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Education Of Indian Children.

Among the plains Indians the baby. as
soon as horn, is placed in an upright
nest made of buffalo hide coming up to
its neck. This nest is fastened to a
board. Straps arc attached, which the
mother throws over her shoulders. While
at work, sometimes she hangs it to a tree,
orleans it against a stump. Here the child
passes the first year of its life, being re-
moved once or twice a day to be washed
or dressed. Ii it attempts to cry, Mrs.
Squaw slaps her hand over its mouth,
scizcs the nose between thumb and finger,
and holds on until the child is nearly
suffocated. The youngster O learns
the lesson. AS the child approaches the
age Of crawling it gets out of its prison.
Girls remain somewhat under the
mothers control until twelve or fifteen
years old, at which time they are apt to
marry. Their principal resourcc is play
ing with dolls. At sixteen their beauty,
such as it is, is generally gone, the re-
suit of their hard life and constant expo
sure.
The boys grow up without restraint.
His mother is not permitted to strike him
or control him. At the age of six he and
his fellows, armed with bows and arrows,
roam around, killing birds or shooting at
small animals. n little later his father
places him in charge of the ponies. lie
goes out each morning, armed with n
.lariat, and passes the day lassoing the
animals and riding them bareback, and
without bride, across the country, be.
coming by this practice a miracle OF
Craftsmanship. If tired of riding he and
his companions practice with bow and
on such ground squirrels, spar
rows or larks, as come in their way, or
run races on foot. All the while they
bet with each other, such articles as a
boy is likely to have about him, with q
true spirit OF the hardened gambler.
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Fl VOYAGER.

High DER dark Earth, red in the sunset
glow,
Hangs a bright bubble, strangely poised in
air
And now its silken bulk with motion slow
Through the broad west the SOLEMN night
winds bear.
The dusk draws on. I strain my eyes to
On purple skies that fragile ship afloat;
Brief guest! that gliding steers, ghostlike and
fleet,
Past the great mountains upheaved rim re-
mote.
Who, silent, far, sails the high seas abovea
What lure seeks earth-boln man in either
vast?
Unpiloted, through baseless night to rove
With life upon the empty spaces cast'
All! vagrant sailor of the upper Dir,
I, too, my little all have set adrift!
We know our guest; but how our barks shall
Who knows! or on what skies our morning
lift!
Mrs. D. II. r. Goodale, in Good Cheer.
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SELECT SIFTINGs.

The ancient Egyptian name for the cat
was 'maow."
The greatest known depth Of the At
lantic ocean is five miles.
The ancient Britons used to infict
death by drowning in a quagmire.
Near Salt Lake has been discovered q
limestone that produces a flash of light
blue light-with every stroke of the ham,
mcr. It is called hell-fre rock.
Ewing Isbcll, of Warren county, Ken
lucky, was born on Washing toms birth.
day, his wife was born on the Fourth of
July, and their only child was born on
Christmas.
In Guatemala one species of pine tree
is grown with needles fifteen inches long,
and another that furnishes fat pine for
the candles Of half the republic. Trees
eight feet in diameter are not uncommon.
The battering-ram, with other military
implements, is said to have been invented
by Artemon, a Lacad9moniau, and en-
ploycd by Periclcs, about AL B. G. Sir
Christopher Wren used a battering.ram
in demolishing the walls of old St. Paul's
Cathedral, 1915.
Deer and moose antlcrs arc just now
very fashionable for decoration. Prop
crly mounted they range in price at fash
ionablc retail stores al the way from So
for a very small pair of deer horns, to $40
for a magnificent set of moose antlcrs.
Mounted head and all the latter will cost
about $75.
Among the records of the town of Wor-
ccstcr, Mass, is Ill account of a six-year-
old boy who in 1770 had his ear bitten off
by a horse. The manner in which the
injury was received was carefully re-
corded by the selectmcn, so that the loss
of the ear should not be %prejudiccd to
the boy when he grew to mans estate.
The introduction of the modern slang
word 'dandy," as applied, half in admir-
alton and half in derision, to q fop, dates
from 1916. John Bee ("Slang Diction-
airy" 1929 says that Lord Petersham was
the founder of the sect, and gives the
peculiaritics as French gait, lispings,
wrinkled foreheads, killing kings Eng
lish, wearing immense plated pantaloons,
coat cut away, small waistcoat, cravat
and gatherings immense, hat small, hair
frizzled and protruding."
The old Britons wore, according to
Meyrick, shoes made of raw cowhide,
with the hair turned outwards, and COM
ing up to the ankles. They much re-
scmbled the brog, which is still used in
remote parts of Ireland. In Roman times
| the chiefs and mobiles of Britain adopted,
in addition to the sandals, the costly
sidc-laced shoes of their conquerors. The
Anglo Saxon shoes were open at the
instep, and secured by a thong. Princes
and high ecclesiastical dignitaries wore
them Of gold stuff, with Anticipation
embroidery and pointed toes. This fash
ion of pointed shoes lasted from the time
of Rufus to that of Henry VII.
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WELLS THAT NEVER FREEZE.

