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Bee.IIunsina in Australia.

In Australia, the native adopts very
peculiar plan for discovering wild honey.
He knows that bees never wander very fai
from home, seldom more than two miles;
and he also knows that when bee is laden
with honey it makes, as nearly as possible,
straight line for home. All that is neces-
sary, then, is to find bee that is we'll laden
and follow it. But that is more easily said
than done. Any boy who has tried to fol-
low the big and gay-colored bumble-bee to
It's nest knows how great a task 1t is. But
that is nero trife to following the sober
little honey-bee. which can be lost, like q
dream, against gray-colored hillside.
In order to BIO followed, the bee must
aaye distinguishing mark that can be
EASILY seen, and with such badge, the
Australian provides 1t. He gums small
tuft of white cotton to the bees back, and
thus follows il with comparative ease.
But the question now comes up, how
the cotton to be put upon the bees back /?
The gum is quickly found-it is on almost
any tree; the cotton grows right at hand.
The bee, too, is found in almost any sweet
flower, buried head first in the dusty pollen,
drinking in the nectar and showing quite
plainly whether its honey-sac is full or
empty. It moves little in its eager haste
70 secure the delicious liquid, but perhaps
luick dab will fasten the cotton on its back.
Do not try 1t. As the little boy told his
mother, the bee is o very ''quick kicker"
Watch the Australian. land he very
stupid fellow, too, in most things. He fills
his mouth with water, has his snowy tuft Of
cotton ready gummed, finds his bee, gently
drenches 1t with water spurted from his
mouth, picks it up while il is still indig-
nantly shaking itself free from the water
which clogs its wings, and with a dexteious
touch he affixes in instant the tell-tale cot
ton.
Very much out Of patience, no doubt,
with the sudden and unexpected rain-storm,
he bee rubs OF the tiny drops from il
wings, tries them, rubs again, and soon
buzz buzz AWAY It goes, unconsoiously
leading destruction and pillage to its happy
home -" Honey Hunting" By John r.
Cofye:l, IN SO. Nicholas.
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An ObIan L.esaon.

Papa, how do nations get into war will
each other ?" asked Tommy Seasonby.
Sometimes one way, sometimes another,
said the father. Now, there are Germany
and Spain-they came near getting into wal
because Spanish mob took down the Ger.
nan flag"
No, my dear," pu. in Mrs. seasonby,
that wasn't the reason"
But" my darling" said Mr.. Seasonby,
don't you suppose know You are mis-
aiken. That was the cause"
No, dearie, you are mistaken. II was
because the Germans"
Mrs. Seasonby, say 1t was because"
" Peleg, you know better. You ore only
trying to-"
Madam, don't understand that your
opinion was asked in this matter, anyway ?"
:. Well, don't want my boy instructed
by an old ignoramus.
" See here, You impudent--"
:" Put down your cane, you old brute.
Don't you dare bristle up to me. or III send
This rolling-pin at your head, you old
{" Never mind" interrupted Tommy, ~
guess know how wars begin. p Chicago
Neios.
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Re.ss .nsr,s tssniu..

IT is the trite saying Of certain school Of
takers that a woman has no inventive facul-
ty. Here Is story which shows one woman
had too much. Sir Henry Bessemer, the
steel process inventor, first made his mark
by deyising stamp that could not be used
twice. The English Government made him
Superintendent Of Stampa, at good salary,
and he called on his betrothed to inform her
that they could get married soon. His in
vention consisted Of die that punched 400
holes in the paper to be stamped and the
Young lady suggested that It would be much
simpler to make a stamp that contained NOV
able dates. He set to work and devised
one which the government adopted and
which cost him the position that had just
been created for him. He had himself rem
dered 1t unnecessary.
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THE LADY CLERKS IN WASHINGTON.
why They Hardly Ever &c, Married.

