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What the Winds Bring.
Which Is th* wind that brings the cold?
The north wind, Freddy,and all the snow;
And the sheep will scamper into the fold
When the north begins to blow..
Whioh is the wind that brings the heat?
The sooth wind,Katy; and com wili grow,
And peaches redden for yon to eat,
When the south begins to blow.
Whlehls the wind that brings the rain?
The east wind, Arty; and farmers know
That cow* come shivering up the lane,
When the east begins to blow.
Which is the wind that brings the flowers?
Fhe west wind, Bessie; ana soft and low
Tbs birdies sing in the summer hoars,
when the west begins to blow.
—Detroit Free Press.
Greeting!.
The Arabians shake hands six or
eight times. Once is not enough.
It, however, they be persons of dis¬
tinction, they embrace and kiss one
smother several times, and also kiss
their own hands. In Turkey the
salnte is to place the hand upon the
breast and bow, which is both grace¬
ful and appropriate.
In Burma, when a man meets a
woman, he puts his nose and month
dose to her cheek and draws a long
breath, as if inhaling a delicious per
"fnine. He does not kiss her cheek,
strange to say. A man is greeted in
exactly the same way.
In the greater part of Germany it is
sidered an act of politeness, not of
gallantry, for a man to kiss a woman’s
baud. In Italy that privilege is al¬
lowed only Is to near relatives, while in
Enssia it extended to kissing the
forehead.
The men. of Continental Europe
have a' custom that would seem queer,
not to say laughable, here. They
greet one another with a kiss, if they
be friends, not on the cheek, but
sight on the lips.
A Dog Trainftd t»> Save Life.
There is a new member of the life
gnards at Windsor Park beach. He
does not draw a salary nor does he
wear any man's collar.
To be sure, the law compels him to
ova* ajvoI tag--wit!: a number on it,
bnt it is looked up in a box, for neither
dog-catcher nor policeman would lay
kia unhallowed hands on Sir Ceesar,
the life-Saver. He is a splendid St.
Bernard, belonging to Capt. Billie
Johnson* the famous oarsman and
•wimmer, who is on duty day and
Bight to reaoue the imperilled bathers
at Windsor Park beach.
Caesar is now regularly installed as
a member finished of the life-saving crew,
having the preliminary train¬
ing. Far ont into the lake he can
esrry the heavy life-line in his power¬
ful jaws, for his fat gives him marvel
ions buoyancy and his great strength
th* finest propelling power. His legs
are as strong as a lion's and as tire¬
less si the flippers of s seal.' He has
learned to plnnge out to the side of an
•xhsnstsd swimmer and by s rapid
maneuver face the shore and wait for
the drowning man to clutch, and then
middle with all speed to the shore.
Oapt. Billie has taken infinite pains
to teach him this trick, as untrained
tsnimals in their eagerness to save, are
him opt to grasp a drowning man and force
under water with their heavy
paws.—Chicago Times-Eerald.
Aa Uninvited Guest.
Unlike the honey bees, the bnmble
lao queans, to their oredit be it said,
aw* not of a jealous disposition, but
live peacefully together in one nest
nntil in the antumn the family breaks
np, th* old qneens, workers and
4ronea perishing, while the young
queens, forsaken >and alone, crawl
•way to some protected spot wherein
to pass the winter, and reappear in
•pring and found another oolony.
If yon should examine a bumble¬
bee's nest you would probably find
among onr busy, individuals hard working friends
a number of who never
labor for their living, and, although
they come and go with perfect freedom,
never bring pollen or honey, for aid
in making wax. Theseare the “guest
bees,” or inquillines, a species which
depend on their host the bnmblebee
to furnish them board and rooms rent
free.
The inquillines, like the European
enckoo or the American cow-bunting
among birds, lay their eggs by stealth
In the bumblebee's nests. The young,
when hatched, are cared for by their
foster-parents, and when full grown
are ireated with as much considera¬
tion aa though they were guests of
honor. Why the bumblebees should
permit their uninvited visitors to re¬
main with them is a mystery, for al¬
though some species closely resemble
their hosts in size and color others
are quite different. It can hardly be
supposed, therefore, that they are mis
taken for rightful members of the
colony. On this account many natur
alists have thought that they perform
some important service in return for
their hospitable reoeption; but of
what this duty, if any, consists has
never been discovered.-St. Nicholas.