Natures wells are deep below,
Deep below the line of frost and snow;
They are clear and sparkling. cool and sweet.
Clear and sparkling underneath our feet.
Cool through all the summers heat.
Free through winters frost and snow,
For the wells that Nature digs
Are below the line of change,
Deep, deep below.
Natures wells are never dry.
When the August sun is blazing high
They are deep and cool, they are cool and deep.
And in rocky cisterns moisture keep
For the tiniest seeds that sleep,
For the roots of mighty trees,
For the thirsty lips that know
Natures wells are far below
The line of change.
Ny lifeis wells lie far below.
Far below the line of frost and snow:
Safely hid within my home they lie,
Deep and still and sweet beneath Loves sky.
Frost and heat and wind pass by;
Life has drought and frost outside,
But the household wells still flow
Clear and sweet and far below
The line of change.
For homes wells are never dry.
Outside oft the conflict wake high.
And a bitter drought is on the strife:
Or a frost ties fast the hopes of life;
Then, at home, by side of child and wife,
Are the wC.lS that never fail,
Are the household wells that flow
Sweet and deep and clear, below
The line of change.
-I{a,pcr'S Weekly.
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YentrilOquism.

Some time since the Detroit Free Pres
contained a short article on "Vcntrilo-
quist IIumbug," in which the statement
was made by an expert that vcntriloquism
is very largely Il humbug; that the de-
ception is largely accomplished by merely
lowering the voice, and that no man is
so skiIlful that he can get along without
a screening mustache. 4. London eng
land) correspondent differs from this en-
pert. He writes:
Pure vcntriloquism is not done by
merely lowering the voice. And rs for
a man not being able to ''gct on" with
out Il mustache, that is absurd.
l can "gct on without II mustachc, in
fact, for obvious reasons. am Obliged to-.
He must be u poor ventriloquist, indeed,
that cannot get on" without a mustachc.
l have practiccd the art-which it is
for the past six years, and | will defy
anyone, experts included, to see any
movement of my mouth, though they
may be within an arms length OF nc.
Nine out Of ten so-called vcn~triloquists
are not vcntriloquists at all, but what
arc termed %colloqlists. The act OF COLO
quism consists ofmcrcly loweringthc voice
and twisting the mouth aside. \ mus
tachc would aid the colloquist, it would
hide the distortion of the mouth. always
more or less visible.
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On Stills,