why They Hardy EVER Gct mnrFieu'
"She is a nice looking girl, very nice
looking girl" and the speaker threw his
head ON one side and assumed the gravely
reflective air of connoisseur. She wore
dainty summer dress, and looked as femi-
nine and sweet as q young, happy girl can
look.
" There are good many pretty girls en-
ployed in this department, we observed.
" Yes, there nre," was the rather brief
answer.
81 suppose they all marry and leave
yon?n
+" Indeed they DON'T" replied the wntch-
man. II is very seldom any OF them get
married."
Why, how is that p asked the Star
man, with great interest.
II don't know that can explain It," was
The response, " but at any rate that is the
fact, as far as my observation goes. have
been in the Government employment for
thirteen or fourteen years, and don't recol-
lect In oil that time of more than four or
Eve of the indies employed in this depart
ment getting married. You evidently think
that because that young lady is pretty that
she will be married, but in Government
department the fair and plain feem to have
about the same fate"
" Why aren't they married p persisted
the listener. They have opportunities.
They are thrown continually in contact with
men, and you know that department clerks
get married, and they seldom marry rich
wives"
As told you" answered the watch
man, don't know the reason why, but
know the fact, because it is the result OF my
own personal observation. When the clerks
marry they choose wife outside OF the de-
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THE RUBBING REMEDY.


] have been through one OF tho most ex-
traordinary experiences Of my life-I have
been to the st. Louis Massage Institute
md been massaged.n Massage is a method
of machinery by which they cure or pro-
pose to cure rheumatism, neuralgia. paraly-
sis, dyspepsia, liver complaint aud few
other of the diseases flesh is heir to- had
nothing in the world the matter with me
but, nevertheless, when walked into the
Institute asked d.. Moore to " massage"
me, or have me massaged, just for the fun
Of it. You would not wonder that stipu-
lated just for the fun of it, )" had you look
ed about that long hall, we'll warmed and
lighted, and dotted here and there with
strange-looking engines or mechanical APP
paratus. AT one woman in Mother Hub
bard wrapper was sitting with her arm in a
leather sling, and by steam power the sling
was jerking her arm up and down and all
about, as if she had st. vitus dance. An
other woman's foot was undergoing the same
method, md ], too, went in for q good
massaging.
DIR. Moore put my arm in the leather
sling, slipped the wheel belt over the mn
chine wheel things began to whir and rat
tie, and like the little old woman in Moth
or Goose" began to shiyer and began
to shake. The doctor first placed my fin
ger-tips in the belt, then my hand, next the
wrist, and slipped my arm along until every
part of il had been we'll shaken up. Then
we went to another machine. placed my
foot in an iron slipper that Immediately
gripped it and set up such shaking and
vibrating thought my toes would come off
or my ankle be dislocated. This zemarka-
BILE method was next applied to the calf of
the leg. reclined ON couch, put my leg
in sling, and had the life half shook out
of me- The next process is to lie fiat on the
face, on leather lounge, the centre of
which is o hole, around which stirs wood
en- thing like potato masher. You lie fiat
and let this masher rumble around, rubbing
your stomachat great rate this is for
dyspepsia and indigestion; turn on your
side and you are cured of liver complaint.
The browning cure-all is reached when you
have the universal rubbing machine applied
to you. This ia a small box like carpet
sweeping machine attached to the general
motive power, like the mechanical telephone
ear, by rubber tube
You again lie fat on a couch, and the at
tenlant passes the universal rubber up and
down your back, on arms, shoulders, side,
legs covers, in fact, your entire anatomy.
The process is similar to the 'speelng of
process of the Turkish bath the sensation
similar to good hard rubbing by strong
and determined human hand, and, in fact,
the system of remedy, preventive and cure
is that of pressure combined with friction
and applied to the body. You arise sooth-
ed and refreshed. The large hall WIS full
of patients, and long line OF carriages
drawn mp ut the door indicated the help
lessness of the ladies, rs we'll rs their finan-
cial ability to combat with rheumatism, pen
paralysis, &C., NC. Many of these poor
Indies were mere bundles OF contorted fig.
urea, twisted and deformed by diseases. -
st. gossis Letter 70 Ne,o Orlodns Picagune.
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HOW THEY LIVE IN SANTA FEE.


