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tKMington ^dvatut H. Hiwuf, Publisher WOUTHINOTON. MINN DROPPING PEBBLES. Drop a pebble in th' water—Jes a splash an' it is gone, But th's half a hundred ripples clrclin' on an' on an' on, Spreadin', spreadin' from the center, flow in' oh out to the sea, An' th' ain't no way o' tellin' where the end is goin' to be. Drop a pebble in the water—in a .minute ye forget, But th's little waves a' flowln' an' the's rip ples cirelin' yet, All th' ripples flowln', flowin' to a mighty wave has grown. An' ye've disturbed a mighty river—jes' by droppin' in a stone. Drop an unkind word or careless—In a min ute it is gone. But th's half a hundred ripples circlin' on an' on an' on Th' keep spreadin', spreadin', spreadin' from the center as th' go, An* the' ain't no way to stop 'em, once ye've started 'em to flow. Drop an unkind word or careless—in a minute ye forget. But th's little waves a' flowin' an' the's ripples clrclin' yet, An' perhaps in some sad heart a mighty wave of tears ye've stirred, An' disturbed a life et's happy when ye dropped an unkind word. Drop a word o' cheer an' kindness—Jes' a flash and it is gone, But the's half a hundred rlppler clrclin' on an' on an' on, Bearin' hope an' joy an' comfort on each splashin'. dashin' wave. Till ye wouldn't b'lieve th' volume o' th' one kind word ye gave. Drop a word o' cheer an' kindness—in a minute ye forget. But th's gladness still a' swellin' an' the's joy a' circlin' yet. An' ye've rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard Over miles an' miles o' water—Jes' by drop pin' a kind word. —Bismarck Tribune. 1A Lesson in Art S "A DVICE—you'd like my advice, J\ you saj\ Advice is the opinion of a friend which one asks when one has made up one's mind what course to pursue." Mr. Fenton's smile broadened into a laugh as the pretty girl who stood be fore him flushed slightly, turning her head away with a little impatient movement. "I thought that you were my friend," said Olive West, reproachfully, with her face still averted. "And you were right there, my dear," said Mr. Fenton. "But you know per fectly well that you have made upjyour mind what course to pursue." "How could 1 make up my mind with out hearing what you have to say to me on the subject of my going to Lon don?" said she. "My future is serious enough to me, Mr. Fenton. and I fan cied that you might also—" "And so I should, my little friend, if I didn't know you as well as I do. Come, now, tell nie all that troubles you. Is it art or Dick this time?"# "I like Dick," she said, 'but—" "Ah!" "Yes, I like him very much, but—" "Quite so. You mean that you shrink from the commonplace aspects of a future to be spent in this neighbor hood. You long ft_r the larger life— the wider horizon in the higher realms of art? Isn't that what jour 'but' means?" "Exactly," she cried. "I feehinclined to ask what is the good of being born, into the world if one cannot achieve something higher than is within one's reach here?" "I have now and again nsked myself the same question," said Mr. Fenton. "If we could suggest any adequate answer to that question, we should have solved one of the greatest prob lems of the universe. Have you never heard of the waste of nature?" "To live in Hazelbury is not to live in the world, it seems to me," said the girl. "I feel that I was made to do something in the world.—the world— that is not Hazelbury. Hazelbury is hopeless." "And yet Hazelbury has a reading so ciety, hasn't it? If you don't get through a volume of Cnrlj'le in a month you are fined a dime if you are lured into reading a novel you have to pay a quarter." "The reading society is a piece of foolishness." "Then there is the Church Choral union." Olive laughed. "A rookery with a sore throat," she said. "Oh, I'm sick of Hazelbury. I want something larger—fuller—I want life. I want to live." "And so you won't marry Dick Over ton?" suggested Mr. Fenton. "I'm afraid not," said Olive, shaking her head. "Marrying Dick would mean dooming myself to a future in Hazel bury." "I can't deny that. Hie father's bank is here, and he is in the business. He'll be a partner in three or four years. Of course, if yon don't marry Dick someone else will." There was a considerable pause be fore she said, with a little frown: "I hope they will be happy." "That's very kind of you, but I'd rather hear you express, a wish to scratch her face. I suppose the girl will be Lottie Shepherd." Olive's lips curled after her eyes had given a quick flash. "I hope they will be happy," she said again, but in quite a different tone from that which marked her previous expression of the same hope. "Ah, that sounds healthier there's a promise of scratches in every word Still, it might be Mary Marchmont." "I hope not. If I cannot marry Dick myself—" "But you can.". She shook her head In a way that suggested a certain chastened pride. She knew that Dick wished for nothing better than to marry her. "I see it is hopeless looking to you lor advice," she said, sadly.