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WHEN 'DOLLY smiles. When 1 "''" "'" ,win Cupids seek And fi "' iill,l'lf in n,'r cheeks ind in dim)lp straightway git Till I)"!-.' s Inueb doth make thera Hit. And 'b"1 'aush' those Cupids twain lk hie I'l-r rosy mouth inside Kni Jjnce upon her teeth of pearl. To play at teek and then at hide. Oh. litr I- Cupids, grant me this When at your saucy jests ye play, Iare on tlione rosy lips a kiss. Whisper 'tis mine, and steal away. -Westmiuster Gazette. H 1 1 I I I H I I1! f t l 'W"rW44 Grandma's Story 4-1 1 1 I I I I H-rlWl-Wl H I I I l -H-j e- STOUY!" excluimed grandma A as she looked over her glasses at the boy and girl perched at her feet. "Yes, please, a really, truly story," Mld Elsie. "A war story, with some 'go' in It," idiied Tom. "Very well," sold grandma after a few moments' thought "1 believe I can please you both. "It was in a log house, such as the first settlers lived In, that a girl of about 15 years of age was bending over the fireplace busily engaged In broiling slices of venisou. Another girl about i year older was spreading a coarse, homespun cloth on the table and pre paring It for the evening meal. "Father is lnte,' said the girl at the lire, as she rose. 'What can be keeping him?' "'News from the front that he is so anxious to hear, perchance. I'oor fath er! it is a sore trial for him thnt he is nnable to go to Washington's aid, and has no sons to send. If 1 were only a boy now!' "Her blnck eyes sparkled and her cheeks grew red at the thought. "'Would you go, Elizabeth?' asked the other. " 'Indeed I would. I do so long to do something for our country.' "'But war Is drendful,' said the oth er, and her cheeks grew pale at the very thought. 'I am sure I never could go.' " Thee would not need, Dorothy; some one would have to stay with father, thee knows. Thee Is a dear child and I am sure thee loves our country as much as I.' 'The mother of these girls was a Quaker, and the elder often used the vou shall pay for that, you hussy!' he cried." quaint form of speech when talking to the younger. It came from her as a sort of a caress. "Just then the door opened, and the father entered. He was a man well past seventy, with hair as white as snow. Ills bright eyes were not yet dim, and there was a 'very striking re semblance between him and his elder daughter. "'What news, father?' asked Eliza beth. "'Nothing. Nothing new, except that Hie English, led by the traitor, Arnold, have been raiding the country again. That Is old now, but a runner Just came w'th n fuller story.' "Elizabeth's eyes flashed fire nt the mention of Arnold, for the colonies were very bitter against this man that had been false to them. " 'I wish I could go.' "'I wish thee could, child,' answered the father, as he took his place at the table. lue next morning after doing the usual work Dorothy took her knitting ana sat by the door, while Elizabeth brought the wheel from the corner and wgan to spin. " 'When these are finished there will six pair,' said Dorothy, as she held P a sock she was working on. They will help some poor soldier next win ter.' v "'Yes. we can help that way, and Rlad they will be, I am sure,' answered ber sister.v as she started the wheel "uzzlng. "A few moments later the door wns darkened, and us they looked up iti sur prise at the breathless man that stood wre. he gasped out: 'The fort Is attacked, and If it falls the town will be sacked,' and before they could say a word he was gone. " 'What shall we do?' moaned Doro thy, but Elizabeth was at work. She hastily collected what few valuables luey hl nn,1 n,nl ,m lntn a Biiinll bundle. Then, running a short distance worn the house, she hid them in the "Wow of a tree. " '1 do not think they will find them there. she said. 'Cheer up, Dorothy, Y10 fort has not yet fallen, and many u"ve and true men are behind those wails.' "They could not work, but sat In the doorway waiting' and watching and talking to their neighbors, who were l8 anxlouslv wnitlmr. "Boon their father came in, his face u drawn and pale, but bis eyes were MP A Few Negative. Never dust off plates with brush thnt contains stiff hair or bristles; use brush with long fine hair. Never put alkaline solutions in bot tles having glass stoppers they stick. Never sweep or dURt vour dnrk rnnm: use wet cloths to remove dust and dirt. Never use trays or dishes for all work; keep to their proper uses those for developing, fixing, toning, etc. Never pass your fingers from one so lution to another without washing, If you would avoid stains, etc. Never be In a hurry; move with cir cumspection In all your photographic work, although it requires but a small fraction of time to Impress the sensi tive plate, good results can alone be had by study of position and a due re gard to light and shade. Development and all the operations of the dnrk room can only move at proper speed to produce satisfactory results. Never console yourself with the Idea bright. A cry went up as a soldier came running through the streets. " 'God help the town!' he cried. 