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Amalie all the erieutal nations the Cita
nese have the pahn foe multiplieity of re-
hgems and of male. Teem are no fewer!
than four creeds in Chinita-Coatucianism, 1
Taoism, Buddhism and Mohammedan -
The writings of Confuchia are the
source whence the officials and litesati
derive their theories of governineut and
soeial duties, The doetrinea taught by
their "most holy sage" aro cited as the
infallible criterion of uptighLuess and in-
tegrity in public and private life and
were disseminated several ceuturies be-
fore the coining of Christ.
Taoism, the second form of religious
faith and practice, originated with the phi-
losopher Lao-tsze in the eentury when
the Jews returned from Babylon. Its
tuacient classic, the Tao-teh-king, comma
nearer to the philosophy of our Old
'Testament teachings than any other book
in the world, Rad this system remained
In its original purity it would have served
as an excellent bases for Christianity.
The worship of Amide. Buddha, with
the Goddess of Mercy, is prevalent, while
, temples and monasteries, priests and
nuns are to be found everywhere. The
western paradise, the Buddhist hells, the
transmigration of souls, the vegetarian
diet, the doctrines of Karma and Nirvana
and the worship of the goddess Kwan -
yin, who has power to save and to bestow
sous upon her votaries, are all so firmly
ingrafted on the ordinary Chinese mind
that it seems impossible that they should
be modified, much less effaced, by the
teachings of Christianity.
Although opposed to the main features
of Christianity, the Mohammedan faith
051 50? CEINA'S STONE GODS.
Is not entirely without its advantages to
the work of theChristian missionary. The
denunciation of all idolatry, the worship
of the true God, the observance of the
afohanamedan Sabbath and the teaching
of certain theological terms are all aids
to Christian preaching.
The trouble now is that these religions
are all mixed and interspersed with the
grossest superstition. This naedley of
faiths is to be seen in Chinese temples,
where Buddhist gods stand cheek by
jowl with Taoist saints; where, in addi-
tion to these representatives of the two
great, religions, numbers of local deities
for the euro of diseases, the preservation
of crops and protection against disaster
are thrown in to 'flake confusion worse
confounded.
Even the emperor, who would be out-
raged at the idea of being anything but a
Confueionist, n3oditied by a belief in
Shang Ti, or God, hobnobs with fairies
and all kinds of local deities and pro-
motes or degrades them in the divins
hierarchy with as ninch indifference as
though he were handling the fortunes of
so many viceroys or governors. "
China is a country beset by multitudes
of devils, which would soon destroy the
people, the crops tied everything else
but for constant offeriugs made to the
gods. The gods themselves are alreest
equally numerous, ancl many of them are
of ferocious aspect.
Chief of these is Ngtik-Huong Siong
Ta, or the pearly emperor supreme ruler.
He is referred to as the producer of all
things and the governor of all things,
seen and unseen, terrestrial and ce-
lestial. The common people believe
him to receive the reports of the
higher class gods in regard to the trans-
actions done on the earth and to examine
into the merits and demerits of mortals,
rewarding or punishing them according
to their deserts, He it particularly pray-
ed to in times of drought, while on his
birthday the other gods are taken to wor-
ship him. The proper way of npproach-,
ing his august preeence is by ,theee kneel-
ings and nine knockings.
Tai Sang, his grandson, 18 god of hell.
His duty is to punish the wicked and
reward the good. It is said that he was
once 0 great criminnl himself and on 00 -
count of his sins he is still bound to
swallow a certain uentity or molten
metal every 24 hours. In :mite of his
peeeedilIos on earth he is hiehly honor-
ed by Chinamen, since they know that
as supreme lord of hen he can mete out
to them either most dreadful punish -
merits or tnost desirable reward.
Ma Chu is the goddess of sailots and is
extensively worshiped hy them— She is
of mortal descent, and during her life-
time was a sort of Cyace Darling. She
has two assistants, "Favorable -Wind -
Ear" and `alatousand-afile-E:ve," remark-
able for the respective :muteness of their
senses.