- "Even you do not understand me, though I fancied you did. I \\'ll not trouble you any longer, Mr. Fenton." "Sit down again* and don't be a goose," said he. "I knew that you had made up your mind what to do, and yet you said you came to me for advice. Now it so happens that I quite agree with you in this particular matter. .It would be ridiculous for a girl with such aspirations as you possess to mar ry"the«on of ft banker at ft place such as this is you would both be miserable for the rest of your lives.'* "That is what 1 feel. I do1 feel it very deeply." "Of course you do. What is the name of the young woman who was staying with you in the summer—the artist young woman?" "Angela Power." "Of course, that's her nam». Yon learned a good deal from her, did you not?" "A good deal? Everything! I learned everything from her. She taught me what life is—what art is." "Quite so. What art is, and what Dick is not. And now you have made up your mind to go and live that ideal life in London and as you have done me the honor to ask my advice in the matter, it is most gratifying to me to be able to tell you that I believe you to be quite right." "You advise me to go to London?'* "Undoubtedlj-1 do. Why should you remain in a place where it is impossible that any work of art coulch receive the appreciation of which it is deserv ing?" "I'm so glad you think so. Oh, I feel that I have got it in me to succeed as an artist. I cannot expect to have a studio of my own all at once, of course, but I mean to share one with Angela and a couple of other girls." "That will be a capital plan at first. Later on, no doubt, you will think of building something palatial. But let me advise you not to do so in a hurry. I hear that- one can pick up a good many palatial studios nowadays fo§ about a tenth part of the money spent in building them." "I shall keep my eyes open, never fear." "And open the eyes of other people, I'm sure—people in this neighborhood who have got as much idea of art and —and life as they have of the most suitable cuisine for the-inhabitants of the planet Mars." She gave a laugh. He knew from that laugh that he had rightly guessed what was in her heart. Life was not life so long as it did not make people open their eyes. 'I know I shall-have to work hard,'' she said "but what signifies working hard when it leads to appreciation?" "What, indeed? Why, it becomes as a dream of the night. And when do you mean to leave us?" 'I feel that the sooner I get into harness the better it will be for all of us. Time is flying. I have wasted too many years of my life already. I shall be an old woman before I have begim to live." "I think you are on the shady side of 20 already." "I am 23." "Is it possible? Ah, yes, you'll have to make haste if you want to do any thing before you are past work." The girl smiled the confident smile of 23 in the presence of 50. "I can go home now with a light heart," she said. "Of course, poor mother was opposed to my scheme." "Oh, of course. Mothers sometimes have queer ideas. I shouldn't wonder if she questioned the possibility of your doing better for yourself than marrying Dick." "That is exactly what she said," cried the girl. 'Marriage is the best career for a girl,' poor mother said, when I told her all I hoped to do." "Ah! that is so like a mother—mar riage a career! Well, well!" "And I promised her to be guided by what you would say, so now I can go home with a light heart." "And I trust that it will remain with you when you leav^ your home, my child." Mr. Fenton gave her his hand. She glasped it in both her own quite prettily while she thanked him again arid again. But when she got- to the door she turned as if she had some- "I SHALL. KEEP MY EYES OPEN, NEVER FEAR." thing more to say. For some reason or other the words did not come at once. She kept her eyes fixed on the handle of the door, at which she worked. She seemed greatly interested in the mecli anism. He waited patiently for her ia speak. "I—I—like Dick very much, Mr. Fen ton," she said at last. "I only feel that —that—that—well, I'll be sorry to leave Dick." "That's because you have a kind heart, my dear," he said. "But if I were you I wouldn't think too much about Dick's disappointment. I know what these young chaps are mthey fancy, for the time'being, that it would be impossible for them to think of any other girl than the one on whom they believe they have set their hearts, but, bless your soul, my child. they are over head and ears'with another girl be fore the one that has treated them (as they suppose) unkindly has finisheq her afternoon tea. Don't worry your self about Master Dick he'll find ample consolation for your absence before you are gone 24 hours, the young ras cal!" There Wa3 another pause and some more twitching of the handle of the door before she said: "I hope he may be happy." And Dick was" happy, for by the en,d Of a year he had tnariried the girl who had failed to finda career in London, and who has now concluded that moth* ers are sometimes right.