Important Animals.
There have recently died in Paris
two ■__ v illustrious
cat and an dog. The former
Bis and was
the luck ;y possessor of a fortune of ten
thou'san
willed him by his former owner, *
widow named Lelievere. This sum
was deposited with the brought city, whioh
used the income it for the
maintenance of the cat, whioh was
boarded out with a certain janitress in
Paris. The latter was under contract
with the oity to care properly for the
animal and to provide him liver daily and with
"5 centimes’ worth of 20
centimes’ worth of milk.” In spite of
this snmptnons fare Bis went the way
of all flesh, and now his wealth will
go according to his mistress’ will to
enrich some municipal schools.
The facts concerning Bis were well
known in Paris, bat still more cele¬
brated, and justly so, was Sultan, the
Newfoundland dog whioh was the
property of Didier, the editor, at
whose death he has passed into the
keeping of the Comtesse Foucher de
Careil. Sultan has been the recipient
of a collar from the Frenoh Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
“in acknowledgment of his courage
and his devotion toward human be¬
ings.” He had arrested a thief, cap¬
tured a murderer, saved a ohild from
drowning and drawn a would-be
suicide ont of the Seine. The Comtesse
de Careil had brought him to her
estates near Corbeil, where he had re¬
cently prevented some burglars from
entering the castle. His devotion was
the cause of his death, for shortly
afterward he was found dead in the
gardens. He had been poisoned, prob¬
ably by the wretches with whose ne¬
farious designs he had interfered.—
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Hoopoe’s Golden Crown.
The hoopoe is found in Europe,
Asia and Africa. It continually utters
in soft, rapid tones, a peculiar note
resembling “hoop, hoop, hoop!”—
whence its name, hoopoe.
It is really, a harmless, useful bird,
bnt it ie the subject of many super¬
stitions, being regarded as ominous of
evil. It ie about the size of a thrush,
is very elegant in appearance, and is
greatly admired because of its hand¬
some crown or crest. This orown is
composed of gold colored feathers of
unequal and lengths, having a white bar
black tips, whioh it can expand
and depress at pleasure.
According to a pretty legend the
hoopoe received its crown as a re¬
ward for a kindly service. One very
hot day, the story runs, King Solomon
main wasjourneyingfrom one part of hisdo
to another. He had no cover¬
ing over his head, and the aun’s
scorching rays became unbearable.
At length he came np with a flock of
vultures, and said to them;
“Vultures, do me a kindness—fly
very close together above my head
and shield me from the sun for s
time as I journey.”
The vultures refused outright to
thus favor the king, and ha then said
to them:
“Vultures, because of yonr selfish¬
ness your heads and necks, and the
heads and necks of all yonr descend¬
ants shall from this time to the end of
time be bare of feathers, and thus yon
will be exposed to both heat and oold.”
Solomon went a little farther and
overtook a flook of hoopoes, and thna
addressed them;
“Little hoopoes, my head aches
from having been exposed to the snn’e
fierce rays for several honrs. Won’t
you hover above my head, in a bodv,
to shield me from the snn, and fly
journey?” along with me to the end of my
The hoopoes readily consented, and
so dovetailed they hovered above the king’s head,
themselves together, and
made an Admirable sun-shield. Thna
they flew along nntil the end of the
journey king said was reached, and then the
to them;
“Little hoopoes, what favor may I
confer upon you for your great kind
nesB to me?”
One hoopoe, acting as spokesman
for the others, answered:
“If yon wish to favor us, O King
Solomon, ornament onr necks with a
circlet of beautiful golden feathers.”
“Would you not rather have your
heads ornamented with a beautiful
golden crown?” the king asked.
“Much rather, much rather!” ex¬
claimed the hoopoes in cliorns.
“Then,” said King Solomon, “yonr
heads and the heads of all yonr de¬
scendants shall, to the end of time, be
ornamented with a orown of golden
feathers that shall ever be remarkable
for its beauty.—Philadelphia Times.
A SHIPKEEPEE’S DUTIES.
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THE CARETAKER OF A VESSEL
WHILE IN PORT.
Knows Ship Alow and Aloft-Cloanllness
Tells Story—Ho Goes Aboard When the
Craft Is Tied Op at the Wharf and He¬
rmans In Charge Until Beady for Sea.
