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been made justice of the peace because
he had been to court, and when he said
''go" the boys who were to be hunted
by the police darted out into the alley
through the barn and hid.
Soon the patrol wagon dashed out on
a riot call sent in by u policeman who
had caught Billie.
What is your name?" said Justice
Skippie.
'I}illie Banks"
what has he done? ?" asked the Justice
of the policeman who made the arrest.
L told him to move on, and he
wouldn't
Ten days at hard work in the BRIDE
WELL" was the sentence. Take him to
the woodshed and make him split kim
ding wood until say stop"
And Billie was soon splitting wood,
while two policemen guarded him to sec
that he did not escape.
The next boy arrested was made to
rake the grass in the back yard, and the
next to weed the garden, and the next
to split wood, and before the game was
finished, Skippie had three weeks sup
ply of kindling wood neatly piled up in
the woodshcd; the yard had been
cleaned three times; every weed in the
flower garden was in the garbage box
in the alley, and the gravel walk was as
neat as pin. And Sllippie did not open
his mouth when his mother said to his
father that night: Samuel has been
very industrious to-day. l wish you
would go out and look at that back
yard; it is simply beautiful" and his
father smiled and said:
swell, guess I'll have to get you that
baseball mask next week. Chicago
Eecord.
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ROYAL SAILORS unLuoky.
Disasters That Have Overtaken Thorn ~
Sea and on Land.

Disasters That Have Overtaken Thorn st
Sea and on Land.
Somehow or other royal and imperial
princes who have adopted seafaring life
as profession seem to be pursued with
Ill luck. At st. Petersburg the other
day Grand Duke Alexis, lord high ad-
miral of the English fleet, managed to
run his yacht into the steamer Livorno,
with little damage to. the latter, but in
juring the yacht to the extent Of some
100000 rubles. The collision was due
to an order given by the grand duke
himself, and when the captain of the
Livorno came on board, with visions of
Siberia and other horrors in sight, the
grand duke at once exclaimed:
1T is all my fault. take the blame
upon myself"
His English brother-in-law, the duke
OF Edinburgh and Coburg, quilted ac-
tive service in the British navy with his
record besmirched by the loss of his
flagship, the Sultan, on a rock near
Malta.
Queen Victoria's nephew, the admiral
prince of Leinigen, is celebrated in par
ticular for his feat in running down the
yacht Mistletoe in the Solent while in
command of the royal yacht, the queen
herself being on board. Several lives
were lost in the collision.
The sailor brother of the emperor of
Germany has hitherto escaped mari
time disaster from the relatively small
amount of sea service he has done. But
his misfortunes on land have been UNI
commonly numerous, especially when
he has been out shooting. Not only did
he severely injure Greek gentleman
by the accidental discharge of his gun
Mt Corfu some years ago, but there is
also gamekeeper of his uncle, the
grand duke of Baden, who is in receipt
of handsome pension from the prince
for the serious wound resulting from
his carelessness in handling the gun.
Archduke Macmillan of Mexico, who
was the sailor prince of the imperial
house of Hapsburg, met violent death
in Mexico at the close of his ill-starred
reign there, his consort surviving him
as raving maniac. Archduke John OF
Austria, who passed the examination
necessary to secure his papers as Ii
censed skipper, disappeared from sight
some years ago while rounding Cape
Horn in his ship, and no one knows 20
this day whether he is alive or dead.
The sailor son of King Oscar of Sweden
quarreled with his father on the SUD-
ject of his marriage. and had to go
through much trouble and sorrow as
well as humiliation until the reconcilia-
ton took place. The matrimonial
squalls in the domestic establishment
of the sailor Prince Wildemar of Dem
mark have almost led to definite sepa-
ration from his wife. The two sailor
brothers of the late king of Portugal
died of poisoning by terrible Abyssin-
ian drug administered by some member
OF the court of Lisbon. Indeed, pretty
nearly the only royal princes following
the sea who have hitherto escaped mis-.
hap are the duke of York and the Italian
duke of Genoa, the brother of Queen
Margherita.-N. Y. Tribune.
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the banks Of every brook and pond, it's
wood is soft, it's bark is smooth and free
from knots and it draws profusion of
sap from the wet ground where it
usually grows, which causes the bark
to slip easily from the wood. In the mid
die and western states the willow and
poplar are the favorite woods for
whistles.
Whistles are made the same way
everywhere. A smooth limb or sucker
is selected and cut off. The mouth end
is trimmed right, a notch is cut in the
top for the escape of the breath, ring
is cut in the bark at the right distance
from the end, and then the bark is
moistened with saliva and the whistle
is laid on the knee and pounded with
the knife handle to loosen the bark
from the wood. A twist of the bark pulls
it off the wood and then a deep notch is
cut out of the wood, the bark is put on
and the whistle is finished.
Many mans most pleasant memories
are of the happy days he spent in boy
hood in the creek bottoms making will
low whistles.
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SEPARATED.


