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INTERESTING FROGS.

A Amusine Episode CT the french and
Indian wa- In 155s-
Boys are perennially interested in
hogs-boys and snakes and natural
lists.
Boys usually make their observations
by means of triple hook and piece
of red flannel, bns a boy in Connecti-
cnt, known to the writer, took twenty
eight one day with his bare hands
Connecticut is fine state for frogs
There at old Windham was fought the
famous Battle OF the Frogs"
1t was during the French and Indian
war in l75s. Windham was then the
most important frontier town of east
ern Connecticut Col. Dyer, prom
inent citizen. was raising an army to
oppose tho Indians at Crown Point
The town was alive with excitement.
Ono very dark night the people were
awakened by strange sounds. and At once
thought the Indians were upon them.
Selling guns, swords and axes. the men
rushed out to meet the enemy. But no
enemy was to be seen Still they felt
force of French and Indians must be
at hand, for hoarse voices could be
heard calling for Windham's prominent
military leaders
'.Col. Dyer and Elderlzin. tooF' ''Col.
Dyer and ElderlSin, too.''
The town was up all night When
day broke the mystery was accidental
II solved. A mile away from the vii
lagc lay big marshy pond inhabited
by myriads of frogs. A drought had
nearly dried up the water. reducing it
to tiny streamlet, and for this scam
ty supply the poor thirsty creatures
had fought each other. until thousands
lay dead on either side of the rill.
This battle made Windham famouA
For years the inhabitants felt badly
teased and insulted by its mention.
Now, however, the story is no longer q
Joke but priced tradition.
Snakes are as fond of frogs as the
traditional Frcnchman who esteemed
them delicacy. A frog has often
been found swallowed whole and alive
In slaughtered snake. One snake
known to a friend of the chronicler
Jared badly enough BY his greed for
his favorite dainty. He swallowed one
frog and then started to crawl through
crerice in a stone wall. Before he
had dragged through his entire length
be espied another plump little fellow
and took him in. whereupon he found
found himself securely fastened down
under the stones, unable to move
either way. and WAS dispatched BY the
spectator
Nafuralists consider the frog a very
interesting fellow and other obseryant
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with warn spray turned upon your
head and anointed with cool, soapy.
scented things out of bottles. There
is more hot spray. more amounting.
still another spray. growing cooler and
cold. Then the hair is dried as well as
one towel will do it, which is not much,
as ii is the latest theory that rubbing
pulls out the hair.
You then sit in front of large tube
with lamp at the lower end of it,
curious arrangement for drying by hot
air. And the while this warm wave
rushes by you the GIRLS manipulating
the hair-not rubbing it, but lifting
and separating it in q gentle massage,
and you grow deliciously drowsy. until
you need cup Of chocolate or some
thing more exhilarating to bring You
back to the subject of waves
This treatment leaves every hair
light and individual, and the slight
waving gives the mass not compact
ness, but depth and mystery and a
decorative quality unknown to the
coiffures of the fashion plates This
aureole quality, this natural human
look of the hair. is well shown in the
beautiful portrait Of Countess Potocki.
Such well kept hair, IL arranged in
the mode by a hair dresser who re-
spected its texture and living beauty,
would not lose its decorative quality.
SID "bang' would never be needed
TO soften the outlineof the forehead.
Frequently in some conditions of the
body the entire pilose growth will be
each hair seeming to be of different
length, the roughness and bristling
extending throughout the whole mass
of tresses- In these cases no treat
ment seems efiicacious to eliminate the
forked tongue feature excepting rig
orous and systematic singeing.
The troublesome looks arc uncoiled,
and coarse comb is swiftly passed
through them. Then the hair is taken
in strands, beginning at the crown.
Each strand, in turn, is twisted as
tightly as ii can be. over ard over. and
held ont stiff and straight from the
head The surface of the twist is then
roughed up lightly with the comb un-
til the forked ends stand out all over
it. Then lighted taper is passed up
and down the twist until the outstand-
Ing ends are burned away.
The entire hair is thus trested.
Generally the scalp is softly irri-
fated with the fingers after the SINCE
ing, and sweet waters applied. followed
by thorough brushing until it lies in
smooth, straight strands, without
single snakes tongue. Thcq 1t is
famed vigorously until perfectly dry.
Cynthia Marlowe, in ST. Louis Re
rrblie
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layer or two around the body, SO that
it win taper up to the waist line.
For the foundation on which the doll
Is to stand cut piece of cardboard in a
circular shape with diameter of three
and half inches
Now cut a piece of fancy fowered silk
with length the height of the doll and
breadth little more than the circum-
ference of the cardboard. Sew the
piece together and then shirr the top
edge to fit around the shoulders. not
the neck. Also gather it in snugly
around the dolls waist and cut two
holes for the arms. leaving enough
cloth TO shirr down like short sleeves.
Cut piece of fine white flannel or
cashmere in the shape of an apron and
fasten it over the front of the silk
gown by means of few concealed
stitches Tie narrow ribbon around
as belt to hide the edge. This apron
is for sticking darning needles and
other coarse needles in.
Fold square of turkey red twill or
scarlet cloth crosswise into shawl shape
and place it over the shoulders of the
doll, securing it there by few hidden
stitches
Now fasten firmly a strong bodkin or
tape runner across the back at the
shoulders. This forms the milk-pail
yoke. From each end of the yoke eus-
pend large spool of white cotton
thread. these representing milk pals.
The handles are made out of the wire,
as in the picture. wound once around
the hands of the doll and attached TO
ribbons which go up and tie at the ends
of the yoke.
Now stand the milkmaid firmly ON
the cardboard, turn in the edge of her
gown to the right length and fasten it
around the entire circle of a row Of
pins placed very close together.
There she stands, all dressed. except
ing her tall hat This hat is made of a
top thimhle- thrust through close
fitting hole in round piece of card
board. leaving enough Of the cardboard
to extend about the head like q hat
brim- The hat may be secured upon
the head by drop or two Of melted
scalingwax, and is to serve as rest"
or holder for your own sewing thimble.
You have good pincushion Of the
milkmaid's stuffed out gown, cushion
for large needles of her apron, a cushion
for fine needles of her bright scarlet
shawl, and a holder for your thimble,
while her pals give you two spools Of
cotton, with the ends concealed, yet
loose enough to be easily found. You
can hang a pair Of scissors on q hook
attached to her belt, but though this
makes of her a very complete needle
woman's friend" it detracts from her
appearance as q milkmaid.- Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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A steamer on Mule Back.

