, said the soda fountain c ID sad hr ainging is regarded aa clerk boarder why me women are ee se an marrying soldiers! rhey like 'em because they bavB Ireadj been trained A soldier's first duty is exceptionally good. President-elect Ktieeex uf Bucbemer. Universit|r. mwns unc of the Ixtai pri- vste c.UIoetions of OiieBtsI msnu- age Baoheior scripts IB the worid. obedience. sld tbe -A go* m.ny peop,,'' said a ~te, .1 her kidney trouble o, ,,-- stand- ; - . "^ - ^^^ ao Idea tbat beyund tbe sceues of a stage there Is great fun ami hilarity Bud tbat actors have a jolly sort of time between their appearances before. wn< the audience. The fa. t Is a military BB atsge manager the other day. "have ing by Dudd'a Kidney Pills Tbj-ough- iut this country It is beiommg more ind more common to hear <.f. -tires this' t-imou- medicine is makm The A HOOD COrLN PvlIEULEH FOR 43c A marvel ot cheapness, of efficacy, and of cr-OBBplitBde. is coni.nue.l in a bottle of that fimous rem.-.tv Put- nam's Paimlota lAocn Bxuacior It goes right .to the root of tie trouble, there acta qu.ckly but ,> psialessly tbat nothing ,s kuown uf its opera- tion until the oora is shelled. Beware substitutes off.-r.l fur Putnam's sure Mrs. Hetty (iree.n heairleH c Inn hei f.M-rune. is t great reader, and own-* a valuable library In which, ar* many rare books) CALVERTS ille (ieorKe H GiMttrey. of New Af'wny. pie of French Canada are .,.,- . claM *! *l*im* t" hold tb n-.-ord for ,-on- F. C. CAIVERT A CO.. BUMOHBBTBB camp during times of inspecuon Is no more opiate tbas Is tbe rear of any are taken in by imn , i.>n-> or worthless preparations of any kind. .niployment in i he v - i. *of They us a conservative people, and (ainy H- hax served t h- ' nnji n> 41 of a medicine has fo ymro, aod WHS "f grejit ->omc curing the war aa* ih miw convincing sign tnat Do. Id 'a f*it* sTaT fTC '& Sidney Pills are a sterling remedy W l\BtB*rBl> tertained. Tbe shifting of scenes and the proper execution of an inrrloate Qeii Kien.-b C-mdi.ms tTiroughout play require all tbe iNmitlit tbat can Quebec speak of It in tbe highest terms be given them. All the men and wooieB have all they can do to properly i>.-r- form their parts. If a manager Is an OBsy going man. curing little for dis- cipline, he soon gets lu tbe end of his career. You may be sure there Is no buHiness that Is carried on In a more businesslike wa> than Is the play- house, and wbeu tbe fun Is ou In the front tboe behind tbe ecenos are care- fuUy watching lo see tli:u DO hitch oo- of praise, and that moreover from a based on their own erper- Cbin \e MALT Cor MD Win- AIM FOR SALL STfcflK' Lxolo. tm'jut (!> (or tor *tO& .04 fr-l: tuu Lvau. Brass Band TOWO OoUl DoddN Kidney Pil' ire now proved resent bis government tu Paris. St. t" be infallible in Mie cure of Kid- pterst>u'g. and Vienna, bas wi'h- n-v Dirise of ahrolutely eveiy na- 4 r %wn hie two sons fruin tbe Wash- ture. ilr ght's Disease, tbat terror of ingion pubu.- irbools. and will send [>liv-i iiim: Diabetes, which used to be them to H.trrow, England, culled in. -arable; Rheumatism, the tif- . fectiun which render-* the live* "f -wi many oihrwise atrong and robust M Btc ft Music or Musical Instrument*. y Royow A Co., ^"^IL 1 men ind women of Quebec raise ii'l*. t b iccompaniiuent of .IIIIWU'U 1^ 1 un 4. . " -lM|*wui *; u v WB curs and thai every one Is ready t. > oW tff nin( . , im>>4 nil . r -, n thronph- hls part at the proper time sud doxe ou . (^ |,, wer Provin,s, Heir- tt properly lieu the time comeB." Wutlilugton Star. I t I k 4 < Ul .1 IV 0B BAY Ttka Ls.so.Civo Ura-iio vj-iuuno rt>io. All ^ . . ri-f-mi! -ht tionor f il fl! o .-uro. LAW Mill* Mine * M BarriMon. us. - h '- Linen Marker S3? nerslly known to '-e the of Kidney Ihte-iso. hut whi'-h i so nevei ' helets : I>i.n--v. I'nnirv and Rln|.Ui Compltint<. Woman'" Weik- n.-.n m. I bloo<l disorders all kinds yield K inei How to Orr Robr Booto. It was a problem bow to dry out hl ^ promp.lv to rubber b<ots. In tbe sitting room there p l]ls waa an open grate tire whicb was cov- ered every night wltb Bne coal an1 a H vi) AN oi.ui-x.-r Hevivahs I'.u Mi Peck, don't v m know where you w; I go when you oie, if \.>u '! in your sinful course' Uen Peck You U' MI- il.>ne I know wh.