Santa Fe, the capital Of New Mexico, il
on the river of the same name, which, al
though this is the rainy season, is now quit,
dry. On all sides of the city are mountains
either towering up near at hand or in the
distance, blue and hazy. Il is 1000 feet
above the sen, and the mir is SO pure that
the very act of breathing is a delight. On
first coming here people say, What q love-
ly morningl" But this soon grows monoto-
nous, for nearly all the morning are lovely.
There has been but one real rainy day this
season, and great treat it was. The sun
shines with q brightness that those who have
always lived here cannot appreciate. But
people coming to Santa Fe from much lower
attitudes generally have to become acclimat-
cd before they feel very we'll. little boy
whose parents have moved here from Wash
ington, and who had no doubt heard good
deal about the elevation of the place, said
to neighbor the other day that his mother
was g very sick,n for she had bad attack
Of high altitude" This illustrates the fact
that strangers here, when they do not feel
as we'll as common, always attribute IL to
the altitude. 1t affects people in various
ways. Some cannot breathe at oil here.
Others, after few weeks Of putting, get
used to the air, and have no further diff
Guilty; while others still do not notice the
change. Judge Flenming, the newly APP
pointed Associate Justice Of the Territory,
says he cannot appreciate any difference be.
tween the air here and that in Kentucky.
Some people cannot sleep in this altitude
they say the air is too exciting. Chief JUS
tice Vincent sas q that his brother, perfectly
we'll and strong man, was obliged to leave
Santa Fe because he could not get any sleep
here. Others want to sleep all the twenty.
four hours It requires an absolute effort
tor them to keep awake.
The climate is said to be sure cure for
throat and lung troubles, II the patient
comes in time, and many advanced cases
have been cured. People with diseaaes
common in the East often receive great
benefit here. But there is rheumatism in
Santa Fe, and once in about seven years the
smallpox RACES, though the latter is chiefly
confined to the poorer Mexicans, who live
In filth and rags.
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POETRY.

True Kinship.
Is true kinship matter OF birth,
A component part OF muscle and bone?
or Is IL above the bondage or earth,
spirit untrammeled, q kingdom alone.
May we not live in the presence for years
OF those whose bodies are close to our own,
Who stu are as strange to our feelings or fean
As we were living alone?
Foreign they are TO all In our hearts;
Foreign TO want and TO need;
Alien to life, in all OF its parts;
Allen TO thought and TO deed.
Like breath OF cold, wlntry air.
They touch US with tension and pain,
They freeze the souls now'rets there,
They soil our pure motives with stain.
aid others may come, strangers, unknown,
That sway Us with unspoken grace,
Whose spirit and gesture and tone
Reveal the real kinship Of race.
From the spring on the height streamiets divida
Some to the east and some TO the west,
Whilst all on their mission peacefully glide,
As each Ia Itself deemeth best
There's q klnship thar passeth the earth,
That soareth above the portals or clay,
The seat-esn1rsdl I. ns;zip OF wortA.
That psaateth IL, feet In one chosen way.
--Eifa Dars
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Hew wAalIns sAlp. wIa.er In ,he Are.Ie.

How Whaling ships Winter In the Arctic.
In the fall, just before it gets so cold that
the ice forms, the ships huddle together,
and each puts down two anchors, one OF the
bow and one at the stern, and these hold
Them from striking against the shore or one
another until the ice forms around them
and freezes them in solidly. Then the
anchors and rudders are taken up, and,
with lumber which they have brought from
home, the whalers build substantial house
over the ship. Then they get the Eskimo
to build sort Of snow house over the wood
en- house and, so, with all this covering TO
protect them, they manage to keep warm
and comfortable with very little fire, how
eyer cold IL may be ort-of-doors. Some
times they put in double windows, the in
side ones of glass, rs usual, and the out.
aide ones being made Of slabs of ice, like
the curious windows Of the igloos. The
white men do not live in these temporary
houses built on tops Of the ships, but in the
cabin and forecastle, just % II they were
cruising out to sea. The house is simply
put over the ship to keep the real places
warm, and right well il does it's work. This
" house" however, is very useful as place
for taking exercise, for ship-carpentering
work. and for any small jobs that BIO neces
'ary. The Eskimo also congregate there
especially about meal-time when generous
whalers treat them with sea-bread and weal
.ea sweetened with molasses. -" Children
efthe Cold," By Lieut.. FREDERICK Sch,OItka,
IN 80. Nicholas.
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A nToney.presser.

There is man who makes his living IN
New York by his manipulation of old coin.
He buys the plugged silverlpieces and chip.
ped copper coins that are dropped into the
gate boxes along the elevated railroad, and
fixes the money up so that II will pass again.
Now and then he comes across rare coin
worth many times its face value. He calls
himself " Money-dresser."
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IInd Moi Reen There.