A particularly hideous gentleman is
_Wotig Tieng Kong, or Kind Heavenly
t'tince, ITe ha a three eyes, One in the
middle of his forehead, long, red whisk-
ers and n Nvhip in his hand,
When it Was lately announced that at
o senScri of flood the gment viceroy, Li
Hung Ch 11 g, had offered sa ri lice with
much otitward cireutnstanee to a snake
Which had foand itS way into a Buddhist
temple, tench surprise was expressed that
so enlightened a Man should have bo -
10 so benighted a Mamas
raiats 11 taxe Devesweeeentt of a I)
Niv/xte le block',
In keepinat any breed of snoop the
fleet desirable feature is sole Q t len of
breekii ng stools, writes slitni.es Wilson
111 a'he American slerieultmest. I would
ehoose my ewes from my twin lambs
whieh have good faces, geoil square
almulders anti lateks, good loins and
whieh stand well 00 their lagei ChooSe
your ram with the Same points and a
wee, as Out, In my opinion, will have
tentleney'to produce, twin lanlba,
• next thine is to take good.care 02 them.
Give them a good, die* pasture and fre-
quent change, look weft to your water
Supply, aud \viten your ewes are clip-
ped and lam bed nusi the days warm
give them a good Clip to kill all verinin
and to liuprove the quality and quanti-
ty of their wool. Visit them regulas13'
during the time they are ill the pasture
ancl have a yard feactel in where you
can alwaya salt them, and NI' 2011 you
go always take something with you
they like. By this method the Sheet)
will know you, and you can get 'them
into the yard for any purpose you re-
quire.
Keep their feet in good order and be-
fore letting in your ram dip ,them
again ready for their winter quarters.
Have a few acres of rape to put them
in before breeding, which will send
them into winter quarters in good flesh
and spirits. Have a good barn, with
low racks for hay and straw, and wa-
ter them and feed at regular times ev-
ery day. Change their feed often and
give roots every day, with about a
quart of feed made of dye parts ground
oats, two of cornmeal and three of
bran. Keep up this feed until after
they have dropped their lambs, when
it is desirable to keep them separate
with their own lambs, and in a few
days increase the feed of the ewe. By
following these methods no serious
losses have been experienced during
long years of breeding and feeding.
sheep.
Frozen Meat Deteriorates.
Meats frozen am] kept in cold stor-
age for long periods do not undergo or-
ganic changes in the ordinary sense—
that is, they do not putrefy, soften or
smell bad—but they certainly do dete-
riorate in sons' intangible way, says
The Sanitary Record. After a certain
time frozen meat loses some life princi-
ple essential to its nourishing quality.
Such meat lacks flavor; it is not well
digested or assimilated. Its savorless
condition cannot be remedied or suc-
cessfully disguised by the use of sauces
and condiments. Those who eat cold
storage food for any length of time de-
velop diarrheal disorders, lose in
weight and would eventually starve to
death unless a change of diet was
made. The same reasoning applies to
tinned fruits and vegetables. They
should not be used after a certain pe-
riod has elapsed. Especially should
people be warned against using stale
eggs and old milk and cream. MilIs.
and cream are kept for clays, rancid
butter is washed and treated chemical-
ly, ' but all food and especially cold
storage food, is damaged by long keep-
ing and will not nourish the body prop-
erly. There is the greatest abundance
of food, but it does not satisfy.
. Many farmers are complaining that
the finely bred bogs are becomingshy
breeders, and in order to have large
litters they are cross -breeding, says
Texas Farm and Rauch. There may
be something in this. The grades and
crosses are probably more prolific than
those bred more systenaatically and
consequently inbred to a large extent.
But we do not believe it is the breed,
but the feed. These fine haired hogs
are coddled too much, fed too much for
fat and not enough for that which
gives life, vigor and hardiness—to wit,
flesh, muscle and bone; too much corn
and not enough grass. INne booed hogs
are not the best pork makers. 'The bone
becomes too fine, and constitutiOnal
weakness results. Anyway if is not at
all necessary that pork have a pedi-
gree except on the tuale side. The
most successful growers of Imes for
market use grade sows of large cali-
ber with finely bred boars and prefer
these rather than pure bred through-
out.
