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Id (bps,' days of tainted money and apparent jealousy of wealth it is worth noting bow indifferent our public is to the vast a'-cumulations of Aster money, reflects Harper * Weekly. Tbiee is an 4 eromlous heap of 'll"; It renders na aerrieee to the public that any on* hears much about; comparatively iittf* of it is ever given away. But it pay* taxes and obeys the laws, and nobody worrie* or complains about it.

With a preaent strength of 00.000, and a possible 100.000 in time Of war. our regular army may seem to be somewhat of a pygmy, but let any toe at tack and 10,000.000 wotjid rprTr.g into being, and it Is historic that every American is *, natural marksman, avows the Baltimore American. This nation of free people, wedded to eneb ether by tbe brotherhood of the eagle, is a standing army pf men. women and

4 According to a writer in Everybody's Magazine, pauperism Is made unnecew •ary is Germany, ter In every city there are great buildings occupied by onion offices where seekers after work register, and after hathlng and haring their clothes dlalnfdkef. If the unions have work for them in the cities, they are sent to the farm colonies In the country to work upon land reela motion and In other rural pursuits There U certainly no necessity In this country for anyone trim Is able to work to become a public^ charge.

The history ot Bussla shows thal country to be upiqne in several re* spects, point* out the Paterson Call Occupying more 'territory than atg other nation In the world, she has acquired It all by what may be called the Inch-worm process. That Is, she graced and held as a snake holds a frog, adjacent land, and then, having ttrfofctfff licmlf there BiiS.reached out for another mouthful, and so on, until like a spreading sore she bar covered the great proportloa of. 1b( planet's surface that she does to^tay.

The story of railroad casualties is this country la little short of a national disgrace, and its grewaomo feature* become more glaring when vre com pare them with the records of accidents •n English roads, states the Boston Transcript. In a country so comparatively new as ours and in the longei lines that we are compelled to run, largely through territory only partially developed, It is reasonable to exited that we should have a much men formidable accident list than England show*. But the discrepancy la alto gether too large to be Justified on thesi

An interesting compilation has been published comparing the at gate salaries paid by the government of the city of Kew York to its employes with those of Chicago. Philadelphia and Boston, says the Wall Street Journal. With * population in 1900 of 8.437.000 Kew York pays In salaries $32,384£72, an average of about 316 per inhabitant. With a population of V 096.000 Chicago pays in salaries Jl«,991.002. an average of about 99 pc: Inhabitant. Philadelphia pays $10,732.710 in salaries, an storage of about 99 Boston pays 910,- > average of about 918 per

Tbe German Emperor has defined the sphere of woman as

boundaries of

home,'’ and H Is probable that a large majority of people of both sexes shsrs In that belief, nags jThe Epltomist; but

.OS tweniy-eight years AnSanderson bad been man who was"—the who disappeared and left go sign. One morning August. 1968. at the age of twentytwo. this young fanner had gone cornfield to "top stalk" the corn. "He was seen to enter the fleld. but no one In that region »aw him afterward. What became of him remained an unsolved mystery hinted among neighbors and relatives that Ansel had found his life foe hard for him. Hia young l-<>!*. war known to be more ambitious for thrift and money-getting than by. Rumor bad it that she had set for them the stint of laying up 9300 a year dt their little farm, come what would; that she scrimped tbeit table to the degree of frugality, end that she was constantly urging Ansel on to labor. early and late; without a holiday from January to December This gossip may have been true, or true in part. E*o» genera tiers of New England thrift such "economical" young housewives have sometimes tprung. but the fact remained that AnTe! had gone away and said nothing. lx)is' version of it to her friends was that Ansel had proposed that morning that they should attend a camp meeting then in progress—not a very riotous form of recreation, certainly—but that she had urged him to top-staik the corn. She thought that he would come back when he had "got over his odd

fit."