The chief external characteristic of the
French Basques is the extraordinary skill
with which they walk on stills. This
hereditary accomplishment has been
forced upon them, so to speak, by the
nature of the country they inhabit-a
waste of shifting sands. intcrsccted by
runlets of water that produce admirable
pasturage, but in places occasion very
dangerous increases. The Basques, used
from infancy to make their way through
drift and quagmire, seem sometimes to
be actually unawar that they are perchcd
up aloft, like so many storks or herons,
as they tend their sheep or carry home
their oat-shcaves. And the women are,
perhaps, still DETER on their stills than
are the men, who invariably cast off their
wooden props when cudgel play. or a
bargain claims attention, who are, also,
a little uneasy in the presence of strangers.
1t is in marShy districts, where Struggling
lambs and half-wild calves have to be
sought for, or in deep, loose sand, that the
stills find their main employment and
best exhibit the dcxtcrity Of the wearcrs,
who. with the help of an iron-shod pole,
can knit the wooden stockings and night
caps which both sexes are clever i'll max
ing, practice the flute and the binion, and
even, it is said, 60 to sleep for hours.
Nothing more amuscs the people Of
Landes than when a troop of strolling
mo%untebanks, with its two or three dam
sells in spangled muslin, and mounted on
stills, ventures into Basqueland. To see
the saltimbanqucs in gay apparel pain
fully trying 10 do, for money. what the
spectators have done with practiccd ease
since childhood, cvokcs Homeric bursts
of laughter, usually followed b yashowcr
of sous. 1t sometimes happens, in rural
life, hat the stills act as safeguards.
For the fondrieres. as the French call
them-"funda" is the Spanish word en-
ployed by the small, dark people of the
land-arc quicksands as perilous to pass
as anv between Avranchcs and St.
Michael's Mount, and the sinking over
deep of the ashen prop is a warning that
has saved many a hcrdsman's life, when
an i]ncautious foot would have been held
forever in the grip of the tenacious mire
below. The list of annual victims by
such accidents is almost wholly made up
of travelling thinkers, chapmen, knife
grinders, and especially GLACIERS, or
plumbers in quest Of a job.--AN Tile Year
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Osman Digna's Career.

With reference to the early life OF
Osman Digna, the Suakim correspondent
of the London Times writes that he was
originally a broker and trader, and prln-
cipally a slave trader. in Suakim and
Jcddah, where he received Il severe
financial blow when, some six years ago,
Il British cruiser captured two slave
dhows full of victims, on the way to
Jeddah. Osman Digna's trade then fell
from bad to worse, his house property
in Suakim was all mortgaged, and ne
became hopeIessly involved. Being OF
no great distinction by birth, his sclcc-
ton by the Mahdi to lead Il religious re-
bellion is attributed to the accident that
Osman Digna, in one of his incnrsions
far south for slaves, met the Mahdi, vino
formed Il high estimate of his ability and
of his influence, acquired through sue
cessful trading. If this history be trust
worthy, passions for other objects than
holiness are the key note of Osman
Dicna's character and motives, and 1t IS
against all probability that he will cast
his goods and his position into the broken
balance of battle. He is no ignorant
fanatic, and he caunot himself believe
the myths which he multiplics in order
to control his followers.
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B0hemianS in Literature.

G. NJ. Grummond says in the st. Louis
.Mgazine: Literature is rich with the
work of Bohemians, some of whom are
famous. But it vas not until literature
became a profession that Bohemianism
became a guild. Sir Richard Steele was a
perfect specimen of The literary Bohemian.
oliver Goldsmith was of the fair fratcr-
nifty, but Samuel Johnson, Alexander
Pope and icy Joseph Addison, were de-
cidcdly not. They were literary, but
had not the divine contempt for the
morrow that marks the Bohemian.
Charles Lamb was perhaps not a b.
hemian IN the extreme meaning of the
word, but by all sympathy he was justly
so. Then we have Alfred de Musset,
Gerard de Nerval, Privat d. Anglcmont,
Leopold Robert and Gavarni; Steele,
Fielding, Thackcry and Ben Jonson-
all, all were Bohemians. So was old
Chaucer, also, and Marlowc, Sucking,
Hcrrick, Gay and the divine Shake.
speare.
Of the latter day Bohemians, there are
those whose history would fill volumes
and whose names are legion. Poor, dead
and gone, Harry Clapp, in his day was
the "King of Bohcmians." lie died in
New York, when he was counted among
the foremost journalists of his period.
lie handled one Of the most saucy and
fearless pens of any of the old school of
Bohcmians that used to congregatc at
Pfaaf's, on Broadway. Harry made
Pfaaff wealthy, although he himself died
poor. Clapp used to lunch there, and
one day the coffee and eggs so impressed
the famous Bohemian, that he then and
there, wrote about a column puff Of the
c~aravansary, but, although a puff, it was
in Clapp's best style, and lie could make
the rankcst kind Of Il puff so witty and
interesting, that it would be acceptable
to any journal. lIarry's dissertation on
coffee, and the articles that some of the
other Bohemian journalists wrote, made
Pfaff famous, and he became rich. And
now nothing is too good for a. genuine
member Of the guild there.
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HUMOR OF HI DAY.
Two for scent-The nostrils.