Chemists tell us that oats cut for hay
contain as much nutritive value ae,
they do when ripened so far as the
grain itself goes; still there is a loss by
grain rattling out when too ripe and a
loss of the fecding'' value or the straw,
in ripening. We think every brmer
who grows oats for home use will find
a profit in cutting them while the grain
is "in the dough," or soft enough to
crnsh between the thumb and finger,
and curing thein for hay, says The
American Cultivator. Both horses and
cattle eat them greedily, leaving no
straw, and seena to keep in quite as
good working condition as if fed on
timothy bay and dry oats. It is a say-
ing also of the. labor of thrashing, and
there may be another saving—they
may he harvested before they begin to
rust.
S0117f4 and routitt Piga.
So Muth depends upon treating the
Sow just riglit whether the young pigs
prove a snecess or not that Special
treatment shOuld be given to the ani -
Mal two montbe.before farrowing time,
sayff 12. P, Smith in, The American Cul-
tivator, 'The soW that ia feel properly
Weeks beforehand will not he; 10 a fe-
veriSh conilltiOn, and there will be .110 1 m
danger of .her injuring the young m
pigs Or giving' to them swine diseeses
that May develosi later. The sow that ai
Is fed heavily on ,corn right up to the 71',
time of farrowing is not likely to pro- '
ft
duce pigs' that will from 'the start h
thrive well. They will Inherit tenders m
cies from their mother that will 'sleep 11
slime [lathe blood, efid hog cholera arid
other OOMplaints will more than lih ely
be thole lot iu life.
There is no use trying to think of tea-
ching else but hats and bonnets, for there
is nothing so important in a woman's
attire, and the display this fall will be
tar and away the richest that has been
offered for a long time.
In the litst place the, material is ex-
tremely flue and costly and the colors are
unusually handsome and refined, though
there are many raw and crude colors,
but these nee not exactly designed for
American women, and, above all, those
of educated taste.
Last week I spoke at length ol the ma-
terials, and now I shall have something
to say about the finished hats and bon
nets, though there are comparatively few
bonnets, and what there are are taaostiy
for those ladies who are beyond their
forties. It is true that they are very el
gent and, above all, fine in material an
finish, and nearltaall have a levee portio
made of real lace, the gentlewoman'
preference.
One bonnet for any lady from 40 t
100 inclusive was of black lace in fort
of a capote, but d large one. In, the fron
there was a large butterfly of blac
thread lace, and the pattern of this wa
ontlhaed with small black spangles. I
the center of the front was a'rosette
the lace so arranged to resemble the bod
of the butterfly, and an aigret of fin
black stood up in the center. All the res
was of fine tulle and here and there
spangle. In the back there were tiv
bow a made of Several loops of black ve
vet, and these extended into long string
and were expected to tie on the left side.
All the headgear is unusually large
spreading over the ears and in som
cases over the eyes, as it is tip tilted. Bu
the angle at which the hat is to be se
on the head does not depend so mum
upon what is ordered by fashion as b
what is the most becoming to the wear
er. Some of the large velvet and felt ar
rangeinents are intended to be set up oh
000 side high and sharp, but that doe
not make it impossible for the wearer to
tip it down to her nose if she wiehes to.
One very stylish hat, made of drab fel
and.velvet of the same shade had the old
mob crown gathered in at the head, and
it was high in the crown besides being
wide. The crown was of felt, and tin
upper, part of the brim was velvet laic
in folds along the edge, and under tile
brim there were perhaps ten bias folds
)2 pale blue cretie de chine. These folds
are the newest manner of trinatning foi
the underpart of the brim, and as there
s always some part of the, brim that is
exposed flacon be seen that it forms a
C
onsiderable portion of the ornamenta-
ion. Tinder the brim there are in many
nstanees rococo bows of narrow black
'elect, and in some cases they are also
placed at the back or on the sides or in
rant.. Wherevei they 111:e put they are
!harming.