'The fort has surrendered and the British have murdered the general and most of the men. The traitor, Arnold, Is In command'.' "There wns confusion at once. Every person able to hold a musket got ready for the defense that they knew would be useless, but they looked for no mercy, and they determined to sell their lives as dearly as possible. Doro thy was almost fainting from fright, but Elizabeth followed her father's example and took down a gun that she knew well how to handle. Tbey had not long to wait. The soldiers came through the streets killing the Inhabitants and burning their homes, headed by Arnold himself. Elizabeth saw her poor old father shot down before her, and Doro thy fell In a faint across his prostrate body. Quick as a flash she raised her musket and, aiming straight at Arnold, fired, but the Bhot missed and before she could try again It was wrested from her and she found herself in the power of two stalwart soldiers. " 'So you would shoot the general,' snld one. " 'I would kill a murderer and a trai tor!' answered she, scornfully. " 'You shall pay for that, you hussy,' he cried. "Hut over Arnold's face swept a flush of shame. What his thoughts were as he looked nt the face of the girl no one knows, but his better nature conquered. " 'Unhand the girl!' he commanded. 'I give you your life,' he said, turning to Elizabeth, 'and remember that Bene dict Arnold can appreciate bravery, even In an American girl,' and he rode on with a wave of his hand." "Are you sure thnt is a. real, true story, grandma?" asked the girl. "Quite sure, dearie, for Elizabeth told it to me herself, and Elizabeth was my grandmother." Detroit Free Press. COLDS MAY BE INFECTIOUS. Medical Man Gives Reasons for Sup posing: This to Be the Case. We nil speak of "catching" cold, and the belief that an ordinary cold is "caught" in the same sense as an in fectious disease nnd In no other way seems to be gaining ground among medical men. Dr. II. Wllloughby Gard ner writes in The Lancet: "Colds are almost unknown in the Arctic circle, . not on account of the action of the continuous cold, but be cause the greater part of that region is uninhabited. When Sir William Conway uud his men were exploring Spitsbergen, though they were exposed to great privations and were almost constantly wet through, tbey never caught a cold, but directly they came down to Audree's settlement on the const, where some forty men were liv ing In almost constant Intercourse with the mainland, they all developed vio lent colds. Nansen and his men never caught a cold during all the three years of his voyage, notwithstanding the utmost exposure, but directly they inched civilization on the coast of Noway, though still within, the Arctic circle, they all suffered uadly from colds. The weather Is not always keen and bracing in the Arctic regions; dur ing the sifmmertime In Franz Josef Land, at any rate. It Is exceedingly damp, and raw, mist-laden east winds prevail; yet the members of the Jack-eou-IIaruiswortb expedition never caught a cold there, though all but two of them did so directly tbey reached civilization. More noteworthy still were Conway's experiences In the Himalayas. While amongst the moun tains he audsis men, notwithstanding great exposure, never caught cold; nor did they even when they visited the small remote native villages; but once they came down to a village where there was a small European settlement In communication with the outer world and they all took bad colds. Nor Is It only the Arctic regions and amongst high mountains that colds are absent; the same Immunity from them Is no ticeable during long sea voyages and matrur Mb that to simply "touch the button" com prises the whole art of photography, and that when failure follows you can mnke good your want of success by blaming the maker of the lens and the maker of the plates. Never forget that a weak, flat nega tive is probably due either to over-exposure or too weak a developer; that one with too great contrasts is due ei ther to under-exposure or too rapid or too strong a developer. Never be saving of developer; It costs but a trifle compared to the plates. Use a liberal quantity to fully cover plate. Never expect success from snap shots In heavy and deep shadows. Pho tography does