Two for scent-The n~ostrls.
A trim person-The milliner.
The best hand to hold in the game of
life is that of your best girl Waterloo
Observer.
A new book is entitled "What Can a
Woman Do2 An answer to the question
can be found by asking most any bald
headed man.-Maruth0m Independent.
a Queen City girl eating souse,
Caught a glimpse of a beautiful mouse,
When the note that she reached,
AS she stood up and screeched,
Would have drawn q $4,000 house.
"Is your wife acquainted with the dead
languages" asked the professor OF a New
man man. "Maybe she is, twas the reply,
''but the language she uses is entirely too
warm to have been dead very long,
Mlwaukee Sentinel.
"What do you learn from the parable
of the wise and foolish virginsf" was
asked in q Texas Sunday-school. "That
we must watch every hour for the bride
groom,"a blushing Galveston girl re-
plied.- GalrestOn Neus.
Cooked potatoes" says the american
Farmer, ''are eaten greedily by hogs"
Right YOU arc. We have seen a hog at q
hotel take the last one out of the dish be-
fore any human being at the table had a
bite.-Burlington Hackeye.
"You see this passage is marked f."
said the teacher: esp means forte, and
it means to sing it louder" ''Forty
means louder, does it 2" asked the pupil.
Eyes" "Then when its marked forty it
should be sung like ixty."-Derric6.
II belong to one of the first families OF
the city," said a Boosting youth. yes, "
was the reply of his tailor. ''Your family, l
have been informed, is always the first in
asking credit when Il new storekeeper
starts in your neighborhood. - Chicago
Sun
Some French scientist announcesthat a
bee can pull thirty times as much as q
horse in proportion to its size. A bee,
no doubt, can pull q good deal when it
feels like pulling, but it is probably moro
at home and less embarrassed when push
ing.-PAiladelphia Call.
The ladies who live on Capitol hill,
Washington, have chosen Monday for re-
ception day. 1t is not stated, but they
probably do their washing one day later
in the week. Some society ladies must
resort to strange expedients to keep up
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
A young Alexandria miss
Was asked by her beau for a kiss,
Demurely% contented
She sweetly assented,
And their lips looked exactly like this:
Washington Hatchet.
But her pa interrupted the bliss,
And said: "Who's this young Teller, missf'
And without more ado
The young fellow flew,
And his eyes looked exactly this:
Evansville Argus.
Way down in despair's black abyss,
Sank the heart Of the youth, when a Mss
From the parent so grim,
Sent the dog after him,
And the place the brute bit was like this:
!
Carl PretzeL
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PARTING.

Weep not that we must part:
Paintings are short; eternity is long;
Life is but one brief stage,
And they that say love ends with life are
wrong.
List to thine Owl hearts cry
Love cannot die.
What though so far away?
Thy thoughts are still with me, and with thee
mine,
And absence has no power
To lessen what by nature is divine.
List to thine own hearts cry
Love cannot die.
Then grieve no more, my love;
Grieving but shows thy trust in me is small.
Faith is by calmness proved,
For know this truth-thou canst not love at
Unless thine own heart cry
Love cannot die.
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A New Insect.

"Thcrc," said Mr.. Jones, owe found
Il new specimen of an insect. AS soon as
| have examined it | shall present it tt
the learned society with which,
"WcIl, | think not, Mr.. Jones" broke in
his wife, who was looking with much
interest at the new specimen. ~ paid
$50 for that insect, rs you call it, last
week to wear on my new bonnet, and it
must have dropped off when | came in;
1t belongs to the genus milliner", and
couldn't be any dealer if it had been
baked for 4 century. Science will have
to ret on without it; it's already classi-
EnJ
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That Tired FeeHn(

Everybody Knows what ''thattirsd fsslIns"h. hAf'
aicts the human family whsn the vsathsr grows
warmer in tho spring and early summer. Just a. Nature,
refreshed from her long winters rsst. IL preparing W
display hersslf in new beauty and power. The contrast
between tho changing season and tho condition Of the
body at this time makes one feel ersn more tired,
Respondent and miserable. The refreshing. te1iax
and iuyisorstins influences for which the systsm ap-
pesls will DO found In Hoods Ssrssparills. tbs rsliss!s
tonic and blood purifier.
G, W. MANLY. Canton, O., says: II have used
Hoods sarsaparills, and hnd II all you advertise It fol.
and I oheerfully recommend It to persons who ss IN
ws,k ~ a oood blood puriHef
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Hoods ~sarsaparUHa