-rChicago Her* ald. Japiieu Comliig In. In opening a Cuban orphans' fair in New York lately, the procession was headed by 80 Japanese, including women and two girls in jinrikishas. The sudden increase in the Japanese pop^ illation of this country to notable circumstance. BAN ON THE CREAM PUFF. The hjarloma Effect of Putrr Diet lipplcaeated nlth Sod* Water. Women rarely learn that a pastry diet is injurious without a costly ex perience. At' a church social in Phila delphia the other night the members engaged in a spicy debate on the merits of the question: "Resolved, That a majority of the young-women employed as clerks in Philadelphia ure unfitted for posltions of trust and responsibility because of their enervating diet." After, the debaters had presented their arguments the judges decided in favor of the affirmative sjde of the question, says an exchange of that city. It is necessary to note that the suc cessful debaters presented- as their chief argument the fact that, as a rule, the midday meals of the young women employed as clerks in the big depart ment stores and as stenographers and typewriters are composed of cream puffs, candies and soda water, instead of solid and substantial food. As a test of the statement a reporter made inquiries of the managers of the principal light lunch restaurants. The managers corroborated the statements made by the debaters. From a cashier at one of the principal restaurants it was learned that more than one-half of the trade at the Ninth and Filbert street branch was derived from women customers who bought nothing but sweet food. "The things that they usually eat," said the cashier, "consists of such airy delicacies as cream puffs, pies, choco late eclaires ai\d ice cream. The young girls mostly top off this repast with a glass of milk. Rarely, if ever, do the women order soup or meat." A young man who draws soda water at one of the fountains in a large de part ment store said: "Why, there are scorfes and scores of young girls in this establishment who never think of eating any thing sensible during the noon. hour. Without look ing, at the clock I can always tell when it is time for lunch. At 12 o'clock sharp up trips the girls, and' it is 'A straw berry soda' here and 'A cherry bounce' there. After quaffing these draughts, fit only for people with full stomachs and not poor girls who toil for their daily bread, the candy counter is vis ited." Surely enough, when seen, a suave young woman in charge of the candy counters gave a merry laugh ancl whis pered: "Oh, pshaw! Don't you know that sweets are as dear to a woman, a young one at least, as pie was to Tom Tucker or as watermelon is to a 'coon For instance, take cream chocolates and bonbons as candy triumphs. What is more delicious, especially when they are made up in the most tempting fla vors? As a proof of What I say you ought to hover near this counter be tween twelve and one o'clock on any day of the week. In fact, more than half of the girls here never think of buying sandwiches or anything sub stantial. Ice cream sodas and sweet meats are good enough for them." The reporter next visited a prominent physician who makes a specialty of stomach troubles. He was told what the restaurant cashier, the soda foun tain expert and the suave young wom an at the candy counter had said!. "Jhat is an old story to me," he said. "I might say, too, without fear of con tradiction, that this foolish practice is causing nearly 80 per cent, of the young women employed in stores:-and offices to degenerate into confirmed dyspep tics. It requires no great effort of the mind to arrive at this conclusion. While employed at work of any kind, whether heavy or light, the body re quires nourishing food. It should be warm during certain seasons of the year, and of a solid character. This makes muscle and flesh. "Oni the other hand, pastry and out landish drinks, ice cold at that, togeth er with highly flavored candies, will make a physical wreck of any man, woman or child if indulged in to any great extent. Under these conditions how can a young woman whose diges tion is seriously impaired, and as a consequence whose nerves are like piano chords, successfully fill a position where a cool judgment and sound body are the chief qualifications? I say such a thing is next to impossible, except in rare instances. Even then the break down comes without warning and the doctor steps in to Remedy the evil." FOUR RICH FOREIGN* MISERS. They Hade Large Fortune* by Bear gtnc In