Lois remained upon the farm, which ■as unencumbered, and she carried Ik ~u herseif*after a faiBlbu of her own'. She kept cows and poultry, and prospered as such a frugal soul naturally would. It is said that she came near laying up her "stint’' every year. Moreover. she obtained tlx per cent, for her money on mortgages, and in twentyeight years became the wealthiest woman in thgt rural community. But she atiU lived alone, and had cautiously wrqlded.aU entangling alUaucet. On her forty-eighth birthday, as she sat rating her frugal supper alone, the outer door opened and Ansel .walked In. drew ap a chair on the other side of the table, and sat down In his old place opposite her. Lois knew him instantly. although a beard now overspread his formerly boyish, smooth face. "Well, Ansel Sanderson. I suppose you Mace -tome back to claim the farm.” she said, after a silence of some moments' duration. 'No. Lois. I don't want the farm." replied Ansel. ‘T had enough of it twenty-eight years ago. , But 1 should like some tupper. I want four boiled eggs and a sheet of warm’biscuit and butter." ,r ' r ,■ “Eggs are going op, ‘An«W." replied irffg-r; "That was about, the last thing you raid to me in 186S." Ansel refuarked. 'But I will pay for my supper, Lois. If I have anything hege, 111 pay cash for it. Only I won’t be scrimped again. Lois.” He got the four boiled eggs and the sheet of warm .’biscuit and hotter, nnd during the crewing they ’compared notes and talked matters over. Both bad prospered. Lol* bad accumulated about if J,000. and Ansel was able Jo, make, a display of Gorcrnmept■bonds nnd Mils tp the ifriotmrof A early 320,- ». 4 v Between them they then came to a ew agreement, protected by express stipulations; on both sides. Ansel was

At last he came where farms and ranches ceased, on the borders of tbe great, dry. barren plains, tbe Lis no E»tacado. At the last ranch where be worked he remained f«ri a year—perhaps because there was then no farm beyond for hundreds of miles—and here he made the acquaintance of a singular character called "Sweet-Killer Kay." who taught Ansel the art of bunting wild bees, wbieb are very numerous in that part of T^pu Tbenee- * nr ward, fbr eighteen years, this bc-

ime bis sole occupation.

There is In this region a river known k tbe Double Mountain River, which .for thirty miles flows through a canon, fanned by cliffs, aqo or 400 feet high

nt ;l>oth banks. ,

These cliffs abound In fissures, chasms and cave*, and If Ansel 4 * account can be trusted—and be seems to have the money to show for It—the entire canon was one vast apiary, where wild bee# have existed and gathered sweets for centuries. They are In such numbers *t sometimes on certain bright day* to resemble clouds high up the crags, nnd they hi! the capon with voluminous hum. The grassy, flowery plains for miles on each side of tbe capon and thousands of flowering shrubs afford pasture for the bee* Ansel assures me that there were hundreds of these wild bee colonies, whose enormous masses of tomb and honey were adhering In sheltered chasms and beneath overhangs of the rock. A number of caverns, too. extending far back into tbe cliff, .have been utilized as great storehouses of comb by 4be bees. Not one swarm alone occupke such a cave, but fifty, perhaps, or a hundred, swarms, each having itatowfe queen, but all using the mouth of the cavern os a common entrance. In consequence, the stream of bees Issuing from and entering tbe cave on a warm day Is like a rapid, roaring river of winged Insect life. here that this quaint old Texan pioneer and Ansel “hunted honey." .^oat of which they extracted from tbe'c*iab and pot up In jars to send to Sob Francisco and Galveston. The wax they aioo pressed in cakes and-sold. It was their custom to send wagon load of honey and wax down > tbe railroad station, thirty miles dlsint. once a fortnight, and sometimes i good weather once a week. Some of the colonies and their deposits of honey could be reached from the bed of tbe canon, along the river bank, by climbing up the crag*. Others were accessible by means of king ladders. But the most copious stores were'at greater heights. 200 and even 300 feet ,

above the river bed.

When seen from below the mass of. comb looked no larger than bacon ham* but when reached was found to ninounj to several barrels of honey. There were also great sheltered bdles and nooks literally packed with old comb an^ dripping with brown, discol-

ored sweets.'

None of them were within thirty or forty feet of thej top of the cliffs, and they were never’In situations where a man could climb down to them. Many of tbe crags overhung, indeed; and W single glance over wcfaufflclent to turn ae'k heed diary, j. But the vetersnoee hunter had devised a rope ladder, or rather a heavy rope with loops in which' to rest the feet as he climbed up and down. This rope be attached to a crowbar driven deep Into tbe earth, or set firmly in crevices of tbe ledges, and then with a

to have Just what be called for ee< day. He hed that put down In black and white. He had no claim to the {prm. admitting that bis rights to it were “outlawed." He agreed to work for Lois whenever he pleased, and not

otherwise, at 31.60

he accumulated his 320.b00. For It wae itter of no little wonder among his en neighbors and acquaintances how a '‘rolling stone” like Ansel could have dime so well, and brought home

so much money.

