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The Kitten’s Complaint.
"How do you think vou would like It?”
Said the little black at to me,
Jf you in your bed were lying,
As cosily as can be,
^Ylth your nose on your forepaws rest¬
ing.
And dreaming of mice and things,
Of whole pans of cream you were lapping,
Of birds with the weakest wings—
"How would you like It, I wonder,
With never a hint before,
To find your bed rising and walking,
To find yourself out on the floor?
"If you were a sensitive kitten,
You'd think It a great mishap;
You'd wonder If ft quite [laid you
To sleep in Miss Jennie Brown's lap.”
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Try It Yourself.
The Kansas City Journal propounds
this puzzle: Take the number of your
living brothers, double the amount, add
to it 3. multiply by 5, add to it the
number of your living sisters, multiply
the result by 10, add the number of
deaths of brothers and subtract 150
from the result. The right figure will
he the number of deaths, the middle
will be number of living sisters, and
the left will show the number of liv¬
ing brothers. Try it and see.
The Lesson That Kitty Taught.
Mamma had called Russell to din¬
ner. But Instead of clean hands such
ms ought to be brought to the table,
Russell, had grimy little paws, and
mamma had said, “No little boy can
come to my table until he is sweet
and clean.” '
Then tlle shadow had come to Rus
•ell’s face, and the tears to his eyes,
and mamma had sent him out into the
sunshine of the porch steps to get the
sunshine back into his face.
It was while he sat there, feeling
very cross, that he heard a little sound
and looked up. There was Cornelia
Kitting in the middle of a patch of
annshine in the doorway.
Cornelia was Russell’s own kitten.
Her coat was a beautiful, glossy black,
that shotie like the satin lining of
Russell's mamma’s coat. She wore
lour clean white stockings, and had
a spotless white vest, and there she
aat, licking her white paws and wash¬
ing her face. Back and forth, over
mid over the little furry head, went
the pretty white paw, giving the best
kind of bath that kittens know.
Just then Addie came out with a
saucer of milk, and kitty ran toward
it and began happily lapping it up.
Russell sat very still and watched
her, and as he watched, a feeling grew
to his heart that made him rise and
go softly to the bath-room and make
his dimpled hands and rosy face as
clean and fresh as the roses out In the
garden.
A few minutes later a little boy, with
chining eyes, opened the dining-room
door, and mamma took the little boy
with the clean face and beautiful smile
dose to her heart, and said, just as,
perhaps, your lrfamma says some
times to you, "Now, my little boy looks
■weet enough to be kissed.”—Fhila.
Butler Bowman, in Kindergarten Re¬
view.
Royal Mischief.
Prince Edward of Wales, son of the
Prince of Wales and prospective heir
to the throne, is just beginning
education as a cadei at the Royal
Naval College on t lie Isle of Wight.
Prince Edward, a little more than
thirteen, is entered as an ordinary ca¬
det, and shares all comforts and dis¬
comforts with the rest of the lads.
If he resembles his father at that age,
lie is capable of getting a good deal
of boyish fun out of life. In a book
on the “Private Life of King Edward
VII.’’ some of the escapades of the
present Prince of Wales are given.
Prince George and his elder brother
were “rare young toads,” as an old
middy remarked. The received their
training on the school-ship Britannia,
and afterward went on a cruise in the
Bacchante. They had to rough it with
the rest, and were treated without dls
tfnetidn.
When the Bacchante touched at Ber¬
muda, on the famous cruise, the au¬
thorities of the island were anxious Ito
present a bunch of Bermuda lilies to
Prince Eddy, and anxiously inquired
his identity. Prince George, ever ripe
for mischief, gave so misleading an an
awer that the embarrassing bouquet
was presented to several midshipmen
before it reached the proper hands.
When the party went on shore to
lunch, the two princes got together in
the bow of the boat and occupied them¬
selves very mysteriously. When they
landed, the assembled natives were
astonished to see their future king and
his brother with noses of the most
brilliant yellow. The two had used
the pollen of the lilies to adorn them¬
selves with.