A triumph in engineering is reported
from the mountains of Peru, where a
twin-screw steamer Of $40 tons, ITO
feet long and 80 feet wide has been sue
cessfully launched on Lake Titacaca,
the highest navigablc waters in the
world. more than 1900 feet above the
sea. This steamer, which belongs to
the Peruvian government, and Is to be
used for freight and passenger traffic,
was built on the Clyde, then taken
apart in more than q thousand pieces
and shipped 10 Nollendo by sea 1t
was then carried to Puno by railway
and transported over the mountains on
the backs of llamas and mules and pu.
together by a Scotch engineer.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

SPRINKLE salt over the SCOT on a car.
pet and sweep all up together.
CAlPHoB should not be placed next
to furs as it will make the color lighter.
FEED Gagged birds with lettuce, sor-
rel. plantain and celery top as well as
seed.
II is said that castor oil applied once
day for several weeks will remove
warts
THICK cakes, such as fruit cakes, bak.
ing two or three hours, require very
slow oven.
The luster of morocco may be re-
stored by applying the white of an egg
with a sponge.
SEw a strip of chair webbing two
inches wide tightly on the under side
of rug to prevent it from curling up.
Ak apple kept in the cake box will
Keep moderately rich cake moist if the
apple is renewed when withered.
A TABLE yard or so In size on stout
casters is help when frying food like
griddle cakes, doughnuts or fish. All
the things needed, placed on this
table, can be trundled near the stove,
so saving steps.
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APPLE PLANT LOUISE.

minute insects destroy the eggs. These
are Gonotocerus brunneus Ashmead,
Ms and Cosmocema citripes. From
the lice themselves have reared
similar but smaller parasites as fol-
lows: Pachyneuron micans Howard,
and Lysiphlebus tritici Ashmead, the
former attacking its host while on
grass and the latter while on young
wheat. and there are probably others.
Lady beetles destroy these lice in
great numbers, as also do the larv@ of
Lacewing flies. In many cases when
the lice are swarming on the trees,
small fiat worms or .naggots appear
among them. These maggots are
blunt at one extremity and pointed at
the other, of a greenish white color
with brown backs. They move about
among the lice, feeding on such as
they can reach, and finally transform
to pretty yellow and brown flies,
known as Syrphus flies.
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Almost .. Tough .. Csts.

