Why arrk to forco yonr role* on mo. And wby ►houkl 1 w*t twanil* for jt»u? The jtifu I find yon mmi not AlotiK tin- t«itkw»yi I pnr»ut— L»t iu<' U- frr.' tu go my way. And you find Joy n» l*-*t you can, 4» Joiik a- w* way truly any Wr work no wruug to any man.

Ho happy.

You iu : And. lot

r hr irlnd. luO I in mil

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Ix-t ui<- be happy In my way.

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AH ADYEHTORE NORTHERN INDIA. |

*led Harry would ha when he came

toriook for her.

But scarcely bad her ear touched ic earth when she became aware of a strange, dull aoued deep down below her. like the measured bant of oara or the nolae which would ba made by aoua one thumping hard against a

padded door.

What could It be? It wna c?rtalnly not Harry, and there was no one else down there except herself: but the sound could not be merely her fancy i culte sure that she did hear and what was more H seemed to

r PATin sex

Two children—a boy about 1

old and a girl somewhat younger— were playing hide and seek amom broken pillars and heaps of fallei

stones-down In the dark cellars of a ruined house In the Hindu fort of

Fati-Ghur. In northern Indlx It was a gloomy place—black, lone-

tome. dreary—and just the spot where you might expect a wildcat or a poisonous snake to pop out upon you at any moment;', but Harry and Nellie did not seem to mind it a bit, and

ilergarten. It was certainly a very strange place to choose for a playground, and It was stranger still that they should be playing and laughing at all, with the shadow of death deepening day by day over themselves, their fathers and the whole garrison of the fort. ' War was raging throughout the entire district, and all around Fatl-Ghur lay encamped a great host of fierce .Hindu warriors, vowing never to leave the place until the bad taken the place and killed every living thing within llgwalis. Three limbs had the besiegers made a furious attitk on the fort, but each time they had been beaten off with heavy loss, and did not sedin inclined

.gain.

and sometimes at

away at

- cannon and mus-

kets. 'till no one could look over the bhtUcments for fear of being shot dcjsd. and the sick and wounded men of ihc garrison were quite worn out wifh this ceaseless din. Worse, still, food was beginning to run short, and they would soon be forced to surrender or starve to death unless some one came to the rescue; and there seemed to be little hope tar ‘.htl. for Itmoald have taken-a Urge _ -afinv. ajt vJcll as a brave one, Co cut through the forest of white turbans

to try It again

But all day long—and som night—they kept banging the walls with their cannon ;

and colored robes and dark, fierce faces and glittering weapons that hemmed in the doomed fortress on

every side.

“And we've helped to defend the fort.'too." said Harry to Nellie aa they paused_to rest, after running tbem5elves*E5*ife out of breath, "1 heard

for those soldiers ihat were wounded

last night-”

“And I’ve torn up a whole lot of rags for bandages.'.' replied Nellie proudly; "and I'm going to tear up a lot more this afternoon. 1 do wish, though, they'd give over fighting. I'm

') tired of those guns banging away all night long, and It’s so horrid seeing the poor soldiers brought In all cut and bleeding. There's poor . Sergeant Bennetr--who made all those pretty toys' for me. has got such a terrible hub all along one side of his head, where a bullet hit him the other day; snd It's six sore that he can't sleep a bit" “Never mlna.” answered Harry, assuming quite a fstberly air. In virtue. of his being six months the older of the two:’ '‘Just you wait two or three days more, and then you'll see General Rose and his men come up from the other' side of the river and send all these bby* fellows flying." -But I heard papa say, yesterday.” •aid Nellie, with a rather grave look on her round, rosy little face, “that General Rose has only a few hundred men with him just now; and surely they can't fight a wBble army at

once.”'

“Can't they?” crlkd Harry, disdainfully. "Didn't I-ord Clive thrash 60—

000 of

men of his own? Ai of Wellington send the rajah's whole army scampering with only two regiments? Just you wait and see. that's all. I say. let's have another game. You go and hide, and I'll bunt for jou.” ' Away went Nellie Instantly right Into the gloomiest and loneliest part uf the minx bent upon some place where eves Harry himself would not be able to find her. Fearlessly she picked her way in almost total darknaes'ttepu* ode black and dismal vault after another —for the roughest soldier la the garrison .wsa not braver than our little gokjea-baflred NelWr-and st length she Value to a spot where two gnat messes of masonry had fallen la such a way Ss so kan agalgst each other, forming a kind of low arch very mach like the SMUtb of a cavern.