The shipkeeper „ the caretaker of
is
the , ship while she is in port, He is
>*«lj to be a man who has followed
the sea; it may be in the employ of
the house whose vessels he now looks
* ft sr. He may have sailed before the
mast or he may have been a mate or
, perhaps the master of ship. Every
, a
firm of large shipowners or shipping its
■ merchants - has a shipkeeper of
own, who may have been thus em
pl 2£f d *** 8ame ^ouse for years.
I The ^‘Pkeepergoes aboard some
M s^riiTfcst
bntnauidlvwh^ tied
charged the minute the ship’s lines
are made fast, and the captain goes
very soon, it is likely on the same day.
The ship may have come from a China
voyage, or a voyage to some other
distant seas, and have been gone for
months, and he starts for home as
soon as he can — down East or
wherever it may be—there to remain
until the ship is nearly ready for left sea
again. Then the shipkeeper is in
charge of the ship. He is sometimes
the sole occupant, but most owners
keep one other person, a man or a
boy, aboard. If the additional person
is a man, it is likely to be the ship’s
carpenter or one of the crew employed
for that purpose. Jrlie shipkeeper
lives aboard of the ship until she goes
to sea again. He may cook and eat
all his meals aboard, or if there is a
restaurant close at hand ashore, he
may get his dinners there. He sleeps
aft. He does not sleep in the captain’s
room, but he takes his choice of the
rooms of the mate and the second
mate, this being the custom on the
beach.
The shipkeeper is the watchman in of
the ship, and he looks after her
many ways and sees that no harm
comes to her. He. sees that the steve¬
dore’s men don’t drop blocks on deck,
and that no injury of any kind is done
to her inboard, and he sees that no
harm befalls her from tugs and light¬
ers or other craft. And he keeps the
ship in order. He is more than likely
to be a man who knows a Ship alow
and aloft, and to take a sailor’s pride
in her, and a personal pride in the
'ships of the house that employs him.
There are ehipkeepers who jnst are like not
over-nice, shipkeepers are
other people in thie respect; but, as a
rule, they keep their ships in perfect
order.
Suppose yon see in South street a
fine ship that takes yonr fancy, and
you walk down tfiCwbarf to go aboard
of her. If you find the gangway lead¬
ing up to her side bright and clean,
not even any dust on it, the manrope
a fresh, bright bit of rope, brass man
rope stanchion planted in the rail
handsomely laid the polished, braas-oovered strips treads of oanvad of
upon
the steps leading from tho gangway
platform up to the rail of the ship,
upon the braas-oovered rail itself, and
npon the steps down to the deok with¬
in, why, it really wouldn’t be neces¬
sary to look any further to know what
kind of shipkeeper was aboard the here.
But if you look down from qnar
ter-deok into the waist of the ship, you
will see there a broad expanse of deck
as clean as any floor. If you go for¬
ward and look, say, into the hoisting
engine-house, you find the engine newly and
the tank and the room itself
and tastefully painted and the everything gallery
in perfect trim. Look into
and you will find that jnst the same ;
as dean a kitchen as any you ever saw,
afloat or ashore. It is jnst the same
everywhere about the ship; the white
paint is white and the brasswork is
bright; and the oabin is in the perfect who or¬
der; and the veteran of sea
keeps the ship in this shape is proud
of her, as he has a perfect right to be.
She may have been tied np at three or
four wharves, at as many different
points aronnd the harbor, towing here
and there and discharging or taking
on cargo, but she’s kept as trim and
handsome as though the were on ex¬
hibition.
The ship is deep in the water when
the shipkeeper first rise steps they over the
rail; he sees her as take the
cargo out of her, nntil she is light,
and stands, on high tides, with her
side high above the wharf. The ship
keeper stays aboard for weeks. There
may be days or longer periods when
there is nothing doing aboard of her
exoept what he does himself, when the
ship is silent; but sooner or later they
begin to fill her np again, and from
that on there is more or less life
aboard of her and alongside.
A week or ten days before the ship’s
sailing day, the captain comes to town.
He visits the owner’s office and goes
down and sees she ship. He looks
after her stores and whatever other
business he may have to attend to.