swhat matters the river which winds be-
=, IL easy to speak acrossi" she cried.
urt his answer rang through the sunny
scene:
.r, Is better far to keep side by side
=. there nought to whisper 'twixt you and
me?
And the river widens towards the sear'
they set me a-dreamins-those words they
spoke
A-dreaming OF hearts which are sundered
nv an angry word or thoughtless Joke.
OR by misty something that none can
know.
or,v henceforth two go ever apart.
Zoo far for the touching Of heart with
heart.
Ana the one cries vainly. but all unheard,
For the other Is stricken deaf and dumb.
And they both fare on. In the hope de-
M a meeting day that can scarcely
M the others heart. each has lost the
key,
.And the river widens towards the sea-"
And each soul goes yearning apart to cry:
10. my cherished friend OF the vanished
days.
We have lost each other-and scarce know
why
And only this bitter-sweet comfort stays.
rhat despite the mists which have rolled
between
That our love is what II has ever been"
Then we strain our eyes to the ocean vast
what does II keep at its farther sideO
where the widest river Is merged at last
And the parted strands can no more d.
vide.
shore
We shall hail the dip Of friendly oar.
And 10. comes the vanished friend to our
side:
81 am here-the same as used to be-
rhe river will never more divide.
II has lost itself In Deaths mighty sea;
We have left behind all the doubt ana fret
-Rut love that was faithful is with us
yet"
Isabella F. Mayo. in London Argosy
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SWALLOWS HAVE THEIR FUN.
Interesting Manner In Which the Birds
Amuse Themselves.


Amuse Themselves.
Swallows can fly very fast and very
far. If it were not so they could not
take the long Journeys which they do,
leaving England in the autumn and re-
turning in the spring. This quick fight
enables them to catch insects on the
wing, on which they chiefly live; also it
enables them to escape bird enemies OF
the hawk tribe sometimes, and perhaps
shots which may be fired at them by
men. Often do we see them flying, as it
seems, just for the pleasure which they
have in rapid motion. going in circles
round :he top of lofty house or church
spire, dropping now and then, only to
rise again, till the whole party suddenly
darts off in another direction. a gen.
tleman walking one morning across a
large park saw a number of swallows
having quite game with hare. though
the poor animal did not seem to like the
performance. The hare was running
very fast, and at first the gentleman
wondered why IL was, as no dogs were
near, but directly after he noticed some
swallows coming close to the ground,
and they Skinned past the hare's ears,
giving her the idea that they were GO
ing to strike her, though, when close.
they took sharp turn. Then they
disappeared and the hare stopped to lis
ten; presently they returned and again
the hare ran until she got hid among the
underbrush.
Still more curious is the story which
n clergyman tells us of a scene he wit
messed between some swallows and
cat. Pussy was sitting on the top of
gate post in sort of doze, i'm which we
often see cats when they are lazy and
not hungry. Puss' repose was inter-
rupted by the arrival of n swallow,
which flew close to her head. She raised
her paw to strike it, but was too late.
Another swallow minute after did the
same thing, and again puss made an un-
successful blow. More swallows dashed
past her just in the same way till ten
or eleven had gone by and each made
a sort of chirp which sounded like
laugh. This was too much for her-she
jumped down and reiterated. Swallows
have been known to unite and drive off
their great enemy, the kestrel, a kind
of hawk, by whirling and fluttering
about him until he gets confused and is
not able to seize any of them.-Chatter-
box
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CARNIvOROUS PLANTS.
One Is q Good Fisherman and the Other
a First-Class Trapper