Different Countries AcroM the Sea. In Austria a man who was without feet or arms seven years ago, lacking two months, sentenced to hard labor for that term of years, is said to be well and hearty and with eager longing looks forward to the day when he shall be liberated. Simon Oppasich is his name. Born legless and armless, he managed in the course of 50 years to make purely by begging $GO,OOQ, and this huge sum he was* in the habit of carrying about with him by day and hiding in the wall of the cellar where he slept by night. He got into trouble with the Austrian police by declaring that he was destitute and taking an oath to that effect, says a foreign ex change. Lately in England died one Isaac Gordon, who had been a professional beggar, and when he was picked up lifeless out of the street it was found that he had $15,000 on his person. And a writing was likewise found that sig nifies that he had made a will. Vol unteer heirs are coming forward in numbers. The miser of the story book usually hoards his money in good red gold un der the hearthstone or in some uncom fortable spot. Real misers of to-day seem as a rule to prefer bank notes. They are certainly more easy to han dle. Tori, a notorious Italian beggar, and misery who died a little time ago, after a life of griping want and misery, left $400,000, all of which was hidden in boxes, tins and behind the tattered wall pajper in his room. It was almost entirely in paper money. Anotherman of the same type who. died at Aux^rre, in France, in 1898, left a large sum in bonds, but most of his'wealth he had invested in rare wine. No less than 400 bottles of one very choice vintage over 80 years old were found in the cellar he lived in. This he must have bought bottle by bottle. It was prac tically certain that he himself had never so much as tasted a drop of this liquid fold. THIS •I'fy nine-room house is nicely planned and has an artistic ex terior. It can be erected for $2,500 upon a stone foundation. The size of the parlor is 12x15 feet sitting-room, 12x12 feet dining-room, 12x13 feet kitchen, 10x14 feet hall, 8x9 feet pantry, 5x6% feet veranda, 5x8 feet bedrooms, 8x9% feet and 6% x8 feet, and chambers 12y2xl3feet,9%x 13.feet and 9x9 feet. There are two stairways, one in front and one in the rear. The attic can be used for extra rooms if so desired. The fireplaces in parlor and sitting-room are fitted up with hardwood, ornamented mantels. The parlor and dining-room have bay window effects, with three large windows. vnm //jr/J ART IN ARCHITECTURE. DESIGNED AND WMfTEN ESPECIALLY All chambers have large closets., The floors are double throughout the house, having felt paper between them. The kitchen and pantry finishing j/f/Z (!aft ii /zjc/5 Veranda 6x3 floors are maple. Hall, parlor, sitting and dining-room floors are Georgia pine also the main stairs, including risers, newel posts, railing and balus trades. The doors, trim, baseboards and all interior finish are of Georgia pine. Pantry and closets are fitted up with drawers and shelves. Sliding door pockets between parlor and sitting room are ceiled up tight. White por celain lined sink in kitchen. Flooring used for veranda, porch and balcony floors will have the tongues and grooves leaded. The stairs to base ment lead from the kitchen. Down spouts, flashing and gutters are made of galvanized iron. NEW CANCER THEORY. Sir 'William Bnnks, an English Au thority, SngrsrestM That Hearty Eatins Causes the Disease. A number of theories have been ad vanced to explain the development of cancer. Of late years many experts have inclined to the opinion that it is caused by a microbe. Repeated at tempts have been made to find the germ, and on more than one occasion the alleged discovery of it has been announced. Thus far, however, these claims have not been substantiated. Another interesting suggestion re garding cancer has recently been of fered by an English authority, Sir William Banks. Sir William thinks that some sprt of relation exists between cancer, and hearty eating, especially of meat. He declares that it is the well-nourished, plump individual, and not the weak ling, that is attacked by cancer. In further support of the theory he urges the fact that cancer has been more prevalent since the era of chieaper food has put meat in the dietary of the English working classes. p5e points aut that of late the most narked iri srease in the prevalence of bancer has taken place among men, and he in sists that it is man, no^ wpman, who has come to eat meat more abundant ly than of yore. Again, ijx England, London and the .immediate vicinity )f the capital is the sc*ie of the greatest luxury in the maljter of food, tod also of the most eases of cancel: in proportion to populati in. To this notion,, which not 'alto gether new, it has sometix ies been ob (ected that vegetarians ften suffer from the