When be went away, with nothing but tbe coarse cloths# he was wearing, he walked to another county fifty miles distant, where he worked on a farm for a fortnight. Then be walked to the vicinity o* Albany. K. Y- where' be worked for a month. Then he took a week's holiday, and

always westward. .

For fqur yefira be sRprnal

■Rfrnalely Worked iMmlnSiaN&rhto

pay 94 a week for his board, bet was hamper on Ms back for the honeycomb,

and provided with a

a -sort of short handled fishspear. old "BweebKiUer” had accustomed himself climb down these awful crags to plunder the aerial stores of bdney. To protect themselves from tbe stings of tbe enraged insects the men wore gloves and nete over their bats. They

ordinary bee smoker, by,

mean^Mrblcb Hie beet could be ren-

dered "StcUe” for a time.

After the death of Bay. Ansel con-'

js or obligations

.were to be allowed or I Thus, after twenty-elgbi :1 at fifty and Lois at fortysumed life at tbe farm.again.

On the whale, it was not an unfair* rrnngement. Both were satisfied. It rat certainly no one’s 'business bat their own. and I am far from presuming to criticise IV I mention It only, as the prelude to the story Ansel Sanderson told me of bis wanderings durinj

the twenty-eight years be was “lost.' and of the singular manner In which tbedteforth Ansel worked alone here.

They disagreed In tbe matter of tbe profits, however, and Ansel moved to a point on the north side of the canon,

wbere he lived for ten years.

So dangesons a -business would seem i make a trusty companion very desirable, if not absolutely necessary, but

descending . and ascending the crags unaided, and with no one to call in case of accident. It must have developed In him a wonderful degrte of self reliance. Something of Lois' Instinct for saving money appears also to have taken possession of him as be approached old age. He labored steadily and carefully

and boarded '

At first be entertained no thought of

. but

years

* that a man could

every upward trip be was obliged to use tbe smoker to keep them quiet while be forked out a hampertul of comJt-. Tbe place almost overhung tbe river, which flowed at the foot of the cliffs. 300 feet below — a situation which would have caused an Inexperienced person to turn pale and giddy. But Ansel had come not to mind being suspended at such awful heights, and Indeed was accustomed never to look down at all. At the top of the cliff, where the rope was attached to his crowbar, he had one day set a row of large galvanised Iron buckets, to hold the honeycomb a* be brought It up. Where It hung over the brow cf tbe rock the rope was held out by a stoat, forked pole, set aslant In a crevice bear the iwbar. uisel was tolling upward with a load, setting bis feet slowly in the loops of the rope, when as he came within fifteen or twenty feet of the top be heard a noise as of hogs champing soft corn directly over his bead. Glancing up Ansel could Just see tbe ridge of some yellowlsb animal's back near his honey buckets. Tbe sounds were so much like those made by bogs that at first be felt sure It must be some stray porker that bad - along, and be angrily shouted. "Whee. there! Whee. you beast!” as he climbed higher in baste, to save his honey.' But a* his head rose clear of the brow of the crag be perceived to his consternation that the creature was no hog. but a large yellow bear, also that there were two others, and that all three were filling.themselves from his honey buckets, several of which they had upset. Catching sight of A users head at the same Instant the largest bear rose suddenly on Us haunches and stared at him In surprise. Its jaws slavering honey. Then, appearing to resent the Interruption of its feast the animal growled and dashed forward to tbe very brink of the rock, the hair on Us foresboulders bristling and Us small eyes rolling furiously. Ansel had no effective weapon ot and: even his hoptr trident was sticking down in the chasm. There was nothing he could do but descend a few loops on the rope as rapidly as posslHe was at on utter ioss what to do next however, and stood still. But meanwhile, tbe bear, after peering over the brink, ran along the'top of the cliff for a little way. then ran back, and In doing so passed under thq' forked pole above mentioned, on which tbe rope was held om. There was scarcely room for the big beast to pass under. Its back grazed, and scrambling on. it drew pole and rope along on Us shoulders—bearing the latter on with it for several yards, when It stropped back on the cliff with heavy Jerk. “I couldn't well ace what was going on up there;" Ansel said to me. In describing his sensations. “When I felt myself going. 1 -thought nt first the bears had rooted up tbe cfowbsr. -and that my seconds were numbered!” The rope was strong and withstood the Jerk, hot Ansel received a considerabl shock when It dropped or slid off the bear's back. He fell two or three feet. 'My heart nearly came Into my mouth!” he told me. "I didn't know what would happen next and I hung on there, still as a mouse, for some moments." Presently he heard all the bears champing again, and after a time climbed cautiously up a few loops, where he could Just see them over the brink of tbe rock. From this uncomfortable situation Ansel covertly watched a targe part df bis honeycomb disappear into the maws of the hungry and highly appreelaUve bears. There was no doutg that they were fond of it. They swallowed It by the pound. And although greatly disapproving, he was In no pool tionto object or even to expostulate audibly. Not content wKh stuffing themselves > repletion tbe provoking animals overset all the buckets, and even rolled in what was left of tbe contents on the dry. mossy rocks. They smeared their snouts and jowls, then rubbed them along the most, as If from pure,wanmness In such exuberant sweetness. Then suddenly the largest bear, as If 1U skin were ticketd by the honey beset by parasite*, threw Itaalf halfdown beside the crowbar and began rubbing smartly. With every rnb Ap^el could feel the bear move and away 4 the rope, and again bis Ijekrt “nearly , ttwtrf ^ver" lest the best 1 should actually rub the jut of the crevice! For an Instant he was minded to climb rapidly up tbe rope and try to run past tbe animals, but be knew that these big citfhamon heart were not to be trifled with. Suddenly It occurred to him to use be bee smoker. It was below, set In _ crevice oi the crags, but he climbed down and got It Then charging the bowl with a bit ot hemp and snlphur. seroded near the broi^of tbe cUff, Ugthted It and cegmn working the nufFumes at ooce rose and were