It was probably their enjoyment of
this joke which led the two not to con
tradict the statement which was soon
•Her published to the world, that the
heir to the throne had had an
tattoed on his nose. The Prince
Wales was made exceedingly anxious
by the report, and for a long time
the story was believed.—Christian Reg¬
ister. ,
The Lucky Stamp.
A stamp from her grandfather’s love
letter to her grandmother has brought
to twelve-year-old Janett Fawcett, of
Alexandria, Va., the largest price ever
paid for an American stamp in Amer¬
ica, the sum of $3,00u.
The stamp is one of the few of the
Provincial issue, printed by the post¬
master ofAlexandrla in 1847, before the
days of the national postage stamp sys¬
tem. This particular stamp Is printed
In black ink on light blue paper. All
the other stamps of this issue hereto¬
fore known are printed in black on
buff paper. The stamp is circular in
shape and the size of a half-dollar. In
its center is the word “paid,” with “5”
under it. These are encircled by the
words, ‘‘Postoffice, Alexandria,’’ around
which in turn is a circle of stars.
As told by Mr. Parrish, who conduct¬
ed the sale, the story of the stamp ia
this: The Fawcetts, who have lived in
Alexandria for many generations, were
once well-to-do, but are now so poor
that when Mrs. Janet Fawcett, who i3
76 years old, wished to give her grand¬
daughter and namesake a Christmas
present, the only thing she could find
were the stamps from several old let¬
ters. All of these—one was from a love
letter sent her by her husband in the
early 50’s—were of old varieties, and
Mrs. Fawcett was sure they would be
worth something.
The old lady had always wished to
be the donor of her namesake’s wed¬
ding dress, so on Christmas, when she
gave ihe stamps to her little grand¬
child, she told her to sell them for
what, she could, ana perhaps they
would bring enough to buy a wedding
dress. The little girl’s father took the
stamps to a dealer in Alexandria. He
bought all the others for moderate
prices, but when he came to the stamp
from the old love letter he declared
at once that us value was beyond his
purchasing power.
When she was informed of the im¬
mense value of the stamp from her old
love letter Mrs. Fawcett was overjoyed
and greatly astonished. Whatever it
should bring, she said, would be the
properly of her little granddaughter,
and if there was more than enough
for a dress the rest would be put aside
for her dowry when she was married.
—Home Herald.
Nora’s Stone Butterfly.
Teddy and Nora ran into grandpa’s
study all out of breath.
“It is, isn't it, grandpa?” cried Nora.
“It isn’t, is it?” cried Teddy.
“What are you talking about, chil¬
dren?” asked grandpa, smiling.
’’About my stone butterfly,” said
Nora, eagerly. “I found it down by
the brook. It must have got caught
in the stone some way. See here!”
Nora held out a stone in which was
something that looked very much like
a butterfly with its wings spread.
Grandpa took it in his hand and look¬
ed at it carefully. “That is not a but¬
terfly,” said he.
“There, Nora!” said Teddy. “I told
you it just happened so.”
"No, grandpa went on, “it did not
just happen so. Let me tell you a
story.”
"Oh, do, grandpa!’ cried Teddy and
Nora together.
“A long, long time ago—”
“When you were a little boy?” inter¬
rupted Nora.
“It was long before there were any
little boys in the world,” said grandpa,
“and just where our farm is- now,
nothing was to be seen except the
ocean. In the ocean lived a great
many shell-fish. There was one little
fellow who had a very pretty shell,
though I can’t tell you just what color
it was. He had a splendid time swim¬
ming about with his mates in the
warm sea water as long as he lived;
and when he died, he left his little
shell in the sand at the bottom of the
ocean. The sea slowly drifted away,
and the sand drifted over the shell and
grew harder and harder, till at last it
turned to stone, and the shell turned to
stone, too. There it lay for thousands
of years, till at last a little girl found
it and called it a stone butterfly. t»
“O grandpa, how funny!” said Nora.
“And are there any more shells in the
rocks?”
"There are so many,” said grandpa,
"that, you could not write the number
on your slate.”
“Then see if I don’t fill my cabinet
with ’em!” cried Teddy.—Youth's Com¬
panion.
A Milanese Wedding Dinner.