Next to a cat. there is nothing 80
tough and tenacious of life as q Rocky
mountain burro. and some of the tales
told about this little animal are almost
marvellous. One day. as the express
train was running into Santa Fe, n.
NJ, the engineer spied burro walking
the track. He whistled and slowed up.
but the burro ignored ell signals, and,
in conseq oence, was knocked about
thirty feet ahead Of the train One
hoof still lay on the track. and the en-
gineer, coming to stop, got out with
his fireman to push the carcass into the
ditch Each seized a leg, but before
they could heave the burro scrambled
to his feet, planted q couple of kicks on
the two men. jumped the ditch and
was of. On the next trip the turro
was seen, little stin in one leg, but
otherwise uniniured.
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The Self-Sucking Cow.

The nuisance of having a COW with
this vice is such as to make it almos,
useless, and, unless the COW is a good
one. it would be better to make the
animal into beef than to worry with it.
If the cow. however. is worth kean;nc
In spite of this bad habit, it NAV be
controlled in this way: The head is fit
ted with common headstall. having a
strong ring under the jaws. A strap is
worn by the COW around the body i'm
mediately behind the shoulders. A
ring is fitted on this strap under the
brisket- A stout hickory or oak rod.
having a snap hook at each end. is then
fastened to the rings and passed be.
tween the four legs, so that The Gov,
can feed. but cannot reach her udder
-Farmers' Voice
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WOMAN AND HOME
siNes,na Ihe HAIR.

Til. o.thoiox Mace-a Treatment for
Eoa.h Trrssss-ens-cm of Tipping The
E.cs Every Ncr Moon Is Now Obsolete
-.tasein. In r-zses Vitality Of the Hair
and Ecsives Growth
Various modes of washing and
styles of massage are claimed to BEN
Ell; the hair and cure it Of i'll color
and weak growth; but for forked
ends. snake tongues as some women
call the splitting of the ends of the
hair. there scenns to be now but one
accepted remedy. This Is ''singeing."
To clip the ends every new moon was
the old custom Every woman could
do 1t for herself, and in that act con-
sisted the entire scientific care of the
hair a decade ago. But it never was
very successful: the hair with ten
dency to split went right on splitting.
Singcing generally stops the trouble.
Some of its advocates claim that the
oil, ignorant method of clipp ng left the
little hollow tubes of the hairs open,
while singcing leaves them closed,
stopped in natural state. But this
is an exceedingly fine point of con-
tention.
Singeing, unfortunately, cannot be
done By a woman for herself. Nor can
two womcn do it very satisfactorily
for each other. unless they happen to
be trained hair dressers-
Women who are in the habit of hav-
ing their hair attended to" advise the
singeing process once month. Many
say that their own experience goes to
show that it acts upon the hair as
pruning does upon a plant-increases
its vitality and revives its growth.
This treatment is now given the hair
at all first-class hair-dressing estab-
Hshments here and abroad. while many
women have standing appointment
with some favorite expert for treat
ment in her own dressing-room once q
month.
The approved process at one very
fashionable Partisan hair dresser's is
exceedingly simple. yet not safe in un-
trained hands The hair is loosened
and shaken out, and the maid runs
over it with lighted taper, touching
all the projecting ends A fash here
and fash there and you are singed-
Then you are swathed in Turkish
towels-gently inclined over the bowl
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THE FARMING WORLD.
APPLE PLANT LOUISE.
ror,nnately This Pest Has Its run '"~
of Natural Enemies.