wonders In these days, but it will not give you a picture of de tails found only In dark corners. Never expect good results from old plates, from which only flat and un satisfactory results can be expected. Just how old may be old it Is difficult to state; one year Is quite enough to lead to suspicion. when camping out In the desert; and, still more unexpectedly, In the best open air snnatorlums, such as Nord rach, where the ventilation is practi cally perfect. It is found that patients do not catch cold. There is, I believe, plenty of other evidence to show that there are places remote from ordinary human life where colds cannot be caught whatever the exposure; prob ably many of your readers can bring forward Instances." Literary Digest PO LICE DOGS IN GHEN T. Animals Taught to Hnnt Malefactors and Do Other Police Duties. The dog plays a prominent part all over Belgium as the poor man's horse, drawing milk carts, vegetable wagons, and even the "shay" that carries his owner. But at Ghent, says a writer In Modern Culture, the dog has been har nessed to the luw also, and serves so efficiently as a policeman that crime In the district he patrols Is said to have been diminished by two-thirds. By means of dummies, made up to resemble as much ns possible the dan gerons characters that might be met, the dogs are taught to seek, to attack, to seize and to bold without hurling seriously. The first step is to place the dummy in such a position thnt it shnll represent a man endeavoring to conceal himself. The dog soons understands that It Is an enemy whom he must hunt, and en ters ;to this part of his lesson con amore. Then the teacher lowers the figure to the ground, and the dog learns that although he may not worry his prey, he must not allow his fallen ifoe to stir so much as a finger until the order Is given. After the dummy, a living model Is used, and as this process is not without dunger, the person chosen for this pur pose Is usually one who ministers to the pupil's creature comforts, and for whom the canine detective Is sure to entertain a grateful affection. Never theless the dog is prevented at first, by menus of a muzzle, from on exhibition of too much zeal. Afterward the experiment is tried on other members of the force, and in four months the dog's education as a police man Is considered complete, and he takes his place with tlierest The animals are also taught to swim, and to seize their prey In the water; to save life from drowning; to scale walls and overcome other obstacles so that any enterprising burglar who goes "a-burgling" In Ghent has a lively time of it if he meets with one of these four footed "bobbles." The dogs work so well and so con scientiously that their number is to be Increased, and there is every probabil ity that the plan will be adopted in oth er Belgium centers. Their keep comes to only about 6 cents a day each, and altogether they cost the town less than $300 a year. Ancient City in Mexico. Leopold Bat res, conservator of arch aeological monuments In Mexico, hag exhumed an ancient city of the Zapo tecas in the State of Oaxaea. In Its center is a grand plaza, and rising to the north of the plaza are terraces, on which are founded two great temples, while In the center of the plaza Itself are two massive mausoleums in which the priests of the temples were buried. On opposite sides of the public square there are also twelve smaller shrines, six on either hand, all supported by heavy columns of basalt covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions In bas-relief. In the temples the history of the peo ple was found inscribed, in the lan guage of the Zapotecas, upon fifty tablets of stone. So much of the sur prisingly rare historic Import has al ready been found that Mr. Batres will ask the government for more men to be put at the work of exhuming and restoring the buildings of the long buried city. Movable Scenery Used, Movable scenery was first used In Italy In the year 1508. It was the In vention of an Italian architect named PeruzzL MAKING POSTAGE STAMPS. How Uncle 8am Manufactures Them New Series of Portraits. For some time Uncle Sam has been busily engaged in preparing a new se ries of postage stamps. Of late years the United States has dropped iuto the fashion of changing the designs of Its mailing franks more frequently than almost any nation, and gradually the first republic of the new world has come to the proud position of possess ing postage stamps that are more ar tistic than those sent out from any other country. It Is not easy to understand what an immense amount of work is necessita ted by the advent of new styles In this postal currency. What with