the brtok of the cUff.

_ Scenting brimstone, the ta*y brutes - their feet, snif-

MCP PIES.

The Grown-Ups arc the queerest (oiks: they never seem to know That mud-pies aiwayi have to be :c»dc

just exactly so.

have to hare * nioc back yard, u

sunnj, pleasant day.

And tl

. , is boys * around and play.

stood wlfc^ was «. markable. "Prince,

4 1 would like

is Mrs Y— friend of hi*. Pr.u readily nnd rapi

Again Mia

mi* some mud np in * pail, and « it with a atick : (I mustn't be ■ bit too thin—and not a I

-Carol

•n Well..

r flat board, annnd! in St. Nicholas

GARDENING FOR CHILDREN Often a few experiments in gardenig when children are small will be all that 1* needed to draw their attention to the work and interrst them to they to continue to experiment and investigate for themselves, which they often become thoroughly i love with the v This may be done In n variety of •ays. one of the most ainuning lis: When cucumber, squash, kin. gourd or other similar vege first set tbe fruitcake a bottle o and shape, and klip the fruit Inside It. being very careful ! re the stem which connect e vine. If necessary. It can be tied hold It in place. As it grows it fills the bottle, taking Its particular shape. of the larger vegetables they finally burst tbe bottle. They will then continue to grow in tbe general shape, which Is odd one for a vegetable. A gourd or cucumber grown In n Cat Cask is an odd looking object, and in of the gourd they kerved indefinitely, as If small varieties used; they will ripen up without bursting the bottle, nnd it can afterward be broken and the gourd be kept To show the great amount of force i a squash- of the hard shell variety, make a sort of cage of band iron, with wide open spaces between the bands, being fastened finally wbere the bande Hsve it smaller than an nary squash should be when ripe. Place the tiny squash inside it. nnd In growing it will fill tbe frame, and push out between tbe bands In the odd eft way. making a most peculiai looking sqnasb. In time tbe immen*< force contained in the squash will burst the cage, and being almost ripe, will continue growing in the peculiar shape. Another idee which is especially pleasing to children. Is piecing Initials fruit while it is growing, so that when it Is ripe each letter will stand out plainly. To do this, cut the desired letters from thick brown paper, making them of suitable size to look well on apples or pears when they become of full size. Some weeks before time for the fruit > be rip^. paste tbe letters on the side which 4 1* toward tbe sun. fruit grows and color* up the part which is covered by the letters remains f a very pale color. When the fruit is picked the letters an be washed off. and the initials show in great contrast to tbe color of the fruit, and H is often a great roysiery to the children, gs they cannot Imagine how their own initials ci found on an apple or pear picked the tree. Pumpkins and squash can be treated in the same wr.y. only that the work can be done on a larger scale fspme enterprising gardener* have advertised their business in that way. having their name and the name of tbe farm on some of the vegetable*, especially those to be exhibited at fairs — Myra Bradshaw, in tbW-American Cultivator. A LOYAL FOSTER MOTHER. A email dachshund belonging to a fanner in New Brunswick, After disappearing for a number of days, found to be nursing a Utter of puppies beneath tbe barn. When tbe good people were transferring tjie family from the cold October air Ap'*OT>cx In the warm kitchen, they Beard a 4 strange little whimpering sound close by. nnd soon discovered another little brother shivering and forlorn in an adjoining bnckwbeat fleld. As soon as they had arranged for the uninvited, guests, the puppies were all put together In the box with the dacbsbnnd. when, ' “ ~ surprise of every cue. the mother snarled furiously and would not recognise the poor little waif of the buckwheat field a* one of ’her own offspring. It was not snrprislng, for. while the five first-found pups were plump ami sturdy, tbe outcast was tljln nnd weak and not half the size of h!s brothers and sister*. However, his Ufe was to be respued if wsy possible, so a nursing bottle was brought to ligb't and a trial, that proved altogether * unsatisfactory, was made. And then, as hope was^rowIng dim. some one thought of tn? old black cat who had been a most loving and faithful mother number of wee kitten* and was even then pairing In a basket downy boll*, and wUbont warning a third member was added to the peaceful scene. The strangrr was rough and clumsy and fearfully tacking In refinement and delicacy, perhaps unfit her caret oily trough! up of the