First-Class Trapper.
Something new about the bladder
wort has been learned recently, accord
ing to the Fishing Gazette. The blad-
der wort is a small floating weed found
in the fresh waters of the British ISL
ands, and until recently was regarded
as an innocent bunch of vegetation;
but now it is known that it is destruc-
tive to game fishes. This subtle poach.
err is armed with almost microscopic
jaws along its little branches" and the
incautious little fish that rubs up
against these gets grasped, and before
long dies and is devoured by the plant.
A good many plants are knwn to sub
sist on flesh, and one of these, at least,
lures its prey into trap. Every Wis
itor to the Adirondacks knows the hun
ter's pitcher; some remember it with
pain. The pitcher is open at the top,
and the rain keeps it half full of water.
The thirsty insects see the water, and
they go down into il and drink. Hav-
ing had their FILL the flies try to climb
out again, but no trap is surer than the
hunters pitcher. The inside of the
pitcher is lined with short, stiff fila
ments, and the sharp points all incline
down. The insects feet catch in these.
and after awhile it gets into the water
and drowas.
The Adirondack woodsman likes
joke, and that is why the memory of
these pitchers brings pain to the ten
derfoot. The woodsman, acting us
guide, goes tramping into the woods,
leading the tenderfoot to some fishing
waters. The trail, il on q hot day, is
dry as bone, and at each step the ten
derfoot gets dryer and dryer, and be-
gins to want to know how far it is
to the next spring. They come to
swamp, and the tenderfoot feels sure
there must be water thereabout, but the
woodsman says there is not bit. Then
he picks up one of the numerous pitch
ers, puts it to his lips moment, then
throws it to the ground. Water flies
out and the thirsty one sees it. He
breaks one off and without examination
takes couple of big swallows. The
woodsman shrieks: Sly SOUP" and
rolls over the moss bed of the swamp.
The victim shrieks, too. And for years
after the mention of hunters pitchers
makes him gag--it is two or three days
before he cares for fish or food.
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Mr.. JUSTICE skIPPIE.
How He dot the Baseball Mask Ho Had
Coveted for = Long Time.

| How He dot the Baseball Mask Ho Had
Coveted for = Long Time.
Most Of the boys envied "Skippie" be-
cause his father owned the house he
lived in, and back of II was a large yard.
They all called him "Skippie" because
his full name was Samuel Carl Ivers
Partridge, and anyone will admit that
s. C. /. p. il "Scip."
Skippie had deep red hair and freckles
oil over his jolly face. He was chunky
and, II the truth must be told, rather
lazy. But he could play baseball and
had enough curves to puzzle any bats
man. Put a baseball in Skippie's hand
and his laziness vanished as rapidly as
did the pumpkin pie when Skippie and
his chum crawled through the pantry
window.
Skippie hated the back yard that
so much delighted the other boys. 1t
had small flower garden in it and
plenty of good grass, with posts here
and there for the clothesline. The coal
shed was built up against the back
fence, and the barn filed in the rest Of
the alley side of the yard. Skippie was
expected to keep that back yard clean,
cut the grass, weed the little flower gar
den and split the wood. His mother
used up heap of kindling wood, Skip
pie thought, and it seemed to him that
he did nothing all day long but go to
school. wash his face and split wood.
But there was one jolly thing about
the back yard. 1t was the gathering
place for the boys of the neighborhood,
and once in awhile, when they wanted
Skippie in ball game, they pitched in
and helped him split kindling wood
One Saturday Billie Banks climbed
over the woodshed and found Skippie
sharpening brandnew AK. He begged
to be allowed to help. Skippie turned
the AK over to him and sat down on
starch box to watch him. About the
time that Billie had given the AK
sharp edge Tom Johnson appeared, and
he wanted to sharpen the ak. Then
Jack Young came along, and one boy
after another held that new AK to the
grindstone until it had been given a
dozen different kinds of edges.
All this time Skippie was sitting on
the starch box enjoying himself and
thinking harder than he had ever
thought before.
II went to a justice court yesterday
said he, finally.
Jimmie. l wish 1 had been with
YOU" said Tom Johnson.
$50 do l." cried Billie. did they send
some man up for life?'
mo; the judge fined him five dol
lars and costs"
Say" cried Tom Johnson, who had
climbed clothesline post, lets play
police and justice and have an arrest
and run out the police patrol wagon.
I'll go get my wagon" and he was off
like n flash.
When he returned with his wagon he
found Skippie sitting in q kitchen chair
with big box in front of him for a
desk. Billie had turned his coat wrong
side out and said he was to be prison
or. Jack Young, Percy Pillows and
Roger Martin had tied ropes around
their waists in which were stuck clubs
of wood. They were the policemen and
the other boys were jailers, policemen
and bailiffs and prisoners. Skippie had
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
LITTLE MISSY sMALL-sIzE.