the men j who manufacture the paper, the 2,000 or 3,000 men and women who assist in printing and gumming the stamps, the tollers who help In transporting the inew products of the printing presses 'and the 80,000 postmasters and clerks who sell the stamps to the public. It Is estimated that fully 100,000 persons have a band In preparing for a postage stamp "opening." J For upward of a decade the national government has been printing Its own postage stamps that is. the work has been done at the big Institution at I Washington known as the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, which Is a branch of the Treasury Department, 'and designed primarily for the print : Ing the national currency but the gl I gantlc task may at any time revert to private Individuals or a cornora- tlon if a disposition Is shown to do the work cheaper than the government can do it. Every year the Postoffice Depart ment advertises for bids for furnishing (lhe postage stamps, and the Treasury Department submits a proposition In exactly the same manner as the other bidders, but the plant of the big money factory at the national capital is so perfectly equipped that the manufac ture of stamps can be carried on at a cost of less than 5 cents a 1,000, and apparently the bank-note companies which formerly supplied stamps have concluded that there would be no profit in the transaction at such a price. It Is In the rostofflce Department that the first step Is taken looking to the making of a new series of stamps. This Is the Important work of passing In a general way upon the designs of the new stamps and more particularly WETTING PAPEK AND PUESSING the selection of the portraits which are to adorn them. It was decided in the present Instance that the first postage stamp series of the new century should ! possess a distinctive element of novel ty and so the postal officials asked the designers at the Bureau of Print ing and Engraving not only to prepare new designs for borders and employ new shades of color, but to make the new stamps of different size and shape from the old and procure, If possible, new portraits for their adornment. The proposal to indicate the date of issue by Imprinting the words, "Se ries 1002," marked another Innovation and so also does the plan of placing beneath the portrait on each denomina tion the name of the subject with the date of birth and death. Tlie new series of stamps, like each of Its predecessors, makes some changes in the circle of historical per sonages whose memory is perpetuated in this popular picture gallery and In the denominations of the stamps. There Is a newcomer In the form of a 13-cent stamp which will not often be employed for domestic use. It Is designed particularly for the conven ience of persons who Wish to send reg istered letters abroad and this frank of the supposedly unlucky denomina tion bears the portrait of the late Benjamin Harrison, who had not pre viously had a place in the Postal De partment's useful collection of mina tures. Commodore Perry, whose face has adorned stamps continuously since 1870, Is superseded by another famous fighter, Admiral Karragut. The art critics In the Postoffice De partment also concluded that It would be a good idea to have uniformity In the general style of portraits employed and the designers were, therefore, obliged to skirmish around and find good, full-face portraits of Franklin, Washington, and Jefferson to replace the profiles on the 1, 2. and 3 cent stamps. All these changes serve to emphasize the fact that Miss Columbia has been rather fickle with regard to the public men honored by places on her postage stamps. Washington, of course, has been fitly recognized and In the series of stamps which went into use just half a cen tury ago his portrait. In one style or another, has appeared on all the de nominations save two. Franklin and Jackson likewise have held places with scant interruption, and the portrait of Lincoln has appeared In every series sl 1 WMmmSm iree tne civil war. President Johnson and Arthur, however, never bad places in the postal art collection, nor, of course, has Grover Cleveland, who, I while llvlug. is Ineligible. I Stanton, Scott. Hamilton and Zach ary Taylor were all portrayed on pos tage stamps at otie time or another, but have had to give way to statesmen of more receut prominence. Nor, In deed, will the changes end here, for it Is expected that as soon as the new McKinley postal card has served the usual period of usefulness anil been re tired his portrait will supplant that of either Sherman or Webster. Engraving the plates which are used In the production of postage stamps Is a delicate