Traveller" Why is the fare SO much
more from Chicago to New York than from
Now York to Chicago?" Ticket Agent
" Ever been to Chicago?n Traveller" No"
Ticket Agent" Well, you will find II d
worth twice az much to get away as it Is y
60 there. life.
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LANDING A SALMON.



One Of the most inveterate sportsmen Of
ny acquaintance is Mr.. W. E. Skillings, Of
Bethel. He has tried all the good shooting
md fishing grounds north and south in this
country, has camped in the forests of Cana
da, and had the run of the best hunting and
fishing preserves in Europe. He has ridden
after the fox with English noblemen in their
parks and angled in the romantic lakes Of
Switzerland.
To illustrate fishermans luck" said
Mr. Shillings, ~ will tell you an incident
that happened while our party was fishing
for those big salmon at Metapediac, in New
Brunswick, not long ago. One of our party
was greenhorn who had never caught o
salmon in his life. We sent him up on a
beach and told him to cast his fly in the
pool there while we went out in our canoes.
At supper time he had not returned and we
were much worried about him. We had
decided TO start after him when he marched
into the camp with forty-two-pound sal
mon hung on stick over his shoulder, the
fslfs tail dragging on the floor. It was the
biggest salmon ever saw. How did you
get him p we demanded, excitedly. He
said he was casting from the beach when he
thought his line had become tangled in q
snag. Soon this snag leaped out of the
water. IL was a forty-two-pound salmon.
/ rnced him up and down the beach, half
a mile, for six hours, said he. Well, but
how in the world did you land him p we
asked, excitedly. He had no gatf and no
one to help him. Well said he l notic-
ed along toward night that the fish acted
tired. drew him rs near the shore MS
could, made my line fast to q sapling wad-
ed into the water, took the fish in my nrms
and tossed him up on the bank The
most novel why of catching salmon eve
heard. OF course, il the big fish Ind not
been about dead he could not have landed
him In this way.
. But the curious part of the story is yet
to come. One Of our party Ind struck a
big fish in pond a day or two previous.
Examining the salmon's mouth he found his
fly and broken hook in It, Science hid lost
The big fiah and luck had taken himn
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Escaping From a Lover.
youths Companion.


Mrs. Barbauld, upon whose Early Les.
sons and Hymns in Prose- our grand
mother was brought up, once jumper up q
tree escape too-persistent wooer. When
a girl, she was noted for her lively spirit and
bodily activity, She could climb aud jump
as we'll as the boys Of her fathers schoc,.
Her gymnastic feats and the roses on hes
cheeks made deep impression upon a rich
farmer. He called upon her father, DR.. Aiken,
and begged him to consent that that the
youthful Letitia-she was bat fiteen-uight
become farmers bride.
Go and ask her yourself" answered the
doctor, pointing to the young lady, who was
walking in the garden. He went, pleaded
his case, and was refused. He demonstrated,
urged, and became so importunate that Lett
tia climbed up tree by the gar len-wall,
dropped into the lane, and left her sutton,
astonished at her singular way of running
from q lover.
The disappointed man lived and died q
bachelor. He wac not a reading man, and
was never known TO purchase any book but
THE Works of Mrs. Barbauld," which, ele
gantly bound, adorned his psrlor during his
life.
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lust Close Enough.
Have a close shave. sIrr