ror,nna,ely This Pest Has Its Full oha's
of Natural Enemies. :,
Anopo miscellaneous entomoiogic",
,aners inst issued by the ONO az,
ricultural experiment station aoos'e,'
q. we extract from one on Inc app,e
slant louse. which often does extern
sive damage, and is described as ioi-
lows: u.t Is
This is the little green louise that y
E, abundant on both leaf and 1ruis
buds of the apple, appearing usuaIy
iust as these are expanding IN ea,s
snrine. These insects are espeeiaiy
.ot;sea,,ls when the season is cold anu
bacl,vara. as has been the case for 'he
last two years. If any injury Is uone
hy them in the orchard. it IS during
snch seasons as under favorable con
ditions for plant growth the ouos w,
fold too rapidly to be checked oy any
;nanence these lice are likely to nave
on them. By the third week from 'he
time the eggs begin TO hatch, ,ne'o
lice begin to acquire wings ana 'hen
abandon the trees and go to tne
grasses and probably some of the com
mon weeds -
OF the three principal species OF Aph'
ides affecting our smaller cereais,
this species occupies an anomalous ana
al the same time important posi'ion'
In point of numbers it is greatly IN ao'
vance of Toxoptera graminum, and,
usually, of Siphonophora aven@' anu
its effects on young wheat during tue
fall is if anything more serious than
either of the others. especially If the
land be poor and the weather be dry'
So far as my own observations go, 1t Is
more detrimental to the wheat than to
the apple. The occurrence of the eggs
on the twigs of apple during winter
and the appearance of the young on
the first tender buds and leaves IN the
spring. are familiar to all horticultur-
lists. | have several times made the
attempt to colonize the species on
wheat plants. with individuals take N
from the apple. but was never able 10
| thoroughly succeed in this until TINS
year. when series of experiments was
begun in the jnsectary which swept
away anv previous doubts on the sub
jeet of migrations.
Remedies. is some uncertain
ty regarding the efficiency of kerosene
emulsion in destroying the eggs OF this
pest on the apple tree, without also in
| iuring the tree itself. 1t seems quite
probable that comparatively few OF the
eggs hatch, and, if taken in time, the
young can be killed on the buds and very
young leaves By the use OF this inseeti'
eide. 1t is. however, doubtful If this
would materially affect the numbers
on the wheat several months later.
know of no way of reaching them in
the wheat fields with topical applica-
tions. A rich soil, with that manage
ment that will best facilitate vigor-
Gus growth of the young wheat plants
will come as near solving the problem
of protection against the effecto of these
insects as anything now known.
Natural Enemies.-This pest has its
| full share of these. Some rather in
| definite observations of mine lead me
to suspect that at least two very
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WORD.

Once little girl know z...as = .z.sl-sas
Seid q little rorl:
Whispered II 50 very ioN
just one person heard
And that rcrsca tcid il c'cf.
Just 10 one or fxo,
Adding 10 il oac Eord more.
As so man; co.
And at cnco tie ,se that heard
Told Ii In a crowd;
Each one 2aiing enc more word
Told Il Quite aloud.
St-airhfway crery one tai heard
ghonted loud AMI clear
TIL the HAIRLESS I.ttle word
Flca;ed far and ncGE
Then the maiiien raised her head
She Was very giaa
That the little hing she said
Wasn't sorethizg bed:
-Bcih Day. in uoasekeeper.
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people have learned curious facts con-
corning these arnphibious creatures
A gentleman living in the southern
part of France had large frog pond
on his ground and was very fond of
studying the habits Of its inhabitants.
One day he saw great change in the
appearance of a certain frog of which
he had made pet. 1t looked as If il
bad in some way acquired pair Of the
puffed breeches which gentlemen used
to wear in the courts of James l.. of
England. and Louis Kill Of France.
This change made him curious to
know what it meant, and all the more
so when he found that almost every
day more and more of the frogs were
wearing the same Queer-looking things
BY watching carefully the gentle
man soon found the cause of the
strange, new article OF frog dress
The mother frog. it seems, considers
that her duty is discharged when she
has laid her eggs These all adhere
together, forming long chain of many
links As soon as she has deposited
these on the bank of the pond she hops
away. seeming to forget all about them,
and they would never hatch out if the
father frog did not come to the rescue.
With no little difficulty he winds these
chains of neglected eggs around and
around his own short thighs-thus pro-
dncing the appearance of the puffed
breeches-
He then proceeds to hide himself
among the marshy grasses around the
pond until the eggs are ready to hatch
out Then he goes into the water. In
. little while the shells burst, letting
out the young tadpoles. which imlnedi-
ately swim away without so much as
s-thank you,-
Another very motnerly father of the
frog family Is found in South America,
IN Chilli He is provided with large
&C. or pouch. which extends over the
whole surface of his belly. from the
mouth downwaris There is no ex-
ternal opening into this sac. and when
Mr.. Darwin first saw male frog appa-
>ently swallowing the eggs he Thought
Awas the worst tind Of a fellow To- be
<pg his own children
this Thought was great injus-
On opening he frug mouth Mr.
\discoversd that on each side Of
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To Framc Pho,ocrsph,.