distressing disei se here un ler consideration but S ir William Banks replies that, aftet all, cancer is( not so common in Inland 'as in England, and that it is ilmost un ieard of In Egypt and otter parts of Africa, where a vegetable diet is th? Jhief if not the exclusive .dependence if ir The studding are 3s4 joist, 2x10 rafters, 2x4 wall plates, double, 2x10. Rubble walls are 18 inches thick. Chimneys *ehoWfjngiabove tlie roof, are laid up yellow bridle''.a'nd capped with a smooth sandstone cap. The side chimney is supported with an iron brace. The carving shown in the gable and on frieze board at head of second-story windows will be of composition. All glass in American FROlNT ELEVATION OF CONVENIENT NINE^ROOM HOUSE. iH| tfiTcher! -I /ox/? s*w double thick, except where showing ornamental glass, and front vestibule door, which is plate. The narrow siding is placed over the fende. flooring sheathing, having felt paper between, siding and sheath ing. Cedar shingles are used for all roofs, and are dipped in creosote stain be fore they are laid. The painting on the exterior is three-coat work. Tlie finishing coat will look well if pea green color is used for body and white Ded ft. i~x9:(o PLANS OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS. Chamber T6, X/S Chamber Red ft ITZS7 color for all the trimmings. Roof to be an olive green. All hardware is of a neat and dura ble kind. The entire basement flooi is cemented. The laundry, coal rooms, fruit room and furnace room are in the basement. "All material through out is to be of its best respective kind. The plastering is two-coat work. All the interior Georgia pine is furnished in hard oil finish. All doors are cross panel doors. The height oi basement is seveta feet first story, 9y2 feet second story, nine feet. Leave the building broom clean and all ready for occupancy. GEO. A. W. KINTZ. "ARISTOCRACY OF DOLLAR." Interesting Utterances Before the Savings Bank Association of New York State. "I remember in my youth there was a certain gentleman who was suspected of being a millionaire. Whatis the pos session of a mililon dollars now, let us say, within thenrecincts of this cham ber of commerce? Respectable pov erty." These words were uttered by Col. Thomas Went worth Higginson, of Boston, in his address on "The Aristoc racy of the Dollar" before the Savings Bank association of the state of New York. The bankers who handle $t87, 000,000 savings of the people of this state Held their seventh annnjtl meet ing in the roollis'-ot the' cb^iber of commerce. Here are more of Ctfl. Hig ginson's utterances: "Aristocracy of'birth/ and .aristoc racy of wealth h«rte lip to tttis time di vided- the world betfWeeri them, The ar istocracyof birthhas steadiiylost pres tige for many years. "Year by yekr, for the last century, the assimilation of the aristocracy of birth'with'the aristocracj' of Wealth in the English house of lords has gone on steadily. The change is distinet £ain." •. "'-"is,. Freak Air for Consumptives. In the London -hospitai fbr" consump tion the basis of treatment^!#. ,rest in the open air, graduated exercise atnd good feeding. No window -in the open air wards is ever closed, and* during the cold weather the consumptive .pa tients are kept warm with extr^ clothing and artificial heat. It is en couraging to note that practically all the early cases and 70 per c&t> df|all cases improve considerably under the open-air system. A Place to Put Then. "If women didn't hot skirts to hold up," said the janitor philosophei "they wud hov to hov two soide pockets to kape thor bonds in." Chicago i)ailr News. A LITTLE NONSENSE. A man never gets old or good enough not .to have some pride in the mischief of his' boyhood.—Chicago Democrat. The Cornfedi Philosopher.—"When the joke is on you," said the Cornfed Philosopher, "do not let it stay there. Laugh it off."—Indianapolis Press. Traveler—"So that's the famou9 al pine horn, is it? Does it always make such a horrible noise?" Native—"No, only when you blow in it!"—Der Dorfbarbier. Mrs. Peck—"You know very well, Henry, that I'm a woman of few words." Henry—"True, my dear, but the few are shamefully overworked." —N. 0. Times-Democrat. "That deaf-mute guide seems to be very well posted on the institution," said the visitor. "Yes, indeed," re plied- the superintendent. "He has everything at his fingers' ends.'.'—Bal timore American. The Cheerful Idiot—"There's no use in a stingy man trying to run for office," said the shoe clerk boarder. "Seems to me,'" s.aid the Cheerful Id iot, "he would be the very man to save the country." Indianapolis Press. "It almost kills me to stand," moaned the lady in the street car. "If I don't get a seat pretty soon I shall drop." And it was only the next day that she stood up two hours and a half while sh,e had a dress fitted. But then that's a different thing.