On the drab felt of which I am speak -
ng there is a long plume made of an
agle quill, with small feathers sewed
tffing the lower edge, and this gives it
he appearance of being a regular pluine.
teis turned toward the face and curls
lown over the eyes, so that it must be
lard to see one's way. On the right
ide thiire iS a large steel buckle, and
/trough this the velvet is drawn in a
fill bow. That is all the •trimming on
ne of the handsomest of the fall hats
or young persons.
This and all kindred hats of velvet and
elt are not expected to be worn before
Ise middle of SeptenTher or the 1.st of
ctober if the weather keeps. mild.
So much fur used to trim- all the
fits and bonnets for this season that
ne May almost say they all will be fur
rimmed. Another toque for a young
ace ie nuicle of pink velvet and garnet
elvet laid in folcis entirely, brim and
rewn. trimmine consists'of rococo
101>2 of velvet ribbon and two lerge
Itrysanthemums made of feathers dyed
ink. There are many flowers made of
yed feathers and mere of silk, and all
f them are enormous as to size and
loser to natuse in appearance then one
ould believe made from feathers.
A togne for a young lady was very
rge, very pretty and also novel. This
ad a brim made of folds of moss green
elvet, and this was so twisted that it
lowed all green on the left side, where it
treed up high from the flee, and above
o green velvet there was a dunpeea
ade of any aniount of pink tulle, drawn
'amid in a sang twist aed forward to
es front, where it joined inewith !vote
id fine pale pink paradise plume, whieb
vept forward and down to the hair,
he crown was covered with the twisted
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andeome bow of the green Velvet, and a
ego emerald and diamond brooch held
ie bow.
About the moat popular green is the
soft, Mossy tint i though there are some
a the other shades ha all the ntillinety
before or after it is made up. Every col-
or and a tint of. everything is shown; but,
though "many, are called few are cho-
Some of the 'richest effects are obtain-
ed by the use of the braids in conjunc-
tion with the chenille, and in fact chenille
is seen everytyhere in everything that
pertains to woman's dress. It is ex-
treinely rich and adds to whatever it
trims more than anything I can remem-
ber. It is generally applied with, beading
and sometimes embroidery, and it is also
threaded througla lace and the braids for
millinery. One hat which I saw has the
whole thing made in one flat, round disk,
and the satin straw braid is mingled with
brown chenille, the straw being of a
rich cream. This is then fitted under
0 -/math the brim with a comfort band, end
d this is used as a foundation for a full
11 ruffle of pinle crepe lisse, and this in turn
O is edged with a row of the In
front it is fluted fuller, and at the lett
O side the brim is turned up, and there
n two immense crepe lisse rosettes aia,
t placed. Directly on the top of the hat is
k a large ,and rather flat drapery of cream
$ colored panne velvet.
1.1 Another hat not SO aggressive, but
quite as pretty, was macle of pastel blue
Y felt, with rio end of pale blue crape
e folds forming the,faeing to the brim. On
t the edge there is a eow of thick chenille,
O mad above the brim there was a half
O Wreath of white crape roses mingled with
1- lace and bunches of chenille which
s looked as if it had been tangled and left
so. It was really an exquisite hat.
, A small tricorne was of golden brown
e straw sewed together with chenille of the
t same shade. Along the edge of the brira
t there was a row of
he narrow white renais-
a sauce lace. Tbrim turned sharply at
the left side, and there was set a bow
• of apple green panne, and on the crown
- there was a large piece of the new silk
ribbon, called fluorescent, and this is tor-
s tured into a rich drapery. aluch of this
soft and shining ribbon is used as drap-
ing for hats for the young, and it always
t has two shades of the same color, and
expect.
eeffect is far beyond what one could
pe
Another large hat had the brim and
crown both made of felt in a delleate
gray, anti this was woven with chenille
of the same shade. The felt was cut in-
to narrow strips, and this was then.
woven in so that it became a regular fob -
ole. Beneath the brim there was a bow
of solferiuo velvet, with a steel jewel to
hold the bow. This was set on the right
side. The crown was in the bell shape,
which is quite popular, tholtah there are
others quite as well liked..