-n I am ilmim My wife joined church las' week kur-k tf rW u, pill 119 la ** Mroiis bi with *!, ull IM PmdK >ll a .! .H, 3k . I . ft M pw .l.,t -, (.TJiM TTT . r-'iir mimrf racinjm 11 not wUi^MMry Ot not MM *> MMB|> C U. VOL XU, 1 '"- ^Hr t. lgruu>. < n. . 4 ,r,. u i .ciJZ *r rtllr. M 'gr u> OAljBLL* BAKBlX few shovelfuls uf ashes, so that tbe cernintr her cure: Anns Mnien. well-known in limn. I Metis. wiiirH as follows . on- HBTIL OIBIOTMV rooin never became quite cold. We found that If we heated a piece of old flauuel as hot as possible and stuffed It down Into tbe foot of a bout aud stood the bout In front of tbe tin-place It wa* as dry aa a bone next murolug. open Is a spring steel corset ID In wldtb. Forest and Stream. "I wa* sufferm* from a great pin Th. r T! J I JOM N t'NG ^ 6 IO AOilAJUC VW I r (e)t , o . s fc cureil l' Kiilney Pi'! wonderful relief. I cmitin-ied them nnd now 1 am perfectly i \MtniilHrinff it only fmr snd " HOUSE .. n 3 MULT1Y, BUTTER. EGC8, AP-LII, -.rPKOw > ST. JAMES Kkilwftf. Flrt-. * The Utwsan Commission Co , Lin\itM, benefi I have rece.vnd . .i-1 of the south sou tslamU. There tli natives take the tuuip of a tree wh-'>- roots offer a good sent. and. lauDcliinic this primitive craft, they paddl* aritund as couteuteilly as If there was^no such thing as s Kuropeaii steamer. 'and. t tell the truth, they do not suspect Its existence. There can be no Soubt whatever that IB tbls stump boat we have tbe original method of transportation by water M-.'hnel Kiioye-r a re > t t -i.-j.-il tKI'ile .<f OolD P-llll lie Nova enmra I wro-le n Bple it .1 poeb l.i.sd diirhd. Abou * ei-.j S|.rinic. tbad tibe. so pie i Catholic Prayer k. ; t rt PI.I .--. si. - -' ' fal . at in IMS. luit came n early youth, and 1 in Ohio Remember IU MKMltKR. We don't .ulvHrus.' t'oi mere effect. but for businev We know that. I tf you are. .subject to cia.ru.pn. thn you should bktve a prompt, effirieut Ve-nedy on hand. Nerviline nerve- , Accident certainly contributed to tb:s , rure h.is a i.n-leifiit .ind i.m- , discovery. mediate, curative |->-.'t It relieves A tired wlmmlug narairo found a log Lu mie iiiinu e. it cures in five Ple.n- floating near him. He grasped It uU ant to the tame and the best known found that It held him above water He mounted his log and used a floating branch to propel the log. It was but a step from tbe log to the inorv comfortable root o/ a tree nnd another step from tbe branch propvller to a shaped paddle. Because one's ( -a rents and grit nil parents lived to be nearly 100 does not make It certain tbat tbvlr descendant* will do likewise, fur the Inheritance of vitality may all be 4 1 MU pitted In V) years of high living A small stock of v[tsl force well takes care of may last twice as long. In the time of I owls Qus,tor.e In Frsnce food In ge serai was placed np- on tbe table lu one buge dish, aud ench bolued himself with kle BMlitsl band As Itiie SK tbe middle of the tl\ cenli.ij one glnss or goblet did duty for me whole tsble. CtnHtresiu,iii I.itt le-fieM of Maine. wns the son of H Kiee Will K.iptjvr cleigymnn. who changed hi-* parish nvm> rn ll-m-e the bi'y wa* on . 1 i-i .in- n HtK-kUii'l. Knv -f . Vinilhaveo, and Weak s Mills. Me. Tho fire to k'-ei- t'\-..if frtih freezig. $130 Hewn a. *:OJ. Tbe r*<loro ot tiiU p.ii . will b oltasod to in.ro . * iKoro l l looji on.) JiTOiird dio*o that i*soo has too i blo re "nr in o I nt iiv< <n.| ;bat ! Cot*rrii Hoil'i C'starrb t'u - 'rio only pout I v^ u- auw k-iowa Co lh.- no.ooo -r*'.riii'7 i'*'.*rrh b>-t*B a ooa- tltuc.ioiiol dl>oo,i. riulroi a ouiidltutiuDol trok.tiion' Hall'iCotarrh Ou-o u lok-ntBLor. n.illy, --t.ni dirrctlT .ip.-n :ko baud ad Tivieoat urfa yen vt Ihc *)*;c:n, therobr eoo> i. .>vlnc ri i ,'i.idi ion of tho <tnea<o. on<1 (ivlng i-o o>: ou -urongth 1-7 !> .ilinn ;> tho - lailon n i t. i.' j "ir lu i,o<n '.' *-i-. To ft ion'.o a. rut i moaa '. lh ,n rttT powr. thftl Uiry olT*r nr H'in- 1-nJ IV linn for nj OOM Ibat It foili tu euro. .1 for I t uf f**l ojnnUt*. \M-o-. F I i ltKNKTtrO..Toloao. l>, '>! lirUHal-'*. *^o> t beil Dyeing I Cleaning ! " RITISH AMtRl'oAN DYIIN6 CO." Look for *gBL lo ?,ir towit, at ^od to Ml Montreml, Toronto. Ottawa, vjueba*. 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