All this time, as the ship fills up, she
is going down in the water again. Two
or three days before she sails the rig¬
gers come aboard and bend her sails.
The crew was discharged the minnte
she tied np; the new crew doesn’t go
aboard until the last minute before
she sails. It may be that the mate,
the executive officer of the ship, comes
aboard late. He mast know whertf
everything is, and it the shipkeeper can
tell him. Thus happens that some¬
times the shipkeeper goes down the
bay with the ship and comes off with
the pilot; but oftener his duty is end¬
ed, and he steps ashore as the Bhip
leaves the wharf.—New York Sun.
HORSES ON VACATIONS.
Those of the Boston Police Department
Get Two or Three Weeks Each.
The police commissioners of Boston
have deeided that, inasmuch as the
horses in the department bear their
proportionate part of the hard work,
they as well as the men shall have
vacations in the summer. To that
end they have arranged that every
horse shall enjoy two, and in some
instances three weeks’ vacation.
Three large pastures have been se¬
cured ,by the department, two in
Brighton and one in Dorchester, and
as the horse arrives its shoes are taken
off, and it is allowed to roam at will,
coming into the stable only at night.
The grass in the pastures* though of
the best quality, is not the horses’
sole food; at sapper time the horses
get The the animals regular measure to enjoy of their (pain.
seem va¬
cations immensely, and horses show¬
ing plainly the effect of their hard
work in the department have been
returned after their country sojourn
vastly improved. into consideration
When it is taken
tnat the police department owns
seventy-two horses, it will be seen
that the allowing of vacations is a con¬
siderable undertaking, even without
the item of expense. Ten years age
the department had but twenty-five
horses. At present, in addition to
those in the well-trained mounted
force, the department has about thirty
horses engaged in the signal depart¬
ment. Every station house in the
city, with two exceptions, has at least
two horses, and where ambulances
are used, three. Then the depart¬
ment has eleven driving horses, whioh
are used exclusively by the commis¬
sioners and the superintendents.
The horses of the mounted force
are the best that can be procured, and
are wonderfully intelligent and active,’
and exhibitions by the mounted force
have become a very popular feature
of the annual horse shows. The
horses of the signal department also
are well trained, and instances have
been recorded where some of them
have exhibited almost human intelli¬
gence. It is said, and sworn to by
the drivers of one of the downtown
stations, that one of the horses as¬
signed to that station, knows perfectly
the location of the patrol boxes, and
when the number of a box is truok on
the tapper will go directly to it with¬
out any guidance whatever.
The veteran of the department is a
horse attached to the Lagrange street
statidn, known as Nigger. This is a
wonderfully has intelligent patrol animal, and
been drawing a wagon
every day for nine years, and nntil
this year has never had a day off by
reason of sickness or for any other
cause. Nigger is one of those now
the enjoying drivers a three who visit weeks the vacation, and
horse regu¬
larly every day say that it is enjoying
every 'minnte. The next oldest is a
large bay that has been in service at
the Mount Pleasant station for eight
years.
Man’s Best Friend.
First and foremost woman is man’s
best friend:
Because she is his mother.
Second, because she is his wife.
Because, without her he would be'
rude, rough and ungodly.
Because she can with him endnre
pain quietly and meet joy gladlv.
Beoanse she is patient with him in
illness, endures his fretfulness and
“mothers” him.
Because she teaohes him the value
of gentle consideration. words, of kindly thought and
of
Beoanse on her breast he can shed
tears of repentanoe, and he is never
reminded of them afterward.
Beoanse she Mill stick to a man
through good and evil report, and al¬
ways believe in him, if she loves him.
Because, when he is behaving like a
fretful boy—and they all do, yon
know, at times—with no reason in the
world for it, woman’s soft word, touch
or glanoe, will make him ashamed of
himself, as he ought to be.
Because without her as an incentive,
he would grow lazy; there would be
no good work done, there would be
no noble books written, there would
be no beautiful pictures painted, there
would be no divine strains of melody.
A Knife Blade in HU Knee.
Gebhard H. Koch, who came East
from Memphis, Tenn., years ago, en¬
tered the hospital at Peekskill, N. Y.,
recently, and shortly afterward Bur¬
geon Stephen Frost Horton removed
a large piece of knife blade that Koch
had accidentally run into his knee in
Memphis thirteen years before. At
that time the wound healed and the
hidden steel was practically forgotten.