operation. Perhaps a dozen different engravers, each an expert in his particular line, contributes to a de sign for a stamp that Is not an lucb square. One supplies the vignette, a second cuts the delicate scroll work, a third furnishes the artistic letterlug, and so on. The original plate bearing a stamp design, although baked until it Is almost as hard as a diamond. Is never employed In the actual priming. It Is much too precious for that, since, were It destroyed. It would In ail prob ability lie Impossible to engrave a new plate that would be an exact duplicate In every delicate detail. Accordingly, the original plate constitutes 'a steel die, with which Impressions are made on soft steel, and these latter, germed replicas, are used, after hardening, far the actual printing. ) Kher.ook Holmes Outdone. "Speaking of deduction," remarked Lew Derlncher, a well-known sporting man, "I did a little piece of Sherlock Holmes work the other night that puz zled a friend of uilue. I was riding In a street car with a man who is Interest ed in athletics, and he was anxious to learn the whereabouts of a certain pu gilist. I couldn't tell him where to find the boxer, but I said: 'We'll take the next car and ask Lew Bailey. le'll know. We got off the car nnd boarded the following one, 'and It was not until Bailey had given him the desired Infor- mat ion thnt my friend noticed anything strange. 'How did you know Lew was u.i lu,s curt ne asseu; uiu you see mm get on?' 'No.' I answered, 'but I de duced that he was aboard.' 'Deduced? 'Yes. Notice that big diamond in Lew's tie. Well, when you aBked me about the boxer's address I happened to look back, and for an Instant my eye was STAMPS, SIZING IT FOR STAMPS. dazzled by a scintillation In the car be hind. 'That's a diamond, and a big one,' thought I, 'and I don't know of anybody who wears a diamond as big as a doorknob but Bailey.' I chanced It, and we boarded this car. You know the rest. "Philadelphia Record. Perplexities that Come with Triplets. "1 was called," suid a physician, "to attend triplets. The three youngsters, a few weeks old, lay side by side In a crib, and It was a physical Impossibil ity to tell one from the other. Each had a different ailment. The mother knew that one bad a cough, but did not know what It was. Mother and doc tor waited for a cough before deciding to which oiia of the trio It belonged. "A different medicine wus prescrib ed for euch, and the anxious mother was perplexed to know how she should avoid giving the wrong medicine to the wrong child The doctor came to the rescue by placing a piece of red flan nel around the neck of one bottle and a strip of Hlmlhir material around the arm of the child to whom It was to be given. White linen and a piece of green cloth were used respectively for the other two." Philadelphia Times. Large Flocks or Klieep. Australia Is the wool center of the world. It possesse more than 100,000. 000 sheep, and It cuts enough wool from their backs to bring In 20,000.000 a year. It has some of the largest flocks of sheep ever gathered together, and Job's cattle upon a thousand bills can not compare with them. In proof of this it may be said that there are a hundred men In New South Wales alone who each own 50,000 head; there are hun dreds more who have 20,000 head; four hundred who each have 10,000; and many who own docks of 1,000 and up wards. There are twenty-one men who each own 100.000 sheep. To Repeal Woman Suffrage. Colorado politicians are quietly ma turing plans to repeal the constitution al amendment relating to equal suff rage, and at the next session of the Legislature will Introduce a bill to that effect. The movement will have back ing in both parties and will undoubted ly pass If put to a vote of the people. There la a terribly large number of girls who dust off the parlor ornaments In the morning, and have nothing else to do all day. A married man has It thrown up to him a dozen times a day. ANOTHER CHANCE. Great Interest Our Late President Took in Soldiers from Cuba, The following story Illustrates the re gard which President McKinley felt for the men who fought the battles of the nation. At the same tlm It show his sympathy with young men, and hi wonderful memory for names. At the time whin the soldiers who) had taken part In the C ill mil campaign were returning to their home, altotit fifteen of the Hough Uidcr presented themselves at the White limine one morning. After looking through the part of the building open to the public, one of them approached the doorkeeper ami asked If It were likely that there; would be an opportunity to see the President. He stated that all the men lived In the West, and