and intellect

i the ti

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bran nnd hay were to be be would trot there nt a I He wo* always spoken t Indy who was riding will was surprised to hove h heme olid Mop before the

ire might Upon the n three yeai

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The Loudon Lancet says *• German doctor has discovered a new and valuable anesthetic It l* called "bydrorbloratc of tnnsoyItetrametbyldtamouocthyldmetfcylcarhinol "

the extraordinary trolley in the~-

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They are tl coold not persist in i often you I

Take tb<

the picture, fo it on Its aide up and stands

: bad accorded !

WITH STANDUPS. bat stand-ups' 4 are?

bottle !

tample

i lay

media lely >

, round end to the lieholders. The

bottle may be a little imitation bottle cut out of cork, elderpitb or soft wood nnd weighted at the bottom with a tack or bit of lead pressed into a little bole, or it may be a real glass bottle. which will be much more effective. Snrb bottles are used for ginger ale. soda water and sarsaparilla, so you will find it easy to procure one. Hold tbe bottle or better, fasten it securely in an upright position and pour in about an inch of shot. Now If yon shonld lip the bottle the shot would move, so you must add something to fasten It. melted wax. glue

or plaster of pari*, mixed with Water. Tbe last is, perhaps, the best, a* it cannot burn or *cald your hands or crack tbe bottle. Mix tbe piaster and water rapidly to the thickness of cream and pour in at once, for It "sets" very rapidly. Pnt in Just enough to cover tbe shot. When it has hardened tbe .bottle will stand up if you lay it on the table. V«ry dainty, though fragile, standups of this sort may be made of halves of egg shells-. Or. instead of n bowl you cart use n ball. If it ie a wooden one yon must weight it by boring a hole and plugging It with lead. With a little care you can do the same 'hing with n baseball that Is "played out." The ball stand-up. like the bowl stacdnp. may have a head and a gown. But the most puzzling stand-up if made of a whole egg shell which has been blown out by means of a small hole in each end or emptied through a somewhat larger tbougb still small hole in one end only. Afterputtifigin enough weight—and it needs very Htth may fill the shell with plaster and smooth this over to conceal tbe hole at the top/ (If there are two holes yoc must first stop the bottonl one with wax.) 0 Now you hav^what appears to be a real egg, and everybody will wonder why it persists in standing on end. especially if yon have weighted the small end. You can surprise your friends still more by giving each one a real egg. keeping the plaster rgg yourself and proposing that each shall try to balance his egg on end. Finally yon may weight egg shell by dropping into it a single shot or small hit of lead well covered with glue.. Prepare several shell* with tbe weight nt tbe small end of one. tbe large end of another and at various points in the rest. If you*lay all the shell* on the table each will lake a different position and return to it when disturbed. It looks very funny to see an egg pointing obliquely upward.—New York Evening Mail. FAIRY RINGB. Probably we have all seen, in the flelda or in the edge of the woods, that circle called the fairy ring. Before fairy folk came to be doubted. It was firmly believed these ring* were tbe dgucing ground of the fairies. In the moonlight -the sprite* danced, wearing down the gras* under tbetr feet—at least so our grandfathers said, but we must take science's simple explanation of It. A fungus plsnt will soon lust all th* fungus food from tbe ith It. so that only the Bo th* ring Is