A cheap and easy way of framing
two or more photographs is to take
four pieces of ribbon and stitch each
two of them together at intervals just
as wide as a cabinet photograph.
Fringe the ends and slip she picture in
between the ribbons at both top ard
bottom. By arranging the pictures at
angles with each other theyNwill stand
upright.
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the tpaene was an aperture down
which the eggs rolled into the sac,
which soon became distended with
them.
As the eggs hatch ont In this sac, the
young frogs lind their way up into
their careful fathers mouth, and
thence out and away into the pond
which is 10 them the wide worlds
IouiS Rer5 1hlic
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An Ap,,c,pated Impression

Mr.. Smallhead twho is being enter
tanned by little Nellie until her sister
comes down)-Why ah YOU laughing,
little girl?
Little Nellie STRENGTHENING her facel
I'm not laughing Ma told me I
mustn't laugh when was looking at
you.-Chicago Record.
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A POTATO DOLLY.

colors care must be taken in selecting
the shades of silk that the potatoes
may look natural. To serve the pota-
toes place the dolly in the dish or
tureen. neatly put in the potatoes and
fold the corners of the dolly over item,
with the decorated corner on top. To
serve plates, open the dolly and remove
potatoes.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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THE MERRY MILkMAlp.
A Fascinating Creature for . Little Girl
Work Table.

A Fascinating Creature for Little Girf's
Work Table.
On my mothers sewing table stands
r. quaint little image unlike anything
else ! have ever Seen Ny mother
bought it at church fair in England
when she was q young girl, and l am
sure 1t would charm the fancy of any
needlewoman.
The figure. to begin with. is slender
dell about four or five inches high. with
china head. and plant body. ending
IN china arms and legs
Having possessed yourself of such .
dell, around her legs wind fold after
field of cotton batting until they are
covered SO thickly as to make dress
skirt stand out. and so firmly as to
keep the doll upright Wind only .
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Wzilic.s Catch.

'1ts always winter when snow
comes" said Wsllie, land fall when
rain comes"
'Poh," said Jackie. Rain comes In
summer and spring too
YES; but it's fall, just the same"
said Wallie. Rainfall l---Harper'
Young People.
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Prob1hly.

where does the Bovine grow?"
asked fiippant Chummy.
AT Cowes, | guess returned the
ready ChaPge.-Herper-s Bazar.
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An Object Lesson.

Il don't ever go fishing any more"
said the small country boy.
why not?' asked the visitor. Tired
of it?-
No; but was casting fly on tho
pond one day and the hook caught me
in the back and it hurt so I've beeE
sort of too sorry for the fish ever sin-e."
-Harper's Young People.
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A Dnuhf ful emf

Mr.. Scribber-How did You like nv
last book of poems?
Miss Birdie McGinnis-I laid it aside
with great pleasure.-Alex Sweet. in
Texas Siitings
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NEAT POTATO DOLLY.
Notes on the Proper Way Of Serving
Baked and Boiled Tubers.

Baked and Boiled Tubers.
All housekeepers know. or should
know, that boiled and baked potatoes
served whole keep hot and fresh longer
If sent to the table wrapped in nap
kin. A dolly for this purpose may be
made from a square of fine butchers
linen with hemstitched hem, and. II
desired, a narrow drawn-work border
Just inside the hem. In one corner en-
broider in linen floss or wash silk a
half dozen or more potatoes in group.
These may be done in white or col.
ors as taste suggests, but if done in
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A rr,-h.>n-a Rrsss

Bridesmaid-You poor. frightened
darling. You looked scared 10 death
At the altar.
Rride-Yes, George trembled SO was
dres5fully afraid he'd lose courage
and run awsy.-N. y. Weekly
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On the Way.

as my article in the soup9' inquired
the rood-natured litterateur.
Not yet" replied the editor, "bnt
I'm going to boil it down pretty soon
Washington Star.
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THERE is no doubt bnt tha. fed with
other materials wheat bran is bet.
ter food for milk or butter than corn