— Boston Transcript. HOW CITIES HANDLE GARBAGE. Interesting? Report from American Consuls on Method* Em ployed Abroad. Some time ago the agricultural de partment became interested in the study of the disposal of garbage, sew age, etc., in foreign cities, and solicited the aid of the state department in ob taining information. The department, says the St. Louis Republic, directed the' consular officers of the United States to forward all information ob tainable. Among the first to respond was the consul at Marseilles. To a Frenchman's mind there was some thing very like in our words "garbage" and "cabbage," for the one to whom the consul applied gayly responded: "Garbage is one of the finest dishes of the place. Well cooked and nicely pre pared, as they do it in this country, it is something very exquisite." Writing from Santiago de Cuba, Con sul Hyatt draws a lively picture of the unique way of disposing of matters in that place. He. writes that' "dead cat tle, horses, mules and large dogs are hauled to the suburbs and dumped by the roadside the same as garbage. All other matter is throvvn into the streets or on the neighbor's roofs, to be de voured by buzzards. Before throwing a dead cat or dog into the street it is customary to tie a cord to the tail ol the animal this insures having it hauled away from the door, as the children will play horse by dragging it around the stx*eets, and seldom de liver it again to the owners." An uncanny tale comes from Consul Fowler that makes the reader feel creepy. He says: "The cleanest cities in China are Hang-Chow and Nirig-Pox. In the cen ter of these two cities I have myseli s.een dogs eating bodies of babies the rotting corpses of cholera cases, snakes slowly winding in and out many dogs, slime, dead cats in fact, the most hor rible filth on one side, while across the way the glitter of gold, pomp and lux ury such are the principles of a Chi nese street. The garbage collector is the beggar or the starving dog." Consul Ragsdale writes from Tien Tsin that "all animal food is compara tively costly and the mass of the people are poor. The methods are from house-to-house collection. The work is done by private enterprise and the material deposited on vacant lots and in front of houses where the owners do not employ the collector. Tin cans are much prized by tlie natives and are a regular article of commerce. When beyond use as a bucket they are flat tened out and made into anything from a candlestick to a bathtub—the latter being used only for foreigners. Broken glass is reheated and made into lamps and curios, snuiT bottles, /etc. All ol this material is collected by private enterprise and the sorting is done in any place most convenient to the col lector. Household waste waters are t-hrovrn into the empty pools at the side of the streets and eventually this water is used for street sprinkling. The streets and the passers-by are sprinkled by means of long-handled ladles. "The street refuse collections are made by men and boys with a basket and a small long-handled ladle or shov el. The basket hangs on the back from the left shoulder and great skill is shown by some collectors in scooping up everything and throwing it into the basket without loss. This material is taken to some bright, sunny and con venient locality, mixed with two parts of street dust and made into cakes, the size of an orange. These cakes are sun dried and sold as fertilizers. Tlie most convenient place for a foreigner to study the details of these methods is the stone bridge on Legation street. It is only a few hundred yards from the two foreign hotels and the French. German, Japanese, English, Russian and American legations. The bridge, being thus centrally located withs a wind-swept stone floor exposed to the sun, possesses all of the requirements •of a first-class fertilizer dryer. It is in daily use. The sewage system of Peking is certainly a combined system. Everything combines ^n the streets. No filters are used. The supply of street sweepings exceeds the demand by about three inches in depth." Hoaeatly Opposed to Progress. The Chinese have no doubt begun to realize the fact that foreigners are de termined to exploit their country, and also that they are too weak successful ly to resist this 'action, and they are therefore reduced to putting obstruc tions in everybody's way. In doing this most of them ari doing their coun try a service, and if they cannot keep out foreign civilization they should at Jeast delay its entry as long as possible. Hardly Kind. "I have no money. Miss Irma—my wit is my fortune." "Don't you care—poverty is no crime."