An appreciation of ramifiesU< n» o! the days may be gleaned published in B««t about 120U in I lev of gating from the Hi

By means of glass-bottomed boat* It has been discovered that tbe bottom of Monterey Bay California. Is a beautiful submarine forest of sea orange*, green ribbons. nor*e tall, sea pomjKiii*, etc. 'Borne of the plants are thirty fe*-t In bright. M. Caverau of Prance, ha* dlaeovered that the eggs of insect* contain the same characteristic poison venom as the sting of the insert Bo also the eggs of serpent* The discovery is important in its bearing on the phenomena of tiered:i> According to tbe Engineering and Mining Jonrnii! cement blocks can tvmade impervions :o wster by treating with a wash n-jde by dimwiifing twen-ty-five pounds of .dnm in a barrel of water, following w :th a wash of soft soap, prepared by mixing three or four palls of soft soap with a barrel of water. This treatment, which goes by the name of tbe Sylvester process, ha* been known to make water-tight large reservoirs, laid in concrete, when other methods failed. In treating red noses a Paris physician nses an instrument resembling a very large toothbrush, but having forty, piatingm wires instead of bristles. This instrument is a* heavy as an ordinary household hammer, it la connected with an eiectrica: machine, and is then used in hammering tbe troublesome nose rather sharply for several minutes, or until bleeding is produced. It is claimed that two hammerings a week for some months wi!l tone down tbe reddest nose to delicate pink.

British ?t»vj Lo««* Admiral. By the voluntary retirement of Rear-Admiral J. H. Rainier, the navy, loses another distinguished veteran, who for close upon half a century has served with Ansptcucus ability in many parts of the world. During the early eighties he took a leading part in our first 'little war" In Sotrulitand, and while employed there was largely, instrumental in putting down the extensive stave trade on the east ccaat of Africa. Admiral Rainer enjoys the very rare distinction of having commanded in action- the forces of five different nations, an Incident which arose during his captaincy of the Rodney. when he led the English. French. Russian and Italian landing parties at Sellnos KasteUi. Jn tbe Cretan insurrection of 1897. and successfully re* iieved tbe beieagured Turkish garrison and Moseim inhabitants of Kandanos. The gallant officer, who reached his present rant in-WOT. was formerly a member of tbe War Office Committee on Machine Guns, and for a period w*s secretary to tbe Committee on Torpedo Instruction.—London Telegraph.

TIj-ImT MemorandaEvery now and then you will find in some periodical an item relating to the subject of a book in which yob are interested. It is a good plan to enter on the fly-leaf a reference to this passage, so that you may find it. again when needed. Such notes, neatly written in pencil, do no harm, and will often save yon much time. You may, la the same way. make note* of the number of pages in which you have been specially Interested. A correspondent writes to us asking whether to recommend "marking books.” To this extent we certainly do. provided tbe book Is not so fine an edition that It shonld be kept as spotless as can be. Besides, very light pencil notes can be removed in a moment without barm to any page. But the marking ot books th-t extends to disfiguring them tfill never be done By any one who realises bow long a good book may continue to delight new readers, and to bring them help in right living and thinking—St. Nicholas, Th* Vole* ol srarartlj. Children are said to be good although unconscious Judges of human z and moat of them do at least n sincerity and detect pretense. "Come here." my little darting." said the book agent. She had a voice which belled her words, but she was frying to cultivate the Utile daughter of tbe woman who had not yet come downstairs. “I do so love chUdren.” she added, in a dear tone, as she heard footsteps on th* stairs. "But you aeem to like the kitty better than me. Why are you so fond of her?” •••Cause she purrs at if she meant it.” said the Uttl* girl, calmly.—Youth's

An ; unexpected difficulty has cropped up In connection with the movement tor taking-up the production of silk in Ceylon. The demand is now almost entirely for unplaced cocoons, far tbe turning out of which it 1* necessary to destroy the worm inside. But all life is held sacred in Buddhist beliefs, and tbe question ia how far this will prove insuperable barrier to the develop- ‘ ‘ may. The act of de-