*T- “ crept into the hole: and finding U bm large enough to kt her stand upright. she my hows span the ground %nd remshwd w n»i*t as a mesne, chockliag Inwardly .to thheh how psm-

be growing louder and com! Then, for the first time, II

began to feel frightened. Even In the

imlng nearer. >, little Nellie

the rough stom

and darted ot^t of the vault In such

course of her short life she bad been 1 In the East Indian jungles so many tlgers and crocodiles and huge snakes and other terrible creatures that U seemed quite natural to her that some unknown and fearful monster should have Its underground den beneath the fort and should now be at work to dig iu way out and devour them all. Nellie scrambled headloitg out of her biding place—never heeding how sorely her poor Jlttle arms and faqe

e bruised by t

of

haste as almost ta knock down Harry whom she encountered Just at the en-

trance.

“Oh. Harry.” she panted. “thcre> a monster living there under “the ground, and It's trying to claw iu way out and eat us!” The boy looked puzzled, as well he _j|ght. and at first seemed more Inclined'to laugh than to be scared. But he became serious enough when Nellie took him back to the spot and they both heard the mysterious noise plainthan ever.

an air of decision. "Ill Jnst go straight, to papa and te)l him about this. If there's anything wrong he ought to be told at once, for he’s commandant of the fort, you know." And away they both flew t* the old colonel's quarters as fast as their feet could carry them. The commandant, who had quite enough to think of Just then, for he was in the very midst of an Inspection of the falling provisions and a calculation how long they could be made to

SUMMER INSECT PESTS.

lator—rtUM tha Don Chalk aad lte<l r«v When tho wilderness begins to blossom as the rose It Is a good thing to keep In mind the Insect-nuisances that come with the blossoms. Among these ■st In pestiferous mosquito, the noisy fly. the active ant aqjl the wily spider. Not alone on the highways and hedges do these smsll creatures seek their prey. but. with a devotion which mankind has never appreciated, they aim

> count if the x

ly at the 1: 1 was goln

der them out again. But the Insunt he heard Harry's first mention of the mysterious sound, the colonel's stern, weather beaten face changed visibly and looked so grave that Nellie felt quite convinced that there was really en underground monster beneath the fort, which was trying to get out and eat them all up; and she was more certain of It than ever when she heard the colonel making Harry describe as exactly as possible the precise spot where the strange noise had been

heard.

“Have you told any one else about this, my bdyr' asked he, after hearing all that there was to be told. “No; 1 thought I had belter report direct to you, xs commandant of the garrison," replied Harry, doing hlo best to speak In military fashion. “Quite right," said his father, with u grim smile. "I'm very glad you did. Now. I’ll tell you what to do. Take Nellie with you and go and help your mother to make bandages for our wounded men. and mind you. don't say a word aberat this to her or any one elxe till 1 give you leave.” Away, wtat the two children, still itber puzzled, but feeling sure that it’ would all come right somehow," for they both had unbounded confidence in Harry's father, whom they secretly believed to be the greatest soldier alive.

looking very well satisfied for all that "You're saved us all, my llttie sentinels!" cried be, laying one broad, brown band on Harry's shoulder and stroking Nellie's golden curls with the other. •Tbeaff' Hindu rascals were trying to dig a mine under the fort aad Now us all up together, but we're stopped their little game for once, and 1 don't think they'll have time to try

It again.”

He was right, for on the very next day the enemy broke np their camp and retreated, and- they,, had hardly disappeared on one side when the bayonets of Gee. Rose's soldiers came glltteringjpver the crest of a low ridge

the outer.—Golden Dayx

on^tbi

'aymauika l> Mcb*«U. The department of gymnastics In London schools Is conducted by the school board on well defined lines, that distinguish el.arly between physical training and gymnastic exercises. Many « the children who enter the public schools arc under-developed because of the lack of proper food and care, and the first movements are chosen, therefore, with a view to the development of the body. There is a carefully prepared syllabus, with

for feet and legx

they may have some high altruistic significance, are far from appreciated by man In hls present stage of spiritual development Indeed, the introBesldes the aforementioned Insect has gone far toward breaking up many a happy home. Men and women of otherwise placid dispositions hare been reduced to savagery after enforced attendance at one of the midnight feasta and musicales for which the mosquito is famed, and a fly in the butter has helped swell the records of the divorce courts to an extent which students of social conditions

might find amazing.