—Fli6gende Blaetter. MAXIMS FOR BOYS. Always ask your'parents what Is best for you to do Begin an active business life w'.th noble, ends in view Care for those about you who are poor and in distress Don't take undue advantage When you've power to oppress Endeavor to gain knowledge of the natural laws of health Forget not your honor while striving for great wealth Give only what you're able—you can do nothing more Have respect for tho aged ones—be they rich or poor tndulge not in intoxicants, nor In lan guage that's profane Just dealings are more profitable than underhanded gain Kindness ofttimes purchases more than glittering gold Lay something by while young for your needs when old More money spent than earned will al ways keep you poor No amount of self-praise ever gets be yond your door Obey your superiors—'twill bring honor to your name Profit by the examples of all good men known to fame Question well the motives of all workers without pay Resolve to do your duty, no matter what others say State the facts or nothing—don't indulge In lies Teach those who are Ignorant take les sons from the wiser Unless you make the effort, there's noth ing you can do Virtue is its own reward—a maxim trite and true Wealth cannot purchase happiness in this world of strife, 'Xcept 'tis used to glorify the One who gave you life Yield all unimportant things, for lawsuits do not pay Zealously observe these rules—there's nothing more to say. —Jack Timmons, in Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. BUILDING A R0WB0AT. Any Brlgrlit Boy Capable of Handllns Saw, Plane and Hammer Can Do It Easily. Few amtaeurs pluck up courage to build a boat. Yet, were they to do so, they would find the difficulties they dread vanish very quickly. The tools should consist of a jack and smooth ing plane, a tenon saw, a rule, square, hammer and nails, brad, awl and gim let with a couple of chisels. The con struction of a board skiff, or of any of its kindred craft—a flatboat, dory, sharpj-, flat-iron boat, or bateau is a simple matter. The sharpy is one of the best boats for rowing on account of its light Stoe. View.- weight, light draft and sharp bow. In fact, it is the handiest form of board skiff in America, not excepting the dory, which, however, it very closely resembles, the chief difference Between these two rowing boats being that one is adapted for comparatively smooth water, whereas the dory is used on the open ocean and is deeper and has more sheer. In construction, the sharpy is simplicity itself, and is the easiest and cheapest boat in the country to make. First, draw the vessel on paper, to a scale of one inch to the foot. Take off the shape of the midship section, that is to say the section at the widest part of the boat. Make a temporary OP£.N VlfeW. midship section mold of pine boards. Get out the stem and apron, and the stex-n board, and the plank for the sides. Hold stem, midship section mold and stern board in position by a light batten nailed to them at the gunwale line. Then spring the planks of tire sides around the midship section mold, and fasten them strongly with strong galvanized iron nails an inch apart, first boring a small hole with a gimlet bit for the purpose. Complete the planking of the sides. Turn the boat over and plank her across the floor her whole length. Turn her back again and put in the frames, keelson, thwarts, Kif Syhixw. etc., one after the other. Caulk her, paint her and if you-desire a sail, rig her. The following specifications may be useful for a 20-foot sharpj-:, Frames, oak, l%xl% inches, spaced 18 inches apart plank of bottom, white pine 1 inch thick, put on in strips 6 inches apart plank of sides, white pine 1% inch thick, put on in one or two widths stem, 09k, with a crook or knee at the bottom of the boat bedpiece of center board well, oak inches wide by 2 inches thick headpieces, oak, three-quarter inch by 2 inches plank of well, pine 1% inches thick centerboard, 7 feet long, 3ys feet wide, V/4 inches thick wash board, 8 inches wide, composed of light pine stuff 1 inch thick combing, 2% inches high thwarts, three in number, a broad one at the stern skag, 1% inches thick rudder, 4% feet long'and 8 inches wide fastenings, galvanized iron, riveted or clinched where pos sible.—F. H. Sweet, in Orange Jiidd Farmer. Ills Qnlet Assnranee. "One finds very little real poetry in print nowadays," remarked the young woman. "Yes," answered Mr. Bardly Scrips, as he pushed his hair back from his brow, "it's the old story with me. If a man wants to be sure something is well done he must do it himself."