When Violanti Visconti was mar¬
ried to Duke Lionel, son of Edward
III of England, at Milan, the wed¬
ding dinner consisted of eighteen
courses, including suckling pigs, fish,
hares, veal, quail, partridge, carp, pea¬
cocks, ducks, cheese and cherries.
Some of the fish and game were in
crusted in gold.—New York World.
Marriage at an early age is fre
quent in Mexico. Recently a boy of
sixxfen and a girl of fourteen were
married in the capital.
35c. TTIIX CURE TOUR CORNS
If you invest It In a bottle of abbott’s east
Indian cobn paint. It re in o vos hard or soft
corns, bunions or sore, callous spots on the
feet, warts or indurations of the skin. No
pain.no cutting, no “eating” of tho flesh,
no after soreness; quick, safe, sure. At
druggist or by mail from Tee Abbott Co.,
Savannah, Ga.
! When women heed the call to arms,
men must face the powder.
ECZEMA CURED.
J. It. Maxwell, Atlanta, Ga., says: *'I
Buffered agony with a severe ease of ecze¬
ma. Tried six different remedies and was
in despair, when a neighbor told me to try
Hhuptrine’a tbttebine. After using $3
worth of your tbttebine and soap I am
in completely cured. I cannot say too much
its praise.’’ Tettkrike at druggists or
by mail 50c. Soap 25c. J. T. Shuptrinx,
Dept. A, Savannah, Ga.
Many a married woman’s Idea of a
stylish hat is one that costs more than
her husband can afford to pay.
Hicks’ Capudlne Cures Women’s
Monthly Headache. Pains, Backache, Nervousness,
ana It’s Liquid. Effects inime*
aiately. results. Prescribed by physicians with best
10c.. 25c., and 50c., at drug stores.
There’s more noise than harmony in
chin music.
More Than Quinine.
Quinine is simply one of the products of the
Cinchona Bark, and the drug which is used
in Grove’s Tastei.ess Chill Tonic con¬
tains more of the active principles of
Cinchona Bark than ordinary Quinine,
Everyone Flour knows that Whole Wheat and
Graham contain more nutriment
than ordinary white flour, as part of the
properties the flour of white. the wheat This are lost thing in render¬
ing same is true
of Quinine, and the drug used in this prep¬
aration is a special product which contains
more valuable properties than ordinary
Quinine. The standard for 30 years. 50c.
Chinese to Save Forests.
The Chinese are saving their for¬
ests. The almost worldwide movement
to protect and establish forests has
reached the Celestial Empire, and the
first Chinese school of forestry short¬
ly will be opened in Mukden.
The Chinese realm sometimes is
pointed out as the worst example
among modern nations of forest de¬
struction. The floods which periodic¬
ally are poured down from the denud¬
ed mountains are destructive beyond
comparison with those of any other
country, and the want of forests is
assigned as the chief cause.
Wood ia scarcer in China than in
almost any other inhabited region
of the world, although the country
is well adapted to the growing of
trees. In the establishment of a for¬
est school the Chinese Government
gives evidence that it realizes the
need of beginning its reforestation in
a scientific manner.—From the Chi*
cago Tribune.
The century is young; the world
also is young, as worlds go; and our
country, compared with many, is very
young. Exaggeration is one of the
faults to which youth is peculiarly
subject—and from which age is not
wholly free, philosophises The Dial.
To be an artist—in words, in color,
with the chisel, on the stage, or in
whatever medium—and not to exag¬
gerate, sometimes and to some ex¬
tent, might fairly be considered an
impossibility.
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Baby
If parents realized the fact that
coffee contains a drug—caffeine—
which is especially harmful to chil¬
dren, they would doubtless hesitate
before giving the babies coffee to
drink.
“When I was a child In my moth¬
er’s arms and first began to nibble
things at the table, mother used to
give me sips of coffee. As my parents
used coffee exclusively at meals I nev¬
er knew there was anything to drink
but coffee and water.
“And so I contracted the coffee
habit early. I remember when quite
young, the continual use uf coffee so
affected my parents that they tried
roasting wheat and barley, then
ground it in the coffee-mill, as a sub¬
stitute for coffee.