Besides the aforementioned Insect brigands the roach and the bedbug are to be reckoned with in early spring, and the eand flea is also abroad In the land, awaiting whom he may devour. There Is not a neighborhood anywhere that can claim Immunity from

dpw In the , house should be covered with screens of wire, if possible, or of cotton ^netting when thf wire frames afe beyond the means of the

,

have never been tried the comfort of using them cannot be appreciated. Country people ami those who live on the outskirts of a town where there are vacant spaces In which pools of water accumulate after a rain are especially open to attacks from mosquitoes. The little creatures breed In water, and the mere stagnant It Is the better they like 1L Those who live near lakes or other small bodies of water have to be particularly wary of the mosquito. It arrives about the 1st of May and raises several families before a final disappearance. The actual life of a mosquito is about 30 days, but It is active in the work of bloodsucking for only about six dayx It Is the female mosquito that Is troublesome. Ska prowls abroa.d at night plying the trade of midnight assassin, while the male mosquito stays quietly at home, respectable vegetarian, with a de-

nby reel!

veg<

cent eversion to the ruby beverage

i sp

at all hours of the morning.

that sends bis spouse i

cling home

Mosquito screens on the windows

and doors and canopies over the beds are the only protection 1 In regions where mosquitoes are very troublesome. White netting makes the handsomest canopies, but the gieen ones

are perhaps more serviceable. Once the pests have got Into the

house there are a number of ways of eliminating them. One Is to close all windows and doors in the room where tbej^are suspected of lurking and to burn pyrothrum powder. The powder should be moistened and rounded Into little cones for convenience in Igniting. The cones are lighted at the apex and burn slowly, filling the room with a dense smoke, which is death to the mosquitoes. Two or three cones win clear a room of mosquitoes, but beyond being a trifle nauseating the powder has.no 1H effect

inito, ■s by

uMm, shoulders, neck and general bal--r-ffnee. as a beginning. When profl-

When the marauders can be seen perched upon the ceiling the best way to settle accounts with them Is to apply the kerosene cup. This Is a home-made apparatus, consisting of a shallow tin cup or a can cut off at the top and nailed to a broom handle. The kerosene, to s depth of fin inch or two. is poured Into the can and the cup Is raised directly under the mosqi which, rendered limp snd i the odor, drops into the fli better than floating the insects with a towel, the custom of the unhappy householder who desperately arises at

midnight.

mosquitoes and fleax They are therefore useful adjuncts^to an afternoon walk on the seashore, where all of these torments are more-or lesgactlve. Oil of tar, lemon Juice and' peppermint tfie mosquitoes also find obnoxious.

Files are the scavengers of the household. They eat up the refuse that

lines*, combined with screens to ke out tramp Insects from nth*- ~*— hood*. In the shopa are a

crawling pests is the bedbug. While it may be dormant during the winter, the first warm weather arouses It to activity. Beds should be taken apart find washed with boiling water. Benzine Is death to both roaches and bed-

bugs. To apply it i sprayer and sqh

the benzine over the insects or thi

suspected lurking s

spirits and diluted carbolic acid may

places. Methylated

io that no air can get In, and a little brimstone Is burned on a metal dlah. Combustion produces the gas known ss sulphuric dioxide, which Is s splendid Insecticide. A thorough fumigation of a room by this process will destroy the eggs of the obnoxious creaturex “ Like mosquitoes, bedbugs do not live entirely on human blood. They are said to sustain life by partaking of the vegetable sap found In soft wood. The diet Is a spare one, however, and as soon as s human being appears it Is dropped for a richer fare. Far better than wooden bedsteads, therefore, are Iron ones. Fleas sometimes get Into bouses, lodging In tho carpets and attacking the resident awake and asleep until life Is a burden. Persian insect powder sprinkled liberally over carpets and in._beds will serve to stupefy ■ms ^ey dropped into a newspaper and burned out doors, for burning is the only way to kill a flex Sometimes ants get into cupboards and refrigerators snd prove a great annoyance. Chalk Is their antidote. Take a thick, wide piece and draw a line encircling entirely each shelf. Draw a line on the edge of boxes or bins where eatables are stored. A trajt to catch them may be made by wetting a sponge in water sweetened

and rinsed and driel before preparing for use again. Red pepper scattered over shelves or places where the ants gfither is sxid • to drive them away. Powdered alum or borax is an antidote for black ants. The leaves of walnut trees. Vintergreen and Ivy are recommended to drive out all kinds of ants. After all. the best cure for all Insect plagnes Is absolute and scrupulous neatness. Most of them are scavengers and only prey on the refuse that carelessness or untidiness has left for them to clean up. •

CURIOSITY SATISFIED,

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