Little Missy smah-size. I.oveland. her adj
dress,
Little Missy brown eyes. sent. our home to
bless.
Face SO full of sunshine. laugh so full of
glee,
Cheeks SO soft and rosy. all 20 fair to
see.
Playing with her dolly. sitting In her chair.
Getting into mischief. fitting everywhere.
Wearying her mamma. causing her to
chide.
Then caressing sweetly. baby sins to
hide.
Little Missy Small-size. oh SO full Of play.
A hundred eyes are needed. to watch her.
every day.
Little Missy brown eyes. sent from
Heaven above
BY a gracious Father. to dwell within
our love.
IS. Newell Ballard, in Good Housekeep-
Ing
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How arnndpa Mannxsa Her.

Bess is one of those astute juvenile
autocrats who seem gifted with the
power of knowing the secret and extent
of their dominion over indulgent rela-
tives. "Oh, mol" she was one day over
heard to confide to another small girl.
Grandma can't make me mind, ut ali.
but grandpa knows how to manage me-"
"How does he do IL, Bess?" asked the
interested male cousin. who had been
esvesdropping in corner of the piazza.
why" replied Bess, gravely, che waits
until he sees what I'm going to do, and
then he tells me To do It'll"
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A Morning Sale.

Drug Clerk-Ah! Good morning, Mr..
Oldpatron. Haven't seen you since you
went to housekeeping.
Mr.. Oldpatron-No. Have you any
more of that Digestion Enforcer you
used to sell me?
eyes, sir. How much?"
81 want about quart"
ayes, sir. Gone back to boarding, I
presume."-N. Y. Weekly.
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WHISTLES FOR THE BOYS.
How Noise-Producers May he Made from
Willow TwiR.

How Noise-Producers May he Made from
Willow TwiR.
This is the season when every boy
may have a whistle, and one that will
make noise enough to suit the most ex-
acting youngster. The whistles may
be made from short slip cut from a
willow tree or twig when the sap is
working upward from the roots be-
tween the bark and wood of the tree.
The season ends when the trees are in
full leaf. In that period of few weeks
millions upon millions of whistles are
made by the boys who live on farms
and in villages from one end of The
country to the other. In the New Eng
land states the favorite wood for
whistles is the alder. This bush lines
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lad" remarked. Don't you see INV
drift? What should you say II / told
you that one Of these fine mornings /
meant to take the managers place in
the bank parlor and to play the very
deuce with the banks transactions
He still looked ut me obviously.
i can't see," he said, pursuing his
lips, what good you can do ut that
game. You're as ignorant of the
banks business as kid"
Just So" replied, "but 1 don't in
tend to be always in that condition.
Now, listen to my plan. 1 want you to
make friends in your quiet way with
ono or two of the subordinate bank OFF,
Gals. Find out when they are sending
a large consignment of bullion some
where. Then l shall make my move.
shall take the managers place, ask
for the delivery note of the stuff, tell
the clerk that 1 have been instructed
from headquarters to have it forwarded
TO another destination and finally give
him place we will arrange between
ourselves as the address to which the
bullion is to CO."
He began to look more cheerful.
mot a bad idea," he said, sulkily;
"but it will take lot of doing"
Rather" l replied, land you and
are the men to do it. Now, there's ar
other thing to be spoken of. 4 In order
that may take the managers place,
that gentleman himself will have to be
gotten out of the way temporarily, for
it would never do to have him cropping
up and spelling the game. So propose
we wire to town for old Jim Levett, and
get him to bring down a couple of his
lads with him. Levett and the boys
will waylay the manager on his way
home one night, drug him. and bring
him to the house, which, 1 believe, will
he perfectly safe, as old Bennett 1.-THE
landlord) is pal of ours. Besides.
we can give him a share of the swag.
and so count OH his cooperation. How
does all this strike you?"
Its all right" he admitted, gloom
iastic in the whole course of his bril-
liant career.
II think it is all right" / replied.
And now the first thing for me to do
is to call on the manager and get an in
sight into his little peculiarities and
ways of conducting business, so that
can deputize for the old boy when the
time comes"
You'll have to make up a Bit he
growled. IF you're on that game. 1t
won't do for the Johnnie TO twig the
likeness"
Leave that to me, my son." l re-
turned gayly. II have in my bag half
dozen DISCUSSES amy one of which will do
the trick"
"All right" he replied, land now
reckon I'll be off and see what l can
pick up about the bank. It's close on
four O'Clock. The fellows'll be leaving
now, and perhaps l can make a start
with one of them"
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Mock Mummies.