~ could not sleep. and would got up In the morning
With h.rd!y life enough to got ont Of bod. I had no
appetite. and my faes would break oat with pimp!es.
I bough BIT = bottle Of Hoods sarsapaHlls, and soon y.
gan to sleep scundg: could get mp without that tIed
and lansuid feeling. and my appetite impro7ed."-E
A. SANFORD. Kent, O..
Every spring / take Hoods sarssparills, and know
nothing of that terrible languor 20 prevalent At that
season Of the year. j. n, CARTI1, Boston.
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Tho children nssd tbs aid Of . reliable
Gina As much a. adults. The warm weathl
than an squauy depressing effect. which slly
tons and hard stud, st school sggravate, NAL
nervous. cross and fretial. Pimples or
humors srs apt 70 manifest themselves. addinsS
fer. TO depression. Hoods Ssrsaparills has IN
sands Of cases proved Z hoonsnd blessing 70 sonc
children, e1pslling 81 trace Of serofula mtneo 'ooer
tor,r, m ths body and irving to tho digestive organs
healthy action. Ll
Me. J, N. KxroHux. Of Barre. VT. says'thss Ms
bo, had several very ugly scrotulous sores on his iss-
Hoods Ssrsaparills cured him. Mr.. kstenum s"~
daily recommeuds the medicine.
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Calf and other skins are made to re-
semble very closely alligator skins by a
very ingenious process. A photograph
having been made of a genuine alligator
hide, a copy of it is produced in bichro-
mated gelatine, which gives in relief all
the curious markings, and from this
latter relief representation a metal die is
readily executed. This die is pressed
heavily on the cheap leather, with the
result of making it look so like the leather
manufactured from the skin of the alll-
gator as to deceive experts unless it is
handled and examined. Any suitable
stain can be impaired to the fictitious
product.
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The Reign Of Three Sovereigns.

Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil, has
reigned longer than Emperor William, al.
though he will be only ffty-nine years old
in April. But he assembled the throne
when he was six years old, while Emperor
William did not get his crown until ne
was ffty.two. The good Dom Pedro has
reigned ffty-three years. o. longer than
any other living sovereign. Queen Vic
toria will complete the fort~y-seventh year
of her reign on June 20.
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One of the greatest evils known in the
family circle is the disrespect so fire.
u%ucntly shown between members, one to
another, in speech, action and dress. The
eruff eyes" or emo" of husband or
wife, in answer to a pleasant query, leads
to unpleasant consequences, and pegets a
cold, calculating style of address on
either side, which DON or later is
adopted by the younger members, and
the love and affection which should
dwell within is dispelled like dew before
the morning sun.
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Something Around Her.

"There Frances, you've caught another
cold, and I'll warrant you you caught 1t
when you were out walking with Joe last
night"
7sOh no, mother! I couldn't have
caught it then, cause we didn't 60 fast
enough to catch anything, in fact, we
Just set down on the stile and studied
astronomy
"And did you have anything around
you, my dear?'
ooh, yes, indeed l did! Joe's always
particular about that; he won't allow
me to sit down anywhere in the evening
air without putting something around
me e. onkers Gazette
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The manufacture of needles and pins
constitutes one of the most Aourishing
industries in Germany. The eight manu-.
factories of Iserlohn alone consumed, in
1882, no less than 900 tons of wire, en-
ploying also a working force of some
500 male and 700 female and juvenile
operatives, besides seven steam engines
and four water-wheels of $50 horse
power.
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Isn't it curious to think that the same
citizen who may be heard on club nights
believing forth the ~bacchanalian ditty,
Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl" can
softly Groom his youngest to sleep with
the seductive melody, Hush, My Babe,
Lie Still ana Slumber 2"-Burlington Free
presa.
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Experience of the past teaches us that
that man does not a good work, but an
evil work, who endcavors to force his
formed opinions upon the formed opin-
ions of Others. All we can do is to set
before men who differ from US the princi:
piles on which we form our opinions, and
let them Judge upon the premises formed,
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