“But it did not taste right and
then went back to coffee again. That
was long before Postum was ever
heard of. I continued to use coffee
until I was 27, and when I got into
office work, I began to have nervous
spells. Especially after breakfast I
was so nervous I could scarcely at¬
tend to my correspondence.
i • At night, after having coffee for
supper, I could hardly sleep, and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
u A friend persuaded me to try Pos¬
tum. My wife and I did not like It at
first, but later when boiled good and
strong it was fine. Now we would
not give up Postum for the best coffee
we ever tasted.
“I can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches. I
recommend Postum to all coffee drink¬
ers.
“There’s a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to !
Wellville,” in pkgs. 1
Ever read theabovc letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
LOVELY WOMAN.
She got Into n street car on
A freezing winter day;
She left the front door open—O
What did the people say!
She bravely took a hammer, and
She tried to drive a nail;
The catastrophe that followed
Made everyone turn pale—
Lovely woman!
She started to a party, just
A half an hour late;
At the door she asked her husband:
They “Have I got my hat on straight?” and
got her in the court room, age?”
Says They asked her: “What's twenty-five”— your
she; “i'll own to
Now that was pretty sage—
Lovely woman!
She bought an automobile veil,
A hundred inches long;
She'll ^ have an automobile, when
She They’re selling for a song. day,
worked and read and talked all
As every woman ought;
At midnight when her husband came,
She told him what she thought—
Lovely woman!
She’s not at all athletic, as
You’ve often heard her say.
But she’d jump on the piano, if
A mouse should come her way!
Can she keep the men a-hustling? You
Can simply bet your life!
Still we wouldn’t do without her,
As sister, sweetheart, wife—
Lovely woman!
Somerville Journal.
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Hyker—“Bronson tells me he is
taking mud baths now.” Pyder—
“Why, I thought he was out of poli¬
tics.”—Chicago Daily News.
Blobbs—“He’s a harmless fool. w
Slobbs—“There isn’t any such thing
as a harmless fool.” Blobbs—“This
one is. He’s dead.”—Philadelphia
Record.
Expert accountant—“Did you not
keep a cash book?” Cashier—“No;
the money went out so soon after it
came in that we could not enter it.”
—Judge.
Grace—“So you have at last made
up your mind to- marry Jack?”' Lola
—“Yes, I’m tired of having him hang
around the house every evening.
Chicago Daily News.
He—“If you refuse me I shall go
out and hang myself to the lamp-post
in front of your house.” She—“Now,
George, you know father said he
wouldn’t have you hanging around
here.”—Life.
Ascum—“How on earth did you
ever get a messenger boy to deliver
your note and bring back the answer
so quick?” Wise—“I took his dime
novel away from him and held it as
security.”—Philadelphia Press.
“This man combines the more ster¬
ling qualities of BeaconsfLeld and Pitt,
lacking the faults of both!” “Who is
he?” inquired the visitor in Piunk
ville. “Sim Piffle, stranger; oar can¬
didate fer hog reeve.”—Louisville
Courier-Journai.
Nell—“He doesn’t know anything
about the little niceties of paying at¬
tention to a girl.” Belle—“Why, I
saw him tying your shoestring. if
Nell—"Yes; but he tied it in a double
knot so it couldn’t come untied again.”
—Philadelphia Record.
Miss Rattle—“Yes, that’s a photo of
my maiden aunt. Perhaps you saw
her name in the papers last winter.
She frightened away a burglar.” Mrs.
Winkler (closely inspecting the por¬
trait)—“Did she? Well, I don’t won¬
der at it.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Abseiltmined Wall Street Operator
(at social function)—“Excuse me,
madam, but your face seems rather
familiar. Haven’t I met you before? H
Society Leader—“Oh, yes; I remem¬
ber you very well. We met in the
church the day we were married.”—
Baltimore American.
“Man, 1 didactically began Professor
Broadhead, is the only animal that
laughs-’ “Eh—yah!” broke the
Venerable Grouch. “And that’s b-cuz
he is the only animal that owes money
to another animal, and is therefore
obliged to laugh whenever the latter
animal gets off his favorite funny
story.”—Puck.