— Washington Star. Huaery in a Charch. .. Lincoln Park church, at Cincinnati, has a mothers' gallery, with a nursery supplied with cots, easy chairs an^ other conveniences adjoining it. TO PLAT TETHER BALL. It Is a Popalar Game Aaoit Scltool boys, as Well as College Mem, Just at Freaeat. The illustration shows a game of tether ball in full progress. To give the best results the pole should be about 16 feet long. As two fee$ must be buried to make it stand firmly, 14 feet will be above ground. Xjvo rackets are necessary, one for each player. If you possess tennis rack ets they may, be used if not rackets cut from a pine board will do quite as well. The cord to which the ball is at tached should be 11 feet long. Fasten the ball to the* eordby means of a small net. If there is some member of the opposite sex whom you can interest in tether ball (and the game is quite as well suited fqr girls as boys) she can probably crochet a net for you with very little trouble but if this kindly aid cannot be secured, a strong and A GAME OP TETHER BALL. durable fastening may be made as fol lows: Cut from apiece of canton flannel or chamois a disc ten inches long. Make a large knot in the end of the cord. Gather the flannel or chamois about the ball and knot. Tie firmly by bind ing the edges of the disc close to the cord above the knot. Paint a black cir cle one inch wide six feet from the base of the pole. Bore a hole three inches from the top of the pole push the end of the cord through and then knot it. This makes much the best fastening. To play: Toss up to see which player shall have the choice of court. The courts consist of half the circle about the pole. If the winner of the toss pre fer he may forfeit the choice of court and choose in which direction he will wind the ball. After deciding this point the two players take position in their re spective Courts. (On no account must either make an off-side play by tres passing into the court of an opponent.) The player to whom has fallen the choice of direction now begins the game bj' knocking the ball around tlie pole in either direction he may de sire. His object is to continue the play un til the cord is entirely wound round the pole. His opponent's play is to, if pos sible, interrupt this and start the ball in the opposite direction. The last de cisive turn of the cord which brings the ball against the pole must be above the black ring mentioned. If a player strike the cord above the ball, and so winds it around his racket and stops it altogether, his opponent is allowed a free serve.—Boston Globe. MONSTER SPIDER WEB. Many Fine Skeletons of Birds and Llsards Have Been Found in Its Mesbes. Ceylon is the some of the largest spe cies of spider that has yet been made the subject of entomological investiga tion. This web-spinning monster lives in the most mountainous districts of that rugged island and places his trap —not a gossamer snare of airy light ness. but a huge net of yellow silk from five to ten feet in diameter—across the chasms and fissures in rocks, says Our Fellow-Creatures. The supporting guys of this gigantic net, which in all cases is almost strong enough for a hammock, are from five to 20 feet in length (as conditions and circumstances fnay require), made of a series of twisted webs, the whole be ing of the diameter of a lead pencil. As might be imagined, this gigantic silken trap is not set for mosquitoes, flies and pestiferous gnats, but for birds,gaudy moths and elegantly paint ed butterflies, some of the latter hav ing a spread of wing equal to that of a robin or a bluejay. Some extra fine ske' iftons of small birds, lizards, snakes, etc., have been found in those webs, with every vestige of flesh picked from them. The own er and maker of these queer silk traps is a( spider with a bod3' averaging 4% inches in width and six inches in length, and with legs nine to 12 inches from body to terminal clam. Wonders of a Rat's Tail. A rat's tail is a wonderful thing. The great naturalist Cuvier says that there are more muscles in this curious appendage than are to be found in that part of the human anatomy which is most admired for its ingenious struc ture—namely, the hand. To the rat. in fact, its tail serves as a sort of hand, by means of which the animal is en abled to crawl along narrow ledges or other difficult passages, using it to balance with or to gain a hold. It is prehensile, like the tails of some mon keys. By means of it the little beast can jump up heights otherwise inac* cesible, employing it as a projectile spring. D.ropa Into Den of Lions. Shocked by coming in contact with an electric light wire he was repairing at Broadway and Halsey streets, Brooklyn, the other day, John Graver dropped directly into the den of lions Qn exhibition at the Elks' carnival. The young man was rescued before the beasts touched him, and revived by a physician. Graver is 17 years old. The wires upon which he was at work are strung across the lot where the Elks' carnival menagerie is located. Ac cidentally he touched a live wire and fell through the opening at the top of the steel arena, in which there are sev eral lions. The beasts roared—prob* ably from fright. Their noise attract ed the' attention' of the keepers, who carried Grarer from the arena. There are 6,003 pieces in the modern high-grade locomotive. i• 4 ii S* Mr.