Recently the knee became very pain¬
ful, and serious resnlts were feared.
Mr. Koch came to New York and had
an X-ray photograph of the knoe
taken. The plate when developed
showed the piece of knife blade em¬
bedded close to the bone. It was re¬
moved by Dr. Horton after a difficult
operation.
H«iw to Laundry Fancy Linen.
To irnlli embroidered linens so as not to
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fade the colors, fill a tab half toll of warn
enter, to wbloh add a little Ivory Soap.
V;ash each piece through the suds care,
fully, rinse la blue water, to whioh a little
thin starch is added. Hang In the shade
to dry. Iron on the wrong sfce, press
ing down heavily to bring out the stitches,
thus restoring their original beauty.
Eliza B. Psazz*.
Hatching Canaries.
Milwaukee supplies tho United State*
with the bulk of the Hartz Mountain
canaries, and there is no great crime
In the deception, for the Milwaukee
bird is realy an improvement on the
imparted article, having just as fine a
voice and being much hardier.
Experience has shown that the im¬
ported singer loses the power of trans¬
mitting his voice to the young after
passing through an American winter.
This is the case, also, it is said, with,
the Tyrolean singers who come to this
country, their voices losing the pecu¬
liar yodllng quality when they have
been here & year. The native canary
is hardier than the imported ones, and,
with proper training, is every bit a*
good a singer.
Before they are mated the hen bi-rda
are kept in separate cages in the music
room, carefully fed and made to listen
to the music of the singers and the
machine used in training their voices.
In this way the hen is enabled to
transmit the best musical quality to
its offspring. The music room is a
large one with a south exposure, and
is kept with the same scrupulous neat¬
ness as the breeding room. In the cor¬
ner of this room is a bird organ, and
with it the little birds are given their
vocal training.
When the machine is started the
notes emitted are wonderfully like the
song of the untutored canary. These
notes are known to bird trainers by
the term pfeiffon. Gradually the
whistle strikes on to a different line.
It is an improvement over the pfelffen,
and Is called klingel rolle. A higher
etep still is called the klingel, and a
still higher step hohl klingel. Lastly
comes what is called hohl rollen, and
a bird whoso voice has been developed
up to that point is worth $50 in the
market any day.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Almost Inside Out.
The stomach that is not turned thus by a
shaking up on the “briny wave" must be a
well fortified one. The gastric apparatus can
be rendered proof against sea sickness with
that stomachic so popular among travelers by
soa and land—Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It
defends the system against malaria and rheu¬
matism, and subdues liver complaint, consti¬
pation and dyspepsia.
A glass of hot milk and a few peanuts make
a good lunohoon before retiring.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for ohtldren
tion, teething, allays softens the gums, reduces Inflamma¬ bottle.
pain, cures wind colic. 35e. a
I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lnngt
by Lindaman, Plso’s Cure Bethany, for Mo., Consumption.— Jan. 8, 'St. Louisa
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Tbomp.
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell atSVj.per bottle.
A GRAND WORK
Helping Tired Cheeks Mother* Children and Giving Roly
to
Thousands ol tired, nervous, worried
women have found strength, health and
happiness in Hood's Sarsaparilla, whioh
purifies their blood, strengthens their
nerves and gives them good appetites.
Pale and puny ohtldren ore given rosy
oheeks and vigorous appetites by the great
blood enriching qualities of Hood’s Sar¬
saparilla. It is Indeed the mother’s friend
and it may well have a plaoe in thousands
of families. Be sure to get Hood’s.
Hood's Pills SUfcSMilMi;
Control Logan’s Personality.
General Logan had always a his¬
trionic touch. Even In the privacy of
domesticity he could direct a boy to
black hla shoes with a dramatic air.
He was more than a hero to such val¬
ets as his democratic nature permitted
him. His horse has a natural right to
shnmp and paw, and he to hold the
flag on high which the St. Gaudens
statue gives him In commejnoratlon of
one of the truly dramatic incidents in
his career.—Boston Transcript
LITTLE PITCHBRo.
“Daddy, "No, can whiskey talk ?”
of course not.”
“Then why did Aunt Maria say it
waa telling on yon more and more ?”
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