Among the notes in my book I find
some things worth mentioning. It seems
to me that almost any W01111132 can make
herself a hat this season, for, though the
hats are so large that no one can e0113-
plain that she does not get her money's
worth. they are not at all difficult to
make. The principal thing seems to be
that the frame 0 large and capable bf
many different changes, and the braiding
of the chenille with the straw is easy
anCrso effective, and the bows are to be
as large and spreading 08 one wants,
Some are large, and some are not. Span-
gles are seen on all the dress bonnets and
hats, so 'teeny that one cannot go astray
if she only uses enough chenille and
spangles. Braids are also used for 1.10WS
on the hats. '
There was one large ' dress ' hat of
panne velvet, in a soft shade of drab and
coral pink, laid in alternate folds. 'The
brim was straigbt and is intended to
wear Simply tipped to the right side:
The etOW 11 was qiiite high :and slightly
belled.Under the left side of the brim
there was an immeas bunch of pink crepe
lisse, laelcl by a buckle six inches long.
All around the front of the brim and ex-
tending to the back was a long ostrich
plume of pink and drab flues' curled in
together. Another buckle beet:fines nec-
essary' to hold the plume in the left. side
of the front where it starts.
Pink seems to be a great favorite as a
foundation for much of the
'find one loYely creation land 'a foundation
all of pink crepe lisae, with black net over
it, and this in turn sewed withspangles
ana run with chenille, The spangles
were gold. Over theleft side of the
brim there was a long black cock's
chicken and turkey teeth-
ers tire Among, the favorites of all, but
they are most often dyed pink or drab
and made up en a long quill to represent
a plume of ostrich.
The flargertt Spider.
Ceylon ie the 'tante or the largest spider
in lite world. This web spinning nionster'
lives in the most mountainous district - ant
that rugged island and places his net
measuring from five feet to ten feet iu
diameter, Rel'OSS the chasms and fissured
in rocks
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IS:AILIJR,E. A lily ()nee luta a inonkey who was
very fond or iniechier. little
A Railroad Restaurant on Nevi
Siteeessint imees—Proseriatoas 02-.
1)01005 and klaPPYand Pittro'n*
Pleased
e daughter, had a very large )vax
-- One day ehe lo 11 the doll on the -wash-
stand iinel sae wit to play. Whoa she
came lamb', she t:ev the inonlaw with the
doll • M. his imira washing its ('003'Solemnly with it towel dipped in hot wa-
ter and sonp. Thc girmied all duty, too
the pool, • doll's faee 'bed been entirely
spoiled. Another time when 31 l,'(
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Two women who had to support them-
• aelves felt that the taskam
\\id be eo
if they could work together. Ae
were net fitted 1> be touJiors ill th
days of exciting higher education
had no adaptability for miltinery
dressm7ddrig beyond the abilita to a'
0304 OW11 ClOttIOS alter they had
lecteu them with taste, the otssupation
flanking Mabee and hats for Omit frim
was impossible*. They thought of a vio
farm end deffided Reit there WaS 00
tle seriousness about that, shuddered
the task of trying to crowd boarders ie
their small home and dreaded the
eponsibility 02 renting a larger hot
that would make the business profit:lb
A restaurant in the smart teasel. they I
ed in would have been impossible,
though for VtlriallS reasons it appealed
them. They could go awny 11 nd leave
at niglit and uot have its preseece a Co
stoat reminder that they were at wm
In their fondness for this idea they t
voted mere thought to the restauta
scheme than to any other, Confide
that a way can usually be feting, th
tried every possible means of combini
the keeping of a reatausant with re
donee M a suburban town where smelt
establishment would' have • been, usele
and doomed to bankruptcy. They we
determined women, however, intent
carrying through their plan and coral)
led, enoreover, by necessity to do S.0113
thing of the kind.