Immigration officials stopped the
traveller at the dock and asked his
business. “I am arrive in pursuance
of my agreement to marry with Meese
Flossy Goldtop,” said the stranger.
“Sunny France for you,” replied the
chief inquisitor. “Aliens under con¬
tract are barred. You’ll find a nice
detention pen at the left. Next!”—
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Good Old Days.
The richest man in King Charles
II’s England could not get so good a
dinner as tens of thousands will sit
down to today. Cattle were of a far
poorer breed, vegetables were few
and bad, and the commonest conven¬
iences of the table were unknown.
Fish knives,- for instance, are hardly
considered an extravagant luxury,
but Mr. Gladstone could remember
when they -were not to be found on
any table.—London Telegraph.
The Salvation Army is operating in
’54 countries and colonies.
§y r up $ figs
^Elixir #8 enrift
acts ly onthe £entlyyet bowels, cl prompt¬
i eanses
i stem e||eetually,
assists one in overcoming
habitual constipati o
ion
permanently. To get its
the oenejicial ejects buy
enume.
lALIFORNIA anujactured by the
Jfio Syrup Co.
SOLO BY LEADING DRUGGISTS-50f p.-BOTTLE,
You may find other coffees
as good as
| UZIANNE
[ twice But they much. -will Other eest Cof- you
i as
i fees maybe as lew in price,
[ either bnt you only will half find strong them
i as
t or only one-fourth ns good.
LUZIANNE
Is of perfect Parity*
Flavor, Quality and Fresh¬
ness.
IT'S SOLD EVERYWHERt
25*. T-LB CAN.
THEREILYTAYLORCa
New Orleans, If. ft. A.
THE MODERN ELOPEMENT.
I I Here is a map of the route wa
shall take. M
<<■ Did you make two of them?’*
“No, what for?”'
“(So papa will be able to overtake
us and’ forgive us. IJ Houston Post.
Hicks’ Capudine Cures Headache,
Whether from Cold, Heat, Stomach, or
Mental Strain. No Acetanilid or dangeroua
drugs. 10c., It’s Liquid. Effects immediately.
25eand 50c.,, at drug stores
HIS FIRST (RECENT) LOVE.
“Our engagement is so romantie.
Not like other affairs. I
“How’s that?”
... Why, Ferdy assures me that I am
positively the first girl he has loved
this season.”—Pittsburg Post.
To Drive Out Malaria sud Build U|
the System
Take the Old Standard Grove’s Tastb
less Chill Toxic. You know what you
are taking. The formula is plainly printed Qui¬
on every bottle, showing it is simply and the
nine and Iron in a tasteless form,
most effectual form. For grown people
and children. 50c.
Since old classic days Milan, Italy,
has been noted for 'the love its pea
pie have for good food. It is one oY
their chief conversational topics to¬
day.
REMOVES CORNS WITHOUT PAIX.
Abbott’s east ixdian corn paixt removes
corns, root and all, without cutting or burn¬
ing and leaves no soreness. It cures soft
corns between the toes, bunions or sore,
callous spots. It cures all quick and per¬
manent. Get it at your druggist or send
25c to The Abbott Co., Savannah, Ga.
FLATTERING APOLLO.
Mrs. Popley—Mr. D’Auber remark*
ed today that our Georgie was like
a young Apollo.
Mr. Pop ley— O! that’s the way with
them artists; they’re always trying
to make people think well of those
old classical heroes. — Philadelphia
Press.
A KENTUCKY CASE.
That Will Interest All Suffering
Women.
Mrs. Della Meanes, 328 E. Front
St., Maysviile, Ky., says: Seven
years ago I began to
notice sharp pain in
the kidneys and a
V bearing down sensa¬
tion through the hips,
dull headache and
dizzy spells, Dropsy
appeared and my
and ankles swelled so
V 1 I could not get EM
shoes on. I was iE
misery and had despaired of ever get
ting cured, when I decided t0 •'
Doan’s Kidney Pills. One box helper
me so much that I kept on until e
tirely cured.” box.
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.