Intended to take a train for their homes that day. They were exceedingly anxious to see the President, for they might possibly nev er be In the capital again. The doorkeeper Informed them that the President was about to drive out with Mrs. McKinley, and that by wait ing a few minutes they could see blin as he got Into the carriage. He also sug gested that If they stayed until Mr. McKInley's return from his drive he might possibly consent to receive them. The soldiers were In their ordinary uniforms, stained nnd worn with ser vice. Old handkerchiefs were knotted about their sunburned necks, and their weather-beaten faces were covered by a growth of iiiitrlmmcd beard. Alto gether their appearance wns not suet as was to be expected on dress parade. The doorkeeper, however, knowing the President's unfailing kindness toward returning Cuban soldiers, told him of their presence as he wns dcst'cmllng the stairs.- He said nt once that he would receive them on his way to the ca rrla ge. After placing Mrs. McKinley In the carriage the President turned and shook hands with each of the soldiers. Ah was his habit, he Inquired their mimes, re penting each ns he heard It, ns If he would ret n I n It In his memory. The sol dier who acted as spokesman, and who j wn8 apparently the superior of his com- nnniolll, n.i.iress and education, told the President his name, but added. "That was not the name I enlisted un der." The President was nt once interested. He asked the young man where he came from and learned that It was originally from New Haven. From there he had drifted out WeHt. Mr. McKinley Inquired the name of the young man's fattier. When he learned It he said, "Your futher Is a physician .In New Haven, nnd one of my friends." When the President bade farewell to the other soldiers he Invited the young man to call at the White House that evening. Thus It happened that the soldier boy allowed his comrades to go West without him. As for ulmscIf, his nppenrnnce was considerably changed when he once more sought admittance to the White House. Ills clothes luiil had a vigorous going over in the mean time, mid even In Hie old uniform ho made n very presentable soldier. That evening the President learned the young man's story, a story of a career at Yule that hud been more live ly than profitable, of a father's anger, nnd of debts t lift t liml made n II mil rup ture between the loy and his parents. The bid bad gone West anil taken up life afresh, this time as a cowboy. Tiro call to arms had found him ready, and with others from the same ranch he had enlisted. Now lie was going back, with them to the old work. y The Hough Itlder had a second Inter view with Mr. McKinley the next morning, and this time before he left the White House he received the assur ance of a commission ns a lieutenant In the regular army, lie was assigned to duty in the Philippines, where he hns since made an enviable record for himself, and has risen several grades In rank. One Thousand 'Years Old. In the town of Hllderslieliu, Ger many, is n rosebush one thousand years old, and sprouts from Its branches have realized fabulous sums. Some years ago a rich Englishman offered two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars for this entire tree, but the sum was Indignant ly refused. This wonderful plant clings amid thickly grown moss against the side of the famous old Church of KL Michael. It Is claimed Unit it has bloomed perennially since the days' of King Alfred, and this statement has never been disputed, for this record ha been as carefully kept as the pedigree of the bluest blooded family In the king dom. It Is supposed to have been dis covered by some mysterious means through the medium of King Louis of Hlldersheim as far buck as 1022. Preparation of Cloves. Cloves are the unopened flower buds of a small evergreen shrub resembling the bay or laurel, which is Indigenous In Malacca, but Is now much culti vated in tropical regions of America. The buds are gathered while still green, are smoked by a wood fire and then dried in the sun. Steam from Giant Oeysei A new giant geyser of ltotoiualiana, N. Z.. Is attracting attention. A mass of boiling water half an acre lu ex tent rises In a great dome, from which a column of water and stones rises to 300 feet, while Immense columns of steam ascend as far as can be seen. If you must atteud church socluls to keep your conscience soothed, attend on a rainy night The women In charge know they will have Ice cream to take home on such a night, and give patrons their money's worth. In former years a long arm may have, been useful In reaching out for busi ness, but to-day shorthand Is more Important.