Finally an idea that seemed possible
execution occurred to one of them. T1
railroad station of the small town
which se
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mother came into the V00121 she saw net.
new hat walking about the room. She
hurried to its rescue, thinking it was be-
witched med. found the cunning little
monkey had tried to put it on and had
failed to walk in it correctly. One day
he was 201.1051 sitting before the wash-
stand, with the mirror in one hand and
toothbrush in the other, ready to clean
his teet13.---aliutha Ruben in New York
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eta] connecting branches of the toady-.
Many • persons changed cdrs there for
points reached by the small branch lines
that ran in various directions. For that
reason this station was of much more
importance time the size or the 1.01V11
would ordinarily have caused. Its busi-
nesslike character was proved by its pos-
session of a small restaurant, which 0
rare enough in suburban towns. The
restaurant was it dingy corner or the
little station, shut off by a glass inelo-'
sure. It offered the customary supply of
stale cakes and fruit. Its more.substan-
tial offerings were to be enjoyed only be-
hiucl glass doors. Coffee aud sandwiches,
cold meats and soup, made up the avail-
able menu: An these things were Mt the
customary railroad station quality. No-
body accustotheil to eating anytltingbet-
ter ever thought of partaking of the sta-
tion food except in the ,most extreme
emergency. The usual lack of cleanli-
ness was observable, andthe business
liaisda:;, air of indifference to a patron's
vvhe
If the food had been better and the lit-
tle compartment' neater. 'patronage would
have been greater. and the expenses of
running the' piece not increased in the
least. But the man who kept it was
satisfied with the degree of profit he
naade and had no ambition to iniprove the
quality of his ciistomers. • So the restau-
rant remained as untidy and neglected as
it had always been, and there were 130
sins of a change. Occasionally there
were murmurs of discontent when cir-
cumstances compelled one of the resi-
dents of the rather wealthy suburban
community about the town to, drink the
weak coffee or eat the atale sandwiches.
But these protests would have amounted
to nothing had not a large stocicholder in
the road been once compelled to undergo
this experience. From that time the res
taurant keeper was doomed. ,It became
known that he was to goeand thatevent
corresponded exactly with the ideas of
the two young women. Th-eY' Watitati to
keep the raitio0d' restaurant, :taw' chances
of a good incoine out of it and the 0 p p or..
ttinity pf living, in the country. The in-
fluence of friends got them the lease of
the restaurant before its first incumbent
retired sullenly, with niany mutterings
concerning the rich Wli0 .tried to take
bread and butter out of tile mouth of the
poor, to make way for them.
If anybody ever meets with an ideal
railroad restaurant in a neighboring
state, it will in all probability be this
one, for -a second neve' existed. . °norm'.
the partners recently married at the end
of their third year of business, but her
associate carries it on ,as successfully as
ever. They began by tnaking the place
neat, which was the heist expensive of
their improvements, although none' of
these made their way of conducting the
place any more costly than their
evprede-
cessor's had been. "lo naaids in appro-
priate dress supplanted the islo.venly men
formerly in • attendances All of, tlae
pastries cense from the hoine of one of
the two women, where a cook was en-
gaged, for a certain time every day pre-,
paring the articles needed at the restau-
rant. In addition to bread, this included
the cold, meats. • The articles Prepared
on the small stove in the restaurant were
only those that required to ' be served
hnmediately. 'The' table service was
scrupulously clean, and the ,glaSs inclo-
sure of the restaurant was shiny in its
polish.
rreincrease .in business was immedi-
ate: During the 'firSt month the gain Was
25 per cent, and at the ena, of a year
five' times as much business as the pre-
ceding,.prOprietor had eves' known was
coming to these two enterprising young
women. One of them was always hi the
yestaurtust during the daytime. It closed
at 0 o'clock in the evening, and la the
early evening helms one of the maids took
charge of the business. The two women
'foiand that thea could suPPoft themselves
well on their profits, The railroad peo-
ple were delighted at the redemption of
the place, • thereby exhibiting an unsus-
pected regard for the comfort of their
entrees. As if every difficulty were to
bet)rcetTrilelt°ovreaoffit'(hen 113111nceier Preaa21,th
1131edief
i i.e°srtlialter.
rant Rel'OSS tile way and succeeded in
attracting- to it just the class of patron-
age which had tend° them fearful or their
ability to make n succese of the scheme.