NO. thanks. not very close. At least not quiTs
so close as the last Presidential election"
Your correspondent had just ensccnced hinssi
iuxuriously in chair in the neat barber SHOP
No. 1919 Morgan street, st. Louis and was sinking
into dreams, when the above question and the
necessary answer broke the spell.
THAT election did 60 away down 10 the Skin
sir, ana no mistake" said Barber Bogles gently
rubbing the creamy iather through the tough
stubble on my chin; 81 had half q notion 70 pu'a
sign. election shaves.' outside of the door, ouI
concluded not to-
ITO change the subject" So II J. II someecS
would invent an Arrangement which would re,
heve barber from the fstigue OF s'Anui s -
make him as comfortable as the man nc - sna
ing, what blessing II would be 70 Tie pS0'ssso''
wouldn't it?' .,,os A..
'I don't ask nor expect that repn ,ss,, NJ =,
Bowles but not long ago hsa rneunsusn ~
my back, and then standing up 81 lne IL fraw
hour was to ugh work. In iact 4 nalu.y 49,,
what should do. LinimenDE On, sS. ..oA
those things in all their varieties. anu p.zsss,
too BIZ the dozen. Good? did you say. w, ny
trcc BILE was too deep for them. ph ,r,sev q,
Mr. f. G. parnitz. % MastorooS, rsnc,ns PIss.
this city. recommended Bersons ospcine ~
ters All tight. says L in try them. and 50 d.
Help me- Well should say they oio. cspsna
on 4 there IA something scientec aoout NY
things. They quieted the pain MaIneo IA 2 49, 49,
most pleasantly. and in q snort I'M ..1e 49, :, :,
tic and strong as ever. venture 20 ~ .nAe %
other external remedy on earth can comrtle Win
them eumatism has got 20 go when benson
plassers exc around cay rums ies su'
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Hl3fEE.psCre-~-
and rub it over the top of the cake it will
penetrate the cake, and will give very deli
cate flavor. Loss may be gain If you wish to
flavor the cake with vanilla, for less of this
extract will answer, and vanilla favor is to a
great extent destroyed in baking or boiling.
How many times in the year the mistress
of the house needs to be reminded of the ad.
monitlon of a wise woman: "Drive your
work but do not let your work drive You"
That is, plan it all out, SO that each days
work will clear something from your way.
Do not let work accumulate until you live
under a weight OF uneasiness and of hurry,
which is destructive OF comfort. Deliberate
and calm thought will help you. A strong
belief in future will help you-that Is, on
a cold day not allow yourself to belive that
the boys will not need cotton blouses in
July and August, or that you can get along
without any summer clothes. And, on the
other hand, cherish the thought that it is of
consequence that the woollen stockings and
wrappers are laid away clean and whole for
use N a coming December. There are women
who need to be reminded that to-day is not
all of time
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tender CT that the 7. VIC. has ill1trated in ii >
tine al forms Ut govrrnmsnr. TneOiigarchy,
the Monarchy absolute aud limited, the
spproximaie Republic have az vario1s
times served to point moral to OR historic
studies and have enabled as TO see in this
little world, our club. the reflection Of all
doctrines of Statecraft. So remarkable has
been the equipoise preserved in general by
/. w. @. that more than once has been illus.
trated here that fairness and impsrtiality
which prominently distinguishes our
present happy administration; q degree of
fairness which renders il more impossible
to guess who is the Prime Minister, who are
the secret counselors OF our chief
constitute the Cabinet of the next National
President.
Such in sight as can apply to our club as
II is reveals TO nae youth and maturity, radi-
Gals and reactionisfs, devotees and investi-
gators, loquacity and silence, action and
meditation, wisdom and wit grace and dig
nifty, judgment and sympathy, sense and
sentiment, meeting in such just proportion as
TO make that intermingling of contradic tons,
whose end is the only perfect harmony; that
golden mean where temperate methods
reach judicous conclusions, that happy
average of extremes extolled by ancients, de-
SPARED of by mcderns and first attained, il
my historical knowledge be not at fault, by
the l. w. @.
To such in sight az can apply the /. w.
c. reveals itself as a tense whereby are TO-
cussed upon problems of permanent interest,
illuminating rays from seventy-6ve distinct
soul centers; it is in turn spectros,ope by
whose aid the studious observer Is en-
abled to learn the elemental
nature, the scope, the color, the boundaries
OF each separate ray and of its respective
source. To such insight ss 1 can apply, it
is for Us all the center of some OF our most
helpful friendships; the conserver of our in
tellectual respect for our SEX the witness to
woman's capacity to instruct, TO entertain
and 10 enjoy women.
With these convictions as to what /. w. G.
is IN its composition, its essence and its
service, can / not indeed dismiss its past
without regret, await its future without
haste and without fear, trusting that future
TO be only this present. rounded, strength
ened and matured?
With this insight can not assert that ii is
the present just as / know it which holds
my confidence, my respect, my loyal love?
that it is the present /. w. @. which COM
mands my devotion.