1t is about four years since II Egyp-
tian mummies in the old museum Of
Berlin proved to be the bodies of fellows
who, a short time ago, took their beer in
the saloons of the capital of the empire
of William ii. 1t is now believed that
there Is not museum in the world that
las not been imposed upon by frauds Of
this kind.--CAiccHo Tribune.
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The spirit Of the world indorses
four kinds of spirits Numerically OF
posed to charity-the spirit of resent
ment, spirit of aversion, spirit of jeal-
ousy, and the spirit of Indifference
Bossuet.
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Method In Her Madness.

"Just listen to that hen crowl" said
the city visitor. "What makes her do
that?"
"She wants to make folks think she Is
tough" said the farmer.-Indianapolis
Journal.
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Recognized probity is the surest Of
all oaths.-Mme. Necker.
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now, and perhaps l can make a start
with one of them"
Left alone went to my bag and pro-
ceeded to make up. l may say without
vanity that / have some ability in this
branch of the actors profession. and
very soon l had transformed myself
from dark complexioned young citi-
zen of IS into venerable looking cit.-
zen of, say. 20 years OF more. So com
plete was the disguise that Ted, coming
in two hours later, started.
BEG pardon, SIR" he cried; ''what
can do for your"
I'm the queens name / arrest you,
Edward Marsden," cried, assuming the
manner of a detective.
He turned very white. Evidently he
thought his time had come at last.
Seeing his distress, threw off the
wig and other DISCUSSES, and cried:
Buck up, old man; the queen doesn't
want you just yet"
lie tried to laugh. but could see that
he was trembling like leaf. But it
gratified me to think how completely
MY makeup" had imposed on him, for
now had nothing to fear when made
my call on the manager.
well, what luck?" asked my mate
when he had recovered from the shock
] had given him. ~
Not much, but something to go on
WITH" he made reply. II watched one
or two of the bank chaps go into the lit
tie bar opposite the bank, and of course
1 followed them in. One of them
seemed n soft sort of fellow, and at
once made up to him by asking If he
could tell me what had won the Chester
cup. He told me at once, and as he
seemed to be bit Of sport got talk
ing on race matters, asking him for tips
and so on. He appeared fiattered by my
reliance on what he said and we had
various WHISTLES together. l didn't
breathe word to him about the bank.
of course. That'll come later. Now,
have arranged to meet him at the bill
lard saloon tonight, where by filling
him with whisky and getting on the
right side of him I may, perhaps, be
able to get hold of something worth
knowing"
"a very good start, indeed" COM
mented. 81 couldn't have done the
thing better myself"
He grinned, but said nothing. After
pause he said:
What's your next move, GOVERNOR
"My next move" said L, "will be made
tomorrow morning, when 1 shall call
upon the manager in the disguise in
which you now see me. And now we
had betterfwire to old Levett to get in
readiness to come down and help u.s."
The telegram was accordingly writ
ten out and dispatched. An hour later
the reply reached us as follows:
Leaving for Tinford first thing to-
morrow.-Levett."
At IL o'clock next morning 1 was
ushered into Mr.. Benson's room in the
bank. He rose courteously to greet me.
Good morning, sir" he said, briskly.
"yhat can have the pleasure of doing
for you?"
/ at once confided TO him some inn
nginary details Of an account which
wished to open with the bank. for
get now what 1 said, for was intent
all the time on watching him closely,
SO as to be able to initiate any little
pecuIiarities of expression or manner
he possessed when the time came.