With these rougher customers out of the
way, the more desirable and profitable
class Was more ‘yilling to patronize what
had foriaerly been shunned by them.—
New York Sun.
Airs. Clemens plays a very nuportant
part in her (alnrk Twain's) lit'
011113' life. All tlint he mates paesee 1(1
der her severe censorship. She is his
most acute critic, end if there 15 eny-
tatins _in what he has written whirl> does
hot meet with her entil 0 approynl if gocy
ctraightway to the svastebaaket or IS held
back for revaaon. '
Ci.sgmhell Flowerpots.
Some morning when you have boiled
eggs for breakfast, if you will use care in
breaking the shells and saving them, you
can put them to very good use and afford
yourself a good deal of pleasure. Break
the shells well toward the small end of
the egg and put a hole in the bottom of
it. If you live pear 0 florist's, procure a
small amount or rich, black earth from
him—Or, better still, it you are fond of go-
ing in the woods, get some dirt that is
mixed with rotted leaves—and •fill your
little shells or flowerpots with it. Then
purchase some seeds and plant them, and
you will be surprised to see how soon
two little leaves will come poking through
the earth, moviding you take good care
of your plants. Put the shells in a
dow where they can have plenty of sun-
-shine and don't foeget to give them a
drink every day,, tor they get thirsty just
RS we do. When .vdur plant has a few
leaves on it, then it should be put in the
ground, for it will S0013 outgrowsits first
home. After it is Imnsplanted it will
grow remarkably fast, and you will soon
be rewarded for your efforts by having
beautiful blossoms on your plant and be
• well repaid for the tine arulaworkti t
have put on it.
,Soine Fanny Witches.
Cut from a aiece of pasteboard the out-
lines of a hat such as the accompanying
figure (Ti shows. By placing this be-
tween the them]) and the forefinger these
may be 'p rod ueed lie re nt shad owsasnaii-
ing or cross booking, with noses, chin and t
aliasshort or long, as the performer may
choose.—Chicago Record..
'rile Vitlitarlt Rabbit.
A bunny onee made up his inind
Iie'd be a robber rabbit, ,
Aol everything- that lie could find
He'd run around and grab it.
' .
Ile dug, deep in the darlcsome woods,
A cave 'which was O wonder,'
Wherein to hide' his stolen goods,
I1i8 booty and his plunder.
lie bought him then a coat of mail,
A sword and spear and -dile;
lie vowed to' matte the bravest quail
• With fears they could not stifle.
He set out on his wild career,
But ere he'd fairly started,
Seized with a sudden sickening her,
Back to his honie he darted,
For he had seer( an awful sight,
With dread his hcart %vas quaking,
And with a frantic, fearful fright
His annoyed form ;vas shaking.
An awful looking specter !lad
Ottatled hini with great vigor;
iikvas, li1e hirnself, in armor clad,
13ut three or four times bigger.
Our hero struck out like a mat;
The foe would but elude him.
At last Sir Bunny turned and ran;
Tile villain still pursued him.
But when he safely reached his Cate,
After this scene exciting,
'He said: "Although I'm very brave,
I've beet enough of egheieg.
“I'11 doe' my 5000 and armor too;
Life shotild be gay and glad, obi"
And that brave liunby never knew
lie') fought With his Olvn slittdo;vt
—Sally Farrington in Puritan.
Tlit Ostrich a GOO (I Vikitter,
although ostrich has now'erfni leg
and ,eno kick like a elute, his Ihmtiq al*
very !wink, end nve easily broken.
lifts ttvii tooehon ench fool, one being 'at
ed witi a horny unil, which lie uses
pvineipal 3e,,t1ent Or \ 111111 NI. When
-tinatenerl man at feel;ed hy one Of these
birds' the eh 51100 are Very intich ligai net
the i3atin unless 11 0811 elifab a tree, Ot
lollop a five foot wa .
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